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| US10957362B1 |
Non-interfering micro-positioning system utilizing piezoelectric elements
Implementation of a non-interfering micro-positioning device, for a tape drive write/read head module assembly utilizing piezoelectric elements, by generating at least two flexure brackets. The at least two flexure brackets may include the piezoelectric elements. Affixing at least one flexure bracket to a first side of the write/read head module assembly. Affixing at least one other flexure bracket to a second side of the write/read head module assembly. |
| US10957359B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting moments within videos
Video information defining video content may be obtained. The video content may include video frames and may have a progress length. The video frames may be encoded into video packets, with the video packets being of particular sizes. One or more size criteria for detecting a given moment within the video content may be obtained. The sizes of the video packets may be compared with the one or more size criteria. One or more sets of the video packets that satisfy the one or more size criteria may be identified. One or more portions of the video content having video frames defined by the set(s) of video packets that satisfy the one or more size criteria may be identified as the given moment within the video content. Storage of the identification of the given moment within the video content in a storage medium may be effectuated. |
| US10957355B2 |
Authenticating digital recordings
Performing an operation comprising extracting a first element of encrypted data embedded in a digital recording comprising at least one of audio data and image data captured in a recording environment, generating a first decrypted value, the generating performed by execution of a cryptography algorithm based on a private key and the first element of encrypted data, comparing the first decrypted value and a stored value associated with a first element of the digital recording, and authenticating the digital recording based on the first decrypted value substantially matching the stored value. |
| US10957354B2 |
Base plate and hard disk drive
A base plate is a portion of a housing of a hard disk drive, and includes a cast base body. The base body includes an inner surface including an inside machined surface that is machined and an inside non-machined surface that is not machined. The base body includes an outer surface including an outside machined surface that is machined and an outside non-machined surface that is not machined. The outside machined surface and the inside non-machined surface overlap in an axial direction that is a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a rotation axis of a disk of the hard disk drive. |
| US10957352B2 |
Magnetic recording medium, magnetic signal reproduction device and method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium
The magnetic recording medium has a magnetic layer containing multiple nonmagnetic particles having a ratio, major axis length/minor axis length, of less than or equal to 1.5, the multiple nonmagnetic particles are present in the magnetic layer in a state where, when the depth to which each of the multiple nonmagnetic particles is embedded in the magnetic layer in observation of a sectional image picked up by SEM is denoted as b and the thickness of the magnetic layer as t, the average value of the ratio of b/t is less than or equal to 0.9, and the number of protrusions 5 nm or greater in height is 800 or greater and the number of protrusions 20 nm or greater in height is 20 or less as measured by AFM per an area 40 μm×40 μm on the magnetic layer side surface of the magnetic recording medium. |
| US10957348B2 |
Magnetic recording write head with selected write gap current direction for minimization of cross-track interference
A magnetic recording write head has an electrically-conductive structure in the write gap between the write pole and the trailing shield and electrical circuitry for directing current through the write gap. The current through the electrically-conductive structure generates a circular Ampere field which, at the disk-facing end of the write pole, is substantially parallel to the disk-facing end of the write pole. The electrically-conductive structure in the write gap may be a STO or an electrically-conductive layer that is not part of a STO. The current direction through the electrically-conductive structure in the write gap is selected so that the generated Ampere field at the write pole end is in substantially the same direction as the magnetization direction of the write head side shields, which has been discovered to result in minimization of cross-track interference. |
| US10957347B1 |
Thin film heating device in a write gap
An apparatus, in accordance with one embodiment, includes a write transducer having a pair of writer poles having pole tips, the pole tips defining a write gap therebetween. A thin film device is positioned at least in part in the write gap for raising a local temperature of the write gap. Electrical connections for causing a current to pass through the thin film device are also present. A method, in accordance with one embodiment, includes passing a current through a thin film device positioned at least in part in a write gap defined between pole tips of writer poles of a write transducer for causing heating of the thin film device. A level of the current is changed in response to detection of a predefined condition. |
| US10957346B2 |
Magnetic recording devices and methods using a write-field-enhancement structure and bias current with offset pulses
Disclosed herein are magnetic recording devices and methods of using them. A magnetic recording device comprises a main pole extending to an air-bearing surface (ABS), a trailing shield extending to the ABS, a write-field-enhancing structure disposed between and coupled to the main pole and the trailing shield at the ABS, a write coil configured to magnetize the main pole, a write current control circuit coupled to the write coil and configured to apply a write current to the write coil, wherein the write current comprises a write pulse, and a bias current control circuit coupled to the write-field-enhancing structure and configured to apply a bias current to the write-field-enhancing structure, wherein the bias current comprises a driving pulse offset in time from the write pulse by a delay, wherein the delay substantially coincides with an expected magnetization switch-time lag of a free layer of the write-field-enhancing structure. |
| US10957345B2 |
Magnetic disk device and write processing method
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk, a head including a main magnetic pole having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in a radial direction of the disk, a write shield facing the main magnetic pole with a gap, and an assist element provided in the gap and at a position where a first distance between the first end and the assist element and a second distance between the second end and the assist element are different from each other, and a controller which controls a voltage applied to the assist element according to a shingled write direction in which a second track is overwritten on a first track. |
| US10957341B2 |
Ultrasonic attack detection employing deep learning
A mechanism, method, and computer readable medium to enhance speech enabled devices. The method comprising receiving, by an ultrasonic attack detector of a speech enabled device, an audio stream from one or more microphones and a segmentation signal from a keyword detector indicating a location of a detected keyword within the audio stream, preprocessing, by the ultrasonic attack detector, a segmented portion of the audio stream including the detected keyword to obtain a spectrogram, and executing, by the ultrasonic attack detector, a neural network classifier using the spectrogram as input, the neural network classifier to discern real human speech from intermodulation distortion products resulting from ultrasonic attacks on the speech enabled device. |
| US10957339B2 |
Speaker recognition method and apparatus, computer device and computer-readable medium
The present disclosure provides a speaker recognition method and apparatus, a computer device and a computer-readable medium. The method comprises: receiving target speech data of a to-be-recognized user in a target group; according to the target speech data, a pre-collected speech database and a pre-trained speaker recognition model, obtaining speech output features corresponding to the target speech data and speech output features corresponding to each of said speech data in the speech database; the speaker recognition model employs a convolution neural network model; recognizing the user corresponding to the target speech data according to the speech output features corresponding to the target speech data and the speech output features corresponding to each of said speech data in the speech database. By employing the speaker recognition model based on the convolution neural network model, the present disclosure can accurately obtain the speech output features of each speech data, thereby more accurately recognizing the user corresponding to the target speech data and thereby substantially improving the efficiency of recognizing speakers. |
| US10957333B2 |
Protected extended playback mode
A protected extended playback mode protects the integrity of audio and side information of a spatial audio signal and sound object and position information of audio objects in an immersive audio capture and rendering environment. Integrity verification data for audio-related data determined. An integrity verification value is computable dependent on the transmitted audio-related data. The integrity verification value can be compared with the integrity verification data for verifying the audio-related data transmitted in the audio stream for generating a playback signal having a mode dependent on the verification of the audio-related data A transmitting device transmits that integrity verification data and the audio-related data in an audio stream for reception by a receiving device. The audio stream, including the audio-related data and integrity verification data are received by the receiving device. The integrity verification value is computed by the receiving device, compared with the integrity verification data, and a playback signal is generated depending on whether the integrity verification value matches the integrity verification data. |
| US10957327B2 |
Service providing device and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing service providing program
A service providing device includes a receiver configured to receive utterance content information uttered by a user; a selection unit configured to select a target content device which would accept an order from the user among a plurality of content devices that execute an order acceptance process based on the utterance content information; an inquiry execution unit configured to sequentially execute an inquiry as to whether or not the order from the user is acceptable for the other content devices, in a case where an unacceptance response is received from the target content device, based on the utterance content information uttered to the target content device which has been received together with the unacceptance response; and a switching unit configured to reset the content device that transmits an acceptance response as the target content device in a case where the acceptance response is received. |
| US10957326B2 |
Device identifier dependent operation processing of packet based data communication
Identifier dependent operation processing of packet based data communication is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. A content selector component can select, based on the request or trigger keyword, a content item. A link generation component can determine whether the client computing device has an account or a record in a database associated with the service provider device. In the absence of the record or account, the link generation device generates and sends a virtual identifier to the service provider device with instructions to generate an account in the database using the virtual identifier. Once the account is created, the service provider device can communicate with the client computing device. |
| US10957325B2 |
Method and apparatus for speech interaction with children
A method and apparatus for performing speech interaction with children is provided. The apparatus may be a computing device that includes at least one camera, at least one microphone, memory, and at least one processor for executing stored instructions. The at least one processor may be configured to determine an age range or an age or skill level of the child. The computing device may receive one or more inputs from the child. The at least one processor may perform analysis on the one or more inputs based at least in part on the determined age range or the age or the skill level of the child, and output a speech response to the child based on the performed analysis. |
| US10957324B2 |
Creating modular conversations using implicit routing
A computer implemented method of routing a verbal input to one of a plurality of handlers, comprising using one or more processors adapted to execute a code, the code is adapted for receiving a verbal input from a user, applying a plurality of verbal content identifiers to the verbal input, each of the verbal content identifiers is adapted to evaluate an association of the verbal input with a respective one of a plurality of handlers by computing a match confidence value for one or more features, such as an intent expressed by the user and/or an entity indicated by the user, extracted from the verbal input and routing the verbal input to a selected one of the handlers based on the matching confidence value computed by the plurality of verbal content identifiers. The selected handler is adapted to initiate one or more actions in response to the verbal input. |
| US10957322B2 |
Speech processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, speech processing method, and information processing method
Provided is a speech processing apparatus including a word string estimation unit that estimates a word string equivalent to input speech among word strings included in dictionary data, and a calculation unit that calculates, for an element part constituting the word string estimated by the word string estimation unit, a certainty factor in which a content of the element part is equivalent to a content of a corresponding part in the input speech. |
| US10957320B2 |
End-of-turn detection in spoken dialogues
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate predicting a source of a subsequent spoken dialogue are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a speech receiving component that can receive a spoken dialogue from a first entity. The computer executable components can further comprise a speech processing component that can employ a network that can concurrently process a transition type and a dialogue act of the spoken dialogue to predict a source of a subsequent spoken dialogue. |
| US10957319B2 |
Speech processing method, device and computer readable storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a speech processing method, device, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device includes a microphone configured to receive voice information. A first communication module is operable to be connected to a server and configured to send the voice information to the server and to receive a control instruction generated based on the voice information from the server. A second communication module is operable to be connected to the terminal device and configured to send the control instruction to the terminal device and to receive an audio response to the control instruction from the terminal device. A speaker is configured to play the audio response. |
| US10957318B2 |
Dynamic voice authentication
A transaction authentication system including a vocabulary database including at least one of a dictionary's words; an utterance database including at least one speaker's utterances; at least one processor in communication with the vocabulary database and the utterance database, the at least one processor programmed or configured to digitally record an utterance from at least one speaker; isolate at least one word of he utterance based on at least one statistical analysis, one acoustic analysis, or any combination thereof; of; match at least one dictionary word from the vocabulary database with at least one word of the utterance in accordance with at least one predefined accuracy criterion; and in response to matching the at least one dictionary word with the at least one word of the utterance, transmit an authentication message. |
| US10957313B1 |
System command processing
Techniques for performing command processing are described. A system receives, from a device, input data corresponding to a command. The input data may originate as audio data, as text data, or as other data. The system determines NLU processing results corresponding to the input data. The NLU processing results may be associated with multiple speechlets. The system also determines NLU confidences for the NLU processing results for each speechlet. The system sends NLU processing results and an indication to provide potential results to a portion of the multiple speechlets, and receives potential results from the portion of the speechlets. The system also receives indications whether the speechlets need to be re-called if the speechlets are selected to execute with respect to the command. The system ranks the portion of the speechlets based at least in part on the NLU processing results as well as the potential results provided by the portion of the speechlets. The system may also rank the portion of the applications using other data. The system causes content provided by the highest ranked speechlet to be output to a user. |
| US10957312B2 |
Scalable dynamic class language modeling
This document generally describes systems and methods for dynamically adapting speech recognition for individual voice queries of a user using class-based language models. The method may include receiving a voice query from a user that includes audio data corresponding to an utterance of the user, and context data associated with the user. One or more class models are then generated that collectively identify a first set of terms determined based on the context data, and a respective class to which the respective term is assigned for each respective term in the first set of terms. A language model that includes a residual unigram may then be accessed and processed for each respective class to insert a respective class symbol at each instance of the residual unigram that occurs within the language model. A transcription of the utterance of the user is then generated using the modified language model. |
| US10957311B2 |
Parsers for deriving user intents
Intelligent assistant systems, methods and computing devices are disclosed for training a machine learning-based parser to derive user intents. A method comprises analyzing with a feeder parser a surface form of a user input. A user intent underlying the surface form is derived by the feeder parser. The surface form and the user intent are provided to a machine learning-based parser and used to enhance a training set of the machine learning-based parser. |
| US10957306B2 |
Predicting personality traits based on text-speech hybrid data
Techniques for generating a personality trait model are described. According to an example, a system is provided that can generate text data and linguistic data, and apply psycholinguistic data to the text data and the linguistic data, resulting in updated text data and updated linguistic data. The system is further operable to combine the updated text data with the updated linguistic data to generate a personality trait model. In various embodiments, the personality trait model can be trained and updated as additional data is received from various inputs. |
| US10957305B2 |
Method and device for information processing
An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining audio data collected by a slave device; obtaining contextual data corresponding to the slave device; and obtaining a recognition result of recognizing the audio data based on the contextual data. The contextual data characterizes a voice environment of the audio data collected by the slave device. |
| US10957303B2 |
Training apparatus, speech synthesis system, and speech synthesis method
A training apparatus includes an autoregressive model configured to estimate a current signal from a past signal sequence and a current context label, a vocal tract feature analyzer configured to analyze an input speech signal to determine a vocal tract filter coefficient representing a vocal tract feature, a residual signal generator configured to output a residual signal, a quantization unit configured to quantize the residual signal output from the residual signal generator to generate a quantized residual signal, and a training controller configured to provide as a condition, a context label of an already known input text for the input speech signal corresponding to the already known input text to the autoregressive model and to train the autoregressive model by bringing a past sequence of the quantized residual signals for the input speech signal and the current context label into correspondence with a current signal of the quantized residual signal. |
| US10957297B2 |
Self-produced music apparatus and method
An application for operating on a smart phone that records a musician's performance, either voice or instrumental, in combination with pre-recorded music. The combination allows for the auto tuning of the recording, the compression of the recording, the equalization of the recording, adding in reverb, correcting latency and the audio quantization of the rhythm, in addition to music enhancement features such as vocal spread, DeEsser, vocal doubler, vocal harmonizer, tape saturation, pitch correcdtion, flanger, phaser, auto pan, vibrato, tremolo, rotary, ring modulator, metalizer, expander, noise gate, wah, vocal leveling, tape stop, half speed, LoFi, and stutter. Once combined, the song is transmitted to social media and/or to an online store for sale. The user can also make a video with the song. Additional marketing such as song competitions or music reviews and ratings are also provided. |
| US10957296B2 |
Synthesized percussion pedal and looping station
An apparatus for facilitating control of midi-sequence generation is disclosed. The apparatus may include a midi-sequence module configured to store a plurality of main midi sequences, store a plurality of fill midi sequences, and playback a plurality of main midi sequences and the plurality of fill midi sequences. The apparatus can also include a first foot-operable switch configured to operate the midi-sequence module, an instrument input, and a looping means configured to record a plurality of signals received from the instrument input, generate a plurality of recorded loops associated with the plurality of recorded signals, store the plurality of recorded loops, and playback each of the plurality of recorded loops. The apparatus can also include a second foot-operable switch configured to operate the looping means. |
| US10957292B2 |
Music shaper
A music composition, editing, and playback system and method provides a user interface design based on geometric interpretation of music theory replacing traditional modern music notation with geometric shapes including chords represented by polygons that are colored with colors or hues. |
| US10957290B2 |
Lyrics analyzer
A lyrics analyzer generates tags and explicitness indicators for a set of tracks. These tags may indicate the genre, mood, occasion, or other features of each track. The lyrics analyzer does so by generating an n-dimensional vector relating to a set of topics extracted from the lyrics and then using those vectors to train a classifier to determine whether each tag applies to each track. The lyrics analyzer may also generate playlists for a user based on a single seed song by comparing the lyrics vector or the lyrics and acoustics vectors of the seed song to other songs to select songs that closely match the seed song. Such a playlist generator may also take into account the tags generated for each track. |
| US10957288B2 |
Instrument stand
An adjustable, collapsible and extensible instrument stand includes a base, at least one riser releasably attached to the base and extending upward from the base and a grasper attached to the riser to fasten a musical instrument to the instrument stand. The grasper is moveable along the riser to change a distance between the grasper and the base. |
| US10957283B2 |
Perceptual luminance nonlinearity-based image data exchange across different display capabilities
A handheld imaging device has a data receiver that is configured to receive reference encoded image data. The data includes reference code values, which are encoded by an external coding system. The reference code values represent reference gray levels, which are being selected using a reference grayscale display function that is based on perceptual non-linearity of human vision adapted at different light levels to spatial frequencies. The imaging device also has a data converter that is configured to access a code mapping between the reference code values and device-specific code values of the imaging device. The device-specific code values are configured to produce gray levels that are specific to the imaging device. Based on the code mapping, the data converter is configured to transcode the reference encoded image data into device-specific image data, which is encoded with the device-specific code values. |
| US10957279B2 |
Displays
Apparatus and method for field-sequential colour display of a colour image comprising a combination of three component images each representing a respective one of three different component colours of the image. Sequentially, the following steps are performed within a common display frame period. A first component image is displayed using the first component colour. Separately, the second component image is displayed using the second component colour without either of the first component colour and the third component colour. This displays the second component image as a second colour. Separately, the third component image is displayed using the third component colour simultaneously with the second component colour without the first component colour thereby to display the third component image as a resultant colour. |
| US10957276B2 |
Power-off discharge circuit and operation method of display panel, and display substrate
A power-off discharge circuit and an operation method of a display panel, and a display substrate are provided. The power-off discharge circuit includes a switching circuit and a power storage circuit. The switching circuit is coupled to the first transmission line and the second transmission line and configured to control a connection between the first transmission line and the second transmission line in response to a first control signal, and to control a connection between the second output terminal of the power management circuit and the second input terminal of the gate driving circuit in response to a second control signal. The power storage circuit is coupled to the first transmission line and configured to perform, in response to a power control signal, one of storing power transmitted from the first transmission line and supplying stored power to the first transmission line. |
| US10957275B2 |
Pixel compensating method, pixel compensating circuit and display device
The application relates to a pixel compensation method, a pixel compensation circuit and a display device. The pixel compensation method includes: recording a working time of a display device and determining gate and source voltages of a TFT in an active area within the working time; finding a voltage compensation value from a look-up table according to the working time and the gate and source voltages; and performing voltage compensation to a scan signal according to the voltage compensation value. The gate and source voltages in a time period of the display device are counted, the pre-stored look-up table is searched according to voltage statistical values of gate, source and drain to determine voltage adjustment values for adjusting voltage values of the scan signal, so that a problem of image ghost or flicker in the display device caused by the drift of I-V characteristic curve is overcome consequently. |
| US10957273B2 |
Display driver, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
A display driver includes a processing circuit configured to output display data, a D/A conversion circuit configured to D/A-convert the display data output from the processing circuit, a data voltage output terminal, and an amplifier circuit configured to output a data voltage to the data voltage output terminal on the basis of a D/A conversion result output from the D/A conversion circuit. In a pre-charge period, the processing circuit outputs first pre-charge data as pre-charge data for a D/A conversion circuit DACi, and outputs second pre-charge data different from the first pre-charge data as pre-charge data for a D/A conversion circuit DACj. |
| US10957272B2 |
Backplane suitable to form part of an emissive pixel array and system and methods of modulating same
A backplane operative to drive an array of emissive pixel elements is disclosed. Each pixel element comprises a pixel circuit drive element and an emissive element, wherein the pixel circuit drive element comprises a memory cell, a current source element, and a modulation element. The present invention improves on an emissive display by providing a backplane and modulation system that enables fabrication of multi-color or monochrome LED display systems that operate efficiently and without objectionable image artifacts. One aspect of the present invention is to realize the backplane in a single crystal silicon process with a minimum number of metal layers while providing each color with a suitable operating voltage and drive current. |
| US10957269B2 |
Display device
Disclosed is a display device for decreasing a load of a clock line. The display device comprises: a display panel including a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixels in a display area, a gate driver disposed in a non-display area of the display panel and supplying gate signals to the plurality of gate lines, and a gate control line for supplying a gate control signal to the gate driver. The gate control line includes a first gate control line and a second gate control line overlapping the first gate control line with an insulation layer therebetween, the second gate control line being connected to the first gate control line through a first contact hole passing through the insulation layer. |
| US10957267B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device where delay or distortion of a signal output to a gate signal line in a selection period is reduced is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate signal line, a first and second gate driver circuits which output a selection signal and a non-selection signal to the gate signal line, and pixels electrically connected to the gate signal line and supplied with the two signals. In a period during which the gate signal line is selected, both the first and second gate driver circuits output the selection signal to the gate signal line. In a period during which the gate signal line is not selected, one of the first and second gate driver circuits outputs the non-selection signal to the gate signal line, and the other gate driver circuit outputs neither the selection signal nor the non-selection signal to the gate signal line. |
| US10957257B2 |
Pixel circuit, driving method thereof and display panel
A pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit includes a reset sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, a control sub-circuit, a data signal writing sub-circuit, a power input sub-circuit and a light emitting device. The compensation sub-circuit may store a compensation voltage for the gate of the driving transistor in the driving sub-circuit, which can alleviate or eliminate the influence of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor on the driving current of the light emitting device, thereby improving the uniformity in brightness of the light emitting device, which enhances the display quality of the display panel. |
| US10957252B2 |
Active matrix OLED display with normally-on thin-film transistors
A pixel circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor connected to a first source/drain of the first transistor, a circuit element connected to a gate of the first transistor and ground and configured to receive a select input and maintain the select input less than or equal to a potential of the ground, and a resistive element connected to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a first source/drain of the second transistor. |
| US10957251B2 |
Pixel sensing device and panel driving device
The present invention relates to a pixel sensing device capable of compensating for an error included in a test current itself by supplying, when a pixel current is sensed, the test current used in the sensing of each channel circuit error. |
| US10957247B1 |
Display with sub-pixel drive
A system is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a display device including a display substrate configured to display at least one image. In embodiments, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels, wherein at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The system further includes a sub-pixel drive communicatively coupled to the display substrate. In embodiments, the sub-pixel drive is configured to generate one or more control signals configured to selectively modify a sub-pixel luminance level of at least one sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels in order to adjust one or more characteristics of the display substrate. |
| US10957244B2 |
LED display system and LED display device
In an LED display system, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of suppressing power consumption of a plurality of LED display devices by synchronizing power saving control by each controller. Each controller includes a control circuit, a signal line, an average brightness value communication unit, and a video signal distribution unit. The control circuit calculates an average brightness value Yave of pixels constituting a frame and generates a READY signal. The average brightness value communication unit outputs the average brightness value to the signal line after detecting the completion of calculation of the average brightness values of all the controllers. The control circuit calculates a common brightness correction coefficient Cy based on the average brightness value Yave. The video signal distribution unit distributes the video signal and the common brightness correction coefficient Cy to the single LED unit. |
| US10957242B2 |
Display panel
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display area comprising a gate line and a data line, and a gate driver connected to a terminal of the gate line. The gate driver includes a plurality of stages that are integrated on a substrate, and each stage comprises an inverter unit, an output unit, and a Q node stabilization unit. The output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor, wherein the first transistor includes an input terminal for receiving a clock signal, a control terminal connected to a node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal to output a gate voltage. A Vgs voltage of a transistor in the Q node stabilization unit has a value of equal to or less than 0 V when the output unit outputs a gate-on voltage. |
| US10957241B2 |
Display, LED chip therefor, pixel therefor, controlling method therefor, computer program therefor
A display (100) comprising a plurality of LED chips (604), each LED chip (604) comprising a plurality of light emitting elements (606a-c). Each LED chip (604) is arranged such that a first light emitting element (606a) is configured to illuminate a sub-pixel, and a second light emitting element (606b) is configured to illuminate a sub-pixel using substantially the same wavelength of light as the first light emitting element. There is also described an LED chip, a display pixel, a controlling method, a computer device and a computer program for a display. |
| US10957240B1 |
Apparatus, systems, and methods to compensate for sub-standard sub pixels in an array
A system to compensate for sub-standard subpixels in a display device may include an optical system that laterally shifts light emitted by subpixels of an emissive array towards a viewing region using a light deviator that is movable between a plurality of predetermined positions corresponding to one or more lateral-light-shifting degrees of freedom. The system may also include a controller that converts input data into a sequence of instructions for illuminating at least a portion of the subpixels during a plurality of subframes, the sequence of instructions causing each subpixel of at least the portion of the subpixels to be illuminated for a predetermined illumination time while the light deviator is positioned at one or more predetermined light deviator positions such that sub-standard subpixels are each compensated for with light laterally shifted from at least one standard subpixel. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10957238B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus is provided including a display panel, a memory configured to store first image quality compensation data corresponding to a driving frequency of the display panel, and second image quality compensation data corresponding to a frame frequency of an input image to the display panel, the second image quality compensation data corresponding to the first image quality compensation data adjusted based on a luminance value of the input image, and a timing controller configured to, based on the frame frequency of the image input to the display panel being varied, perform image quality compensation on the input image using the second image quality compensation data, and to control the display panel to display the input image based on the image quality compensation. |
| US10957237B2 |
Circuit, semiconductor device, display device, electronic device, and driving method of circuit
A semiconductor device with lower power consumption or a display device including the semiconductor device is provided. A circuit to which an N-bit signal is input includes a first digital-to-analog converter circuit to which an upper M-bit signal is input, a second digital-to-analog converter circuit to which a lower (N−M)-bit signal is input, and an amplifier circuit. The amplifier circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. An output terminal of the first digital-to-analog converter circuit is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor. An output terminal of the second digital-to-analog converter circuit is electrically connected to a substrate potential of the second transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. An output terminal of the amplifier circuit is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor. |
| US10957235B1 |
Color shift correction for display device
A color mapping and correction scheme for processing pixel data allows a display device to account for color shift. The display device drives its light emitters with different current levels. The light emitters exhibit a color shift in gamut. As such, the display device generate light of two different color gamut regions. An input pixel data may include an original color coordinate that is beyond a common color gamut that is common to the two gamut regions. A mapping scheme is used to convert the original color coordinate to an updated color coordinate within the common color gamut. A first output color coordinate that corrected for the shift in first emitters is generated for the operation of the first light emitters based on the updated color coordinate. A second output color coordinate that corrected for the shift in second emitters is also generated based on the updated color coordinate. |
| US10957232B2 |
Circuit device, electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and mobile body
A circuit device (100) includes: a pixel clock judgment circuit (110) that outputs a pixel clock judgment signal ERPX that is activated if an edge of a pixel clock signal PXCK has not been detected in a detection period that is set by a reference clock signal RFCK; a signal judgment circuit (120) that judges whether or not a display control signal DCS is normal based on the reference clock signal RFCK, and outputs a signal judgment signal EPDC that is activated if the display control signal DCS is anomalous; and a mask circuit (130) that masks the display control signal DCS when at least one of the pixel clock judgment signal ERPX and the signal judgment signal EPDC is activated. |
| US10957230B2 |
Shift register unit and driving method for the same, gate driving circuit and display device
A shift register unit provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes an input circuit, a pull-up circuit, a control circuit, and a first discharge circuit. The pull-up circuit is configured to control an output of the signal output terminal. The control circuit is configured to control a potential of the second node based on a second voltage signal of the second voltage terminal and a potential of the first node. The first discharge circuit is configured to control, after being turned on under the control of the potential of the second node, the first node and the signal output terminal by using the third voltage terminal, and discharging a pixel unit, the first node and the signal output terminal, the pixel unit being connected to the signal output terminal. |
| US10957226B2 |
Tiling electronic apparatus
An electronic device and a tiling electronic apparatus are disclosed and include a base substrate, a first circuit layer and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The base substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first circuit layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed on the first surface of the base substrate, and the second portion is disposed on the second surface of the base substrate. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the first portion of the first circuit layer. At least one of the second surface of the base substrate and the first portion of the first circuit layer includes at least one microstructure. |
| US10957225B2 |
Foldable display device
A foldable display device including: a display panel; a cover window disposed on the display panel; and a base film attached below the display panel, wherein the base film includes a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet bonded to the first metal sheet, and the first metal sheet includes a first flat portion, a second flat portion, and an inclined portion bent from the first flat portion and the second flat portion. |
| US10957224B2 |
Cover film and flexible display device
A cover film is applied to a flexible display device. The cover film includes a light incident surface and a light exit surface. A plurality of concaves are provided on the light incident surface. Each of the concaves includes a first portion, and the first portion is arch shaped. By providing the plurality of concaves with an arched structure on the cover film, the flexible display device changes a light path less during a bending process, and rainbow ripples or water ripples may be avoided, thereby improving user experience. In addition, since the plurality of concaves are the arched structures with a certain radian, the plurality of concaves have a certain concentrating effect, so that brightness of a visible region of the flexible display device can be enhanced. |
| US10957223B2 |
Braille printing device
A braille printing device includes a device body; a linear actuator with an actuator body and an actuator hammer; a liquid ejection unit, including a liquid container a resin piston, and a dispensing tube; a slidable connector with a groove; a vertical stop; a trigger switch; a slide stop member; a slide holder plate including a slide holder back portion, a slide stop member, and first and second sliding rails; and a control unit, such that the braille printing device deposits spherical domes of printing fluid on a printing substrate to form a braille text. |
| US10957220B2 |
Systems and methods for endovascular fluid injection simulations
Systems and methods for simulating fluid injection procedures are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a fluid injection simulation system comprises a processing unit coupled to a variable flow resistance module. The processing unit determines a fluid flow resistance that corresponds to a predetermined level of resistance for tactilely simulating a fluid injection procedure. The processing unit controls the variable flow resistance module to achieve the fluid flow resistance that corresponds to the predetermined level of resistance for tactilely simulating a fluid injection procedure. |
| US10957219B2 |
Blocks assembly
A blocks assembly is provided. The assembly is formed of a base with an arch attached thereto. A number of blocks are slideably attached to the arch and confined by the base. The blocks can be slid from one side of the arch to the other. Markings on each side of the arch indicate how many blocks are on each side of the arch. Addition, subtraction, and general mathematical principles and relationships can be taught by movement and manipulation of the blocks. |
| US10957211B2 |
Method and apparatus for training a user of a software application
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a game stimulus signal generated by a first gaming accessory device, determining a first game action result based on the game stimulus signal, analyzing the first game action result to provide a first coaching message to achieve a desired result, and presenting the coaching message. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10957207B2 |
Systems and methods for associating critical flight reference data with a flight path vector symbol
Systems and methods for associating critical flight reference data with a flight path vector symbol are provided. The system displays a continuously updated image with a symbol for a flight path vector. The system displays a first readout arrangement, in which the airspeed indicator and the altitude indicator are (i) each located in relationship to boundary edges of the display device, and (ii) their locations are substantially static. The system detects a deviation between the flight path vector and the heading, and when the deviation exceeds a threshold, the system toggles to a second readout arrangement, in which the airspeed indicator and the altitude indicator are (i) each located a distance measured from the flight path vector, and (ii) dynamically change location responsive to movement of the flight path vector. |
| US10957204B1 |
Systems and methods for tracking cargo assets
A method includes obtaining position information describing a first location and a second location of an asset; obtaining heading samples for the asset; determining a reference path for the asset from the first location to the second location based on the heading samples; identifying candidate paths from the first location to the second location using map information; and determining a predicted path for the asset by matching the reference path to one of the candidate paths. |
| US10957201B2 |
System and method for relative positioning based safe autonomous driving
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing a driving plan of an autonomous vehicle. The method may include obtaining observations of a neighboring vehicle using one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle. The method may also include classifying one or more behavioral driving characteristics of the neighboring vehicle based on the observations. Furthermore, the method may include updating the driving plan based on a classification of the one or more behavioral driving characteristics of the neighboring vehicle, and controlling one or more operations of the autonomous vehicle based on the updated driving plan. |
| US10957200B1 |
Transport parking space availability detection
Identifying parking spaces and notifying user devices provides an easy way to reduce traffic and save time for registered users. One example may include activating a sensor to detect at least one status change, monitoring a predefined area for the at least one status change, receiving at least one status change at a first time, receiving at least one additional status change at a second time, comparing the at least one status change and the at least one additional status change to a valid sequence of status changes, determining a valid sequence of status changes has occurred, and transmitting a notification to a registered user device previously registered to receive a notification when the valid sequence of status changes occurs. |
| US10957198B1 |
System and method for determining parking space
A system and a method for determining a parking space are provided. The method includes: obtaining parking space information within a range where a vehicle is located, the parking space information including parking lot map data; analyzing an object in individual parking space in the parking space information and generating object information of the object of the individual parking space; and using the object information and the parking space information to calculate a spatial relationship between the object in the individual parking space and a parking space where the object is located, and determining that the parking space is an available parking space if the spatial relationship satisfies vehicle body information of the vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle can determine an available parking space before passing it, and can further choose a better parking space. |
| US10957196B2 |
Traffic redirection for autonomous vehicles
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to redirection of autonomous vehicles. Communication is initiated between a master node and an autonomous vehicle. A location of a new lane is then received from the master node, the new lane comprised of a plurality of lane nodes. Communication is then initiated between the plurality of lane nodes and the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is then guided through the new lane by the plurality of lane nodes. |
| US10957190B2 |
Traffic management system, components of a distributed traffic management system, prioritization/load-distribution system, and methods thereof
