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US11569463B2 Stretchable devices, display panels, sensors, and electronic devices
A stretchable device includes a substrate, the substrate including first regions having a first stiffness and a second region between adjacent first regions and having a second stiffness that is lower than the first stiffness, a unit device array including unit devices on separate, respective first regions of the substrate, and an encapsulant covering the unit device array. The unit device array includes pixel electrodes isolated on separate, respective first regions of the substrate, common electrodes isolated on separate, respective first regions and each facing a separate pixel electrode, the stretchable device configured to apply a same voltage to the plurality of common electrodes, and active layers on separate, respective first regions and each between a separate pixel electrode and a separate common electrode.
US11569462B2 Flexible array substrate, preparation method thereof, and flexible display panel
Disclosed are a flexible array substrate, a preparation method thereof, and a flexible display panel. The flexible array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel island regions sequentially arranged, with a flexible region being disposed between adjacent pixel island regions, wherein each of the pixel island regions comprises a gate electrode, and the flexible region comprises a first connecting wire, an elastic layer disposed on the first connecting wire, and a second connecting wire disposed on the elastic layer, wherein a plurality of interlayer via holes are disposed in the elastic layer, an elastic conductive pillar is disposed in each of the interlayer via holes, the elastic conductive pillar is conductively connected to the first connecting wire and the second connecting wire respectively, and the first connecting wire and/or the second connecting wire are/is connected to the gate electrodes of adjacent pixel island regions.
US11569455B2 Compound for organic optoelectronic device, organic optoelectronic device, and display device
A compound for an organic optoelectronic device, an organic optoelectronic device including the same, and a display device, the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1:
US11569450B2 Photoelectric conversio element, optical sensor, imaging element, and compound
The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element having excellent heat resistance. In addition, the present invention provides an optical sensor and an imaging element including the photoelectric conversion element. In addition, the present invention provides a compound applied to the photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element according to the embodiment of the present invention including a conductive film, a photoelectric conversion film, and a transparent conductive film, in this order, in which the photoelectric conversion film contains a compound represented by Formula (1) or (2).
US11569447B2 Method for testing performance of thin-film encapsulation
The present invention provides a method for testing performance of thin-film encapsulation. Through different combination designs of film layers, lateral water vapor intrusion paths of various thin films or encapsulation structures are formed, thereby obtaining a means to inspect a lateral water vapor and oxygen barrier capacity of thin films and provide a highly effective inspection means for encapsulation of display panels.
US11569446B2 Microstructures array and method of manufacturing the same and micro light emitting diode and method of manufacturing the same and display device
Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a microstructure array that includes preparing a mold having a concave micro pattern array in which a plurality of concave micro patterns are arranged, preparing a perovskite precursor solution including a perovskite precursor and a hydrophilic polymer, coating the perovskite precursor solution on a substrate, disposing the mold on the perovskite precursor solution to confine the perovskite precursor solution in the plurality of concave micro patterns, obtaining a composite of perovskite nanocrystals and the hydrophilic polymer from the perovskite precursor solution in the plurality of concave micro patterns, and, and removing the mold to form a microstructure array in which a plurality of microstructures including a composite of the perovskite nanocrystals and the hydrophilic polymer are arranged, a microstructure array, a micro light emitting diode including the same, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device.
US11569444B2 Three-dimensional confined memory cell with decoupled read-write
An embodiment of the invention may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a multi-level nonvolatile electrochemical cell located between the first electrode and second electrode. The multi-level nonvolatile electrochemical cell may have a read path and a write path through the cell, where the read path and the write path are different.
US11569438B2 Magnetoresistive random-access memory device
A method of manufacturing a magnetic tunnel junction device is provided. The method includes forming an MTJ stack including a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed on the reference layer, a free layer formed on the barrier layer, and a cap layer formed on the free layer. The method also includes performing ion beam etching (IBE) through each layer of the MTJ stack to form at least one MTJ pillar. The method also includes forming an isolation layer on sidewalls of at least the tunnel barrier layer, the isolation layer comprising a same material as that of the tunnel barrier layer. A combined width of the isolation layer and the tunnel barrier layer is equal to or greater than a width of at least one of the reference layer and the free layer.
US11569434B2 Vibrating plate-bonded-body
A vibrating plate-bonded body includes a supporting substrate composed of silicon, a vibrating plate composed of a highly rigid ceramics and having a thickness of 100 μm or smaller, and a bonding layer between the supporting substrate and vibrating plate, contacting a bonding surface of the vibrating plate and composed of α-Si. The arithmetic average roughness Ra of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 0.01 nm or more and 10.0 nm or less, and the pit density of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 10 counts or more per 100 μm2.
US11569433B2 Acoustic wave resonator, filter, and multiplexer
An acoustic wave resonator includes: a piezoelectric substrate; and an interdigital transducer (IDT) located on the piezoelectric substrate, the IDT including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes having a plurality of electrode fingers and a bus bar to which the plurality of electrode fingers are coupled, the IDT having: a first region in which a pitch of electrode fingers is substantially constant; a second region in which a pitch of electrode fingers decreases at closer distances to an outer side; and a third region in which a pitch of electrode fingers increases at closer distances to an outer side, the second region being located outside the first region in an arrangement direction of the plurality of electrode fingers, and the third region being located outside the second region in the arrangement direction.
US11569432B2 Systems and methods for piezoelectric, electronic, and photonic devices with dual inversion layers
An apparatus comprising a substrate, one or more nanowire pillars, each having a base portion and a tip portion, a first electrode connected to the tip portions of the one or more nanowire pillars, an internal hollow cavity positioned between the substrate and the first electrode, such that at least a portion of each of the one or more nanowire pillars extend through the internal hollow cavity, and a second electrode proximate the first side of the substrate. High-performance broadband photodetectors and other optoelectronics for converting light to electricity with enhanced absorption and carrier collection.
US11569431B1 Piezoelectric deformable photonic devices
A CMOS-compatible actuator platform for implementing phase, amplitude, and frequency modulation in silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits via piezo-optomechanical coupling using tightly mechanically coupled aluminum nitride actuators is disclosed. The platform, which may be fabricated in a CMOS foundry, enables scalable active photonic integrated circuits for visible wavelengths, and the piezoelectric actuation functions without performance degradation down to cryogenic operating temperatures. A number of devices are possible, including ring modulator devices, phase shifter devices, Mach-Zehnder interferometer devices, directional coupler devices (including tunable directional coupler devices), and acousto-optic modulator and frequency shifter devices, each of which can employ the same AlN actuator platform. As all of these devices can be built on the same AlN actuator platform, numerous optical functions can be implemented on a single die.
US11569426B2 Light irradiation unit and light irradiation device
A light irradiation unit includes a substrate having a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being a first axis direction; multiple light sources arranged along the first axis direction on a first surface of the substrate; a heat dissipation member arranged on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface; and a housing having a pair of first side surfaces holding the heat dissipation member therebetween in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction along the first surface. The substrate has, at an end portion in the first axis direction, an end surface intersecting the first axis direction. The location of the end surface in the first axis direction is near an edge of the first side surface along the first axis direction. The end surface is exposed from the housing or covered by a detachable protection member.
US11569423B2 Display device
A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, a driving circuit disposed on the substrate, and a light-emitting unit disposed on the driving circuit and electrically connected to the driving circuit. The light-emitting unit includes a first semiconductor layer, a quantum well layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the quantum well layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a first top surface. The display device also includes a first protective layer disposed on the driving circuit and adjacent to the light-emitting unit. The first protective layer includes a second top surface and a plurality of conductive elements formed therein. The elevation of the first top surface is higher than the elevation of the second top surface.
US11569418B2 Light-emitting diode grain structure with multiple contact points
The invention provides a light-emitting diode grain structure with multiple contact points, including a P-type electrode, a conductive base plate, a light-emitting semiconductor layer, a plurality of ohmic contact metal points, a mesh-structured connection conductive layer, a connection point conductive layer, and an N-type electrode pad electrically connected to the connection point conductive layer. The plurality of ohmic contact metal points is arranged on an N-type semiconductor layer in a spreading manner, and is contacted with the N-type semiconductor layer. No ohmic contact is formed between the connection conductive layer and the N-type semiconductor layer. Accordingly, the metal points and the connection conductive layer can disperse a current, reduce a shading area, and improve the luminous efficiency and component reliability; and uniform light emission from a surface facilitates the light distribution uniformity of an original light source and exciting light after phosphor is coated.
US11569410B2 Light emitting diode packaging device
An LED packaging device includes a frame including a bottom wall having a bottom surface and a surrounding wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, at least one LED chip, a plurality of spaced-apart reflectors and a packaging body. The bottom and surrounding walls cooperatively define a mounting space. The surrounding wall has an internal side surface facing the mounting space and a top surface facing away from the bottom surface. The LED chip is disposed on the bottom surface and is received in the mounting space. Each of the reflectors is disposed on a peripheral region of the bottom surface. The packaging body covers the LED chip and the reflectors, such that the LED chip is sealed inside the mounting space.
US11569408B2 Semiconductor-metal contacts with spontaneous and induced piezoelectric polarization
In some embodiments, a semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, and a contact layer adjacent to the metal layer, and between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer. The contact layer can comprise one or more piezoelectric materials comprising spontaneous piezoelectric polarization that depends on material composition and/or strain, and a region comprising a gradient in materials composition and/or strain adjacent to the metal layer. In some embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) device comprises an n-doped short period superlattice (SPSL) layer, an intrinsically doped AlN/GaN SPSL layer adjacent to the n-doped SPSL layer, a metal layer, and an ohmic-chirp layer between the metal layer and the intrinsically doped AlN/GaN SPSL layer.
US11569407B2 Display panel, light-emitting device, and driving method thereof
A display panel, a light-emitting device, and a driving method thereof are provided. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, and a first electrode, a first light-emitting unit, a connecting layer, a second light-emitting unit, and a second electrode stacked up sequentially on the substrate. Polarities of the first electrode and the second electrode are opposite and reverse periodically in order that the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit illuminate alternately.
US11569397B2 Hybrid transparent conducting electrode
The present invention relates to hybrid transparent conducting electrode comprising reduced graphene oxide film, metal mesh and textured glass, wherein the reduced graphene oxide film is coated on the textured glass embedded with the metal mesh or the reduced graphene oxide film is sandwiched between the textured glass and the metal mesh. The present invention also relates to a process of preparing the hybrid conducting transparent conducting electrode. The said transparent conducting electrode exhibits transparency ranging from about 70% to 85% with sheet resistance ranging from about 5 Ω/sq to 100 Ω/sq.
US11569396B2 Optical sensor package with optically transparent mold compound
An optical sensor package includes an IC die including a light sensor element, an output node, and bond pads including a bond pad coupled to the output node. A leadframe includes a plurality of leads or lead terminals, wherein at least some of the plurality of leads or lead terminals are coupled to the bond pads including to the bond pad coupled to the output node. A mold compound provides encapsulation for the optical sensor package including for the light sensor element. The mold compound includes a polymer-base material having filler particles including at least one of infrared or terahertz transparent particle composition provided in a sufficient concentration so that the mold compound is optically transparent for providing an optical transparency of at least 50% for a minimum mold thickness of 500 μm in a portion of at least one of an infrared frequency range and a terahertz frequency range.
US11569393B2 Apparatus and method for a low loss coupling capacitor
Embodiments are provided herein for low loss coupling capacitor structures. The embodiments include a n-type varactor (NVAR) configuration and p-type varactor (PVAR) configuration. The structure in the NVAR configuration comprises a p-doped semiconductor substrate (Psub), a deep n-doped semiconductor well (DNW) in the Psub, and a p-doped semiconductor well (P well) in the DNW. The circuit structure further comprises a source terminal of a p-doped semiconductor material within P well, and a drain terminal of the p-doped semiconductor material within the P well. Additionally, the circuit structure comprises an insulated gate on the surface of the P well, a metal pattern comprising a plurality of layers of metal lines, and a plurality of vias through the metal lines. The vias are contacts connecting the metal lines to the gate, the source terminal, and the drain terminal.
US11569385B2 FDSOI device structure and preparation method thereof
An FDSOI device and fabrication method are disclosed. The device comprises: a buried oxide layer disposed on the silicon substrate; a SiGe channel disposed on the buried oxide layer, a nitrogen passivation layer disposed on the SiGe channel layer; a metal gate disposed on the nitrogen passivation layer, and sidewalls attached to sides of the metal gate; and a source and a drain regions disposed on the nitrogen passivation layer at both sides of the metal gate, wherein the source and drain regions are built in a raised SiGe layer. The stack structure of the SiGe layer and the nitrogen passivation layer forms the channel. This stack structure avoids the low stress of the silicon channel in the conventional device. In addition, it prevents the Ge diffusion from the SiGe channel to the gate dielectric in the conventional device. Thereby the invention improves reliability and performance of the device.
US11569381B2 Diamond MIS transistor
The invention relates to a deep depletion MIS transistor (100), comprising: a source region (S) and a drain region (D) made of doped semiconductor diamond of a first conductivity type; a channel region (C) made of doped semiconductor diamond of the first conductivity type, arranged between the source region and the drain region; a drift region (DR) made of doped semiconductor diamond of the first conductivity type, arranged between the channel region and the drain region; and a conductive gate (111) arranged on the channel region and separated from the channel region by a dielectric layer (113).
US11569376B2 Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
First p+-type regions are provided directly beneath trenches, separate from a p-type base region and facing bottoms of the trenches in a depth direction. The first p+-type regions are exposed at the bottoms of the trenches and are in contact with a gate insulating film at the bottoms of the trenches. Second p+-type regions are each provided between (mesa region) adjacent trenches, separate from the first p+-type regions and the trenches. Drain-side edges of the second p+-type regions are positioned closer to a source side than are drain-side edges of the first p+-type regions. In each mesa region, an n+-type region is provided separate from the first p+-type regions and the trenches. The n+-type regions are adjacent to and face the second p+-type regions in the depth direction.
US11569372B2 Semiconductor device
Semiconductor device including first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type at a surface of the first semiconductor layer, third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type selectively provided at a surface of the second layer, and gate electrode embedded in a trench via a gate insulating film. The trench penetrates the second and third layers, and reaches the first layer. A thermal oxide film on the third layer has a thickness less than that of the gate insulating film. Also are an interlayer insulating film on the thermal oxide film, barrier metal on an inner surface of a contact hole selectively opened in the thermal oxide film and the interlayer insulating film, metal plug embedded in the contact hole on the barrier metal, and electrode electrically connected to the second and third layers via the barrier metal and the metal plug.
US11569367B1 Graphene LHFETS (lateral heterostructure field effect transistors) on SI compatible with CMOS BEOL process
A field effect transistor includes a substrate, a passivation layer on the substrate forming a passivated substrate, wherein the passivation layer is inert to XeF2, and a graphene lateral heterostructure field effect transistor (LHFET) on the passivated substrate.
US11569366B2 Fully depleted SOI transistor with a buried ferroelectric layer in back-gate
Provided are techniques for generating fully depleted silicon on insulator (SOI) transistor with a ferroelectric layer. The techniques include forming a first multi-layer wafer comprising a semiconductor layer and a buried oxide layer, wherein the semiconductor layer is formed over the buried oxide layer. The techniques also including forming a second multi-layer wafer comprising the ferroelectric layer, and bonding the first multi-layer wafer to the second multi-layer wafer, wherein the bonding comprises a coupling between the buried oxide layer and the second multi-layer wafer.
US11569365B2 Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method for forming a semiconductor are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a gate structure. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer, a work function metal layer over the gate dielectric layer, and a plurality of barrier granules between the gate dielectric layer and the work function metal layer. At least two adjacent barrier granules of the plurality of barrier granules are separated from each other by a portion of the work function metal layer.
US11569360B2 Power semiconductor device and power semiconductor chip
A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a ladder-shaped trench recessed a specific depth from a surface of the semiconductor layer into the semiconductor layer and including a pair of lines having a first depth and a plurality of connectors connected between the pair of lines and having a second depth shallower than the first depth, a well region defined in the semiconductor layer between the pair of lines and between the plurality of connectors of the trench, a floating region defined in the semiconductor layer outside the pair of lines of the trench, a gate insulating layer disposed on an inner wall of the trench, and a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate insulating layer to fill the trench and including a first portion in which the pair of lines is filled and a second portion in which the plurality of connectors is filled. A depth of the second portion of the gate electrode layer is shallower than a depth of the first portion of the gate electrode layer.
US11569358B2 Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a barrier layer, a dielectric layer, a first spacer, a second spacer, and a gate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the barrier layer and defines a first recess. The first spacer is disposed on the barrier layer and within the first recess. The second spacer is disposed on the barrier layer and within the first recess. The first and second spacers are spaced apart from each other by a top surface of a portion of the barrier layer. The top surface of the portion of the barrier layer is recessed. The gate is disposed on the barrier layer, the dielectric layer, and the first and second spacers, in which the gate has a bottom portion located between the first and second spacers and making contact with the top surface of the portion of the barrier layer.
US11569355B1 Method of manufacturing memory structure
A method of manufacturing a memory structure including following steps is provided. Two gate stack structures are formed on a substrate. A conductive material layer is conformally formed on the two gate stack structures. The conductive material layer includes two protrusions located on the two gate stack structures. Hard mask spacers are formed on two sides of each of the two protrusions. A first etching process is performed to remove a portion of the conductive material layer by using the hard mask spacers as a mask. A second etching process is performed to completely remove the hard mask spacers. Then, a third etching process is performed on the conductive material layer to form a first conductive spacer and a second conductive spacer located on one side and the other side of the two gate stack structures and to form a conductive layer located between the two gate stack structures.
US11569354B2 Recessed access device
A method of manufacturing a recessed access device includes the following operations. A first trench is formed in a substrate. A first gate oxide layer is formed on an inner surface of the first trench. A sacrificial layer is formed in a bottom of the first trench, in which a portion of the first gate oxide layer above the sacrificial layer is exposed from the first trench. The portion of the first gate oxide layer is removed to expose a sidewall of the first trench. The sidewall of the first trench is oxidized to form a second gate oxide layer within the substrate, in which the second gate oxide layer is in contact with the first gate oxide layer. The sacrificial layer is removed to form a second trench.
US11569351B2 Semiconductor device
A main semiconductor device element has first and second p+-type high-concentration regions that mitigate electric field applied to bottoms of trenches. The first p+-type high-concentration regions are provided separate from p-type base regions, face the bottoms of the trenches in a depth direction, and extend in a linear shape in a first direction that is a same direction in which the trenches extend. Between adjacent trenches of the trenches, the second p+-type high-concentration regions are provided scattered in the first direction, separate from the first p+-type high-concentration regions and the trenches and in contact with the p-type base regions. Between the second p+-type high-concentration regions adjacent to one another in the first direction, n-type current spreading regions or n+-type high-concentration regions having an impurity concentration higher than that of the n-type current spreading regions are provided in contact with the second p+-type high-concentration regions.
US11569347B2 Self-aligned two-dimensional material transistors
A semiconductor device and method for forming the same. The device comprises at least a dielectric layer, a two-dimensional (2D) material layer, a gate structure, and source/drain contacts. The 2D material layer contacts the dielectric layer. The gate structure contacts the 2D material layer. The source/drain contacts are disposed above the 2D material layer and contact the gate structure. The method includes forming a structure including at least a handle wafer, a 2D material layer, a gate structure in contact with the 2D material layer, an insulating layer, and a sacrificial layer. A portion of the sacrificial layer is etched. An inter-layer dielectric is formed in contact with the insulating layer and sidewalls of the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer and a portion of the insulating layer are removed. Source and drain contacts are formed in contact with the portion of the 2D material layer.
US11569346B2 Semiconductor device with low random telegraph signal noise
A semiconductor device includes a source/drain diffusion area, a first doped region and a gate. The source/drain diffusion area, defined between a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure, includes a source region, a drain region and a device channel. The first doped region, disposed along a first junction between the device channel and the first isolation structure, is separated from at least one of the source region and the drain region. The first doped region has a dopant concentration higher than that of the device channel. The gate is disposed over the source/drain diffusion area. The first doped region is located within a projected area of the gate onto the source/drain diffusion area, the first isolation structure and the second isolation structure. A length of the first doped region is shorter than a length of the gate in a direction from the source region to the drain region.
US11569345B2 Gas dopant doped deep trench super junction high voltage MOSFET
A method for manufacturing and a Super Junction MOSFET are disclosed. The Super Junction MOSFET comprises a lightly doped epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type on a heavily doped substrate of the first conductivity type. A deep trench is formed in the epitaxial layer. The deep trench having an insulating layer with a thickness gradient formed on surfaces of the deep trench. One or more regions of the epitaxial layer proximate to sidewalls of the deep trench is doped of a second conductivity type, wherein the second conductivity type is opposite the first conductivity type. Finally, MOSFET device structures are formed in the epitaxial layer.
US11569344B2 Integrated circuit devices and methods of manufacturing the same
An integrated circuit device includes a capacitor structure, wherein the capacitor structure includes: a bottom electrode over a substrate; a supporter on a sidewall of the bottom electrode; a dielectric layer on the bottom electrode and the supporter; and a top electrode on the dielectric layer and covering the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode comprises: a base electrode layer over the substrate and extending in a first direction that is perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, and a conductive capping layer including niobium nitride that is between a sidewall of the base electrode layer and the dielectric layer, and also between a top surface of the base electrode layer and the dielectric layer.
US11569342B2 Precision capacitor
In a described example, a method for forming a capacitor includes: forming a capacitor first plate over a non-conductive substrate; flowing ammonia and nitrogen gas into a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) chamber containing the non-conductive substrate; stabilizing a pressure and a temperature in the PECVD chamber; turning on radio frequency high frequency (RF-HF) power to the PECVD chamber; pretreating the capacitor first plate for at least 60 seconds; depositing a capacitor dielectric on the capacitor first plate; and depositing a capacitor second plate on the capacitor dielectric.
US11569341B2 Dielectric thin-film structure and electronic device including the same
Provided are dielectric thin-film structures and electronic devices including the same. The dielectric thin-film structure includes a substrate, and a dielectric layer provided on the substrate. The dielectric layer including a tetragonal crystal structure, and crystal grains including a proportion of the crystal grains preferentially oriented such that at least one of a , , or <0k0> direction of a crystal lattice is parallel to or forms an angle of less than 45 degrees an out-of-plane orientation.
US11569334B2 Display substrate including first reference voltage line being electrically coupled to first reference voltage auxiliary line through via holes penetrating through insulation layer therebetween, and display device having the same
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a first reference voltage line, a second reference voltage line and a first reference voltage auxiliary line, the first reference voltage line, the second reference voltage line and the first reference voltage auxiliary line are respectively disposed in one of a second wiring layer, a third wiring layer and a fourth wiring layer, the first reference voltage line is electrically coupled to the first reference voltage auxiliary line through via holes penetrating an insulating layer therebetween, the first reference voltage line and the first reference voltage auxiliary line extend in different directions, the second reference voltage line and the first reference voltage auxiliary line extend in a same direction, the first reference voltage line extends in a row or column direction, and the second reference voltage line extends in the row or column direction.
US11569333B2 Display apparatus with pixel electrode having step top surface within contact hole
A display apparatus including: a first thin-film transistor and a second thin-film transistor on a substrate, wherein the first thin-film transistor includes a first electrode layer, and the second thin-film transistor includes a second electrode layer; an insulating layer having a first contact hole and a second contact hole respectively exposing the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a first pixel electrode connected to the first thin-film transistor through the first contact hole; and a second pixel electrode connected to the second thin-film transistor through the second contact hole. A top surface of the first pixel electrode overlapping the first electrode layer in the first contact hole has a first step facing a first direction, and a top surface of the second pixel electrode overlapping the second electrode layer in the second contact hole has a second step facing a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11569327B2 Display device
A display device includes a pixel circuit disposed on a substrate, and a display element on the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a first thin-film transistor comprising a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer, a second thin-film transistor comprising a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode insulated from the second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being connected to the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, a first shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer, and a second shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer and stacked on the first shielding layer.
US11569326B2 Display panel and display device
Disclosed are a display panel and display device. The display panel includes: a sensor setting area and a display area around the sensor setting area, where the sensor setting area includes at least one photosensitive element setting area and each of the at least one photosensitive element setting area is the same.
US11569321B2 Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a display element arranged on the substrate in the display area, an encapsulation layer arranged on the display element, a first insulating layer arranged on the encapsulation layer and including a first opening that corresponds to a light-emitting area of the display element, and a second insulating layer covering the first insulating layer. A second refractive index of the second insulating layer is greater than a first refractive index of the first insulating layer, and a side surface of the first insulating layer defining the first opening includes a staircase-shaped step.
US11569317B2 Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display apparatus, including a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas and non-pixel areas in a display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, a pixel-defining layer including a cover portion and openings, wherein the cover portion covers an edge of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and each of the openings exposes a central portion of a pixel electrode among the plurality of pixel electrodes, an auxiliary electrode located such that the auxiliary electrode corresponds to at least a portion of a top surface of the cover portion, and an intermediate layer and a counter electrode, each located in the openings. The pixel-defining layer may have an under-cut structure in which the at least a portion of the top surface of the cover portion is recessed from the auxiliary electrode.
US11569310B2 Organic light-emitting display device having touchscreen and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed is an organic light-emitting display device having a touchscreen in which the configuration of a pad unit and a circuit board connected to the pad unit is simplified, resulting in bonding stability and an improved form factor of the device, and a method of manufacturing the same. In the organic light-emitting display device having the touchscreen in which a touch electrode is directly provided on an encapsulation layer, a touch pad and a display pad are disposed parallel to each other on the same side so as to be connected to a flexible printed circuit board with a difference in height therebetween. Thereby, increased bonding reliability and an increased effective display area are achieved.
US11569308B2 Color-converting substrate and display device including the same
A color-converting substrate includes a color-converting part including a wavelength-converting particle configured to change a wavelength of an incident light to emit a light having a color different from the incident light, a color filter pattern filtering the light emitted from the color-converting part, and a light-reflective layer disposed between the color-converting part and the color filter pattern to selectively reflect a light having a wavelength same as the wavelength of the incident light.
US11569300B2 Display device
A display device includes a first display area and a second display area located on opposite sides of a display area. The display device includes first through third sub-pixels. The first through third sub-pixels are disposed in the first and second display areas. The first and second sub-pixels are arranged in a first column adjacent to a first boundary, and the third sub-pixels are arranged in a second column. The second and first sub-pixels are arranged in a third column adjacent to a second boundary, and the third sub-pixels are arranged in a fourth column. The third sub-pixels are arranged in a first column and a second column of the first sub-area. The first and second sub-pixels are arranged in a first column and a second column of the third sub-area. The first to third sub-pixels are not disposed in the second column of the first and third sub-areas.
US11569298B2 Image sensors having lower electrode structures below an organic photoelectric conversion layer
An image sensor includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first substrate includes an active pixel region having a plurality of active pixels. A plurality of lower electrode structures is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate and corresponds to the plurality of active pixels. An upper electrode is disposed on the plurality of lower electrode structures. An organic photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the plurality of lower electrode structures and the upper electrode. A second substrate is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate. A driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of active pixels is disposed on the second substrate. The plurality of lower electrode structures includes a first barrier layer, a reflective layer disposed on the first barrier layer and a second barrier layer disposed on the reflective layer.
US11569296B2 Semiconductor structure
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a transistor layer, a memory region over the transistor layer, and a logic region adjacent to the memory region. The memory region includes a first Nth metal line, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) over the first Nth metal line, a cap over the MTJ, a first stop layer on the cap, and a first (N+1)th metal via over the MTJ. The first (N+1)th metal via is laterally surrounded by the cap and the first stop layer. The logic region includes a second Nth metal line, a second stop layer over an (N+1)th metal line, and a second (N+1)th metal via over the (N+1)th metal line. N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US11569290B2 Sensing device and display apparatus including the same
A sensing device includes a light-transmissible substrate, a light-transmissible electrode unit connected thereto, including multiple electrically independent electrode lines, and a light sensing unit connected to the light-transmissible substrate and the light-transmissible electrode unit. The light sensing unit includes a plurality of light sensors for sensing a light transmitted from the light-transmissible substrate. The light sensors are confined within the light-transmissible electrode unit and are electrically connectable to an outer component through the light-transmissible electrode unit.
US11569287B2 Semiconductor device and electronic appliance
The present technique relates to a semiconductor device and an electronic appliance in which the reliability of the fine transistor can be maintained while the signal output characteristic is improved in a device formed by stacking semiconductor substrates.The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate providing a function different from a function provided by the first semiconductor substrate, and a diffusion prevention film that prevents diffusion of a dangling bond terminating atom used for reducing the interface state of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, wherein at least two semiconductor substrates are stacked and the semiconductor substrates are electrically connected to each other, and the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked with the diffusion prevention film inserted between an interface of the first semiconductor substrate and an interface of the second semiconductor substrate.
US11569285B2 Solid-state imaging device having a waveguide partition grid with variable grid widths
A solid-state imaging device having a first area and a second area surrounding the first area is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a substrate having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state imaging device also includes a color filter layer disposed on the substrate. The color filter layer includes a plurality of color filter segments corresponding to the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state imaging device further includes an optical waveguide layer over the color filter layer. The optical waveguide layer includes a waveguide partition grid, a waveguide material in spaces of the waveguide partition grid, and an anti-reflection film on the waveguide partition grid and the waveguide material. The width of the top of the waveguide partition grid is larger than the width of the bottom of the waveguide partition grid.
US11569284B2 Combination structures and optical filters and image sensors and camera modules and electronic devices
A combination structure includes an in-plane pattern of unit cells, wherein the each unit cell includes nanostructures each having a dimension that is smaller than a near-infrared wavelength and a light-absorbing layer adjacent to the nanostructures and including a near-infrared absorbing material configured to absorb light in at least a portion of a near-infrared wavelength spectrum. The nanostructures are define a nanostructure array in the unit cells, and a wavelength width at 50% transmittance of a transmission spectrum in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum of the combination structure is wider than a wavelength width at 50% transmittance of a transmission spectrum in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum of the nanostructure array.
US11569281B2 Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus
The present technique relates to a solid-state imaging device and an imaging apparatus that enable provision of a solid-state imaging device having superior color separation and high sensitivity. The solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor layer in which a surface side becomes a circuit formation surface, photoelectric conversion units PD1 and PD2 of two layers or more that are stacked and formed in the semiconductor layer, and a longitudinal transistor Trl in which a gate electrode is formed to be embedded in the semiconductor layer from a surface of the semiconductor layer. The photoelectric conversion unit PD1 of one layer in the photoelectric conversion units of the two layers or more is formed over a portion of the gate electrode of the longitudinal transistor Trl embedded in the semiconductor substrate and is connected to a channel formed by the longitudinal transistor Trl.
US11569279B2 Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
There is provided a solid-state imaging device that includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer gate, a floating diffusion unit, and a transistor. The photoelectric conversion unit produces a charge according to incident light. The transfer gate has a columnar shape having an opening that is continuous in a vertical direction, and transfers the charge from the photoelectric conversion unit. The floating diffusion unit is formed extending to a region surrounded by the opening of the transfer gate, and converts the transferred charge into a voltage signal. The transistor is electrically connected to the floating diffusion unit via a diffusion layer.
US11569278B1 Systems and methods for callable options values determination using deep machine learning
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for pricing a callable instrument. A plurality of corresponding pairs of Brownian motion paths and index value paths are determined corresponding to a set of dates. A deep neural network (DNN) of a backward DNN solver is trained until a convergence requirement is satisfied by for each pair of corresponding Brownian motion path and index value path, using the backward DNN solver to determine by iterating in reverse time order from a final discounted option payoff to an initial value. A statistical measure of spread of a set of initial values is determined and parameters of the DNN are modified based on the statistical measures of spread. Pricing information is determined by the backward DNN solver and provided such that a representation thereof is provided via an interactive user interface of a user computing device.
US11569276B2 Image sensor with image receiver and automatic image switching
Provided are an image sensor with one or more image receivers for image switching, and an imaging system and method therefor. The image sensor includes an image sensor array to generate first image data for a first image; a receiver to receive, into the image sensor, second image data for a second image; an image selection circuit coupled to the image sensor array and the receiver to receive the first image data and the second image data and select one of the first image data and the second image data according to one or more image selection criteria and at least one of the first image data and the second image data; and a transmitter coupled to the image selection circuit to transmit the selected one of the first image data and the second image data from the image sensor.
US11569272B2 Array substrate and display panel
An array substrate and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a data line, a thin film transistor having a gate and a source, a source wire, and a scan line. The source wire includes a predetermined breaking part configured to be cut off to break an electrical connection between the source and the data line. The scan line and the predetermined breaking part have a first predetermined distance in-between, and the first predetermined distance is used to prevent the scan line and the data line from forming a short circuit when a fixing operation is being performed.
US11569271B2 Display panel and method for manufacturing the same, and display device
A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device is provided. The display panel includes a display area including a plurality of gate lines arranged spaced apart in a first direction and a non-display area including a first and a second non-display area. At least one of the first or the second non-display area includes: a gate driving area including a plurality of gate driving units arranged spaced apart in the first direction and connected to the gate lines, a length of at least one gate driving unit being smaller than a length of a pixel in the first direction; a dummy gate driving area including a plurality of dummy gate driving units arranged spaced apart in the first direction; and a first trace area including a plurality of first traces connected to the dummy gate driving units and an external circuit.
US11569268B1 Photonics chips including a fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator field-effect transistor
Structures for a photonics chip that include a fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator field-effect transistor and related methods. A first device region of a substrate includes a first device layer, a first portion of a second device layer, and a buried insulator layer separating the first device layer from the first portion of the second device layer. A second device region of the substrate includes a second portion of the second device layer. The first device layer, which has a thickness in a range of about 4 to about 20 nanometers, transitions in elevation to the second portion of the second device layer with a step height equal to a sum of the thicknesses of the first device layer and the buried insulator layer. A field-effect transistor includes a gate electrode on the top surface of the first device layer. An optical component includes the second portion of the second device layer.
