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US11570078B2	Collecting route-based traffic metrics in a service-oriented system Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for collecting route-based traffic metrics in a service-oriented system are disclosed. A first service in a service-oriented system receives an inbound request from a second service. From the inbound request, the first service extracts, a route identifier representing an upstream route including the second service. The first service stores the route identifier and a counter representing a number of inbound requests with the route identifier that have been received by the first service over a current window of time. The first service sends, to a traffic metric collection system, a metric message comprising the route identifier and the counter. Traffic metric data is determined by the traffic metric collection system using the metric message from the first service and one or more additional metric messages from one or more additional services. The traffic metric data indicates one or more flows of requests through the services.
US11570074B2	Detecting outages in a multiple availability zone cloud environment The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for detecting outages in a multiple availability zone cloud environment. Structured data defining network connectivity statuses of network segments is received. Multiple availability zones of the first cloud platform are defined in a multiple availability zone cloud architecture. External structure data defining inbound connectivity statuses of the network segments correspondingly defined for the availability zones of the first cloud platform is iteratively collecting. The inbound connectivity statuses define availability for an entity running at an external cloud platform to the first cloud platform to connect to at least one entity running at the first cloud platform. In response to evaluating the internal and external structured data, determining a health status of the first cloud platform to be provided to platform services provided by the first cloud platform and/or applications running on the first cloud platform to support managing of lifecycle of entities running on the first cloud platform.
US11570072B1	Communicating with a data center management and monitoring console via a broker A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: identifying data center asset data to monitor; monitoring data center assets within a data center; selecting an asset data broker, the asset data broker performing an asset data aggregation operation, the asset data aggregation operation collecting and aggregating the data center asset data; and, providing aggregated data center asset data to a data center monitoring and management console.
US11570065B2	Service enabler function The present application describes a method and apparatus for updating a service in a service layer function of a network. In particular, a method for adding a service is disclosed. Initially, a request is received at a service enabler function located in the service layer function to add the service. A service description of the requested service is reviewed to understand its capabilities. A verification request is sent to a service capability located in the service layer function. Further, another service layer function or application is notified that the requested service is enabled.
US11570064B2	Dynamic scope adjustment An embodiment includes a method of secured, remote device access through dynamic scope adjustment in an incident management system. The method includes receiving an incident report indicative of a technical issue at a first device. Responsive to receipt of the incident report, the method includes determining that the first device is assigned an information technology (IT) support provider and dynamically elevating the first device to a scope of the IT support provider. Following a correction of at least a portion of the technical issue by the IT support provider, the method includes dynamically relegating the first device from the scope to prevent remote access to the first device following the correction.
US11570056B2	High volume data logging from hardware A hardware system for simulating a network physical layer for communication channels. The hardware system includes a plurality of hardware processors configurable to model a network physical layer and communication channels. The hardware system further includes a multi-point data switch configured to be coupled to various data log points associated with the plurality of hardware processors. The hardware system further includes a RAM coupled to the multi-point data switch, where the RAM is configured to store log data provided by the multi-point data switch as software defined data structures.
US11570054B2	Device and method for providing control plane/user plane analytics The present application provides a device for providing control plane (CP) and/or user plane (UP) analytics. The device is configured to obtain information related to a resource and/or a change of a resource related to a CP and/or a UP; perform an analysis based on the obtained information; and generate data based on the analysis. This application also provides a management plane entity, for example, an operation, administration and management (OAM). The management plane entity is configured to provide information related to a resource, wherein the resource is related to a CP and/or a UP to the device for providing analytics.
US11570052B2	Systems and methods of discovering and controlling devices without explicit addressing A method of discovering a device in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes includes continuously monitoring, by a device to be discovered, any IP packets sent by a discoverer. The method further includes transmitting, by the discoverer, an IP packet destined for a downstream device and receiving, by the device to be discovered, the IP packet. The method further includes determining, by the device to be discovered, whether the IP packet is intended for the device to be discovered. If the IP packet is not intended for the device to be discovered, retransmitting, by the device to be discovered, the IP packet to the downstream device via an egress port of the device to be discovered.
US11570049B2	Network configuration method, apparatus, and system This application provides a network configuration method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: determining, based on a mapping relationship, that a first data node in a first YANG data model corresponds to a second data node in a second YANG data model, where the first data node and the second data node include a same indication operation, and the mapping relationship includes a correspondence between a data node in the first YANG data model and a data node in the second YANG data model; and generating a first packet based on the second data node.
US11570043B2	Method and apparatus for mapping network slices onto network infrastructures with SLA guarantee A network slice managing entity, comprising means configured to obtain a service request for a network slice, the service request defining service requirements; request network slice descriptions from a database and selecting at least one network slice which support said service requirements according to the descriptions; generate a resource graph comprising nodes representing infrastructure resources and links representing connections between the nodes, the resource graph depicting resources needed for providing the service, wherein the generating is carried out based on a network slice description of the selected at least one network slice; transmit the resource graph to an infrastructure manager for mapping a topology of said network infrastructure onto said resource graph and determining at least one subset of said network infrastructure; and, receive a mapping result from said infrastructure manager containing said at least one subset of said network infrastructure.
US11570041B2	Method and system to identify a source of signal impairment A method and system for managing performance of over a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), such as a digital subscriber line network, involves receiving an indication of an impairment in network performance from an MCDN client. The MCDN node associated with the client may be identified and a community of MCDN clients coupled to the MCDN node may be further identified. Impairment information, representative of MCDN equipment, may be collected for each of the MCDN clients. Detailed network diagnostics and field service may be performed for MCDN clients based on a characterization of the impairment parameters. After remediation of the MCDN node, collection of the impairment information may be terminated.
US11570040B2	Automatic setup of failure detection sessions For a network with host machines that are hosting virtual machines, a method for facilitating BUM (broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast) traffic between a hardware switch (e.g., ToR switch) and the host machines is provided. The network has a set of host machines configured as a cluster of replicators for replicating BUM traffic from the hardware switch to the host machines. A set of network controllers establishes failure-detection tunnels for links between the hardware switch and the replicator cluster. The replicator cluster informs the set of controllers of a change in the membership of the replicator cluster to initiate an update to the active failure-detection sessions. The set of network controllers communicates with the replicator cluster and a ToR switch to establish bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) sessions between one or more replicator nodes in the replicator cluster and the ToR switch.
US11570033B1	Multiphase signal generator Multiphase signal generation circuitry receives input signals that are out-of-phase with one another by a quadrature delay (e.g., 90°), and generates output signals that are out-of-phase with one another by half of the quadrature delay. A first input signal may be provided to a first delay circuitry, which is then input to a first phase interpolator. The first delay circuitry is also input to second delay circuitry, which also generates an output that is input to the first phase interpolator. The first phase interpolator outputs a first output signal. The second delay circuitry is input to third delay circuitry, which in turn is input to a second phase interpolator with a second input signal that is out-of-phase with the first input signal by the quadrature delay. The second phase interpolator outputs a second output signal that is out-of-phase with the first output signal by the half of the quadrature delay.
US11570023B2	Non-linear neural network equalizer for high-speed data channel A receiver for use in a data channel on an integrated circuit device includes a non-linear equalizer having as inputs digitized samples of signals on the data channel, decision circuitry configured to determine from outputs of the non-linear equalizer a respective value of each of the signals, and adaptation circuitry configured to adapt parameters of the non-linear equalizer based on respective ones of the value. The non-linear equalizer may be a neural network equalizer, such as a multi-layer perceptron neural network equalizer, or a reduced complexity multi-layer perceptron neural network equalizer. A method for detecting data on a data channel on an integrated circuit device includes performing non-linear equalization of digitized samples of input signals on the data channel, determining from output signals of the non-linear equalization a respective value of each of the output signals, and adapting parameters of the non-linear equalization based on respective ones of the value.
US11570021B2	Packet processing method and network device in hybrid access network A packet processing method and a network device in a hybrid access network. The method comprises sending, by a first network device, a first data packet in a first sending window to a second network device by using a first tunnel. In response to receiving a first acknowledgement response sent by the second network device, increasing, by the first network device, a size of the first sending window based on a first proportion. In response to not receiving, within a first predetermined time, the first acknowledgement response, decreasing the size of the first sending window based on a second proportion; and in response to determining that the size of the first sending window is greater than or equal to a first threshold, sending a second data packet to a second receiving window of the second network device by using a second sending window.
US11570020B2	Communication converters of dry pumps Provided is a communication converter of a dry pump, including: a first communication module, a memory module, a second communication module, and a processing module. The first communication module receives a sensor data packet from a communication port of the dry pump. The memory module has stored a program that can interpret the sensor data packet, an access address and an identification code of a sensor data. The second communication module is connected to a monitoring host via a first network. The processing module interprets the sensor data packet to retrieve the sensor data, transcodes a coding of the sensor data according to a Modbus protocol, and compiles the transcoded sensor data to generate a data packet of SECS/GEM protocol. The second communication module transmits the data packet of SECS/GEM protocol to the monitoring host.
US11570016B2	Assistive control of network-connected devices Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for changing the state of a network-connected device in response to at least one facial gesture of a user are disclosed. For example, a processing system including at least one processor captures images of a face of a user, detects at least one facial gesture of the user from the images, determines an intention to change a state of a network-connected device from the at least one facial gesture, generates a command for the network-connected device in accordance with the intention, and outputs the command to cause the state of the network-connected device to change.
US11570015B2	Premises apparatus and methods for aggregated high-capacity data services Premises apparatus and methods for providing aggregated high-bandwidth, low-latency data service over a content delivery network including existing wireline infrastructure. In one embodiment, a network architecture having service delivery over at least portions of extant hybrid fiber coax (HFC) infrastructure is disclosed, which includes standards-compliant ultra-low latency and high data rate services (e.g., 3GPP and IEEE Std. 802.11 services) via a common service provider. In one variant, an expanded frequency band (e.g., 1.6 GHz in total bandwidth) is used over the coaxial portions of the HFC infrastructure, which is allocated to two or more sub-bands. Premises apparatus are used to support multi-service integration (e.g., aggregation of mobile wireless, premises, and other services), as well as incipient IoT applications and technologies.
US11570011B2	Multicast packet handling based on flow cache information Example methods and systems for multicast packet handling based on flow cache information are described. In one example, a network element may configure flow cache information associated with a multicast flow. The flow cache information may specify a set of actions that is configured based on a sequence of function calls. In response to detecting a multicast packet associated with the multicast flow, fast-path processing may be performed based on the flow cache information. This may include executing a replication action to generate a first packet replica and a second packet replica. First processing action(s) may be executed to process the first packet replica to generate and send a first output packet towards a first multicast destination. Second processing action(s) may be executed to process the second packet replica to generate and send a first output packet towards a second multicast destination.
US11570009B1	Systems and methods for onboarding IoT devices with session certificates A device management service to facilitate onboarding of a remote IoT device may receive, from a client service, a request for a session certificate for a remote device. The device management service may send the session certificate to the client service, where the session certificate is valid for the remote device to obtain a primary certificate during a session duration. The device management service may receive, from the remote device, a request for the primary certificate for the remote device. The device management service may send, to the remote device, the primary certificate, wherein the primary certificate enables communication between the remote device and the device management service, and wherein the primary certificate has a primary duration that is longer than the session duration. The device management service may establish a communication channel with the remote device according to the primary certificate.
US11570007B2	Quantum-level cryptography for delegated digital signatures Quantum-level cryptography of delegated digital signatures. By implementing quantum-level computing principles, delegate signatures are provided that are unclonable, unforgeable and can not be repudiate. Specifically, at least four quantum particles are entangled, with one particle assigned to each of a third-party verification entity, a signature delegate, a delegatory signature authorizer entity and a signature requester entity. In addition, Bell State measurements (BSMs) are performed at the signature delegate, the delegatory signature authorizer entity and the third-party verification entity to allow the original signer (i.e., the signature delegator) to securely delegate signature to a signature delegate and perform an event, such as a payment process or the like.
US11570000B2	Blockchain-based method and device for processing driving data Methods and devices are provided for uploading driving data to a blockchain network. The method is executed at a vehicle node in the blockchain network and includes: packing driving data of the vehicle node within a predetermined time interval every predetermined time interval to obtain a vehicle data packet of the vehicle, and storing the vehicle data packet locally in the vehicle node; broadcasting the vehicle data packet to other vehicle nodes located nearby and in the blockchain network for the other vehicle nodes to receive and store; receiving and storing other vehicle data packets broadcast by the other vehicle nodes located nearby and in the blockchain network; and when connecting to a fixed node that belongs to the blockchain network, synchronizing the vehicle data packet and the other vehicle data packets as stored to the fixed node, wherein the fixed node participates in the consensus of the blockchain network.
US11569990B2	Distributed data management method based on a blockchain network and apparatus therefor A blockchain-based data distribution management method according to an embodiment is performed by a computing device. The method includes generating a plurality of shards by fragmenting a first information, requesting a first block event for distributed storage of the plurality of shards in a plurality of off-chain storages to a blockchain network, and transmitting the plurality of shards to the plurality of off-chain storages, wherein a second information indicating a history of the plurality of shards distributed and stored in the plurality of off-chain storages is recorded in the blockchain network through the first block event, wherein when a predetermined number or more of shards among the plurality of shards are collected, the first information is restored from the collected predetermined number or more of shards.
US11569988B2	Security of ciphering and integrity protection A network node of a mobile communications network may need to generate at least one new Input Offset Value, IOV value, for use in protecting communications between the network node and a mobile station. The network node then associates a fresh counter value with the or each new IOV value; calculates a Message Authentication Code based on at least the at least one new IOV value, the fresh counter value associated with the or each new IOV value, and a constant indicating that the Message Authentication Code is calculated to protect the new IOV value; and transmits the at least one new IOV value, the fresh counter value associated with the or each new IOV value, and the calculated Message Authentication Code to the mobile station.
US11569987B2	Method and system for key agreement utilizing plactic monoids A method for key agreement between a first party and a second party over a public communications channel, the method including selecting, by the first party, a first value “a”; multiplying the first value “a” by a second value “b” using Knuth multiplication to create a third value “d”, the third value “d” being a semistandard tableau; sending the third value “d” to the second party; receiving, from the second party, a fourth value “e”, the fourth value being a second semistandard tableau comprising the second value “b” multiplied by a fifth value “c” selected by the second party; and creating a shared secret by multiplying the first value “a” with the fourth value “e” using Knuth multiplication, wherein the shared secret matches the third value “d” multiplied by the fifth value “c” using Knuth multiplication.
US11569985B2	Preserving inter-party data privacy in global data relationships Disclosed are techniques for determining data relationships between privacy-restricted datapoints, sourced over a computer network, which require data privacy measures concealing at least some datapoints from other clients in the network that the datapoint respectively do not originate from. A first client encrypts a first datapoint with a public key of a public/private encryption scheme and communicates it to the second client along with the public key. The second client encrypts a corresponding second datapoint with the public key, then determines a relationship between the two encrypted datapoints, and communicates the determined relationship to a central client along with the public key. Random noise is encrypted by the central client and added to the determined relationship, then sent together to the first client, followed by decryption by the first client using the private key. The central client extracts the random noise after receiving the decrypted determined relationship.
US11569979B2	Cryptographic systems with variable layout cryptography Methods, systems and computer program products for improving performance of a cryptographic algorithm are described. First, data to be encrypted/decrypted is provided as input to the system. A primary key, or multiple keys (in case of asymmetric cryptography), is generated for the encryption/decryption process. The primary key consists of metadata as well as key blocks containing secondary keys. The metadata contains information explaining how the data will be handled from algorithmic structure to the base cryptographic scheme to be used. Further, the data is split and processed via relevant portions of the key blocks. Finally, the completed encrypted/decrypted data segments are combined in order to complete the process. The used process ensures higher performance as well as higher algorithmic entropy than comparable methods in literature or on the market.
US11569978B2	Encrypting and decrypting information Methods, systems, and devices for encrypting and decrypting data. In one implementation, an encryption method includes inputting plaintext into a recurrent artificial neural network, identifying topological structures in patterns of activity in the recurrent artificial neural network, wherein the patterns of activity are responsive to the input of the plaintext, representing the identified topological structures in a binary sequence of length L and implementing a permutation of the set of all binary codewords of length L. The implemented permutation is a function from the set of binary codewords of length L to itself that is injective and surjective.
US11569977B1	Receiving device, memory system, and method A receiving device includes a first sampling circuit extracting first binary data from a first signal based on a first edge timing of a first clock signal. The receiving device includes a second sampling circuit extracting second binary data from the first signal based on the first edge timing, and further extracting third binary data from the first signal based on a second edge timing of a second clock signal having a phase delayed from a phase of the first clock signal. The receiving device includes a circuit outputting a second signal indicating a phase shift direction of a third clock signal. The receiving device includes a circuit outputting waveform data based on the first binary data and the second binary data or the third binary data. The second sampling circuit selects either the second binary data or the third binary data based on the second signal.
US11569975B2	Baud-rate clock recovery lock point control A baud-rate phase detector uses two error samplers. One error sampler is used to determine whether the sampling time is too early error detection. The other is used to determine whether sampling time is too late. The early error sampler is configured to use a first threshold voltage. The late error sampler is configured to use a second threshold voltage. By adjusting the voltage difference between the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage, the phase difference between the local timing reference clock and the transitions of the data signal may be adjusted. The phase difference between the local timing reference clock and the transitions of the data signal may be adjusted to improve or optimize a desired receiver characteristic such as bit error rate or signal eye opening.
US11569974B2	Hybrid frequency and time duplexing communications A method, network node and wireless device configured for allocating resources for reverse link transmissions from a second network node to a first network node and forward link transmissions from the first network node to the second network node in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes selecting a per-band duplexing cadence for each of at least two frequency bands, a duplexing cadence defining a forward link/reverse link pattern of adjacent successive time slots. The method also includes allocating each of the at least two frequency bands to one of forward link and reverse link transmission in each of adjacent successive time slots according to the per-band duplexing cadence for the frequency band.
US11569969B2	Method for downlink BWP activation and deactivation, and terminal device A method for downlink bandwidth part (BWP) activating and deactivating and a terminal device are provided. The method comprises: the terminal device performs, based on control of a network side, activation and deactivation to at least one downlink BWP configured on a carrier.
US11569968B2	Mobile communication system, user equipment and base station The present invention has an object to provide a communication system capable of minimizing effects due to a delay among a plurality of base station devices as much as possible in scheduling for communication with a terminal device in cooperation among the plurality of base station devices. Cells1 to 3 can each perform scheduling without using information for scheduling notified from one or a plurality of cells among pieces of information for scheduling notified from other cells. For example, in a case where an interface between the cell1 and cell3 has a large delay amount, the cell1 performs scheduling without using information S13 notified to the cell1 by the cell3, and the cell3 performs scheduling without using information S11 notified to the cell3 by the cell1.
US11569965B2	Terminal device, base station device, retransmission method, and resource allocation method The present disclosure provides a terminal device that allows constraints on user allocation to be prevented and spread codes to be allocated in a scheduler when non-adaptive HARQ is employed using a PHICH. A codeword generator generates code words by encoding data, a layer mapping unit places each CW in one or a plurality of layers, a DMRS generator generates a reference signal for each layer in which a CW is placed by using any resource among a plurality of resources defined by a mutually orthogonal plurality of OCCs, and an ACK/NACK demodulator receives a response signal indicating a retransmission request. When a response signal requesting retransmission of only a CW placed in a plurality of layers is received, the DMRS generator uses each resource having the same OCC among the plurality of resources for the reference signals generated in the corresponding layers.
US11569964B2	Acknowledgement signaling processes for radio access networks Methods and devices for operating a feedback radio node in a radio access network. The feedback radio node is configured with a feedback configuration, the feedback configuration configuring the feedback radio node to provide acknowledgement feedback pertaining to a subject transmission scheduled for reception by the feedback radio node. The feedback configuration configures, for the acknowledgement feedback, a plurality of data substructures associated to the subject transmission such that the acknowledgement feedback comprises at least one bit of acknowledgment information for each of the data substructures. The feedback radio node is configured with a transmission configuration, the transmission configuration configuring transmission resources for transmission by the feedback radio node. An acknowledgment feedback pertaining to the subject transmission is transmitted such that at least one bit of acknowledgment information pertains to a data structure having at least two data substructures associated to the subject transmission.
US11569959B2	Signal sending and receiving method, apparatus, and system A signal sending and receiving method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, at least one piece of resource configuration information for determining N reference signal resource groups, and each of the N reference signal resource groups includes at least one reference signal resource; and sending a reference signal on a resource in an ith reference signal resource group in the N reference signal resource groups by using a jth antenna group corresponding to the ith reference signal resource group, where the jth antenna group includes at least one antenna. The N reference signal resource groups correspond to N antenna groups, and any two of the N antenna groups are different.
US11569954B2	Demodulation reference signal and phase-tracking reference signal port indication Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for indications of demodulation reference signal port groups and phase-tracking reference signal port indications. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11569951B2	Radio link monitoring in a multi-TRP scenario A wireless device receives one or more radio resource control messages comprising configuration parameters for a cell. The configuration parameters indicate a plurality of coreset groups corresponding to a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs). Each coreset in the plurality of coreset groups is associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. A coreset group of the plurality of coreset groups is selected for a radio link monitoring of the cell. The selection is in response to the coreset group comprising a coreset with a pre-defined index value. One or more reference signals are monitored based on one or more TCI states of one or more coresets of the coreset group.
US11569949B2	Communication method and communications apparatus The present disclosure relates to communication methods. One example method includes determining a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP, determining an association relationship between the first BWP and the second BWP, and at least one of determining a first quasi co-location (QCL) relationship based on the association relationship, and receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the second BWP based on the first QCL relationship, or determining a second QCL relationship based on the association relationship, and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second BWP based on the second QCL relationship.
US11569946B2	Integrated circuit A radio communication terminal that increases the ACK/NACK resource utilization efficiency while preventing ACK/NACK collision, and that causes no unnecessary reduction of the PUSCH band in a system that transmits E-PDCCH control information. The radio communication terminal adopts a configuration including a receiving section that receives a control signal including an ACK/NACK index via an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) transmitted using one configuration from among one or a plurality of configuration candidates, a control section that selects a resource to be used for an ACK/NACK signal of downlink data from among specified resources specified beforehand based on E-PDCCH configuration information used for transmission or reception of the E-PDCCH and the ACK/NACK index, and a transmitting section that transmits the ACK/NACK signal using the selected specified resource.
US11569942B2	Enhanced processes for HARQ feedback A wireless device may receive configuration parameter(s) of a time alignment timer associated with a cell. The wireless device may determine to defer transmission of a HARQ feedback, associated with a transport block, from a first timing to a second timing. The wireless device may transmit, via the cell, the HARQ feedback in the second timing based on the time alignment timer running in the second timing and regardless of whether the time alignment timer is running or is not running in the first timing.
US11569940B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining, from a radio link control (RLC) entity associated with a cell group of the terminal, information about a number of retransmissions of a packet, identifying whether packet duplication is activated, based on information indicating that the number of retransmissions of the packet reaches a maximum number of retransmissions of the packet, and transmitting, to a base station, a message indicating a failure of retransmission of the packet, based on a result of the identifying.
US11569937B2	Method of transmitting and receiving system information and device therefor The present disclosure provides a method of receiving system information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) including Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the system information; descrambling a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of the DCI based on a System Information-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI); obtaining first information on a type of the system information from a specific bit included in the DCI; receiving the system information based on second information for scheduling the system information, which is included in the DCI; and determining the type of the system information based on the first information.
US11569936B2	Method and apparatus for channel encoding/decoding in communication or broadcast system The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system, such as LTE. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for channel encoding in a communication system, the method comprising: encoding second data, using an outer channel code; determining a value corresponding to first data, arranging the encoded second data in a block size unit corresponding to the second data, based on the determined value; and encoding the arranged second data, using an inner channel code.
US11569934B2	PBCH timing and aspects of polar code design PBCH design may affect timing indication in a wireless network and polar code interleaver design, among other things. Mechanisms may indicate half frame timing though de-modulation reference signal sequence initialization, de-modulation reference signal mapping order, or de-modulation reference signal resource element location.
US11569933B2	Method and apparatus for detecting physical downlink control channel based on predicted information A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, including receiving, from a base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); predicting aggregation level information including information about an aggregation level of a control channel element (CCE) in which the PDCCH is received based on an aggregation level prediction model; determining a detection order for detecting the PDCCH based on the aggregation level information; and etecting the PDCCH based on the determined detection order.
US11569932B2	Full-duplex control based on dynamic uplink skipping In a wireless network, a user equipment (UE) may skip an uplink transmission associated with a dynamic uplink grant. In such cases, when the UE skips an uplink transmission that would have been concurrent with a downlink transmission, the UE may perform one or more mode-dependent control operations. For example, because the uplink transmission would result in a full-duplex operation if the UE were to perform the uplink transmission, the UE may reset a timer associated with switching from a full-duplex mode to a half-duplex mode and/or perform one or more mode-dependent control operations in the full-duplex mode. Alternatively, because the UE refrains from performing the uplink transmission that would have resulted in a full-duplex operation, the UE may maintain the timer associated with switching from the full-duplex mode to the half-duplex mode and/or perform the one or more mode-dependent control operations in the half-duplex mode.
US11569931B2	Methods and apparatus for enhancing wireless link throughput in small-cell wireless systems Methods and apparatus for enhancing data rates in a small-cell wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus utilize “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with 3GPP wireless communication network (e.g. 4G LTE or 5GNR) for the delivery of services to a number of enhanced fixed wireless apparatus (CPEe/FWAe) at user or subscriber premises. The various CPEe/FWAe report Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) data to their respective serving base stations, and each base station maps the CQI value to a prescribed configuration (e.g., to the Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS)) adaptively for the transmission of the data to the CPEe/FWAe. In one implementation, the base stations update the CQI to MCS values adaptively according to ACK/NACK requests received from the CPEe/FWAe.
US11569928B2	Coded bit transmission method and apparatus A coded bit transmission method and apparatus, to improve spectrum resource utilization and a data rate of a Wi-Fi system, where the method includes: A sender performing channel coding on information bits according to a used MCS, to generate coded bits; and the sender distributing the coded bits to a plurality of channel sets or a plurality of resource units according to a distribution rule. The MCS is an MCS used for each of the plurality of channel sets, or an MCS used for each of the plurality of resource units.
US11569921B2	System and method for capturing and accessing real-time audio and associated metadata Disclosed embodiments provide methods and systems to capture, persist, and access a real-time audio stream and metadata associated with a radio broadcast. The real-time audio stream is captured on an audio capture device comprising a real-time clock. The audio is associated with the points in time it is captured with time markers. In embodiments, the audio is encoded for transmission with the time markers to a remote server. After being captured, encoded, and associated with time markers, the audio is transmitted to a remote server for archiving. Client devices are used to provide access to archived content. Clients request portions of the real-time audio stream from the remote server, and identify the portions they are requesting by including in their request either real-time bounds, or other information which is associated on the remote server with real-time bounds, such as content descriptor types.
US11569920B1	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media of automatic network slicing of underwater acoustic communication system resources Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing underwater acoustic communications. An automatic network slicing method specifically designed for handling underwater acoustic communications is implemented to enable admission control, routing, and dynamic resource allocation based on service level agreement requirements.
US11569916B2	Coherent detection implementing apparatus, system and method Provided is a coherent detection implementing apparatus, system and method. The apparatus includes: a first transceiver unit, configured to send an optical signal in a first direction to a second device, wherein the optical signal in the first direction includes a direct current optical signal with a first wavelength and a modulated optical signal with a second wavelength; and configured to receive an optical signal in a second direction from the second device; and a first coherent receiver, connected with the first transceiver unit, and configured to take a part of the direct current optical signal with the first wavelength in the optical signal in the first direction as a Local Oscillator (LO) light for coherent reception, perform coherent frequency mixing between the LO light and the optical signal in the second direction, and demodulate the optical signal in the second direction.
US11569915B2	Optical subcarrier dual-path protection and restoration for optical communications networks An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
US11569913B2	Optical modulator control system for interconnect transceivers An interconnect transceiver for transmitting and receiving optical signals, comprising an electronics module with a transceiver engine, and a photonics module with a laser source, a modulator, a photodetector to monitor the laser, one to receive an external optical signal, and a controller to operate the laser source and the laser source modulator, an electronic switch having two states is proposed. The first state is to allow monitoring of the modulated laser source by the transceiver engine, so as to acquire a reference set of operating parameters, and the second state is where a signal from the modulated laser source is directed to the controller, such as to allow real-time control of the source of the transmitting laser and modulator by the controller.
US11569910B1	Communications system that provides continuous service Aspects of the technology include establishing a primary communication link between a communication system of a first balloon and a communication system of a second balloon, detecting a movement of the second balloon relative to the first balloon that is expected to cause the primary communication link to become unavailable at a given time during the movement, establishing an RF communication link between an RF communication system of the first balloon and an RF communication system of the second balloon, detecting that the movement of the second balloon relative to the first balloon is such that the primary communication link between the communication system of the first balloon and the optical communication system of the second balloon can be re-established, and re-establishing the primary communication link between the communication system of the first balloon and the communication system of the second balloon.
US11569907B2	Per-band fault signaling in a multi-band optical transmission system Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for signaling the presence of a fault in a multi-band optical network or other communication system. In response to a detected fault in a multi-band communication system impacting a specific band of the multi-band communication system, a method, according to one implementation, may include a step of creating a fault signal corresponding to the detected fault. The method may also include the step of conveying the fault signal to at least one of an upstream controller and a downstream controller of the multi-band communication system to trigger an action for handling the fault on the specific band. The action may be handled independently of other actions associated with one or more other bands of the multi-band communication system.
US11569905B2	Method for predictive maintenance of satellites One variation of a method includes: training a first model to predict failures within the first population of satellites within a first time window based on a first set of historical timeseries telemetry data and a first set of historical timeseries failure data; and training a second model to predict failures within the first population of satellites within a second time window, shorter than the first time window, based on the first set of historical timeseries telemetry data and the first set of historical timeseries failure data. The method further includes: predicting a first probability of failure of the first satellite within the first time window based on the first model and the first set of timeseries telemetry data; and predicting a second probability of failure of the first satellite within the second time window based on the second model and the first set of timeseries telemetry data.
US11569904B1	Differentiating orthogonally modulated signals received from multiple transmitters at one or more antenna arrays Techniques for differentiating orthogonally modulated symbols from different transmitters using one or more antenna arrays are described. According to some techniques, symbols received at one or more antenna arrays are grouped together by matching respective sets of receive beams for each symbol. In this manner, symbols received from a first transmitter at a first location can be differentiated from symbols received from a second transmitter at a second location, and both sets of symbols can be successfully decoded. When the symbols are received using frequency hopping, the receive beams for each symbol can be sorted according to path length, which improves performance, and also enables precise location of the transmitter(s).
US11569903B2	Overlay of a forward link on broadband satellite signals Various arrangements for a satellite-based forward link overlay are presented herein. In some embodiments, broadband data is modulated at a particular frequency, phase, and/or timing to create a broadband data signal. The frequency, phase, and/or timing are used to modulate a low-bandwidth data signal. The low-bandwidth data signal can then be combined with the broadband data signal and transmitted via satellite to a geographic region. A low-bandwidth receiver unit may determine the frequency, phase, and/or timing from the embedded broadband signal and use such information to demodulate and despread the low-bandwidth data signal.
US11569902B2	Electronic equipment, user equipment, wireless communication method, and storage medium An electronic equipment, a user equipment, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium, the electronic equipment comprising a processing circuit and being configured to: receive from a user equipment a random access request message that is expected to access a satellite equipment; and in response to the random access request message, send to the user equipment the advance in timing between the user equipment and the satellite equipment to be accessed. By using said electronic equipment, user equipment, wireless communication method, and storage medium, a user equipment in a satellite communication system may more quickly and efficiently acquire control information relating to uplink transmission.
US11569901B2	System for employing cellular telephone networks to operate, control and communicate with unmannded aerial vehicles and remote piloted vehicles A cellular type communications system for cellular telephone networks to operate, control and communicate with unmanned aerial vehicles and remote piloted vehicles, the system including a first near-ground region to communicate with devices near the ground, as well as one or more layers covering roughly the same areal extent as the ground region but which are separated from each other and also elevated above ground substantially, and within which an aerial vehicle may rely on communications using the cell-based communications network.