Various aspects are related to a traffic management system that may include: a token issuer associated with a first traffic-managing infrastructure, a token collector associated with a vehicle, and a token verifier associated with a second traffic-managing infrastructure, wherein the token issuer is configured to issue one or more tokens, wherein the token collector is configured to collect the one or more tokens when the vehicle is in a vicinity of the first traffic-managing infrastructure and send the one or more collected tokens to the token verifier when the vehicle is in a vicinity of the second traffic-managing infrastructure, wherein the token verifier is configured to trigger a control of the second traffic-managing infrastructure based on the one or more collected tokens. |
| US10957189B1 |
Automatic vehicle alert and reporting systems and methods
A system of a vehicle includes: a camera configured to capture images within a predetermined field of view at least one of: in front, behind, and beside the vehicle; a license plate module configured to determine license plate information of a license plate attached to another vehicle; an event module configured to: based on at least one of the images, determine whether the other vehicle performed a predetermined type of driving maneuver; and generate an indicator in response to the other vehicle performing the predetermined type of driving maneuver; a reporting module configured to, in response to the generation of the indicator, generate a report including: the license plate information of the license plate attached to the other vehicle; and the predetermined type of driving maneuver performed by the other vehicle; and a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit the report to a server via at least one antenna. |
| US10957186B2 |
Reducing false alarms in surveillance systems
A surveillance system includes an infrared sensor system coupled to output an infrared signal in response to receiving infrared light, and an audio recording system coupled to output an audio signal in response to recording sound. An image sensor is system coupled to output an image signal in response to receiving image light. A controller is coupled to the infrared sensor system, the audio recording system, and the image sensor system. The controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the surveillance system to perform operations including receiving the infrared signal from the infrared sensor system, activating the audio recording system to record the sound, and activating the image sensor system to output the image signal. |
| US10957185B2 |
Method and system for wildfire detection and management
A remote fire detection system includes a plurality of sensor nodes, each comprising a smoke sensor, a temperature sensor, a gas sensor, and a processor having inputs coupled to the outputs of the sensors. The processor processes the sensor signals to generate at least one of smoke, temperature, or gas metric information, and determines a unique time window within a reporting period. A transmitter transmits report generated by the processor during the unique time window within the reporting period. A personnel node includes a location processor that generates location information of the personnel node and a transmitter that transmits the location information. A gateway node includes a receiver that receives reports generated by the plurality of sensor nodes during the unique time window within the reporting period. A processor generates a waveform comprising synchronization pulses during the reporting period and processing the received reports generated by the plurality of sensor nodes to generate an uplink message in response to the at least some of the sensor metric information. A transmitter transmits the waveform and the uplink message. A server node receives the uplink message and determines a probability of a fire at a location based on sensor metric information of the received uplink message. |
| US10957182B2 |
Network monitoring and control of data logging apparatus
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for an environmental monitoring device including at least one environmental sensor configured to periodically measure at least one property of a surrounding environment. Such environmental monitoring device may be associated with other devices or items, such as medical device assets (e.g., products; installations) that may have multiple parameter monitoring needs associated therewith, and such devices may move, for example, with such assets (e.g., during transportation) to enable continuous monitoring and assessment of the associated assets. The environmental monitoring device may be configured to receive a logging interval and an alarm rang, control the at least one environmental sensor to record the measured property according to the logging interval, generate an alarm signal in response to the measured property being outside of the alarm, and send the record of the at least one measured property and any alarm signals to a remote server. |
| US10957174B2 |
Communication-linked floodlight controllers with audio/video recording and communication features
Some aspects of the present embodiments provide a plurality of exterior lighting devices that are communicatively linked and capable of simultaneous (or near simultaneous) activation. At least a subset of the lighting devices may have cameras that enable live viewing (and/or later viewing of recorded footage) of the area around each lighting device (e.g., by the property owner, by law enforcement, or by any other authorized person or entity), and speakers that are capable of providing live verbal warnings (and/or automatic audible warnings) to intruders. Some of the present embodiments may enable the user to remotely control the light and/or sound emitted from the lighting devices. |
| US10957172B2 |
Internet protocol camera security system allowing secure encryption information to be transmitted
An IP camera security system allowing secure encryption information to be transmitted is provided that is implemented such that an encryption key and an encryption method are managed not by an IP camera and a client terminal vulnerable to security but by an image storage device having robust security so as to further secure the network segment security. |
| US10957168B1 |
Registry verification with redundancy
A mechanized store uses a first camera to detect an identity of an item and a second camera to detect an identity of the item. The identity of the item detected using the first image is compared to the identity of the item detected using the second image. The user and/or to a store employee can be alerted to a discrepancy. |
| US10957165B2 |
Crane game having internal housing unit
A crane game is provided with a gantry supporting a claw mechanism for grabbing bundles of tickets having RFID tags. A solid playing floor supports the bundles of tickets. An internal housing unit is supported on the playing floor and defines a prize chute. A claw mechanism grabs a bundle of tickets. The claw mechanism is lowered into the internal housing unit where a shielded RFID reader reads the RFID tag of the bundle of tickets. The internal housing unit has internal first, second, and third deflection walls that meet with one another at a peak and they slope in a direction towards the playing floor. If a bundle of tickets falls out of the claw mechanism while it is in the internal housing unit, then the bundle of tickets hit one of the first, second, or third deflection walls and exits through first, second, or third internal housing unit exits. |
| US10957164B1 |
Setting device for claw machine
A setting device for a claw machine is disclosed. The setting device includes: a cabinet, containing therein prizes; a movable gantry assembly, being installed at a top of the cabinet; a claw member, attached to the gantry assembly from below through a string; and a control device, installed outside the cabinet. The control device has a control circuit module, a joystick, a color liquid crystal display, a music player, and a button. After putting one or more coins, a player is allowed to operate the joystick of the control device to displace the gantry assembly and the claw member. The cabinet has a collection hole communicating with the exterior. The color liquid crystal display displays a setting interface. The disclosed device allows a machine owner to easily set relevant setting items through the setting interface so as to provide players with variable playing experiences and in turn increasing revenues of the claw machine. |
| US10957162B2 |
Providing a secondary service for a client application which is associated with a primary service
A secondary service provides a second, or collateral, service in connection with a client application associated with a first service. The secondary service receives user input from the client application and forwards the user input to at least one second server for the collateral service. The collateral service may be a lottery gaming system that generates or receives lottery entries as users perform certain actions. Other non-limiting examples of a collateral service that may receive user input via the secondary service include a data mining system, an advertising system and a loyalty and bonus system. |
| US10957161B2 |
Gaming machine using multiple triggers to determine an award from a subset of displayed awards
A gaming system includes at least one input device adapted to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance, an input indicative of a wager drawn on the credit balance for a wagering game, and a cashout input that initiates a payout from the credit balance. In response to a wager input, a wagering game is initiated that includes the spinning and stopping of a set of bonus reels through a plurality of bonus spins populating a bonus array with bonus symbols. The bonus reels comprise a combination of symbols reducing display processing requirements and improve mapping random numbers to displayed symbols for display during bonus spins having reduced durations. When completed, an award is determined based according to values associated with less than all of the bonus symbols displayed in a bonus outcome array. |
| US10957159B2 |
Gaming machine and method for displaying a free spin count-up
An electronic gaming machine includes a display, a credit input mechanism, and a processor configured to perform operations comprising: (i) initiating a free play bonus game; (ii) awarding, during the free play bonus game, a plurality of free spins of a plurality of reels; (iii) displaying, on the display, a plurality of numerical indicia, the plurality of numerical indicia displayed one at a time and increasing from an initial numerical indicium associated with an initial free spin to a final numerical indicium associated with a final free spin; and (iv) providing a game award in conjunction with the final free spin. |
| US10957153B2 |
Technician input-free reconfiguration of secured gaming system
A progressive pool controller within a gaming environment can have programmable contents thereof retrieved or changed without need for user interaction with the controller other than inserting a dynamically-linkable and reprogrammable storage device (e.g., a USB flash drive) into an I/O receptacle of the controller. The controller has a service automatically repeatedly executing therein, checking for insertion of the storage device, checking for recognizable commands within the inserted storage device after it is inserted, executing command following programs for the recognizable commands, saving output results of the executed programs into the inserted storage device and signaling that the storage device should be removed from the I/O receptacle upon completed execution of all the command following programs. Contents of the storage device remain encrypted when in transit and are exposed within secured confines of the controller. |
| US10957152B2 |
Gaming tracking and recommendation system
A recommendation system is provided, including a non-transitory memory, a processor, and a player interface. The non-transitory memory is configured to store a database including the player's playing history for a plurality of electronic gaming machines. The processor is coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to gain access to the database and execute computer-executable instructions. The computer-executable instructions include a promotions engine operable to generate a list of electronic gaming machine recommendations personalized for a player based at least on the player's playing history. The promotions engine is further operable to generate a promotion based on the list. The player interface is accessible by the player and includes a display configured to present the promotion. |
| US10957146B2 |
Method and apparatus for fuel payment processing
A system includes a processor configured to receive a vehicle identifier identifying a vehicle from a first digital entity. The processor is also configured to digitally obtain a payment account associated with the identifier, responsive to receiving the identifier. The processor is further configured to validate payment rights through input from a second entity, confirming the right to use the account to pay for charging the vehicle and responsive to successful validation, charge the payment account for vehicle charging, following vehicle charging completion. |
| US10957144B2 |
Storing cabinet
A cabinet for storing items has at least one carousel rotatable about an axis of the cabinet, and each carousel has a plurality of compartments formed about the axis. The cabinet is structured to store items into the compartments or discharge items out of the compartments. |
| US10957131B2 |
Server, server control method, server control program, communication terminal, terminal control method, and terminal control program
A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed. |
| US10957128B2 |
Vehicle inspection system and method for evaluating vehicle inspection and service information
A vehicle inspection system for acquiring measurements of at least one vehicle moving through an inspection lane is in communication with a remote data processing and storage system to aggregate data from multiple vehicles passing through the inspection lane, and optionally, from multiple inspection lanes. The remote data processing and storage system is configured with suitable software instructions to store the received vehicle inspection data, as well as vehicle service data received from vehicle service equipment, and to generate reports and/or respond to data queries using the stored vehicle inspection and vehicle service data. |
| US10957127B2 |
VIN based accelerometer threshold
A method and apparatus in a vehicular telemetry system for determining accelerometer thresholds based upon decoding a vehicle identification number (VIN). |
| US10957122B1 |
Vehicle diagnostics
Computing systems for vehicle diagnostics are provided. In accordance with some aspects, a computing system may include a vehicle having a plurality of sensors for monitoring an operation of one or more vehicle systems. The system may also include a computing device configured to receive, from a vehicle (e.g., from the plurality of sensors monitoring the operation of one or more vehicle systems via a communication interface), at least one signal corresponding to a status of a vehicle component. The computing system may predict, based on the at least one signal, when an issue with the vehicle is likely to occur and may determine, based on the issue, a remedial action for addressing the issue and a timeframe for performing the remedial action. The computing system may store data identifying the issue, the remedial action, and the timeframe in a record associated with the vehicle. |
| US10957120B2 |
Method and apparatus for using a vehicle license tag number for toll payment as a backup form of account authorization
A method and apparatus for processing vehicle license tag numbers allows subscribers of a toll service to avoid additional charges normally associated with processing photographs of vehicle license tags by toll agencies to collect tolls. A subscriber can upload one or more license tag numbers to be associated with the subscriber's account with the toll service. The toll service provides a list of license tag numbers to the toll agency. If, for a given toll event, the toll agency does not receive a response to a wireless toll tag reader signal, the toll agency compares a license tag number obtained by processing a photo of the vehicle's license tag with the list provided by the toll service to find a match and process the toll. |
| US10957119B2 |
Visual editor for designing augmented-reality effects
In one embodiment, a method for designing an augmented-reality effect may include displaying a virtual object in a 3D space of a user interface comprising a first and second display areas, wherein the virtual object is displayed from a first perspective in the first display area and displayed from a second perspective in the second display area, the second perspective being different from the first perspective, receiving, via the user interface, instructions to adjust the virtual object, adjusting the virtual object according to the instructions, and displaying the adjusted virtual object in the 3D space of the user interface, wherein the adjusted virtual object is displayed from the first perspective in the first display area and displayed from the second perspective in the second display area. |
| US10957110B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for tracing paths in augmented reality
Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for providing augmented realities including trails or paths for navigating a real world space. Methods, devices, and systems are also disclosed for providing augmented realities for other forms of navigation guidance or tracking assistance. |
| US10957109B2 |
Dynamic partition of augmented reality region
Aspects of the present invention define different boundary dimension values for different respective areas relative to a reference geographic location as a function of values of attributes of an event occurring at the location and of a user of an augmented reality device. Aspects thus render the area within a display of the reference geographic location by a display device of the user augmented reality device in a display format that visually distinguishes the visually rendered areas from each other within display of the reference geographic location, the format conveys different values of use permission determined for the user for each of the areas as a function of event and user attribute values; dynamically revise one of the boundary dimension values in response to a change in attribute value of the location and the event; and revise the area rendering as a function of the revised boundary dimension value. |
| US10957107B2 |
Snapping, virtual inking, and accessibility in augmented reality
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to providing an augmented reality experience. Embodiments include receiving, from an augmented reality or virtual reality (AR/VR) device, first input that identifies application content and a location of an artifact in an AR/VR environment. Embodiments include identifying a region in the environment based on the location, the region corresponding to the artifact. Embodiments include receiving the application content from an application. Embodiments include composing a first scene, the application content being overlaid onto the region. Embodiments include transporting the first scene to the AR/VR device for display. Embodiments include receiving, from the client device, second input in the region in the environment. Embodiments include composing a second scene wherein the application content is modified based on the second input. Embodiments include transporting the second scene to the AR/VR device for display. |
| US10957105B2 |
Augmented reality geolocation optimization
Providing of an electronic map displaying preferred real-world locations to utilize in connection with an augmented reality world. A request is received at a server computer to provide the electronic map to utilize in connection with the augmented reality world. A geolocation is received. Real-world locations in a vicinity are queried from a real-world location profile. A virtual location profile of virtual locations in the augmented reality world is accessed to generate an initial virtual location set. A participant preference profile containing virtual preferences and real-world preferences is accessed. Real-time participant data is accessed. The virtual locations in the initial virtual location set are prioritized to generate a prioritized virtual location set. The prioritized virtual location set is limited based upon the real-time participant data to generate a real-time prioritized location set. The electronic map is generated based upon the real-time prioritized location set, and transmitted. |
| US10957099B2 |
System and method for display of visual representations of vehicle associated information based on three dimensional model
An electronic system for a vehicle includes a memory and a control circuitry. The memory stores a three-dimensional (3D) model associated with the vehicle. The 3D model is a trained machine learning (ML) model that is trained using a first set of two-dimensional (2D) images as training data associated with the vehicle. The control circuitry receives a user input to display user-assistive information associated with the vehicle. The control circuitry generates a visual representation that corresponds to at least one of a first view of the vehicle or a second view of a component of the vehicle, based on the stored 3D model. The generated visual representation is different from the first set of 2D images. The control circuitry controls display of the user-assistive information that includes the generated visual representation on a display screen of the vehicle. |
| US10957098B2 |
Consistent 3D rendering in medical imaging
For three-dimensional rendering, a machine-learnt model is trained to generate representation vectors for rendered images formed with different rendering parameter settings. The distances between representation vectors of the images to a reference are used to select the rendered image and corresponding rendering parameters that provides a consistency with the reference. In an additional or different embodiment, optimized pseudo-random sequences are used for physically-based rendering. The random number generator seed is selected to improve the convergence speed of the renderer and to provide higher quality images, such as providing images more rapidly for training compared to using non-optimized seed selection. |
| US10957096B2 |
Topology shader technology
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that receives, at a topology shader in a graphics pipeline, an object description and generates, at the topology shader, a set of polygons based on the object description. Additionally, the set of polygons may be sent to a vertex shader. |
| US10957095B2 |
Programmable ray tracing with hardware acceleration on a graphics processor
Apparatus and method for programmable ray tracing with hardware acceleration on a graphics processor. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processor comprises shader execution circuitry to execute a plurality of programmable ray tracing shaders. The shader execution circuitry includes a plurality of single instruction multiple data (SIMD) execution units. Sorting circuitry regroups data associated with one or more of the programmable ray tracing shaders to increase occupancy for SIMD operations performed by the SIMD execution units; and fixed-function intersection circuitry coupled to the shader execution circuitry detects intersections between rays and bounding volume hierarchies (BVHs) and/or objects contained therein and to provide results indicating the intersections to the sorting circuitry. |
| US10957092B2 |
Method and apparatus for distinguishing between objects
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for distinguishing objects. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of object groups displayed in an image, each object group including at least one target object, and a same resource being configured for target objects in different object groups; setting different mark values for the plurality of object groups, target objects in a same object group having a same mark value; and separately performing pixel correction on pixels of the target objects in each object group according to the mark value of each object group, pixels of the target objects having different mark values being corrected to have different display attributes. |
| US10957090B2 |
Eye animated expression display method and robot using the same
The present disclosure provides an eye animated expression display method. The method includes: receiving an instruction for displaying an eye animated expression; parsing a JSON file storing the eye animated emoticon to obtain a parsing result; and displaying the eye animated emoticon on the eye display screen based on the parsing result. The present disclosure further provides a robot. In the above-mentioned manner, the present disclosure is capable of improving the interactive performance of the eyes of the robot while reducing the space for storing eye animated expressions. |
| US10957083B2 |
Intelligent interactive and augmented reality based user interface platform
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for an intelligent, interactive, and augmented reality (AR) based user interface platform. The platform can be implemented in many applications, such as providing real-time intelligent and interactive control between user input data and the resulting AR data, providing real-time and effective AR-based communication, or providing real-time control of physical devices in a remote network. |
| US10957082B2 |
Method of and apparatus for processing graphics
When performing conservative rasterisation in a graphics processing pipeline, modified edge information that accounts for an error in the dimensions of a primitive is determined by a primitive set-up stage. That modified edge information is then used by a rasterisation stage to determine whether the primitive covers one or more sampling points associated with pixels to be displayed. The same modified edge information can also be used to determine if the pixels are fully covered by the primitive irrespective of any rounding effects (errors) in the position of the (vertices of the) primitive. |
| US10957081B2 |
Dynamic and cooperative graph creation
A computer implemented method of assessing sub-graphs proposed for constructing a concept map, comprising using one or more processors for executing code for receiving a proposed sub-graph from one or more user client terminals used by users, where the proposed sub-graph comprises concept nodes and edges defining conceptual relationship between the concept nodes and searching a database comprising stored sub-graphs to determine a match of the proposed sub-graph with one of the stored sub-graphs each associated with a stored feedback record. In case of a match, selecting the stored feedback record associated with a matching stored sub-graph and in case of no-match, forwarding the proposed sub-graph to a reviewer client terminal of reviewer(s) and receiving from the reviewer client terminal(s) a generated feedback record and responding to the user client terminal(s) with the selected stored feedback record or the generated feedback record according to the match. |
| US10957076B2 |
Non-transitory computer readable recording medium, storage control method, extraction method, storage control device, and extraction device
A storage control device specifies, based on association information, blocks in each of which the boundary is included from among a plurality of blocks. The storage control device generates, for each of the specified blocks, first image data and second image data. The first image data is image data that includes a first object and that does not include a second object, whereas the second image data is image data that includes a second object. The storage control device stores the generated first image data and the second image data in a storage unit so as to be identifiable. |
| US10957075B2 |
Representation of a component using cross-sectional images
A method includes receiving a cross-sectional image of a component, including a plurality of pixels representing the component, at a perspective, determining a threshold color value based on color values associated with the plurality of pixels, and setting an updated color value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels based on the threshold color value. The method includes analyzing a set of adjacent pixels of the cross-sectional image that is selected based on a geometric parameter based on an expected geometry of a physical domain of the component, identifying a plurality of adjacent pixels from the set of adjacent pixels that is likely to be associated with the physical domain of the component based on the updated color values associated with the plurality of adjacent pixels, and outputting a representation of the component including the plurality of adjacent pixels that are likely to be associated with the physical domain. |
| US10957073B2 |
Method and apparatus for recognizing image and method and apparatus for training recognition model based on data augmentation
An image recognition method includes: selecting an augmentation process from augmentation processes based on a probability table, in response to an acquisition of an input image; acquiring an augmented image by augmenting the input image based on the selected augmentation process; and recognizing an object from the augmented image based on a recognition model. |
| US10957068B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same
An information processing apparatus has a hold unit for holding a plurality of features of a physical space as a plurality of held features, each of the plurality of held features being related with a position in a first image captured by an image capturing apparatus at a first time, and information of an availability for a position/orientation calculation of the image capturing apparatus. The information processing apparatus associates a plurality of detected features, which are detected in a second image captured by the image capturing apparatus at a second time after the first time, with the plurality of held features, and, based on the availabilities related with the associated held features, adjusts a detected feature, among the plurality of detected features, to be used in the calculation of the position/orientation of the image capturing apparatus. |
| US10957063B2 |
Dynamically modifying virtual and augmented reality content to reduce depth conflict between user interface elements and video content
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating modified video content to reduce depth conflicts between user interface elements and video objects. For example, the disclosed systems can analyze an input video to identify feature points that designate objects within the input video and to determine the depths of the identified feature points. In addition, the disclosed systems can compare the depths of the feature points with a depth of a user interface element to determine whether there are any depth conflicts. In response to detecting a depth conflict, the disclosed systems can modify the depth of the user interface element to reduce or avoid the depth conflict. Furthermore, the disclosed systems can apply a blurring effect to an area around a user interface element to reduce the effect of depth conflicts. |
| US10957060B2 |
Computing device and method of detecting sensor obstructions
A method of detecting sensor obstructions in a computing device includes: at an emitter, emitting a beam of light through a scan window toward a treaded surface; at an image sensor, for a sequence of positions of the computing device along the treaded surface: capturing a sequence of images corresponding to the sequence of positions, each image in the sequence having a first region and a second region; wherein the first regions depict a first subset of reflections of the beam of light originating from a first depth range; and wherein the second regions depict a second subset of the reflections originating from a second depth range; at a controller: receiving the sequence of images; determining, based on the second regions, whether an intensity of the second subset of the reflections exceeds a occlusion threshold; and when the determination is affirmative, generating an alert indicating obstruction of the scan window. |
| US10957059B1 |
Multi-pattern depth camera assembly
A depth camera assembly (DCA) configured to determine distances between the headset and one or more objects in an area surrounding the headset. The DCA includes an imaging device, an illumination source, and a controller. The controller identifies objects in a portion of the local area, determines a depth zone for each object and corresponding structured light (SL) illumination parameters including a SL pattern for each object based on the depth zone, instructs the illumination source to illuminate a scene comprising the one or more objects with the determined SL pattern, and instructs the imaging device to capture images of the illuminated objects. The controller determines the depth information for the illuminated objects and updates the depth information associated with the objects. |
| US10957057B2 |
Post-mapping automatic identification of pulmonary veins
A method includes calculating a center-of-mass of a volume of an organ of a patient in a computerized anatomical map of the volume. A location is found on the anatomical map, on a surface of the volume, that is farthest from the center-of-mass. The location is identified as a known anatomical opening of the organ. |
| US10957055B2 |
Methods and systems of searching for an object in a video stream
The claimed invention relates to the data processing industry, in particular, to the methods and systems of searching and analyzing data for finding an object in a video stream. The technical result is enhancing the precision of determining the sought object in a video stream, as well as increasing the speed of locating the object by means of performing a classification of objects and determining their features present on the video stream frames. |
| US10957054B2 |
Detecting motion in images
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for detecting motion in images. A computing system receives first and second images that were captured by a camera. The computing system generates, using the images, a mathematical transformation that indicates movement of the camera from the first image to the second image. The computing system generates, using the first image and the mathematical transformation, a modified version of the first image that presents the scene that was captured by the first image from a position of the camera when the second image was captured. The computing system determines a portion of the first image or second image at which a position of an object in the scene moved, by comparing the modified version of the first image to the second image. |
| US10957049B2 |
Unsupervised image segmentation based on a background likelihood estimation
A method for unsupervised image segmentation based on a background likelihood estimation is described herein. The method includes calculating a distance for each pixel in an input image and transforming each distance into a probability of the distance of belonging to a background of an input image or a foreground of the input image. The method also includes transforming each probability into a log likelihood value to form a unary term and minimizing an energy function including the unary term to obtain a set of foreground labels and a set of background labels. |
| US10957048B2 |
Image segmentation method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium of the same
An image segmentation method is providing that includes the steps outlined below. A first image corresponding to a first time spot and a second image corresponding to a second time spot are received from a video stream, wherein the second time spot is behind the first time spot. Segmentation is performed on the second image by a segmentation neural network to generate a label probability set. Similarity determination is performed on the first image and the second image by a similarity calculation neural network to generate a similarity probability set. The label probability set and the similarity probability set are concatenated by a concatenating unit to generate a concatenated result. Further inference is performed on the concatenated result by a strategic neural network to generate a label mask. |
| US10957040B2 |
Systems and methods for using a single-cell to create chromosomal spreads
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods and systems for preparing chromosomal spread for a selected cell so that chromosomal spreads and/or translocations can be correlated with the selected cell. |
| US10957036B2 |
Methods and systems for crop pest management utilizing geospatial images and microclimate data
Systems and methods for predicting pest susceptibility, comprising steps to receive geocoded geospatial image data of a crop field from sensors, receive microclimate data of the crop field, determine a crop vigor map for the crop field, and then generate a pest susceptibility map utilizing a risk model based on the crop vigor map and the microclimate data. The pest susceptibility map comprises a measure of a susceptibility of a crop in the crop field to one or more crop pests at one or more locations. In some embodiments, the method also comprises steps to generate a treatment plan (e.g., pesticide application) and to estimate an anticipated return on investment (ROI). The system therefore leverages remote-sensed data, machine data, analytics, and machine learning to enable farmers to predict, prevent, and control the outbreak of crop pests to greatest economic effect. Such a system addresses a fundamental problem in agriculture. |
| US10957033B2 |
Repeater defect detection
Repeater defects on a wafer can be detected by fusing multiple die images. In an instance, multiple die images are statistically fused to form a die-fused image. Each of the die images can be of a different die on a wafer. A presence of a repeater defect is detected in the die-fused image. The die images can be generated using a laser-scanning system or other systems. |
| US10957028B2 |
Image generation device, image generation method and recording medium
An image generation device includes a first reception unit and a control unit. The first reception unit receives travel information about the travel state of a moving body. The control unit sets, based on the travel information, a multiple-exposure region in an imaging region of an image sensor used on the moving body, and generates image data in which the multiple-exposure region in the imaging region is formed through a multiple exposure and a region other than the multiple-exposure region is not formed through the multiple exposure. |
| US10957025B2 |
Photograph with variable light source distribution
Aspects vary object illumination values within a digital photograph in response to relocating light-emitting objects. Embodiments generate a three-dimensional model of a digital photograph defined by pixel data that plots a representation of a light source at a first location in a three-dimensional physical space relative to plotted locations of remaining other digital photograph pixels; relocate the representation of the light source within the three-dimensional model to a different, second location within the model three-dimensional physical space; revise a brightness value of a first pixel in proportion to an amount of a change in distance from the first pixel to the second location, relative to a distance to the first, plotted light source location; and generate a revised version of the photograph from the pixel data inclusive of the revised brightness value of the first pixel. |
| US10957024B2 |
Real time tone mapping of high dynamic range image data at time of playback on a lower dynamic range display
A converter can process image data from input HDR images in real time to compute new metadata about the brightness, contrast, color gamut and/or color volume for the image data to be displayed from each frame. Existing metadata can be ignored. The converter can combine the metadata for a current HDR frame with metadata for a plurality of immediately previous sequential frames to provide parameters for tone mapping. The converter uses these parameters, and characteristics about a lower dynamic range display which will receive output image data, to define a transfer function for converting the input HDR image data into output image data for display. The converter analyzes and tone maps HDR frames at a rate sufficient to allow output video to be generated at a desired frame rate while receiving the image data from frames of the input HDR video at an input frame rate. |
| US10957022B2 |
Electronic device for processing image acquired by using camera and method for operating the same
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera, a communication module, and a processor. The processor is operably coupled with the camera and the communication module. The processor is configured to obtain a first image corresponding to an external object using the camera. The processor is also configured to generate a second image smaller in data size than the first image using the first image. The processor is further configured to transmit the second image to an external electronic device through the communication module. The processor is also configured to receive correction area information from the external electronic device through the communication module. The correction area information is based on information associated with an image area identified from the second image. The processor is further configured to perform correction using the first image based on at least part of the correction area information. |
| US10957021B2 |
Method for rendering a final image from initial images acquired by a camera array, corresponding device, computer program product and computer-readable carrier medium
A method for rendering an image, called a final image, from at least one image acquired by a camera array, is provided. According to such a method, the determination of a color value for at least one pixel of the final image, called a current pixel, comprises: for at least one initial image acquired by the camera array, obtaining a color value of a pixel associated with said current pixel within said at least one initial image, acquiring at least one color value called a real color value; computing at least one interpolated color value, from said at least one real color value; determining the color value for said current pixel, as a function of said at least one real color value and said at least one interpolated color value. |
| US10957018B2 |
Application processor for determining data transmission order based on position of display and devices including the same
A portable electronic device comprises a double-sided display including a first display side and a second display side formed on a side opposite the first display side; a direct memory access (DMA) controller configured to read first image data from a memory; at least one sensor configured to detect at least one of a position change of the double-sided display and a movement of a user's pupil and to output a detection signal; a status signal generator configured to interpret the detection signal output and to output a status signal; a transmission order determiner configured to receive the first image data from the DMA controller, to determine a transmission order of the first image data based on the status signal, and to output second image data corresponding to the determined transmission order; and a display driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to transmit the second image data to the display. |
| US10957015B2 |
Brightness-compensating safe pixel art upscaler
Low spatial frequencies of an original image and an upscaled filtered image are analyzed. Differences will be observed in the low frequency components of the two images in the general case since the pixel art upscaler filter as a side effect introduces low frequency changes. A modification to images produced by the PAU is applied to attempt to match the brightness of the original images in the low frequency spectrum. From a viewer perspective (e.g., based on typical blurring visual effects), the original image and the modified filtered image will look the same—demonstrating that there is no low frequency brightness creep or resulting increased photosensitivity concerns. |
| US10957009B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
Disclosed is an apparatus and method of providing an image processing. An image processing method according to the present disclosure includes: obtaining at least one of image information and depth information of an omni-directional video; and mapping the obtained information to a three-dimensional coordinate system based on a particular three-dimensional figure. |
| US10957007B2 |
Multi-thread graphics processing system
A graphics processing system comprises at least one memory device storing a plurality of pixel command threads and a plurality of vertex command threads. An arbiter coupled to the at least one memory device is provided that selects a pixel command thread from the plurality of pixel command threads and a vertex command thread from the plurality of vertex command threads. The arbiter further selects a command thread from the previously selected pixel command thread and the vertex command thread, which command thread is provided to a command processing engine capable of processing pixel command threads and vertex command threads. |
| US10957006B2 |
Information processing device and method of controlling same, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing device including a GPU comprises: a retrieval unit that retrieves an instruction set including a first source code block, a plurality of second source code blocks obtained by tuning the first source code block for each of a plurality of GPUs of different types, and attribute information of the GPUs respectively corresponding to the plurality of second source code blocks; a selection unit that selects, from among the first source code block and the plurality of second source code blocks included in the instruction set, a source code block to be executed by the GPU on a basis of attribute information of the GPU; a compilation unit that compiles the selected source code block into a data format that can be interpreted by the GPU; and a control unit that causes the GPU to execute compiled code. |
| US10957005B2 |
System and method for digital watermarking
Some implementations may include a method for watermarking an identification document, the method including: modulating a spatial luminance pattern associated with a first digital watermark to encode a first portion of personally identifiable information; modulating a spatial chrominance distribution associated with a second digital watermark to encode a second portion of the personally identifiable information; and applying the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark to the identification document. |
| US10957003B2 |
Imaging apparatus, production system, imaging method, program, and recording medium
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit to image an object, an illuminating unit to irradiate light to the object, the illuminating unit having a first light source and a second light source, and a controlling unit. The controlling unit executes a first imaging process for obtaining a first image acquired by imaging, by repetitively executing an imaging operation by imaging the object in a state in which the first light source is off and the second light source is on, during conveyance of the object, a second imaging process for obtaining a second image by imaging the object in a state in which the first light source is on during the conveyance of the object, and a changing-over process for setting a timing for switching from the first imaging process to the second imaging process, on the basis of the first image acquired by imaging. |
| US10956999B2 |
Service class prioritization within a controllable transit system
An embodiment of the invention provides for multiple service classes within a controllable transit system (e.g., a PRT system), by route allocation according to service class priority. Routes are optimized for vehicles needing or entitled to the highest service level, then remaining capacity is used to optimize routes for the next lower service class. Such optimization can be extended indefinitely, through “N” service classes of service. In addition, an embodiment of the invention allows the cataloging of PRT capacity and vehicle types/roles/emissions, as well as related business models. The system provided hereunder provides a means of ensuring that various service classes of system users can be given treatment according to the service class in which they reside. Such prioritization leads to a more flexible system, with higher user satisfaction and a greater number of available business models (e.g., “pay for service class”) permissible within the transit system. |
| US10956998B1 |
Apparatus and method for subsequent reference informed legal research
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to supply text from a court decision. Indicia of the number of subsequent citations to the court decision are provided adjacent to the text. The indicia include at least one of a case citation count and associated visualization, a page citation count and associated visualization and page rank indicia. |
| US10956996B2 |
Method, system, and computer program product for generating recommendations based on predicted activity
A computer-implemented method of generating recommendations based on predicted activity includes: receiving transaction data associated with a first transaction initiated by a user; determining, based on the transaction data, that the first transaction is associated with a travel purchase; in response to determining that the first transaction is associated with a travel purchase, identifying itinerary information associated with a trip; and automatically initiating at least one target action based on the itinerary information. A system and computer program product for generating recommendations based on predicted activity is also disclosed. |
| US10956995B1 |
User-specific travel offers