US11569265B2 Three-dimensional memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A three-dimensional memory device includes an electrode structure including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers which are alternately stacked on a substrate; a first stairway structure and a second stairway structure defined in the electrode structure, and positioned at different heights from each other; a sidewall of the electrode structure formed due to a difference in height between the first stairway structure and the second stairway structure; and a dielectric support passing through the electrode structure, and isolating a corner portion of the sidewall from the plurality of electrode layers.
US11569264B2 3D RAM SL/BL contact modulation
A 3D memory array includes a row of stacks, each stack having alternating gate strips and dielectric strips. Dielectric plugs are disposed between the stacks and define cell areas. A data storage film and a channel film are disposed adjacent the stacks on the sides of the cell areas. The middles of the cell areas are filled with an intracell dielectric. Source lines and drain lines form vias through the intracell dielectric. The source lines and the drain lines are each provided with a bulge toward the interior of the cell area. The bulges increase the areas of the source line and the drain line without reducing the channel lengths. In some of these teachings, the areas of the source lines and the drain lines are increased by restricting the data storage film or the channel layer to the sides of the cell areas adjacent the stacks.
US11569263B2 Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor memory device
There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor device includes: a first stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and first conductive patterns, which are alternately stacked; a second stack structure including a second conductive pattern overlapping with the first stack structure, and a third conductive pattern overlapping with the first stack structure with the second conductive pattern interposed between the first stack structure and the third conductive pattern, the third conductive pattern having an oxidation rate different from that of the second conductive pattern; channel structures penetrating the first stack structure and the second stack structure; and a bit line overlapping with the first stack structure with the second stack structure interposed between the first stack structure and the bit line.
US11569262B2 Semiconductor device including vertical memory structure
A semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure and a second stacked structure spaced apart from each other on a substrate, and a plurality of separation structures and a plurality of vertical memory structures alternately arranged between the first stacked structure and the second stacked structure in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. Each of the first and second stacked structures includes a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of gate layers alternately repeatedly stacked on the lower structure. Each of the vertical memory structures includes a first data storage structure facing the first stacked structure and a second data storage structure facing the second stacked structure. Side surfaces of the first and second stacked structures facing the vertical memory structures are concave in a plan view.
US11569259B2 Three-dimensional memory device with double-sided stepped surfaces and method of making thereof
A memory die can include an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, and memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack. A first layer stack within the alternating stack includes a first staircase region in which the first electrically conductive layers have respective lateral extents that increase with a vertical distance from the substrate to provide first stepped surfaces. A second layer stack within the alternating stack includes a second staircase region in which the second electrically conductive layers have respective lateral extents that decrease with the vertical distance from the substrate to provide second stepped surfaces. The second layer stack can be more distal from the substrate than the first layer stack. Contact via structures can be formed from the top side and the bottom side of the alternating stack.
US11569256B2 Memory device with transistors above memory stacks and manufacturing method of the memory device
A device includes a stack above a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, the stack including conductive layers; a semiconductor layer neighboring the stack in a second direction parallel to the surface of the substrate; a memory layer between the first stack and the semiconductor layer; memory cells between the conductive layers and the semiconductor layer; a first transistor connected between one end of the semiconductor layer in a third direction parallel to the surface of the substrate and crossing the second direction and a first interconnect in the first direction; and a second transistor connected between the other end of the semiconductor layer and a second interconnect in the first direction.
US11569255B2 Void formation in charge trap structures
Electronic apparatus and methods of forming the electronic apparatus may include one or more charge trap structures for use in a variety of electronic systems and devices, where each charge trap structure includes a dielectric barrier between a gate and a blocking dielectric on a charge trap region of the charge trap structure. In various embodiments, a void is located between the charge trap region and a region on which the charge trap structure is disposed. In various embodiments, a tunnel region separating a charge trap region from a semiconductor pillar of a charge trap structure, can be arranged such that the tunnel region and the semiconductor pillar are boundaries of a void. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US11569252B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure and capable of controlling thicknesses of dielectric layers
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer; using a photomask to apply a photoresist to cover a first part of the second dielectric layer; removing a second part of the second dielectric layer while retaining the first part of the second dielectric layer; and removing the photoresist. The first part of the second dielectric layer covers a first part of the first dielectric layer in a first area. The second part of the second dielectric layer covers a second part of the first dielectric layer in a second area. The first area is corresponding to a memory device. The second area is corresponding to a logic device.
US11569248B2 Integrated circuit including eFuse cell
An integrated circuit is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes a transistor, a first fuse element and a second fuse element. The transistor is formed in a first conductive layer. The first fuse element is formed in a second conductive layer disposed above the first conductive layer. The second fuse element is formed in the second conductive layer and is coupled to the first fuse element. The transistor is coupled through the first fuse element to a first data line for receiving a first data signal, and the transistor is coupled through the second fuse element to a second data line for receiving a second data signal. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) is also disclosed herein.
US11569246B2 Four CPP wide memory cell with buried power grid, and method of fabricating same
A memory device including: active regions; gate electrodes which are substantially aligned relative to four corresponding track lines such that the memory device has a width of four contacted poly pitch (4 CPP) and are electrically coupled to the active regions; contact-to-transistor-component structures (MD structures) which are electrically coupled to the active regions, and are interspersed among corresponding ones of the gate electrodes; via-to-gate/MD (VGD) structures which are electrically coupled to the gate electrodes and the MD structures; conductive segments which are in a first layer of metallization (M_1st layer), and are electrically coupled to the VGD structures; buried contact-to-transistor-component structures (BVD structures) which are electrically coupled to the active regions; and buried conductive segments which are in a first buried layer of metallization (BM_1st layer), and are electrically coupled to the BVD structures, and correspondingly provide a first reference voltage or a second reference voltage.
US11569244B2 Vertical heterostructure semiconductor memory cell and methods for making the same
A memory cell comprises a nanowire structure comprising a channel region and source/drain regions of a transistor. The nanowire structure also comprises as first conductor of a capacitive device as a vertical extension of the nanowire structure.
US11569240B2 Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: providing a base; forming bit lines on the base, and forming semiconductor channels on surfaces of the bit lines away from the base, the semiconductor channel including a first doped region, a channel region and a second doped region arranged sequentially; forming a first dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer surrounding sidewalls of the semiconductor channels, and a first gap being provided between parts of the first dielectric layer located on sidewalls of adjacent semiconductor channels on a same bit line; forming a second dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer filling up the first gaps, and a material of the second dielectric layer being different from a material of the first dielectric layer; removing a part of the first dielectric layer to expose sidewalls of the channel regions.
US11569239B2 Semiconductor memory devices
Semiconductor memory devices may include first and second stacks on a substrate and first and second interconnection lines on the first and second stacks. Each of the first and second stacks may include semiconductor patterns vertically stacked on the substrate, conductive lines connected to the semiconductor patterns, respectively, and a gate electrode that is adjacent to the semiconductor patterns and extends in a vertical direction. The first stack may include a first conductive line and a first gate electrode, and the second stack may include a second conductive line and a second gate electrode. Lower surfaces of the first and second conductive lines may be coplanar. The first interconnection line may be electrically connected to at least one of the first and second conductive lines. The second interconnection line may be electrically connected to at least one of the first and second gate electrodes.
US11569238B2 Vertical memory cells
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a memory cell vertically above a substrate. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor at a lower device portion, and a transistor at an upper device portion above the lower device portion. The MIM capacitor includes a first plate, and a second plate separated from the first plate by a capacitor dielectric layer. The first plate includes a first group of metal contacts coupled to a metal electrode vertically above the substrate. The first group of metal contacts are within one or more metal layers above the substrate in a horizontal direction in parallel to a surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the metal electrode of the first plate of the MIM capacitor is also a source electrode of the transistor. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11569237B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including NMOS and PMOS regions; first and second active patterns on the NMOS region; third and fourth active patterns on the PMOS region, the third active pattern being spaced apart from the first active pattern; a first dummy gate structure on the first and third active patterns; a second dummy gate structure on the second and fourth active patterns; a normal gate structure on the third active pattern; a first source/drain pattern on the third active pattern and between the normal gate structure and the first dummy gate structure; and a first element separation structure between the first and second dummy gate structures and separating the third and fourth active patterns, wherein the first dummy gate structure includes a first dummy insulation gate intersecting the third active pattern.
US11569234B2 Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a semiconductor fin including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The semiconductor device structure further includes a gate electrode layer disposed adjacent the first, third, and fourth surfaces of the semiconductor fin, a first source/drain epitaxial feature in contact with the semiconductor fin, and a first inner spacer disposed between the first source/drain epitaxial feature and the gate electrode layer. The first inner spacer is in contact with the first source/drain epitaxial feature, and the first inner spacer comprises a first material. The semiconductor device structure further includes a first spacer in contact with the first inner spacer, and the first spacer comprises a second material different from the first material.
US11569229B2 Stacked vertical transport field effect transistors with anchors
Techniques regarding anchors for fins comprised within stacked VTFET devices are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus, which can further comprise a fin extending from a semiconductor body. The fin can be comprised within a stacked vertical transport field effect transistor device. The apparatus can also comprise a dielectric anchor extending from the semiconductor body and adjacent to the fin. Further, the dielectric anchor can be coupled to the fin.
US11569227B2 Three-way switch array structure and switch array substrate based on NVM
A three-way switch array structure including N first connectors, M second connectors, N×M third connectors and N×M three-way switches is provided, each three-way switch has a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first switch and a second switch. Each of first terminals is disposed on one of the first connectors, each of second terminals is disposed on one of the second connectors, and each of third terminals is disposed on one of the third connectors, the first switch is disposed between the first terminal and the third terminal, and the second switch is disposed between the second terminal and the third terminal, wherein N and M are positive integers greater than or equal to 1.
US11569226B2 Semiconductor device including vertical routing structure and method for manufacturing the same
A method includes forming a transistor having source and drain regions. The following are formed on the source/drain region: a first via, a first metal layer extending along a first direction on the first via, a second via overlapping the first via on the first metal layer, and a second metal extending along a second direction different from the first direction on the second via; and the following are formed on the drain/source region: a third via, a third metal layer on the third via, a fourth via overlapping the third via over the third metal layer, and a controlled device at a same height level as the second metal layer on the third metal layer.
US11569212B2 Semiconductor device power management system
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a semiconductor device power management system including a semiconductor device of a set of semiconductor devices provided on a substrate, wherein the semiconductor device includes an independent power supply unit.
US11569211B2 Semiconductor die with improved thermal insulation between a power portion and a peripheral portion, method of manufacturing, and package housing the die
A semiconductor die includes a structural body that has a power region and a peripheral region surrounding the power region. At least one power device is positioned in the power region. Trench-insulation means extend in the structural body starting from the front side towards the back side along a first direction, adapted to hinder conduction of heat from the power region towards the peripheral region along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The trench-insulation means have an extension, in the second direction, greater than the thickness of the structural body along the first direction.
US11569207B2 Light source assembly, method for making same, and display device
A light source assembly, a method for making same, and a display device using same are disclosed. The light source assembly includes a circuit substrate, an opaque and light-reflecting colloidal layer on the circuit substrate, micro light-emitting elements electrically connected to the circuit substrate, a base layer, a layer of convex lenses, and a layer of immediately-adjacent concave lenses. The colloidal layer defines grooves. At least two micro light-emitting elements each emitting light of a different color are arranged in each groove. The base layer is infilled into each groove and covers each micro light-emitting element. Each groove is covered by a convex lens which converges the emitted light. Each concave lens, covering one convex lens, substantially corrects optical path deviations of light of different wavelengths (that is, different colors), so reducing chromatic aberrations.
US11569200B2 Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a processor chip mounted on the package substrate, a first stack structure on the package substrate, the first stack structure including a number M of memory chips stacked on the processor chip, and a second stack structure on the package substrate and spaced apart from the processor chip, the second stack structure including a number N of memory chips stacked on the package substrate. A number Q of channels that electrically connect the memory chips of the second stack structure with the processor chip may be greater than a number P of channels that electrically connect the memory chips of the first stack structure with the processor chip, or the number N of memory chips included in the second stack structure may be greater than the number M of memory chips included in the first stack structure.
US11569196B2 Chip to chip interconnect in encapsulant of molded semiconductor package
A packaged semiconductor includes an electrically insulating encapsulant body having an upper surface, a first semiconductor die encapsulated within the encapsulant body, the first semiconductor die having a main surface with a first conductive pad that faces the upper surface of the encapsulant body, a second semiconductor die encapsulated within the encapsulant body and disposed laterally side by side with the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die having a main surface with a second conductive pad that faces the upper surface of the encapsulant body, and a first conductive track that is formed in the upper surface of the encapsulant body and electrically connects the first conductive pad to the second conductive pad. The encapsulant body includes a laser activatable mold compound.
US11569192B2 Method for producing structure, and structure
This method for producing a structure wherein base materials are bonded by atomic diffusion comprises: a step for applying a liquid resin on the base material; a step for smoothing the surface of the liquid resin by surface tension; a step for forming a resin layer by curing; a step for forming a metal thin film on the resin layer; a step for forming a metal thin film on the base material; and a step for bringing the metal thin film of the base material and the metal thin film of the base material into close contact with each other, thereby bonding the metal thin film of the resin layer and the metal thin film of the base material with each other by atomic diffusion.
US11569183B2 Package structure and method of fabricating the same
A package structure includes a semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulant, a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer, antenna elements and a first insulating film. The insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the at least one semiconductor die, the insulating encapsulant has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first redistribution layer is disposed on the first surface of the insulating encapsulant. The second redistribution layer is disposed on the second surface of the insulating encapsulant. The antenna elements are located over the second redistribution layer. The first insulating film is disposed in between the second redistribution layer and the antenna elements, wherein the first insulating film comprises a resin rich region and a filler rich region, the resin rich region is located in between the filler rich region and the second redistribution layer and separating the filler rich region from the second redistribution layer.
US11569181B2 Mitigating moisture-driven degradation of features designed to prevent structural failure of semiconductor wafers
Moisture-driven degradation of a crack stop in a semiconductor die is mitigated by forming a groove in an upper surface of the die between an edge of the die and the crack stop; entirely filling the groove with a moisture barrier material; preventing moisture penetration of the semiconductor die by presence of the moisture barrier material; and dissipating mechanical stress in the moisture barrier material without presenting a stress riser in the bulk portion of the die. The moisture barrier material is at least one of moisture-absorbing, moisture adsorbing, and hydrophobic.
US11569180B2 Corner structures for an optical fiber groove and manufacturing methods thereof
Structures for an optical fiber groove and methods of forming a structure for an optical fiber groove. A photonics chip includes a substrate and an interconnect structure over the substrate. The photonics chip has a first exterior corner, a second exterior corner, and a side edge extending from the first exterior corner to the second exterior corner. The substrate includes a groove positioned along the side edge between the first exterior corner and the second exterior corner. The groove is arranged to intersect the side edge at a groove corner, and the interconnect structure includes metal structures adjacent to the first groove corner. The metal structures extend diagonally in the interconnect structure relative to the side edge of the photonics chip.
US11569179B2 Package structure including an outer lead portion and an inner lead portion and method for manufacturing package structure
A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The package structure includes an outer lead portion, an inner lead portion, an encapsulant, and a first conductive layer. The outer lead portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The inner lead portion is connected to the outer lead portion. The inner lead portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The encapsulant covers the first surface of the outer lead portion and the first surface of the inner lead portion. The second surface of the outer lead portion and the second surface of the inner lead portion are substantially coplanar and are recessed from a surface of the encapsulant. The first conductive layer is disposed on the second surface of the outer lead portion.
US11569178B2 Integrated circuit package and method of forming same
Various embodiments of an integrated circuit package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package includes a substrate having a core layer disposed between a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, a die disposed in a cavity of the core layer, and an encapsulant disposed in the cavity between the die and a sidewall of the cavity. The package further includes a first patterned conductive layer disposed within the first dielectric layer, a device disposed on an outer surface of the first dielectric layer such that the first patterned conductive layer is between the device and the core layer, a second patterned conductive layer disposed within the second dielectric layer, and a conductive pad disposed on an outer surface of the second dielectric layer such that the second patterned conductive layer is between the conductive pad and the core layer.
US11569177B2 Support frame structure and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a support frame structure and a support frame structure. The method includes steps of: providing a metal plate including a support region and an opening region; forming an upper dielectric hole and a lower dielectric hole respectively at an upper surface and a lower surface of the support region by photolithography, with a metal spacer connected between the upper dielectric hole and the lower dielectric hole; forming an upper metal pillar on an upper surface of the metal plate, and laminating an upper dielectric layer which covers the upper metal pillar and the upper dielectric hole; etching the metal spacer, forming a lower metal pillar on the lower surface of the metal plate, and laminating a lower dielectric layer which covers the lower metal pillar and the lower dielectric hole.
US11569176B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a semiconductor device comprising multiple encapsulating layers and multiple signal distribution structures, and a method of manufacturing thereof.
US11569174B2 Integrated power module
A power module includes a power substrate, a number of power semiconductor die, and a number of connector pins. The power substrate includes a number of conductive traces. The power semiconductor die are mounted on the power substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive traces. The connector pins are each electrically coupled to a different one of the conductive traces and configured to be interconnected such that the power semiconductor die provide an active front-end and a switching power converter. By providing the power semiconductor die such that they can be interconnected to form an active front-end and a switching power converter in the same power module, the power module may provide a significantly more compact power converter system using both an active front-end and switching power converter.
US11569171B2 Semiconductor memory device including wiring contact plugs
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell area and a peripheral area, a plurality of capacitors including a plurality of lower electrodes arranged in the cell area, a plurality of capacitor dielectric layers covering the plurality of lower electrodes, and an upper electrode on the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers, an etch stop layer covering the upper electrode, a filling insulation layer covering the etch stop layer and arranged in the cell area and the peripheral area, a plurality of wiring lines on the filling insulation layer, and a first wiring contact plug electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of wiring lines to the upper electrode. The upper electrode includes a first upper electrode layer covering the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers and including a semiconductor material and a second upper electrode layer covering the first upper electrode layer and including a metallic material.
US11569170B2 Substrate with a buried conductor under an active region for enhanced thermal conductivity and RF shielding
A semiconductor device is provided, the semiconductor device comprising a substrate having merged cavities in the substrate. An active region is over the merged cavities in the substrate. A thermally conductive layer is in the merged cavities in the substrate, whereby the thermally conductive layer at least partially fills up the merged cavities in the substrate. A first contact pillar connects the thermally conductive layer in the merged cavities in the substrate with a metallization layer above the active region.
US11569161B2 Integrated memory coplanar transmission line package having ground path that brackets data path to extend memory speeds
Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a package substrate, that comprises a bumpout region on a first surface of the package substrate, and a pin region on a second surface of the package substrate. In an embodiment, a data path from the bumpout region to the pin region is included in the electronic package. In an embodiment, a ground path brackets the data path from the bumpout region to the pin region.
US11569159B2 Structure and formation method of chip package with through vias
A package structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes forming a conductive structure over a carrier substrate. The conductive structure has a lower portion and an upper portion, and the upper portion is wider than the lower portion. The method also includes disposing a semiconductor die over the carrier substrate. The method further includes forming a protective layer to surround the conductive structure and the semiconductor die. In addition, the method includes forming a conductive bump over the conductive structure. The lower portion of the conductive structure is between the conductive bump and the upper portion of the conductive structure.
US11569158B2 Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate having a dielectric layer and a wiring pattern in the dielectric layer, the wiring pattern including a line part that extends horizontally, and a via part connected to the line part, the via part having a width less than a width of the line part, a passivation layer on a top surface of the redistribution substrate, the passivation layer including a material different from a material of the dielectric layer, a conductive pillar that penetrates the passivation layer, the conductive pillar being connected to the via part, and a connection terminal on a top surface of the conductive pillar, a distance between the top surface of the conductive pillar and a top surface of the passivation layer being greater than a thickness of the passivation layer.
US11569157B2 Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip; a redistribution insulating layer including a first opening; an external connection bump including a first part in the first opening; a lower bump pad including a first surface in physical contact with the first part of the external connection bump and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface and the redistribution insulating layer partially overlap; and a redistribution pattern that electrically connects the lower bump pad to the semiconductor chip.
US11569150B2 Semiconductor bonding pad device and method for forming the same
A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a pad layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a first passivation layer on the pad layer; forming a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer, wherein the second passivation layer comprises polycrystalline silicon; forming an oxide layer on the second passivation layer; forming a nitride layer on the oxide layer; removing a portion of the oxide layer and a portion of the nitride layer to expose a portion of the second passivation layer; removing the portion of the second passivation layer that has been exposed to expose a portion of the first passivation layer; and removing the portion of the first passivation layer that has been exposed to expose a portion of the pad layer.
US11569147B2 Method of forming semiconductor package with composite thermal interface material structure
A method of forming a semiconductor package is provided. The method includes forming a metallization stack over a semiconductor die. Polymer particles are mounted over the metallization stack. Each of the polymer particles is coated with a first bonding layer. A heat spreader lid is bonded with the semiconductor die by reflowing the first bonding layer. A composite thermal interface material (TIM) structure is formed between the heat spreader lid and the semiconductor die during the bonding. The composite TIM structure includes the first bonding layer and the polymer particles embedded in the first bonding layer.
US11569146B2 Semiconductor package and method of forming the same
Various embodiments may provide a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package may include a semiconductor chip, a first mold compound layer at least partially covering the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer over the first mold compound layer, the redistribution layer including one or more electrically conductive lines in electrical connection with the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor package may additionally include a second mold compound layer over the redistribution layer, and an antenna array over the second mold compound layer, the antenna array configured to be coupled to the one or more electrically conductive lines.
US11569144B2 Semiconductor package design for solder joint reliability
Embodiments described herein provide techniques for using a stress absorption material to improve solder joint reliability in semiconductor packages and packaged systems. One technique produces a semiconductor package that includes a die on a substrate, where the die has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a sidewall surface coupling the first surface to the second surface. The semiconductor package further includes a stress absorption material contacting the sidewall surface of the die and a molding compound separated from the sidewall surface of the die by the stress absorption material. The Young's modulus of the stress absorption material is lower than the Young's modulus of the molding compound. One example of a stress absorption material is a photoresist.
US11569143B2 Electronic component package
An electronic component package of an embodiment of the disclosure includes a base, a first plated layer, a first electronic component chip, a second plated layer, and a second electronic component chip. The base includes a first surface and a second surface. The first plated layer covers the first surface. The first electronic component chip is provided on the first plated layer with a first insulating layer being interposed therebetween. The second plated layer covers the second surface. The second electronic component chip is provided on the second plated layer with a second insulating layer being interposed therebetween. The first plated layer and the second plated layer each include a first metal material that is less likely to undergo an ion migration phenomenon than silver (Ag).
US11569140B2 Semiconductor package with elastic coupler and related methods
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a die coupled to a substrate; a housing coupled to the substrate and at least partially enclosing the die within a cavity of the housing, and; a pin fixedly coupled to the housing and electrically coupled with the die, wherein the pin includes a reversibly elastically deformable lower portion configured to compress to prevent a lower end of the pin from lowering beyond a predetermined point relative to the substrate when the housing is lowered to be coupled to the substrate.
US11569138B2 System and method for monitoring parameters of a semiconductor factory automation system
A system for monitoring one or more conditions of an automation system of a semiconductor factory includes one or more instrumented substrates, one or more sealable containers and one or more system servers. The one or more instrumented substrates include one or more sensors. The one or more sensors measure one or more conditions of the one or more instrumented substrates as the one or more sealable containers transport the one or more instrumented substrates through the semiconductor factory. The one or more sealable containers also receive sensor data from the one or more sensors included on the one or more instrumented substrates. The one or more system servers are configured to receive the sensor data from the one or more sealable containers. The one or more servers are configured to identify one or more deviations in the measured one or more conditions.
US11569135B2 Plasma processing method and wavelength selection method used in plasma processing
To provide a wavelength selection method or a plasma processing method to achieve accurate detection of residual thickness or etching amount, there is provided a plasma processing method, in which a processing object wafer is disposed within a processing chamber in the inside of a vacuum container, and plasma is generated by supplying a processing gas into the processing chamber and used to process a processing-object film layer beforehand formed on a surface of the wafer, and at least two wavelengths are selected from among wavelengths with large mutual information in emission of a plurality of wavelengths of plasma generated during processing of the processing-object film layer, and a temporal change in the emission of at least the two wavelengths is detected, and an endpoint of the processing of the film layer is determined based on a result of the detection.
US11569134B2 Wafer backside engineering for wafer stress control
A semiconductor structure and a method for managing semiconductor wafer stress are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor wafer, a first stress layer disposed on and in contact with a backside of the semiconductor wafer, and a second stress layer on and in contact with the first stress layer. The first stress layer exerts a first stress on the semiconductor wafer and the second layer exerts a second stress on the semiconductor wafer that is opposite the first backside stress. The method includes forming a first stress layer on and in contact with a backside of a semiconductor wafer, and further forming a second stress layer on and in contact with the first stress layer. The first stress layer exerts a first stress on the semiconductor wafer and the second stress layer exerts a second stress on the semiconductor wafer that is opposite to the first stress.
US11569133B2 Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped structure on a substrate, a gate structure on the fin-shaped structure and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure, and a single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the ILD layer and the fin-shaped structure. Preferably, the SDB structure includes a bottom portion and a top portion on the bottom portion, in which the top portion and the bottom portion include different widths.
US11569130B2 Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure with dummy Fin structure
A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure with dummy fin structures and method for forming the same are provided. The FinFET device structure includes an isolation structure over a substrate, and a first fin structure extended above the isolation structure. The fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure includes a second fin structure adjacent to the first fin structure, and a material layer formed over the fin structure. The material layer and the isolation structure are made of different materials, the material layer has a top surface with a top width and a bottom surface with a bottom width, and the bottom width is greater than the top width.
US11569129B2 Workpiece processing method
A workpiece processing method includes holding a workpiece unit on a holding table and forming a division start point. The workpiece unit has a workpiece having a front side and a back side, and an additional member formed on the back side of the workpiece. The additional member is different in material from the workpiece. The workpiece unit is held on the holding table with the additional member opposed to the holding table. The division start point is formed by applying a laser beam to the front side of the workpiece with the focal point of the laser beam set inside the workpiece. The laser beam forms a modified layer inside the workpiece and simultaneously forming a division start point inside the additional member due to the leakage of the laser beam from the focal point toward the back side of the workpiece.
US11569125B2 Etch profile control of interconnect structures
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming an etch stop layer on a substrate, forming a metal oxide layer over the etch stop layer, and forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the metal oxide layer. The method further includes forming a trench etch opening over the ILD layer, forming a capping layer over the trench etch opening, and forming a via etch opening over the capping layer.
US11569124B2 Interconnect structure having an etch stop layer over conductive lines
A multilayer interconnect structure for integrated circuits includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate and a conductive line partially exposed over the first dielectric layer. The structure further includes an etch stop layer over both the first dielectric layer and the exposed conductive line, and a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer. The second dielectric layer and the etch stop layer provide a via hole that partially exposes the conductive line. The structure further includes a via disposed in the via hole, and another conductive line disposed over the via and coupled to the conductive line through the via. Methods of forming the multilayer interconnect structure are also disclosed. The etch stop layer reduces the lateral and vertical etching of the first and second dielectric layers when the via hole is misaligned due to overlay errors.
US11569119B2 Conveyance apparatus, substrate processing apparatus, and method of manufacturing article
A conveyance apparatus for conveying a substrate chuck includes a hand for supporting the substrate chuck, a main body for pivotally supporting the hand about a vertical axis and movable in horizontal and vertical directions, and a guiding portion for guiding pivotal motion of the hand. The hand includes hand distal end portions and a hand proximal end portion supported by the main body. An end surface of the hand proximal end portion facing the main body is formed in an arc shape of a circle centered about a vertical axis of a reference position between the hand distal end portions. The guiding portion includes a guiding surface that has a shape corresponding to the end surface of the hand proximal end portion and can slidably contact the end surface.
US11569116B2 Light emitting diode
A light emitting diode includes an active layer, a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer and a pick-up layer. The first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer are located on two opposite sides of the active layer respectively. The pick-up layer is located on the second type semiconductor layer, wherein the pick-up layer has a patterned outer surface to serve as a grabbed surface during transferring.
US11569115B2 Temporary bonding method
A method of temporary bonding of an object having first and second opposite surfaces successively including bonding the object to a handle on the side of the first surface, bonding the object to a first adhesive film on the side of the second surface, bonding the first adhesive film to a second adhesive film on the side opposite to the object, and removing the handle from the object.
US11569108B2 Reticle pod conversion plate for interfacing with a tool
An illustrative device disclosed herein includes a plate and a reticle pod receiving structure on the front surface of the plate that at least partially bounds a reticle pod receiving area on the front surface. In this example, the back surface of the plate has a pin engagement structure that is adapted to engage a plurality of pins and a fluid flow channel that is adapted to allow fluid communication with an interior region of a reticle pod when the reticle pod is positioned in the reticle pod receiving area.
US11569106B2 Wafer cassette packing apparatus
The present invention provides an apparatus for packing wafer cassettes, the apparatus including: a loading part to which a wafer cassette is loaded; an accessory inspecting part configured to check a recipe attached to the wafer cassette and inspect accessories of the wafer cassette; a first label attaching part configured to attach a first label to the wafer cassette on which the accessory inspection has been completed; a primary film packing part configured to receive a primary film according to the recipe and pack the wafer cassette using the primary film; a secondary film packing part configured to receive a secondary film according to the recipe and secondarily pack the wafer cassette using the secondary film; a second label attaching part configured to attach a second label to the secondary film with which the wafer cassette has been packed; and an unloading part configured to discharge the wafer cassette which has been completely packaged.
US11569104B2 Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes a temperature detector and a controller. The temperature detector detects a temperature of processing liquid before the temperature of the processing liquid in pre-dispensing in progress reaches a target temperature. The controller sets discharge stop duration of the processing liquid in the pre-dispensing based on target temperature prediction duration. The target temperature prediction duration is prediction duration until the temperature of the processing liquid reaches the target temperature from a detection temperature. The detection temperature is the temperature of the processing liquid detected by the temperature detector before the temperature of the processing liquid reaches the target temperature. The target temperature prediction duration is determined based on a temperature profile. The temperature profile indicates a record of the temperature of the processing liquid changing over time when the pre-dispensing processing was performed in the past according to the pre-dispensing condition.
US11569098B2 Heat treatment apparatus
A heat treatment apparatus includes: a processing container extended in a vertical direction; and a heater provided to surround the processing container. The heater includes: a first insulator of a cylindrical shape that has a ceiling surface and an opening at a lower end; a heat generator provided along a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential side of the first insulating member; and a second insulator arranged along the circumferential direction of the first insulating member at a position adjacent to the heat generating elements.
US11569097B2 Resin molding apparatus including release film feeder
A resin molding apparatus including a release film feeder configured to feed a release film is provided. The release film feeder including a feeding roller around which the release film is wound, a gripper configured to grip an end portion of the release film fed from the feeding roller, a support table configured to support the release film fed by a horizontal movement of the gripper in an X direction, the support table configured to horizontally move at least one of in the X direction or in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction, the X and Y directions defining a surface parallel to a surface of the support table, and a position detecting sensor on the support table and configured to detect position information of the release film may be provided.
US11569095B2 Techniques and apparatus for selective shaping of mask features using angled beams
A method may include providing a set of features in a mask layer, wherein a given feature comprises a first dimension along a first direction, second dimension along a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, and directing an angled ion beam to a first side region of the set of features in a first exposure, wherein the first side region is etched a first amount along the first direction. The method may include directing an angled deposition beam to a second side region of the set of features in a second exposure, wherein a protective layer is formed on the second side region, the second side region being oriented perpendicularly with respect to the first side region. The method may include directing the angled ion beam to the first side region in a third exposure, wherein the first side region is etched a second amount along the first direction.
US11569092B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first region formed on a front surface side of a semiconductor substrate; a drift region formed closer to a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate than the first region is; a buffer region that: is formed closer to the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate than the drift region is; and has one or more peaks of an impurity concentration that are higher than an impurity concentration of the drift region; and a lifetime killer that: is arranged on a rear surface side of the semiconductor substrate; and shortens a carrier lifetime, wherein a peak of a concentration of the lifetime killer is arranged between: a peak that is closest to a front surface of the semiconductor substrate among the peaks of the impurity concentration in the buffer region; and the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US11569086B2 Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing part that supplies a processing liquid from a processing liquid supply part to a mounted substrate to execute liquid processing, a liquid drainage part that has a recovery channel connected to a storage part that stores the processing liquid and drains the processing liquid used for the liquid processing, and a control unit executes a processing recipe for the liquid processing and a cleaning recipe for cleaning the substrate processing part and the liquid drainage part. The control unit executes a cleaning operation for supplying a cleaning liquid from a cleaning liquid supply part to clean the substrate processing part and the liquid drainage part and subsequently executes a return operation for supplying the processing liquid from the processing liquid supply part to replace the cleaning liquid attached to the substrate processing part and the liquid drainage part with the processing liquid.
US11569082B2 Restrike ignitor
An instant restrike igniter for use with a high-intensity discharge (HID) lamp and having a bleeder circuit including a resistor in parallel with a capacitor. The bleeder circuit in electrical communication with a voltage source. A transformer is in electrical communication with the bleeder circuit. The transformer includes a first winding that is in communication with and powers a lamp and a second winding. A triggering circuit is in electrical communication with the second winding of the transformer and the bleeder circuit. The triggering circuit has a minimum holding current of 50 mA and is configured to discharge the capacitor to generate high voltage pulses that are sent, via the transformer, to the lamp to reignite the lamp after a power interruption that extinguishes the lamp.