US11569899B2	System information processing apparatus and information processing method Provided is a system including: a first vehicle equipped with a land mobile station for mobile communication; and a second vehicle that transports the first vehicle and a user holding a terminal for mobile communication. The system further includes a control unit configured to acquire radio wave intensity of the mobile communication at a current location of the second vehicle, and generate, when the acquired radio wave intensity is less than a predetermined intensity, a command to unload the first vehicle from the second vehicle; and generating a command to relay the mobile communication by the land mobile station of the first vehicle.
US11569898B1	Methods and systems for establishing a connection between devices in unlicensed radio frequency spectrum A method for establishing a wireless connection between a user equipment (UE) device and a base station in unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum includes (a) receiving, at the UE device, a plurality of RF beams broadcasted by the base station, (b) identifying a selected RF beam of the plurality of RF beams having control information with a maximum received signal level, and (c) identifying a first channel occupancy time (COT1) of the base station from control information of the selected RF beam.
US11569892B2	Method and apparatus for beam management in multi-module devices An electronic device and methods for performing low-latency, low-power beam management are disclosed herein. An electronic device for performing low-latency, low-power beam management comprises a plurality of antenna modules and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a number of active antenna modules to include in a set of active antenna modules, and select the set of active antenna modules, from among the plurality of antenna modules, based on a spherical coverage of the set of active antenna modules and based on information on blockage states of the plurality of antenna modules.
US11569891B2	Methods, network nodes, and computer programs for transmit timing adjustment There is provided mechanisms for transmit time adjustment. A method is performed by a second network node. The method comprises obtaining an indication of a need for transmit time adjustment with a first network node during ongoing communication with the first network node. The method comprises providing a first notification to at least one third network node to adjust its receive timing for receiving a signal from the second network node as part of ongoing communication with the second network node. The method comprises adjusting transmit timing for transmitting a first signal to the first network node as part of the ongoing communication with the first network node and for transmitting at least one second signal to the at last one third network node as part of the ongoing communication with the at least one third network node.
US11569885B2	Apparatus and method for determining whether to provide a CSI report Methods, apparatuses and systems are provided for transmission of a CSI report. A WTRU may receive an aperiodic CSI reporting request on a PDCCH. The WTRU may determine a time gap between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received and a first uplink symbol of a designated uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding aperiodic CSI report. The determination of the time gap may include consideration of a timing advance value. A determination may be made as to whether a time threshold is shorter than the determined time gap. If the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold, the WTRU may transmit the CSI report. If the determined time gap is shorter than the threshold, the WTRU may not transmit the CSI report.
US11569883B2	Method for performing beam-related reporting in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor Disclosed are a method for performing beam-related reporting in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, the method for user equipment (UE) for performing beam-related reporting in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of receiving configuration data from a base station (BS), the configuration data comprising data concerning the reporting period or reporting time of measurement data; receiving a reference signal (RS) from the BS on the basis of the configuration data; measuring on the basis of the RS; transmitting beam change request-related data to the BS on the basis of the measured and threshold values; and transmitting the measurement data to the BS, wherein the beam change request-related data can be transmitted before the reporting period or reporting time.
US11569882B2	Electronic device and method for multi-antenna communication apparatus An electronic device for a multi-antenna communication apparatus in a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: map a first information bit to a first reconstructed channel in a plurality of reconstructed channels associated with a plurality of antennas of a multi-antenna communication apparatus; and provide a reconstruction parameter corresponding to the first reconstructed channel, so as to reconstruct an actual channel from the multi-antenna communication apparatus to a peer communication apparatus to bear the first information bit, wherein the plurality of reconstructed channels are determined by configuring, based on a plurality of groups of reconstruction parameters, the plurality of antennas of the multi-antenna communication apparatus, so that the plurality of reconstructed channels have a low correlation with each other.
US11569879B2	Multi-beam codebooks with further optimized overhead A method, wireless device and network node for determining an indication of a precoder are provided. According to one aspect, a method in a wireless device includes determining and the indication of the precoder from a codebook, the indication comprising a first beam phase parameter and a second beam phase parameter corresponding to a first beam and a second beam respectively. The first beam phase parameter takes on one of a first integer number of phase values and the second beam phase parameter takes on one of a second integer number of phase values. At least one of the following conditions apply: the second integer number of phase values is less than the first number of phase values, and the second frequency-granularity is greater than the first frequency-granularity. The method includes transmitting the determined indication of a precoder to the network node.
US11569876B2	Beam index reporting based at least in part on a precoded channel state information reference signal Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may select a precoding matrix of orthogonal beams. The base station may precode a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted to a user equipment (UE) using the precoding matrix of orthogonal beams. The base station may receive, from the UE, one or more reports that indicate one or more beam indices selected from beam indices associated with the precoding matrix of orthogonal beams. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11569872B2	Portable wireless access point Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. an extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein.
US11569866B2	Magnet-less ring circulators for full duplex division wireless communication A full duplex communication system comprises a magnet-less ring circulator that comprises a set of ports extending from a circumference of the magnet-less multi-port ring combiner. The set of ports are positioned at increments around the circumference of the magnet-less multi-port ring combiner.
US11569861B2	Case with secondary well and annular ridge about apertures The disclosure includes a case of a portable electronic device such as a cell phone, the case including a first well for receiving the portable electronic device and a secondary well. The case may include a thin layer of material on the exterior surface of the back wall of the case. The back wall of the case may include an aperture for receiving a portion of a silicone strip or finger loop, the aperture registering with an aperture in the thin layer of material. The aperture in the back wall of the case may include a flange or annular ridge on the exterior surface of the back wall, the flange or annular ridge preferably being level with the exterior surface of the thin layer of material.
US11569860B2	Platform for fitness equipment A platform is connected to the handle of a fitness equipment and includes a platform and two arms which are pivotably connected to the platform. The two arms are adjustably movable relative to the platform to change the distance between the two arms. The two arms are connected to the handle of the fitness equipment, and the angle of the platform is adjustable such that tablets or electronic devices can be put on the platform when using the fitness equipment.
US11569858B2	Adaptive antenna tuning system A radio frequency device has a multifunctional tuner that stores measurements of reflection coefficient parameter in a register. The radio frequency device also has a transceiver that has a transmitter. The transceiver may detect a transmitter signal from the transmitter to an antenna in an initial tuning state and then determine whether the transmitter signal is stable. In response to the transmitter signal being stable, the transceiver may measuring the reflection coefficient parameters at the multifunctional tuner. Furthermore, the radio frequency device has a baseband controller that has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine an antenna impedance based on the reflection coefficient parameters, and in response to determining that the antenna impedance is greater than or less than a threshold antenna impedance, iteratively tune the antenna using the multifunctional tuner.
US11569857B2	Method and apparatus to optimize power clamping A clamping circuit that may be used to provide efficient and effective voltage clamping in an RF front end. The clamping circuit comprises two series coupled signal path switches and a bypass switch coupled in parallel with the series coupled signal path switches. A diode is coupled from a point between the series coupled signal path switches to a reference potential. In addition, an output selection switch within an RF front end has integrated voltage clamping to more effectively clamp the output voltage from the RF front end. Additional output clamping circuits can be used at various places along a direct gain signal path, along an attenuated gain path and along a bypass path.
US11569852B2	Peak and gain calibration of a receiver in an isolation product A method for calibrating a receiver of an isolator product includes adjusting a peaking frequency of a receiver signal path of a first integrated circuit die of the isolator product and a gain of the receiver signal path based on a predetermined peaking frequency, a predetermined gain, a first level of a diagnostic signal during a first interval, and a second level of the diagnostic signal during a second interval. The first interval and the second interval are non-overlapping intervals. The method may include receiving a calibration signal on a differential pair of nodes of the receiver signal path of the first integrated circuit die. The method may include generating a diagnostic signal corresponding to an average amplitude of a received version of the calibration signal.
US11569850B2	Radio frequency front-end circuit and controller A radio frequency front-end circuit and a mobile terminal are provided. The circuit includes: a first signal transmitting circuit and a second signal transmitting circuit; a first changeover switch and a second changeover switch; and a first double-pole double-throw switch. The first signal transmitting circuit is closed through the first double-pole double-throw switch and the first changeover switch and transmits a signal through a first antenna or second antenna, or is closed through the first double-pole double-throw switch and the second changeover switch and transmits a signal through a third antenna or fourth antenna. The second signal transmitting circuit is closed through the first double-pole double-throw switch and the first changeover switch and transmits a signal through the first antenna or the second antenna, or is closed through the first double-pole double-throw switch and the second changeover switch and transmits a signal through the third antenna or the fourth antenna.
US11569838B2	High efficiency current source/sink DAC A current source and/or current sink digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a DAC circuit that converts a digital code to an analog current or voltage signal, an optional transconductance circuit that converts a voltage output of the DAC circuit into a current signal, and an output circuit that amplifies a current output of the DAC circuit or optionally amplifies a current output of the transconductance circuit to set a desired high current output for application to an output of the current source and/or current sink DAC. A power supply control current may be coupled to a power supply circuit that supplies power to the output circuit of the current source and/or current sink DAC. The power supply control current adjusts the output of the power supply circuit to cause the current source and/or current sink DAC to operate at a higher power efficiency.
US11569836B2	Multi-level signal generator and memory device including the same A multi-level signal generator includes a receiving circuit, a setting circuit, a data bit generating circuit and a digital-to-analog converter. The receiving circuit generates a first data bit based on an input data signal having two voltage levels that are different from each other. The setting circuit generates a flag signal based on a command signal. The flag signal is changed depending on an operation mode. The data bit generating circuit generates a plurality of internal bits based on the first data bit, selects at least one of the plurality of internal bits based on the flag signal, and outputs the selected internal bit as at least one additional data bit. The digital-to-analog converter generates an output data signal that is a multi-level signal having three or more voltage levels different from each other based on the first data bit and the at least one additional data bit.
US11569832B1	Analog-to-digital conversion An apparatus is disclosed for analog-to-digital conversion. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a reference-crossing detector having an input and an output. The ADC also includes a ramp generator coupled between the output of the reference-crossing detector and the input of the reference-crossing detector. The ADC further includes a voltage shifter coupled between the output of the reference-crossing detector and the input of the reference-crossing detector.
US11569831B1	Time-to-digital converter calibration A digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) may include a time-to-digital converter (TDC) to provide a phase error signal, a frequency-divider to perform frequency division on an output signal to generate a frequency-divided output signal, a delta-sigma-modulator (DSM) to provide a test signal that represents a quantization error of the DSM, and a digital-to-time converter (DTC) to at least partially remove the quantization error from the frequency-divided output signal based on the test signal to generate the feedback signal. The DPLL may include a circuit to cause the DTC to provide a percentage of the quantization error such that the percentage of the quantization error is in the phase error signal, and a TDC calibration component to calibrate the TDC by applying a gain adjustment factor to the TDC. The gain adjustment factor may be based on the test signal and the phase error signal including the percentage of the quantization error.
US11569826B2	Time-domain incremental two-step capacitance-to-digital converter An exemplary incremental two-step capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) with a time-domain sigma-delta modulator (TDΔΣM) includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)-based integrator that can be used in a low-order loop configuration. Example prototypes are disclosed, which when fabricated in 40-nm CMOS technology, provides CDC resolution of 0.29 fF while dissipating only 0.083 nJ per conversion.
US11569824B2	Digital sampling techniques Various implementations described herein are directed to a device with a voltage-controlled oscillator that receives an enable signal, receives a reset signal, and provides internal pulse signals including one or more coarse internal pulse signals and multiple fine internal pulse signals. The device may have a coarse sampler that receives the one or more coarse internal pulse signal and provides a coarse sampled output signal. The device may have a fine sampler that receives the multiple fine internal pulse signals and provides a fine sampled output signal.
US11569818B2	Load control device having a capacitive touch surface A control device configured for use in a load control system to control an electrical load external to the control device may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a capacitive touch surface configured to detect a touch actuation along at least a portion of the front surface. The control device includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a control circuit, a tactile switch, a controllably conductive device, and a drive circuit operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive or non-conductive to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The control device also includes a capacitive touch PCB that comprises a touch sensitive circuit comprising one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located on the capacitive touch PCB and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the capacitive touch surface.
US11569817B2	Method to control amplitude and phase of a signal A system for generating an offset signal for a capacitive sensor includes a waveform generator configured to generate a waveform, an R-2R ladder circuit having a constant output resistance that is coupled to an output of the waveform generator and is configured to generate the offset signal based on the waveform, and an adjustable capacitor that is connected between an output of the R-2R ladder circuit and a reference voltage. The capacitive sensor includes one or more sensing electrodes coupled to the waveform generator through a capacitance and is configured to generate a sensed signal by sensing an object. The R-2R ladder circuit and the adjustable capacitor are configured to adjust amplitude and phase of the offset signal such that the amplitude and the phase of the offset signal respectively coincide with an amplitude and a phase of the sensed signal when the sensing electrodes do not sense the object.
US11569808B2	Wide high voltage swing input comparator stage with matching overdrive An apparatus includes a differential input pair, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a comparator. The differential input pair having first and second differential inputs. The first differential input is adapted to be coupled to an output of a controller and the second differential input is adapted to be coupled to a signal ground of the controller. The first resistor is adapted to be coupled to a third resistor via the first differential input to form a first voltage divider. The second resistor is adapted to be coupled to a fourth resistor via the second differential input to form a second voltage divider. The comparator having first and second comparator inputs. The first comparator input is coupled between the first resistor and the first differential input. The second comparator input is coupled between the second resistor and the second differential input.
US11569805B2	Minimum intrinsic timing utilization auto alignment on multi-die system The present invention provides a system including a transmitter and a receiver is disclosed. The transmitter includes a first main data path and a first main strobe path, wherein the first main data path is configured to generate a plurality of data signals, the first main strobe path is configured to generate a first strobe signal, and delay amount of the first main data path and delay amount of the first main strobe path are unbalanced. The receiver includes a second main data path and a second main strobe path, wherein the second main strobe path is configured to receive the first strobe signal to generate a plurality of second strobe signals, and the second main data path is configured to receive the plurality of data signals, and uses the plurality of second strobe signals to sample the plurality of data signals to generate a plurality of sampled signals, respectively.
US11569801B2	Analog-to-digital converter, phase sampler, time-to-digital converter, and flip-flop A D-type flip-flop (DFF) includes an input circuit having a plurality of transistors configured to receive a clock signal and a data signal, a first inverter (INV1) having a pair of transistors, the first inverter configured to receive an input voltage (x) from the input circuit at a first inverter input, the first inverter configured to provide an output voltage (y) to a first inverter output, a second inverter (INV2) coupled to the first inverter (INV1), the second inverter having a second inverter input and a second inverter output, the second inverter input coupled to the first inverter output, a third inverter (INV3) coupled to the second inverter (INV2), the third inverter having a third inverter input and a third inverter output, and a current device coupled to the first inverter output, the current device configured to provide a current at the first inverter output.
US11569798B2	Differential techniques for measuring voltage over a power switch A driver circuit is configured to deliver drive signals from an output pin to a power switch to control ON/OFF switching of the power switch. A first detection pin of the driver circuit is configured to receive a first signal associated with the power switch, wherein the first signal indicates a voltage drop over the power switch and a voltage drop over one or more other circuit elements. A second detection pin is configured to receive a second signal, wherein the second signal indicates a voltage drop over one or more matched circuit elements, wherein the one or more matched circuit elements associated with the second signal are substantially identical to the one or more other circuit elements associated with the first signal. The driver circuit is configured to determine the voltage drop over the power switch based on a difference between the first signal and the second signal.
US11569796B2	MEMS-based passband filter A passband filter includes a first and second microelectromechanical resonator system, each including a resonating beam, a drive electrode, and a sense electrode. An AC input signal is coupled to the drive electrode of the first and second microelectromechanical resonator system. A differential-to-single ended amplifier has a first input and second input respectively coupled to the sense electrodes of the first and second microelectromechanical resonator systems. An output of the differential-to-single ended amplifier is an output of the passband filter that provides a bandpass filtered signal of the AC input signal. A DC bias signal is coupled to the resonating beams of the first and second microelectromechanical resonator systems. The first microelectromechanical resonator system exhibits a hardening nonlinear behavior defining an upper stop frequency of the passband and the second microelectromechanical resonator system exhibits a softening nonlinear behavior defining a lower stop frequency of the passband.
US11569791B2	Planarization method The invention provides a planarization method, which can make the local flatness of the product to be processed more uniform. The product has a cavity filled with oxide and includes a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and a second electrode layer superposed on the cavity. The first electrode layer covers the cavity and includes a first inclined face around the first electrode layer, and the piezoelectric layer covers the first electrode layer and is arranged on the first electrode layer. The planarization method includes: depositing a passivation layer on the second electrode layer and etching the passivation layer completely until the thickness of the passivation layer is reduced to the required thickness.
US11569786B2	Power amplifier circuit A power amplifier circuit includes an amplifier transistor having a base, a collector, a bias circuit, and a first resistance element connected between the base of the amplifier transistor and the bias circuit. The bias circuit includes a voltage generation circuit, a first transistor having a base to which a first direct-current voltage is supplied, and an emitter from which the bias current or voltage is supplied, a second transistor having a base to which a second direct-current voltage is supplied, and an emitter connected to the emitter of the first transistor, a signal supply circuit disposed between the base of the amplifier transistor and the base of the second transistor, and an impedance circuit disposed between the base of the first transistor and the base of the second transistor.
US11569783B2	Symbol power tracking amplification system and a wireless communication device including the same A symbol power tracking amplification system including: a modem to generate data and symbol tracking signals; a symbol tracking modulator including a control circuit, first and second voltage supply circuits and a switch circuit, the control circuit generates first and second voltage level control signals in response to the symbol tracking signal, the first voltage supply circuit generates a first output voltage in response to the first voltage level control signal, the second voltage supply circuit generates a second output voltage in response to the second voltage level control signal and the switch circuit outputs the first or second output voltages as a supply voltage in response to a switch control signal; an RF block to generate an RF signal based on the data signal from the modem; and a power amplifier to adjust a power level of the RF signal based on the supply voltage.
US11569782B2	Methods and systems for integrating energy control systems with electrical systems The present disclosure provides systems and methods for integrating an energy control system with an electrical system having a utility meter connected to a utility grid, a photovoltaic (PV) system, an energy storage system, and a plurality of electrical loads. The systems and methods include determining a site condition of the electrical system, determining a type of backup configuration for the electrical system based on the determined site condition, and determining a location of at least one of a main circuit breaker, the PV system, a subpanel, and a site current transformer with respect to the energy control system based on the determined site condition and the determined type of backup configuration.
US11569780B2	Purlin system for solar module attachment One embodiment includes a device for solar tracker systems. The device includes a first purlin including a first mating surface configured for frictional attachment to a first side of a torque tube. The first purlin further including a first linear shaped top surface configured for mounting a first solar module. A second purlin includes a second mating surface configured for frictional attachment to a second side of the torque tube. The second purlin further including a second linear shaped top surface configured for mounting a second solar module. The first purlin and the second purlin connect to one another with a fastening clamp that is configured for holding the first purlin and the second purlin against the torque tube.
US11569775B2	Modular board-level motor control system with integrated protection and control components A motor control system for selectively controlling power from a power source to a load includes a PCB structure and a power converter affixed to the PCB structure that is operable to provide a controlled output power to the load. The motor control system also includes a standalone protection and control module mounted onto the at least one PCB structure so as to be electrically coupled therewith, the standalone protection and control module further including a front-end switching unit comprising a plurality of switching devices operable to selectively interrupt and control power flow from the power source to the power converter and to a bypass path that bypasses the power converter and a back-end switching unit positioned downstream from the front-end switching unit and comprising a plurality of switching devices operable to selectively interrupt power flow from the power converter and the bypass path to the load.
US11569774B2	Actuator control device An actuator control device supplies electrical power to a plurality of actuators via a plurality of controller units consecutively disposed and connected in one direction. A power supply unit or an input/output and power supply unit is interposed between each arbitrary number of controller units from within the plurality of controller units. In a case that the power supply unit is interposed, the power supply unit supplies electrical power to the block connected on a downstream side in a connecting direction. In a case that the input/output and power supply unit is interposed, the input/output and power supply unit performs input and output of signals to and from an exterior and the block that is connected on the downstream side in the connecting direction, while also supplying electrical power to the block.
US11569771B2	Control apparatus and sensor apparatus According to one embodiment, a control apparatus for controlling a sensor that operates on power supplied by a power generator via an electric circuit including a rectifying and smoothing circuit converting AC power output from the power generator into DC power and a converter transforming an output voltage of the rectifying and smoothing circuit includes a first and a second signal generator and a controller. The first signal generator generates a first signal based on the output voltage of the rectifying and smoothing circuit. The second signal generator generates a second signal based on an output voltage of the converter. The controller switches an operation mode of the sensor between a sleep mode and an active mode based on the first and second signals.
US11569767B2	Hybrid-type engine generator output controller In an output control of a hybrid-type engine generator equipped with a load output demand detecting unit, a load output demand increase/decrease determination unit and an output control unit, a configuration is adopted whereby load output demand from (output required by) the load is detected, increase/decrease of the detected load output demand is determined, discharge power from the battery is added to generated power output of the engine generator unit when detected load output demand is determined to be increasing, and output of the engine generator unit is controlled so as to use some generated power output of the engine generator unit as charge power of the battery when detected load output demand is determined to be decreasing.
US11569766B2	Drive unit A drive unit attached to a mobile entity is disclosed. The drive unit includes a motor, a first detector, and a controller. The first detector detects vehicle speed information regarding a vehicle speed of the mobile entity. The controller performs PWM control for the motor. The controller controls a duty cycle of a PWM signal in accordance with the vehicle speed information detected by the first detector.
US11569760B2	Power generation or conversion system A triboelectric energy generator (1) comprises a first generating element (8) and a second generating element (10). The first generating element comprises a first triboelectric material (9) and the second generating element comprises a second triboelectric material (13). Movement of the second generation element relative to the first generation element results in an output voltage, as a consequence of the triboelectric effect. A stopper (7) is configured to restrict rotation of the second generating element, so that the second generating element may only rotate through a desired angle.
US11569759B2	System with active filter for a battery A system may be provided that may include a first battery, and an inverter coupled to the battery. The system may also include a first active filter including a first switch element, second switch element, third switch element, and fourth switch element. Each switch element may be coupled to the first battery or the inverter. The first, second, third, and fourth switch elements may be configured to increase or decrease an applied voltage or current of the first battery.
US11569756B2	Flying capacitor type 3-level power conversion device A flying capacitor (FC)-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.
US11569755B2	Active rectifier circuit with reduced complexity and reduced component count A rectifier circuit has one or more bridge circuits each with: a first leg with two diodes in series and an AC terminal at a midpoint between the two, a second leg with two semiconductor switches in parallel to the first, a third diode connected to a upper node of each leg, a fourth diode connected to a lower node of each leg, and a capacitor leg with two capacitors in series between the third and fourth diode. A midpoint between the capacitors is connected to a midpoint between the semiconductor switches. The first arrangement is two controllable semiconductor switches in series. A gate node of the second is connected to a first load terminal of the first switch and the first load terminal is connected to the lower node. The second semiconductor switch is a third controllable semiconductor switch with a gate node connected to the lower node.
US11569754B2	Single-phase and three-phase compatible AC-DC conversion circuit and method of controlling charge and discharge thereof A single-phase and three-phase compatible AC-DC conversion circuit includes a first switching component, a second switching component, a third switching component, three switch bridge arms, a fourth switching component, a pre-charge resistor, a capacitor assembly, and a control unit. Each switch bridge arm has an upper switch and a lower switch connected in series. The fourth switching component is coupled between a first phase of a three-phase power source and a common-connected node of the switch bridge arm corresponding to a second phase of the three-phase power source. The control unit turns on the fourth switching component, turns on the upper switch coupled to the first switching component, and turns on the lower switch coupled to the fourth switching component to provide a discharge path so that the capacitor assembly discharges through the pre-charge resistor on the discharge path.
US11569753B1	Apparatuses and methods for an alternating current to direct current converter A mode of a rectifier may be changed between at least fully passive and fully synchronous based upon direct current (DC) output by the rectifier and/or direct current voltage output by the rectifier. This extends the range of direct current output by the rectifier for a given range of DC voltage output by the rectifier.
US11569750B2	Alternating current (AC) voltage regulator and method of operating the same An alternating-current (AC) voltage regulator including an input, an isolated power supply, a control circuit, an amplifier, and an output. The input is configured to receive an input voltage. The isolated power supply is configured to receive the input voltage and output a direct-current (DC) signal isolated from the input voltage. The control circuit is configured to receive a portion of the input voltage, adjust the portion of the input voltage, and output the adjusted voltage. The amplifier is configured to receive the isolated DC signal, the adjusted voltage, and a feedback loop, and output a differential signal. The output is configured to add the differential signal to the input voltage resulting in a regulated voltage, and output the regulated voltage.
US11569749B2	Wide input voltage range power converter circuit in a one-stage- two-switch configuration A wide input voltage range power converter circuit in a one-stage-two-switch configuration has a power input terminal, a switch node connected to the power input terminal, a transformer, two electronic switches, a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit, and an output circuit. An input side of the transformer has a first winding and a second winding that are connected to the switch node. An output side of the transformer has an output winding. A turns ratio between the first winding and the output winding is different from a turns ratio between the second winding and the output winding. The two electronic switches are respectively connected to the first winding and the second winding in series. The PWM circuit is connected to the power input terminal and control terminals of the two electronic switches. The output circuit is connected to the output winding.
US11569747B2	Adaptive phase add/shed for a power converter A method and apparatus for adding and shedding phases in a multi-phase power converter is disclosed. A power converter includes a plurality of voltage regulators including a given voltage regulator configured to generate, when active, a particular output voltage on a regulated power supply node. The power converter further includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured determine an amount of output current being supplied to the regulated power supply node by active ones of the plurality of voltage regulator circuits. The control circuit is further configured to adjust a number of voltage regulator circuits that are active based on the output current and one or more environmental parameters associated with the plurality of voltage regulator circuits.
US11569745B2	Electrical system having boost converter functionality An example electrical system is disclosed. The electrical system can include a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) and a power inverter connected to the RESS. The power inverter can be configured to provide electrical power to a traction motor. The electrical system can include a plurality of machine windings connected between the power inverter and a switch. The switch can be configured to transition between a closed state to allow current flow from an off-board power source through the plurality of machine windings to the RESS and an open state to prevent current flow between the off-board power source and the plurality of machine windings.
US11569744B2	Direct current (DC)-DC power converter with multiple modes of operation A converter stage having a control pin, an input voltage pin, an output pin, a ground pin, a high-side switch coupled between the input voltage pin and the output pin, a low-side switch coupled between the output pin and the ground pin, a current sensor configured to detect a current at the output pin, and control logic coupled to the control pin and the current sensor. The control logic is configured to control switching of the high-side and the low-side switches in continuous conduction mode, discontinuous conduction mode, and body braking control for the converter stage in response to a first signal received via the control line and a second signal received from the current sensor. A driver controls switching, based on the detected current and sequential event tracking, between an on state and an off state.
US11569743B2	DC-DC converter with pulse modulation control circuit A DC-DC converter control circuit includes an error amplifier, a voltage-to-current conversion circuit, an oscillator circuit, and a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) control circuit. The error amplifier is configured to generate a difference voltage as a difference of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter circuit and a reference voltage. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit configured to convert the difference voltage to a difference current. The oscillator circuit is configured to generate a clock signal at a predetermined frequency for pulse width modulation. The PFM control circuit is configured to disable the oscillator circuit, based on the difference current, for PFM operation.
US11569742B2	Power supply control device The power supply control device includes a logic circuit for generating a pseudo switch voltage simulating a behavior of a switch voltage generated in the switch output stage, a filter unit that receives input of the pseudo switch voltage and the output voltage or a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and generates a current sense signal simulating a behavior of the inductor current, and a feedback control unit that performs output feedback control of the switch output stage by using the current sense signal.
US11569733B2	Load control device having a closed-loop gate drive circuit including overcurrent protection A load control device for controlling power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may have a closed-loop gate drive circuit for controlling a semiconductor switch of a controllably conductive device. The controllably conductive device may be coupled in series between the source and the load. The gate drive circuit may generate a target signal in response to a control circuit. The gate drive circuit may shape the target signal over a period of time and may increase the target signal to a predetermined level after the period of time. The gate drive circuit may receive a feedback signal that indicates a magnitude of a load current conducted through the semiconductor switch. The gate drive circuit may generate a gate control signal in response to the target signal and the feedback signal, and render the semiconductor switch conductive and non-conductive in response to the gate control signal.
US11569732B2	DC-link charging arrangement and method for charging a DC-link capacitor A DC-link charging arrangement is described having a DC-link capacitor, rectifier means, and contactor means arranged between supply voltage ports and the rectifier means and having at least one contactor. Such a charging arrangement should enable charging of a DC-link capacitor in a simple way with low losses. To this end a charging capacitor is arranged bridging the at least one contactor.
US11569726B2	Hybrid gate driver A hybrid gate driver circuit includes a field effect transistor (FET) drive terminal, a switching node terminal, a transistor, and a capacitor. The transistor includes a first terminal coupled to the FET drive terminal, and a second terminal coupled to ground. The capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to the switching node terminal, and a second terminal coupled to a third terminal of the transistor.
US11569725B2	Power tool with clutch and magnetic torque transmission mechanism A torque transmission mechanism transmits a torque produced by a rotation of a driving shaft to an output shaft. A clutch mechanism is provided between a motor and the torque transmission mechanism. The torque transmission mechanism includes a magnet coupling including a driving magnet member coupled to the driving shaft side and a driven magnet member coupled to the output shaft side. The driving magnet member and the driven magnet member are arranged such that magnetic surfaces on each of which S-pole magnets and N-pole magnets are alternately arranged face other. The clutch mechanism transmits the torque produced by the rotation of the driving shaft to the driving magnet member but does not transmit a torque the driving magnet member receives from the driven magnet member to the driving shaft.
US11569721B2	Haptic actuator including permanent magnet within coil passageways when unpowered and related methods A haptic actuator may include a housing having opposing first and second ends and first and second coils carried by the housing adjacent respective first and second ends thereof. Each coil may have a respective passageway therethrough. The actuator may include a field member including first and second masses adjacent respective first and second ends of the housing, and a permanent magnet having first and second ends coupled to respective ones of the first and second masses. The actuator may also include first and second flexures mounting respective first and second masses to the respective first and second ends of the housing so that the field member is reciprocally movable within the passageways of the coils responsive to powering the coils and so that the ends of the permanent magnet are within respective passageways of the coils when the coils are unpowered.
US11569720B2	Motor for vehicle A motor for a vehicle may include: a shaft member rotatably installed; a magnet attached to the outside of the shaft member; a cover covering the magnet, and fixing the magnet on the shaft member; and a stator disposed outside the cover and the magnet. A distance between the cover and the stator may be equal to a distance between the magnet and the stator.
US11569717B2	Axial flux rotary electric machine An axial flux rotary electric machine including at least one stator and at least one rotor that are arranged along an axis of rotation of the machine, the rotor including a rotor mass and housings created in the rotor mass, the housings defining magnetic poles of the rotor, each of the housings being able to contain or not contain at least one permanent magnet.
US11569716B2	Coil forming apparatus and coil forming method A coil forming apparatus includes: a coil winding jig being configured to wind the belt-shaped coil by inserting the plurality of straight portions of the belt-shaped coil into a respective one of the plurality of comb-shaped grooves; a coil conveying mechanism that pivotally conveys the belt-shaped coil; and guide members that guide the belt-shaped coil in an arc shape while being in contact with the side ends of the belt-shaped coil, and further allow the plurality of straight portions to be inserted into a respective one of the plurality of comb-shaped grooves in a second half portion of the belt-shaped coil upon pivot conveying. The coil conveying organizer includes a conveying rail that provides a conveying path pivotally conveying the belt-shaped coil along the coil winding jig, and a conveyor that moves along the conveying rail in a state gripping the plurality of straight portions of the belt-shaped coil.
US11569715B2	Integrated dual-motor controller The integrated dual-motor controller includes a controller housing, a bus magnetic ring component, an all-in-one module, a control plate, an isolation plate and a drive plate. The bus magnetic ring component, the all-in-one module, the control plate, the isolation plate and the drive plate are all integrated in the controller housing. The integrated dual-motor controller is designed to achieve a high level of integration, and a modular design is used inside to facilitate mounting and reduce the size.