A user of a personal computing device may interact with a network-based travel service with respect to one or more travel items. The network-based travel service may monitor the users' interactions, determine user's travel interests, and provide relevant travel item provider devices information for generating user-specific offers. For example, anonymized user statistics, suggested terms for a user-specific offer, or estimated likelihood of acceptance may be provided to the travel item provider. The network-based travel service may receive and evaluate user-specific offers submitted by the travel item provider, cause presentation to corresponding users, and enable the users to accept, decline or propose modifications to the offers. |
| US10956991B2 |
Systems and methods for enhancing interactions in a computer networking environment
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can determine an interaction involving a user and an entity based on selection of a call to action (CTA). One or more follow up actions can be determined. Presentation of an option for selecting the one or more follow up actions can be caused. |
| US10956988B2 |
System and method for determining a taxability status for a vehicular asset
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for determining a taxability status for a vehicular asset, such as an aircraft. The techniques include obtaining traffic control system information for the vehicular asset, detecting gaps in traffic control system information for the vehicular asset, and recording the gaps, computing a primary location for the vehicular asset based on the traffic control system information, and creating a vehicular asset taxability status report for the vehicular asset, where the report includes the primary location and gap information. |
| US10956983B1 |
Insurance system for analysis of autonomous driving
System and methods are disclosed for determining properties of vehicle insurance policies for vehicles that engage in autonomous driving. Vehicle driving data, an autonomous driving system quality rating, and/or other information may be used to determine, for example, a premium, a deductible, a coverage term, and/or a coverage amount of an automobile insurance policy of an automobile that engages in autonomous driving. In addition, vehicle driving data and/or other information may be used to determine a distance-based autonomous driving insurance factor based at least in part on a distance traveled by the vehicle while the vehicle was engaged in autonomous driving. |
| US10956981B1 |
Systems and methods for visualizing an accident scene
Systems and methods are disclosed for annotating and visualizing a damage scene. In various aspects, one or more immersive multimedia images are generated and associated with a damage scene. The immersive multimedia image(s) may be augmented with annotation(s) to create annotated immersive multimedia image(s). The annotated immersive multimedia image(s) may be visualized using a using a virtual reality (VR) device, where the damage scene and the annotation(s) of the annotated immersive multimedia image(s) can be viewed via the VR device. |
| US10956979B2 |
PCA-based portfolio margining
A computer implemented method determines a margin requirement for a financial product portfolio. Market conditions for the financial product portfolio are characterized by a zero curve. The method includes producing a plurality of scenario curves, each scenario curve reflecting a principal component analysis (PCA) model of the zero curve with a respective PCA factor of a plurality of PCA factors of the PCA model offset from a corresponding base value for the zero curve, calculating a respective projected value of the financial product portfolio for each scenario curve of the plurality of scenario curves, calculating a loss risk amount for each PCA factor based on the respective projected value and a current value of the financial product portfolio, and determining the margin requirement based on a sum of the loss risk amounts for the plurality of PCA factors. |
| US10956978B2 |
Systems and methods of detecting manipulations on a binary options exchange
Methods, apparatuses and article of manufactures for receiving a plurality of bids and offers for a binary options transaction. Each bid and offer comprises a quantity and a price. At least one rule is applied to the plurality of received bids and offers. At least one of the plurality of bids and offers is determined to be potentially manipulative. An alert that the at least one bid or offer is potentially manipulative is transmitted. |
| US10956975B1 |
Purchase assistance based on device movement
Purchase assistance is provided to a user based on user device location and direction. Input to a user device, identifying a product or service of interest, can be received. Next, a location of the user device is determined, and one or more providers of the product or service are identified in proximity to the location of the user device. Direction information of the user device is determined by ascertaining a compass orientation of the user device or a direction vector of movement of the user device. Subsequently, providers are identified based on the direction information and presented to a user on a display of the user device. Further, an offer associated with the product or service, such as a finance offer, can be generated and presented with the providers on the display. |
| US10956974B2 |
Dynamic origination of capital pricing determination based on forecasted point-of-sale revenue
A system for dynamic origination of capital includes a rate processor, a revenue forecaster, and an offer processor. The rate processor is configured to generate a price for a capital product offer to a first subscriber of a point-of-sale (POS) subscription service, where the interest rate is generated by employing a probability of default (PD) value that is derived from historical POS data corresponding to all subscribers. The revenue forecaster is coupled to the rate processor and is configured to employ first historical POS data for an establishment corresponding to the first subscriber to predict future POS data using a neural network trained on the historical data corresponding to all subscribers, and to employ the future POS data to generate a predicted total revenue over a payback period for the first subscriber. The offer processor is configured to generate and transmit the capital product offer corresponding to the first subscriber, where the capital product offer comprises the payback period, the price, and a maximum dollar amount that is a percentage of the predicted total revenue. |
| US10956971B2 |
Systems and methods for switching electronic accounts using a self-service device
The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for switching electronic accounts using self-service device. The account switch system may receive, from the self-service device, a request to switch an existing electronic account associated with a first provider to a new electronic account associated with a second provider. The account switch system may also receive, from the self-service device, information associated with the existing electronic account. The account switch system may generate the new electronic account associated with the second financial service provider and transfer data, such as funds, associated with the existing electronic account to the new electronic account. The account switch system may send information associated with the new electronic account to the self-service device, and the self-service device may provide a new account card associated with the individual and the new electronic account to the individual that is ready for use. |
| US10956968B2 |
Relative product size visualization from an online store website
A method, system, and computer program product are provided for visualizing relative sizes of similar products in an online store. A computing device obtains at least two visual representations of the similar products from the online store. A size of each of the visual representations is adjusted to reflect its corresponding respective size relative to other sizes of the similar products. The size-adjusted visual representations are provided for rendering on a display device. |
| US10956967B2 |
Generating and providing augmented reality representations of recommended products based on style similarity in relation to real-world surroundings
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating augmented reality representations of recommended products based on style similarity with real-world surroundings. For example, the disclosed systems can identify a real-world object within a camera feed and can utilize a 2D-3D alignment algorithm to identify a three-dimensional model that matches the real-world object. In addition, the disclosed systems can utilize a style similarity algorithm to generate style similarity scores for products in relation to the identified three-dimensional model. The disclosed systems can also utilize a color compatibility algorithm to generate color compatibility scores for products, and the systems can determine overall scores for products based on a combination of style similarity scores and color compatibility scores. The disclosed systems can further generate AR representations of recommended products based on the overall scores. |
| US10956964B2 |
Methods and arrangements including data migration among computing platforms, e.g. through use of audio encoding
An illustrative implementation of the technology includes three primary components: a desktop application, a mobile phone application, and connections to retailer inventory and pricing APIs (e.g., for Walmart and/or Best Buy). The experience begins with the consumer going to an online retailer's website (e.g., Amazon) to search for a product. The desktop application automatically searches for the same product using the APIs of Walmart and/or Best Buy. If matches and near-matches of the product are found, the product name, model, price, and local availability at affiliate locations are shown. With a mobile phone camera-scan of the product page, relevant information is transferred to the consumer's phone. From there, the consumer can interact with the options on the mobile phone to be directed to the nearby brick and mortar store of choice carrying that product at the price they want. Along the way, the retailer can present offers and additional product information directly to the consumer. A great variety of other technologies and arrangements are also detailed. |
| US10956963B2 |
Intellectual shopping system and intellectual shopping method
An intellectual shopping system includes a scanning apparatus, a cloud server, and an application program installed in a mobile device. The mobile device is bound to the scanning apparatus through the application program. When shopping physically, the scanning apparatus is used to scan sensing data of a merchandise item for uploading to the cloud server. The cloud server queries a database for corresponding merchandise information based on the sensing data, adds the merchandise information to a virtual shopping cart, and transmits the merchandise information to the mobile device for displaying. Upon receiving an external operation through the application program, the mobile device performs a checkout action for the virtual shopping cart. Further, the merchandise of the virtual shopping cart is delivered directly from a warehouse to a designated address by a logistic system after the checkout action, with no need for a consumer to convey the merchandise by himself/herself. |
| US10956957B2 |
Techniques for automated messaging
Techniques for automated messaging are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques for automated business-to-consumer messaging leveraging social-networking information. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a user profile component operative to retrieve a user profile associated with a user account for a messaging service and a messaging automation component operative to receive a messaging initiation from a messaging endpoint on a client device; and configure an automated response based on the user profile in response to the messaging initiation. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10956953B2 |
Early initiation of the payment process for cash-on-delivery shipments
A method including: receiving information from which it follows that a position of a shipment relative to a predetermined station at which the shipment respectively arrives during a delivery process for the shipment has changed, wherein the shipment contains a good to be paid for; and initiating a process in which a person is provided with the opportunity to make a payment for the good, in response to the receipt of the information. Also a method including: generating information from which it follows that a position of a shipment relative to a predetermined station at which the shipment respectively arrives during a delivery process for the shipment has changed, wherein the shipment contains a good to be paid for; and outputting the information to an apparatus that is configured to initiate a process in which a person is provided with the opportunity to make a payment for the good. |
| US10956950B2 |
Managing dynamic licenses for physiological parameters in a patient monitoring environment
A dynamic licensing system permits facility administrators to quickly enable a patient monitoring device to monitor a previously unmonitored physiological parameter when the caregiver determines that a new physiological parameter should be monitored. The administrator selects through a dynamic licensing module the patient monitoring device and instructs the dynamic licensing system to enable monitoring of the new physiological parameter. The administrator defines how long the patient monitoring device is to be monitoring the new parameter. The administrator may also select locations in the hospital, and some or all patient monitoring devices at that location are upgraded to monitor the new parameter. The dynamic licensing system creates a licensing agreement to monitor the new parameter for the monitoring duration and/or in the monitoring location. |
| US10956949B2 |
Dynamic return/sell back pricing based on product usage
An approach is provided for determining a price of a product. After a purchase of the product, data specifying usage of the product is obtained. The data is being collected by one or more sensors coupled to the product. Based on the data specifying the usage, a price of the product is determined for a return of the product or a sell back of the product. |
| US10956947B2 |
Methods and apparatus to measure media using media object characteristics
Methods and apparatus to collect impressions using media object characteristics are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves, based on first instructions associated with a collector media object presented at a client device, collecting a first characteristic of the collector media object and collecting second characteristics corresponding to a plurality of second media objects that are presented at the client device concurrently with the collector media object. The example method also involves, based on second instructions associated with the collector media object, reporting multiple impressions corresponding to the collector media object and to the second media objects by sending the first and second characteristics and an identifier associated with the client device in a single communication to an audience measurement entity. |
| US10956944B1 |
Generating a proposed bid
A computer-implemented method for generating a proposed bid includes receiving an input generated by a first content provider as part of a bidding process where content providers bid for opportunities to provide content for publication. The input indicates (i) a resource for publishing first content from the first content provider and (ii) a campaign characteristic associated with the first content. The method includes determining a proposed bid for the first content provider based on the input and on historical data from the bidding process associated with the resource. The method includes presenting the proposed bid to the first content provider. |
| US10956937B1 |
Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing promotion newsfeeds
Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing local promotions are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include an apparatus, such as a server or distributed servers, including processing circuitry configured to provide an electronic newsfeed to consumer devices based on tracking consumer device location. For example, the processing circuitry may be connected with merchant devices and consumer devices via a network. The processing circuitry may receive promotion data defining a promotion from the merchant device and may generate an impression of the promotion based on the promotion data. Consumer devices and merchants may be associated for receiving the impression as a feed item to the electronic newsfeed based on various criteria, such as the real-time location of a consumer device relative to merchant locations capable of providing promotion redemption. |
| US10956936B2 |
System and method for providing enhanced user-sponsor interaction in a media environment, including support for shake action
Described herein are techniques for streaming digital media content, such as music, video, or television content. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for delivery of media content with enhanced user-sponsor interaction. User interaction with a media device can be provided by, for example, voice or tactile command, in addition or as an alternative to the device's regular user interface. For example, a user can interact with an advertisement or other sponsor-directed content, by speaking to or shaking their device, to signal a preference for a particular type of content or advertisement. As another example, a spoken or shake action can be used to trigger or to pause an advertisement break within a media stream, so that the user can control advertisement breaks to better suit their particular lifestyle. |
| US10956934B2 |
Method, system, and client for publishing advertisement on network service platform
Options are displayed on a user interface that provides a network service, a selection instruction of a user is received, and an option selected by the user is acquired according to the selection instruction; the option selected by the user is recorded; and an advertisement that matches the option is queried for, and the advertisement is presented to the user. |
| US10956933B2 |
Determining user engagement
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for determining user engagement levels during a presentation of content. The system first collects data associated with a user session at a client device. Next, the system predicts a user engagement level during the user session by applying an engagement predicting rule to the data. The system can predicts respective user engagement levels for various segments of the presentation by applying one or more engagement predicting rules to the data. The system then presents invitational content based on the user engagement level. |
| US10956932B2 |
System for providing proof and attestation services for claim verification
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to a proof and attestation service that can confirm the veracity of a claim or a statement of truth based on data dynamically-retrieved from various data repositories. A server device receives, from a client device, a request to determine the veracity of a claim or a statement of truth. The server device is generally a trusted computing device, having privileged-access to a variety of data repositories that the client device may or may not access. The server device can select one or more data repositories based on the claim, obtain results data from the selected one or more data repositories, and evaluate each result to determine whether it corresponds to or contradicts the claim. A veracity score can be calculated for the claim or for a result that corresponds to or contradicts the claim. The server device can generate an attestation notification that includes the claim or the result for communication to the requesting client device. In this way, the client device can utilize the proof and attestation service, facilitated via the server device, to determine a claim's veracity or its calculated likelihood of being true. |
| US10956929B2 |
Systems and methods for instant generation of human understandable audience insights
Systems and methods for generating human readable natural language summary for campaign audience are provided. The system includes a memory storing a database including audience segments and tags related to the audience segments. A computer server is in communication with the memory and the database, the computer server programmed to: obtain campaign delivery feed data related to a plurality of campaigns from at least one advertiser in a preset time period; obtain audience feed data including tag information from a data provider; cluster the tag information to find term frequencies for each term in the tag information; identify human understandable terms from the clustered tag information by removing noisy terms; and generate a human understandable report using the human understandable terms in a timely fashion. |
| US10956927B2 |
Card-linked merchant promotional credit processing
A system of servers and algorithms allows merchants to award value to a customer when certain criteria have been met, such as buy $100 worth of clothing and get a $20 credit toward a future purchase. Unlike a gift card, the funding for the award is held by the merchant until the award is used, at which time the award funds are transferred to the user's designated account, such as an open loop credit or debit card. |
| US10956922B2 |
Method and system for persistent account generation and profiling
The present teaching relates to method, system, and medium for profiling accounts. A plurality of identifiers are obtained, wherein each of the plurality of identifiers is associated with one of a device operated by a user and a platform on which the user consumes content in one or more media types. An account corresponding to the user is created, wherein the account represents the user across devices, platforms, and/or media types. A persistent identifier is generated for the account, wherein the persistent identifier links the plurality of identifiers. Consumption data related to the account with the persistent identifier is obtained. The consumption data is gathered from sources associated with the plurality of identifiers across different devices, platforms, or media types, and the account is profiled based on the obtained consumption data. |
| US10956920B1 |
Methods and systems for implementing automated bidding models
A computer-implemented method may include predicting a first marketing indicator using a first module of an aggregate model; comparing the predicted first marketing indicator with a measured first marketing indicator; and based on the comparison of the predicted first marketing indicator with the measured first marketing indicator, adjusting the first module of the aggregate model. Additionally, the method may include predicting a second marketing indicator using a second module of the aggregate model; comparing the predicted second marketing indicator with a measured second marketing indicator; and based on the comparison of the predicted second marketing indicator with the measured second marketing indicator, adjusting the second module of the aggregate model. Further, the method may include determining a bid value based on the aggregate model. |
| US10956919B2 |
Interactive visual storage capacity forecasting
Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include presenting, on a display, multiple storage objects and their respective current utilizations, and forecasting a respective subsequent utilization for each of the storage objects at each of one or more future times. Examples of the storage objects include of a storage facility having multiple sites, one or more storage systems at a given site, storage pools in the storage systems, and logical volumes in the storage pools. Upon receiving a first input indicating a change to the multiple storage objects, and receiving a second input indicating a given future time, the respective forecasted subsequent utilizations of the changed multiple storage objects at the given future time is presented on a display. Examples of changes to the storage objects include adding an additional storage object and moving or resizing a storage object. |
| US10956917B2 |
Generating retailing analytics using smart textiles
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, executed by a computer, for generating retailing analytics. The method includes receiving a spatial map corresponding to an environment. The method further includes receiving, from a purchasable item comprising one or more textile-integrated sensors, sensor information The purchasable item is located in the environment. The method further includes analyzing the sensor information to produce retail analytics corresponding to the purchasable item. The method further includes and sending the retail analytics to a client device. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein. |
| US10956914B2 |
System and method for mapping a customer journey to a category
Systems and methods of mapping a customer journey in an interactive voice response (IVR) system to a contact reason from a contact reasons list: receive an IVR log comprising a plurality of customer journey entries, wherein each customer journey entry comprises a sequence of one or more menu identifiers; generate an embedding vector for each menu identifier; filter one or more menu identifiers from a menu identifier list, wherein the menu identifier list comprises all menu identifiers contained in the IVR log; cluster one or more remaining menu identifiers from the menu identifier list into one or more clusters, based on the embedding vector of each menu identifier; map each cluster to a contact reason; and create a rule that categorizes a newly received IVR sequence based on a cooccurrence of at least one menu identifier in the newly received IVR sequence and in a given cluster. |
| US10956906B2 |
Secure account creation
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for real-time provisioning of new payment card numbers to users of a payment-service system, wherein the new payment card numbers are issued to users without activation or registration. By issuing payment card numbers in real-time and without registration, these systems and methods can provide a relatively frictionless experience for users. As such, these systems and methods can issue more payment card numbers, increase market penetration and use of the payment card numbers because the systems and methods are relatively efficient to use compared with prior methods of issuing payment card numbers. |
| US10956904B2 |
System and method for end-to-end key management
Provided are a system and method for managing encryption keys used by a payment application on a mobile device. The method includes executing a mobile payment application in a user domain of the mobile device, where the user domain is an operating environment in which applications are executed and accessed by a user, importing a plurality of encryption keys for use by the mobile payment application into a system domain of the mobile device, where the system domain is a more secure operating environment controlled by an operating system, encrypting payment information of the mobile payment application in the system domain using one or more of the imported keys while executing the mobile payment application in the user domain, and transmitting the encrypted payment information to a merchant. |
| US10956901B2 |
Methods, apparatus and computer program products for securely accessing account data
Customer data is securely downloaded to a browser toolbar by performing a check to determine whether a request for customer data includes a request for personal identifiable information requiring encryption by a public encryption key generated by the browser toolbar. The customer is authenticated based on a set of a user credential and an account specific access credential. The account specific access credential is associated with the account of the customer. Requested personal identifiable information is encrypted using the public encryption key generated by the browser toolbar. Encrypted personal identifiable information is transmitted to the browser toolbar. |
| US10956898B2 |
Combination payment card and methods thereof
Systems and methods for processing payment transactions using combination payment cards. The combination payment card is associated with an open-loop account and one or more closed-loop accounts. Transaction information is received from a point-of-sale device. At least one of the closed-loop and open-loop account is debited. |
| US10956896B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing a toll service and flexible toll device
A system, mobile device, backend server, and RFID toll module work in cooperation to automatically pay vehicular tolls to a toll agency that operates toll stations along roadways travelled by the user of the mobile device. Upon approaching a toll station the mobile device enables the RFID toll module. The toll reader at the toll station transmits a toll reader signal that is received by the RFID toll module, which responds by transmitting a unique identifier. The unique identifier is associated with the mobile device at a toll account maintained by a toll service backend server. Upon completion of a toll transaction, the RFID toll module indicates the transaction to the mobile device, which forwards toll transaction information to the toll service backend server for payment from the toll account to the toll agency. |
| US10956894B2 |
Offline bill splitting system
Systems and method for splitting a bill offline include detecting one or more local devices using local wireless communications provided by a peer-to-peer communication module. At least one payer device of the one or more local devices is selected for apportioning a primary bill. An offline payment authorization is then received from each at least one payer device through local wireless communications provided by the peer-to-peer communication module. When an Internet connection is later detected, the system provider connects to the Internet and sends the offline payment authorization received from each at least one payer device to a payment provider device over the Internet. The payment provider device may then transfer funds from account(s) of the at least one payer device to the account of the system provider. |
| US10956893B2 |
Integrated security system
A third party payment system allows a user to conduct transactions through payment accounts stored on the third party payment system. The user can enroll in the third party payment system and create an account with registered payment accounts. The user can access the payment accounts via a mobile device and load the payment data associated with a payment account to the mobile device. The user can then utilize the mobile device to provide payment during a transaction. |
| US10956891B2 |
Quick legend receipt system
Techniques are disclosed for enabling more efficient tipping by providing a merchant the ability to reduce the time used on manually entering tip amounts. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating, by a point-of-sale (POS) system, a transaction receipt that indicates a plurality of selectable tip options, wherein said automatically generating the transaction receipt is based on one or more rules specified by a user of the POS system. The method further includes causing the transaction receipt to be printed as a printed receipt. The method further includes identifying, by the POS system, a one of the plurality of selectable tip options specified by a customer on the printed receipt. Among other benefits, the disclosed techniques reduce the time and effort the merchant needs to spend on collating the tipping at end of the business day. |
| US10956890B2 |
System and method for point of sale transactions
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for executing a first transaction at a checkout system at substantially the same time that a second transaction is started at the checkout system. For example, a cashier can scan one or more items, adding the items to a first transaction. When all items have been added to the first transaction and a first customer is making a payment in the first transaction, the cashier can begin to add items to a second transaction, such that execution of the first transaction occurs at substantially the same time that items are added to the second transaction. |
| US10956887B2 |
Dual band restaurant ordering system
An ordering system includes mobile terminals and a backend server. Each terminal generates changes for one or more orders in a restaurant, and queues the changes in queues for the one or more orders, and transmits the changes, from oldest to youngest, when operably connected to a network. The mobile terminals may communicate over both a Wi-Fi network and a White-Fi network. When programmed in a Wi-Fi mode, the mobile terminals communicate only over the Wi-Fi network, and when programmed in a White-Fi mode, the mobile terminals communicate only over the White-Fi network. The backend server is coupled to the mobile terminals via the network, and receives the changes, and is transmits the changes to all of the mobile terminals. The backend server a band assignment map that indicates whether each of the mobile terminals is programmed to communicate within the restaurant in the Wi-Fi mode or the White-Fi mode. |
| US10956882B2 |
Kiosk device for motor vehicle and method for operating the same
A kiosk device for a motor vehicle includes an imaging unit, a voice input unit, a vehicle detecting unit configured to detect entry of a motor vehicle, a financial automation transaction unit including a touch interface unit, a control unit and a driving unit. When the entry of the motor vehicle is detected by the vehicle detecting unit, the control unit activates the imaging unit and the voice input unit and analyze motion information of a vehicle occupant imaged by the imaging unit or voice information of the vehicle occupant inputted through the voice input unit. The driving unit drives the financial automation transaction unit based on an analysis result of the motion information or the voice information so that the financial automation transaction unit is operated to face a direction of a vehicle occupant location. |
| US10956878B2 |
Minting and use of digital money
Systems and methods are provided for constructing a digital money from concatenated or otherwise linked bit strings. Several applications of digital coins include (i) means to secure the use of money according to the prevailing understanding between payer and payee, (ii) a method by which a mint entity that mints and redeems digital money collaborates with traders to jointly earn interest, or jointly gamble in the stock market, or other markets, (iii) a method by which a mint entity that mints and redeems digital money collaborates with merchants, their customers, and credit-extending entities (CEE) to allow the CEE to extend credit to selected group of customers, so that these customers can shop with any participating merchant, and (iv) a method for utility consumption on a real-time basis by splitting digital coins at a rate that pays exactly for the utility measure being consumed. |
| US10956877B2 |
Systems and methods for least cost acquirer routing for pricing models
Systems and methods are disclosed for least cost acquirer routing based on pricing models. One method comprises: receiving transaction-related information from a merchant, the transaction-related information including a payment network identifier of the payment network used in the initiated payment transaction; identifying the payment network used based on the payment network identifier determining the primary qualification criteria pertaining to the payment network used; determining an interchange rate and an interchange category based on the primary qualification criteria and the received transaction related information; determining a pricing model of an acquirer that yields the lowest fees applicable to the merchant based on one or more of, the transaction related information, the primary qualification criteria, and the interchange category; and transmitting the transaction-related information to the acquirer. |
| US10956876B2 |
Connected entrance system
The disclosure proposes a method performed in an electronic device for minimizing downtime in operation of a door system. The method comprising obtaining a door system identification information, followed by obtaining a status pattern associated with the operation of the door system associating the obtained status pattern with the door system identification information. The method is determining if the obtained status pattern is associated with any of at least one reference status pattern, by comparing the obtained status pattern with the at least one reference status pattern. This is then followed by associating the determined reference status pattern with the door system identification information and generating a door maintenance information. |
| US10956875B2 |
Attendance tracking, presentation files, meeting services and agenda extraction for interactive whiteboard appliances
Artificial intelligence is introduced into an electronic meeting context to perform various tasks before, during, and/or after electronic meetings. The artificial intelligence may analyze a wide variety of data such as data pertaining to other electronic meetings, data pertaining to organizations and users, and other general information pertaining to any topic. Capability is also provided to create, manage, and enforce meeting rules templates that specify requirements and constraints for various aspects of electronic meetings. Embodiments include improved approaches for translation and transcription using multiple translation/transcription services. Embodiments also include using sensors in conjunction with interactive whiteboard appliances to perform person detection, person identification, attendance tracking, and improved meeting start. Embodiments further include improvements to the presentation of content on interactive whiteboard appliances, providing meeting services for meeting attendees, agenda extraction, and learning to aid in creating new electronic meetings. |
| US10956873B2 |
Method and system for using mobile phone numbers to uniquely identify mail recipients and preferred medium for delivery
The present subject matter relates to techniques and equipment for creating and managing a directory of individuals and businesses/enterprises by their mobile phone number, and using the directory to effectively store, manage and direct mail communication information to the individuals and businesses using preferred delivery methods of the individuals and businesses/enterprises. An electronic communication system is configured to use a mobile phone number to reference data and to manage communications to a corresponding recipient. |
| US10956867B2 |
Multi-factor authentication for remote access of patient data
The present disclosure is directed to authenticating a mobile device and a user of the mobile device to receive patient data from a clinical information system of a medical facility. In some implementations, methods include receiving a logon request, the logon request comprising credentials and at least one technical factor, accessing a validation database based on the at least one technical factor, determining that the mobile device is an authorized mobile device based on information provided by the validation database and the at least one technical factor, validating the credentials to ensure that the user is authorized to access patient data provided by the clinical information system, and then, upon determining that the user is authorized to access patient data: establishing a session to communicate patient data between the mobile device and the clinical information system, the data managements system processing the patient data communicated during the session. |
| US10956864B2 |
Secure smart container assembly, systems, and methods
The disclosed systems and methods provide a smart container or bin. A container bin assembly includes a bin body, a latching mechanism, and controller. A method includes receiving, via a communication interface, an authenticated request to access the smart container, actuating an electromechanical latch to disengage a fastening hook, thereby initiating a mechanical movement of an access component to make an internal compartment accessible, outputting, via an audiovisual element, an alert to identify the container, confirming that the electromechanical latch has re-engaged with the fastening hook, thereby securing the internal compartment, determining a change in a local inventory, and updating the local inventory in a non-volatile data store according to the change. |
| US10956856B2 |
Object recognition for a storage structure
In one aspect, a method for detecting an object and/or managing an inventory will be described. A motion of an object is detected at a storage structure. One or more images are acquired of at least a part of the object. A direction of the motion of the object is determined. An object is identified based on the one or more images. In various embodiments, an inventory for the storage structure is updated based on the motion direction determination and the object identity. |
| US10956852B2 |
System and method for generating commodity flow information
Disclosed is method including receiving digital vehicle data for a fleet of vehicles like trucks, trains, planes, drones, etc., the digital vehicle data being one or more of GPS/location-based data, image data or radar data and combining one or more of pieces of data. The method includes inferring, based on the first combined data, a loaded/empty status of a vehicle. The method includes combining other data to yield second combined data, receiving data regarding one or more of supply, demand, and amount of available cargo to yield third combined data, generating information relating to a supply of vehicles available to load at a specified dock and/or deliver a cargo to a specified dock, in each case within a specified period of time and generating suggestions for one or more vehicles regarding future routes based on the data. |
| US10956851B2 |
Adaptive alertness testing system and method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring one or more environmental variables concerning a user of a client electronic device configured to administer an alertness test to the user. A disrupter is selected for inclusion within the alertness test based, at least in part, upon the one or more environmental variables concerning the user. The alertness test is administered to the user. |
| US10956848B1 |
Business process management information display
A Business Process Management (BPM) information display system and method includes identifying a BPM asset that has been modified, comparing the modified BPM asset to a second version of the BPM asset, and identifying an activity within the modified BPM asset that has been modified. A user interface is generated by a computing system in which the modified BPM asset and the second version of the BPM asset are displayed, including highlighting the modified activity on the user interface. |
| US10956847B2 |
Risk identification based on historical behavioral data
A user's historical service data of a first time period and a second time period is obtained. Means and variances of a plurality of users' historical service data of the first time period and the second period are calculated. A risk model is generated based on at least one type of the plurality of users' historical behavioral data. The user's service data is obtained. At least one type of the user's behavior data is introduced to the risk model. A determination is made whether the at least one type of the user's behavior data is outside of the safety threshold. A service corresponding to the service data is rejected when the at least one type of the user's behavior data is outside of the safety threshold. |
| US10956843B2 |
Determining optimal device refresh cycles and device repairs through cognitive analysis of unstructured data and device health scores
Approaches for device refresh determinations utilizing cognitive, machine learning, and predictive techniques are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: obtaining, by a computer device, structured data associated with at least one user device; obtaining, by the computer device, unstructured data associated with the at least one user device; classifying, by the computer device, the unstructured data into categories; determining, by the computer device, a device health score for the at least one user device based on the structured data and the classified unstructured data; and generating, by the computer device, a user interface that displays the device health score. |
| US10956842B2 |
Central plant with asset allocator
A controller for central plant equipment obtains a model of one or more sources configured to supply input resources, one or more subplants configured to convert the input resources to output resources, and one or more sinks configured to consume the output resources. The controller generates a resource balance constraint that requires balance between a first amount of each resource and a second amount of each resource. The first amount of each resource includes a sum of an amount of the resource supplied by the sources and an amount of the resource produced by the subplants. The second amount of each resource includes a sum of an amount of the resource consumed by the subplants and an amount of the resource consumed by the sinks. The controller performs an optimization of an objective function subject to the resource balance constraint to determine target amounts of each resource to be produced or consumed by the central plant equipment at a plurality of times within an optimization period. The controller controls the central plant equipment to produce or consume the target amounts of each resource at the plurality of times within the optimization period. |
| US10956841B2 |
Calculating power usage effectiveness in data centers
A system and method of measuring efficiency of a datacenter is provided. The method includes the acts of identifying at least one space within a model of a datacenter, the at least one space including a first equipment group consuming at least one shared resource provided by at least one shared resource provider, determining an amount of power consumed by the first equipment group, determining an amount of the at least one shared resource consumed by the first equipment group, determining an amount of power consumed by the at least one shared resource, calculating a loss of the first equipment group, and calculating an efficiency metric based on the amount of power consumed by the first equipment group, the amount of power consumed by the at least one shared resource provider, the loss of the first equipment group, and the loss of the at least one shared resource provider. |
| US10956833B1 |
AI for evaluation and development of new products and features
An AI agent may be trained using online session logs of actual customers interacting with an online software application. Datasets may be generated using the session logs, and the AI agent may be trained to use the online application by applying various machine learning techniques to the datasets. The AI agent may be provided login credentials and instructed to log into and perform specified tasks using the online application as part of training. Once trained, the AI agent may be instructed to perform the same or other tasks using a modified version of the application. The AI agent mimics the responses and behaviors of actual users of the modified application. The AI agent can be trained to mimic users sharing a certain demographic characteristic, and its performance can be used to more effectively and efficiently enhance the software application for users at large and/or for users in the demographic. |
| US10956824B2 |
Performance of time intensive question processing in a cognitive system
Mechanisms are provided for performing watched question processing. The mechanisms detect a change in content of electronic documents in a corpus of electronic documents, and retrieve a watched question from a watched question database. The mechanisms determine whether full processing of the watched question through the question answering pipeline is to be bypassed when performing watched question processing in response to the detected change in content of the electronic documents in the corpus. The mechanisms bypass one or more stages of processing of the question answering pipeline in response to determining that full processing of the watched question through the question answering pipeline is to be bypassed. The mechanisms return a result of the watched question processing indicating that no changes to the previously generated answers are caused by the change in the content of the electronic documents in the corpus. |
| US10956820B2 |
Reinforcement learning with auxiliary tasks
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a reinforcement learning system. The method includes: training an action selection policy neural network, and during the training of the action selection neural network, training one or more auxiliary control neural networks and a reward prediction neural network. Each of the auxiliary control neural networks is configured to receive a respective intermediate output generated by the action selection policy neural network and generate a policy output for a corresponding auxiliary control task. The reward prediction neural network is configured to receive one or more intermediate outputs generated by the action selection policy neural network and generate a corresponding predicted reward. Training each of the auxiliary control neural networks and the reward prediction neural network comprises adjusting values of the respective auxiliary control parameters, reward prediction parameters, and the action selection policy network parameters. |
| US10956817B2 |
Unsupervised domain adaptation with similarity learning for images
Systems and methods for addressing the cross domain issue using a similarity based classifier convolutional neural network. An input image is passed through a convolutional neural network that extracts its features. These features are compared to features of multiple sets of prototype representations with each set of prototype representations being extracted from and representing a category of images. The similarity between the features of the input image and features of the various prototype representations is scored and the prototype representation whose features are most similar to the features of the input image will have its label applied to the input image. The classifier is trained using images from a source domain and the input images are from a target domain. The training for the classifier is such that the classifier will be unable to determine if a specific data point is from the source domain or from the target domain. |