US11569078B2 Mass spectrometry imaging with substance identification using ion mobility
A method for the identification and localization of small molecule species in a histologic thin tissue section comprises the steps of: a) acquiring a mass/mobility image of the tissue section and generating a mass/mobility map of the small molecule species of interest for each pixel of the image; b) providing a second sample of the same tissue and extracting the small molecules of interest, separating them, and acquiring mass and ion mobility spectra from the separated small molecules; c) identifying the small molecules of interest using corresponding reference databases; and d) assigning identified small molecules to entries in the mass/mobility maps of the first tissue section by comparison of ion masses and mobilities of the identified species to those of the second thin tissue section.
US11569074B2 Gold sputtering target
A gold sputtering target is made of gold and inevitable impurities, and has a surface to be sputtered. In the gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, and an average crystal grain size is 15 μm or more and 200 μm or less. A {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented at the surface to be sputtered.
US11569071B2 Cover ring and ground shield for physical vapor deposition chamber
A processing chamber includes a ground shield and a cover ring. The ground shield includes an annular body, and at least one guide pin extending from the annular body. The cover ring is positioned on the ground shield, and includes an annular body including at least one recess. At least a part of the at least one guide pin is receivable in the at least one recess, an inner cylindrical ring extends from the annular body, and an outer cylindrical ring extends from the annular body and is radially separated from the inner cylindrical ring by a horizontally extending portion of the annular body.
US11569068B2 Plasma processing apparatus
A plasma processing apparatus includes a microwave output unit, a wave guide tube, a tuner, a demodulation unit, and a calculation unit. The microwave output unit outputs a microwave having power corresponding to setting power while frequency-modulating the microwave in a setting frequency range. The wave guide tube guides the microwave to an antenna of a chamber main body. The tuner is provided in the wave guide tube and adjusts a position of a movable plate. The demodulation unit is provided in the wave guide tube, and acquires travelling wave power and reflected wave power for each frequency. The calculation unit calculates a frequency at which a reflection coefficient, which is calculated on the basis of the travelling wave power and the reflected wave power, for each frequency becomes a minimum point as an absorption frequency.
US11569064B2 Method for irradiating a target using restricted placement grids
A method for irradiating a target with a beam of energetic electrically charged particles, wherein the target comprises an exposure region where an exposure by said beam is to be performed, and the exposure of a desired pattern is done employing a multitude of exposure positions on the target. Each exposure position represents the location of one of a multitude of exposure spots of uniform size and shape, with each exposure spot covering at least one pattern pixel of the desired pattern. The exposure positions are located within a number of mutually separate cluster areas which are defined at respective fixed locations on the target. In each cluster area the exposure position are within a given neighboring distance to a next neighboring exposure position, while the cluster areas are separated from each other by spaces free of exposure positions, which space has a width, which is at least the double of the neighboring distance.
US11569063B2 Apparatus, system and method for energy spread ion beam
An ion implanter may include an ion source, arranged to generate a continuous ion beam, a DC acceleration system, to accelerate the continuous ion beam, as well as an AC linear accelerator to receive the continuous ion beam and to output a bunched ion beam. The ion implanter may also include an energy spreading electrode assembly, to receive the bunched ion beam and to apply an RF voltage between a plurality of electrodes of the energy spreading electrode assembly, along a local direction of propagation of the bunched ion beam.
US11569058B2 Ion implanter and ion implantation method
An ion implanter includes: a plurality of devices which are disposed along a beamline along which an ion beam is transported; a plurality of neutron ray measuring instruments which are disposed at a plurality of positions in the vicinity of the beamline and measure neutron rays which are generated at a plurality of locations of the beamline due to collision of a high-energy ion beam; and a control device which monitors at least one of the plurality of devices, based on a measurement value in at least one of the plurality of neutron ray measuring instruments.
US11569056B2 Parameter estimation for metrology of features in an image
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for parameter estimation for metrology. An example method at least includes optimizing, using a parameter estimation network, a parameter set to fit a feature in an image based on one or more models of the feature, the parameter set defining the one or more models, and providing metrology data of the feature in the image based on the optimized parameter set.
US11569055B2 Scanning-type x-ray source and imaging system therefor
Provided are a scanning-type X-ray source and an imaging system therefor. The scanning-type X-ray source comprises a vacuum cavity (1), wherein a cathode (2) and a plurality of anode target structures (3) are arranged in the vacuum cavity (1); a gate electrode (4) is arranged in a position, close to the cathode (2), in the vacuum cavity (1); a focusing electrode (5) is arranged in a position, close to the gate electrode (4), in the vacuum cavity (1); and a deflection coil (6) is arranged in a position, close to the gate electrode (4), at the outer periphery of the vacuum cavity (1). The scanning-type X-ray source generates electron beams by using cathode (2), controls the powering-on/off of the electron beams by the gate electrode (4), and the deflection coil (6) controls the direction of motion of the electron beams, so as to complete the switching between multiple focuses.
US11569054B2 Ceramic shielding apparatus
Disclosed is a ceramic shielding apparatus including at least one shield made of a ceramic material and provided inside or outside an X-ray tube to shield radiation; and supports configured to support the shield. According to such a configuration, disadvantages of conventional shielding materials such as lead can be addressed, so that a shield apparatus having excellent shielding properties while being harmless to the human body can be provided.
US11569050B2 Keyboard containing airbag and method for adjusting tactile feedback to user operating the keyboard
A keyboard includes a substrate, a plurality of key structures, and an air pump. Each key structure includes a keycap disposed on the substrate, an air bag between the keycap and the substrate, and an electrical contact point between the keycap and the substrate. The airbag deformed when the keycap moves towards the substrate, applying a reaction force onto the substrate, and returns to an original state when the keycap is released. The air pump can adjust an air pressure in the airbag by charging or allowing discharge of air, so as to adjust the force applied by the deformed airbag to the substrate, thereby adjusting a tactile feedback to user for pressing the keycap.
US11569048B2 Illumination system and method for maintaining a common illumination value on a release command sent from a keypad
An illumination system and method are disclosed for maintaining a consistent change in illumination value among a group of illumination devices whenever a change command is manually sent from a keypad to those illumination devices. The consistent change results from maintaining a common start illumination value among not only the group, but also the keypad which controls the group. From the start illumination value, the keypad can then compute an end illumination value depending upon the amount of time that an increase or decrease in illumination value button is depressed and held. Since the change command can arrive at different illumination devices within the group depending upon where each illumination device is geographically located, a masking time is reserved after the button is released so that enough time is allocated for each of the illumination devices within that group to arrive at a common end illumination value regardless of their disparate locations relative to the keypad, the number of hops, or interference therebetween.
US11569040B2 Multi-layer ceramic capacitor and method of producing the same
A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a first region, a second region, a multi-layer unit, and a side margin. In the first region, crystal grains including intragranular pores are dispersed. In the second region, crystal grains including intragranular pores are not dispersed. The multi-layer unit includes ceramic layers that are laminated in a first direction and include the second region, and internal electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers. The side margin covers the multi-layer unit from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and includes a region, the region being adjacent to the multi-layer unit and including the first region.
US11569037B2 Ceramic electronic component and method of manufacturing the same
A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of dielectric grains, and at least one of the plurality of dielectric grains has a core-dual shell structure having a core and a dual shell. The dual shell includes a first shell surrounding at least a portion of the core, and a second shell surrounding at least a portion of the first shell, and a concentration of a rare earth element included in the second shell is more than 1.3 times to less than 3.8 times a concentration of a rare earth element included in the first shell.
US11569033B2 Multilayer ceramic capacitor and board having the same
A multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) includes a body including first dielectric layers and second dielectric layers, the body including first to sixth surfaces, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface and a sixth surface; first internal electrodes disposed on the first dielectric layers, exposed to the third surface, the fifth surface, and the sixth surface, and spaced apart from the fourth surface by first spaces; second internal electrodes disposed on the second dielectric layers to oppose the first internal electrodes with the first dielectric layers or the second dielectric layers interposed therebetween, exposed to the fourth surface, the fifth surface, and the sixth surface, and spaced apart from the third surface by second spaces; first dielectric patterns disposed in at least a portion of the first spaces, and second dielectric patterns disposed in at least a portion of the second spaces; and lateral insulating layers.
US11569031B2 Method for manufacturing planar transformer with odd turn ratio
A method for planar transformer with an odd turn ratio includes: determining a turn ratio and winding parameters of a transformer to be manufactured; if the turn ratio is odd, determining that there is respectively one winding turn on a first middle layer and a second middle layer and two winding turns on a top layer and a bottom layer; determining widths of winding wires on marginal layers as well as widths of winding wires on middle layers; winding and parallelly connecting an inner winding wire on the top layer to an inner winding wire on the bottom layer, and then serially connecting the parallel-connected inner winding wires to an outer winding wire to form a primary winding; and parallelly connecting the winding wire on the first middle layer to the winding wire on the second middle layer to form a secondary winding, so as to obtain the transformer.
US11569027B2 Surface-mounted inductor and method of manufacturing the same
A surface-mounted inductor including a coil having a wound part formed by winding a conductive wire and extended parts extended from an outer circumference of the wound part, a molded body containing the coil, constituted by a composite material containing a magnetic powder, and outer terminals connected to end portions of the extended parts disposed on a mounting surface. The wound part is contained within the molded body so that a winding axis is parallel to the mounting surface. The extended parts are extended toward the mounting surface side, each end portion of the extended parts are exposed from the surface thereof of the molded body. In the molded body, a density of a magnetic powder between the end portions of the extended parts on the mounting-side surface is lower than a density in the surface on the opposite side from the mounting surface.
US11569022B2 Coil component
A coil component includes a body and a coil conductor embedded in the body. The body includes a magnetic layer and a non-magnetic layer. The magnetic layer is formed of a composite material including a metal particle and a resin material, and the non-magnetic layer is arranged to block between at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the body and the coil conductor.
US11569021B2 Power transformer of the symmetric-asymmetric type with a fully-balanced topology
A transformer of the symmetric-asymmetric type includes comprising a primary inductive circuit and a secondary inductive circuit formed in a same plane by respective interleaved and stacked metal tracks. A first crossing region includes a pair of connection plates facing one another, with each connection plate having a rectangular shape that is wider than the metal tracks, and diagonally connected to tracks of the secondary inductive circuit.
US11569017B2 Diagnostic device and method for solenoid valves
A diagnostic method for solenoid valves includes detecting, at excitation of the solenoid, a variation rate of the supply voltage of the solenoid and comparing it with a predetermined value, generating an error signal if the variation rate is lower than the predetermined value, otherwise, detecting characteristics of the waveform of the solenoid current over a time interval between a moment of excitation of the solenoid and a moment wherein the movable core reaches end-stroke position, comparing the detected characteristics with threshold values, generating an alarm signal if the detected characteristics are lower than the threshold values, otherwise calculating the value of solenoid resistance and comparing it with a minimum resistance value and a maximum resistance value when the solenoid current is in steady state, and generating an alarm signal if the solenoid resistance value is lower than the minimum resistance value or greater than the maximum resistance value.
US11569016B2 Coil assembly for magnetic actuator, magnetic actuator and manufacturing method
A coil assembly for a magnetic actuator is described, the coil assembly comprising: —a tubular coil holder (100) comprising a first (110) and second open distal end (120); —the first open distal end comprising an outer circular rim (112) and an inner circular rim (114) separated by a circular groove (116); —the second open distal end comprising an outer circular rim (122); the tubular coil holder further comprising a central circular rim (130) arranged substantially halfway between the inner circular rim of the first open distal end and the outer circular rim of the second open distal end; —a coil (140) formed of a single wire (150) the coil comprising a first coil section (142) arranged in a first winding area (144) between the inner circular rim of the first open distal end and the central circular rim, and a second coil section (146) in a second winding area (148) between the central circular rim and the outer circular rim of the second distal end; the first coil section and the second coil section being wound about the tubular coil holder in opposite directions; whereby a first end (152) and a second end (154) of the single wire are arranged in the circular groove, the inner circular rim comprising a longitudinal groove (114.1) to extend the first aid and the second end of the single wire from the circular groove to the first winding area; the central circular rim composing a longindinal groove (130.1) to extend the single wire form the first winding area to the second winding area and vice versa; —an external connection (160) comprising a first conductor (162) and a second conductor (164); whereby an end of the first conductor is electrically connected to the first end of the single wire so as to form a first electrical connection (166) arranged in the circular groove and an end of the second conductor is electrically connected to the second end of the single wire so as to form a second electrical connection (168) in the circular groove and wherein the first and second conductor extend through the outer circular rim via a longitudinal groove (112.1) of the outer circular rim.
US11569015B2 Corrosion-resistant permanent magnet and intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet
This invention is directed to a corrosion-resistant permanent magnet, to a method for producing a corrosion-resistant permanent magnet, and to an intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet. The magnet is corrosion resistant due to a composite coating comprising a first layer structure and optionally a second layer structure on the first layer structure, each layer structure comprising an inorganic layer, a linker layer on the inorganic layer, and an organic layer formed from poly(2-chloro-p-xylylene) on the linker layer. The inorganic layers comprise aluminum and/or aluminum oxide.
US11569014B2 Dust core and inductor element
A dust core includes large particles having an average particle size of 8-15 μm, medium particles having an average particle size of 1-5 μm, and small particles having an average particle size of 300-900 nm when a cross section thereof is observed. An area ratio occupied by the large particles is 50% to 90%, an area ratio occupied by the medium particles is 0% to 30%, and an area ratio occupied by the small particles is 5% to 30%, when a total area ratio occupied by the large particles, the medium particles and the small particles is 100% in the cross section. Vickers hardness (Hv) of the large particles, the medium particles and the small particles is 150-600 respectively. The small particles are alloy powder containing Fe and at least Si or N. The dust core may be included in an inductor element.
US11569013B2 Ferrite magnet
This ferrite magnet has a magnetoplumbite structure and is characterized in that, when representing the composition ratios of the total of each metal element A, R, Fe and Me with expression (1) A1-xRx(Fe12-yMey)z, the Fe2+ content (m) in the ferrite magnet is greater than 0.1 mass % and less than 5.4 mass % (in expression (1), A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba, Ca and Pb; R is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi, and includes at least La, and Me is Co, or Co and Zn). The invention makes it possible to achieve a ferrite magnet with increased Br.
US11569011B2 Method and apparatus for reinforcing a cable used in high frequency applications
A method and apparatus of reinforcing a cable includes wrapping a flexible wire around at least a portion of an external surface of the cable, and soldering the flexible wire to the cable, thereby positioning the flexible wire with respect to the cable. The portion of the external surface of the cable wrapped with the flexible wire may be disposed between the cable and a connector, or represent an entire length of the cable. Wrapping the flexible wire may involve wrapping the flexible wire around a portion of the external surface of the cable such that coils of the flexible wire are disposed apart from each other, and sliding the coils together such that the coils of the flexible wire are touching each other.
US11569010B2 Apparatus, system and method adapted to enable automated wire reading and manufacture of wire harnesses
The device, system and process of the present invention greatly reduces the time and space necessary to assemble a wire harness enables efficient manufacture of wire harnesses. The present invention comprises at least a wire viewer module, a machine vision and optical character recognition module, a cassette tray platform, designed to receive and hold in place a cassette tray, having one or more receptacles designed to receive and hold in place a wire harness connector, having multiple pin-hole cavities illuminated from below or behind by a light source mounted on a two-axis translation stage or gantry to identify a cavity for wire insertion. Moreover, the present invention may further comprise a portable, computer-implemented system capable of executing a series of automated process steps designed to identify wire markings and guide the error-free insertion of identified wires into wire harness connector pin-hole receptacles for assembly of a wire harness.
US11569003B2 Composite cable and composite harness
A composite cable is composed of a plurality of power supply wires, a plurality of signal wires, two or more of which are configured to be connected to a common terminal member, and a sheath provided to cover the plurality of power supply wires and the plurality of signal wires together. The two or more of the plurality of signal wires being configured to be connected to the common terminal member are provided adjacent to each other.
US11569001B2 Autonomous self-powered system for removing thermal energy from pools of liquid heated by radioactive materials
A neutron absorbing insert for use in a fuel rack. In one aspect, the insert includes: a plate structure having a first wall and a second wall that is non-coplanar to the first wall; the first and second walls being formed by a single panel of a metal matrix composite having neutron absorbing particulate reinforcement that is bent into the non-coplanar arrangement along a crease; and a plurality of spaced-apart holes formed into the single panel along the crease prior to bending.
US11568999B2 Orbital confinement fusion device
Systems, devices, and methods for generating an orbital confinement fusion reaction are described. An orbital confinement fusion device can include a cathodic inner electrode defining a longitudinal axis of the device. The inner electrode can include an emitter material. The orbital confinement fusion device can include an anodic outer electrode, concentric with the longitudinal axis and defining a chamber between the inner electrode and the outer electrode. The orbital confinement fusion device can also include a plurality of magnetic field generators disposed in a coaxial arrangement relative to the longitudinal axis. The plurality of magnetic field generators can be configured to form a magnetic field parallel to the longitudinal axis in the chamber.
US11568998B2 Systems and methods for enhanced networking and remote communications
A system and method for medical communications is disclosed. The system and method may operate to receive, from a user communication node, an electronic signal comprising a communication request including a request description; select, from the list of network entities corresponding to third parties, one or more network entities based at least in part on (i) a parameter profile associated with a third party, and (ii) criteria extracted from the communication request including the request description; transmit an electronic signal, to one or more network entities, the communication request including the request description; receive an action from one of the selected network entities corresponding to third parties in response to the communication request; and provide an interactive communication panel to the user communication node and the one of the selected network entities to facilitate the real-time communication session.
US11568995B1 Indirect bio-feedback health and fitness management system
A health and fitness management system that employs an algorithm to determine suggested recommended actions for a user to improve their health and fitness. The system obtains a user's health indicating measurement from a respective acquisition device. The user is never informed of the acquired data. The health indicating measurement can include a heart/pulse rate, blood pressure measurement, weight, etc. Base line data (age, ideal age, initial weight, current weight, ideal weight, etc.) can be considered in the algorithm. Examples include the user's environment, sleep habits, exercise routines, medical records, and the like. The health index number is used to determine recommended actions, which can include changes to environments, routines, activities, etc. Data collection, the algorithm, and other features of the system can be provided by an Application operating on a portable computing device. Features of the portable computing device can be employed to automatically acquire data for the algorithm.
US11568993B2 System and method of predicting a healthcare event
A method of predicting a healthcare event includes: receiving via an input device, classifying personal information for each of a plurality of persons; collecting measurements of at least one health indicator during a predefined learning period; creating a personal physiological pattern profile, based on the collected data; associating each of the plurality of persons to a physiological cluster based on each person's personal physiological pattern profile and based on the classifying personal information of each of the plurality of persons; creating, for each physiological cluster, a health indicator deviation pattern for the healthcare event; continuously monitoring values of the health indicator of the person; and determining an occurrence probability of the healthcare event when the monitored indicators deviate from the personal physiological pattern profile. A system for predicting a healthcare event is also disclosed.
US11568990B2 Characterizing and identifying biological structure
Embodiments described relate to techniques for identifying and characterizing biological structures using machine learning techniques. These techniques may be employed to enable a device to identify the particular type of tissue and/or cells (e.g., platelets, smooth muscle cells, or endothelial cells) in, for example, a biological structure, which may be a tissue or a lesion of a duct (e.g., vasculature) in an animal (e.g., a human or non-human animal), among other structures. The machine learning techniques may use raw impedance spectroscopy measurement data in addition to values derived from that raw data. In addition, the machine learning techniques may be used to select frequencies at which to measure impedance and select features to extract from the measured impedance at the selected frequencies to arrive at a small set of frequencies that allow for reliable differentiation.
US11568985B2 Medical device location authorization
Systems, methods, and apparatus for medical device management are disclosed. An example tangible computer readable storage medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least launch a first user interface to configure a first user group based on a first role, generate a role mapping in response to configuring the first user group based on the first association, launch a second user interface to configure the first user group based on a first deployment location, generate a location mapping in response to configuring the first user group based on the second association, generate a combined location and role mapping based on the role mapping and the location mapping, and launch a third user interface to facilitate interaction of the first user account with the medical device in response to determining whether the first user account is authorized to access the medical device based on the combined mapping.
US11568984B2 Systems and methods for device inventory management and tracking
An inventory management system includes a wearable cardiac device comprising an associated plurality of separate wearable cardiac device components stored as inventory at a first inventory location; a plurality of communication interface circuits associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of separate wearable cardiac device components and configured to facilitate transmission of inventory information through a network; at least one server device disposed at a central location and comprising a processor; and a memory comprising instructions that cause the processor to receive the inventory information from the plurality of communication interface circuits; receive a prescription for a patient; retrieve one or more prescription parameters based on the prescription; locate, in the inventory information, the wearable cardiac device based on the prescription parameters; determine a deployment status of the wearable cardiac device; and select the wearable cardiac device for the patient.
US11568982B1 System to improve the logistics of clinical care by selectively matching patients to providers
A computer-based system and method to assign patients to providers. In one embodiment, the invention predicts the performance of provider-patient pairs in terms of different outcome-, financial- and satisfaction-related metrics across providers using advanced machine learning methodologies to develop distinct models for each of these metrics across each of the providers using a historical database. In another embodiment, patients are assigned to providers in a batch or online manner using this information through an optimization framework that looks to maximize or minimize arbitrary combinations of the outcome-, financial-, and satisfaction-related metrics subject to practical operational constraints. In another embodiment, the invention includes logic to avoid ‘boxing’ providers and uses exploration to continuously update the profiles of providers for metrics in a manner that accounts for provider performance getting better or worse over time, and the historical database not being representative of all potential patients to be assigned by this system.
US11568979B1 Adaptive artificial intelligence system for identifying behaviors associated with mental illness and modifying treatment plans based on emergent recognition of aberrant reactions
One or more embodiments described herein relate to predicting, using adaptive artificial intelligence techniques, typical and aberrant physiological reactions of a patient to psychiatric counseling. Treatment plans can be determined and calculated based on previously-gathered demographic and/or biometric data, and/or modifications to treatment plans can be determined and/or implemented based on emergent recognition of reaction types, such as reclassifying reactions that would previously have been deemed typical as aberrant (or vice versa).
US11568978B2 Dental laser interface system and method
Embodiments of the invention provide a system of controlling a dental laser system. The system can include a dental laser and a control system for controlling certain functions of the dental laser. A graphical user interface can be used to provide input to the control system. The graphical user interface can include a first display and an second display with selectable segments, and a menu navigation portion located adjacent the second display. Treatment categories, procedures or laser control options can be selected using the interface, and the interface can be updated based on data from the station.
US11568975B2 Intelligent medication delivery systems and methods for dose recommendation and management
Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for administering and tracking medicine to patients and providing health management capabilities for patients and caregivers. In some aspects, a method includes receiving one or more analyte values associated with a health condition of the patient user; receiving contextual data associated with the patient user obtained by the mobile computing device, where the obtained contextual data includes information associated with a meal; determining a medicine metric value associated with an amount of medicine active in the body of the patient user; autonomously calculating a dose of the medicine without input from the user based at least on the one or more analyte values, the medicine metric value, and the information associated with a meal; and continuously displaying the calculated dose of the medicine.
US11568970B2 Medical picture archive integration system and methods for use therewith
A medical picture archive integration system includes a de-identification system that includes a first memory designated for protected health information (PHI), operable to perform a de-identification function is on a DICOM image, received from a medical picture archive system, to identify at least one patient identifier and generate a de-identified medical scan that does not include the at least one patient identifier. The medical picture archive integration system further includes a de-identified image storage system that stores the de-identified medical scan in a second memory that is separate from the first memory, and an annotating system, operable to utilize model parameters received from a central server to perform an inference function on the de-identified medical scan, retrieved from the second memory to generate annotation data for transmission to the medical picture archive system as an annotated DICOM file.
US11568969B2 Evaluating dose events of medical imaging exams
A computer-implemented method, as well as a system, is for evaluating dose events of at least one medical imaging exam. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving at least one list of dose events of the at least one medical imaging exam; providing a body region counter value indicating a number of body regions; determining whether the body region counter value is 1 or larger than 1; associating, upon the body region counter value provided being 1, all of the dose events with a standardized body region based protocol identifier; and associating, upon the value being larger than 1, each dose event with at least one standardized body region based protocol identifier, each of the dose events being respectively associated with a number of different standardized body region based protocol identifiers, with which each of the dose events are associated, is equal to the body region counter value provided.
US11568966B2 Caregiver interface for electronic medical records
A caregiver user interface displays information from a patient's electronic medical record. The interface associates medical records together that include a common data item. The interface also displays information about data items, such as the status of a data item in an associated historical record. Controls can be displayed in the user interface, which are linked to the historical records.
US11568961B2 System and method for accelerating FEP methods using a 3D-restricted variational autoencoder
A system and method for accelerating the calculations of free energy differences by automating FEP-path-decision-making and replacing the standard series of alchemical interpolations typically created by molecular dynamic (MD) simulations with voxelated interpolated states. A novel machine learning approach comprising a restricted variational autoencoder (ResVAE) is used which can reduce the computational-cost associated with interpolations by restricting the dimensions of a molecular latent space. The ResVAE generates a model based on flow-based transformations of a 3D-VAE latent point that is trained to maximize the log-likelihood of MD samples which enables the model to compute transformations more efficiently between molecules and also handle deletions of atoms more efficiently during iterative FEP calculation steps.
US11568958B2 Automated priming and library loading device
Provided herein are automated apparatus and methods for the identification of microorganisms in various samples. The disclosure solves existing challenges encountered in identifying and distinguishing various types of microorganisms, including viruses and bacteria in a timely, efficient, and automated manner by library preparation and sequencing.
US11568956B2 Methods for identifying inhibitors of amyloid protein aggregation
Methods for identifying compounds that are inhibitors or are likely to be inhibitors of amyloid protein aggregation, as well as three-dimensional, non-crystallographic models (i.e. “pseudo-crystal structures”) of amyloid aggregation utilized in the methods, are described. Means for creating the three-dimensional, non-crystallographic models (i.e. “pseudo-crystal structures”) of amyloid aggregation are also described.
US11568955B2 Process for creating reference data for predicting concentrations of quality attributes
A process and system for efficiently producing reference data that can be fed into a predictive model for predicting quality attribute concentrations in cell culture processes. A perfusion bioreactor is operated at pseudo-steady-state conditions and one or more attribute influencing parameters are manipulated and changed over time. As the one or more attribute influencing parameters are manipulated, one or more quality attributes are monitored and measured. In one embodiment, multiple quality attributes are monitored and measured in parallel. The quality attribute information is recorded in conjunction with the changes in the attribute influencing parameters. This information is then fed to the predictive model for propagating cell cultures in commercial processes and maintaining the cell cultures within desired preset limits.
US11568951B2 Screening of memory circuits
Systems and methods of screening memory cells by modulating bitline and/or wordline voltage. In a read operation, the wordline may be overdriven or underdriven as compared to a nominal operating voltage on the wordline. In a write operation, the one or both of the bitline and wordline may be overdriven or underdriven as compared to a nominal operating voltage of each. A built-in self test (BIST) system for screening a memory array has bitline and wordline margin controls to modulate bitline and wordline voltage, respectively, in the memory array.
US11568950B2 Semiconductor device having micro-bumps and test method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first micro-bumps suitable for transferring normal signals; a plurality of a second micro-bumps suitable for transferring test signals; and a test circuit including a plurality of scan cells respectively corresponding to the first and second micro-bumps. The test circuit is suitable for applying signals stored in the respective scan cells to the first and second micro-bumps, feeding back the applied signals from the first and second micro-bumps to the respective scan cells, and sequentially outputting the signals stored in the scan cells to a test output pad.
US11568949B2 Semiconductor package test method, semiconductor package test device and semiconductor package
A method of testing a semiconductor package including a plurality of semiconductor chips includes sensing electrical signals respectively output from a plurality of semiconductor chip groups each representing a combination of at least two semiconductor chips among the plurality of semiconductor chips, obtaining amplitudes of electrical signals respectively output from the plurality of semiconductor chips based on the plurality of sensed electrical signals, and outputting a test result for the semiconductor package by using the plurality of obtained electrical signals.
US11568943B2 Memory apparatus and method of operation using zero pulse smart verify
A memory apparatus and method of operation is provided. The apparatus includes a block of memory cells. Each of the memory cells is connected to one of a plurality of word lines and are also arranged in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage within a common range of threshold voltages. A control circuit coupled to the plurality of word lines and the strings is configured to determine an erase upper tail voltage of a distribution of the threshold voltage of the memory cells following an erase operation. The erase upper tail voltage corresponds to a cycling condition of the memory cells. The control circuit is also configured to calculate a program voltage to apply to each of selected ones of the plurality of word lines associated with the memory cells to program the memory cells during a program operation based on the erase upper tail voltage.
US11568940B2 Apparatus for determining data states of memory cells
Memory having a controller configured to cause the memory to determine a respective raw data value of a plurality of possible raw data values for each memory cell of a plurality of memory cells, count occurrences of each raw data value for a first set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, store a cumulative number of occurrences for each raw data value, determine a plurality of valleys of the stored cumulative number of occurrences for each raw data value with each valley corresponding to a respective raw data value of the plurality of possible raw data values, and, for each memory cell of a second set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, determine a data value for that memory cell in response to the raw data value for that memory cell and the respective raw data values of the plurality of valleys.
US11568933B1 Memory plane access management
A method includes identifying a target plane in respective planes of a memory die in a non-volatile memory array and identifying, from blocks of non-volatile memory cells coupled to a common bit line in the target plane, at least one target block in the target plane. The method further includes performing an operation to disable at least one gate associated with the at least one target block to prevent access to the blocks of non-volatile memory cells coupled to the common bit line in the target plane.
US11568929B2 2T-1R architecture for resistive RAM
Provided are a device comprising a bit cell tile including at least two memory cells, each of the at least two memory cells including a resistive memory element, and methods of operating an array of the memory cells, each memory cell including a resistive memory element electrically coupled in series to a corresponding first transistor and to a corresponding second transistor, the first transistor including a first gate coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of first word lines and the second transistor including a second gate coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of second word lines, each memory cell coupled between a corresponding one of a plurality of bit lines and a corresponding one of a plurality of source lines. The methods may include applying voltages to the first word line, second word line, source line, and bit line of a memory cell selected for an operation, and resetting the resistive memory element of the memory cell in response to setting the selected bit line to ground.
US11568927B2 Two-terminal non-volatile memory cell for decoupled read and write operations
An embodiment of the invention may include a memory structure. The memory structure may include a first terminal connected to a first contact. The memory structure may include a second terminal connected to a second contact and a third contact. The memory structure may include a multi-level nonvolatile electrochemical cell having a variable resistance channel and a programming gate. The memory structure may include the first contact and second contact connected to the variable resistance channel. The memory structure may include the third contact is connected to the programming gate. This may enable decoupled read-write operations of the device.
US11568924B2 Static random access memory (SRAM) devices and methods of operating the same
An integrated circuit memory device includes a static random access memory (SRAM) cell, and a charge storing circuit electrically coupled to the SRAM cell. A switching controller is provided, which is electrically coupled to the charge storing circuit. The switching controller and the charge storing circuit are collectively configured to save power by recycling charge associated with a bit line electrically coupled to the SRAM cell by: (i) transferring charge from the bit line to a charge storage node electrically coupled to source terminals of a pair of NMOS pull-down transistors within the SRAM cell upon commencement of a SRAM cell write operation, and then (ii) returning at least a portion of the charge to the bit line upon completion of the SRAM cell write operation.
US11568922B2 Under-memory array process edge mats with sense amplifiers
An edge memory array mat with access lines that are split, and a bank of sense amplifiers formed under the edge memory array may in a region that separates the access line segment halves. The sense amplifiers of the bank of sense amplifiers are coupled to opposing ends of a first subset of the half access lines pairs. The edge memory array mat further includes access line connectors configured to connect a second subset of the half access line pairs across the region occupied by the bank of sense amplifiers to form combined or extended access lines that extend to a bank of sense amplifiers coupled between the edge memory array mat and an inner memory array mat.
US11568920B2 Dual row-column major dram
A memory device includes an array of 2T1C DRAM cells and a memory controller. The DRAM cells are arranged as a plurality of rows and columns of DRAM cells. The memory controller is internal to the memory device and is coupled to the array of DRAM cells. The memory controller is capable of receiving commands input to the memory device and is responsive to the received commands to control row-major access and column-major access to the array of DRAM cells. In one embodiment, each transistor of a memory cell includes a terminal directly coupled to a storage node of the capacitor. In another embodiment, a first transistor of a memory cell includes a terminal directly coupled to a storage node of the capacitor, and a second transistor of the 2T1C memory cell includes a gate terminal directly coupled to the storage node of the capacitor.
US11568917B1 Hammer refresh row address detector, and semiconductor memory device and memory module including the same
A hammer refresh row address detector includes a control logic unit that receives a row address applied along with an active command, to increase a hit count stored in a corresponding entry when the row address is present in candidate aggressor row addresses stored in n entries. The control logic determines a candidate aggressor row address stored in an entry in which the hit count equals a threshold value to be a target aggressor row address. The control logic generates a victim row address adjacent to the target aggressor row address as a hammer refresh row address to accompany a hammer refresh command. The control logic increases the miss count value when the row address is not present in the candidate aggressor row addresses stored in the n entries and no hit count within the n entries is identical to the miss count value.
US11568914B2 Semiconductor memory device and memory system having the same
A semiconductor memory device and a memory system are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a normal refresh row address generator, a hammer refresh row address generator, a refresh selection signal generator, and a selector. The normal and hammer refresh row address generators generates a normal refresh row address and a hammer refresh row address, respectively, in response to a refresh counting control signal. The refresh selection signal generator sequentially generates normal and hammer refresh selection signals in response to the refresh counting control signal. The selector selects the normal refresh row address or the hammer refresh row address in response to the normal and hammer refresh selection signals. A normal refresh operation and a hammer refresh operation are sequentially performed on a memory cell array block among plural memory cell array blocks in response to the refresh row address.
