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US11502525B2	Distributed charging station and method of managing the same A battery management system including a battery center and a controller. The battery center includes one or more battery receptacle. The battery center is configured to: receive one or more batteries, identify one or more batteries, and charge one or more batteries. The controller includes a memory and an electronic processor. The controller is configured to: receive, from the battery center, a status of one or more batteries, receive, from a user, an unlock request, and output, to the battery center, an unlock command. Wherein, the battery center unlocks one or more batteries from the one or more battery receptacle upon receiving the unlock command.
US11502522B2	Aerosol-generating system with aerosol-generating device and operating button protection An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, a user operable button being disposed on the body between the proximal end and the distal end, the system having a first engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is engaged with the charging device and a second engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is not engaged with the charging device, such that, when the system is configured in the first engagement state, at least a first side-portion of the body faces the charging device, and at least a second side-portion of the body extending between the proximal end and the distal end faces away from the charging device and is exposed.
US11502520B2	Battery protection circuit with isolation device failure detection A battery module includes a first load terminal, a second load terminal, a first charger terminal, a charger enable terminal, and a battery having a first battery terminal coupled to the first load terminal and a second terminal coupled to the second load terminal. A first isolation device is coupled between the first load terminal and the first charger terminal and has an enable terminal coupled to the charger enable terminal. A first protection circuit includes a second isolation device coupled between the second battery terminal and the second load terminal and a first sensing circuit configured to enable the second isolation device responsive to detecting a failure of the first isolation device.
US11502519B2	Modular charging system and wall-mounted charging device and modular power devices The present invention relates a modular charging system including a wall mounted outlet preserving charger and charging additional accessories, such as battery blocks, wireless device chargers, supporting chargers for wearable devices such as watches, and car chargers, each for use independently or in combination with electronic devices. The present invention typically includes a wall charger with one or more electrical outlets on the front face so that the use of the wall outlet is not lost. The wall charger of the present invention is suitable for use in any major country and may be adapted to the outlet configuration and voltage of those countries.
US11502517B2	Remote shared content experience systems A system provides a “virtual room” for remotely sharing content experiences via electronic devices at different locations. The system may enable synchronization of the content at the different locations, access control, be able to provide and/or experience interaction feedback regarding the content, control the interaction feedback that is provided and/or experienced, enhance the ability of people to distinguish the content from the interaction feedback, and so on. As such, people may be able to share content experiences more like they were present in a single location while remote from each other.
US11502513B2	Variable frequency facility A micro grid system comprises a secondary energy source and a power controller. The secondary energy source is associated with a micro grid that includes a fixed or mobile facility, and the secondary energy source is configured to generate first DC power signal. The power controller is in communication with the secondary energy source and an electric grid, and configured to receive first AC power signal from the electric grid and the first DC power signal from the secondary energy source and output a second AC power signal to loads in communication with the power controller. The power controller comprises an AC to DC frequency converter configured to change frequency and/or voltage of the second AC power signal, a processor, and a memory configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the frequency converter to change the frequency and/or voltage of the second AC power signal.
US11502509B2	Jumper cable and method to jump start an automobile The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a jumper cable and an ignition control method, which are applicable to the field of electronic technology. The jumper cable includes a main control module, and a startup detection module, a voltage-stabilizing power supply module, a voltage detection module, a temperature detection module, a relay control module, a startup communication module, a positive ignition clip and a negative ignition clip connected with the main control module. The relay control module includes a relay switch. The first end of the relay switch is connected with the voltage-stabilizing power supply module, which is connected with the positive ignition clip. The second end of the relay switch is connected with the startup detection module and the negative ignition clip. The startup communication module is connected with the startup power supply.
US11502508B2	Battery secondary protection circuit and mode switching method thereof A battery secondary protection circuit and a mode switching method thereof are disclosed. The battery secondary protection circuit is coupled in series with a battery primary protection circuit and has a power pin and a sensing pin. The switching method includes steps of: (S1) determining whether a voltage difference between the power pin and the sensing pin is greater than a default value; and (S2) selectively switching the battery secondary protection circuit to a first mode or a second mode according to a determination result of the step (S1). The battery secondary protection circuit delays a first delay time and a second delay time in the first mode and the second mode respectively and then performs a circuit protection operation. The first delay time is longer than the second delay time.
US11502505B2	Method for controlling at least one pin included in interface so as to switch to open state in response to moisture detection and electronic device for performing same An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing; an interface connected to the housing or exposed through the housing and comprising at least one configuration channel (CC) pin; a circuit disposed inside the housing, comprising a current generator and a comparator, and electrically connected to the interface; a processor disposed inside the housing and operatively connected to the interface and the circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory cause the processor, when executed, to detect moisture corresponding to the at least one CC pin on the basis of the comparator while the at least one CC pin is connected to the current generator and to control at least one switch disposed between the current generator and the at least one CC pin, in response to detection of the moisture, thereby conducting switching such that the at least one CC pin is not connected to the current generator. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11502504B2	Low voltage control system, low voltage protection method for an electronic device and a computer program product thereof A low voltage control system, a low voltage protection method for an electronic device, and a computer program product thereof are disclosed. The electronic device includes a power supply and a memory. The low voltage protection method for the electronic device includes the following steps: detecting a current voltage of the power supply; determining whether the current voltage is lower than a first voltage threshold; and if the voltage is lower than the first voltage threshold, a control module cutting off multiple access channels.
US11502498B2	Power cable termination system A power cable termination system including: a power cable having a power cable conductor and a power cable insulation system configured to electrically insulate the power cable conductor, a termination cable having a termination cable conductor and a termination cable insulation system configured to electrically insulate the termination cable insulation system, wherein the termination cable is at least one order of magnitude shorter than the power cable, wherein the termination cable conductor has an electrical resistance which is lower than the electrical resistance of the power cable conductor and/or the termination cable insulation system has a higher insulation resistance per unit length than the power cable insulation system, a joint configured to join the power cable and the termination cable, and a cable termination device configured to terminate the termination cable.
US11502493B2	Double-walled cabinet with external electrical connections Methods for installing electronic connections into a Factory Mutual certified cabinet may comprise providing a double walled cabinet. The double walled cabinet ay comprise an outer cabinet wall, and inner cabinet wall, and an airgap between the inner cabinet wall and the outer cabinet wall. The method may comprise the steps of including a first large hole in a surface of the outer cabinet wall and including a first small hole in a surface of the inner cabinet wall. Methods can additionally include the steps of inserting a first bulkhead fitting into the first small hole in the surface of the inner cabinet wall via the first large hole and covering the first large hole in the surface of the outer cabinet wall. Methods may additionally include the first small hole at least partially overlapping the first large hole when viewed from a plane normal to the first large hole.
US11502492B2	Watertight electrical compartment for use in irrigation devices and methods of use A watertight electrical compartment for use in an irrigation device can include a compartment body having a chamber and a sealing section configured to mate with one or more sealing rings. A sealing cap can mate with the sealing section and/or the sealing rings to seal the chamber. A cap retainer can be advanced over at least a portion of the sealing cap. One of the compartment body and cap retainer can have internal threads to be screwed onto external threads of the other one of the compartment body and cap retainer. The cap retainer can also have a stopping feature to keep the sealing cap in its sealed position. The watertight electrical compartment can be used in a wireless flow sensor assembly, a battery operated irrigation controller, and/or a battery-operated central controller device, to provide irrigation control, and/or sensor information, without the need for AC power.
US11502490B2	Retrofit remote control device mounting assembly A remote control device may be mounted to a structure. The remote control device may include a control unit, a base, a faceplate, an adapter, and a mounting plate. The adapter may be configured to be attached to the faceplate. The adapter may be configured to be secured to the structure. The mounting plate may float between the adapter and the structure when the adapter is secured to the structure. The mounting plate may include a frame, a mounting tab, and a plurality of spring arms. The mounting tab may extend from the frame, for example, a platform on the frame. The mounting tab may be configured to prevent rotation of the base of the remote control device when the base is attached to the mounting plate. The plurality of spring arms may be configured to bias the mounting tab away from the structure.
US11502487B2	Flexible clad protection system Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a protection device and/or system that may include a thimble capable of being placed over a transmission line, such as an electrical power cord, to provide protection in the form of cut resistance, abrasion resistance, and/or impact resistance. In some embodiments, a plurality of thimbles can be placed over the transmission line to form an overlapping arrangement to protect a desired length of the transmission line. While each thimble may be rigid, semi-rigid, and/or flexible, the arrangement can maintain flexibility to allow for many degrees of movement of the electrical power cord even as it is cladded in the protection system.
US11502482B2	Quantum cascade laser with high efficiency operation and related systems and methods A QCL may include a substrate, and a sequence of semiconductor epitaxial layers adjacent the substrate and defining an active region, an injector region adjacent the active region, and a waveguide optically coupled to the active region. The active region may include stages, each stage having an upper laser level and a lower laser level defining respective first and second wave functions. The upper laser level may have an upper laser level average coordinate, and the lower laser level may have a lower laser level average coordinate. The upper laser level average coordinate and the lower laser level average coordinate may have spacing of less than 10 nm. Wave functions for all active region energy levels located below the lower laser level may have greater than 10% overlap with the injector region.
US11502479B2	Optical device, light-source device, detector, and electronic device An optical device and a light-source device. The optical device includes a first substrate having a first plane and elements, and a second substrate having a second face that faces the first plane. The elements are disposed on the first substrate to emit or receive light in a direction intersecting with the first plane. The second substrate includes lenses disposed to correspond to the elements, and the second substrate extends in a first direction parallel to the second face to contact the first plane. The second substrate has a joint used to determine spacing between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the joint contacts the first substrate with an area smaller than a maximum size of cross-sectional area parallel to the second face of the joint. The light-source device includes the optical device and a driver to drive the optical device.
US11502475B2	Method and device for processing active microcrystalline fiber by magnetic field induction and lasering The invention discloses a preparation method and device of active microcrystalline fiber, place the prefabricated rod in the drawing furnace for wire drawing, the drawn fiber is induced by magnetic field in uncoated state and combined with laser treatment technology, the laser beam is focused on the fiber and recrystallized after laser treatment to obtain active microcrystalline fiber. Appropriate laser processing power directly affects the silicate glass fiber in the crystal structure, type, degree of crystallinity, grain size, content, and how much residual phase of glass. Induced by external magnetic field, the thermodynamics and dynamics of crystallization process are changed, make the crystal size distribution is better and uniform, reduce the phenomenon of condensation and makes the grain size is smaller.
US11502473B2	Laser apparatus including an optic dispersion compensator A laser apparatus includes an optic dispersion compensator. In another aspect, an optic (40, 45) uses phase wrapping to compress or stretch a laser pulse. A further aspect includes an apparatus and method for binary-phase compression of stretched laser pulses. In yet another aspect, a single monolithic transmissive or reflective optic (40, 45) provides compression or stretching of a laser pulse using a sinusoidal pattern for introducing binary steps. Another aspect provides a stretching or compressing optic (40, 45) for retarding a phase of multiple frequency regions of a laser pulse by a factor of 2? or less. Still another aspect employs a volume grating or multi-layer mirror including phase wrapping to obtain discontinuous phase jumps in a laser pulse compressor (45) or stretcher (40). Methods of using or making the laser apparatus are also provided.
US11502472B2	Method of manufacturing electrical contactor To provide a method of manufacturing an electrical contactor including a volute spring structure extending in upward and downward directions formed integrally using a single material, having mechanical simplicity and excellent functionality, and functioning as an electric circuit achieving connection without loss.The present disclosure is intended for a method of manufacturing an electrical contactor made of a plate-like member having electrical conductivity, comprising: (1) a first step of forming the plate-like member into a barrel shape by winding the plate-like member in a spiral pattern; (2) a second step of compressing the plate-like member formed into the barrel shape from a vertical direction until the plate-like member assumes a volute shape with an upper spiral structure and a lower spiral structure overlapping each other; and (3) a third step of forming a volute-shaped electrical contactor by performing predetermined hardening treatment on the plate-like member temporarily assuming the volute shape as a result of the second step.
US11502465B2	Electrical distributor device, signal transmission system and method of making an electrical distributor device Embodiments of a high-frequency electrical distributor device may have an input end with a connector of a first connector type, and an output end with at least two connectors of at least one second connector type which is different from the first connector type. Embodiments may further include a distributor region between the connector at the input end and the connector at the output end. The connector at the input end has at least two differential contact element pairs. The distributor region distributes the contact element pairs of the connector at the input end to the connectors at the output end.
US11502464B2	Multi-port USB cable with cable retention and methods of making and using A USB cable that includes a cable coupling element selected from a first connector, a printed circuit board, or a device, as well as a multi-port connector that includes a multi-port connector including a housing, at least two ports defined by the housing, at least two female USB connectors disposed within the housing, and at least two retention arms extending from the housing. The USB cable also includes conductors electrically coupling the first connector to the at least two female USB connectors and a jacket extending between the first connector and the multi-port connector, wherein the conductors are at least partially disposed within the jacket. In another USB cable, in addition to or as an alternative to the retention arms, each of the at least two female USB connectors is spaced at least 10 mm from the opening of the port through which the female USB connector is accessible.
US11502462B1	Extension cord for polyphase voltage conversion An extension cord for polyphase voltage conversion includes a socket body, a conductive cable and a polyphase circuit disposed in the socket body. The socket body has a hollow housing, and a four-phase power connective head is disposed at an end of the housing in order to supply power to the extension cord. A breaker having safety switch function and at least two power sockets providing voltages with different phases are disposed in the housing. An end of the conductive cable is electrically connectable with a four-phase power source. The other end of the conductive cable has a four-phase power plug electrically connectable with the four-phase power connective head of the socket body. The polyphase circuit includes three phase conductors, a neutral conductor and a ground conductor. The conductors are used to electrically connect with the four-phase power connective head, the breaker and the respective at least two power sockets.
US11502459B2	Backplane connector with improved shielding effect A backplane connector includes a number of conductive terminals, an insulating frame, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. Each conductive terminal includes a connection portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The first metal shield and the second metal shield are respectively in contact with two opposite side surfaces of the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal. As a result, a shielding cavity surrounding the connection portions of the differential signal terminals is formed. This arrangement can provide better shielding for the differential signal terminals over the length of the connection portion, reduce crosstalk, and improve the quality of signal transmission.
US11502458B2	Backplane connector assembly with improved shielding effect A backplane connector assembly includes a first backplane connector and a second backplane connector. The first backplane connector includes a number of first conductive terminals, a first insulating frame, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. The first metal shield includes a first elastic piece, and the second metal shield includes a second elastic piece. The second backplane connector includes a number of second differential signal terminals, an insulating block sleeved on the second differential signal terminals, and a metal shell sleeved on the insulating block. When the first backplane connector is mated with the second backplane connector, the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece are in contact with the metal shell to increase the grounding shielding area, reduce crosstalk and improve the quality of signal transmission.
US11502456B2	Subsurface contact system The invention relates to a charging contact unit (100, 1100) for a vehicle, for integrating beneath a road surface, with a charging contact element carrier head (113, 1113) designed to interact with a contact device on the lower side of a vehicle, the contact making and the contact separation being carried out by a relative movement of the charging contact element carrier head and the contact device in a contacting direction (6), the charging contact element carrier head (113, 1113) being movable inside the charging contact unit and/or rotatable or pivotable about the contacting direction (6) in order to compare incorrect positioning in either one or a plurality of directions extending transversely to the contacting direction (6). The invention also relates to a contact system and a road covering.
US11502455B2	Connector with limiting portions to allow an insertion section and a mating section to be accommodated in an internal space more stably A connector includes a sheet terminal and an insulating base. The sheet terminal includes a bend section, a mating section, and an insertion section. The insertion section includes a shoulder extending outward along an insertion axis, and the top of the shoulder corresponds to the mating section. The insulating base includes a base and a mating portion. The base includes two opposite base sidewalls, an accommodation space, and a stop portion. The insertion section is located in the accommodation space. The stop portion corresponds to the shoulder. The mating portion is connected to the base. The mating portion includes two opposite mating sidewalls and a mating space. The mating space is in communication with the accommodation space, and the mating section is located in the mating space.
US11502454B2	Self-latching power cord for appliances An appliance cord assembly may include a first cord portion including a plug at one end configured to be received by a wall outlet and a plug mount at the opposite end, a second cord portion including a captive end hardwired to an appliance and a free end connected to a panel mount, the panel mount being configured to connect with the plug mount of the first cord portion to create a conductive engagement with the plug mount, such that in the connected state, the plug mount and the panel mount define a key opening, and a service tool configured to be received by the key opening to disconnect the panel mount and plug mount.
US11502453B2	Electrical connector latching mechanism A method for latching an electrical connector includes aligning a connector with an inlet. A first surface of the connector is within a first distance of a second surface of the inlet. A puller arm of the connector is extended into the inlet to a second distance from the second surface of the inlet. The puller arm includes a gripping element configured to apply a first compressive force against the inlet. The puller arm is retracted relative to the connector while applying the first compressive force against the inlet. The puller arm remains in the inlet at the second distance, thereby inserting a first electrode of the connector into the inlet to connect the first electrode with a second electrode of the inlet. The first electrode transfers power to the second electrode from a high-power supply.
US11502452B2	Connector cover and ultrasonic probe assembly having the same Disclosed herein is a connector cover configured to be used in an ultrasonic probe connector and an ultrasonic probe assembly. The connector cover includes a case, and a coupling device disposed at one end portion in the case and configured to be coupled to the connector. The coupling device includes a body including a fastening portion configured to be coupled to a connector protrusion provided to protrude from the connector toward a first direction, and a rotating shaft connected to the case and the body, and the connector cover is configured to be coupled to the connector along a second direction.
US11502451B1	Quick release device for releasing an electrical modular connector from an electrical jack A quick release device for releasing an electrical modular connector of a network cable from an electrical jack comprises a connector boot attached to the network cable and assembled with the electrical modular connector; a passage formed on the connector boot; a slide insert having a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, wherein the slide insert is positioned through the passage, wherein the first end faces the electrical jack; and a rotatable hook having a free end and a pivot end configured to pivot on the first end of the slide insert along a longitudinal direction of the slide insert, wherein the free end of the rotatable hook engages with a clip and causes the clip to move relatively downwardly to release the electrical modular connector from the electrical jack when the slide insert moves away from the electrical jack.
US11502450B2	Systems for dynamically adjustable grounding connections A grounding contact configured to electrically couple a first chassis wall to a second chassis wall, that includes a standoff a magnet, and a contact element, where the standoff is rigidly coupled to the first chassis wall, where the contact element is directly contacting the second chassis wall, and where the contact element is disposed between the magnet and the second chassis wall.
US11502446B2	Data transmission connector and a corresponding connector assembly, electric cable and use thereof A data transmission connector (103) has a housing (30) and a plurality of data transfer plug contacts (32) that are rigid and are arranged fixedly inside the connector (103).
US11502444B2	Electrical connector assembly having a male blade stabilizer with integrated primary lock reinforcement An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body defining a terminal cavity therein and a male terminal projecting along a terminal axis to a tip and secured within the terminal cavity by a primary lock feature. The electrical connector assembly also includes a terminal stabilizer defining an aperture that is disposed within the connector body and is moveable from a pre-staged position to a staged position. The electrical connector assembly further includes a primary lock retaining feature that is integrated with the terminal stabilizer and is configured to engage the primary lock feature as the terminal stabilizer moves from the pre-staged position to the staged position.
US11502443B2	Terminal holder and connector A terminal holder to be inserted into a connector housing and a connector including the terminal holder is disclosed. The terminal holder can include a pair of locking arms facing each other, a coupling arm connecting one of the ends of the pair of locking arms opposite each other, and a supporting arm connecting inner surfaces of the pair of locking arms facing each other, wherein a locking portion is provided on an outer surface of each of the pair of locking arms opposite to the inner surface. In accordance with an aspect of an embodiment of the terminal holder of present disclosure, the insertion force for inserting the terminal holder can be effectively reduced, the breakage of the terminal holder in the insertion process can be suppressed, and the terminal retention force for holding the terminal and the retaining force between the terminal holder and the connector housing can be improved.
US11502440B2	Multiport connector interface system A connector for interfacing with a circuit board includes a body having opposing first and second face surfaces and defining a plurality of ports extending between the face surfaces. A plurality of center conductors extend in respective ports between the face surfaces. Support elements engage the center conductors to secure the center conductors generally centered in the respective ports. Each center conductor includes a pin portion positioned proximate to the first face surface and a plunger portion positioned to extend beyond the second face surface. The plunger portion moves longitudinally with respect to the connector second face surface for varying the distance of an end of the center conductor from the second face surface to allow adjustability in the interfacing of the connector with a circuit board or other signal handling component.
US11502439B2	Conductive terminal and mating assembly including the conductive terminal A conductive terminal to be mated with a mating terminal includes: a base; and a mating end at a front of the base for mating with the mating terminal, the mating end including a first mating portion for contacting with the mating terminal and a second mating portion arranged in front of the first mating portion for contacting with the mating terminal, wherein the first mating portion includes a first protrusion, the second mating portion includes a second protrusion, the first protrusion and the second protrusion protrude toward same side of the conductive terminal, the contacting direction and manner between the first protrusion and the mating terminal are different from the contacting direction and manner between the second protrusion and the mating terminal.
US11502438B2	Power connector and power connector assembly A power connector includes a housing and a clamp group disposed in the housing. An insertion opening is formed at one end of the housing, and the insertion opening is configured to plug in a plug. The clamp group includes an inner clamp and an outer clamp. An insertion slot is formed in the inner clamp, and the insertion slot is opposite to the insertion opening and is configured to accommodate a front end portion of the plug. The outer clamp is disposed to extend over the inner clamp. When the plug passes through the insertion opening and is plugged into the insertion slot, a contact end of the outer clamp close to the insertion opening presses against a conductive surface of the plug. A contact segment of the inner clamp also presses against the conductive surface of the plug.
US11502434B2	Power semiconductor module A power semiconductor module includes a housing accommodating a power circuit with at least one power semiconductor chip, the housing providing at least two power terminals; a printed circuit board mounted to the housing and electrically connected to the power circuit for distributing auxiliary signals; and at least one auxiliary terminal mounted to the printed circuit board with a press-fit connection provided by a body of the auxiliary terminal.
US11502433B2	Circuit card with onboard non-volatile memory for providing cable assembly data to network interface controller chips A cable assembly has a cable with a transceiver module on one end. The transceiver module is plugged into an interface connector of a circuit card, which also has a network interface controller chip, an onboard non-volatile memory, and a control unit. The control unit reads cable assembly data stored in a non-volatile memory of the transceiver module over a serial bus and copies the cable assembly data to the onboard non-volatile memory. The control unit initiates transfer of the cable assembly data from the onboard non-volatile memory to a communication port of the network interface controller chip over another serial bus.
US11502431B1	Terminal having a bolt section A terminal includes a body and a bolt section at a first end of the body. The bolt section has a body passageway extending through the body and a sidewall defining the body passageway. The bolt section has a rib disposed on the sidewall and protruding into the body passageway.
US11502427B2	Low profile dual-frequency antenna device A low profile dual-frequency antenna device comprises an insulative carrier having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite and a conductor unit, the conductor unit comprises a first conductor which is provided to the first surface and a second conductor which is provided to the second surface and connected with the first conductor, a first radiation slot as a low frequency slot antenna is formed between the first conductor and the second conductor, the first conductor is formed with a second radiation slot, a third radiation slot which is communicated with the first radiation slot and the second radiation slot, a fourth radiation slot and a fifth radiation slot, and the third radiation slot, the fourth radiation slot and the fifth radiation slot together constitute a high frequency slot antenna, the second radiation slot decides an impedance and a resonance frequency width of each antenna, a first side edge and a second side edge is oppositely positioned at a location where the second radiation slot and the third radiation slot are communicated, the first conductor has a signal feeding-in portion thereon close to the first side edge, the first conductor has a ground portion thereon close to the second side edge.
US11502420B2	Twin line fed dipole array antenna This document describes a twin line fed dipole array antenna that may be coupled to several different types of feed networks in a space-efficient manner. The antenna makes use of a twin line feed to a plurality of dipoles that minimizes cross-polarization. The antenna may be manufactured on a printed circuit board (PCB) and has a centered feed slot that is easily coupled to several different types of waveguides or a microstrip. In some implementations, the dipole elements may have an approximately rectangular shape. In other implementations, the dipole elements may have an approximately bowtie shape, round shape, oval shape, C-shape, or L-shape. The size and placement of the dipole elements may be optimized for certain operating frequencies of the radar system to which the antenna is coupled.
US11502419B1	Standard printed circuit board patch array A patch array has a routing printed circuit board with a plurality of layers for routing signals, and a plurality of printed circuit board patches that each has at least one through-via. The plurality of patches are mounted with the routing printed circuit board. In addition, the plurality of printed circuit board patches are formed in compliance with standard printed circuit board rules.
US11502417B2	Waveguide antenna element based beam forming phased array antenna system for millimeter wave communication An antenna system includes a first substrate, a plurality of chips and a waveguide antenna element based beam forming phased array that includes a plurality of radiating waveguide antenna cells for millimeter wave communication. Each radiating waveguide antenna cell includes a plurality of pins where a first pin is connected with a body of a corresponding radiating waveguide antenna cell and the body corresponds to ground for the pins. The first pin includes a first and a second current path, the first current path being longer than the second current path. A first end of the radiating waveguide antenna cells is mounted on the first substrate, where the plurality of chips are electrically connected with the plurality of pins and the ground of each of the plurality of radiating waveguide antenna cells.
US11502415B2	Mechanically reconfigurable patch antenna A polarization configurable patch antenna including a radiating layer, wherein the radiating layer has a corner truncated rectangular patch shape; and a feed capacitively coupled to the radiating layer for exciting the radiating layer, wherein the radiating layer is rotatable with respect to the feed, and the antenna is configured to generate a right-hand circularly polarized radiation field when the radiating layer is in a first rotational position and a left-hand circularly polarized radiation field when the radiating layer is in a second rotational position.
US11502414B2	Microstrip patch antenna system having adjustable radiation pattern shapes and related method An antenna device may include a ground plane, a first planar antenna element spaced above the ground plane and having an opening, and a second planar antenna element spaced above the first planar antenna element on a side of the first planar antenna element opposite the ground plane. The second planar antenna element may have a size smaller than the first planar antenna element. The antenna device may include a coaxial feed with an outer conductor, and an inner conductor surrounded by the outer conductor and extending outwardly from an end of the outer conductor. The outer conductor may be coupled to the ground plane and the first planar antenna element. The inner conductor may extend through the opening in the first planar antenna element and may be coupled to the second planar antenna element.
US11502407B2	Remote electronic tilt base station antennas having adjustable ret linkages A base station antenna includes a remote electronic tilt (“RET”) actuator, a phase shifter having a moveable element and a mechanical linkage extending between the RET actuator and the phase shifter. The mechanical linkage includes an adjustable RET linkage that has a first link that has a first connection element, a second link that has a second connection element and a connecting member that includes at least a third link. The adjustable RET linkage includes at least a first hinge and a second hinge.
US11502406B2	Phased array orientation finding method A method of determining an orientation of a phased array antenna that involves positioning a communication device in front of the phased array antenna; with the phased array antenna, sequentially generating each beam pattern of a library of multiple beam patterns; for each of the sequentially generated beam patterns from the library of multiple beam patterns, measuring a received signal parameter, wherein the received signal parameters for the library of multiple transmit beam patterns form a measured received signal vector for the phased array antenna; and determining the orientation of the phased array antenna by comparing the measured received signal vector for the phased array antenna to each of a plurality of calculated received signal vectors.
US11502404B1	Method and system for detecting interference and controlling polarization shifting to mitigate the interference Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting, by a monitoring system associated with a communication system, signals received at an array of orthogonally-polarized radiating elements of an antenna, causing, via a motorized drive assembly, the array of orthogonally-polarized radiating elements to sequentially rotate to a plurality of positions, obtaining, by a control system from the monitoring system and for each of the plurality of positions, data relating to signals from the array of orthogonally-polarized radiating elements, based on the data, determining, by the control system, an optimal position of the plurality of positions for the array of orthogonally-polarized radiating elements at which an impact of passive intermodulation (PIM) on the communications system is minimized, and controlling, by the control system, the motorized drive assembly to cause the array of orthogonally-polarized radiating elements to occupy the optimal position. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11502393B2	Antenna and electronic device including the same Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a housing; and an antenna structure disposed in an internal space of the housing, wherein the antenna structure may include: a printed circuit board including a plurality of insulating layers; and at least one first conductive patch disposed on the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one first conductive patch may include: a first side having a first length; a second side parallel to the first side, spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and having a second length shorter than the first length; a third side extending from one end of the first side in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and having a third length shorter than a vertical distance between the first side and the second side; a fourth side extending from an other end of the first side in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and having the third length; a fifth side connecting the third side and one end of the second side in a straight line; a sixth side connecting the fourth side and an other end of the second side in a straight line; a first feeding point disposed on a first virtual line passing through a center in the at least one first conductive patch and configured to transmit and/or receive a first signal of a first polarization; and a second feeding point disposed on a second virtual line passing through the center in the at least one first conductive patch and intersecting the first virtual line at a right angle and configured to transmit and/or receive a second signal of a second polarization perpendicular to the first polarization.
US11502391B2	Electronic devices having differentially-loaded millimeter wave antennas An electronic device may have an antenna that conveys radio-frequency signals at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The antenna may be embedded in a substrate. The substrate may have routing layers, first antenna layers on the routing layers, second antenna layers on the first antenna layers, and a third antenna layers on the second antenna layers. The antenna may include first traces on the first antenna layers, second traces on the second antenna layers, and third traces on the third antenna layers. The first antenna layers may have a first bulk dielectric permittivity. The second layers may have a second bulk dielectric permittivity. The third layers may have a third bulk dielectric permittivity. At least one of the first, second, and third bulk dielectric permittivities may be different from the others. This may differentially load the antenna across the antenna layers, thereby broadening the bandwidth of the antenna.
US11502388B2	Electronic device including an antenna An embodiment electronic device includes a ground plane; and an antenna. The antenna includes a first trace having a first end and a second end, the second end of the first trace being electrically coupled to the ground plane. The antenna also includes a second trace distinct and physically separated from the first trace, the second trace having a first end and a second end, the second end of the second trace being electrically coupled to the ground plane, the first trace and the second trace forming discontinuous portions of the antenna.
US11502385B2	Multi-mode bandpass filter A multi-mode filter with a resonator having a plurality of resonator bodies which are rectangular prisms and the filter being configured with a through hole that electrically connects an input and an output to the center of a coupling structure between a respective pair of slabs. The multi-mode filter further comprising a plurality of coupling aperture segments which are coupling structures between each pair of resonator bodies or slabs such that two triangular apertures at opposite corners of at least two different slab-cube interfaces are utilized with the triangular apertures being diagonally opposed to one another across the respective interface.
US11502383B2	EMNZ metamaterial configured into a waveguide having a length that is less than or equal to 0.1 of a wavelength An epsilon-and-mu-near-zero (EMNZ) metamaterial. The EMNZ metamaterial includes a waveguide. A length l of the waveguide satisfies a length condition according to l≤0.1λ, where λ is an operating wavelength of the EMNZ metamaterial. The EMNZ metamaterial further includes a magneto-dielectric material deposited on a lower wall of the waveguide. The waveguide includes an impedance surface placed on the magneto-dielectric material.
US11502382B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery The purpose of the present disclosure is to prevent, in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a tape adhered to an outermost peripheral surface of an electrode group from breaking due to charging and discharging. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a winding-type electrode group and tapes adhered to an outermost peripheral surface of the electrode group so that an electrode group winding end E is fixed to the outermost peripheral surface of the electrode group. The tapes include: two adhesive regions including a substrate layer and an adhesive layer; and a non-adhesive region sandwiched between the two adhesive regions and consisting only of the substrate layer. The non-adhesive region is disposed so as to extend across the winding end E, which is positioned on the outermost periphery of the electrode group, in the winding direction.
US11502380B2	Producing a rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery is produced by welding a metal foil to a contact element to make electrical contact with an electrode of the rechargeable battery. An edge region of the metal foil is brought into contact with a first surface of the contact element and welded to the contact element by applying a laser beam to a second surface of the contact element. The second surface being averted from (opposite to) the first surface of the contact element. The metal foil and further planar constituents of the rechargeable battery are wound to provide the rechargeable battery with an at least essentially cylindrical design. The contact element-is oriented at right angles to the metal foil.
US11502377B2	Busbar connector A busbar connector (60) for making one or more electrical connections within or to a battery module (M) of a battery pack, the battery module (M) comprising one or more battery cells, wherein the busbar connector (60) comprises: a base portion (160) for forming an electrical connection to one or more of the battery cells within the module; and at least one connector portion (180, 190) for forming an electrical connection from the base portion (160) to one or more other components of the module or the battery pack; wherein at least one or more of the following (i) to (iv) is satisfied: (i) the at least one connector portion (180, 190) has a non-uniform transverse cross-sectional area passing therealong, or (ii) the at least one connector portion (180, 190) has a lateral width which varies passing therealong, or (iii) the base portion (160) has a longitudinal length, the base portion (160) and the at least one connector portion (180, 190) are united or joined via an attachment portion, and the attachment portion has a length dimension, in the same direction as the longitudinal length of the base portion (160), which is greater than the lateral width of the at least one connector portion (180, 190) at locations therealong spaced or distal from the attachment portion, or (iv) the base portion (160) has a longitudinal length, and the at least one connector portion (180, 190) extends transversely from a lateral side of the base portion (160), and further extends in a general length direction (L) thereof which lies at an angle relative to the longitudinal length direction of the base portion (160), wherein the said angle lies in the range of from greater than 0 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 15 or 20 or 25° up to 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or 80 or 90° relative to the longitudinal length direction of the base portion (160).