| US10956816B2 |
Enhancing rating prediction using reviews
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for enhanced rating predictions is provided. The present invention may include receiving a user input. The present invention may then include translating the received user input into an embedding matrix and inputting the embedding matrix into a deep neural network. The present invention may further include generating, by the deep neural network, an output vector, a user bias term and an item bias term based on the embedding matrix. The present invention may then include calculating a predicted rating based on the generated output vector, the generated user bias term and the generated item bias term. The present invention may then include determining an accuracy of the predicted rating. |
| US10956813B2 |
Compute-in-memory circuit having a multi-level read wire with isolated voltage distributions
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a compute in memory circuit. The compute in memory circuit includes a memory circuit and an encoder. The memory circuit is to provide 2m voltage levels on a read data line where m is greater than 1. The memory circuit includes storage cells sufficient to store a number of bits n where n is greater than m. The encoder is to receive an m bit input and convert the m bit input into an n bit word that is to be stored in the memory circuit, where, the m bit to n bit encoding performed by the encoder creates greater separation between those of the voltage levels that demonstrate wider voltage distributions on the read data line than others of the voltage levels. |
| US10956810B1 |
Artificial intelligence analysis of test strip method, apparatus, and system
Methods, apparatus, and system to determine a result of a diagnostic test strip comprising a machine learning transformer architecture which parallel processes input. |
| US10956808B1 |
System and method for unsupervised anomaly detection
Some embodiments are associated with a system and method for deep learning unsupervised anomaly detection in Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks or manufacturing execution systems. The system and method use an ensemble of a plurality of generative adversarial networks for anomaly detection. |
| US10956802B2 |
System and method for inventory and order management
A system for managing a list of products in an inventory includes a plurality of addressable LEDs, each for positioning adjacent a product storing position that includes an identification code; at least one code reader; and at least one controller coupled to both the plurality of addressable LEDs and the at least one code reader for i) receiving from the code reader a command indicative of the list of products; and ii) as a result of the command, controlling the addressable LEDs so as to energize LEDs therefrom corresponding to the list of products. A method for managing the list of products further includes verifying an identity of each product from the list by reading and comparing the identification code thereof to the identification code associated to the corresponding addressable LED. |
| US10956801B2 |
Method for providing a reader with a tamper loop status of a radio-frequency transponder
A method provides a tamper loop status of a radio-frequency transponder to a reader. The transponder communicates with the reader at a first frequency according to a first communication protocol. The transponder includes a first non-volatile memory for storing a first set of data of the first communication protocol. The first memory includes a user memory having two portions and each portion includes a data item specific to a status of the tamper loop. The method is performed by the transponder after receiving a request according to the first protocol to read the user memory and includes generating a logical view of the user memory, the logical view including only one of the two portions that is selected according to a value of a binary parameter representative of a status of the tamper loop. The method also includes providing the logical view to the reader via the first protocol. |
| US10956799B2 |
Method for detecting and recognizing long-range high-density visual markers
The proposal relates to a complete system of long-range, high-density visual markers (marker design and detection method). In the design, a conventional location system for the long-range markers is used. The proposal therefore focuses on a system for coding information, which in this case is a colour-based code having four states, duplicating the code density with respect to conventional black-and-white systems. Moreover, the detection method requires very few computational resources, making it very efficient and especially suitable for mobile devices. To a great extent, the success of the technique lies in the methods proposed for the treatment of the colour. |
| US10956798B2 |
Protecting private information provided on a transaction card and/or a document with a reflective element
A transaction card includes a card body, where the card body includes a surface with a first surface area. The surface of the card body includes private information that encompasses a second surface area of the surface, and the second surface area is less than the first surface area. The transaction card includes a reflective element that is applied to the surface of the card body, and includes a third surface area. The third surface area is based on the first surface area or the second surface area, and the third surface area enables the reflective element to reflect light away from the private information. |
| US10956796B2 |
Self-guided object detection in regular images
A computer-implemented method is provided for image-based, self-guided object detection. The method includes receiving, by a processor device, a set of images. Each of the images has a respective grid thereon that is labeled regarding a respective object to be detected using grid level label data. The method further includes training, by the processor device, a grid-based object detector using the grid level label data. The method also includes determining, by the processor device, a respective bounding box for the respective object in each of the images, by applying local segmentation to each of the images. The method additionally includes training, by the processor device, a Region-based Convolutional Neural Network (RCNN) for joint object localization and object classification using the respective bounding box for the respective object in each of the images as an input to the RCNN. |
| US10956791B2 |
Interactive generation and publication of an augmented-reality application
An electronic device that specifies or determines information associated with an application is described. During operation, the electronic device may identify one or more objects of interest in an acquired image. Then, the electronic device may determine or specify classifications (such as names) for the one or more objects of interest. Moreover, the electronic device may analyze a context of the one or more objects of interest in order to determine one or more inspection criteria. Once the one or more inspection criteria are determined, the electronic device may receive publishing information (such as designated recipients) and privacy settings (such as is the application private or public). Next, the electronic device may generate the application using the specified or determined information, and may publish or provide the application to one or more other electronic devices associated with the designated recipients using the publishing information and the privacy settings. |
| US10956790B1 |
Graphical user interface tool for dataset analysis
A graphical user interface comprising a data interface for receiving a set of text documents; a calculator for transforming each received text document into a vector of a n-dimensional manifold, n being larger than 2; transforming each n-dimensional manifold vector into a 2-D data; generating a first mapping of what 2-D data corresponds to what n-dimensional manifold vector; and generating a second mapping of what 2-D data corresponds to what received text document; a first user display arranged for displaying each 2-D data on a 2-D plane; a first user interface arranged for allowing a user to select a subset of the displayed 2-D data; wherein selecting said subset of 2-D data automatically selects the n-dimensional manifold vectors that correspond to said subset of 2-D data; and a second user display arranged for displaying a list of the text documents that correspond to said subset of 2-D data. |
| US10956788B2 |
Artificial neural network
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising memory configured to store data defining, at least partly, an artificial neural network, and at least one processing core configured to train the artificial neural network by applying a test dataset to the artificial neural network with at least one stochastic rectified linear unit, the at least one stochastic rectified linear unit being configured to produce a positive output from a positive input by multiplying the input with a stochastically selected value. |
| US10956787B2 |
Systems and methods for unifying statistical models for different data modalities
Techniques for performing a prediction task using a multi-modal statistical model configured to receive input data from multiple modalities including input data from a first modality and input data from a second modality different from the first modality. The techniques include: obtaining information specifying the multi-modal statistical model including values of parameters of each of multiple components of the multi-modal statistical model, the multiple components including first and second encoders for processing input data for the first and second modalities, respectively, first and second modality embeddings, a joint-modality representation, and a predictor; obtaining first input data for the first data modality; providing the first input data to the first encoder to generate a first feature vector; identifying a second feature vector using the joint-modality representation, the first modality embedding and the first feature vector; and generating a prediction for the prediction task using the predictor and the second feature vector. |
| US10956782B2 |
Training for camera lens distortion
Cameras with large field-of-view lenses can cause significant geometric distortions of the images acquired. Training for object detection normally takes place on undistorted images. Thus, in order to detect objects of interest within the acquired images, an undistortion procedure is applied on the acquired images and an object detection is then performed on the undistorted images. Unfortunately, such undistortion procedure is too computationally expensive to be run on some edge devices. To remove the need to perform the undistortion procedure, it is proposed to train for object detection directly from distorted acquired images. |
| US10956777B1 |
Shelf position calibration in a global coordinate system using a sensor array
An object tracking system includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a tracking system. The tracking system is configured to determine that the first current pixel location for the shelf marker does not match a first expected pixel location for the shelf marker. The tracking system is further configured to determine a second current pixel location for the shelf marker within a second frame from the second sensor, to recalibrate the first sensor when the second current pixel location for the shelf marker matches the second pixel location for the shelf marker and to update the first pixel location with the first current pixel location and the second pixel location with the second current pixel location when the second current pixel location for the shelf marker does not match the second pixel location for the shelf marker. |
| US10956776B2 |
2D convolutional accelerator that generates 3D results
A two-dimensional (2D) convolutional accelerator generates three-dimensional (3D) results by computing a plurality of running dot product totals for a plurality of shift positions for the frames in a sliding frame group such that each shift position has a running dot product total, and storing the plurality of running dot product totals in the elements of an output array. |
| US10956773B2 |
Computation of audience metrics focalized on displayed content
A system and method for analyzing behavior in a video is described. The method includes extracting a plurality of salient fragments of a video; building a database of the plurality of salient fragments; associating a time anchor with a media event; retrieving one or more salient fragments of the video from the database of the plurality of salient fragments based on the time anchor; generating a focalized visualization based on the one or more salient fragments of the video; tagging a human subject in the focalized visualization with a unique identifier; analyzing the focalized visualization based on the time anchor and the unique identifier to generate a behavior score; and providing the behavior score via the user device. |
| US10956768B2 |
Feedback cooling and detection for optomechanical devices
An optomechanical device for modulating an optical signal for reducing thermal noise and tracking mechanical resonance of a proof mass assembly comprises a circuit configured to receive, from a light-emitting device, the optical signal and modulate the optical signal to remove thermal noise and to drive a mechanical response frequency to the mechanical resonance of the proof mass assembly using a cooling feedback signal and a mechanical resonance feedback signal. The circuit is further configured to generate, using the modulated optical signal, the cooling feedback signal to correspond to a thermal noise signal of the modulated optical signal with a total loop gain of zero and a phase difference of 180 degrees and generate, using the modulated optical signal, the mechanical resonance feedback signal to drive the mechanical response frequency of the modulated optical signal to the mechanical resonance. |
| US10956766B2 |
Bit depth remapping based on viewing parameters
Systems and methods are described for enabling a client device to request video streams with different bit depth remappings for different viewing conditions. In an embodiment, information indicating the availability of additional remapped profiles is sent in a manifest file. Alternative bit-depth remappings may be optimized for different regions of interest in the image or video content, or for different viewing conditions, such as different display technologies and different ambient illumination. Some embodiments based on the DASH protocol perform multiple depth mappings at the encoder and also perform ABR-encoding for distribution. The manifest file contains information indicating additional remapping profiles. The remapping profiles are associated with different transformation functions used to convert from a higher bit-depth to a lower bit-depth. |
| US10956761B2 |
Control apparatus, control method agent apparatus, and computer readable storage medium
A control apparatus controls an agent apparatus functioning as a user interface of a request processing apparatus that acquires a request indicated by at least one of a voice and a gesture of a user and performs a process corresponding to the request. The control apparatus includes a transmission event detecting section that detects an occurrence of an event necessitating transmission of a message to a communication terminal of the user, and a transmission determining section that makes a determination to transmit a voice message to the communication terminal of the user, via a communication network, if an occurrence of the event is detected. |
| US10956751B2 |
Vessel monitoring apparatus
The present invention provides an external apparatus connected to an imaging apparatus over a network, the imaging apparatus including an imaging unit which captures an image of a vessel being a subject, the external apparatus including an obtaining unit which obtains image data including the vessel captured by the imaging unit, a display unit which displays the image data, an analyzing unit which extracts vessel estimation information regarding an arbitrary vessel included in the image data based on the image data, a receiving unit which receives vessel information based on a wireless communication from the vessel, and a comparing unit which compares the vessel estimation information and the vessel information, wherein, in a case where the vessel estimation information and the vessel information are not matched, the display unit displays a warning in addition to the image data. |
| US10956742B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating virtual objects
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first request for a first virtual object, obtaining first data regarding the first virtual object responsive to the obtaining of the first request, analyzing the first data to identify a first plurality of characteristics for the first virtual object, wherein the first plurality of characteristics include a first visual aspect of the first virtual object, a first auditory aspect of the first virtual object, a first scent aspect of the first virtual object, and a first haptic aspect of the first virtual object, and responsive to the analyzing of the first data, enabling at least a first sensory unit of a plurality of sensory units to render the first virtual object in accordance with the first plurality of characteristics. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10956735B1 |
System and method for determining a refractive error from red reflex images of eyes
A system for determining a refractive error from a red reflex image of the eyes of a subject by analyzing the red reflex image of the subject using deep learning and clustering algorithms is provided. The system (i) predicts a probability map for each of sixteen eye landmarks on a contour of an iris of the eye, (ii) determines a location of an eye landmark on the eye-region image, (iii) determines a circular mask of the iris, (iv) extracts an iris region image between the circular mask of the iris and the eye-region image, (v) generates a plurality of clusters by identifying a similarity between pixels of the iris region image, (vi) determines a crescent of the red reflex in the iris, (viii) predicts a pupil radius, (ix) determines a width of the crescent, and (x) determines a power in each eye by computing a width of an anti-crescent, eccentricity of an image capturing device, a working distance of the image capturing device. |
| US10956732B2 |
System and method for detecting the authenticity of products
System and method for detecting the authenticity of products by detecting a unique chaotic signature. Photos of the products are taken at the plant and stored in a database/server. The server processes the images to detect for each authentic product a unique authentic signature which is the result of a manufacturing process, a process of nature etc. To detect whether the product is genuine or not at the store, the user/buyer may take a picture of the product and send it to the server (e.g. using an app installed on a portable device or the like). Upon receipt of the photo, the server may process the receive image in search for a pre-detected and/or pre-stored chaotic signature associated with an authentic product. The server may return a response to the user indicating the result of the search. A feedback mechanism may be included to guide the user to take a picture at a specific location of the product where the chaotic signature may exist. |
| US10956731B1 |
Heading identification and classification for a digital document
Techniques described herein implement heading identification and classification for a digital document in a digital medium environment. A document analysis system is leveraged to extract structural features from a digital document, identify heading candidates from among the structural features, validate the headings candidates, and classify validated headings into different headings types. The classified headings are then utilized to generate a sectioned version of the digital document (“sectioned document”) that is divided into different sections based on the headings. Further, a document directory is generated that includes the headings and that enables navigation to different sections of the sectioned document. |
| US10956726B1 |
Obfuscating portions of video data
Described are systems and methods for detecting objects using calibrated imaging devices and obfuscating, in real-time or near real time, portions of the video data to protect the privacy of operators represented in the video data. For example, a position of an operator within a fulfillment center may be determined or tracked in video data and the pixels representative of that operator may be obfuscated using pixilation and/or other techniques so that a reviewing agent that is viewing the video data cannot determine the identity of the operator. Such obfuscation may be performed in real-time or near real-time using automated processing. In addition, only portions of the video data may be obfuscated so that events (e.g., item picks, item place) and/or other objects represented in the video data are still viewable to the reviewing agent. |
| US10956725B2 |
Automated sign language translation and communication using multiple input and output modalities
Methods, apparatus and systems for recognizing sign language movements using multiple input and output modalities. One example method includes capturing a movement associated with the sign language using a set of visual sensing devices, the set of visual sensing devices comprising multiple apertures oriented with respect to the subject to receive optical signals corresponding to the movement from multiple angles, generating digital information corresponding to the movement based on the optical signals from the multiple angles, collecting depth information corresponding to the movement in one or more planes perpendicular to an image plane captured by the set of visual sensing devices, producing a reduced set of digital information by removing at least some of the digital information based on the depth information, generating a composite digital representation by aligning at least a portion of the reduced set of digital information, and recognizing the movement based on the composite digital representation. |
| US10956719B2 |
Depth image based face anti-spoofing
Methods, systems, and devices for image processing are described. The method may include identifying a face in a first image based on identifying one or more biometric features of the face, determining an angular direction of one or more pixels of the identified face, identifying an anchor point on the identified face, sorting each of one or more pixels of the identified face into one of a set of pixel bins based on a combination of the determined angular direction of the pixel and a distance between the pixel and the identified anchor point, and outputting an indication of authenticity associated with the face based on a number of pixels in each bin. |
| US10956718B2 |
Photograph permission management integrated with real-time facial recognition
Methods and systems for sharing digital media include locating faces within a digital image. Individuals portrayed in the digital image are identified based on the located faces. The identified individuals are added to an access control list for the digital image to enable the identified individuals to access the digital image. |
| US10956716B2 |
Method for building a computer-implemented tool for assessment of qualitative features from face images
Disclosed is a method for building a neural network tool to determine, by processing a picture of a human face, a score representative of a qualitative feature of the face, including performing a training session of an initial neural network to assess, from the picture, an estimated age of the person. The initial neural network includes layers of neurons and associated weights, and each training session is performed on a first database of face images with associated ages, and each training session outputs an updated version of the neural network with adjusted weights. For each updated version of the initial neural network corresponding to a training session, evaluating an error of part of the initial neural network on another database of images with each associated with a reference score representing the qualitative feature, selecting the part of the initial neural network in the updated version corresponding to the minimum. |
| US10956709B1 |
Anti-spoofing devices and methods involving acoustic shear waves
A method of controlling an apparatus that includes an ultrasonic sensor system may involve controlling the ultrasonic sensor system to transmit a first ultrasonic compressional wave and receiving first signals from the ultrasonic sensor system. The first signals may include signals corresponding to reflections of the first ultrasonic compressional wave from a target object proximate a surface of the apparatus. The method may involve performing an authentication process based, at least in part, on the first signals. The method may involve controlling the apparatus to transmit a shear wave and receiving second signals from the ultrasonic sensor system. The second signals may include signals corresponding to reflections of the shear wave from the target object. The method may involve performing a spoof detection process based, at least in part, on the second signals. |
| US10956706B2 |
Collecting fingreprints
The disclosure relates to a method, electronic device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for collecting fingerprints. The method includes detecting a touch operation on a fingerprint region; when the touch operation on the fingerprint region is detected, detecting a touch signal within the fingerprint region as a first touch signal; comparing the first touch signal with a preset report threshold to obtain a first comparison result; determining whether a fingerprint image on the fingerprint region is acquired based on the first comparison result; when the fingerprint image is acquired, analyzing the fingerprint image to obtain an analysis result; and outputting a prompt based on the analysis result. |
| US10956705B2 |
Fingerprint recognition device and display device and mobile terminal using fingerprint recognition device
A fingerprint recognition system may comprise: a display panel configured to display an image on a screen; a light source device configured to irradiate light onto a transparent substrate disposed on the screen of the display panel; an image sensor configured to obtain a fingerprint image with light reflected from a fingerprint contacting the transparent substrate on the screen; and an image sensor controller configured to control an exposure time of the image sensor to obtain the fingerprint image based on a contrast ratio of the fingerprint image. |
| US10956703B2 |
Fingerprint sensor pattern
An example system drives one or more transmit signals on first electrodes disposed in a first layer and propagating electrodes disposed in a second layer. The system measures a capacitance of sensors through a of second electrodes. Each second electrode crosses each first electrode to provide a plurality of discrete sensor areas, each discrete sensor area associated with a difference crossing and including a portion of at least one propagating electrode. Each second electrode is galvanically isolated from the first electrodes and the propagating electrodes. |
| US10956702B2 |
Apparatus for recognizing a fingerprint, and display device
Disclosed are an apparatus for recognizing a fingerprint, a display device, and the apparatus includes: a display panel, light sources, a supporting element, an optically-coupling element, a photo-detecting element on optical paths of the light sources, a processing element; the light sources, the supporting element are on side of a second surface of the display panel; the supporting element supports light sources so that light rays exiting light sources are incident obliquely onto the display panel; the optically-coupling element, the photo-detecting element are on the second surface; the photo-detecting element is on side of the optically-coupling element away from light sources; the optically-coupling element makes light rays emitted from light sources totally reflect in the display panel; the photo-detecting element detects exiting light after light rays exiting the light sources are reflected by the display panel, transmits detected signals to the processing element; the processing element determines a fingerprint pattern. |
| US10956699B1 |
Apparatus and method to determine a distance of a visual object captured by a remote camera
In determining a distance of an object captured by a remote camera, a controller receives an image of the object from another controller coupled to a camera over a data network. The image includes a label image of a label associated with the object. The controller determines a label dimension of the label that includes a real world size of the label and determines a label image dimension of the label image that includes a size of the label image. The controller calculates a label distance using optical characteristics of the camera, the label dimension, and the label image dimension, and announces the label distance using an output component coupled to the controller. When the controller receives a command to operate the camera input by a user, the controller sends at least one instruction to operate the camera according to the command to the other controller over the data network. |
| US10956698B2 |
Systems and methods for using machine learning to determine an origin of a code
Methods and systems for using machine learning to determine an origin of an alphanumeric code are presented. The code is analyzed to determine a set of characteristics based on the values and the types of values within the code. The code and the set of characteristics may then be embedded into an image. To embed the code and the set of characteristics into an image, each of the code and the set of characteristics may be converted into a corresponding set of pixel values. The pixel values may then be combined to form the pixels in the image. The image is provided to a machine learning model as input. The machine learning model is configured to use the image to determine at least one entity that is associated with the code. |
| US10956695B2 |
Indicia reader acoustic for multiple mounting positions
An indicia reader can include an indicia-capturing system, an indicia-decoding module, and an audio indicator system having a sound source. An indicia-reader housing can support these components, and the housing includes two adjacent mounting surfaces and a sound port opening formed within a portion of the common edge of the two adjacent surfaces. The indicia reader can be operatively mounted in at least two different positions by attaching one of the two adjacent surfaces to a support structure. The reader's sound port opening is in acoustic communication with the sound source of the audio indicator for transmitting audible indications emitted via the audio indicator system when the indicia reader is mounted in either of the at least two different mounting positions. |
| US10956694B2 |
Device and method for data capture aiming assistance
A data capture device includes: a display, a primary image sensor having a primary field of view centered on a primary optical axis; an auxiliary image sensor having an auxiliary field of view centered on an auxiliary optical axis, wherein the auxiliary field of view is larger than the primary field of view; a memory storing offset data defining an offset between the primary field of view and the auxiliary field of view; a data capture controller connected to the primary image sensor, the auxiliary image sensor and the memory; wherein the data capture controller is configured to: responsive to activation of an aiming mode, control the auxiliary image sensor to capture a video stream; select, according to the offset data, a portion of the video stream corresponding to the primary field of view; and present the selected portion of the video stream on the display. |
| US10956689B2 |
Passport including RFID shielding
Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable RFID devices are optionally disposed in a passport. The passport may include shielding. |
| US10956687B1 |
Logarithmic amplifier
A logarithmic amplifier includes a logarithmic current preamplifier circuit and logarithmic amplifier circuit. The logarithmic current preamplifier circuit includes an inverting input terminal, an output terminal, and a first diode. The first diode is coupled between the inverting input terminal of the logarithmic current preamplifier circuit and the output terminal of the logarithmic current preamplifier circuit. The logarithmic amplifier circuit includes an inverting input terminal, an output terminal, and a second diode. The inverting input terminal of the logarithmic amplifier circuit is coupled to the output terminal of the logarithmic current preamplifier circuit. The second diode is coupled between the inverting input terminal of the logarithmic amplifier circuit and the output terminal of the logarithmic amplifier circuit. |
| US10956683B2 |
Systems and method for vocabulary management in a natural learning framework
An agent automation system implements a virtual agent that is capable of learning new words, or new meanings for known words, based on exchanges between the virtual agent and a user in order to customize the vocabulary of the virtual agent to the needs of the user or users. The agent automation framework has access to a corpus of previous exchanges between the virtual agent and the user, such as one or more chat logs. New words and/or new meanings for known words are identified within the corpus and new word vectors are generated for these new words and/or new meanings for known words and added to refine a word vector distribution model. The refined word vector distribution model is then utilized by the agent automation system to interact with the user. |
| US10956682B2 |
Image object disambiguation resolution using learner model based conversation templates
Methods, systems, and computer program products for image object disambiguation resolution are provided herein. An example of a method includes: initiating a conversation for resolving ambiguity among a group of labels corresponding to an object in an image; using a wordweb to determine properties that distinguish between at least one first label and at least one second label within the group; selecting a first property from the properties to generate a question, wherein said selecting is based at least in part on a learner model of a user including information indicating a level of prior knowledge of the user with each of the properties and each of the one or more labels; assigning a belief score to an answer; and determining whether to present at least a second question to verify the first answer based on a comparison of the belief score to a threshold value. |
| US10956679B2 |
Linguistic analysis of differences in portrayal of movie characters
A computer implemented method for analyzing media content includes a step of providing a plurality of narrative files formatted in human readable format. Each narrative file includes a script and/or dialogues tagged with character names along with auxiliary information. Each script includes a plurality of portrayals performed by an associated actor or character. Linguistic representations of content of the narrative files in both abstract and semantic forms is determined. The linguistic representations are connected to higher order representations and mental states. The linguistic representations are connected to behavior and action. Interplay between language constructs and demographics of content creators is analyzed. Content representations towards individuals/groups are adapted to reflect heterogeneity in preferences. |
| US10956677B2 |
Statistical preparation of data using semantic clustering
Performing an operation comprising analyzing an electronic text corpus by a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm executing on a processor to determine a set of target terms specified in the electronic text corpus, analyzing the electronic text corpus by the NLP algorithm to determine a weight for each pair of terms in the set of target terms, and storing an indication of each pair of terms and the respective weight in a lookup table in a computer memory for runtime analysis of an input text data. |
| US10956676B2 |
Development factory
The invention accelerates development and manufacturing by including conversational semantic support systems (CSSS) as active participants and partners of subject matter experts, (SME) in the process.CSSS receives an initial request from SME, provides a mapping from business goals to existing business tasks, scripted rules and scenarios, automatically moving to the next step of details, when available. The interesting things start when data is not available. At this point the system initiates a set of conversations with other CSSS available on the net. If data are not found, a program initiates a search over public and private data sources, over the Internet and available Data Clouds. The last resort is a conversation with a set of SME connected to the net. Retrieved and approved by SME data is registered while constantly increasing the knowledge of a system and its efficiency. |
| US10956674B2 |
Creating cost models using standard templates and key-value pair differential analysis
A contract generation system that automatically generates cost models for new business contracts is provided. The system receives a new contract comprising a set of key-value pairs, each key-value pair comprising a question and an answer that correspond to a field of information in a document for the new contract. The system computes a similarity measure between the new contract and an existing contract based on a set of variance definitions for determining differences between the set of key-value pairs of the new contract and a corresponding set of key-value pairs of the existing contract. The system generates a cost model of the new contract based on the similarity measure and a cost model of the existing contract. |
| US10956668B2 |
Management of building plan documents utilizing comments and a correction list
Systems and methods for managing and processing building plan documents. An electronic building plan document including a plurality of plan sheets is received. A first plan sheet is provided for display. A user interface is provided via which a user can select or enter a first comment associated with the first plan sheet. A user interface is provided via which the user can associate metadata, including a project type or discipline, with the first comment. A first plurality of comments, including the first comment, is stored in association with respective metadata. A user interface via which the user can select, by category and/or subcategory a plurality of comments to be included in a plan correction list, and a correction list is generated including a plurality of comments specified by a plurality of users. |
| US10956665B1 |
Systems and user interfaces for dynamic and interactive table generation and editing based on automatic traversal of complex data structures in a distributed system architecture
Various systems and methods are provided for accessing and traversing one or more complex data structures and generating a functional user interface that can enable non-technical users to quickly and dynamically generate detailed reports (including tables, charts, and/or the like) of complex data including time varying attributes. The user interfaces are interactive such that a user may make selections, provide inputs, and/or manipulate outputs. In response to various user inputs, the system automatically calculates applicable time intervals, accesses and traverses complex data structures (including, for example, a mathematical graph having nodes and edges), calculates complex data based on the traversals and the calculated time intervals, displays the calculated complex data to the user, and/or enters the calculated complex data into the tables, charts, and/or the like. The user interfaces may be automatically updated based on a context selected by the user. |
| US10956663B2 |
Controlling digital input
A computing device includes a digital input system that allows freehand digital inputs to be received (e.g., via movement of a pen, stylus, finger, etc.). The digital input system provides functionality allowing applications to receive digital inputs from a user and control the display of data based on the digital inputs. The digital input system receives digital input from a user and analyzes the digital input to collect input data for the digital input. As the digital input is received, the input data is made available to an application, allowing the application to operate on the input data (e.g., modify the input data and/or generate additional input data) and provide the operated-on input data to the digital input system. The digital input system then proceeds to control the display of data based on the operated-on input data. |
| US10956658B2 |
Digital content editing of a document object model (DOM) based on object model comparison
Digital content editing techniques are described that support edits to a document object model (DOM) of a digital document. In one example, a user input is received by a system to edit a first document object model (DOM) and thereby create a second DOM, e.g., to change a name of a tag, a name of an attribute, a value of an attribute, and/or digital content specified by the DOM. The system then compares tree structures of the first and second DOMs to each other in order to identify content editing operations that, when applied to the first DOM, cause the first DOM to match the second DOM, e.g., have matching tree structures and attributes. The identified content editing operations are then used to update the digital document by including these operations as stored along with the first DOM. |
| US10956655B2 |
Automated production of data-driven reports with descriptive and rich text and graphical contents
Embodiments of the invention automate some of the human report generation process with the application of new AI and machine learning technologies plus the automatic generation of cutting-edge infographics, that is also not aesthetically pleasing but also engage the report reading audience. Aspects of the invention employ specific implementations of natural language generation and the recognition of elements of infographics that complimentary to the natural language generation. |
| US10956654B2 |
Parameterized states for customized views of resources
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for providing parameterized states. Resource customization information may be obtained. The resource customization information may identify a resource and define a customized view of the resource. A parameterized state may be generated based on the resource customization information. Activation of the parameterized state may cause the customized view of the resource to be presented. An interface through which the parameterized state is accessible may be provided. |
| US10956651B1 |
Data table display adjustment
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for data table display adjustment which may include a computing device. The computing device may receive a user selection of a data file, which may contain a data table having one or more rows, a left-most column, a right-most column, and a plurality of middle columns with each column having a width, for display via a user interface. The computing device may render an interactive switch for enabling data table display adjustment on the user interface. The computing device may receive user input via the interactive switch and render the right-most column and the left-most column static at outer ends of the user interface and collapse the plurality of middle columns, to fit within a remaining available width of the user interface between the right-most column and the left-most column of the data table. |
| US10956649B2 |
Semiconductor package metal shadowing checks
Embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and computer program products for checking metal coverage in a laminate structure. Aspects of the invention include receiving, by a processor, metal shadowing rules and a semiconductor package design comprising a plurality of laminate layers, a plurality of metal power shapes, and a plurality of signal lines. Each metal power shape is mapped to one or more cells in a two-dimensional array. The processor determines, for each signal line in the semiconductor package design, whether the metal power shapes satisfy the metal shadowing rules. The processor displays a list of signal lines that do not satisfy the metal shadowing rules. |
| US10956648B2 |
Systems and methods for designing dummy patterns
Systems and methods for designing a dummy pattern layout for improving surface flatness of a wafer are provided. An exemplary system includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations include identifying a feature pattern corresponding to a functional region of the wafer. The operations also include determining a property of the feature pattern based on a script associated with the feature pattern. The operations further include determining a dummy pattern rule based on the property of the feature pattern. Moreover, the operations include generating a dummy pattern corresponding to a vacant region of the wafer by wrap-filling dummy units in an adjacent area surrounding the feature pattern based on the dummy pattern rule. |
| US10956646B2 |
Customizing circuit layout design rules for fabrication facilities
In some embodiments, a method includes selecting, a first circuit layout, where the first circuit layout includes a circuit element representation, a design rule, and a target circuit element value. The method further includes receiving a plurality of circuit element values of circuit elements fabricated in each of multiple fabrication facilities using the design rule. The method also includes selecting a fabrication facility and a circuit element value of circuit elements fabricated in the selected fabrication facility using the design rule. Further the method includes determining a circuit element value calculation based on the selected circuit element values, and determining an adjustment value. This adjustment value is further used to customize the design rule. The method then includes generating a second circuit layout comprising the customized design rule, causing the fabrication facility to fabricate a circuit using the second circuit layout. |
| US10956643B2 |
Method, system, and storage medium of resource planning for designing semiconductor device
A method includes: accessing a design data of an integrated circuit (IC), wherein the design data includes a transistor layer and a plurality of metal layers over the transistor layer; assigning a bin size for each of the metal layers based on layout properties of the respective metal layers, wherein the bin sizes are progressively larger from a bottom layer to a top layer of the metal layers; performing resource planning on the transistor layer and each of the metal layers according to the assigned bin sizes of the respective metal layers; and updating the design data according to the resource planning. At least one of the accessing, assigning, performing and updating steps is conducted by at least one processor. |
| US10956640B1 |
System, method, and computer program product for determining suitability for formal verification
The present disclosure relates to a method for electronic design verification. Embodiments may include receiving, using a processor, an electronic design and providing at least a portion of the electronic design to a machine learning engine. Embodiments may further include automatically determining, based upon, at least in part, an output of the machine learning engine whether or not the at least a portion of the electronic design is amenable to formal verification. |
| US10956638B1 |
Programmable integrated circuits for emulation
Methods and apparatus are described for providing and using programmable ICs suitable for meeting the unique desires of large hardware emulation systems. One example method of classifying a programmable IC having impaired circuitry generally includes determining a partitioning of programmable logic resources into two or more groups for classifying the programmable IC, testing the programmable IC to determine at least one location of the impaired circuitry in the programmable logic resources of the programmable IC, and classifying the programmable IC based on the at least one location of the impaired circuitry in relation to the partitioning of the programmable logic resources. |
| US10956634B2 |
Method for predicting plastic strain ratio from stamping simulation
A method of evaluating a sheet metal stamping simulation is provided. The method may include defining elements of a finite-element mesh representing a stamped panel, operating on the elements to simulate deformation of the panel during stamping to generate, for each of the elements, incremental differential major and minor plastic strain values, applying a weighting factor to temporally adjacent pairs of the values to generate smoothed values, deriving, from the smoothed values and for each of the elements, a plurality of plastic strain incremental ratios representing plastic flow direction of the elements during the deformation, and altering colors of a map based on the ratios to represent changes in severity of plastic deformation of the stamped panel. |
| US10956633B1 |
Interest-based distributed simulation system
A system, method and product for an interest-based distributed simulation system. A system comprising: multiple servers, wherein a component-server deployment defines which server is tasked with processing each component of a simulation; a central database for storing values of components and delivering the values or portion thereof to servers based on interest definitions. A server of the multiple servers is authoritative over a target component of the plurality of components of the simulation. The server is configured to determine an inverse interest list for the target component, wherein the inverse interest list identifies all components interested in the target component according to the interest definitions. The server selectively transmits updates of the target component to the central database based on the inverse interest list and based on the component-server deployment. |
| US10956627B1 |
Building performance assessment system and method
