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| US11626847B2 |
Amplifier input offset compensation
Various examples are directed to amplifier circuits and methods for operating amplifier circuits. The amplifier circuit may comprise a first amplifier stage. The first amplifier stage comprises a first amplifier, a first feedback resistance, a second amplifier, a second feedback resistance, and a gain resistance. A first current source may be electrically coupled to provide a first current across the gain resistance in a first direction. A second current source may be electrically coupled to provide a second current across the gain resistance in a second direction opposite to the first direction. |
| US11626845B2 |
Operational amplifier based on metal-oxide TFT, chip, and method
Disclosed is an operational amplifier based on a metal-oxide TFT. The operational amplifier includes an auxiliary amplifier and a bootstrap gain-increasing amplifier. The auxiliary amplifier adopts a two-stage positive feedback structure, including a fifth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eleventh transistor, a first amplifying unit, and a second amplifying unit. A gate of the fifth transistor serves as an input end of the operational amplifier. The bootstrap gain-increasing amplifier includes two second circuits in mutual symmetry. Each of the second circuits includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a current source unit with a bootstrap structure. |
| US11626843B1 |
Systems and methods for full duplex amplification
An amplification subsystem for a communication system includes a downstream amplifier configured to transmit a downstream signal within a first frequency range, an upstream amplifier configured to transmit an upstream signal within a second frequency range, and a bidirectional amplifier configured to selectively transmit a mid-band signal in either of the upstream and downstream direction. |
| US11626838B2 |
Quartz crystal device, crystal unit, and crystal controlled oscillator
A quartz crystal device includes a package, a pedestal, and a crystal element. The pedestal is disposed in the package. The crystal element is bonded to the pedestal at four points. An angle formed by a center line connecting midpoints of both short sides of the crystal element and a straight line connecting a center point of the center line and each of bonding points is 22° or more and 30° or less. |
| US11626835B2 |
Energy harvester
An energy harvester, wherein it comprises: a flat plate-like energy harvesting part having a power generation region which generates electric power by utilizing an energy in the external environment and an internal wiring to which the electric power thus generated is supplied; a connector part connectable to an external device; a diode of which anode is electrically connected with the internal wiring; and a flexible wiring sub state on which the diode and a connection part for electrically connecting a cathode of the diode to the connector part are provided, wherein the internal wiring extends from the power generation region to a side edge portion of the energy harvesting part, and at least a portion of the flexible wiring substrate is provided in the side edge portion so as to overlap a portion of the internal wiring. |
| US11626833B2 |
Solar panels and electronic devices comprising solar panels
A method for forming a solar panel can include attaching one or more tacking pads to one or both of a first surface of a first solar panel subassembly and a second surface of a second solar panel subassembly. The method further includes dispensing an adhesive onto at least one of the first and second surfaces. The first and second surfaces are placed in contact with the one or more tacking pads, thereby tacking the first and second solar panel subassemblies together, during which the first and second surfaces contact the adhesive, thereby decreasing a thickness and increasing a surface area of the adhesive. Subsequently, the adhesive is cured. The tacking pad(s) maintain fixed alignment of the solar panel subassemblies during curing of the adhesive, and establish a bond line of the adhesive. |
| US11626831B2 |
Rack, especially for photovoltaic modules
A rack, especially for photovoltaic modules, consists of a rounded, shaped guide, on which a main frame is fitted via at least three bearing-fitted grips, with an upper frame being attached to the top of the main frame in at least two support points, the upper frame being further connected to the main frame via linear actuators. The main frame is based on the guide by means of track rollers, whose number is equal to the number of support points, and at least two anchoring elements are located on the outer perimeter of the guide, the anchoring elements arranged in at least two points within an angular distance not smaller than 15 degrees from each other. A driving chain is anchored in a non-stationary fashion on anchoring elements to the guide, from the outer side of the guide and in the lower part of the guide, and a driving mechanism is attached to the main frame, the driving mechanism consisting of a driving toothed element, connected to a motor, and of tension rollers. |
| US11626821B2 |
Sensorless control of a motor by variable frequency signal injection
A method for sensorless control of an electric motor implemented in a variable speed drive including: determining a control voltage to be applied to the motor; injecting a high frequency signal to the control voltage to obtain an excitation voltage, wherein one or more frequencies of the high frequency signal varies with time; applying the excitation voltage to the motor; measuring a current signal induced in the motor by the excitation voltage, wherein the current signal comprises a fundamental current, induced by the control voltage, and a disturbance current, induced by the high frequency signal; and demodulating the current signal. |
| US11626807B2 |
DC power supply device
A DC power supply device includes a first conversion unit connected to an AC power supply, a second conversion unit connected to an electric tool, and a cable connecting the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit to each other. The first conversion unit includes a power factor correction circuit, converts an AC voltage having a first voltage value, input from the AC power supply, into a DC voltage having a second voltage value higher than the first voltage value, and outputs the DC voltage having the second voltage value to the cable. The second conversion unit converts the output voltage of the first conversion unit, input via the cable, into a DC voltage having a third voltage value lower than the second voltage value, and outputs the DC voltage having the third voltage value to the electric tool. |
| US11626804B2 |
Power converter, method for driving switching transistors and a power supply system thereof
A power converter includes: a switching transistor, a transformer, a control circuit; the control circuit is configured to determine a target voltage in a process that the switching transistor is driven to conduct; the target voltage can represent a voltage change of an input terminal of the switching transistor; when the target voltage starts to drop but is higher than a reference voltage, drive a control terminal of the switching transistor with a first driving current; when the target voltage decreases to be lower than the reference voltage, drive the switching transistor with a second driving current; the second driving current is higher than the first driving current; the switching transistor is driven by the first driving current for part or all of the time before entering the Miller plateau stage, and is driven by the second driving current after starting to enter the Miller plateau stage. |
| US11626802B2 |
Detection circuit and DC-DC converter
A DC-DC converter of a synchronous rectification type includes a synchronous rectification transistor and a backflow detection circuit which detects a reverse current based on a voltage across the synchronous rectification transistor. The backflow detection circuit includes a first-stage differential input circuit including a first transistor, a first resistor, a second transistor, a second resistor and a fifth transistor, and a second-stage differential input circuit including a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The fifth transistor is of a same conductive type as the synchronous rectification transistor and contains a drain connected to the other end of the first resistor with respect to an end connected to the first transistor. |
| US11626798B2 |
DC-DC converter for solar linked energy storage system and control method thereof
According to an embodiment, disclosed are a DC-DC converter for compensating for a ripple, in a solar linked energy storage system, and a control method thereof. In particular, disclosed is a DC-DC converter for compensating for a ripple generated in a DC link where a single phase inverter and a converter are connected. The DC-DC converter may obtain a frequency of a grid to compensate for the ripple. |
| US11626794B2 |
Frequency compensation gain loss for a power converter supporting CCM , BCM, and DCM
Various embodiments relate to a current loop controller configured to control a boost converter, including: an amplifier configured to scale a measured current; a subtractor configured to subtract the scaled measured current from a desired current and to output an error signal; a controller including an integral part and a proportional part configured to produce a control signal based upon the error signal; a measuring circuit configured to measure the actual switching period of the boost converter; and a switch signal generator configured to produce a switching signal based upon the control signal and the measured actual switching period, wherein the switch signal controls the boost converter. |
| US11626792B2 |
Inverter with monitoring unit for intermediate circuit protection
An inverter includes a DC/DC converter which converts a direct current received from a DC voltage source into an intermediate circuit voltage of an intermediate circuit, a DC/AC converter which converts the intermediate circuit voltage into an AC voltage, and a monitoring unit which monitors capacitors of the intermediate circuit for protection against overvoltages. If an overvoltage occurs at one of the capacitors of the intermediate circuit the overvoltage unit decouples the DC voltage source from the intermediate circuit by actuating the DC/DC converter. |
| US11626790B2 |
Power conversion device minimizing footprint
A power conversion device includes a circuit board on which wirings are formed and plural semiconductor switching elements are mounted; and a driver circuit which is mounted on the circuit board, and operates at least two of the plural semiconductor switching elements together; wherein the plural semiconductor switching elements are provided as packages having a same shape, and placed in such a positional relationship in which an inter-control-terminal distance that is a distance between their respective control terminals is shorter than a length of a terminal side that is a side of each of the packages at which the control terminal is placed. |
| US11626789B2 |
Electricity meter primary energy holdup management
A utility meter includes: a rectifier configured to rectify AC voltage from a power grid to generate a primary DC voltage supply; and a primary holdup circuitry, including: first capacitors coupled to a primary DC voltage rail and configured to store energy from the primary voltage supply; a switch coupled to the first capacitors; and a control circuit configured to control the primary holdup circuitry, wherein the control circuit is configured to: determine that a secondary DC voltage of a secondary voltage supply is approximately equal to a first specified threshold voltage; and generate a control signal to causes the switch to turn on and cause the one or more first capacitors to release a portion of the energy stored in the one or more first capacitors to the primary DC voltage rail. |
| US11626787B2 |
Electromechanical generator with biasing device between mast and magnetic core, the biasing device having folded sheet spring structure
Electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, comprising: a central mast, an electrically conductive coil assembly mounted to the mast, a mount for the coil assembly, a magnetic core assembly movably mounted to the mast for vibrational motion along an axis, a biasing device mounted between the mast and the core assembly and comprising a pair of first and second plate springs, each having an inner edge respectively fitted to first and second opposite ends of the mast and an outer edge fitted to the magnetic core assembly, each of the plate springs comprising a spring member comprising an inner portion substantially orthogonal to the axis and including the respective inner edge, and a cylindrical outer portion substantially parallel to the axis and including the respective outer edge, the spring member being a folded sheet spring and the inner and outer portions are connected by a fold. |
| US11626786B2 |
Vibration generator with elastic member with extending regions and bending metal plate to support the vibrator
A vibration generator includes a housing; a vibrator; an elastic member that connects the housing and the vibrator; and a driver that causes the vibrator to vibrate. The elastic member includes a housing connection portion that is connected to the housing, a vibrator support portion that supports the vibrator, and a spring portion that connects the housing connection portion and the vibrator support portion. The housing connection portion and the vibrator support portion are in the same plane. The spring portion is formed so as to be approximately perpendicular to the housing connection portion and the vibrator support portion. |
| US11626785B2 |
Motor communication waveform generating circuit
A motor commutation waveform generating circuit is provided. The motor commutation waveform generating circuit includes: an edge detection circuit, configured to receive sensing signals of the motor and derive a clock signal indicating a commutation switching point of the motor; an angle cutting circuit, controlled by the clock signal to generate an angle indication pulse indicating a rotation angle of the motor; a synthetic wave generating circuit, using the angle indication pulse to sequentially change waveform voltages corresponding to required angles and output them in segments; and a signal combining circuit, controlled by the clock signal to combine waveform voltage signals generated by the synthetic wave generating circuit, thereby obtaining a plurality of synthetic waveforms provided to a drive control system of the motor for drive control after pulse width modulation. |
| US11626781B2 |
Double layer capacitive coupler for transmitting electrical power between moving mechanical element
A capacitive coupler provides high coupling capacitance through the use of an electrical double layer formed on opposite plates of the coupler. The coupler can be independent or provide a hydrodynamic or hydrostatic bearing as well as capacitive coupling and the circulated dielectric can provide for cooling of associated machinery. |
| US11626780B2 |
Electronic control device
An electronic control device includes a plurality of control circuit units, a signal line, and a sneak-in suppression circuit. The plurality of control circuit units are connected to separate grounds, respectively. The signal line connects a first control circuit unit and a second control circuit unit. When a system is defined as a combination of a component and a ground corresponding to a control circuit unit, the sneak-in suppression circuit suppresses a sneak-in of electric power from the ground of one system (i.e., a subject system) to the other system connected by the signal line for preventing a cascading failure. |
| US11626779B2 |
Planar stator having discrete segments with different winding characteristics
In some embodiments, two or more different types of stator structures may be disposed within a gap of an axial flux machine. Such arrangements may be advantageous, for example, for producing a machine optimized for multiple modes of operation, such as mechanical torque generation, conversion of mechanical torque to electrical power, and/or dissipation of mechanical power. Further, in some embodiments, an axial flux machine may include a planar stator having a winding arranged to be positioned within the machine's active region, and may further include at least one switch configured to be selectively closed to establish an electrical connection between respective ends of the winding at a time that the winding is not coupled to an external power source. |
| US11626777B2 |
Method of calibrating a variable-speed blower motor
A method of calibrating a motor assembly includes selecting an electric motor and a motor controller for the motor assembly, obtaining at least one electric motor parameter of the electric motor, calculating a correction factor for the electric motor based upon the at least one electric motor parameter, and programming the motor controller with the correction factor. |
| US11626775B2 |
Power generation from vehicle wheel rotation
The disclosure is directed to an apparatus for generating energy in response to a vehicle wheel rotation. The apparatus may include a first roller comprising a curved roller surface configured to be positioned in substantial physical contact with a first wheel of the vehicle. The first roller may be configured to rotate in response to a rotation of the first wheel. The apparatus may further include a first shaft rotatably couplable to the first roller such that rotation of the first roller causes the first shaft to rotate. The apparatus may further include a first generator operably coupled to the first shaft. The generator may be configured to generate an electrical output based on the rotation of the first shaft and convey the electrical output to an energy storage device or to a motor of the vehicle that converts electrical energy to mechanical energy to rotate one or more wheels of the vehicle. |
| US11626773B2 |
Electric motor/generator with integrated differential
An electrical machine comprising: at least one stator, at least one module, the at least one module comprising at least one electromagnetic coil and at least one switch, the at least one module being attached to the at least one stator; at least one rotor with a plurality of magnets attached to the at least one rotor, an integrated electrical differential coupled to at least one of the rotors, the at least one integrated electrical differential permitting the at least one rotor to output at least two rotational outputs to corresponding shafts, wherein the at least two rotational outputs are able to move the shafts at different rotational velocities to one another. The electrical machine is configured to fit into a housing, and that can be retrofitted into a conventional vehicle by replacing the mechanical differential. |
| US11626771B2 |
Rotational motor
A rotational motor includes a stator and a rotor and at least two magnets including a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, wherein one of the magnets is attached to the stator and one of the magnets is attached to the rotor. The magnets are relatively aligned such that when the electromagnet is switched off, the permanent magnet is attracted to a ferromagnetic core of the electromagnet causing the rotor to rotate relative to the stator, and when the electromagnet is switched on, the permanent magnet is repelled from the electromagnet causing the rotor to continue to rotate relative to the stator. |
| US11626770B2 |
Systems and methods for providing enhanced mechanical/electrical energy storage
A power apparatus, power assembly, energy assembly or energy apparatus that stores and disperses energy, the power assembly including: (1) a first and second energy object that experiences movement so as to store kinetic energy in the energy object, the energy object including a magnet assembly through which electrons are driven resulting in electric output from the magnet assembly, and the electric output dependent on experienced EMF (electro-motive force) that is experienced by the magnet assembly. The power assembly can include a switch assembly adapted to perform switching to switch between a first arrangement in which the first positive output is connected to the second positive output, and a second arrangement in which the first positive output is connected to the first negative output, and such second arrangement provides increased energy output relative to the first arrangement. A flip assembly can be provided that performs flipping of output energy. |
| US11626768B2 |
Motor
The present disclosure provides a motor including a stator, a rotor and a first circuit board. The stator includes a winding assembly including a plurality of coils. A conductive element is extended out from the winding assembly and is electrically connected to a first electrical connector. The first electrical connector penetrates through a pillow of the stator and is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The motor further includes a second circuit board, and the second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The first electrical connector serves as a connector for electrically connecting the winding assembly to the first circuit board. The present disclosure has the advantage of easy installation by replacing the conventional wire binding plate with the first circuit board. |
| US11626766B2 |
Power connection with overmolded axially adjusted connecting rings
In some examples, a connecting ring may connect to a stator coil. The connecting ring may include at least one linear conductor integrally formed in a ring-like shape. Further, the connecting ring may include a terminal section integrally formed in the linear conductor, the terminal section including a hole configured to receive a wire end of the stator coil inserted into the hole in an insertion direction. In addition, the connecting ring may include a cylindrical protrusion having an opening in communication with the hole. The cylindrical protrusion may protrude away from the hole in the insertion direction. Additionally, the connecting ring may include bends for raising a first portion of the connecting ring including the terminal section in the insertion direction relative to a second portion of the connecting ring. An insulating member may cover the second portion of the connecting ring. |
| US11626764B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for wireless charging
Using inductive currents to wirelessly charge a device via a device connected to a power source. This inductive charging may result when a first mobile device recognizes a second mobile device via a wireless connection (e.g., Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), or the like). An application stored on the first mobile device may recognize a second mobile device by transmitting an advertising packet when the first mobile device is connected to a power source. An advertising packet may be received by the second mobile device and the second mobile device may transmit a response to the advertising packet in order to generate a connection between the first and second mobile devices. The response may include data such as, connection strength, response time, connection preferences, and the like. Upon detection and connection, the second mobile device may be wirelessly charged by the first device via inductive charging. |
| US11626762B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling wireless power transmission