US11569712B2	System and method for detecting bearing insulation and ground brush health in a generator A method for preventing damage in a bearing of a generator of an electrical power system includes monitoring one or more electrical signals of a power conversion assembly of the electrical power system. The method also includes estimating an impedance path of common mode current from a terminal to ground using the operating parameter(s) of the power conversion assembly. Further, the method includes determining a one or more magnitudes and/or a one or more phase angles of the impedance path at different frequencies, such a switching frequency and/or harmonics. Moreover, the method includes determining whether the impedance path is indicative of degradation in at least one of bearing insulation or a ground brush of the generator based on a change in the one or more magnitudes and/or the one or more phase angles. In addition, the method includes implementing a control action when the impedance path is indicative of degradation in the bearing insulation and/or the ground brush of the generator.
US11569711B2	Mechanical brake for an electric motor The present disclosure relates to mechanical braking mechanisms used in electric motor applications. The present braking mechanisms may be configured as non-back-drivable mechanical brakes and provide immediate braking of the motors. According to one embodiment, a mechanical brake assembly for an electric motor may include a female disk including a groove and an abutment and a male disk including a projection, the male disk being in mechanical communication with a rotor of the electric motor. When the electric motor is energized, the projection of the male disk is configured to rotate with the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor, but when the electric motor is de-energized, the projection of the male disk is configured to travel within the groove of the female disk and abut the abutment of the female disk, thereby reducing the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor.
US11569709B2	Motor drive device and servo adjustment method A motor drive device includes: a position command generator which generates a position command; a damping filter unit which includes one or more stages of damping filters which reduce vibration of a device including a load and a motor, applies, to a position command, a damping filter determined based on a model parameter corresponding to a model of the device, and outputs a filtered position command to which the damping filter has been applied; a servo controller which gives a torque command to the motor based on the filtered position command; a low-pass filter unit; a parameter estimation unit which estimates the model parameter from the rotational speed and the torque command of the motor which have passed through the low-pass filter unit; and a vibration determination unit which determines presence or absence of vibration in the model.
US11569703B2	Integrated wedge cooling distribution plate and end turn support A rotor assembly of a generator includes a rotor core including a plurality of core poles defining a plurality of core slots therebetween. The core poles extend from a first axial end of the rotor core to a second axial end of the rotor core. A rotor winding is installed to the rotor core and has a plurality of core segments located in the plurality of core slots, and a plurality of end turns connecting the plurality of core segments. An end plate is located at at least one of the first axial end or the second axial end and includes a plate portion and a plurality of wedge ends extending from the plate portion. Each wedge end is located at a corresponding core slot. The end plate is supportive of the plurality of end turns of the rotor winding.
US11569701B2	Nanostructured insulation for electric machines An insulating composition having a polymer resin, a nanoclay, and one or more nanofillers. The insulating composition has a thermal conductivity of greater than about 0.8 W/mK, a dielectric constant of less than about 5, a dissipation factor of less than about 3%, and a breakdown strength of greater than about 1,000V/mil. The insulating composition has an endurance life of at least 400 hours at 310 volts per mil.
US11569700B2	Rotating electric machine To obtain a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing the rotating electric machine in an axial direction and in a radial direction. A first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion and a second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion. An opposing portion being a portion, at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in a radial direction, and at least a part of the opposing portion of the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.
US11569698B2	Electric motor and stator cooling apparatus An electric motor can include a stator body defining fluid channels extending axially for fluid communication between axial ends of the stator body. Conductive windings can form first loops extending axially outward from the first end of the stator body and second loops extending axially outward from the second end of the stator body. A first cap can be coupled to the first end of the stator body and can include a first wall. The first wall can be between the first loops and the channels. Pins can extend from a side of the first wall that is opposite the first loops. The second cap can be coupled to the second end of the stator body and include a second wall. The second wall can be between the second loops and the channels. Pins can extend from a side of the second wall that is opposite the second loops.
US11569694B2	Automatic gain control for communications demodulation in wireless power receivers A wireless receiver system includes a receiver antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a receiver controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information superimposed on an AC wireless signal. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, apply automatic bias control and gain control to generate modified electrical information, detect a change in the modified electrical information and determine if the change in the modified electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold. If the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, an alert is generated. Alerts are decoded into the electrical information.
US11569690B2	Series distributed radio frequency (RF) generator for use in wireless power transfer A distributed radio frequency (RF) generator for wireless power transfer for wireless power transfer is described. A distributed RF generator can include an electrically-conductive loop having at least a first end and a second end that are adapted to be electrically coupled to one or more direct current (DC) power sources, where the loop comprises a plurality of segments, each of the plurality of segments comprising: a length of wire and at least one active component, wherein the at least one active component has a first terminal and a second terminal that are electrically coupled to the loop, wherein: a DC voltage exists between the first terminal and the second terminal; a DC current flows into the first terminal and out of the second terminal; an oscillating RF voltage is output across the first terminal and the second terminal; and the at least one active component is synchronized in phase.
US11569684B1	Broadband antenna matching network employing energy recovery schemes An energy conversion device disposed in series with an RF driver circuit and an RF antenna, the energy conversion device being arranged to convert a portion of available RF power from the RF driver circuit into a different form of energy (direct current, thermal, or higher frequency electromagnetic waves such as light) which is converted, if needed, to DC and stored in an energy storage device coupled with the RF driver circuit for supplying recycled electrical energy thereto. The RF antenna may be an electrically small antenna and thus a antenna matching network may be provided between the RF driver circuit and the RF antenna. The energy conversion device may comprise, for example, (i) a transformer in combination with a rectifying circuit, (ii) a full wave rectifier, (iii) a half wave rectifier, (iv) a heat and/or light producing device, an energy converter (such as a generator) or a combination of the foregoing.
US11569673B2	Charge control circuitry in a wireless power receiver An embodiment of the invention provides a method for reducing data corruption in a wireless power transmission system. Power is transmitted from a primary coil to a secondary coil by induction. The voltage induced on the secondary coil by induction is rectified. The change in current supplied to a load configured to be coupled to the wireless power transmission system is limited.
US11569668B2	System and method for dynamic balancing power in a battery pack A system for dynamically balancing power in a battery pack during charging and discharging includes a battery pack, a control unit, and a load unit. The battery pack includes one or more modules. Each module includes one or more bricks. Each brick includes one or more blocks connected either in a series configuration or in a parallel configuration. Each block includes one or more cells. The control unit is connected with the battery pack across each of the blocks for processing power from each of the blocks irrespective of a power mismatch between the blocks. The control unit dynamically balances the power in the battery pack by controlling a differential current from a block with higher state of charge (SOC) to a block of lower SOC, using one or more converters and thereby maximizing available energy of the battery pack during charging and discharging.
US11569666B2	Quick charging method, power adapter and mobile terminal A quick charging method, a power adapter and a mobile terminal are provided. The method is applied to the power adapter, the power adapter is coupled to the mobile terminal through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface is used by the power adapter to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the power source adapter to conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and the power adapter supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than that of the common charging mode. The method includes: conducting a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting charging current to charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.
US11569663B1	Integrated carbon-negative, energy generation and storage system A system and method provide integrated carbon-negative, geothermal-based, energy generation and storage. The embodiments produce dispatchable electricity at grid-scale by storing excess energy from the grid and generating its own energy. The excess energy may be taken from solar and wind sources. In one aspect, the subject technology is energy storage, energy generation, carbon utilization and sequestration, all in one. The technology has very high round-trip efficiency of storing energy and is carbon-negative which makes it far more sustainable than any competing energy storage technology.
US11569656B2	Surge protection devices with surge level discrimination and methods of operating the same An apparatus includes a surge protection device, a current sensor configured to sense a current through the surge protection device, and a surge discriminator circuit coupled to the current sensor and configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels for the surge protective device responsive to the sensed current. The current sensor may include a current transformer configured to generate a secondary current responsive to the sensed current and the surge discriminator circuit may be configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels responsive to the generated secondary current.
US11569654B2	Power control device A power control device includes: an output voltage controller configured to control an output voltage based on a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage; and an overvoltage protector configured to continue or stop the operation of the output voltage controller based on a first detection result of whether the output voltage has exceeded an output voltage threshold value and a second detection result of whether the feedback voltage has fallen to or below a feedback voltage threshold value.
US11569653B2	Electronic fuse for a power supply An electronic fuse for a power supply includes at least two switching elements and a regulation unit, wherein a first switching element is arranged in a main branch, where the regulation unit is switches off the first switching element when a predetermined threshold value is exceeded by a prevailing current value, and a second switching element that is also actuated by the regulation unit, which is arranged in an auxiliary branch parallel to the first switching element and assumes a substantial proportion of a resulting power loss when an overload occurs, and the second switching element, which is arranged in at least one auxiliary branch, is configured or optimized for linear operation, and where the at least two switching elements are configured such that the line resistance of the second switching element is at least twice the line resistance of the first switching element.
US11569651B1	Electrical receptacle fault protection An electrical receptacle contains a plug outlet that has a pair of contacts for electrical connection to respective hot and neutral power lines. A controlled switch, such as a TRIAC, is connected in series relationship between the outlet contact and the hot power line. Sensors in the receptacle outputs signals to a processor having an output coupled to the control terminal of the controlled switch. The processor outputs an activation signal or a deactivation signal to the controlled switch in response to received sensor signals that are indicative of conditions relative to the first and second contacts.
US11569647B2	Electrical system for bus bar coupling A system that may include a rigid bus bar body portion having one or more first conductive pathways, and a flexible bus bar body portion extending from the rigid bus bar body portion and having a lower modulus of elasticity than the rigid bus bar body portion, the flexible bus bar body portion including one or more second conductive pathways. The one or more first conductive pathways and the one or more second conductive pathways may be configured to be conductively coupled with a first electronic device to form a conductive connection between the first electronic device and at least a second electronic device.
US11569645B2	While-in-use cover assembly for wire box Disclosed is a while-in-use cover assembly for an electric wire box, having: a base having a front surface and a bottom surface; a lid that selectively covers the base front surface, wherein a first geometric shape is formed by a top profile of the lid, and the while-in-use cover assembly is confined to the first geometric shape when closed; and a ball-joint connecting the lid and the base, wherein the lid can pivot relative to the base, about the ball-joint, for positioning the lid against the base and away from the base, wherein: when the lid is positioned against the base the while-in-use cover assembly is closed; and when the lid is positioned away from the base, the while-in-use cover assembly is opened.
US11569641B2	Ionizer bar An alpha ion emitter apparatus, including a circuit, a fluid duct including one or more apertures, and a rail electrically connected to the circuit and operatively arranged to hold an alpha ionization material that emits alpha particles, the alpha particles creating alpha ions, wherein the circuit is operatively arranged to apply an output signal to at least one of the fluid duct and the rail.
US11569639B2	Spark plug A spark plug includes a central electrode member and an outer electrode member. The central electrode member includes a central base and a plurality of electrode prongs extending in an axial direction from the central base. The outer electrode member surrounds the central electrode member. The outer electrode member includes a wall that is radially spaced from the plurality of electrode prongs to allow a series of electric arcs to form between the wall and the plurality of electrode prongs. The outer electrode member and the central electrode member are sized and positioned relative to one another such that a first rate of wear of the outer electrode member, along a longitudinal axis of the spark plug, is substantially equal to a second rate of wear of the central electrode member along the longitudinal axis.
US11569638B2	Ignition plug An ignition plug includes: an insulator provided with a shaft hole formed therein; a metal fitting caulked to support the insulator from an outer periphery side thereof; and a talc material filled in an annular space provided between an outer peripheral surface of the insulator and an inner peripheral surface of the metal fitting. A first annular member and a second annular member are provided at an end portion of the annular space, the end portion being positioned in a center electrode side along the center axis in the annular space, the second annular member is in contact with the first annular member from an opposite side of the center electrode.
US11569633B2	Apparatus for providing optical radiation Apparatus for providing optical radiation (15), which apparatus comprises an optical input (13), a coupler (2), a first semiconductor amplifier (3), a controller (4), a preamplifier (61), a power amplifier (62) and an output fibre (5), wherein: the optical input (13) is for receiving input optical radiation (14); the optical input (13) is connected in series to the coupler (2), the first semiconductor amplifier (3), the preamplifier (61), the power amplifier (62), and the output fibre (5); the apparatus being characterized in that: the first semiconductor amplifier (3) comprises a waveguide (6) having a low reflecting facet (8); the first semiconductor amplifier (3) is in a double pass configuration such that the low reflecting facet (8) is connected to both the optical input (13) and the preamplifier (61) via the coupler (2); and the controller (4) is configured to cause the waveguide (6) of the first semiconductor amplifier (3) to operate in saturation thereby enabling the first semiconductor amplifier (3) to reduce non-linear effects in the preamplifier (61), the power amplifier (62), and the output fibre (5).
US11569632B2	Lidar systems and methods for exercising precise control of a fiber laser Embodiments discussed herein refer to LiDAR systems and methods that enable substantially instantaneous power and frequency control over fiber lasers. The systems and methods can simultaneously control seed laser power and frequency and pump power and frequency to maintain relative constant ratios among each other to maintain a relatively constant excited state ion density of the fiber laser over time.
US11569630B2	Laser apparatus A laser apparatus that can generate a high-quality laser beam is provided. The laser apparatus is provided with a laser medium and an insulation layer. The laser medium has a first surface and a second surface. Incident laser light is incident on the first surface. The second surface totally reflects the incident laser light that is incident to the second surface at an incident angle equal to or larger than a critical angle. The insulation layer covers a second area of the second surface that surrounds a first area of the second surface, the first area totally reflecting the incident laser light. The laser medium is exposed in the first area.
US11569624B2	Electrical fixture quick connect mount A method and apparatus for quick, safe, and easy installation of electrical fixtures in the building construction field, including connecting the fixture to a mounting mechanism for structural support and electrical service. A coupling mechanism is attached to or incorporated into the fixture. The coupling mechanism has built-in electrical leads that are designed to connect with the electrical leads on a fixture-facing interface of the mounting mechanism. Electrical leads on the coupling mechanism are connected via wire or other electrically conductive material to the electrical components in the fixture.
US11569622B2	Contact carrier for electrical plug connectors and plug connectors therefor An electrical plug connector having a housing and a contact carrier held inside the housing. It comprises an electrically insulating base part and at least one pair of first electrical contacts for transmitting energy and multiple pairs of second electrical contacts for transmitting data. The contacts are held in the base part and arranged so as to be distributed in a plane extending essentially perpendicular relative to the longitudinal axis of the contact elements and the contact carrier. First distance lines between the contacts of the pairs of first contacts are free of overlaps with second distance lines between the contacts of the pairs of second contacts.
US11569619B2	Electrical connector with improved electrical performance The present disclosure provides an electrical connector including an insulating housing, a number of terminals and a lossy member. The terminals include a number of ground terminals and a number of signal terminals. The ground terminals and the signal terminals are set adjacently to each other but do not contact each other. The ground terminals do not directly contact the lossy member. As a result, installation consistency of the ground terminals can be achieved, thereby improving the electrical performance of the electrical connector.
US11569618B2	Socket for high-speed transmission A socket having a housing, a plurality of contacts, a plurality of insulating members and a plurality of conductive resin members is described. The housing is in a box shape with an opening and is provided with a matrix of penetration holes at a bottom portion. The plurality of contacts include contacts for ground and respective pairs of contacts for high-speed differential transmission. The plurality of insulating members support the plurality of contacts and are pressed into the housing so that the contacts are exposed on an opposite side of the opening from the penetration holes of the housing. The plurality of conductive resin members are fitted at positions of the plurality of insulating members in contact with the contacts for ground.
US11569612B2	Electrical connector assembly having a pair of latches and a pair of buttons pivotable to operate the latches An electrical connector assembly includes a plug connector, a cable electrically connecting to the plug connector, an outer cover enclosing the plug connector and the cable, a pair of latches mounted to the plug connector, and a pair of buttons mounted to the outer cover for operating the pair of latches, wherein each of the pair of latches includes a spring arm, a securing portion at an inner side of the spring arm, and a pressing portion at an outer side of the spring arm, and each of the pair of buttons includes a pivot at one end thereof, a stopper at an opposite end thereof, and an abutting portion coupled to the pressing portion.
US11569608B2	Electrical connector system An electrical connector system includes a first connector comprising first contacts and a plurality of contact guides associated with the respective first contacts. The system also includes a second connector comprising second contacts configured to slide between a respective one of the contact guides and a respective one of the first contacts in response to joining the first and second connectors as a mated pair. Each respective contact guide provides contact pressure to a first surface of the respective one of the second contacts to provide a biasing force of the second contact onto the first contact to electrically couple a second surface of the respective one of the second contacts opposite the first side to an adjoining surface of the respective one of the first contacts to conduct a signal between the respective one of each of the first and second contacts.
US11569606B2	Electrical plug An electrical plug includes a support body, a pair of electrical contacts of elongated shape having respective longitudinal axes arranged coplanar on a common lying plane, and connecting members adapted to allow a mutual movement between said electrical contacts and the support body. The connecting members include a first rocker hinged to the support body according to a first hinging axis perpendicular to the lying plane, and a second rocker hinged to the support body according to a second hinging axis parallel and spaced with respect to the first hinging axis, each electrical contact being fixed overhanging a respective of the first and second rockers.
US11569605B2	Contact device and contact system A contact device includes an outer housing delimiting an inner space and an inner housing arranged in the inner space, the inner housing having a first recess. The contact device includes a contact element arranged in the inner space and a sealing element arranged between the contact element and the outer housing. The sealing element seals the inner space from the environment. The contact element has a second recess on an outside of the contact element aligned with the first recess. The contact device includes a contact securing device movable along the first recess to engage the second recess of the contact element.
US11569601B2	Socket and inspection socket A socket configured to electrically connect a first electric component and a second electric component, the socket including: a base part including a top surface and a bottom surface; a contact pin provided to extend through the base part and including a pin lower end exposed from the bottom surface; and an abutment part provided in the base part, and including an abutment lower end, the abutment lower end being exposed from the bottom surface to abut on the second electric component and configured to be movable in a vertical direction, the abutment part being configured such that the abutment lower end abuts on the second electric component approaching, in a process of attaching the second electric component, the base part from below to adjust a posture of the base part with respect to the second electric component.
US11569600B1	Cable connector structure The present disclosure relates to a cable connector structure, which includes a housing, a tongue plate, a plurality of cables, and a plurality of heat sinks. The housing includes a docking end and a butting end. One side of the housing includes a top surface, and the top surface protrudingly provided with a hollow stage. The tongue plate is arranged in the housing, one end of the tongue plate is provided with a docking area, and the other end of the tongue plate is provided with a welding area. The plurality of heat sinks is arranged on the top surface of the housing, the hollow stage is arranged toward the docking end and the plurality of heat sinks are arranged toward the butting end.
US11569596B2	Pressure features to alter the shape of a socket Systems, apparatus, and/or processes directed to applying pressure to a socket to alter a shape of the socket to improve a connection between the socket and a substrate, printed circuit board, or other component. The socket may receive one or more chips, may be an interconnect, or may be some other structure that is part of a package. The shape of the socket may be flattened so that a side of the socket may form a high-quality physical and electrical coupling with the substrate.
US11569595B2	Connector assembly A housing has a first positioning hole that penetrates the housing in the vertical direction. A suction cap includes a suction plate part to be sucked by a suction nozzle, and a plurality of positioning protrusion parts, each of which is to be inserted into a first positioning hole of the housing of an input/output board-side connector and a CPU board-side connector in the state where the suction cap holds the input/output board-side connector and the CPU board-side connector. Each positioning protrusion part is inserted into each corresponding first positioning hole in the state where the suction cap holds the input/output board-side connector and the CPU board-side connector, which achieves the positioning of the input/output board-side connector and the CPU board-side connector with respect to the suction cap.
US11569593B2	Connector having an inner conductor engager A connector includes: (i) an inner conductor engager comprising at least one tab being flexible to define an opening engager, (ii) a driver configured to drive the inner conductor engager to a desired position along the inner conductor, and (iii) a housing coupled to the inner conductor engager. The opening is configured to receive an inner conductor of a coaxial cable and extends through the entire inner conductor engager thus allowing the inner conductor to electrically connect to an interface port.
US11569591B2	Fastening system for an electrical transmission line repair device A fastening system has a conditioner clamp and a penetrating fastener. The conditioner clamp has an upper assembly and a lower assembly attachable together to define a conductor cavity therebetween. At least one threaded opening provides ingress into the conductor cavity. The penetrating fastener is extendable through the at least one threaded opening. The penetrating fastener has a threaded bolt and a penetrating portion with a proximal end at a second end region of the threaded bolt and a distal end spaced therefrom. The penetrating portion has a frustoconical configuration terminating at a tip portion. The tip portion is configured to penetrate into a conductor positioned within the conductor cavity.
US11569589B2	Electrical power tap connector An electrical power tap connector for a model vehicle is provided including a first power tap housing. The first power tap housing contains a power tap terminal configured to electrically couple with a connector terminal of an electrical connector. The power tap connector also includes a second power tap housing releasably securable to the first power tap housing and a releasable locking mechanism configured to physically secure the power tap connector to the electrical connector. Wherein the power tap terminal is configured to electrically couple with the connector terminal via a non-mating end of the electrical connector.
US11569587B1	Hemispherical array antenna A multibeam hemispherical X-band array inserts nulls at horizontal and near horizontal angles to suppress interfering signals, without degrading authentic signals arriving at other angles. The multibeam hemispherical array includes three annular (360) rows of antenna elements, each row having 64 elements. Elements of the first row, which have the smallest elevation angle, have pairs of circular patches coupled with a phase delay line. Each pair of circular patches is spaced apart from and aligned with two pairs of similarly shaped (circular) and sized parasitic directors. The spacing between driven patches of adjacent elements in a row is about equal to one half of the wavelength of the radiated wave. The array fits within a conventional 24-inch diameter marine radome.
US11569586B2	Antenna A antenna may include a first dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface; a second dielectric layer having a third surface, and a fourth surface opposing the third surface; an adhesive layer disposed between the second surface and the third surface and connecting the first dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer; a patch pattern disposed on the second surface and embedded in the adhesive layer; and a coupling pattern disposed on the fourth surface and having at least a portion overlapping the patch pattern on a plane. Each of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer may include an organic binder and an inorganic filler.
US11569576B2	Apparatus for broadband wavelength conversion of dual-polarization phase-encoded signal An apparatus and method for wavelength conversion of a signal, for example, a dual-polarization signal, is disclosed. The apparatus implements a single-loop counter-propagating wavelength conversion scheme which provides both up-conversion and down-conversion of the signal within the same loop. Nonlinear wavelength conversion devices in the loop provide both up-conversion and down-conversion of the polarization components of the signal within the loop depending on whether the polarization component travels through the nonlinear conversion device in a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction. The wavelength-converted signal is available to be extracted from the wavelength-conversion loop. An all-optical wavelength-division multiplexing transponder based on the wavelength-conversion scheme is also disclosed.
US11569575B2	Low-complexity beam steering in array apertures A transceiver for low-complexity beam steering. The transceiver has a first antenna array including a first sub-aperture with a first native beam steering angle and a second antenna array including a second sub-aperture with a second native beam steering angle different than the first native beam steering angle. The first antenna array and the second antenna array are arranged in the transceiver such that the first sub-aperture is combinable with the second sub-aperture to form a combined aperture when the first antenna array and the second antenna array are excited.
US11569573B2	Pneumatically driven steerable antenna array Methods and systems for a steerable antenna array are disclosed. The antenna array includes an array of antenna elements aligned in rows and columns on a substrate. Additionally, the antenna array includes a microstrip feed within the substrate, where the feed is configured to electromagnetically couple to each antenna element of the array of antenna elements. The antenna array further includes a ground plane within the substrate. Additionally, for each antenna element, the antenna array includes a first cavity disposed between the ground plane and feed, and a second cavity disposed on the other side of the ground plane from the first cavity. The antenna array further includes a plurality of fluid lines configured to selectively add or remove fluid from the cavities coupled to the fluid line and cause a deflection of the ground plane in a region of the cavities coupled to the fluid line.
US11569567B2	Multi-band base station antennas having crossed-dipole radiating elements with generally oval or rectangularly shaped dipole arms and/or common mode resonance reduction filters A dual-polarized radiating element for a base station antenna includes a first dipole that extends along a first axis, the first dipole including a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm and a second dipole that extends along a second axis, the second dipole including a third dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm and the second axis being generally perpendicular to the first axis, where each of the first through fourth dipole arms has first and second spaced-apart conductive segments that together form a generally oval shape.
US11569565B2	Electronic device including high-frequency transmission circuit Disclosed is an electronic device comprising a first component, a second component, and a signal path interface coupled between the first component and the second component, the signal path interface including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a rigid PCB portion and a flexible PCB portion, wherein a first signal line and a second signal line extend through the rigid PCB portion and the flexible PCB portion for transmitting signals from the first component to the second components, and a plurality of ground lines extend through the rigid PCB portion and the flexible PCB portion, and wherein each of the plurality of ground lines extending through the rigid PCB portion is connected to one or more conductive layers through conductive vias.
US11569564B2	Electronic device comprising antenna An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate opposite to the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, and including at least part of a conductive material, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) attached on an inner surface of the housing, a first antenna element which is included in the FPCB and in which a slot is formed, and a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) for the first antenna element. An opening is formed in the side member or the second plate of the housing. The FPCB is attached the inner surface of the housing such that at least part in which the slot of the first antenna element is formed is exposed through the opening. At least part of the opening is filled with an insulating material.
US11569563B2	Semiconductor packages and method of manufacturing semiconductor packages A semiconductor package includes a redistribution wiring layer having redistribution wirings, a semiconductor chip on the redistribution wiring layer, a frame on the redistribution wiring layer, the frame surrounding the semiconductor chip, and the frame having core connection wirings electrically connected to the redistribution wirings, and an antenna structure on the frame, the antenna structure including a ground pattern layer, a first antenna insulation layer, a radiator pattern layer, a second antenna insulation layer, and a director pattern layer sequentially stacked on one another.
US11569562B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor package includes: patch antennas, encapsulated by a first encapsulant; a device die, vertically spaced apart from the patch antennas, and electrically coupled to the patch antennas; and at least one redistribution structure, disposed between the patch antennas and the device die, and including electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures laterally surrounding each of the patch antennas.
US11569552B2	Prismatic secondary battery and assembled battery using the same A flat-shaped winding electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween includes a positive electrode tab portion and a negative electrode tab portion at one end in a direction in which a winding axis of the winding electrode body extends. Two pieces of the flat-shaped winding electrode body are housed in a prismatic outer body so that the winding axis of each piece is disposed in a direction perpendicular to a sealing plate, and the positive electrode tab portion and the negative electrode tab portion are located on one end of the winding electrode body closer to the sealing plate than the other end.
US11569551B2	Busbar module A busbar module includes a case to be attached to a battery assembly, busbars and electric wires having a connection end to be connected to the busbars. The case includes busbar accommodation portions to accommodate the busbars and an electric wire routing groove portion to accommodate the electric wires. The electric wire routing groove portion includes a connection end accommodation portion to accommodate the connection end, an accommodation portion cover and an electric wire lead-out portion configured such that the electric wires are drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion toward a direction. An outer surface of the accommodation portion cover is to form a bottom surface of a routing path configured such that the electric wires drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion extend in the routing path.
US11569549B2	Membranes, calendered microporous membranes, battery separators, and related methods Novel or improved microporous single or multilayer battery separator membranes, separators, batteries including such membranes or separators, methods of making such membranes, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes, separators and/or batteries are provided. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, a multilayer dry process polyethylene/polypropylene/polyethylene microporous separator which is manufactured using the inventive process which includes machine direction stretching followed by transverse direction stretching and a subsequent calendering step as a means to reduce the thickness of the multilayer microporous membrane, to reduce the percent porosity of the multilayer microporous membrane in a controlled manner and/or to improve transverse direction tensile strength. In a very particular embodiment, the inventive process produces a thin multilayer microporous membrane that is easily coated with polymeric-ceramic coatings, has excellent mechanical strength properties due to its polypropylene layer or layers and a thermal shutdown function due to its polyethylene layer or layers. The ratio of the thickness of the polypropylene and polyethylene layers in the inventive multilayer microporous membrane can be tailored to balance mechanical strength and thermal shutdown properties.
US11569545B2	Battery housing Disclosed is a battery comprising a cover; a housing having a base, two side walls, and two end walls; a cell wall spanning between the first and second side walls defining two cells; a battery element provided within a cell, the battery element having a bottom; an element bottom gap, the element bottom gap defined in a first and second dimension by the cell width and length, and a third dimension by the distance between the base and bottom of the battery element.
US11569544B2	Battery pack and electric vehicle A battery pack includes a first battery case accommodating a plurality of cells, and a second battery case laminated above the first battery case and accommodating a plurality of cells. The first battery case has a first through-hole on an upper surface. The second battery case has a second through-hole on a bottom surface which communicates with the first through-hole. The battery pack includes a communication port composed of the first through-hole and the second through-hole, a gas discharge valve which is provided only in either the first battery case or the second battery case and opens when internal pressure of the battery pack is higher than a predetermined value, and a temperature sensor provided on a gas flow path connected to the gas discharge valve.
US11569543B2	Battery cassette A battery cassette is disclosed. The battery cassette may include a frame including one or more hollow tubes. The battery cassette may further include a seal component having one or more hollow tubes aligned with the hollow tubes of the frame. The frame and the seal component may be configured to receive one or more battery cells in the hollow tubes.
US11569540B2	Packaging film, battery module, and mobile terminal A packaging film includes a packaging portion and a pulling portion, and the pulling portion and the packaging portion are demarcated by a tear line. When the pulling portion is pulled, the tear line is disconnected, and the pulling portion is separated from the packaging portion. In a packaging face of the packaging portion, an area packaging a side wall of the battery is a glue-free area, and other areas are provided with a first adhesive. An adhesive face in the packaging portion is provided with a second adhesive. A part of the packaging face in the pulling portion is provided with a third adhesive, and the adhesive face in the pulling portion is a glue-free area.
US11569536B2	Electrical energy store and method for identifying a storage module type of an electrical energy store An electrical energy store has a plurality of storage modules, each of which has at least one temperature sensor string having a temperature sensor in the form of a temperature-dependent resistor for measuring the storage module temperature, and a battery control unit, which, based on the resistance values of the temperature sensor strings, determines the temperatures at the respective temperature sensors. The battery control unit is designed to determine a respective storage module type based on the measured resistance values of the temperature sensor strings. A method for identifying a storage module type, includes the steps: detecting a resistance value of at least one temperature sensor string having a temperature sensor, determining the temperatures present at the respective temperature sensors via a battery control unit on the basis of the resistance values of the temperature sensor strings, and determining a storage module type on the basis of the resistance value of the at least one temperature sensor string per storage module.
US11569533B2	Replenished negative electrodes for secondary batteries A method is provided for activating a secondary battery having a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a microporous separator between the negative and positive electrodes permeated with carrier-ion containing electrolyte, the negative electrode having anodically active silicon or an alloy thereof. The method includes transferring carrier ions from the positive electrode to the negative electrode to at least partially charge the secondary battery, and transferring carrier ions from an auxiliary electrode to the positive electrode, to provide the secondary battery with a positive electrode end of discharge voltage Vpos,eod and a negative electrode end of discharge voltage Vneg,eod when the cell is at a predefined Vcell,eod value, the value of Vpos,eod corresponding to a voltage at which the state of charge of the positive electrode is at least 95% of its coulombic capacity and Vneg,eod is at least 0.4 V (vs Li) but less than 0.9 V (vs Li).
US11569532B2	Aqueous secondary battery An aqueous secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator; and an aqueous electrolytic solution including water and a metal salt represented by Chemical Formula 1 AxDy and having molality of about 5 M to about 40 M wherein in Chemical Formula 1, A is at least one metal ion selected from a sodium ion, a potassium ion, a magnesium ion, a calcium ion, a strontium ion, a zinc ion, or a barium ion, D is at least one type of atomic group ion selected from Cl−, SO42−, NO3−, ClO4−, SCN−, CF3SO3−, C4F3SO3−, (CF3SO2)2N−, AlO2−, AlCl4−, AsF6−, SbF6−, BR4−, and PO2F2−, and 0
US11569530B2	Silicon-based energy storage devices with functional thiophene compounds or derivatives of thiophene containing electrolyte additives Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising functional thiophene compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte, and at least one electrolyte additive selected from a thiophene compound.