US11568908B2 Semiconductor device for detecting failure in address decoder
A semiconductor device includes a memory array arranged in a matrix, a plurality of word lines provided corresponding to memory cell rows, a word driver for driving one of the plurality of word lines, a plurality of row select lines connected to the word driver, and a row decoder for outputting a row select signal to the plurality of row select lines based on input row address information. According to the embodiment, the semiconductor device can detect a failure of the address decoder in a simple method.
US11568906B2 Apparatuses and methods for storing and writing multiple parameter codes for memory operating parameters
Apparatuses and methods for writing and storing parameter codes for operating parameters, and selecting between the parameter codes to set an operating condition for a memory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mode register and a second mode register. The first mode register is configured to store first and second parameter codes for a same operating parameter. The second mode register is configured to store a parameter code for a control parameter to select between the first and second parameter codes to set a current operating condition for the operating parameter. An example method includes storing in a first register a first parameter code for an operating parameter used to set a first memory operating condition, and further includes storing in a second register a second parameter code for the operating parameter used to set a second memory operating condition.
US11568902B2 Semiconductor device including transistors with different channel-formation materials
An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to propose a memory device in which a period in which data is held is ensured and memory capacity per unit area can be increased. In the memory device of one embodiment of the present invention, bit lines are divided into groups, and word lines are also divided into groups. The word lines assigned to one group are connected to the memory cell connected to the bit lines assigned to the one group. Further, the driving of each group of bit lines is controlled by a dedicated bit line driver circuit of a plurality of bit line driver circuits. In addition, cell arrays are formed on a driver circuit including the above plurality of bit line driver circuits and a word line driver circuit. The driver circuit and the cell arrays overlap each other.
US11568899B2 Method, apparatus and smart mobile terminal for editing video
Disclosed are a method, an apparatus and a smart mobile terminal for editing a video. The method includes: acquiring an editing instruction to be executed of a user; selecting frame images which indicate a duration of a video segment in a preset showing area based on the editing instruction; storing the video segment in a preset second storage area; storing a reserved video segment in a preset first storage area; rendering the frame images by invoking a preset rendering script for highlighting the frame images in the showing area; retrieving frames of the reserved video segment sequentially based on a preset first time span; determining scaled frames based on a preset scaling proportion and the frames; and arranging the scaled frames in the showing area sequentially in an order of retrieving for displaying frame images which indicates a duration of the reserved video segment in the showing area.
US11568892B2 Magnetic disk device having first and second assist elements and write operation method
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes: a disk; a head including a main magnetic pole, a write shield that faces the main magnetic pole in a first direction and is separated from the main magnetic pole by a gap, a first assist element that is disposed in the gap and a second assist element that is disposed in the gap and is positioned relative to the first assist element in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a controller configured to: cause a first assist energy from the first assist element to be applied to the disk and affect a coercive force of the disk; and cause a second assist energy from the second assist element to be applied to the disk and affect a coercive force of the disk, wherein the first assist energy is different from the second assist energy.
US11568887B1 Devices, systems, and methods for real time surveillance of audio streams and uses therefore
Various examples are provided for surveillance of an audio stream. In one example, a method includes identifying presence or absence of a sound type of interest at a location during a time period; selecting the sound type from a library of sound type information to provide a collection of sound type information; incorporating the collection on a device proximate to the location; acquiring an audio stream from the location by the device to provide a locational audio stream; analyzing the locational audio stream to determine whether a sound type in the collection is present in the audio stream; and generating a notification to a user or computer if a sound type in the collection is present. The device can acquire and process the audio stream. In another example, a bulk sound type information library can be generated by identifying sound types of interest including them based upon a confidence level.
US11568885B1 Message and user profile indications in speech-based systems
A speech-based system utilizes a speech interface device located in the home of a user. The system may interact with different users based on different user profiles. The system may include messaging services that generate and/or provide messages to the user through the speech interface device. The speech interface device may have indicators that are capable of being illuminated in different colors. To notify a user regarding the currently active user profile, each user profile is associated with a different color and the color of the active profile is displayed on the speech interface device when the user is interacting with the system. To notify the user regarding awaiting messages, different types of messages are associated with different colors and the colors of the message types of waiting messages are displayed on the speech interface whenever the user is not interacting with the system.
US11568884B2 Analysis filter bank and computing procedure thereof, audio frequency shifting system, and audio frequency shifting procedure
An analysis filter bank corresponding to a plurality of sub-bands, comprising: multiple sub-filters with different center frequencies which perform multiple complex-type first-order infinite impulse response filtering operations on an audio input signal to generate multiple sub-filter signals; a first set of binomial combiners, each of which performs a weighted-sum operation on a first number of the sub-filter signals with a first set of binomial weights to generate one of multiple sub-band signals; a second set of binomial combiners, each of which performs a weighted-sum operation on a second number of the sub-filter signals with a second set of binomial weights to generate one of multiple lower sub-band-edge signals or one of multiple higher sub-band-edge signals; and multiple envelope detection with decimation devices, which perform multiple envelope detection with decimation operations on the sub-band signals, the lower sub-band-edge signals, and the higher sub-band-edge signals to generate multiple fine spectrums.
US11568882B2 Inter-channel phase difference parameter encoding method and apparatus
This application discloses an IPD parameter encoding method, including: obtaining a reference parameter used to determine an IPD parameter encoding scheme of a current frame of a multi-channel signal; determining the IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame based on the reference parameter, where the determined IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame is one of at least two preset IPD parameter encoding schemes; and processing an IPD parameter of the current frame based on the determined IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame. The technical solutions provided in this application can improve encoding quality of the multi-channel signal.
US11568873B2 Privacy enhancement apparatuses for use with voice-activated devices and assistants
Devices for preventing unintended conversation from being recorded by a voice activated assistant device/application (VAD) are disclosed. The device is contoured to fit over a functional surface of a VAD that typically includes a plurality of microphones and control buttons. The device covers the microphones and uses its own microphones to monitor for an authorization input signal. In an embodiment, the devices uses speakers aligned with and opposing each VAD microphone. The device emits interfering audible signals during this mode of operation. Once the device senses an authorization input, the device decouples its speakers from the interfering audible signal and instead allows the device microphones to pass through to the VAD. During this mode, the VAD is in normal operation.
US11568872B2 Information processing method, system, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
An information processing method, a system, an apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium, where the method is applied to a client, and includes: receiving a transcript and a sentence identifier of the transcript sent by a service server; reading a local sentence identifier, and when the received sentence identifier is the same as the local sentence identifier, updating a displayed caption content corresponding to the local sentence identifier with the transcript. When the received sentence identifier of the client is the same as the local sentence identifier, the displayed caption content is replaced with the received transcript.
US11568869B2 Low latency automated identification of automated assistant function failure
Implementations include identifying, from a database of entries reflecting past automated assistant commands submitted within a threshold amount of time relative to a current time, particular entries that each reflect corresponding features of a corresponding user submission of a particular command. Further, those implementations include determining that the particular command is a golden command, for a particular automated assistant function, responsive to determining that: at least a threshold percentage of the user submissions of the particular command triggered the particular automated assistant function, and a quantity of the user submission of the particular command satisfies a threshold quantity. Those implementations further include, responsive to determining that the particular command is currently the golden command: processing a stream of current occurrences of submissions of the particular command to determine whether the particular automated assistant function is triggered; and when the processing indicates that a threshold quantity and/or percentage of the current occurrences fails to satisfy a potential problem threshold: causing one or more electronic alerts to be transmitted.
US11568867B2 Detecting self-generated wake expressions
A speech-based audio device may be configured to detect a user-uttered wake expression. For example, the audio device may generate a parameter indicating whether output audio is currently being produced by an audio speaker, whether the output audio contains speech, whether the output audio contains a predefined expression, loudness of the output audio, loudness of input audio, and/or an echo characteristic. Based on the parameter, the audio device may determine whether an occurrence of the predefined expression in the input audio is a result of an utterance of the predefined expression by a user.
US11568862B2 Natural language understanding model with context resolver
A system and method for training a virtual assistant to recognize and learn new context for known terms is presented. The method includes receiving a natural language input, corresponding to at least one of a desired intent and a desired entity, at a natural language processor. The method involves scoring known intents based on the natural language input to generate an intent confidence score for each known intent, and scoring known entities based on the natural language input to generate an entity confidence score for each known entity. The method involves comparing the intent confidence scores and entity confidence scores to a threshold value, and determining that the natural language input does not correspond to at least one of the known intents and the known entities based on the comparing. Finally, at least one of a new intent and a new entity are determined based on the natural language input.
US11568859B2 Method and apparatus for extracting key information from conversational voice data
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for extracting key information from conversational voice data, where the method comprises receiving a first speaker text corresponding to a speech of a first speaker in a conversation with a second speaker, the conversation comprising multiple turns of speech between the first speaker and the second speaker, the first speaker text comprising multiple question lines, each question line corresponding to the speech of the first speaker at a corresponding turn, arranged chronologically. Feature words are identified, and a frequency of occurrence therefor in each question line is determined. Question lines without any of the feature words are removed, to yield candidate question lines, for each of which a mathematical representation is generated. A similarity score for each candidate question line with respect to each subsequent candidate question line is computed, and the line with the highest score is identified as a key question.
US11568857B2 Machine learning method, audio source separation apparatus, and electronic instrument
A machine learning method for training a learning model includes: transforming a first audio type of audio data into a first image type of image data, wherein a first audio component and a second audio component are mixed in the first audio type of audio data, and the first image type of image data corresponds to the first audio type of audio data; transforming a second audio type of audio data into a second image type of image data, wherein the second audio type of audio data includes the first audio component without mixture of the second audio component, and the second image type of image data corresponds to the second audio type of audio data; and performing machine learning on the learning model with training data including sets of the first image type of image data and the second image type of image data.
US11568847B2 Full frequency acoustic system and method of use
An absorbing system for disrupting short and long sound energy wavelengths. The absorbing system comprises a two hanging bars, a plurality of hanging straps, a suspended mass assembly. The suspended mass assembly hangs from the two hanging bars with the plurality of hanging straps. The suspended mass assembly comprises a suspended absorbing mass. The suspended absorbing mass comprises a cover and an absorptive portion. The cover encases and holds the absorptive portion. The suspended absorbing mass comprises a plurality of depths between a top point and a bottom point. The plurality of depths comprise a minimum depth and a maximum depth.
US11568845B1 Method of designing an acoustic liner
A method of designing an acoustic liner includes identifying acoustic path lengths that will attenuate a frequency within a frequency range of interest, and selecting a liner configuration with a combination of acoustic paths that addresses the frequency range of interest. The selection may be made after a comparison of the response of different liner configurations.
US11568844B2 Noise control system, a noise control device and a method thereof
A noise control system comprises a feedforward module, a feedback module, an error pre-processing module, and a signal integrating module. The feedforward module is configured to receive a reference signal and output a feedforward anti-noise signal by performing feedforward processing to the reference signal. The feedback module is configured to receive an error signal and output a feedback anti-noise signal by performing feedback processing to the error signal. The error pre-processing module is configured to receive the error signal and output a first pre-processing signal to the feedforward module and a second pre-processing signal to the feedback module. The signal integrating module is configured to output an integrated anti-noise signal integrated from the feedforward anti-noise signal and the feedback anti-noise signal. Wherein the first pre-processing signal corresponds to the first part of the error signal which belongs to the first frequency region; the second pre-processing signal corresponds to the second part of the error signal which belongs to the second frequency region.
US11568842B2 Drumstick
Provided is a drumstick being excellent in durability and enabling a drum performer to achieve a more sensitive performance with vibration transmitted to the drumstick. A drumstick includes: a first rod-like portion, which is made of a synthetic resin, and includes a tip and a shoulder; and a second rod-like portion, which is coupled to the first rod-like portion, and includes a grip, wherein the first rod-like portion has a cavity defined therein so as to extend along an axial direction and over an entire length of the first rod-like portion, and wherein the cavity is open to an outside at an opening portion formed at a distal end of the tip.
US11568841B2 Pedal assembly for percussion instrument
A pedal assembly for a percussion instrument is provided, including: a base, a shaft, a pedal and a returning mechanism. The base includes a bottom plate and a first rod member disposed on the bottom plate. The shaft is rotatably disposed on the first rod member about an axial direction. The pedal is swingably connected between the bottom plate and the shaft. The returning mechanism includes an axial rod being co-movable with the shaft, a housing sleeved to the axial rod, an elastic member received in the housing and an adjusting assembly connected with the housing. The elastic member is located between the axial rod and the housing, and a relative position of the housing and the axial rod is adjustable by the adjusting assembly.
US11568840B2 Multi tone cymbal
Multi tonal cymbals are provided having a metallic structure, the structure having a plurality of radial cuts therein defining a plurality of segments, each of the plurality of segments providing a tone different than another of the plurality of segments. The different tone may be achieved with radial cuts having different dimensions and/or placed on different locations on the cymbal to create different shaped/sized segments.
US11568839B2 Performance support device and air reed instrument
A performance support device includes a first surface, a second surface, and a flow path. The first surface is configured to face a blow hole of an air reed instrument. The second surface is configured to be displaced from the blow hole. The flow path penetrates from the first surface to the second surface and that is configured to flow an exhaled breath toward the blow hole. A cross-sectional area of the flow path at the first surface is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the flow path at a position displaced from the first surface toward the second surface.
US11568837B2 Display device and method of operating display panel for displaying an image of a surrounding peripheral display region based on luminance deviation
A display device includes: a display panel including a surrounding display area, below which at least one panel driving circuit is positioned, and a main display area surrounded by the surrounding display area, the display panel including first pixels having a first pixel density and disposed in the surrounding display area and second pixels having a second pixel density greater than the first pixel density and disposed in the main display area; and a display panel driver to divide an input image to be displayed on the display panel in each frame into a first image to be displayed on the surrounding display area and a second image to be displayed on the main display area, calculate a luminance deviation of the first image, and determine whether to display the first image in the surrounding display area based on the luminance deviation of the first image.
US11568836B2 Subpixel text rendering
A system may render glyphs based on stored textures without loss of quality at subpixel scales. The system may determine a content of a pixel of a display corresponds to a glyph, determine a subpixel alignment offset of a specified screen coordinates for the glyph with respect to the pixels of the display, based on the subpixel alignment offset, select one or more versions of the glyph from a plurality of versions of the glyph, a first version of the glyph of the plurality of versions of the glyph having a corresponding first subpixel alignment offset and a second version of the glyph of the plurality of versions of the glyph having a corresponding second subpixel alignment offset, and generate a display version of the pixel based on the selected one or more versions of the glyph and the subpixel alignment offset of the specified screen coordinates.
US11568834B2 Method and device for ambient light measurement
An embodiment method of measuring ambient light comprises generating, by an ambient light sensor associated with a screen which alternates between first phases in which light is emitted and second phases in which no light is emitted by the screen, a first signal representative of an intensity of light received by the ambient light sensor during the first and second phases; comparing the first signal with a threshold intensity value; and controlling a timing of an ambient light measurement by the light sensor based on the comparison.
US11568827B2 Methods for driving electro-optic displays to minimize edge ghosting
A variety of methods for driving electro-optic displays so as to reduce visible artifacts are described. Such methods includes updating a display having a plurality of display pixels with a first image, identifying display pixels with edge artifacts after the first image update, and storing the identified display pixels information in a memory. In particular, the methods are effective for minimizing edge ghosting when a pixel of an active matrix electrophoretic display undergoes a white to white transition or a black to black transition during an update between first and second images.
US11568825B2 Driving method of a display panel, display driving device and electronic apparatus
Provided are a driving method for a display panel, display driving device and electronic apparatus. The display panel includes a shift register. A drive signal of the shift register includes a trigger signal and a clock signal. The driving method includes: a current FPS in a current display mode is acquired; a current trigger signal and a current clock signal of the shift register is determined according to the current FPS; the shift register is provided with the current trigger signal and the current clock signal. A refresh frequency of the current trigger signal is the same as the current FPS. The current clock signal is the same as a reference clock signal in a reference display mode at least within an effective action duration of the current trigger signal. The current FPS is less than or equal to the reference FPS in the reference display mode.
US11568823B2 Driving method of display panel and display device
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides driving methods of a display panel and a display device.
US11568820B2 Display panel, display device, and drive method
A display panel, a display device, and a drive method are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixel units arranged in an array and a gate drive circuit, and the array includes N rows. The gate drive circuit includes a plurality of cascaded shift register units and N+1 output terminals arranged in sequence, each of the plurality of cascaded shift register units is configured to output a gate scan signal for driving at least two rows of sub-pixel units in the N rows of the array to work; pixel drive circuits of an (n)-th row of sub-pixel units are connected to an (n)-th output terminal of the gate drive circuit to receive the gate scan signal as a scan drive signal, and sensing circuits of the (n)-th row of sub-pixel units are connected to an (n+1)-th output terminal of the gate drive circuit.
US11568817B2 Display device and driving method thereof
A display device includes first and second initialization voltage sources and first and second pixel circuits. The first initialization voltage source provides a first initialization voltage. The second initialization voltage source provides a second initialization voltage less than the first initialization voltage. The first pixel circuit includes a first organic light emitting diode. The second pixel circuit includes a second organic light emitting diode with an organic material having a band gap different from a band gap of an organic material in the first organic light emitting diode. The first pixel circuit is coupled to the first initialization voltage source and the second initialization voltage source. The second pixel circuit is coupled to a single initialization voltage source.
US11568814B2 Display device
A display device includes a display area of various shapes, has a reduced dead space, and displays an image. Further, the display device includes a display unit including a rounded corner portion, a first driving voltage supply line arranged in a first direction in a non-display area on one side of the display unit, a plurality of first driving voltage lines which supplies a driving voltage to a plurality of pixels and is arranged in a second direction that intersects with the first direction and being connected to the first driving voltage supply line, and a plurality of second driving voltage lines disconnected from the first driving voltage supply line.
US11568812B2 Display device and display device driving method
A display device includes: a luminance converter which converts input gradation value into a corresponding target luminance value; a luminance correction calculator which calculates output gradation value from the target luminance value and calculates a corrected luminance value from the output gradation value, using an efficiency residual ratio which is an index representing the light-emitting element deterioration degree; a current stress calculator which converts current stress amount on the light-emitting element calculated from the corrected luminance value into current stress amount when reference current flows through the light-emitting element, and calculates the accumulated current stress amount; a temperature stress calculator which converts temperature stress amount on the light-emitting element under environmental temperature into temperature stress amount on the light-emitting element under reference temperature, and calculates the accumulated current stress amount; and an efficiency residual ratio calculator which updates the efficiency residual ratio, using the accumulated current and temperature stress amounts.
US11568809B2 Pixel circuit and display device including the same
A pixel circuit includes first to fifth transistors, a capacitor, and a light emitting element. The first transistor is coupled between first and second power lines, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a first node and a back-gate electrode coupled to a second node. The second transistor is coupled between a data line and the first node, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a first scan line. The third transistor is coupled between a third power line and the first node, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a reference scan line. The fourth transistor is coupled between a second node and a fourth power line, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a second scan line. The fifth transistor is coupled between a first power line and the one electrode of the first transistor, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a light-emitting control line.
US11568808B2 Organic light emitting display device
The present invention relates to an organic light emitting display device that changes a reference voltage commonly applied to a driving transistor in all pixels, based on a characteristic value sensed according to each pixel.
US11568801B2 Pixel and display device having the same
A pixel includes: a light emitting element; a first transistor connected between a first node electrically connected to a first driving power source and a second node electrically connected to an anode electrode of the light emitting element, the first transistor to control a driving current; a second transistor connected between a data line and the first node; a third transistor connected between the second node and a third node connected to a gate of the first transistor; a fourth transistor connected between the third node and a first initialization power source; a fifth transistor connected between a second initialization power source and the anode electrode of the light emitting element, the fifth transistor being turned on by a scan signal provided to a scan line; and a boosting capacitor connected between the scan line and the third node.
US11568798B2 Display panel and display device
A display panel includes a pixel circuit that includes a light emitting module, a driving module, a first dual control module, and a second dual control module. A control end of the driving module is connected to a first node. The first dual control module has a control end connected to a first scanning line and has a first end connected to the first node. A first capacitor is formed between an intermediate node of the first dual control module and a first potential line. The second dual control module has a first end connected to the first node and has a second end connected to the driving module. A second capacitor is formed between an intermediate node of the second dual control module and a second potential line. Capacitance of one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is greater than another.
US11568791B2 Shift register, gate driving circuit and display device
The present disclosure discloses a shift register, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register includes a display pre-charge reset circuit, a sensing cascade circuit, a sensing pre-charge reset circuit, a pull-down control circuit and an output circuit, where the display pre-charge reset circuit, the sensing cascade circuit and the sensing pre-charge reset circuit share the same pull-down control circuit and the same output circuit, the output circuit is coupled to at least one signal output terminal, the output circuit includes output sub-circuits in one-to-one correspondence with the at least one signal output terminal, and each output sub-circuit is configured to write a driving clock signal into the corresponding signal output terminal in a display output stage and a sensing output stage in response to a control of a voltage of a pull-up node in an effective level state.
US11568790B2 Shift register for random compensation for sub-pixel row, driving method thereof, gate driving circuit, and display device
A shift register is provided, which may include a compensation selection circuit, a holding circuit, and N shift register circuits. The hold circuit may hold a blanking input signal. Each of the shift register circuits may include a blanking input circuit and an output circuit. The blanking input circuit may provide a blanking pull-down signal to a first node according to the blanking input signal and a blanking control signal. The output circuit may output a shift signal via a shift signal output terminal and output a first drive signal via a first drive signal output terminal according to a voltage of the first node. The compensation selection circuit may provide, according to a compensation selection control signal and the shift signal from one of the N shift register circuits, the blanking input signal to the holding circuit and the N shift register circuits.
US11568789B2 Display panel redundancy schemes
Display panel redundancy schemes and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, and display panel includes an array of drivers (e.g. microdrivers), each of which including multiple portions to independently receive control and pixel bits. In an embodiment, each driver portion is to control a group of redundant emission elements.
US11568788B2 Display driving method, display driver, and display device
A display driving method, a display driver and a display device are provided. The display driving method includes acquiring a first grayscale of at least one to-be-displayed sub-pixel, performing a first compensation manner to compensate the first grayscale and acquire a second grayscale, determining whether the second grayscale is less than a critical value; if yes, performing a second compensation manner to compensate the second grayscale and acquire a third grayscale, and acquiring a data voltage based on the third grayscale to control the sub-pixel to emit light and display, and if no, acquiring a data voltage based on the second grayscale to control the sub-pixel to emit light and display. The problem of displaying color deviation when the display panel is displayed at a low grayscale can be avoided.
US11568786B2 Electro-optic displays, and methods for driving same
There are provided methods for driving an electro-optic display having a plurality of display pixels, a such method includes detecting a white-to-white graytone transition on a first pixel; and determining whether a threshold number of cardinal neighbors of the first pixel are not making a graytone transition from white to white, or if the first pixel is a color pixel, and apply a first waveform.
US11568785B2 Display device
Disclosed is a display device for increasing an aperture ratio of a transmissive part. The display device includes data lines overlapping with one or more of the pixels emitting light to display an image. Each pixel includes subpixels arranged within the pixel along a same direction as the data lines. The display device further includes transmissive parts arranged in the first direction and corresponding to adjacent pixels. In addition to the data lines overlapping the pixels, the display device may include power lines and reference voltage lines parallel with the data lines and overlapping with the pixels. The display device may include scan lines and sensing lines arranged to cross the transmissive parts and data lines. As a result, the number of lines crossing the transmissive parts is reduced, thereby increasing an aperture ratio of the transmissive parts.
US11568781B2 Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a driving circuit. The driving circuit includes N levels of shift registers cascaded with each other, where N 2. A shift register of the N levels of shift registers includes: a first control unit, configured to receive an input signal and control a signal of a first node in response to a first clock signal; a second control unit, configured to receive a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal, and control a signal of a second node in response to the signal of the first node, the first clock signal, and a second clock signal; and a third control unit, configured to receive the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal, and control an output signal in response to the signal of the second node and a signal of the third node.
US11568780B2 Image dividing circuit and electro-optical apparatus
An image dividing circuit includes an input interface circuit that receives input image data configured by a total number of horizontal pixels HT, an image data dividing circuit that divides the input image data into first to n-th output image data, and an output interface circuit that includes output circuits for first to n-th channels that output the first to n-th output image data. The parameter n is an integer greater than or equal to 3, and the parameter HT is not an integer multiple of the parameter n. An output circuit for an i-th channel outputs i-th output image data in which at least one of the total number of horizontal pixels and the total number of vertical lines in the i-th channel has been variably adjusted. The parameter i is an integer greater than or equal to 1 but smaller than or equal to n.
US11568775B2 Gate driving unit circuit and method of driving the same, gate driving circuit and display apparatus
The present application provides a gate driving unit circuit and a method of driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. The gate driving unit circuit includes a shift register and a plurality of driving signal output sub-circuits. Each driving signal output sub-circuit corresponds to one of gate lines on an array substrate, is coupled to a first power supply terminal and a signal output terminal of the shift register, and also coupled to a corresponding one of driving scan signal lines. Each driving signal output sub-circuit is configured to output, under the control of a signal output by the signal output terminal of the shift register, a driving scan signal provided by the corresponding driving scan signal line or an OFF voltage provided by the first power supply terminal to the corresponding gate line.
US11568770B2 Illuminated signage
An illuminated signage has a housing that carries a plurality of signage panels having a photoluminescent area carrying indicia for the signage. The signage panels are carried in a channel extending across a front face of the housing. An electrical circuit controls a plurality of light emitters that are configured to illuminate when the photoluminescent area has been depleted and is no longer producing enough luminescence to illuminate the indicia. The electrical circuit may also be configured to illuminate the LEDs on demand.
US11568769B2 Display device
A display device may include a first pixel, a second pixel, a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel, a second data line electrically connected to the second pixel and electrically insulated from the first data line, a first signal wire electrically connected to the first data line, a second signal wire electrically connected to the second data line, and a connecting wire electrically connecting the second data line to the second signal wire. The connecting wire may include a first section and a second section. The second section may be directly connected to the first section, may overlap the first pixel, may overlap the first data line, and may be oblique relative to each of the first data line and the second data line in a plan view of the display device.
US11568766B2 Security component with fiber Bragg grating
A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) security component for single-party and multi-party monitoring is provided. The security component includes an optical fiber having a plurality of Bragg gratings. The Bragg gratings provide a spectral response that is randomized based on the manufacture of the security component. For single-party use, the spectral response provides a reproducible spectral signature when interrogated with an optical signal. For multi-party use, each party applies a known optical interrogation signal to the security component and applies an external stress known only to the respective monitoring party. The resulting shift in the spectral signature is unique to each monitoring party, making it extremely difficult to successfully counterfeit the security component's response for all such parties.
US11568763B2 Birthing simulation devices, systems, and methods
A patient simulator system includes a fetal patient simulator including a simulated torso and a simulated head attached to the simulated torso and being moveable in relation to the simulated torso between a neutral position and a raised position. An actuator is configured to raise the simulated head from the neutral position to the raised position. The actuator may be disposed within the simulated head of the fetal patient simulator. The patient simulator system may further include a maternal patient simulator in which the fetal patient simulator is adapted to be disposed to simulate a birthing scenario. The actuator may raise the simulated head from the neutral position to the raised position during the birthing scenario to simulate the rise of a natural fetus's head during birth. The actuator may comprise an inflatable bag or other member positioned outside of the fetal patient simulator and within the maternal patient simulator.
US11568761B2 Pronunciation error detection apparatus, pronunciation error detection method and program
The present invention provides a pronunciation error detection apparatus capable of following a text without the need for a correct sentence even when erroneous recognition such as a reading error occurs. The pronunciation error detection apparatus comprises: a speech recognition part that recognizes the speech in speech data based on a speech recognition model for a non-native speaker, and outputs speech recognition results, reliability and time information; a reliability determination part that outputs the speech recognition results with higher reliability than a predetermined threshold and the corresponding time information as the determined speech recognition results and the determined time information; and a pronunciation error detection part that outputs a phoneme as a pronunciation error when reliability for each phoneme in the speech recognition results using the native speaker speech recognition model under a weakly constraining grammar is greater than the reliability of the corresponding phoneme in the speech recognition results using the native speaker acoustic model under a constraining grammar in which the determined speech recognition results are correct for the speech data in a segment specified by the determined time information.
US11568759B2 Adaptive, integrated, and interactive education and communication system for people with hearing loss and hearing healthcare providers and related methods
A system, device, and wireless computer technology-implemented method for providing hearing healthcare education and communication for a patient, his/her communication partner, and a hearing care provider. The system provides the patient at least one educational and experiential module and a method for assessing the patient's comprehension of the module's lessons. The system further provides the patient with a method to select personal hearing aid and communication goals; a method to evaluate his/her progress on achieving each personal goal; and a method to report his/her hearing experiences. The system further provides a method to compare data reported by the patient to personalized thresholds. When one or more of the patient's reports do not meet the thresholds, the system sends automated alerts to the hearing care provider to encourage prompt remedial action and sends automated reminders to the patient to improve the patient's ability to achieve his/her personal goals.
US11568747B2 Determination device, determination method, and program for determination
Provided is a determination device capable of safely and reliably causing a vehicle on a side road to enter and merge into a main road when merging into the main road.Information is acquired that indicates the vehicle status of vehicles CA, etc., and vehicles Ca, etc., that are traveling on a side road SR that merges with a main road MR on which the vehicles CA, etc., are traveling. When, on the basis of said information, an intervehicular space is to be formed between the vehicles CA, etc., that will make it possible for a vehicle Ca, etc., to enter, the vehicles CA, etc., are caused to form an interval on the basis of the acceleration applied to each of the vehicles CA, etc., and the entering vehicle Ca, etc., is allowed to move to a position in the intervehicular space.
US11568746B2 Vehicular environment estimation device
Disclosed is a vehicular environment estimation device capable of accurately estimating a travel environment around own vehicle on the basis of a predicted route of a mobile object or the like, which is moving in a blind area. A vehicular environment estimation device that is mounted in the own vehicle detects a behavior of another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle, and estimates a travel environment, which affects the traveling of another vehicle, on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. For example, the presence of another vehicle, which is traveling in a blind area, is estimated on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to estimate a vehicle travel environment that cannot be recognized by the own vehicle but can be recognized by another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle.
US11568745B2 Method for determining an occupancy status of a parking bay and for determining the occupancy statuses of several parking bays along a street
The invention relates to a method for determining an occupancy status of a parking bay, wherein a vehicle is moved along a street segment with at least one parking bay and the vehicle has a distance sensor as well as a sensor for satellite-based location and time determination. Furthermore, static parking information on the position of the parking bays in a street segment and parking information on the parking bays are on hand. By means of distance and location data projected distance data are produced which each indicate a distance datum of the distance sensor to the next object in the sensor direction at a point of the street of the street segment at the parking bay. By means of these projected distance data a standard distance is ascertained. Subsequently, for each point of a parking bay the determination is made if this is unoccupied by comparing the distance datum with the standard distance plus a delta. An area of a parking bay is determined as one or several vacant parking spaces if the rounded-down quotient of the length of the adjoining contiguous unoccupied points to the length of an average parking space is 1 or greater.
US11568741B2 Communication device, control method thereof, and communication system including the same
A communication device includes a communication unit configured to receive first path information from a first vehicle and to receive second path information from a second vehicle, and a processor configured to determine a possibility of the first and second vehicles entering a predetermined area based on the first and second path information, and based on the possibility being greater than a reference, transmit a message for controlling at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle through the communication unit to allow the first and second vehicles to enter the predetermined area at different time points.
US11568738B2 Communicating discovery information from remote control devices
A set top box receives from a remote control device one or more of a codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information. The set top box then causes information representative of the received codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information to be displayed in a display device associated with the set top box.
US11568735B2 Auto-configuring of battery operated devices in a premises security system
A premises control unit in communication with at least one battery operated sensor of a premises security system is provided. The premises control unit includes processing circuitry configured to configure at least one parameter for the at least one battery operated sensor where the configuration of the at least one parameter is based at least on data collected by the premises security system, and the at least one parameter includes at least sleep cycles for the at least one battery operated sensor.
US11568733B2 Multipurpose sensor system for detecting children and pets in a locked vehicle and alerting a caregiver and emergency services
The present invention relates to a multipurpose sensor system for vehicles to detect unattended children and/or pets in a locked vehicle. The multipurpose sensor system includes a sensor unit having a plurality of sensors disposed inside the vehicle, and solar panels disposed on an exterior surface of the vehicle. The sensors detect the vehicle's interior temperature and a child's and/or pet's body temperature. More specifically, when the temperature inside the vehicle is equal to or greater than a threshold value, an alarm/alert is generated by the sensor system. The alert is transmitted to an electronic device of a driver, parent or caretaker. Further, an alert is also transmitted to an emergency service for rescuing the child and/or pet.
US11568730B2 Compensator in a detector device
A detector device includes a light source disposed within a chamber, a sensor disposed within the chamber, a compensator circuit electrically coupled with the sensor, and a controller. The controller is operable to receive a sensor signal generated by the sensor, determine a compensation factor to adjust the sensor signal, and generate a compensation offset signal based on the compensation factor. The controller is further operable to output the compensation offset signal to the compensator circuit to produce a compensated sensor signal as an adjustment to the sensor signal, energize the light source, monitor the compensated sensor signal with respect to an alarm limit, and trigger an alarm event based on the compensated sensor signal exceeding the alarm limit.