A method of controlling a power receiver. The method includes entering a negotiation phase with a power transmitter including transmitting a foreign object detection status packet including at least one of a reference quality factor and a reference quality factor peak frequency to the power transmitter, and receiving a NAK response from the power transmitter indicating the power transmitter has detected the foreign object is present based on the foreign object detection status packet or receiving an ACK response from the power transmitter indicating the power transmitter has detected the foreign object is not present based on the foreign object detection status packet; and entering a power transfer phase including receiving a first power from the power transmitter in response to the received NAK response and receiving a second power greater than the first power in response to the received ACK response. |
| US11626761B2 |
Wireless power receiver clients with dynamically reconfigurable antenna configurations
The technology described herein relates to wireless power receivers with reconfigurable (or adaptive) antenna configurations for improved wireless power transfer in multipath wireless power delivery environments. In an implementation, a wireless power receiver is described. The wireless power receiver includes one or more radio frequency (RF) antennas, power metering circuitry and control circuitry. The power metering circuitry is adapted to measure at least one characteristic of wireless power received from a wireless power transmission system in a multipath environment. The control circuitry is adapted to monitor the power metering circuitry to determine when the measure of the at least one characteristic of the wireless power fails to meet a preset threshold, and dynamically reconfigure an antenna configuration of the wireless power receiver when the at least one characteristic of the wireless power fails to meet the preset threshold. |
| US11626760B2 |
System and method for providing inductive power at multiple power levels
A system and method for inductively providing electrical power at a plurality of power levels to electrical devices. The system may include an inductive power outlet unit conductively coupled to a power supply and an inductive power receiver unit associated with the electrical device. The inductive power outlet unit includes a driver device operable to generate power at a plurality of power levels and electrical power is transferred to the electrical device at a power level selected from the plurality of power levels, in accordance with electrical power requirements of the electrical device. The power receiver may be operable in a plurality of modes having a secondary inductor configured to operate selectively with a plurality of inductance values. |
| US11626757B2 |
Reverse wireless charging
A method and system for operating a power circuit capable of transmitting and receiving wireless power. The method includes determining that the power circuit is operating in receive mode, and, based thereon, having a first equivalent capacitance. The method further includes determining that the power circuit is operating in the transmit mode, and, based thereon, having a second equivalent capacitance. The first equivalent capacitance being different than the second equivalent capacitance. |
| US11626755B2 |
Ultra-low-power multi-power-mode address detector for combined RF charging and wake-up and methods of use
A multi-power-mode ultra-low-power address detector for Radio Frequency (RF) wakeup receivers is provided herein. The address detector is implemented when combined charging and wake-up of a device is required. The method includes a set of components to process a complex address waveform. This address includes a preamble composed of a pulse with a specific width, followed by a digital Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) modulated bit pattern. |
| US11626745B2 |
Power supply unit having a housing and a rechargeable electrical store
A transportable power supply unit has at least one rechargeable electrical store for storing electric power and having a housing. At least one inverter converts a DC voltage of the rechargeable electrical store into a first AC voltage, such as a first grid voltage and/or first three-phase current, and/or into a second AC voltage. At least one connection unit, such as at least one socket and a plug, is provided for the first AC voltage and/or for the grid voltage. The connection unit is in the form of an AC voltage output of the inverter for the first AC voltage. At least one detachably connectable connecting unit is provided for the rechargeable electrical store. The connecting unit comprises at least one electrical contact apparatus for making detachably connectable contact with the rechargeable electrical store and at least one detachably connectable retaining apparatus for detachably connectably retaining the rechargeable electrical store in the housing. |
| US11626742B2 |
Battery control device for homogenizing battery cells
A battery control device that controls a battery assembly includes a first determining unit that determines whether a voltage difference between minimum and maximum values of OCVs of battery cells constituting the battery assembly and having an SOC-OCV characteristic curve including a flat region is equal to or larger than a predetermined voltage value, a second determining unit that determines whether the OCV of each battery cell is lower than a lower-limit voltage of the flat region, or is equal to or higher than the lower-limit voltage and lower than an upper-limit voltage, or is higher than the upper-limit voltage, a controller that executes control selected from SOC raising control, SOC lowering control, and SOC keeping control of the battery cells, based on determination results of the first and second determining units, and a processor that homogenizes the SOCs of the battery cells controlled by the controller. |
| US11626741B2 |
Management device and power supply system
Main management unit manages the plurality of power storage modules via the plurality of sub-management units. Main management unit and the plurality of sub-management units are daisy-chain connected by power line. Main management unit can supply power from power storage unit other than the plurality of power storage modules to the plurality of sub-management units via power line. Main management unit and the plurality of sub-management units respectively include communication units. Each of communication units superimposes a communication signal on power line. |
| US11626736B2 |
Method for controlling negative-sequence current for grid-forming controls of inverter-based resources
A method for providing grid-forming control of an inverter-based resource includes receiving a negative-sequence voltage feedback of the inverter-based resource. The method also includes receiving at least one negative-sequence feedback signal of the inverter-based resource. The method also includes determining, via a negative-sequence regulator, one or more control signals indicative of a desired negative-sequence impedance of the inverter-based resource using the at least one negative-sequence feedback signal. Further, the method includes generating, via the negative-sequence regulator, a control command for the inverter-based resource based on the one or more control signals. Moreover, the method includes controlling the inverter-based resource based on the control command to achieve the desired negative-sequence impedance of the inverter-based resource. |
| US11626733B2 |
Method and system for determining and controlling an electricity feed to an electricity grid from a load side of an electric circuit
The invention relates to a method for controlling an electricity feed to an electricity grid (12) from a load side of an electric circuit (5), comprising the steps of: a) Providing a electricity feed with an associated feed duration to a controller (13) of an electric power converter (7); b) The controller (13) commissioning the electric power converter (7) to provide the electricity feed, until the electricity feed and feed duration is provided anew or until the feed duration expires. The invention further relates to a system for controlling an electricity feed of an electric source. |
| US11626731B1 |
Hybrid renewable energy source systems
Hybrid renewable energy source systems and methods are provided. A hybrid renewable energy source system can include a renewable energy source system (e.g., a photovoltaic (PV) system) in conjunction with an energy storage system (ESS), such as a battery energy storage system (BESS). The hybrid renewable energy source system can include at least one intelligent decentralized controller at the inverter/converter level, feeding a robust coordinated controller, thereby allowing the hybrid renewable energy source system to operate as a unified single power generation unit (PGU). |
| US11626729B1 |
UAV airways systems and apparatus
UAV airways system generally are disclosed. Such UAV airway systems may comprise UAV cargo transportation systems and UAV surveillance and monitoring systems. Such systems preferably overlay and are commensurate with a system of high-voltage power transmission lines of high-voltage transmission system, and electric field actuated (EFA) generators preferably are utilized in UAVs that travel along the transmission lines, in UAV charging stations located along the transmission lines, or in both. Each EFA generator represents a power supply and comprises first and second electrodes separated and electrically insulated from each other for enabling a differential in voltage at the first and second electrodes resulting from a differential in electric field strength experienced by the first and second electrodes arising from the power transmission lines of the high-voltage transmission system. |
| US11626725B2 |
SST driving circuit, chip and driving output method
The present disclosure provides an SST driving circuit, a chip, and a driving output method. The SST driving circuit includes: a signal driver for driving and outputting a signal to be driven, the signal driver including termination resistors; a first electrostatic current discharge module, providing first discharge paths for electrostatic currents generated in the signal driver; a second electrostatic current discharge module, connected in series with the termination resistors, providing second discharge paths for the electrostatic currents; and a power clamp, used for conducting the power clamp circuit, the first discharge paths and the second discharge paths when a power supply voltage of the signal driver exceeds a clamping voltage. The present disclosure provides different discharge paths, which effectively reduces voltage borne by a protected device through a voltage division method, and improves the device's ability to protect against electrostatic discharge. |
| US11626724B2 |
Load control device to be connected to power supply via connecting member and fuse
A load control device includes a power supply terminal connected to a power source via a fuse, a load driver configured to drive loads by electric power supplied from the power source via the fuse and the power supply terminal, a current detector configured to detect load currents that flow through the loads, respectively, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a total current that flows through the fuse based on the load currents detected by the current detector, calculate a physical quantity correlating with the total current and related to a connecting member that connects between the fuse and the power supply terminal in response to that the total current is equal to or higher than a predetermined current value, and limit at least one of the load currents in response to that the physical quantity is equal to or greater than a reference value. |
| US11626723B2 |
System and method for protecting inverter in vehicle from overvoltage
A system for protecting a vehicle inverter from overvoltage includes a first inverter having switching elements and converting energy from an energy storage device into AC power. A first motor is driven by receiving the converted AC power. A second inverter is connected in parallel with the first inverter, includes a switching elements, and converts energy from the energy storage device into AC power. A second motor is driven by receiving the converted AC power. A first capacitor is connected in parallel between the first inverter and the energy storage device and stores electric energy of the first motor during regenerative braking. A controller turns off a relay connecting the energy storage device and the motor when a voltage of the first capacitor is equal to or greater than a predetermined voltage and operates the switching elements in the inverters in response to first and second current commands. |
| US11626721B2 |
Voltage harvester for power distribution system devices
The present disclosure provides exemplary embodiments of voltage harvesting devices used in power distribution systems, and provides power distribution system architectures utilizing the voltage harvesting devices. Generally, the voltage harvesting devices transform distribution line AC voltages to produce a low wattage output for distribution system communication and control type devices. The voltage harvesting device can operate whether irrespective of the presence of load current. |
| US11626719B2 |
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and method of operating the same
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a first diode, a second diode and an ESD clamp circuit. The first diode is in a semiconductor wafer, and is coupled to an input output (IO) pad. The second diode is in the semiconductor wafer, and is coupled to the first diode and the TO pad. The ESD clamp circuit is in the semiconductor wafer, and is coupled to the first diode and the second diode. The ESD clamp circuit includes a first signal tap region in the semiconductor wafer. The first signal tap region is coupled to a first voltage supply. The first diode is coupled to and configured to share the first signal tap region with the ESD clamp circuit. |
| US11626718B2 |
Motor drive apparatus including bus bar
A motor drive apparatus includes a bus bar through which a current associated with motor driving flows, a printed circuit board, and a conductive support pedestal mounted on the printed circuit board and interposed between the bus bar and the printed circuit board, wherein the conductive support pedestal includes at least one hole for screw passing configured to fasten the bus bar and the conductive support pedestal with screw tightening, and a terminal unit for a printed circuit board configured to electrically connect an electric wire provided in the printed circuit board to the conductive support pedestal. |
| US11626716B2 |
Floor grommet
Disclosed are embodiments of a round floor grommet and a rectangular floor grommet. These floor grommets can be constructed in any desired shape other than round or rectangular. Frame portions that hold foam pieces are joined together to form a primary slit in the floor grommet. Cross slits can also be formed in the foam material. The foam is a semi-closed cell foam that is constructed from PVC and nitrile butadiene rubber which has superior sealing effects since the foam can conform around objects passing through the slits in the floor grommet and seal any flow of air through the slits. |
| US11626713B2 |
Substation containing switch-gear or control-gear with unmanned operation and maintenance
A substation containing a switch-gear or control-gear system, in particular a switch-gear or control-gear system includes at least one low voltage switch-gear or control-gear, with unmanned operation and maintenance. The inner room, where the switch-gear or control-gear are located in, is hermetically enclosed by an outer housing, the switch-gear or control-gear system is provided for unmanned operation and maintenance with a robotic system or manipulator, and/or the robotic system or manipulator is provided with a camera system, and/or an image recognition system and/or the inner room is locked against the outer housing by an inner, automatically operated door, and/or the robot system is implemented in such, that the robot systems acting area is extended from the inner room, partly in the area outside the inner room, but inside the outer housing, where spare parts are stored in a spare parts hand over area. |
| US11626711B2 |
Electrical power supply structures
The present disclosure provides an electrical power supply structure comprising a plurality of insulated pipes, each insulated pipe extending longitudinally and configured to carry high amperage electrical power, a barrier support plate comprising one or more openings for receiving the plurality of insulated pipes, the barrier support plate configured for mounting over a hole through a floor of a building, a first support structure extending longitudinally upward from an upper side of the barrier support plate, and a second support structure extending longitudinally downward from a lower side of the barrier support plate through the hole. Each of the first and second support structures comprises a longitudinally extending enclosure having a plurality of transversely extending conductor support members for supporting the plurality of insulated pipes, and the plurality of insulated pipes are grouped by phase. |
| US11626710B2 |
Current-injection organic semiconductor laser diode, method for producing same and program
Disclosed is a current-injection organic semiconductor laser diode comprising a pair of electrodes, an optical resonator structure, and one or more organic layers including a light amplification layer composed of an organic semiconductor, which has a sufficient overlap between the distribution of excitor density and the electric field intensity distribution of the resonant optical mode during current injection to emit laser light. |
| US11626708B1 |
Laser diodes with an etched facet and surface treatment
A gallium- and nitrogen-containing laser device including an etched facet with surface treatment to improve an optical beam is disclosed. |
| US11626706B2 |
Method of manufacturing optical member, optical member, and light emitting device
An optical member includes: a main body having transparency or heat dissipation properties; an optical film disposed on an upper face of the main body; a metal film disposed on the upper face of the main body in a region other than a region where the optical film is disposed; a surrounding part joined via the metal film; and a wavelength conversion part surrounded by the surrounding part. The wavelength conversion part is positioned inward of a periphery of the optical film in a top view. The wavelength conversion part is not directly bonded to the optical film and the main body. |
| US11626704B2 |
Methods and apparatus for predicting performance of a measurement method, measurement method and apparatus
A radiation source arrangement causes interaction between pump radiation (340) and a gaseous medium (406) to generate EUV or soft x-ray radiation by higher harmonic generation (HHG). The operating condition of the radiation source arrangement is monitored by detecting (420/430) third radiation (422) resulting from an interaction between condition sensing radiation and the medium. The condition sensing radiation (740) may be the same as the first radiation or it may be separately applied. The third radiation may be for example a portion of the condition sensing radiation that is reflected or scattered by a vacuum-gas boundary, or it may be lower harmonics of the HHG process, or fluorescence, or scattered. The sensor may include one or more image detectors so that spatial distribution of intensity and/or the angular distribution of the third radiation may be analyzed. Feedback control based on the determined operating condition stabilizes operation of the HHG source. |
| US11626703B2 |
Cable stripping device
A device for stripping a cable is provided. The device includes an extraction chamber and a pusher mounted with an ability to move in the extraction chamber between a rest position and a deployed position. A distal end of the extraction chamber is closed by a flange including a slot. The pusher pushes on the cable in order to press the cable against the slot in the flange. |
| US11626693B2 |
Electrical connector and connector assembly
An electrical connector includes a body and multiple conductive terminals. The body has an insertion slot. Each conductive terminal has a contact portion entering the insertion slot and a conductive portion passing downward beyond a bottom surface of the body. Each side of the insertion slot has first terminal groups and second terminal groups. The conductive portions of each first terminal group are located away from the insertion slot relative to the conductive portions of each second terminal group. The conductive portions are provided in four rows in a lateral direction. The conductive terminals include signal terminals and ground terminals. The circuit board has an adjusting hole and four rows of connecting points corresponding to the conductive portions. Each row of the connecting points include multiple signal connecting points and multiple ground connecting points. The adjusting hole is located between two signal connecting points in two adjacent rows. |
| US11626691B2 |
Connector assembly
A connector assembly comprises a first connector including a first connector body, and a shaft connected to the first connector body. A lever is rotatably connected to the shaft and is selectively fixable to the first connector body in a caught state. A second connector of the assembly includes a second connector body insertable into the first connector body, a releasing element defined on the second connector body for releasing the lever from the caught state, and a biasing element defined on the second connector body for rotating the lever after being released from the caught state. |
| US11626690B2 |
Cable end connector with high retaining force
A cable connector configured to secure a cable is provided. The cable connector has a casing, a latch, and a pulling member. The casing is configured to secure an end of the cable. The latch has a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion is secured on the casing and has a lower through hole. The upper portion has at least one upper through hole and at least one protrusion. The pulling member is connected with the upper through hole and penetrates the lower through hole. While the pulling member is pulled away from the latch along a first direction, the pulling member pulls the upper portion toward the lower portion along a second direction, so as to adjust a position of the protrusion. Thus, the latch may not be separated from the casing when a user pulls the pulling member. |
| US11626688B2 |
Field terminable cable and plug assembly
A strain relief system for a cable inserted within has a main housing with an opening and a series of ramp features and a series of serrations on an interior surface. The system also has a rotating collar with an opening in line with the opening of the main housing. The rotating collar having a series of follower features configured to be inserted into the opening of the main housing such that when the rotating collar is rotated relative to the main housing, the follower features engage the ramp features to compress the cable inserted with the strain relief system. The rotating collar also having at least one ratcheting tab configured to engage the series of serrations of the main housing such has to provide a ratcheting function between the rotating collar and the outer housing. |
| US11626687B2 |
Oscillation suppressing connector housing as well as electrical plug connector and electrical plug connection with such a connector housing
A connector housing for an electrical plug connector includes a cable duct and an oscillation suppressor pivotable about a pivot axis into the cable duct. The cable duct receives an electrical cable of a predefined outer diameter along a plug-in direction. The cable duct in a cross section perpendicular to the plug-in direction has a clear dimension in a pivoted state of the oscillation suppressor in the cable duct equal to or less than the predefined outer diameter of the electrical cable. |