US11569521B2	Method for manufacturing membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell in which a transfer failure is suppressed. The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, which comprises intermittently applying a catalyst ink on a substrate sheet and drying the catalyst ink to form a catalyst layer on the substrate sheet, and transferring the catalyst layer from the substrate sheet onto an electrolyte membrane. The catalyst ink contains catalyst particles, an ionomer, an alcohol, and water, and a water content in the catalyst ink is 57% to 61% by weight of a total weight of the catalyst ink.
US11569509B2	Carbon nanotube array bonding Material compositions are provided that may comprise, for example, a vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) array, a conductive layer, and a carbon interlayer coupling the VACNT array to the conductive layer. Methods of manufacturing are provided. Such methods may comprise, for example, providing a VACNT array, providing a conductive layer, and bonding the VACNT array to the conductive layer via a carbon interlayer.
US11569508B2	Binder resin for lithium secondary battery electrode, electrode for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery Provided are a binder resin for an electrode of a lithium secondary battery containing a solvent-soluble polyimide having a repeating unit represented by the following Formula [I], and a method of producing the binder resin for an electrode. (In the formula, Z represents an aromatic or alicyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydride residue, and Ar is an aromatic diamine residue having a carboxyl group and an aromatic diamine residue having an aromatic ether bond, or an aromatic diamine residue having a phenylindan structure).
US11569506B2	Olivine-type compounds: method for their preparation and use in cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries This disclosure provides for Olivine-type compounds, their preparation and use in cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. The olivine-type compounds of the invention are obtained by a direct synthesis embodying a hydrothermal method.
US11569502B2	Cathode mixture for all solid-state battery, cathode for all solid-state battery, all solid-state battery, and method for producing the same When a layered rock-salt type cathode active material and a sulfide solid electrolyte are mixed to be a cathode mixture, and an all solid-state battery is obtained using this mixture, oxygen is released from the cathode active material when the battery is charged, and the sulfide solid electrolyte is oxidized, increasing the battery internal resistance. To increase the concentration of cobalt inside the active material, and at the same time to lower the concentration of cobalt of the surface of the cathode active material, to suppress oxygen release in charging, specifically, a cathode mixture includes: a cathode active material; and a sulfide solid electrolyte, wherein the cathode active material has a layered rock-salt crystal phase, and is made of a composite oxide containing Li, Ni, Co, and Mn, and the concentration of cobalt inside the cathode active material is higher than that of a surface of the cathode active material.
US11569499B2	Aerogel-based electrodes Electrodes, production methods and mono-cell batteries are provided, which comprise active material particles embedded in electrically conductive metallic porous structure, dry-etched anode structures and battery structures with thick anodes and cathodes that have spatially uniform resistance. The metallic porous structure provides electric conductivity, a large volume that supports good ionic conductivity, that in turn reduces directional elongation of the particles during operation, and may enable reduction or removal of binders, conductive additives and/or current collectors to yield electrodes with higher structural stability, lower resistance, possibly higher energy density and longer cycling lifetime. Dry etching treatments may be used to reduce oxidized surfaces of the active material particles, thereby simplifying production methods and enhancing porosity and ionic conductivity of the electrodes. Electrodes may be made thick and used to form mono-cell batteries which are simple to produce and yield high performance.
US11569497B2	Liquid process for preparing a vanadium phosphate-carbon composite material The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a vanadium-carbon phosphate composite material, a vanadium-carbon phosphate composite material obtained according to the process, and to the uses of the composite material, especially as a precursor for the synthesis of electrochemically-active materials, electrode or active anode material.
US11569492B2	Positive-electrode active material and battery A positive-electrode active material contains a compound that has a crystal structure belonging to a space group FM3-M and contains is represented by the composition formula (1) and an insulating compound, LixMeyOαFβ (1) wherein Me denotes one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Al, B, Ce, Si, Zr, Nb, Pr, Ti, W, Ge, Mo, Sn, Bi, Cu, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Y, Zn, Ga, Er, La, Sm, Yb, V, and Cr, and the following conditions are satisfied. 1.7≤x≤2.2 0.8≤y≤1.3 1≤α≤2.5 0.5≤β≤2
US11569491B2	Method for manufacturing all-solid-state batteries in a multilayer structure A method for producing an all-solid multilayer battery, and an all-solid multilayer battery. The all-solid multilayer battery may be produced by depositing, by electrophoresis without any binder, at least one anode layer, at least one electrolyte layer, and at least one cathode layer. The at least one electrolyte layer, and the at least one cathode layer are obtained from a colloidal suspension containing nanoparticles that are not agglomerated with each other to create clusters and remain isolated from each other. A layer of Ms bonding material is then deposited on a surface of the at least one electrolyte layer. Next, two layers from the at least one dense anode layer, the at least one dense electrolyte layer, and the at least one dense cathode layer, are stacked face-to-face to obtain the all-solid multilayer battery having an assembly of a plurality of elementary cells connected with one another in parallel.
US11569489B2	Slurry for non-aqueous secondary battery and method of producing same, battery member for non-aqueous secondary battery and method of producing same, and non-aqueous secondary battery Provided is a technique relating to a slurry for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can stably be applied onto a battery member surface even in a situation in which an inkjet method is adopted. A method of producing the slurry for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a degassing step of reducing the dissolved carbon dioxide gas concentration of a mixture containing a particulate polymer (A) and water.
US11569487B2	Mask assembly, apparatus and method of manufacturing display device using the same, and display device Provided are a display device, a mask assembly, and an apparatus and a method for manufacturing the display device. The mask assembly includes: a mask frame; at least two mask sheets installed on the mask frame, each of the mask sheets including a plurality of openings; and at least two thin shielding plates installed on the mask frame such that the thin shielding plates are spaced apart from each other and shield a portion of the plurality of openings of each mask sheet, wherein one of the mask sheets and the thin shielding plates includes a shielding portion between the thin shielding plates spaced apart from each other, the shielding portion selectively blocking at least portions of the openings so as to form a deposition region having a shape other than a rectangle or a square.
US11569484B2	Organic light emitting diode The described technology relates to an organic light emitting diode including: a first electrode; a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; an organic emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a capping layer on the second electrode, wherein the capping layer has an absorption rate of 0.25 or more for light having a wavelength of 405 nm, thereby preventing degradation of the organic emission layer by blocking the light of the harmful wavelength region and providing the organic light emitting diode in which a blue emission efficiency is not deteriorated.
US11569483B2	Display element and electronic device There is provided a display element, including: a display region including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional form, each of the pixels including a plurality of sub pixels. In each pixel, a height of a light reflecting portion with respect to a light emitting portion is adjusted for each sub pixel.
US11569478B2	Flexible display apparatus having improved reliability A display apparatus may include: a base substrate including at least one bending region and a non-bending region adjacent to the bending region and having a flexible property; a circuit device layer on the base substrate, the circuit device layer including a thin film transistor; a display device layer on the circuit device layer, the display device layer including an organic light emitting diode connected to the thin film transistor; an encapsulation layer covering the display device layer and including a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, which are sequentially stacked; and a groove overlapped with the bending region, the groove penetrating the display device layer and the circuit device layer, and at least one of the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer covers the groove.
US11569476B2	Display substrate and display apparatus A display substrate includes a base substrate and an encapsulation film disposed at a first side of the base substrate. At least one corner of an edge of the encapsulation film is a rounded corner or a substantially rounded corner.
US11569474B2	Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of fabricating the same An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a first substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The display area includes a plurality of pixels each including an OLED and the peripheral area includes a signal driver electrically connected to the pixels. A conductive layer is formed over the signal driver and on opposing sides of the signal driver and a second substrate is formed over the first substrate. The OLED display further includes a first seal interposed between the first and second substrates in the peripheral area and substantially sealing the first and second substrates and a second seal surrounding the first seal and formed over the signal driver.
US11569473B2	Display module and foldable display device including ihe same A display module includes a panel part, a first supporting member, a second supporting member, a shielding member, and a stretchable member. The panel part includes a pixel array to display an image. The first supporting member is disposed under the panel part. The second supporting member is disposed under the panel part and adjacent to the first supporting member in a first direction. The shielding member covers a boundary area between the first supporting member and the second supporting member. The stretchable member is extended to the shielding member and disposed under the first supporting member or the second supporting member. An elongation of the stretchable member is greater than an elongation of the shielding member.
US11569469B2	Light emitting device and display device including the same A light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device including the same are disclosed. The light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emission layer including quantum dots, and a charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a first surface facing the charge auxiliary layer and an opposite second surface, the quantum dots include a first organic ligand on a surface of the quantum dots, in the emission layer, an amount of the first organic ligand in a portion adjacent to the first surface is larger than an amount of the first organic ligand in a portion adjacent to the second surface.
US11569466B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency is provided. In the light-emitting element, an EL layer includes a hole-injection layer, a first hole-transport layer, a second hole-transport layer, a third hole-transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a first electron-transport layer, and a second electron-transport layer in this order; the hole-injection layer includes an organic acceptor; the LUMO level of the host material is higher than that of the first electron-transport layer; the LUMO level of the second electron-transport layer is higher than that of the first electron-transport layer; the host material is a substance including a condensed aromatic ring skeleton; and the first and second electron-transport layers each include a substance having a heteroaromatic ring skeleton.
US11569464B2	Display device A display device including: a plurality of unit portions repeatedly arranged in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction; a plurality of display units respectively arranged above the plurality of unit portions; and a plurality of encapsulation layers respectively encapsulating the plurality of display units, wherein each of the plurality of unit portions includes an island where a display unit and an encapsulation layer are located, and at least one connection unit connected to the island, and islands of two unit portions adjacent to each other are spaced apart from each other, and connection units of the two unit portions adjacent to each other are connected to each other.
US11569458B2	Metal complexes The present invention relates to iridium complexes suitable for use in organic electroluminescent devices, especially as emitters.
US11569452B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device including a predetermined host and a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter.
US11569449B2	Organic electroluminescence device and novel compound An organic electroluminescence device comprising: a cathode, an anode, and at least one organic layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein at least one layer of the at least one organic layer comprises a compound represented by the following formulas (1-1) and (1-3) or a compound represented by the following formulas (1-2) and (1-3).
US11569443B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating the semiconductor device is provided. The method includes depositing a first dielectric layer; forming a first memory cell over the first dielectric layer; depositing a second dielectric layer over the first memory cell; and forming a second memory cell over the second dielectric layer. Forming the first memory cell includes depositing a first resistance switching layer over the first dielectric layer and performing a first physical etching process to pattern the first resistance switching layer into a first resistance switching element. Forming the second memory cell includes depositing a second resistance switching layer over the second dielectric layer and performing a chemical etching process to pattern the second resistance switching layer into a second resistance switching element.
US11569440B2	Making a memoristic array with an implanted hard mask The invention disclosed a method to make an implanted hard mask with ultra-small dimensions for fabricating integrated nonvolatile random access memory. Instead of directly depositing hard mask material on top of the memory film stack element, we first make ultra-small VIA holes on a pattern transfer molding (PTM) layer using a reverse memory mask, then fill in the hard mask material into the VIA holes within the PTM material. Ultra-small hard mask pillars are formed after removing the PTM material. To improve the adhesion of the hard mask pillars with the underneath memory stack element, a hard mask sustaining element (HMSE) is added below PTM. Due to a better materials adhesion between HMSE and the hard mask, a stronger hard mask array can be formed.
US11569439B2	Double spin filter tunnel junction A memory device that includes a first magnetic insulating tunnel barrier reference layer present on a first non-magnetic metal electrode, and a free magnetic metal layer present on the first magnetic insulating tunnel barrier reference layer. A second magnetic insulating tunnel barrier reference layer may be present on the free magnetic metal layer, and a second non-magnetic metal electrode may be present on the second magnetic insulating tunnel barrier. The first and second magnetic insulating tunnel barrier reference layers are arranged so that their magnetizations are aligned to be anti-parallel.
US11569437B2	Memory device comprising a top via electrode and methods of making such a memory device An illustrative device disclosed herein includes at least one layer of insulating material, a conductive contact structure having a conductive line portion and a conductive via portion and a memory cell positioned in a first opening in the at least one layer of insulating material. In this illustrative example, the memory cell includes a bottom electrode, a memory state material positioned above the bottom electrode and an internal sidewall spacer positioned within the first opening and above at least a portion of the memory state material, wherein the internal sidewall spacer defines a spacer opening and wherein the conductive via portion is positioned within the spacer opening and above a portion of the memory state material.
US11569436B2	Actuator device and method for operating an actuator device An actuator device includes at least one actuator element, which consists at least partially of a magnetically shape-shiftable material and which is configured at least for the purpose of causing a movement of at least one actuation element in at least one direction of movement by means of a contraction, and having a magnetic contraction unit, which is configured for the purpose of supplying a magnetic field acting upon the actuator element in order to generate a contraction of the actuator element. In the region of the actuator element, field lines of the magnetic field are aligned at least substantially parallel to the direction of movement.
US11569435B2	Piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric actuator is provided, including a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged in two arrays, first and second common electrodes which have first and second facing portions facing parts of the individual electrodes and first and second connecting portions connecting the first and second facing portions respectively, and first and second wiring portions which are arranged on the vibration plate and which are connected to the first and second common electrodes respectively via first and second connecting wirings, wherein one of the first connecting wirings connects the first connecting portion and one of the first wiring portion while striding over the second connecting portion.
US11569430B2	Method for operating an ultrasonic motor Method for operating an ultrasonic motor with an ultrasonic actuator formed as a plate and an electrical excitation device. The ultrasonic actuator has at least four identical volume regions arranged symmetrically in relation to a transverse plane and in relation to a longitudinal plane, each volume region forming acoustic standing waves and static bending deformations. The electrical excitation device provides at least one electric alternating voltage and two static electric voltages the at least one alternating voltage U1 being applied in a dynamic operating mode simultaneously to two of the generators for forming an acoustic standing wave in the ultrasonic actuator, and the two static electric voltages being applied in a static operating mode simultaneously to all generators for forming a static bending deformation of the ultrasonic actuator.
US11569427B1	Achromatic devices with thermal radiation sources A light emitting assembly comprising at least one of each of a solid state device and a thermal radiation source, couplable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device and the thermal radiation source, to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and to emit from the thermal radiation source non-visible infrared radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and the infrared radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and infrared radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode and the thermal radiation device with fluorescent or phosphorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in an enclosure.
US11569425B2	Surface-mountable pixel packages and pixel engines A method of making a surface-mountable pixel engine package comprises providing an array of spaced-apart conductive pillars and an insulating mold compound laterally disposed between the conductive pillars on a substrate together defining a planarized surface. Pixel engines comprising connection posts are printed to the conductive pillars so that each of the connection posts is in electrical contact with one of the conductive pillars. The pixel engines are tested to determine known-good pixel engines. An optically clear mold compound is provided over the planarized surface and tested pixel engines. Optically clear mold compound is adhered to a tape and the substrate is removed. The optically clear mold compound, the insulating mold compound, the conductive pillars, the optically clear mold compound, and the tested pixel engines are singulated to provide pixel packages that comprise the pixel engines and the known-good pixel engines are transferred to a reel or tray.
US11569421B2	Semiconductor structure with nanoparticles and light emitting device having a phosphor material with nanoparticles A semiconductor structure, a method for producing a semiconductor structure and a light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of discrete encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles and a plurality of discrete semiconductor free nanoparticles, wherein the discrete encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles and the discrete semiconductor free nanoparticles form an agglomerate.
US11569416B2	Light emitting semiconductor device An embodiment includes a semiconductor device including a semiconductor structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; a first insulation layer disposed on the semiconductor structure; a first electrode disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer; a second electrode disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer; a first cover electrode disposed on the first electrode; a second cover electrode disposed on the second electrode; and a second insulation layer extending from an upper surface of the first cover electrode to an upper surface of the second cover electrode. The semiconductor structure includes a first surface extending from an upper surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer where the first electrode is disposed to a side surface of the active layer and an upper surface of the second conductive semiconductor where the second electrode is disposed. The first insulation layer is disposed on the first surface to be spaced apart from the first electrode. The first insulation layer is disposed on the first surface to overlap with the first cover electrode in a first direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer.
US11569414B2	Self-aligned ITO DBR based p-contact for small pitch micro-LED A micro-light emitting diode includes a substrate including at least a first portion of an n-type semiconductor layer, and a mesa structure on the substrate and characterized by a linear lateral dimension equal to or less than about 3 μm. The mesa structure includes a plurality of epitaxial layers, and a conductive distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) on the plurality of epitaxial layers. The conductive DBR includes a plurality of transparent conductive oxide layers and covers between about 80% and about 100% of a full lateral area of the plurality of epitaxial layers. The micro-LED also includes a dielectric layer on sidewalls of the mesa structure, a reflective metal layer on sidewalls of the dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the first portion of the n-type semiconductor layer, and a first metal electrode in direct contact with the conductive DBR.
US11569413B2	Method for manufacturing light-emitting element A method includes: introducing a gas including gallium, an ammonia gas, and a gas including a p-type impurity to a reactor and forming a first p-type nitride semiconductor layer on a first light-emitting layer in a state in which the reactor has been heated to a first temperature; lowering a temperature of the reactor from the first temperature to a second temperature; introducing an ammonia gas with a first flow rate to the reactor and increasing the temperature of the reactor from the second temperature to a third temperature; and introducing a gas including gallium, an ammonia gas with a second flow rate, and a gas including an n-type impurity to the reactor, and forming a second n-type nitride semiconductor layer on the first p-type nitride semiconductor layer in a state in which the reactor has been heated to the third temperature.
US11569411B2	Method for forming a common electrode of a plurality of optoelectronic devices A method for forming a common electrode is provided, including: a) providing a support substrate on which rest optoelectronic devices separated by trenches; b) forming a dielectric layer on front faces, flanks, and a bottom of the trenches, of a thickness E1 and a thickness E2, which is less than the thickness E1, at, respectively, the front faces and the flanks; c) etching a thickness E3 of the dielectric layer, so as to uncover the flanks at a first section of the trenches; d) forming a metal layer filling the trenches and covering the front faces; and e) performing a mechanochemical polishing of the metal layer, the polishing stopping on a portion of the dielectric layer, the metal layer remaining in the trenches forming the common electrode.
US11569404B2	Multijunction solar cells A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein the upper first solar subcell covers less than the entire upper surface of the second solar subcell, leaving an exposed portion of the second solar subcell that lies in the path of the incoming light beam.
US11569403B2	Resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) interband cascade (IC) photovoltaic (PV) device A PV device comprises a first mirror comprising a reflectance of higher than 50%; a second mirror interface; and an optical cavity positioned between the first mirror and the second mirror interface and comprising at least one IC stage. Each of the at least one IC stage comprises a conduction band; a valence band; a hole barrier comprising a first band gap; an absorption region coupled to the hole barrier, comprising a second band gap that is less than the first band gap, and configured to absorb photons; and an electron barrier coupled to the absorption region so that the absorption region is positioned between the hole barrier and the electron barrier. The electron barrier comprises a third band gap that is greater than the second band gap. The PV device is configured to operate at a forward bias voltage with a net photon absorption for generating an electric output.
US11569402B2	Luminescent optical elements for agricultural applications An optical element is provided which comprises a plurality of fluorophores disposed in a medium. The fluorophores have a quantum yield greater than 50% and an absorption spectrum with a maximum intensity at wavelengths less than 400 nm, and emit a spectrum of light having a maximum intensity at wavelengths within the range of 400 nm to 1200 nm. The optical element is at least partially transparent over the visible region of the spectrum. The optical element is especially useful as a window or other optical component of a greenhouse structure.
US11569401B2	Obscuring, color matching, and camouflaging solar panels A solar panel includes a plurality of photovoltaic cells embedded in a layer of encapsulant. A textured and/or colored layer is positioned on a back side of the layer of encapsulant. The textured and/or colored layer matches a color and/or texture of the plurality of photovoltaic cells. A top layer is positioned on a front side of the layer of encapsulant.
US11569400B2	Circuit configuration for power generation comprising series-connected solar cells having bypass diodes The invention relates to a solar module which is technically easy to manufacture and has a plurality of solar cells arranged one behind the other and electrically connected in series, wherein a bypass diode for electrical bypassing is electrically connected in parallel with each solar cell, wherein the bypass diodes are arranged one behind the other, wherein each solar cell and each bypass diode comprises a photovoltaically active layer, a lower electrically conductive layer and an upper electrically conductive layer both of which adjoin the photovoltaically active layer, characterized in that each bypass diode is arranged between solar cells.
US11569399B2	Transdermal microneedle continuous monitoring system Transdermal microneedles continuous monitoring system is provided. The continuous system monitoring includes a substrate, a microneedle unit, a signal processing unit and a power supply unit. The microneedle unit at least comprises a first microneedle set used as a working electrode and a second microneedle set used as a reference electrode, the first and second microneedle sets arranging on the substrate. Each microneedle set comprises at least a microneedle. The first microneedle set comprises at least a sheet having a through hole on which a barbule forms at the edge. One of the sheets provides the through hole from which the barbules at the edge of the other sheets go through, and the barbules are disposed separately.
US11569398B2	Power photodiode structures and devices According to the present disclosure, techniques related to manufacturing and applications of power photodiode structures and devices based on group-III metal nitride and gallium-based substrates are provided. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for fabricating photodiode devices comprising one or more of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, structures and devices. Such structures or devices can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic devices, photodiodes, power-over-fiber receivers, and others.
US11569388B2	Multi-gate FinFET including negative capacitor, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device A multi-gate FinFET including a negative capacitor connected to one of its gates, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device comprising the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the FinFET includes a fin extending in a first direction on a substrate, a first gate extending in a second direction crossing the first direction on the substrate on a first side of the fin to intersect the fin, a second gate opposite to the first gate and extending in the second direction on the substrate on a second side of the fin opposite to the first side to intersect the fin, a metallization stack provided on the substrate and above the fin and the first and second gates, and a negative capacitor formed in the metallization stack and connected to the second gate.
US11569386B2	Method for forming semiconductor device structure with cap layer A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first fin structure and a second fin structure extended above a substrate, and a first source/drain structure formed over the first fin structure. The first source/drain structure is made of an N-type conductivity material. The semiconductor device structure also includes a second source/drain structure formed over the second fin structure, and the second source/drain structure is made of an P-type conductivity material. The semiconductor device structure also includes a cap layer formed over the first source/drain structure, wherein the cap layer is made of P-type conductivity material.
US11569384B2	Method to induce strain in 3-D microfabricated structures Methods and structures for forming strained-channel finFETs are described. Fin structures for finFETs may be formed in two epitaxial layers that are grown over a bulk substrate. A first thin epitaxial layer may be cut and used to impart strain to an adjacent channel region of the finFET via elastic relaxation. The structures exhibit a preferred design range for increasing induced strain and uniformity of the strain over the fin height.
US11569382B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A transistor device and the manufacturing methods are described. The device includes a gate structure having a gate layer and a ferroelectric layer, source and drain terminals, and a crystalline channel portion. The source and drain terminals are disposed at opposite sides of the gate structure. The crystalline channel portion extends between the source and drain terminals. The source and drain terminals are disposed on the crystalline channel portion and the gate structure is disposed on the crystalline channel portion. The crystalline channel portion includes a first material containing a Group III element and a Group V element, the gate layer includes a second material containing a Group III element and a rare-earth element, and the ferroelectric layer includes a third material containing a Group III element, a rare-earth element and a Group V element.
US11569378B2	Semiconductor on insulator on wide band-gap semiconductor A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure. The first semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor material having a band-gap. The first semiconductor structure has a first surface. An insulating layer has first and second opposing surfaces. The first surface of the insulating layer is on the first surface of the first semiconductor structure. A second semiconductor structure is on the second surface of the insulating layer and includes a second semiconductor material having a band-gap that is smaller than the band-gap of the first semiconductor material. A floating electrode couples the first semiconductor structure to the second semiconductor structure.
US11569375B2	Vertical diamond MOSFET and method of making the same A vertical field-effect transistor (FET), comprising a first doped region of a first material, said first doped region having a first doping and being formed on a surface of a substrate, a second doped region of said first material, said second doped region having a second doping and being formed on the first doped region, and a third doped region of said first material, said third doped region having a third doping and being formed on the second doped region, wherein the first doped region has a first width along a first direction parallel to said surface of the substrate, the second doped region has a second width along said first direction, the third doped region has a third width along said first direction, the second width being smaller than the first and third widths.
US11569373B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes first and second trenches, and a first layer provided therebetween, in a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate, a second layer in contact with and sandwiching the first trench with the first layer, a third layer provided under the second layer and in contact with the second layer and the first trench, a fourth layer provided under and in contact with the third layer but separated from the first trench, and a fifth layer provided in the principal surface and sandwiching the second trench with the first layer. The second and fourth layers are semiconductors of a first conductivity type, and the first, third, and fifth layers are semiconductors of a second conductivity type. A gate trench electrode is provided inside the first trench via the insulating film, and an emitter trench electrode is provided inside the second trench via the insulating film.
US11569370B2	DEPOP using cyclic selective spacer etch An integrated circuit structure comprises a semiconductor fin protruding through a trench isolation region above a substrate. A gate structure is over the semiconductor fin. A plurality of vertically stacked nanowires is through the gate structure, wherein the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires includes a top nanowire adjacent to a top of the gate structure, and a bottom nanowire adjacent to a top of the semiconductor fin. A dielectric material covers only a portion of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires outside the gate structure, such that one or more one of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires starting with the top nanowire is exposed from the dielectric material. Source and drain regions are on opposite sides of the gate structure connected to the exposed ones of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires.
US11569369B2	Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device The present disclosure a method for manufacturing a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor device. The method includes steps of providing a substrate; forming a gate electrode over the substrate; forming a source region and a drain region in the substrate; depositing an isolating layer over the substrate and the gate electrode; forming a plurality of contact holes in the isolating layer to expose the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region; forming a plurality of metal contacts in the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region; depositing a contact liner in the contact holes; and depositing a conductive material in the contact holes, wherein the conductive material is surrounded by the contact liner.
US11569368B2	Method for making semiconductor device including a superlattice and providing reduced gate leakage A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming shallow trench isolation (STI) regions in a semiconductor substrate defining an active region therebetween in the semiconductor substrate and a pad oxide on the active region. The method may further include removing at least some of the pad oxide, cleaning the active region to expose an upper surface thereof and define rounded shoulders of the active region adjacent the STI regions having an interior angle of at least 125°, and forming a superlattice on the active region. The superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. The method may further include forming a semiconductor circuit including the superlattice.
US11569363B2	Dishing prevention dummy structures for semiconductor devices In some embodiments, an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit may include an inner ring-shaped isolation structure that is disposed in a semiconductor substrate. Further, the inner-ring shaped isolation structure may demarcate a device region. An inner ring-shaped well is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounds the inner ring-shaped isolation structure. A plurality of dummy gates are arranged over the inner ring-shaped well. Moreover, the plurality of dummy gates are arranged within an interlayer dielectric layer.
US11569357B2	Semiconductor device and method of making a semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method of making a semiconductor device. The device includes an emitter. The device also includes a collector. The device further includes a base stack. The base is located between the emitter and the collector. The base stack includes an intrinsic base region. The device further includes a base electrode. The base electrode comprises a silicide. The silicide of the base electrode may be in direct contact with the base stack. The device may be a heterojunction bipolar transistor.
US11569350B2	Semiconductor device Disclosed is a semiconductor device including a first active pattern that extends in a first direction on an active region of a substrate, a first source/drain pattern in a recess on an upper portion of the first active pattern, a gate electrode that runs across a first channel pattern on the upper portion of the first active pattern and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and an active contact electrically connected to the first source/drain pattern.
US11569349B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes first and second active patterns, a field insulating film between the first and second active patterns, a first gate structure intersecting the first active pattern and including a first gate electrode and a first gate spacer, a second gate structure intersecting the second active pattern and including a second gate electrode and a second gate spacer, a gate separation structure on the field insulating film between the first and second gate structures, the gate separation structure including a gate separation filling film on a gate separation liner, and a connecting spacer between the gate separation structure and the field insulating film, the connecting spacer protruding from a top surface of the field insulating film, and the gate separation liner contacting the connecting spacer and extending along a top surface and sidewalls of the connecting spacer and along the top surface of the field insulating film.
US11569348B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of fabrication thereof Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to forming a nanosheet multi-channel device with an additional spacing layer and a hard mask layer. The additional spacing layer provides a space for an inner spacer above the topmost channel. The hard mask layer functions as an etch stop during metal gate etch back, providing improve gate height control.
US11569340B2	Fully symmetrical laterally coupled transformer for signal and power isolation Isolators for signals and/or powers transmitted between two circuits configured to operate at different voltage domains are provided. The isolators may have working voltages, for example, higher than 500 Vrms, higher than 1000 Vrms, or between 333 Vrms and 1800 Vrms. The isolators may have a fully symmetrical configuration. The isolators may include a primary winding coupled to a driver and a secondary winding coupled to a receiver. The primary and secondary windings may be laterally coupled to and galvanically isolated from each other. The primary and secondary windings may include concentric traces. The primary and secondary windings may be fabricated using a single metallization layer on a substrate.
US11569338B2	Display device A display is provided. The display device includes a display area and a non-display area located around the display area; a base layer; an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) that is located on the base layer in the display area; and a first crack detection line that is located on the base layer in the non-display area; wherein the first crack detection line comprises a first line that extends substantially in a first direction along a first edge of the display area, a second line that is separated from the first line and extends substantially in the first direction, and a third line that is connected to an end of the first line and an end of the second line, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the first line in a second direction crossing the first direction is inversely tapered.
US11569337B2	Organic light-emitting diode display panel and display device Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a drive module layer, a planarization layer, an anode layer, an organic light-emitting layer, a cathode layer and an auxiliary connection line. The drive module layer, the planarization layer, the anode layer, the organic light-emitting layer and the cathode layer are sequentially disposed on the substrate. The drive module layer is provided with drive modules; and the anode layer includes blocky anodes. On a plane parallel to a plane where the substrate is located, the auxiliary connection line is disposed in a gap region between adjacent two of the blocky anodes and is insulated from the blocky anodes.
US11569336B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a display area and a pad area; a pad portion in the pad area and comprising a plurality of pad terminals; a driving circuit portion in which a plurality of driving terminals are respectively electrically connected to the plurality of pad terminals; and a displacement preventing portion comprising a first displacement preventing portion between the plurality of pad terminals and a second displacement preventing portion between the plurality of driving terminals and coupled to the first displacement preventing portion.
US11569331B2	Display device including a single layer upper pad of a connection pad and method for manufacturing display device A display device includes a pixel array disposed in a display area, a connection pad disposed in a pad area, and a transfer wiring electrically connected to the connection pad to transfer a signal to the pixel array. The pixel array includes a light-emitting element including a first electrode including a multi-layered structure including a metal layer and a metal oxide layer, an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer. The connection pad includes an upper pad conductive layer having a single-layered structure including a metal oxide.
US11569329B2	Array substrate and detection method therefor, display panel and display device The present disclosure discloses an array substrate and a detection method therefor, a display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes: a base substrate, wherein the base substrate has a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; a plurality of sub-pixel units, wherein the plurality of sub-pixel units are arrayed in the display area; a plurality of data lines, wherein the data lines are electrically connected to the sub-pixel units in corresponding columns; at least one first switching transistor, wherein the first switching transistor is located at a first side of the peripheral area, a drain of the first switching transistor is electrically connected to one of the data lines, and the data line connected to the drain of the first switching transistor is a first data line; a gate control line; and at least one detection line.
US11569328B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate, a corrosion prevention layer on the substrate and including an inorganic material, a first conductive layer on the corrosion prevention layer and including aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a first insulating film on the first conductive layer, a semiconductor layer on the first insulating film and including a channel region of a transistor, a second insulating film on the semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer on the second insulating film and including a barrier layer, which includes titanium, and a main conductive layer, which includes aluminum or an aluminum alloy, wherein the semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor, and the barrier layer is between the semiconductor layer and the main conductive layer and overlaps the channel region of the transistor.
US11569323B2	Display panel, display device, and method of manufacturing the display device A display panel includes: a substrate including a front display area, and a corner display area at a corner of the display panel; and a display element at the corner display area. The corner display area includes: a first extension area extending in a direction away from the front display area; and a first auxiliary area connected to the first extension area, and extending in a direction away from the front display area. The substrate includes a base layer, and a barrier layer on the base layer, the base layer overlapping with the first extension area and the first auxiliary area, and the barrier layer overlapping with the first extension area and spaced from the first auxiliary area.