US11502376B2	Battery module and battery pack A battery module disposed in a battery pack includes a plurality of flat plate batteries that are stacked; a connection member having a connection member main body that has a plate-shape and disposed in parallel with the flat plate batteries in a stacking direction of the flat plate batteries; and insulation members disposed on side surfaces of the connection member main body in the stacking direction of the flat plate batteries. The connection member has two terminals, a first terminal of the two terminals is connected to a terminal of the flat plate batteries, and a second terminal is connected to a terminal of an adjacent battery module.
US11502372B2	Porous film, separator comprising same, and electrochemical cell The present invention relates to a porous film including polyethylene and pore-forming particles, wherein the porous film has a structure including lamella and fibril, and the average size of pores located inside the porous film is larger than the average size of pores located on the surface of the porous film; a separator including the same; and an electrochemical cell.
US11502371B2	Battery unit, battery module, and battery pack A battery unit includes a secondary battery, a first trap, and a second trap. The secondary battery includes a battery case provided with a gas vent valve, and an electrolyte solution enclosed in the battery case. The first trap includes a mesh material disposed outside the battery case so as to oppose and cover the gas vent valve. The second trap includes a liquid retaining material made of a non-flammable material and disposed further outward of the first trap so as to oppose and cover the gas vent valve.
US11502369B2	Rupture valve and energy storage device A rupture valve is formed on a wall of a container and has a break line along which a wall thickness of the rupture valve is decreased. The break line has an outer edge line which defines an outer edge of an opening region and a plurality of division lines which divide the opening region. The outer edge line has: a first base line and a second base line formed discontinuously such that the first base line and the second base line extend in a first direction, and are formed in a spaced-apart manner in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a first support portion forming line formed on a breaking portion of the first base line and extending from the first base line toward the second base line; and a second support portion forming line formed on a breaking portion of the second base line.
US11502367B2	Battery case Provided is a battery case for accommodating a coin cell battery which is inserted thereinto in a sliding manner. The battery case includes: a battery case body part which includes an opening for accommodating the coin battery and in which the accommodated coin cell battery is held; and a lid part which closes the opening of the battery case body part. The lid part includes a claw part which, upon closing of the opening, is fitted and inserted into the battery case body part, and with which, upon removal of the coin cell battery held in the battery case body part, the coin battery is pushed out in a direction opposite to a direction of insertion.
US11502364B2	Battery assembly for vehicle for improving crash safety thereof A battery assembly for a vehicle, may include a battery case including a front wall structure, a rear wall structure, and a pair of side walls connected to the front wall structure and the rear wall structure; and a battery cover with which a top portion of the battery case is covered, wherein the front wall includes a front flat wall and a pair of front inclined walls which are opposite on both sides of the front flat wall, and each front inclined wall is formed to be inclined from the front flat wall to a front end portion of a corresponding side wall among the pair of side walls.
US11502363B2	Terminal rail connector on battery stack sides for bus bar module removal A battery pack assembly made up of a battery stack case housing a plurality of battery cells abutting each other is provided for powering a vehicle, such as an electric/hybrid vehicle, and/or a vehicle's electrical components. Each battery cell may be oriented such that their respective terminals alternate in polarity. The respective terminals of each battery cell may be shaped that the terminals frictionally engage a corresponding terminal connector on either side of the battery stack case, and disengage from a corresponding terminal easily. This allows individual battery cells to be replaced/removed without having to remove the entire battery stack.
US11502361B2	Energy storage apparatus An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device and an outer case. The outer case includes: an outer case body; and a lid body having a plurality of fixing portions, and fixed to the outer case body by the plurality of fixing portions. The plurality of fixing portions and the plurality of fixing portions are arranged at different positions in an arrangement direction of the outer case body and the lid body, and have the same rigidity.
US11502359B2	Secondary battery Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a secondary battery, wherein a technical problem to be solved is to provide a secondary battery capable of maintaining an electrical insulating state between a case (can) and a cap assembly even after a gasket is melted due to short-circuiting and heat generation. To this end, the present invention provides a secondary battery comprising: a cylindrical can; an electrode assembly received, along with an electrolyte, in the cylindrical can; a cap assembly for sealing the cylindrical can; and a gasket interposed between the cylindrical can and the cap assembly, wherein the gasket further includes an insulating member having a melting temperature higher than a melting temperature of the gasket.
US11502352B2	Thermal runaway shield for shipping battery packs/cells An apparatus for shipping or storage of Li-ion batteries comprises a sealable outer bag fabricated from heat-resistant, permeable fabric, a first flexible thermal runaway shield (“TRS”) fabricated from low-permeability film configured to line a first inside surface of the outer bag, a second flexible TRS fabricated from low-permeability film configured to line a second inside surface of the outer bag, and at least one Li-ion battery configured to be disposed between the first flexible TRS and the second TRS of the sealable outer bag to provide a sealed outer bag.
US11502351B2	Battery pack and control method thereof A battery pack having at least one cell module that is connected between a plurality of pack terminals, the battery pack including: at least one thermoelectric element disposed at each of the at least one cell modules; a thermoelectric element power supply circuit configured to supply a driving voltage to the at least one thermoelectric element; and a controller configured to control the thermoelectric element power supply circuit to transfer a first voltage that is supplied for driving the thermoelectric element from a charger as the driving voltage for the at least one thermoelectric element when a temperature of the at least one cell module is out of a first range in a charging mode, the first voltage being different from a second voltage that is a charging voltage supplied to the battery pack from the charger.
US11502350B2	Battery heating system, battery device and electric vehicle Provided is a battery heating system, a battery device and an electric vehicle. The battery heating system includes: a battery pack having multiple battery cells; a plurality of heating resistors, each heating resistor is connected to a corresponding battery cell and is configured to heat the connected battery cell; a switching circuit, which is connected to each battery cell and each heating resistor; a controller, which is connected to the switch circuit and is configured to select one or more battery cells for discharging and one or more battery cells to be heated from the plurality of battery cells according to the temperature and/or energy of each battery cell, and control switches in the switching circuit to switch on/off, so that the current of the one or more battery cells for discharging flows through the corresponding heating resistor to heat the one or more battery cells to be heated.
US11502348B2	Battery module The present disclosure relates to the technical field of energy storage devices, and particularly, to a battery module. The battery module includes a lower case, a plurality of battery cells sequentially stacked and received in the lower case, and a heat conducting plate. The lower case is provided with an engaging groove, the heat conducting plate is provided with an inserted portion, and the inserted portion is inserted and fitted in the engaging groove. In the battery module according to the present disclosure, through a fitting insertion of the inserted portion in the engaging groove, a stable connection structure can be formed between the heat conducting plate and the lower case, thereby ensuring the structural stability of the battery module.
US11502343B2	Method for detecting battery condition, electronic device using method, and non-transitory storage medium A method for detecting battery condition by monitoring air pressure and temperature both before and during the use of a sealed electronic device. A first air pressure is obtained before the device is powered on. A second air pressure is obtained during use of the device. A value of variations between readings is determined, and if the variation value in air pressure is greater than a preset value, an alarm is generated. An electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium are also provided.
US11502342B2	Method for manufacturing lithium ion battery (a) A battery including a power storage element and an electrolytic solution is assembled. (b) Initial charging is performed on the battery. (c) Alternate charging and discharging are performed on the battery after the initial charging. In the alternate charging and discharging, charging and discharging are alternately performed once or more respectively at a voltage between 4.0 V and 4.1 V and a current rate of 0.6 C or higher. The total number of times of charging and discharging is 3 or greater. The charging is performed such that the voltage changes by 0.05 V or higher and 0.1 V or lower whenever the charging is performed once. The discharging is performed such that the voltage changes by 0.05 V or higher and 0.1 V or lower whenever the discharging is performed once.
US11502339B2	Power storage device The present invention provides a power storage device capable of preventing rain water, washing water, and the like from entering a casing. The power storage device of the present invention includes a secondary battery, the casing having a sealed structure, a safety valve, and a drainage through hole, the casing includes an external container configured to accommodate the secondary battery and an upper lid disposed above the external container, the upper lid has an upper surface having a concave portion formed therein, the safety valve is disposed in the concave portion, and the drainage through hole is provided to pass through a side wall of the concave portion.
US11502336B2	Electrochemical cell with TMCCC electrodes in an acetonitrile solvent including a dinitrile additive A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
US11502330B2	Reactive sintering of ceramic lithium-ion solid electrolytes A method of forming a solid, dense, hermetic lithium-ion electrolyte membrane comprises combing an amorphous, glassy, or low melting temperature solid reactant with a refractory oxide reactant to form a mixture, casting the mixture to form a green body, and sintering the green body to form a solid membrane. The resulting electrolyte membranes can be incorporated into lithium-ion batteries.
US11502325B2	Battery stack assemblies and methods for replacing a battery cell In one embodiment, a battery stack assembly includes a plurality of sleeves, a plurality of battery cells, and one or more retention bands. The plurality of sleeves is arranged in a stack along a common plane, each of the plurality of sleeves including a slot. The plurality of battery cells are positioned within the plurality of sleeves such that at least a portion of each battery cell is accessible when positioned within a dedicated sleeve. The one or more retention bands extend through each of the slots formed in the plurality of sleeves, wherein the one or more retention bands facilitate application of compression across the stack, and release of compression allows a chosen cell to be withdrawn from the dedicated sleeve.
US11502324B2	Fuel cell module and method of mounting the fuel cell module A fuel cell module includes a case body containing a cell stack body formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells. The case body includes a plurality of connectors for mounting the fuel cell module into a fuel cell vehicle. The plurality of connectors include a first connector group used for mounting the fuel cell module into a first fuel cell vehicle in a manner that a stacking direction of the fuel cell module is substantially aligned with a first direction, and a second connector group used for mounting the fuel cell module into a second fuel cell vehicle in a manner that the stacking direction of the fuel cell module is substantially aligned with a second direction. Some connectors are common to both the first connector group and the second connector group.
US11502323B1	Reverse electrodialysis cell and methods of use thereof A method of generating electrical power or hydrogen from thermal energy is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a selectively permeable membrane, a first saline solution from a second saline solution, receiving, by the first saline solution and/or the second saline solution, thermal energy from a heat source, and mixing the first saline solution and the second saline solution in a controlled manner, capturing at least some salinity-gradient energy as electrical power as the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution decreases. The method further includes transferring, by a heat pump, thermal energy from the first saline solution to the second saline solution, causing the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution to increase.
US11502322B1	Reverse electrodialysis cell with heat pump A method of generating electrical power or hydrogen from thermal energy is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a selectively permeable membrane, a first saline solution from a second saline solution, receiving, by the first saline solution and/or the second saline solution, thermal energy from a heat source, and mixing the first saline solution and the second saline solution in a controlled manner, capturing at least some salinity-gradient energy as electrical power as the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution decreases. The method further includes transferring, by a heat pump, thermal energy from the first saline solution to the second saline solution, causing the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution to increase.
US11502321B2	Redox flow battery and battery system A redox flow battery and battery system are provided. In one example, the redox flow battery includes a set of pressure plates having a first pressure plate at a first terminal end and a second pressure plate at a second terminal end, the second terminal end and the first terminal end positioned on opposing longitudinal sides of the redox flow battery. The redox flow battery further includes a first cell stack positioned longitudinally between the first pressure plate and the second pressure plate, each of the first and second pressure plates includes a plurality stacking detents on a first flange and a plurality of stacking protrusions on a second flange, and the first flange and the second flange arranged on opposing vertical sides of the redox flow battery.
US11502316B2	Gas supply system, fuel cell system including gas supply system, and control method for gas supply system A gas supply system includes: a plurality of tanks that are filled with a gas; a supply pipe that branches and is connected to the plurality of tanks and supplies the gas to a destination of supply; a plurality of shutoff valves that shut off connections between the plurality of tanks and the supply pipe; a plurality of temperature measuring units that measures an internal temperature of the plurality of tanks; and a control unit that determines the shutoff valve that is to be opened first out of the plurality of shutoff valves by using the internal temperatures of the plurality of tanks, which are measured at a time of start of the supply of the gas, when the control unit switching the plurality of shutoff valves from a closed state to an open state at the time of start of the supply of the gas.
US11502315B2	System and method for purging condensate water and hydrogen of fuel cell stack The present disclosure provides a system and a method for purging the condensate water and hydrogen of a fuel cell stack, which may allow the condensate water and hydrogen discharged from a stack to be directly bypassed to an exhaust line of a humidifier rather than a shell side of the humidifier to be purged to the atmosphere according to the operation state and operation condition of the stack, thereby solving a problem in that an inverse voltage is generated upon cold operation of a fuel cell system, a flooding phenomenon occurs in the stack, or the like to improve the operation stability of the stack and the operation efficiency of the fuel cell system.
US11502305B2	Titanium-based porous body and method of producing the same To provide a titanium-based porous body that has high void fraction to ensure gas permeability and water permeability for practical use as an electrode and a filter, has a large specific surface area to ensure conductivity and sufficient reaction sites with a reaction solution or a reaction gas, thus showing excellent reaction efficiency, and contains less contaminants because of no organic substance used. A titanium-based porous body having a specific void fraction and a high specific surface area is obtained by filling an irregular-shaped titanium powder having an average particle size of 10 to 50 μm in a dry system without using any binder or the like into a thickness of 4.0×10−1 to 1.6 mm, and sintering the irregular-shaped titanium powder at 800 to 1100° C.
US11502304B2	Catalysts and methods for lowering electrode pyrolysis temperature Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for pyrolysis reactions to be performed at reduced temperatures that convert non-conductive precursor polymers to conductive carbon suitable for use in electrode materials, which may be incorporated into a cathode, an electrolyte, and an anode, where the pyrolysis method may include one or more catalysts or reactive reagents.
US11502303B2	Single-walled carbon nanotubes in alkaline electrochemical cell electrodes Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, wherein a conductive carbon is included in the cell's cathode in order to decrease resistivity of the cathode, so as to improve the discharge of the cell, particularly in high drain applications. The conductive carbon may comprise carbon nanotubes and/or graphene. Methods for preparing such cells are also provided.
US11502301B2	Binder composition for an electrode and methods for producing the same The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive process(es), procedure(s), method(s), product(s), result(s), and/or concept(s) (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s)”) relates generally to the composition of a binder for use in battery electrodes and methods of preparing such. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder containing a latex, a protective colloid, and an anticaking agent for use in the production and manufacture of electrodes of a lithium ion battery. Additionally, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the compositions and methods of making electrodes, both anodes and cathodes, with a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder.
US11502295B2	Silver and/or tin coated silicon active material and anode slurries formed therefrom Methods of preparing Si-based anode slurries and anode made thereof are provided. Methods comprise coating silicon particles within a size range of 300-700 nm by silver and/or tin particles within a size range of 20-500 nm, mixing the coated silicon particles with conductive additives and binders in a solvent to form anode slurry, and preparing an anode from the anode slurry. Alternatively or complementarily, silicon particles may be milled in an organic solvent, and, in the same organic solvent, coating agent(s), conductive additive(s) and binder(s) may be added to the milled silicon particles—to form the Si-based anode slurry. Alternatively or complementarily, milled silicon particles may be mixed, in a first organic solvent, with coating agent(s), conductive additive(s) and binder(s)—to form the Si-based anode slurry. Disclosed methods simplify the anode production process and provide equivalent or superior anodes.
US11502293B2	Method and system for copper coated anode active material A method and system for copper coated anode active material may include providing a metal current collector; an active material layer on the current collector, the active material layer comprising at least 50% silicon by weight, a pyrolyzed carbon source; and a layer of metal on the active material layer that increases conductivity of the layer. The surface may be opposite to a surface of the active material layer that is coupled to the current collector. The layer of metal may comprise copper. The silicon may comprise particles ranging in size from 2 to 50 μm. The metal layer may comprise islands of metal on the silicon particles. The islands of metal may have a thickness of 100 nm or less. The islands of metal may be less than 50 μm across. A conductivity of the anode active material layer and layer of metal may be less than 2×10−5 Ω-cm.
US11502286B2	Method and system for all-conductive battery electrodes Systems and methods for all-conductive battery electrodes may include an electrode coating layer on a current collector, where the electrode coating layer comprises more than 50% silicon, and where each material in the electrode has a resistivity of less than 100 Ω-cm. The silicon may have a resistivity of less than 10 Ω-cm, less than 1 Ω-cm, or less than 1 mΩ-cm. The electrode coating layer may comprise pyrolyzed carbon and/or conductive additives. The current collector comprises a metal foil. The metal current collector may comprise one or more of a copper, tungsten, stainless steel, and nickel foil in electrical contact with the electrode coating layer. The electrode coating layer comprises more than 70% silicon. The electrode may be in electrical and physical contact with an electrolyte. The electrolyte may comprise a liquid, solid, or gel. The battery electrode may be in a lithium ion battery.
US11502284B2	Systems and methods for generating an electrochemical cell having a multi-part anode A nozzle is provided for providing anode material into an electrochemical cell and method of using the same. The nozzle comprises a hollow tubular body extending between an open upper end and an open lower end; a lower deflector spaced apart from the open lower end of the hollow tubular body and forming an annular opening between a deflection surface of the lower deflector and the open lower end of the hollow tubular body; and a support rod connecting the lower deflector with the hollow tubular body, wherein the support rod is suspended within an interior of the hollow tubular body by one or more support trusses.
US11502282B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a first transistor including a first active layer, a first gate electrode overlapping the first active layer, a gate insulating layer between the first active layer and the first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; a second transistor including a second active layer, a second gate electrode overlapping the second active layer, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode; a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode connected to the second transistor; a lower electrode disposed under the first active layer; a connecting member connecting the first active layer to the lower electrode; and a first metal pattern contacting the connecting member and disposed on a same layer with the first gate electrode.
US11502279B2	Display module A display module includes a display panel on which a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area are defined and a functional layer disposed on the display panel. Here, the functional layer includes a color filter layer including a plurality of color filters and a plurality of first light shielding layers each disposed between the plurality of color filters, a light control layer including a plurality of light control parts overlapping the plurality of color filter layers, respectively, wherein at least one of the plurality of light control parts includes a quantum dot, and a heat conductive layer. The heat conductive layer includes at least one of metal, graphite, and silicon carbide.
US11502278B2	Display device including transparent partition wall and method of manufacturing same Disclosed herein is a display device including a plurality of light emitting portions arranged in a form of a matrix, a sealing layer disposed on the plurality of light emitting portions, a light shielding layer disposed in a gap between the light emitting portions adjacent to each other in a row direction on the sealing layer and extending in a column direction, a transparent partition wall layer disposed on the light shielding layer and extending in the column direction, and a color filter disposed in a gap in the light shielding layer and the transparent partition wall layer on the sealing layer.
US11502271B2	Electronic device including a display panel and a sensory button set An electronic device including a window having a front surface and a rear surface, a display panel disposed on the rear surface of the window, the display panel having a front surface and a rear surface, and a sensory button set disposed on the rear surface of the display panel. The sensory button set includes a sensor unit, and a pusher disposed between the sensor unit and the display panel configured to transfer an external force applied to a predetermined area of the window to the sensor unit.
US11502265B2	Quantum dot white light diode A quantum dot white light-emitting diode includes a cathode, an anode, and a light-emitting layer disposed therebetween. The light-emitting layer includes: a blue fluorescent organic layer, a spacer layer, and a quantum dot light-emitting layer. The blue fluorescent organic layer is disposed near the cathode side, the quantum dot light-emitting layer is disposed near the anode side, and the spacer layer is disposed between the blue fluorescent organic layer and the quantum dot light-emitting layer. A material of the quantum dot light-emitting layer contains quantum dots, a material of the blue fluorescent organic layer contains a blue fluorescent organic material, and a material of the spacer layer contains a spacer material. A triplet exciton energy of the spacer material is greater than a triplet exciton energy of the blue fluorescent organic material, and a triplet exciton energy of the spacer material is greater than a quantum dot exciton energy.
US11502264B2	Photoelectric conversion element and photoelectric conversion module A photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; a photoelectric conversion layer; a second electrode; a third electrode; a photoelectric conversion part in which the first electrode, the hole blocking layer, the photoelectric conversion layer, and the second electrode are stacked; an electrode contact part in which the second electrode is in contact with the third electrode; and a division part dividing the photoelectric conversion part and the electrode contact part, wherein an area (S1) where the second electrode is in contact with the third electrode in the electrode contact part and an area (S2) of the photoelectric conversion part satisfy expression (1) below: 1.0×10−5≤100×(S1/S2) . . . expression (1).
US11502262B2	Packaging structure of electroluminescent element, method for manufacturing the same, display device A flexible display panel with an electroluminescent element, a display device, and a manufacturing method for the packaging structure of an electroluminescent element are provided. The flexible display panel comprises: a first flexible substrate, a first metal mesh on the first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate on the first metal mesh. The bendability and the flexibility of the proposed flexible display panel are significantly enhanced, which helps to improve the flexibility and the bendability of a display device to which the flexible display panel is applied.
US11502258B2	Organic electronic device comprising an organic semiconductor layer The present invention relates to a compound of formula 1 and an organic electronic device comprising an organic semiconductor layer, wherein at least one organic semiconductor layer comprises a compound of formula (1), wherein L1 has the formula (2) and L2 has the formula (3), wherein L1 and L2 are bonded at “*” via a single bond independently to the same or different arylene groups or heteroarylenes group of Ar1; and wherein X1, X2 are independently selected from O, S and Se; Ar1 is selected from substituted or unsubstituted C20 to C52 arylene or C14 to C64 heteroarylene, wherein the substituent of the substituted C20 to C52 arylene or C14 to C64 heteroarylene are independently selected from C1 to C12 alkyl, C1 to C12 alkoxy, CN, halogen, OH, C6 to C25 aryl and C2 to C21 heteroaryl; R1, R2 are independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C16 alkyl, wherein the substituent of substituted C1 to C16 alkyl is selected from C6 to C18 arylene or C2 to C12 heteroarylene; R3, R4 are independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C16 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C18 arylene, C2 to C20 heteroarylene, wherein the substituent of substituted C1 to C16 alkyl, the substituent of the substituted C6 to C18 arylene, C2 to C20 heteroarylene are independently selected from C6 to C18 arylene or C2 to C12 heteroarylene; n is selected from 1 to 5, wherein n is an integer number.
US11502257B2	Organic electroluminescence device and amine compound for organic electroluminescence device Provided are an organic electroluminescence device including an amine compound represented by Formula 1 in at least one of a plurality of organic layers and an amine compound represented by Formula 1.
US11502255B2	Photoactive layer and organic solar cell comprising same The present specification relates to a photoactive layer including: an electron donor; and an electron acceptor, in which the electron donor includes: a single molecular material; and a polymer material, and the single molecular material is represented by Formula 1, and an organic solar cell including the same.
US11502254B2	Resistive random access memory device and methods of fabrication A memory device structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a switching layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the switching layer is to transition between first and second resistive states at a voltage threshold. The memory device further includes an oxygen exchange layer between the switching layer and the second electrode, where the oxygen exchange layer includes a metal and a sidewall oxide in contact with a sidewall of the oxygen exchange layer. The sidewall oxide includes the metal of the oxygen exchange layer and oxygen, and has a lateral thickness that exceed a thickness of the switching layer.
US11502253B2	Phase transformation electronic device A phase transformation electronic device comprises: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer opposite to and spaced from the first conductive layer; a phase transformation material layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, wherein the phase transformation material layer is formed by a hydrogen-containing transition metal oxide having a structural formula of ABOxHy, wherein A is one or more of alkaline earth metal elements and rare-earth metal elements, B is one or more of transition metal elements, x is a numeric value in a range of 1 to 3, and y is a numeric value in a range of 0 to 2.5; and an ionic liquid layer disposed between the phase transformation material layer and the first conductive layer, wherein the ionic liquid layer is capable of providing hydrogen ions and oxygen ions.
US11502252B2	Resistive switching memory cell A resistive random access memory (ReRAM) device is provided. The ReRAM device includes a first electrode, a first resistive structure in contact with the first electrode, a dielectric layer in contact with the first resistive structure, and a second resistive structure in contact with the dielectric layer. The second resistive structure includes a resistive material layer and a high work function metal core. The ReRAM device also includes a second electrode in contact with the second resistive structure.
US11502249B2	Memory element with a reactive metal layer A re-writeable non-volatile memory device including a re-writeable non-volatile two-terminal memory element (ME) having tantalum. The ME including a first terminal, a second terminal, a first layer of a conductive metal oxide (CMO), and a second layer in direct contact with the first layer. The second layer and the first layer being operative to store at least one-bit of data as a plurality of resistive states, and the first and second layer are electrically in series with each other and with the first and second terminals.
US11502248B2	Ferroelectric components and cross point array devices including the ferroelectric components A ferroelectric component includes a first electrode, a tunnel barrier layer disposed on the first electrode to include a ferroelectric material, a tunneling control layer disposed on the tunnel barrier layer to control a tunneling width of electric charges passing through the tunnel barrier layer, and a second electrode disposed on the tunneling control layer.
US11502246B2	Magnetoresistive device, magnetic memory, and method of fabricating a magnetoresistive device A magnetoresistive device includes a spin-orbit-torque (SOT) electrode layer, and a first magnetic layer, a first non-magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer sequentially stacked over the SOT electrode layer. An interface layer is located between the SOT electrode layer and the first magnetic layer, and an etch stop layer covers a surface portion of the SOT electrode layer and is located adjacent the interface layer. The interface layer includes a metal having a spin diffusion length that is greater than a thickness of the interface layer, and the etch stop layer includes an oxide or nitride material of the metal.
US11502245B2	Magnetoresistive random access memory cell and fabricating the same A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a stack of film comprising an anti-ferromagnetic layer, the pin layer, a barrier layer, a free layer and a bottom electrode layer. The method also includes forming a first patterned hard mask over the anti-ferromagnetic layer, etching the anti-ferromagnetic layer and the pin layer by using the first patterned hard mask as a first etch mask, forming a first capping layer along sidewalls of the anti-ferromagnetic layer and the pin layer, etching the barrier layer and the free layer by using first patterned hard mask and the first capping layer as a second etch mask, forming a second capping layer over the first capping layer and extending along sidewalls of the barrier layer and the free layer, exposing the anti-ferromagnetic layer and forming a top electrode layer over the exposed anti-ferromagnetic layer.
US11502239B2	Technologies for composable piezoelectric actuators Technologies for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) made up of composable piezoelectric actuators is disclosed. An elongated piezoelectric rod is disposed between a top and a bottom electrode. The top electrode runs along one edge of the top of the piezoelectric rod for a first segment, then runs along the other edge of the top of the piezoelectric rod for the a second segment. When a voltage is applied across the electrodes, the piezoelectric rod bends in a first direction for the first segment and in a second direction opposite the first for the second segment, displacing the tip of the rod. Several such rods can be joined in parallel and/or series, allowing for large-scale systems to be composed.
US11502235B2	Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric module A thermoelectric material includes a parent phase in which an MgSiSn alloy is a main component, a void formed in the parent phase, and a silicon layer that is formed on at least a wall surface of the void and that includes silicon as a main component. The thermoelectric material further includes MgO in an amount of 1.0 wt. % or more and 20.0 wt. % or less. The silicon layer includes amorphous Si, or amorphous Si and nanosized Si crystals, and the parent phase includes a region in which the composition ratio of the Si of the chemical composition of the MgSiSn alloy is higher than in the other regions and a region in which the composition ratio of the Sn of the chemical composition of the MgSiSn alloy is higher than in the other regions. With these configurations, the thermoelectric material realizes both lower thermal conductivity and lower electrical resistivity.
US11502234B2	Light-emitting-element-equipped substrate and backlight A light-emitting-element-equipped substrate includes: a circuit substrate including a main surface; a light-emitting element mounted on the main surface and electrically connected to the circuit substrate; a silicone-based white resist layer covering the main surface and including: a first opening surrounding the light-emitting element; and a second opening different from the first opening; and a transparent protective layer covering the light-emitting element, the silicone-based white resist layer, and the second opening.
US11502231B2	Light-emitting diode device, LED lamp and method for machining conductive wire of LED device Some embodiments of the disclosure provide an LED device, an LED lamp and a method for machining a conductive wire of an LED device. The Light-Emitting Diode (LED) device includes at least one LED chip, a bracket and at least one conductive wire. Each of the at least one conductive wire is of a three-dimensional structure and includes a vertical section, first stress cushioning section inclined obliquely upwards, second stress cushioning section inclined obliquely downwards and third stress cushioning section inclined obliquely downwards that are sequentially arranged. A first transition bending section, a second transition bending section and a third transition bending section are sequentially formed between the vertical section, the first stress cushioning section.
US11502230B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device including first, second, and third light emitting parts disposed one over another and each including a first-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second-type semiconductor layer, a first conductive pattern at least partially disposed between the second and third light emitting parts, the first conductive pattern including a first portion electrically coupled with at least one of the first-type and second-type semiconductor layers of the first and second light emitting parts, and a second portion extending from the first portion and disposed on one surface of the second light emitting part between the second and third light emitting parts, and a second conductive pattern disposed on the third light emitting part and electrically coupled with the first conductive pattern, in which the second conductive pattern at least partially overlaps with the second portion of the first conductive pattern.
US11502228B2	Method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor device A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes providing a frame part including a plurality of openings, providing an auxiliary carrier, connecting the auxiliary carrier to the frame part such that the auxiliary carrier covers at least some of the openings at an underside of the frame part, placing conversion elements onto the auxiliary carrier in at least some of the openings, placing optoelectronic semiconductor chips onto the conversion elements in at least some of the openings, applying a housing onto the conversion elements and around the semiconductor chips in at least some of the openings, and removing the frame part and the auxiliary carrier wherein a bottom surface of at least some of the optoelectronic semiconductor chips remains free of the housing.
US11502224B2	Semiconductor body and method for producing a semiconductor body A semiconductor body main include a III-V compound semiconductor material having a p-conductive region doped with a p-dopant. The p-conductive region may include at least one first section, one second section, and one third section. The second section may be arranged between the first and third sections. The second section may directly adjoin the first and third sections. An indium concentration of at least one of the sections differs from an indium concentration of the other two sections.
US11502223B1	Epitaxial oxide materials, structures, and devices A semiconductor structure can include a substrate comprising a first in-plane lattice constant, a graded layer on the substrate, and a first region of the graded layer comprising a first epitaxial oxide material comprising a second in-plane lattice constant. The graded layer on the substrate can include (Alx1Ga1−x1)y1Oz1, wherein x1 is from 0 to 1, wherein y1 is from 1 to 3, wherein z1 is from 2 to 4, and wherein x1 varies in a growth direction such that the graded layer has the first in-plane lattice constant adjacent to the substrate and a second in-plane lattice constant at a surface of the graded layer opposite the substrate. In some cases, a semiconductor structure includes a first region comprising a first epitaxial oxide material; a second region comprising a second epitaxial oxide material; and the graded region located between the first and the second regions.
US11502220B1	Ultraviolet light emitting diode structures and methods of manufacturing the same Semiconductor structures involving multiple quantum wells provide increased efficiency of UV and visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other emitter devices, particularly at high driving current. LEDs made with the new designs have reduced efficiency droop under high current injection and increased overall external quantum efficiency. The active region of the devices includes separation layers configured between the well layers, the one or more separation regions being configured to have a first mode to act as one or more barrier regions separating a plurality of carriers in a quantum confined mode in each of the quantum wells being provided on each side of the one or more separation layers and a second mode to cause spreading of the plurality of carriers across each of the quantum wells to increase an overlap integral of all of the plurality of carriers. The devices and methods of the invention provide improved efficiency for solid state lighting, including high efficiency ultraviolet LEDs.
US11502219B2	Methods and devices for solid state nanowire devices Solid state sources offers potential advantages including high brightness, electricity savings, long lifetime, and higher color rendering capability, when compared to incandescent and fluorescent light sources. To date however, many of these advantages, however, have not been borne out in providing white LED lamps for general lighting applications. The inventors have established that surface recombination through non-radiative processes results in highly inefficient electrical injection. Exploiting in-situ grown shells in combination with dot-in-a-wire LED structures to overcome this limitation through the effective lateral confinement offered by the shell the inventors have demonstrated core-shell dot-in-a-wire LEDs, with significantly improved electrical injection efficiency and output power, providing phosphor-free InGaN/GaN nanowire white LEDs operating with milliwatt output power and color rendering indices of 95-98. Additionally, the inventors demonstrate efficient UV nanowire LEDs for medical applications as well as the non-degraded growth of nanowire LEDs on amorphous substrates.
US11502213B2	Solar cell having a plurality of sub-cells coupled by cell level interconnection Methods of fabricating solar cells having a plurality of sub-cells coupled by cell level interconnection, and the resulting solar cells, are described herein. In an example, a solar cell includes a plurality of sub-cells. Each of the plurality of sub-cells includes a singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portion. Each of the plurality of sub-cells includes an on-sub-cell metallization structure interconnecting emitter regions of the sub-cell. An inter-sub-cell metallization structure couples adjacent ones of the plurality of sub-cells. The inter-sub-cell metallization structure is different in composition from the on-sub-cell metallization structure.
US11502210B2	Photoelectric conversion element and method of manufacturing thereof A photoelectric conversion element includes: a first photoelectric conversion layer including: a bottom electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer; and a top electrode; and a second photoelectric conversion part including: a bottom electrode; a photoelectric conversion part; and a top electrode. A conductive layer is formed on the bottom electrode. The top electrode and the bottom electrode are electrically connected by a conductive portion and the conductive layer. The conductive portion is formed of a part of the top electrode filled in a first groove that makes a surface of the conductive layer exposed and separates a photoelectric conversion layer and a photoelectric conversion layer from each other. The top electrodes are physically separated by a second groove provided to make a step surface of a stepped portion provided in the photoelectric conversion layer exposed and have a bottom surface thereof overlap the surface of the conductive layer.