| US11626684B2 |
Connector including a terminal retaining member for retaining a terminal fitting housed in a housing
A connector includes a terminal fitting, a housing that houses the terminal fitting at a housing complete position, and a terminal retaining member that, at an assembling complete position to the housing, retains the terminal fitting remaining at the housing complete position. The terminal fitting includes a penetration hole. The terminal retaining member includes a retaining protrusion that is, at the assembling complete position, inserted into the penetration hole at the housing complete position, and retains the terminal fitting while the terminal fitting remains at that position. The penetration hole is formed to have a left-right asymmetric shape including a first hole part on the left side and a second hole part having a shape different from a shape of the first hole part and arranged on the right side of the first hole part. |
| US11626683B2 |
Connector with retainer
It is aimed to provide a connector capable of properly exhibiting functions of a detection piece. A connector is provided with a housing (10) including a cavity (16), a terminal fitting (40) to be inserted into the cavity (16) from behind and including a tubular box portion (41) having open front and rear surfaces, a tab (31) of a mating terminal fitting (30) being inserted into the box portion (41) from front, and a retainer (60) to be mounted into the housing (10) and including a detection piece (64) capable of coming into contact with a rear end of the box portion (41). The detection piece (64) includes a recess (73) for avoiding interference with the tab (31) passed through the box portion (41). |
| US11626678B2 |
Connector for high-speed transmission and method for fixing solder to fork portion of connector for high-speed transmission
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a connector for high-speed transmission to be fitted with an external counterpart connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has at least one or more slots. The plurality of terminals includes ground terminals and signal terminals are arranged in the slot along a first direction orthogonal to a fitting direction of the connector. Partition walls are provided between adjacent terminals in the slot, and a height of the partition walls between the ground terminals and the signal terminals in the fitting direction is lower than a height of other partition walls in the fitting direction. |
| US11626672B2 |
Battery clamp device
A battery clamp having a first inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a first outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp, and a second outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp. The first inner metal battery clamp member and/or the second inner metal battery clamp member having a battery cable connector configured to allow a user to access the battery cable connector with the user's fingers or a tool while avoiding interference with the handle portions of the battery clamp. |
| US11626670B2 |
eLORAN receiver with tuned antenna and related methods
An eLORAN receiver may include an antenna and eLORAN receiver circuitry coupled to the antenna. The antenna may include a ferromagnetic core and an H-field signal winding coupled to the ferromagnetic core. The eLORAN receiver may have an antenna tuning device including a tuning winding surrounding the ferromagnetic core, and a tuning circuit coupled to the tuning winding. |
| US11626669B2 |
Electronically-controlled polarization of antenna arrays
A system and method is provided in which a single-pole-double-throw switch controls whether a circular loop transmits a right-hand circular polarized signal or a left-hand circular polarized signal. The single-pole-double-throw switch is shielded from the circular loop by a metallic ground plane. An annulus of dielectric insulates the circular loop from the metallic ground plane. |
| US11626668B2 |
Waveguide end array antenna to reduce grating lobes and cross-polarization
This document describes techniques, apparatuses, and systems directed to a waveguide end array antenna to reduce grating lobes and cross-polarization. Referred to simply as the waveguide, for short, utilizes a core made of a dielectric material to guide electromagnetic energy from a waveguide input to one or more radiating slots. The dielectric core includes a main channel and one or more forks. Each fork connects the main channel to one or more tine sections, and each tine section is terminated by a closed end and a radiating slot. These radiating slots are separated from each other by a distance to enable at least a portion of the electromagnetic energy to dissipate in phase through the radiating slots. The dielectric core of the waveguide reduces grating lobes and cross-polarization associated with the electromagnetic energy. An automobile can rely on the waveguide to detect objects with increased accuracy. |
| US11626667B1 |
Polarization shifting devices and systems for interference mitigation
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a polarization shifter including a lower substrate having disposed thereon first and second transmission lines for coupling to a feed network, an upper substrate having disposed thereon third and fourth transmission lines for respective communicative coupling to orthogonally-polarized elements of a radiating element, and a dielectric layer residing between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the upper substrate being configured to mechanically couple to the radiating element, the dielectric layer coupling the first transmission line with the third transmission line and coupling the second transmission line with the fourth transmission line, the upper substrate being rotatable relative to the lower substrate to effect polarization adjusting for the radiating element to facilitate avoidance of interference or passive intermodulation (PIM). Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11626665B2 |
Concentrated wireless device providing operability in multiple frequency regions
A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises and a radiating structure that operates in at least two frequency regions. The radiating structure comprises: a ground plane layer having a first connection point; a single radiation booster having a first connection point; a radiofrequency system comprising a first input port, a plurality of external output ports, and a plurality of branches, at least some of the plurality of branches being connected to a common point connected to the first input port, wherein each of the plurality of external output ports provides operation in at least one of the at least two frequency regions of operation; and a first internal port defined between the first connection point of the radiation booster and the first connection point of the ground plane layer, the first internal port being connected to the first input port of the radiofrequency system. |
| US11626664B2 |
Antenna
Antenna has a split ring resonator. Moreover, the antenna is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor which form, at least in part, an open stub or a short stub which has a predetermined electrical length. With this structure, the antenna can have a plurality of operating frequencies. |
| US11626663B2 |
Band changer and communication system including the band changer
A band changer includes a rotor having a rotation axis, and a plurality of transceivers disposed separately from the rotation axis and provided in the rotor along a circumferential direction of the rotor, and configured to transmit and receive waves respectively having different frequency bands. |
| US11626662B2 |
Multi-band antenna and mobile terminal
This application provides a multi-band antenna. The antenna includes a feeder and a radiating element connected to the feeder, and further includes: a first notch structure, where the first notch structure is located on a side of the radiating element and is coupled to the radiating element; and a second notch structure, where the second notch structure is located on a side of the first notch structure and far from the radiating element, and an end that is of the second notch structure and that is far from the radiating element is grounded. The first notch structure may be selectively connected to the ground or to the second notch structure. The first notch structure may be connected to the second notch structure in some embodiments using a first tuning device. |
| US11626660B2 |
Dual-frequency current-balancing quadrifilar helical antenna
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of antennas and provides a dual-frequency current-balancing quadrifilar helical antenna, which belongs to the technical field of antennas in multi-mode global satellite navigation system. The dual-frequency current-balancing quadrifilar helical antenna comprises a radiating part and a feeding part, wherein: the radiating part comprises a hollow column and four sets of spiral arms with the same specifications and equal intervals; the spiral arms are wound on a surface of the hollow column and the feeding part is mounted at an end of the hollow column; each set of spiral arms comprises a main radiating arm and an auxiliary radiating arm; terminals of the main radiating arm and the auxiliary radiating arm are open-circuited or short-circuited, and a coupling component is arranged at an open-circuited or short-circuited terminal. The dual-frequency current-balancing quadrifilar helical antenna provided in the present disclosure can increase the energy of a parasitic frequency band, improve the performance of the parasitic frequency band, and reduce the size of the antenna. |
| US11626657B2 |
Antenna packaging module and making method thereof
The present disclosure provides an antenna packaging module and the making method. The antenna packaging module comprises a redistribution layer, an antenna structure, a semiconductor chip, a third packaging layer, and a packaging antenna connector to an external circuit board. The antenna structure includes a connector opening and at least a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure stacked on one surface of the redistribution layer. The packaging antenna connector is designed in the connector opening and is electrically connected to the redistribution layer. Electrical terminals are provided through the packaging antenna connector disposed in the connector opening, thus reducing the antenna signal loss. The antenna packaging module requires neither any metal wire ends electrically connected to redistribution layer, nor a flip-chip process. |
| US11626653B2 |
Method of making a ceramic resonator RF filter, an RF module and a wireless mobile device by forming stacked rows of ceramic resonators connected to a printed circuit board
A method of manufacturing a ceramic resonator radio frequency filter includes placing one or more first coaxial resonators on a printed circuit board, and placing one or more second coaxial resonators over the one or more first coaxial resonators so that the coaxial resonators are arranged in a stacked configuration on the printed circuit board. The method also includes electrically connecting the one or more first coaxial resonators and second coaxial resonators to the printed circuit board. |
| US11626651B2 |
Filter
Provided is a filter capable of suppressing variation in characteristics. A filter has: a plurality of resonators each having a via electrode and a first strip line that is opposed to a first shielding conductor and connected to one end of the via electrode; a first coupling capacitive electrode that has a first comb-shaped electrode including a plurality of first electrodes and that is provided to the first resonator; and a second coupling capacitive electrode that is provided to the second resonator, that has a second comb-shaped electrode including a plurality of second electrodes, and that is formed on the same layer as that of the first coupling capacitive electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other. |
| US11626648B2 |
Battery module including bus bar plate
Disclosed is a battery module capable of reducing manufacturing costs and improving manufacturing efficiency. The battery module includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; a battery management unit having a printed circuit board with a printed circuit, the printed circuit board having a connecting portion on inner and outer peripheries of which a connecting conductor is coated to be electrically connected to the printed circuit; and a bus bar plate having a plate shape, the bus bar plate having a connection portion configured to electrically connect the plurality of secondary batteries and a sensing portion with a strip form elongated from one side end of the connection portion, the sensing portion having a bent structure where a longitudinal end thereof is bent at least two times, at least a part of the bent structure being in elastic contact with an inside of the connecting portion. |
| US11626647B2 |
Energy storage device and energy storage apparatus comprising a gas release valve having a plurality of branch points
An energy storage device is provided with a case including a lid body in which a gas release valve is formed. The gas release valve includes a thin wall with a thickness smaller than a thickness of a portion adjacent to the gas release valve. The thin wall includes an intermediate portion and two lateral portions that are arranged at positions sandwiching the intermediate portion in a first direction. As viewed from a normal direction to the lid body, the intermediate portion is disposed at the middle position in the first direction of the lid body and is formed with a width, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, smaller than those of the two lateral portions. |
| US11626641B2 |
Battery module
The present disclosure provides a battery module. The battery module includes a plurality of batteries that are stacked and two end plates disposed at two ends of the plurality of batteries in a stacking direction of the batteries. The battery module further includes a fixing strap, which includes a strap-shaped body and an elastic fixing part. The strap-shaped body surrounds the plurality of batteries and the end plates and defines a gap. The elastic fixing part is disposed in the gap and connected to the strap-shaped body. The elastic fixing part, together with the strap-shaped body, can provide an expansion space for the battery module with a certain restraint. In this way, the deformation of the battery module can be suppressed, and the battery module is protected from being damaged by a shear force of the strap-shaped body, thereby improving reliability of the battery performance. |
| US11626637B2 |
Secondary battery comprising the opening
In the case where a film, which has lower strength than a metal can, is used as an exterior body of a secondary battery, a current collector provided in a region surrounded by the exterior body, an active material layer provided on a surface of the current collector, or the like might be damaged when force is externally applied to the secondary battery. A secondary battery which is resistant to external force is obtained. An opening is provided in a central portion of the secondary battery; and a terminal is formed in the opening. An outer edge of the secondary battery is fixed by thermocompression bonding. In addition, the central portion of the secondary battery is fixed by thermocompression bonding, so that the amount of bending is limited even when the outer edge portion of the secondary battery is bent. |
| US11626635B2 |
Partition member and assembled battery
A partition member has a thickness direction and a surface direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and which separates single cells that make up an assembled battery in the thickness direction, or a single cell that makes up the assembled battery in the thickness direction and a member other than the single cells. The partition member includes, in the interior thereof, a fluid having a boiling point at normal pressure of 80° C. to 250° C., and a flow channel of the fluid extending along the surface direction. The fluid is held in a fluid holding part, and the fluid holding part is hermetically sealed by a packaging material. |
| US11626634B2 |
Battery unit incorporating heat exchange areas
The present invention relates to a battery unit (1) essentially comprising a plurality of cells, a housing (3) which accommodates and surrounds the cells, and means (5) for adjusting the temperature of the cells by means of the circulation of heat transfer fluid. The battery unit (1) is characterised in that the housing (3) comprises at least one, preferably multiple, area(s) of heat exchange between the cells and the heat transfer fluid, located at least in a bottom region on which the cells rest, said area(s) being incorporated into the structure of the housing (3), preferably in the wall of the latter. |
| US11626631B2 |
Power supply device and system comprising power supply device and electric tool
Provided is a power supply device in which the reliability of a voltage output is improved, and also provided is a system comprising the power supply device and an electric tool. The power supply device (1) is provided with: a secondary battery cell (2a); an output unit connected to an electric tool and supplying the power of the secondary battery cell (2a) to the electric tool; and switching elements (Q1), (Q2) capable of interrupting a current path from the secondary battery cell (2a) to the electric tool. The switching element (Q1) switches whether or not to interrupt the current path not by being controlled by a control circuit (12) but in accordance with whether the electric tool connected to the output unit has a shorting bar (59) or not. |
| US11626630B2 |
Battery module
A battery module includes: a cell stack including a plurality of unit cells arranged in a first direction; and an insulating member around the plurality of unit cells; a plurality of module housings, each of the module housings including a plurality of receiving parts and receiving the cell stack; and a coupling part, and each of the receiving parts includes a fixing wall around the cell stack and having at least a portion which is in contact with the cell stack, and the fixing wall includes end walls at respective sides of each of the receiving parts in the first direction to engage end surfaces of respective sides of the cell stack in the first direction, and the coupling part is configured to be coupled to the coupling part of an adjacent battery module. |
| US11626629B2 |
Method for performing a test of a thermal management system
A method for performing a test of a thermal management system for a vehicle. The thermal management system includes a number of thermal components and at least one sensor, wherein a setup of the thermal management system is tested by a control device before delivery of the vehicle when the thermal management system is or will be incorporated in the vehicle during a final assembly. |
| US11626628B1 |
Systems and methods for predicting remaining useful life in batteries and assets
In one aspect, a method for a cloud-based computing system may include training, using test data, machine learning models to predict a remaining useful life of each cell of a battery pack of a vehicle. The method may include using a rule-based evaluator to determine first scores for the machine learning models, using a machine learning based metric evaluator to determine second scores for the machine learning models, using a model selection inference engine to select, based on the first and second scores for the machine learning models, a machine learning model to use to predict the remaining useful life of each cell of the battery pack of the vehicle, and transmitting, to a processing device of the vehicle, the selected machine learning model and parameters to predict the remaining useful life of each cell of the battery pack of the vehicle. |
| US11626624B2 |
Battery module and power system
A power system includes a battery module and a battery ECU. The battery module includes multiple battery stacks. Each of multiple battery stacks includes multiple battery cells, multiple detectors which independently detect physical values of the multiple battery cells, respectively, and multiple individual communicators which wirelessly output detection results of the multiple detectors. Each of the multiple individual communicators communicates a radio signal wirelessly to and from a general monitor. The multiple battery stacks and the general monitor are accommodated in a storage space in a housing having electromagnetic shielding performance. A shield is also accommodated in the storage space while facing a communication hole formed on the housing. |
| US11626616B2 |
Sulfide solid electrolyte
A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuKα rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2θ=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 2θ=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2 |
| US11626613B2 |
Battery cell, electrochemical device and manufacturing method thereof
The present application provides a battery cell including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed therebetween, wherein the separator comprises an extension portion beyond the first electrode and the second electrode at an end portion of the battery cell. The battery cell further includes an adhesive layer including a body and a connecting portion extending from the body. The body is adhered to the extension portion, and the connecting portion is adhered to the extension portion. It is an object of the present application to provide a battery cell that effectively eliminates invalidation resulted from short circuit caused by the separator shrinkage. The present application further provides an electrochemical device and a method of manufacturing thereof. |
| US11626605B2 |
Flow battery control method, flow battery control system and flow battery
The control method for a flow battery includes acquiring a current electrolyte capacity decay rate of the flow battery; comparing the current electrolyte capacity decay rate with a first preset decay rate and a second preset decay rate; when the current electrolyte capacity decay rate is greater than the first preset decay rate and less than the second preset decay rate, adjusting a liquid level of positive electrolyte and a liquid level of negative electrolyte, such that a difference between these two liquid levels is less than a preset value, a ratio of the total amount of vanadium in the positive electrolyte to the total amount of vanadium in the negative electrolyte remains in a first preset ratio range, or a ratio of a vanadium ion concentration in the positive electrolyte to a vanadium ion concentration in the negative electrolyte remains in a second preset ratio range. |
| US11626598B2 |
Method of producing fuel cell stack
A fuel cell stack includes a first metal separator and a second metal separator sandwiching a membrane electrode assembly. Bead seals are provided on the first and second metal separators. The bead seals protrude toward the membrane electrode assembly. A seal member is provided on a top part of each of the bead seals. In the process of producing the fuel cell stack, pressure medium is supplied to a coolant flow field formed between the first metal separator and the second metal separator. The supply pressure of the pressure medium is set to not less than the supply pressure of a coolant supplied to the coolant flow field during normal operation of the fuel cell stack. |
| US11626596B2 |
Liquid reserve batteries for low temperature activation and performance in munitions