US11568729B2 Information handling system with consolidated external user presence detection
An information handling system includes a host device and multiple monitor devices. One of the monitor devices is configured as a parent monitor device, and the remaining monitor devices are configured as child monitor devices. The parent monitor device receives a user presence detect (UPD) status signal, and queries all of the child monitor devices for a current UPD status. In response to the queries, the parent monitor consolidates the current UPD status from each of the child monitor devices and the current UPD status of the parent monitor device. Based on the consolidated current UPD status and based on a UPD policy, the parent monitor device sets a current user status as a user absence or presence. In response to the processor being in a low power state and the current user status being the user presence, the patent monitor device provides a wake notification to the host device.
US11568724B2 Systems and method to identifying available watchers of an object of interest from plurality of responders at an incident scene
Methods and systems for identifying watchers of an object of interest at an incident scene. One method includes receiving, with an electronic processor, an object identifier corresponding to the object of interest. The method includes determining a watcher status for the object of interest. The method includes generating a notification based on the watcher status and the object identifier. The method includes transmitting, with a communication interface communicatively coupled to the electronic processor, the notification to an available watcher at the incident scene.
US11568723B2 Video surveillance and object recognition
An object recognition enabled, for example facial recognition enabled, video surveillance system for capturing video of a scene and allowing recognition of objects within that scene. The system comprises at least one camera apparatus connected via a communication channel to a central server with the camera apparatus arranged for capturing visual representation data of a scene. The visual representation data comprises video of the scene and the camera apparatus comprises a camera for capturing said video and a video encoder for sending corresponding video data via the communication channel to the central server. The camera apparatus is further arranged for generating object recognition data based on said visual representation data, and the video encoder is arranged to send said object recognition data along with the video data via the communication channel.
US11568719B2 Device, method, and recording medium
After an installation of an apparatus, although a state confirmation is necessary, if a display having a high display capability is mounted to the apparatus to facilitate checking, the apparatus becomes large. Further, although it is considered that a terminal such as a personal computer is connected to an apparatus to display state information, when the apparatus is installed in a high place or a narrow gap, the connection is difficult. An apparatus is provided which includes a storage unit that stores state information on a plurality of types of states, a switching unit that switches a to-be-output state from among the plurality of types of states in response to receiving a switching operation by a user, an identification information output unit that outputs a first indication for identifying a type of a to-be-output state, and a state information output unit that outputs state information on a to-be-output state.
US11568717B2 Varied apparatus for message playback
A system for playback of messages. Context appropriate messages for an environment may be played back. Messages may be user behavior interactive and subject to user behavior initiated message playback conditions. User generated environment events may be automatically analyzed and user behavior interactive messages may be automatically coordinated. An automated themed message playback apparatus may have a self-contained housing within which a stored themed message, an in situ user generated environment event sensor, and an automated themed message playback device are housed. User generated environment events may be automatically sensed in situ.
US11568715B2 Gaming system, gaming device, and method for providing a sports-based card game
A gaming system, gaming device, and method using a deck of cards containing statistics and identifying information from real-world sports players is described. The cards in the deck may contain the player scores for a set of games or matches as well as other player-related information. The gaming system and device randomly generate a hand and randomly select one of the player's pre-determined scores for each of the cards. The user's score may be determined through a variety of methods utilizing the player scores on the cards in the user's hand. The outcome of the user's hand may be determined by matching the user's score with a pay table, or for a multi-user game, the outcome may be determined by finding the highest scorer among the participating users.
US11568714B2 System for enhanced interactive game play in lottery and gaming environments
A system provides for electronic interaction in a multi-player system, the system being adapted to interface with first and second electronic communications devices through a communication system, the first and second electronic communications devices including displays for presentation of game information to the players and with input devices for receiving live game play information. The first and second electronic communications devices having storage to store a game application program from a remote server, the first and second electronic communications devices having graphical display capability. The system utilizes sports event data corresponding to sports events. Preferably a game analysis system is utilized.
US11568710B2 Gaming chip and management system
A management system includes a recording device recording an image of a gaming chip and an inspection device determining a type and authenticity of the gaming chip. The gaming chip has a multilayer structure in which both sides of a colored layer are sandwiched between light color layers, surface printing representing a type of the gaming chip is performed on outer sides of the light color layers, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed on the colored layer of an inside of the light color layers by an infrared absorbing material. A visible light camera photographs a visible light image of the surface printing, and an infrared light camera photographs an infrared image of the internal printing. The inspection device determines the type and authenticity of the gaming chip using the visible light image and the infrared image.
US11568709B2 Systems and methods for game state retention and continuation at electronic gaming machines
An electronic gaming machine includes a display device and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate a game-state-retention sign based upon a plurality of game variables representing a state of a wagering game, where the game-state-retention sign includes a first two-dimensional machine-recognisable image that encodes the plurality of game variables. When executed, the instructions also cause the processor to display the game-state-retention sign on the display device for image capture by a handheld player device, where the handheld player device is configured to display a game-continuation sign generated from the game-state-retention sign for resuming play of the wagering game.
US11568708B2 Gaming machine display mounting and alignment configuration and method
A gaming machine includes a video display mounting configuration, such as for mounting a secondary video display to a base cabinet having a first or primary video display. The mounting comprises connectors on a display frame which drop into mounts of a display support. The mounting may include a locking mechanism. An alignment configuration is also provided, such as for aligning different gaming machine components such as two video displays and/or light rings, trim or the like, relative to one another in three dimensions.
US11568704B2 Dual wagering game and amusement-style gaming unit
A “dual” gaming unit or machine is configured to implement both one or more traditional casino-style wagering games, such as games having outcomes determined primarily by chance and not skill, and one or more games which are traditionally not casino style games, such as amusement-type games or games having amusement-type game components, such as games where the outcome is determined substantially by skill. The wagering game portion of the gaming machine may award monetary awards to the player for winning wagering game outcomes, and the amusement portion of the gaming machine may be used to award promotional prizes to the player. A player rewards system may include such dual gaming units or other award dispensing mechanisms.
US11568702B2 Vending machine
Vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers in a space-efficient manner. A vending machine may include a product compartment, a product storage system, a support structure, a dispensing port, and a product delivery system. The support structure may elevate the product compartment and form a void beneath the product compartment. Other structures may occupy the void beneath the product compartment, or humans may walk through the void beneath the product compartment. A product may be automatically moved from the product compartment to the dispensing port using the product delivery system.
US11568693B2 Systems, devices, and methods for controlling access to a secure space
Systems, devices, and methods for controlling access to a secure space are disclosed. The system includes a locking device fastenable to an access point of the secure space, a server, and a network for communication between the locking device and server. The server includes a storage unit to store authorization data for the locking device and the user computing device, and a processing unit for receiving a request from the user computing device to access the locking device; authenticating the user computing device; generating authorization data; and providing at least part of the authorization data to each of the locking device and the user computing device. The locking device includes an actuator, a memory, and a processing unit for receiving a security command from the user computing device; determining whether the security command includes requesting data that corresponds to the authorization data; and generating a control signal for the actuator to move the locking device based on the security command.
US11568692B2 System and a method for activating a privacy status of a lock
Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and a method for activating a privacy status of a lock. One or more embodiments of the invention describe the method comprising steps of capturing activity information of a user by a user device. The method also describes steps of analyzing the captured activity information and determining a busy status of the user based on the analysis. The method further describes steps of transmitting the busy status of the user to a lock for activating a privacy status of the lock.
US11568691B2 Key fob isolator
A keysafe includes a housing, a door, a locking mechanism, a wireless communications interface, and an inhibitor system. The housing defines an internal compartment structured to receive a key fob for a vehicle. The door is positioned to enclose the internal compartment. The locking mechanism is positioned to selectively lock the door to prevent access to the internal compartment. The wireless communications interface is configured to facilitate wireless communication with an external device. The inhibitor system includes a coil disposed around the internal compartment, a battery disposed within the housing and coupled to the coil, and a controller. The controller is configured to energize the coil with the battery to inhibit communication between the key fob and the vehicle, receive a deactivation signal from the external device via the wireless communications interface, and de-energize the coil in response to receiving the deactivation signal to permit the communication.
US11568684B2 Control unit and control system for vehicle
The invention provides a control unit and a control system for a vehicle capable of reducing a workload of deleting a record of information of an unintended event detected by a certain control unit by preventing the other control unit from recording the information of the event. Control units (50a to 50d) that are mounted on the vehicle and connected in a mutually communicable manner each include an event processing section (55). The event processing section (55) executes one or both of processing to switch whether to notify a recording request of the information of the event and processing to switch necessity/unnecessity of recording of the information of the event.
US11568682B2 Recognition of activity in a video image sequence using depth information
Techniques are provided for recognition of activity in a sequence of video image frames that include depth information. A methodology embodying the techniques includes segmenting each of the received image frames into a multiple windows and generating spatio-temporal image cells from groupings of windows from a selected sub-sequence of the frames. The method also includes calculating a four dimensional (4D) optical flow vector for each of the pixels of each of the image cells and calculating a three dimensional (3D) angular representation from each of the optical flow vectors. The method further includes generating a classification feature for each of the image cells based on a histogram of the 3D angular representations of the pixels in that image cell. The classification features are then provided to a recognition classifier configured to recognize the type of activity depicted in the video sequence, based on the generated classification features.
US11568681B2 Iris authentication device, iris authentication method and recording medium
The disclosure is inputting a first image obtained by capturing an object of authentication moving in a specific direction; inputting a second image at least for one eye obtained by capturing a right eye or a left eye of the object; determining whether the second image is of the left eye or the right eye of the object, based on information including the first image, and outputting a determination result associated with the second image as left/right information; comparing characteristic information relevant to the left/right information, the characteristic information being acquired from a memory that stores the characteristic information of a right eye and a left eye pertaining to object to be authenticated, with characteristic information associated with the left/right information, and calculating a verification score; and authenticating the object captured in the first image and the second image, based on the verification score, and outputting an authentication result.
US11568679B2 Obtaining artist imagery from video content using facial recognition
An example method may include receiving, at a computing device, a digital image associated with a particular media content program, the digital image containing one or more faces of particular people associated with the particular media content program. A computer-implemented face recognition program together with a set of computational models associated with the particular media content program may be applied to the digital image to recognize one or more of the particular people in the digital image, together with respective geometric coordinates for each of the one or more detected faces. At least a subset of the set of the computational models may be associated with a respective one of the particular people. The digital image together may be stored in non-transitory computer-readable memory, together with information assigning respective identities of the recognized particular people, and associating with each respective assigned identity geometric coordinates in the digital image.
US11568677B2 Apparatus, system, and method of providing an augmented reality visual search
An apparatus, system and method for providing a visual search using augmented reality glasses. The apparatus, system and method include a network communicatively associated with the glasses capable of providing remote connectivity to an application programming interface (API); a machine learning (ML) model communicative with the API and having an input capable of receiving live video data indicative of a view field of the glasses, wherein the ML model includes at least a data comparator and platform-specific coding corresponded to the glasses; a search engine within the ML model and having a secondary input interfaced to a comparative database, wherein the search engine compares the live view field video data to the secondary input using the comparator; and a match output capable of outputting a match obtained by the search engine over the network to the glasses.
US11568669B2 Ultrasonic fingerprint identification circuit, driving method thereof, and display device
Provided are an ultrasonic fingerprint identification circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The ultrasonic fingerprint identification circuit comprises fingerprint identification units each including an ultrasonic fingerprint identification sensor connected to a first node; a control module connected to a composite signal line, a first control signal line and the first node and configured to provide a reset potential to the first node and to provide a pull-up potential to the first node in response to a first level provided by the composite signal line; a reading module connected to a second control signal line, the first node and a reading signal line, and configured to read a detection signal of the first node. The first control signal line connected to one fingerprint identification unit is reused as the second control signal line connected to another fingerprint identification unit.
US11568662B2 Information processing apparatus for detecting a common attribute indicated in different tables and generating information about the common attribute, and information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus for detecting an attribute indicated in different tables in common and generating information about the attribute. An information processing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes a detector and an information generator. The detector detects a common attribute indicated in a first table and a second table. The information generator generates information about the common attribute based on contents of the first table and the second table.
US11568660B1 System and method for improving localization and object tracking
In one embodiment, a computing system is configured to, during a first tracking session, detect first landmarks in a first image of the environment surrounding a user, and determine a first location of the user by comparing detected first landmarks to a landmark database. During a second tracking session, the computing system captures motion data and estimates a second location of the user based on the motion data and first user location. Based on the motion data and first user location, the computing system detects landmarks in a second image at a second location. The system accesses expected landmarks from the landmark database visible at the second location and determines the estimated second location of the user is inaccurate by comparing the expected landmarks with the second landmarks. The computing system re-localizes the user by comparing the landmarks in the landmark database and third landmarks in a third image.
US11568658B2 Apparatus and methods for multi-target detection
A method for multi-target detection and an apparatus for multi-target detection are capable of detecting at least two targets in real time or near real time. The real-time detection or near real time detection can be achieved by at least one of a Recipe Group Approach, an End Member Grouping Approach, and a Pixelated Grouping Based Approach.
US11568656B2 3D segmentation using space carving and 2D convolutional neural networks
A system for generating a 3D segmentation of a target volume is provided. The system accesses views of an X-ray scan of a target volume. The system applies a 2D CNN to each view to generate a 2D multi-channel feature vector for each view. The system applies a space carver to generate a 3D channel volume for each channel based on the 2D multi-channel feature vectors. The system then applies a linear combining technique to the 3D channel volumes to generate a 3D multi-label map that represents a 3D segmentation of the target volume.
US11568652B2 Use of relationship between activities of different traffic signals in a network to improve traffic signal state estimation
Methods and devices for using a relationship between activities of different traffic signals in a network to improve traffic signal state estimation are disclosed. An example method includes determining that a vehicle is approaching an upcoming traffic signal. The method may further include determining a state of one or more traffic signals other than the upcoming traffic signal. Additionally, the method may also include determining an estimate of a state of the upcoming traffic signal based on a relationship between the state of the one or more traffic signals other than the upcoming traffic signal and the state of the upcoming traffic signal.
US11568650B2 Learning across 2D and 3D pipelines for improved object detection
A method includes accessing a training sample including an image of a scene, depth measurements of the scene, and a predetermined 3D position of an object in the scene. The method includes training a 3D-detection model for detecting 3D positions of objects based the depth measurements and the predetermined 3D position, and training a 2D-detection model for detecting 2D positions of objects within images. Training the 2D-detection model includes generating an estimated 2D position of the object by processing the image using the 2D-detection model, determining a subset of the depth measurements that correspond to the object based on the estimated 2D position and a viewpoint from which the image is captured, generating an estimated 3D position of the object based on the subset of the depth measurements, and updating the 2D-detection model based on a comparison between the estimated 3D position and the predetermined 3D position.
US11568649B2 Landmark-less simultaneous localization and mapping
A simultaneous localization and mapping system for a motor vehicle is disclosed and includes a plurality of sensors disposed within a vehicle operable to detect an object proximate the vehicle and generate a plurality of data points representing sensor returns corresponding to the detected objects surrounding the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive the data points representing the sensor returns of the detected objects surrounding the vehicle, to define an occupancy grid based on the data points and to generate vehicle operating instructions based on the defined occupancy grid, wherein the controller is configured to define at least one geometric anchor from the detected data points and localizing the vehicle based on the at least one geometric anchor.
US11568645B2 Electronic device and controlling method thereof
An electronic device and a controlling method thereof are provided. A controlling method of an electronic device according to the disclosure includes: performing first learning for a neural network model for acquiring a video sequence including a talking head of a random user based on a plurality of learning video sequences including talking heads of a plurality of users, performing second learning for fine-tuning the neural network model based on at least one image including a talking head of a first user different from the plurality of users and first landmark information included in the at least one image, and acquiring a first video sequence including the talking head of the first user based on the at least one image and pre-stored second landmark information using the neural network model for which the first learning and the second learning were performed.
US11568643B2 Automatic control of wearable display device based on external conditions
Embodiments of a wearable device can include a head-mounted display (HMD) which can be configured to display virtual content. While the user is interacting with visual or audible virtual content, the user of the wearable may encounter a triggering event such as, for example, an emergency condition or an unsafe condition, detecting one or more triggering objects in an environment, or determining characteristics of the user's environment (e.g., home or office). Embodiments of the wearable device can automatically detect the triggering event and automatically control the HMD to deemphasize, block, or stop displaying the virtual content. The HMD may include a button that can be actuated by the user to manually deemphasize, block, or stop displaying the virtual content.
US11568641B1 Linking to social experiences in artificial reality environments
In one embodiment, a computing system may receive, from a first electronic device associated with a first user, a first request to generate a link associated with an artificial reality application and an action to be performed by the artificial reality application. The computing system may then generate a link to instructions that are executable on an artificial reality device to cause the artificial reality device to launch the artificial reality application and perform the action. The computing system may then receive, from a second electronic device associated with a second user, an indication that the second user activated the link on the second electronic device, and send the instructions associated with the link to an artificial reality device associated with the second user to cause the artificial reality device associated with the second user to launch the artificial reality application and perform the action.
US11568638B2 Image targeting via targetable 3D data
A method can include identifying a geolocation of an object in an image, the method comprising receiving data indicating a pixel coordinate of the image selected by a user, identifying a data point in a targetable three-dimensional (3D) data set corresponding to the selected pixel coordinate, and providing a 3D location of the identified data point.
US11568637B2 UAV video aesthetic quality evaluation method based on multi-modal deep learning
The present disclosure provides a UAV video aesthetic quality evaluation method based on multi-modal deep learning, which establishes a UAV video aesthetic evaluation data set, analyzes the UAV video through a multi-modal neural network, extracts high-dimensional features, and concatenates the extracted features, thereby achieving aesthetic quality evaluation of the UAV video. There are four steps, step one to: establish a UAV video aesthetic evaluation data set, which is divided into positive samples and negative samples according to the video shooting quality; step two to: use SLAM technology to restore the UAV's flight trajectory and to reconstruct a sparse 3D structure of the scene; step three to: through a multi-modal neural network, extract features of the input UAV video on the image branch, motion branch, and structure branch respectively; and step four to: concatenate the features on multiple branches to obtain the final video aesthetic label and video scene type.
US11568633B2 Floorplan of a design for an integrated circuit
A computer-implemented method for comparing a first version of a floorplan of a design for an integrated circuit with a second version. The method comprises (i) generating a timing information for each net in the second version by determining whether timing information is available for the net in the first version; (ii) in case no timing information is available in the first version, generating the timing information for the second version by calculating a spatial distance and timing information between two points of the net using wire length differences between the first version and the second version; (iii) otherwise, generating the timing information for the second version by calculating a spatial distance and timing information between two points of the net using a wire reach table to obtain a wire delay.
US11568632B1 Item identification among a variant of items
This disclosure describes a system for automatically identifying an item from among a variation of items of a same type. For example, an image may be processed and resulting item image information compared with stored item image information to determine a type of item represented in the image. If the matching stored item image information is part of a cluster, the item image information may then be compared with distinctive features associated with stored item image information of the cluster to determine the variation of the item represented in the received image.
US11568631B2 Method, system, and non-transitory computer readable record medium for extracting and providing text color and background color in image
A method for extracting and providing a text color and background color in an image, includes detecting a first area that includes a text in a given image; extracting, from the first area, a representative text color that represents the text and a representative background color that represents a background of the first area; and overlaying a second area that includes a translation result of the text on the given image and applying the representative text color and the representative background color to a text color and a background color of the second area.
US11568623B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus obtains a read image of a document including a handwritten character, generates a first image formed by pixels of the handwritten character by extracting the pixels of the handwritten character from pixels of the read image using a first learning model for extracting the pixels of the handwritten character, estimates a handwriting area including the handwritten character using a second learning model for estimating the handwriting area, and performs handwriting OCR processing based on the generated first image and the estimated handwriting area.
US11568622B2 Color adjustments of highlighted areas
In some examples, a system detects a highlighted area in an image content, the highlighted area including a portion of the image content, and a highlighting mark that highlights the portion of the image content. The system applies a color adjustment process in the highlighted area, wherein the color adjustment process comprises adjusting a color of the highlighted area comprising the portion of the image content highlighted by the highlighting mark, and wherein the adjusting of the color of the highlighted area comprises adjusting color values of plural color components in a first color space.
US11568620B2 Augmented reality-assisted methods and apparatus for assessing fit of physical objects in three-dimensional bounded spaces
Apparatuses and methods are provided for augmented reality-assisted assessment of three-dimensional (3D) fit of physical objects within a physical environment in different positions. According to an embodiment, an augmented reality (AR) device obtains 3D dimensions of a virtual object representative of a real-world physical object and displays a 3D representation of the virtual object in an AR space depicted by a user interface of the AR device that is representative of a real-world physical environment in a field of view of the AR device. The 3D representation of the virtual object is proportionally dimensioned relative to the physical environment based on the obtained 3D dimensions of the virtual object and the virtual object is repositionable in the AR space responsive to input received by the AR device to allow assessment of 3D fit of the virtual object within the physical environment in different positions.
US11568619B2 Three-dimensional shape data editing device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing three-dimensional shape data editing program
A three-dimensional shape data editing device including a processor configured to, with regard to an object represented by a first three-dimensional shape configured using multiple forming surfaces of at least one of flat surfaces and curved surfaces, a second three-dimensional shape in which the object is configured using multiple three-dimensional elements, and a third three-dimensional shape that is converted from the second three-dimensional shape such that the object is represented by the multiple forming surfaces, specify edge forming surfaces that correspond to edges of the object extracted from the first three-dimensional shape, with respect to the third three-dimensional shape, and configure the edge forming surfaces in the third three-dimensional shape such that shapes of the edges of the object represented by the first three-dimensional shape are reproduced.
US11568617B2 Full body virtual reality utilizing computer vision from a single camera and associated systems and methods
Methods and systems for constructing a three-dimensional (3D) model of a user in a virtual environment for full body virtual reality (VR) applications are described. The method includes receiving an image of the user captured using an RGB camera; detecting a body bounding box associated with the user using a first trained neural network; determining a segmentation map of the user, based on the body bounding box; determining a two-dimensional (2D) contour of the user from the segmentation map; forming a 3D extrusion model by extruding the 2D contour; and constructing the 3D model of the user in the virtual environment by applying a geometric transformation to the 3D extrusion model. Applications of full body VR include physical training and fitness sessions, games, control of computing devices, manipulation and display of data, interactive social media with VR, and the like.
US11568610B2 Privacy preserving expression generation for augmented or virtual reality client applications
Wearable systems for privacy preserving expression generation for augmented or virtual reality client applications. An example method includes receiving, by an expression manager configured to communicate expression information to client applications, a request from a client application for access to the expression information. The expression information reflects information derived from one or more sensors of the wearable system, with the client application being configured to present virtual content including an avatar rendered based on the expression information. A user interface is output for presentation which requests user authorization for the client application to access the expression information. In response to receiving user input indicating user authorization, enabling access to the expression information is enabled. The client application obtains periodic updates to the expression information, and the avatar is rendered based on the periodic updates.
US11568609B1 Image sensor having on-chip compute circuit
In one example, an apparatus comprises: a first sensor layer, including an array of pixel cells configured to generate pixel data; and one or more semiconductor layers located beneath the first sensor layer with the one or more semiconductor layers being electrically connected to the first sensor layer via interconnects. The one or more semiconductor layers comprises on-chip compute circuits configured to receive the pixel data via the interconnects and process the pixel data, the on-chip compute circuits comprising: a machine learning (ML) model accelerator configured to implement a convolutional neural network (CNN) model to process the pixel data; a first memory to store coefficients of the CNN model and instruction codes; a second memory to store the pixel data of a frame; and a controller configured to execute the codes to control operations of the ML model accelerator, the first memory, and the second memory.
US11568608B2 Augmented reality display device and program recording medium
Provided is an augmented reality display technology capable of more entertaining a user.An augmented reality display device 10 includes an imaging unit 13, a special effect execution unit 11b, and a display unit 14. The imaging unit 13 acquires a background image of a real world. When a plurality of models for a specific combination are present in a virtual space, the special effect execution unit 11b executes a special effect corresponding to the combination of the models. The display unit 14 displays the models together with the background image based on the special effect.
US11568602B2 Image processing apparatus and method using point cloud generation and a surface of a mesh
There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that are capable of suppressing an increase in loads when a point cloud is generated from a mesh. Point cloud data is generated by positioning points at intersection points between a surface of a mesh and vectors each including, as a start origin, position coordinates corresponding to a specified resolution. For example, intersection determination is performed between the surface of the mesh and each of the vectors, and in a case where the surface and the vector are determined to intersect each other, the coordinates of the intersection point are calculated. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an image processing method, a program, or the like.
US11568600B2 Systems and methods for generating voxel-based three-dimensional objects in a virtual space based on natural language processing (NLP) of a user-provided description
Systems and methods for using natural language processing (NLP) to automatically generate three-dimensional objects in a virtual space are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain three-dimensional objects using a three-dimensional voxelized format; encode those objects, using a variational autoencoder, into pairs of vectors that are subsequently sampled; decode the sampled vectors; determine loss information for the decoded voxelized three-dimensional objects; use the loss information to train the variational autoencoder; fine-tune a pretrained text-based system; receive user input describing a three-dimensional object; generate a vector from the user input; decode the vector into a voxelized three-dimensional object; present the voxelized three-dimensional object to the user.
US11568599B2 Navigation system and a display method of a navigation map
A navigation system for a motor vehicle is provided. The navigation system comprises: a display interface located in the vehicle and configured to display a position of the vehicle; and a processor in communication with a vehicle sensor and a server and configured to receive vehicle-related information. The processor is configured to display the related information on the display interface in real time following the vehicle position when the related information belongs to a first preset category. A display method of a navigation map is also provided. The navigation system and the display method provided in the present application can help users obtain auxiliary information needed to drive on the current route from the navigation interface more conveniently in the process of using the navigation map, and thus provide a better driving experience to users.
US11568594B1 Systems and methods for providing immersive graphical interfaces
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) associating a planar element within a virtual environment with an alternate virtual environment and (ii) rendering the virtual environment such that (A) the alternate virtual environment is framed within the planar element, (B) at least one rendered element of the alternate virtual environment renders at a distal depth beyond a proximal depth of the planar element within the virtual environment, and (C) altering a viewpoint within the virtual environment relative to a position of the planar element within the virtual environment produces a parallax effect between the virtual environment and the rendered element of the alternate virtual environment due at least in part to the rendered element of the alternate virtual environment being rendered at the distal depth beyond the proximal depth of the planar element within the virtual environment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11568592B2 On demand geometry and acceleration structure creation with tile object lists
Systems and methods of geometry processing, for rasterization and ray tracing processes provide for pre-processing of source geometry, such as by tessellating or other procedural modification of source geometry, to produce final geometry on which a rendering will be based. An acceleration structure (or portion thereof) for use during ray tracing is defined based on the final geometry. Only coarse-grained elements of the acceleration structure may be produced or retained, and a fine-grained structure within a particular coarse-grained element may be Produced in response to a collection of rays being ready for traversal within the coarse grained element. Final geometry can be recreated in response to demand from a rasterization engine, and from ray intersection units that require such geometry for intersection testing with primitives. Geometry at different resolutions can be generated to respond to demands from different rendering components.
US11568590B2 Cartoonlization processing method for image, electronic device, and storage medium
The disclosure discloses a cartoonlization processing method for an image, and relates to a field of computational vision, image processing, face recognition, deep learning technologies. The method includes: performing skin color recognition on a facial image to be processed to determine a target skin color of a face in the facial image; processing the facial image by utilizing any cartoonizing model in a cartoonizing model set to obtain a reference cartoonized image corresponding to the facial image in a case that the cartoonizing model set does not contain a cartoonizing model corresponding to the target skin color; determining a pixel adjustment parameter based on the target skin color and a reference skin color corresponding to the any cartoonizing model; and adjusting a pixel value of each pixel point in the reference cartoonized image based on the pixel adjustment parameter, to obtain a target cartoonized image corresponding to the facial image.
US11568588B2 Controlling display performance using display statistics and feedback
One embodiment provides for a display system to generate and display data on a display device, the display system comprising one or more graphics processors to generate one or more frames of data for display on the display device; a window manager to submit a request to display the one or more frames of data; a display engine to present the one or more frames of data to the display device for display; and display logic to receive the request to display the one or more frames of data and generate one or more display events for the display engine based on the request to display the one or more frames of data, wherein the display logic is to manage a set of statistics associated with the request.
US11568584B2 Systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging
A system for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is provided. The system may obtain at least one training sample each of which includes full MRI data. The system may also obtain a preliminary subsampling model and a preliminary MRI reconstruction model. The system may further generate a subsampling model corresponding to an MRI reconstruction model by jointly training the preliminary subsampling model and the preliminary MRI reconstruction model using the at least one training sample. The subsampling model may be the trained preliminary subsampling model, and the MRI reconstruction model may be at least a portion of the trained preliminary MRI reconstruction model.
US11568582B2 System and method for reconstructing an image
The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable mediums for reconstructing an image. Image data may be obtained, wherein the image data may be generated by a detector array. A weighting window may be determined based on at least one parameter relating to the detector array. A first set of data may be determined based on the image data and the weighting window. An objective function associated with a target image may be determined based on the first set of data, wherein the objective function may include a first model, the first model may represent a difference between the target image and the first set of data, and the first model may be identified based on the first set of data. The target image may be reconstructed by performing a plurality of iterations based on the objective function.
US11568581B2 Systems and methods for correcting mismatch induced by respiratory motion in positron emission tomography image reconstruction
The disclosure relates to PET imaging systems and methods. The systems may obtain a plurality of PET images of a subject and a CT image acquired by performing a spiral CT scan on the subject. Each gated PET image may include a plurality of sub-gated PET images. The CT image may include a plurality of sub-CT images each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of sub-gated PET images. The systems may determine a target motion vector field between a target physiological phase and a physiological phase of the CT image based on the plurality of sub-gated PET images and the plurality of sub-CT images. The systems may reconstruct an attenuation corrected PET image corresponding to the target physiological phase based on the target motion vector field, the CT image, and PET data used for the plurality of gated PET images reconstruction.
US11568580B2 Multi-output decoder for texture decompression
A decoder is configured to decode a plurality of texels from a received block of texture data encoded according to the Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) format, and includes a parameter decode unit configured to decode configuration data for the received block of texture data, a colour decode unit configured to decode colour endpoint data for the plurality of texels of the received block in dependence on the configuration data, a weight decode unit configured to decode interpolation weight data for each of the plurality of texels of the received block in dependence on the configuration data, and at least one interpolator unit configured to calculate a colour value for each of the plurality of texels of the received block using the interpolation weight data for that texel and a pair of colour endpoints from the colour endpoint data. At least one of the parameter decode unit, colour decode unit and weight decode unit are configured to decode intermediate data from the received block that is common to the decoding of at least a subset of texels of that block and to use that decoded intermediate data as part of the decoding of at least two of the plurality of texels from the received block of texture data.
US11568575B2 Cost-driven framework for progressive compression of textured meshes
Techniques of compressing level of detail (LOD) data involve sharing a texture image LOD among different mesh LODs for single-rate encoding. That is, a first texture image LOD corresponding to a first mesh LOD may be derived by refining a second texture image LOD corresponding to a second mesh LOD. This sharing is possible when texture atlases of LOD meshes are compatible.
US11568572B2 Texture compression
A computer-implemented method comprises receiving a first compressed representation of a texture map in a first compression format, wherein the first compressed representation has been compressed using a first compressor, and receiving an array of compression parameters for a second compressor, the array of compression parameters including one or more respective compression parameters for each of a plurality of pixel regions of the texture map. The method further comprises decompressing the first compressed representation of the texture map to obtain the texture map, and compressing, using the second compressor, the texture map to a second compressed representation in a second compression format, comprising compressing each of said plurality of pixel regions of the texture map in accordance with the respective one or more compression parameters. The method further comprises storing the second compressed representation of the texture map to one or more memories accessible by a graphics processing unit, and selectively decompressing portions of the second compressed representation of the texture map using the graphical processing unit.
US11568570B2 Systems and methods for matching color and appearance of target coatings
System and methods for matching color and appearance of a target coating are provided herein. The system includes an electronic imaging device configured to receive a target image data of the target coating. The target image data includes target coating features. The system further includes one or more feature extraction algorithms that extracts the target image features from the target image data. The system further includes a machine-learning model that identifies a calculated match sample image from a plurality of sample images utilizing the target image features. The machine-learning model includes pre-specified matching criteria representing the plurality of sample images for identifying the calculated match sample image from the plurality of sample images. The calculated match sample image is utilized for matching color and appearance of the target coating.
US11568569B2 Method and device for determining the homogeneity of skin color
In various embodiments, a method for determining a homogeneity of complexion is provided. The method may include provision of a digital image on which skin is portrayed and which is parameterized in a color space which is defined by a parameter set in which one of the parameters is a hue, identifying and/or defining at least one skin examination area in the transformed image, calculating a hue distribution in the at least one skin examination area, and determining at least one homogeneity value for the complexion based on the calculated hue distribution.
US11568564B2 Mapping multiple views to an identity
Disclosed are systems and methods for mapping multiple views to an identity. The systems and methods may include receiving a plurality of images that depict an object. Attributes associated with the object may be extracted from the plurality of images. An identity of the object may be determined based on processing the attributes.
US11568561B2 Lamp and method for detecting a sitting posture of a user
A lamp and a method for detecting a user's sitting posture are provided. The lamp is adapted to detect the user's sitting posture. The lamp comprises a lamp bracket, an image capturing unit and a processing unit. The image capturing unit is disposed on the lamp bracket and configured to capture a target image towards a desktop. The processing unit is coupled to the image capturing unit, wherein in response to that a head feature exists in the target image, the processing unit is configured to determine a reference information according to the head feature and to determine whether the reference information meets a poor sitting posture condition.