US11502207B2	Pre-equilibrium system and method using solid-state devices as energy converters using nano-engineered porous network An energy conversion device for conversion of various energy forms into electricity. The energy forms may be chemical, photovoltaic or thermal gradients. The energy conversion device has a first and second electrode. A substrate is present that has a porous semiconductor or dielectric layer placed thereover. The substrate itself can be planar, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional, and possess internal and external surfaces. These substrates may be rigid, flexible and/or foldable. The porous semiconductor or dielectric layer can be a nano-engineered structure. A porous conductor material is placed on at least a portion of the porous semiconductor or dielectric layer such that at least some of the porous conductor material enters the nano-engineered structure of the porous semiconductor or dielectric layer, thereby forming an intertwining region.
US11502206B2	Semiconductor wafer manufacturing method and semiconductor device A semiconductor wafer manufacturing method including: forming a plurality of trench capacitors at a main surface of a semiconductor wafer, wherein each of the plurality of trench capacitors is configured as unit cells that internally include unit trench capacitors, and wherein a length component in a predetermined direction of a layout pattern of trenches of the plurality of trench capacitors is made equivalent, within a fixed tolerance range, to a length component in a direction that intersects the predetermined direction.
US11502205B2	Semiconductor device having Schottky barrier diode A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes first and second electrode, and semiconductor layer between the first and the second electrode. The semiconductor layer has first and second plane. The semiconductor layer includes first region of first conductivity type, second region of second conductivity type between the first plane and the first region, third region of second conductivity type between the first plane and the first region and, fourth region of second conductivity type between the second and the third region, and fifth region of first conductivity type having first portion provided between the first and the fourth region. Width of the fourth region is larger than that of the second region. Distance between the second region and the first portion is smaller than distance between the second and the fourth region. And width of the first portion is smaller than that of the fourth region.
US11502202B2	Transistors with uniform source/drain epitaxy A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of semiconductor layers on a semiconductor substrate, and forming a plurality of gate structures spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor layers. The semiconductor layers are patterned into a plurality of patterned stacks spaced apart from each other, wherein the plurality of patterned stacks are under the plurality of gate structures. The method also includes forming a plurality of sacrificial spacers on lateral sides of the plurality of gate structures, and growing a plurality of source/drain regions. The source/drain regions are adjacent the patterned stacks and include a plurality of pillar portions formed on lateral sides of the sacrificial spacers. The sacrificial spacers and the plurality of pillar portions are removed.
US11502201B2	Semiconductor device with backside power rail and methods of fabrication thereof A semiconductor device structure includes a source/drain feature comprising a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a sidewall connecting the first surface to the second surface, a dielectric layer in contact with the second surface of the source/drain feature, a semiconductor layer having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a sidewall connecting the first surface to the second surface, wherein the sidewall of the semiconductor layer is in contact with the sidewall of the source/drain feature, and the second surface of the semiconductor layer is co-planar with the second surface of the source/drain feature, and a gate structure having a surface in contact with the first surface of the semiconductor layer.
US11502200B2	Transistor device having sidewall spacers contacting lower surfaces of an epitaxial semiconductor material An illustrative transistor device disclosed herein includes a gate structure positioned around a portion of a fin defined in a semiconductor substrate and epitaxial semiconductor material positioned on the fin in a source/drain region of the transistor device, wherein the epitaxial semiconductor material has a plurality of lower angled surfaces. In this example, the device further includes a first sidewall spacer positioned adjacent the gate structure, wherein a first portion of the first sidewall spacer is also positioned on and in physical contact with at least a portion of the lower angled surfaces of the epitaxial semiconductor material.
US11502193B2	Extended-drain metal-oxide-semiconductor devices with a multiple-thickness buffer dielectric layer Structures for an extended-drain metal-oxide-semiconductor device and methods of forming a structure for an extended-drain metal-oxide-semiconductor device. First and second source/drain regions are formed in a substrate, and a gate electrode is formed over the substrate. The gate electrode has a sidewall, and the gate electrode is laterally positioned between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. A buffer dielectric layer is formed that includes a first dielectric layer having a first portion positioned between the substrate and the gate electrode. The dielectric layer also has a second portion positioned on the substrate laterally between the sidewall of the gate electrode and the first source/drain region. The first portion of the dielectric layer has a first thickness, and the second portion of the first dielectric layer has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
US11502192B2	Monolithic charge coupled field effect rectifier embedded in a charge coupled field effect transistor An integrated circuit includes a MOSFET device and a monolithic diode device, wherein the monolithic diode device is electrically connected in parallel with a body diode of the MOSFET device. The monolithic diode device is configured so that a forward voltage drop VfD2 of the monolithic diode device is less than a forward voltage drop VfD1 of the body diode of the MOSFET device. The forward voltage drop VfD2 is process tunable by controlling a gate oxide thickness, a channel length and body doping concentration level. The tunability of the forward voltage drop VfD2 advantageously permits design of the integrated circuit to suit a wide range of applications according to requirements of switching speed and efficiency.
US11502186B2	FinFET device having a channel defined in a diamond-like shape semiconductor structure The present disclosure provides a FinFET device. The FinFET device comprises a semiconductor substrate of a first semiconductor material; a fin structure of the first semiconductor material overlying the semiconductor substrate, wherein the fin structure has a top surface of a first crystal plane orientation; a diamond-like shape structure of a second semiconductor material disposed over the top surface of the fin structure, wherein the diamond-like shape structure has at least one surface of a second crystal plane orientation; a gate structure disposed over the diamond-like shape structure, wherein the gate structure separates a source region and a drain region; and a channel region defined in the diamond-like shape structure between the source and drain regions.
US11502182B2	Selective gate air spacer formation A semiconductor device includes a substrate. A gate structure is disposed over the substrate in a vertical direction. The gate structure extends in a first horizontal direction. An air spacer is disposed adjacent to a first portion of the gate structure in a second horizontal direction that is different from the first horizontal direction. The air spacer has a vertical boundary in a cross-sectional side view defined by the vertical direction and the first horizontal direction.
US11502180B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least a trench formed therein. A conductive material fills a lower portion of the trench. A barrier layer is between the conductive material and the substrate. An insulating layer is in the trench and completely covers the conductive material and the barrier layer, wherein a portion of the insulating layer covering the barrier layer has a bird's peak profile.
US11502179B2	Integrated assemblies containing ferroelectric transistors, and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include a ferroelectric transistor having an active region which includes a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region vertically offset from the first source/drain region, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. A first conductive gate is operatively adjacent to the channel region of the active region. Insulative material is between the first conductive gate and the channel region. A second conductive gate is adjacent to the first conductive gate. Ferroelectric material is between the first and second conductive gates. Some embodiments include integrated memory. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11502174B2	Method for reducing Schottky barrier height and semiconductor device with reduced Schottky barrier height A method for controlling Schottky barrier height in a semiconductor device includes forming an alloy layer including at least a first element and a second element on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate is a first element-based semiconductor substrate, and the first element and the second element are Group IV elements. A first thermal anneal of the alloy layer and the first element-based substrate is performed. The first thermal anneal causes the second element in the alloy layer to migrate towards a surface of the alloy layer. A Schottky contact layer is formed on the alloy layer after the first thermal anneal.
US11502173B2	Semiconductor device, inverter circuit, drive, vehicle, and elevator A semiconductor device according to embodiments includes a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer; and a silicon carbide layer having a first plane and a second plane facing the first plane, the silicon carbide layer including a first silicon carbide region of p-type and a second silicon carbide region positioned between the first silicon carbide region and the gate insulating layer, and the second silicon carbide region including at least one oxygen atom bonded to four silicon atoms.
US11502170B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, including a substrate, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a p-type doped III-V layer, a source, a drain and a doped semiconductor layer. The channel layer is disposed on the substrate. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The p-type doped III-V layer is disposed on the barrier layer. A gate is disposed on the p-type doped III-V layer. The source and the drain are arranged on two opposite sides of the gate. The doped semiconductor layer is provided with a first side close to the gate and a second side away from the gate. The drain covers the first side of the doped semiconductor layer.
US11502167B2	Semiconductor device having stepped multi-stack transistor structure A semiconductor device include: a substrate; a 1st transistor formed above the substrate, the 1st transistor including a 1st channel set of a plurality of 1st nanosheet layers, a 1st gate structure surrounding the 1st nanosheet layers, and 1st and 2nd source/drain regions at both ends of the 1st channel set; and a 2nd transistor formed above the 1st transistor in a vertical direction, the 2nd transistor including a 2nd channel set of a plurality of 2nd nanosheet layers, a 2nd gate structure surrounding the 2nd nanosheet layers, and 3rd and 4th source/drain regions at both ends of the 2nd channel set, wherein the 1st channel set has a greater width than the 2nd channel set, wherein a number of the 1st nanosheet layers is smaller than a number of the 2nd nanosheet layers, and wherein a sum of effective channel widths of the 1st nanosheet layers is substantially equal to a sum of effective channel width of the 2nd nanosheet layers.
US11502166B2	Seal material for air gaps in semiconductor devices The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including first and second terminals formed on a fin region and a seal layer formed between the first and second terminals. The seal layer includes a silicon carbide material doped with oxygen. The semiconductor device also includes an air gap surrounded by the seal layer, the fin region, and the first and second terminals.
US11502161B2	Metal insulator metal capacitor structure having high capacitance The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method, and more particularly to a MIM dual capacitor structure with an increased capacitance per unit area in a semiconductor structure. Without using additional mask layers, a second parallel plate capacitor can be formed over a first parallel plate capacitor, and both capacitors share a common capacitor plate. The two parallel plate capacitors can be connected in parallel to increase the capacitance per unit area.
US11502160B2	Method and system for forming metal-insulator-metal capacitors A semiconductor processing system is provided to form a capacitor dielectric layer in a metal-insulator-metal capacitor. The semiconductor processing system includes a precursor tank configured to generate a precursor gas from a metal organic solid precursor, a processing chamber configured to perform a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and at least one buffer tank between the precursor tank and the processing chamber. The at least one buffer tank is coupled to the precursor tank via a first pipe and coupled to the processing chamber via a second pipe.
US11502157B2	Display panel A display panel includes: a substrate including: a first region; a second region; a non-display area surrounding the first region and the second region; and a display area surrounding the non-display area; a plurality of pixels in the display area; a plurality of wirings configured to supply signals to the plurality of pixels; a load matching area connected to first wirings of the wirings, the load matching area including load units in the non-display area; and a dummy area including a plurality of dummy units spaced apart from the load units in the non-display area, wherein each of the load units comprises a load semiconductor layer, a first load conductive layer, and a second load conductive layer which at least partially overlap each other with an insulating layer therebetween, and the load semiconductor layer is connected to the second load conductive layer via a first contact hole.
US11502155B2	Display panel including grooves surrounded by signal lines A display device includes a substrate including an opening area in a display area and a non-display area between the display area and the opening area; signal wires disposed in the non-display area to bypass the opening area, and at least one groove disposed between the signal wires.
US11502153B2	Array substrate and display device with interposer bonded to drive circuit and manufacturing method thereof An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, which belong to the technical field of display. The array substrate includes: an interposer substrate, a thin-film transistor disposed on one side of the interposer substrate, and a bonding connection line embedded in the other side of the interposer substrate. The bonding connection line is configured to be connected to a drive circuit. An interposer via hole is arranged on the interposer substrate. A conductive structure is arranged in the interposer via hole. The thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the bonding connection line by the conductive structure.
US11502152B2	Display apparatus and preparation method thereof The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus. The display apparatus may include a plurality of display units, each of the plurality of display units including at least one pixel, and a plurality of connectors that connect the plurality of display units to one another. The plurality of connectors and the plurality of display units may form a mesh distribution structure and, when the mesh distribution structure is stretched in a first direction, the mesh distribution structure may be configured to expand in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US11502150B2	Pixel circuit Provided is a display device including a plurality of pixels at least one of which has a first transistor and a light-emitting element. The first transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, and a first terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor film. The second terminal is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A region in which the first terminal overlaps with the gate electrode can be smaller than a region in which the second terminal overlaps with the gate electrode.
US11502149B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device that with low power consumption. The display device includes a first thin film transistor having a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in an active area and a second thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer in the active area, wherein at least one opening disposed in a bending area has the same depth as one of a plurality of contact holes disposed in the active area, whereby the opening and the contact holes are formed through the same process, and the process is therefore simplified, and wherein a high-potential supply line and a low-potential supply line are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction, whereas a reference line and the low-potential supply line are disposed so as to overlap each other, thereby preventing signal lines from being shorted.
US11502147B2	Display device A display device a includes: a transistor disposed on a first substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the transistor; a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer; a partition disposed on the first electrode and the insulating layer, an opening is defined through the partition; a light-emitting element layer disposed in the opening; and a second electrode disposed on the light-emitting element layer and the partition. The insulating layer includes a first region and a third region having different heights from each other and a second region having an inclined surface connecting the first region and the third region, the first region has a lower height than the third region, and the first electrode overlaps the first region in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate.
US11502145B2	Method of forming display electrodes and pixel defining layers without an increase of masks A method of manufacturing a light-emitting display apparatus and a light-emitting display apparatus are provided. The method includes forming a first photosensitive layer on a conductive material layer, forming a pixel electrode by etching the conductive material layer by using the first photosensitive layer as a mask, ashing the first photosensitive layer disposed on the pixel electrode, forming a pixel defining layer that covers an edge portion of the pixel electrode and includes a first opening overlapping the ashed first photosensitive layer, removing the ashed first photosensitive layer disposed in the first opening, forming an intermediate layer including a functional layer and an emission layer on the pixel defining layer, and forming an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer.
US11502144B2	Display device having tapered partition wall and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a first base, a pixel electrode on the first base, a pixel defining layer having an opening that at least partially exposes the pixel electrode, a light emitting layer on the pixel electrode, an auxiliary electrode on the same layer as the pixel electrode, a partition wall on the auxiliary electrode that at least partially exposes a side surface of the auxiliary electrode, an organic layer on the partition wall, and a common electrode continuously arranged on the light emitting layer and the organic layer, wherein a side surface of the partition wall has a reverse-tapered shape, and the common electrode contacts the side surface of the auxiliary electrode.
US11502143B2	Method of formimg a display device comprising a reflective cup-shaped pixel defining A display back panel may include a substrate, an insulating layer disposed on one side of the substrate and including a plurality of recesses, the plurality of recesses including a bottom surface, a first electrode disposed on a surface of the insulating layer away from the substrate, a pixel defining layer disposed on a surface of the first electrode away from the substrate and including a plurality of openings, a light-emitting layer disposed in the plurality of openings and covering the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on a surface of the light-emitting layer away from the substrate. Therein, the first electrode may reflect waveguide light laterally propagated by the light-emitting layer, thereby improving a light-emitting efficiency of the light-emitting layer. Further, the reflected waveguide light may not be absorbed by the second electrode, thereby enhancing an external quantum effect of the light-emitting layer.
US11502139B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; and a touch unit on the substrate, wherein the touch unit includes: a first inorganic insulating layer in the display area; a first conductive layer on the first inorganic insulating layer; a first organic layer on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on the first organic layer and electrically connected to the first conductive layer through a first contact hole in the first organic layer; and a second organic layer on the second conductive layer so as to cover a lateral surface and a top surface of the second conductive layer and including a photosensitive material.
US11502134B2	Low power consumption OLED display This disclosure relates to reduced power consumption OLED displays at reduced cost for reduced information content applications, such as wearable displays. Image quality for wearable displays can be different than for high information content smart phone displays and TVs, where the wearable display has an architecture that in includes, for example, an all phosphorescent device and/or material system that may be fabricated at reduced cost. The reduced power consumption can facilitate wireless and solar charging.
US11502133B2	Display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a pixel structure layer on the substrate, and a sensor layer on a side of the pixel structure layer away from the substrate. The pixel structure layer includes a plurality of sub-pixels. At least one of the plurality of sub-pixels is configured to emit a first light. The sensor layer includes a photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device is configured to receive a second light produced after the first light is reflected by an external object, and convert the second light into an electrical signal.
US11502131B2	Resistive random access memory device and manufacturing method thereof A resistive random access memory (RRAM) device and a manufacturing method are provided. The RRAM device includes bottom electrodes, a resistance switching layer, insulating patterns, a channel layer and top electrodes. The resistance switching layer blanketly covers the bottom electrodes. The insulating patterns are disposed on the resistance layer and located in corresponding to locations of the bottom electrodes. The channel layer conformally covers the resistance switching layer and the insulating patterns. The channel layer has a plurality of channel regions. The channel regions are located on the resistance switching layer, and cover sidewalls of the insulating patterns. The top electrodes respectively cover at least two of the channel regions, and respectively located in corresponding to one of the insulating patterns, such that the at least two of the channel regions are located between one of the bottom electrodes and one of the top electrodes.
US11502130B2	Variable resistance memory device and method of fabricating the same A variable resistance memory device and a method of fabricating a variable resistance memory device, the device including first conductive lines extending in a first direction; second conductive lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and memory cells at respective intersection points of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, wherein each of the memory cells includes a switching pattern, an intermediate electrode, a variable resistance pattern, and an upper electrode, which are between the first and second conductive lines and are connected in series; and a spacer structure including a first spacer and a second spacer, the first spacer being on a side surface of the upper electrode, and the second spacer covering the first spacer and a side surface of the variable resistance pattern such that the second spacer is in contact with the side surface of the variable resistance pattern.
US11502129B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor integrated circuit A three-dimensional semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first CMOS circuit layer including a plurality of first CMOS circuit blocks; an insulating layer disposed on a top of the first CMOS circuit layer; a plurality of atomic switching elements respectively disposed inside via holes extending through the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of atomic switching elements are electrically connected to the plurality of first CMOS circuit blocks, respectively; a driver circuit layer disposed on a top of the insulating layer, and electrically connected with the atomic switching elements, wherein the driver circuit layer include a driver circuit for selectively turning on and off the atomic switching elements; and a second CMOS circuit disposed on a top of the driver circuit layer and connected to the atomic switching elements.
US11502128B2	Memory device and method of forming the same A memory device and method of forming the same are provided. The memory device includes a first memory cell disposed over a substrate. The first memory cell includes a transistor and a data storage structure coupled to the transistor. The transistor includes a gate pillar structure, a channel layer laterally wrapping around the gate pillar structure, a source electrode surrounding the channel layer, and a drain electrode surrounding the channel layer. The drain electrode is separated from the source electrode a dielectric layer therebetween. The data storage structure includes a data storage layer surrounding the channel layer and sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode. The drain electrode of the transistor and the first electrode of the data storage structure share a common conductive layer.
US11502125B2	Magnetoresistive memory device A magnetoresistive memory device according to one embodiment includes: first and second layer stacks, each of which includes: a first ferromagnetic layer having a magnetization directed in a first direction; a non-magnetic first conductive layer above the first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer provided above the first conductive layer and having a magnetization directed in a second direction different from the first direction, a first insulating layer on an upper surface of the second ferromagnetic layer, and a third ferromagnetic layer above the first insulating layer. The second ferromagnetic layer of the second layer stack is thicker than the second ferromagnetic layer of the first layer stack.
US11502122B2	Imaging element and electronic device The present technology relates to an imaging element and an electronic device enabling suppression of generation of noise. Provided with a substrate, a first photoelectric conversion region provided on the substrate, a second photoelectric conversion region provided on the substrate and adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion region, a trench provided on the substrate and between the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region, a first impurity region including a first impurity provided on the substrate and on a sidewall of the trench, and a second impurity region including a second impurity provided on the substrate and between the first photoelectric conversion region or the second photoelectric conversion region and the first impurity region. The present technology can be applied to an imaging element.
US11502121B2	Image sensor device The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure arranged on a first surface of a substrate. A doped isolation region is arranged within the substrate along opposing sides of the gate structure. The substrate includes a first region between sides of the doped isolation region and a second region having a different doping characteristic than the first region. The second region contacts a bottom of the first region and a bottom of the doped isolation region.
US11502119B2	Radiation-resistant image sensor package A radiation-resistant image sensor package may include: a substrate; an image sensor disposed over the substrate; and an optical cover disposed over the image sensor, wherein a radiation-resistant passivation layer is coupled to the optical cover.
US11502113B2	Array substrate and display panel An array substrate and a display panel are disclosed. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a driver circuit, and a first chip-on-film structure. The array substrate further includes a plurality of transition modules and a plurality of array lines. A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit is separate from the driver circuit to be independently electrically connected to the transition modules and is connected to the base substrate through the array lines, so that problems of occurrence of corner regions in the array lines and heat likely to be produced in the corner regions can be avoided, and display quality of the display panel can be improved.
US11502103B2	Memory cell with a ferroelectric capacitor integrated with a transtor gate Described herein are ferroelectric (FE) memory cells that include transistors having gates with FE capacitors integrated therein. An example memory cell includes a transistor having a semiconductor channel material, a gate dielectric over the semiconductor material, a first conductor material over the gate dielectric, a FE material over the first conductor material, and a second conductor material over the FE material. The first and second conductor materials form, respectively, first and second capacitor electrodes of a capacitor, where the first and second capacitor electrodes are separated by the FE material (hence, a “FE capacitor”). Separating a FE material from a semiconductor channel material of a transistor with a layer of a gate dielectric and a layer of a first conductor material eliminates the FE-semiconductor interface that may cause endurance issues in some other FE memory cells.
US11502099B2	Three-dimensional memory devices with architecture of increased number of bit lines Embodiments of a three-dimensional (3D) memory device and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The 3D memory device has an architecture with an increased number of bit lines. In an example, a stack structure is formed above a substrate. A plurality of memory strings each extending vertically through a memory region of the stack structure are formed. A plurality of bit lines are formed over the plurality of memory strings, such that at least one of the plurality of bit lines is electrically connected to a single one of the plurality of memory strings.
US11502096B2	Memory device capable of improving erase and program efficiency A memory device includes a first well, a second well, a first active area, a second active area, a third active area, a first poly layer and a second poly layer. The first well is of a first conductivity type. The second well is of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type. The first active area is of the second conductivity type and is formed on the first well. The second active area is of the first conductivity type and is formed on the first well and between the first active area and the second well. The third active area is of the first conductivity type and is formed on the second well. The first poly layer is formed above the first well and the second well. The second poly layer is formed above the first well.
US11502093B2	Memory structure and method of manufacturing the same A memory structure and its manufacturing method are provided. The memory structure includes a substrate, a tunnel dielectric layer on the substrate and a floating gate on the tunnel dielectric layer. The substrate has a source region and a drain region, and the source region and the drain region are formed on two opposite sides of the floating gate. The memory structure also includes an inter-gate dielectric layer on the floating gate and a control gate on the inter-gate dielectric layer. The memory structure further includes a doping region buried in the floating gate, wherein a sidewall of the doping region is exposed at a sidewall of the floating gate. Also, the doping region and the inter-gate dielectric layer are separated from each other.
US11502091B1	Thin film transistor deck selection in a memory device Methods, systems, and devices for thin film transistor deck selection in a memory device are described. A memory device may include memory arrays arranged in a stack of decks formed over a substrate, and deck selection components distributed among the layers to leverage common substrate-based circuitry. For example, each memory array of the stack may include a set of digit lines of a corresponding deck, and deck selection circuitry operable to couple the set of digit lines with a column decoder that is shared among multiple decks. To access memory cells of a selected memory array on one deck, the deck selection circuitry corresponding to the memory array may each be activated, while the deck selection circuitry corresponding to a non-selected memory array on another deck may be deactivated. The deck selection circuitry, such as transistors, may leverage thin-film manufacturing techniques, such as various techniques for forming vertical transistors.
US11502090B2	Low-cost and low-voltage anti-fuse array A low-cost and low-voltage anti-fuse array includes a plurality of sub-memory arrays. In each sub-memory array, the anti-fuse transistor of all anti-fuse memory cells includes an anti-fuse gate commonly used by other anti-fuse transistors. These anti-fuse memory cells are arranged side by side between two adjacent bit-lines, wherein the anti-fuse memory cells in the same row are connected to different bit-lines, and all anti-fuse memory cells are connected to the same selection-line and different word-lines. The present invention utilizes the configuration of common source contacts to achieve a stable source structure and reduce the overall layout area, and meanwhile minimizes the types of control voltage to reduce leakage current.
US11502089B2	Three-dimensional fuse architectures and related systems, methods, and apparatuses Apparatuses, methods, and computing systems relating to three-dimensional fuse architectures are disclosed. An apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, a fuse array on or in the semiconductor substrate, and fuse circuitry on or in the semiconductor substrate. The fuse array includes fuse cells. The fuse circuitry is configured to access the fuse cells. The fuse circuitry is offset from the fuse array such that the fuse circuitry is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the fuse array, or the fuse array is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the fuse circuitry.
US11502087B2	Semiconductor structure and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor structure and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device comprises: a first active region over a substrate; and a first bit line structure intercepting the first active region at a level that is lower than a top-most surface thereof, the first bit line structure including a barrier liner having a U-profile in a width direction thereof in electrical contact with the first active region.
US11502085B2	Integrated memory with redistribution of capacitor connections, and methods of forming integrated memory Some embodiments include an integrated assembly. The integrated assembly includes active regions which each have a digit-line-contact-region between a pair of capacitor-contact-regions. The capacitor-contact-regions are arranged in a pattern such that six adjacent capacitor-contact-regions form a substantially rectangular configuration. Conductive redistribution material is coupled with the capacitor-contact-regions and extends upwardly and laterally outwardly from the capacitor-contact-regions. Upper surfaces of the conductive redistribution material are arranged in a pattern such that seven adjacent of the upper surfaces form a unit of a substantially hexagonal-close-packed configuration. Capacitors are coupled with the upper surfaces of the conductive redistribution material.
US11502075B2	Method of forming semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate, a depletion layer, an isolation structure, a first gate structure, and a second gate structure. The first and second semiconductor substrates respectively have a first active region and a second active region overlapping the first active region. The depletion layer is disposed between the first active region and the second active region. The isolation structure surrounds the first and second active regions. The first gate structure is disposed in the second active region. The second gate structure is disposed in the second active region. The second active region has a portion between the first gate structure and the second gate structure.
US11502073B2	Semiconductor device and power source control IC This semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type; a first impurity layer of a second conductive type that is formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second impurity layer of the first conductive type that is formed to surround the first impurity layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate; an insulating film that covers at least the first impurity layer; a first resistive element that is spiral-shaped and is provided on the insulating film; a second resistive element that is provided on an outer side of the first impurity layer in a planar view of the semiconductor substrate; and a first wiring that couples an end portion of the first resistive element on an outer peripheral side thereof and the second resistive element to each other.
US11502072B2	Integrated circuit package and method A device package includes a first die directly bonded to a second die at an interface, wherein the interface comprises a conductor-to-conductor bond. The device package further includes an encapsulant surrounding the first die and the second die and a plurality of through vias extending through the encapsulant. The plurality of through vias are disposed adjacent the first die and the second die. The device package further includes a plurality of thermal vias extending through the encapsulant and a redistribution structure electrically connected to the first die, the second die, and the plurality of through vias. The plurality of thermal vias is disposed on a surface of the second die and adjacent the first die.
US11502070B2	Electronic module A electronic module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate, a controller substrate, a controller, a memory device, and a heat spreader. The controller is disposed on the controller substrate. The memory device is disposed on the PCB substrate. The heat spreader is disposed on the controller and the memory device, in which the heat spreader has a first portion on the controller and a second portion on the memory device, and the heat spreader has a first opening between the first portion and the second portion.
US11502069B2	Stretchable display device A stretchable display device includes a substrate structure which has a display area where images are displayed and a non-display area adjacent to the display area and includes an upper stretching substrate and a lower stretching substrate; and a frame which is disposed to cover a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, among a plurality of side surfaces of the substrate structure, in which a modulus of the frame is higher than moduli of the upper stretching substrate and the lower stretching substrate.
US11502067B2	Package structure and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor package structure includes a plurality of transducer devices, a cap structure, at least one redistribution layer (RDL) and a protection material. The transducer devices are disposed side by side. Each of the transducer devices has at least one transducing region, and includes a die body and at least one transducing element. The die body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The transducing region is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the die body. The transducing element is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the die body and within the transducing region. The cap structure covers the transducing region of the transducer device to form an enclosed space. The redistribution layer (RDL) electrically connects the transducer devices. The protection material covers the transducer devices.
US11502066B2	Red flip chip light emitting diode, package, and method of making the same Flip chip LEDs comprise a transparent carrier and an active material layer such as AlInGaP bonded to the carrier and that emits light between about 550 to 650 nm. The flip chip LED has a first electrical terminal in contact with a first region of the active material layer, and a second electrical terminal in contact with a second region of the active material layer, wherein the first and second electrical terminals are positioned along a common surface of the active material layer. Chip-on-board LED packages comprise a plurality of the flip chip LEDs with respective first and second electrical terminals interconnected with one another. The package may include Flip chip LEDs that emit light between 420 to 500 nm, and the flip chip LEDs are covered with a phosphorus material comprising a yellow constituent, and may comprise a transparent material disposed over the phosphorus material.
US11502063B2	Semiconductor device comprising PN junction diode and Schottky barrier diode A semiconductor device includes a MOSFET including a PN junction diode. A unipolar device is connected in parallel to the MOSFET and has two terminals. A first wire connects the PN junction diode to one of the two terminals of the unipolar device. A second wire connects the one of the two terminals of the unipolar device to an output line, so that the output line is connected to the MOSFET and the unipolar device via the first wire and the second wire. In one embodiment the connection of the first wire to the diode is with its anode, and in another the connection is with the cathode.
US11502062B2	Integrated circuit package and method In an embodiment, a device includes: a bottom integrated circuit die having a first front side and a first back side; a top integrated circuit die having a second front side and a second back side, the second back side being bonded to the first front side, the top integrated circuit die being free from through substrate vias (TSVs); a dielectric layer surrounding the top integrated circuit die, the dielectric layer being disposed on the first front side, the dielectric layer and the bottom integrated circuit die being laterally coterminous; and a through via extending through the dielectric layer, the through via being electrically coupled to the bottom integrated circuit die, surfaces of the through via, the dielectric layer, and the top integrated circuit die being planar.
US11502057B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a plurality of pads on a surface of the substrate, a semiconductor chip that includes a plurality of metal bumps connected to corresponding pads on the substrate, a first resin layer between the surface of the substrate and the semiconductor chip, a second resin layer between the substrate and the semiconductor chip and between the first resin layer and at least one of the metal bumps, and a third resin layer on the substrate and above the semiconductor chip.
US11502054B2	Semiconductor device assembly and method therefor A method of forming a packaged semiconductor device includes attaching a backside surface of a semiconductor die to a major surface of a package substrate. A first conductive connector is formed over a portion of an active surface of the semiconductor die and a portion of the major surface of the package substrate. A first conductive connection between a first bond pad of the semiconductor die and a first substrate pad of the package substrate is formed by way of the first conductive connector. A bond wire connects a second bond pad of the semiconductor die to a second substrate pad of the package substrate. The first bond pad located between the second bond pad and an edge of the semiconductor die.
US11502052B2	Chip structure A chip structure including a chip body and a plurality of conductive bumps. The chip body includes an active surface and a plurality of bump pads disposed on the active surface. The conductive bumps are disposed on the active surface of the chip body and connected to the bump pads respectively, and at least one of the conductive bumps has a trapezoid shape having one pair of parallel sides and one pair of non-parallel sides.
US11502051B2	Semiconductor chip including through electrode, and semiconductor package including the same A semiconductor chip includes a body portion with a front surface and a rear surface; a through electrode penetrating the body portion; a wiring portion that is disposed over the front surface of the body portion; a rear connection electrode that is disposed over the rear surface of the body portion; and a front connection electrode that is disposed over the wiring portion, wherein the rear connection electrode includes a power rear connection electrode that is simultaneously connected to two or more power through electrodes, and wherein a width of the power rear connection electrode is greater than a width of the front connection electrode.
US11502050B2	Redistribution layer metallic structure and method The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit (IC) structure. The IC structure includes a semiconductor substrate; an interconnection structure formed on the semiconductor substrate; and a redistribution layer (RDL) metallic feature formed on the interconnection structure. The RDL metallic feature further includes a barrier layer disposed on the interconnection structure; a diffusion layer disposed on the barrier layer, wherein the diffusion layer includes metal and oxygen; and a metallic layer disposed on the diffusion layer.
US11502043B2	Semiconductor structure and method for fabricating semiconductor structure Method for fabricating a semiconductor structure is provided. First features are formed in a first product region of each die area and in a material layer through a first mask. Second features are formed in a second product region of each die area and in the material layer through a second mask. Third features are formed in a third product region of each die area and in the material layer through a third mask. Fourth features are formed in a fourth product region of each die area and in the material layer through a fourth mask. Fifth features are formed in an alignment region between the first, second, third and fourth product regions of each die area and in the material layer through the first, second, third and fourth masks. The first product region is free of the second, third, and fourth features.
US11502042B2	Processing of one or more carrier bodies and electronic components by multiple alignment A method of mounting electronic components on one or more carrier bodies is disclosed. The method comprises providing a support body with at least one first alignment mark, mounting the one or more carrier bodies, each having at least one second alignment mark, on the support body by alignment between the at least one first alignment mark and the at least one second alignment mark. Thereafter, the method includes mounting the plurality of electronic components on a respective one of the one or more carrier bodies by alignment using the at least one second alignment mark.
US11502041B2	Method of forming a pattern The present disclosure is related to a method of forming a pattern, including the steps of: providing a structure including a substrate and a target layer, in which the target layer is disposed on the substrate, and the target layer includes a central area and a periphery area; forming a plurality of core patterns and a linear spacer pattern on the central area, in which a width of the linear spacer pattern is wider than 50 nm; covering a photoresist on the periphery area; removing a portion of the central area not covered by the plurality of core patterns and not covered by the linear spacer pattern to form a pattern in the central area, and removing the photoresist, the linear spacer pattern and the plurality of core patterns to expose the pattern.