A liquid reserve battery including: a collapsible storage unit having a collapsible cavity for storing a liquid electrolyte therein; and a battery cell in communication with an outlet of the collapsible storage unit, the battery cell having gaps dispersed therein. Wherein the collapsible storage unit comprises a plurality of triangular sidewalls; and the plurality of triangular sidewalls being configured to collapse in a longitudinal direction about a hinge disposed between adjacent sides of each of the plurality of triangular sidewalls. |
| US11626593B2 |
Negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
This negative electrode comprises an electrode current collector, and an electrode mixture layer provided on a surface of the electrode current collector. When, with respect to the thickness direction of the electrode mixture layer, a range from the surface on the side of the electrode current collector to 40% of the thickness of the electrode mixture layer is defined as a first region, and a range from the surface on the side opposite to the electrode current collector to 40% of the thickness of the electrode mixture layer is defined as a second region, the first region and the second region have different volume change ratio upon charge and discharge, and the region having the larger volume change ratio upon charge and discharge has a higher content of a solid inorganic filler and a lower content of a hollow inorganic filler than the region having the smaller volume change ratio. |
| US11626590B2 |
All solid fluoride ion battery
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid fluoride ion battery that has a favorable capacity property. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid fluoride ion battery comprising: a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer; wherein the anode layer includes a metal fluoride containing an M1 element, an M2 element, and a F element; the M1 element is a metal element that fluorination and defluorination occur at a potential, versus Pb/PbF2, of −2.5 V or more; the M2 element is a metal element that neither fluorination nor defluorination occur at a potential, versus Pb/PbF2, of −2.5 V or more; and the M2 element is a metal element that, when in a form of a fluoride, fluoride ion conductivity is 1×10−4 S/cm or more at 200° C. |
| US11626587B2 |
Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to a configuration includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing nickel (Ni) in an amount of greater than or equal to 80 mol %, in which boron (B) is present at least on a particle surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide. In the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, when particles having a larger particle size than a volume-based 70% particle size (D70) are first particles and particles having a smaller particle size than a volume-based 30% particle size (D30) are second particles, a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the first particles is larger than a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the second particles by 5% or greater. |
| US11626585B2 |
Electrode material and a method of preparing the same
A method of preparing an electrode material includes heating a substrate with a bonding agent to form a self-assembled monolayer-containing material; and depositing a polymer coating onto the self-assembled monolayer-containing material under an elevated temperature to form a layered material. An electrode material and an electrode incorporating the electrode material is also provided. |
| US11626582B2 |
Anode-free primary battery and electrode assembly thereof
The disclosure provides a primary battery and an electrode assembly thereof. The electrode assembly includes a separator, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode current collector. The separator has a positive electrode side and a negative electrode side opposite to each other. The positive electrode is located at the positive electrode side of the separator, and the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode material. The negative electrode current collector is located at the negative electrode side of the separator. The electrode assembly does not include a negative electrode material before charging or activation. |
| US11626574B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; first and second pixel electrodes on the substrate and spaced from each other; an insulating layer between the first and second pixel electrodes, the insulating layer covering ends of the first and second pixel electrodes, and having a step height difference; an auxiliary electrode on the insulating layer; first and second intermediate layers on the first and second pixel electrodes, the first and second intermediate layers being spaced from each other, and including first and second light-emitting layers, respectively; first and second opposite electrodes on the first and second intermediate layers, the first and second opposite electrodes being spaced from each other, and in contact with the auxiliary electrode; and first and second passivation layers on the first and second opposite electrodes, the first and second passivation layers being spaced from each other, and covering the first and second opposite electrodes, respectively. |
| US11626573B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display, method of manufacturing thereof, and display device
A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display panel includes: providing a substrate, and a flexible film layer is formed on the substrate; forming an anode layer on the flexible film layer, and a via hole region is disposed on the anode layer, a camera is disposed at a side of the substrate facing away from the via hole region, and an orthographic projection region of the camera on the substrate is located in the via hole region; forming a first bank and a second bank at intervals in the via hole region, and the first bank and the second bank are both located in the orthographic projection region of the via hole region; depositing a light emitting layer and a cathode layer sequentially, and the light emitting layer and the cathode layer are configured to form a light emitting unit; and packaging the display panel. |
| US11626572B2 |
Method of fabricating cover window, cover window and display device including the same
In a method of fabricating a cover window, the method includes: forming, on a glass article having a flat upper surface, a mask layer including water glass and a recess portion having a partially recessed upper surface; and etching the mask layer and the glass article to form a cover window having a partially recessed upper surface. |
| US11626569B1 |
Quasi global cathode contact method for advanced patterning
Embodiments described herein relate to sub-pixel circuits and methods of forming sub-pixel circuits that may be utilized in a display such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The sub-pixel circuit includes a plurality of contact overhangs. The plurality of contact overhangs are disposed between adjacent sub-pixels of a sub-pixel circuit to be formed. The contact overhangs are formed over a metal grid exposed through a PDL structure. A cathode is deposited via evaporation deposition to be in contact with the contact overhang. The metal grid is perpendicular to a plurality of metal layers disposed on the substrate. |
| US11626568B1 |
Organic light-emitting diode display with a conductive layer having an additive
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. Voltage may be applied to the anode of each pixel to control the magnitude of emitted light. The conductivity of the OLED layers may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes in the display. To reduce leakage current and the accompanying cross-talk, resistance of a laterally conductive OLED layer may be increased. The laterally conductive layer may include an organic host material, dopants, and a resistance-increasing additive. Another way to reduce leakage current is to apply bias voltages to the anodes of the display and/or expose the laterally conductive layer to ultraviolet light, causing dopants within the laterally conductive layer to degrade. |
| US11626566B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and apparatus including the same
An organic light-emitting device includes a mixed layer, an emission layer, and a buffer layer and satisfies one of Equation 1 or Equation 2 and Equation 3: T1(D)≥T1(Mix)+0.3 eV Equation 1 T1(H)≥T1(Mix)+0.3 eV Equation 2 T1(Mix) |
| US11626564B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device and organometallic compound for organic electroluminescence device
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescence device including an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2 below in an emission layer, to achieve long service life of the organic electroluminescence device. |
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Fused polycyclic compound, and preparation method and use thereof
The present invention relates to the field of display technologies, and particularly to a fused polycyclic compound, and a preparation method and use thereof. The fused polycyclic compound provided in the present invention has a structure of General Formula IV. The structure of the compound has ambipolarity, and the HOMO level and the LUMO level of the host material are respectively located on different electron donating group and electron withdrawing group, such that the transport of charges and holes in the host material becomes more balanced, thereby expanding the area where holes and electrons are recombined in the light emitting layer, reducing the exciton concentration, preventing the triplet-triplet annihilation of the device, and improving the efficiency of the device. |
| US11626553B2 |
Light-emitting apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
A light-emitting apparatus including a circuit substrate and a light-emitting device is provided. The circuit substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The light-emitting device is disposed on a first surface of the circuit substrate. The light-emitting device includes a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal. The first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal are embedded between the first electrode and the second electrode. In a first direction, there is a first distance between an inner edge of the first electrode and an inner edge of the second electrode, there is a second distance between an outer edge of the first conductive terminal and an outer edge of the second conductive terminal, and the first distance is greater than or equal to the second distance. |
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Method for transferring light-emitting structures
A method for transferring electroluminescent structures onto a face, referred to as the accommodating face, of an accommodating substrate. The accommodating face is moreover provided with interconnections intended to individually address each of the structures. The electroluminescent structures are initially formed on a supporting substrate and are separated by tracks. It is then proposed in the present invention to form reflective walls, vertically above the tracks, which comprise a supporting polymer (the second polymer) supporting a metal film on its sides. Such an arrangement of reflective walls makes it possible to reduce the stresses exerted on the electroluminescent structures during the transfer method according to the present invention. Moreover, the reflective walls, within the meaning of the present invention, may be produced on all the electroluminescent structures resting on a supporting substrate. |
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UV LED device
A UV LED device includes a base, a lens disposed on the base, an adhesive unit, an LED chip unit, and an encapsulating member. The adhesive unit has multiple layers and is connected between the base and the lens such that the base, the lens and the adhesive unit cooperatively define an enclosed space. The LED chip unit is disposed in the enclosed space. The encapsulating member is disposed in the enclosed space, and encapsulates the LED chip unit. The encapsulating member is made of a material the same as a material of at least one layer of the adhesive unit. |
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Light emitting apparatus and production method thereof
A light emitting apparatus includes: an electrically insulating base member that has first and second sides extending in a width direction, and third and fourth sides extending in a length direction, wherein the third and fourth sides are longer than the first and second sides; a plurality of electrically conductive pattern portions; a plurality of light emitting devices mounted on the electrically conductive pattern portions, the light emitting devices being arrayed in the length direction; a protection element that is flip chip mounted on the electrically conductive pattern portions and located, in the plan view, between the light emitting devices and the third side of the base member in the width direction; a first resin part that has a frame shape; a second resin part that is located in the first resin part; and at least one transparent member located on the light emitting devices. |
| US11626539B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing semiconductor light emitting device
Method for manufacturing semiconductor light-emitting device having a substrate, a metal layer over the substrate, and a semiconductor layer over the metal layer. The semiconductor layer includes a light-emitting layer, and with respect to the light-emitting layer, a first conductivity type layer at a substrate side and a second conductivity type layer opposite the substrate. The second conductivity type layer includes a first layer forming a semiconductor layer surface and a second layer at the substrate side with respect to the first layer. The method includes exposing a second layer surface by selectively removing the first layer, forming an uneven surface portion of the second layer by frost processing the exposed surface, forming an electrode over the first layer, forming a space between an end portion of the first layer and a peripheral edge of the electrode by side-etching the first layer toward a lower side of the electrode using a nitric acid-based dilute solution, and forming another electrode below the substrate. |
| US11626538B2 |
Light emitting diode device with tunable emission
Described at light emitting diode (LED) devices emitting different colors on the same wafer, which facilitates their integration with close packing density (not requiring transfer of devices from two different wafers to a third substrate module). The LED devices and driving methods allow light of different colors and similar luminance levels to be emitted for given input current. |
| US11626535B2 |
Buried contact layer for UV emitting device
In some embodiments, a light emitting structure comprises a layered semiconductor stack comprising a first set of doped layers, a second layer, a light emitting layer positioned between the first set of doped layers and the second layer, and an electrical contact to the first set of doped layers. The first set of doped layers can comprise a first sub-layer, a second sub-layer, and a third sub-layer, wherein the third sub-layer is adjacent to the light emitting layer. The electrical contact can be coupled to the second sub-layer. The first, second and third sub-layers can be doped n-type, and an electrical conductivity of the second sub-layer can be higher than an electrical conductivity of the first and third sub-layers. The first, second and third sub-layers, and the light emitting layer can each comprise a superlattice. The second layer can comprise a chirped superlattice. |
| US11626530B2 |
Method of transferring micro-light emitting diodes
A method of transferring micro-light emitting diodes is provided. The method includes preparing a transfer substrate including a first groove, a second groove, and a third groove; forming a first transfer prevention film on the second groove and forming a second transfer prevention film on the third groove; transferring, into the first groove, a first micro-light emitting diode configured to emit a first color light; removing the first transfer prevention film formed on the second groove; transferring, into the second groove, a second micro-light emitting diode configured to emit a second color light; removing the second transfer prevention film formed on the third groove; and transferring, into the third groove, a third micro-light emitting diode configured to emit a third color light. |
| US11626529B2 |
Light detecting device and method of manufacturing same
A light detecting device includes a light absorbing layer configured to absorb light in a wavelength range from visible light to short-wave infrared (SWIR); a first semiconductor layer provided on a first surface of the light absorbing layer; an anti-reflective layer provided on the first semiconductor layer and comprising a material having etch selectivity with respect to the first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer provided on a second surface of the light absorbing layer. The first semiconductor layer has a thickness less than 500 nm so as to be configured to allow light to transmit therethrough in the wavelength range from visible light to SWIR. |
| US11626528B2 |
Photoelectric conversion layer, solar cell, multi-junction solar cell, solar cell module, and photovoltaic power system
The photoelectric conversion layer of an embodiment is based on Cu2O, contains at least one p-type dopant selected from the group consisting of Ge, Ta, and In, and has a band gap of equal to or more than 2.10 eV and equal to or less than 2.30 eV. |
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Solar cell
Provided is a solar cell including a first electrode, a second electrode, a light-absorbing layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an intermediate layer located between the light-absorbing layer and at least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the first electrode and the second electrode. The light-absorbing layer contains a perovskite compound represented by a chemical formula ASnX3 (where A is a monovalent cation and X is a halogen anion). The intermediate layer is in contact with the light-absorbing layer. The at least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the first electrode and the second electrode has light-transmissive property. The intermediate layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of (4-(1′,5′-dihydro-1′-methyl-2′H-[5,6]fullereno-C60-Ih[1,9-c]pyrrol-2′-yl)benzoic acid) and fullerene C60. |
| US11626526B2 |
3D printed three-dimensional photovoltaic module
A 3D printed three-dimensional photovoltaic system that allows for the absorption of solar energy from various angles. The solar structure has a plurality of solar cells in a substantially flat 3D polygon solar frame or substantially flat mountainous 3D solar frame having an uneven surface and a reflective surface positioned underneath the solar frame to reflect light. The plurality of solar cells are oriented at various angles with respect to said reflective surface. The plurality of solar cells are configured to receive sunlight. |
| US11626519B2 |
Fabrication of non-planar IGZO devices for improved electrostatics
Embodiments of the invention include non-planar InGaZnO (IGZO) transistors and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment, the IGZO transistor may include a substrate and source and drain regions formed over the substrate. According to an embodiment, an IGZO layer may be formed above the substrate and may be electrically coupled to the source region and the drain region. Further embodiments include a gate electrode that is separated from the IGZO layer by a gate dielectric. In an embodiment, the gate dielectric contacts more than one surface of the IGZO layer. In one embodiment, the IGZO transistor is a finfet transistor. In another embodiment the IGZO transistor is a nanowire or a nanoribbon transistor. Embodiments of the invention may also include a non-planar IGZO transistor that is formed in the back end of line stack (BEOL) of an integrated circuit chip. |
| US11626516B2 |
Integrated circuitry including vertical channel structure and layout method of the same
Provided is an integrated circuit implemented by a plurality of vertical field effect transistors (VFETs) in one or more semiconductor cells, wherein a distance between a pair of second vertical channel structures of a first cell and an adjacent pair of first vertical channel structures in a second cell, all facing a cell boundary between the first and second cells, is the same as a distance between the pair of the first vertical channel structures and a pair of second vertical channel structures arranged next to the pair of the first vertical channel structures in the first cell. |
| US11626515B2 |
High voltage semiconductor device including buried oxide layer and method for forming the same
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a buried oxide layer formed in the substrate and near a surface of the substrate, a gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate and covering the buried oxide layer, a gate structure formed on the gate dielectric layer and overlapping the buried oxide layer, and a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate and at two sides of the gate structure. |
| US11626514B2 |
Trench vertical power MOSFET with channel including regions with different concentrations
A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of first conductivity type provided on the first semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor region of second conductivity type provided on the second semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor region of first conductivity type provided on the first semiconductor region; a first electrode provided in a first trench, the first trench reaching the second semiconductor layer from above the first semiconductor region, the first electrode facing the first semiconductor region via a first insulating film; a second electrode provided in a second trench, the second trench reaching the second semiconductor layer from above the first semiconductor region, the second electrode facing the first semiconductor region via a second insulating film; a third electrode including a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion provided on the first electrode portion and a third electrode portion provided on the second electrode portion, the first electrode portion being provided between the first trench and the second trench, the first electrode portion reaching the first semiconductor region from above the second semiconductor region, the first electrode portion being electrically connected to the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region; a third semiconductor region provided between the third electrode and the second semiconductor region provided between the first insulating film and the third electrode, the third semiconductor region having a higher concentration of impurities of second conductivity type than the first semiconductor region; a fourth semiconductor region provided between the third electrode and the second semiconductor region provided between the second insulating film and the third electrode, the fourth semiconductor region having a higher concentration of impurities of second conductivity type than the first semiconductor region; and a fifth semiconductor region provided between the first semiconductor region and the third electrode, the fifth semiconductor region being provided apart from the third semiconductor region and the fourth semiconductor region, the fifth semiconductor region having a higher concentration of impurities of second conductivity type than the first semiconductor region. |
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Electrostatic discharge protection devices and methods for fabricating electrostatic discharge protection devices