US11568560B2 Calibration of an eye tracking system
There is provided mechanisms for calibration of an eye tracking system. An eye tracking system comprises a pupil centre corneal reflection (PCCR) based eye tracker and a non-PCCR based eye tracker. A method comprises obtaining at least one first eye position of a subject by applying the PCCR based eye tracker on an image set depicting the subject. The method comprises calibrating a head model of the non-PCCR based eye tracker, as applied on the image set, for the subject using the obtained at least one first eye position from the PCCR based eye tracker as ground truth. The head model comprises facial features that include at least one second eye position. The calibrating involves positioning the head model in order for its at least one second eye position to be consistent with the at least one first eye position given by the PCCR based eye tracker.
US11568559B2 Localization of a surveying instrument
A method for surveying an environment by a movable surveying instrument configured to be carried by a human with a progressional capturing of 2D-images by at least one camera and applying a visual simultaneous location and mapping algorithm (VSLAM) or a visual inertial simultaneous location and mapping algorithm (VISLAM) with a progressional deriving of a sparse evolving point cloud of at least part of the environment, and a progressional deriving of a trajectory of movement. The method comprises a progressional matching of the sparse evolving point cloud with a known CAD-geometry, with a minimizing of a function configured to model a distance between the sparse point cloud and the known CAD-geometry and deriving a spatial localization and orientation of the surveying instrument. At least one surveying measurement value of the environment by a spatial measurement unit is combined with the sparse point cloud or the plan information.
US11568558B1 Product photo booth
Certain embodiments of the disclosure may include devices, systems, and methods for photographing and dimensioning objects in a photo booth. The devices may include multiple sets of components, and the multiple sets of components may be mounted in different locations of the booth as desired and as needed, for example, depending on the object to be photographed and dimensioned. The photo booth components and functions can be operated and managed via central processing and via user interface and can be in communication with remote computers.
US11568556B2 Device, method and system for determining flight height of unmanned aerial vehicle
A method and system for determining flight height of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a determining device that includes a camera at bottom of the UAV carried on a three-axis self-stabilizing tripod head; and a carrier phase difference satellite positioning system (CPDSPS), a graphics processing computer (GPC) and a power supply system provided on top of the UAV The GPC is connected with the CPDSPS, the power supply system and the camera, respectively. An attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) is provided at the bottom of the three-axis self-stabilizing tripod head and connected with the GPC The GPC is configured to determine relative height of the UAV from a canopy of farmland surface crops according to position information acquired by the CPDSPS, attitude information acquired by the AHRS and ground orthographic image acquired by the camera, and determine flight height of the UAV according to the relative height.
US11568554B2 Contour-based detection of closely spaced objects
A system includes a sensor and a client. The client receives a set of frames of top-view depth images generated by the sensor. The client identifies a frame of the received frames in which a first contour associated with a first object is merged with a second contour associated with a second object. The client determines, at a first depth in the identified frame, a merged-contour region which is associated with the merged contours. The client detects a third contour at a second depth that is less than the first depth and determines a first region associated with the third contour. The client detects a fourth contour at the second depth and determines a second region associated with the fourth contour. If criteria are satisfied, the client associates the first region with a position of the first object and associates the second region with a position of the second object.
US11568552B2 Imaging systems and methods incorporating improved culling of virtual objects
An imaging system including visible-light camera(s), pose-tracking means, and processor(s). The processor(s) is/are configured to: control visible-light camera(s) to capture visible-light image, whilst processing pose-tracking data to determine pose of camera(s); obtain three-dimensional model of real-world environment; create occlusion mask, using three-dimensional model; cull part of virtual object(s) to generate culled virtual object(s), wherein virtual object(s) is to be embedded at given position in visible-light image; detect whether width of culled part or remaining part of virtual object(s) is less than predefined percentage of total width of virtual object(s); if width of culled part is less than predefined percentage, determine new position and embed entirety of virtual object(s) at new position to generate extended-reality image; and if width of remaining part is less than predefined percentage, cull entirety of virtual object(s).
US11568546B2 Method and system for detecting occupant interactions
Determining occupants' interactions in a space by applying a computer vision algorithm to track an occupant in a set of images of a space to obtain locations in the space of the occupant over time, where a history log of the occupant includes the locations of the occupant in the space over time is created and history logs of a plurality of occupants are compared to extract interaction points between the plurality of occupants.
US11568545B2 Compressed content object and action detection
Various embodiments of a framework which allow, as an alternative to resource-taxing decompression, efficient computation of feature maps using a compressed content data subset, such as video, by exploiting the motion information, such as a motion vector, present in the compressed video. This framework allows frame-specific object recognition and action detection algorithms to be applied to compressed video and other media files by executing only on I-frames in a Group of Pictures and linearly interpolating the results. Training and machine learning increases recognition accuracy. Yielding significant computational gains, this approach accelerates frame-wise feature extraction I-frame/P-frame/P-frame videos as well as I-frame/P-frame/B-frame videos. The present techniques may also be used for segmentation to identify and label respective regions for objects in a video.
US11568544B2 Utilizing a two-stream encoder neural network to generate composite digital images
The present disclosure relates to utilizing a neural network having a two-stream encoder architecture to accurately generate composite digital images that realistically portray a foreground object from one digital image against a scene from another digital image. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a foreground encoder of the neural network to identify features from a foreground image and further utilize a background encoder to identify features from a background image. The disclosed systems can then utilize a decoder to fuse the features together and generate a composite digital image. The disclosed systems can train the neural network utilizing an easy-to-hard data augmentation scheme implemented via self-teaching. The disclosed systems can further incorporate the neural network within an end-to-end framework for automation of the image composition process.
US11568543B2 Attention masks in neural network video processing
A device configured for more efficiently processing video images within a set of video image data to detect objects is described herein. The device may include a processor configured to execute a neural network such as a convolutional neural network. The device can receive video image data from a plurality of cameras, such as stationary cameras. The device can acquire a set of sample images from a stationary camera and submit them to a specialized neural network for processing to generate an attention mask. The attention mask can be generated from a variety of methods and is applied to each of the subsequently acquired images form the camera to narrow down areas where the convolutional neural network should process data. The application of attention masks to images within video image data creates masked images that can be processed to detect objects with much greater accuracy and fewer computational resources required.
US11568540B2 System, method, and computer-readable medium for rejecting full and partial blinks for retinal tracking
A method, system, and computer-readable medium, for detecting whether an eye blink or non-blink is captured in the image. The method includes filtering, from the image, one or more objects that are predicted to be unsuitable for determining whether an eye blink or no-blink is captured in the image, to provide a filtered image. The method also includes correlating the filtered image with a reference image, and determining, based on the correlating, whether the eye blink or non-blink is captured in the image. The eye blink is a full eye blink or a partial eye blink, and the images may be sequentially captured IR SLO images, in one example embodiment herein. Images determined to include an eye blink can be omitted from inclusion in a final (e.g., OCT) image.
US11568537B2 Enhanced platen for pharmaceutical compounding
A system for preparing and administering a prescribed fluidic pharmaceutical compound, such as a chemotherapy compound, includes a scale having a platen. The scale is in communication with a user display for displaying an output of the scale. An image capture device having a field of view for capturing at least one image of an object placed on the platen is provided in communication with the user display for displaying the captured image. The platen may include a visual identifier for identifying a portion of the field of view of the image capture device. The platen may also include a tackifier or absorbent material. The platen may be formed of a light-transmissible material.
US11568532B2 Methods and systems for thermal imaging of moving objects
Method and system for determining sealing integrity and/or contamination of the sealing region by the filling material of a heat-sealed container, including imaging at least a part of a sealing region of the container using an imaging camera; wherein the imaging is performed during movement and/or transport of the container at a predetermined speed; and wherein the imaging is performed while moving the field of view of the camera in a same direction as the container, wherein the moving of the field of view is configured to reduce the velocity of the container relative to the imaging camera sufficiently to reduce smearing of images obtained.
US11568530B2 System and method to analyse an animal's image for market value determination
A system and method are disclosed for training a system or a model to allow estimation of the value of livestock that is farmed for monetary gain. The various aspects of the invention include generation of data that is used to supplement or augment capture or real data, wherein the subject of the data is an animal. Labels or attributes are generated and validated.
US11568529B2 Gas detection device that visualizes gas
A gas detection device includes: a processor that visualizes a gas by performing image processing on infrared image data in an inspection region imaged by an imaging device; a display that displays an inspection image that reflects a result of the image processing; and an input interface that receives an input of supplementary information on the inspection image displayed on the display.
US11568527B2 Video quality assessment using aggregated quality values
Calculating, for each frame of a plurality of frames, a corresponding quality value; calculating, for each frame of the plurality of frames, based on one or more visual attributes of a frame, a weight for the corresponding quality value of the frame; calculating an aggregate quality value for the plurality of frames based on the weight and the corresponding quality value for each frame of the plurality of frames; and providing an assessment of the plurality of frames based on the aggregate quality value for the plurality of frames.
US11568524B2 Tunable models for changing faces in images
Techniques are disclosed for changing the identities of faces in images. In embodiments, a tunable model for changing facial identities in images includes an encoder, a decoder, and dense layers that generate either adaptive instance normalization (AdaIN) coefficients that control the operation of convolution layers in the decoder or the values of weights within such convolution layers, allowing the model to change the identity of a face in an image based on a user selection. A separate set of dense layers may be trained to generate AdaIN coefficients for each of a number of facial identities, and the AdaIN coefficients output by different sets of dense layers can be combined to interpolate between facial identities. Alternatively, a single set of dense layers may be trained to take as input an identity vector and output AdaIN coefficients or values of weighs within convolution layers of the decoder.
US11568523B1 Techniques to perform fast fourier transform
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to perform a fast Fourier transform operation. In at least one embodiment, a fast Fourier transform operation is performed based on one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters indicate information about one or more operands of the fast Fourier transform.
US11568519B2 Image enhancement method, image enhancement apparatus, and method and apparatus for training image enhancement apparatus
An image enhancement method, an image enhancement apparatus, and a method and apparatus for training the image enhancement apparatus are provided. The image enhancement apparatus may enhance a quality of a raw image captured by an under-display camera (UDC). The image enhancement apparatus may process the raw image for each channel according to characteristics of a photographing environment of the UDC. The image enhancement apparatus may further enhance the image by processing the raw image to reflect characteristics for each channel.
US11568516B2 Depth-based image stitching for handling parallax
A solution to the problem of image and video stitching is disclosed that compensates for the effects of lens distortion, camera misalignment, and parallax in combining multiple images. The disclosed image stitching technique includes depth or disparity estimation, alignment, and blending processes configured to be computationally efficient and produce quality results by limiting the presence of noticeable seams and artifacts in the final stitched image. An inter-frame approach applies image stitching to video frames to maintain temporal continuity between successive frames across a stitched video output having a 360-degree viewing perspective. A temporal adjustment is configured to improve temporal continuity between a subsequent frame and a previous frame in a sequence of video frames.
US11568506B2 System of and method for facilitating on-device training and creating, updating, and disseminating micro-learning simulations
A system of and method for facilitating on-device training and creating, updating, and disseminating micro-leaning simulations is provided. The system utilizes a trio of core tools, which are Simulator tool, a Creation tool, and a management and monitoring tool. These tools are utilized to develop tracks, modules, and lessons for users to complete and demonstrate proficiency. The system provides for recreation of native mobile applications from screenshots and utilizing these recreations for the development of sandboxed lessons without need to access the native application during training. The system also includes utilizing mobile device features and peripherals to create a realistic training simulation.
US11568502B2 System and method of scheduling and managing travel routes
The present disclosure provides a description of systems and methods for managing routes and travel planning. A computing device of an entity receives, from a charter flight transportation provider and via an application programming interface associated with the entity, charter flight information for a plurality of charter flights. The computing device receives, from a commercial transportation provider and via an application programming interface associated with a different entity, commercial flight information for a plurality of commercial flights. The computing device stores records for the charter flight information and the commercial flight information. The computing device provides, to a user computing device, data for the user computing device to generate a single user interface including charter flight information, commercial flight information, and fields to enter search criteria. The computing device receives, from the user computing device, user-input search criteria including user starting location, user ending location, and date of travel.
US11568495B2 Computer systems and software for self-executing code and distributed database
A computer-implemented method includes creating a premiums escrow, with a zero balance, for a group of policyholders and managed using a distributed ledger and self-executing agreement. At a term beginning, the self-executing agreement receives premium payments using cryptocurrency from each policyholder and allocates the premium payments to the premiums escrow. During the term the self-executing agreement receives a notification of an incident claim associated with a claimant policyholder. At a term end, the self-executing agreement receives payment instructions from the policyholders; pays, using cryptocurrency from the premiums escrow, the claimant an incident claim payment larger than the premium payment and determined according to the payment instructions; and distributes to the policyholders a rebate payment equal to or lower than the premium payment from the premiums escrow, which returns to a zero balance. The self-executing agreement stores a record of the incident claim in a tamper-proof, publicly-available, non-repudiable distributed ledger.
US11568490B2 Systems including a hub platform, communication network and memory configured for processing data involving time-stamped/time-sensitive aspects and/or other features
Systems involving a hub platform, communication network, and memory configured for processing data involving time-stamped/time-sensitive aspects and other features are disclosed. In one example, an illustrative system may comprise a hub computer platform and associated computing components configured to generate a plurality of portals including at least first and second portals, including aspects such as automatically updating information displayed therein on a real-time basis between portals, automatically attaching and/or processing timestamps and identifier information that are attached to orders upon receipt and acceptance thereof, generating and/or processing information of an order file, generating, updating and/or interactively displaying various tabular and/or graphical information such as order and/or price discovery information that is automatically processed based on timestamps and/or other information, and/or generating other GUI features that, for example, may graphically display and continually update level-of-involvement information.
US11568487B2 System and method for controlled market data delivery in an electronic trading environment
A system and methods for controlled market data delivery are described. According to one example embodiment, upon detecting a preset threshold of updates in a queue at a gateway, a predetermined number of market updates may be processed before any data is sent to a client terminal. According to one method, update types may be used to control how many updates are processed before any data is sent. Also, once the number of updates to be processed is set, a market update having a higher priority update type may be used to trigger a change in the number of market updates that was set for processing.
US11568485B2 Transmission latency leveling apparatuses, methods and systems
Embodiments of the transmission latency leveling apparatuses, methods and systems provide an electronic bidding order management infrastructure, such as a “point-of-presence,” which receives and routes electronic trading orders from different trading entities at a server via a transmission medium to create a certain amount of transmission latency before the trading orders could arrive at and be executed at electronic exchanges to reduce latency arbitrage and/or order book arbitrage that may be experienced by high frequency trading participants. A similar transmission latency may be applied to the egress transmission of market data updates issued by an electronic exchange. Other techniques for facilitating electronic trading are also disclosed.
US11568482B1 Systems and methods for detecting and linking data objects across distributed platforms
In an illustrative embodiment, an automated system links data files associated with loan submissions that have different identification attributes. The system may include computing systems and devices for receiving requests from a number of remote computing systems to identify loan products associated with a data file. The system can generate a matching input matrix comparing identification attributes from a first data file to identification attributes of candidate data files. The system can apply attribute matching rules to the matching input matrix to identify other data files that correspond to the same loan product as the first data file despite the data files having different identification attributes. The system can link data files corresponding to the same loan product within a data repository with a product linking key and output the linking key or other data for the loan product to a receiving computing system.
US11568481B1 Intelligently bundling payments
Intelligent bundling of multiple loans is described. In an example, server computing device(s) can receive a request for a first loan to enable a buyer to purchase a first item from a first merchant and can generate the first loan based at least in part on determining that the buyer purchased the first item. The first loan can be associated with a balance based on an actual purchase price of the first item. The server computing device(s) can determine to bundle repayment of the first loan with at least a second loan, and based on determining to bundle repayment of the first loan and at least the second loan, the server computing device(s) can repay at least a portion of the first loan and at least a portion of the second loan via a single payment from an account of the buyer.
US11568480B2 Artificial intelligence derived anonymous marketplace
Systems and methods for an autonomous marketplace system include a server that extracts borrower data including financial, operational and business data, and lender data from prospective lenders including financial data and a target profile for each prospective lender. It then generates, using artificial intelligence, an autonomous ranked match of prospective lenders. The artificial intelligence identifies relationships between the borrower data and the prospective lender data to generate the autonomous ranked match based on a preference of the borrower and a correlation between the identified relationships. Upon the borrower entering an internet based chat room, the identities of the prospective lenders are revealed. The borrower selects one or more prospective lenders to receive a finance request, and after selection by the borrower, the selected prospective lenders are first notified and informed of an existence of the finance request of the borrower.
US11568474B2 On-line session trace system
In various example embodiments, a system and method for enhancing a user's on-line experience by utilizing a computer-implemented on-line session trace system is provided. The on-line session trace system is provided in connection with an on-line trading platform. The on-line session trace system records and stores a state of an on-line session associated with a user identification and permits a user associated with the user identification to commence a further on-line session from a state corresponding to the saved state of a previous on-line session.
US11568469B1 Systems and methods for generating recommendations based on multi-channel inputs
Features are disclosed for training and using a recommendation model configured to receive inputs from a user via a first channel and a second channel. The recommendation model can be trained with inputs from the first channel and inputs from the second channel. The recommendation model can receive a plurality of inputs from multiple channels and determine a probability of a future potential event for each channel. The probabilities may be based on the probability of a repeat event and the probability of a general event. The recommendation model may generate a recommendation for the user based on the probabilities of a future potential event.
US11568466B2 Systems and methods for recommendation generation
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for generating and providing recommendations of products are provided. For example, content is extracted from a message sent to a user. The content is evaluated to identify a product identifier corresponding to a product title of a product. If the product identifier is a truncated version of the product title, then a database of product titles and frequencies of occurrence of the product titles is used to complete the product title. A model is used to infer a product category for the product title. Matching scores are assigned to products within a product category based upon weighted attributes. A recommendation is provided to the user for a product having a matching score greater than a matching threshold.
US11568465B2 Intelligent online platform for digitizing, searching, and providing services
A method for an online service provision platform includes establishing a service product database containing a plurality of digitized service products, obtaining a search term from a user, and searching the service product database based on the search term to obtain a plurality of candidate service products. Each digital service product corresponds to a service item identifier, and the service item identifier uniquely identifies a service item and contains a plurality of fields including a category field, one or more sub-category fields, and a service item field. The method also includes displaying the candidate service products to the user to obtain a selected service product chosen from the candidate service products by the user, and performing a service provision process of the selected service product.
US11568464B2 Method, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and system for determining recommended search terms for a user of an online concierge system
An online concierge system may determine recommended search terms for a user. The online concierge system may receive a request from a user to view a user interface configured to receive a search query. The online concierge system retrieves long-term activity data including previous search terms entered by the user while searching for items to add to an online shopping cart. For each previous search term, the online concierge system retrieves categorical search terms corresponding to one or more categories to which the previous search term was mapped. The online concierge system determines a set of nearby categorical search terms and sends, for display via a client device, the set of nearby categorical search terms as recommended search terms.
US11568463B2 Heterogeneous graph embedding
A computer-implemented system and method for generating heterogeneous graph feature embeddings for feature learning and prediction. An application server may receive and process a plurality of feature datasets to generate a graph data structure comprising a plurality of interconnected transaction pairs. The application server processes the graph data structure to determine a first-order transaction pair corresponding to a maximum transaction frequency based on a user identifier; executes a jumping probability algorithm to process the graph data structure to determine a second-order transaction pair jumping from a first-order transaction pair; and generates a transaction sequence associated with the user identifier.
US11568461B2 Facilitating online transactions
Merchandise content is aggregated from numerous merchant sources and presented on computing devices of individual users. Users are able to purchase select individual merchandise items by performing a simplified action, such as a screen tap on a touchscreen device. When the user performs the action, a series of actions are performed programmatically and/or automatically on behalf of the user to initiate and complete the transaction for the selected merchandise item from the merchant source.
US11568459B2 Social product promotion
Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system having social networking aspects. The e-commerce system leverages such social networking aspects to help promote the sale of products.
US11568454B2 Methods and systems for personalizing visitor experience at a non-profit venue using machine learning to predict visitor sentiment
An information technology platform for personalizing an experience of a visitor at a non-profit venue comprising: a network; a server in communication with the network; a mobile computing device to be carried by a visitor to a non-profit venue, wherein the platform determines personalized information about the visitor and a recommendation engine outputs a suggestion for a personalized experience to the visitor to encourage philanthropic activity related to an ongoing philanthropic campaign; and a machine learning system for learning on a training set of photographic data or video data, the learning to train the machine learning system to predict a sentiment towards the ongoing philanthropic campaign of the visitor based, at least in part, on photographic images or video images that are taken by the visitor, that are shared to the visitor, that are shared by the visitor or that include the visitor as a subject.
US11568451B2 Dual-optimization of targeted digital assets under volume and position constraints
Branded content, or a target asset, may be included in a set of ordered assets based on the category of an anchor asset. Fill rates, total views of the target asset, or a combination may be used in selecting an optimization strategy. A dual optimization may be used to reduce the burden of presentation based on historical yield rates and follow-on rates observed from category transition data. Serendipity may be incorporated in the process through use of a reserve pool of transitions.
US11568449B2 Information processor and server capable of displaying an image with a redisplay button
A server comprises a storage unit for storing a plurality of image data, a first end input request image data including a redisplay setting image for setting whether to display the image on the information processor again or not and a first end request image for ending the display of the image, a second end input request image data including a second end request image for rejecting the redisplay of the image and ending the display of the image, and association data in which one of the first end input request image data and the second end input request image data is stored in association with the types of the plurality of image data, and a controller for executing a process of transmitting any one image data of the plurality of image data and either the first end input request image data or the second end input request image data associated based on the association data corresponding to the image data to the information processor.
US11568448B2 Synthetic user profiles and monitoring online advertisements
Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring and policing online advertisements. Content of a website is evaluated and assigned a score. The content evaluated may be either first-party content or third-party content or both. If the score fails predetermined criteria, a report is generated. Synthetic user profiles can be generated using a browser (or other software) to visit a number of predetermined or pseudo-random sites and accumulate user-specific data as it visits each of the sites. The browser stores off the accumulated user-specific data in conjunction with a synthetic user profile.
US11568447B2 Tunable statistical IDs
A method, system, and computer program product for managing user identification codes in an internet advertising environment. One aspect implements a system including a database engine to store a plurality of signals comprising characteristics and/or values received from a user device. A user ID generator calculates collision statistics and/or fragmentation statistics to form a first mapping function that is in turn used to generate a plurality of identification codes based at least in part a first set of selected signals. A calibration module produces measurements determined from collision quantities and/or fragmentation quantities using the first mapping function, wherein the measurements are determined by comparing the plurality of identification codes to entries in a known ID database. A sequencing module generates updated sequences of mapping functions.
US11568443B2 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
To provide more useful additional information to the user at a more effective timing.Provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls an output of additional information related to a product purchased by a user. The output control unit controls an output of the additional information on the basis of delivery information about the product. In addition, provided is an information processing method that is executed by a processor, the information processing method including controlling an output of additional information related to a product purchased by a user. The controlling of an output includes controlling an output of the additional information on the basis of delivery information about the product.
US11568439B2 Systems and methods to pre-scale media content to facilitate audience measurement
Methods and apparatus for pre-scaling media content to facilitate audience measurement are disclosed. An example method includes encoding a media content sample in accordance with a first encoding configuration and playing the encoded sample. The example method also includes attempting to detect the codes in the sample, and computing a ratio between the codes encoded in the sample and the codes detected when the sample is played.
US11568438B1 System for generating a digital promotion based upon completed tasks within a group chat and related methods
A system for generating a digital promotion may include mobile wireless communications devices each associated with a respective user, and a promotion generation server. The promotion generation server may obtain a group chat code from a given mobile wireless communications device for starting a group chat with other users, and obtain a unique identifier from the given mobile wireless communications device and add a respective mobile wireless communications device to the group chat based upon the unique identifier. The promotion generation server may also generate tasks for the users to complete via the respective mobile wireless communications devices for display within the group chat, and determine when each of the tasks has been completed based upon input from at least one of the mobile wireless communications devices, and when so generate and communicate the digital promotion to the mobile wireless communications devices for display within the group chat.
US11568436B2 Creating an awards profile
A reward program is a type of “loyalty marketing” that typically utilizes a formal scheme to promote or encourage specific actions or behavior by a target audience. For instance, credit card companies have been known to offer “cash back” rewards to cardholders for using a particular credit card over some other form of payment. As another example, airlines are known to offer “frequent flier” mile rewards for electing to fly on a particular airline. The frequent flier miles can be traded in for travel discounts. Loyalty marketing concepts can also be applied to website applications. For instance, a website reward program can allow visitors an opportunity to earn virtual awards, e.g.: badges, titles, points, etc. Visitors can also earn awards that translate into real-world benefits, such as discounts, vouchers, etc.
US11568434B2 Systems and methods for executing feedback actions based upon vehicle practices
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for executing feedback actions based upon vehicle practices are provided. For example, sensor data is collected from sensors configured to collect sensor data associated with vehicles. The sensor data is synthesized to attribute sensor data to vehicle motion of the vehicle in relation to other objects. The vehicle motion is synthesized to determine driving actions of the vehicle, such as switching lanes, making a left hand turn, running a red light, etc. Vehicle practices of the vehicle are defined based upon the driving actions, such as a vehicle practice of a driver running red lights. A feedback action is executed to either reward the vehicle practices or incentivize a change in the vehicle practices.
US11568433B2 Predictive change for real estate application
A method for setting or adjusting a sale price for a subject real estate listing including receiving data regarding a subject real estate listing from a handheld device operating a predictive showing change application. The data regarding the subject real estate listing is compared with a multiple of comparable real estate listings and an output that compares a number of showings for a suggested price of the subject real estate listing compared to a number of showings based on the multiple of comparable real estate listings is determined.
US11568428B1 Detection and breaking of pricing loops in an e-commerce marketplace
A system and method of automatically detecting pricing loops by generating a price-history database and searching the database for recurring pricing update patterns. If a price update pattern is detected, then the price republishing is blocked until a next event occurs to interrupt the pricing loop. A pricing engine searches the price-history database before publishing a new price. If a past price recurs multiple times over a predetermined time period, then it is saved as a candidate value for a pricing loop. A current price to be published is compared to the candidate value, and if there is a match, then the current price is suppressed.
US11568425B2 Computerized systems and methods for detecting product title inaccuracies
Systems and methods are provided for detecting inaccuracy in a product title, comprising identifying, by running a string algorithm on a title associated with a product, at least one product type associated with the product, predicting, using a machine learning algorithm, at least one product type associated with the product based on the title, detecting an inaccuracy in the title, based on at least one of the identification or the prediction, and outputting, to a remote device, a message indicating that the title comprises the inaccuracy. Running the string algorithm may comprise receiving a set of strings, generating a trie based on the received set of strings, receiving the title, and traversing the generated trie using the title to find a match. Using the machine learning algorithm may comprise identifying words in the title, learning a vector representation for each character n-gram of each word, and summing each character n-gram.
US11568423B2 Multi-dimensional product information analysis, management, and application systems and methods
Disclosed here are methods of analyzing product-related datasets using a computer system including a product data collection; receiving a product-related data submission; identifying system-identified terms in the submission; generating a query dataset comprising search elements, such as lexical vector(s), semantic vector(s), or both; querying the product data collection and identifying datasets that sufficiently match aspect(s) of the query dataset; comparing the content of the submission and matching datasets to provide an output such as a determination of an error or omission in the submission, identifying a relationship between the submission product and a product associated with an identified dataset; or assessing one or more product status characteristics; and optionally performing additional applications, such as generating a regulatory authority submission based on the determination that the submission product is subject a regulatory requirements based on the comparison of the submission with the identified datasets.
US11568421B1 Client side diagnostics for enhanced customer care
Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing an issue associated with an enterprise application on a client device by initiating a communication from the client device to a CSR device to report the issue, generating a matter identifier associated with the reported issue, transmitting a communication containing a deep link to the client device, invoking the deep link to initiate mining of logging data corresponding to the use of the enterprise application and stored locally on the client device, formatting and/or tagging the mined logging data with the matter identifier, transmitting the formatted mined logging data from the client device to the CSR device and/or a proprietary server, analyzing the mined logging data to diagnose a source of the reported issue, and attempting to resolve the reported issue based on the analysis of the mined logging data.
US11568420B2 Analysis of customer feedback surveys
Systems and methods of design, delivery, and analysis of customer feedback surveys include receiving interaction content. Interaction content is analyzed to identify at least one issue arising in the interaction content. A survey of a plurality of questions is automatedly created based upon the identified at least one issue. A delivery channel for the survey is determined. The survey is delivered through the determined delivery channel. A survey response with survey results data is received.
US11568417B1 Interbank account verification and funds transfer system and method
A process includes receiving a check deposit and a withdrawal request associated with an account of a customer, the account associated with a first amount, the check deposit includes a second amount greater than the first amount, and the withdrawal request includes a third amount greater than the first amount. The process further includes forwarding, via an account verification system, an inquiry message regarding the check deposit to a paying computing system, the inquiry message including an identifier of the paying computing system, the inquiry message forwarded prior to settlement of the check deposit. The process further includes determining real time account status information of the account of the payor, and authorizing in real time relative to when the real time account status is accessed.
US11568414B2 Online transaction verification based on merchant-independent user geolocation
In certain embodiments, an online transaction is verified based on merchant-independent user geolocation. A geolocation of a user associated with the online transaction is obtained from a mobile device of the user by a transaction verifying entity separate and independent from a merchant entity with which the online transaction is initiated. A server associated with the transaction verifying entity determines a proximity of the geolocation of the user to a delivery address for verifying the online transaction. The server generates a verification message including an approval message based on the proximity of the geolocation to the delivery address being within a specified threshold. The server generates a verification message including a rejection message based on the proximity of the geolocation to a delivery address exceeding the specified threshold. The server sends the verification message to another server associated with the merchant entity to carry out the online transaction accordingly.
US11568412B2 Systems and methods for verifying users, in connection with transactions using payment devices
Systems and methods for verifying users in connection with transactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes, in response to a payment device being inserted at a terminal, initiating, by a security chip of the payment device, a timer and capturing, by a biometric sensor of the payment device, a fingerprint while the timer is unexpired. The method also includes verifying, by the security chip, the captured fingerprint against reference fingerprint data stored in memory in the payment device and, in response to the captured fingerprint being verified, while the timer is unexpired, initiating, by the security chip, with the terminal, a transaction to an account using an account number specific to a biometric application of the payment device. An issuer can recognize verification of a user associated with the fingerprint based on the account number in an authorization request, instead of a different account number for the account.
US11568408B1 Apparatus and method for processing virtual credit cards for digital identities
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to maintain digital identities. Each digital identity has identity attributes different than identity attributes associated with a real individual utilizing the digital identity. Each digital identity has an associated attribute for compartmentalized network activity. Interactions between the digital identities and a virtual card provider are supported to secure virtual cards for the digital identities. Interactions between the digital identities and a persona management application are brokered, including delivering the virtual cards for the digital identities to the persona management application.
US11568400B2 Anomaly and fraud detection with fake event detection using machine learning
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for transaction auditing. One example method includes training at least one machine learning model to determine features that can be used to determine whether an image is an authentic image of a document or an automatically generated document image, using a training set of authentic images and a training set of automatically generated document images. A request to classify an image as either an authentic image of a document or an automatically generated document image is received. The machine learning model(s) are used to classify the image as either an authentic image of a document or an automatically generated document image, based on features included in the image that are identified by the machine learning model(s). A classification of the image is provided. The machine learning model(s) are updated based on the image and the classification of the image.
US11568397B2 Providing a financial/clinical data interchange
Systems and methods for providing a financial/clinical data interchange are provided. The financial/clinical data interchange provides a distributed implementation to a secure hash key (i.e., a token) and value pair data derived from a medical claim (e.g., patient identification, submitter identification, payer identification, encounter identification, and the like) and enriched with submitter-based domain data. The token may be used as a data attribute in an API that unlocks a pointer to the value (e.g., a fast healthcare interoperability resources (FHIR) uniform resource identifier (URI) to the patient encounter associated with the claim) to leverage a FHIR query for all documented medical records associated with the claim the payer is authorized by the submitter to view.
US11568396B2 Method for using and revoking authentication information and blockchain-based server using the same
A method for using authentication information is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) a managing server, if a request for using the authentication information is acquired, acquiring a transaction ID corresponding to a specific user's identification information; (b) the managing server acquiring an output of a specific transaction corresponding to the transaction ID from a blockchain; (c) the managing server determining revocation of the authentication information by referring to the output of the specific transaction; and (d) the managing server supporting a communication by providing the specific user's public key in the output of the specific transaction, if the authentication information is not revoked, and if (i) a hash value of the specific user's identification information included in the output of the specific transaction or its processed value corresponds to (ii) a hash value of the specific user's identification information pre-stored in a certain database or its processed value.
US11568394B1 Method for issuing and transacting non-fungible tokens based on time-context data to be used for supporting transactions of historical time slots, and server using the same
A method for issuing non-fungible tokens based on time-context data to be used for supporting transactions of historical time slots includes steps of: (a) an NFT platform server, in response to acquiring a specific intention, determining whether at least one specific issuance condition for at least one specific token corresponding to at least one specific historical time slot is satisfied; and (b) the NFT platform server, in response to determining that the specific issuance condition is satisfied, transmitting a specific transaction indicating that an issuance of the specific token is valid to at least part of nodes included in the blockchain network, to thereby update the nodes in the blockchain network and thus enable the issuance of the specific token corresponding to the specific historical time slot.