US11502034B2	Semiconductor devices with backside power rail and methods of fabrication thereof Corner portions of a semiconductor fin are kept on the device while removing a semiconductor fin prior to forming a backside contact. The corner portions of the semiconductor fin protect source/drain regions from etchant during backside processing. The corner portions allow the source/drain features to be formed with a convex profile on the backside. The convex profile increases volume of the source/drain features, thus, improving device performance. The convex profile also increases processing window of backside contact recess formation.
US11502033B2	Semiconductor devices including contacts and conductive line interfaces with contacting sidewalls Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer that are sequentially stacked on the substrate, a contact that penetrates the first dielectric layer and extends toward the substrate, and a conductive line that is provided in the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the contact, The conductive line extends in a first direction. The contact comprises a lower segment in the first dielectric layer and an upper segment in the second dielectric layer. A width in a second direction of the conductive line decreases with decreasing distance from the substrate. The second direction intersects the first direction. A sidewall of the upper segment of the contact is in contact with the conductive line.
US11502027B2	Package including multiple semiconductor devices In a general aspect, an apparatus can include an inner package including a first silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor coupled to a common gate conductor, and a second silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor coupled to the common gate conductor. The apparatus can include an outer package including a substrate coupled to the common gate conductor, and a clip coupled to the inner package and coupled to the substrate.
US11502024B2	Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a first semiconductor element, a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer, and a conductive via. The first semiconductor element has a first active surface and a first back surface opposite to the first active surface. The first redistribution layer is disposed adjacent to the first back surface of the first semiconductor element. The second redistribution layer is disposed adjacent to the first active surface of the first semiconductor element. The conductive via is disposed between the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer, where the conductive via inclines inwardly from the second redistribution layer to the first redistribution layer.
US11502018B2	Holding and ignition prevention device for semiconductor element, and power conversion device using holding and ignition prevention device A problem to be solved by the present invention is to prevent smoke emission and ignition of a power semiconductor element that is installed inside a power conversion device connected to a battery in the field of power electronics, for example. A semiconductor holding device according to the present invention includes: a package which houses a power semiconductor element therein and dissipates heat to a cooler from a first surface of the package; a plate covering a second surface opposing the first surface of the package; and a pressing member pressing the plate against the package.
US11502011B2	Semiconductor module and semiconductor device container A semiconductor module includes a base plate made of a metal, an insulating frame provided on a peripheral edge portion of the base plate, a lead made of a metal and provided on the frame, and a semiconductor device mounted on the base plate in a space surrounded by the frame, wherein the frame is fixed to the base plate by a bonding material containing silver, the frame has concave portions formed in an inner portion which is a corner portion on a space side and an outer portion which is a corner portion on a side opposite to the inner portion in a surface thereof which faces the base plate, and the concave portions are filled with a coating material.
US11502008B2	Dual strip backside metallization for improved alt-FLI plating, KOZ minimization, test enhancement and warpage control An integrated circuit assembly including a substrate having a surface including at least one area including contact points operable for connection with an integrated circuit die; and at least one ring surrounding the at least one area, the at least one ring including an electrically conductive material. A method of forming an integrated circuit assembly including forming a plurality of electrically conductive rings around a periphery of a die area of a substrate selected for attachment of at least one integrated circuit die, wherein the plurality of rings are formed one inside the other; and forming a plurality of contact points in the die area.
US11502003B2	Image processing method A novel image processing method is provided.In a display device in which a video signal is individually supplied to a screen divided into two, the entire screen is subjected to up-conversion processing after being divided, and another up-conversion processing is performed for a boundary portion of the screen divided into two. The divided up-conversion processing for the entire screen and the up-conversion processing for the boundary portion are performed in parallel with the use of a plurality of arithmetic units. The divided up-conversion processing for the entire screen and the up-conversion processing for the boundary portion can be performed using different algorithms.
US11502002B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device suitable for achieving low wiring resistance between semiconductor elements that is bonded via an adhesive layer and multi-layered. The method according to the present invention is as follows. First, a wafer laminate (W) is prepared, the wafer laminate (W) including a wafer (10) having a circuit forming surface (10a), a wafer (20) having a main surface (20a) and a back surface (20b), and an adhesive layer (30) containing an SiOC-based polymer. Then, a hole (H) is formed in the wafer laminate (W) by etching the wafer laminate (W) from the wafer (20) side via a mask pattern masking a portion of the main surface (20a) side of the wafer (20), the hole (H) extending through the wafer (20) and the adhesive layer (30) and reaching a wiring pattern (12b) in the wafer (10). Then, an insulating film (41) is formed on an inner surface of the hole (H). Then, the insulating film (41) on a bottom surface of the hole (H) is removed. Then, the wafer laminate (W) is subjected to a cleaning treatment (an oxygen plasma treatment and/or an Ar sputtering treatment). Then, a conductive portion is formed in the hole (H).
US11501999B2	Cobalt fill for gate structures A method for forming a gate structure includes forming a trench within an interlayer dielectric layer (ILD) that is disposed on a semiconductor substrate, the trench exposing a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming an interfacial layer at a bottom of the trench, forming a dielectric layer within the trench, forming a work function metal layer on the dielectric layer, forming an in-situ nitride layer on the work function metal layer in the trench, performing a first cobalt deposition process to form a cobalt layer within the trench, performing a second cobalt deposition process to increase a thickness of the cobalt layer within the trench, and performing an electrochemical plating (ECP) process to fill the trench with cobalt.
US11501997B2	Process for transferring a layer A layer transfer process comprises depositing a first, temporary bonding layer of SOG comprising methylsiloxane by spin coating on a surface comprising substantially no silicon of an initial substrate, and applying a first heat treatment for densifying the first, temporary bonding layer. An intermediate substrate is joined to the initial substrate, and then thinned A second bonding layer of SOG comprising silicate or methylsilsesquioxane is deposited by spin coating on a surface of the thinned initial substrate and/or a final substrate, and a second heat treatment is applied for densifying the second bonding layer. The thinned initial substrate and the final substrate and then joined, and the intermediate substrate is detached thereafter. The process may be carried out at temperatures below 300° C. to avoid damaging components that may be present in the substrates.
US11501995B2	Plasma processing apparatus and mounting table thereof A mounting table includes a wafer mounting surface mounting a wafer, a ring mounting surface disposed at a radially outer side of the wafer mounting surface and mounting a first ring having a first engaging portion and a second ring having a second engaging portion to be engaged with the first engaging portion, a lifter pin, and a driving mechanism. The second ring has a through-hole extends to reach a bottom surface of the first engaging portion, and the ring mounting surface has a hole at a position corresponding to the through-hole. A lifter pin has a first holding part that fits into the through-hole and a second holding part that extends from the first holding part and has a part protruding from the first holding part. The lifter pin is accommodated in the hole, and a driving mechanism vertically moves the lifter pin.
US11501990B2	Substrate storing container Provided is a substrate storing container in which a latching mechanism includes an engagement latch 32, an engagement latch lifting/lowering cam 35 that causes the engagement latch 32 to advance to and retreat from an engagement concave portion and causes the engagement latch 32 in the engagement concave portion to move toward/away from the other end portion of a container main body by advancing and retreating in a direction in which the engagement latch 32 advances and retreats, and a rotating cam 31, and the engagement latch lifting/lowering cam 35 includes an engagement latch connection portion 357 that causes the engagement latch 32 to be engaged with the engagement concave portion and thereafter causes the engagement latch 32 to approach the other end portion of the container main body by moving in a direction in which the engagement latch 32 approaches the engagement concave portion.
US11501989B2	Control product flow of semiconductor manufacture process A system and method include receiving, by a processing device of a manufacturing execution system (MES), a target profile associated with products, wherein the target profile comprises an identifier of a block of steps in a process to make the products and a target work-in-progress (WIP) value representing a target number of parts waiting to be processed by a group of machines used in the block of steps to make the products, identifying a move list or an assignment list that, when issued, causes the group of machines to operate to maintain a number of parts waiting for processing to match the target WIP value of the target profile.
US11501987B2	Loadlock module and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including the same A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a loadlock module including a loadlock chamber in which a substrate container is received, wherein the loadlock module is configured to switch an internal pressure of the loadlock chamber between atmospheric pressure and a vacuum; and a transfer module configured to transfer a substrate between the substrate container received in the loadlock chamber and a process module for performing a semiconductor manufacturing process on the substrate, wherein the loadlock module includes a purge gas supply unit configured to supply a purge gas into the substrate container through a gas supply line connected to the substrate container; and an exhaust unit configured to discharge a gas in the substrate container through an exhaust line connected to the substrate container.
US11501986B2	Wafer profiling for etching system A substrate etching system includes a support to hold a wafer in a face-up orientation, a dispenser arm movable laterally across the wafer on the support, the dispenser arm supporting a delivery port to selectively dispense a liquid etchant onto a portion of a top face of the wafer, and a monitoring system comprising a probe movable laterally across the wafer on the support.
US11501985B2	Substrate processing method and substrate processing device A low surface tension liquid supply unit supplies a low surface tension liquid onto the upper surface of a substrate to form a liquid film of the low surface tension liquid on the substrate. An opening is formed in a central region of the liquid film of an organic solvent. The liquid film is removed from the upper surface of the substrate by expanding the opening. While a low surface tension liquid is supplied from the low surface tension liquid supply unit, to the liquid film, toward a liquid landing point set outside the opening, the liquid landing point is moved so as to follow the expansion of the opening. While an facing surface of a drying head faces a dry region set inside the opening to form a low-humidity space between the facing surface and the dry region, with the low-humidity space having a humidity lower than that outside the space, the dry region and the facing surface are moved so as to follow the expansion of the opening.
US11501981B2	Methods for fabricating semiconductor packages by using a mold press with an upper chase and a lower chase Disclosed is a method for fabricating a semiconductor package. A mold press with upper and lower chases is used. A molded underfill (MUF) material is dispensed on a bottom surface of a mold cavity to form a first dispensed pattern with a serpentine shape. A base substrate on which die stacks are mounted is loaded on the upper chase. The mold cavity in which the die stacks are inserted is closed and MUF material flows between the die stacks to impregnate the die stacks.
US11501980B2	Semiconductor module, method for manufacturing semiconductor module, and level different jig A method for manufacturing a fin-integrated semiconductor module includes: clamping a fin-integrated heat-dissipation base using a level different jig while making the heat-dissipation base vary in height; and soldering a semiconductor assembly onto the heat-dissipation base. A semiconductor module includes a fin-integrated heat-dissipation base and a semiconductor assembly provided on the heat-dissipation base. A bending width of the heat-dissipation base is 200 μm or less.
US11501979B1	Semiconductor device and method of producing a semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method of producing the semiconductor device are described. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a metallization layer over the semiconductor substrate; a plating over the metallization layer, the plating including NiP; a passivation over the metallization layer and laterally adjacent the plating such that a surface of the plating that faces away from the semiconductor substrate is uncovered by the passivation, wherein a seam is present along an interface between the passivation and the plating; and a structure that covers the seam along a periphery of the plating and delimits a bondable area for the plating. The structure extends from the periphery of the plating onto the passivation. The structure includes an imide having a curing temperature below a recrystallization temperature of the NiP or an oxide having a deposition temperature below the recrystallization temperature of the NiP.
US11501977B1	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a conductive layer, a nitride mask layer, a carbon mask layer and an anti-reflective coating stack. The conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The nitride mask layer is disposed on the conductive layer, wherein the nitride mask layer has a first stress. The carbon mask layer is disposed on the nitride mask layer, wherein the carbon mask layer has a second stress and a difference between the second stress and the first stress is smaller than 200 MPa. The anti-reflective coating stack is disposed on the carbon mask layer.
US11501974B2	Electrode structure of back electrode of semiconductor substrate, method for producing the same, and sputtering target for use in producing the electrode structure An electrode structure of a back electrode including metal layers laminated in the following order: a Ti layer, a Ni layer, and a Ag alloy layer. The Ag alloy layer includes an Ag alloy and an addition metal M selected from Sn, Sb, and Pd. The electrode structure is configured such that when subjected to elemental analysis with an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer in the depth direction from the Ag alloy layer to the Ni layer, on the boundary between the Ni layer and the Ag alloy layer, an intermediate region where spectra derived from all the metals, Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, can be detected is observable, and, when each metal content in the intermediate region is converted based on the spectra derived from all the metals Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, the maximum of the addition element M content is 5 at % or more.
US11501968B2	Method for providing a semiconductor device with silicon filled gaps Method for filling a gap, comprising providing in a deposition chamber a semiconductor substrate having a gap, wherein a bottom of the gap includes a crystalline semiconducting material and wherein a side wall of the gap includes an amorphous material; depositing a silicon precursor in the gap.
US11501967B2	Selective metal deposition by patterning direct electroless metal plating Embodiments include package substrates and a method of forming the package substrates. A package substrate includes a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) layer over a first dielectric, where the SAM layer includes first end groups and second end groups. The second end groups may include a plurality of hydrophobic moieties. The package substrate also includes a conductive pad on the first dielectric, where the conductive pad has a bottom surface, a top surface, and a sidewall, and where the SAM layer surrounds and contacts a surface of the sidewall of the conductive pad. The hydrophobic moieties may include fluorinated moieties. The conductive pad includes a copper material, where the top surface of the conductive pad has a surface roughness that is approximately equal to a surface roughness of the as-plated copper material. The SAM layer may have a thickness that is approximately 0.1 nm to 20 nm.
US11501957B2	Pedestal support design for precise chamber matching and process control Process chambers and methods for calibrating components of a processing chamber while the chamber volume is under vacuum are described. The process chamber includes a motor shaft connected to the process chamber with a plurality of motor bolts. A support plate is positioned under the chamber floor to accommodate for deflection of the chamber floor due to vacuum conditions within the chamber volume. A bellows assembly extending from the chamber floor to the support plate maintains vacuum conditions within the chamber.
US11501955B2	Modular high-frequency source with integrated gas distribution Embodiments described herein include an applicator frame for a processing chamber. In an embodiment, the applicator frame comprises a first major surface of the applicator frame and a second major surface of the applicator frame opposite the first major surface. In an embodiment, the applicator frame further comprises a through hole, wherein the through hole extends entirely through the applicator frame. In an embodiment, the applicator frame also comprises a lateral channel embedded in the applicator frame. In an embodiment the lateral channel intersects the through hole.
US11501953B2	Plasma processing equipment Plasma processing equipment includes a chuck stage for supporting a wafer and including a lower electrode, an upper electrode disposed on the chuck stage, an AC power supply which applies first to third signals having different magnitudes of frequencies to the upper electrode or the lower electrode, a dielectric ring which surrounds the chuck stage, an edge electrode located within the dielectric ring, and a resonance circuit connected to the edge electrode. The resonance circuit includes a filter circuit which allows only the third signal among the first to third signals to pass, and a series resonance circuit connected in series with the filter circuit and having a first coil and a first variable capacitor connected in series and grounded.
US11501952B2	Memory device with predetermined start-up value A method for making a semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells for storing one or more data values, the method comprising: exposing a pattern on a wafer for creating structures for a plurality of memory cells for the semiconductor memory device, wherein the pattern is exposed by means of one or more charged particle beams; and varying an exposure dose of the one or more charged particle beams during exposure of the pattern to generate a set of one or more non-common features in one or more structures of at least one of the memory cells, so that the structures of the at least one memory cell differ from the corresponding structures of other memory cells of the semiconductor memory device.
US11501950B2	Charged particle beam device Provided is a technique capable of achieving both throughput and robustness for a function of adjusting brightness (B) and contrast (C) of a captured image in a charged particle beam device. The charged particle beam device includes a computer system having a function (ABCC function) of adjusting the B and the C of an image obtained by imaging a sample. The computer system determines whether adjustment is necessary based on a result obtained by evaluating a first image obtained by imaging an imaging target of the sample (step S2), executes, when the adjustment is necessary based on a result of the determination, the adjustment on a second image of the imaging target to set an adjusted B value and an adjusted C value (step S4), and captures a third image of the imaging target based on the adjusted setting values to generate an image for observation (step S5).
US11501949B2	Wafer inspection based on electron beam induced current A wafer inspection system is disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the system includes an electron detector that includes circuitry to detect secondary electrons or backscattered electrons (SE/BSE) emitted from a wafer. The electron beam system also includes a current detector that includes circuitry to detect an electron-beam-induced current (EBIC) from the wafer. The electron beam system further includes a controller having one or more processors and a memory, the controller including circuitry to: acquire data regarding the SE/BSE; acquire data regarding the EBIC; and determine structural information of the wafer based on an evaluation of the SE/BSE data and the EBIC data.
US11501947B1	Aberration corrector and method of aligning aberration corrector Provided is an aberration corrector having a plurality of magnetic poles including a first magnetic pole and further magnetic poles, a ring that magnetically connects the plurality of magnetic poles with one another, the ring having a constant spacing to at least the first magnetic pole, a plurality of magnetic field modulators including a first magnetic field modulator and further magnetic field modulators, and a plurality of guides including a first guide and further guides; wherein the first magnetic field modulator includes a soft magnetic material, wherein the first magnetic field modulator is disposed in a first position, the first position being one of the following: adjacent to a first air gap separating the first magnetic pole and the ring, or at an inner ring surface or radially outward of the inner ring surface along an axis of the first magnetic pole, and wherein the first guide constrains the first magnetic field modulator to positions along a first axis substantially parallel to or coincident with the axis of the first magnetic pole.
US11501945B2	Side inject designs for improved radical concentrations In one example, a chamber inlet assembly includes a chamber inlet, an outer coupling for a delivery line, and an inner coupling for a processing region of a processing chamber. The inner coupling and the outer coupling are on inner and outer ends, respectively, of the chamber inlet, wherein a cross-sectional area of the inner coupling is larger than a cross-sectional area of the outer coupling. The chamber inlet assembly also includes a longitudinal profile including the inner and outer ends and a first side and a second side, the first and second sides being on opposite sides of the chamber inlet, wherein a shape of the longitudinal profile comprises at least one of triangular, modified triangular, trapezoidal, modified trapezoidal, rectangular, modified rectangular, rhomboidal, and modified rhomboidal. The chamber inlet assembly also includes cassette including the chamber inlet and configured to set into a side wall of the processing chamber.
US11501943B2	Systems and methods for providing a beam of charged particles Disclosed are systems and methods for generating a beam of charged particles, such as an ion beam. Such a system may comprise an interaction chamber configured to support a target, one or more electromagnetic radiation sources, a sensor, and at least one processor. The one or more electromagnetic radiation sources may be configured to provide a probe beam at a first energy for determining orientation data of the target and a particle-generating beam at a second energy, which is greater than the first energy, for producing a beam of charged particles. The processor may be configured to receive feedback information from the sensor and to cause a change in a relative orientation between the particle-generating beam and the target.
US11501940B2	Electromagnetic actuator and electrical switching unit including this actuator An electromagnetic actuator includes a fixed body, a moving part forming a magnetic core of the actuator and being movable in translation with respect to the fixed body between a retracted position and a deployed position, a magnetic piece forming a permanent magnet adjusted to generate a first magnetic force holding the moving part in the retracted position, and a coil adjusted to engender a second magnetic force opposed to the first magnetic force when the coil is supplied with an electrical excitation current. The moving part includes one or more notches formed in a body of the moving part.
US11501937B2	Mechanical operating assembly for a bistable relay and a bistable relay assembly The present invention relates to a mechanical operating assembly for a bistable relay and a bistable relay assembly. The mechanical operating assembly comprises: an actuating mechanism mounted to a bracket, including an actuating member and a first transmitting member which is connected to a paddle, the actuating member is movable between an initial position in which the actuating member is not in contact with the first transmitting member and an actuating position, when the actuating member moves from the initial position to the actuating position, the actuating member contacts the first transmitting member; a reset mechanism mounted to the bracket, including a reset member and a second transmitting member which is in contact with the first transmitting member, the reset member is movable between an initial position and a reset position, the reset member contacts the second transmitting member when moving from the initial position to the reset position.
US11501935B1	Sensor system for measuring angle of gate of isolating switch of overhead lines A sensor system for measuring an angle of a gate of an isolating switch of overhead lines, comprising an optical fiber angle sensor, a base, a support plate, a light source fiber, a laser transmitter, an aluminum box, a relay, a step-down power module, a control circuit board, a photoelectric converter, and a receiving optical fiber. The support plate is arranged on an upper part of a pillar insulator; the optical fiber angle sensor is arranged on the base to detect a rotation angle of the gate; the laser transmitter is controlled to emit a laser beam into the light source fiber; the laser beam is received by the receiving optical fiber and transmitted to the photoelectric converter to convert a light intensity into a voltage signal; the converted voltage signal is transmitted to the control circuit board for processing, and the angle of the gate is output.
US11501934B2	Key arrangement employing mechanical and magnetic forces A key arrangement includes an activation element, a switch, a mechanical counterforce generating device, and a permanent magnet arrangement. The switch has at least a first state and a second state. The activation element has a basic state and an activation state and is configured to, in case of activation by a user, permit a movement from the basic state into the activation state, and in case of the movement into the activation state to permit a change in the state of the switch. The mechanical counterforce generating device is configured to generate, in case of an activation of the activation element, a first counterforce at least in certain areas. The permanent magnet arrangement is configured to generate, in case of activation of the activation element, a second counterforce at least in certain areas.
US11501931B2	Circuit interrupting device having printed circuit board coils A circuit interrupter including a line conductor, a neutral conductor, a printed-circuit board coil, and a test circuit. The printed-circuit board coil has an aperture configured to receive the line conductor. The test circuit is electrically connected to the printed-circuit board coil. The test circuit is configured to determine an arc fault condition based on a signal of the printed-circuit board coil.
US11501929B1	Remote controlled miniature circuit breaker with helical gear and DC motor A remote controlled miniature circuit breaker includes a helical gear that engages with mating teeth of a slider plate coupled to main contacts of the circuit breaker, the helical gear including a flat portion to allow the sliding plate to slide past the helical gear. A unidirectional motor responds to an external signal to drive the helical gear while engaging the mating teeth of the slider plate, thereby moving the slider plate to close the main contacts. The motor is configured to respond to an external signal to resume the unidirectional rotation of the helical gear to position the flat portion of the gear to allow the slider plate to slide past the helical gear and contact a kicker lever to thereby open the main contacts. A trip lever pivotally mounted separately from the kicker lever, pushes the kicker lever to open the main contacts in a trip operation.
US11501927B2	Alkali metal ion capacitor An alkali metal ion capacitor that is capable of operating in a high-temperature environment at 85° C. The alkali metal ion capacitor is provided with: a positive electrode active material capable of adsorbing and desorbing alkali metal ions; a positive electrode binder for binding the positive electrode active material; a negative electrode active material capable of storing and releasing alkali metal ions; a negative electrode binder for binding the negative electrode active material; and an electrolytic solution that contains an organic solvent and an imide-based alkali metal salt. The negative electrode active material is predoped with alkali metal ions. The positive electrode binder has a Hansen solubility parameter-based RED value of more than 1 with respect to the electrolytic solution.
US11501925B2	Capacitor A capacitor is disclosed. In an embodiment a capacitor includes a receptacle with an opening, at least one capacitor element disposed inside of the receptacle and a lid sealing the receptacle, wherein a vent is arranged in a recess in an inner surface of the lid.
US11501923B2	Multilayer capacitor and multilayer capacitor array A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor main body including dielectric layers, first inner electrodes, and second inner electrodes that are laminated together, first outer electrodes, second outer electrodes, first via conductors that electrically connect the respective first outer electrodes to the first inner electrodes, and second via conductors that electrically connect the respective second outer electrodes to the second inner electrodes. Through holes are provided in the second inner electrodes, and the first via conductors pass through the through holes. Through holes are provided in the first inner electrodes, and the second via conductors pass through the through holes. The first outer electrodes and the second outer electrodes are not provided on the first principal surface of the capacitor main body and provided only on its second principal surface.
US11501917B2	Capacitors employing dielectric material outside volume enclosed by electrodes A parallel plate capacitor including a cathode core that further includes a pair of parallel electrodes and a dielectric material layer positioned between the pair of parallel electrodes. The capacitor also includes a dielectric liquid medium, where the cathode core is at least partially submerged in the dielectric liquid medium.
US11501912B2	Reactor A reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core having an inner core portion arranged inside a winding portion, and an inner interposed member insulating the winding portion from the inner core portion. The inner interposed member includes a thin portion with a small thickness, and a thick portion with a thickness larger than that of the thin portion. The inner core portion includes, on an outer peripheral face facing the inner interposed member, a core-side projecting portion with a shape conforming to a shape of the inner peripheral face of the thin portion. The thickness of the thin portion is 0.2 mm or more and 1.0 mm or less, and the thickness of the thick portion is 1.1 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less. There is a clearance in at least part of a portion between the inner interposed member and the winding portion.
US11501902B2	System and method for generating a modulated magnetic field A system comprising a solenoid electromagnet for generating a magnetic field and a driver circuit coupled to the solenoid electromagnet for modulating the magnetic field generated by the solenoid electromagnet. The magnetic field generated by the solenoid electromagnet of the present invention exhibits improved control over the direction and projection of the generated magnetic field. The generated magnetic field has the ability to detach permanent magnets from metal plates, cause motion of permanent magnets and soft magnetic materials as well as create separation between two magnetically bound permanent magnets.
US11501901B2	Magnet design Magnet design is provided. A method customizes a magnetic field uniformity of a magnet by introducing one or more gaps between pieces of the magnet assembly.
US11501898B2	Wire harness and method of manufacturing wire harness A wire harness includes: an electrical wire including a core wire and an insulating covering for covering the core wire; and a sheet material in which the electrical wire is disposed on a resin main surface, and a part of the main surface having contact with the electrical wire is welded to the insulating covering of the electrical wire, thereby forming an electrical wire fixing part. A thickness dimension of a first covering part in the insulating covering on a side of the electrical wire fixing part in relation to the core wire is formed smaller than a thickness dimension of a second covering part located on an opposite side of the core wire.
US11501895B2	Conductor cable and method A cable core including a body, a recess in the body, and a protrusion extending radially outwardly from the body and along the recess. A cladding disposed radially outwardly of the core is used to create a cable.
US11501890B2	Methods of producing enriched scandium-47, and related systems and apparatuses A method of producing enriched 47Sc comprises irradiating a V structure comprising 51V with at least one incident photon beam having an endpoint energy within a range of from about 14 MeV to about 44 MeV to convert at least some of the 51V to 47Sc and form a 47Sc-containing structure. The 47Sc of the 47Sc-containing structure is separated from additional components of the 47Sc-containing structure using a chromatography process. Systems and apparatuses for producing enriched 47Sc are also described.
US11501888B2	Radiation attenuating protective garments A radiation-attenuation garment system having a plurality of radiation-attenuating material panels adapted to conform to the contours of a body. The radiation-attenuation garment system includes a shirt and underwear shorts formed by compression material. A plurality of radiation-attenuating material panels are removably disposed within the shirt and underwear shorts to protect the wearer from radiation exposure in the areas having the radiation attenuation panels.
US11501884B2	System including a member configured to separate a lock insert from a guide hole in a top nozzle plate of a nuclear fuel assembly System for separating and coupling a nuclear fuel assembly from/to a top nozzle which has a flow channel plate with guide holes. The system includes a lock insert and a separation member. The lock insert includes an insertion part provided on a top portion of a hollow body. The separation member is configured to separate the insertion part from a guide hole. The insertion part is variable in size. The insertion part comprises a first latching member and a second latching member, each having a step which contacts the flow channel plate. The first latching member includes a latching groove which is inserted into a member protruding from the top surface of the flow channel plate. The second latching member contacts a bottom surface of the flow channel plate. The separation member provides a space accommodating an outer circumferential surface of the first latching member.
US11501883B2	Fission product getter A getter element includes a getter material reactive with a fission product contained within a stream of liquid and/or gas exiting a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor. At least one transmission pathway passes through the getter element that is sufficiently sized to maintain a flow of the input stream through the getter element at above a selected flow level. At least one transmission pathway includes a reaction surface area sufficient to uptake a pre-identified quantity of the fission product.
US11501880B1	Anonymizing genetic datasets in a disparate computing environment Disclosed is a method and a system for receiving a request to generate an anonymized pool dataset, wherein the request comprises overall number of people in the dataset, one or more genetic condition categories, a genetic attribute associated with each category, and a percentage of the number of users associated with each category; querying and receiving from a second server a set of datasets associated with people, wherein each dataset comprises health data associated with a user and a corresponding genetic data; generating a pool dataset from the anonymized set of datasets, wherein the pool dataset corresponds to the received overall number of users in the dataset, genetic condition categories, the genetic attribute associated with each category, and a percentage of the number of people in each category.
US11501878B2	Apparatus, process and system for monitoring a plurality of patients affected by kidney failure An apparatus, a process and a system for monitoring a plurality of patients (P) affected by kidney failure over a time frame (T) are disclosed. The system includes blood treatment units, laboratory storage units, at least one hub module, and client units. The system collects values (VM) of a plurality of session parameters, set values (VS) of a plurality of prescription parameters, values (VL) of a plurality of laboratory parameters and the hub module stores values (KPVi) of selected parameters (KPi) which are a subclass of the collected values (VM, VS, VL) and which are transferred to the client units. Each client unit may define, for each of said patients, a number of indicators (IDk) based on the values (KPVi,k) taken by a respective subclass (KPi,k) of said selected parameters (KPi) and to operate the respective display according to various display modes.
US11501873B2	Predictive visualization for aesthetic medical procedures A method includes training a machine learning model to generate predicted images to obtain a trained machine learning model, based on: a) pre-treatment training images; b) a plan of treatment; and c) post-treatment training images; where the plan of treatment includes: a) a first mark identifying where to apply a product, b) a first product to be applied at the first mark, and c) a first volume of the first product to be applied at the first mark; generating a predicted post-treatment image by applying the trained predictive visualization machine learning model to a new pre-treatment image, based on: a) a second mark on a new pre-treatment image of the area of a patient, b) a second product to be applied at the second mark, and c) a second volume of the second product to be applied at the second mark; where the predicted images identifies a modified area.
US11501866B2	Medicine verification device and medicine verification method In the present invention, an image of a verification target medicine disposed on an arrangement unit is captured, prescription condition information indicating a prescription condition is acquired, an external force application unit is caused to execute an external force applying operation of applying an external force to the medicine disposed on the arrangement unit to move the medicine when an operation execution condition is satisfied, wherein the operation execution condition includes at least one of: a first operation execution condition that the number of the verification target medicines appearing in the image differs from the quantity of the medicines specified from the prescription condition information; and a second operation execution condition that a shape of the verification target medicine appearing in the image differs from a shape corresponding to a type of the medicine specified from the prescription condition information.
US11501861B2	System and method to access casualty health information in an emergency situation A system, method, and computer program product for automatically identifying a casualty and matching an electronic health record (EHR) to the casualty. A casualty identification is determined by matching a presenting image of the casualty with one of a master image or a social media profile image of the casualty. A recognized patient messaging system (RPMS) is configured to query one or more electronic health records (EHR) service providers for the existence of an EHR corresponding the identified casualty and automatically communicate the existence of the EHR to the EMS provider. A blockchain trusted identification module (BTIM) is configured to establish a trust relationship between the EMS provider and the one or more EHR service providers to establish a trusted pathway for delivery of the casualty's EHR to the EMS provider. With the casualty's EHR emergency responders to can provide better care for the casualty in an emergency situation.
US11501859B1	Patient callback tool and interface A user interface for a physician or other health care provider to follow up with high-risk patients recently discharged from the emergency department (ED) and update the patient's health care record using the physician or provider's mobile or end user device is described. The user interface is generated after extracting patient detail batch information at a pre-defined time interval for one or more past patients from an electronic medical records (EMR) database or other patient information database into a medical activity tracking batch database, and constructing a real-time database from streams of real-time Health Level 7 (HL7) clinical administrative data, wherein at least one stream of real-time HL7 clinical administrative data is associated with at least one high-risk patient in a recent medical encounter and at least one stream of real-time HL7 data comprises daily schedule information associating at least one clinician with the at least one high-risk patient.
US11501854B2	Context-aware virtual keyboard for chemical structure drawing applications Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for electronically drawing and editing representations of chemical structures using an intuitive user interface. This user interface, the context-aware virtual keyboard, makes it faster and easier to draw and edit chemical structure representations by guiding the user through the sequence of steps required to produce the representation in a context-based, non-linear fashion. The context-based virtual keyboard allows a user to quickly create graphical representations of complex chemical structures by using the structure itself as a basis for presenting efficient options for subsequent drawing/editing steps. Different possible and/or likely actions (e.g., edits to a chemical structure being drawn) are presented to the user based on a selected navigation position on the drawing. Thus, a user can efficiently and intuitively modify a chemical structure drawing without the tedious manual selection of portions of the chemical structure and without searching through complicated menus.
US11501840B1	Proximity disturb remediation based on a number of programmed memory cells A method is described that includes determining, by a memory subsystem controller of a memory device, a number of memory cells from a set of memory cells that are in a programmed state. The memory subsystem controller further compares the number of memory cells from the set of memory cells that are in the programmed state to a proximity disturb threshold and in response to determining that the number satisfies the proximity disturb threshold, performs a remediation operation on user data stored in the set of memory cells.
US11501839B2	Memory system configured to determine a write voltage applied to memory cells based on the number of erase operations A memory system includes a semiconductor storage device including a memory cell array including a plurality of groups of memory cells, and a control circuit configured to perform, upon receipt of a write command, a write operation on one of the groups of memory cells, and a memory controller is configured to, when transmitting the write command to perform the write operation on the one of the groups of memory cells, determine a first write voltage value for the write operation based on a total number of write operations or erase operations that have been performed on the one of the groups of memory cells, and transmit the write command to the semiconductor storage device together with the determined first write voltage value.