An ESD protection device may include a substrate having first and second substrate layers, and first and second bridged regions. Each substrate layer may include first and second border regions and a middle region laterally therebetween. Each bridged region may be arranged within the middle region and a respective border region of the second substrate layer. The middle region of the second substrate layer may be laterally narrower than the middle region of the first substrate layer. Each border region of the second substrate layer may be partially arranged over the middle region of the first substrate layer and partially arranged over a respective border region of the first substrate layer. The border regions of the substrate layers, and the bridged regions may have a first conductivity type, and the middle regions of the substrate layers may have a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type. |
| US11626508B2 |
Structure of a fin field effect transistor (FinFET)
A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) includes a fin extending from a substrate, where the fin includes a lower region, a mid region, and an upper region, the upper region having sidewalls that extend laterally beyond sidewalls of the mid region. The FinFET also includes a gate stack disposed over a channel region of the fin, the gate stack including a gate dielectric, a gate electrode, and a gate spacer on either side of the gate stack. A dielectric material is included that surrounds the lower region and the first interface. A fin spacer is included which is disposed on the sidewalls of the mid region, the fin spacer tapering from a top surface of the dielectric material to the second interface, where the fin spacer is a distinct layer from the gate spacers. The upper region may include epitaxial source/drain material. |
| US11626505B2 |
Dielectric inner spacers in multi-gate field-effect transistors
A semiconductor structure and a method of fabricating thereof is provided. The semiconductor structure may include a plurality of channel layers disposed over a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of metal gate (MGs) each disposed between two channel layers, an inner spacer disposed on a sidewall of each MG, a source/drain (S/D) feature disposed adjacent to the plurality of MGs, and a low-k dielectric feature disposed on the inner spacer, where the low-k dielectric feature extends into the S/D feature. The low-k dielectric feature may include two dissimilar dielectric layers, one of which may be air. |
| US11626503B2 |
Integrated circuit device having fin-type active
An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region protruding from a top surface of a substrate and extending in a first direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, a gate structure intersecting with the fin-type active region and extending on the substrate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a source/drain region on a first side of the gate structure, a first contact structure on the source/drain region, and a contact capping layer on the first contact structure. A top surface of the first contact structure has a first width in the first direction, a bottom surface of the contact capping layer has a second width greater than the first width stated above in the first direction, and the contact capping layer includes a protruding portion extending outward from a sidewall of the first contact structure. |
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Interconnect structure to reduce contact resistance, electronic device including the same, and method of manufacturing the interconnect structure
An interconnect structure for reducing a contact resistance, an electronic device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the interconnect structure are provided. The interconnect structure includes a semiconductor layer including a first region having a doping concentration greater than a doping concentration of a peripheral region of the semiconductor layer, a metal layer facing the semiconductor layer, a graphene layer between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, and a conductive metal oxide layer between the graphene layer and the semiconductor and covering the first region. |
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Semiconductor device including gate oxide layer and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first gate oxide layer, and a first source/drain doped region. The first gate oxide layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and the first gate oxide layer includes a main portion and an edge portion having a sloping sidewall. The first source/drain doped region is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and located adjacent to the edge portion of the first gate oxide layer. The first source/drain doped region includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed under the edge portion of the first gate oxide layer in a vertical direction, and the second portion is connected with the first portion. |
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Semiconductor structure and forming method thereof
A semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof are provided. In one form, a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; discrete channel structures on the substrate in device regions; a power rail line, located in the substrate of a power rail region; a gate structure, extending across the channel structures; source/drain doped regions, located in the channel structures on two sides of the gate structure; an interlayer dielectric layer, located at a side portion of the gate structure; a power rail contact plug, penetrating a partial thickness of the interlayer dielectric layer at a top of the power rail line, where the power rail contact plug is in full contact with a top surface of the power rail line in a longitudinal direction; and a source/drain contact layer, located in the interlayer dielectric layer and in contact with the source/drain doped region, where on a projection surface parallel to the substrate, the source/drain contact layer extends across the power rail line. The power rail contact plug is in full contact with the top surface of the power rail line in the longitudinal direction, and a dimension of the power rail contact plug in the longitudinal direction and a contact area between the power rail contact plug and the power rail line are increased, to further help to reduce a resistance of the power rail contact plug and a contact resistance between the power rail line and the power rail contact plug. |
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High voltage field effect transistors with self-aligned silicide contacts and methods for making the same
A field effect transistor includes a source region and a drain region formed within and/or above openings in a dielectric capping mask layer overlying a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode. A source-side silicide portion and a drain-side silicide portion are self-aligned to the source region and to the drain region, respectively. |
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Epitaxial backside contact
A semiconductor device structure according to the present disclosure includes a source feature and a drain feature, at least one channel structure extending between the source feature and the drain feature, a gate structure wrapped around each of the at least one channel structure, a semiconductor layer over the gate structure, a dielectric layer over the semiconductor layer, a doped semiconductor feature extending through the semiconductor layer and the dielectric layer to be in contact with the source feature, a metal contact plug over the doped semiconductor feature, and a buried power rail disposed over the metal contact plug. |
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Optical sensor and image sensor including graphene quantum dots
Provided are an optical sensor including graphene quantum dots and an image sensor including an optical sensing layer. The optical sensor may include a graphene quantum dot layer that includes a plurality of first graphene quantum dots bonded to a first functional group and a plurality of second graphene quantum dots bonded to a second functional group that is different from the first functional group. An absorption wavelength band of the optical sensor may be adjusted based on types of functional groups bonded to the respective graphene quantum dots and/or sizes of the graphene quantum dots. |
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Back-gate field-effect transistors and methods for making the same
A back-gate carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFETs) provides: (1) reduced parasitic capacitance, which decreases the energy-delay product (EDP) thus improving the energy efficiency of digital systems (e.g., very-large-scale integrated circuits) and (2) scaling of transistors to smaller technology nodes (e.g., sub-3 nm nodes). An exemplary back-gate CNFET includes a channel. A source and a drain are disposed on a first side of the channel. A gate is disposed on a second side of the channel opposite to the first side. In this manner, the contacted gate pitch (CGP) of the back-gate CNFET may be scaled down without scaling the physical gate length (LG) or contact length (LC). The gate may also overlap with the source and/or the drain in this architecture. In one example, an exemplary CNFET was demonstrated to have a CGP less than 30 nm and 1.6× improvement to EDP compared to top-gate CNFETs. |
| US11626482B2 |
Air spacer formation with a spin-on dielectric material
The present disclosure describes a method of forming an intermediate spacer structure between a gate structure and a source/drain (S/D) contact structure and removing a top portion of the intermediate spacer structure to form a recess. The intermediate spacer structure includes a first spacer layer, a second spacer layer, and a sacrificial spacer layer between the first spacer layer and the second spacer layer. The method further includes removing the sacrificial spacer layer to form an air gap between the first spacer layer and the second spacer layer and spinning a dielectric layer on the air gap, the first spacer layer, and the second spacer layer to fill in the recess and seal the air gap. The dielectric layer includes raw materials for a spin-on dielectric material. |
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Silicon carbide field-effect transistor including shielding areas
A semiconductor component includes: gate structures extending from a first surface into an SiC semiconductor body; a drift zone of a first conductivity type formed in the SiC semiconductor body; first mesas and second mesas arranged between the gate structures in the SiC semiconductor body; body areas of a second conductivity type arranged in the first mesas and the second mesas, the body areas each adjoining a first side wall of one of the gate structures; first shielding areas of the second conductivity type adjoining a second side wall of one of the gate structures; second shielding areas of the second conductivity type adjoining the body areas in the second mesas; and diode areas of the conductivity type of the drift zone, the diode areas forming Schottky contacts with a load electrode between the first shielding areas and the second shielding areas. |
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Semiconductor device including a plurality of electrodes and supporters
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of electrode structures formed on a substrate; and an upper supporter group and a lower supporter between upper ends and lower ends of the plurality of electrode structures The upper supporter group includes a plurality of supporters, and at least some of the plurality of supporters each have an upper surface and a lower surface. One of the upper surface and the lower surface has a curved profile, and the other surface has a flat profile. |
| US11626475B2 |
Trench capacitor with extended dielectric layer
An improved trench capacitor structure is disclosed that allows for the formation of narrower capacitors. An example capacitor structure includes a first conductive layer on the sidewalls of an opening through a thickness of a dielectric layer, a capacitor dielectric layer on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer on the capacitor dielectric layer, and a conductive fill material on the second conductive layer. The capacitor dielectric layer laterally extends above the opening and along a top surface of the dielectric layer, and the conductive fill material fills a remaining portion of the opening. |
| US11626472B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a base substrate having an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area. A plurality of pixels is disposed on the active area. The electronic apparatus also includes a plurality of power lines connected to the pixels. A power pad is disposed on a peripheral area and is configured to receive a power voltage. A power pattern is disposed on the peripheral area and connecting the power lines to the power pad. A plurality of sensing electrodes is disposed on the pixels in the active area. A plurality of sensing pads is disposed on the peripheral area and is electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. The sensing pads overlap with the power pattern. |
| US11626465B2 |
Display device having test pad and bridge
A display apparatus includes a substrate with a first area and a second area outside the first area, a plurality of pixels located in the first area, a power supply line located in the second area and having a through-hole penetrating the power supply line, a first insulating layer covering the power supply line and filling the through-hole thereof, a test pad located on the first insulating layer and electrically insulated from the power supply line, wherein the test pad overlaps a region defined by the through-hole, a second insulating layer covering the test pad, and a bridge located on the second insulating layer and electrically insulated from the test pad, and electrically connected to the power supply line via a first contact hole in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The test pad is disposed beneath the bridge. |
| US11626459B2 |
Displaying base plate and fabricating method thereof, and displaying device
A displaying base plate includes an opening region, an adjacent region surrounding the opening region, and a displaying region surrounding the adjacent region, and the displaying base plate located within the adjacent region includes: a substrate base plate; a flat layer and a passivation layer that are provided on one side of the substrate base plate, wherein the passivation layer is provided on one side of the flat layer that is further away from the substrate base plate, a surface of the one side of the flat layer that is further away from the substrate base plate includes at least an inclined plane adjacent to one side of the opening region, and the flat layer includes a first protrusion provided on the inclined plane; and a first isolating groove that at least partially overlaps with the first protrusion and extends throughout the passivation layer and extends into the first protrusion. |
| US11626456B2 |
Display device including stepped section substrate with embedded camera
A display device is discussed, which has improved transmittance and relieves a visual difference in a camera region, even though a camera is provided in an active region, by changing the configuration of a substrate in a region corresponding to the camera. |
| US11626455B2 |
Display apparatus and electric apparatus including the same
A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a display area with a first folding area, the display area including an upper surface and a lower surface and displaying an image via the upper surface, a cover window disposed on the upper surface of the display area of the flexible display panel and an antenna layer including a first antenna disposed on an upper surface of the first folding area. The upper surface of the display area includes the upper surface of the first folding area. The first antenna is disposed between the upper surface of the first folding area and the cover window. |
| US11626453B2 |
Color filter, and method of manufacturing same
The present invention relates to a color filter including a color layer having at least one color, a quantum dot layer, and a partition wall in a unitary form for the color layer and the quantum dot layer, a method of manufacturing the color filter, and an image display device including the color filter. The color filter is capable of exhibiting a superior external light suppression effect, thereby improving luminous efficiency, and moreover, it is possible to simplify the process of manufacturing the color filter, thereby improving productivity. In addition, the image display device including the color filter can exhibit improved luminance to thus realize a high-quality image. |
| US11626448B2 |
Fan-out light-emitting diode (LED) device substrate with embedded backplane, lighting system and method of manufacture
Methods of manufacture are described. A method includes forming a first cavity in a substrate and placing a backplane in the first cavity. At least one layer of dielectric material is formed over the substrate and the backplane. A second cavity is formed in the at least one layer of the dielectric material to expose at least a portion of a surface of the backplane. A heat conductive material is placed in the second cavity and in contact with the at least the portion of the surface of the backplane. |
| US11626441B2 |
Optical module
An optical module includes an image sensor and micro lens array. The image sensor has at least one group of pixels. The micro lens array is disposed on the image sensor. The at least one group of pixels is shifted from the micro lens array in a first direction from a top view perspective. |
| US11626430B2 |
Image sensing device for correcting depth information
An image sensing device includes an image sensor suitable for correcting depth information based on a control signal, and for generating image data according to the depth information, and a controller suitable for analyzing an error of the depth information, and for generating the control signal, based on first and second cycle signals provided from the image sensor. |
| US11626428B2 |
Pixel and display device including the same
A display device includes a pixel disposed in a display area. The pixel includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other; a light emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first end portion and a second end portion; a third electrode disposed on the first end portion of the light emitting element and electrically connecting the first end portion to the first electrode; and a fourth electrode disposed on the second end portion of the light emitting element and electrically connecting the second end portion to the second electrode. An opening is formed in at least one of the first to fourth electrodes and disposed in a first area and a second area that are adjacent to the first end portion and the second end portion of the light emitting element. |
| US11626427B2 |
Fabricating method of displaying base plate, displaying base plate and displaying device
A displaying base plate includes a transparent displaying region. The displaying base plate located within the transparent displaying region includes: a substrate base plate, including a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each of the pixel regions includes a light transmission region and a non-light transmission region; and a transparent-trace layer, a first insulating layer and a first metal-trace layer provided in stack on one side of the substrate base plate, wherein the transparent-trace layer includes a plurality of first transparent traces, the first metal-trace layer includes a plurality of first metal traces, orthographic projections of the first metal traces on the substrate base plate are located within the non-light transmission regions of different pixel regions, each two neighboring first metal traces are connected by one of the first transparent traces, and the first metal traces and the first transparent traces are connected by via holes in the first insulating layer. |
| US11626426B2 |
Display device and method of fabricating the same
A display device includes: a substrate; a first conductive layer on the substrate and comprising a first signal line; an insulating layer pattern on the first conductive layer; a semiconductor pattern on the insulating layer pattern; a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor pattern; and a second conductive layer comprising a gate electrode on the gate insulting layer and a first source/drain electrode and a second source/drain electrode, each on at least a part of the semiconductor pattern, wherein the insulating layer pattern and the semiconductor pattern have a same planar shape, the semiconductor pattern comprises a channel region overlapping the gate electrode, a first source/drain region on a first side of the channel region and a second source/drain region on a second side of the channel region, and the first source/drain electrode electrically connects the first source/drain region and the first signal line. |
| US11626423B2 |
Memory arrays and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells
In some embodiments, a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprise laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Operative channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. Insulative pillars are laterally-between and longitudinally-along immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory blocks. The pillars comprise vertically-spaced and radially-projecting insulative rings in the conductive tiers as compared to the insulative tiers. Other embodiments, including methods, are disclosed. |
| US11626421B2 |
Vertical memory device and method of fabrication the same
A vertical memory device includes a substrate having a peripheral circuit interconnection, lower word lines stacked on the substrate, vertical channel structures passing through the lower word lines, a first cell contact plug including a bottom end lower than a bottom surface of a first lower word line and being connected to the first lower word line, and lower insulating layers and first lower mold patterns positioned beneath the first lower word line and stacked alternately on each other from the substrate. |
| US11626420B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a memory cell region and a connection region, a plurality of gate electrodes in the memory cell region and the connection region, a plurality of channel structures passing through the plurality of gate electrodes and extending in a vertical direction in the memory cell region, and a plurality of pad layers extending in a first direction from each of the plurality of gate electrodes in the connection region. The plurality of pad layers is disposed in a stepped form in a second direction. The device further includes a plurality of dummy lines arranged in one row in the first direction between two pad layers adjacent to each other in the second direction and disposed apart from one another with a pad connection region therebetween in the first direction. The pad connection region overlaps two pad layers successively disposed in the first direction. |
| US11626418B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device with plural channels per memory opening and methods of making the same
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. Memory opening fill structures located in memory openings include a memory film and plural vertical semiconductor channels. |