US11568393B2 Methods and systems for transferring unspent transaction output (UTXO) tokens in a blockchain network
Mechanisms for efficiently transferring multiple unspent transaction output (UTXO) tokens in a blockchain network operating a UTXO-based token transaction model are disclosed herein. These methods allow for the use of less computer processing and network bandwidth resources in the transfer of blockchain items, particularly in blockchain schemes with lineage tracking mechanisms (e.g. as may allow for clawback of tokens). Some embodiments comprise generating a delegated account and transferring the UTXO tokens into the delegated account. The ownership of the delegated account can then be transferred to another use of the blockchain network in a single transaction, thereby avoiding the need to individually transfer the UTXO tokens and incur the memory and computational resource burden and costs associated with therewith.
US11568390B2 Re-using e-commerce payment instruments for in-store use systems and methods
Provided are a re-using e-commerce payment instruments for in-store purchasing systems and methods. A customer enters a check out and a transaction at the point of sale is started. The system receives a pairing request at a wallet processor from a customer mobile device operating a mobile application. This pairing request is created and sent in response to scanning of a code having a transaction identification. The system associates a customer payment profile with the transaction identification and sends associated information to the point of sale. The point of sale sends an amount of sale to authorize to the wallet processor after completing scanning of items. The system creates an authorization for payment and sending the authorization for payment to an authorizer. The transaction may then be completed by processing payment.
US11568385B2 System, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media related to transactions using a mobile device
Techniques for related to retail transaction are disclosed. The techniques involve various uses of a mobile device, such as a cell phone, in authorizing payment for a retail transaction and/or receiving and/or transmitting data to/from the mobile device.
US11568384B2 Cryptocurrency transactions with synchronized images
A value is exchanged between accounts held by users of two portable electronic devices. The devices synchronize disappearance of the image at the sending device and appearance of the image at the receiving device to give the impression that a physical object representative of the value has been exchanged (e.g., handed) between the users.
US11568376B2 Assignment of conditional access rights to assignable tokens based on an interaction
A method includes initiating, by a first computing device, an interaction with a second computing device. The first computing device includes a first digital asset unit and the second computing device includes a second digital asset unit. The first digital asset unit stores assignable tokens. The method further includes determining to assign conditional access rights to an amount of the assignable tokens to the second digital asset unit where the conditional access rights are in accordance with a set of conditions. The assignment of conditional access rights is a self-enforcing smart contract embedded in an assignable token distributed ledger technology. The method further includes locking the amount of the assignable tokens stored in the first digital asset unit and providing the conditional access rights to the amount of the assignable tokens to second digital asset unit. The second digital asset unit does not store the amount of the assignable tokens.
US11568375B2 Decentralized systems and methods for transferring information between subsystems of communication networks
Systems and methods which utilize one or more social networking systems when creating, funding, and/or notifying a party of a transaction are provided. In accordance with one aspect, a money transfer transaction may be staged by a user whereupon a link corresponding to the staged transaction may be posted to one or more social networking services in order to allow for multiple users to access and fund the staged transaction. Additionally, in some aspects a user of a social networking service may generate a comment or post which then automatically triggers the staging of a money transfer transaction. Moreover, social networking services may be utilized to provide various notifications regarding money transfer transactions.
US11568370B2 Methods and systems for associating a team with a meeting
A method for associating a team with a meeting for prospective meeting includes receiving a meeting invitation comprising first information, wherein the first information comprises data identifying the prospective meeting attendees, receiving second information for a plurality of teams, wherein the second information comprises data identifying members for each one of the plurality of teams, comparing the first information with the second information to determine a match metric for each one of the plurality of teams, and determining a matching team from the plurality of teams for which the match metric is above a match threshold value. The method further includes, in response to determining that the match metric is below the match threshold value computed for each one of the plurality of teams, creating a new team, and associating one of the matching team or the new team with the meeting for prospective meeting attendees.
US11568368B2 Classification engine instance informing parsing of emails received by an email client instance executed by a mobile device
A system in which existing email protocols are leveraged to exchange information between two or more client devices. In some examples, a trained classifier can be leveraged to apply a label or classification to a received email. Based on the classification of the email, one or more parsers can be selected which can output data to be displayed in a dedicated portion of a graphical user interface.
US11568364B2 Computing system implementing morbidity prediction using a correlative health assertion library
A computing system can execute a correlation model for a library of health assertions to configure a correlation value for each health assertion. The correlation value comprises a correlation between knowledge associated with the health assertion and known health outcomes of individuals in a control group who have also provided responses to the health assertions. The computing system provides a health trivia session for users and based at least in part on the performance of the user, generates a morbidity risk profile that is used to classify the user in an underwriting class.
US11568361B1 Merging events in interactive data processing systems
This disclosure describes interactive data processing systems configured to facilitate selection by a human associate of tentative results generated by an automated system from sensor data. In one implementation, an event may take place in a materials handling facility. The event may comprise a pick or place of an item from an inventory location, movement of a user, and so forth. The sensor data associated with the event is processed by an automated system to determine tentative results associated with the event. In some situations, an uncertainty may exist as to which of the tentative results accurately reflects the actual event. The system may then determine whether the event is to be merged with one or more temporally and spatially proximate events and, if so, the sensor data and tentative results for the merged event is sent to a human associate. The associate may select one of the tentative results.
US11568356B1 System and method of augmented visualization of planograms
A system and method are disclosed for augmented visualization of a planogram of one or more supply chain entities. Embodiments include creating a planogram comprising one or more products, the products associated with a location, and retrieving an image of the planogram and one or more customer segments. Embodiments further include mapping one or more coordinates in an image of a planogram that correspond to the one or more customer segments and rendering an augmented visualization comprising altering the image of a planogram at one or more coordinates to illustrate the one or more customer segments.
US11568355B2 Depot dispatch protocol for aggregating on-demand deliveries
Provided are various mechanisms and processes for optimizing real-time, on-demand delivery service for perishable goods. In one aspect, a method is provided for aggregating on-demand deliveries using a depot dispatch protocol. The method comprises dispatching runners to pick up on-demand orders for drop off at a depot where the orders are aggregated and batched based on optimized delivery routes and destination proximities. Batches of orders are then assigned to couriers who may arrive at the depot to receive the batched orders without having to navigate through areas of high congestion. Such delivery routing system may be implemented alongside a delivery tracking system for generating estimated time of arrival predictive updates for real-time delivery of perishable goods.
US11568353B2 Shipping package tracking or monitoring system and method
A shipping package (1) comprises an enclosure for receiving content within, a closure (14) for sealing the enclosure, a label comprising shipping information, a network module (380), a sensor module (382), and a battery module (384). The battery module provides power to the network module and the sensor module. The sensor module (382) providing location information to the network module, the network module transmits a shipping status message to an external device.
US11568352B2 Immersive packaging system and method
A packaging system and method includes an immersive reality system that renders a 3D representation of an item to be shipped and the shipping box in which the item is to be shipped. A server includes a database of items and item data and shipping box data, which is used to produce a 3D representation of the item and the shipping box. A GUI exhibits the items such that a user may selectively view, select, and/or manipulate the items. A computer enables a user to query the server to ship a selected item. A network node transmits selected item data and shipping box data to the immersive reality system. The 3D representations include position and orientation data enabling manipulation of the 3D representation of the selected item relative to the 3D representation of the shipping box into a desired position. The system ships the selected item in the desired position.
US11568351B2 Systems and methods for arranging transport of alimentary components
A system for arranging and executing transport of alimentary components. Data is received by at least a server based off one or more diagnostic outputs of biological extractions, performed by a diagnostic engine, and a transport request based on the diagnostic outputs and other data pertaining to the user is transmitted to a client device associated with one or more physical performance entities. Based on the geographic location of the user and the transport request, one or more physical performance entities configured to transmit alimentary components aligning with the transport request are identified, and the transport request is transmitted to the client device based on a determination by the at least a server that the one or more physical performance entities include an ability to execute the transport request.
US11568348B1 Pre-data breach monitoring
A method for providing pre-data breach monitoring provides information to businesses that is useful to predict portions of the company data that may not be secured well enough and other risks associated with data breaches, such as employees that may not be trustworthy.
US11568345B1 Cognitive-defined network management
Techniques are described for cognitive defined network management (CDNM) that seek to perform real-time collection and analysis of raw network data from across a disaggregated wireless network and to dynamically orchestrate network management functions substantially in real time, accordingly. For example, a multi-modal artificial intelligence (AI) engine is trained to normalize the heterogeneous raw network data into homogeneous so-called “golden record data.” A repository of historical golden records can be maintained for generating data models for use in training AI network management applications. An orchestrator can operate to directing execution of pre-developed network management workflows based on results obtained from querying the trained AI network management applications with newly received (real-time) golden records.
US11568336B2 Information-technology-utilization evaluation device, information-technology-utilization evaluation system, and information-technology-utilization evaluation method
An information-technology-utilization evaluation device evaluates the degree of utilization of information technology in process management targeted at a managed process that is a set of unit processes. The information-technology-utilization evaluation device includes a first determination unit to evaluate an achievement status of automation of the process management through utilization of the information technology to determine a maturity level of the automation in the managed process and a maturity level of the automation in the unit processes.
US11568335B2 Communication system facilitating a contextual environment for a user filling various role agents
A system is provided for implementing, managing or running a communication or workflow management system having multiple role agents representing roles, person agents representing users and device agents representing devices. The system combines a plurality of the role agents and their associated person agents and device agents into at least one mission, links the role agents to the person agents with a policy chain, and links the person agents to the device agents with a policy chain within a mission. Selected communications may be linked to at least one of the missions with a policy chain, such as a policy chain that links selected communications to at least one of the role agents in a mission.
US11568307B2 Data augmentation for text-based AI applications
A cognitive system (artificial intelligence) is optimized by assessing different data augmentation methods used to augment training data, and then training the system using a training set augmented by the best identified method. The augmentation methods are assessed by applying them to the same set of training data to generate different augmented training data sets. Respective instances of the cognitive system are trained with the augmented sets, and each instance is subjected to validation testing to assess its goodness. The validation testing can include multiple validation tests leading to component scores, and a combined validation score is computed as a weighted average of the component scores using respective weights for each validation test. The augmentation method corresponding to the instance having the highest combined validation score is selected as the optimum augmentation method for the particular cognitive system at hand.
US11568306B2 Data privacy protected machine learning systems
Approaches for private and interpretable machine learning systems include a system for processing a query. The system includes one or more teacher modules for receiving a query and generating a respective output, one or more privacy sanitization modules for privacy sanitizing the respective output of each of the one or more teacher modules, and a student module for receiving a query and the privacy sanitized respective output of each of the one or more teacher modules and generating a result. Each of the one or more teacher modules is trained using a respective private data set. The student module is trained using a public data set. In some embodiments, human understandable interpretations of an output from the student module is provided to a model user.
US11568303B2 Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a first memory configured to store a first artificial intelligence (AI) model including a plurality of first elements and a processor configured to include a second memory. The second memory is configured to store a second AI model including a plurality of second elements. The processor is configured to acquire output data from input data based on the second AI model. The first AI model is trained through an AI algorithm. Each of the plurality of second elements includes at least one higher bit of a plurality of bits included in a respective one of the plurality of first elements.
US11568301B1 Context-aware machine learning system
A machine learning system includes multiple machine learning models. A target object, such as a file, is scanned for machine learning features. Context information of the target object, such as the type of the object and how the object was received in a computer, is employed to select a machine learning model among the multiple machine learning models. The machine learning model is also selected based on threat intelligence, such as census information of the target object. The selected machine learning model makes a prediction using machine learning features extracted from the target object. The target object is allowed or blocked depending on whether or not the prediction indicates that the target object is malicious.
US11568300B2 Apparatus and method for managing machine learning with plurality of learning algorithms and plurality of training dataset sizes
A machine learning management apparatus identifies a maximum prediction performance score amongst a plurality of prediction performance scores corresponding to a plurality of models generated by executing each of a plurality of machine learning algorithms. As for a first machine learning algorithm having generated a model corresponding to the maximum prediction performance score, the machine learning management apparatus determines a first training dataset size to be used when the first machine learning algorithm is executed next time based on the maximum prediction performance score, first estimated prediction performance scores, and first estimated runtimes. As for a second machine learning algorithm different from the first machine learning algorithm, the machine learning management apparatus determines a second training dataset size to be used when the second machine learning algorithm is executed next time based on the maximum prediction performance score, second estimated prediction performance scores, and second estimated runtimes.
US11568298B2 Surface code computations using auto-CCZ quantum states
Methods and apparatus for performing surface code computations using Auto-CCZ states. In one aspect, a method for implementing a delayed choice CZ operation on a first and second data qubit using a quantum computer includes: preparing a first and second routing qubit in a magic state; interacting the first data qubit with the first routing qubit and the second data qubit with the second routing qubit using a first and second CNOT operation, where the first and second data qubits act as controls for the CNOT operations; if a received first classical bit represents an off state: applying a first and second Hadamard gate to the first and second routing qubit; measuring the first and second routing qubit using Z basis measurements to obtain a second and third classical bit; and performing classically controlled fixup operations on the first and second data qubit using the second and third classical bits.
US11568295B2 Product decomposition of periodic functions in quantum signal processing
In some embodiments, one or more unitary-valued functions are generated by a classical computer generating using projectors with a predetermined number of significant bits. A quantum computing device is then configured to implement the one or more unitary-valued functions. In further embodiments, a quantum circuit description for implementing quantum signal processing that decomposes complex-valued periodic functions is generated by a classical computer, wherein the generating further includes representing approximate polynomials in a Fourier series with rational coefficients. A quantum computing device is then configured to implement a quantum circuit defined by the quantum circuit description.
US11568294B2 Boosting quantum artificial intelligence models
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate a classical and quantum ensemble artificial intelligence model are described. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise an ensemble component that generates an ensemble artificial intelligence model comprising a classical artificial intelligence model and a quantum artificial intelligence model. The computer executable components can further comprise a score component that computes probability scores of a dataset based on the ensemble artificial intelligence model.
US11568291B2 Petroleum play analysis and display
A system for analysis and display of hydrocarbon play information according to some aspects determines a probability of source rock occurrence according to source rock age based on a proven play concept. The system can also determine a relative probability of migration for hydrocarbons from a source rock of a proposed petroleum play concept to a reservoir. A relative probability of wellbore success for the proposed play concept can be determined at least in part based on these probabilities. The system can display the relative probability of wellbore success for the proposed play concept, either alone as part of a displayed inventory of proposed hydrocarbon play concepts. The system can produce accurate results that facilitate rapid play concept investigations for hydrocarbon exploration.
US11568290B2 Method for displaying, user interface unit, display device and inspection apparatus
An inspection apparatus includes a group data creation unit configured to create group data obtained by dividing a plurality of samples into a plurality of groups, a statistical state calculation unit configured to perform a statistical process for the samples divided into each of the groups to calculate data indicating a statistical state of a predetermined data item between the groups, and a user interface unit configured to display the statistical state in a display format enabling recognition of the statistical state between the groups on the basis of the data indicating the statistical state of the predetermined data item between the groups calculated by the statistical state calculation unit.
US11568288B2 Augmented knowledge base and reasoning with uncertainties and/or incompleteness
A knowledge-based system under uncertainties and/or incompleteness, referred to as augmented knowledge base (AKB) is provided, including constructing, reasoning, analyzing and applying AKBs by creating objects in the form E→A, where A is a rule in a knowledgebase and E is a set of evidences that supports the rule A. A reasoning scheme under uncertainties and/or incompleteness is provided as augmented reasoning (AR).
US11568285B2 Systems and methods for identification and management of compliance-related information associated with enterprise it networks
Various examples are provided related to identification of protected information elements associated with unique entities in data files present in data file collections associated with enterprise IT networks. The unique entities can be associated with one or more entity identifications in one or more data files. Computer-generated identification of entity identifications and protected information elements can be conducted, in part, by at least some human review. Information generated accordingly to the disclosed methodology can be used to generate plans for a time and number of human reviewers needed to review data files. Information generated from the processes herein can be configured as user notifications, reports, dashboards, machine learning for subsequent data file analyses, and notifications of unique entities having protected information elements present in one or more data files.
US11568284B2 System and method for determining a structured representation of a form document utilizing multiple machine learning models
Systems and methods may be used to generate and use a structured form representation and structured metadata. The structured form representation and structured metadata may include information relevant to a particular context and may be used to update document templates, import new documents and update document versions into software, automate data entry for document completion, update records to include new and or updated information, and provide other functionality of an information service.
US11568283B2 Artificial intelligence orchestration layer to facilitate migrations between different artificial intelligence platforms
There are provided systems and methods for an artificial intelligence (AI) orchestration layer to facilitate migrations between different AI platforms. A service provider may provide AI portability functions through an orchestration layer that connects different AI services and platforms. The orchestration layer may be used to monitor user interactions with a first AI platform that request AI predictive services and outputs. Using these monitored interactions, the service provider may build and train a simulated AI model that attempts to mirror or replicate the AI model trained for the user on the first AI platform. Thereafter, when the user begins use of a second AI platform that includes the same or similar functionalities to the first AI platform, the service provider may utilize the orchestration layer to assist in training an AI model on the second AI platform based on the previously trained AI model on the first AI platform.
US11568279B2 Anomaly detection for automated information technology processes
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a record including a set of attributes, each attribute having an attribute value, the record representing automatic execution of an IT process within a managed system, retrieving a model representing historical executions of the IT process and including a set of distribution parameters associated with a first type of attribute and a set of probability distributions associated with a second type of attribute, determining, for a first attribute, a first score based on distribution parameters and a value, determining, for a second attribute, a second score based on a probability distribution and a value, the second attribute being of the second type of attribute, and selectively indicating that the IT process is anomalous based on an outlier score.
US11568277B2 Method and apparatus for detecting anomalies in mission critical environments using word representation learning
A method and system for detecting anomalies in mission-critical environments using word representation learning are provided. The method includes parsing at least one received data set into a text structure; isolating a protocol language of the at least one received data set, wherein the protocol language is a standardized pattern for communication over at least one communication protocol; generating at least one document from the contents of the received at least one data set, wherein the at least one document includes at least one parsed text structure referencing a unique identifier; detecting insights in the at least one generated document, wherein insights are detected in at least one representation having at least one dimension, wherein the representation is mapped to at least one learned hyperspace; extracting rules from the detected insights; and detecting anomalies by applying the extracted rules on patterns for communication over at least one communication protocol.
US11568276B1 Adaptive document understanding
An approach is provided in which a method, system, and program create a plurality of page clusters in feature space from a plurality of feature vectors corresponding to a plurality of unstructured pages. The method, system, and program product assign one of a plurality of machine learning models to each one of the plurality of page clusters based on a relationship in the feature space between the plurality of page clusters and a plurality of training clusters corresponding to the plurality of machine learning models. The method, system, and program product identify one of the plurality of page clusters that corresponds to a selected one of the plurality of unstructured pages, and transform the selected unstructured page into a structured page using a selected one of the plurality of machine learning models assigned to the identified page cluster.
US11568274B2 Surfacing unique facts for entities
Systems and methods identify and provide interesting facts about an entity. An example method includes selecting documents associated with at least one unique fact trigger, the documents being from a document repository. The method also includes generating entity-sentence pairs from the documents and, for a first entity of the entities represented by the entity-sentence pairs, clustering the entity-sentence pairs for the first entity using salient terms occurring in the sentence. The method also includes determining a representative sentence for each of the clusters and providing at least one of the representative sentences in response to a query that identifies the first entity. Another example method includes determining that a query relates to an entity in a knowledge base, determining that the entity has an associated unique fact list, and providing at least one of the unique facts in the list in response to the query.
US11568273B2 Multi-dimensional cognition for unified cognition in cognitive assistance
Provided are techniques for unified cognition for a virtual personal cognitive assistant. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are coupled to a cognitive model, wherein the cognitive model includes a cognitive classifier, and wherein the cognitive classifier includes a cognitive dimension map and a recognition process. Input from one or more of the IoT devices is received. The cognitive dimension map is used to identify rules based on the input. The recognition process is used to identify events based on the rules. Then, the events are issued to one or more of the IoT devices, wherein the one or more IoT devices execute actions in response to the events.
US11568271B1 Machine learning in resource-constrained environments
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to determine whether to perform an action, wherein the action is based on one or more feature values, generating a prediction of whether to perform the action, wherein the prediction is generated using a machine-learning model that is trained based on the feature values, a heuristic value based on the feature values, and one or more feedback scores based on corresponding past predictions generated by the machine-learning model, where the heuristic value indicates whether to perform the action based on one or more predetermined conditions that are based on the feature values, performing the action when the prediction indicates that the action is to be performed, receiving a feedback score that indicates a level of effectiveness of the prediction, and updating the machine-learning model based on the feedback score, the feature values, and the heuristic value.
US11568270B2 Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing improved generative adversarial network implementation program, improved generative adversarial network implementation apparatus, and learned model generation method
A generation function to generate and output generated data from an input, a discrimination function to cause each discriminator to discriminate whether the data to be discriminated is based on the training data or the generated data and to output a discrimination result. Also an update function to update the discriminator that has output the discrimination result such that the data to be discriminated is discriminated with higher accuracy, and to further update the generator to increase a probability of discriminating that the generated data-based data to be discriminated is the training data-based data, and a whole update function to cause the updates to be executed for the generator and all the discriminators.
US11568265B2 Continual selection of scenarios based on identified tags describing contextual environment of a user for execution by an artificial intelligence model of the user by an autonomous personal companion
An autonomous personal companion executing a method including capturing data related to user behavior. Patterns of user behavior are identified in the data and classified using predefined patterns associated with corresponding predefined tags to generate a collected set of one or more tags. The collected set is compared to sets of predefined tags of a plurality of scenarios, each to one or more predefined patterns of user behavior and a corresponding set of predefined tags. A weight is assigned to each of the sets of predefined tags, wherein each weight defines a corresponding match quality between the collected set of tags and a corresponding set of predefined tags. The sets of predefined tags are sorted by weight in descending order. A matched scenario is selected for the collected set of tags that is associated with a matched set of predefined tags having a corresponding weight having the highest match quality.
US11568259B2 Cross batch normalization
Techniques for training a machine learning model are described herein. For example, the techniques may include implementing a cross batch normalization layer that generates a cross batch normalization layer output based on a first layer output during training of the neural network. The training may be based on a local batch of training examples of a global batch including the local batch and at least one remote batch of training examples. The cross batch normalization layer output may include normalized components of the first layer output determined based on global normalization statistics for the global batch. Such techniques may be used to train a neural network over distributed machines by synchronizing batches between such machines.
US11568258B2 Operation method
Aspects of data modification for neural networks are described herein. The aspects may include a connection value generator configured to receive one or more groups of input data and one or more weight values and generate one or more connection values based on the one or more weight values. The aspects may further include a pruning module configured to modify the one or more groups of input data and the one or more weight values based on the connection values. Further still, the aspects may include a computing unit configured to update the one or more weight values and/or calculate one or more input gradients.
US11568256B2 Automatic isolation of multiple instruments from musical mixtures
A system, method and computer product for training a neural network system. The method comprises inputting an audio signal to the system to generate plural outputs f(X, Θ). The audio signal includes one or more of vocal content and/or musical instrument content, and each output f(X, Θ) corresponds to a respective one of the different content types. The method also comprises comparing individual outputs f(X, Θ) of the neural network system to corresponding target signals. For each compared output f(X, Θ), at least one parameter of the system is adjusted to reduce a result of the comparing performed for the output f(X, Θ), to train the system to estimate the different content types. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a U-Net architecture. After training, the system can estimate various different types of vocal and/or instrument components of an audio signal, depending on which type of component(s) the system is trained to estimate.
US11568255B2 Fine tuning of trained artificial neural network
Systems and methods for fine tuning a trained artificial neural network (ANN) are provided. An example method may include receiving a description of the neurons, a first set of first parameters for the neurons and a second set of second parameters for the neurons; acquiring a plurality of inputs to the neurons, the inputs including first inputs associated with the first set of first parameters and second inputs associated with the second set of second parameters; obtaining first values correlating the first inputs and the second inputs; obtaining second values correlating the first inputs and the second inputs being weighted partially by the first parameters or the second parameters; and determining, based on the first values and the second values, a third set of third parameters to minimize a distance between neurons outputs determined based on the first parameters and neurons outputs determined based the third parameters.
US11568253B2 Fallback artificial intelligence system for redundancy during system failover
There are provided systems and methods for a fallback artificial intelligence (AI) system for redundancy during system failover. A service provider may provide AI systems for automated decision-making, such as for risk analysis, marketing, and the like. An AI system may operate in a production computing environment in order to provide AI decision-making based on input data, for example, by providing an output decision. In order to provide redundancy to the production AI system, the service provider may train a fallback AI system using the input/output data pairs from the production AI system. This may utilize a deep neural network and a continual learning trainer. Thereafter, when a failover condition is detected for the production AI system, the service provider may switch from the production AI system to the fallback AI system, which may provide decision-making operations during failure of within the production computing environment.
US11568250B2 Training neural networks using a prioritized experience memory
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a neural network used to select actions performed by a reinforcement learning agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a method includes maintaining a replay memory, where the replay memory stores pieces of experience data generated as a result of the reinforcement learning agent interacting with the environment. Each piece of experience data is associated with a respective expected learning progress measure that is a measure of an expected amount of progress made in the training of the neural network if the neural network is trained on the piece of experience data. The method further includes selecting a piece of experience data from the replay memory by prioritizing for selection pieces of experience data having relatively higher expected learning progress measures and training the neural network on the selected piece of experience data.
US11568247B2 Efficient and fine-grained video retrieval
A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for performing mini-batching in deep learning by improving cache utilization is presented. The method includes temporally localizing a candidate clip in a video stream based on a natural language query, encoding a state, via a state processing module, into a joint visual and linguistic representation, feeding the joint visual and linguistic representation into a policy learning module, wherein the policy learning module employs a deep learning network to selectively extract features for select frames for video-text analysis and includes a fully connected linear layer and a long short-term memory (LSTM), outputting a value function from the LSTM, generating an action policy based on the encoded state, wherein the action policy is a probabilistic distribution over a plurality of possible actions given the encoded state, and rewarding policy actions that return clips matching the natural language query.
US11568241B2 Device, system and method for varying a synaptic weight with a phase differential of a spiking neural network
Techniques and mechanisms for determining the value of a weight associated with a synapse of a spiking neural network. In an embodiment, a first spike train and a second spike train are output, respectively, by a first node and a second node of the spiking neural network, wherein the synapse is coupled between said nodes. The weight is applied to signaling communicated via the synapse. A value of the weight is updated based on a product of a first value and a second value, wherein the first value is based on a first rate of spiking by the first spike train, and the second value is based on a second rate of spiking by the second spike train. In another embodiment, the weight is updated based on a product of a derivative of the first rate of spiking and a derivative of the second rate of spiking.
US11568238B2 Dynamic processing element array expansion
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a neural network model that includes a tensor operation, and dividing the tensor operation into sub-operations. The sub-operations includes at least two sub-operations that have no data dependency between the two sub-operations. The computer-implemented method further includes assigning a first sub-operation in the two sub-operations to a first computing engine, assigning a second sub-operation in the two sub-operations to a second computing engine, and generating instructions for performing, in parallel, the first sub-operation by the first computing engine and the second sub-operation by the second computing engine. An inference is then made based on a result of the first sub-operation, a result of the second sub-operation, or both. The first computing engine and the second computing engine are in a same integrated circuit device or in two different integrated circuit devices.
US11568237B2 Electronic apparatus for compressing recurrent neural network and method thereof
An electronic apparatus for compressing a recurrent neural network and a method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus and the method thereof include a sparsification technique for the recurrent neural network, obtaining first to third multiplicative variables to learn the recurrent neural network, and performing sparsification for the recurrent neural network to compress the recurrent neural network.
US11568234B2 Training a neural network based on temporal changes in answers to factoid questions
A method trains a neural network to identify an event based on discrepancies in answers to factoid questions at different times. One or more processors identify answers to a series of factoid questions. The processor(s) compare the answers from the series of factoid questions in order to determine discrepancies in the answers at different times, and then train a neural network to identify an event based on the discrepancies in the answers at the different times.
US11568229B2 Redundant memory access for rows or columns containing faulty memory cells in analog neural memory in deep learning artificial neural network
Numerous embodiments are disclosed for accessing redundant non-volatile memory cells in place of one or more rows or columns containing one or more faulty non-volatile memory cells during a program, erase, read, or neural read operation in an analog neural memory system used in a deep learning artificial neural network.
US11568226B2 System and method for machine-learning
A processing system includes a receiving circuit 1 for receiving an input signal from an externally connected sensor, an expected signal generating circuit 4 for automatically generating a teaching signal for use in the learning circuit 5, a learning circuit 5 for calculating a weight value, a bias value, and the like of the neural network model to form an expected signal from the teaching signal generated by the expected signal generating circuit 4 and the signal from the receiving circuit 1, an inference circuit 2 for performing signal processing based on a learned model of the neural network model generated by the learning circuit 5, and a validity verification circuit 3′ for performing similarity calculation between an output signal of the inference circuit 2 and an expected signal for comparison.
US11568224B2 Semiconductor device having neural network
A semiconductor device capable of efficiently recognizing images utilizing a neural network is provided. The semiconductor device includes a shift register group, a D/A converter, and a product-sum operation circuit. The product-sum operation circuit includes an analog memory and stores a parameter of a filter. The shift register group captures image data and outputs part of the image data to the D/A converter while shifting the image data. The D/A converter converts the part of the input image data into analog data and outputs the analog data to the product-sum operation circuit.
US11568222B2 System and method for classifying data using neural networks with errors
A computing device includes one or more processors, random access memory (RAM), and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors. The computing device receives first data and classifies the first data using a neural network that includes at least one quantized layer. The classifying includes reading values from the random access memory for a set of weights of the at least one quantized layer of the neural network using first read parameters corresponding to a first error rate.
US11568216B2 Method and apparatus for adapting feature data in a convolutional neural network
A method and an apparatus for adapting feature data in a convolutional neural network. The method includes selecting a plurality of consecutive layers; determining an expected number of subdata blocks and a layout position, width and height of each subdata block in an output feature data of a last layer; determining, for each current layer, a layout position, width, and height of each subdata block of an input feature data for the current layer according to the layout position, width, and height of each subdata block of the output feature data for the current layer; determining an actual position of each subdata block of the input feature data for a first layer in the input feature data for the first layer; and obtaining the expected number of subdata blocks of the input feature data for the first layer according to the actual position, width and height of each subdata block of the input feature data for the first layer.
US11568215B2 Probabilistic modeling for anonymized data integration and bayesian survey measurement of sparse and weakly-labeled datasets
Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to perform probabilistic modeling for anonymized data integration and measurement of sparse and weakly-labeled datasets are disclosed. An apparatus includes a training controller to train a neural network to produce a trained neural network to output model parameters of a probability model, a model evaluator to execute the trained neural network on input data specifying a time of day, a media source, and at least one feature different from the time of day and the media source to determine one or more first model parameters of the probability model, and a ratings metric generator to evaluate the probability model based on input census data to determine a ratings metric corresponding to the time of day, the media source, and the at least one feature, the probability model configured with the one or more first model parameters.
US11568213B2 Analyzing apparatus, analysis method and analysis program
The analyzing apparatus: generates first internal data; converts a position of first feature data in a feature space, based on the first internal data and a second learning parameter; reallocates, based on a result of first conversion and the first feature data, the first feature data to a position obtained through the conversion in the feature space; calculates a predicted value of a hazard function of analysis time in a case where the first feature data is given, based on a result of reallocation and a third learning parameter; optimizes the first to third learning parameters, based on a response variable and a first predicted value; generates second internal data, based on second feature data and the optimized first learning parameter; converts a position of the second feature data in the feature space, based on the second internal data and the optimized second learning parameter; and calculates importance data.
US11568210B2 Neural architecture search for fusing multiple networks into one
One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods that use neural architecture fusion to learn how to combine multiple separate pre-trained networks by fusing their architectures into a single network for better computational efficiency and higher accuracy. For example, a computer implemented method of the disclosure includes obtaining multiple trained networks. Each of the trained networks may be associated with a respective task and has a respective architecture. The method further includes generating a directed acyclic graph that represents at least a partial union of the architectures of the trained networks. The method additionally includes defining a joint objective for the directed acyclic graph that combines a performance term and a distillation term. The method also includes optimizing the joint objective over the directed acyclic graph.
US11568206B2 System, method and apparatus for machine learning
Disclosed is an artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithm that may be applied to a plurality of machine learning devices in a 5G environment connected to perform the Internet of things. A machine learning method by a first learning machine according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include obtaining input data; determining, from among a plurality of clusters, a cluster to which the input data belongs, by using a first artificial neural network; transmitting a plurality of sample features associated with the determined cluster to a second learning device using a second artificial neural network; receiving a label for the plurality of sample features from the second learning device, in response to the transmission; and associating the received label with the determined cluster.
US11568205B1 Causal impact estimation model using warm starting for selection bias reduction
Techniques are generally described for causal impact estimation using machine learning. A first machine learning model is trained using non-treatment variables during training. A second machine learning model uses learned weights from the first machine learning model for non-treatment variables and is trained on one or more treatment variables. The second machine learning model estimates outcomes based on the presence or absence of an event represented by the treatment variable. Selection bias is reduced by warm-starting the second machine learning model with non-treatment variable weights learned during training of the first machine learning model.
US11568199B2 Method of secure classification of input data by means of a convolutional neural network
A method of secure classification of input data by a convolutional neural network (CNN), including (a) determination, by application of the CNN to the input data, of a first classification vector associating with each of a plurality of potential classes a representative integer score of the probability of the input data belonging to the potential class, the first vector corresponding to one possible vector, each possible vector of the first set associating with each of the plurality of potential classes an integer score; (b) construction, from the first vector, of a second classification vector of the input data, such that the second vector also belongs to the first space of possible vectors and has a distance with the first vector according to a given distance function equal to a non-zero reference distance; and return of the second vector as result of the secure classification.