US11569322B2	Display device having a blocking layer A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a transmission area; a blocking layer disposed in the display area of the substrate and including a first blocking layer and a second blocking layer that is disposed on the first blocking layer; an insulating layer disposed on the blocking layer; a transistor disposed on the insulating layer; and a light emitting element connected to the transistor, wherein a first reflectivity of the first blocking layer is smaller than a second reflectivity of the second blocking layer, and a first absorption coefficient of the first blocking layer is smaller than a second absorption coefficient of the second blocking layer.
US11569319B2	Semiconductor apparatus having first and second bonding members, display apparatus, photoelectric conversion apparatus, electronic device, illumination apparatus, and moving body A semiconductor apparatus includes an element substrate including an effective pixel region having a plurality of effective pixels on one principal surface side of a first substrate, and a peripheral region positioned around the effective pixel region, a second substrate, and a first and a second bonding member configured to bond the both substrates. The second bonding member includes a material different from that of the first bonding member. In a planar view with respect to the one principal surface, the second substrate is disposed within the element substrate. The first bonding member is provided between the peripheral region and the second substrate. The second bonding member is provided between the effective pixel region and the second substrate. In a planar view with respect to the one principal surface, at least a part of an end portion of the second substrate is positioned on the first bonding member.
US11569318B2	Display device with bottom conductive pattern and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first contact hole passing through the top surface and the bottom surface; a thin film transistor disposed above the top surface and including a semiconductor layer; a display element connected to the thin film transistor; a top conductive pattern disposed between the substrate and the thin film transistor and overlapping the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor; a bottom conductive pattern disposed on the bottom surface and connected to the top conductive pattern through the first contact hole; and a bottom planarization layer disposed on the bottom surface, the bottom planarization layer disposed on the bottom conductive pattern.
US11569314B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and lift-off process for manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: first and second pixel electrodes on a substrate, and spaced from each other; a pixel-defining film surrounding edges of the first and second pixel electrodes; a first intermediate layer on the first pixel electrode; a second intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode, spaced from the first intermediate layer; a first counter electrode on the first intermediate layer; a second counter electrode on the second intermediate layer, spaced from the first counter electrode; a first passivation layer on the first counter electrode; a second passivation layer on the second counter electrode, spaced from the first passivation layer; a first bank around the first passivation layer and protruding from the pixel-defining film to extend in a direction away from the substrate; and a second bank around the second passivation layer and protruding from the pixel-defining film to extend in the direction away from the substrate.
US11569313B2	Display device with metal layer between pixel defining layer and opposite electrode A display device includes a metal layer between a pixel-defining layer and an opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode. The display device includes subpixels disposed on a substrate. The sub-pixels each include a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode, an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, a pixel-defining layer surrounding the emission layer. The display device includes a metal layer disposed between the pixel-defining layer and the opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode.
US11569309B2	Display device A display device includes a flexible substrate, a display layer disposed on the flexible substrate and including a plurality of light emitting units, a first conductive layer disposed on the display layer, including a plurality of first conductive lines, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, including a plurality of second conductive lines. A portion of the second conductive lines intersects the plurality of first conductive lines to form a plurality of capacitors, and another portion of the second conductive lines forms a plurality of touch units. At least one of the plurality of capacitors does not overlap the plurality of light emitting units in a top view of the display device.
US11569307B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, display panel and display device An array substrate is provided, including a base substrate, a semiconductor active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode that are sequentially provided, and further including a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, at least one first via, and at least one second via. Each first via penetrates through the third insulating layer, and in each pixel unit with plural chromatic color resists, each first via is between adjacent two chromatic color resists and filled by one of the adjacent two chromatic color resists. Each second via penetrates through the second insulating layer, the at least one second via is in one-to-one correspondence with the at least one first via, each second via is filled by a chromatic color resist having a same color as that of the chromatic color resist in the corresponding first via.
US11569305B2	Display panel including reflection pattern A display panel including a light emitting element to emit a source light and including a first electrode, a light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the light emitting layer and outputting a source light, a pixel definition layer including an opening exposing at least a portion of the first electrode, an optical conversion pattern disposed on the pixel definition layer, a reflection pattern disposed on the light emitting element and including an inclined surface, and a first light blocking pattern disposed outside from the optical conversion pattern when viewed in a plan view.
US11569304B2	Display substrate, method for manufacturing the same, and display device The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate having pixel regions arranged in an array, each pixel region including a first sub-pixel region and a second sub-pixel region; a light emitting layer and a color conversion layer sequentially stacked on the base substrate; the color conversion layer includes a first color conversion block in at least the first sub-pixel region of at least one pixel region, each of the at least one first color conversion block includes at least two color conversion materials for converting a light component of a color into a light of a target display color, colors of the light components converted by the color conversion materials are different, the target display color is different from the color of the light emitted from the light emitting layer.
US11569303B2	Pixel arrangement structure of display panel and display apparatus A pixel arrangement structure of display panel and a display apparatus, which are used to solve the technical problem of low pixel aperture ratio of an organic light emitting diode display panel. Herein, a pixel arrangement structure of display panel includes: a plurality of sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel; where the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have a polygonal structure with different numbers of sides, and distances between any adjacent two of the plurality of sub-pixels are equal.
US11569297B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes an array of readout circuits in non-organic technology and photodiodes made of organic materials.
US11569295B2	Magnetoresistive random access memory A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a first transistor and a second transistor on a substrate, a source line coupled to a first source/drain region of the first transistor, and a first metal interconnection coupled to a second source/drain region of the first transistor. Preferably, the first metal interconnection is extended to overlap the first transistor and the second transistor and the first metal interconnection further includes a first end coupled to the second source/drain region of the first transistor and a second end coupled to a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ).
US11569294B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and an interconnection region disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The interconnection region includes stacked metallization levels, a magnetic tunnel junction, and a transistor. The magnetic tunnel junction is formed on a first conductive pattern of a first metallization level of the stacked metallization levels. The transistor is formed on a second conductive pattern of a second metallization level of the stacked metallization levels. The transistor is a vertical gate-all-around transistor. A drain contact of the transistor is electrically connected to the magnetic tunnel junction by the first conductive pattern of the first metallization level. The second metallization level is closer to the semiconductor substrate than the first metallization level.
US11569291B2	Image sensor and method forming the same A method forming an image sensor includes: providing a substrate including a plurality of sensing portions; forming a color filter layer on the substrate; forming a micro-lens material layer on the color filter layer; and forming a hard mask pattern on the micro-lens material layer, wherein the hard mask pattern has a first gap and a second gap larger than the first gap. The method includes reflowing the hard mask pattern into a plurality of dome shapes; transferring the plurality of dome shapes into the micro-lens material layer to form a plurality of micro-lenses; and forming a top film conformally on the plurality of micro-lenses.
US11569289B2	Image sensor having stress releasing structure and method of forming same A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a pixel array region and a first seal ring region, wherein the first seal ring region surrounds the pixel array region, and the first seal ring region includes a first seal ring. The semiconductor structure further includes a first isolation feature in the first seal ring region, wherein the first isolation feature is filled with a dielectric material, and the first isolation feature is a continuous structure surrounding the pixel array region. The semiconductor structure further includes a second isolation feature between the first isolation feature and the pixel array region, wherein the second isolation feature is filled with the dielectric material.
US11569288B2	Image sensor having stress releasing structure and method of forming same A semiconductor structure includes a sensor chip. The sensor chip includes a pixel array region, a bonding pad region, and a periphery region surrounding the pixel array region. The semiconductor structure further includes a stress-releasing trench, wherein the stress-releasing trench is in the periphery region, and the stress-releasing trench fully surrounds a perimeter of the pixel array region and the bonding pad region.
US11569282B2	Image sensor package including bonding wire inside support member An image sensor package includes a substrate connected to an image sensor by a bonding wire; a sub-housing disposed adjacent to an upper surface of the substrate so as to surround the bonding wire; and a support member disposed at least partially in a space between the sub-housing and the substrate to limit elastic deformation of the sub-housing, and a portion of the bonding wire is disposed inside the support member.
US11569274B2	Array substrate, display device and method of forming array substrate An array substrate includes a base substrate, a display region formed on the base substrate, and a non-display region formed on the base substrate around the display region. The non-display region includes a detection line that is provided on the base substrate, and a surface of the detection line away from the base substrate is provided in an undulating shape. A display device is further disclosed.
US11569269B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus is provided which may include a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a first thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and including a first semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor material, and a second thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and including a second semiconductor layer including a silicon semiconductor material, wherein a surface roughness of the first semiconductor layer is increased by plasma treatment. A method of manufacturing the display apparatus is also provided.
US11569266B2	Integrated structures comprising vertical channel material and having conductively-doped semiconductor material directly against lower sidewalls of the channel material Some embodiments include an integrated structure having vertically-stacked conductive levels. Upper conductive levels are memory cell levels, and a lower conductive level is a select device level. Conductively-doped semiconductor material is under the select device level. Channel material extends along the memory cell levels and the select device level, and extends into the conductively-doped semiconductor material. A region of the channel material that extends into the conductively-doped semiconductor material is a lower region of the channel material and has a vertical sidewall. Tunneling material, charge-storage material and charge-blocking material extend along the channel material and are between the channel material and the conductive levels. The tunneling material, charge-storage material and charge-blocking material are not along at least a portion of the vertical sidewall of the lower region of the channel material, and the conductively-doped semiconductor material is directly against such portion. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated structures.
US11569257B2	Multi-layer stacks for 3D NAND extendability Embodiments described herein relate to methods and materials for fabricating semiconductor devices, such as memory devices and the like. In one embodiment, a memory layer stack includes materials having differing etch rates in which one material is selectively removed to form an airgap in the device structure. In another embodiment, silicon containing materials of a memory layer stack are doped or fabricated as a silicide material. In another embodiment, a silicon nitride material is utilized as an interfacial layer between oxide containing and silicon containing layers of a memory layer stack.
US11569254B2	Method of ono integration into logic CMOS flow An embodiment of a method of integration of a non-volatile memory device into a logic MOS flow is described. Generally, the method includes: forming a pad dielectric layer of a MOS device above a first region of a substrate; forming a channel of the memory device from a thin film of semiconducting material overlying a surface above a second region of the substrate, the channel connecting a source and drain of the memory device; forming a patterned dielectric stack overlying the channel above the second region, the patterned dielectric stack comprising a tunnel layer, a charge-trapping layer, and a sacrificial top layer; simultaneously removing the sacrificial top layer from the second region of the substrate, and the pad dielectric layer from the first region of the substrate; and simultaneously forming a gate dielectric layer above the first region of the substrate and a blocking dielectric layer above the charge-trapping layer.
US11569250B2	Ferroelectric memory device using back-end-of-line (BEOL) thin film access transistors and methods for forming the same A memory device includes metal interconnect structures embedded within dielectric material layers that overlie a top surface of a substrate, a thin film transistor embedded in a first dielectric material layer selected from the dielectric material layers, and is vertically spaced from the top surface of the substrate, and a ferroelectric memory cell embedded within the dielectric material layers. A first node of the ferroelectric memory cell is electrically connected to a node of the thin film transistor through a subset of the metal interconnect structures that is located above, and vertically spaced from, the top surface of the substrate.
US11569247B2	Semiconductor structure Semiconductor structures are provided. A semiconductor structure includes a memory cell and a logic cell. The memory cell includes a latch circuit formed by two cross-coupled inverters, and a pass-gate transistor coupling an output of the latch circuit to a bit line. A first source/drain region of the pass-gate transistor is electrically connected to the bit line through a first contact over the first source/drain region and a first via over the first contact. A second source/drain region of a transistor of the logic cell is electrically connected to a local interconnect line through a second contact over the second source/drain region and a second via over the second contact. Height of the second via is greater than height of the first via. The local interconnect line and the bit line are formed in the same metal layer. The bit line is thicker than the local interconnect line.
US11569245B2	Growth of thin oxide layer with amorphous silicon and oxidation A method for forming an oxide layer includes forming an interfacial layer on a substrate, forming an amorphous silicon layer on the interfacial layer, performing a direct oxidation process to selectively oxidize the formed amorphous silicon layer, and performing a thermal oxidation process to oxidize the formed amorphous silicon layer.
US11569243B2	Stacked-substrate DRAM semiconductor devices A DRAM integrated circuit device is described in which at least some of the peripheral circuits associated with the memory arrays are provided on a first substrate. The memory arrays are provided on a second substrate stacked on the first substrate, thus forming a DRAM integrated circuit device on a stacked-substrate assembly. Vias that electrically connect the memory arrays on the second substrate to the peripheral circuits on the first substrate are fabricated using high aspect ratio via fabrication techniques.
US11569233B2	Techniques and mechanisms for operation of stacked transistors Techniques and mechanisms for operating transistors that are in a stacked configuration. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) device includes transistors arranged along a line of direction which is orthogonal to a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure are coupled, respectively, to a first channel structure of a first transistor and a second channel structure of a second transistor. The first epitaxial structure and the second epitaxial structure are at different respective levels relative to the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A dielectric material is disposed between the first epitaxial structure and the second epitaxial structure to facilitate electrical insulation of the channels from each other. In another embodiment, the stacked transistors are coupled to provide a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) inverter circuit.
US11569232B2	Semiconductor device including self-aligned gate structure and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a self-aligned gate structure includes: providing at least one channel structure above at least one substrate; depositing at least one gate masking layer on the at least one channel structure so that the at least one gate masking layer is formed on top and side surfaces of the at least one channel structure and spread outward above the at least one substrate to form outer-extended portions of the at least one gate masking layer, before a gate-cut process is performed, wherein the at least one gate masking layer is self-aligned with respect to the at least one channel structure by the depositing; and removing the outer-extended portions of the at least one gate masking layer so that the at least one gate masking layer at both sides of the at least one channel structure has a same width.
US11569228B2	Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor structure and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes forming a conductive layer on a precursor memory structure, in which the precursor memory structure includes a plurality of transistors and a plurality of contact plugs disposed on and connected to the transistors. The conductive layer in a TEG region is then patterned to form a first patterned conductive layer on the precursor memory structure. The first patterned conductive layer is then patterned to form a plurality of first landing pads extending along a first direction, in which the first landing pads are separated from each other in a second direction that is different from the first direction and are electrically connected to each other through the contact plugs and the transistors.
US11569224B2	Semiconductor device and operation circuit A semiconductor device including a substrate, a seed layer, a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a gate structure, a first source/drain structure, a second source/drain structure, and a contact is provided. The seed layer is disposed on the substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the seed layer. The channel layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The gate structure is disposed on the barrier layer. The first and second source/drain structures are disposed on opposite sides of the gate structure. The contact contacts the first source/drain structure. The distance between the gate structure and the contact is between 0.5 micrometers and 30 micrometers.
US11569220B2	Electrostatic discharge protection device and method An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a first clamping circuit, a second clamping circuit, and a diode circuit. The first clamping circuit is coupled between a first power rail and a second power rail. The second clamping circuit is coupled between a third power rail and the second power rail. The diode circuit is configured to steer an ESD current from an input/output pad to at least one of the first clamping circuit or the third power rail. The first power rail receives a first voltage, the second power rail receives a second voltage, the third power rail receives a third voltage, the third voltage is higher than the first voltage, and the first voltage is higher than the second voltage.
US11569219B2	TSV coupled integrated circuits and methods According to one implementation of the present disclosure, an integrated circuit includes a memory macro unit, and one or more through silicon vias (TSVs) at least partially coupled through the memory macro unit. According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving a user input corresponding to dimensions of respective pitches of one or more through silicon vias (TSVs); determining whether dimensions of a memory macro unit is greater than a size threshold, wherein the size threshold corresponds to the received user input; and determining one or more through silicon via (TSV) positionings based on the determined dimensions of the memory macro unit.
US11569215B2	Three-dimensional memory device with vertical field effect transistors and method of making thereof A semiconductor structure includes at least one set of vertical field effect transistors embedded within dielectric material layers overlying a substrate. Each vertical field effect transistor includes a bottom doped semiconductor electrode, a vertical transistor channel, a cylindrical gate dielectric, and a top doped semiconductor electrode. A three-dimensional NAND memory array can be provided over the first field effect transistors, and can be electrically connected to the vertical field effect transistors via metal interconnect structures. Alternatively, a three-dimensional NAND memory array can be formed on another substrate, which can be bonded to the substrate via metal-to-metal bonding. The vertical field effect transistors can be employed as switches for bit lines, word lines, or other components of the three-dimensional NAND memory array.
US11569214B2	Display apparatus with image acquisition region, manufacturing method and operating method thereof A display apparatus includes a display panel having an image acquisition region within a display area, and an image acquisition device over a side of the display panel opposing to its display surface. The image acquisition device is at a position corresponding to the image acquisition region, and is configured to capture an image based on lights from an outside pattern over a side of the display panel proximal to the display surface. The display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements over the substrate. The plurality of light-emitting elements comprises one or more first light-emitting elements positionally within the image acquisition region. At least one first light-emitting element includes a non-transparent electrode provided with at least one through-hole configured to allow the lights from the outside pattern to pass through the display panel.
US11569213B2	Optoelectronic device and manufacturing method thereof An optoelectronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The optoelectronic device includes a substrate, light emitting chips disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate, a first annular structure disposed on the substrate and around the light emitting chips, a first wavelength conversion layer disposed in the first annular structure and covering the light emitting chips, a second annular structure disposed on the substrate and around the light emitting chips and further being in contact with the first annular structure, and a second wavelength conversion layer disposed in the second annular structure and covering the first wavelength conversion layer and the light emitting chips. Wavelength conversion substances contained in the first wavelength conversion layer and the second wavelength conversion layer respectively are different in material. Therefore, the optoelectronic device can achieve improved uniformity of luminescence as well as light output quality.
US11569210B2	Package structure having a first connection circuit and manufacturing method thereof A package structure, including a redistribution circuit layer, a first die, a dielectric body, a first connection circuit, a patterned insulating layer, a second die and a third die, is provided. The first die is disposed on the redistribution circuit layer and is electrically connected to the redistribution circuit layer. The dielectric body is disposed on the redistribution circuit layer and covers the first die. The first connection circuit is disposed on the dielectric body and is electrically connected to the redistribution circuit layer. The patterned insulating layer covers the first connection circuit. A portion of the patterned insulating layer is embedded in the dielectric body. The second die is disposed on the dielectric body and is electrically connected to the first connection circuit. The third die is disposed on the redistribution circuit layer, is opposite to the first die, and is electrically connected to the redistribution circuit layer.
US11569205B2	Reducing loss in stacked quantum devices A device includes: a first chip including a qubit; and a second chip bonded to the first chip, the second chip including a substrate including first and second opposing surfaces, the first surface facing the first chip, wherein the second chip includes a single layer of superconductor material on the first surface of the substrate, the single layer of superconductor material including a first circuit element. The second chip further includes a second layer on the second surface of the substrate, the second layer including a second circuit element. The second chip further includes a through connector that extends from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate and electrically connects a portion of the single layer of superconducting material to the second circuit element.
US11569204B2	Input output for an integrated circuit A three-dimensional integrated circuit has a plurality of layers disposed in a stacked relationship. Logic circuitry is embodied in a first layer of the three-dimensional integrated circuit. An input output circuit is electrically coupled to the logic circuitry and has a plurality of transistors embodied in at least two layers of the three-dimensional integrated circuit. The input output circuit has first and second input output circuitry, wherein the first input output circuitry operates faster than the second input output circuitry.
US11569203B2	Multi-height interconnect structures and associated systems and methods Systems and methods for multi-height interconnect structures for a semiconductor device are provided herein. The multi-height interconnect structure generally includes a primary level semiconductor die having a primary conductive pillar and a secondary conductive pillar, where the primary conductive pillar has a greater height than the secondary conductive pillar. The semiconductor device may further include a substrate electrically coupled to the primary level semiconductor die through the primary conductive pillar and a secondary level semiconductor die electrically coupled to the primary level semiconductor die through the secondary conductive pillar. The multi-height pillars may be formed using a single photoresist mask or multiple photoresist masks. In some configurations, the primary and secondary conductive pillars may be arranged on only the front-side of the dies and/or substrate.
US11569191B2	Multi-feed packaged antenna based on fan-out package A multi-feed packaged antenna based on fan-out package, which relates to packaged antennas. A first passivation layer is arranged under a packaging layer, and first and second redistribution layers are arranged on the first passivation layer to build the multi-feed packaged antenna. Connecting ends of multiple channels of a chip are connected to a feed structure of a packaged antenna. A metal layer of the feed structure is achieved by the first redistribution layer, and the second redistribution layer is mainly configured to package an antenna. The coaxial feed is adopted herein, in which two redistribution layers are provided, by which a multi-port power combining can be achieved on the antenna, providing a wide-beam performance.
US11569189B2	Semiconductor device structure with conductive polymer liner and method for forming the same The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device structure with a conductive polymer liner and a method for preparing the semiconductor device structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first metal layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate, and a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a conductive structure disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The conductive structure includes a first conductive via and a first conductive polymer liner surrounding the first conductive via.
US11569186B2	Device including semiconductor chips and method for producing such device A device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face. The device further includes a second semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face, wherein the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are arranged such that the first face of the first semiconductor chip faces in a first direction and the first face of the second semiconductor chip faces in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first semiconductor chip is located laterally outside of an outline of the second semiconductor chip.
US11569185B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A method for forming a multilayer conductive structure includes forming a first conductive portion; forming a second conductive portion containing ruthenium (Ru) therein on the first conductive portion; forming a third conductive portion on the second conductive portion; and performing a silicidation process on the second conductive portion.
US11569184B2	Terahertz device A terahertz device of the present invention includes a terahertz element generating an electromagnetic wave, a dielectric including a dielectric material and surrounding the terahertz element, a gas space including a gas, and a reflecting film serving as a reflecting portion. The reflecting film includes a portion opposing the terahertz element through the dielectric and the gas space and reflecting the electromagnetic wave toward a direction, wherein the electromagnetic wave is generated from the terahertz element and transmitted through the dielectric and the gas space. In addition, the refractive index of the dielectric is lower than the refractive index of the terahertz element and is higher than the refractive index of the gas in the gas space.
US11569182B2	Aluminum-based gallium nitride integrated circuits Gallium nitride-based monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) can comprise aluminum-based metals. Electrical contacts for gates, sources, and drains of transistors can include aluminum-containing metallic materials. Additionally, connectors, inductors, and interconnect devices can also comprise aluminum-based metals. The gallium-based MMICs can be manufactured in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) facilities with equipment that produces silicon-based semiconductor devices.
US11569175B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate including a first redistribution layer; a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the first redistribution layer; a vertical connection structure adjacent a periphery of the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first redistribution layer; and an encapsulant on the vertical connection structure. The vertical connection structure includes a metal pillar having a bottom surface facing the redistribution substrate, a top surface positioned opposite to the bottom surface, and a side surface positioned between the bottom surface and the top surface. The vertical connection structure further includes a plating layer on each of the bottom surface, the top surface, and the side surface of the metal pillar, and having a roughened surface.
US11569173B2	Bridge hub tiling architecture Systems and methods of conductively coupling at least three semiconductor dies included in a semiconductor package using a multi-die interconnect bridge that is embedded, disposed, or otherwise integrated into the semiconductor package substrate are provided. The multi-die interconnect bridge is a passive device that includes passive electronic components such as conductors, resistors, capacitors and inductors. The multi-die interconnect bridge communicably couples each of the semiconductor dies included in the at least three semiconductor dies to each of at least some of the remaining at least three semiconductor dies. The multi-die interconnect bridge occupies a first area on the surface of the semiconductor package substrate. The smallest of the at least three semiconductor dies coupled to the multi-die interconnect bridge 120 occupies a second area on the surface of the semiconductor package substrate, where the second area is greater than the first area.
US11569166B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate, a first metal line over the substrate and extending along a first direction, a protection layer lining a sidewall of the first metal line, a second metal line above the first metal line and extending along the first direction, and a third metal line above the second metal line, extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US11569165B2	Memory cell array, semiconductor device including the same, and manufacturing method thereof A tridimensional memory cell array includes vertically stacked first conductive lines, vertically stacked second conductive lines, and first and second flights of steps. First and second conductive lines extend along a first direction. The second conductive lines are disposed at a distance along a second direction from the first conductive lines. First and second directions are orthogonal. Along the first direction, the first flights are disposed at opposite ends of the first conductive lines and the second flights are disposed at opposite ends of the second conductive lines. The first and second flights include landing pads and connective lines alternately disposed along the first direction. The landing pads are wider than the connective lines along the second direction. Along the second direction, landing pads of the first flights face connective lines of the second flights and landing pads of the second flights face connective lines of the first flights.
US11569162B2	Chip on film package with reinforcing sheet and manufacturing method of chip on film package with reinforcing sheet A chip on film package includes a base film, a patterned circuit layer, a chip and a reinforcing sheet. The base film includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a mounting region located on the first surface. The patterned circuit layer is disposed on the first surface. The chip is mounted on the mounting region and electrically connected to the patterned circuit layer. The reinforcing sheet is disposed on the first surface and/or the second surface and exposes the chip, wherein a flexibility of the reinforcing sheet is substantially equal to or greater than a flexibility of the base film.
US11569160B2	Patterning of dual metallization layers Embodiments may relate to a semiconductor package that includes a routing trace coupled with a substrate. The routing trace may be linear on a side of the routing trace between the substrate and a top of the routing trace. The semiconductor package may further include a power trace coupled with the substrate. The power trace may be concave on a side of the power trace between the substrate and a top of the power trace. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11569156B2	Semiconductor device, electronic device including the same, and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor package, connective terminals and supports. The circuit substrate has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The semiconductor package is connected to the first side of the circuit substrate. The connective terminals are located on the second side of the circuit substrate and are electrically connected to the semiconductor package via the circuit substrate. The supports are located on the second side of the circuit substrate beside the connective terminals. A material of the supports has a melting temperature higher than a melting temperature of the connective terminals.
US11569154B2	Interdigitated outward and inward bent leads for packaged electronic device An electronic device includes a package structure, a first lead and a second lead. The first lead has a first portion extending outward from a side of the package structure and downward, and a second portion extending outward from the first portion away from the package side. The second lead has a first portion extending outward from the package side and downward, and a second portion extending inward from the first portion toward the package side, and a distal end of the second lead is spaced from the package side.
US11569153B2	Leadframes with folded conductor portion and devices therefrom A leadframe includes leads or lead terminals, a plurality of folded features including i) support features positioned within an area defined in at least one dimension by the leads or the lead terminals configured for supporting at least one of a die pad and a first pad and a second pad spaced apart from one another, or ii) current carrying features. At least one of the folded features includes a planar portion and a folded edge structure that curves upwards at an angle of at least 45° relative to the planar portion. The folded features are configured to provide an effective increase in thickness to reduce the deformation observed in assembly.
US11569152B2	Electronic device with lead pitch gap An electronic device, a lead frame, and a method, including providing a lead frame with a Y-shaped feature having branch portions connected to a dam bar in a prospective gap in an equally spaced repeating lead pitch pattern, and a set of first leads extending parallel to one another along a first direction and spaced apart from one another along a second direction in lead locations of the repeating lead pitch pattern, attaching a semiconductor die to a die attach pad of the lead frame, attaching bond wires between bond pads of the semiconductor die, and the first leads, enclosing first portions of the first leads, the die attach pad, and a portion of the semiconductor die in a package structure, and performing a dam bar cut process that cuts through portions of the dam bar between the lead locations of the repeating lead pitch pattern.
US11569148B2	Semiconductor device with a metal plate In this semiconductor device, a positioning protrusion is formed at a side surface of a sealing resin from which one end of a main electrode wire protrudes. Thus, the outer size of the sealing resin can be reduced as compared to a case where a positioning protrusion is formed at the bottom of the sealing resin. In addition, a thickness regulating protrusion is provided with a space from solder. Thus, it is possible to prevent interface separation or crack that would occur starting from a contact part between the thickness regulating protrusion and the solder, whereby the life of a joining part between a semiconductor module and a cooler can be ensured. Accordingly, a semiconductor device having enhanced heat dissipation property and reliability is obtained without increase in the outer size of the semiconductor module.
US11569145B2	Semiconductor package with thermal interface material for improving package reliability A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate, a second semiconductor mounted on the package substrate and set apart from the first semiconductor chip in a horizontal direction thereby forming a gap between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The semiconductor package further includes a first thermal interface material layer formed in the gap and having a first modulus of elasticity and a second thermal interface material layer formed on each of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and having a second modulus of elasticity, wherein the first modulus of elasticity is less than the second modulus of elasticity.
US11569132B2	Transistor structure with N/P boundary buffer Gate metal is removed from a region containing transistors such as nanosheet transistors or vertical transport field-effect transistors using techniques that control the undercutting of gate metal in an adjoining region. A dielectric spacer layer is deposited on the transistors. A first etch causes the removal of gate metal over the boundary between the regions with limited undercutting of gate metal beneath the dielectric spacer layer. A subsequent etch removes the gate metal from the transistors in one region while the gate metal in the adjoining region is protected by a buffer layer. Gate dielectric material may also be removed over the boundary between regions.
US11569131B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device and its fabrication method are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a plurality of fins spaced apart on the substrate; forming a dummy gate structure across the plurality of fins and on the substrate; forming a first sidewall spacer on a sidewall of the dummy gate structure; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate and the fins, and on a portion of a sidewall of the first sidewall spacer, where a top of the interlayer dielectric layer is lower than a top of the first sidewall spacer; and forming a second sidewall spacer on the interlayer dielectric layer and on a sidewall of the first sidewall spacer.
US11569128B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, a first interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, the first interlayer dielectric layer including a recess on an upper portion thereof, and a lower connection line in the first interlayer dielectric layer, the lower connection line being electrically connected to the active pattern, and the lower connection line including a conductive pattern, the recess of the first interlayer dielectric layer selectively exposing a top surface of the conductive pattern, and a barrier pattern between the conductive pattern and the first interlayer dielectric layer, the first interlayer dielectric layer covering a top surface of the barrier pattern.
US11569126B2	Interconnect wires including relatively low resistivity cores A dielectric layer and a method of forming thereof. An opening defined in a dielectric layer and a wire deposited within the opening, wherein the wire includes a core material surrounded by a jacket material, wherein the jacket material exhibits a first resistivity ρ1 and the core material exhibits a second resistivity ρ2 and ρ2 is less than ρ1.
US11569118B2	Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method for semiconductor device A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a thrust-up unit having a plurality of blocks in contact with a dicing tape, a head having a collet absorbing the die and capable of being moved up and down, and a control section controlling the operation of the thrust-up unit and the head. The thrust-up unit can operate each of the plurality of blocks independently. The control section configures the thrust-up sequences of the plurality of blocks in a plurality of steps, and controls the operation of the plurality of blocks on the basis of a time chart recipe capable of setting the height and the speed of the plurality of blocks for each block and in each step.
US11569114B2	Semiconductor processing with cooled electrostatic chuck Embodiments described herein relate to a substrate support assembly. The substrate support assembly includes an ESC base assembly having a base channel disposed therein, a facility plate, the facility plate coupled to the ESC base assembly with a vacuum region therebetween, and a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes an upper flange coupled to the base channel of the ESC base assembly, the upper flange disposed in the facility plate, a lower flange coupled to the upper flange, the lower flange disposed in the facility plate, a gasket disposed between the upper flange and the lower flange, and an insulator tube coupled to the lower flange. A passage is connected to the base channel, the passage is defined by connected openings of the upper flange, the gasket, the lower flange, the insulator tube, and the base assembly.
US11569113B2	Unit cell alignment apparatus having tiltable and rotatable base member A unit cell alignment apparatus that includes a base member, on the upper surface of which unit cells constituting an electrode assembly are stacked parallel thereto, a first guide member located at one side of the base member, the first guide member being disposed so as to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the base member, a second guide member located at the base member, the second guide member being disposed so as to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the base member while being at right angles to the first guide member, and an inclination adjustment member configured to adjust the inclination of the base member.
US11569109B2	Wafer cassette stocker and wafer cassette drying method using the same An embodiment provides a wafer cassette stoker comprising: a cassette on which a plurality of wafers are loaded; a plurality of chambers disposed in one line while forming at least one layer, wherein the cassette after being cleaned is inserted in each of the chambers and a humidity control unit for supplying a compressed dry air (CDA) into the insides of the chambers so as to control humidity of the cassette.