US11501834B2	Semiconductor memory system including first and second semiconductor memory chips and a common signal line A communication line is connected to first and second chips, and held at a first signal level. A monitor circuit changes a signal level of the communication line from the first signal to a second signal level while one of the first and second chips uses a current larger than a reference current. When the signal level of the communication line is the second signal level, the other of the first and second chips is controlled to a wait state that does not transfer to an operating state of using a current larger than the reference current.
US11501830B2	Semiconductor storage device According to the embodiment, in a first period, the semiconductor storage device maintains the switch in an ON state. In a second period, the semiconductor storage device performs a first operation, a second operation and a third operation while maintaining the switch in an OFF state. The second period is a period after the first period. The first operation is an operation to supply the first pulse having the first polarity from the first pulse generation circuit to the other end of the first capacitive element. The second operation is an operation to supply the second pulse having the second polarity from the second pulse generation circuit to the other end of the second capacitive element. The third operation is an operation to connect the first bit line to the first data line.
US11501827B2	Vertical memory device with a double word line structure A memory device includes: a substrate; a bit line which is vertically oriented from the substrate; a plate line which is vertically oriented from the substrate; and a memory cell provided with a transistor and a capacitor that are positioned in a lateral arrangement between the bit line and the plate line, wherein the transistor includes: an active layer which is laterally oriented to be parallel to the substrate between the bit line and the capacitor; and a line-shaped lower word line and a line-shaped upper word line vertically stacked with the active layer therebetween and oriented to intersect with the active layer.
US11501826B2	Memory device having variable impedance memory cells and time-to-transition sensing of data stored therein The present disclosure relates to circuits, systems, and methods of operation for a memory device. In an example, a memory device includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell having an impedance that varies in accordance with a respective data value stored therein; and a tracking memory cell having an impedance based on a tracking data value stored therein; and a read circuit coupled to the memory array, the read circuit configured to determine an impedance of a selected memory cells with respect to the impedance of the tracking memory cell; read a data value stored within the selected memory cell based upon a voltage change of a signal node voltage corresponding to the impedance of the selected memory cell.
US11501822B2	Non-volatile memory device and control method A non-volatile memory device and a control method are provided e disclosed. The non-volatile memory device includes a memory array, a bit line, a plurality of word lines, a first control circuit, and second control circuit. The bit line is connected to a first memory string of the memory array. The plurality of word lines are connected to memory cells of the first memory string and each word line is connected to a respective memory cell. The first control circuit is configured to apply a bit line pre-pulse signal to the bit line during a pre-charge period. The second control circuit is configured to apply a word line signal to a selected word line and apply a plurality of word line pre-pulse signals to word lines disposed between a select gate line and the selected word line. Voltage levels of the plurality of word line pre-pulse signals are incremental.
US11501811B2	Semiconductor storage device and controlling method thereof In a memory, a first node holds first data from a first cell. A second node holds second data from a second cell near the first cell. A differential circuit includes a first current path passing a first current corresponding to a voltage of the first node and a second current path passing a second current corresponding to a voltage of the second node, and outputs an output signal corresponding to a voltage difference between the first and the second nodes from an output part. A first register latches the output signal and output the signal as a hold signal. A first offset part is connected to the first current path and offsets the first current when the hold signal has a first logic level. A second offset part is connected to the second current path and offsets the second current when the hold signal has a second logic level.
US11501808B2	Memory controller and operating method thereof A memory controller may include: a request checker identifying memory devices corresponding to requests received from a host among the plurality of memory devices and generating device information on the identified memory devices to perform operations corresponding to the requests; a dummy manager outputting a request for controlling a dummy pulse to be applied to channels of selected memory devices according to the device information among the plurality of channels; and a dummy pulse generator sequentially applying the dummy pulse to the channels coupled to the selected memory devices, based on the request for controlling the dummy pulse. A memory controller may include an idle time monitor outputting an idle time interval of the memory device and a clock signal generator generating a clock signal based on the idle time interval and outputting the clock signal to the memory device through the channel to perform a current operation.
US11501806B2	Memory device with temperature information controller and operating method of the memory device A storage device including: a peripheral circuit configured to perform a plurality of internal operations corresponding to a plurality of internal operation commands input from the memory controller, a temperature information controller configured to generate a first temperature code corresponding to an internal temperature at a time at which an internal operation corresponding to a first internal operation command among the plurality of internal operation commands is performed and temperature code generation information representing information that the first temperature code has been generated during a set period and a operation controller configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform an internal operation corresponding to a second internal operation command input after the first internal operation command among the plurality of internal operation commands is input, based on the first temperature code and the temperature code generation information, in response to the second internal operation command.
US11501803B2	Memory array decoding and interconnects Methods and apparatuses for thin film transistors and related fabrication techniques are described. The thin film transistors may access two or more decks of memory cells disposed in a cross-point architecture. The fabrication techniques may use one or more patterns of vias formed at a top layer of a composite stack, which may facilitate building the thin film transistors within the composite stack while using a reduced number of processing steps. Different configurations of the thin film transistors may be built using the fabrication techniques by utilizing different groups of the vias. Further, circuits and components of a memory device (e.g., decoder circuitry, interconnects between aspects of one or more memory arrays) may be constructed using the thin film transistors as described herein along with related via-based fabrication techniques.
US11501796B1	Gimbal assembly geometry for hard disk drive A gimbal assembly includes a frame having base, tip and mount portions, and a crossbar joined to the tip portion by a neck region. Portions of the crossbar and neck region define transition edge regions each extending from a point of minimum width D of the neck region to where the edge of the crossbar becomes substantially straight. Each of the transition edge regions includes a transition length a and a transition width b. The frame comprises an area of interest that includes the neck region and a portion of the crossbar that has a length of 0.6 mm and is centered to the neck region, and has a total area size A, a centroid C and a centroid distance H between the centroid C and a far side of the neck region. The crossbar and neck region have geometries that satisfy a design metric that is less than 0.05.
US11501793B2	Methods and apparatus to perform signature matching using noise cancellation models to achieve consensus Examples are disclosed to perform signature matching using noise cancellation models to achieve consensus. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a signature matcher to compare a first stream of monitored media signatures to streams of reference signatures representative of corresponding reference media to determine a first signature match, and compare a second stream of monitored media signatures to the streams of reference signatures to determine a second signature match; a match selector to use at least one the first signature match or the second signature match to identify a first one of the reference media corresponding to the monitored media data; and a creditor interface to output identification data for the first one of the reference media identified with the at least one the first signature match or the second signature match, the identification data to be used to credit a media exposure corresponding to the monitored media.
US11501792B1	Voice controlled system A distributed voice controlled system has a primary assistant and at least one secondary assistant. The primary assistant has a housing to hold one or more microphones, one or more speakers, and various computing components. The secondary assistant is similar in structure, but is void of speakers. The voice controlled assistants perform transactions and other functions primarily based on verbal interactions with a user. The assistants within the system are coordinated and synchronized to perform acoustic echo cancellation, selection of a best audio input from among the assistants, and distributed processing.
US11501785B2	Method and apparatus for adaptive control of decorrelation filters An audio signal processing method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting a decorrelator. The method comprises obtaining a control parameter and calculating mean and variation of the control parameter. Ratio of the variation and mean of the control parameter is calculated, and a decorrelation parameter is calculated based on the said ratio. The decorrelation parameter is then provided to a decorrelator.
US11501778B2	Electronic assistance device and operational method A method for operating an electronic assistance device includes: outputting, at a foreground volume, a first output audio stream provided by a voice-controlled first assistance application of the electronic assistance device, the first assistance application exclusively accepting a first wake-up word; continuously detecting an ambient sound and providing the detected ambient sound as an input audio stream; recognizing a second wake-up word as the only wake-up word in a user's voice input recognized in the provided input audio stream, wherein the second wake-up word is exclusively accepted by a voice-controlled second assistance application of the assistance device; and recognizing, in the voice input a command word following the second wake-up word, the command word being accepted by the first assistance application and by the second assistance application, and controlling the first output audio stream via the recognized voice input.
US11501775B2	Voice signal control device, voice signal control system, and voice signal control program A voice signal control device includes a processor having hardware configured to process a voice signal generated by a voice signal generation device configured to generate the voice signal according to setting information of a voice output in a voice processing device configured to output the voice signal, and make the voice processing device output voice according to the voice signal after the processing.
US11501768B2	Dialogue method, dialogue system, dialogue apparatus and program It is an object of the present invention to promote a user's understanding or agreement, and to cause a dialogue to last long. A dialogue system 100 conducts a dialogue with a user 101. A humanoid robot 50-1 presents a first utterance which is a certain utterance. When the user 101 performs an action indicating that the user cannot understand the first utterance or it is predicted that the user performs an action indicating that the user cannot understand the first utterance or when the user does not perform any action indicating that the user can understand the first utterance, or it is predicted that the user will not perform any action indicating that the user can understand the first utterance, then the humanoid robot 50-1 presents a second utterance which is at least one utterance resulting from paraphrasing the contents of the first utterance.
US11501765B2	Behavior detection A system includes a microphone and a computing device including a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to identify a word sequence in audio input received from the microphone, to determine a behavior pattern from the word sequence, and to report the behavior pattern to a remote server at a specified time.
US11501764B2	Apparatus for media entity pronunciation using deep learning Methods, systems, and related products for voice-enabled computer systems are described. A machine-learning model is trained to produce pronunciation output based on text input. The trained machine-learning model is used to produce pronunciation data for text input even where the text input includes numbers, punctuation, emoji, or other non-letter characters. The machine-learning model is further trained based on real-world data from users to improve pronunciation output.
US11501763B2	Machine learning tool for navigating a dialogue flow Embodiments provide systems and methods for navigating a dialogue flow using a trained intelligence bot. Upon initiation of a chat session between a user and a trained intelligence bot, one or more utterances can be received. The utterances can be processed using the trained intelligence bot to resolve an intent from among a plurality of predefined intents, where the intelligence bot is trained to resolve predefined intents based on training data associated with the predefined intents. A predefined dialogue flow associated with the resolved intent can be navigated using the intelligence bot, where the intelligence bot guides the user through the dialogue flow using context variables that are associated with the user or the chat session. The user can be provided enterprise data retrieved by the intelligence bot using a retrieval request generated based on one or more of the navigation of the dialogue flow or the context variables.
US11501762B2	Compounding corrective actions and learning in mixed mode dictation Techniques performed by a data processing system for processing voice content received from a user herein include receiving a first audio input from the user comprising a mixed-mode dictation, analyzing, using one or more machine learning (ML) models, the first audio input to obtain a first interpretation of the mixed-mode dictation, presenting the first interpretation to the user in an application on the data processing system, receiving a second audio input from the user comprising a corrective command, analyzing the second audio input to obtain a second interpretation of the restatement of the mixed-mode dictation presenting the second interpretation to the user, receiving an indication from the user that the second interpretation is a correct interpretation of the mixed-mode dictation, and modifying the operating parameters of the one or more machine learning models to interpret the subsequent instances of the mixed-mode dictation based on the second interpretation.
US11501760B2	Bone conduction transducers for privacy A method for routing audio content through an electronic device that is to be worn by a user. The method obtains a communication and determines whether the communication is private. In response to determining that the communication is private, the method drives a bone conduction transducer of the electronic device with an audio signal associated with the communication. In response to determining that the communication is not private, however, the method drives a speaker of the electronic device with the audio signal.
US11501758B2	Environment aware voice-assistant devices, and related systems and methods An appliance can include a microphone transducer, a processor, and a memory storing instructions. The appliance is configured to receive an audio signal at the microphone transducer and to detect an utterance in the audio signal. The appliance is further configured to classify a speech mode based on the utterance. The appliance is further configured to determine conditions of an environment of the appliance. The appliance is further configured to select at least one of a playback volume or a speech output mode from a plurality of speech output modes based on the classification, and the conditions of the environment of the appliance. The appliance is further configured to adapt the playback volume and/or mode of played-back speech according to the speech output mode. The appliance may be configured to synthesize speech according to the speech output mode, or to modify synthesized speech according to the speech output mode.
US11501757B2	Artificial intelligence apparatus Disclosed herein is an artificial intelligence apparatus including an input interface configured to receive speech data, and a processor configured to detect a non-utterance interval included in the speech data and determine presence/absence of a second utterance after the non-utterance interval according to characteristics of a first utterance before the non-utterance interval, when the non-utterance interval exceeds a set time.
US11501756B2	Smart speaker system A smart speaker system is used as an emergency notification system. The smart speaker has a loudspeaker, a microphone, a visual display, processing capability, and an emergency flasher in the same enclosure. The smart speaker is in communication with a network-connected server providing at least distribution of emergency notification messages to appropriate clients. The amount of audio processing shared between the smart speaker and the server may vary, depending on the requirements of the installation site. Once an emergency voice communication is detected in the microphone output, the system generates a confirmation message that is played over the loudspeaker. Upon detection of an appropriate voice response from the user, the system generates an emergency response message, sends it to the distribution network, and activates the visual display, loudspeaker, and emergency flasher. Noise cancellation circuitry prevents loudspeaker interference with microphone output.
US11501753B2	System and method for automating natural language understanding (NLU) in skill development A method includes receiving, from an electronic device, information defining a user utterance associated with a skill to be performed, where the skill is not recognized by a natural language understanding (NLU) engine. The method also includes receiving, from the electronic device, information defining one or more actions for performing the skill. The method further includes identifying, using at least one processor, one or more known skills having one or more slots that map to at least one word or phrase in the user utterance. The method also includes creating, using the at least one processor, a plurality of additional utterances based on the one or more mapped slots. In addition, the method includes training, using the at least one processor, the NLU engine using the plurality of additional utterances.
US11501747B2	Acoustic filler including acoustically active beads and expandable filler Aspects are disclosed of a filler for occupying a volume. The filler includes an expandable filler positioned in the volume so that it occupies a percentage of the volume. The expandable filler can permanently expand from a first dimension to a second dimension upon the application of an expansion trigger. The filler also includes an acoustic filler made up of a plurality of acoustically active beads positioned with the expandable filler in the volume so that the acoustic filler can adsorb gas flowing into the volume. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11501741B2	E-paper display device and a method for driving an e-paper display device An e-paper display device including an e-paper display panel, a graphics library and a display controller is provided. The display controller is coupled to the e-paper display panel. The display controller is configured to receive a line segment input signal and call the graphics library, and then drive, using a set of signal waveforms, the e-paper display panel to display a line segment. The set of signal waveforms is generated according to the line segment input signal and the graphics library. The line segment includes at least one gray level. In addition, a method for driving an e-paper display device is also provided.
US11501740B2	Wireless programmable media processing system Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate to a wireless programmable media processing system. In the media processing system, a processing unit in a computing device generates a frame to be displayed based on a graphics content for an application running on the computing device. The frame to be displayed is then divided into a plurality of block groups which are compressed. The plurality of compressed block groups are sent to a graphics display device over a wireless link. In this manner, both the generation and the compression of the frame to be displayed may be completed at the same processing unit in the computing device, which avoids data copying and simplifies processing operations. Thereby, the data processing speed and efficiency is improved significantly.
US11501739B2	Operation method and operation system for virtually partitioning a display panel according to quantity data of transmitters An operation method for virtually partitioning a display panel includes establishing a plurality of first links between a plurality of transmitter and a receiver, establishing a second link between the receiver and a central controller, acquiring quantity data of the plurality of transmitter by the central controller, generating an operational interface by virtually partitioning the display panel by the central controller according to the quantity data, and controlling the receiver for operating a transmitter to executing at least one operational function by the central controller through the second link and a first link or directly controlling the transmitter to executing the at least one operational function by the central controller through a third link when a virtual key corresponding to the transmitter displayed on the operational interface generated by the central controller is triggered.
US11501738B1	Brightness adjustment method and related display system A brightness adjustment method for a display system is disclosed. The display system includes a high dynamic range (HDR) display device, wherein the HDR display device is utilized for displaying an image. The brightness adjustment method includes detecting a distance between the HDR display device and a user, updating a brightness of the image according to the distance, calculating metadata corresponding to the image according to the brightness of the image and determining the image displayed on the HDR display device according to the calculated metadata corresponding to the image.
US11501736B2	Systems and methods for context-based optical character recognition Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for displaying contextually relevant information, comprising receiving cursor data comprising a location of a cursor on an electronic display, and determining a screenshot of at least a portion of the electronic display. One or more proximate alphanumeric characters may be determined in at least a portion of the screenshot based on the location of the cursor, and at least one of the proximate alphanumeric characters may be matched with one or more terms from a predetermined list of terms. An information card may be caused to be displayed on the electronic display based on the location of the cursor, the information card corresponding to the one or more terms from the predetermined list of terms.
US11501735B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus transmits a picture acquisition request for getting picture information to an external image apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to the display apparatus from the external image apparatus at predetermined intervals and gets a plurality of pieces of picture information from the external image apparatus to be displayed. The plurality of pictures may be switched at predetermined intervals, for example, to be displayed, so that the plurality of pictures may be displayed in a so-called slide show manner. A plurality of pictures for thumbnail may be produced from the plurality of pieces of picture information and be arranged together to be displayed in one picture screen of a display device.
US11501733B2	Panel self-refresh (PSR) transmission of bulk data The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of transferring bulk data, such as OLED compensation mask data, generated by a source device to a sink device using a high-bandwidth embedded DisplayPort (eDP) connection contemporaneous with an ENABLED Panel Self-Refresh (PSR) mode. Upon ENABLING the PSR mode, the source control circuitry causes the source transmitter circuitry, the sink receiver circuitry, and the eDP high-bandwidth communication link to remain active rather than inactive. The source control circuitry generates one or more data transport units (DTUs) having a header portion that contains data indicative of the presence of a bulk data payload and the non-display status of the bulk data payload carried by the DTUs.
US11501732B2	Electronic apparatus operating method and electronic apparatus A method for operating as electronic apparatus includes displaying, by a display apparatus, a first image based on first image data transmitted from a first terminal apparatus to the electronic apparatus in a first area of a display surface and changing, by the first terminal apparatus the amount of the first image data transmitted by the first terminal apparatus per unit time period to the electronic apparatus in accordance with a change instruction to change the size of the first area.
US11501727B2	Circuit device, display device, electronic apparatus, mobile body, and control method A circuit device 100 includes a light source driving value output unit 150 and a pixel value output unit 190. The light source driving value output unit 150 obtains a corrected intensity image Lled by correcting an intensity image Lint of an input image RGBin in a target display zone based on the light intensity distribution of a light source corresponding to the target display zone, and obtains a light source driving value Ldrv based on the largest corrected intensity value in the corrected intensity image Lled. The pixel value output unit 190 corrects pixel values of the input image RGBin based on the light source driving value Ldrv, and outputs the corrected pixel values as pixel values of an output image RGBout.
US11501721B2	Display driving circuit, display device including the same, and operating method of display driving circuit A display driving circuit includes: a grayscale voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of grayscale voltages by linearly dividing a plurality of gamma tap voltages; a gamma correction module configured to calculate a compensation value with respect to an input pixel value by using a compensation model, and configured to apply the compensation value to the input pixel value to generate a compensated pixel value; and a data driver configured to receive the plurality of grayscale voltages from the grayscale voltage generator, and configured to output a data voltage corresponding to a grayscale voltage to a display panel, the grayscale voltage being selected from the plurality of grayscale voltages based on the compensated pixel value.
US11501719B2	Display device that compensates for image sticking appearing on an image displayed through a display panel and method of driving the same A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, an image sticking compensator which receives image data, compensates for the image data based on lifespan data to generate lifespan compensation data, and a panel driver which provides data signals corresponding to the lifespan compensation data to the display panel. The image sticking compensator includes a compensator which receives the first cumulative data, generates the lifespan data based on the first cumulative data, compensates for the image data based on the lifespan data to generate the lifespan compensation data, a memory controller which receives the second cumulative data and the lifespan data from the compensator, a volatile memory which stores the second cumulative data from the memory controller, a main nonvolatile memory which stores the second cumulative data from the memory controller, and a sub-nonvolatile memory which stores the lifespan data from the memory controller.
US11501716B2	Display device including sensing unit for sensing deterioration information of driving transistor and method of driving the same A display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels and a sensing unit disposed outside the display unit, where the sensing unit senses deterioration information of a driving transistor in each of the pixels through a plurality of sensing lines, and compensates for deterioration of the driving transistor. the sensing unit senses the deterioration information during a first sensing period, and the first sensing period is included in each of a power-off period in which power for the display device to display an image is not supplied, a power-on period in which the display device is turned on, and an image display period in which the image is continuously displayed after the display device is turned on.
US11501713B2	Pixel circuit, driving method thereof and display device The disclosure provides a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, a display device. The pixel circuit includes: a storage capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first node and a second terminal coupled to a second node; a light emitting diode having a first electrode coupled to a third node and a second electrode coupled to a second power supply terminal; a data writing circuit configured to write a data voltage into the second node; a compensation circuit configured to write a voltage of the third node, as a compensation voltage, into the first node; a driving transistor having a control terminal coupled to the first node, a first electrode coupled to a first power supply terminal and a second electrode coupled to the light emitting control circuit; a light emitting control circuit configured to control the light emitting diode to emit light.
US11501710B2	Display device and method of driving display device A display device includes: a display portion including a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix; and a gate driver that outputs one driving pulse for each horizontal cycle. The plurality of pixel circuits each include subpixel circuits each including a light emitting element, a driving transistor that supplies a current to the light emitting element, a write transistor, a reference transistor, and an initialization transistor. The one driving pulse is input per vertical cycle from the gate driver to the initialization transistor included in each of a plurality of rows in the plurality of pixel circuits, and the one driving pulse input to the initialization transistors included in mutually different rows among the plurality of rows is input to each of the write transistor and the reference transistor, the mutually different rows being other than a row in which the write transistor and the reference transistor are included.
US11501708B2	Pixel driving circuit, driving method thereof and display panel Provided are a pixel driving circuit, a driving method and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor, a storage sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, an initialization sub-circuit, a first light-emission control sub-circuit, a second light-emission control sub-circuit and a light-emitting element. The data writing sub-circuit is configured to write a data signal to a first electrode of the driving transistor in response to a second scan signal. The storage sub-circuit is configured to store the data signal written by the data writing sub-circuit. The initialization sub-circuit is configured to apply a reset voltage of an initial voltage terminal to the light-emitting element in response to a first scan signal. The first light-emission control sub-circuit is configured to apply a voltage of a first power terminal to the first electrode of the driving transistor in response to a first light-emission signal.
US11501704B2	Method for sending driving data of backlight source, control circuit and display device The present disclosure provides a method for sending driving data of a backlight source, a control circuit and a display device. The method includes: acquiring driving data of a plurality of rows of light-emitting elements included in the backlight source; and sending the driving data of the plurality of rows of light-emitting elements to a driving circuit of the backlight source at many times, wherein at least one data packet is sent each time, each data packet includes driving data for driving one row of light-emitting elements and a quantity of data packets sent each time is less than a quantity of rows of light-emitting elements included in the backlight source.
US11501701B2	Display panel and spliced display A display panel and a spliced display are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a driving circuit, and an optical sensor. The substrate includes a through hole, and the through hole includes a hole. The plurality of the light-emitting elements are disposed on the substrate. The through hole is located in a region between two of the plurality of the light-emitting elements. The driving circuit is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of the light-emitting elements. The optical sensor is disposed corresponding to the through hole and receives sensing light through the hole. The width W of the hole meets the equation of H≤W
US11501698B2	Pixel and display device including an emission unit operating in different modes A display device includes a pixel. The pixel includes an emission unit and a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit to provide a first driving current to the emission unit in a first current flowing direction in a first mode, and to provide a second driving current to the emission unit in a second current flowing direction different from the first current flowing direction in a second mode. The emission unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other, a first light emitting element connected between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first current flowing direction, and a second light emitting element connected between the first electrode and the second electrode in the second current flowing direction.
US11501697B2	Pixel circuit and display device A pixel circuit and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit is utilized for driving a light emitting diode. The pixel circuit includes a storage capacitor, a selector, a memory device, and a write switch. The storage capacitor is coupled to the light emitting diode. The selector selects a first signal or a second signal to the storage capacitor according to a stored data. The memory device is coupled to the selector. The memory device stores a written data to obtain the stored data. The write switch is coupled to the memory device. The write switch writes in the written data to the memory device while the pixel circuit is in transition of operation modes.
US11501696B2	Pixel driving device and method for driving pixel A pixel driving device includes a capacitance, a reset circuit, a compensation circuit, a driving transistor and a first transistor. Reset circuit and compensation circuit are coupled to a first end and a second end of capacitance. First transistor is coupled between second end of driving transistor and second end of capacitance. Reset circuit resets first end of capacitance at a power supply voltage and reset second end of capacitance at a reference voltage according to a first sweep signal respectively. Compensation circuit writes a data voltage into first end of capacitance via driving transistor and second end of capacitance is maintained at reference voltage according to a second sweep signal. First transistor generates a driving voltage difference between first end and second end of capacitance according to a control signal. Driving transistor outputs a current to a luminous element according to driving voltage difference.
US11501695B2	Display device The power consumption of a display device is reduced. The power consumption of a driver circuit in a display device is reduced. A pixel included in the display device includes a display element. The pixel is configured to have a function of retaining a first voltage corresponding to a first input pulse signal and a function of driving the display element with a third voltage obtained by addition of a second voltage corresponding to a second input pulse signal to the first voltage.
US11501693B2	Electronic apparatus transmitting power to a display apparatus, control method thereof and display apparatus receiving power An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes: a power interface comprising circuitry connected with a display apparatus, a first converter comprising circuitry configured to convert an external power to a first driving power based on a first ground, a second converter comprising circuitry configured to convert the external power to a second driving power, based on a second ground, the second driving power having a voltage level lower than a voltage level of the first driving power, and a switch having a first end connected to an output end of the first converter, and the switch is connected to a power interface by one of the first end and a second end, wherein the switch is configured to be switched to supply one of the first driving power and the second driving power to the display apparatus through the power interface based on an operating state of the display apparatus.
US11501692B2	Shift-register circuit, a driving method thereof, and related display apparatus The present application discloses a shift-register circuit including a shift-register unit and a shutdown-discharge sub-circuit. The shift-register unit is coupled to a clock port, a first reference voltage port, a second reference voltage port, and an output port and configured to set a voltage level at a pull-up node to control a clock signal from the clock port being outputted to the output port to drive a display panel during a display period. The shutdown discharge sub-circuit is configured to at least simultaneously receive at least one shutdown signal at a first voltage level from a shutdown-discharge control port and a second signal at the first voltage level from the second reference voltage port to start a shutdown period to discharge at least one of the pull-up node and the output port.
US11501690B2	Array substrate, method of driving array substrate, and display device An array substrate, a method of driving an array substrate, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a display area, a slotting area, and a peripheral area, and the display area includes: a first area, which is in at least one side of the slotting area, and a second area which does not overlap with the first area. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units and a gate drive circuit. The gate drive circuit includes: a plurality of first shift register units, which are configured to drive a plurality of rows of pixel units in the first area, and a plurality of second shift register units which are configured to drive a plurality of rows of pixel units in the second area. A drive capability of a first shift register unit is lower than a drive capability of a second shift register unit.
US11501687B1	Image processing circuit and image processing method thereof An image processing circuit is provided. The image processing circuit includes a dither computing circuit and a blending circuit. The dither computing circuit performs a dither computing on the input grayscale data to generate a dithered grayscale data. The blending circuit receives the input grayscale data and the dithered grayscale data, generates a blending weight by comparing the input grayscale data with a first threshold, and performs a blending computing on the input grayscale data and the dithered grayscale data based on the blending weight to output an output grayscale data.
US11501681B2	Arrangement for a display and method In an embodiment an arrangement includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes at least two subpixels of each color, wherein each color is defined by a predefined target color location, wherein each subpixel comprises an optoelectronic component defined by a color location, wherein the color locations of the optoelectronic components of each color is chosen such that during operation of the optoelectronic components the predefined target color location is met for each color, wherein the optoelectronic components for each color are of identical design, and a controller configured to commonly control the optoelectronic components of a color.
US11501680B2	Intra-field sub code timing in field sequential displays Embodiments provide a computer implemented method for warping multi-field color virtual content for sequential projection. First and second color fields having different first and second colors are obtained. A first time for projection of a warped first color field is determined. A first pose corresponding to the first time is predicted. For each one color among the first colors in the first color field, (a) an input representing the one color among the first colors in the first color field is identified; (b) the input is reconfigured as a series of pulses creating a plurality of per-field inputs; and (c) each one of the series of pulses is warped based on the first pose. The warped first color field is generated based on the warped series of pulses. Pixels on a sequential display are activated based on the warped series of pulses to display the warped first color field.
US11501678B2	Display device A display panel includes a display panel displaying an image including a moving image and a static image; a controller generating first image data to the first area in a first arrangement type, and generating second image data to the second area in a second arrangement type; a scan driver sequentially supplying scan signals to all of pixel rows of the first area during a first period of a first frame and sequentially supplying scan signals to a part of pixel rows of the second area exclusively during a second period of the first frame; and a data driver supplying data signals corresponding to the first image data to data lines during the first period, and supplying data signals corresponding to the second image data to the data lines during the second period.
US11501676B2	Display device and operating method therefor Provided are a display device and an operating method therefor. The display device include a user input interface configured to receive a signal from a remote control device, a wireless communication interface configured to receive image data from an external device and control data of the external device, a display configured to output a screen of the external device by using the received image data, and a controller configured to control the display to change a pointer display mode of the remote control device based on the control data of the external device received while outputting the screen of the external device.
US11501668B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel having a foldable area; and a support disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel, the support including a plurality of projections spaced apart from each other in the foldable area and being inclined relative to the bottom surface.
US11501667B2	Stretchable display substrate and stretchable display device The present disclosure provides a stretchable display substrate and a stretchable display device. The stretchable display substrate includes a substrate having a wiring region and a display region along a first direction, the display region including a plurality of display units and a plurality of connecting units, the plurality of display units being spaced apart from each other and arranged in an array; each of the hollow structures having a first extending portion extending along a second direction, wherein the display region includes a first transition region close to the wiring region and a central region away from the wiring region, and the first length of the first extending portion of each of the hollow structures in the transition region is not greater than the first length of the first extending portion of each of the hollow structures in the central region.
US11501659B2	Magnetic building set and method for teaching numeracy and spelling A magnetic building set and method for teaching numeracy and spelling is disclosed. An example magnetic building set includes a plurality of trays that receive a plurality of unit markers implemented in various manipulative exercises and games that teach numeracy, elementary arithmetic, story arithmetic problems, geometric shapes, and spelling. The magnetic building set enables a user to build a plurality of geometric shapes, structures, and other constructions. Trays can be provided to represent a plurality of numeric quantities. A tray and marker assembly representing a specific numeric quantity can be manipulated as a whole, while the unit markers contained therein are visible to the student and can be viewed, manipulated, arranged and counted individually. Students are instructed to manipulate the trays and markers in various exercises in order to learn counting, number composition and decomposition, subitizing of quantities, arithmetic operations, place value, story arithmetic problems, geometric shapes, and spelling.
US11501657B2	Systems and methods for virtual reality based driver training Systems and methods for providing driver training in a virtual reality environment are disclosed. According to some aspects, an appropriate virtual reality driving simulation may be determined based on one or more input parameters provided by a user. The virtual reality driving simulation may include: (i) an instructional lesson, to be rendered in virtual reality, for teaching driving-related rules and/or skills to a user, and (ii) a driving scenario, to be rendered in virtual reality, for the user to practice the driving-related rules and/or skills taught by the instructional lesson. While the virtual reality driving simulation is rendered, user performance data may be recorded. Based on an analysis of the user performance data, a driving competency score and/or user feedback may be determined.
US11501654B2	Automated decision making for selecting scaffolds after a partially correct answer in conversational intelligent tutor systems (ITS) At least one hardware processor implementing a conversational intelligent tutor system obtains, from a student, a partially correct natural language answer to a question posed by the conversational intelligent tutor system. The at least one hardware processor implementing the conversational intelligent tutor system accesses contextual knowledge related to the student. Based on the partially correct answer and the contextual knowledge, the at least one hardware processor applies at least one of a rule set and a predictive model to select at least one scaffolding option for the student. the at least one scaffolding option is caused to be displayed to the student.
US11501652B2	Systems, devices, and methods for conversion of consumption of aerosol-generating articles Systems (200), devices (101), and methods are configured to generate and provide to users an indication representative of conversion of consumption from a first type of aerosol-generating article to a second type of aerosol-generating article. The systems (200), devices (101), and methods may be configured provide at least one first value representative of consumption of the first type of aerosol-generating article (2) such as, for example, combustion-style aerosol-generating articles (e.g., combustible cigarettes), and at least one second value representative of consumption of a second type of aerosol-generating article (4) such as, e.g., for example, a heated-type aerosol-generating articles (e.g., heat sticks), over a time period. The indication representative of conversion of consumption may be based on the at least one first value (2) and the at least one second value (4).
US11501647B2	Estimated wake turbulence trail for aircraft system A system may include at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: obtain air traffic data associated with at least one air traffic target; based at least on the air traffic data, determine at least one estimated wake turbulence trail for each of the at least one air traffic target; and at least one of: (a) generate at least one display image based at least on the at least one estimated wake turbulence trail and output the at least one display image to at least one display for presentation to a user, each of the at least one display image including at least one wake turbulence trail indicator, the at least one wake turbulence trail indicator generated based at least on the at least one estimated wake turbulence trail; or (b) operate the aircraft to avoid the at least one estimated wake turbulence trail.
US11501643B2	Reducing autonomous vehicle downtime and idle data usage Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle to reduce idle data usage and vehicle downtime are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data associated with autonomous vehicle(s) that are online with a service entity. The computing system can obtain data indicative of the geographic area with an imbalance in a number of vehicles associated with the geographic area. The computing system can determine a first autonomous vehicle for re-positioning with respect to the geographic area based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more autonomous vehicles and the data indicative of the geographic. The computing system can communicating data indicative of a first re-positioning assignment associated with the first autonomous vehicle. In some implementations, the computing system can generate vehicle service incentive to entice a vehicle provider to re-position its autonomous vehicles with respect to the geographic area.