| US11626414B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. A semiconductor memory device includes a stack structure that includes a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of dielectric layers that are alternately stacked on a substrate, a vertical channel structure that penetrates the stack structure, and a conductive pad on the vertical channel structure. The vertical channel structure includes a semiconductor pattern and a vertical dielectric layer between the semiconductor pattern and the electrodes. An upper portion of the semiconductor pattern includes an impurity region that includes a halogen element. The upper portion of the semiconductor pattern is adjacent to the conductive pad. |
| US11626410B2 |
Silicon-containing layer for bit line resistance reduction
Bit line stacks and methods of forming bit line stacks are described herein. A bit line stack comprises: a polysilicon layer; an adhesion layer on the polysilicon layer; a barrier metal layer on the adhesion layer; an interface layer on the barrier metal layer; a resistance reducing layer on the interface layer; and a conductive layer on the resistance reducing layer. A bit line stack having the resistance reducing layer has a resistance at least 5% lower than a comparable bit line stack without the resistance reducing layer. The resistance reducing layer may include silicon oxide or silicon nitride. The resistance reducing layer may be formed using one or more of a physical vapor deposition (PVD), a radio frequency-PVD, a pulsed-PVD, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or sputtering process. |
| US11626409B2 |
Semiconductor devices having buried gates
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a gate structure disposed in a gate trench in the substrate, a bit line disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the active region on one side of the gate structure, and a capacitor disposed on the bit line and electrically connected to the active region on another side of the gate structure. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer disposed on bottom and inner side surfaces of the gate trench, a conductive layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer in a lower portion of the gate trench, sidewall insulating layers disposed on the gate dielectric layer, on an upper surface of the conductive layer, a graphene conductive layer disposed on the conductive layer, and a buried insulating layer disposed between the sidewall insulating layers on the graphene conductive layer. |
| US11626408B2 |
Memory device and forming method thereof
A memory device and a forming method thereof are provided. The memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate, wherein multiple active regions are formed in the semiconductor substrate, and the multiple active regions are separated by multiple first trenches extending along a first direction and multiple second trenches extending along a second direction; a third trench, extending along the first direction and located in the semiconductor substrate at the bottom of the first trench; a bit line doped region, located in the semiconductor substrate on two sides of the third trench; a gate dielectric layer, located on a sidewall surface of the first trench and a sidewall surface of the second trench; a first dielectric layer that fills the third trench; a metal gate, located in the second trench and the first trench on the first dielectric layer. |
| US11626407B2 |
DRAM with selective epitaxial cell transistor
A method for manufacturing a dynamic random access memory device includes providing a semiconductor substrate and forming a highly doped diffusion region in a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A wordline structure is then deposited on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, where the wordline structure includes an electrically conductive gate layer. An opening is further formed in the wordline structure, where the opening is located at a first end of and extending to the highly doped diffusion region. A semiconductor pillar is then formed in the opening by selective epitaxial growth. An end of the semiconductor pillar is then doped and the doped end is connected with a memory element. |
| US11626405B2 |
Semiconductor device having hybrid capacitors
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of lower electrode structures disposed on a substrate, and a supporter pattern disposed between pairs of lower electrode structures of the plurality of lower electrode structures. The semiconductor device further includes a capacitor dielectric layer disposed on surfaces of each of the plurality of lower electrode structures and the supporter pattern, and an upper electrode disposed on the capacitor dielectric layer. The plurality of lower electrode structures includes a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode disposed on the first lower electrode and having a cylindrical shape. The first lower electrode has a pillar shape. The first lower electrode includes an insulating core. The insulating core is disposed in the first lower electrode. An outer side surface of the first lower electrode and an outer side surface of the second lower electrode are coplanar. |
| US11626403B2 |
Self restoring logic structures
A SEU tolerant structure has two logic sections that generate two output signals that are complementary such that a fault which affects one section cannot affect the other section. Adjacent NMOS regions or adjacent PMOS regions contain no logic inversions in the combinational logic or if logic inversions in the combinational logic are present where all gates following the inversion are SEU hard by design. The circuits can be realized using one of a Complex CMOS gate, pass transistor logic, Multiplexor logic, AND-OR logic or OR-AND logic. A SRL latch is formed of three NMOS and PMOS structures having a first latch with a first NMOS structure adjacent a first PMOS structure, a second latch with a second NMOS structure adjacent a second PMOS structure wherein the first and second NMOS structures are adjacent one another, and a third latch with a third NMOS structure adjacent a third PMOS structure wherein the second and third PMOS structures are adjacent one another, wherein the latch is adapted to have alternating logic with a state assignment of 010 and 101. A Single Event Upset Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) tolerant circuit generates complementary output values 010 and 101 with layouts that are adjacent. |
| US11626401B2 |
Integrated circuit devices and methods of manufacturing the same
An integrated circuit device includes: a fin-type active area protruding from a substrate, extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, and including a first semiconductor material; an isolation layer arranged on the substrate and covering a lower portion of a sidewall of the fin-type active area, the isolation layer including an insulation liner conformally arranged on the lower portion of the sidewall of the fin-type active area, and an insulation filling layer on the insulation liner; a capping layer surrounding an upper surface and the sidewall of the fin-type active area, including a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material, and with the capping layer having an upper surface, a sidewall, and a facet surface between the upper surface and the sidewall; and a gate structure arranged on the capping layer and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US11626392B2 |
Method of forming semiconductor device using range compensating material
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate with a circuit layer, forming a range compensating layer over the semiconductor substrate, the range compensating layer having a plurality of different thicknesses, each of the plurality of different thicknesses being inversely proportional to a stopping power of structures disposed under the respective thickness of the range compensating layer, implanting ions into the semiconductor substrate, the ions traveling through the range compensating layer and the circuit layer to define a cleave plane in the semiconductor substrate, removing the range compensating layer, and cleaving the semiconductor substrate at the cleave plane. The range compensating layer can be used to compensate for variations in ion penetration depth. |
| US11626390B1 |
Display devices and methods of making the same
A display device includes a display panel having a first emission region and a second emission region that surrounds the first emission region. The display device includes a first plurality of light emitters arranged in the first emission region, a plurality of activation lines for the first emission region, a second plurality of light emitters arranged in the second emission region, and a plurality of activation lines for the second emission region. A single activation line of the plurality of activation lines for the first emission region is electrically coupled with a first number of light emitters in the first emission region and a single activation line of the plurality of activation lines for the second emission region is electrically coupled with a second number, distinct from the first number, of light emitters in the second emission region. |
| US11626385B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor substrate and a redistribution pattern on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, the redistribution pattern having a hole exposing an inner sidewall of the redistribution pattern, a second semiconductor chip on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, and a bump structure disposed between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The bump structure is disposed in the hole and is in contact with the inner sidewall of the redistribution pattern. |
| US11626368B2 |
Semiconductor device having fuse array and method of making the same
A method of making a semiconductor device includes operations directed toward electrically connecting a component to a first fuse, wherein the first fuse is on a first conductive level a first distance from the component; identifying a conductive element for omission between the first fuse and a second fuse; and electrically connecting the component to the second fuse, wherein the second fuse is on a second conductive level a second distance from the component, the second distance is greater than the first distance, and the electrically connecting the component to the second fuse comprises electrically connecting the component to the second fuse without forming the identified conductive element. |
| US11626365B2 |
Co-integrated vertically structured capacitive element and fabrication process
First and second wells are formed in a semiconductor substrate. First and second trenches in the first second wells, respectively, each extend vertically and include a central conductor insulated by a first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The second insulating layer is selectively thinned over the second trench. A polysilicon layer is deposited on the second insulating layer and then lithographically patterned to form: a first polysilicon portion over the first well that is electrically connected to the central conductor of the first trench to form a first capacitor plate, a second capacitor plate formed by the first well; and a second polysilicon portion over the second well forming a floating gate electrode of a floating gate transistor of a memory cell having an access transistor whose control gate is formed by the central conductor of the second trench. |
| US11626363B2 |
Bonded structures with integrated passive component
In various embodiments, a bonded structure is disclosed. The bonded structure can include an element and a passive electronic component having a first surface bonded to the element and a second surface opposite the first surface. The passive electronic component can comprise a first anode terminal bonded to a corresponding second anode terminal of the element and a first cathode terminal bonded to a corresponding second cathode terminal of the element. The first anode terminal and the first cathode terminal can be disposed on the first surface of the passive electronic component. |
| US11626362B2 |
Semiconductor package
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes preparing a core substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, and including a cavity. A passive component is disposed in the cavity. A first insulating layer is formed on the upper surface of the core substrate and in the cavity and encapsulates the passive component. Through-vias are formed that penetrate the core substrate and the first insulating layer, and a first wiring layer is formed on the first insulating layer. The first wiring layer connects the through-vias and the passive component. A connection structure including an insulating member is formed on the first insulating layer and a redistribution layer is formed in the insulating member. The redistribution layer is connected to the first wiring layer. A semiconductor chip is disposed on an upper surface of the connection structure. The semiconductor chip has connection pads connected to the redistribution layer. |
| US11626360B2 |
Semiconductor device package and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device package includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a conductive structure, a first solder and a second solder. The second substrate is disposed over the first substrate. The conductive structure is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The conductive structure includes a first wetting portion, a second wetting portion, and a non-wetting portion disposed between the first wetting portion and the second wetting portion. The first solder covers the first wetting portion and connects the conductive structure to the first substrate. The second solder covers the second wetting portion and connects the conductive structure to the second substrate. The first solder is spaced apart from the second solder by the non-wetting portion. |
| US11626358B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device, including a circuit pattern, a contact part and an external connection terminal. The contact part has a cylindrical through-hole and first and second opening ends opposite to each other, the second opening end being joined to the circuit pattern. The external connection terminal has a prismatic main body portion and first and second end portions, the second end portion being inserted into the through-hole from the first opening end of the contact part. The main body portion of the external connection terminal has an insertion prevented portion formed thereon. The contact part includes an insertion preventing portion formed on an inner circumferential surface of the through-hole, the insertion preventing portion being so positioned as to be substantially downstream, with respect to an insertion direction of the external connection terminal, from the main body portion of the external connection terminal inserted into the through-hole. |
| US11626353B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device
According to the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of (a) preparing a lead frame including a switching element die pad, a control element die pad, and a third-side side rail portion, (b) mounting a switching element and a diode element on the switching element die pad and mounting a control element configured to control the switching element on the control element die pad, (c) sealing the switching element, the diode element, and the control element with a mold resin such that the power side terminal, the control side terminal, and a part of the third-side side rail portion protrude outward, and (d) forming a third-side side rail terminal by cutting the third-side side rail portion, the third-side side rail terminal extending from a part of the third-side side rail portion. |
| US11626352B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a mount portion, and a sintered metal bond. The semiconductor element includes a body and an electrode pad. The body has an obverse surface facing forward in a first direction and a reverse surface facing rearward in the first direction. The electrode pad covers the element reverse surface. The mount portion supports the semiconductor element. The sintered metal bond electrically bonds the electrode pad and the mount portion. The sintered metal bond includes a first rear edge and a first front edge spaced forward in the first direction from the first rear edge. The electrode pad includes a second rear edge and a second front edge spaced forward in the first direction from the second rear edge. The first front edge of the metal bond is spaced rearward in the first direction from the second front edge of the pad. |
| US11626347B2 |
Shared base plate and semiconductor module provided with same
A shared base plate includes a plurality of base portions to which a plurality of electronic components including semiconductor switching elements are to be mounted, and a terminal formed portion formed so as to extend from the base portion to the outer side. The terminal formed portion includes a discrimination terminal which is used as a terminal in one of a first semiconductor module and a second semiconductor module and which is not used as a terminal in the other one. If the discrimination terminal that is not used as a terminal is cut to be short, it becomes possible to easily discriminate the semiconductor module from another semiconductor module having the shared base plate by outer appearances. |
| US11626346B2 |
Liquid-cooling radiator module
A liquid-cooling radiator module includes a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a heat dissipation stacked structure, a radiator inlet and a radiator outlet. The first reservoir includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The second reservoir includes a third chamber and a fourth chamber. A fin tube layer of the heat dissipation stacked structure is sandwiched between the first reservoir and the second reservoir. The radiator inlet is connected to the first reservoir and the first chamber. The radiator outlet is connected to the second reservoir and the fourth chamber. A part of fin tubes of the fin tube layer communicates with the first chamber and the third chamber, another part of the fin tubes communicates with the third chamber and the second chamber, and one another part of the fin tubes communicates with the second chamber and the fourth chamber. |
| US11626340B2 |
Integrated circuit (IC) package with embedded heat spreader in a redistribution layer (RDL)
An integrated circuit (IC) package with an embedded heat spreader in a redistribution layer (RDL) is provided. IC packaging facilitates a high density package for ICs, including monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs). However, IC packaging may result in reduced heat removal from an IC, decreasing radio frequency (RF) circuit performance. In an exemplary aspect, an IC package is provided which incorporates an embedded heat spreader within a dielectric layer of an RDL coupled to an IC die. The embedded heat spreader provides efficient heat transfer, robust RF performance, and operation through millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies, all in a miniature low-cost, low-profile surface mountable (SM) package. |
| US11626339B2 |
Integrated circuit package and method
In an embodiment, a device includes: an integrated circuit die; an encapsulant at least partially surrounding the integrated circuit die, the encapsulant including fillers having an average diameter; a through via extending through the encapsulant, the through via having a lower portion of a constant width and an upper portion of a continuously decreasing width, a thickness of the upper portion being greater than the average diameter of the fillers; and a redistribution structure including: a dielectric layer on the through via, the encapsulant, and the integrated circuit die; and a metallization pattern having a via portion extending through the dielectric layer and a line portion extending along the dielectric layer, the metallization pattern being electrically coupled to the through via and the integrated circuit die. |
| US11626338B2 |
Sensor device with diagnosis unit for self-diagnosing presence or absence of a failure
A sensor device includes: a first sensor element; a second sensor element; and a processing chip that includes a semiconductor substrate, a first processor that receives a first detection signal and processes the first detection signal, a second processor that receives the second detection signal and processes the second detection signal, and an isolation portion that electrically isolates the first processor the second processor. The first processor includes a first diagnosis unit that self-diagnoses a presence or absence of a failure. The second processor includes a second diagnosis unit that self-diagnoses a presence or absence of a failure. The processing chip identifiably outputs a first output of the first processor and a second output of the second processor. |
| US11626336B2 |
Package comprising a solder resist layer configured as a seating plane for a device
A package that includes a substrate having a first surface; a solder resist layer coupled to the first surface of the substrate; a device located over the solder resist layer such that a portion of the device touches the solder resist layer; and an encapsulation layer located over the solder resist layer such that the encapsulation layer encapsulates the device. The solder resist layer is configured as a seating plane for the device. The device is located over the solder resist layer such that a surface of the device facing the substrate is approximately parallel to the first surface of the substrate. The solder resist layer includes at least one notch. The device is located over the solder resist layer such that at least one corner of the device touches the at least one notch. |
| US11626334B2 |
Through-hole sealing structure
A sealing structure including: a set of base members forming a sealed space; a through-hole which is formed in at least one of the base members, and communicates with the sealed space; and a sealing member that seals the through-hole. An underlying metal film including a bulk-like metal such as gold is provided on a surface of the base member provided with the through-hole. The sealing member seals the through-hole while being bonded to the underlying metal film, and includes: a sealing material which is bonded to the underlying metal film, and includes a compressed product of a metal powder of gold or the like, the metal powder having a purity of 99.9% by mass or more; and a lid-like metal film which is bonded to the sealing material, and includes a bulk-like metal such as gold. Further, the sealing material includes: an outer periphery-side densified region being in contact with an underlying metal film; and a center-side porous region being in contact with the through-hole. The densified region has a porosity of 10% or less in terms of an area ratio at any cross-section. |
| US11626330B2 |
Film forming method and film forming apparatus
A film forming method includes: a first measurement process of measuring a substrate on which a pattern including recesses is formed using infrared spectroscopy; a film formation process of forming a film on the substrate after the first measurement process; a second measurement process of measuring the substrate using infrared spectroscopy after the film formation process; and an extraction process of extracting difference data between measurement data obtained in the first measurement process and measurement data obtained in the second measurement process. |
| US11626324B2 |
Method of processing a wafer
The invention relates to methods of processing a wafer, having on one side a device area with a plurality of devices. In particular, the invention relates to a method which comprises providing a protective film, and applying the protective film to the side of the wafer being opposite to the one side, so that at least a central area of a front surface of the protective film is in direct contact with the side of the wafer being opposite to the one side. The method further comprises applying an external stimulus to the protective film during and/or after applying the protective film to the side of the wafer being opposite to the one side, so that the protective film is attached to the side of the wafer being opposite to the one side, and processing the one side of the wafer and/or the side of the wafer being opposite to the one side. |