US11569103B2	Apparatus for transporting substrate and system for treating substrate with the apparatus Provided are a substrate transporting apparatus capable of preventing an increase in temperature of a transporting robot by installing a cooling plate around the transporting robot, and a substrate treating system including the same. The substrate transporting apparatus includes a transporting unit for transporting a substrate; and a cooling plate for controlling a temperature of the transporting unit, wherein the cooling plate is spaced apart from a side surface of the transporting unit and installed as a side wall, or is installed in close contact with the side surface of the transporting unit.
US11569102B2	Oxidation inhibiting gas in a manufacturing system A method includes flowing gas comprising an oxidation inhibiting gas into a chamber of a semiconductor processing system. The chamber includes one or more of a factory interface of the semiconductor processing system or an adjacent chamber that is mounted to the factory interface. The method further includes receiving, via one or more sensors coupled to the chamber, sensor data indicating at least one of a current oxygen level within the chamber or a current moisture level within the chamber. The method further includes determining, based on the sensor data, whether to perform an adjustment of a current amount of the oxidation inhibiting gas entering into the chamber. The method further includes, responsive to determining to perform the adjustment, causing the adjustment of the current amount of the oxidation inhibiting gas entering into the chamber.
US11569101B2	Fluid supply device and fluid supply method A fluid supply device and a fluid supply method capable of stably supplying a supercritical fluid includes a fluid supply device for supplying a fluid in a liquid state before being changed to a supercritical fluid toward a processing chamber. The fluid supply device comprises a condenser that condenses and liquefies a fluid in a gas state, a tank that stores the fluid condensed and liquefied by the condenser, a pump that pressure-feeds the liquefied fluid stored in the tank toward the processing chamber, and a heating means provided to a flow path communicating with a discharge side of the pump and for partially changing the liquid in the flow path to a supercritical fluid.
US11569100B2	Substrate heating unit and substrate processing apparatus having the same The inventive concept relates to a substrate heating unit. The substrate heating unit includes a chuck stage having an inner space defined by a base and sidewalls, a heating unit provided in the inner space of the chuck stage, and a quartz window that covers the inner space of the chuck stage and has an upper surface on which the substrate is placed. The heating unit includes a heating plate having a disk shape with an opening in the center thereof and heating modules installed in respective heating zones on the heating plate that are divided from each other, each heating module having a printed circuit board on which heating light sources emitting light for heating are mounted.
US11569099B2	Wafer cooling system The present disclosure describes a wafer cooling/heating system that includes a load-lock and a thermo module. The load-lock uses a level stream design to improve temperature uniformity across one or more wafers during a cooling/heating process. The load-lock can include (i) a wafer holder configured to receive wafers at a front side of the load-lock; (ii) a gas diffuser with one or more nozzles along a back side of the load-lock, a side surface of the load-lock, or a combination thereof; and (iii) one or more exhaust lines. Further, the thermo module can be configured to control a temperature of a gas provided to the load-lock.
US11569094B2	Etching method and plasma processing apparatus An etching method includes: (a) providing, on a support, a substrate having the first region covering the second region and the second region defining a recess receiving the first region, (b) etching the first region until or immediately before the second region is exposed, (c) exposing the substrate to plasma generated from a first process gas containing C and F atoms using a first RF signal and forming a deposit on the substrate, (d) exposing the deposit to plasma generated from a second process gas containing an inert gas using a first RF signal and selectively etching the first region to the second region, and (e) repeating (c) and (d). (c) includes using the RF signal with a frequency of 60 to 300 MHz and/or setting the support to 100 to 200° C. to control a ratio of C to F atoms in the deposit to greater than 1.
US11569093B2	Method for making MOSFET and MOSFET A method for making a MOSFET includes forming a gate oxide layer on a substrate; depositing and forming a polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer; removing the polysilicon layer and the gate oxide layer in a target area by means of dry etching. The remaining gate oxide layer forms a gate oxide of the MOSFET. The remaining polysilicon layer forms a gate of the MOSFET. The method further includes performing LDD implantation on the substrate at both sides of the gate, to form a first LDD area and a second LDD area respectively; and performing SD implantation to form a source and a drain in the substrate at both sides of the gate respectively. Before one of the steps after the depositing and forming a polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer, fluorine ion implantation is performed.
US11569087B2	Method of fabricating a display apparatus A display apparatus may include a base substrate including a first portion and a second portion smaller than the first portion, a plurality of pixels disposed on the first portion, a protection substrate disposed below the base substrate, and a groove disposed in a portion of the protection substrate and overlapped with the second portion. The groove may include a first region extending in a first direction, and a second region and a third region, which are arranged along the first direction, wherein the first region is interposed between the second region and the third region. The first and second portions may be arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a width of each of the second and third regions may be larger than a first width of the first region, when measured in the second direction.
US11569083B2	Excimer lamp In the excimer lamp according to the present invention, a flat discharge vessel having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape and comprising a pair of planar parts and a pair of side-surface parts has a pair of external electrodes disposed on the respective outer surfaces of the planar parts. The end parts of the external electrodes are provided with an auxiliary electrode extending to a region that is made smaller than the distance between the planar parts. A lead that supplies electricity to the external electrode is connected to the auxiliary electrode in the region that is made smaller than the distance between the planar parts.
US11569081B2	Method for analyzing metal fine particles, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry method The present invention provides a method for analyzing a sample containing metal fine particles with an inductive coupling plasma mass spectrometer. The method enables analysis of the sample without the need of standard metal fine particles. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for analyzing metal fine particles in liquid by use of an inductive coupling plasma mass spectrometer. In the method, the analysis apparatus is provided with a standard solution introduction apparatus including a standard solution storage unit for storing a standard solution containing a specific element in a known concentration, a syringe pump for suctioning and discharging the standard solution, and a solution introduction unit having a standard solution nebulizer and a standard solution spray chamber that are supplied with the standard solution, the standard solution is directly supplied to the standard solution nebulizer at a flow rate of 3 μL/min or less.
US11569080B2	Method for mass spectrometry and mass spectrometer Provided is a method for mass spectrometry in which ions to be analyzed are made to come in contact with a cooling gas in a cooling section, such as an ion trap 2, configured to perform the cooling of ions, and kinetic energy is subsequently imparted to the ions so as to introduce the ions into a flight space of a multi-turn time-of-flight mass separator 30 or similar device for separating ions according to their mass-to-charge ratios. According to the present invention, when a known or estimated number of charges of an ion to be analyzed is high, the amount of supply of the cooling gas to the cooling section is set to a lower level than when the number of charges is low. This operation improves the detection sensitivity for ions having large molecular weights and high numbers of charges.
US11569079B2	Gas analyzer and membranes therefor A gas analyzer and a method for performing mass spectrometry analysis includes a membrane configured to receive an input flow of carrier gas. The membrane defines a variable thickness region between first and second positions along an input face of the membrane and separates the analyte sample into an output flow of analyte molecules. A mass spectrometer is disposed downstream of the membrane and includes an input orifice for receiving the output flow. The mass spectrometer is configured to perform a response profile analysis of the analyte molecules in the sample analyte.
US11569072B2	RF grounding configuration for pedestals Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to substrate supports for process chambers and RF grounding configurations for use therewith. Methods of grounding RF current are also described. A chamber body at least partially defines a process volume therein. A first electrode is disposed in the process volume. A pedestal is disposed opposite the first electrode. A second electrode is disposed in the pedestal. An RF filter is coupled to the second electrode through a conductive rod. The RF filter includes a first capacitor coupled to the conductive rod and to ground. The RF filter also includes a first inductor coupled to a feedthrough box. The feedthrough box includes a second capacitor and a second inductor coupled in series. A direct current (DC) power supply for the second electrode is coupled between the second capacitor and the second inductor.
US11569069B2	3D printed chamber components configured for lower film stress and lower operating temperature A chamber component for a processing chamber is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a chamber component for a processing chamber includes a component part body having unitary monolithic construction. The component part body has a textured surface. The textured surface includes a plurality of independent engineered macro features integrally formed with the component part body. The engineered macro features include a macro feature body extending from the textured surface.
US11569067B2	Systems and methods for achieving peak ion energy enhancement with a low angular spread Systems and methods for increasing peak ion energy with a low angular spread of ions are described. In one of the systems, multiple radio frequency (RF) generators that are coupled to an upper electrode associated with a plasma chamber are operated in two different states, such as two different frequency levels, for pulsing of the RF generators. The pulsing of the RF generators facilitates a transfer of ion energy during one of the states to another one of the states for increasing ion energy during the other state to further increase a rate of processing a substrate.
US11569062B2	Gas delivery system for ion implanter An ion implantation system includes an ion implanter containing an ion source unit and a dopant source gas supply system. The system includes a dopant source gas storage tank inside a gas box container located remotely to the ion implanter and a dopant source gas supply pipe configured to supply a dopant source gas from the dopant source gas storage tank to the ion source unit. The dopant source gas supply pipe includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe enclosing the inner pipe, a first pipe adaptor coupled to first end of respective inner and outer pipes, and a second pipe adaptor coupled to seconds end of respective inner and outer pipes opposite the first end. The first pipe adaptor connects the inner pipe to the dopant source gas storage tank and the second pipe adaptor connects the inner pipe to the ion source unit.
US11569059B2	Apparatus of charged-particle beam such as electron microscope comprising plasma generator, and method thereof The present invention provides an apparatus of charged-particle beam e.g. an electron microscope comprising an in-column plasma generator for selectively cleaning BSE detector and BF/DF detector. The plasma generator is located between a lower pole piece of objective lens and the BF/DF detectors, but outside trajectory area of the charged-particles from the sample stage to the BF/DF detector.
US11569057B2	Pattern inspection apparatus and pattern outline position acquisition method According to one aspect of the present invention, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a circuit configured to perform, for each direction, filter processing on the image, using a plurality of two-dimensional spatial filter functions with different orientations; a circuit configured to extract a plurality of pixels each having a predetermined value larger than a first threshold, in pixel values each for the each direction of after the filter processing, as a plurality of outline pixel candidates through which an outline of the figure pattern passes; and a circuit configured to extract a plurality of outline pixels from the plurality of outline pixel candidates by excluding outline pixel candidates each of which has a differential value, greater than or equal to a second threshold, obtained by differentiating a pixel value of before the filter processing in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction corresponding to the predetermined value.
US11569047B2	Assembly and method for damping switching movements in high-voltage circuit breakers An assembly for damping switching movements has a housing, which physically surrounds at least one piston, and which at least partly physically surrounds at least one rod. The rod is movable relative to the housing. The piston delimits a first fluid volume, which is fluidically connected to a second fluid volume by way of a throughflow opening. The rod is formed at one end as a hollow tube and physically surrounds the first fluid volume. The piston is guided in the hollow-tubular end of the at least one rod. A method for damping switching movements in a high-voltage circuit breaker includes decreasing a damping rate of the assembly for damping in a period in the time profile of the switching movement, in particular after a previous increase in the damping rate during the switching movement.
US11569046B2	Keyswitch with member and support devices A keyswitch includes a board, a cap opposite to the board, a first support device, a second support device, and a first link member. The first support device is disposed between the cap and the board. An end of the first support device is connected to the board. Another end of the first support device is connected to the cap. The second support device is disposed between the cap and the board and is separate from the first support device at a specific distance. An end of the second support device is connected to the board. Another end of the second support device is connected to the cap. The first link member has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is movably connected to the first support device. The second end portion is connected to the second support device.
US11569045B2	Grid influencing system Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a grid influencing system for a power supply grid comprising: a current-conducting grid influencing component; and a vacuum circuit breaker including a vacuum circuit breaker tube containing an at least partly integrated pre-arcing device for actively generating an arc between two contacts.
US11569043B2	Method of manufacturing an aluminum electrolytic capacitor with electrospun fiber film According to one embodiment, an aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes an anode, a cathode, and a fiber film. The anode includes a first metal layer and a dielectric layer. The first metal layer includes aluminum. The dielectric layer is formed on the first metal layer. The cathode includes a second metal layer. The second metal layer includes aluminum. The fiber film is provided between the anode and the cathode. The fiber film includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first fiber having a first diameter. The first layer is provided between the dielectric layer and the second layer. The second layer includes a second fiber having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.
US11569042B2	Capacitor and method for manufacturing same A capacitor and a method for manufacturing the capacitor are provided. The capacitor comprises (1) a capacitor main body including an outer package case, an opening sealing member attached to an inside of an open portion of the outer package case and a terminal lead penetrating through the opening sealing member; (2) a base attached to an outside of the open portion of the outer package case, the base including an insertion through hole through which the terminal lead passes to be disposed on an outer side of the base; and (3) a resin layer between the base and the opening sealing member.
US11569038B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes first and second multilayer ceramic electronic component bodies facing each other in a length direction that connects first and second end surfaces. A first metal terminal is connected to a first outer electrode. A second metal terminal is connected to a fourth outer electrode. An outer casing covers the first and second multilayer ceramic electronic component bodies, and at least a portion of each of the first and second metal terminals. A third metal terminal is exposed from the outer casing.
US11569036B2	Dielectric film and power capacitor comprising dielectric film A dielectric film is provided. The dielectric film includes a dielectric polymer substrate having two surfaces opposite to each other and a coating layer formed on at least one of the two surfaces of the dielectric polymer substrate by chemical vapor deposition polymerization and/or irradiation polymerization. A power capacitor includes the dielectric film. A process for preparing the dielectric film is provided.
US11569034B2	Multi-layered ceramic electronic component and manufacturing method thereof A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other and a dielectric layer interposed therebetween. When an average thickness of the dielectric layer is denoted as ‘td,’ an average thickness of the first and second internal electrodes is denoted as ‘te,’ and a standard deviation of thicknesses of an internal electrode, measured at a plurality of points in a predetermined region of the internal electrode, is denoted as ‘σte,’ a ratio of the standard deviation of thicknesses of the internal electrode to the average thickness of the dielectric layer, which is denoted as ‘σte/td,’ satisfies 0.12≤σte/td≤0.21.
US11569030B2	Integrated circuit having current-sensing coil An integrated circuit includes a first and a second conductive path over a substrate, a coil structure over the substrate, a voltage sensing circuit electrically coupled with the coil structure, and a ferromagnetic structure including an open portion. The first conductive path is configured to carry a first time-varying current and to generate a first time-varying magnetic field. The second conductive path is configured to carry a second time-varying current and to generate a second time-varying magnetic field. The first conductive path and the second conductive path extend through the open portion of the ferromagnetic structure. The first conductive path includes a first conductive line below the ferromagnetic structure, a second conductive line above the ferromagnetic structure, and a first via plug coplanar with the ferromagnetic structure, the first via plug electrically coupling the first conductive line and the second conductive line.
US11569029B2	Field device and remote station The present disclosure relates to a field device, comprising: a first inductive interface, at least for transmitting and receiving data, especially for transmitting a value dependent on the measured condition; at least one second interface at least for receiving energy; and a first coupling body comprising the first, inductive interface and the second interface.
US11569026B2	Compact dry-type transformer The present disclosure relates to transformers. Various embodiments of the teachings herein may include a coating of an insulation body of a dry transformer. For example, the electrical winding may include multiple windings of a winding conductor wound to form a coil. The coil has been embedded into a solid insulation body. In some embodiments, a coating of an electrically conductive material, comprising a resin matrix and microscale filler, has been applied to at least one surface of the insulation body.
US11569024B2	Coil component An upper end portion and a lower end portion of a second magnetic portion of a coil component are further away from a coil than when a third part and a fifth part are not present. For this reason, a magnetic flux is unlikely to be concentrated in the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the second magnetic portion, so that magnetic saturation is unlikely to occur. Therefore, improvement of direct current superimposition characteristics is realized in the coil component.
US11569023B2	Wire-wound inductor component A wire-wound inductor component includes a core including an axial portion that extends in an axial direction and is pillar-shaped and a first support and a second support disposed respectively on a first end and a second end in the axial direction of the axial portion; a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode disposed respectively on a bottom face of the first support and a bottom face of the second support; a wire wound around the axial portion, with first and second end portions of the wire being connected respectively to the first and second terminal electrodes; and a cover member that covers at least part of the wire on an upper face of the axial portion and has a terminal indentation depth of 0.85 μm or more. The adhesive strength of a top face of the cover member is less than or equal to 3.28 gf/mm2.
US11569019B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes: a first substrate having a first surface; a second substrate having a second surface facing the first surface across an air gap; a first coil pattern that is located on the first surface so as to face the second surface across the air gap; a second coil pattern that is located in a second region on the second surface and faces the first surface across the air gap, at least a part of the second region overlapping with a first region in plan view, the first region being formed of a region in which the first coil pattern is located and a region surrounded by the first coil pattern; and a connection terminal connecting the first coil pattern and the second coil pattern.
US11569012B2	Method for improving performance of sintered NdFeB magnets The present disclosure relates generally to a method for improving the performance of sintered NdFeB magnet. A method of preparing a sintered NdFeB magnet therefore comprises the steps of: a) preparing alloy flakes from a raw material of the NdFeB magnet by a strip casting process; and b) preparing a coarse alloy powder from the alloy flakes by a hydrogen decrepitation process, the hydrogen decrepitation process including treatment of the alloy flakes under a hydrogen pressure of 0.10 MPa to 0.25 MPa for a duration of 1 to 3.5 hours, then degassing the hydrogen at a predetermined temperature between 300° C. to 400° C. for a duration time of 0.5 to 5 hours, and then mixing the resulting coarse alloy powder with a lubricant.
US11569008B1	Cable with low mode conversion performance and method for making the same A cable includes a first metal conductor, a first insulator, a second metal conductor and a second insulator. The first insulator includes a first arc-shaped surface. The second insulator includes a second arc-shaped surface. A distance between a central axis of the first metal conductor and a central axis of the second metal conductor is S. The first insulator and/or the second insulator are formed with a deformation surface at a position where the first insulator and the second insulator are in contact with each other. An outer diameter of a circle where the first arc-shaped surface is located and/or an outer diameter of a circle where the second arc-shaped surface is located is D, where S/D≤0.99. The cable of the present disclosure can achieve low mode conversion and improve high frequency characteristics.
US11569007B2	Composite cable pair Provided is a composite cable pair with which it is possible to reduce the difference in durability between a right-wheel composite cable and a left-wheel composite cable. A composite cable pair includes a right-wheel composite cable and a left-wheel composite cable. One end of the composite cable is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the vehicle body side or the chassis side of an automobile, and the other end thereof is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the right wheel side. One end of the composite cable is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the vehicle body side or the chassis side of the automobile, and the other end thereof is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the left wheel side. Wires of the respective wire bundles of the composite cable and the composite cable are twisted in twisting directions that are opposite to each other so that the twisting is tightened, without loosening, by an operation of the handle.
US11569006B1	Cover for a cable harness with different color layers A cover for a cable harness including: (i) a first layer comprising a first color; (ii) a second layer layered adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising a second color that is different than the first color; and (iii) an adhesive layer adhered to the first layer, at least a portion of the adhesive is not covered by the second layer. The first color can black, while the second color is white. The second layer comprises fibers that can be substantially free of dye. At least one of the first layer and the second layer can be polyethylene terephthalate. The cover can cover a plurality of cables of a cable harness. If wear forms a hole through the first layer, the second color of the second layer is visible from an environment external to the covered cable harness through the hole through the first layer.
US11569005B2	Cable A cable includes a cable core including a linear filler, and a plurality of core wires for signal transmission, a shield layer covering around the cable core, and a sheath covering around the shield layer. The filler includes a first filler provided at a cable center, and a plurality of second fillers provided around the first filler to form a cross-shape with the first filler in a cross-section perpendicular to a cable longitudinal direction. The cable core is configured in such a manner that the plurality of core wires and the plurality of second fillers are spirally twisted around the first filler to be alternately arranged in a circumferential direction.
US11569004B2	Wiring member The wiring member includes a wiring body and a shape maintaining member. The wiring body includes a sheet-like member and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet-like member. The shape maintaining member is formed into a sheet-like shape having higher stiffness than the sheet-like member and covers at least one side of the wiring body along a front-back direction of the wiring body to maintain a shape of the wiring body.
US11569000B2	Passive containment cooling system for a nuclear reactor A nuclear plant includes a nuclear reactor, a containment structure that at least partially defines a containment environment of the nuclear reactor, and a passive containment cooling system that causes coolant fluid to flow downwards from a coolant reservoir to a bottom of a coolant channel coupled to the containment structure and rise through the coolant channel toward the coolant reservoir due to absorbing heat from the nuclear reactor. A check valve assembly, in fluid communication with the coolant reservoir, selectively enables one-way flow of a containment fluid from the containment environment to the coolant reservoir, based on a pressure at an inlet being equal to or greater than a threshold magnitude. A fusible plug, in fluid communication with the coolant reservoir at a bottom vertical depth below the bottom of the coolant reservoir, enables coolant fluid to flow into the containment structure based on at least partially melting.
US11568992B2	Predicting response to immunotherapy treatment using deep learning analysis of imaging and clinical data A method comprises providing a pre-treatment image of a target subject to at least one deep learning model uniquely trained to predict immunotherapy treatment responses. The method further comprises generating, by a processing device, a predicted treatment response score to a treatment based on the single pre-treatment image and the at least one deep learning model. The method further comprises providing, based on the predicted treatment response score, a recommended treatment plan.
US11568989B2	Determining an indicator relating to injury Disclosed is a medical data processing method for determining an indicator relating to an injury of an anatomical structure (1) of a patient, wherein the method comprises executing, on at least one processor (5) of at least one computer (3), steps of: a) acquiring (S1) acceleration data describing an energy of a set of one or more signals in dependence on both time and frequency, the set of signals acquired by measuring the acceleration of the anatomical structure (1) over time; b) acquiring (S2) analysis data describing an analysis rule for determining at least one of b1) an overall energy level of at least one signal of the set of signals, b2) a correlation between at least two signals of the set of signals in the frequency domain, the at least two signals respectively measured at at least two different respective regions of the anatomical structure (1), or b3) a relationship between energies given for at least two different frequency ranges of at least one signal of the set of signals; c) determining (S3) indicator data describing the indicator based on the acceleration data and the analysis data.
US11568988B2	Health testing and diagnostics platform Systems and methods for providing a universal platform for at-home health testing and diagnostics are provided herein. In particular, a health testing and diagnostic platform is provided to connect medical providers with patients and to generate a unique, private testing environment. In some embodiments, the testing environment may facilitate administration of a medical test to a patient with the guidance of a proctor. In some embodiments, the patient may be provided with step-by-step instructions for test administration by the proctor within a testing environment. The platform may display unique, dynamic testing interfaces to the patient and proctor to ensure proper testing protocols and accurate test result verification.
US11568981B2	User terminal apparatus and control method thereof A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a camera configured to obtain a captured image; a storage configured to store a food intake history; a processor configured to extract a food image from the captured image and determine a food type of a food item included in the captured image based on feature information of the extracted food image and the previously stored food intake history; and a display configured to display relevant information about the determined food type.
US11568980B2	Systems and methods for assisting individuals in a behavioral-change program Methods and systems of enhancing an electronic interaction between a behavioral-modification program and a user in the program by providing customized content specific to the user. The systems and methods allow for coach-counselor assistance to the individual-user or for automated content delivery.
US11568977B2	Systems and methods for time-based athletic activity measurement and display An athletic parameter measurement device worn by an athlete during an athletic activity session includes a housing which attaches to the athlete, a display, a processor associated with the display, and an athletic parameter measurement sensor. During the athletic activity, the device detects, using the sensor, a vertical jump height of the athlete, and displays, during the performance of the athletic activity session, a representation of the vertical jump height on the display.
US11568973B1	Automated pharmacy translation engine for prescription medication instructions A system, apparatus, and method for providing an automated translation engine for translating a prescription into a standardized format is generally disclosed. More particularly, embodiments described in this disclosure relate to a system, apparatus, and method for automatically receiving a prescription form, analyzing information provided on the prescription form, and translating the information into a standardized form that details medication information including medication administration directions that are easy for a reader to understand.
US11568972B2	Workflow platform to integrate with an electronic health record system A system and method for integrating a workflow platform with an electronic health record system (EHRS) is disclosed. The system and method includes at least: receiving from the EHRS, a context tag embedded in a screen of the EHRS that is currently being presented to a user, where the context tag includes: an authentication parameter identifying the user accessing the screen, and a context identification parameter identifying a context of the screen. Authentication is performed to authenticate the user based on the authentication parameter. Based on authenticating the user, launch of the workflow platform is initiated. The workflow platform is populated with data retrieved based on the context identification parameter such that which data is retrieved depends on the context identification parameter.
US11568968B2	Resolving ambiguous search queries Computerized systems and methods facilitate searches by identifying instances in which search input is an ambiguous query and resolving the ambiguous query. The search system identifies ambiguous queries by querying a common data store prior to querying a patient database. More particularly, when the search system receives search input entered into a search tool, the search system queries the common name data store before querying the patient database to determine if the search input matches a common name and is an ambiguous query. If so, the search system may provide a notification to the user to indicate the search input is an ambiguous query with a common name and prompt the user to enter additional search criteria. In some instances, the search system may prevent a search from being performed on the patient database if the search input matches a common name until additional search criteria is entered.
US11568965B2	Systems and methods for healthcare fees transparency and collections at the time of service An electronic healthcare system for delivering medical services is described. The electronic healthcare systems can includes modules for accessing patient electronic medical records and ordering medical services. In response to a medical service order, a cost estimation and notification module can receive information associated with the medical service order. The cost estimation and notification module can determine the patient cost responsibility and quickly notify the patient of the costs. The patient can use the determined cost information to decide whether to move forward with the ordered medical tests.
US11568959B2	Tumor microenvironment-based methods for assessing CAR-T and other immunotherapies Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods for determining whether or a subject is likely to respond to certain adoptive cell therapies (e.g., chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, etc.). In some embodiments, the methods comprise the steps of identifying a subject as having a tumor microenvironment (TME) type based upon a molecular-functional (MF) expression signature of the subject, and determining whether or not the subject is likely to respond to a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy based upon the TME type. In some embodiments, the methods comprise determining the lymphoma microenvironment (LME) type of a lymphoma (e.g., Diffuse Large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL)) subject and identifying the subject's prognosis based upon the LME type determination.
US11568957B2	Methods and systems for copy number variant detection Methods and systems for determining copy number variants are disclosed. An example method can comprise applying a sample grouping technique to select reference coverage data, normalizing sample coverage data comprising a plurality of genomic regions, and fitting a mixture model to the normalized sample coverage data based on the selected reference coverage data. An example method can comprise identifying one or more copy number variants (CNVs) according to a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based on the normalized sample coverage data and the fitted mixture model. An example method can comprise outputting the one or more copy number variants.
US11568953B2	Electrical device with test interface An example system comprises: a master bus electrically coupled to a master multiplexer controlled by a test mode signal selecting between a master physical interface (PHY) and a slave bus of a plurality of slave buses, wherein each slave bus is electrically coupled to a respective slave multiplexer selecting between a respective slave PHY and the master bus; a plurality of electrical circuits, wherein each electrical circuit of the plurality of electrical circuits is electrically coupled to one of: the master bus or a slave bus of the plurality of slave buses; and a memory test interface electrically coupled to the master bus.
US11568946B2	Memory device performing verify operation and method of operating the same The memory device may include a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The peripheral circuit may perform a program operation on the plurality of memory cells and may perform program verify operations each including at least one verify loop corresponding to a plurality of program states programmed in the program operation. The control logic may control the peripheral circuit to perform a verify pulse apply operation and an additional verify pulse apply operation when a target verify loop count exceeds a reference count corresponding to the target program state, and may determine a failure of the program verify operation corresponding to the target program state based on results of the verify pulse apply operation and the additional verify pulse apply operation. A verify voltage of the additional verify pulse apply operation is higher than a verify voltage of the verify pulse apply operation.
US11568942B2	Using internal block variables and known pattern information to perform dynamic erase operation in non-volatile memory The abstract of the disclosure was objected to because of informality (e.g. format, reference to figures, etc.). See MPEP § 608.01 (b). Please amend the abstract to recite: Non-volatile memory device may include at least an array of memory cells. The non-volatile memory cells may include associated decoding and sensing circuitry and a memory controller. Methods for checking the erasing phase of a non-volatile device may include performing a dynamic erase operation of at least a memory block and storing in a dummy row at least an internal block variable of the dynamic erase operation and/or a known pattern.
US11568941B2	Memory including a plurality of portions and used for reducing program disturbance and program method thereof A memory includes a first portion, a second portion and a controller. The first portion includes a first word line to a kth word line. The second portion is formed above the first portion and includes a (k+1)th word line to an mth word line. When an xth word line is used to perform a program operation, the controller is used to apply a first voltage to the first word line to an (x−2)th word line, a second voltage to an (x−1)th word line, and a third voltage to an (x+1)th word line. x, k and m are positive integers.
US11568938B2	QLC data programming A data storage device includes one or more memory devices that each includes one or more superblocks and a controller coupled to the one or more memory devices. Each superblock includes a plurality of wordlines. The controller is configured to write data to a first wordline of the plurality of wordlines, write data to a second wordline of the plurality of wordlines, perform a read verify operation on the first wordline, and perform a read verify operation on the second wordline. At least one of the first wordline and the second wordline does not include an XOR parity element and one or more wordlines of the plurality of wordlines includes the XOR parity element.
US11568937B2	Memory device programming techinique using fewer latches A command to program data to a memory device is received. Target charge levels of a set of memory cells in the memory device for a first programming step are determined based on the data. A first set of indicators are provided to the memory device. The first set of indicators indicate the target charge levels for the first programming step. Target charge levels of the set of memory cells for a second programming step are determined based on the data. A second set of indicators are provided to the memory device. The second set of indicators indicate the target charge levels for the second programming step.
US11568936B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having memory strings that include memory cells and first and second selection transistors. During a read operation, a controller applies a first voltage higher than ground to a source line, and a second voltage to a first and second selection gate lines that are connected to a selected memory string. The second voltage is also applied to the first selection gate lines connected to non-selected memory strings during a first period of the read operation. A third voltage higher than ground and lower than the second voltage is applied to the first selection gate lines connected to non-selected memory strings during a second period of the read operation subsequent to the first period.
US11568931B2	Read-out circuit and read-out method for three-dimensional memory A read-out circuit and a read-out method for a three-dimensional memory, comprises a read reference circuit and a sensitive amplifier, the read reference circuit produces read reference current capable of quickly distinguishing reading low-resistance state unit current and reading high-resistance state unit current. The read reference circuit comprises a reference unit, a bit line matching module, a word line matching module and a transmission gate parasitic parameter matching module. With respect to the parasitic effect and electric leakage of the three-dimensional memory in the plane and vertical directions, the present invention introduces the matching of bit line parasite parameters, leakage current and transmission gate parasitic parameters into the read reference current, and introduces the matching of parasitic parameters of current mirror into the read current, thereby eliminating the phenomenon of pseudo reading and reducing the read-out time.
US11568930B2	Electrical distance-based wave shaping for a memory device Memory devices may have an array of elements in two or more dimensions. The memory devices use multiple access lines arranged in a grid to access the memory devices. Memory cells located at intersections of the access lines in the grid. Drivers are used for each access line and configured to transmit a corresponding signal to respective memory cells of the plurality of memory cells via a corresponding access line. The memory devices uses an electrical distance calculator to determine an electrical distance from a memory cell to a respective driver of the plurality of drivers. The memory device also uses a driver modulator to modulate the corresponding signal based at least in part on the electrical distance.
US11568928B2	Electronic device A semiconductor memory includes a substrate including a cell region, a first peripheral circuit region, and a second peripheral circuit region; a plurality of first lines disposed over the substrate across the cell region and the first peripheral circuit region; a plurality of second lines disposed over the first lines across the cell region and the second peripheral circuit region; and a first memory cell positioned at each of intersections between the first lines and the second lines, wherein the cell region includes a first cell region and a second cell region, the first cell region being disposed closer to the first and second peripheral circuit regions than the second cell region, and wherein a first portion of the second line that is in the first cell region has a greater resistance than a second portion of the second line that is in the second cell region.
US11568923B1	CMOS active inductor circuit for amplifier A device, a memory interface device, and a method of implementing an active inductor circuit are disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes one or more active inductor circuits, each including a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a second MOS transistor. The first MOS transistor has a first terminal connected to a first voltage level, a second terminal connected to a resistor, and a gate terminal. The second MOS transistor has a first terminal connected to the first voltage level, a second terminal connected to a first current source and the gate terminal of the first MOS transistor, and a gate terminal connected to the resistor and to a capacitor connected to a second voltage level. One of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor is a p-channel MOS (PMOS) transistor, and another of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor is an n-channel MOS (NMOS) transistor.