US11501641B2	Parking management method and parking management device A parking management method includes detecting whether there is a vehicle approaching a parking management device in a parking space, capturing images of the vehicle when the vehicle is detected approaching the parking management device, identifying feature information of the vehicle in the captured images, determining whether the vehicle matches the parking space according to the feature information, controlling a lifting mechanism to change from a raised state to a lowered state when the vehicle matches the parking space, and establishing a pairing connection between the parking management device and a mobile terminal.
US11501640B2	Processing device, processing method, and processing program Disclosed is a processing device that is mounted in a vehicle and is able to perform communication with a center server during a normal time. The processing device includes a controller configured to execute searching for one or a plurality of other vehicles with which a host vehicle is able to perform communication, in emergency where a situation of emergency occurs and communication with the center server is disrupted, inquiring the other vehicles searched by the search about whether or not to enable intervention control related to the situation, and deciding a center vehicle giving an instruction related to the intervention control from among the other vehicles replying to enable the intervention control and the host vehicle.
US11501627B2	System to promote proper handwashing A system for identifying proper handwashing includes one or more sensors to monitor audio at a sink. The system for identifying proper handwashing further includes circuitry to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, wherein the sensor data comprise audio data collected during functioning of the sink, detect that the audio data corresponds to one or more particular handwashing events in a set of handwashing events, and determine whether the particular handwashing event satisfies a condition associated with a standard for proper handwashing.
US11501624B2	Apparatus, system and method for a portable personal air quality monitor Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing a personal air quality monitor. The personal air quality monitor may include a housing suitable for physical association with a person; an air inlet capable of providing air flow from an environment outside the housing to a chamber within the housing; a plurality of sensor resident within the chamber, suitable for receiving the airflow and measuring air quality factors associated with the airflow; and a communication system suitable for processing the air quality factor measurements and communicating the processed air quality factor measurements to a user interface cognizable to the person.
US11501621B2	Predictive building emergency guidance and advisement system The disclosed technology uses signaling devices and sensors that are distributed throughout a building in order to provide egress guidance to people located in a building when an emergency occurs. Such signaling devices can be located at or near doors, windows, and/or other junction points between different parts of a building (e.g., passageways between different rooms). Signaling devices can provide audio and/or visual information to people to guide them along a safe pathway that is selected to provide safe egress for the person, including anticipating and protecting the person from changing emergency conditions within the building.
US11501618B1	Security device with user-configurable motion detection settings A security device has user-configurable motion detection settings. The security device includes at least one camera configured to capture sequential frames of image data within a field of view; at least one processor; memory communicatively coupled with the processor(s); a location setting, stored in the memory, defining whether or not the security device is located at a common access area; and machine readable instructions stored in the memory. The machine readable instructions are executable by the processor(s) to determine the image data indicates motion; and determine that the motion indicates lingering presence at the common access area. In certain embodiments, the machine readable instructions are executable by the processor(s) to determine, from the image data, that the average ambient light over a daily period varies less than a light variation threshold, and configure the location setting to indicate that the security device is located at the common access area.
US11501615B2	Systems, methods, and devices for activity monitoring via a home assistant The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for monitoring activity in a home environment. In one aspect, a method performed at a voice-assistant device includes: while operating in an assistant mode, receiving an occupant command to operate in a monitoring mode; in response to the command, transitioning to operating in the monitoring mode; while operating in the monitoring mode, detecting a sound; obtaining a determination as to whether the sound meets one or more monitoring criteria; and in accordance with a determination that the sound meets the one or more monitoring criteria, generating an alert or notification.
US11501610B2	Central determination gaming system with limited term persistent elements A central determination gaming system which provides predetermined game outcomes while utilizing limited term persistent elements which persist over a quantity of two or more plays of a game and expire after a conclusion of the quantity of two or more plays of the game.
US11501604B2	Gaming system with pre-calibrated sensor for detecting chip and finger placement Gaming tables that support wager-based gaming are provided with input receiving devices that are structured to intuitively message to players what kind of wagers are permitted at which betting positions and when and then to automatically detect timely placement of such wagers at corresponding betting positions. This allows for faster unfolding of gaming action in that player confusion is minimized with respect to which wagers are being called for, when and where. An integrated compact sensor system is provided occupying slightly more table area than that needed for supporting wagering tokens of different denominations. The sensor system includes a large array of full color pixels (e.g., RGB capable pixels) for messaging to the players and proximity detection functionality for detecting 3D player hand gestures.
US11501602B2	Gaming machine and method with numerical basis for prizes in reels A gaming machine and method for operating a slot machine game in which virtual or mechanical reels include numbers from which a prize amount is produced by concatenation. In response to a wager activation by a player, the reels display conduct a base game including spinning the reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome having a plurality of symbols including single digit numbers which are positive numbers and zero, double digit numbers which are positive and double zero, and blank symbols. A prize amount associated with the outcome is identified by concatenating the single and double digit numbers and ignoring the blank symbols along a designated payline.
US11501598B2	Electronic gaming machine with potential matching segments in adjacent horizontal frames A video gaming machine provides partial symbols that match other partial symbols across adjacent horizontal frames. Matches of two melding frames provides absolute payouts, multipliers, bonus events and the like.
US11501597B1	Garment packaging for direct-to-garment personalization kiosk A direct-to-garment personalization system for personalizing an article includes a direct-to-garment printer configured to print a graphic onto the article and a packaged article. The packaged article has the article to be printed; a hanger having a hanging arm and an upset, the hanging arm disposed the article, wherein the hanger and the article have a rolled configuration; and a retainer disposed around the hanging arm for securing the article in a rolled configuration. The system also includes a storage area containing the packaged article and a transfer system. The transfer system is configured to retrieve the packaged article from the storage area; remove the retainer from the article; move the article to the direct-to-garment printer; and position a printing surface of the article at a distance from 2 mm to 10 mm away from a printing head of the direct-to-garment printer.
US11501590B2	Authorized smart access to a monitored property A method includes, receiving a biometric identifier from a visitor to the property, determining an arrival time of the visitor based on receiving the biometric identifier, comparing the arrival time of the visitor to an expected arrival time of an expected visitor, based on comparing the arrival time of the visitor to an expected arrival time, transmitting the biometric identifier and data identifying the expected visitor, receiving, by the monitoring system and from the external server, (i) data indicating that the biometric identifier corresponds to the expected visitor and (ii) data indicating that an electronic device of the expected visitor is located at the property, and based on (i) the data indicating that the biometric identifier corresponds to the expected visitor and (ii) the data indicating that the electronic device of the expected visitor is located at the property, granting, by the monitoring system, the visitor access to the property.
US11501586B1	Systems and methods for providing temporary access credentials to access physical locations A physical location access control system is configured to receive. via a network interface, a request to provide a temporary access right for a first physical location to a first user, the request providing an indication as to a first time period associated with the temporary access right. In response to determining that the requester has an access right to the first physical location for a second time period that comprises the first time period, a temporary access token corresponding to the first time period is created and the requester's access right to access the first physical location for the first time period is disabled. The temporary access token is transmitted to a device associated with the first user, enabling the first user to access the first physical location during the first time period.
US11501582B2	Artificial intelligence-based timing, imaging, and tracking system for the participatory athletic event market A system for tracking competitors conducting a race on a track includes multiple object-recognition devices positioned to recognize objects at predetermined locations along the track. The object-recognition devices are configured to recognize at least one physical feature of each of the competitors. A processing device is configured to determine a time at which a competitor reached a selected one of the predetermined locations during the race based on object-recognition data from at least one of the object-recognition devices. A transmitter is configured to transmit to an output device the time at which the competitor reached the selected location during the race.
US11501577B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for determining a contact between objects An information processing apparatus includes: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a first three-dimensional model expressing a position and a shape of a first object in a three-dimensional space based on images of the first object captured by a plurality of image-capturing devices at different locations; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a second three-dimensional model expressing a position and a shape of a second object in the three-dimensional space; an identifying unit configured to identify a plurality of parts of the first object; a determining unit configured to determine a contact between a certain part of the first object and the second object based on the obtained first three-dimensional model and second three-dimensional model and an identification result of the plurality of parts; and an output unit configured to output information according to a determination result of the contact.
US11501576B2	Wearable device, virtual content providing device, and virtual content providing method A virtual content providing device includes: a communication circuit capable of communicating with a wearable device worn by a user; and a processor functionally connected to the communication circuit. The processor is configured to: display virtual training content on the wearable device through the communication circuit; generate training situation information and user condition information associated with the virtual training content through the wearable device; determine a intervention time point for the virtual training content based on the training situation information and the user condition information; generate virtual intervention content associated with the intervention time point; and display the virtual intervention content in synchronization with the virtual training content through the wearable device.
US11501571B2	Depth processing A method comprising the steps of obtaining at least one frame of input data from at least one sensor, the frame of input data representative of a real-world environment at a given time. The frame is analysed to determine at least a foveal region within the frame, and at least a method for generating depth information associated with the real-world environment based on the frame of input data is selected. The method is applied to the foveal region to generate depth information associated with the foveal region, and at least the depth information associated with the foveal region is outputted.
US11501567B2	Guidance acquisition device, guidance acquisition method, and program Face image data is acquired and a face image is captured, and a difference between a face image indicated by the face image data and the face image that is captured or a candidate of the difference is detected on the basis of at least one of the face image indicated by the face image data that is acquired, and the face image that is captured. Guidance is acquired on the basis of the difference or the candidate of the difference which is detected, and an output unit is controlled to output the guidance.
US11501565B2	Passenger management device, passenger information processing device, passenger management method, and program To improve convenience of a passenger using a paid seat.An image transmission unit transmits a plurality of images generated by a first camera to a passenger information processing device. The passenger information processing device performs person specifying processing using the image. A processing result acquisition unit acquires a processing result by the passenger information processing device. This processing result is obtained by associating person specifying information that specifies a person included in the image with attribute information of the passenger. A getting-on station management unit generates getting-on station information using the person specifying information and the attribute information associated with the person specifying information. A getting-off station management unit generates getting-off station information using the person specifying information and the attribute information associated with the person specifying information. The getting-on station information and the getting-off station information are stored in a first storage unit in association with the person specifying information of the passenger.
US11501560B2	Infrared temperature measurement fused with facial identification in an access control system An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating the plurality of visual images to the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining an outlier temperature of an outlier infrared image of the plurality of infrared images and matching the outlier infrared image to a visual image.
US11501550B2	Optical character recognition segmentation A method, system, and computer program product for segmenting and processing documents for optical character recognition is provided. The method includes receiving a document and detecting different types of text data. The document is divided into a plurality of text regions associated with the different types of said text data. Optical noise is removed from each text region and differing optical character recognition software code is selected for application to each text region. The differing optical character recognition software code is executed with respect to each text region resulting in extractable computer readable text located within each said text region.
US11501543B2	System and method for automatic real-time localization of license plate of vehicle from plurality of images of the vehicle The present invention discloses a system and a method for language independent automatic license plate localization by analysis of plurality of images in real-time under day-light condition without using any external light. In one embodiment, the system can work without any spatiality constraints and/or demographic considerations without any restriction on jurisdiction and can effectively localize license plates (LPs) of any type consisting of alpha-numeric characters and symbols. In other embodiment, methods for search-space reduction system based on motion-based filtration and LPs localization based on edge-active-region filtration with high frame-per-second (FPS) throughput are described. In another embodiment, a dual-binarization scheme is described for color invariant LP localization.
US11501541B2	Imaging systems for facial detection, license plate reading, vehicle overview and vehicle make, model and color detection A system includes a camera defining an optical axis and a field of view defined about the optical axis. An illuminator is mounted offset from the optical axis and directed to illuminate at least a portion of the field of view, wherein the illuminator is operatively connected to the camera to provide illumination during an image capturing exposure of the camera. An image processer is operatively connected to the camera and includes machine readable instructions configured to receive image data representative of an image captured with the camera, perform facial detection to detect at least one face in the image, perform license plate detection to detect at least one license plate in the image, and to provide a vehicle overview image.
US11501537B2	Multiple-factor verification for vision-based systems A system and method for interaction monitoring in a retail environment that includes executing a first monitoring system and thereby generating a first evaluation of customer selection of items; executing a second monitoring system and thereby generating a second evaluation of customer selection of items; determining monitoring alignment between the first evaluation and the second evaluation of a first customer; and triggering an action in response to the monitoring alignment.
US11501535B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for reducing a visibility of a specific image region An image processing apparatus includes, an input unit configured to input images, a first detection unit configured to detect a first area based on features in the images input by the input unit, a second detection unit configured to detect a second area based on variations between the images input by the input unit, a generation unit configured to generate a background image by using a result of the first area detection by the first detection unit and a result of the second area detection by the second detection unit, and a processing unit configured to perform image processing for reducing a visibility of a specific region identified through a comparison between a processing target image acquired after a generation of the background image by the generation unit and the background image.
US11501532B2	Audiovisual source separation and localization using generative adversarial networks A method (and structure and computer product) for an audiovisual source separation processing includes receiving video data showing images of a plurality of sound sources into a video encoder, while concurrently receiving into the video encoder optical flow data of the video data, the optical flow data indicating motions of pixels between frames of the video data. The video encoder encodes the received video data into video localization data comprising information associating pixels in the frames of video data with different channels of sound and encodes the received optical flow data into video separation data comprising information associating motion information in the frames of video data with the different channels of sound.
US11501526B2	System and method for autonomous vehicle control A system for localizing an autonomous vehicle to a target area can include a position indicator adapted for association with the vehicle in a three dimensional configuration, a detection device configured to detect the position indicator, a computation device configured to compute a position of the vehicle based on the detected position indicator and the relationship of the configuration to the vehicle orientation, a transmitter configured to receive information from the computation device and produce a signal carrying the information, a receiver configured to receive the signal from the transmitter and filter the information therefrom, and a control system configured for association with and control of one or more directional control components of the vehicle, the control being based on the information received from the receiver relating to localizing the vehicle to the target area. A method of for localizing a vehicle to a target area is also disclosed.
US11501520B2	Advanced cloud detection using neural networks and optimization techniques Techniques for automatically determining, on a pixel by pixel basis, whether imagery includes ground images or is obscured by cloud cover. The techniques include training a Neural Network, making an initial determination of cloud or ground by using the Neural Network, and performing a max-flow, min-cut operation on the image to determine whether each pixel is a cloud or ground imagery.
US11501517B2	Individual identifying device An imaging unit, an extraction unit, a feature amount pair generation unit, and an imaging parameter adjustment unit are included. The imaging unit acquires images obtained by imaging each of N (N≥3) types of objects a plurality of times by setting a value of a specific imaging parameter, among a plurality of types of imaging parameters, as a certain candidate value and changing a value of the remaining imaging parameter. The extraction unit extracts a feature amount from each of the images. The feature amount pair generation unit generates, as a first feature amount pair for each of the N types of objects, a feature amount pair in which two feature amounts constituting the feature amount pair are extracted from images of objects of the same type, and generates, as a second feature amount pair for every combination of the N types of objects, a feature amount pair in which two feature amounts constituting the feature amount pair are extracted from a images of objects of the different types. The imaging parameter adjustment unit generates a first distribution that is a distribution of collation scores of the first feature amount pairs, generates a second distribution that is a distribution of collation scores of the second feature amount pairs, and on the basis of a degree of separation between the first distribution and the second distribution, determines the propriety of adopting the candidate value.
US11501516B2	Systems and methods for performing image analysis and identifying and assigning damage to material objects A method for determining damage caused to a property includes receiving a first image of an object, the first image being captured at a first time. The method further includes receiving a second image of the object, the second image being captured at a second time different from the first time. The method further includes determining that the object in the first image is a same object in the second image and aligning features of the object in the first image to the features of the object in second image. The method further includes determining at least one difference based on a comparison between the first image and the second image. The method further includes determining that the at least one difference indicates damage to the object that exceeds wear and tear depreciation damage based on an amount of elapsed time between the first time and the second time.
US11501512B2	Image processing apparatus, control method performed by the image processing apparatus, and storage medium, that determine a region including an object and control transmission an image corresponding to the determined region based on size thereof An image processing apparatus generates, based on an input image, region information indicating a region including an object, determines, based on the region information, a region including an object to be transmitted, and transmits, based on the region information indicating the determined region, an image of the object and region information indicating the determined region.
US11501509B2	Mold temperature anomaly sign detection apparatus, mold temperature anomaly sign detection method and storage medium A mold temperature control system includes: an inference model generating portion configured to, based on a plurality of pieces of thermo image data of a mold acquired at predetermined intervals and pieces of teaching data associated with the plurality of pieces of thermo image data, learn a predetermined number of consecutive pieces of time-series image data extracted from the plurality of pieces of thermo image data as one piece of sample data to generate an inference model for detecting a sign of a temperature anomaly of the mold; a mold temperature anomaly degree inference portion configured to detect occurrence of the sign of the temperature anomaly of the mold the predetermined number ahead, using the inference model, based on the predetermined number of pieces of time-series image data of the mold; and a warning lamp request transmitting portion configured to control lighting-up of a warning lamp.
US11501507B2	Motion compensation of geometry information A method of motion compensation for geometry representation of 3D data is described herein. The method performs motion compensation by first identifying correspondent 3D surfaces in time domain, then followed by a 3D to 2D projection of motion compensated 3D surface patches, and then finally performing 2D motion compensation on the projected 3D surface patches.
US11501505B2	Traversing photo-augmented information through depth using gesture and UI controlled occlusion planes Systems and methods are described that obtain depth data associated with a scene captured by an electronic device, obtain location data associated with a plurality of physical objects within a predetermined distance of the electronic device, generate a plurality of augmented reality objects configured to be displayed over a portion of the plurality of physical objects, and generate a plurality of proximity layers corresponding to the at least one scene, wherein a respective proximity layer is configured to trigger display of the auxiliary data corresponding to AR objects associated with the respective proximity layer while suppressing other AR objects.
US11501502B2	Augmented reality guided inspection A method, computer system, and a computer program product for augmented reality guidance are provided. Device orientation instructions may be displayed as augmented reality on a display screen of a device. The device may include a camera and may be portable. The display screen may show a view of an object. At least one additional instruction may be received that includes at least one word directing user interaction with the object. The at least one additional instruction may be displayed on the display screen of the device. The camera may capture an image of the object regarding the at least one additional instruction. The image may be input to a first machine learning model so that an output of the first machine learning model is generated. The output may be received from the first machine learning model. The output may be displayed on the display screen.
US11501501B1	Biometric feedback system Biometric feedback systems and methods for measuring user reaction to the indoor or outdoor environment are described. In some embodiments, one or more user(s) wears a body-worn sensor and the user's heart rate variability or other indication of stress is monitored as the user travels along a pre-determined route.
US11501499B2	Virtual surface modification Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for rendering virtual modifications to real-world environments depicted in image content. A reference surface is detected in a three-dimensional (3D) space captured within a camera feed produced by a camera of a computing device. An image mask is applied to the reference surface within the 3D space captured within the camera feed. A visual effect is applied to the image mask corresponding to the reference surface in the 3D space. The application of the visual effect to the image mask causes a modified surface to be rendered in presenting the camera feed on a display of the computing device.
US11501497B1	Placing virtual location-based experiences into a real-world space where they don't fit Techniques for creating a virtual space correlated with the geometry of a real space, to enable a user to experience the virtual space by moving virtually in the real space. Multiple users, each in a different real space, can share a single generated virtual space. If the real space is too small to fit the virtual space, the virtual space is laid out hanging over the edge of the real space. When the user reaches this edge, the virtual space is flipped over and re-correlated with the real space, so that by turning around in the real space, the may continue straight ahead in the virtual space. Also described are other ways a large virtual space can be placed and flipped over a smaller real space, recursively, for example to reduce the user's overall walking.
US11501496B2	Navigation system and method using a bounding volume hierarchy A system for generating a path for navigating an environment, the system comprising a bounding volume hierarchy, BVH, generation unit operable to generate a BVH comprising a plurality of bounding volumes representing one or more objects in the environment, a BVH analysis unit operable to identify information about the geometry of the environment from the BVH, and a path planning unit operable to generate a path through the environment in dependence upon the identified geometry.
US11501495B2	Virtual models for communications between autonomous vehicles and external observers Systems and methods for interactions between an autonomous vehicle and one or more external observers include virtual models of drivers the autonomous vehicle. The virtual models may be generated by the autonomous vehicle and displayed to one or more external observers, and in some cases using devices worn by the external observers. The virtual models may facilitate interactions between the external observers and the autonomous vehicle using gestures or other visual cues. The virtual models may be encrypted with characteristics of an external observer, such as the external observer's face image, iris, or other representative features. Multiple virtual models for multiple external observers may be simultaneously used for multiple communications while preventing interference due to possible overlap of the multiple virtual models.
US11501490B2	Systems and methods for multi-resolution fusion of pseudo-LiDAR features The embodiments disclosed herein describe vehicles, systems and methods for multi-resolution fusion of pseudo-LiDAR features. In one aspect, a method for multi-resolution fusion of pseudo-LiDAR features includes receiving image data from one or more image sensors, generating a point cloud from the image data, generating, from the point cloud, a first bird's eye view map having a first resolution, generating, from the point cloud, a second bird's eye view map having a second resolution, and generating a combined bird's eye view map by combining features of the first bird's eye view map with features from the second bird's eye view map.
US11501488B2	Systems, methods, and media for generating visualization of physical environment in artificial reality In one embodiment for generating passthrough, a system may receive an image and depth measurements of an environment and generate a corresponding 3D model. The system identifies, in the image, first pixels depicting a physical object and second pixels corresponding to a padded boundary around the first pixels. The system associates the first pixels with a first portion of the 3D model representing the physical object and a first representative depth value computed based on the depth measurements. The system associates the second pixels with a second portion of the 3D model representing a region around the physical object and a second representative depth value farther than the first representative depth value. The system renders an output image depicting a virtual object and the physical object. Occlusions between the virtual object and the physical object are determined using the first representative depth value and the second representative depth value.
US11501486B2	Surface characterisation apparatus and system A system for characterising surfaces in a real-world scene, the system comprising an object identification unit operable to identify one or more objects within one or more captured images of the real-world scene, a characteristic identification unit operable to identify one or more characteristics of one or more surfaces of the identified objects, and an information generation unit operable to generate information linking an object and one or more surface characteristics associated with that object.
US11501482B2	Anonymization apparatus, surveillance device, method, computer program and storage medium An anonymization apparatus 6 is proposed for the generation of anonymized images 9, wherein surveillance images 5 are provided through video surveillance of a surveillance region 3 by means of at least one camera 2, with a recognition module 11, wherein the surveillance images 5 are provided to the recognition module 11, wherein the recognition module 11 is configured to recognize persons 4 contained in the surveillance images 5, with a processing module 13, wherein the processing module 13 is configured to process the surveillance images 5 into the anonymized images 9, wherein at least one person 4 or person segment included in the surveillance images 5 is anonymized in the anonymized images 9, wherein the processing module 13 is configured to replace the recognized person 4 or person segment by an animated person model 14 for the purpose of anonymization.
US11501474B2	Collimators for medical imaging systems and image reconstruction methods thereof According to various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a collimator for medical imaging. The collimator includes a perforated plate with a top surface and a bottom surface and holes distributed on the perforated plate. The holes are arranged in a plurality of groups. The plurality of groups forms a first coded aperture pattern and the holes in each of the plurality of groups form a second coded aperture pattern.
US11501470B2	Geometric encoding of data Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which encode data into a geometric representation for more efficient and secure processing. For example, data may be converted from a binary representation to a geometric representation using an encoding dictionary. The encoding dictionary specifies one or more geometric shapes used in the encoding. The geometrically encoded data may comprise one or more identifiers that specify one or more of the shapes of the encoding dictionary that best match one or more detected features in an image corresponding to the data. In some examples, the geometrically encoded data may also comprise one or more transformations of the one or more shapes to reduce error in the geometric encoding.
US11501461B2	Controller, control method, and program The present technology relates to a controller, a control method, and a program that enable self-localization with lower power consumption.Provided are a selection unit that selects, from a horizontal camera mounted in a horizontal direction and a downward camera mounted in a downward direction, a camera used for self-localization depending on speed, and a self-localization unit that performs self-localization using an image obtained by imaging with the horizontal camera or the downward camera selected by the selection unit. The selection unit selects the horizontal camera in a case where the speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed, and selects the downward camera in a case where the speed is not equal to or higher than the predetermined speed. The present technology can be applied to a self-localization system.
US11501459B2	Information processing apparatus, method of information processing, and information processing system Provided is an information processing apparatus including a determination unit that determines an input state of a user based on a captured image of a first imaging device and a sensor controller that determines an imaging position at which an input image is captured by a second imaging device different from the first imaging device, based on a positional relation between an input-related object related to input by the user and each of a plurality of imaging position candidates and the input state.
US11501457B2	Methods for identifying dendritic pores A method for identifying a dendritic pore is provided. Line and pore images are obtained from a digital image of a subject's skin. These line and pore images are overlaid to identify those pores having at least one line intersecting the pore as dendritic pores.
US11501456B2	Application control device, application control method, program and storage medium that naturally conceal a local difference in brightness on skin An application control device according to an embodiment of the present invention has an acquisition unit that acquires image data of a skin; a division unit that divides the image data into a plurality of segments each smaller than or equal to 200 μm; and a calculation unit that calculates, from a value of one or a plurality of segments of the image data, an application amount of a cosmetic material to be applied to each portion of the skin.
US11501451B2	Detecting subject motion in medical imaging Presented are concepts for detecting subject motion in medical imaging of a subject. One such concept obtains a motion classification model representing relationships between motion of image features and subject motion values. For each of a plurality of medical slice images of an imaged volume of the subject, an image feature of the medical slice image is extracted. Based on the extracted image feature for each of the plurality of medical slice images, motion information for the image feature is determined. Based on the motion information for the image feature and the obtained motion classification model, a subject motion value is determined.
US11501450B2	Object tracking device by analyzing an image, object tracking tracking method by analyzing an image, recording medium, and object tracking tracking system by analyzing an image A tracking device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: acquire tracking information regarding a tracking indicating a movement of a person in a monitoring region; determine one or more feature points on the tracking in the monitoring region based on the tracking information; determine one or more sections of the tracking according to the feature points determined; and analyze the tracking information for each section of the tracking determined.
US11501446B2	Segmenting 3D intracellular structures in microscopy images using an iterative deep learning workflow that incorporates human contributions A facility for identifying the boundaries of 3-dimensional structures in 3-dimensional images is described. For each of multiple 3-dimensional images, the facility receives results of a first attempt to identify boundaries of structures in the 3-dimensional image, and causes the results of the first attempt to be presented to a person. For each of a number of 3-dimensional images, the facility receives input generated by the person providing feedback on the results of the first attempt. The facility then uses the following to train a deep-learning network to identify boundaries of 3-dimensional structures in 3-dimensional images: at least a portion of the plurality of 3-dimensional images, at least a portion of the received results, and at least a portion of provided feedback.
US11501441B2	Biomarker determination using optical flows A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a video of a subject, the video including a plurality of frames; generating, based on the plurality of frames, a plurality of optical flows; and encoding the plurality of optical flows using an autoencoder to obtain a movement-based biomarker value of the subject.
US11501436B2	Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters.
US11501434B2	Deep multi-magnification networks for multi-class image segmentation Described herein are Deep Multi-Magnification Networks (DMMNs). The multi-class tissue segmentation architecture processes a set of patches from multiple magnifications to make more accurate predictions. For the supervised training, partial annotations may be used to reduce the burden of annotators. The segmentation architecture with multi-encoder, multi-decoder, and multi-concatenation outperforms other segmentation architectures on breast datasets, and can be used to facilitate pathologists' assessments of breast cancer in margin specimens.
US11501432B2	Spiking retina microscope A spiking retina microscope comprising microscope optics and a neuromorphic imaging sensor. The microscope optics are configured to direct a magnified image of a specimen onto the neuromorphic imaging sensor. The neuromorphic imaging sensor comprises a plurality of sensor elements that are configured to generate spike signals in response to integrated light from the magnified image reaching a threshold. The spike signals may be processed by a processor unit to generate a result, such as tracking biological particles in a specimen comprising biological material.
US11501429B2	Methods of analyzing microscopy images using machine learning Disclosed herein are methods of utilizing machine learning methods to analyze microscope images of populations of cells.
US11501425B2	Verification apparatus and information processing method for selecting an image associated with a reference image A verification apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure selects an image associated with a code of a reference image switching sheet as a reference image when the code of the reference image switching sheet is read. An instruction is provided to discharge the reference image switching sheet to a set sheet discharging destination.
US11501405B2	Signal encoding for inks with low reflectivity This disclosure relates to advanced image signal processing technology including encoded signals and digital watermarking. The technology may be applied to retail packages and other printed objects, e.g., such as hang tags, labels and receipts.
US11501392B2	Managing energy transactions using distributed ledger technology Methods and systems for originating and monitoring energy transactions using distributed ledger technology are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a first request to originate a contract associated with an energy transaction. The first request may include a first draft of the contract. A first transaction may be generated based on the first draft of the contract and may be added to a distributed ledger. Transaction information regarding the energy transaction may be received and a second draft of the contract may be generated based on the transaction information. A second transaction may be generated based on the second draft of the contract and may be added to the distributed ledger.
US11501390B2	Energy saving support system An energy saving support system according to an embodiment is configured to provide a consumer, who has an electric load to which electric energy is supplied from an electric power supply system within a house, with energy consumption-related information through a photo frame or the like. The information providing apparatus is configured to acquire an acceptability level, which stepwise indicates a degree of interest of the consumer in the energy consumption-related information, and to determine the energy consumption-related information to be newly provided to the consumer based on the acceptability level.
US11501388B2	Production management apparatus, method, and non-transitory medium There are provided a repair determination section that determines, based on failure information on the facility for manufacturing a product, a repair time required to repair the facility, and a recovery plan creation section that creates a recovery plan in accordance with a predetermined production evaluation indicator, based on the repair time and production information on a line with the failed facility, one or more other facilities, and on one or more other lines.
US11501387B2	Generating playlists for a content sharing platform based on user actions A method of generating a playlist for a first user includes identifying a client device associated with the first user, determining that the first user has requested to add a second user to a set of social connections of the first user, and in response to determining that the first user has requested to add the second user to the set of social connections of the first user, updating one or more playlists associated with the first user to add a media item of the second user, and transmitting to the client device a signal that causes the client device to present at least one of the updated playlists to the first user and provide the first user with access to the media item.
US11501385B2	Asset information collection apparatus An asset information collection apparatus includes: a first reception part configured to cause a plurality of first servers to anonymize a plurality of items of asset information and to generate a plurality of items of anonymous asset information such that a specific individual cannot be identified based on the items of asset information when the items of asset information stored in the first servers are viewed by one or more user terminals, and configured to receive the items of anonymous asset information from the first servers; a second reception part configured to be for one or more users using the one or more user terminals and to receive one or more identifiers that is not capable of identifying a specific individual from the first servers; and a storage part configured to store the items of anonymous asset information in association with the one or more identifiers.
US11501382B1	Medical diagnostic-initiated insurance offering Techniques for initiating offers for insurance based upon medical diagnostic examinations may include, for each of a plurality of stored examination results: with a patient's or customer's affirmative consent or permission, (1) determining a health profile of a respective patient; (2) determining, based upon contents of the health profile, whether or not the patient is eligible for one or more offers of insurance; (3) providing the health profile of an eligible patient to one or more insurance providers; and/or (4) receiving one or more insurance offers that include binding quotes for insurance. Using the techniques disclosed herein, patients who have undergone medical examinations may be automatically selected and provided with insurance offers for which they have been pre-approved. The insurance offers may include binding quotes for insurance coverage. As a result, insurance or other cost savings may be provided to patients or other customers (e.g., parents of young patients).
US11501381B2	Method for learning and device for reviewing insurance review claim statement on basis of deep neural network A method for learning an insurance claim statement on a basis of a deep neural network, includes: receiving, by an insurance claim statement reviewing device, an input of a plurality of insurance review claim statements containing at least one of first information, second information, third information and fourth information; classifying, by the insurance claim statement reviewing device, the general items, the diagnosed patient injury/disease items, the treatment history items, or the prescription items; converting, by the insurance claim statement reviewing device, the categorical data or the numerical data; inputting, by the insurance claim statement reviewing device, the converted data; training, by the insurance claim statement reviewing device, the deep neural network using training data of the converted data; and verifying, by the insurance claim statement reviewing device, the deep neural network using verification data of the converted data.
US11501378B2	Methods and systems of a patient insurance solution as a service for gig employees In one aspect, a method for managing a patient-provider relationship, includes the step of providing a tiered structure for patient specific financial support. The method includes the step of providing a tailored patient financial workflows for pre-care financial commitment, approvals and post-care claims adjudication. The method includes the step of providing a multiple financial support options ranging from one off patient payment commitments, revolving options for multiple commitments or a fixed monthly amount determined by the patient. The method includes the step of providing a unified master servicing agreement that coordinates and manages the patient support experience and integrates the often-disparate servicing aims for payers, providers, credit underwriters.
US11501377B2	System and method for dynamic insurance coverage in a subscription vehicle service Embodiments of methods and systems for dynamic insurance of clients with access to a shared asset pool through a subscription vehicle service are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of a method for dynamic insurance leverages a subscription vehicle service platform to collect data elements associated with each driver-to-vehicle combination in the subscription vehicle service. Using the collected data elements, embodiments package the data elements according to predefined preferences of one or more insurance providers. When a present driver-to-vehicle combination associated with a given client changes, the packaged data elements are provided to the insurance providers in order to solicit quotations, or approval, or continuation of current policy for the new driver-to-vehicle combination. In this way, constantly updated data elements derived from the client's use of the service provide accurate information for optimized insurance coverage based on the client's active driver-to-vehicle combination.