A virtual data acquisition component generates a building performance model having a plurality of predicted building performance metrics. A physical data acquisition component obtains a plurality of trended building performance metrics. An integrated interface receives the building performance model from the virtual data acquisition component having the plurality of predicted building performance metrics and the plurality of physical building performance metrics from the physical data acquisition component. The integrated interface enables the comparison of the predicted building performance consumption metrics with the trended building performance metrics to identify performance gaps. |
| US10956621B2 |
Secure system having a multi-locking mechanism for devices having embedded systems
A device configured to implement multiple locks to increase security of assets associated with the device including an embedded system, a multi-lock mechanism configured to provide a plurality of locks to prevent an authorized access to the assets associated with the embedded system, each of the plurality of locks of the multi-lock mechanism having an different unlock parameters, a memory configured to securely store at least one of the lock parameters of the plurality of locks of the multi-lock mechanism, the memory further configured to securely store at least one of the unlock parameters of the multi-lock mechanism, and the embedded system further configured to provide access to the assets after each of the lock parameters of the plurality of locks of the multi-lock mechanism is provided the unlock parameters of the multi-lock mechanism. |
| US10956619B2 |
Devices and method of operation thereof
A device comprising: a processing element; a data store, coupled to the processing element, the data store comprising a non-volatile data store having a trusted region for trusted code and an untrusted region for untrusted code; a security component, coupled to the processing element and the data store, wherein the security component is configured to, in response to one of a power event occurring at the device and receiving a trigger signal, send a first signal to the processing element and the data store, and wherein the processing element is configured to execute trusted code in response to the first signal. |
| US10956617B2 |
Systems and methods for random fill caching and prefetching for secure cache memories
Systems and methods for random fill caching and prefetching for secure cache memories are provided. The system dynamically de-correlates fetching a cache line to the processor from filling the cache with this cache line, due to a demand memory access, in order to provide greater security from information leakage due to cache side-channel attacks on cache memories. The system includes a random fill engine which includes a random number generator and an adjustable random fill window. Also provided is an adaptive random fill caching system which dynamically adapts the random fill window to a wide variety of computational workloads. Systems and methods for cache prefetching to improve system performance using adaptive random fill prefetching and random fill prefetching are also provided. |
| US10956616B2 |
Secure communications in a blockchain network
A first certificate authority (CA) trust list comprising a plurality of CA identifiers is obtained by a first node of a blockchain network. A communication request comprising a public key certificate of the second node is received by the first node from a second node of the blockchain network. A first CA identifier is determined from the received public key certificate. A determination is made as to whether the first CA identifier matches one of the plurality of CA identifiers of the first CA trust list. In response to determining that the first CA identifier matches one of the plurality of CA identifiers of the first CA trust list, the communication request is approved by the first node. In response to determining that the first CA identifier does not match one of the plurality of CA identifiers of the first CA trust list, the communication request is denied. |
| US10956615B2 |
Securely defining operating system composition without multiple authoring
Embodiments are directed to managing software components loaded on a device by identifying a platform manifest having a valid certificate, confirming that the platform manifest is bound to the device, identifying components listed on the platform manifest, confirming that the listed components have a valid certificate, and loading listed components with valid certificates on the device. The components may be binaries and packages for an operating system. The components may be signed in an embedded manner or with detached signatures. The platform manifest may be bound to the device in a manner that allows for identification of unauthorized platform manifests. |
| US10956610B2 |
Cycle walking-based tokenization
A technique includes accessing data representing plaintext. The plaintext has a first string size. The technique includes using a table to retrieve data representing a token that corresponds to the plaintext. The table has an associated string lookup size smaller than the first string size. |
| US10956609B2 |
Safeguarding confidential information during a screen share session
A method for safeguarding confidential information during a screen share between two computing devices each having a screen. The method includes receiving, from a first computer, a request to share content of one or more applications displayable on a screen of a second computer. The method further includes summarizing the content to be displayed by the one or more applications, and transmitting, by the first computer, the summarized content to be shared by the one or more applications with the second computer. In exemplary embodiments, the summarized content may be password protected. The method may further include prompting, by the second computer, a password entry and displaying, by the second computer, the summarized content based on a password match. |
| US10956589B2 |
Systems and methods for streaming media
A content storage system is provided. The content storage system may include a portable content repository device comprising a processor, a storage module, and a communication module. The storage module may store content (e.g., audio, video, images, or documents) from and transmit the content to various computing devices. The communication module may include a first wireless chip configured to communicate over an 802.11 wireless channel, and a second wireless chip configured to communicate over a Bluetooth channel. A computing device may communicate with the content repository device over the Bluetooth channel and/or the 802.11 wireless channel. The computing device transmits content to the content repository device for storage in response to generating the content. The content may include an access control that can be triggered by the content repository device to at least one of lock or delete the content from the computing device. |
| US10956588B2 |
Server, electronic device, and method for processing image by electronic device
An electronic device and a method for processing an image by the electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention are provided. The method may comprise: generating password information for a first image using security information of a user; changing the first image to a second image using the generated password information; and transmitting the second image and the password information in response to a transmission request of the first image. Various other embodiments may be available. |
| US10956586B2 |
Personalized privacy assistant
A system and method configures permission settings for applications (“apps”) running on a computing device of a user. A data center generates at least one model of collective privacy preferences. The computing device is in communication with the data center via a communications network. The computing device comprises a processor that execute at least a first app that requests access to at least one permission of the computing device and a personal privacy assistant app. The personal privacy assistant app receives the at least one model from the one or more servers of the data center; collects information about the user; identifies at least one recommended permission setting for the first app based on the at least one model and such that the recommended permission setting is user-specific; and configures the computing device to implement the received at least one user-specific recommended permission setting. |
| US10956585B2 |
System and method for secure electronic transaction platform
A system for processing data within a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) of a processor is provided. The system may include: a trust manager unit for verifying identity of a partner and issuing a communication key to the partner upon said verification of identity; at least one interface for receiving encrypted data from the partner encrypted using the communication key; a secure database within the TEE for storing the encrypted data with a storage key and for preventing unauthorized access of the encrypted data within the TEE; and a recommendation engine for decrypting and analyzing the encrypted data to generate recommendations based on the decrypted data. |
| US10956584B1 |
Secure data processing
Systems and methods for performing neural network processing are provided. In one example, a system comprises a neural network processor comprising: a data decryption engine that receives encrypted data and decrypts the encrypted data, the encrypted data comprising at least one of: encrypted weights data, encrypted input data, or encrypted instruction data related to a neural network model; and a computing engine that receives the weights data and perform computations of neural network processing using the input data and the weights data and based on the instruction data. |
| US10956583B2 |
Multi-phase digital content protection
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for multi-phase protection of digital content. For instance, in one example, a method includes receiving a request for digital content from a client device, initiating a digital content protection process comprising a plurality of phases, where each phase of the plurality of phases includes verifying credentials provided by the client device, delivering a plurality of seeds to the client device, wherein each individual seed of the plurality of seeds is delivered to the client device upon a successful completion of one phase of the plurality of phases, encrypting the digital content, using an encryption key derived using the plurality of seeds, to generate encrypted content, and delivering the encrypted content to the client device. |
| US10956574B2 |
System and method for securing applications through an application-aware runtime agent
A system and method for securing an application through an application-aware runtime agent can include: acquiring a code profile, instrumenting the application with a runtime agent according to the code profile, enforcing the runtime agent on the execution of the application, and responding to the runtime agent. Enforcing the runtime agent on the execution of the application can include monitoring the execution flow, which comprises of monitoring the utilization of the controls through the execution of the application; detecting a threat, which comprises identifying a section of the execution flow as a potential security threat; and regulating the execution flow to prevent or ameliorate the security threat. Responding to the runtime agent can include responding to the security threat and providing a user interface that may output runtime agent diagnostics and trigger alerts. |
| US10956572B2 |
Domain-specific hardwired web browser machine
A domain-specific hardwired symbolic web browser machine is described that processes information via the hardwired mapping of symbols from one or more domains onto other such domains, computing and communicating with improved security and reduced power consumption because it has no CPU, no Random Access Memory (RAM), no instruction registers, no Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), no operating system (OS) and no applications programming. The machine provides web browser functionality including, for example, the display of web pages. In some embodiments, the machine has no unconstrained RAM into which malware may insert itself and needs no anti-virus software. |
| US10956571B2 |
Kernel runtime integrity using processor assists
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for locating operating system (OS) kernel information and user mode code in physical memory, wherein the kernel information includes kernel code and kernel read only data, and specifying permissions for the kernel information and the user code in an extended page table (EPT). Additionally, systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for switching, in accordance with the permissions, between view instances of the EPT in response to one or more hardware virtualization exceptions. |
| US10956566B2 |
Multi-point causality tracking in cyber incident reasoning
This disclosure provides an automatic causality tracking system that meets real-time analysis needs. It solves causality tracking for cybersecurity, preferably as three sub-tasks: backward tracking, forward tracking, and path-finding. Given a set of threat indicators, the first sub-task yields the system elements (e.g., entities such as processes, files, network sockets, and the like) that contribute information to a set of threat indicators backward in time. The second sub-task yields system elements forward in time. Given two sets of threat indicators, the third sub-task yields shortest paths between them, e.g., how the two sets of indicators are connected to one another. The system enables efficient multi-point traversal analysis with respect to a set of potential compromise points, and using data from real information flows. |
| US10956564B2 |
Systems and methods for key-based isolation of system management interrupt (SMI) functions and data
Systems and methods that may be implemented to use encryption to isolate SMI functions, libraries and data from each other, such as during operation of systems management mode (SMM). Isolation of SMI function, library and data (and limitation of SMI function/library privileges) may be achieved in SMI at runtime by decrypting only that code and data needed for performing the required action/s in response to a SMI received from a calling process by a host processor (e.g., CPU). |
| US10956551B2 |
Systems and methods for securing operation of an ultrasound scanner
The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for securing operation of an ultrasound scanner for use with a multi-use electronic display device. In some embodiments, the multi-use electronic display device can control whether the ultrasound scanner is permitted to generate ultrasound image data for display based on an institution affiliation status of the ultrasound scanner retrieved from a server. In some embodiments, the multi-use electronic display device can control whether the ultrasound scanner is permitted to generate ultrasound image data for display based on whether a digital certificate provided by a server is successfully validated. |
| US10956549B2 |
Device and method for biometric recognition, and biometric template registration method
A device for biometric recognition, a method for biometric recognition, and a biometric template registration method are disclosed. The device comprises: a sensor for sensing information of a biometric feature; and a security chip for storing a template of the biometric feature, obtaining the information, performing image preprocessing and feature extraction on the obtained information, and comparing features with the stored template to determine a biometric recognition result. Since the whole biometric recognition process is executed in an independent security chip, the security is greatly improved compared with traditional logic isolation solutions. |
| US10956546B2 |
Methods, apparatus and computer-readable mediums related to biometric authentication
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a mechanism for performing a biometric algorithm on ear biometric data acquired from a user. The mechanism may be used for biometric authentication, or in-ear detect, for example. In one embodiment, a method is provided in which a quality metric of an input signal to a transducer and/or a signal on a return path from the transducer is monitored. One or more steps of a biometric process, comprising monitoring of a parameter related to an admittance of the transducer, comparison of the parameter to a stored profile for an authorised user, generation of a score based on the comparison, comparison of the score to one or more threshold values, and initiation of one or more actions, may be performed responsive to the quality metric meeting one or more criteria. |
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Pin verification
A monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system includes a monitoring server that is configured to receive a personally identifying code from a visitor to a property monitored by the monitoring system. The monitoring system includes one or more sensors that transmit sensor data to the monitoring server and that are configured to capture a biometric identifier from the visitor to the property monitored by the monitoring system. The monitoring system is configured to compare the received personally identifying code to a stored personally identifying code. The monitoring system is configured to compare the received biometric identifier to a stored biometric identifier. The monitoring system is configured to determine a likelihood that the visitor is the known person. The monitoring system is configured to determine that the likelihood that the visitor is the known person does not satisfy a threshold. The monitoring system is configured to generate an alarm condition. |
| US10956538B2 |
Low-power systems and methods for determining measurement times of values obtained by a measuring device
The present disclosure relates to a low-power measuring device. In one implementation, the low-power measuring device includes a first sensor for measuring a first value, the first value being a measurement of a variable, and a counter unit for generating a first counter value indicative of a first elapsed time since the first value is measured by the first sensor. The low-power measuring device further includes at least one processor configured to send the first value to a remote apparatus, send the first counter value to the remote apparatus, cause the remote apparatus to determine the first elapsed time based on the first value and the first counter value, and cause the remote apparatus to determine a first obtained time at which the first value is measured by the first sensor based on the determined first elapsed time and a reference time of the remote apparatus. |
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Permuting in a matrix-vector processor
A circuit comprises an input register configured to receive an input vector of elements, a control register configured to receive a control vector of elements, wherein each element of the control vector corresponds to a respective element of the input vector, and wherein each element specifies a permutation of a corresponding element of the input vector, and a permute execution circuit configured to generate an output vector of elements corresponding to a permutation of the input vector. Generating each element of the output vector comprises accessing, at the input register, a particular element of the input vector, accessing, at the control register, a particular element of the control vector corresponding to the particular element of the input vector, and outputting the particular element of the input vector as an element at a particular position of the output vector that is selected based on the particular element of the control vector. |
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System and method for continuous performance analysis of systems that exhibit variable performance characteristics at different operating conditions
A system and method for translating performance characteristics of a system from one system condition to another system condition includes sensing, at a current system condition, a first system performance parameter and a second system performance parameter. The first and second system performance parameters correspond to a measured performance characteristic value of the system. A first reference performance datum associated with the first and second system performance parameters at the current system condition, and a second reference performance datum associated with the first and second system performance parameters at a selected reference system condition are both retrieved from a memory. A difference between the first and second reference performance data is calculated to generate a translation value. The measured performance characteristic value of the system is then translated an amount equal to the data translation value, whereby a corrected performance characteristic value at the selected reference system condition is generated. |
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System, method, and computer program for real-time HTML rendering of windows applications
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for real-time HTML rendering of desktop applications. In operation, a system identifies one or more desktop based legacy system applications for transforming into one or more HTML based applications in real-time. The system queries user interface (UI) elements of the one or more desktop based legacy system applications. The system maps the UI elements of the one or more desktop based legacy system applications to HTML UI elements associated with the one or more HTML based applications. Additionally, the system opens a web-socket between the HTML UI elements and the UI elements associated with the one or more desktop based legacy system applications to transfer data and events based on user actions in the one or more HTML based applications and responses from the one or more desktop based legacy system applications. |
| US10956530B2 |
Systems and methods for search modification
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to presenting search diagnostic tools in concert with a website. In some embodiments, a system for presenting search diagnostic tools in concert with a website comprises a server, wherein the server stores code for a website including a first code set including executable code for rendering the website and a second code set including executable code for rendering a user interface integrated with the rendering of the website including search diagnostic tools for the website, and a control circuit configured to receive a search query, receive results for the search query, output signals to cause rendering of the website, wherein the website includes the results for the search query, and output signals to cause rendering of the user interface including the search diagnostic tools such that the user interface is presenting with the search results for the search query. |
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Personalizing content associated with a third party system for presentation to an online system user based on interactions performed by the user with content from the third party system
An online system stores information identifying interactions by online system users with content provided by a third party system. The third party system includes a tracking mechanism in content that specifies one or more interactions with the content. When a user performs a specified interaction with the content via a client device, the tracking mechanism communicates information describing the performed interaction from the client device to the online system. The online system retrieves information identifying the user from the client device and stores the information describing the performed interaction in association with the information identifying the user. The third party system requests the online system generate content for presentation to the user, and the online system identifies content provided by the third party system with which additional users having at least a threshold measure of similarity to the user interacted to present to the user. |
| US10956524B2 |
Joint optimization of notification and feed
In an example embodiment, a machine learned model is used to determine whether to send a notification for a feed object to a user. This machine learned model is optimized not just based on the likelihood that the notification will cause the user to interact with the feed object, but also the likely short-term and long-term impacts of the user interacting with the feed object. This machine learned model factors in not only the viewer's probability of immediate action, such as clicking on a feed object, but also the probability of long-term impact, such as the display causing the viewer to contribute content to the network or the viewer's response encouraging more people to contribute content to the network. As such, the machine learned model is optimized not just on notification interactivity but also on feed objects interactivity. |
| US10956523B2 |
Method and system for providing a highly-personalized recommendation engine
Various embodiments of a deep learning (DL)-based face perception engine for constructing, providing, and applying a highly-personalized face perception model for an individual through a deep learning process are disclosed. In some embodiments, a disclosed face perception engine includes a deep neural network configured for training a personalized face perception model for a unique individual based on a standard set of training images and a corresponding set of decisions on the set of training images provided by the unique individual. When sufficiently trained using the standard set of training images and the corresponding set of decisions, the personalized face perception model for the unique individual perceives a new face photo/image as if through the eyes of that unique individual. Hence, the trained face perception model can be used an “agent” or “representative” of the associated person in making very personal decisions, such as to decide if a given face photo/image includes a desirable face in the eyes of that person. |
| US10956518B2 |
Systems and methods for improved web searching
Systems and methods are provided for improved web searching. In one implementation, suggested search queries are provided based on previous search queries and click data. A weighted bi-partite graph or index may be used to identify related search queries based on overlapping clicked URLs. According to a method, query-click log data of a search engine is processed to generate sets of suggested search queries, data corresponding to each suggested search query, and a set of clicked URLs related to each suggested search query. Additionally, or independently, methods may be provided for contextually correcting spelling errors within sets of suggested search queries using e contextual algorithm, and/or identifying and discarding sets of suggested search queries and URLs that lead to restricted material, such as restricted content and related URLs. |
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Collectively performing domain searches and trademark searches
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for collectively performing a domain search and a trademark search are presented. For example, a graphical user interface may be controlled to display a domain search interface. A search request to search for domain names may be received via the domain search interface, wherein the search request comprises a name and a selection of a first selectable input corresponding to performing a trademark search. Responsive to receiving the search request, a domain database may be analyzed to generate a plurality of domain names associated with the name and/or a trademark database may be analyzed to generate a plurality of trademark names associated with the name. A search report may be generated comprising the plurality of domain names and the plurality of trademark names. The graphical user interface may be controlled to display the domain search interface comprising the search report. |
| US10956515B2 |
Smart suggestions personalization with GLMix
In an example, an indication of a plurality of different entities in a social networking service is received, including at least two entities having a different entity type. Then a plurality of user profiles in the social networking service are accessed. A machine-learned model is then used to calculate, based on co-occurrence counts reflecting a number of user profiles in the plurality of user profiles in which corresponding nodes co-occurred, a similarity score between a first node and second node by computing distance between the first node and the second node in a d-dimensional space on which a plurality of entities are mapped, the similarity score generated using a generalized linear mixed model having a global coefficient vector applied to global function pertaining to the co-occurrence counts and a first random effects coefficient vector applied to a random effects per-country function. |
| US10956514B2 |
System and method for directed analysis of content using artifical intelligence for storage and recall
Methods for directed analysis of content for storage and recall are performed by systems and apparatuses. The methods optimize search operations for content using a user-driven knowledge bank. A user selects content that is relevant or important to the user for addition to the knowledge bank, and content information about the content is determined based on user importance and context, and is also stored in the knowledge bank. Subsequent searches for the content by the user are optimized based on the content information improving accuracy of search results for the content based on more general queries and searches by the user, including natural language queries and searches. Searches and queries are performed via search engines, as well as digital assistants and search applications of user systems. The content can be added by a user from different applications, and recall of the content from different applications is performed using an API. |
| US10956513B2 |
Heuristically programmed artificial intelligence for mainframe operating systems
Disclosed herein is a heuristically programmable system comprising a web-socket; a backend component that is in operative communication with the web-socket to act as a heuristically programmed algorithm framework that is operative to interact with a user in natural language and in a human-like manner; a main frame computer; a web server that is in operative communication with an internet; where the main frame computer and the web server are in operative communication with the web socket; and a cognitive computing system; where the web socket comprises a computer system configured to provide a voice, motion and/or a graphical interface to a user; and where the web socket is operative to communicate with the cognitive computing system; where the cognitive computing system is operative to convert speech to text and to send this text to the web socket. |
| US10956512B2 |
Document link migration
Techniques and systems for migrating links in documents are described. For example, during a migration process, a first document may be selected to be migrated from a source document database. A determination may be made that the first document includes a link to a second document. The first document may be migrated to a target document database. The second document may be selected to be migrated from the source document database. The second document may be migrated to the target document database. The link in the first document may be finalized to include an address of the second document in the target document database. |
| US10956508B2 |
Systems and methods for creating and managing a data integration workspace containing automatically updated data models
Systems and methods are provided for creating and managing a data integration workspace. The workspace may comprise one or more views of data (or datasets) stored in or accessible by the system. Models may be generated and updated based on the plurality of datasets and presented via a graphical user interface. Feedback received via a graphical user interface presenting a model may be used to annotate an underlying dataset associated with the model. Responsive to a modification of the underlying dataset or the rules for using the underlying dataset to generate the model, other related datasets and/or models may be automatically updated accordingly. Templates associated with one or more types of users may be defined. Each template may comprise one or more specific models related to a specific type of user. |
| US10956504B2 |
Graph database query classification based on previous queries stored in repository
Examples for graph database query classification include receiving a graph query and determining if the graph query matches benchmark data. In the event that the graph query does not match benchmark data, the query may be parsed, a canonical internal representation of the query may be determined, the representation may be mapped to a rule, and the query may be classified based on the rule. In the event that the confidence score for the query classification does not exceed a threshold, the query may be sent to a synthetic graph or synopsis for simulation. In some examples, the simulation may include selecting computationally expensive graph operators in the query for simulation. |
| US10956502B2 |
Method of and system for recommending fresh search query suggestions on search engine
A method and a system for generating fresh query suggestions includes receiving an indication of at least a portion of a given search query, selecting, based on the indication, a set of query suggestions, each of the query suggestion being associated with a frequency of use of a first scale, acquiring a set of fresh query suggestions, each of the fresh query suggestions being associated with a frequency of use of a second scale, scaling each frequency of use of the second scale to obtain a frequency of use of the first scale, merging the set of query suggestions and the set of fresh query suggestions to generate an amalgamated suggestions set, and generating a subset of ranked query suggestions for displaying on a device based on the amalgamated suggestions set, a given query suggestion of the subset being one of a fresh query suggestion and a query suggestion. |
| US10956501B2 |
Network-wide, location-independent object identifiers for high-performance distributed graph databases
In one embodiment, an operating system (on a computer device in a network of computer devices) interfaces with a distributed graph database that is distributed across the network of computer devices, and executes an application that has one or more parent data constructs that reference one or more child objects within the distributed graph database. Specifically, the one or more child objects each have a location-independent object identifier (OID) having at least: a) an OID-identifier (OID-ID) assigned upon creation to each particular child object by a data source of the location-independent OID; b) an OID-source structure that uniquely identifies the data source of the location-independent OID within the network of computer devices; and c) an OID-pointer indicative of a relative location of the particular child object in a memory mapped region. Accordingly, the operating system accesses the child objects (e.g., for an application) based on the location-independent OID. |
| US10956498B2 |
Scanning for bindings in webpage markup
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for scanning bindings in a webpage. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, at a browser of a client device, markup for a webpage, initiating a scan of the markup for the webpage to identify bindings in the markup, in response to a time threshold being satisfied during the scan of the markup for the webpage, pausing the scan of the markup and storing location data corresponding to a location in the markup reached by the scan at pause time, rendering, by the browser, a next frame for the webpage, and in response to completion of the rendering of the next frame for the webpage, resuming the scan of the markup for the webpage at the location in the markup. |
| US10956487B2 |
Method for establishing and processing cross-language information and cross-language information system
A method for establishing cross-language information is disclosed. The method includes steps of collecting a plurality of set of object information from a plurality of network platforms; building a first data structure corresponding to a source language and a second data structure corresponding to a target language according to the plurality of sets of object information; classifying a plurality of sets of first object information in the first data structure into a plurality of source image groups according characteristics of the plurality of sets of first object information; classifying a plurality of sets of second object information in the second data structure into a plurality of target image groups according to characteristics of the plurality of sets of second object information; wherein each source image group includes a plurality of source hashtag groups, and each target image group includes a plurality of target hashtag groups. |
| US10956486B2 |
Intelligent automated assistant for media search and playback
Systems and processes are disclosed for operating a digital assistant in a media environment. In an example process, a primary set of media items can be displayed. An audio input containing a media-related request can be received. A primary user intent corresponding to the media-related request can be determined. In accordance with a determination that the primary user intent comprises a user intent to narrow the primary media search query, a second primary media search query corresponding to the primary user intent can be generated. The second primary media search query can be based on the media-related request and the primary media search query. The second primary media search query can be performed to obtain a second primary set of media items. Display of the primary set of media items can be replaced with display of the second primary set of media items. |
| US10956485B2 |
Retargeting in a search environment
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retargeting content in a search environment. A method can include receiving a request for a content item to be provided with a search results page and determining that one or more retargeted content items are eligible for presentation with the search results page. Each retargeted content item is a content item that is eligible for presentation with the search results page based on: (1) the search query matching a targeting keyword for the retargeted content item, and (2) the user identifier matching a retargeted identifier that is included in a retargeting set for the retargeted content item. A responsive content item to be presented with the search results page is selected, based at least in part on bids that are associated with the retargeted content items, and data specifying the responsive content item are provided. |
| US10956483B2 |
Automated dynamic reprioritization of presentation materials
A first selectable slide presentation priority level assigned to a slide presentation is determined responsive to detecting an indication from a user using an input device to start the slide presentation. Individual slides of the slide presentation determined to include an assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level are selectively presented. For each presented slide, any additional content-dependent slides with assigned individual slide priority levels lower than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level that are determined, according to inter-slide content dependency data, to include a user-assigned inter-slide content dependency upon content of the presented slide are selectively presented. |
| US10956481B2 |
Event-based correlation of non-text machine data
Described herein are technologies that facilitate effective use (e.g., indexing and searching) of non-text machine data (e.g., audio/visual data) in an event-based machine-data intake and query system. |
| US10956480B2 |
System and method for generating dialogue graphs
A method, computer program product, and computing system for automatically generating a dialogue graph is executed on a computing device and includes receiving a plurality of conversation data. A plurality of utterance pairs from the plurality of conversation data may be clustered into a plurality of utterance pair clusters. A dialogue graph may be generated with a plurality of nodes representative of the plurality of utterance pair clusters. |
| US10956479B2 |
System for linking diverse data systems
A system creates an abstraction layer surrounding a diverse data system including multiple different databases. Data is received from data sources and ingested into the various databases according to a core model. New instances of the core model are created and added to a larger linked data model (LDM) when new data sources are added to the system. The LDM captures the linkages between different linked data objects and links across different databases. Accordingly, applications are able to access or explore the linked data stored in different databases without prior knowledge of the linking relationships. |
| US10956462B1 |
System answering of user inputs
Techniques for structuring knowledge bases specific to a user or group of users and techniques for using the knowledge bases to answer user inputs are described. A knowledge base may be populated with information provided by users associated with the knowledge base. Users associated with a knowledge base may be proactive in providing content to the knowledge base and/or a system may solicit an answer to a user input from users associated with a particular knowledge base. When the system receives an answer, the system may populate the knowledge base with the answer and may output the answer to the user that originated the user input. The system may output user inputs to be answered using messages or by establishing two-way communication sessions. |
| US10956457B2 |
Systems and methods for registering, administering, and using non-locational identifiers as locational addresses through location name and identifier registries
Systems and methods are provided for registering, curating, enabling, and controlling the use of non-locational identifiers, such as phone numbers and domain names, as physical addresses and location identifiers (LIDs) for purposes of providing instant access to enhanced cross-platform location information and services imbedded in other devices and services through an LID registry. Users may then use the LIDs as physical addresses for purposes of navigation and obtaining information related to such physical locations only as authorized and controlled by the owners of such LIDs. |
| US10956452B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit and a generation unit. The extraction unit extracts a common topic from profiles of plural users. The generation unit generates a community including users who are associated with the topic extracted by the extraction unit. |
| US10956447B2 |
Determining data replication cost for cloud based application
Technical solutions are described for determining data replication cost for a data server. In an example, a method for estimating the data replication cost includes receiving an identification of a source table and an identification of a target table for the data replication. The method further includes receiving a selection of a data replication scheme to be used to replicate the data. A costing system that implements the method determines the data replication cost, based on a conversion cost for conversion of the data from the source table to the target table, and a transfer cost for transfer of the data from the source table to the target table. The costing system communicates the data replication cost to an administrator. |
| US10956446B1 |
Log-based synchronization with inferred context
A device may participate in a shared data state in which editing operations performed locally are distributed and synchronized with other devices participating in the shared data state. Data may be maintained in log-structured storage files on each device. Changes made locally may be conditionally appended to log-structured storage and committed or rolled back during synchronization. Devices may exchange sets of related change descriptors preceded by associated contextual information. Conflicts may be resolved through application of conflict resolution rules or through a user-involved process. User notification of conflict resolution may be based on user intent inferred from contextual information and associated change descriptors. |
| US10956444B2 |
Block chain state data synchronization method, apparatus, and electronic device
A method of synchronizing blockchain state data, where account state data in the blockchain is organized into a Merkle state tree and stored in a database; the Merkle state tree includes a current Merkle state tree formed by a latest account state of each blockchain account; and a history Merkle state tree formed by a history account state of each blockchain account; and the method includes: receiving a data synchronization instruction for the Merkle state tree; in response to the data synchronization instruction, obtaining in real time the current Merkle state tree of the latest block stored in the database of other node device in the blockchain; and storing the obtained current Merkle state tree of the latest block to the local database to complete real-time data synchronization for the Merkle state tree. |
| US10956439B2 |
Data transfer with a bit vector operation device
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for direct data transfer. An example method comprises transferring data between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is a bit vector operation device, and transforming the data using a data transform engine (DTE) by rearranging the data to enable the data to be stored on the first device when transferring the data between the second device and first memory device. |
| US10956431B2 |
System and method for associating related records to common entities across multiple lists
Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed for associating records across lists, wherein the lists include a plurality of records and the plurality of records is associated with a respective entity. In accordance with some embodiments, the systems and methods further comprise grouping one or more records from a first list into a first group based on fields of the records in the first list, grouping one or more records from a second list into a second group based on fields of the records in the second list, pairing a record from the first group with a record from the second group, assessing each pair of records based on an evaluation of the respective pair according to fields of the pair, and associating records from the first group and records of the second group with an entity based on the assessment. |
| US10956428B2 |
Databases and file management systems and methods for performing a live update of a graphical user interface to boost one or more items
Databases and file management systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media computing instructions are configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of receiving a search query from a user electronic device, facilitating a search of a database comprising item records for multiple items of an online retailer related to the search query, receiving search results from the search of the database, facilitating inserting, according to a set of rules, the first item into the predetermined range of the ranked order of the set of items of the search results, and coordinating displaying the search results on a graphical user interface of the user electronic device with the first item listed in the predetermined range of the ranked order of the set of items of the search results. Additional embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| US10956423B2 |
Data stream analytics at service layer
A modular and distributed architecture for data stream processing and analysis is described to incorporate data stream analytics capabilities, called Data Stream Analytics Service (DSAS) in the IoT/M2M service layer. Each service layer node hosting DSAS can be split into two independent modules, Stream Forwarder and Stream Analytics Engine. Stream Forwarder is a light weight processing modules that can be responsible for data preprocessing and routing. Stream Analytics Engine is responsible for performing actual analytics on the data stream. Separating the two functionalities enables the service layer nodes to efficiently distribute stream analytics tasks across multiple nodes. |
| US10956417B2 |
Dynamic operation scheduling for distributed data processing
Techniques are provided for scheduling data operations for a given query based upon a query-cost model that analyzes the cost of scheduling data operations based upon their operation cost and the type of resources needed for the operation. In an embodiment, a database server receives a set of operations for a query. The database server determines a set of leaf operation nodes from the set of data operations, where the set of leaf operation nodes includes operation nodes that do not depend on the execution of other nodes within the set of data operations. The database server compares operation costs between the leaf operation nodes to determine which leaf operation node to insert into a scheduled order set. The database server inserts the leaf operation node into the scheduled order set. Then the database server iteratively determines new leaf operation nodes and performs cost analysis on remaining leaf operation nodes to generate a set of scheduled data operations. |
| US10956415B2 |
Generating a subquery for an external data system using a configuration file
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving, at a data intake and query system, a query that includes an indication to process data managed by a third-party data storage and processing system that supports a different query language than the data intake and query system. The data intake and query system identifies a third-party data storage and processing system that manages the data to be processed and generates a subquery for execution by the third-party data storage and processing system, generates instructions for one or more worker nodes to receive and process results of the subquery from the third-party data storage and processing system, and instructs the worker nodes to provide results of the processing to the data intake and query system. |
| US10956414B2 |