| US11626323B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is made by: forming a metal film containing Al on a surface of a substrate product including a substrate and a nitride semiconductor layer on the substrate, the metal film covering a via hole forming predetermined region, and the surface of the substrate product being located on the nitride semiconductor layer side, forming an etching mask having an opening for exposing the via hole forming predetermined region on a back surface of the substrate product, the back surface of the substrate product being located on the substrate side, and forming a via hole in the substrate product by reactive ion etching, the via hole reaching the surface from the back surface and exposing the metal film. In the forming of the via hole, a reaction gas containing fluorine is used during a period at least including a termination of etching. |
| US11626320B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device, method for packaging semiconductor chip, method for manufacturing shallow trench isolation (STI)
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a source region, a drain region, and a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode covering a channel region between the source region and the drain region, forming an insulating layer over the source region, the drain region, and the gate electrode, forming first to third vias penetrating the insulating layer and exposing portions of the source region, the drain region, and the gate electrode, respectively, forming a source contact in the first via to electrically connect to the source region, forming a drain contact in the second via to electrically connect to the drain region, and forming a gate contact in the third via to electrically connect to the gate electrode. One or more of the first to third vias is formed by ion bombarding by a focused ion beam and followed by a thermal annealing process. |
| US11626319B2 |
Semiconductor-on-insulator substrate for rf applications
A semiconductor-on-insulator substrate for use in RF applications, such as a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprises a semiconductor top layer, a buried oxide layer and a passivation layer over a support substrate. In addition, a penetration layer is provided between the passivation layer and the silicon support substrate to ensure sufficient high resistivity below RF features and avoid increased migration of dislocations in the support substrate. RF devices may be fabricated on and/or in such a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. |
| US11626318B2 |
Radio frequency silicon on insulator structure with superior performance, stability, and manufacturability
A semiconductor-on-insulator (e.g., silicon-on-insulator) structure having superior radio frequency device performance, and a method of preparing such a structure, is provided by utilizing a single crystal silicon handle wafer sliced from a float zone grown single crystal silicon ingot. |
| US11626314B2 |
Lift pin assembly, an electrostatic chuck and a processing apparatus where the electrostatic chuck is located
Disclosed are a lift pin assembly, an electrostatic chuck with the lift pin assembly, and a processing apparatus where the electrostatic chuck is located. The lift pin assembly comprises: a lift pin, a lift pin receiving channel connected to a pressure control device, one end of the lift pin receiving channel proximal to a wafer being provided with a sealing ring, an upper surface of the sealing ring being in contact with a back face of the wafer during processing to avoid a gas at the back face of the wafer from entering the lift pin receiving channel, thereby enabling the pressure control device to independently control the pressure in the lift pin receiving channel. |
| US11626310B2 |
Electrostatic chuck
According to one embodiment, an electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and a first porous part. The ceramic dielectric substrate has a first major surface and a second major surface on opposite side from the first major surface. The base plate supports the ceramic dielectric substrate and includes a gas feed channel. The first porous part is provided at a position between the base plate and the first major surface of the ceramic dielectric substrate. The position is opposed to the gas feed channel. The first porous part includes a plurality of sparse portions each including a plurality of pores. The plurality of sparse portions are spaced from each other. Each of the plurality of sparse portions extends in a direction inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to a first direction from the base plate to the ceramic dielectric substrate. |
| US11626308B2 |
Laser alignment fixture for a reactor system
A laser alignment fixture for a reactor system may be used to align components of the reactor system to allow for a uniform deposition of a thin film onto a substrate. The laser alignment fixture may include: a lid assembly; and a plurality of laser and sensor assemblies. The laser alignment fixture may align at least: a flow control ring, a susceptor, and a side wall of the reactor system. |
| US11626307B2 |
Processing apparatus
A processing apparatus includes a chuck table including a plate-shaped holding component having a predetermined region transparent from one surface to the other surface, a processing unit that processes a workpiece, a first imaging unit disposed over the chuck table to acquire a normal image of the back surface side, and a second imaging unit disposed under the chuck table to acquire a normal image of the front surface side, a display device, and a control part that executes image processing of the normal image of either the back or front surface side to cause the normal image subjected to the image processing to be displayed on the display device in the state of being inverted in a predetermined direction in order to allow the orientation of the normal image of the back surface side to correspond with the orientation of the normal image of the front surface side. |
| US11626306B2 |
Method for analyzing a semiconductor device
A method for analyzing a semiconductor device includes repeatedly etching an entire surface of a wafer at a same etch rate by a target depth to expose a next surface of the wafer. The method includes obtaining two-dimensional structure information from each repeatedly etched surface of the wafer and serially stacking the repeatedly obtained two-dimensional structure information to generate a three-dimensional image. |
| US11626305B2 |
Sensor-based correction of robot-held object
A robotic object handling system comprises a robot arm, a non-contact sensor, a first station, and a computing device. The computing device is to cause the robot arm to pick up an object on an end effector, cause the robot arm to position the object within a detection area of the non-contact sensor, cause the non-contact sensor to generate sensor data of the object, determine at least one of a rotational error of the object relative to a target orientation or a positional error of the object relative to a target position based on the sensor data, cause an adjustment to the robot arm to approximately remove at least one of the rotational error or the positional error from the object, and cause the robot arm to place the object at the first station, wherein the placed object lacks at least one of the rotational error or the positional error. |
| US11626300B2 |
Wafer holding pins and methods of using the same
An apparatus includes a substrate stage configured to secure a substrate thereon and a motion mechanism configured to rotate the substrate stage. The substrate stage includes a plurality of holding pins for holding an edge of the substrate. Rotating the substrate stage causes a chemical solution dispensed on an upper surface of the substrate to spread outwardly toward the edge of the substrate. At least one of the plurality of holding pins includes at least one opening or at least one tapered side surface, or both, for guiding the chemical solution to flow off the substrate. |
| US11626298B2 |
Liquid supply device and liquid supply method
A liquid supply device includes: a storage tank configured to store a processing liquid including a first processing liquid (sulfuric acid) and a second processing liquid (hydrogen peroxide solution); a circulation path having a first pipeline through which the processing liquid passes in a horizontal direction, and configured to circulate the processing liquid stored in the storage tank; a branch path configured to supply the processing liquid to a processing unit; and a branching part having an opening for allowing the processing liquid to flow out from the first pipeline to the branch path, wherein the opening is formed in the branching part and formed below a periphery of the first pipeline when the first pipeline is viewed in section. |
| US11626296B2 |
Fan-out structure and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first die extending through a molding compound layer, a first dummy die having a bottom embedded in the molding compound layer, wherein a height of the first die is greater than a height of the first dummy die, and an interconnect structure over the molding compound layer, wherein a first metal feature of the interconnect structure is electrically connected to the first die and a second metal feature of the interconnect structure is over the first dummy die and extends over a sidewall of the first dummy die. |
| US11626295B2 |
Method of applying conductive adhesive and manufacturing device using the same
An applying method includes the following steps. Firstly, a conductive adhesive including a plurality of conductive particles and an insulating binder is provided. Then, a carrier plate is provided. Then, a patterned adhesive is formed on the carrier plate by the conductive adhesive, wherein the patterned adhesive includes a first transferring portion. Then, a manufacturing device including a needle is provided. Then, the needle of the manufacturing device is moved to contact the first transferring portion. Then, the transferring portion is transferred to a board by the manufacturing device. |
| US11626294B2 |
Substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus and recording medium
A substrate processing method includes etching a substrate having a first film and a second film at a first etching rate; changing an etching rate from the first etching rate to a second etching rate; and etching the substrate at the second etching rate. |
| US11626292B2 |
Pattern formation method and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
In a pattern formation method, a photo resist pattern is formed over a target layer to be patterned. An extension material layer is formed on the photo resist pattern. The target layer is patterned by using at least the extension material layer as an etching mask. |
| US11626282B2 |
Graphene structure and method of forming graphene structure
Provided are a graphene structure and a method of forming the graphene structure. The graphene structure includes a substrate and graphene on a surface of the substrate. Here, a bonding region in which a material of the substrate and carbon of the graphene are covalently bonded is formed between the surface of the substrate and the graphene. |
| US11626281B2 |
PEALD nitride films
A method of depositing nitride films is disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a PEALD process for depositing nitride films which utilizes separate reaction and nitridation plasmas. In some embodiments, the nitride films have improved growth per cycle (GPC) relative to films deposited by thermal processes or plasma processes with only a single plasma exposure. In some embodiments, the nitride films have improved film quality relative to films deposited by thermal processes or plasma processes with only a single plasma exposure. |
| US11626278B2 |
Catalytic formation of boron and carbon films
Exemplary methods of semiconductor processing may include providing a boron-containing precursor to a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. A substrate may be disposed within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include providing a carbon-containing precursor to the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The carbon-containing precursor may be characterized by a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond. The methods may include thermally reacting the boron-containing precursor and the carbon-containing precursor at a temperature below about 650° C. The methods may include forming a boron-and-carbon-containing layer on the substrate. |
| US11626272B2 |
Sputtering equipment and operation method thereof
A sputtering equipment is adapted for sputtering substrates, where each of the substrates includes two opposite main surfaces and side surfaces connecting the two main surfaces. The sputtering equipment includes a cavity, at least one target set and a carrier box. The at least one target set is disposed in the cavity, the target set includes targets, and the targets are staggered at both side surfaces of an axis. The carrier box is movably disposed so as to enter and exit the cavity, and includes substrate accommodating grooves. The substrates are adapted for being placed in the substrate accommodating grooves of the carrier box, and at least one side surface of each of the substrates is located outside the carrier box and protrudes toward the at least one target set. |
| US11626268B2 |
Induction coil assembly and reaction chamber
The present disclosure provides an induction coil assembly and a reaction chamber. The induction coil assembly includes an induction coil arranged over a dielectric window of the reaction chamber. Two ends of the induction coil include a power input end and a ground end, respectively. A vertical spacing between the two ends of the induction coil and the dielectric window is greater than a vertical spacing between a portion between the two ends of the induction coil and the dielectric window. The induction coil and the reaction chamber provided by the present disclosure may reduce the capacitive coupling of the two ends of the induction coil by ensuring that the coupling strength of an RF magnetic field satisfies the requirement to reduce sputtering on the dielectric window and improve process results. |
| US11626265B2 |
Bi-stable trip unit with trip solenoid and flux transfer reset
A trip unit for a circuit breaker includes a magnetic flux transfer system that employs a permanent magnet(s) and solenoid(s) with a ferromagnetic core. The system generates an attractive force using a solenoid to counter the force of a reset spring and latch friction force when a tripping condition is detected. The generated attractive force together with an attractive force from the magnet attracts a yoke which in turn moves the yoke together with an armature to the tripped position. The system also retains the yoke and armature in the tripped position using the attractive force of the magnet when the generated attractive force is no longer being generated. The system further generates a repulsive force using a solenoid when a resettable condition is satisfied to counter the attractive force of the magnet thereby allowing the yoke and armature to move from the tripped position to the reset position. |
| US11626264B1 |
Circuit interrupting safety device
A circuit interrupting safety device (CISD) interrupts the flow of current through a pair of lines extending between a source of power and a load. The CISD includes a column reset assembly functioning as a circuit breaker and a contact actuator, a relay circuit including a solenoid, and a fault detecting circuit packaged in a circuit assembly. The solenoid includes a solenoid pin in an extended state when the CISD is reset and a non-extended state when the CISD is tripped. |
| US11626260B2 |
Circuit breaker with double break contacts and non-polarity sensitive design
A circuit interrupter includes a first set of contacts connected in series with a second set of contacts, with both sets of contacts configured to open and close simultaneously. First and second arc extinguishers are associated with the first and second sets of contacts, respectively. A moveable permanent magnet moves as the sets of contacts simultaneously open and close, the moveable magnet generating a moveable magnetic field, a first stationary permanent magnet associated with the first arc extinguisher, the first stationary magnet generating a first stationary magnetic field, where the first stationary magnetic field and the moveable magnetic field are additive, and a second stationary permanent magnet associated with the second arc extinguisher, the second stationary magnet generating a second stationary magnetic field, where the second stationary magnetic field and the moveable magnetic field are also additive. |
| US11626253B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component includes a multilayer body including a multilayer main body and side gap portions, the multilayer main body including an inner layer portion including dielectric layers and internal nickel electrode layers laminated alternately therein, and including end surfaces on both sides in a length direction. The internal nickel electrode layers are exposed at the end surfaces. External nickel layers are provided on the end surfaces. External copper electrode layers cover the end surfaces on which the external nickel layers are provided. A deviation amount in the width direction between positions of ends of two adjacent internal nickel electrode layers on both side surfaces is at least about 0.5 μm. The external nickel layers are provided on the end surface, in a region excluding a rounded ridge portion. Nickel and tin layers are provided outside the external copper electrode layer. |
| US11626252B2 |
Electronic component and method of manufacturing the electronic component
An electronic component includes a multilayer body including a multilayer main body including end surfaces at which internal nickel electrode layers are exposed, side gap portions, external nickel layers on the end surfaces of the multilayer body, and external copper electrode layers covering the end surfaces on which the external nickel layers are provided. A nickel-based oxide and/or a silicon-based oxide are provided between the external nickel layer and the external copper electrode layer. A nickel layer and a tin layer are provided outside the external copper electrode layer. In a cross section passing through a middle of the electronic component in the width direction and extending in the length direction and the lamination direction, a relationship of about 0.2≤Tea/Tem≤about 1.1 is satisfied. |
| US11626251B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, and two external electrodes. The multilayer body includes a multilayer body main portion including an inner layer portion including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers that are stacked, and two outer layer portions on opposite sides of the inner layer portion in a stacking direction, two side gap portions on opposite sides of the multilayer main body in a width direction, two main surfaces on opposite sides in the stacking direction, two side surfaces on opposite sides in the width direction, and two end surfaces on opposite sides in a length direction. Each of the two external electrodes are at an end surface of the multilayer body, and extend from the end surface to a portion of the main surface. An end of the side gap portion on a side of the main surface protrudes farther than the multilayer main body. |
| US11626246B2 |
Multilayer capacitor
A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are provided and a plurality of internal electrodes are stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed outside the body and connected to the plurality of internal electrodes. The body includes a high resistance portion disposed in at least one region between the dielectric layer and the internal electrode and inside the dielectric layer and having electric resistance higher than electric resistance of the internal electrode, and the high resistance portion and the plurality of internal electrodes include the same metal component and the same metal oxide component. |
| US11626245B2 |
Manufacturing method of magnet unit for wireless charging
The invention discloses a manufacturing method of magnet unit for wireless charging, including the steps: installing multiple magnetic elements onto a first carrier made of non-magnetic material; moving the first carrier into a magnetizing machine to magnetize all the magnetic elements so that each magnetic element becomes a magnet piece, an N-pole and an S-pole are formed on different portions of the same surface of the magnet piece; installing the magnet pieces onto a second carrier made of magnetically permeable material to form a magnet unit, the magnet pieces are defined in an annular array around the central axis of the second carrier installed on a wireless charging base, the magnet unit cooperates with a charging coil of the wireless charging base to charge a wireless headset. The invention simplifies the manufacturing process and ensures the consistency of magnet pieces in the same magnet unit, also improves the manufacturing efficiency. |
| US11626242B2 |
Winding assembly
A winding assembly for a transformer, in particular with a medium operating voltage of Um≥79.5 kV, wherein the winding assembly includes at least one winding, which ends in a winding conductor, where the winding conductor is connected to a switching line, which is configured to interconnect the winding to other windings, and where the connection of the switching line to the winding conductor is arranged inside the winding so as to reduce the danger of partial discharges and flashovers in the high-voltage end-line region for high-temperature applications. |
| US11626241B2 |
Coil assembly
A coil assembly includes: a connection substrate including a coil pad and an accommodating portion disposed in a position adjacent to the coil pad; and a coil portion including a spiral wiring and an end portion bonded to the coil pad, wherein at least a portion of the coil portion is disposed in the accommodating portion. |
| US11626239B2 |
Wire-wound inductor
A wire-wound inductor includes a core that includes a columnar winding core portion having a side surface extending in an up-down direction, an upper flange disposed at an upper end of the winding core portion, and a lower flange disposed at a lower end of the winding core portion. The wire-wound inductor also includes a pair of terminal electrodes formed at the lower flange and a wire wound around the side surface of the winding core portion, the wire having both end portions coupled to respective terminal electrodes. In the wire-wound inductor, a ratio Sa/Sb of a cross-sectional area Sa to a lateral area Sb is one or more, where the cross-sectional area Sa is an area of cross section of the winding core portion and the lateral area Sb is an area of a side-surface extension portion that passes through the upper flange. |
| US11626236B2 |
Stacked inductor having a discrete metal-stack pattern
An inductor includes a first metallization layer multi-turn trace. The inductor also includes a second metallization layer multi-turn trace coupled to the first metallization layer multi-turn trace through at least one first via. The inductor further includes a plurality of discrete third metallization layer trace segments coupled to the second metallization layer multi-turn trace through a plurality of second vias. |
| US11626235B2 |
Coil component and electronic device