US11568916B2	Multi-phase clock generator, memory device including multi-phase clock generator, and method of generating multi-phase clock of memory device A multi-phase clock generator includes first and second variable delay lines, a first phase splitter configured to phase-split a first phase-delayed clock, output from a clock tree, to output a first divided clock and a third divided clock, a second phase splitter configured to phase-split a second phase-delayed clock, output from the clock tree, to output a second divided clock and a fourth divided clock, a first duty cycle detector configured to detect a first duty error between the first divided clock and the third divided clock, and a second duty cycle detector configured to detect a second duty error between the second divided clock and the fourth divided clock. The first variable delay line is controlled according to the first duty error, and the second variable delay line is controlled according to the second duty error.
US11568915B2	Voltage adjustment of memory dies based on weighted feedback Methods, systems, and devices for voltage adjustment of memory dies based on weighted feedback are described. A supply voltage may be measured at various areas of a memory die, weights may be applied to the measured voltages based on the area from which the particular voltage was measured. The supply voltage may be adjusted based on the weighted signals. The signals may be weighted using digital or analog techniques. Different durations of time in which oscillations from an oscillator circuit are counted may provide weighting for a signal. Weights applied to the signals may be dynamically adjusted, which may allow the weights to be tuned or changed based on changes to operating conditions of the memory dies.
US11568911B2	High-reliability magnetic memory system and method of operating the same Provided is a method of operating a magnetic memory system. The method of operating the magnetic memory system includes: preparing a plurality of magnetic memory cells; classifying the magnetic memory cells into a plurality of magnetic memory cell groups by using program current values of the magnetic memory cells; constructing a magnetic memory system by hierarchizing the magnetic memory cell groups; and primarily performing programming by selecting one magnetic memory cell group from the hierarchized magnetic memory cell groups according to an external temperature.
US11568909B2	Spin-orbit torque devices An example article includes a composite free layer and a conductive channel. The composite free layer includes a high-anisotropy ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic transition metal layer adjacent to the high anisotropy ferromagnetic layer, and an ultra-low damping magnetic insulator. The non-magnetic transition metal layer is between the ultra-low damping magnetic insulator and the high-anisotropy ferromagnetic layer. An example spin-orbit torque (SOT) stack may include the example article. Techniques for forming and switching example articles and SOT stacks are described.
US11568907B2	Data bus and buffer management in memory device for performing in-memory data operations A memory system includes a memory device including memory banks and a data bus management circuit and a host coupled to the memory device. The host includes a memory controller detecting at least one trigger initiated by at least one application for performing at least one operation on data stored within the memory device, the at least one operation including at least one of a data copy operation, and a data processing operation, and performing the at least one operation on the data within the memory device by enabling movement of the data between the data bus management circuit of the memory device and at least one memory bank of the memory banks, without exchanging the data with the host, using at least one buffer fill command and at least one buffer copy command.
US11568903B2	Page buffer circuit and memory device including the same A memory device includes a memory cell array, a page buffer circuit, and a counting circuit. The page buffer circuit includes a first and second page buffer columns connected to the memory cell array. The first page buffer column includes a first page buffer unit and the second page buffer column includes a second page buffer unit in a first stage. The first page buffer unit performs a first sensing operation in response to a first sensing signal, and the second page buffer unit performs a second sensing operation in response to a second sensing signal. The counting circuit counts a first number of memory cells included in a first threshold voltage region from a result of the first sensing operation, and counts a second number of memory cells included in a second threshold voltage region from a result of the second sensing operation.
US11568901B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a wiring board having a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface; a first semiconductor element on the first surface of the wiring board; a second semiconductor element on the first surface of the wiring board; and a first sealing material that seals at least the second semiconductor element. A slit is formed in the first sealing material between the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element. When a thickness of the first sealing material on the first semiconductor element is t1 and a thickness of the first sealing material on the second semiconductor element is t2, the t1 and the t2 satisfy a relationship of 0≤t1
US11568900B1	Interface for indicating video editing decisions A graphical user interface for indicating video editing decisions may include an inclusion marker element, an exclusion marker element, and a selection marker element. The inclusion marker element may indicate a segment of a video that has been marked for inclusion in a video edit. The exclusion marker element may indicate a segment of the video has been marked for exclusion from the video edit. The selection marker element may indicate a segment of the video has been selected for inclusion in the video edit.
US11568896B2	Synchronizing edits to digital content items One or more embodiments of a video editing system enable one or more users to conveniently edit a digital video. In particular, an online content management system can provide a low resolution version of a digital video to a client device. A user can interact with the low resolution digital video and generate user edits to apply to the digital video. The online content management system can further apply any number of users edits to low and high resolution versions of the digital video at a server device. The video editing system enables users to more conveniently apply iterative edits to digital videos. Additionally, the video editing system enables multiple users to cooperatively edit a digital video from multiple client devices.
US11568891B1	Magnetic flux guiding device with spin torque oscillator (STO) film having negative spin polarization layers in assisted writing application A STRAMR structure is disclosed. The STRAMR structure can include a spin torque oscillator (STO) device in a WG provided between the mail pole (MP) trailing side and a trailing shield. The STO device, includes: a flux guiding layer that has a negative spin polarization (nFGL) with a magnetization pointing substantially parallel to the WG field without the current bias and formed between a first spin polarization preserving layer (ppL1) and a second spin polarization preserving layer (ppL2); a positive spin polarization (pSP) layer that adjoins the TS bottom surface; a non-spin polarization preserving layer (pxL) contacting the MP trailing side; a first negative spin injection layer (nSIL1) between the ppL2 and a third spin polarization preserving layer (ppL3); and a second negative spin injection layer (nSIL2) between the ppL3 and the pxL, wherein the nFGL, nSIL1, and nSIL2 have a spin polarization that is negative.
US11568890B2	Magnetic recording device and magnetic recording method utilizing assisted magnetic recording According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device for utilizing assisted magnetic recording includes a magnetic head, a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, and a controller. The magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, a magnetic element, and a coil. The magnetic element is located between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole. The magnetic element includes a first magnetic layer. The first circuit is configured to supply a coil current to the coil. The second circuit is configured to supply an element current to the magnetic element. The third circuit is configured to detect an electrical resistance of the magnetic element. The controller is configured to control the element current by controlling the second circuit based on the electrical resistance detected by the third circuit.
US11568888B2	Terminal control method, terminal and non-transitory computer readable storage medium A terminal control method, a terminal and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The terminal control method includes: receiving, by a microphone, a detection audio signal emitted from a speaker and having a frequency within a pre-set detection frequency range; acquiring actual audio parameters of the detection audio signal when being received by the microphone, and original audio parameters of the detection audio signal when being emitted from the speaker; determining a relative state between the microphone and the speaker according to the actual audio parameters and the original audio parameters; determining a terminal control operation to be performed, according to the relative state and a pre-set correspondence between relative states and terminal control operations; and performing the determined terminal control operation on a terminal where the microphone is located.
US11568883B2	Low-frequency emphasis for LPC-based coding in frequency domain The invention provides an audio encoder including a combination of a linear predictive coding filter having a plurality of linear predictive coding coefficients and a time-frequency converter, wherein the combination is configured to filter and to convert a frame of the audio signal into a frequency domain in order to output a spectrum based on the frame and on the linear predictive coding coefficients; a low frequency emphasizer configured to calculate a processed spectrum based on the spectrum, wherein spectral lines of the processed spectrum representing a lower frequency than a reference spectral line are emphasized; and a control device configured to control the calculation of the processed spectrum by the low frequency emphasizer depending on the linear predictive coding coefficients of the linear predictive coding filter.
US11568879B2	Segment-based speaker verification using dynamically generated phrases Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for verifying an identity of a user. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving a request for a verification phrase for verifying an identity of a user. Additional actions include, in response to receiving the request for the verification phrase for verifying the identity of the user, identifying subwords to be included in the verification phrase and in response to identifying the subwords to be included in the verification phrase, obtaining a candidate phrase that includes at least some of the identified subwords as the verification phrase. Further actions include providing the verification phrase as a response to the request for the verification phrase for verifying the identity of the user.
US11568877B2	System to change image based on voice [Problem] To provide a system that changes a shared image in real time based on a conversation. [Solution] A system 1 for changing an image based on a voice that includes a voice information input unit 3 configured to input voice information, a voice analysis unit 5 configured to analyze the voice information input by the voice information input unit 3, and an image change unit 7 configured to change a position of content in an image representing the content using information on the content included in the voice information analyzed by the voice analysis unit 5 and information on a change in the content.
US11568876B2	Method and device for user registration, and electronic device Provided in embodiments of the present application are a method and apparatus for user registration and electronic device. The method includes: after obtaining a wake-up voice of a user each time, extracting and storing a first voiceprint feature corresponding to the wake-up voice; clustering the stored first voiceprint features to divide the stored first voiceprint features into at least one category, wherein, each of the at least one category includes at least one first voiceprint feature which belongs to the same user; assigning one category identifier to each category; storing each category identifier in correspondence to at least one first voiceprint feature corresponding to this category identifier to complete user registration. The embodiments of the present application can simplify the user operation and improve the user experience.
US11568875B2	Artificial intelligence apparatus and method for recognizing plurality of wake-up words Disclosed is an artificial intelligence apparatus for recognizing a plurality of wake-up words, including a microphone, a memory configured to store a first wake-up word recognition engine, a communication interface configured to communicate with a server storing a second wake-up word recognition engine, and a processor configured to acquire an audio signal through the microphone, generate a pre-processed audio signal from the acquired audio signal, extract a voice interval from the generated pre-processed audio signal, set a wake-up word recognition interval comprising the extracted voice interval and a buffer interval corresponding to the extracted voice interval in the generated pre-processed audio signal, wherein the wake-up word recognition interval is an interval used for recognizing wake-up words, and transmit the set wake-up recognition interval in the generated pre-processed audio signal to the first wake-up word recognition engine and the second wake-up word recognition engine.
US11568874B2	Methods and systems for detecting and processing speech signals Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for detecting, processing, and responding to audio signals, including speech signals, within a designated area or space. A platform for multiple media devices connected via a network is configured to process speech, such as voice commands, detected at the media devices, and respond to the detected speech by causing the media devices to simultaneously perform one or more requested actions. The platform is capable of scoring the quality of a speech request, handling speech requests from multiple end points of the platform using a centralized processing approach, a de-centralized processing approach, or a combination thereof, and also manipulating partial processing of speech requests from multiple end points into a coherent whole when necessary.
US11568870B2	Automated assistant for facilitating communications through dissimilar messaging features of different applications Implementations relate to an automated assistant that can respond to communications received via a third party application and/or other third party communication modality. The automated assistant can determine that the user is participating in multiple different conversations via multiple different third party communication services. In some implementations, conversations can be processed to identify particular features of the conversations. When the automated assistant is invoked to provide input to a conversation, the automated assistant can compare the input to the identified conversation features in order to select the particular conversation that is most relevant to the input. In this way, the automated assistant can assist with any of multiple disparate conversations that are each occurring via a different third party application.
US11568868B2	Voice control method and apparatus, and computer storage medium A voice control method can be applied to a first terminal, and include: receiving a user's voice operation instruction after the first terminal is activated, the voice operation instruction being used for controlling the first terminal to perform a target operation; sending an instruction execution request to a server after the voice operation instruction is received, the instruction execution request being used for requesting the server to determine whether the first terminal is to respond to the voice operation instruction according to device information of the terminal in a device network, wherein the first terminal is located in the device network; and performing the target operation in a case where a response message is received from the server, the response message indicating that the first terminal is to respond to the voice operation instruction.
US11568866B2	Audio processing system, conferencing system, and audio processing method An audio processing system includes: an audio receiver that receives audio; a speaker specifier that specifies a speaker on the basis of the received audio; an audio determinator that determines, on the basis of the received audio, whether or not a specified word for starting the reception of a predetermined command is included in the audio; a command specifier that specifies, when the specified word is included in the audio, a command on the basis of a command keyword which is included in the audio and follows the specified word; a target user specifier that specifies, on the basis of the content of the command, a target user with respect to which the command is to be executed; and a command executor that executes the command with respect to the target user.
US11568865B2	Communication mode selection based upon device context for prescription processes Methods and systems may incorporate voice interaction and other audio interaction to facilitate access to prescription related information and processes. Particularly, voice/audio interactions may be utilized to achieve authentication to access prescription-related information and action capabilities. Additionally, voice/audio interactions may be utilized in performance of processes such as obtaining prescription refills and receiving reminders to consume prescription products.
US11568863B1	Skill shortlister for natural language processing Devices and techniques are generally described for application determination in speech processing. Input data corresponding to a spoken utterance may be received. Speech recognition processing may be performed on the input data to generate text data. A machine learning encoder may generate a vector representation of the input data. A first binary classifier may determine a first probability that the input data corresponds to a first speech-processing application. A second binary classifier may determine a second probability that the input data corresponds to a second speech-processing application. A selection between the first speech-processing application and the second speech-processing application may be made based at least in part on the first probability and the second probability.
US11568858B2	Transliteration based data augmentation for training multilingual ASR acoustic models in low resource settings A computer-implemented method of building a multilingual acoustic model for automatic speech recognition in a low resource setting includes training a multilingual network on a set of training languages with an original transcribed training data to create a baseline multilingual acoustic model. Transliteration of transcribed training data is performed by processing through the multilingual network a plurality of multilingual data types from the set of languages, and outputting a pool of transliterated data. A filtering metric is applied to the pool of transliterated data output to select one or more portions of the transliterated data for retraining of the acoustic model. Data augmentation is performed by adding one or more selected portions of the output transliterated data back to the original transcribed training data to update training data. The training of a new multilingual acoustic model through the multilingual network is performed using the updated training data.
US11568854B2	Communication system, server system, and control method A communication system that includes a server system, a voice terminal and a document reading apparatus. The document reading apparatus includes a reading unit configured to execute reading of a document, wherein recognition processing for recognizing a character written in the document is executed based on image data generated by the reading. Furthermore, the voice terminal comprises a receiving unit configured to receive a predetermined instruction by user's voice, and the server system comprises a processing unit configured to execute output processing for outputting the character recognized by the recognition processing by voice by the voice terminal based on receiving the predetermined instruction by the voice terminal.
US11568851B2	Noise reduction device, vehicle, and noise reduction method An active noise reduction device includes: a reference signal inputter; an adaptive filter; a μ adjuster that calculates a step size parameter by multiplying a reference value for the step size parameter by a correction coefficient that is proportional to a reciprocal of a first representative input value that indicates a signal level of the reference signal in a first predetermined period; a filter coefficient updater that updates adaptive filter coefficient W by using the step size parameter calculated; and a determiner. When it is determined that a second representative input value is greater than a threshold value, at least one of the adaptive filter or the filter coefficient updater is transitioned from a normal state to a restriction state in which an effect of reducing noise is smaller than in the normal state.
US11568848B2	Airborne acoustic absorber Airborne acoustic absorbers include periodic arrays of Helmholtz resonators that are covered and/or partially filled with an acoustically absorptive material, such as a thermoplastic foam. The combined structures have much broader frequency ranges of high acoustic absorption than do structures having only Helmholtz resonators or acoustically absorbing foam.
US11568835B2	Display control apparatus, computing device, processing unit and corresponding methods and computer programs Examples relate to a display control apparatus for a display, to a computing device with an integrated display and a display control apparatus, a processing unit for a computing device with an integrated display and to corresponding methods and computer programs. The display control apparatus comprises interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain, via the interface circuitry, information on a user of the display, the information on the user indicating a presence of the user relative to the display or an engagement of the user with the display. The processing circuitry is configured to control, based on the information on the user, a display mode of the display, the display mode affecting at least one of a refresh rate and a backlight of the display.
US11568832B2	System and method for ocular assistance A system for ocular assistance is disclosed. The plurality of subsystem includes an ocular condition registration subsystem, configured to register one or more users. The plurality of subsystem includes an ocular calibration subsystem, configured to determine a plurality of ocular settings. The plurality of subsystem includes a device configuration identification subsystem, configured to determine a plurality of device settings for each of one or more device associated with the registered one or more users. The plurality of subsystem includes a screen customization subsystem, configured to determine values corresponding to the plurality of ocular settings based on a pre-stored look up table and determined plurality of device settings. The screen customization subsystem modifies current values corresponding to the plurality of ocular settings to the determined values. The system modifies or rectifies the screen images or texts for suffering users.
US11568831B2	Output circuit, data driver, and display apparatus An output circuit includes a first switch that outputs a positive voltage signal received via a first node when in an ON state, a second switch that outputs a negative voltage signal received via a second node when in an ON state, third and fourth switches that set the first and second nodes to a reference power supply voltage when in an ON state, a first follower circuit that generates, as a gate voltage, a voltage signal following and being in phase with a voltage signal of the first node through source follower operation and supplies the gate voltage to a gate of the first switch, and a second follower circuit that generates, as a gate voltage, a voltage signal following and being in phase with a voltage signal of the second node through source follower operation and supplies the gate voltage to a gate of the second switch.
US11568826B2	Electroluminescence display apparatus and driving method thereof An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a pixel including a driving element generating a driving current, a data line connected to the pixel to transfer a data voltage needed for generating the driving current, a reference voltage line connected to the pixel to transfer a first reference voltage and/or a second reference voltage needed for generating the driving current, and a driving & sensing circuit configured to perform an integral on the driving current input through the reference voltage line, output an integral result to the data line, decrease a voltage of the data line from the data voltage to an off voltage for turning off the driving element, and detect an off voltage of the driving element from the data line.
US11568821B2	Array substrate and method for manufacturing same and method for controlling same, and display apparatus A array substrate includes: a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a dummy sub-pixel that are located in a display region; a luminance attenuation degree of the first sub-pixel is greater than that of the second sub-pixel along a target direction; and a light-emitting layer of the dummy sub-pixel is configured to emit light having a color the same as that of light emitted by the first sub-pixel. As the dummy sub-pixel further includes the connecting electrode electrically connecting the pixel circuit with the light-emitting layer of the dummy sub-pixel the luminance attenuation of the first sub-pixel may be effectively compensated by driving the dummy sub-pixel to emit light.
US11568819B2	Pixel driving circuit and method for driving the same, display panel, and display device A pixel driving circuit, a method for driving the same and a display panel are provided. In an embodiment, the pixel driving circuit includes: a driving circuit; a light-emitting circuit including a first electrode and a first reset circuit. In an embodiment, a working timing sequence of the pixel driving circuit includes working periods, one of which includes first and second light-emitting stages. In an embodiment, the first and second light-emitting stages each include a reset stage and a light-emitting stage, wherein, during the reset stage of the first light-emitting stage, the first reset circuit transmits a first reset voltage to the first electrode of the light-emitting circuit and during the reset stage of the second light-emitting stage, the first reset circuit transmits a modification reset voltage to the first electrode of the light-emitting circuit, the modification reset voltage being different from the first reset voltage.
US11568816B1	Burn-in compensation scheme for light-emitting diode based displays Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a pixel circuit with a burn-in compensation. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting diode (LED), a first driving transistor between a voltage source and the LED, a switching transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the first driving transistor, and a second driving transistor connected between the voltage source and the LED. The first driving transistor provides first current from the voltage source to the LED according to a gate voltage of the first driving transistor. The switching transistor is turned on after receiving an enable signal. The second driving transistor provides second current from the voltage source to the LED according to a version of the gate voltage of the first driving transistor received at a gate of the second driving transistor via the switching transistor.
US11568815B2	Pixel driving circuit, manufacturing method thereof, and display device The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. In the pixel driving circuit, a first terminal of a coupling sub-circuit is electrically connected to a control terminal of a driving sub-circuit; a second compensation sub-circuit is electrically connected to a first control terminal, a second terminal of the coupling sub-circuit and a first level signal input terminal, respectively; the pixel driving circuit is configured to control the connection or disconnection between the second terminal of the coupling sub-circuit and the first level signal input terminal under the control of the first control terminal.
US11568813B1	Pixel level burn-in compensation for light-emitting diode based displays Embodiments relate to a pixel circuit of a display with a pixel level burn-in compensation. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting diode (LED), a first driving transistor between a voltage source and the LED, an enable transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the first driving transistor, and a second driving transistor connected between the voltage source and the LED. The first driving transistor provides first current from the voltage source to the LED according to a gate voltage of the first driving transistor. The enable transistor turns on responsive to a voltage level at an anode of the LED increasing to a threshold voltage level. The second driving transistor provides second current from the voltage source to the LED according to a version of the gate voltage of the first driving transistor received at a gate electrode of the second driving transistor via the enable transistor.
US11568811B2	Electroluminescence display apparatus An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a pixel array, including a plurality of pixels, a gate line connected to pixels adjacent thereto in a first direction in common, a data line connected to pixels adjacent thereto in a second direction intersecting with the first direction in common, and a first power line, a second power line, and an initialization voltage supply line connected to all of the plurality of pixels in common, and a panel driving circuit connected to the pixel array.
US11568805B2	Display device and data monitoring method A display device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, a plurality of a light-emitting units arranged at the display region; a touch circuit connected to the display panel, and configured to detect touch information when the display panel is touched; a control circuit connected to the touch circuit and the display panel, and configured to control a corresponding light-emitting unit to emit a predetermined light beam in response to the touch information; a photosensing circuit connected to the display panel and the control circuit, and configured to sense the predetermined light beam and convert it into an electric signal; and a data processor connected to the control circuit and the display panel, and configured to process the electric signal acquired by the photosensing circuit through conversion to acquire monitoring data, and display the monitoring data on the display panel.
US11568800B2	Display panel and display apparatus having a light-transmitting display area Provided is a display panel and a display apparatus, the display panel includes a first display area including a plurality of first light-emitting devices and a plurality of first pixel driving circuits; and a light-transmitting display area including a plurality of second light-emitting devices and a plurality of second pixel driving circuits. Each of the plurality of light-emitting devices is electrically connected to one of the plurality of first pixel driving circuits. Each of the second light-emitting devices is electrically connected to one of the plurality of second pixel driving circuits. The second pixel driving circuits electrically connected to the second light-emitting devices in at least two columns are located in the same column. The second pixel driving circuits located in the same column and connected to the second light-emitting devices in different columns are respectively connected to different data signal wires.
US11568799B2	Driving circuit and related driving method A driving circuit for a display panel and including a receiving interface, a timing controller, a pulse width modulation controller and a line latch is disclosed. The receiving interface is configured to receive a first input signal, a second input signal and a link signal to generate a plurality of display data accordingly, wherein the first input signal and the second input signal are a pair of differential signals. The timing controller is configured to interpret the first input signal, the second input signal and the link signal to generate a trigger signal. The pulse width modulation controller is configured to perform pulse width modulation to generate a first output signal and a second output signal. The line latch is configured to hold the first and second output signals, and output the first and second output signals according to the trigger signal to drive the display panel.
US11568797B2	Light-emitting driving circuit and driving method thereof, and light-emitting apparatus A light-emitting driving circuit includes a driving sub-circuit, a control sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit and a compensation sub-circuit. The control sub-circuit is configured to initialize voltages of a first node and a control terminal of the driving sub-circuit in response to a second scan signal. The data writing sub-circuit is configured to write a data signal into a first terminal of the driving sub-circuit in response to a first scan signal. The driving sub-circuit is configured to output, from a second terminal of the driving sub-circuit, the data signal and a compensation signal. The compensation sub-circuit is configured to transmit the data signal and the compensation signal to the first node in response to the first scan signal, and adjust the voltage of the control terminal according to the data signal, the compensation signal, the initialized voltages of the first node and the control terminal.
US11568793B2	Scan-type display apparatus, and driving device and driving method thereof A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The LED array has a common anode configuration. The control module generates a synchronization control (SC) signal. Based on the SC signal, the driver module outputs an input voltage to scan lines of the LED array sequentially without overlapping in time so as to drive LEDs of the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner, and generates an image refresh signal that is related to the output of the input voltage to one of the scan lines which corresponds to a last line of the line scan in each line scan cycle and that is further related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the LED array and the display module.
US11568792B2	Driver chip, LED lamp and LED display screen To solve the problems of complicated wiring and color difference between LED lamps in adjacent lines in the prior art, the application provides a driver chip, an LED lamp and an LED display screen. On the one hand, the application provides an LED lamp, which further comprises a data direction judgment & switch module arranged inside or outside the driver chip and connected with the driving module; The two signal ends of the LED lamp provided by the application can input and output data signals without distinguishing data directions. Judging the data signal directions of the first signal end and second signal end by the data direction judgment & switch module, automatically switching the input end and output end of the data signals, the wiring complexity is greatly reduced. And there is no color difference among the LED lamps in adjacent rows or columns.
US11568787B2	Emission control apparatuses and methods for a display panel Methods and apparatuses relating to controlling an emission of a display panel. In one embodiment, a display driver hardware circuit includes row selection logic to select a number of rows in an emission group of a display panel, wherein the number of rows is adjustable from a single row to a full panel of the display panel, column selection logic to select a number of columns in the emission group of the display panel, wherein the number of columns is adjustable from a single column to the full panel of the display panel, and emission logic to select a number of pulses per data frame to be displayed, wherein the number of pulses per data frame is adjustable from one to a plurality and a pulse length is adjustable from a continuous duty cycle to a non-continuous duty cycle.
US11568784B2	Apparatuses and methods for compensating for pixel data, display panels and storage media The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for compensating for pixel data, a display panel and a storage medium. In one or more embodiments, the method includes: obtaining a first display area and a second display area of the display panel; obtaining, by mapping respective initial pixel data of pixels in the first display area using a preset grayscale target value, respective intermediate pixel data of the pixels in the first display area; and obtaining, by compensating for respective initial pixel data of pixels in the second display area and the respective intermediate pixel data of the pixels in the first display area using preset compensation coefficients, respective target pixel data of pixels in the second display area and the first display area.
US11568782B2	Method of driving a display panel that includes a first display region having a first resolution and a second display region being adjacent to the first display region and having a second resolution higher than the first resolution A method of driving a display panel that includes first and second display-regions includes: determining maximum luminance data among first data including first red data, first green data, and first blue data for the first display-region, calculating a threshold gray-level based on a luminance gain, a gray-level of the maximum luminance data, and a gamma value for the display panel, selecting a smaller value between the threshold gray-level and a maximum gray-level as a gain determination gray-level, calculating a compensation gain obtained by dividing the gain determination gray-level by the gray-level of the maximum luminance data, generating first compensated data by applying the compensation gain to the first data, displaying a first-image in the first display-region based on the first compensated data, and displaying a second-image in the second display-region based on second data including second red data, second green data, and second blue data for the second display-region.
US11568778B2	Gate driving circuit and driving method thereof and display panel According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided gate driving circuit comprising 2N stages of shift registers, the 2N stages of shift registers comprising N first shift registers arranged alternately with N second shift registers, wherein the N first shift registers are cascaded-coupled as N stages of first shift registers, and are configured to generate N first output signals under control of K first clock signals; and wherein the N second shift registers are cascaded-coupled as N stages of second shift registers, and are configured to generate N second output signals under a control of K second clock signals, wherein K and N are both integers greater than 1, and K≤N.
US11568777B2	Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit and display device The present disclosure provides a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The shift register unit includes: a first shift register, a second shift register and a switch control circuit, signal input terminals of the first and second shift registers are coupled to a cascade signal input terminal through the switch control circuit, the switch control circuit is configured to allow a current between the signal input terminal of the first shift register and the cascade signal input terminal or not, and allow a current between the signal input terminal of the second shift register and the cascade signal input terminal or not; the first shift register and the second shift register are configured such that at least one of them operates upon receiving a cascade signal provided by the cascade signal input terminal.
US11568776B2	Gate driving circuit and display apparatus including the same A gate driver includes a plurality of active stages and a plurality of dummy stages. The active stage is configured to output a plurality of gate signals to a display region. The dummy stage is c connected to respective active stages and configured to output a plurality of dummy carry signals to the respective active stages. The active stage is configured to output the plurality of gate signals and a plurality of active carry signals. The plurality of dummy stages are configured to output the plurality of dummy carry signals, respectively, and not to output any gate signal.
US11568771B2	System and method for applying an image to a substrate to form a display article A product for displaying an image or object (e.g., printed photo or a print, etc.) according to at least one implementation includes a first sheet having a front face and a rear face. An image or object is formed along the rear face. The product also includes an adhesive coated substrate, such as a ferrous metal substrate, to which the first sheet is adhesively affixed.
US11568768B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a flexible display, a capacitive fingerprint sensor, a driving circuit and a plurality of signal lines. The flexible display includes a plurality of light emitting diodes. The capacitive fingerprint sensor is disposed on the flexible display. The plurality of the signal lines is electrically connected to the capacitive fingerprint sensor and the driving circuit.
US11568767B2	Foldable display device and manufacturing method thereof A foldable display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The foldable display device includes a flexible display panel. When the flexible display panel is in a first pre-folded state, part of the flexible display panel corresponding to a folding area is under a stress less than or equal to a first predetermined threshold.
US11568760B1	Augmented reality calorie counter Detecting a chewing noise from a user during a chewing session, triggering operation of a camera, obtaining image data capturing a food product, identifying the food product based on image data, determining a measurement of the chewing session, determining a volume of the food product based on the measurement of the chewing session, and determining a calorie intake based on the food product, the volume of the food product, and the measurement of the chewing session.
US11568757B1	Affective, behavioral, and cognitive processes data collection Systems and methods are provided for the design and implementation of experiments that facilitate the investigation of process data. The experiments involve recording the completion of a task by participants and then playing back the video of task completion to automatically probe participants about their affective, behavioral, and cognitive experiences. As a result of this system, information about affective, behavioral, and cognitive processes can be more easily investigated by researchers without computer programming knowledge. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also discussed.
US11568756B2	Augmented reality for vehicle operations An augmented reality system, includes a head-mounted see-through optic adapted to present digital content viewable by a user and having a transparency that allows the user to see though to the surrounding environment, a non-visual tracking system adapted to identify and track objects in a surrounding environment that cannot be seen visually, a training simulation system adapted to present a virtual training object on a display on the non-visual tracking system and a virtual content presentation system adapted to present digital content in the optic when the distance between the optic and the virtual training object indicates the object is in visual range.
US11568754B2	Guiding creation of an electronic survey This disclosure generally covers systems and methods that provide guidance to create an electronic survey. In some embodiments, the systems and methods identify and provide a suggested survey topic—with a corresponding option to create an electronic survey—based on user input. In some embodiments, the systems and methods identify and provide one or more suggested electronic survey questions based on user input. In such embodiments, the systems and methods provide, for example, components of suggested electronic survey questions, previously composed and benchmarking electronic survey questions, or suggested revisions to electronic survey questions. In addition, the systems and methods can provide entire premade electronic surveys based on receiving user input from a survey administrator.
US11568744B2	System and method for determining a stop point Provided herein is a system and method for a vehicle system on a vehicle. The system comprises a server comprising sensor data of stop points, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform: determining, from the stop points, one or more available stop points; selecting, from the one or more available stop points, a stop point based on a criteria; and stopping the vehicle at the selected stop point.
US11568743B2	Systems and methods for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations Systems and methods are provided herein for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations, and, in some embodiments, involve blockchain or other distributed ledger technologies. Systems and methods for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations may include receiving a service request, wherein the service request is a request for a passenger ride or a request for a cargo transport, receiving first information for a first node, wherein the first information comprises a vehicle size, a vehicle weight, and/or a number of seats, receiving second information comprising a first threshold number of vehicle occupants and/or a first threshold vehicle occupant weight limit, determining that the first threshold number of vehicle occupants or the first threshold vehicle occupant weight limit are exceeded, and sending an indication that the first node has not accepted the service request.
US11568739B2	Vapor displacement refueling including onboard internally recirculating chemical looping combustion system A multiply redundant safety system that protects humans and assets while transfer(s)/fueling of on road/off road, rail, marine, aircraft, spacecraft, rockets, and all other vehicles/vessels utilizing Compressed and or Liquefied Gas Fuels/compound(s). Utilizing Natural Gas Chemical Family of Hydrogen/Propane/ethane/ammonia/and any mixtures along with or with out oxidizer(s), such as Liquefied Oxygen, Oxygen Triplet (O3)/ozone/hydrogen peroxide/peroxide/solid oxidizer(s) one or more processors, utilizing Artificial Intelligence techniques/machine learning in combination with one or more sensors; in combination with one or more micro switches/actuator(s) combine to detect any leaks/fire(s)/or explosion hazards/vehicle motion/arc's, spark(s)/and other hazards for quickly mitigating/locking out/stopping fueling/gas/transfers/vehicle releasing system(s).