Entity based query filtering
In an example embodiment, one or more query terms are obtained. For each of the one or more query terms, a standardized entity taxonomy is searched to locate a standardized entity that most closely matches the query term. A confidence score is calculated for the query term-standardized entity pair for the standardized entity that most closely matches the query term. In response to a determination that the confidence score transgresses a threshold, the query term is associated with an entity identification corresponding to the standardized entity that most closely matches the query term. One or more query rewriting rules corresponding to an entity type of the standardized entity having the entity identification are obtained. The one or more query rewriting rules are executed to rewrite the first query such that the rewritten query, when performed on a data source, returns fewer search results than the first query would have. |
| US10956409B2 |
Relevance model for session search
A session search relevance model identifies a user's dynamic information need based on a feedback model and a session relevance model. The feedback model is based on query changes in the session search and user interest in particular documents presented throughout the session search. The relevance model modifies a user's current query to retrieve documents most relevant to a user's information need. |
| US10956406B2 |
Propagated deletion of database records and derived data
Using a distributed database system that manages a plurality of different raw datasets and a plurality of derived datasets that have been derived from the raw datasets based on a plurality of derivation relationships that link the raw datasets to the derived datasets, a subset of records that are candidates for propagated deletion of specified data values is determined. One or more particular raw datasets that contain the subset of records is determined. The specified data values from the particular raw datasets is deleted. Based on the plurality of derivation relationships and the particular raw datasets, one or more particular derived datasets that have been derived from the particular raw datasets is identified. A build of one or more particular derived datasets to result in creating and storing one or more particular derived datasets without the specified data values deleted from the particular raw datasets is generated and executed. |
| US10956400B2 |
Query processing using primary data versioning and secondary data
Querying a data set formed from a version of primary data and secondary data is facilitated. First and second versions of primary data are stored in a primary data version store. Secondary data is received. The secondary data is stored in a secondary data store. A query language statement is received. The query language statement is executed by selecting query results from a data set that includes the secondary data and elements of the first version of primary data not inconsistent with the secondary data. |
| US10956399B1 |
Transaction pipelining in a journaled database
A journaled database may comprise a computing node that forms a local version of a global state, synchronized with respect to the high-water mark of a data node that maintains the global state. Instructions to modify the state that have been committed, subsequent to forming the local version of the state, may be represented in a merge signature. An uncommitted transaction may be checked for conflicts with respect to a last-ordered committed instruction to modify the data state. Validation with respect to earlier instructions represented by the merge signature may be skipped. |
| US10956398B2 |
Enhanced alias mechanism
An identifier associated with a first tenant and an object for deployment into the first tenant is received. The first tenant forms part of a multitenant database system including the first tenant and a second tenant. The application includes objects in a first name space. The object is for use by an application forming part of the multitenant database system. A second namespace unique to the first tenant is determined using the identifier of the first tenant. An object in the second namespace is generated corresponding to the object in the first namespace. The generating includes mapping the object in the first namespace to the second namespace. The object is deployed in the second namespace to the first tenant. The deploying includes persisting the object in the second namespace to a tenant system forming part of the multitenant database system. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. |
| US10956396B2 |
System and method for improved data consistency in data systems including dependent algorithms
A data system is provided for analyzing and maintaining data obtained from one or more data sources on which the data system depends. The system includes a primary database including current values used by the system and a collection of executable algorithms used to generate the data maintained in the primary database. In response to receiving a notification regarding a change in one of the data sources, a dependency database is used to establish an execution order for algorithms of the algorithm collection that are directly or indirectly dependent on the changed data. The algorithms identified in the execution order are then executed in accordance with the execution order and the corresponding result is stored in the primary database. The system may include data harvesters adapted to recognize changes in the data sources and to generate and transmit corresponding change notifications when such changes occur. |
| US10956395B2 |
Association analysis method and apparatus
There is provided an association analysis method and apparatus. An original database is divided into projection databases, each not contributing to a support count of a frequent item set of another. The projection databases are used for sequential-pattern association analysis performed respectively by nodes corresponding to the projection databases. Local frequent item sets and corresponding support counts obtained by the nodes are combined. Since an established projection database does not contribute a support count of a frequent item set of another projection database, different nodes can perform association mining, including pruning, on different projection databases respectively. |
| US10956394B2 |
Reclustering of database tables based on peaks and widths
The subject technology determines whether a table is sufficiently clustered. The subject technology in response to determining the table is not sufficiently clustered, selects one or more micro-partitions of the table to be reclustered. The subject technology constructs a data structure for the table. The subject technology extracts minimum and maximum endpoints for each micro-partition in the data structure. The subject technology sorts each of one or more peaks in the data structure based on height. The subject technology sorts overlapping micro-partitions based on width. The subject technology selects based on which micro-partitions are within the tallest peaks of the one or more peaks and further based on which of the overlapping micro-partitions have the widest widths. |
| US10956392B1 |
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for identifying fields in a data tree
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for an address system to identify a field and/or a row in a data structure. A method may include receiving a request to modify a field of data, wherein the field of data is identified by a received field key. A method may also include determining whether the field of data was rendered for display. A method may also include modifying the field in a tree structure in an instance in which the field of data was rendered for display, wherein the received field key is configured locate an address object that is related to the field. A method may also include modifying the field of data in a tree structure in an instance in which the field of data was not rendered for display by locating the received field key in a field key lookup map, wherein the field key lookup map is configured to locate the address object. |
| US10956390B2 |
Interactive visualization
Embodiments relate to a system, product, and method for visually presenting data based on a viewing and change history. A first exploration is created, including a first and second view of a first data version. A second exploration is created, including a third and fourth view of a second data version. A first combined view of the first and second views is created containing a first data visualization of the first data version. A second combined view of the third and fourth views is created containing a second data visualization of the second data version. The first and second combined views are compared to display the structural changes between the first and second data versions. |
| US10956385B2 |
Management of unique identifiers in a database
Systems, methods, and computer program products for associating a unique identifier with an object. The system may include a database with a memory unit, an index unit, and a control pointer unit, at least one identifier management unit, and at least one update unit. A finite set of identifiers is organized in pages, and each page includes a bitmap representing the availability of the identifiers. The pointers to data in the index include a pointer to a last page loaded by an identifier management unit, and a pointer to a last page updated by an update unit. |
| US10956384B2 |
Assessing aggregated data quality
Processing a set of records, each record of the dataset having multiple attributes, including a dimension group of attributes and a measure group of attributes. Each record of the dataset is processed by: comparing a current value of at least one attribute of the record's dimension group with a previous value of the attribute in a previously processed record and creating a new record. The value of each attribute of the new record is determined as a combination of the values of the attribute in the set of records. The values of each attribute of the new record are associated with a quality score determined as a combination of quality scores of the attribute in the set of records. |
| US10956383B2 |
Device backup and wipe
Disclosed are various embodiments for performing a backup a device and/or performing a wipe or removal of data from a device enrolled with a device management service. In various embodiments, a wipe request is generated by a management service and transmitted to a client device. The wipe request includes commands to backup enterprise data for a particular application, verify that the management service has received the enterprise data, and remove the enterprise data from the client device. The management service determines that the enterprise data is received from the client device and transmits a confirmation that the management service has received the enterprise data. The confirmation causes the client device to remove the enterprise data from the client device. |
| US10956382B2 |
Application aware export to object storage of low-reference data in deduplication repositories
Various embodiments for managing data in a data deduplication repository in a computing storage environment, by a processor device, are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises issuing an application programming interface (API) command to scan metadata of a subset of entities in a local deduplication repository for identifying candidate data to offload from the local deduplication repository to an object storage, offloading the candidate data to the object storage, and returning a status result using the API command. |
| US10956380B2 |
System and method for parallel support of multidimensional slices with a multidimensional database
A system and method is described for use with a multidimensional database computing environment to provide support for parallel calculation of multidimensional slices. Users are able to specify a set of slices and a number of parallel threads to employ. The multidimensional database environment generates tasks that include calculations and/or aggregations, which are able to be executed by the system in parallel. Also described herein are mechanisms of utilizing variables within the calculations performed by respective threads, and combining thread variables after execution. |
| US10956378B2 |
Hierarchical file transfer using KDE-optimized filesize probability densities
A file-management system of a computer operating system transfers a hierarchical set of files. The system generates a histogram of the files' true filesizes, using a non-parametric kernel-density estimation (KDE) procedure to estimate the width of each histogram bin. The system splits the fileset into subsets and generates a second-level histogram to represent the true-filesize distribution of each subset, using the previously estimated kernel width to initialize another KDE procedure for each second-level histogram. The distributions identified by each second-level histogram are used to organize the file transfer into a series of passes, each of which completely transfers a group of files that together fit into the computer's I/O buffer minimal wasted space. A waypoint is set at the beginning of each pass and if the system is interrupted mid-transfer, no file transferred before the most recent waypoint is lost. |
| US10956376B2 |
Accessing objects in hosted storage
A hosted storage system receives a storage request that includes a single object and conforms to an API implemented by the hosted storage system. The API is designed to only support a single object in a storage request. The hosted storage system, in response to determining that the single object is an archive file, extracts each of the bundled files from the archive file and stores each of the extracted files in the hosted storage system such that each of the extracted files is separately accessible by the client system over the network. |
| US10956374B2 |
Data recovery method, apparatus, and system
This application is related to a data recovery system. The data recovery system includes processing circuitry which receives a restore request. The restore request includes a restore target time. When backup data corresponding to the restore target time is determined to be available, the processing circuitry creates a temporary database service instance and determines information of the temporary database service instance. The processing circuitry further obtains the backup data corresponding to the restore target time and writes the backup data into the temporary database service instance according to the information of the temporary database service instance. The processing circuitry executes a formal restoration operation on the temporary database service instance, in which the backup data is written, according to a received processing request. |
| US10956370B2 |
Techniques for improving storage space efficiency with variable compression size unit
Techniques for data processing a data set may comprise: performing first processing that forms a first compression unit, wherein the first compression unit includes a data chunks including a first data chunk having a first entropy value less than an entropy threshold, the first processing including: receiving a second data chunk; determining, in accordance with criteria, whether to add the second data chunk to the first compression unit; and responsive to determining to add the second data chunk to the first compression unit, adding the second data chunk to the first compression unit; and compressing the first compression unit as a single compressible unit. The second chunk may be added if its entropy value is less than the entropy threshold and if entropy values of the first and second chunks are similar. The second chunk may be added if the resulting compression unit provides sufficient storage/compression benefit. |
| US10956368B2 |
Device and method for comparing geometric files
The invention concerns a method of generating a digital signature of a geometric design represented by a geometric design file, the method involving generating, by a data processing device, the digital signature based on a single axis projection of the geometric design. |
| US10956365B2 |
System and method for garbage collecting inline erasure coded data for a distributed log structured storage system
Presented herein are methodologies for implementing erasure coding in a distributed log structured storage system. A method includes receiving a write request for first data from a file system, selecting a physical sector on a selected storage device in an array of storage devices on which to store the first data, assigning a key to the physical sector, storing the key and an indication of the physical sector in a key-to-physical medium map, erasure coding the data, including generating parity data associated with the first data, writing the first data and the parity data as a data stripe to each storage device in the array of storage devices and, in response to receiving the write request, sending the key to the file system. Read, update, and delete procedures in the context of a log structured framework are also described. |
| US10956364B2 |
Efficient data synchronization for storage containers
Performing data synchronization is disclosed, including: receiving an indication to synchronize a container to a snapshot, wherein the container has a first data state and an identity, wherein the snapshot corresponds to a second data state; causing the container to have the second data state corresponding to the snapshot; and maintaining the identity of the container. |
| US10956362B1 |
Searching archived data
Raw data in distributed servers is divided into groups of data called buckets containing raw data that have timestamps that fall within a specific time range. When a bucket becomes inactive a server can archive the bucket to an external storage system. The external storage system containing archived data may be specified in a search query. Archived data from the external storage system is obtained, processed, and a search performed on the processed archived data using the search query. |
| US10956358B2 |
Composite pipeline framework to combine multiple processors
A software framework is disclosed. The framework defines a system of a plurality of independent processors including compatible processors. A composite processor is created from the compatible processors. |
| US10956357B2 |
Method for flexible, fast all-reduce on arbitrary tree topology
A method for sending data across processors to combine the data on the processors is described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a set of data at a set of processors configured in an asymmetric or symmetric tree topology including a root and one or more leaves. Target portions of the set of data are assigned to processors of the set of processors based on a number of child processors that are connected to a parent node. The method includes sending iteratively apportioned combined data between child processors sharing the same parent node in each branch of the tree topology starting from the one or more leaves and increasing levels in the tree topology until reaching the root. The method also includes sending the combined data between child processors from one branch to child processors in at least one other branch. |
| US10956354B2 |
Detecting a type of storage adapter connected and miscabling of a microbay housing the storage adapter
Provided are techniques for detecting a type of storage adapter connected to an Input/Output (I/O) bay and miscabling of a microbay housing the storage adapter. Under control of an Input/Ouput (I/O) bay, cable sidebands are driven high for a predetermined period of time. It is determined whether a cable sidebands response has been detected that indicates that the cable sidebands have been driven low. In response to determining that the cable sidebands response has been detected, it is determined that the I/O bay is connected to a first storage adapter supporting a first protocol for the cable sidebands. In response to determining that the cable sidebands response has not been detected, it is determined that the I/O bay is connected to a second storage adapter supporting a second protocol for the cable sidebands. Moreover, I/O bay and port numbers stored by the microbay are used to determine miscabling. |
| US10956352B2 |
Automatic location based addressing method for network participants in a serial bus system
A method for detecting and identifying modules of a bus system is provided. The bus system includes a control unit, a bus starting from the control unit, and a plurality of modules connected to the bus. The method includes providing a current sink associated with each of the one or more modules. The current sink includes a transistor. The method includes providing a hall sensor associated with each of the one or more modules. The hall sensor detects a current on a low-side data line of the bus. For each one of the one or more modules: when the hall sensor detects a current on the low-side data line, the method includes maintaining a closed position of the transistor; and when the hall sensor fails to detect a current on the low-side data line, the method includes opening the transistor such that current does not flow to the module. |
| US10956351B2 |
Dynamic configuration of input/output controller access lanes
Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for dynamic configuration and enforcement of access lanes to I/O controllers. The System may include a plurality of Input/Output (I/O) controllers and a plurality of lanes. The system may also include a lane mapping module configured to multiplex at least one of the I/O controllers to at least one of the lanes based on a configuration. The system may further include a first processor configured to detect a change request, the change request to modify the configuration from an existing configuration to a new configuration; and a second processor configured to: verify that the new configuration is valid based on a stock keeping unit (SKU) associated with the system; and, if the verification is successful, store the new configuration in non-volatile memory and reset the system. |
| US10956348B2 |
Modular architecture for control and monitoring of edge devices in a building management system
A device for use in a building management system (BMS) includes a base hardware component that provides communication between the equipment and a first network associated with the BMS. The base hardware component includes a processor and a memory. The device further includes a modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and a modular software component stored in the memory that recognizes the modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and provides communication between the equipment and a second network using the modular hardware component. The processor executes a control application to control operation of the equipment based in part on data received from the equipment and data received from at least one of the first network and the second network. |
| US10956347B2 |
Data transfer device, arithmetic processing device, and data transfer method
An apparatus includes a processor, first and second request-controllers, and a buffer. The processor divides a data-transfer request into transfer-requests including first and second transfer-requests. When, within a memory, an end-address of readout data based on the first transfer-request is adjacent to a head-address of readout data based on the second transfer-request, the processor sets end-adjacency information in the first transfer-request and sets head-adjacency information in the second transfer-request. Then, the first request-controller sets first adjacency information in a first readout-request for a readout end-address of the first transfer-request. The second request-controller sets second adjacency information in a second readout-request for a readout head-address of the second transfer-request. In response to the first readout-request, the buffer retains data read out from the memory, and outputs the data to the first request-controller. In response to the second readout-request, the buffer outputs the retained data to the second request-controller. |
| US10956345B2 |
Enhanced directed system management interrupt mechanism
A method is described. The method includes determining that a first of a plurality of processor cores in a multi-processor computing system has entered an idle state, triggering a SMI for the first processor core, the first processor core entering a system management mode (SMM) and performing one or more platform management operations. |
| US10956343B2 |
Mobile de-whitening
Systems and methods are disclosed and include a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory computer-readable medium. The instructions include generating first message authentication code (MAC) bytes based on a shared secret key. The instructions include generating first nonce bytes and an authenticated packet based on the first MAC bytes, the first nonce bytes, and a message byte. The instructions include generating a de-whitened tone byte based on the shared secret key. The instructions include generating a message packet that includes the authenticated packet and the de-whitened tone byte. Generating the message packet includes pseudo-randomly identifying a first location of the authenticated packet and inserting the de-whitened tone byte at the first location. The instructions include transmitting the message packet to the peripheral device and establishing the communication link between a portable device and a peripheral device in response to the peripheral device validating the message packet. |
| US10956342B1 |
Variable channel multi-controller memory system
A multi-controller memory system includes a flexible channel memory controller coupled to at least first and second physical interfaces. The second physical interface is also coupled to an auxiliary memory controller. The physical interfaces may be coupled to separate memory modules. In a single-channel control mode, the memory controllers respectively control the memory modules coupled to the first and second physical interface. In a multi-channel control mode, the flexible channel memory controller controls both memory modules while the auxiliary memory controller is inactive. In a single-channel control mode, the memory controllers coordinate restricted memory control commands which access a resource shared by both modules, by one controller transmitting a request signal for the resource to the other controller, awaiting an acknowledgment signal from the other controller, and maintaining transmission of the request signal until the use of the resource is completed. |
| US10956337B2 |
Temporarily suppressing processing of a restrained storage operand request
Processing of a storage operand request identified as restrained is selectively, temporarily suppressed. The processing includes determining whether a storage operand request to a common storage location shared by multiple processing units of a computing environment is restrained, and based on determining that the storage operand request is restrained, then temporarily suppressing requesting access to the common storage location pursuant to the storage operand request. The processing unit performing the processing may proceed with processing of the restrained storage operand request, without performing the suppressing, where the processing can be accomplished using cache private to the processing unit. Otherwise the suppressing may continue until an instruction, or operation of an instruction, associated with the storage operand request is next to complete. |
| US10956335B2 |
Non-volatile cache access using RDMA
Data blocks are cached in a persistent cache (“NV cache”) allocated from as non-volatile RAM (“NVRAM”). The data blocks may be accessed in place in the NV cache of a “source” computing element by another “remote” computing element over a network using remote direct memory access (“RMDA”). In order for a remote computing element to access the data block in NV cache on a source computing element, the remote computing element needs the memory address of the data block within the NV cache. For this purpose, a hash table is stored and maintained in RAM on the source computing element. The hash table identifies the data blocks in the NV cache and specifies a location of the cached data block within the NV cache. |
| US10956334B2 |
Uninterrupted read of consecutive pages for memory
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to techniques to read memory in a continuous fashion. |
| US10956325B2 |
Instruction and logic for flushing memory ranges in a distributed shared memory system
Embodiments provide for a processor including a cache a caching agent and a processing node to decode an instruction including at least one operand specifying an address range within a distributed shared memory (DSM) and perform a flush to a first of a plurality of memory devices in the DSM at the specified address range. |
| US10956323B2 |
NVDIMM emulation using a host memory buffer
Examples include techniques for emulating a non-volatile dual inline memory module (NVDIMM) in a computing platform using a non-volatile storage device. When a power up event occurs for the computing platform, a host memory buffer may be allocated in a system memory device and a backing store for the host memory buffer may be copied from the non-volatile storage device to the host memory buffer in the system memory device. When a power down event or a flush event occurs for the computing platform, the host memory buffer may be copied from the system memory device to the corresponding backing store for the host memory buffer in the non-volatile storage device. Thus, virtual NVDIMM functionality may be provided without having NVDIMM hardware in the computing platform. |
| US10956322B2 |
Storage drive dependent track removal in a cache for storage
In one embodiment, storage drive dependent track removal processing logic performs destage tasks for tracks cached in a cache as a function of whether the storage drive is classified as a fast class or as slow class of storage drives, for example. In one embodiment, a destage task configured for a slow class storage drive, transfers an entry for a track selected for destaging from a main cache list to a wait cache list to await destaging to the slow class drive. A destage task configured for a fast class storage drive allows the cache list entry for the selected track to remain on the main cache list while the selected track is being destaged to the fast class storage drive, thereby bypassing the transfer of the entry to a wait cache list. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application. |
| US10956320B2 |
Memory system and operating method thereof
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory dies; and a controller including a memory, and configured to: sequentially store, after storing data segments of sequential user data in the memory, the data segments of the sequential user data in the memory dies through interleaving; store in a first buffer region of the memory, after updating map segments of lower level map data corresponding to the storage of the data segments in the memory dies, the map segments of the lower level map data; and store in a second buffer region of the memory map segments of upper level map data corresponding to storage of the map segments of the lower level map data. |
| US10956317B2 |
Garbage collection in non-volatile memory that fully programs dependent layers in a target block
A non-volatile memory includes a plurality of blocks of physical memory, including a target block and at least one source block containing at least some valid data and some invalid data. Responsive to determining to perform garbage collection for the non-volatile memory, the controller transfers valid data from the at least one source block to the target block. The controller ends garbage collection on the at least one source block with at least some valid data present in the at least one source block and all interfaces of the target block closed at the boundary of independent layers. In at least some embodiments, the target block may be configured to store more bits per cell than the at least one source block. |
| US10956313B2 |
Application testing for security vulnerabilities
In an approach for testing an application for a security vulnerability, a processor inserts an instrumentation hook in the application to be tested, wherein the instrumentation hook is executed prior to a sink operation. A processor transmits a probe input value to the application to be tested. A processor detects a modification to the probe input value at the instrumentation hook by comparing the probe input value at the instrumentation hook to a signature value and detecting that the probe input value matches the signature value. A processor removes the sink operation from testing for the security vulnerability. |
| US10956310B2 |
Automated test case generation for deep neural networks and other model-based artificial intelligence systems
Methods, systems and computer program products for automated test case generation are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes selecting sample input data as a test case for a system under test, executing the test case on the system under test to obtain a result, and applying the result to a local explainer function to obtain at least a portion of a corresponding decision tree. The method further includes determining at least one path constraint from the decision tree, solving the path constraint to obtain a solution, and generating at least one other test case for the system under test based at least in part on the solution of the path constraint. The steps of the method are illustratively repeated in each of one or more additional iterations until at least one designated stopping criterion is met. The resulting test cases form a test suite for testing of a deep neural network (DNN) or other system. |
| US10956306B2 |
Debugging streaming applications using debug regions
A method for debugging a streaming application is provided. The method may include establishing, by a processor, a debug region in the streaming application to mark a subgraph for debugging. The method may further include receiving a tuple flow suspension notification from a job control plane. The method may also include displaying a plurality of debugging options for debugging a streaming application on a graphical user interface based on the received tuple flow suspension notification. The method may further include determining a debugging option from the displayed plurality of debugging options based on a user selection on the graphical user interface. The method may also include translating the determined debugging option into a format compatible with the job control plane. The method may further include transmitting the translated debugging option to the job control plane. |
| US10956304B2 |
Dynamic diagnostic code instrumentation over a historic program execution
Dynamically instrumenting code that executes based on a historic execution of a subject executable entity. Historic execution information for a subject executable entity is accessed. The historic execution information includes execution state information for at least one point in time in the historic execution the executable entity. Diagnostic code instruction(s) are identified, for instrumenting subject code instruction(s) of the executable entity. The subject code instruction(s) are virtually executed based at least on supplying the subject code instruction(s) with data from the historic execution information. While virtually executing the identified executable code instruction(s), the diagnostic code instruction(s) are also executed. The diagnostic code instruction(s) collecting diagnostic data regarding the virtual execution of the subject code instruction(s), or override at least one of a value or an execution behavior of the subject code instruction(s). |
| US10956303B2 |
Trace data representation
Trace circuitry 22, 6 forms trace objects 34 representing a sequence of executed program instructions and comprising a start address indicator indicating a start address of a sequence of executed program instructions, a branch outcome indicator indicating a sequence of branch outcomes within the sequence of executed program instructions starting from the start address and a count indicator indicating a count of times the sequence of branch outcomes was detected. The trace circuitry may be on-chip 22 or off-chip 6. A trace object may include an indicator of a start address of a next sequence of program instructions to be followed following the sequence of program instructions represented by the trace object concerned. |
| US10956302B2 |
Code coverage collection based on limited select debug information
Selected information to be used for code coverage collection of an application is obtained. The selected information is a subset of debug information determined for the application and includes entry point offset information for entry points of the application. Using the entry point offset information, one or more traps are installed in the application. Code coverage collection is performed, in which a determination is made as to whether a trap has been reached. Based on the trap being reached, reach information is provided. The reach information is used to determine code being utilized in the application and for which one or more test cases are to be specifically targeted, rather than testing the application in its entirety, to reduce cycle time within the processor. |
| US10956301B2 |
Production data in continuous integration flows
The present disclosure relates to software development and, more specifically, to continuous integration (CI) based software development systems, methods, and computer program products in which a system-under-test (SUT) is populated with production data that has been filtered or transformed, or both. In accordance with this approach, the filtered or transformed production test data can be automatically generated and seamlessly integrated into a continuous integration process. In some examples, the resulting filtered or transformed test data closely reflects real production data while, at the same time, consuming less data storage space and protecting an individual's sensitive information. |
| US10956300B1 |
AI for evaluation and development of new products and features
An AI agent may be trained using online session logs of actual customers interacting with an online software application. Datasets may be generated using the session logs, and the AI agent may be trained to use the online application by applying various machine learning techniques to the datasets. The AI agent may be provided login credentials and instructed to log into and perform specified tasks using the online application as part of training. Once trained, the AI agent may be instructed to perform the same or other tasks using a modified version of the application. The AI agent mimics the responses and behaviors of actual users of the modified application. The AI agent can be trained to mimic users sharing a certain demographic characteristic, and its performance can be used to more effectively and efficiently enhance the software application for users at large and/or for users in the demographic. |
| US10956297B2 |
System board for a computer system, computer system having such a system board and method of out-of-band monitoring of a computer system
A system board for a computer system includes a management unit set up to collect status information from system components of the computer system, a network interface, and a communication unit set up separately from the management unit, connected to the network interface and containing a software for communication via network, wherein the management unit is set up to transfer collected status information from system components of the computer system to the software within the communication unit, and the software within the communication unit is set up exclusively to incorporate the collected status information into a communication protocol for communication via the network interface within a network. |
| US10956295B1 |
Automatic recognition for smart declaration of user interface elements
Systems, methods, and computer program products are described herein for automatically recognizing user interface (UI) elements. Capturing, by a first application, of user interactions with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a second application is initiated. The GUI includes a plurality of UI elements. The first application is separate and distinct from the second application. A selection of a UI element is received. The selection is iteratively evaluated against a ranked criteria list having a plurality of criteria to identify whether the selection matches at least one criterion of the plurality of criteria. The selection is appended to the ranked criteria list based on the selection matching the at least one criterion. A second selection of another UI element is received from the second application. The first application automatically appends a criterion to the second selection based on the ranked criteria list. |
| US10956291B2 |
Method, computer apparatus, and user interface for performing automatic test upon storage devices
A method of automatic test upon storage devices, connected to user interface of computer apparatus via external connection port(s), includes: providing user interface which can be controlled by user to input at least one set of setting parameters for execution of testing task of at least one test software tool; automatically configuring information of at least one field for the execution of the testing task according to the at least one set of setting parameters; automatically executing the at least one test software tool to perform the testing task upon the multiple storage devices according to the information of the at least one field; and automatically storing result of the testing task and displaying the result on the user interface for user. |
| US10956290B2 |
Memory management
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to hybrid memory management. An example apparatus can include a first memory array, a number of second memory arrays, and a controller coupled to the first memory array and the number of second memory arrays configured to execute a write operation, wherein execution of the write operation writes data to the first memory array starting at a location indicated by a write cursor, and place the write cursor at an updated location in the first memory array upon completing execution of the write operation, wherein the updated location is a next available location in the first memory array. |
| US10956289B2 |
Switching over from using a first primary storage to using a second primary storage when the first primary storage is in a mirror relationship
A computer program product, system, and method for switching over from using a first primary storage to using a second primary storage when the first primary storage is in a mirror relationship. Migration operations are initiated to migrate data in the first primary storage to a second primary storage while the data in the first primary storage indicated in first change recording information is mirrored to a secondary storage and switch from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage. Resynchronization operations are initiated to indicate changes to data in the second primary storage in a second change recording information, copy writes from the second primary storage indicated in the first and the second change recording information to the secondary storage, and mirror writes to the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to the copying the writes. |
| US10956287B2 |
Failover mechanism with minimized packet losses
Provided are techniques for implementing shared Ethernet adapter (SEA) failover, including receiving a first ARP packet at a first SEA coupled to a first switch; parsing, by the first SEA, a first MAC address and VLAN ID (VID) corresponding to the first ARP packet; transmitting the first MAC address and VID to a second SEA coupled to a second switch; detecting the first SEA has transitioned from a primary configuration to an inactive configuration and the second SEA has transitioned from a backup configuration to the primary configuration; and responsive to the detecting, transmitting a reverse ARP packet to the second switch notifying the second switch that the first SEA has transitioned to an inactive configuration and that the second SEA has transitioned to an active configuration; and configuring the first switch to forward any subsequent packets to the second switch rather than the first SEA. |
| US10956281B2 |
Using a forward log storage and backward log storage to recover a storage to a forward or backward point-in-time
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a forward log storage and backward log storage to recover a storage to a forward or backward point-in-time. In response to receiving writes to source data after establishing point-in-time copies, point-in-time data of the source data is copied to a backward log storage storing point-in-time data for multiple of the point-in-time copies. The point-in-time data in the backward log storage is applied to a recovery source data to roll-back the source data to a backward point-in-time of one of the point-in-time copies. Before applying the point-in-time data from the backward log storage, point-in-time data in the recovery source data, is copied to a forward log storage. The point-in-time data in the forward log storage is applied to the recovery source data to roll forward the recovery source data to a forward point-in-time subsequent to the backward point-in-time. |
| US10956280B2 |
Data backup method, electronic device, and storage medium
Provided are a data backup method, electronic device, and storage medium, the data backup method including: acquiring application data to be backed up and update frequencies of the application data in the terminal; generating backup priorities based on the update frequencies; transmitting the application data to be backed up to a server based on the backup priorities. |
| US10956276B2 |
System state recovery in a distributed, cloud-based storage system
The system state recovery methods, systems and products disclosed herein enable an efficient means of recovering from a permanent site outage event in a distributed, block-based storage system. Embodiments teach using directory trees and journal updates for neighboring zones, which are still operational, as a means of recovering data for the site experiencing an outage. We further disclose load balancing techniques in order to improve efficiency of recovery. Load balancing is performed by selecting a leader zone and a group of non-leaders, which will comprise a set of recovery drivers. The systems within the set of recovery drivers are used to piece together lost data from the zone experiencing an outage. In embodiments, the systems, methods and products could be used with an Elastic Cloud System™. |
| US10956269B2 |
Electronic data-distribution control unit and method for operating such a control unit
A method and a device for operating an electronic data-distribution control unit for a media access to a medium for the transmission of data, data being transmitted from a first physical interface for a first port in the data-distribution control unit to a second physical interface for a second port in the data-distribution control unit via a first media-independent interface between a media access control in the data-distribution control unit and the first physical interface and via a second media-independent interface between the media access control and the second physical interface, a case of a fault in the media access control being detected if a communication between the media access control and a monitoring logic in the data-distribution control unit fails, the monitoring logic, in the case of a fault, configuring the first physical interface and the second physical interface to transmit data via a third media-independent interface between the first physical interface and the second physical interface, without the media access control. |
| US10956266B2 |
Processing data access transactions in a dispersed storage network using source revision indicators
A method begins by obtaining, for a set of data access requests to a set of storage units of a dispersed storage network, a storage-revision indicator from each of at least some storage units of the set of storage units, where the set of data access requests is regarding a data access transaction involving a set of encoded data slices. The method continues by generating an anticipated storage-revision indicator for the data access transaction based on a current revision level of the set of encoded data slices and a data access type of the data access transaction. The method continues by comparing the anticipated storage-revision indicator with the storage-revision indicators received from the at least some storage units. When a threshold number of the storage-revision indicators received from the at least some storage units substantially match the anticipated storage-revision indicator, the method continues by executing the data access transaction. |
| US10956257B2 |
Dynamic failure-resolution computing engine
A method for dynamically resolving a failure occurring to an application is provided. The method may include receiving historic observations from a plurality of sources. The plurality of sources may be associated with an application executing in the environment. The method may include storing the plurality of historic observations in a memory location associated with the application. The method may include monitoring the application using an adaptive monitoring model. The monitoring model may include a first and second set of dynamic attributes for the application. The second set of dynamic attributes may be dependent on a current set of values assigned to the first set of dynamic attributes. The application may be monitored once during each monitoring cycle. At least once during each monitoring cycle, the second set of dynamic attributes may be adjusted based on the current set of values of the first set of dynamic attributes. |
| US10956247B2 |
Collecting and transmitting diagnostics information from problematic devices
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for collecting and transmitting diagnostics information via a diagnostic information operation. The diagnostic information operation begins with a system periodically writing diagnostic information such as diagnostic errors and warnings to non-volatile local storage contained within the system. Upon detection of a failure, the user activates an NFC-enabled device (such as a mobile device) and positions the NFC-enabled device within NFC range of the failed system. The failed system then communicates the diagnostic information stored within the non-volatile local storage to NFC-enabled device. |