US11568198B2 Deep auto-encoder for equipment health monitoring and fault detection in semiconductor and display process equipment tools
Implementations described herein generally relate to a method for detecting anomalies in time-series traces received from sensors of manufacturing tools. A server feeds a set of training time-series traces to a neural network configured to derive a model of the training time-series traces that minimizes reconstruction error of the training time-series traces. The server extracts a set of input time-series traces from one or more sensors associated with one or more manufacturing tools configured to produce a silicon substrate. The server feeds the set of input time-series traces to the trained neural network to produce a set of output time series traces reconstructed based on the model. The server calculates a mean square error between a first input time series trace of the set of input time series traces and a corresponding first output time series trace of the set of output time-series traces. The server declares the sensor corresponding to the first input time-series trace as having an anomaly when the mean square error exceeds a pre-determined value.
US11568193B2 RFID system that includes a hybrid RFID tag
This disclosure is generally directed to an RFID system that includes a hybrid RFID tag offering a functionality of a passive RFID tag and an active RFID tag. When operating as a passive RFID tag, an RF signal received from an RFID reader is harvested to produce a DC voltage for powering the hybrid RFID tag. The harvested DC voltage is coupled into a capacitor at a slow-charging rate so as to avoid a capacitor inrush current causing an abrupt power supply voltage drop. A controller chip in the hybrid RFID tag can execute some RFID functions at this time, thereby speeding up a response to the RFID reader. The capacitor is then charged at a fast-charging rate for storing a reserve charge. The hybrid RFID tag can subsequently use the reserve charge to operate as an active RFID tag without waiting for an RF signal from the RFID reader.
US11568192B2 Multilayer chip component
In a multilayer chip component according to an aspect of the present disclosure, dots of a two-dimensional code provided on a main surface of an element body has a semicircular cross-sectional shape. That is, since substantially no corner portions are present in a cross-sectional shape of the dots, stress is unlikely to remain when the dots are formed, and stress is unlikely to be concentrated after the dots are formed. Therefore, cracking is unlikely to occur in the foregoing multilayer chip component.
US11568191B2 Radio frequency communication device and a method for using thereof
A radio frequency communication device includes a conductive loop electrically connected to an integrated circuit arrangement and a pair of opposing elongated conductors extending away from the conductive loop.
US11568187B2 Managing missing values in datasets for machine learning models
Computer-implemented machines, systems and methods for managing missing values in a dataset for a machine learning model. The method may comprise importing a dataset with missing values; computing data statistics and identifying the missing values; verifying the missing values; updating the missing values; imputing missing values; encoding reasons for why values are missing; combining imputed missing values and the encoded reasons; and recommending models and hyperparameters to handle special or missing values.
US11568185B2 Centroid for improving machine learning classification and info retrieval
Centroids are used for improving machine learning classification and information retrieval. A plurality of files are classified as malicious or not malicious based on a function dividing a coordinate space into at least a first portion and a second portion such that the first portion includes a first subset of the plurality of files classified as malicious. One or more first centroids are defined in the first portion that classify files from the first subset as not malicious. A file is determined to be malicious based on whether the file is located within the one or more first centroids.
US11568182B2 System and method for 3D blob classification and transmission
Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus comprising a processor to project and accumulate three-dimensional (3D) point data from a blob onto a plane; construct a histogram of the 3D point data; identify a center of mass of the blob based on histogram data; surround peaks in coordinates for data in the blob with a shape defined by a diameter of the blob based on the center of mass; obtain height data for the 3D point data; and calculate dimensions for a bounding box to surround the blob based on the shape and the height data. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11568180B2 Method and cloud server for training a neural network for triggering an input signal in a measurement device and method for autonomous determining a trigger type/parameter
A method for training a neural network for triggering an input signal in a measurement device is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a trigger type and/or trigger parameter from a cloud server hosting the neural network via a network to the measurement device, triggering the input signal based on the trigger type and/or trigger parameter received in the measurement device, and collecting trigger feedback information from the measurement device at the neural network to train the neural network.
US11568179B2 Selecting an algorithm for analyzing a data set based on the distribution of the data set
A model analyzer may receive a representative data set as input and select one of a plurality of analytic models to perform the analysis. Before deciding which model to use the model may be trained, and the trained model evaluated for accuracy. However, some models are known to behave poorly when the training data is distributed in a particular way. Thus, the cost of training a model and evaluating the trained model can be avoided by first analyzing the distribution of the representative data. Identifying the representative data distribution allows ruling out use of models for which the distribution of the representative data is unsuitable. Only models that may be compatible with the distribution of the representative data may be trained and evaluated for accuracy. The most accurate trained model whose accuracy meets an accuracy threshold may be selected to analyze subsequently received data related to the representative data.
US11568176B1 Deep feature extraction and training tools and associated methods
Deep feature extraction and training tools and processes may facilitate extraction and understanding of deep features utilized by deep learning models. For example, imaging data may be tessellated and masked to generate a plurality of masked images. The masked images may be processed by a deep learning model to generate a plurality of masked outputs. The masked outputs may be aggregated for each cell of the tessellated image and compared to an original output for the imaging data from the deep learning model. Individual cells and associated image regions having masked outputs that correspond to the original output may comprise deep features utilized by the deep learning model.
US11568171B2 Shuffling-type gradient method for training machine learning models with big data
A computer-implemented method for a shuffling-type gradient for training a machine learning model using a stochastic gradient descent (SGD) includes the operations of uniformly randomly distributing data samples or coordinate updates of a training data, and calculating the learning rates for a no-shuffling scheme and a shuffling scheme. A combined operation of the no-shuffling scheme and the shuffling scheme of the training data is performed using a stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm. The combined operation is switched to performing only the shuffling scheme from the no-shuffling scheme based on one or more predetermined criterion; and training the machine learning models with the training data based on the combined no-shuffling scheme and shuffling scheme.
US11568170B2 Systems and methods of generating datasets from heterogeneous sources for machine learning
A computer system is provided that is programmed to select feature sets from a large number of features. Features for a set are selected based on metagradient information returned from a machine learning process that has been performed on an earlier selected feature set. The process can iterate until a selected feature set converges or otherwise meets or exceeds a given threshold.
US11568166B1 Suggesting behavioral adjustments based on physiological responses to stimuli on electronic devices
Introduced here are health management platforms able to monitor changes in the health state of a subject based on the context of digital activities performed by, or involving, the subject. Initially, a health management platform can identify a physiological response by examining physiological data associated with a subject. Then, the health management platform can identify a stimulus presented by an electronic device that provoked the physiological response by examining contextual data associated with the subject. The contextual data may be in the form of a screenshot of a computer program in use by the subject during the physiological response. In some embodiments, the health management platform prompts the subject to specify whether the physiological response is a positive physiological response that resulted in an upward shift in health or a negative physiological response that resulted in a downward shift in health.
US11568165B1 Methods and arrangements for optical code classification
An optical code reader classifies a code depicted in input imagery, so that appropriate decoding actions can be invoked. This classification may identify, e.g., (a) whether the code is of a continuous tone or sparse mark variety, (b) which one of different reference signals it includes, and (c) which one of different protocols is used in expressing reference and payload signal components of the code. A great variety of other features and technologies are detailed as well.
US11568157B2 Scanner, control method of scanner, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and scanning system
There is provided a scanner that scans a plurality of pieces of furniture on which products are arranged. The scanner includes a reading unit configured to read information from a tag attached to the product, an estimation unit configured to perform estimation processing of estimating which furniture the tagged products read by the reading unit belongs to, and a display control unit configured to display furniture for which the estimation processing is completed and furniture for which the estimation processing is not completed so as to be distinguished from each other.
US11568155B2 Method and system of translating a source phrase in a first language into a target phrase in a second language
There is disclosed a method and system for translating a source phrase in a first language into a second language. The method being executable by a device configured to access an index comprising a set of source sentences in the first language, and a set of target sentences in the second language, each of the target sentence corresponding to a translation of a given source sentence. The method comprises: acquiring the source phrase; generating by a translation algorithm, one or more target phrases, each of the one or more target phrases having a different semantic meaning within the second language; retrieving, from the index, a respective target sentence for each of the one or more target phrases, the respective target sentence comprising one of the one or more target phrases; and selecting each of the one or more target phrase and the respective target sentences for display.
US11568152B2 Autonomous learning of entity values in artificial intelligence conversational systems
A computer system configured for autonomous learning of entity values is provided. The computer system includes a memory that stores associations between entities and fields of response data. The computer system also includes a processor configured to receive a request to process an intent; generate a request to fulfill the intent; transmit the request to a fulfillment service; receive, from the fulfillment service, response data specifying values of the fields; identify the values of the fields within the response data; identify the entities via the associations using the fields; store, within the memory, the values of the fields as values of the entities; and retrain a natural language processor using the values of the entities.
US11568151B2 Natural language processing method and computing apparatus thereof
A natural language processing method, comprising: receiving multiple input words; and reducing the multiple words into one or more subject word data structures according to sets stored in a database, wherein one of the subject word data structures includes a first input word and a second input words among the input words, wherein one of the sets includes a compatible relation between the first input word and the second input word, wherein the compatible relation between the first input word and the second word includes a compatible property for denoting an intensity representing occurrences of the first input word and the second word in a training corpus.
US11568149B2 Method and device for facilitating efficient traversal of natural language sequences
A computer system includes memory storing computer-executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions. The computer-executable instructions include building a questions table including multiple first questions and multiple potential requirements to which the first questions correspond, respectively. The computer-executable instructions include adding, to the questions table, one or more second questions, each of which correspond to at least two requirements from among the potential requirements. The computer-executable instructions include adding, to the questions table, for each second question among the one or more second questions, the at least two requirements to which the second question corresponds. The computer-executable instructions include determining a question, from among the first questions and the second questions, that corresponds to a highest number of potential requirements, and displaying the determined question to a user.
US11568147B2 System and method thereof for determining vendor's identity based on network analysis methodology
A system and method for classifying digital images of transaction evidences. The method includes extracting a plurality of descriptive data items and a plurality of numeric values of a transaction evidence from a digital image; determining an association between at least one of the plurality of numeric values and at least one of the plurality of descriptive data items; determining, based on at least one expense type classification rule, at least a primary expense type of the transaction evidence, wherein the at least one expense type classification rule is applied to the plurality of descriptive data items and the plurality of numeric values; and classifying the digital image based on the determined at least one primary expense type.
US11568145B1 Contextual natural language understanding for conversational agents
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for contextual natural language understanding are detailed. An exemplary method includes receiving a user utterance provided by a user within a multi-turn chat dialog between the user and a conversational agent; providing to a contextual natural language understanding framework: the user utterance, and contextual information associated with one or more previous turns of the multi-turn chat dialog, the contextual information associated with each turn of the one or more previous turns including a previous intent, a previous dialog act, and an elicited slot; and obtaining, from the contextual natural language understanding framework, an intent classification and one or more slot labels.
US11568143B2 Pre-trained contextual embedding models for named entity recognition and confidence prediction
At least one processor may obtain a document comprising text tokens. The at least one processor may determine, based on a pre-trained language model, word embeddings corresponding to the text tokens. The at least one processor may determine, based on the word embeddings, named entities corresponding to the text tokens; and one or more accuracy predictions corresponding to the named entities. The at least one processor may compare the one or more accuracy predictions with at least one threshold. The at least one processor may associate, based on the comparing, the named entities with one or more confidence levels. The at last one processor may deliver the named entities and the one or more confidence levels.
US11568141B2 Domain adaptation of AI NLP encoders with knowledge distillation
Systems, methods, devices, instructions, and other examples are described for natural language processing. One example includes accessing natural language processing general encoder data, where the encoder data is generated from a general-domain dataset that is not domain specific. A domain specific dataset is accessed and filtered encoder data using a subset of the encoder data is generated. The filtered encoder data is trained using the domain specific dataset to generate distilled encoder data, and tuning values for the distilled encoder data are generated to configure task outputs associated with the domain specific dataset.
US11568140B2 Optical character recognition using a combination of neural network models
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a system and method for optical character recognition. In one embodiment, a system receives an image depicting text. The system extracts features from the image using a feature extractor. The system applies a first decoder to the features to generate a first intermediary output. The system applies a second decoder to the features to generate a second intermediary output, wherein the feature extractor is common to the first decoder and the second decoder. The system determines a first quality metric value for the first intermediary output and a second quality metric value for the second intermediary output based on a language model. Responsive to determining that the first quality metric value is greater than the second quality metric value, the system selects the first intermediary output to represent the text.
US11568139B2 Determining and utilizing secondary language proficiency measure
Implementations relate to determining a secondary language proficiency measure, for a user in a secondary language (i.e., a language other than a primary language specified for the user), where determining the secondary language proficiency measure is based on past interactions of the user that are related to the secondary language. Those implementations further relate to utilizing the determined secondary language proficiency measure to increase efficiency of user interaction(s), such as interaction(s) with a language learning application and/or an automated assistant. Some of those implementations utilize the secondary language proficiency measure in automatically setting value(s), biasing automatic speech recognition, and/or determining how to render natural language output.
US11568137B2 Mapping text content feedback to a process via a synonym graph
Provided are systems and methods for mapping customer feedback to one or more processes. In one example, the method may include receiving text content that includes feedback, mapping, via execution of a mapping algorithm, the text content to a plurality of processes based on a synonym graph, generating mapping values for the plurality of processes, where a mapping value for a process is generated based on distance within the synonym graph of a mapping between a word in the text content and a word identifying the process, and determining a process among the plurality of processes that is most correlated to the feedback based on the generated mapping values.
US11568136B2 Automatically constructing lexicons from unlabeled datasets
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a lexicon construction operation. The lexicon construction operation includes: identifying a corpus, the corpus comprising a plurality of training events, each of the plurality of training events comprising a term; grouping terms from the plurality of training events into topic clusters; analyzing the plurality of topic clusters, the analyzing providing a plurality of classified clusters; and, deriving a plurality of learned lexicons from the plurality of classified clusters.
US11568135B1 Identifying chat correction pairs for training models to automatically correct chat inputs
A chat input identifier may receive various chat inputs based on voice or text inputs from a user. The chat input identifier may apply different filters to the chat inputs to identify one or more chat correction pairs (e.g., chat input with errors, corrected chat input) from among the plurality of chat inputs. The chat correction pairs are used to train an auto-correction model. The trained auto-correction model receives a given chat input that has one or more errors. The auto-correction model processes the given chat input to generate a corrected version of the given chat input (without the need to obtain a correction from the user). The corrected chat input is then provided to a dialog-driven application.
US11568134B2 Systems and methods for diagnosing problems from error logs using natural language processing
Disclosed is a solution for diagnosing problems from logs used in an application development environment. A random sample of log statements is collected. The log statements can be completely unstructured and/or do not conform to any natural language. The log statements are tagged with predefined classifications. A natural language processing (NLP) classifier model is trained utilizing the log statements tagged with the predefined classification. New log statements can be classified into the plurality of predefined classifications utilizing the trained NLP classifier model. From the log statements thus classified, statements having a problem classification can be identified and presented through a dashboard running in a browser. Outputs from the trained NLP classifier model can be provided as input to another trained model for automatically and quickly identifying a type of problem associated with the statements, eliminating a need to manually sift through tens or hundreds of thousands of lines of logs.
US11568131B1 Command based personalized composite templates
A method and system for causing a command-based personalized composite template to be displayed in a communication stream are disclosed, the personalized composite template including representations of first and second users combined with a representation of a selected template.
US11568128B2 Automated determination of data values for form fields
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives from a client device an image and a user identifier associated with a user of the client device. Based on the user identifier, the program further retrieves a set of historical transactions associated with the user, the program also uses a first machine learning model to predict a string based on the image. The program further uses a second machine learning model to predict a set of digits based on the image. Based on the set of historical transaction data, the string, and the set of digits, the program also determines a data value for a field in a form.
US11568127B2 Mask rule checking for curvilinear masks for electronic circuits
A system performs mask rule checks (MRC) for curvilinear shapes. The width of a curvilinear shape is different along different parts of the shape. A medial axis for a curvilinear shape is determined. The medial axis is trimmed to exclude portions that are within a threshold distance from corners or too far from edges. The trimmed medial axis is used to perform width checks for mask rules. The system generates medial axis between geometric shapes and uses it to determine whether two geometric shapes are at least a threshold distance apart. The system performs acute angle checks for sharp corners. The system determines angles using lines drawn from vertices to end points on the boundary of the shape that are at a threshold distance. These angles are used for checking acute angle mask rule violations.
US11568126B2 Integrated circuit device design method and system
A method of designing an integrated circuit (IC) device includes identifying, using a processor, data corresponding to an IC manufacturing process. The designing also includes assigning, using the processor, the data to one or more design rule instruction macros. The designing also includes selecting, using the processor, one or more constraints to be applied to the one or more design rule instruction macros. The designing also includes executing, using the processor, the one or more design rule instruction macros to configure a design rule for the IC manufacturing process.
US11568121B2 FinFET semiconductor device grouping
A method of designing a circuit is provided. The method includes: providing a circuit; selecting a first NMOS fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) in the circuit; and replacing the first NMOS FinFET having a first fin number with a second NMOS FinFET having a second fin number and a third NMOS FinFET having a third fin number, wherein the sum of the second fin number and the third fin number is equal to the first fin number.
US11568117B2 Generating simulation-friendly compact physical models for passive structures
A system and method for generating simulation-friendly compact physical models for passive structures is disclosed. The method includes generating an impedance map specifying impedances at a plurality of frequencies corresponding to one or more port-pairs of a circuit component using a processor to extract a plurality of impedance values between the one or more port-pairs based on a first value for each parameter of a plurality of parameters of the circuit component. The method includes generating a second circuit representation model based on updating the plurality of impedance values between the one or more port-pairs based on a second value for one or more parameters of the plurality of parameters of the circuit component, and updating the second circuit representation model by tuning the updated plurality of impedance values of the between the one or more port-pairs based on a predetermined use context of the circuit component in a circuit.
US11568115B2 Application specific integrated circuit link
Systems and methods for application specific integrated circuit design using Chronos links are disclosed. A Chronos Link is an ASIC on-chip and off-chip interconnect communication protocol that allows interfaces to transmit and receive information. The protocol may utilize messages or signals to indicate the availability and/or readiness of information to be exchanged between a producer and a consumer allowing the communication to be placed on hold and to be resumed seamlessly. A method includes inserting gaskets and channel repeaters connected to interfaces of multiple intellectual property (IP) blocks in order to replace traditional links with Chronos Links; performing simplified floorplanning; performing simplified placement; performing simplified clock tree synthesis (CTS) and routing; and performing simplified timing closure.
US11568108B2 Combinatorial solution determination system
A combinatorial solution determination system includes a candidate solution generation unit that generates candidate combinatorial solutions, a simulation unit, an evaluation index calculation unit, a solution determination unit, and a necessary-series-data extraction unit. The simulation unit calculates simulation data using information related to the candidate combinatorial solutions, and series data to evaluate a combinatorial solution. The evaluation index calculation unit calculates evaluation indices based on the simulation data. The solution determination unit determines a combinatorial solution having high evaluation from the candidate combinatorial solutions based on the evaluation indices each calculated by the evaluation index calculation unit from a corresponding one of the candidate combinatorial solutions. The necessary-series-data extraction unit extracts second and third series data from the first series data, and combines the second and third series data and acquire the second and third series data as necessary series data.
US11568107B2 Virtual reality system for designing brassiere
A virtual reality system for designing brassiere includes a wearable device, a head-mounted device, a cloud server, an intelligent terminal, an application program, and a designer, which makes it possible for a user to experience the effects of tightened or loosened brassiere, uplifting, compression, enlargement of the breast, and breast massage in a virtual reality environment with physical interaction with objects in real world. Afterwards, relevant data will be transferred to the cloud server via a built-in transducer, and an expected brassiere will be designed accordingly.
US11568105B2 Predictive information for free space gesture control and communication
The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
US11568098B2 Designing convective cooling channels
A method, apparatus, and system provide the ability to design a convective cooling channel in a computer. Input data is acquired and includes a geometry of an object to be cooled, a design objective, and boundary conditions. Channel designs corresponding to the input data are generated using an iterative topology optimization. One of the channel designs is selected and output.
US11568095B2 Device deactivation based on behavior patterns
Embodiments are described for a pattern-based control system that learns and applies device usage patterns for identifying and disabling devices exhibiting abnormal usage patterns. The system can learn a user's normal usage pattern or can learn abnormal usage patterns, such as a typical usage pattern for a stolen device. This learning can include human or algorithmic identification of particular sets of usage conditions (e.g., locations, changes in settings, personal data access events, application events, IMU data, etc.) or training a machine learning model to identify usage condition combinations or sequences. Constraints (e.g., particular times or locations) can specify circumstances where abnormal pattern matching is enabled or disabled. Upon identifying an abnormal usage pattern, the system can disable the device, e.g., by permanently destroying a physical component, semi-permanently disabling a component, or through a software lock or data encryption.
US11568094B2 Establishing a trusted connection with a peripheral device
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for establishing and managing a trusted connection between a peripheral device and a client device. For example, systems discussed herein include determining whether a peripheral device poses a security risk based on a combination of peripheral device data and a client profile including environmental data and historical usage data for the client device. Systems described herein may further grant a level of trust based on the determine security risk. The systems disclosed herein facilitate implementation of intelligent policies that are user friendly without exposing the client device to a variety of security threats.
US11568090B2 Digital signatures for analytics
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for displaying a visual indication that an analytics rendering is authentic, and the integrity of the data is accurate and trusted. An analytics rendering comprising at least one table, chart, or graphic rendered from a plurality of aggregated data inputs from a plurality of microsystems may be selected. In a user interface for the analytics rendering, one or more structural identifiers associated with each data input of the plurality of aggregated data inputs can be displayed. A data input from the plurality of data inputs can then be selected and, responsive to receiving an instruction from a user, a visual indicator can be applied to the data input. If the one or more data inputs having an applied visual indicator is modified, the visual indicator will be visually altered in response the modification to the one or more data inputs.
US11568088B2 Method, processor and device for checking the integrity of user data
Provided is a method for checking the integrity of user data by a processor, which includes a method step for a first check value for the user data to be computed during a security-protected mode of operation. The method includes a further method step for the first check value to be stored in a security-protected memory module of the processor during the security protected mode of operation. The method includes a further method step for a second check value for the user data to be computed during a runtime mode. The method includes a further method step for the first check value to be compared with the second check value by the processor during the runtime mode. The method includes a further method step for a piece of control information to be provided by the processor during the runtime mode, wherein the control information includes a result of the comparing.
US11568074B2 Memory system
According to one embodiment, a memory system is connectable to a host including a first volatile memory and includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller may use a first area of the first volatile memory as a temporary storage memory of data stored in the non-volatile memory and controls the non-volatile memory. The controller generates a first parity by using first data stored in the non-volatile memory and a key value to store the first data and the generated first parity in the first area. In the case of reading the first data stored in the first area, the controller reads the first data and the first parity to verify the read first data using the read first parity and the key value.
US11568069B1 Data security protection system
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a system, method, electronic device, storage medium and program product of security protection. The system comprises: a security computing sub-system, configured to manage security of developed code to compile the developed code into an installation file corresponding to a target application and a service program for supporting the target application; a data exchange sub-system, configured to manage data communication of the target application or service program with RoW (rest of World); and a security sandbox sub-system, configured to manage traffic data associated with the target application. In this way, the embodiments of the present disclosure can guarantee the security and compliance of data related to the target application.
US11568065B2 System for securing electronic data by aggregation of distributed electronic database entries
A system is provided for securing electronic data by aggregation of distributed electronic database entries. The system may comprise two or more data repositories that may be logically and/or physically separated from one another. Incoming data may be split into multiple parts that may be stored in a distributed manner across the two or more data repositories. Each of the parts of the incoming data may be associated with an identifier and/or a sequence number such that the system, upon receiving a user query for such data, may aggregate the individual parts of the data in the correct sequence. In some embodiments, the system may further use an obfuscation algorithm to apply randomized values to the identifiers and/or sequence numbers and track the operations performed in an obfuscation log. In this way, the system may provide a way to securely store and retrieve data to prevent unauthorized access.
US11568063B1 Database with client-controlled encryption key
A distributed database encrypts tables using table encryption keys protected by a client master encryption key. The client may revoke authorization to access the client master encryption key. Subsequent to a revocation of authority to access the client master encryption key, the distributed database generates interim snapshots of the table using the table encryption key. Also subsequent to the revocation, the distributed database generates a backup of the table using a backup encryption key protected by the client master encryption key.
US11568062B2 Methods to protect neural network models
A method and system is disclosed for protecting neural network models by segmenting partitions of the models into segments of pre-configured memory size, hashing the segmented models, and concatenating the hash segments. The concatenated hash segment may be further hashed, encrypted, and stored with the neural network models as an executable loadable file (ELF) in memories external to the neural network prior to the use of the models by the neural network. The models may include model weights of the inference layers and metadata. The model weights and the metadata may be hashed as separate hash segments and concatenated. Segmenting the models into segments of pre-configured memory size and hashing the segmented models offline prior to the operation of the neural network enables rapid validation of the models when the models are used in the inference layers during online operation of the neural network.
US11568059B2 Systems and methods for automated threat model generation from diagram files
Threat modeling systems include one or more computing device(s) coupled with one or more data store(s), the computing device(s) including a first software application. The data store(s) associate threats with threat model components. One or more mapping files may couple with the data store(s) to correlate the threat model components with visual diagram components of a second software application (“second software diagram components”). A machine learning (ML) algorithm may alternatively or additionally be configured to select, for each second software diagram component, a corresponding threat model component. An import interface initiates reading of a data file generated by the second software application, the data file including a subset of the second software diagram components and defining relationships therebetween. The systems determine, using the ML algorithm and/or the mapping file(s), which threat model components correspond with the subset, and display the corresponding threat model components on one or more user interfaces.
US11568056B2 Methods and apparatuses for vulnerability detection and maintenance prediction in industrial control systems using hash data analytics
Method, apparatus and computer program product for detecting vulnerability and predicting maintenance in an industrial control system are described herein.
US11568054B2 Web application login macro generation and verification
A login macro to automatically log into a web application running on a server computing device is generated from a provided username, a provided password, and a provided network address of the web application. The login macro can be generated regardless of whether the web application is logged into at a starting web page at the provided network address or at a sign-in web page navigable from the starting web page. After the login macro has been generated, that usage the login macro successfully results in logging into the web application running on the server computing device can be verified.
US11568052B2 Undetectable sandbox for malware
Embodiments seek to prevent detection of a sandbox environment by a potential malware application. To this end, execution of the application is monitored, and provide information about the execution to a reinforcement learning machine learning model. The model generates a suggested modification to make to the executing application. The model is provided with information indicating whether the application executed successfully or not, and this information is used to train the model for additional modifications. By modifying the potential malware execution during its execution, detection of a sandbox environment is prevented, and analysis of the potential malware applications features are better understood.
US11568051B2 Malicious object detection in a runtime environment
A malicious object detection system for use in managed runtime environments includes a check circuit to receive call information generated by an application, such as an Android application. A machine learning circuit coupled to the check circuit applies a machine learning model to assess the information and/or data included in the call and detect the presence of a malicious object, such as malware or a virus, in the application generating the call. The machine learning model may include a global machine learning model distributed across a number of devices, a local machine learning model based on use patterns of a particular device, or combinations thereof. A graphical user interface management circuit halts execution of applications containing malicious objects and generates a user perceptible output.
US11568045B2 Communicating an event to a remote entity
An example method includes detecting an event in an electronic system. The electronic system includes an electronic component and a switched mode power supply. The electronic component draws an amount of power from the switched mode power supply during operation. In response to detecting the event, the electronic component is operated to cause the electronic component to change the amount of power that the electronic component draws from the switched mode power supply. The change in the amount of power that the electronic component draws causes the switched mode power supply to output a signal that is evidence of the event.
US11568040B2 Management apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for setting security levels of users in group resulting from unification
A management apparatus includes a memory, a unification policy setting unit, and a security level setting unit. The memory stores, for each of a user belonging to a first group and a user belonging to a second group, an authentication level of a domain assigned to a corresponding one of the users. The unification policy setting unit sets a unification policy that specifies a relationship between the authentication level and a security level for a state after unification. The security level setting unit sets the security level in a case where the first group and the second group undergo the unification into a third group. The security level is set for each of the users belonging to the third group by using the authentication level and the unification policy.
US11568039B2 Credential manager integration
Techniques are disclosed relating to credential managers. In some embodiments, a computing device maintains a credential manager that stores, in a protected manner, a set of credentials for authenticating a user and metadata about the credentials. The computing device stores an instance of the metadata externally to the credential manager. The computing device uses the externally stored metadata to determine whether the set of credentials includes a particular credential associated with a service and, in response to determining that the set of credentials includes the particular credential, displays an indication of the particular credential. In some embodiments, the computing device receives a selection of the displayed indication by the user and, in response to the selection, sends a request for the particular credential to the credential manager.
US11568038B1 Threshold-based authentication
An authentication system receives authentication information from a user as part of a request to access a web-based service. The authentication system transmits the authentication information to a set of second users authorized to evaluate the authentication information. If a threshold number of the set of second users authenticate the identity of the first user, the authentication system enables the user to access the web-based service.
US11568030B1 Phone number based application authentication
Systems and methods are provided for registering with a given application. The systems and methods include operations for receiving, with a messaging application, a request to authenticate a phone number from the given application, the phone number being input by a user to register an account with the given application; determining that the phone number received in the request matches a user phone number stored in a user account associated with the messaging application; in response to determining that the phone number received in the request matches the user phone number stored in the user account, transmitting a communication from the messaging application to the given application indicating that the phone number has been authenticated; and causing the given application to register the account for the user to enable the user to log into the given application.
US11568029B2 Method and system for remote data access
A system and method for securely storing, retrieving and sharing data using PCs and mobile devices and for controlling and tracking the movement of data to and from a variety of computing and storage devices.
US11568025B2 High definition secure playback with downloadable DRM for android platforms
A Trustonic DRM Plug-in is provided that can be downloaded and operate in conjunction with an Android framework. The solution also includes a PVP with the downloadable DRM. The system includes components that can be added by Trustonic based on the Android 4.3 Framework in addition to current t-base 300 that can be used by any DRM vendor. The system enables the DRM to be downloaded in the field since all DRMs could use the standard API services of the Android 4.3 OS. With a codec component employed like H.264 or HEVC that can use the PVP with the downloaded DRM component, the Android video player can use the component to satisfy HD content security requirements.
US11568024B2 Computing device use restriction system
A device control method includes monitoring location of a first user device of a first user and receiving an indication of a location of a second user device. The method further includes monitoring use of the second user device and determining a first time of use on the second user device. The first time of use on the second user device is allocated to a use time of a second user based on the location of the first user device relative to the location of the second user device, and a functional component of a third user device of the second user is disabled based at least on the use time of the second user.
US11568022B2 Bit matrix multiplication
Detailed are embodiments related to bit matrix multiplication in a processor. For example, in some embodiments a processor comprising: decode circuitry to decode an instruction have fields for an opcode, an identifier of a first source bit matrix, an identifier of a second source bit matrix, an identifier of a destination bit matrix, and an immediate; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to perform a multiplication of a matrix of S-bit elements of the identified first source bit matrix with S-bit elements of the identified second source bit matrix, wherein the multiplication and accumulation operations are selected by the operation selector and store a result of the matrix multiplication into the identified destination bit matrix, wherein S indicates a plural bit size is described.
US11568019B2 Automation system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for identifying one or more interactions with one or more portions of a website structure of a specific website; and associating the one or more interactions with the one or more portions of the website structure with one or more functions of the specific website to define a specific function description model corresponding to the specific website.
US11568000B2 System and method for automatic task-oriented dialog system
A method for dialog state tracking includes decoding, by a fertility decoder, encoded dialog information associated with a dialog to generate fertilities for generating dialog states of the dialog. Each dialog state includes one or more domains. Each domain includes one or more slots. Each slot includes one or more slot tokens. The method further includes generating an input sequence to a state decoder based on the fertilities. A total number of each slot token in the input sequence is based on a corresponding fertility. The method further includes encoding, by a state encoder, the input sequence to the state decoder, and decoding, by the state decoder, the encoded input sequence to generate a complete sequence of the dialog states.
US11567996B2 Collaborative document graph-based user interfaces
Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to enable effective and efficient aggregate user-document interaction monitoring in collaborative document server systems. For example, certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to perform aggregate user-document interaction monitoring in collaborative document server systems using one or more of collaborative document graph-based user interfaces, collaborative document graph-based interface objects, edge-wise visual effect objects, collaborative document node objects, collaborative document node elements, document transition edge objects, and document transition edge elements.
US11567995B2 Branch threading in graph databases
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing queries of a graph database storing a graph, wherein the graph comprises a set of edges defined by a first linkage, a second linkage, and a third linkage. During operation, the system maintains the base version of an index of the graph database. Upon branching a version of the graph database from a first offset representing a virtual time in the base version of the graph database, the system creates a branched version of the index from a second offset corresponding to the virtual time in the base version of the index. The system then processes queries of the graph database based on the offsets and references from the branched version of the index to the base version of the index.
US11567994B2 Configuration, telemetry, and analytics of a computer infrastructure using a graph model
A method for configuring a computing infrastructure is disclosed. The method comprises representing at least a portion of the computing infrastructure as a graph representation of computing infrastructure elements including a computing infrastructure node and a computing infrastructure edge, detecting a change in the graph representation of computing infrastructure elements, and determining whether the change affects a graph representation query pattern. In the event the change affects the graph representation query pattern, the change is notified to a query agent associated with the graph representation query pattern.
US11567989B2 Media unit retrieval and related processes
Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
US11567985B2 Mood determination of a collection of media content items
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining at least one valid mood for a collection of media content items of a media library are provided.
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