US11501361B2	Systems and methods for generating a user interface including item selection interface elements arranged based on relevance data and configured for executing transition routines based on receipt of an expiration signal Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for providing user interfaces are discussed herein. Some examples may include an apparatus configured to determine one or more additional items based on relevance data related to a primary purchase item that is associated with a user profile, generate a user interface, determine at least one selected item from the one or more additional items, receive an expiration signal indicating expiration of an automatic completion time period, and execute an automatic purchase completion transition routine associated with the at least one selected item in response to receiving the expiration signal.
US11501360B2	System and method of purchase request management using plain text messages The systems and methods may identify order requests from internal messaging or collaboration systems. Once order requests are identified, the systems and methods determine purchase orders based on the requests, and generate tokens (e.g., virtual credit cards) specific to a purchase order, to be used by the requestor to complete the purchase of requested items or services. Once the tokens are used, the systems and methods may then track the purchases in various databases, providing the organization with various views or insights into their employee's expenditures.
US11501359B1	System and method for facilitating selective order modification A system and method facilitate modification of an order including selection of a different supplier than the supplier originally designated to fill the order. The system includes a communication interface configured to receive an order identifying a product, a designated supplier and a price of the product. The system also includes a supplier database configured to store information for a plurality of suppliers. The system further includes processing circuitry configured to identify one or more alternative suppliers and the price of the product at the alternative suppliers based upon the information stored by the supplier database. The processing circuitry is also configured to cause information to be provided to a customer regarding the price of the product at the alternative suppliers. The processing circuitry is further configured, based on feedback from the customer that identifies a different supplier, to facilitate modification of the order to identify the different supplier.
US11501358B2	Systems and computer program product for determining an object property A computer system for matching users with visual items comprises a user-scoring component configured to receive user data about each of the users, and process the user data so as to assign the user a set of psychological test scores that characterize the user in terms of standardized personality traits of a predefined psychological test. Ann item-scoring component uses visual appearance information of each item to assign the item a corresponding set of psychological test scores indicating expected user visual preference for the item in terms of said standardized personality traits of the psychological test. A matching component matches each user with a set of the items, by matching the user's set of psychological test scores with the corresponding sets of psychological test scores of the items, and provide a matching output indicating, to the user, the set of items with which he or she has been matched.
US11501356B2	Systems and methods for generating personalized skincare formulations based on biomarker analysis Systems and methods are provided for improving skincare product formulations to address predicted skin trends. A biomarker analysis system is used to determine concentrations of various protein biomarkers of a user. A skin diagnosis computing device uses the protein biomarker concentrations to determine one or more skin trends, and determines one or more skincare product ingredients to address the skin trends. A skincare product is compounded that includes the one or more skincare product ingredients.
US11501355B2	Integration of image capturing mechanism into ecommerce application Integrating an image capturing mechanism into an ecommerce application is described. Images of items offered for sale via ecommerce channels associated with an ecommerce service provider and performance metrics associated with the images and/or content items with which the images are presented via the ecommerce channels can be analyzed. Based partly on the analyzing, a characteristic associated with the images that are associated with a performance metric that satisfies a threshold or that are presented by the content items that are associated with the performance metric that satisfies the threshold can be determined. A new image of an item to be offered for sale by a merchant via an ecommerce channel can be received and, based at least partly on the characteristic, it can be determined whether to integrate the new image into a content item for the merchant, wherein the content item to be presented via the ecommerce channel.
US11501349B2	Advertisement metadata communicated with multimedia content Presentation of multimedia content comprising at least one advertisement and at least a portion of metadata pertaining to the at least one advertisement is detected. A spoken utterance of a user is detected. A computer-understandable meaning of the spoken utterance by performing natural language processing on the spoken utterance. Whether the spoken utterance pertains to a product or service indicated in the at least one advertisement can be determined by comparing the computer-understandable meaning of the spoken utterance to the at least the portion of metadata pertaining to the at least one advertisement and whether the computer-understandable meaning of the spoken utterance indicates that the user chooses to order the product or service indicated in the at least one advertisement can be determined. If both determinations are affirmative, an order for the product or service indicated in the at least one advertisement can be automatically placed.
US11501347B2	System, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for certification of vendors using distributed ledger technology The present technology pertains to a distributed server system for verifying vendors. The distributed server system comprises one or more nodes on a distributed network; a communication interface of a first node that communicates over a communication network with the one or more nodes on the distributed network, wherein the communication interface receives information about a unique seal associated with a product in response to a query; and a processor of the first node that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor verifies that a vendor is associated with the unique seal has been appended to a distributed ledger, determines a match between the unique seal and the vendor; and, after determining the match, confirms that the vendor is a certified vendor of the product.
US11501346B2	System and method for facilitating seamless commerce Customers are identified as they enter a store and linked to one or more items previously ordered on-line. A route through the store to retrieve the ordered items is generated and sent to the customer's mobile device for display. The customer's movements are tracked as he/she goes through the store to retrieve products, and the location of the customer determined whenever he/she selects a product from the shelves. Based on whether the locations of the customer when he/she selected the products matches the predefined locations of the items ordered on-line, the customer is directed to go to one of an audit station or checkout lane, or alternatively, to bypass both audit station and the checkout lane and exit the store. In the latter case, the customer's account is automatically charged for the total cost of the ordered items.
US11501344B2	Partial perceptual image hashing for invoice deconstruction A system and method for deconstructing a document is described herein, where the method is an improvement over existing document deconstruction techniques. These improvements increase speed and accuracy by rapidly identifying the vendor in an invoice by splitting the invoice into three regions and performing a perceptual image hashing on each section. Then a hamming distance is used to compare the hash for each section with the hashes of known invoices to identify the vendor who sent the invoice.
US11501341B2	System for delivery of XR ad programs Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including obtaining an advertisement package, wherein the advertisement package defines an interactive extended reality advertisement and includes a plurality of optional features; obtaining information about a user, their equipment, and their environment; creating an interactive extended reality advertisement by choosing a selected feature of the plurality of optional features according to the user information; and presenting the interactive extended reality advertisement to the user equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11501339B2	Method and system for embedding a portable and customizable incentive application on a website An embodiment of the present invention is described that includes an incentive application for providing incentives to a visitor of a site. The incentive application is both portable onto other sites and is customizable on each site to the information provided on the site.
US11501334B2	Methods and apparatuses for selecting advertisements using semantic matching A system for selecting one or more advertisement items to be presented to a user may include a computing device configured to obtain anchor item data including anchor item title data and anchor item metadata identifying characteristics of an anchor item. The computing device can also obtain advertisement item data including advertisement item title data and advertisement item metadata identifying characteristics of a plurality of advertisement items. The computing device can also determine a match score for each advertisement item of the plurality of advertisement items based on the anchor item data and the advertisement item data, wherein the match score identifies a relevance of the advertisement item to the anchor item. The computing device can then select one or more advertisement items based on the match score of each advertisement item.
US11501332B2	Advertisement information sharing system The object of the present invention is to provide an advertisement information sharing system which allows anyone to easily carry out a manuscript publication of an article with an advertisement added thereto and by presenting such an advertisement as to draw attention of readers of the article, makes it possible to accelerate the manuscript publication of the advertisement article by the contributor and the browsing and utilization of the advertisement by the readers.The advertisement information sharing system is provided with a contributor terminal for outputting an article with an advertisement added thereto, a user terminal for outputting user information and an advertisement information sharing server. The advertisement information sharing server records browsing history information having contributor information of an advertisement added article that is published to users having relevant information indicating connections between the contributor and a user, and browsed by the user and advertisement specifying information for specifying an advertisement added to the advertisement added article. The advertisement information sharing server comprises a manuscript publication means which adds the advertisement information relating to the advertisement target to the article information containing the contents relating to the advertisement target inputted from the contributor terminal so as to record the resulting information as an advertisement added article; a history collation means for carrying out a collating process with the browsing history information of the user, by utilizing the advertisement specifying information inputted in association with the user information; and an addition means in which when the authentication is confirmed by the history collation means, an advertisement utilization privilege is added to the privilege information of the user and the contributor described in the browsing history information. And the advertisement specifying information is associated with the user information in a corresponding store presented based upon the advertisement information of the target advertisement added article, and outputted to the advertisement information sharing server in association with the user information from the user terminal or a store terminal installed in the corresponding store.
US11501331B2	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.
US11501326B1	Store low-stock item reporting and promotion system and related methods A store low-stock item reporting and promotion system may include a remote device to be carried by a shopper when shopping within a store and may be configured to acquire an image associated with an item. The system may include a server configured to obtain the image from the remote device, identify the item based upon the image, and determine a low-stock condition for the item based upon the image. Upon determining the low-stock condition, the server may generate a low-stock notification and communicate the low-stock notification to another device, and generate a digital promotion and communicate the digital promotion to the remote device.
US11501323B1	Augmented reality store and services orientation gamification A method implemented on an electronic computing device includes identifying a user of an augmented reality (AR) device. Profile information is obtained for the user based on the identity of the user. An interactive game is activated on the AR device. The interactive game is tailored to the user based on the profile information. One or more rewards are provided to the user for implementing aspects of the interactive game.
US11501321B2	Systems and methods for discovering and quantifying principal driving factors or dominant paths in interconnected journey data Analytical methods and systems applied to sequential event data are disclosed. An exemplary system and method analyzes datasets containing events in a plurality of journeys. The methods and systems described analyze and quantify the relative importance of events and sequences leading to outcomes where the data is complex and interconnected. In some embodiments, a graphical user interface illustrates the quantification of these datasets. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface maps the journey paths to show the relative importance of each journey path. In some embodiments, the maps of journey paths are interactive, allowing selection of paths of interest for detailed analysis. In some embodiments, the methods and systems calculate paths similar to a journey path of interest. An exemplary method and system also provides detailed recommendations for changing events within a sequence to either increase or decrease the likelihood of achieving a selected outcome.
US11501320B2	System and method for handbag authentication Systems and methods for authenticating handbags using a portable electronic device along with a bilinear convolutional neural network (CNN) model are described. One method includes using a portable electronic device comprising a camera, and a lens-accessory attached to the portable electronic device such that an optical feature of the lens-accessory is positioned in front of the camera. The portable electronic device acquires one or more pictures of a handbag and sends the one or more pictures to a bilinear CNN model via a network asset where an authenticity is determined. The systems and methods disclosed are capable of allowing the portable electronic device to be spaced apart from the handbag while acquiring pictures, and the lens-accessory can be between 10× and 50× magnification.
US11501314B2	System and method for providing a universal endpoint address schema to route documents and manage document workflows One example of the system and method described herein may provide a universal endpoint address schema to route documents and manage document workflows, which may include one or more encapsulated workflow packages. In particular, a globally unique endpoint address may be specified using the universal endpoint address schema to route documents to any addressable destination and link the documents to workflow steps, processing rules, and business intelligence that can enforce business constraints. Furthermore, the globally unique endpoint address may be specified using the universal endpoint address schema may be linked to tickets that request documents or document-related services from third parties in cloud or virtualized data centers, whereby the universal endpoint address schema may extend the abilities that different organizations have to collaborate with one another.
US11501310B1	Systems and methods for authenticating a user commerce account associated with a merchant of a commerce platform A method and apparatus for authenticating a user commerce account associated with a merchant of a commerce platform are described. The method may include initiating authentication of the user commerce account associated with the merchant of the commerce platform from a commerce platform user interface of a user device, the user commerce account established for a user of the merchant. The method may also include sending an electronic message to a mobile device associated with the user account at the commerce platform, wherein the electronic message comprises an authentication code, and receiving the authentication code from the commerce platform user interface. Furthermore, the method may include generating an authentication key for the mobile device in response to matching the received authentication code with the sent authentication code and receiving a cookie provided from the commerce platform to the mobile device.
US11501303B2	Utilizing card movement data to identify fraudulent transactions A fraud detection platform may receive transaction data relating to a transaction conducted by a user with a transaction card. The fraud detection platform may receive, from a biometric sensor of the transaction card, biometric data relating to one or more biometric characteristics of the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may receive, from an accelerometer of the transaction card, card movement data relating to a measure of shaking of the transaction card by the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may process the transaction data, the biometric data, and the card movement data, with a fraud detection model, to determine a fraud score associated with the transaction. The fraud detection platform may perform one or more actions based on the fraud score.
US11501301B2	Transaction terminal fraud processing Image analysis is performed on a user at a transaction terminal. Based on behaviors, expressions, and activities of the user, fraud or potential fraud is flagged. When fraud is flagged, the transaction terminal stops processing an active transaction on behalf of the user and alerts are sent. When potential fraud is flagged, images/video associated with the active transaction are sent for review and the active transaction may be suspended or permitted to proceed at the transaction terminal. In an embodiment, a same user conducting multiple transactions with different accounts at a same transaction terminal or multiple different transaction terminals within a configured period of time is automatically identified as fraud based on a fraud rule.
US11501300B1	Determining payment details based on contextual and historical information A computing system may be configured to determine payment details for funds transfers from unstructured sets of data. The system may maintain historical transaction information associated with each of a plurality of users. The system may receive data associated with a transaction. The system may identify a user associated with the data, wherein the user is one of the plurality of users. The system may determine, based on contextual information of the data and the historical transaction information associated with the user, payment details about the transaction. The payment details may include a payment amount and one or more recipients. The system may execute a funds transfer for the payment amount from a source account associated with the user to one or more destination accounts associated with the one or more recipients.
US11501295B2	Object distribution processing The present disclosure provides an object distribution processing method, device, and system. The object distribution processing method includes: receiving, by an object distribution server, content of an object distribution transaction from a blockchain node, where the content of an object distribution transaction includes a transaction hash specific to the object information to be distributed; after the object distribution server reaches a distribution start time, receiving object distribution requests from a plurality of clients; determining a corresponding award winner from a plurality of object distribution requests; and sending an object distribution message with the hash value to the award winner. With this method, the tamper-resistant characteristic of transaction content in a blockchain is used, and a proof for a transaction hash value specific to initial object information is provided for a user, thereby improving fairness of an object distribution service.
US11501293B1	Systems and methods for presenting recognizable bank account transaction descriptions compiled through customer collaboration A system and methods for leveraging a community of users to collaboratively identify bank or investment account transaction descriptions by providing common, more recognizable description, category and location information used most often by the community. A database may be maintained that is accessible by the customer/user community to view, update and provide understandable descriptions for such cryptic descriptions. The database may be searchable such that a customer/user may search a description to determine or update the source of the transaction.
US11501291B2	Cryptoasset custodial system using encrypted and distributed client keys A hardware security module (HSM) generates a client key for an account holder of a cryptoasset custodial system. The HSM encrypts the client key to generate an encrypted client key using a hardware-based cryptographic key within a secure storage device. The encrypted client key is transmitted to client devices. The HSM deletes the encrypted client key from the secure storage device. Each client device stores the encrypted client key in an offline secure enclave. A request to authorize a cryptoasset transaction is received. The HSM determines that signed messages endorsing the cryptoasset transaction have been received from at least some client devices in satisfaction of a quorum. The encrypted client key is received from at least one client device. The HSM decrypts the encrypted client key. The HSM signs an approval message for the cryptoasset transaction using a cryptoasset key based at least in part on the client key.
US11501289B2	Computer system and computer-implemented method for secure payment transaction A computer implemented system and method is disclosed for providing a secure payment transaction between a customer and a merchant. The system includes at least a computer processor and a data storage device, the data storage device comprising instructions operative by the processor to: receive, from an acquirer bank of the merchant, a payment request comprising a payment instrument associated with a customer and a merchant token associated with a merchant, map the merchant token to predefined parameters established by the merchant for performing a merchant authorisation of the payment request, validate the merchant token by checking whether the predefined parameters are met for the payment request, approve or refuse the payment request based on the validation and, if approved, transmit a payment authorisation request to an issuer bank associated with the payment instrument of the customer for issuer authorisation of the payment request and proceed with the secure payment transaction if the issuer authorisation is successful.
US11501283B2	NFC enabled card for consumer accessibility A contactless card useful for adjusting the operation, configuration, and/or performance of a secondary device is described. The contactless card is equipped with a communication interface which allows the contactless card to transmit information to the secondary device using NFC signals. The contactless card stores accommodation information related to a physical accommodation desired by the user and transmits that information in the form of an accommodation message to the secondary device after being placed in a NFC field generated by the secondary device. In some embodiments, the contactless card requests an authentication certificate in order to determine a degree of trust prior to sending an accommodation message. In some embodiments, the contactless card may adjust what accommodation information is included in the accommodation message based on the authentication certificate received from the secondary device.
US11501276B1	Resiliency in point of service transactions using distributed computing Performing point of sale transactions are performed by configuring a point of service (POS) environment with a sensor pod including an active sensor and a passive sensor. A first signal is sent from the active sensor of the sensor pod to a user device that is initiating a sale for a service. A converted first signal is received at the active sensor, wherein the converted version of the first signal includes identification information for the user. It can be determined that the active sensor of the sensor pod of the point of service environment has not functioned. A user wake up call is received from the user device at the passive sensor of the sensor pod. Functionality of the active sensor is restored with a POS wake up signal sent from the passive sensor to the active sensor.
US11501273B2	Transaction processing system A method for processing a transaction includes receiving, at a terminal and from a user, a selection of a service provider; receiving authentication credential requirements associated with the selected service provider that facilitate authentication of the user by the service provider; and communicating, to the service provider account server, authentication credentials associated with the user that satisfy the authentication credential requirements. When the user is authenticated, the method includes receiving, from the service provider account server, information indicative of an amount owed on an account with the service provider that is associated with the user. The method further includes receiving, via currency processing hardware of the terminal, currency; and communicating transaction information to the service provider account server that indicates an amount of currency received by the terminal to thereby reduce the amount owed on the account by the user. When an amount of currency received by the terminal exceeds and amount owed on the account, the method includes providing, by the terminal, an amount of currency that corresponds to a difference between the amount of currency received and the amount owed on the account.
US11501272B2	Systems and methods for processing preauthorized automated banking machine-related transactions Embodiments of the disclosure enable a transaction to be preauthorized. A system receives a request for preauthorization of a transaction including a transaction amount and a cardholder identifier, identifies a cardholder account based on the cardholder identifier, determines a transaction timeframe and a machine identifier, and accesses the cardholder account to determine whether to process the transaction in accordance with a nonvisual communication program. On condition that the transaction is to be processed in accordance with the nonvisual communication program, the system generates an instruction to identify a capture time, determine whether the capture time satisfies the transaction timeframe, and dispense the transaction amount of cash in accordance with the nonvisual communication program on condition that the capture time satisfies the transaction timeframe. Aspects of the disclosure provide for preauthorizing the transaction in a secure and user-friendly manner.
US11501271B1	System and method for mobile check deposit with restricted endorsement A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a mobile device, a deposit request including a first check image for funds to be deposited into a user account, determining a risk level associated with the deposit request, requesting a second check image having a restricted endorsement based on the risk level, receiving the second check image having the restricted endorsement, determining a confidence level based on the restricted endorsement, and transferring the funds to the user account based on the confidence level.
US11501269B1	Decentralized fair mining pools An improved blockchain is described herein in which a user burn transaction can be used to increase the probability that another node is selected as a leader. For example, a node can submit a user burn transaction that references a block commit submitted by another node, and may indicate an amount of cryptocurrency being burned in the user burn transaction. The amount of cryptocurrency being burned in the user burn transaction can be summed with the amount of cryptocurrency burned in the block commit referenced by the user burn transaction to determine the probability that the node that submitted the block commit is selected as a leader. While the node that submitted the user burn transaction cannot be selected as a leader, the node that submitted the user burn transaction can share in a portion of the block reward awarded to the node selected as the leader.
US11501266B2	Mobile agent point-of-sale (POS) Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting transactions and financial transfers utilizing a mobile device communicatively coupled with a mobile communications network and executing a mobile point-of-sale application. According to some embodiments, the mobile point-of-sale application is adapted to conduct money transfer transactions by communicating transaction information through the mobile communications network to a money transfer provider system that processes the money transfer and communicates receipt information to the mobile point-of-sale application. Additionally, according to some embodiments, an account associated with an agent of the money transfer provider can be used in money transfer transactions conducted by the mobile point-of-sale application.
US11501261B1	Aggregating an event occurrence feedback report within a group-based communication system Systems and methods for generating an event occurrence feedback report after receipt of an event occurrence completion indicator, the event occurrence completion indicator associated with an event occurrence identifier and received from a third party event scheduling resource, and to present the event occurrence feedback report to a client device associated with an event occurrence creator identifier are provided herein.
US11501259B2	Training an avatar to assist a user in career advancement A system and a method to train an avatar to assist a user for career advancement. User information including academic qualifications and work experience is received from the user. A training program including a sequence of questions and template response is dynamically designed based on the user information. Further, the user is nudged with a question from the sequence of questions. Career aspirations including job preferences, a timeline, career goals and a behavioral characteristic of the user are predicted based on a user response to the question and the user information. Further, a career path is determined for the user based on the career aspirations and the user information. The career path includes a set of steps and a schedule to complete the set of steps. Finally, an avatar is trained based on the career path.
US11501258B1	Systems and methods for mediating job applications between user devices and application tracking systems A method and apparatus for mediating job applications between user devices and application tracking systems is described. The method may include accessing a job application web page served from an application tracking system. The method may also include rewriting at least a portion of the job application web page and one or more links within the job application web page to at least resolve at the real time proxy system and not an original target location of the one or more links. The method may further include serving a rewritten version of the job application web page from the real time proxy system to the user system, converting a response received from the user system to the rewritten version of the job application web page, and submitting the converted response to the application tracking system.
US11501255B2	Digital processing systems and methods for virtual file-based electronic white board in collaborative work systems Systems and methods may include having an integrated unified filing engine. A system may include at least one processor configured to maintain at least one table containing a plurality of items and a plurality of asset designations, and to maintain at least one electronic whiteboard containing at least a subset of the plurality of asset designations. The processor may be further configured to maintain a data structure containing a plurality of links, wherein each link associates at least one of the subsets of asset designations with at least one location on the at least one electronic whiteboard, receive via a network access device, an activation of a particular link associated with a particular asset, alter a display of at least one electronic whiteboard containing an asset designation, and retrieving a presenting a corresponding asset in response to a received selection of a particular asset designation.
US11501249B2	System for stock management for on-board catering for a vehicle A system for stock management for on-board catering for a vehicle, in particular for an aircraft, includes a galley which is provided with a control unit for controlling the galley, wherein the control unit is designed to make available stock management data of the galley; a service unit for transporting supplies within the vehicle, wherein the stock management data comprise a stock record of the supplies transported with the service unit; and at least one operator control element which is communicatively connected to the control unit of the galley via a wireless data connection and is designed to record removal of a supply item from the service unit and/or reception of a supply item into the service unit, and to bring about updating of the stock record of the transported supplies on the basis thereof.
US11501244B1	Package tracking systems and methods Methods and systems for tracking a package within an area obtain package identification information from a scannable medium associated with the package and image information of the area acquired by an optical sensing device. Image processing detects the presence and location of an object in the area that matches the package based on a comparison of the package identification information obtained from the scannable medium with the image information of the area acquired by the optical sensing device. The package is registered as being present in the area at the location of the detected object in response to detecting a match between the object and the package.
US11501243B2	Address exchange systems and methods A product exchange system includes a controller and a memory coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to provide an interface configured to receive a request from a first user for purchase of an item; assign a unique transaction code to a transaction associated with the request, wherein a plurality of parties scans the unique transaction code during a process of the transaction; receive a notification in response to the scanning of the unique transaction code by one of a plurality of parties; and trigger an action, upon receipt of the notification, in connection with the one of the plurality of parties.
US11501239B2	Metric specific machine learning model improvement through metric specific outlier removal Embodiments are disclosed for a method for machine learning model training outliers. The method includes determining multiple metric values for corresponding transactions generated by a machine learning model. The method also includes deleting multiple preliminary outliers from the transactions based on a derived cut-off value. Further, the method includes identifying an absolute goal for improving a metric of the machine learning model. Additionally, the method includes identifying multiple training outliers from the remaining transactions. The remaining transactions include the transactions remaining after deleting the preliminary outliers. Also, a metric value of the remaining transactions meets the absolute goal.
US11501238B2	Per-entity breakdown of key performance indicators A service monitoring system (SMS) produces key performance indicator (KPI) scores that indicate the performance of a service. To produce the KPI scores, the SMS may process the data for a large number of machine entities that perform the service. This data can be processed on a per-entity basis to produce a per-entity KPI score representing the contribution of a particular machine to the overall KPI. The per-entity KPI scores can be transformed to statistical representations which can be visualized as a distribution stream graph. The visualization may be presented with interactive aspects.
US11501234B2	Pervasive, domain and situational-aware, adaptive, automated, and coordinated big data analysis, contextual learning and predictive control of business and operational risks and security Real time security, integrity, and reliability postures of operational (OT), information (IT), and security (ST) systems, as well as slower changing security and operational blueprint, policies, processes, and rules governing the enterprise security and business risk management process, dynamically evolve and adapt to domain, context, and situational awareness, as well as the controls implemented across the operational and information systems that are controlled. Embodiments of the invention are systematized and pervasively applied across interconnected, interdependent, and diverse operational, information, and security systems to mitigate system-wide business risk, to improve efficiency and effectiveness of business processes and to enhance security control which conventional perimeter, network, or host based control and protection schemes cannot successfully perform.
US11501231B2	Method for process analysis A method for process analysis, where the process includes at least one succession of steps associated to objectives to be achieved to obtain the target objective. The steps include receiving a process map, receiving a progression value of each node of the process map and the state of each node of the process map, updating the process map for each node.
US11501226B1	Monitoring and creating customized dynamic project files based on enterprise resources One example method of operation may include identifying a plurality of active project files in a database, identifying one or more deliverables included in the plurality of active project files, performing a simulation test based on a current set of allocated resources and a current set of deadlines associated with each of the one or more deliverables to determine whether the one or more deliverables will fail, determining the one or more deliverables includes one or more failed project risk metrics indicating that the one or more deliverables will fail to be completed by a corresponding deadline among the current set of deadlines, selecting one or more of the active project files which does not have a failed project risk metric, and reallocating resources, from the one or more of the active project files which does not have a failed project risk metric, to one or more of the active project files which has one or more failed project risk metrics.
US11501224B2	Project management system with client interaction Embodiments herein relate to building component project management systems and methods. In an embodiment, a building component project management system is included herein having a database configured to store records regarding an installation project, an image generation system configured to render a view including a view of a building component superimposed over a view of an actual installation environment, and a user identification system configured to identify a system user and configure the data that is part of the view rendered by the image generation system according to the identified user. The system can be configured to record and store a set of physical dimensions of the actual installation environment in the database along with product selections made by a customer associated with the installation environment. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11501223B2	Method and system for determining states of tasks based on activities associated with the tasks over a predetermined period of time For a given user, a task database system associated with the user is queried to identify a list of tasks associated with the user. For each of the tasks, an email system associated with the user is queried to obtain one or more emails and calendar events associated with the task. An IM system associated with the user is queried to obtain IM messages of an IM channel of which the user is a member. The IM channel has been specifically created to exchange messages concerning the task amongst the members of the IM channel. The task is then determined whether it satisfies a predetermined state (e.g., inactive, lack of future meetings) in view of emails, calendar events, and IM messages associated with the task based on a set of rules. If the task is determined to satisfy the predetermined state, a notification message is transmitted to a preconfigured destination.
US11501222B2	Training operators through co-assignment A method, a computer program product, and a computer system co-assign operators to service an incident with a first operator educating a second operator of skills used in servicing the incident. The method includes determining a type of incident and determining a command group used for the type of incident according to a first mapping based on historical resolutions of historical incidents. The method includes determining the first operator for co-assignment according to a second mapping based on successful historical resolutions of historical incidents by the first operator. The method includes determining the second operator for the co-assignment according to the second mapping that further maps the command group and the second operator based on a lack of experience in using the command group. The method includes co-assigning the incident to the first operator and the second operator.
US11501220B2	Automatic generation of narratives from data using communication goals and narrative analytics The exemplary embodiments described herein are related to techniques for automatically generating narratives about data based on communication goal data structures that are associated with configurable content blocks. The use of such communication goal data structures facilitates modes of operation whereby narratives can be generated in real-time and/or interactive manners.
US11501219B2	Computer implemented methods and systems for connecting pre-authorised and verified individuals for accompanied transportation A system and method are provided for connecting individuals for accompanied transportation. A method includes receiving input from a traveller, including transportation parameters, receiving input from a pre-authorised companion, including transportation parameters, and executes a transportation optimisation step including comparing transportation parameters and an assessment of one or more safety related parameters. The method then presents one or more optimised transportation proposal for acceptance by the traveller. Upon registering traveller selections and acceptance of the transportation proposal, the method notifies the traveller and selected companion and provides to the traveller or companion verification means prior to or at the accepted meeting time to enable verification of identities of the traveller or companion upon meeting. The method further monitors the safety related parameters to determine whether those parameters are satisfied and effects communication with the traveller or companion in response to the monitored one or more safety related parameters.
US11501217B2	Systems and methods for a mobile electronic wallet Physical cards may be presented to a mobile device to establish a contactless communication channel between the physical card and the mobile device. Information communicated by the physical card may be received, stored, and used by the mobile device to generate a mobile wallet of virtual cards. Each virtual card in a mobile wallet may, for example, look just like its physical counterpart card and may provide equivalent functionality as its physical counterpart card when selected for use by the mobile device. Virtual cards may be sorted within the mobile wallet based on card category (e.g., payment, identification, or gift card category), card attributes (associations with other virtual cards), card variables (e.g., credit limit or credit available), and user attributes and variables (e.g., the user's current location). Information related to a virtual card (e.g., receipts) may be viewed from a display of the mobile device.
US11501215B2	Hierarchical clustered reinforcement machine learning A system and method for hierarchical, clustered reinforcement learning is disclosed. A plurality of subject objects may be obtained, and a plurality of clusters of the subject objects may be determined. Clustered reinforcement learning may be performed on each cluster, including training a respective cluster agent for the each cluster. A first cluster of the plurality of clusters may be selected for revision based on selection criteria. After selection of the selected first cluster, individual reinforcement learning may be performed on each individual subject object included in the selected first cluster, including training a respective individual agent for the each individual subject object. An action may be controlled based on a result of the hierarchical, clustered reinforcement learning.
US11501214B2	Systems and methods for managing, distributing and deploying a recursive decisioning system based on continuously updating machine learning models The present disclosure relates generally to the generation and deployment of a machine learning-enabled decision engine (MLDE). The MLDE includes decision options that are composed of a discrete list of selectable options. Further, the MLDE includes data inputs that can be used to influence decisions made by the machine learning models of the MLDE. Controls are applied to the MLDE to overlay and bound the decisioning within guidelines established by an operator of the MLDE. Once the MLDE is established, the MLDE is validated and deployed for use by software applications to make decisions.
US11501213B2	Predictive, machine-learning, locale-aware computer models suitable for location- and trajectory-aware training sets Provided is a process including: obtaining, for a plurality of entities, entity logs, wherein: the entity logs comprise events involving the entities, a first subset of the events are actions by the entities, at least some of the actions by the entities are targeted actions, and the events are labeled according to an ontology of events having a plurality of event types; training, with one or more processors, based on the entity logs, a predictive machine learning model to predict whether an entity characterized by a set of inputs to the model will engage in a targeted action in a given geographic locale in the future; and storing the training the trained predictive machine learning model in memory.
US11501212B2	Method for protecting a machine learning model against extraction A method for protecting a first machine learning (ML) model is provided. In the method, a dataset of non-problem domain (NPD) data is selected from a large dataset using a second ML model. The second ML model classifies the large dataset into NPD classifications and PD classifications. The PD classified data is excluded. A distinguisher includes a third ML model that is trained using selected NPD data from the large dataset. The distinguisher receives input samples that are intended for the first ML model. The third ML model provides either a PD classification or NPD classification in response to receiving each input sample. An indication of a likely extraction attempt may be provided when a predetermined number of NPD classifications are provided. The method provides an efficient way to create a training dataset for a distinguisher and for protecting a ML model with the distinguisher.
US11501210B1	Adjusting confidence thresholds based on review and ML outputs A request associated with reviewing content for a field of interest is received. A confidence is determined associated with the content including the field of interest. A machine learning (ML) model determines a first confidence associated with the content includes the field of interest. The field of interest is transmitted for review in instances where the first confidence is less than a confidence threshold. After review, an indication associated with a reviewer reviewing the content and the first confidence associated with the ML model identifying the field of interest is updated to a second confidence.
US11501208B2	Rehearsal-based presentation assistance Examples are disclosed that relate to providing transition-related assistance during a presentation. One example provides a method comprising, during a rehearsal of a presentation, receiving content of the presentation. Based on the content received, a transition within the presentation is determined via a machine learning model. During a performance of the presentation, the transition is automatically enacted.
US11501207B2	Lifelong learning with a changing action set Systems and methods are described for a decision-making process that includes an increasing set of actions, compute a policy function for a Markov decision process (MDP) for the decision-making process, wherein the policy function is computed based on a state conditional function mapping states into an embedding space, an inverse dynamics function mapping state transitions into the embedding space, and an action selection function mapping the elements of the embedding space to actions, identify an additional set of actions in the increasing set of actions, update the inverse dynamics function based at least in part on the additional set of actions, update the policy function based on the updated inverse dynamics function and parameters learned during the computing the policy function, and select an action based on the updated policy function.