| US10956244B1 |
Systems and methods for automated application programming interface evaluation and migration
A computerized system for API migration. The system includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, which include segregating client accounts three groups, assigning a first API for communications with the first group and a second API for communications with the second group, and assigning the first API for communications with a first portion of the third group and the second API for communications with a second portion of the third group. The operations may also include collecting communications from the groups and generating metrics associated with each group, and generating a comparative report and a compatibility report. The operations may also include transmitting at least one of an alert or a recommendation based on the comparative report and the compatibility report. |
| US10956243B2 |
Systems and methods for providing uniform access in a multi-tenant system
Receive, by a central controller engine, a user request to perform one or more operations associated with user data, wherein the user data includes first data and second data. Select, by the central controller engine based on the user request, a first service provider interface (SPI) integrated into a first service, the first SPI being configured to operate on the first data in a first datastore associated with the first service. The first SPI including a first service interface component configured based on a uniform access specification. Obtain, by the first SPI, the first data, the first data being formatted according to a first service data specification. Transform, by the first SPI based on the uniform access specification, the first data, thereby generating transformed first data formatted according to the uniform access specification. Provide, by the first SPI, the transformed first data to a target service. |
| US10956240B2 |
Sharing data by a virtual machine
A memory block is provided that is shared between two endpoints. This first endpoint is either a host for a virtual machine or the virtual machine. The second endpoint is either the host or another virtual machine. The shared memory block includes a buffer, a post counter, and an acknowledgment counter. The block is employed for communicating data from the first endpoint to the second endpoint. Sending data to the second endpoint includes identifying the buffer as being currently owned by the first endpoint and storing data in the buffer. It is then detected that the acknowledgment counter is equal to the post counter. The post counter is then incremented to signal that data has been stored for receipt by the second endpoint. Receiving the data by the second endpoint includes detecting that the post counter has changed and then incrementing the acknowledgment counter to acknowledge receipt of the data. |
| US10956238B2 |
Programmable controller, management device, and control system
A programmable controller includes a plurality of processor cores, an input unit, an allocating unit, a transmitting unit, a power controlling unit, an updating unit, and an executing unit. The allocating unit allocates any one of the plurality of processing to each of the plurality of processor cores. The transmitting unit transmits an allocation result of the processing to a management device. The power controlling unit restarts when the allocation of the processing is changed in the management device and the input unit inputs the changed setup data. The updating unit updates the allocation to the plurality of processor cores based on the setup data after the restart. The executing unit executes the plurality of processing based on the allocation, and when the allocation is changed, executes the plurality of processing based on the changed allocation. |
| US10956234B2 |
Virtualised gateways
A system comprising a gateway for interfacing external data sources with one or more accelerators. The gateway comprises a plurality of virtual gateways, each of which is configured to stream data from the external data sources to one or more associated accelerators. The plurality of virtual gateways are each configured to stream data from external data sources so that the data is received at an associated accelerator in response to a synchronisation point being obtained by a synchronisation zone. Each of the virtual gateways is assigned a virtual ID so that when data is received at the gateway, data can be delivered to the appropriate gateway. |
| US10956232B2 |
Instructing the use of application programming interface commands in a runtime environment
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for instructing the use of application programming interface (API) commands in a runtime environment is provided. The present invention may include receiving, by a computer processor, a source code with a high level language API command. The present invention may include accessing, by a computer processor, metadata for the source code and determining whether the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command, and applying, by a computer processor, the instruction to the high level language API command. The present invention may include processing, by a computer processor, the high level language API command to a low level code using a command translator, wherein the processing occurs after the applying the instruction. |
| US10956229B2 |
Managing resource sharing and task bidding on the internet of things (IoT)
A sourcing interface enables a particular device communicatively connected on a network to share one or more resources of the particular device with other devices communicatively connected to the network and coordinate task bidding with the other through broadcasting requests on the network. The sourcing interface manages dispatch of a particular task to one or more selected devices, the one or more selected devices selected based on one or more bids received by the particular device that best match a service level of particular request by the particular device, the dispatched task migrated to the one or more selected devices instead of handled by a web service provider. The sourcing interface monitors, at the particular device, for a result of execution of the particular task from the one or more selected devices, the one or more selected devices collecting telemetry data for usage reporting to the web service provider. |
| US10956228B2 |
Task management using a virtual node
Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for managing tasks in a computing system using a virtual node. A processor may register a virtual node for handling tasks allocated by a scheduling node in a computing system, the computing system comprising the scheduling node and a group of actual computing nodes processing tasks allocated by the scheduling node, and the scheduling node takes the virtual node as an actual computing node. A performance level of the computing system is obtained. Capacity of the virtual node is set based on the obtained performance level, such that the scheduling node allocates tasks to the virtual node based on the capacity of the virtual node. In response to at least one task being allocated by the scheduling node to the virtual node, the at least one task is received by the virtual node. |
| US10956225B2 |
Scalable computation and communication methods for domain decomposition of large-scale numerical simulations
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for domain decomposition in parallel numerical computer modelling that remove the need for large-scale synchronization, decouple the regions within a simulation, and reduces wait times, increasing linear scalability and thus suitability for large-scale cloud deployment. Presently disclosed systems and methods include asynchronous message passing which decouples the computational units within the system and introduces an elasticity that allows wait time to be largely eliminated. Applications include domains in which computations are not easily parallelized and/or large-scale numerical simulations used with a large cluster or cloud computing facility. |
| US10956224B1 |
Creating augmented hybrid infrastructure as a service
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems, methods and computer program products that enable provisioning of a hybrid cloud services solution to predetermined users. The innovation enables provisioning to be completed with a integration layer component and a provisioning component that integrate rules, such as enterprise-wide or industry-wide rules into out of band touch points, even touch points that the user may not be aware of, and may typically not be called upon to be aware of. |
| US10956216B2 |
Free page hinting with multiple page sizes
Systems and methods for memory page hints that account for multiple page sizes. An example method may comprise: determining, by a processing device executing a guest operating system, that a memory page size of the guest operating system is different from a memory page size of a hypervisor; adding, by the guest operating system, a guest memory page released by the guest operating system to a set of guest memory pages; determining in view of the memory page size of the hypervisor that the set of guest memory pages fills a hypervisor memory page; and providing an indication to the hypervisor that the hypervisor memory page is available for reuse. |
| US10956214B2 |
Time frame bounded execution of computational algorithms
A present invention embodiment manages resources of a distributed system to perform computational tasks within a specified time interval. A received object is classified into a type of computational processing, and a quantity of objects is maintained for each type. An execution time for processing a single object is estimated based on a corresponding computation resource template. A total execution time for the quantity of objects of a type of computational processing is determined based on the estimated execution time. In response to the total execution time exceeding a user-specified time interval, an amount of resources of the distributed system is determined to process the quantity of objects of the type within the user-specified time interval. Nodes of the distributed system with objects classified in the type use the determined amount of resources to process the quantity of objects for the type within the user-specified time interval. |
| US10956210B2 |
Multi-processor system, multi-core processing device, and method of operating the same
A multi-processor system includes a plurality of processors, a scheduler, and a selector. Each of the plurality of processors is included in at least one of a plurality of domains. The plurality of domains include three or more domains and are defined based on a hierarchical domain structure. The scheduler receives and manages at least one task performed by the plurality of processors. The selector selects one of the plurality of domains based on states of the plurality of domains to assign the at least one task to the selected domain, and selects at least one processor among processors in the selected domain based on states of the processors in the selected domain to assign the at least one task to the selected processor, when the at least one task is received. |
| US10956208B2 |
Guided virtual machine migration
In an approach to guided virtual machine migration, one or more computer processors determine a target host computer available for a migration of a virtual machine from a source host computer. The one or more computer processors identify one or more resources of the target host computer with one or more predictive errors. The one or more computer processors determine whether the virtual machine uses one or more of the identified one or more resources with one or more predictive errors. The one or more computer processors rank a migration path for the virtual machine from the source host computer to the target host computer with a designation. The one or more computer processors create a target host map, wherein the target host map indicates at least one migration path for the virtual machine from the source host computer to the target host computer. |
| US10956207B2 |
Optimizing pipeline execution scheduling based on commit activity trends, priority information, and attributes
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, an event notification; determining, by the computing device, whether to immediately execute a pipeline including a commit associated with the event notification based on historical trends of commits entering the pipeline at a similar time period as a current time; and immediately executing or delaying the execution of the pipeline, by the computing device, based on the determining whether to immediately execute the pipeline. |
| US10956197B2 |
Virtual machine with an emulator manager for migration of synchronized streams of state data
A server includes a hardware platform, a hypervisor platform, and at least one virtual machine operating as an independent guest computing device. The hypervisor includes a memory facilitator, at least one hardware emulator, and an emulator manager. The memory facilitator provides memory for a virtual machine, with the memory having state data associated therewith at a current location within the virtual machine. The at least one hardware emulator provides at least one set of hardware resources for the virtual machine, with the at least one set of hardware resources having state data associated therewith at the current location within the virtual machine. The emulator manager coordinates transfer of the respective state data from the current location to a different location, and tracks progress of the transfer of the respective state data to the different location. |
| US10956196B1 |
Load balancing VM selection and movement
Load balancing VM selection and movement is disclosed, including: selecting a combined predicted metric to be improved with respect to a plurality of storage devices; and determining a set of VMs to be moved from a first storage device included in the plurality of storage devices to a second storage device included in the plurality of storage devices such that the selected combined metric to improve is predicted to improve. |
| US10956195B2 |
Virtual machine migrations across clouds assisted with content based read caching
One or more embodiments provide techniques for migrating a virtualized computing instance between source and destination virtualized computing systems. A migration assist agent creates a content based read cache (CBRC), which generates one or more digest files. Each of the one or more digest files corresponds to a container file. The migration assist agent transmits CBRC metadata and the one or more digest files to the destination virtualized computing system. The migration assist agent transmits one or more pages belonging to the CBRC to the destination virtualized computing system. For each container file, the migration assist agent references the digest file corresponding to the container file with the CBRC to determine if a hash value is in the CBRC. Responsive to determining that the hash value in the digest file is in the CBRC, the migration assist agent marks the container file as complete. |
| US10956193B2 |
Hypervisor virtual processor execution with extra-hypervisor scheduling
Moving scheduling of processor time for virtual processors (VPs) out of a virtualization hypervisor. A host operating system schedules VP (virtual processor) processor time. The host operating system creates VP backing threads, one for each VP of each virtual machine. There is a one-to-one mapping between each VP thread in the host operating system and each VP in the hypervisor. When a VP thread is dispatched for a slice of processor time, the host operating system calls into the hypervisor to have the hypervisor start executing the VP, and the hypervisor may perform a processor context switch for the VP. Of note is the security separation between VP scheduling and VP context switching. The hypervisor manages VP context switching in kernel mode while VP scheduling is performed in user mode. There is a security/interface boundary between the unit that schedules VP processor time and the hypervisor. |
| US10956178B1 |
Automatic self-correction system and method for an integrated computing system configuration system
An integrated computing system configuration system includes a computing system that executes an engine to receive component specifications for each of one or more components supplied by a plurality of suppliers, and receive user input for selecting a subset of the components to be implemented in a customized integrated computing system by generating a base integrated computing system configuration that comprises the component specifications of the subset of the components. The engine may then determine whether at least one component meets a rule using the component specification associated with the at least one component, the rule specifying an architectural standard level to be provided by the at least one component, and when the at least one component does not meet the rule, perform one or more corrective operations such that the rule is met. |
| US10956177B2 |
Electronic device with automatic mode switching
An automatic hold switch is disclosed. The automatic hold switch provides a means for automatically switching a hold feature on and off. When the hold feature is on, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are disabled or prevented from providing input signals. When the hold feature is off, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are enabled or allowed to provide input signals. Because the user no longer has to manually control the hold feature, the number of actions that need to be taken by the user is reduced. In one example, the automatic hold switch is embodied with light sensors that detect when the device is in a dark environment and when the device is in a light environment. A dark environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes not to input and therefore the hold feature is turned on. A lighted environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes to input and therefore the hold feature is turned off. |
| US10956174B1 |
Lazy bare metal restore
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer readable mediums for performing a lazy bare metal restore process. A system may boot into a mini-OS environment and recover only the OS volumes while running in the mini-OS environment. Then, the system may boot into the target OS in restricted mode, using the recovered OS volumes, wherein restricted mode is utilized so as to prevent any applications from running. While the system is running the target OS in restricted mode, the system may restore the remainder of the backup data. Then, once all of the data has been recovered, the system may boot into the target OS in normal mode. |
| US10956172B2 |
Memory management of data processing systems
Techniques for memory management of a data processing system are described herein. According to one embodiment, a memory usage monitor executed by a processor of a data processing system monitors memory usages of groups of programs running within a memory of the data processing system. In response to determining that a first memory usage of a first group of the programs exceeds a first predetermined threshold, a user level reboot is performed in which one or more applications running within a user space of an operating system of the data processing system are terminated and relaunched. In response to determining that a second memory usage of a second group of the programs exceeds a second predetermined threshold, a system level reboot is performed in which one or more system components running within a kernel space of the operating system are terminated and relaunched. |
| US10956170B2 |
BIOS setting modification system
A BIOS setting modification system is provided in a computing device. During a computing device runtime for the computing device, an Out-Of-Band (OOB) controller device receives a first BIOS setting modification request and, in response, generates first BIOS setting modification information and causes the transmission of a System Management Interrupt (SMI). During the computing device runtime for the computing device, an SMI handler subsystem in the computing device retrieves, in response to the SMI, the first BIOS setting modification information, either directly from the OOB controller device, or from a storage subsystem in which it was provided by the OOB controller device. The SMI handler subsystem then applies the first BIOS setting modification information to at least one subsystem in the computing device such that a first BIOS setting modification provided by the first BIOS setting modification information takes effect during the computing device runtime for the computing device. |
| US10956166B2 |
Instruction ordering
A data processing apparatus includes obtain circuitry that obtains a stream of instructions. The stream of instructions includes a barrier creation instruction and a barrier inhibition instruction. Track circuitry orders sending each instruction in the stream of instructions to processing circuitry based on one or more dependencies. The track circuitry is responsive to the barrier creation instruction to cause the one or more dependencies to include one or more barrier dependencies in which pre-barrier instructions, occurring before the barrier creation instruction in the stream, are sent before post-barrier instructions, occurring after the barrier creation instruction in the stream, are sent. The track circuitry is also responsive to the barrier inhibition instruction to relax the barrier dependencies to permit post-inhibition instructions, occurring after the barrier inhibition instruction in the stream, to be sent before the pre-barrier instructions. |
| US10956162B2 |
Operand-based reach explicit dataflow processors, and related methods and computer-readable media
Operand-based reach explicit dataflow processors, and related methods and computer-readable media are disclosed. The operand-based reach explicit dataflow processors support execution of a producer instruction that explicitly names a target consumer operand of a consumer instruction in a consumer operand encoding namespace of the producer instruction. The produced value from execution of the producer instruction is provided or otherwise made available as an input to the named target consumer operand of the consumer instruction as a result of processing the producer instruction. The target consumer operand is encoded in the producer instruction as an operand target distance relative to the producer instruction. Instructions in an instruction stream between the producer instruction and the targeted consumer instruction that have no operands do not consume an operand reach namespace in the producer instructions. This provides for a deeper explicit consumer naming reach for a given bit size of the operand reach namespace. |
| US10956159B2 |
Method and processor for implementing an instruction including encoding a stopbit in the instruction to indicate whether the instruction is executable in parallel with a current instruction, and recording medium therefor
In a method to execute instructions, at least one instruction executed in a predetermined cycle is acquired based on information included in each of a plurality of instructions, and a code included in the at least one instruction acquired. An instruction is allocated to at least one slot based on the analysis result, and a slot necessary to execute the instruction is selectively used. Accordingly, power consumption of a device using the method may be reduced. |
| US10956154B2 |
Signal processing device and method
A signal processing apparatus includes a memory; a processor comprising arithmetic logic units (ALUs); and a hardware accelerator configured to perform an arithmetic logic operation by using shared ALUs that are not used by the processor among the ALUs. |
| US10956153B2 |
Violation match sets
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for attributing violation introductions and removals. One of the methods includes receiving a request to compute a number of violation introductions attributable to a particular developer entity in a plurality of ancestor snapshots of an original snapshot in a revision graph of a code base. A respective match set for each of a plurality of violations occurring in the plurality of ancestor snapshots of the original snapshot are computed, wherein each match set for a particular violation in a particular snapshot includes any transitively matching violations in the ancestor snapshots of the particular snapshot that transitively match the particular violation. A count of unique match sets having at least one violation that was introduced by the particular developer entity is computed. The number of unique match sets is provided in response to the request. |
| US10956152B2 |
Configuration packages for software products
A configuration package receives user-generated input that configures a decision service to generate decision data. The configuration package includes artifacts and the user-generated input selects the artifacts from an artifact library in a configuration database. A configured decision service is generated, where the generating includes receiving, by a decision service factory, the configuration package. Also, the decision service factory receives a decision template including configurable decision elements and non-configurable decision elements. Further, the decision service factory receives a user configuration specifying a parameter in the corresponding artifact. The artifact from the configuration package, the user configuration and the decision template are combined to generate the configured decision service. The configured decision service receives, from a client computer, input for each of the configurable decision elements. Based on the received input, the decision data is generated by the configured decision service. The generated decision data is transmitted to the client computer. |
| US10956151B2 |
Apparatus and method for identifying constituent parts of software binaries
An example method for determining a software classification is provided. The example method may include determining a plurality of substream boundaries including a first substream boundary within a representation of a software binary, and segmenting the representation of the software binary into a plurality of substreams. The example method may further include generating a first count string for a first substream based on operational class token counts in a tokenization of the first substream, where the tokenization of the first substream may be based on a mapping of commands within the first substream to operational classes. The example method may further include performing a first count string comparison with a reference database to determine a first count string match, where the first count string comparison being based on the first count string, and classifying the software binary based on the first count string match. |
| US10956145B2 |
System and method for determining dynamic dependencies for enterprise it change management, simulation and rollout
A method of managing a selected change to an IT (information technology) system comprises obtaining an inventory of all components available to the IT system, assigning each of the components in the inventory to a component class, identifying relationships between the components in the IT system, defining attributes of the relationships, generating a complete dependency mapping of the components of the IT system based on the relationships, cross-relationships and constraints, simulating the selected change within a processor of the IT system to one or more of the IT components using the dependency mapping to generate a change impact analysis, and automatically updating impacted IT components via at least one authenticating agent executing on the IT system. |
| US10956142B2 |
Distributing a composite application
A method, computer system, and computer program product for distributing a composite application is provided. The composite application includes several components, and is adapted to be distributed on multiple systems implementing runtime environments. The components have associated distribution descriptors. The distribution descriptors specify requirements for the at least one target runtime environment. The method includes selecting a composite application from a code asset repository and upon the selection of the composite application, creating a distributing workflow by a distributing unit. The distributing workflow includes a configuration. The configuration specifies the at least one target runtime environment. The method further includes executing the distributing workflow. The executing can include evaluating the distribution descriptor of each component according to the configuration, based on the evaluating, creating a distribution script for each component, and executing the distribution scripts. |
| US10956140B2 |
Software installation through an overlay file system
A user requests installation of a software package on a server. The server identifies an artifact for the software package installed on a first layer of an overlay file system. Based on dependency information for the artifact, the server identifies one or more additional artifacts that the artifact depends on, installed on additional layers of the overlay file system. Instead of duplicating the software package and its dependencies in storage for the user, the server updates a layer strategy for the user. A layer strategy indicates a set of layers to be used by an overlay file system in generating a logical file system. The updated layer strategy for the user includes both the layer for the artifact of the requested software package and the layers for the additional artifacts that the software package depends on. |
| US10956138B1 |
Automatic configuration of an execution environment
A computing device and automatic method for reducing memory usage in a device having an execution environment, such as one using an interpretive scripting engine. Application code is analyzed to determine unused features. Based upon this analysis, a build process is configured to omit the unused features. Then, the execution environment is built for the application code that excludes features not used by the application code. The application code and the execution environment can then be loaded into a deployment device for execution of the application code by the execution environment. |
| US10956137B2 |
Compiling source code using source code transformations selected using benchmark data
A source code and architecture information for at least one data processing environment in which a first executable program code compiled from the source code is to be configured to be executed can be received. The source code can be compiled to generate the first executable program code. The compiling the source code can include selecting, using a processor, from a plurality of source code transformations, a source code transformation to apply to compile a portion of the source code based on a plurality of sets of benchmark data, each of the sets of benchmark data comprising data indicating an efficiency of a portion of another executable program code compiled using a respective source code transformation at executing in the at least one data processing environment. The compiling the source code also can include compiling the portion of the source code using the selected source code transformation. |
| US10956136B2 |
User interface resource file optimization
Technologies described herein reduce the size of a software application. In some embodiments, the size of one or more resource files of an application are reduced. Resource files include key/value pairs that define elements of the application. In some embodiments, the application's source code is analyzed to determine if an entry in a resource file may be removed. For instance, initialization functions in the application's source code may be analyzed to determine if a value loaded from a resource file is replaced before being used. For example, a button with a color property may be defined as grey by a resource, but later set to orange in an initialization function. In this case, the resource entry defining the button as grey is superfluous and may be safely removed. This technique allows for entries to be removed from a resource file even though the source code references the entries. |
| US10956130B2 |
Method and system for implementing a cloud infrastructure visualizer and generator
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to providing a cloud infrastructure visualizer and generator. The innovative system may use an Infrastructure Diagramming Tool to create Infrastructure Design Diagrams (IDD) to allow System Engineers to design the Infrastructure to meet various application needs. From the Infrastructure Diagramming Tool, a user may initiate code generation that may then be easily deployable to a cloud platform. |
| US10956129B1 |
Using genetic programming to create generic building blocks
A method evolves generic computational building blocks. The method initializes a parent population with randomly generated programs. The method also obtains a list of randomly generated test inputs. The method generates a target dataset that includes input-output pairs of randomly generated binary strings. The method also applies a fitness function to assign a fitness score to each program, based on the input-output pairs of the target dataset. The method grows a seed list by applying genetic operators to the programs, and selecting offspring that satisfy a novelty condition. The novelty condition is representative of an ability of a program to produce distinct and unique output for the list of randomly generated test inputs. The method iterates until a terminating condition has been satisfied. The terminating condition is representative of an ability of programs in the seed list to solve one or more genetic programming instances. |
| US10956128B2 |
Application with embedded workflow designer
A workflow development system is described herein that embeds a workflow designer user interface of a workflow development application into a user interface of another software application, so that the workflow designer user interface can be used to generate workflows that reference and/or interact with the other software application. In some aspects, the workflow development application obtains information indicative of a context of a user within the other software application and recommends workflow templates or workflow steps for selection by a user based on the obtained information. The workflow development application may also pre-populate certain parameters of certain workflow steps based on the obtained information. |
| US10956127B2 |
Enriched integrated development environments
A computer-implemented method includes accessing documentation and classifying the documentation. The method includes associating the documentation with symbols in a source code index of an integrated development environment. The symbols are of a code base. The method also includes creating annotations to the code base linking the documentation to the symbols associated therewith. A computer program product for an enriched integrated development environment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a computer. The program instructions cause the computer to perform the foregoing method. A system includes a processor and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor. The logic is configured to perform the foregoing method. |
| US10956125B2 |
Data shuffling with hierarchical tuple spaces
Methods and systems for shuffling data are described. A processor may generate pair data from source data. The processor may insert the pair data into local tuple spaces. In response to a request for a particular key, the processor may determine a presence of the requested key in a global tuple space. The processor may, in response to a presence of the requested key in the global tuple space, update the global tuple space. The update may be based on the pair data among the local tuple spaces including the existing key. The processor may, in response to an absence of the requested key in the global tuple space, insert pair data including the missing key from the local tuple spaces into the global tuple space. The processor may fetch the requested pair data, and may shuffle the fetched data to generate a dataset. |
| US10956124B2 |
Slip detection on multi-lane serial datalinks
The disclosure relates to detecting phase slips that may occur in a multi-lane serial datalink. Phase slips may occur when a lane experiences lane skew, which may introduce a phase slip with respect to another lane. To detect phase slippage, the system may select a reference lane from among the lanes. The system may generate a pre-deskew delta value based on a difference between the FIFO filling level of the reference lane before a deskew and the FIFO filling level of a second lane before the deskew. The system may generate a post-deskew delta value based on a difference between the FIFO filling level of the reference lane after the deskew and the FIFO filling level of the second lane after the deskew. The system may use a difference between the post-deskew delta and the pre-deskew delta to detect phase slip on the second lane relative to the reference lane. |
| US10956121B2 |
Dynamic range control for a wide variety of playback environments
In an audio encoder, for audio content received in a source audio format, default gains are generated based on a default dynamic range compression (DRC) curve, and non-default gains are generated for a non-default gain profile. Based on the default gains and non-default gains, differential gains are generated. An audio signal comprising the audio content, the default DRC curve, and differential gains is generated. In an audio decoder, the default DRC curve and the differential gains are identified from the audio signal. Default gains are re-generated based on the default DRC curve. Based on the combination of the re-generated default gains and the differential gains, operations are performed on the audio content extracted from the audio signal. |
| US10956107B1 |
Methods and systems for keyword-based printing
The disclosure discloses methods and systems for keyword-based printing. The method includes receiving a request for printing a document. A user interface including a keyword-based printing option is provided. The keyword-based printing option allows a user to submit one or more pages having one or more keywords for printing separately than other pages of the document for printing. Based on the selection of the keyword-based printing option, the one or more keywords are received. A separate media selected for printing the pages having the one or more keywords than a media selected for printing other pages of the document is received. The pages having the one or more keywords are identified. The pages having the keywords and the separate media selected for the pages along with other pages of the document and the media selected for the other pages of the document are sent for printing. |
| US10956103B2 |
Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Provided is a technique that enables efficient setting of poster printing and efficient processing of an image. To this end, a control apparatus of the present invention is a control apparatus that allows a printing apparatus to print multiple divided images, into which an input image is divided, on print media, including: a setting unit that sets the number of divisions of the input image based on user input; an obtaining unit that obtains a width of the print media; a determining unit that determines a scale factor of the input image based on at least the set number of divisions, the width of the print medium, and a width of the input image; and a display control unit that displays a preview screen of the input image and a processing instruction item for instructing processing of the input image together, in which in a case where processing of the input image is instructed by user operation through the processing instruction item, the display control unit displays a processed input image reflecting the processing based on the processing instruction, and the determining unit determines a scale factor of the processed input image based on a width of the processed input image. |
| US10956101B2 |
Information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication, control method therefor, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus capable of providing an appropriate IP address to a mobile terminal in which a network service discovery protocol does not function. The information processing apparatus has a plurality of lines assigned with different pieces of address information, and is configured to transmit short-range wireless-communication information, in which address information regarding one line out of the plurality of lines is set, to a communication destination via short-range wireless communication. The information processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to preferentially set, into the short-range wireless-communication information, address information regarding a line, out of the plurality of lines, in which a relay device for performing intercommunication between different protocols is provided between the information processing apparatus and the communication destination. |
| US10956099B2 |
System and a method for optimizing a print production process
A computer-implemented method of automatically optimizing a print production process, comprising the operations of: receiving a printed matter specification, comprising data regarding at least one printed matter, as input data from a remote device; and determining an optimized print production specification on basis of the printed matter specification and print production resources data; wherein the operation of determining an optimized print production specification comprises: fetching print production resources data, comprising printing press data regarding at least one available printing press; determining all possible signatures by means of the printed matter specification; determining, for each printing press, all possible print sheet sizes and print areas, by means of the printing press data; determining all possible impositions by means of at least the signatures and the print areas; and determining an optimized production specification by means of at least the impositions, the print areas, and at least one optimization variable selected from a group of optimization variables comprising a cost variable, a delivery time, and an environmental variable. |
| US10956095B2 |
Server system that improves availability of a plurality of printers, print controller, information processing apparatus, and print service system
A server system that causes one of a plurality of printers to print an image received from an information processing apparatus. A virtual printer determines whether or not a printer capable of performing printing to which both of a first print setting and a second print setting are applied is included in the plurality of printers. In a case where it is determined that a printer capable of performing printing to which the first and second print settings are applied is not included in the plurality of printers, information indicating that the first print setting and the second print setting conflicting with each other is stored as prohibited settings information. The print settings are controlled based on the prohibited settings information. |
| US10956094B2 |
Systems and methods for providing assistance through one or more voice-based instructions via multi-function device
The disclosure discloses methods and systems for assisting users via interactive voice-based job-related instructions. The method includes receiving a job having one or more attributes. A call from a mobile device of the user is received and a connection is established between the mobile device and a multi-function device. It is then checked whether the mobile device is a registered mobile device. Based on the check, an interactive voice response unit is automatically activated over the established the call. Then, one or more voice-based instructions are sent to change at least one attribute related to the job. Based on the voice-based instructions, an input key submitted through the mobile device is received to change the at least one attribute. The at least one attribute is changed at the multi-function device in real-time. Finally, the job is printed in accordance with the at least one changed attribute and remaining attributes. |
| US10956090B2 |
Memory system and electronic apparatus
Life of a non-volatile memory is extended without increasing processing time due to turning power ON/OFF.An EEPROM stores counter information and setting information, a first RAM and a second RAM store counter information and setting information, a memory management unit manages a storage area in the first RAM for the counter information and setting information so as to be updatable and manages a storage area in the second RAM for the counter information and setting information so as not to be updatable, and a system control unit, when a change in contents of the counter information and the setting information occurs, rewrites the counter information and the setting information in the first RAM in accordance to the changed contents, and when the power is turned OFF, reads and compares the counter information and the setting information in the first RAM with the counter information and the setting information in the second RAM, and writes only different data to the EEPROM. |
| US10956089B2 |
Storage level load balancing
An approach is provided in which a storage system detects that an extent residing on a first one of a set of physical storage devices requires relocation. The storage system identifies a set of backend connection properties of each of a set of backend connections between the storage system and the set of physical storage devices. The set of backend connection properties includes at least a connection bandwidth between the storage system and at least one of the physical storage devices. In turn, the storage system relocates the extent from the first physical storage device to a second one of the set of physical storage devices based at least in part, on the set of backend connection properties. |
| US10956086B2 |
Memory controller
A memory controller circuit is disclosed which is coupleable to a first memory circuit, such as DRAM, and includes: a first memory control circuit to read from or write to the first memory circuit; a second memory circuit, such as SRAM; a second memory control circuit adapted to read from the second memory circuit in response to a read request when the requested data is stored in the second memory circuit, and otherwise to transfer the read request to the first memory control circuit; predetermined atomic operations circuitry; and programmable atomic operations circuitry adapted to perform at least one programmable atomic operation. The second memory control circuit also transfers a received programmable atomic operation request to the programmable atomic operations circuitry and sets a hazard bit for a cache line of the second memory circuit. |
| US10956085B2 |
Memory system and processor system
A memory system connected to a processor is described. The memory system includes a volatile first storage section, a nonvolatile second storage section having a smaller storage capacity than that of the first storage section, and a storage control section that performs control to store data sets in the second storage section. Each of the data sets including data written in the first storage section in response to a write command from the processor, address information indicating a write destination in the first storage section, and address information indicating a write destination in a nonvolatile third storage section to which the data written in the first storage section is to be written back. |
| US10956084B2 |
Drive utilization in multi-tiered systems with read-intensive flash
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for adjusting tiering based on operation types in a multi-tier storage system is provided. The present invention may include retrieving an extent to be managed and operations associated with the extent; analyzing the operations of the extent to determine an IO pattern associated with the extent; receiving a list of storage devices within the multi-tier storage system; querying each storage device of the storage devices for suitable pattern types; selecting, based on the querying and the IO pattern associated with the extent, a suitable storage device; and transferring the extent to the suitable storage device. |
| US10956082B1 |
Techniques for directed data migration
A host stores “context” metadata for logical block addresses (LBAs) in a manner tied to physical location. Notwithstanding log-structured or copy on write processes, the host is then provided with immediate context when the host is called upon to assist a memory controller with data identified by physical location, for example, for memory reconfiguration, garbage collection, wear leveling or other processes. The metadata for example can provide the host with insight as to which data may be moved to enhance performance optimization and where that data can be placed. In one embodiment, the host writes back one or more references that span multiple layers of indirection in concert with write of the underlying data; in another embodiment, the context can point to other metadata. |
| US10956078B2 |
Storage system with loopback replication process providing object-dependent slice assignment
A storage system in one embodiment comprises a plurality of storage devices and a storage controller. The storage system is configured to implement a loopback replication process in which one or more source storage objects are replicated to one or more corresponding target storage objects within the storage system. The storage system is further configured to divide a storage space provided by at least portions of the storage devices of the storage system into slices, to subdivide the slices into source slices and target slices, and to replicate a source storage object associated with at least one of the source slices to a target storage object associated with at least one of the target slices. The source storage object may be associated with at least one of the source slices by, for example, storing the source storage object across portions of the storage devices in designated ones of the source slices. |
| US10956072B2 |
Accelerating concurrent access to a file in a memory-based file system
A method, apparatus and product for accelerating concurrent access to a file in a memory-based file system. The method comprising receiving a request issued by a program, for accessing a file stored in a memory-based file system; and subject to the request being associated with data modification of data within the file, and subject to the modification not necessitating change in a structure of a data structure used for content lookup for the file, acquiring a lock to the file to the program, wherein the lock is acquired in a shared mode. |