US11568737B2	Data transmission method, apparatus and system The present invention provides a data transmission method, apparatus and system. The method includes: in a detection period, receiving a first pilot signal sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the first pilot signal being a downlink signal obtained by modulating a useful signal at a preset candidate frequency, and the preset candidate frequency including a frequency in a same frequency band and/or different frequency bands; determining a downlink operating frequency from the preset candidate frequency according to the first pilot signal; sending a first feedback signal to the UAV, the first feedback signal including information about the downlink operating frequency; and receiving downlink data sent by the UAV and modulated at the downlink operating frequency. In this way, frequency detection in a same frequency band and/or across frequency bands is implemented to select an optimal preset candidate frequency as an operating frequency, so that data transmission between a UAV and a remote control is more stable, interference from an external signal is reduced, and quality of data transmission between the UAV and a ground end is improved.
US11568736B2	Voice enabled remote control for a set-top box A remote control device includes a digital audio storage device, a talk button, and an optical distance measurer. The digital audio storage device is configured to continually record an audio input for a specific amount of time. The talk button is coupled to the digital audio storage device and is configured to initiate a transmission of the audio input to a set-top box device. The optical distance measurer is coupled to the talk button and is configured to automatically measure a distance to a user in response to the talk button being pressed.
US11568734B2	Personnel inspection with threat detection and discrimination A method includes receiving, from a plurality of magnetic field receivers including magnetic sensors, data characterizing samples obtained by the plurality of magnetic field receivers, the samples of a combination of a first magnetic field and a second magnetic field resulting from interaction of the first magnetic field and an object; determining, using the received data, a polarizability index of the object, the polarizability index characterizing a magnetic polarizability property of the object; classifying, using the determined polarizability index, the object as threat or non-threat; and providing the classification. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US11568732B2	Systems and methods for systemic resource utilization analysis and management Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for systemic resource utilization analysis and management, such as employing a single-point sensor to detect or identify resource leakage at one or more other locations in a structure.
US11568727B2	Wearable device and method of operating the same A wearable device and a method of operating the same are provided. The wearable device includes a shoe assembly, a plurality of pressure sensors, a processing circuit and an alarm module. The plurality of pressure sensors are disposed on the shoe assembly and configured to generate a plurality of pressure sensing values. The processing circuit is configured to calculate a center of gravity coordinate according to the plurality of pressure sensing values and coordinates of the plurality of pressure sensors, and generate a determination result according to the center of gravity coordinate. The alarm module is configured to output an alarm signal to perform an alarm function.
US11568726B2	Systems and methods for deactivation frequency reduction using a transformer Systems and methods for deactivating an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) tag. The methods comprising: using an AC drive signal to charge an energy storage component of the tag deactivator; selectively actuating a switch so that a closed circuit is formed between the energy storage component and at least one deactivation coil of the tag deactivator; generating a tag deactivation field to deactivate the EAS tag by energizing the at least one deactivation coil with current supplied from the energy storage component; and using a step down transformer, disposed between the energy storage component and the at least one deactivation coil, to decrease a frequency of a decaying coil current waveform representing a current flowing through the at least one deactivation coil.
US11568722B1	Criminal act detection system A criminal act detection system may include a device processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps: receiving data from a plurality of geographically distributed personal electronic devices; determining, based on the data received from the personal electronic devices, that conduct consistent with a criminal act has occurred; and sending information pertaining to the conduct consistent with a criminal act to one or more of the personal electronic devices.
US11568718B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus including a signal processor that extracts at least some frequency components as second control information from a plurality of frequency components included in first control information in accordance with a state of communication, in which a haptic presentation section that presents a haptic stimulus is controlled through the communication on the basis of the second control information.
US11568716B1	Game system and method with final hand designation feature A game method and system involving distributing a plurality of cards to participating players, receiving player selections to divide the cards into a plurality of final hands with each final hand being associated by the player with a preset designation, comparing the ranks of the final hands to determine a point total for each player and awarding an additional amount of points to each player having the highest ranked hand of any player for each of the preset designations.
US11568712B2	Systems and methods for tracking of non-wagering account associated with gaming environment Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. Information associated with transactions using the payment vehicle can be used for player relationship purposes.
US11568707B2	Component mounting configurations for a gaming machine cabinet A gaming machine is provided with easily installable and serviceable components. The gaming machine includes a gaming cabinet having an interior space which houses components of the gaming machine, such as a subwoofer of an audio system. The subwoofer is securely mounted to the cabinet via a simple sliding mount which is secured in place with a locking element via a single fastener.
US11568701B2	Cash handling apparatus A cash handling apparatus includes a composite body that consists of a plurality of connected modules, slide rails with which the composite body is drawn out of a housing, and a holding part that is fixed to two or more adjacent surfaces among four outer surfaces of the composite body and holds the plurality of modules together.
US11568700B2	Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus in the present invention operates in a self-service mode, in which a user does not receive operation support provided by an operation assistant, and a non-self-service mode, in which the user receives the operation support. The sheet processing apparatus includes an inlet that takes in sheets in a deposit process, a transport section that transports the sheets taken in from the inlet, storage sections that store the sheets transported by the transport section, and a control section that causes the transport section in such a way as to transport the sheets to the storage sections on a basis of storage conditions for storing the sheets in the storage sections. The control section changes the storage conditions for at least one of the storage sections between the self-service mode and the non-self-service mode.
US11568696B2	System operated responsive to data bearing records A depository operates to accept and make available deposit items to authorized users responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records. The depository (10) includes a body (12) that bounds and interior area (14). The depository includes a door (18) that is controlled by a lock (24) so that only authorized users can access the interior area. The depository includes at least one input device (20) operative to receive data usable to identify users authorized to access the depository. At least one reading device (26) is operative to read indicia included on depository items so that depository items placed in or removed from the interior area can be tracked. The depository is in operative connection with a network (50) that enables the transport and tracking of deposit items.
US11568695B1	Information-based, biometric, asynchronous access control system An information-based access control system for facilities. The control system includes a mobile app and securely connected central server, which is cloud-based. The app collects and transmits multiple biometric and other authentication factors and the facility enabling the server to verify identity and check to ensure the person is authorized to obtain access. If so, the server issues a limited duration approved biometric, which can be displayed to the facility guards, compared with a on-site image taken with a biometric sensor at the location, and used to control signal lights and electronic gates to obtain access quickly, conveniently, inexpensively, and securely. Also, a vehicle on the move can acquire access without having to slow down or stop if the biometric sensor can obtain an image inside the vehicle.
US11568690B2	Determining when access control of an electronic lock should be performed It is provided a method for determining when access control of an electronic lock, controlling access to a restricted physical space, should be performed. The method is performed in an intent determiner and comprising the steps of: obtaining movement data from a first sensor of a portable key device, the movement data indicating movement of the portable key device; obtaining a distance indicator from a second sensor, the distance indicator being indicative of distance between the electronic lock and the user; determining when there is user intent to open based on both the movement data and the distance indicator; and triggering access control to be performed only when user intent has been determined.
US11568689B2	Systems and methods to obtain feedback in response to autonomous vehicle failure events The present disclosure provides systems and methods to obtain feedback descriptive of autonomous vehicle failures. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can detect that a vehicle failure event occurred at an autonomous vehicle and, in response, provide an interactive user interface that enables a human located within the autonomous vehicle to enter feedback that describes the vehicle failure event. Thus, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can actively prompt and/or enable entry of feedback in response to a particular instance of a vehicle failure event, thereby enabling improved and streamlined collection of information about autonomous vehicle failures.
US11568688B2	Simulation of autonomous vehicle to improve safety and reliability of autonomous vehicle A system is described that can include a first database, a simulator, and a second database. The first database can store data indicating operation of at least one module within a computing device of an autonomous vehicle. The simulator can receive the stored data from the first database. The simulator can generate, based on the received data, a simulation of the operation of the at least one module. The simulator can identify at least one portion of the simulation that indicates a deviation between the collected data and the simulated operation of the autonomous vehicle. The simulator can analyze the at least one portion of the simulation to generate metrics for the at least one portion of the simulation. The metrics can be used to avoid another deviation between the collected data and the simulated operation of the autonomous vehicle. The second database can store the metrics.
US11568687B2	Automated vehicular damage detection Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for evaluating vibrational characteristics of a vehicle such as an autonomous vehicle and vibrational characteristics of a road surface in conjunction with one another to identify anomalous vehicle vibrational characteristics that may be indicative of potential damage to the structure of a vehicle. A baseline vibrational signature may be generated for a road segment based on sensor data received from multiple vehicles traversing the road segment. A vibrational signature may also be generated for a particular vehicle being evaluated based on real-time sensor data. If the vibrational signature for the vehicle deviates from the baseline vibrational signature for the road segment by more than a threshold amount, the vehicle may be deemed to be exhibiting anomalous vibrational characteristics indicative of potential vehicular damage. One or more actions in response thereto may then be taken such as automatically halting the vehicle.
US11568685B2	Systems and methods to calibrate a handheld device used for remotely controlling a vehicle The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for calibrating a handheld device used for controlling a partially autonomous vehicle. An example method to calibrate the handheld device may include entering a remote-control command into the handheld device for controlling a first action performed by the partially autonomous vehicle. A time-delay associated with one or more operations executed in the handheld device in response to entering the remote-control command are then measured. The time-delay is conveyed to a cloud computing device, which evaluates the time-delay and returns a diagnostic result to the handheld device. Evaluation of the time-delay by the cloud computing device may be carried out by comparing the time-delay in the handheld device to time-delay values obtained via crowdsourcing from other handheld devices. The diagnostic result provided by the cloud computing device may be used by the handheld device for calibration purposes.
US11568683B2	Facial biometrics system and method using digital fingerprints Facial biometric systems and methods employ digital fingerprints that represent facial characteristics. These systems and methods may perform various digital fingerprint related processes including induction (acquiring of the facial data, generation of a digital fingerprint and storing in a database) and authentication (a process of using the digital fingerprint of the face to perform biometrics). The facial biometric system and method combines these processes with a particular set of hardware to perform the facial biometrics process that is novel and provides benefits and capabilities not achievable by other biometric systems and methods.
US11568675B2	Systems and methods for automated makeup application Systems and methods for automated makeup application allow a user to select and apply desired makeup styles to the user's face. The systems and methods include a computer application with a graphical user interface which allows selection of a look from a plurality of preconfigured looks. A camera coupled with a robotic arm records a face map and color coding and sends that data to be stored on a virtual server database. The application calculates formula quantity and a pump extracts desired formula amounts from appropriate formula cartridges which it releases into reservoirs on the robotic arm's head. An airbrush compressor mixes the formula and plug triggers release one of several airbrush nozzles to start spraying the user's face with formula. A cleaning mechanism is provided between makeup applications and after the final application.
US11568674B2	Fast signature scan Systems and methods for scanning signatures in a string field. In one implementation, the invention provides a method for signature scanning. The method includes receiving a particular string field, scanning the particular string field for a plurality of signatures using a larger scan step size, scanning the particular string field for the remaining signatures that are shorter than what can be scanned by the larger scan step size separately either using the same scanning method but a smaller scan step size or using a different scan method and the same or a smaller scan step size, and outputting any identified signatures in the particular string field.
US11568673B2	Array substrate and method for manufacturing the same, method and assembly for detecting light, and display device An array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, a method and assembly for detecting light, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes: a base substrate having a pixel region; a light detecting unit, a switch unit, and a light emitting unit that are located in the pixel region, where the light emitting unit and the light detecting unit share the switch unit.
US11568671B2	Fingerprint recognition detection circuit and control method thereof, fingerprint recognition control chip A fingerprint recognition detection circuit includes an operational amplifier, an integrating capacitor and a first switch connected in series, and a second switch. A non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier is coupled to a reference voltage terminal, and an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier is coupled to a fingerprint sensing capacitor. The integrating capacitor and the first switch are coupled between the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier and an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The second switch is coupled between the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier and the output terminal of the operational amplifier.
US11568668B2	Input sensing circuit and display module having the same An input sensing circuit includes a plurality of sensors to sense a touch event and to recognize a fingerprint. Among the sensors, at least one sensor includes two transistors and one capacitor. One electrode of electrodes of the capacitor makes contact with a finger of a person to form a capacitance, and the input sensing circuit senses the capacitance to sense the touch event and to recognize the fingerprint.
US11568667B2	Display verification method and apparatus for browser The present disclosure discloses display verification method and apparatus for a browser, the method includes: providing the browser with image drawing data matching with a browser request page; in which the browser locally draws a display image included in the browser request page after the image drawing data is provided to the browser; acquiring a browser drawing image corresponding to the image drawing data; and performing display verification on the browser according to the browser drawing image and a standard drawing image matching with the image drawing data.
US11568665B2	Method and apparatus for recognizing ID card A method for recognizing an identification (ID) card of a user terminal using deep learning includes extracting an outline region of the ID card included in an input image using a first neural network model, modifying the ID card image of the image to a reference form using at least a partial value of the extracted outline region, and determining whether the modified ID card image is valid and recognizing text information in the valid ID card image. A recognition rate of the ID card may be increased by modifying an ID card image into a reference form using a trained neural network model.
US11568664B2	Separating documents based on machine learning models Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program executable by a device. The program receives a request to process a file. The file includes a set of images of text. The program further converts the text in each image in the set of images into a set of machine-readable text. The program also uses a machine learning model to predict, based on the set of machine-readable text, whether the set of images of the file are images of pages that belong to a single document or images of pages that belong to different documents.
US11568663B2	Image-based document analysis using neural networks Systems and methods for receiving a set of documents (e.g., financial documents) converting them into graphical images, performing image-based, artificial intelligence analysis to determine a score for the set of documents. In addition, the artificial intelligence system generates an image output that indicates how the artificial intelligence system arrived at the score be visually depicting the graphical features detected by the artificial intelligence system. This may allow insight as to the basis for the score.
US11568661B2	Methods and systems for data retrieval from an image Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a method that includes receiving a plurality of images from an image capturing unit. Thereafter, an image evaluation process is executed on each of plurality of sections in each of the plurality of images. The image evaluation process includes performing optical character recognition (OCR) on each of the plurality of sections in each of the plurality of images to generate text corresponding to the plurality of respective sections. Further, the image evaluation process includes querying a linguistic database to identify one or more errors in the generated text. Further, the method includes modifying one or more image characteristics of each of the plurality of images and repeating the execution of the image evaluation process on the modified plurality of images until at least the calculated statistical score is less than a pre-defined statistical score threshold.
US11568659B2	Character recognizing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium A character recognizing apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an identifying unit, and a character recognizing unit. The acquiring unit acquires a string image that is an image of a string generated in accordance with one of multiple string generation schemes. The identifying unit identifies a range specified for a result of character recognition in each of the multiple string generation schemes. The character recognizing unit performs first character recognition on the string image, and if a result of the first character recognition has a feature of a particular string generation scheme of the multiple string generation schemes, the character recognizing unit performs second character recognition on the string image within the range specified for a result of character recognition in the particular string generation scheme.
US11568657B2	Method of storing and retrieving digital pathology analysis results The present disclosure is directed, among other things, to automated systems and methods for analyzing, storing, and/or retrieving information associated with biological objects having irregular shapes. In some embodiments, the systems and methods partition an input image into a plurality of sub-regions based on localized colors, textures, and/or intensities in the input image, wherein each sub-region represents biologically meaningful data.
US11568655B2	Methods and devices for triggering vehicular actions based on passenger actions Autonomous driving system methods and devices which trigger vehicular actions based on the monitoring of one or more occupants of a vehicle are presented. The methods, and corresponding devices, may include identifying a plurality of features in a plurality of subsets of image data detailing the one or more occupants; tracking changes over time of the plurality of features over the plurality of subsets of image data; determining a state, from a plurality of states, of the one or more occupants based on the tracked changes; and triggering the vehicular action based on the determined state.
US11568651B2	System and method for localization of traffic signs Provided herein is a system and method of a vehicle. The system comprises one or more sensors, processors, maps, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform: monitoring a location of the vehicle while driving; detecting a sign while the vehicle is driving; capturing, frame-by-frame, data of the sign until the sign disappears from a field of view of the sensor; synchronizing each frame of the data with the location of the vehicle; determining a location of the sign based on the frame-by-frame data; in response to determining, at a frame immediately before the sign disappears from the field of view of the sensor, that the vehicle is driving towards the sign, uploading the detected sign and the location of the sign onto the one or more maps; and implementing a driving action based on the sign.
US11568648B2	Apparatus for real-time monitoring for construction object and monitoring method and computer program for the same Disclosed herein is an apparatus for the real-time monitoring of construction objects. The apparatus for the real-time monitoring of construction objects includes: a communication unit configured to receive image data acquired by photographing a construction site, and to transmit safety information to an external device; and a monitoring unit provided with a prediction model pre-trained using binary image sequences of construction objects at the construction site as training data, and configured to detect a plurality of construction objects from image frames included in image data received via the communication unit and convert the detected construction objects into binary images, to generate future frames by inputting the resulting binary images to the prediction model, and to derive proximity between the construction objects by comparing the generated future frames with the resulting binary images and generate the safety information.
US11568647B2	Learning apparatus and method for creating emotion expression video and apparatus and method for emotion expression video creation A learning apparatus for creating an emotion expression video according to an embodiment disclosed include first generative adversarial networks (GAN) that receive text for creating an emotion expression video, extract vector information by performing embedding on the input text, and create an image based on the extracted vector information, and second generative adversarial networks that receive an emotion expression image and a frame of comparison video, and create a frame of emotion expression video from the emotion expression image and the frame of comparison video.
US11568640B2	Techniques for providing vibrations at headset In one aspect, a headset may include a housing, at least one processor in the housing, a transparent display accessible to the processor and coupled to the housing, and at least first and second vibrators accessible to the processor and coupled to the housing. The first and second vibrators may be located at different positions with respect to the housing. The headset may also include storage accessible to the processor and coupled to the housing. The storage may include instructions executable by the processor to track a person as the person moves through an environment. The instructions may also be executable to, based on tracking the person, actuate one of the first and second vibrators to indicate a direction in which the person is to travel and/or to alert the person of an object that is within a threshold distance to the person.
US11568635B2	Apparatus for recording license plates of vehicles An apparatus for recording license plates of vehicles travelling on a road having several adjacent lanes comprises a vehicle classification sensor configured to detect a predetermined shape characteristic of a vehicle or group of vehicles. The apparatus further comprises at least one camera mounted at an elevated point beside one of the lanes and having an angle of aperture covering at least one of said lanes, each lane covered by at least one camera. The vehicle classification sensor is configured to, upon detecting the predetermined shape characteristic on a lane, trigger the camera that covers the lane the predetermined shape characteristic is detected on to record an image of a license plate on the back of the vehicle or group's leading vehicle, respectively, for which the predetermined shape characteristic is detected. The triggered camera is of a lane either adjacent to or at least one lane apart from the lane.
US11568634B2	Machine learning pipeline for document image quality detection and correction A computing system receives, from a client device, an image of a content item uploaded by a user of the client devices. The computing system divides the image into one or more overlapping patches. The computing system identifies, via a first machine learning model, one or more distortions present in the image based on the image and the one or more overlapping patches. The computing system determines that the image meets a threshold level of quality. Responsive to the determining, the computing system corrects, via a second machine learning model, the one or more distortions present in the image based on the image and the one or more overlapping patches. Each patch of the one or more overlapping patches are corrected. The computing system reconstructs the image of the content item based on the one or more corrected overlapping patches.
US11568629B2	System and method for finding and classifying patterns in an image with a vision system This invention provides a system and method for finding patterns in images that incorporates neural net classifiers. A pattern finding tool is coupled with a classifier that can be run before or after the tool to have labeled pattern results with sub-pixel accuracy. In the case of a pattern finding tool that can detect multiple templates, its performance is improved when a neural net classifier informs the pattern finding tool to work only on a subset of the originally trained templates. Similarly, in the case of a pattern finding tool that initially detects a pattern, a neural network classifier can then determine whether it has found the correct pattern. The neural network can also reconstruct/clean-up an imaged shape, and/or to eliminate pixels less relevant to the shape of interest, therefore reducing the search time, as well significantly increasing the chance of lock on the correct shapes.
US11568627B2	Utilizing interactive deep learning to select objects in digital visual media Systems and methods are disclosed for selecting target objects within digital images utilizing a multi-modal object selection neural network trained to accommodate multiple input modalities. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate a trained neural network based on training digital images and training indicators corresponding to various input modalities. Moreover, one or more embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods utilize a trained neural network and iterative user inputs corresponding to different input modalities to select target objects in digital images. Specifically, the disclosed systems and methods can transform user inputs into distance maps that can be utilized in conjunction with color channels and a trained neural network to identify pixels that reflect the target object.
US11568626B2	Carrier-assisted tracking A method includes receiving selection of a target within an image captured by an image sensor of a payload and displayed on a user interface of the payload, detecting a deviation of the target from an expected target state within the image, generating, based at least partly on the deviation, a payload control signal including a first angular velocity for rotating the payload about an axis of the carrier to reduce the deviation about the axis in a subsequent image, and generating a base support control signal including a second angular velocity for rotating the payload with respect to the axis. When the first and second angular velocities are received, the carrier is controlled to rotate the payload at a third angular velocity about the axis. The third angular velocity is the first angular velocity, the second angular velocity, or a combination of both.
US11568621B2	Dynamic character model fitting of three-dimensional digital items Systems and methods for modifying three-dimensional digital items to fit different character models are described herein. In an embodiment a machine learning system is configured to compute a shape and size of three-dimensional digital objects to fit a second character model based on the shape and size that the same three-dimensional digital objects have to fit a first character model. A server computer receives particular input data defining a plurality of particular input vertices for a particular input three-dimensional digital object fit for the first character model. In response to receiving the particular input data, the server computer computes, using the machine learning system, particular output data defining a plurality of particular output vertices for a particular output three-dimensional digital object, the particular output three-dimensional digital object comprising the particular input three-dimensional digital object fit for the second character model. The server computer then causes displaying, on the client computing device, of the particular output three-dimensional digital object combined with the second character model.
US11568615B2	Collaborative on-demand experiences Approaches provide for the capture of data (e.g., image, video, audio, scent, etc.) for mixed-reality (e.g., augmented and/or virtual) experiences and facilitating users of electronic devices to participate in or subscribe to a mixed-reality experience. A provider such as an on-demand mixed-reality provider can capture data for use in on-demand mixed-reality experiences (e.g., a live event service, a shopping service, etc.). A collaborative data capture service can coordinate the capture of content, generate and present for display mixed-reality experiences from the captured content, connect users (e.g., virtual travelers or virtual participants, or requestors) to providers (e.g., on-demand providers), facilitate payment between requestors and providers, facilitate content licensing between license holders and providers, streamline copyright use, etc.
US11568613B2	Apparatus, system, and method of providing a three dimensional virtual local presence A virtual local presence display apparatus, system and method is disclosed. Included are an extraction engine capable of automatically disassociating the virtual local presence from its production background; a first data feed of an actual background in which the displaying device resides; a background data feed of a plurality of optional backgrounds including at least the production background of the virtual local presence; a stream subject data feed of an extracted one of the virtual local presence extracted from the production background; an integrated data feed in which the virtual local presence and a background are integrated; a first processing having a receiver capable of receiving the data feeds and assessing a plurality of focal lengths to focal planes for the virtual presence in the production background, and in a selected one of the other backgrounds; and a second processing for causing displaying, on the display device, the virtual presence at a suitable location with regard to the focal planes in a selected one of the other backgrounds.
US11568612B2	Personalized reactive augmented reality association A method includes: determining, by the computing device, an activity associated with a physical object in a physical environment, the physical object being a physical object about which a user lacks knowledge; retrieving, by the computing device and from a digital library, a digital object that is associated with the activity; personalizing, by the computing device, the digital object, the personalizing being based on feedback from prior interactions of the user with the digital object; generating, by the computing device, an augmented reality activity including the determined activity, the augmented reality activity comprising a reactive association between the personalized digital object and the physical object; and generating, by the computing device, an augmented reality animation that comprises the augmented reality activity, the physical object, and the personalized digital object.
US11568606B2	Method and device for compositing an image A method of and apparatus configured to perform obtaining a captured image of a real environment. The real environment includes a device having a screen. The captured image includes the device having the screen. The pose of the screen is determined based on the captured image. From a source other than the captured image, 2D content to be displayed on a representation of the screen in the virtual scene is obtained. The 2D content is projected to produce projected 2D content. The projected 2D content aligned to the pose of the screen. The virtual scene is generated as a combination of a virtual content item and the projected 2D content.
US11568604B2	HMD transitions for focusing on specific content in virtual-reality environments Methods and systems for presenting an object on a screen of a head mounted display (HMD) include receiving an image of a real-world environment in proximity of a user wearing the HMD. The image is received from one or more forward facing cameras of the HMD and processed for rendering on a screen of the HMD by a processor within the HMD. A gaze direction of the user wearing the HMD, is detected using one or more gaze detecting cameras of the HMD that are directed toward one or each eye of the user. Images captured by the forward facing cameras are analyzed to identify an object captured in the real-world environment that is in line with the gaze direction of the user, wherein the image of the object is rendered at a first virtual distance that causes the object to appear out-of-focus when presented to the user. A signal is generated to adjust a zoom factor for lens of the one or more forward facing cameras so as to cause the object to be brought into focus. The adjustment of the zoom factor causes the image of the object to be presented on the screen of the HMD at a second virtual distance that allows the object to be discernible by the user.
US11568603B1	Collision avoidance system for head mounted display utilized in room scale virtual reality system A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium directed to implementing a room scale virtual reality system which enables players to walk through a large virtual playing area in a physically limited size room. Physical tracking of a virtual reality headset is used so that the position and orientation of the virtual reality headset is identified to translate the physical player's motion into the virtual world which is displayed on the virtual reality headset. Relocation objects are placed in the virtual world so they correspond to physical location against physical walls. Relocation objects in the virtual world rotate and/or relocate the player in the virtual world which would typically cause the player in the physical world to turn around and thus walk away from the physical wall. Placement of relocation objects throughout the virtual world enable a large virtual world to be implemented using a small finite sized physical room.
US11568596B2	Non-blocking token authentication cache Techniques are disclosed relating to a non-blocking token authentication cache. In various embodiments, a server computer system receives a request for service from a client device, with the request including an authentication token issued by an authentication service. The server computer system accesses a cache of previously received validation responses from the authentication service to determine whether one of the validation responses indicates that the authentication token has already been validated by the authentication service. In response to determining that the cache includes a validation response indicating that the authentication token has already been validated by the authentication service, the server computer system first provides a response to the request for service to the client device, and then contacts the authentication service to determine whether the authentication token is still valid.
US11568595B2	Computer vision method and system A computer vision method for generating a three dimensional reconstruction of an object, the method comprising: receiving a set of photometric stereo images of the object, the set of photometric stereo images comprising a plurality of images using illumination from different directions using one or more light sources; using a trained neural network to generate a normal map of the object; and producing a 3D reconstruction of said object from said normal map, wherein using said trained neural network comprises converting said set of photometric stereo images to an input form suitable for an input layer of said neural network, wherein said input form comprises, for each pixel, a representation of the different lighting directions and their corresponding intensities which have been obtained from photometric stereo images to which a compensation has been applied, the compensation being determined from an estimate of the distance between the lighting source and a point on the object to which the pixel corresponds.
US11568593B2	Three-dimensional reconstruction method and apparatus for material pile, electronic device, and computer-readable medium Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a three-dimensional reconstruction method and apparatus for a material pile, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium. The method may include: acquiring, in response to an instruction for controlling an excavator body of an excavator to rotate to transport materials being detected, a sequence of depth images of an excavated material pile collected by a binocular camera provided on a side of the excavator; and performing three-dimensional reconstruction based on the sequence of depth images of the material pile, to generate a three-dimensional model of the material pile.
US11568591B2	Apparatus and method for ray tracing instruction processing and execution An apparatus and method to execute ray tracing instructions. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises execution circuitry to execute a dequantize instruction to convert a plurality of quantized data values to a plurality of dequantized data values, the dequantize instruction including a first source operand to identify a plurality of packed quantized data values in a source register and a destination operand to identify a destination register in which to store a plurality of packed dequantized data values, wherein the execution circuitry is to convert each packed quantized data value in the source register to a floating point value, to multiply the floating point value by a first value to generate a first product and to add the first product to a second value to generate a dequantized data value, and to store the dequantized data value in a packed data element location in the destination register.
US11568587B2	Personalized multimedia filter A computer-implemented method for generating personalized image filters is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a user request to generate a filter for an input image. The computer-implemented method further includes generating one or more keyword lists associated with the input image. The computer-implemented method further includes determining one or more themes associated with the input image based, at least in part, on one or more keywords selected from the one or more keyword lists. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying one or more candidate images matching the one or more themes associated with the image. The computer-implemented method further includes generating one or more personalized image filters based on one or more features from one or more of the candidate images.
US11568585B2	Method for the artifact correction of three-dimensional volume image data A method for the artifact correction of three-dimensional volume image data of an object is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving first volume image data via a first interface, the first volume image data being based on projection measurement data acquired via a computed tomography device, the computed tomography device including a system axis, and the first volume image data including an artifact including high-frequency first portions in a direction of a system axis and including second portions, being low-frequency relative to the high-frequency first portions, in a plane perpendicular to the system axis; ascertaining, via a computing unit, artifact-corrected second volume image data by applying a trained function to the first volume image data received; and outputting the artifact-corrected second volume image data via a second interface.
US11568583B2	Method and system for calibrating an imaging system The disclosure relates to a system and method for medical imaging. The method may include: move, by a motion controller, a phantom along an axis of a scanner to a plurality of phantom positions; acquire, by a scanner of the imaging device, a first set of PET data relating to the phantom at the plurality of phantom positions; and store the first set of PET data as an electrical file. The length of an axis of the phantom may be shorter than the length of an axis of the scanner, and at least one of the plurality of phantom positions may be inside a bore of the scanner.
US11568579B2	Augmented reality content generation with update suspension Embodiments involve selective updating and suspension of updates to augmented reality (AR) content.
US11568577B2	Contamination detection and notification systems A notification system includes a memory, an output device and activity, localization, and tracking modules. The memory stores an activity history log associated with a supporting structure. The activity module: receives signals from sensors or electrical devices; and tracks activities at least one of in or within a set distance of the supporting structure to generate the activity history log. The localization module relates the activities to aspects of the supporting structure and generates corresponding localization data. The tracking module tracks states of the aspects of the supporting structure contacted at least one of directly or indirectly by one or more animate objects and determine at least one of contamination levels or sanitization levels of the aspects based on the localization data and the activity history log. The output device indicates the at least one of the contamination levels or the sanitization levels.
US11568574B1	Foveation-based image encoding and decoding An encoding method and a decoding method. The encoding method includes generating curved image by creating projection of visual scene onto inner surface of imaginary 3D geometric shape that is curved in at least one dimension; dividing curved image into input portion and plurality of input rings; encoding input portion and input rings into first planar image and second planar image, respectively, such that input portion is stored into first planar image, and input rings are packed into corresponding rows of second planar image; and communicating, to display apparatus, first and second planar images and information indicative of sizes of input portion and input rings.
US11568573B2	Methods and apparatus for point cloud compression bitstream format Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for encoding and/or decoding point cloud bitstreams including coded point cloud sequences are provided. Included among such methods, apparatuses, systems, architectures, and interfaces is an apparatus that may include a processor and memory. A method may include any of: mapping components of the point cloud bitstream into tracks; generating information identifying any of geometry streams or texture streams according to the mapping of the components; generating information associated with layers corresponding to respective geometry component streams; and generating information indicating operation points associated with the point cloud bitstream.
US11568568B1	Calibration for multi-camera and multisensory systems A method and apparatus for calibrating an image capture device are provided. The method includes capturing one or more of a single or Multiview image set by the image capture device, detecting one or more calibration features in each set by a processor, initializing each of the one or more calibration parameters a corresponding default value, extracting one or more relevant calibration parameters, computing an individual cost term for each of the identified relevant calibration parameters, and scaling each of the relevant cost terms. The method continues with combining all the cost terms once each of the calculated relevant cost terms have been scaled, determining if the combination of the cost terms has been minimized, adjusting the calibration parameters if it is determined that that the combination of the cost terms has not been minimized, and returning to the step of extracting one or more of the relevant calibration parameters.

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