US11501193B2	Model-based control under uncertainty An apparatus for controlling a system includes a memory to store a model of the system including a motion model of the system subject to process noise and a measurement model of the system subject to measurement noise, such that one or combination of the process noise and the measurement noise forms an uncertainty of the model of the system with unknown probabilistic parameters, wherein the uncertainty of the model of the system causes a state uncertainty of the system with unknown probabilistic parameters. The apparatus also includes a sensor to measure a signal to produce a sequence of measurements indicative of a state of the system, a processor to estimate a Gaussian distribution representing the state uncertainty, and a controller to determine a control input to the system using the model of the system with state uncertainty represented by the Gaussian distribution and control the system according to the control input. The processor is configured to estimate, using at least one or combination of the motion model, the measurement model, and the measurements of the state of the system, a first Student-t distribution representing the uncertainties of the model and a second Student-t distribution representing the state uncertainty of the system, the estimation is performed iteratively until a termination condition is met, and fit a Gaussian distribution representing the state uncertainty into the second Student-t distribution.
US11501192B2	Systems and methods for Bayesian optimization using non-linear mapping of input Techniques for use in connection with performing optimization using an objective function that maps elements in a first domain to values in a range. The techniques include using at least one computer hardware processor to perform: identifying a first point at which to evaluate the objective function at least in part by using an acquisition utility function and a probabilistic model of the objective function, wherein the probabilistic model depends on a non-linear one-to-one mapping of elements in the first domain to elements in a second domain; evaluating the objective function at the identified first point to obtain a corresponding first value of the objective function; and updating the probabilistic model of the objective function using the first value to obtain an updated probabilistic model of the objective function.
US11501186B2	Artificial intelligence (AI) based data processing An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data processing system employs a trained AI model for extracting features of products from various product classes and building a product ontology from the features. The product ontology is used to respond to user queries with product recommendations and customizations. Training data for the generation of the AI model for feature extraction is initially accessed and verified to determine of the training data meets a data density requirement. If the training data does not meet the data density requirement, data from one of a historic source or external sources is added to the training data. One of the plurality of AI models is selected for training based on the degree of overlap and the inter-class distance between the datasets of the various product classes within the training data.
US11501184B1	Automated determination of decision step logic in a course of action for information technology incident response Described herein are improvements for generating courses of action for an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, a method includes determining that a decision step occurs between a one step and two or more other steps of a first course of action associated with an incident type in the information technology environment. The method further includes determining possible outputs of the one step that, when used as input to the decision step, cause the first course of action to proceed from the decision step to respective steps of the two or more other steps. The method also includes incorporating logic into the decision step to direct the course of action to respective steps of the two or more other steps based on one or more of the possible outputs.
US11501177B2	Knowledge engineering and reasoning on a knowledge graph A model management tool is provided for performing analysis on data in a knowledge graph representation and enforcing data standardization to increase performance when reusing existing models to develop new artificial intelligence applications.
US11501174B2	System and method for efficiently generating association rules using scaled lift threshold values to subsume association rules A data processing system processes data sets (such as low-resolution transaction data) into high-resolution data sets by mapping generic information into attribute-based specific information that may be processed to identify frequent sets therein. When association rules are generated from such frequent sets, the complexity and/or quantity of such rules may be managed by removing redundancies from the rules, such as by filtering subsumed rules from the generated rule set that have a confidence metric value that does not exceed a first confidence metric value for a subsuming rule by more than a scaled lift threshold value that is calculated by determining a complement of the first confidence metric value, squaring the complement to obtain a squared value and multiplying the squared value by a scaling factor.
US11501171B2	Method and platform for pre-trained language model automatic compression based on multilevel knowledge distillation Disclosed are an automatic compression method and platform for a pre-trained language model based on multilevel knowledge distillation. The method includes the following steps: step 1, constructing multilevel knowledge distillation, and distilling a knowledge structure of a large model at three different levels: a self-attention unit, a hidden layer state and an embedded layer; step 2, training a knowledge distillation network of meta-learning to generate a general compression architecture of a plurality of pre-trained language models; and step 3, searching for an optimal compression structure based on an evolutionary algorithm. Firstly, the knowledge distillation based on meta-learning is studied to generate the general compression architecture of the plurality of pre-trained language models; and secondly, on the basis of a trained meta-learning network, the optimal compression structure is searched for via the evolutionary algorithm, so as to obtain an optimal general compression architecture of the pre-trained language model independent of tasks.
US11501170B2	Electronic device and method of operating the same Devices for using a neural network to choose an optimal error correction algorithm are disclosed. An example device includes a decoding controller inputting at least one of the number of primary unsatisfied check nodes (UCNs), the number of UCNs respectively corresponding to at least one iteration, and the number of correction bits respectively corresponding to the at least one iteration to a trained artificial neural network, and selecting any one of a first error correction decoding algorithm and a second error correction decoding algorithm based on an output of the trained artificial neural network corresponding to the input, and an error correction decoder performing error correction decoding on a read vector using the selected error correction decoding algorithm. The output of the trained artificial neural network may include a first predicted value indicating a possibility that a first error correction decoding using the first error correction decoding algorithm is successful.
US11501168B2	Learning longer-term dependencies in neural network using auxiliary losses Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for structuring and training a recurrent neural network. This describes a technique that improves the ability to capture long term dependencies in recurrent neural networks by adding an unsupervised auxiliary loss at one or more anchor points to the original objective. This auxiliary loss forces the network to either reconstruct previous events or predict next events in a sequence, making truncated backpropagation feasible for long sequences and also improving full backpropagation through time.
US11501164B2	Companion analysis network in deep learning Systems and methods analyze training of a first machine learning system with a second machine learning system. The first machine learning system comprises a neural network with a first inner layer node. The method includes connecting the first machine learning system to an input of the second machine learning system. The second machine learning system comprises a second objective function for analyzing an internal characteristic of the first machine learning system and which is different from a first objective function for the first machine learning system. The method further includes providing a training data item to the first machine learning system, collecting internal characteristic data from the first inner layer node of the first machine learning system associated with the internal characteristic, computing partial derivatives of the first objective function through the first machine learning system with respect to the training data item, and computing partial derivatives of the second objective function through both the second machine learning system and the first machine learning system with respect to the collected internal characteristic data.
US11501163B2	Abnormality detection device, abnormality detection method, and storage medium An abnormality detection device according to an embodiment includes a detector, a remover, and a learner. The detector detects first abnormal data in detection target data which is an abnormality detection target by inputting the detection target data to a first autoencoder which performed learning based on first learning target data which is a learning target. The remover removes data associated with the first abnormal data from the first learning target data to generate second learning target data by inputting the first learning target data to a second autoencoder which performed learning based on the first abnormal data detected by the detector. The learner causes the first autoencoder to perform learning based on the second learning target data generated by the remover.
US11501161B2	Method to explain factors influencing AI predictions with deep neural networks Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for providing factors that explain the generated results of a deep neural network (DNN). In embodiments, multiple machine learning models and a DNN are trained on a training dataset. A preliminary set of trained machine learning models with similar results to the trained DNN are selected for further evaluation. The preliminary set of machine learning models may be evaluated using a distribution analysis to select a reduced set of machine learning models. Results produced by the reduced set of machine learning models are compared, point-by-point, to the results produced by the DNN. The best performing machine learning model with generated results that performs closest to the DNN generated results may be selected. One or more factors used by the selected machine learning model are determined. Those one or more factors from the selected best performing machine learning model may be provided to explain the results of the DNN and increase confidence in the understanding and accuracy of the results generated by the DNN.
US11501160B2	Cloud computing data compression for allreduce in deep learning In deep learning, and in particular, for data compression for allreduce in deep learning, a gradient may be compressed for synchronization in a data parallel deep neural network training for allreduce by sharing a consensus vector between each node in a plurality of nodes to ensure identical indexing in each of the plurality of nodes prior to performing sparse encoding.
US11501152B2	Efficient learning and using of topologies of neural networks in machine learning A mechanism is described for facilitating learning and application of neural network topologies in machine learning at autonomous machines. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes monitoring and detecting structure learning of neural networks relating to machine learning operations at a computing device having a processor, and generating a recursive generative model based on one or more topologies of one or more of the neural networks. The method may further include converting the generative model into a discriminative model.
US11501141B2	Shifting architecture for data reuse in a neural network Enhanced techniques and circuitry are presented herein for artificial neural networks. These artificial neural networks are formed from artificial synapses, which in the implementations herein comprise a memory arrays having non-volatile memory elements. In one implementation, an apparatus comprises a plurality of non-volatile memory arrays configured to store weight values for an artificial neural network. Each of the plurality of non-volatile memory arrays can be configured to receive data from a unified buffer shared among the plurality of non-volatile memory arrays, operate on the data, and shift at least portions of the data to another of the plurality of non-volatile memory arrays.
US11501140B2	Runtime reconfigurable neural network processor core Hardware neural network processors, are provided. A neural core includes a weight memory, an activation memory, a vector-matrix multiplier, and a vector processor. The vector-matrix multiplier is adapted to receive a weight matrix from the weight memory, receive an activation vector from the activation memory, and compute a vector-matrix multiplication of the weight matrix and the activation vector. The vector processor is adapted to receive one or more input vector from one or more vector source and perform one or more vector functions on the one or more input vector to yield an output vector. In some embodiments a programmable controller is adapted to configure and operate the neural core.
US11501138B1	Control circuits for neural network inference circuit Some embodiments provide a neural network inference circuit (NNIC) for executing a neural network that includes multiple computation nodes at multiple layers. The NNIC includes a set of clusters of core computation circuits and a channel, connecting the core computation circuits, that includes separate segments corresponding to each of the clusters. The NNIC includes a fabric controller circuit, a cluster controller circuit for each of the clusters, and a core controller circuit for each of the core computation circuits. The fabric controller circuit receives high-level neural network instructions from a microprocessor and parses the high-level neural network instructions.
US11501137B2	Feature engineering in neural networks optimization A transitive closure data structure is constructed for a pair of features represented in a vector space corresponding to an input dataset. The data structure includes a set of entries corresponding to a set of all possible paths between a first feature in the pair and a second feature in the pair in a graph of the vector space. The data structure is reduced by removing a subset of the set of entries such that only a single entry corresponding to a single path remains in the transitive closure data structure. A feature cross is formed from a cluster of features remaining in a reduced ontology graph resulting from the reducing the transitive closure data structure. A layer is configured in a neural network to represent the feature cross, which causes the neural network to produce a prediction that is within a defined accuracy relative to the dataset.
US11501134B2	Convolution operator system to perform concurrent convolution operations Disclosed is a convolution operator system for performing a convolution operation concurrently on an image. An input router receives image data. A controller allocates image data to a set of computing blocks based on the size of the image data and number of available computing blocks. Each computing block produces a convolution output corresponding to each row of the image. The controller allocates a plurality of group having one or more computing blocks to generate a set of convolution output. Further, a pipeline adder aggregates the set of convolution output to produce an aggregated convolution output. An output router transmits either the convolution output or the aggregated convolution output for performing subsequent convolution operation to generate a convolution result for the image data.
US11501131B2	Neural network hardware accelerator architectures and operating method thereof A memory-centric neural network system and operating method thereof includes: a processing unit; semiconductor memory devices coupled to the processing unit, the semiconductor memory devices containing instructions executed by the processing unit; a weight matrix constructed with rows and columns of memory cells, inputs of the memory cells of a same row being connected to one of axons, outputs of the memory cells of a same column being connected to one of neurons; timestamp registers registering timestamps of the axons and the neurons; and a lookup table containing adjusting values indexed in accordance with the timestamps, wherein the processing unit updates the weight matrix in accordance with the adjusting values.
US11501129B2	Antenna structure and device using the same An antenna structure comprises an impedance matching part, a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure. The first conductive structure with a first length along a first direction is coupled to a first side of the impedance matching part and has a plurality of first polygon conductive structures, each of which is coupled to each other through a first conductive element. The second conductive structure with a second length along a first direction is coupled to a second side of the impedance matching part and has a plurality of second polygon conductive structures, each of which is coupled to each other through a second conductive element, wherein the second length is larger than the first length. The first and second polygon conductive structures are protrusion toward the second direction. In one embodiment, the antenna structure can be applied on an object having metal housing or liquid contained therein.
US11501127B2	Method for producing a metal radio-frequency chip card with improved electromagnetic permittivity A method for producing a metal insert for a radio-frequency chip card includes the steps of forming or providing an assembly comprising an insulating substrate bearing: at least one antenna coil resting on the substrate, comprising a connection interface to a radio-frequency module, a metal plate comprising radio-frequency permittivity perforations and a cavity for receiving a radio-frequency chip module, respectively arranged facing the antenna coil and its connection interface. The perforations comprise at least two longitudinal slots extending along and facing a portion of the antenna coil, each slot also opening onto the edge of the plate via a passage arranged on the edge. The invention also relates to a corresponding card produced by the method.
US11501125B2	Systems, apparatus and methods for labeling, packaging, and tracking surgical articles Surgical articles, such as sponges, are provided in a pack which contains individual surgical articles having UHF RFID or other electronic labels which provide both (a) unique identification information for each article as well as (b) unique identification information for all articles in the pack. Prior to the surgical procedure, the labels are scanned and the identification information for all articles in the pack uploaded to a processor to create a list of available individual surgical articles. At the end of the surgical procedure, the surgical articles are collected and the electronic labels read and compared to the initial list to determine if there are any unaccounted individual surgical articles. The UHF RFID tag may then be used to determine a location of the unaccounted article outside the patient's body.
US11501118B2	Digital model repair system and method A digital model repair method includes: providing a point cloud digital model of a target object as input to a generative network of a trained generative adversarial network ‘GAN’, the input point cloud comprising a plurality of points erroneously perturbed by one or more causes, and generating, by the generative network of the GAN, an output point cloud in which the erroneous perturbation of some or all of the plurality of points has been reduced; where the generative network of the GAN was trained using input point clouds comprising a plurality of points erroneously perturbed by said one or more causes, and a discriminator of the GAN was trained to distinguish point clouds comprising a plurality of points erroneously perturbed by said one or more causes and point clouds substantially without such perturbations.
US11501116B1	Quality prediction using process data A computing device accesses a machine learning model trained on training data of first bonding operations (e.g., a ball and/or stitch bond). The first bonding operations comprise operations to bond a first set of multiple wires to a first set of surfaces. The machine learning model is trained by supervised learning. The device receives input data indicating process data generated from measurements of second bonding operations. The second bonding operations comprise operations to bond a second set of multiple wires to a second set of surfaces. The device weights the input data according to the machine learning model. The device generates an anomaly predictor indicating a risk for an anomaly occurrence in the second bonding operations based on weighting the input data according to the machine learning model. The device outputs the anomaly predictor to control the second bonding operations.
US11501115B2	Explaining cross domain model predictions Methods, systems, and computer program products for explaining cross domain model predictions are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes providing a test data point to a domain adaptation model to obtain a prediction, wherein the domain adaptation model is trained on a set of labeled data points and a set of unlabeled data points. The method includes generating a task specific explanation for the prediction that includes one or more data points from among the sets that satisfy a threshold score for influencing the prediction. Additionally, the method includes generating a domain invariant explanation for the prediction. The domain variation explanation is generated by ranking pairs of data points based on a statistical similarity to the test data point, wherein each pair includes a data point from the set of labeled data points and a data point from the set of unlabeled data points.
US11501113B2	Leveraging smart-phone cameras and image processing techniques to classify mosquito genus and species Identifying insect species integrates image processing, feature selection, unsupervised clustering, and a support vector machine (SVM) learning algorithm for classification. Results with a total of 101 mosquito specimens spread across nine different vector carrying species demonstrate high accuracy in species identification. When implemented as a smart-phone application, the latency and energy consumption were minimal. The currently manual process of species identification and recording can be sped up, while also minimizing the ensuing cognitive workload of personnel. Citizens at large can use the system in their own homes for self-awareness and share insect identification data with public health agencies.
US11501110B2	Descriptor learning method for the detection and location of objects in a video The present invention relates to a method for learning class descriptors for the detection and the automatic location of objects in a video, each object belonging to a class of objects from among a set of classes, the method using: a learning base, composed from reference videos and containing annotated frames each comprising one or more labels identifying each object detected in the frames, descriptors associated with these labels and learned previously by a preprocessing neural network from the annotated frames of the learning base, an architecture of neural networks defined by parameters centralized on a plurality of parameter servers, and a plurality of computation entities working in parallel, a method in which, for each class of objects, one of the neural networks of the architecture is trained by using as input data the descriptors and the labels to define class descriptors, each computation entity using, for the computation of the class descriptors, a version of the parameters of the parameter server on which the entity depends, and returning to this parameter server the parameters updated at the end of its computation, and the parameter servers exchanging with one another the parameters of each computation entity for the training of the neural networks for each class descriptor.
US11501109B2	Non-volatile memory die with on-chip data augmentation components for use with machine learning Methods and apparatus are disclosed for implementing machine learning data augmentation within the die of a non-volatile memory (NVM) apparatus using on-chip circuit components formed on or within the die. Some particular aspects relate to configuring under-the-array or next-to-the-array components of the die to generate augmented versions of images for use in training a Deep Learning Accelerator of an image recognition system by rotating, translating, skewing, cropping, etc., a set of initial training images obtained from a host device. Other aspects relate to configuring under-the-array or next-to-the-array components of the die to generate noise-augmented images by, for example, storing and then reading training images from worn regions of a NAND array to inject noise into the images.
US11501107B2	Key-value memory network for predicting time-series metrics of target entities This disclosure involves using key-value memory networks to predict time-series data. For instance, a computing system retrieves, for a target entity, static feature data and target time-series feature data. The computing system can normalize the target time-series feature data based on a normalization scale. The computing system also generates input data by, for example, concatenating the static feature data, the normalized time-series feature data, and time-specific feature data. The computing system generates predicted time-series data for the target metric of the target entity by applying a key-value memory network to the input data. The key-value memory network can include a key matrix learned from training static feature data and training time-series feature data, a value matrix representing time-series trends, and an output layer with a continuous activation function for generating predicted time-series data.
US11501105B2	Automatic creation and updating of maps A system may automatically create training datasets for training a segmentation model to recognize features such as lanes on a road. The system may receive sensor data representative of a portion of an environment and map data from a map data store including existing map data for the portion of the environment that includes features present in that portion of the environment. The system may project or overlay the features onto the sensor data to create training datasets for training the segmentation model, which may be a neural network. The training datasets may be communicated to the segmentation model to train the segmentation model to segment data associated with similar features present in different sensor data. The trained segmentation model may be used to update the map data store, and may be used to segment sensor data obtained from other portions of the environment, such as portions not previously mapped.
US11501101B1	Systems and methods for securing machine learning models In an embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system and includes intercepting machine learning (ML) input data before the ML input data flows into a ML model. The method also includes scanning the ML input data against a plurality of ML threat signatures, the scanning yielding at least a first result. The method also includes examining a correlation between values of first and second variables in the ML input data, the examining yielding at least a second result. The method also includes validating at least one of the first and second results via a variability analysis of error instances in the ML input data, the validating yielding at least a third result. The method also includes applying thresholding to the ML input data via the third result, where the applying thresholding results in at least a portion of the ML input data being filtered.
US11501099B2	Clustering method and device A clustering method includes: multiple data to be clustered are acquired, the data to be clustered including exact matching information; multiple data sets consisting of data to be clustered with same exact matching information are determined; a clustering center is determined according to the amount of data to be clustered in each of the multiple data sets; and the multiple data to be clustered are clustered according to the clustering center to obtain target clusters. Accordingly, multiple data sets each consisting of data to be clustered with same exact matching information are determined, and a clustering center is determined according to the amount of the data to be clustered in each of the multiple data sets, so that unreasonable determination of the clustering centers can be improved, and accuracy of a clustering algorithm can further be improved.
US11501097B2	Barcoded end facet printed photonic chip and barcode-guided direct laser writing A barcoded end facet printed photonic chip includes: an optically transparent direct laser writing substrate including a transverse waveguide writing surface to receive a direct write laser light for off-axis direct write laser printing and a facet surface to receive the direct write laser light for on-axis direct write laser printing of a barcode-guided direct laser written optical coupling on the facet surface; a waveguide disposed in the optically transparent direct laser writing substrate and in optical communication with the facet surface; and an optically visible bulk impregnated barcode disposed in the optically transparent direct laser writing substrate arranged proximate to the waveguide and in optical communication with the facet surface.
US11501096B2	Methods and apparatuses for determining tag velocity Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for transmitting at least one incident radar signal, receiving at least one reflected radar signal in response to the at least one incident radar signal reflected from a person associated with the RFID tag, determining a first movement vector of the person based on the reflected radar signal, transmitting at least one incident RFID signal, receiving at least one backscattered RFID signal from the RFID tag, determining a second movement vector of the RFID tag based on at least one phase measurement of the at least one backscattered RFID signal, and determining whether the RFID tag is associated with the person based on the first movement vector and the second movement vector.
US11501095B2	Wireless monitoring and profiling of reactor conditions using plurality of sensor-enabled RFID tags and multiple transceivers Disclosed is a system and method for wirelessly monitoring 5 process conditions within a reactor vessel. A plurality of sensor-enabled radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are disposed at unspecified or random locations throughout a catalyst bed of a vessel and are used to measure various conditions within the vessel. The sensor-enabled RFID tags are encoded with individual identification codes and are wirelessly linked to multiple 10 transceivers. The use of multiple transceivers allows for the application of triangulation methods to identify the location of each of the sensor-enabled RFID tags in three dimensional space and for the interrogation of each sensor-enabled RFID tag to receive responsive transponder signals that carry information representative of the sensed condition within the reactor.
US11501092B2	Computing circuitry for avoiding computation operations during phase transition of voltage regulator This application relates to computing circuitry, and in particular to analogue computing circuitry suitable for neuromorphic computing. An analogue computation unit for processing data is supplied with a first voltage from a voltage regulator which is operable in a sequence of phases to cyclically regulate the first voltage. A controller is configured to control operation of the voltage regulator and/or the analogue computation unit, such that the analogue computation unit processes data during a plurality of compute periods that avoid times at which the voltage regulator undergoes a phase transition which is one of a predefined set of phase transitions between defined phases in said sequence of phases. This avoids performing computation operations during a phase transition of the voltage regulator that could result in a transient or disturbance in the first voltage, which could adversely affect the computing.
US11501080B2	Sentence phrase generation Examples of a sentence phrasing system are provided. The system may obtain a user question from a user. The system may obtain question entailment data from a plurality of data sources. The system may implement an artificial intelligence component to identify a word index from the question entailment data and to identify a question premise from the user question. The system may implement a first cognitive learning operation to determine an answer premise corresponding to the question premise comprising a second-word data set. The system may determine a subject component corresponding to the question premise. The system may generate an object component and a predicate component from the second-word data set corresponding to the subject component. The system may generate an integrated answer relevant for resolving the user question and comprising the subject component, the object component, and the predicate component concatenated to form an answer sentence.
US11501078B2	Method and device for performing reinforcement learning on natural language processing model and storage medium A method for natural language, includes: determining a slot tagging result output by a Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory-Conditional Random Field algorithm (BiLSTM-CRF) model after slot tagging on conversation data input by a user; determining reward information based on the slot tagging result and a reward of the user for the slot tagging result; and performing reinforcement learning on the BiLSTM-CRF model according to the reward information.
US11501071B2	Word and image relationships in combined vector space Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for leveraging cognitive systems to facilitate the management of word and image relationships in a combined vector space. More specifically, the system, computer program product, and method disclosed herein facilitate establishing one or more continuous semantic relationships with word vectors, sentence vectors, and image vectors within an image-word combined vector space with N-dimensional coordinates. In general, the word vectors, sentence vectors, and image vectors are generated within their respective domains that are resident within the image-word combined vector space. Such domains of word vectors, sentence vectors, and image vectors include inherent semantic relationships between respective members of each domain that facilitate establishing continuous, formal, virtual relationships between respective word vectors, image vectors, and sentence vectors within the image-word combined vector space.
US11501070B2	Taxonomy generation to insert out of vocabulary terms and hypernym-hyponym pair induction An approach to induction of unknown terms into a term taxonomy graph may be provided. The approach may include analyzing a domain specific corpus to generate a term taxonomy graph using a term taxonomy graph generation model with a term knowledge base and determining which terms within the domain specific corpus are out of vocabulary (OOV) terms. The approach may also analyze the terms in the domain specific corpus with a semantic representation model to generate feature vectors of the OOV terms and terms known within the generated term taxonomy graph. The approach may determine if an OOV can be a hyponym of a term within the term taxonomy graph based on the feature vectors and insert the OOV term into the graph at the appropriate location.
US11501068B2	Message sentiment analyzer and feedback This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for monitoring keystrokes and determining whether to pass those keystrokes to a target application, for instance, to prevent compliance violations. Keystrokes or other inputs can be analyzed to determine if a non-compliant message is to be sent to an application layer, for instance via a semantic checker that considers phrase templates and parts-of-speech tagged tokenized portions of a message. If a non-compliant message is identified, then the keystrokes, or at least a last keystroke is precluded from reaching the target application or from being stored in temporary or long-term memory.
US11501067B1	Systems and methods for screening data instances based on a target text of a target corpus Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for screening data instances based on a target text of a target corpus. A screening device analyzes a target corpus to generate at least two term dictionaries for the target corpus. The screening apparatus, based on a frequency of a term in the target corpus, determines a term weight for the term; for each data instance, determines term scores for the data instance and the target text based on the term weights; filters the data instances based on the term scores, to generate a short list of data instances; determines term similarity scores between each data instance of the short list and target text based on the term weights; and provides a data instance determined to likely correspond to the target text and an indication of the corresponding term similarity score(s). A term is a word or an n-gram.
US11501064B1	Method and apparatus for improved presentation of information A method and apparatus comprising generating a dynamic personalized webpage is disclosed. At least two webpages are loaded in a fashion that is hidden from the user. Content from the at least two webpages is extracted based on classification “of interest” by an artificial intelligence algorithm. A dynamic personalized webpage comprising extracted content is then generated and displayed to the user. In the preferred embodiment, the user's dynamic personalized webpage will be filled with advertisements tailored to the user and the user would receive at least some revenue from advertisements.
US11501060B1	Increasing effectiveness of surveys for digital health monitoring In some implementations, a system dynamically adjusts an electronic form of an application based on user data and form data specified for the electronic form. Form data that specifies characteristics of the electronic form is initially received by a computing device. The form data specifies one or more rules configured to vary the content of the electronic form that is presented for different users. User data indicating characteristics of a user is then obtained by the computing device. An interactive element is then selected from among a set of multiple interactive elements based on the received user data and the rules in the received form data. A view of the electronic form is customized for the user by including, in the customized view, the interactive element. The view of the customized electronic form is then displayed by the computing device.
US11501057B2	Enabling file attachments in calendar events Methods and systems for enabling file attachments in a mobile calendar application are presented. In some embodiments, a mobile device may receive a message comprising an electronic calendar invitation and an electronic file attachment. The mobile device may generate an association between the electronic file attachment received in the message and a calendar event in an electronic calendar mobile application executing on the mobile computing device, wherein the calendar event is associated with the electronic calendar invitation. In response to receiving a selection to display the calendar event in the electronic calendar mobile application, the mobile device may generate a display of the calendar event comprising a display of the associated electronic file attachment in the electronic calendar mobile application.
US11501052B1	Conductor scheme selection and track planning for mixed-diagonal-Manhattan routing The routing of conductors in the conductor layers in an integrated circuit are routed using mixed-Manhattan-diagonal routing. Various techniques are disclosed for selecting a conductor scheme for the integrated circuit prior to fabrication of the integrated circuit. Techniques are also disclosed for determining the supply and/or the demand for the edges in the mixed-Manhattan-diagonal routing.
US11501038B2	Dynamic calibration of reservoir simulation models using pattern recognition Methods for validating reservoir simulation models can include determining one or more time segments of fluid recovery of a reservoir; generating, for a first time segment, one or more streamlines on a full simulation grid corresponding to the reservoir by performing one or more reservoir simulations; generating, for the first time segment, one or more drainage volumes; generating, for the first time segment, grid regions along one or more no-flow boundaries of the one or more drainage volumes; generating, for the first time segment, sector models corresponding to the grid regions; performing, for the first time segment, a history matching process corresponding to a time phase simultaneously on each of the sector models to generate, for each sector model, a history matching output; and comparing, for the first time segment and for each sector model, the history matching output for that sector model to a tolerance threshold.
US11501035B2	Verification of robotic assets utilized in a production work cell Embodiments described herein provide verification of robotic assets for a production work cell via simulation. A production workflow for the production work cell is received from a user, and a simulation is generated based on the production workflow. The simulation of the work cell controller design is executed using performance data for the robotic assets, and a determination is made whether the robotic assets meet or exceed the design requirements of the robotic assets based on the simulation. The result of the determination is presented to the user.
US11501034B2	System and method for providing prediction models for predicting changes to placeholder values The present disclosure relates to a method and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for using prediction models for predicting values, the medium comprising instructions for receiving a plurality of entry identifiers, instructions for receiving a value for each of the plurality of entry identifiers, instructions for determining whether the value for each of the plurality of entry identifiers has changed and a magnitude of the change, instructions for building a model for predicting a time-to-value change, instructions for building a model for predicting a future magnitude of change, instructions for performing a simulation using the model for predicting the time-to-value change and the model for predicting the future magnitude of change and instructions for outputting a confidence interval.
US11501032B2	Surface developability constraint for density-based topology optimization Methods are provided for designing a structure with developable surfaces using a surface developability constraint. The surface developability constraint is developed based on the discovery of a sufficient condition for surface piecewise developability, namely surface normal directions lie on a small, finite number of planes. Automated methods and algorithms may include providing a design domain and a characteristic function of a material in the design domain to be optimized. The methods include defining a nodal density of the material, and determining surface normal directions of a plurality of planes. A density gradient that describes the surface normal directions is then determined. The methods include performing a topology optimization process on the design domain using a surface developability constraint that is based, at least in part, on the characteristic function. A geometric domain is then created for the structure using results from the topology optimization.
US11501025B2	Secure data at rest A method for providing and maintaining secure storage of target data includes, during a first time period in which a server provides a first mapping between user-specific cloaking sequence elements and hidden sequence elements, cloaking the target data using a first set of user-specific cloaking sequences and the first mapping, and storing the cloaked data in a persistent memory. The method further includes, during a later, second time period in which the server provides a different, second mapping between the user-specific cloaking sequence elements and the hidden sequence elements, re-cloaking the cloaked data using the first set of user-specific cloaking sequences and the second mapping, and storing the re-cloaked data in the persistent memory.
US11501020B2	Method for anonymizing personal information in big data and combining anonymized data A method for anonymizing and combining personal information in big data, by which big data is anonymized to be freely distributed to an external system without fear of personal information leakage and distributed data can be combined with each other is proposed.
US11501012B1	Method and system for secure link sharing Methods and systems for sharing a network link of a file in network storage for collaboration among multiple computing devices using end-to-end encryption may involve generating a link key associated with the file stored remotely in the network storage, being accessible by a first device, and to be accessible by a second device, encrypting a session key associated with the file to generate an encrypted session key using the link key, the file being encrypted with the session key and, generating a salt associated with the file, generating a verifier associated with the file using the link key, sending a message to a server computer with an identifier associated with the file, the salt, the verifier, and the encrypted session key, creating a first link to the file with a name associated with the first device, the identifier, and the link key, and transmitting the first link to second device.
US11501011B2	Method for defining policy across information model exposed via an application programming interface A method for defining a policy for providing access to a system is provided. The method includes: identifying, for each of a plurality of information classes within an information model, at least one respective information attribute; defining, for at least one of the at least one respective information attribute, a respective predicate filter function; determining, based on the defined at least one respective predicate filter function, at least one access rule that relates to a corresponding information attribute; defining the policy with respect to each of the plurality of information classes based on the constructed API and each of the determined at least one access rule; and constructing an application programming interface (API) for the information model based on the defined policy. The API may be augmented by updating parameters based on the defined policy.
US11501009B1	Electronic privacy apparatus An electronic privacy apparatus, for selectively blocking transmission of data from a camera, includes a camera, a first processor, a switch, and a second processor. The first processor is connected to the camera and receives image data from the camera. The switch is connected to the first processor. The second processor is configured to execute an operating system. The first processor implements a transmission state where the first processor transmits the image data to the second processor. The first processor also implements a privacy state where the first processor transmits blank data to the second processor. Based on user input, the switch selects either the transmission state or the privacy state and transmits a signal to the first processor indicating the user input.
US11501008B2	Differential privacy using a multibit histogram Embodiments described herein ensure differential privacy when transmitting data to a server that estimates a frequency of such data amongst a set of client devices. The differential privacy mechanism may provide a predictable degree of variance for frequency estimations of data. The system may use a multibit histogram model or Hadamard multibit model for the differential privacy mechanism, both of which provide a predictable degree of accuracy of frequency estimations while still providing mathematically provable levels of privacy.
US11501006B2	Leveraging natural language processing to refine access control within collections Natural language processing is enhanced by linguistically extracting intelligence about a user. A history of user queries is analyzed by a natural language classifier to determine various user intents, and these intents are combined to form a user intent profile. The profile includes elements of sentiment, emotion and tone. The profile can be used in various ways including restricting access to documents in a collection, or refining a cognitive analysis of a query. For access restriction, a determination is made that the user intent is inconsistent with a document, and the user is denied access to the document. This determination involves a user intent score which is compared to a score of the document. For cognitive analysis, searching of reference documents is filtered by excluding documents based on the user intent. The searching includes a comparison of meta-data tags of the documents to the user intent.
US11501003B2	Systems and methods to control publication of user content in a virtual world A computing system and method to implement a three-dimensional virtual reality world having user created virtual objects. During the creation of a virtual object, a user of the virtual reality world identifies components and/or resources of the virtual object, such as a mesh model defining the shape of the virtual object, an image specifying the appearance of the virtual object, and a script defining the run time behavior of the virtual object. The computer system examines the components and/or resources duration the creation process of the virtual object to detect and/or address security threats and/or performance hurdles. Before the approval of the publication of the virtual object in the virtual world, the computer system performs a simulation of the rendering of the virtual object to detect security threats and evaluate performance impacts.

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