| US10956070B2 |
Zeroing a memory block without processor caching
A data processing system includes a plurality of processor cores each having a respective associated cache memory, a memory controller, and a system memory coupled to the memory controller. A zero request of a processor core among the plurality of processor cores is transmitted on an interconnect fabric of the data processing system. The zero request specifies a target address of a target memory block to be zeroed and has no associated data payload. The memory controller receives the zero request on the interconnect fabric and services the zero request by zeroing in the system memory the target memory block identified by the target address, such that the target memory block is zeroed without caching the zeroed target memory block in the cache memory of the processor core. |
| US10956068B2 |
Time-stamped data in a data storage device
A data storage device can have one or more timestamps to indicate chronological information associated with data stored in the data storage device. A controller may be connected to a timestamp module and a transducing head to allow a timestamp to be written to a magnetic data storage medium as directed by the timestamp module. The timestamp can consist of chronological information relating to user-generated data stored on the data storage medium. |
| US10956067B2 |
Memory controller and flash memory system having the same
Disclosed herein is a memory controller controlling data transfer between a host system and a flash memory. The memory controller is configured to operate on one of a plurality of operation states including first and second operation states. In the first operation state, a first memory area included in the flash memory is used in a first storage mode that stores information of less than n bits in one cell, and a second memory area included in the flash memory is used in a second storage mode that stores information of n bits or more in one cell. In the second operation state, the first memory area is used in the second storage mode, and the second memory area is used in the first storage mode. |
| US10956066B2 |
Non-volatile memory adapted to configure low power dynamic random access memory
Non-volatile memory having a non-volatile memory array adapted to store a configuration routine for a low power dynamic random access memory (LPDRAM), a memory interface for receiving addresses from an external device for access of data stored in the non-volatile memory array, and an internal controller adapted to communicate with a LPDRAM coupled to the non-volatile memory and configure operational settings of the LPDRAM using the configuration routine, as well as systems containing similar non-volatile memory. |
| US10956065B2 |
Solid state storage device with quick boot from NAND media
Several embodiments of memory devices and related methods for initializing such memory devices based on initialization information stored in NAND-based memory media. In one embodiment, a memory device can include a controller operably coupled to the memory media. The controller is configured to determine whether the initialization information stored at a region of the memory media is valid, initialize the memory device based at least in part on the initialization information when valid, and invalidate the initialization information stored at the region of the memory media by writing to the region of the memory media without first erasing the region of the memory media. |
| US10956063B2 |
Virtual storage system
A virtual storage system according to an aspect of the present invention includes multiple storage systems each including: a storage controller that accepts a read/write request for reading or writing from and to a logical volume; and multiple storage devices. The storage system defines a pool that manages the storage device capable of allocating any of storage areas to the logical volume, and manages the capacity (pool capacity) of the storage areas belonging to the pool, and the capacity (pool available capacity) of unused storage areas in the pool. Furthermore, the storage system calculates the total value of the pool available capacities of the storage systems included in the virtual storage system, and provides the server with the total value as the pool available capacity of the virtual storage system. |
| US10956062B2 |
Aggregating separate data within a single data log wherein single data log is divided in a plurality of blocks assigned to plurality of different streams
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes creating a single data log; storing data from a plurality of different data streams in at least one data unit of the single data log; and allocating an additional data unit to the single data log in response to one or more criteria. |
| US10956048B2 |
Computing device and method for inferring a predicted number of physical blocks erased from a flash memory
Computing device and method for inferring a predicted number of physical blocks erased from a flash memory. The computing device stores a predictive model generated by a neural network training engine. A processing unit of the computing device executes a neural network inference engine, using the predictive model for inferring the predicted number of physical blocks erased from the flash memory based on inputs. The inputs comprise a total number of physical blocks previously erased from the flash memory, an amount of data to be written on the flash memory, and optionally an operating temperature of the flash memory. In a particular aspect, the flash memory is comprised in the computing device, and an action may be taken for preserving a lifespan of the flash memory based at least on the predicted number of physical blocks erased from the flash memory. |
| US10956047B2 |
Accelerated computer system and method for writing data into discrete pages
The instant disclosure provides an accelerated computer system and an accelerated method for writing data into discrete pages. The accelerated method includes executing write commands, with each write command including write data and a write address such that the write address corresponds to a write page of the first pages in a sector of a hard drive, identifying whether the write pages are successive according to the write addresses, acquiring stored data by reading the sector according to the write addresses if the write pages are discrete, writing the data stored in the first pages into the second pages of a memory, writing write data bit by bit into the second pages according to the write addresses, and writing the data stored in the second pages into the first pages. |
| US10956046B2 |
Dynamic I/O load balancing for zHyperLink
A method for dynamically balancing I/O workload is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes transmitting, from a host system to a storage system, read requests and write requests over a communication path, such as a zHyperLink communication path. The method further determines whether first and second sets of conditions (e.g., read cache hit ratio, read and write response times, read and write reject rates, etc.) are satisfied on one or more of the host system and storage system. In the event the first set of conditions is satisfied, the method increases a ratio of read requests to write requests that are transmitted over the communication path. In the event the second set of conditions is satisfied, the method decreases the ratio of read requests to write requests that are transmitted over the communication path. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10956044B2 |
Memory system with region-specific memory access scheduling
An integrated circuit device includes a memory controller coupleable to a memory. The memory controller to schedule memory accesses to regions of the memory based on memory timing parameters specific to the regions. A method includes receiving a memory access request at a memory device. The method further includes accessing, from a timing data store of the memory device, data representing a memory timing parameter specific to a region of the memory cell circuitry targeted by the memory access request. The method also includes scheduling, at the memory controller, the memory access request based on the data. |
| US10956041B2 |
Online snapshot consolidation using I/O mirroring
To create a backup of a live (running) virtual machine, a backup agent may take a snapshot of the virtual machine, backup the virtual machine from the snapshot disk, and delete the snapshot. Deleting the snapshot initiates a snapshot consolidation process where delta disks of the virtual machine are collapsed. A virtual disk layer sets up a mirror driver between a current virtual disk and a target virtual disk. Data sectors of the delta disk are copied over to the target virtual disk in a single pass, while the mirror driver mirrors write request for the current virtual disk to the target virtual disk. |
| US10956038B2 |
Non-volatile memory drive partitions within microcontrollers
A method for managing data on a microcontroller. The method includes a computer processor receiving data to write to the memory of a microcontroller of a field-replaceable unit (FRU). The method further includes a computer processor determining that the received data is a type of data that is stored in a first logical partition, wherein the first logical partition is a logical partition of non-volatile memory of the microcontroller. The method further includes a computer processor determining whether the first logical partition includes sufficient space to store the received data. |
| US10956037B2 |
Provisioning storage allocation using prioritized storage system capabilities
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for calculating capacity allocation in storage systems. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate a capabilities score for all storage systems, resulting in a list of storage systems, prioritized, so that a storage administrator may select automatically or manually, the best system to provision for the requesting application, based on the calculated capabilities score of each storage system. |
| US10956036B2 |
Application processing based on gesture input
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe gesture input processing. As an example, a gesture input may be a continuous gesture input that is received through a soft keyboard application. The continuous gesture input may comprise query input and a selection of an application extension displayed within the soft keyboard application. The query input may be processed using a component associated with the application extension. A result for the query input may be provided. As an example, the result may be provided by the component associated with the application extension. Other examples are also described. |
| US10956034B2 |
Automatic virtual input device
In one example, a method for a first computing environment (FCE) to automatically display a virtual input device on a display of a second computing environment (SCE) communicatively coupled to the FCE via a main channel. An auxiliary channel is established between the FCE and the SCE. A virtual input device preference is negotiated with the SCE over the auxiliary channel. A selection by the SCE, over the main channel, of an input element of an active FCE application associated with the SCE is detected. In response to the selection, a virtual input device in accordance with the device preference, operable by the SCE to input data to the input element, is automatically caused to be launched. |
| US10956030B2 |
Multi-touch based drawing input method and apparatus
The disclosure is a method and device for drawing a figure in correspondence to an input made with a first input tool and a second input tool to the terminal including an input unit capable of detecting physical touch and electrical input includes detecting a touch input made with the first and second input tools to the input unit; displaying at least one line movable according to contact points of the detected input on a display unit of the terminal; receiving a selection command based on the electrical input made with at least one of the first and second input tools; and displaying one of the at least one line as the line of which at least one of length and direction is fixed. |
| US10956023B2 |
Disambiguation of touch-based gestures
At an application executing using a processor in a touch-sensitive device, a detection is made that the touch-based gesture does not correspond to a perimeter defining a action, wherein the touch-based gesture is made relative to the touch-sensitive device. A set of possible actions intended by the touch-based gesture is determined. Using a disambiguation rule, an action is selected from the set of possible actions, wherein the selected action matches an action computed using the disambiguation rule. The selected action is caused to occur at the touch-sensitive device. |
| US10956020B2 |
Techniques to display an input device on a mobile device
A method and system may detect an external display coupled to the mobile device. A digital input device may be presented on the integrated touch sensitive display of the mobile device to operate the mobile device. Multimedia content may be presented on the external display in response to the operation of the mobile device through the digital input device. |
| US10956018B2 |
User interface indicating operation progress in a scrollbar
Methods and systems for providing status and progress information on a scrollbar are described. A user opens a software application to perform operations or view items. The application includes a scrollbar in its graphical user interface. The user may perform a plurality of operations. The application determines a position on the scrollbar corresponding to a location of the operation or item. The application determines a status representation corresponding to a status of the operation or item. The application determines a height of a scrollbar segment corresponding to a length of the operation or item. The application displays the status representation in the scrollbar segment at the position. The application may also display changes in the status representation to provide progress information. |
| US10956015B1 |
User notification based on visual trigger event
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for visual trigger notification. The method, computer system, and computer program product may include a computing device which may receive a user selection of a display portion of an application on a first display unit and user input defining a visual trigger policy for the selected display portion of the application. The visual trigger policy may define a visual trigger and a user notification in response to detecting the visual trigger. The computing device may capture image data of the selected display portion of the application on the first display unit and analyze the captured image data to detect the visual trigger, The computing device may, in response to detecting the visual trigger, generate the user notification defined by the visual trigger policy. |
| US10956012B2 |
Display apparatus with a user interface to control electronic devices in internet of things (IoT) environment and method thereof
A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of electronic devices, which generates information used in a function of user device, via a network; a user input receiver configured to receive a user input; and a processor configured to display a graphic user interface (GUI) including a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of electronic devices, respectively, on the display, and to, based on a user input on at least one icon from among the plurality of icons, control an operation of corresponding at least one electronic device from among the plurality of electronic devices. The display apparatus provides the GUI for controlling the plurality of electronic devices, thereby enabling a user to control the electronic devices in an intuitive and convenient way. |
| US10956008B2 |
Automatic home screen determination based on display device
A mobile computing device, such as a smartphone or tablet device, can be coupled to any one or more of multiple display devices at any given time. The mobile computing device allows the home screen displayed on the display devices to be dynamic, changing based on which display device the mobile computing device is coupled to. The mobile computing device can also be coupled to multiple different display devices concurrently, and different home screens are concurrently displayed on those different display devices. User inputs changing the information displayed on the home screen can also be received, and a record of the change is maintained by the computing device so the changed home screen for a particular display device is again displayed to the user the next time the mobile computing device is coupled to that display device. |
| US10956004B2 |
Recognizing user interface element selection
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer-implemented method includes detecting an initiation of a user interaction and in response, determining one or more user interface elements displayed on a display, a first user interface element being at a first position on the display. The method further includes, based on determining a completion of the user interaction at the first position on the display, selecting the first user interface element based on a determination that a second user interface element is rendered at the first position, the second user interface element being rendered at the first position between the initiation and the completion of the user interaction. |
| US10956001B2 |
Progress bar updated based on crowd sourced statistics
First statistical data and at least second statistical data can be received from respective data processing systems, the statistical data received from each data processing system indicating a respective duration of time for the data processing system to perform a task. A progress profile for the task can be updated by conglomerating the first statistical data with at least the second statistical data. A request indicating the task can be received from a third data processing system. In response, the progress profile can be communicated to the third data processing system. The third data processing system can present on a display a progress bar and indicate status of completion of the task by reiteratively updating the progress bar. The status of completion can be determined based on a duration of time expected for the task indicated in the progress profile and an amount of time that has elapsed. |
| US10955998B2 |
Searching digital content
One or more embodiments allow a user to search a gallery of digital content. In particular, a user can interact with a digital content system to search for, and identify, one or more digital content items (e.g., photos, videos, audio) within a collection of digital content. For instance, the digital content system can maintain tokens with respect to a collection of digital content and associate the tokens with digital content items within the collection of digital content. The digital content system can also provide a gallery of digital content items within a view area of a graphical user interface. Upon receiving a search query, the digital content system can identify a token and identify digital content items corresponding to the token. The digital content system can further provide a new or modified gallery within the view area of the graphical user interface based on the identified digital content items. |
| US10955997B2 |
Recommending different song recording versions based on a particular song recording version
A first audio content item may be provided to a user in a first area of a graphical user interface (GUI). Second audio content items may be provided in a second area of the GUI. A selection of a control element provided in the GUI may be received where the selection of the control element indicates that the user is interested in an audio component that is included in the first audio content item. In response to receiving the selection of the control element, different versions of the audio component that are included in third audio content items may be identified and the second area of the GUI may be modified to prioritize a presentation of at least one of the third audio content items that includes a respective different version of the audio component over a presentation of the second audio content items in the second area of the GUI. |
| US10955996B2 |
Cognitive contact assistance with dynamically generated contact lists for messages
Aspects of the invention include providing cognitive contact assistance with dynamically generated contact lists for messages. Providing cognitive contact assistance includes performing by a processor, prior to a message created by a user being sent to a user interface of an intended recipient of the message: identifying content of the message; dynamically generating a contact list based at least in part on the content; and augmenting the message with the contact list. The augmented message is sent to the user interface of the intended recipient of the message. |
| US10955995B2 |
System and method for user interface management for medical care management devices
A system and method for controlling a computerized device's display to provide a user interface that renders compact and informative graphical user interface images, particularly in a medical care management device in which a large amount of information is required by the user, and a size of the display device is relatively small. The system and method can deliver structured guidance to medical personnel to promote rendering of medical care in compliance with predetermined care protocols, and automatedly logs, and/or guides the user to log, events and occurrences during the medical emergency for accurate logging of same. Multiple independent cyclical numerical task timers, graphical progress indicators, and cycle counters may be displayed concurrently within a single field of view/window within a display device's display area. Expiration of a cycle time may be reflected by a color change, and initiate text or other prompting according to a predefined care protocol. |
| US10955994B2 |
User interfaces for downloading applications on an electronic device
In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about, and facilitates downloading of, featured applications in an app store application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates browsing of applications and games by category. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of information about in-app purchases for a game or application in an app store application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the purchase of in-app purchases for the games or applications that are available on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the download/purchase of games, applications and/or in-app purchases from outside of an app store application that is for browsing such content available on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device autoplays media content corresponding to applications (e.g., games, non-game applications, etc.) in an app store application so as to facilitate the ordered presentation of the media content to the user. |
| US10955989B2 |
Learning user interface apparatus, computer program product, and method
Provided herein are method, apparatus, and computer program products for facilitating a learning user interface. The interface may be presented as a plurality of dynamic icons representing a plurality of items. The interface may further be facilitated by receiving a profile identifier and by accessing, via a processor, profile data associated with the profile identifier. The interface may be facilitated by determining, via the processor, a visual bias for at least one of the dynamic icons relative to another of the dynamic icons based on the profile data and may be facilitated by applying the visual bias, via the interface, to the at least one of the dynamic icons. Multiple interfaces may be applied to the same or different screens. |
| US10955988B1 |
Execution of function based on user looking at one area of display while touching another area of display
In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions that may be executable by the at least one processor to determine that a user is looking at a graphical object presented at a first area of the display that is different from a second area of the display that the user is touching concurrently with looking at the first area. The instructions may also be executable to, based on the determination, execute a function associated with selection of the graphical object. |
| US10955978B2 |
Touch sensor panel with top and/or bottom shielding
A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel can include a first substrate layer; a first electrode layer comprising one or more of a touch electrode and a trace configured to couple the touch electrode to sense circuitry, the first electrode layer located on a first side of the first substrate layer; a second electrode layer located on the first side of the first substrate layer; a passivation layer disposed in between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and a third electrode layer located on a second side of the first substrate layer, different from the first side of the first substrate layer. The first electrode layer can be comprised of a first conductive material, the second electrode layer can be comprised of a second conductive material, and the third electrode layer can be comprised of a third conductive material. The touch sensor panel may not include a second substrate layer between the first substrate layer and the second electrode layer. |
| US10955977B2 |
Extender object for multi-modal sensing
An extender object for use with a multi-modal sensing surface comprises at least two antenna coils. A first antenna coil in the object is electrically connected to a second antenna coil in the object and the two antenna coils may be spatially separated. At least one of the first and second antenna coils comprises a plurality of radial elements extending in and/or out from the coil. |
| US10955976B2 |
Flexible display
Example implementations relate to flexible displays. For example, a flexible display system may comprise a plurality of display layers, an anti-reflective layer among the plurality of display layers to reduce reflection from an underlying light emitting layer, the anti-reflective layer including a wave plate and a polarizer, and a transistor layer among the plurality of display layers. Further, at least a portion of the plurality of display layers may include properties satisfying particular geometric and force balance constraints to enable the transistor layer to maintain a neutral force in response to compression or tension of the flexible display. |
| US10955975B2 |
Lighting touchpad
A lighting touchpad includes a circuit board and a light-emitting element. The circuit board has a touch sensing area, and a plurality of first sensor cells and at least one second sensor cell are formed in the touch sensing area. Each of the first sensor cells has the same first areas, and each of the at least one second sensor cell has a second area smaller than the first area. The light-emitting element is disposed in the touch sensing area and adjacent to the at least one second sensor cell. The configuration of the present invention is helpful to reduce a touch dead zone (also be called an inactive area) of the lighting touchpad. |
| US10955970B2 |
Pointing direction determination system and method thereof
A direction determination system and a direction determination method are provided. The direction determination system includes a display screen, at least one image capturing device and a processing device. The image capturing device is configured to capture image data including a plurality of users. The processing device is coupled to the display screen and the image capturing device to receive the image data, and detects a plurality of characteristics of the plurality of users according to the image data. The processing device performs corresponding pairing on the characteristics to obtain a characteristic group of each of the users. The processing device determines a pointing direction of each of the users toward the display screen according to at least two characteristics of the characteristic group of each of the users. |
| US10955967B2 |
Input device having reduced electromagnetic interference
An input device comprises a plurality of data lines of a display panel, a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a processing system. The processing system drives a sensor electrode with a sensing signal during a first portion of a non-display update period of a display frame. A source driver of the processing system drives a data line with a first constant voltage during at least one of a second portion of the non-display update period and a third portion of the non-display update period. Further, the source driver outputs a guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period. The first portion of the non-display update period occurs after the second portion of the non-display update period and before the third portion of the non-display update period. |
| US10955966B2 |
Touch electrode driving circuit, touch electrode driver and touch display device
A touch electrode driving circuit, a touch electrode driver, and a touch display device. The touch electrode driving circuit being operable to output touch scan signals to two touch electrodes. The touch electrode driving circuit includes an input terminal, a reset terminal, a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, a third voltage terminal, a fourth voltage terminal, a common voltage signal terminal, a first common voltage signal control terminal, a second common voltage signal control terminal, a first clock signal terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a third clock signal terminal, a fourth clock signal terminal, a touch signal terminal, a touch control signal terminal, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, and a third output terminal. |
| US10955960B2 |
Control device, control method, and program
There is provided a control device including: a projection control unit configured to control projection of an image on a projection plane by a projector; and a UI control unit configured to switch a mode of a user interface (UI) related to the projected image between two or more UI modes based on a positional relationship of the projector with respect to the projection plane. |
| US10955958B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes a display panel, a frame, a touch sensor, and a controller. The display panel includes a display surface of a predetermined display area. The frame includes a frame surface that surrounds the display panel and determines the display area. The touch sensor is configured to detect touches to the display surface and the frame surface. The controller is configured to execute predetermined processing when a touch to a first area on the display surface is detected, and to execute the predetermined processing when a touch to a second area on the frame surface is detected, the second area being adjacent to the first area. |
| US10955957B2 |
Electronic device for variably displaying display position of object on expansion area of display and method of displaying
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display including a front surface area and a side surface area disposed in at least one side of the front surface area, a first sensor included under the side surface area and configured to sense pressure applied to the side surface area; and a processor operatively connected with the display and the first sensor. The processor may be configured to determine a position of at least one point of the side surface area corresponding to the sensed pressure, if the sensed pressure using the first sensor is within a first specified range, and to display at least one graphic object on an area corresponding to the determined position. |
| US10955956B2 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interaction with an intensity-sensitive input region
An electronic device includes a display and an input region separate from the display. The device detects a first portion of a first input on the input region. In response to detecting the first portion of the first input: if the first portion of the first input meets first criteria that do not require a characteristic intensity of the first input to increase above a first intensity threshold in order to be met, the device displays a precursor object of a user interface object that includes one or more selectable options. While displaying the precursor object, a second portion of the first input is detected on the input region, wherein an intensity of the first input increases above the first intensity threshold. In response to detecting the increase in intensity, the device reveals the user interface object by an amount that varies with a current intensity of the first input. |
| US10955953B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device is provided and includes a liquid crystal element array having pixel electrodes and switching elements arranged in a matrix form; scanning lines arranged in each row of the liquid crystal element array and supply a scanning signal to switching elements; signal lines arranged in each column of the liquid crystal element array and supply an image signal to the pixel electrodes through switching elements; touch electrodes overlapping pixel electrodes and arranged in the column of the liquid crystal element array; signal line drive circuit arranged along one side of the liquid crystal element array parallel to the row of the liquid crystal element array and forms the image signal; first circuit arranged along the other side of the liquid crystal element array parallel to the row of the liquid crystal element array and is connected to the touch electrodes; and second circuit arranged along the one side of the liquid crystal element array and is connected to the touch electrodes, wherein a touch signal is supplied from the second circuit on the one side of the liquid crystal element array and the touch signal is supplied from the first circuit on the other side of the liquid crystal element array. |
| US10955952B2 |
Display panel having built-in touchscreen, display device having built-in touch screen, integrated driving circuit, and driving method
A display panel having a built-in touchscreen, a display device having a built-in touchscreen, an integrated driving circuit, and a driving method. The display panel includes an integrated pad electrically connected to an integrated driving circuit, a data line electrically connected to the integrated pad, and a touch line electrically connected to the integrated pad. The data line is electrically connected to and the touch line. The display device includes the display panel. |
| US10955949B2 |
Display panel having two types of touch electrodes and display device thereof
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate, at least one first type touch electrode block and at least one second type touch electrode block in a first layer and insulated with each other, touch signal lines in a second layer, and an insulation layer between the first layer and the second layer. The first type touch electrode block is connected to one or more touch signal lines via multiple first through holes running through the insulation layer, and the second type touch electrode block is connected to one or more touch signal lines via multiple second through holes running through the insulation layer. In a column containing the first type touch electrode block, the second distance of at least one second type touch electrode block is smaller than the first distance of the first type touch electrode block. |
| US10955948B2 |
Touch display panel and touch display device
A touch display panel and a touch display device are provided. The touch display panel includes: a substrate, a light-emitting device layer arranged on the substrate, and multiple touch electrodes arranged on the side of the light-emitting device layer away from the substrate. The light-emitting device layer includes multiple pixels, and each of the pixels has a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region on the periphery of the light-emitting region. Each of the touch electrodes has a structure of a metal grid. The pixels include first color pixels, and grid lines of the metal grid are arranged in each of the non-light-emitting regions of at least a part of the first color pixels. |
| US10955944B2 |
Touch-control electronic apparatus and touch pad device thereof
A touch pad device applied to a touch-control electronic apparatus which has a case including an opening is disclosed. The touch pad device includes a touch pad, a supporting unit and a pressing unit. The touch pad includes a circuit board which has a circuit board main body and a plurality of circuit board coupling parts. The circuit board main body is exposed at the opening. The circuit board coupling parts are symmetrically disposed at the edge of the circuit board main body, and the circuit board coupling parts are coupled to the case. The supporting unit is disposed under and supports the touch pad. The pressing unit is located between the circuit board main body and the supporting unit. |
| US10955941B2 |
Multimodal input device and system for wireless record keeping in a multi-user environment
A self-contained multimodal data input device for remotely entering data into a record-keeping system provides: wireless transmission and receipt of data; a pen-like profile; controls for emulating the left and right-click functions of a computer mouse and at least one command key of a standard keyboard; means for determining the orientation and movement, of the input device in space; and means for detecting at least one biometric characteristic of a user. In a system, the multimodal data input device connects and communicates with a gateway device according to the proximity of the input device to the gateway device in a many-to-many relationship. The system provides means for authenticating the input device and the user to the system by one-factor or two-factor authentication. |
| US10955937B2 |
Capacitive gap sensor ring for an input device
An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring. |
| US10955936B2 |
Detector for optically detecting at least one object
A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (118) is proposed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least one optical sensor (112), the optical sensor (112) being configured to detect at least one light spot (156) generated by at least one light beam (150) propagating from the object (118) towards the detector (110), the optical sensor (112) having at least one matrix (152) of pixels (154), each pixel (154) being adapted to generate at least one pixel signal si,j in response to an illumination of the pixel (154) by the light beam (150); —at least one non-linearization device (123) configured to transform the pixel signals si,j of all pixels (154) i, j or of at least one group of pixels (154) into nonlinear pixel signals s′i,j, the nonlinear pixel signals s′i,j each being a nonlinear function of the power of the illumination pi,j of the respective pixel (154); —at least one summing device (125) configured to add up the nonlinearpixel signals s′i,j of all pixels (154) i, j or of the at least one group of pixels (154) and to generate at least one nonlinearsum signal S′=Σijs′ij; and —at least one evaluation device (126), the evaluation device (126) being configured to determine at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (118) by evaluating the nonlinear sum signal S′. |
| US10955932B1 |
Hand tracking using an ultrasound sensor on a head-mounted display
A head-mounted display (HMD) tracks a user's hand positions, orientations, and gestures using an ultrasound sensor coupled to the HMD. The ultrasound sensor emits ultrasound signals that reflect off the hands of the user, even if a hand of the user is obstructed by the other hand. The ultrasound sensor identifies features used to train a machine learning model based on detecting reflected ultrasound signals. For example, one of the features is the time delay between consecutive reflected ultrasound signals detected by the ultrasound sensor. The machine learning model learns to determine poses and gestures of the user's hands. The HMD optionally includes a camera that generates image data of the user's hands. The image data can also be used to train the machine learning model. The HMD may perform a calibration process to avoid detecting other objects and surfaces such as a wall next to the user. |
| US10955929B2 |
Artificial reality system having a digit-mapped self-haptic input method
An artificial reality system is described that renders, presents, and controls user interface elements within an artificial reality environment, and performs actions in response to one or more detected gestures of the user. The artificial reality system captures image data representative of a physical environment and outputs the artificial reality content. The artificial reality system identifies, from the image data, a gesture comprising a motion of a first digit of a hand and a second digit of the hand to form a pinching configuration a particular number of times within a threshold amount of time. The artificial reality system assigns one or more input characters to one or more of a plurality of digits of the hand and processes a selection of a first input character of the one or more input characters assigned to the second digit of the hand in response to the identified gesture. |
| US10955920B2 |
Stacked, very high-density PCB configuration in a mobile device which allows for significantly reducing the size of the main board so as to make space for other components
A precise, very high-density and miniaturized printed circuit board (PCB) structure comprising a substrate-like PCB configuration is provided (and stacked to further increase integration in a fixed area) for reducing the occupied area of, for example, a mobile phone's main printed circuit board. The PCB area reduction hereof being a critical design feature used to create internal space in the mobile device so as to at least allow implementing a substantially larger battery (i.e. the battery is comparably upsized because it is reconfigured from a traditional configuration to fit into at least some of the created space) or to add functions. A photolithography process or like process is used to define the circuit pattern on the PCB structure so as to at least enable finer lines and spaces thereof than that provided by traditional subtractive PCB manufacturing. This abstract is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. |
| US10955917B2 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying potentially seizure-inducing virtual reality content
Methods and apparatus for identifying potentially seizure-inducing virtual reality content are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a neurological data collector to access first neurological response data collected from a user during exposure of the user to first media. The example apparatus includes a predictor to generate a prediction on a likelihood that a portion of second media will trigger an adverse neurological medical event in the user based the portion of the second media and the first neurological response data. The example apparatus includes a content modifier to modify the portion of the second media to create modified media in response to the prediction and output the modified media for presentation to the user. |
| US10955915B2 |
Gaze tracking via tracing of light paths
A preliminary path for light travelling towards a camera via corneal reflection is estimated based on a preliminary position and orientation of an eye. A position where the reflection would appear in images captured by the camera is estimated. A distance is formed between a detected position of a corneal reflection of an illuminator and the estimated position. A second preliminary path for light travelling through the cornea or from the sclera towards a camera is estimated based on the preliminary position and orientation, and a position where the second preliminary path would appear to originate in images captured by this camera is estimated. A distance is formed between a detected edge of a pupil or iris and the estimated position where the second preliminary path would appear to originate. An updated position and/or orientation of the eye is determined using an objective function formed based on the formed distances. |
| US10955914B2 |
Gaze-based object placement within a virtual reality environment
A head mounted display (HMD) device operating in a real world physical environment is configured with a sensor package that enables determination of an intersection of a device user's projected gaze with a location in a virtual reality environment so that virtual objects can be placed into the environment with high precision. Surface reconstruction of the physical environment can be applied using data from the sensor package to determine the user's view position in the virtual world. A gaze ray originating from the view position is projected outward and a cursor or similar indicator is rendered on the HMD display at the ray's closest intersection with the virtual world such as a virtual object, floor/ground, etc. In response to user input, such as a gesture, voice interaction, or control manipulation, a virtual object is placed at the point of intersection between the projected gaze ray and the virtual reality environment. |
| US10955910B2 |
Method for operating a virtual reality system, and virtual reality system
A virtual environment is displayed from a first virtual perspective by a first pair of virtual reality glasses worn by a first person, the first virtual perspective being predefined according to a detected head position and/or head orientation of the first person. The same virtual environment is displayed from the first virtual perspective by a further pair of virtual reality spectacles worn by a further person. The further pair of virtual reality glasses has a total available display area divided into a first display area which displays the virtual environment from the first virtual perspective and a second display area which displays the virtual environment from a further virtual perspective predefined according to a detected head position and/or head orientation of the further person. |
| US10955909B2 |
Simulation system, processing method, and information storage medium
A simulation system includes a processor including hardware. The processor performs a moving body process of performing a process of moving a moving body corresponding to a user wearing an HMD in a virtual space, a virtual camera control process of controlling a virtual camera moving in accordance with a movement of the moving body, and a display process of generating an image as viewed from the virtual camera in the virtual space as a display image of the HMD. In the display process, the processor performs a display process of changing, when a change in acceleration of the moving body or a change in a line-of-sight direction of the virtual camera is determined to have satisfied a given change condition, the display image on the HMD to an image different from the image as viewed from the virtual camera. |
| US10955907B2 |
VR movement platform
In some embodiments, a movement platform may be used to develop force models for the determination of movement based on force patterns received from the movement platform. A force model is made by comparing a known user movement to force readings recorded during the user movement. Movement platform force readings may be compared to a plurality of force models to determine a user movement. Once a matching force model is determined, the matching force model may be used to generate instructions for moving a user on the movement platform. |
| US10955904B2 |
Method, apparatus and storage medium for processing application of mobile terminal and electronic device
A method, an apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic device for processing an application of a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes the following acts. It is detected whether the mobile terminal is currently in standby state. All available sensor connection interfaces are traversed in responding to detecting that the mobile terminal is currently in standby state. It is determined whether an application corresponding to each of the available sensor connection interfaces is in accordance with a filtering condition. The application is exited in responding to determining that the application corresponding to each of the available sensor connection interfaces is not in accordance with the filtering condition, and the application is restrained from holding a corresponding sensor connection. |
| US10955901B2 |
Saving power in the command processor using queue based watermarks
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for dynamically adjusting the power consumption of prefetch engines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes one or more prefetch engines, a draw completion engine, and a queue in between the one or more prefetch engines and the draw completion engine. If the number of packets stored in the queue is greater than a high watermark, then the processor reduces the power state of the prefetch engine(s). By decreasing the power state of the prefetch engine(s), power consumption is reduced. Additionally, this power consumption reduction is achieved without affecting performance, since the queue has a high occupancy and the draw completion engine can continue to read packets out of the queue. If the number of packets stored in the queue is less than a low watermark, then the processor increases the power state of the prefetch engine(s). |
| US10955900B2 |
Speculation throttling for reliability management
Examples of techniques for speculation throttling for reliability management are described herein. An aspect includes determining that a power state of a processor is above a speculation throttling threshold. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the power state of the processor is above the speculation throttling threshold, throttling speculation in the processor. Another aspect includes determining that the power state of the processor is above a power proxy threshold, wherein the power proxy threshold is higher than the speculation throttling threshold. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the power state of the processor is above the power proxy threshold, enabling a performance throttle unit of the processor. |