In an exemplary embodiment, a coil component includes: an element body part 10 that is formed containing a magnetic material; a coil 40 that is embedded within the element body part 10 and constituted by a wound conductive wire; lead wires 44a, 44b that are extended from the conductive wire and are led out from the coil 40; and terminal parts 70a, 70b that are joined to the lead wires 44a, 44b; wherein tip parts 46a, 46b of the lead wires 44a, 44b, each having a prescribed length from the tip, are embedded in the element body part 10 and also extend along the bottom face 22 of the element body part 10, and the terminal parts 70a, 70b are joined to the tip parts 46a, 46b of the lead wires 44a, 44b on the bottom face 22 of the element body part 10. |
| US11626233B2 |
Chip electronic component and board having the same
There are provided a chip electronic component and a board having the same. The chip electronic component includes: a substrate; a first internal coil part disposed on one surface of the substrate; a second internal coil part disposed on the other surface of the substrate opposing one surface thereof; a via penetrating through the substrate to connect the first and second internal coil parts to each other; and first and second via pads disposed on one surface and the other surface of the substrate, respectively, to cover the via, wherein the first and second via pads are extended in a direction toward portions of the first and second internal coil parts adjacent thereto. |
| US11626231B2 |
Coil electronic component
A coil electronic component includes a body having first to fourth surfaces, an insulating substrate disposed in the body, coil portions disposed on opposing surfaces of the insulating substrate, respectively, a first lead-out portion connected to one of the coil portions and exposed from the first and third surfaces, a second lead-out portion connected to another of the coil portions and exposed from the second and third surfaces, and first and second external electrodes covering the first and second lead-out portions, respectively. The insulating substrate includes a support portion supporting the coil portions, a first end portion extending from the support portion and including end surfaces respectively exposed from the first and third surfaces and spaced apart from each other, and a second end portion extending from the support portion and including end surfaces exposed from the second and third surfaces and spaced apart from each other. |
| US11626229B2 |
Switching of perpendicularly magnetized nanomagnets with spin-orbit torques in the absence of external magnetic fields
A method of controlling a trajectory of a perpendicular magnetization switching of a ferromagnetic layer using spin-orbit torques in the absence of any external magnetic field includes: injecting a charge current Je through a heavy-metal thin film disposed adjacent to a ferromagnetic layer to produce spin torques which drive a magnetization M out of an equilibrium state towards an in-plane of a nanomagnet; turning the charge current Je off after te seconds, where an effective field experienced by the magnetization of the ferromagnetic layer Heff is significantly dominated by and in-plane anisotropy Hkx, and where M passes a hard axis by precessing around the Heff; and passing the hard axis, where Heff is dominated by a perpendicular-to-the-plane anisotropy Hkz, and where M is pulled towards the new equilibrium state by precessing and damping around Heff, completing a magnetization switching. |
| US11626225B2 |
Magnetic levitation electrical generator
A device for generating an electric charge, having: a base; at last one capacitor; at least one magnet; a cover; a splitter; a load; a conductive core; a frictionless surface; and at least one discharge point. The at least one capacitor adapted and configured to store electricity generated from the electric charge. The splitter is adapted and configured to receive a first portion of electricity from the conductive core and divert a second portion of electricity back to the at least one capacitor and further divert a third portion of electricity to the load. The load is adapted and configured to store electricity and use a fraction of the total electricity generated by the device. The at least one magnet is adapted and configured to levitate and rotate on an electromagnetic rail around said conductive core in an infinite loop, wherein said rotation causes a magnetic field. |
| US11626224B2 |
Coil device and winding carrier for low-pole rotor
Various embodiments include a superconducting coil device comprising: a coil winding with at least one turn of a superconducting strip conductor; wherein the strip conductor has a first main face and a second main face. The coil winding includes a turning region wherein the strip conductor is bent such that, in the turning region, the strip conductor has a distinct change of direction in a longitudinal direction and simultaneously changes the orientation of both the first main face and the second main face with respect to a central axis of the coil device. |
| US11626220B2 |
Surface-mountable over-current protection device
A surface-mountable over-current protection device comprises at least one PTC material layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulating layer, and a cover layer. The PTC material layer comprises crystalline polymer and conductive fillers dispersed therein. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are disposed on a first surface and a second surface of the PTC material layer, respectively. The first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, respectively. The insulating layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode for insulation. The cover layer includes a fluorine-containing polymer, and wraps around an entire outer surface of the surface-mountable over-current protection device. |
| US11626211B2 |
Modelling blood vessels and blood flow
Method for modelling blood vessels includes: obtaining medical imaging data of the blood vessels; generating a three-dimensional personalized model of the blood vessels, based on the medical imaging data; generating a three-dimensional reference model of the blood vessels that reflects a state of healthy blood vessels that lack lesions, based on the medical imaging data or based on numerical reconstruction of the personalized model; performing a numerical simulation of blood flow for the same physical and boundary conditions in the personalized model and in the reference model, the simulation comprising determining conditions of blood flow at an inlet to the blood vessels model and calculating blood flow energy for the inlet and all outlets of the blood vessels model; comparing the blood flow energy measured for the personalized model and for the reference model; determining flow energy change indexes of the blood flow in the personalized model and the reference model. |
| US11626209B2 |
Diagnosis support apparatus, diagnosis support system, diagnosis support method, and non-transitory storage medium
According to one embodiment, a diagnosis support apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry executes identification processing by using medical information as an input to output a first identification result and a first identification reason for providing the first identification result. The processing circuitry modifies the identification processing to refrain from outputting the first identification reason in response to an instruction to reject the first identification reason. The processing circuitry executes the modified identification processing by using the medical information as an input to output a second identification result and a second identification reason for providing the second identification result. |
| US11626205B2 |
Medical device update system
A system and method for providing updates to medical devices is disclosed. In one example, the medical devices are configured to pull update files in response to the reception of an update message from a server. Once the update files are downloaded by a medical device, the update files can be installed. While the medical device pulls the update files, the medical device can continue with its normal operation. If desired, a user can select which medical devices should be updated, based on any desired factors, such as the physical location of the device, the model of the device, the type of device, and the way the device is being used. |
| US11626204B2 |
Release of medical modules of a medical kit
The invention relates to a method performed by at least one apparatus, the method comprising: Obtaining release information representative of a release of a medical module of a medical kit comprising one or more medical modules; and releasing or triggering release of the medical module of the medical kit. The invention further relates to a method performed by at least one apparatus, the method comprising obtaining a user input of a user indicating the release of a medical module of a medical kit comprising one or more medical modules; and providing release information representative of the release of the medical module of the medical kit. The invention also relates to corresponding apparatuses, computer program products and computer-readable storage media. |
| US11626197B2 |
System and process for monitoring medication dosage
The present disclosure provides a system. In an embodiment, a system for medication management is provided and includes a mobile device. The mobile device includes a dose software application (dose-app) configured to notify a user to take a medication from a medication container. The system also includes a motion detection component attached to the medication container. The motion detection component includes a motion detection device configured to detect container motion data and wirelessly transmit the motion data to the mobile device. The mobile device includes a wireless receiver configured to receive the motion data from the motion detection device and send the motion data to the dose-app. The dose-app is configured to determine whether the received motion data constitutes a valid medication dosage. |
| US11626189B2 |
Aggregation of compartmentalized clinical trial data
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system and method of compartmentalizing some or all aspects of clinical trial data acquisition and management. Moreover, embodiments include aggregation of the compartmentalized trial data to perform business metrics, trial interaction studies, and the like. |
| US11626185B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices, memory systems, and methods of operating semiconductor memory devices
A method includes replacing an address of a first normal memory cell in a first column of a first memory block with a destination address that is an address of a second normal memory cell in a second column of the first memory block, and reassigning the address of the second normal memory cell in the second column of the first memory block to an address of a first redundancy memory cell in a redundancy block of the memory device. |
| US11626181B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices and methods of operating semiconductor memory devices
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) circuit, a fault address register, a scrubbing control circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes memory cell rows. The scrubbing control circuit generates scrubbing addresses based on refresh operations performed on the memory cell array. The control logic circuit controls the ECC circuit such that the ECC circuit performs an error detection operation on a plurality of sub-pages in a first memory cell row to count a number of error occurrences, and determines whether to correct a codeword in which an error is detected based on the number of error occurrences. An uncorrected or corrected codeword is written back, and a row address of the first memory cell row may be stored in the fault address register as a row fault address based on the number of error occurrences. |
| US11626179B2 |
Electronic device for executing test
An electronic device includes a masking signal generation circuit configured to generate a test masking signal by receiving a fuse data during a period in which a test masking mode is executed; and a test mode signal generation circuit configured to, when a test command for executing a test in an internal circuit is input, execute the test based on the test masking signal. |
| US11626176B2 |
Wear leveling in EEPROM emulator formed of flash memory cells
The present embodiments relate to systems and methods for implementing wear leveling in a flash memory device that emulates an EEPROM. The embodiments utilize an index array, which stores an index word for each logical address in the emulated EEPROM. The embodiments comprise a system and method for receiving an erase command and a logical address, the logical address corresponding to a sector of physical words of non-volatile memory cells in an array of non-volatile memory cells, the sector comprising a first physical word, a last physical word, and one or more physical words between the first physical word and the last physical word; when a current word, identified by an index bit, is the last physical word in the sector, erasing the sector; and when the current word is not the last physical word in the sector, changing a next index bit. |
| US11626175B2 |
Memory system and operating method for determining target memory block for refreshing operation
Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a memory system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the disclosed technology, the memory system may check first information indicating an execution state of a reference operation on each of the memory blocks during a preset target time period, may determine, based on the first information, at least one target memory block, among the plurality of memory blocks, as a target of a refresh operation of rewriting data stored in the target memory block and may execute a refresh operation on the target memory block. |
| US11626171B2 |
Non-volatile memory device, programming method thereof, and storage device having the same
A method of programming a nonvolatile memory device includes performing a single-pulse program operation in a program loop, determining whether a condition is satisfied in the a program loop, and performing a multi-pulse program operation in a next program loop when the condition is satisfied. The single-pulse program operation includes applying a first program pulse and applying plural verification pulses, the multi-pulse program operation includes applying a second program pulse, applying a third program pulse, and applying plural verification pulses, and each of the second program pulse and the third program pulse has a level lower than a level of the first program pulse. |
| US11626170B2 |
Method and memory used for reducing program disturbance by adjusting voltage of dummy word line
A memory includes an upper deck and a lower deck. The upper deck includes a first upper dummy word line. The lower deck includes a first lower dummy word line. A method for reducing program disturbance of the memory includes adjusting a first upper bias voltage applied to the first upper dummy word line and/or a first upper threshold voltage of the first upper dummy word line to adjust a first difference between the first upper bias voltage and the first upper threshold voltage; and adjusting a first lower bias voltage applied to the first lower dummy word line and/or a first lower threshold voltage of the first lower dummy word line to adjust a second difference between the first lower bias voltage and the first lower threshold voltage. |
| US11626169B1 |
Systems and methods for sensing radiation using flash memory
A radiation detection system may include a mobile device having a flash memory. The device may monitor various characteristics of the flash memory to determine when damage to the flash memory has occurred from radiation exposure. The device may associate damage to the flash memory with a radiation dose, and determine a level of radiation to which the memory, and thus the device, has been exposed. The device also may determine a length of time and locations where the radiation exposure has occurred. If the device determines that the level of radiation exposure exceeds a threshold associated with a safe level of radiation exposure for a human user, the device may generate an alert to the user. |
| US11626168B2 |
De-noising using multiple threshold-expert machine learning models
Systems and methods of the present disclosure may be used to improve equalization module architectures for NAND cell read information. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure may provide for de-noising of NAND cell read information using a Multiple Shallow Threshold-Expert Machine Learning Models (MTM) equalizer. An MTM equalizer may include multiple shallow machine learning models, where each machine learning model is trained to specifically solve a classification task (e.g., a binary classification task) corresponding to a weak decision range between two possible read information values for a given NAND cell read operation. Accordingly, during inference, each read sample with a read value within a weak decision range is passed through a corresponding shallow machine learning model (e.g., a corresponding threshold expert) that is associated with (e.g., trained for) the particular weak decision range. |
| US11626167B2 |
Memory system
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a controller. The device includes a plurality of memory cells capable of storing at least first to third data and a word line coupled to the plurality of memory cells. The first data is determined by a first read operation including a first read level. The second data is determined by a second read operation including a second read level. The third data is determined by a third read operation including a third read level. The controller controls the semiconductor memory device to perform a forth read operation including the first and second read levels in a search operation for first to third read voltages corresponding to the first to third read levels, respectively. |
| US11626164B2 |
Voltage supply circuit, memory cell arrangement, and method for operating a memory cell arrangement
In various aspects, a method for operating a memory cell arrangement is provided, including: providing a set of supply voltages to one or more sets of memory cell drivers to write one or more memory cells of the memory cell arrangement; wherein providing the set of supply voltages includes: ramping a first supply voltage of the set of supply voltages to a first predefined output voltage level, and ramping a second supply voltage of the set of supply voltages to a second predefined output voltage level dependent upon the first supply voltage, the first predefined output voltage level and the second predefined output voltage level defining a first predefined ratio, wherein, during the ramping of the first supply voltage and of the second supply voltage, a first ratio of the first supply voltage to the second supply voltage is substantially equal to or less than the first predefined ratio. |
| US11626161B2 |
Selection scheme for crosspoint memory
A selection scheme for crosspoint memory is described. In one example, the selection voltage applied across the memory cell is slowly ramped up. Once the memory cell thresholds, the voltage is reduced to a level for performing the read or write operation. Reducing the voltage once the specific cell has been selected (e.g., thresholds) minimizes the additional transient current which might be generated by further increasing the selection bias applied during read or write operation. The reduction in transient current can lead to an improvement in read disturb and write endurance issues. The selection ramp-rate and bias post-selection can be set differently depending on the cell location inside the memory array to further improve cell performance. |
| US11626159B2 |
Computing in-memory device supporting arithmetic operations and method of controlling the same
A computing in-memory device includes a memory cell array supporting a bitwise operation through at least one pair of memory cells activated in response to at least one pair of word line signals and a peripheral circuit connected to the at least one pair of memory cells via one pair of bit lines and performing a discharging operation on at least one bit line of the one pair of bit lines based on a voltage level of the one pair of bit lines. |
| US11626158B2 |
Bit line pre-charge circuit for power management modes in multi bank SRAM
Systems and methods are provided for controlling a wake-up operation of a memory circuit. The memory circuit is configured to precharge the bit lines of a memory array sequentially during wakeup. A sleep signal is received by the first bit line of a memory cell and then a designed delay occurs prior to the precharge of a second complementary bit line. The sleep signal may then precharge the bit lines of a second memory cell with further delay between the precharge of each bit line. The memory circuit is configured to precharge both bit lines of a memory cell at the same time when an operation associated with that cell is designated. |
| US11626153B2 |
Low power static random-access memory
A low power SRAM (static RAM) for an image sensor includes a voltage generation circuit for providing a positive supply voltage VP and a negative supply VN, wherein VDD>Vp>Vn>Vgnd; a plurality of memory cells coupled to a respective plurality of column sense lines in a pixel array, the plurality of memory cells receiving differential inputs dp and dn; and a Gray counter coupled to switchably couple VP and VN to the differential inputs dp and dn of the plurality of memory cells. A method of operating an image sensor with a low power SRAM includes acquiring an image by the image sensor; generating VP and VN such that VDD>VP>VN>Vgnd; receiving an output g of a column of pixels at a clock input of a memory cell; and switchably coupling VP and VN to the differential inputs dp and dn of a plurality of memory cells in the SRAM according to a codeword from a Gray counter. |
| US11626148B2 |
Activation functions for artificial intelligence operations
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to defining activation functions for artificial intelligence (AI) operations. An example apparatus can include a number of memory arrays and a controller, wherein the controller includes a number of activations function registers, wherein the number of activation function registers define activation functions for artificial intelligence (AI) operations performed by the apparatus. |
| US11626145B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for pulse response smearing of transmitted signals
Embodiments of the disclosure include signal processing methods to reduce crosstalk between signal lines of a channel bus using feed forward equalizers (FFEs) configured smear pulse response energy transmitted on signal lines of the channel to reduce pulse edge rates. The coefficients for the FFE may be based on crosstalk interference characteristics. Smearing or spreading pulse response energy across a longer time period using a FFE increases inter-symbol interference (ISI). To counter increased inter-symbol interference caused by smearing pulse response energy, receivers configured to recover symbol data transmitted on the channel bus may each include respective decision-feedback equalizers (DFEs) that are configured to filter ISI from transmitted symbols based on previous symbol decisions of the channel. The combination of the FFE configured to smear pulse responses and the DFE to filter ISI may improve data eye quality for recovery of transmitted data on a channel bus when crosstalk dominates noise. |
| US11626139B2 |
Text-driven editor for audio and video editing
The disclosed technology is a system and computer-implemented method for assembling and editing a video program from spoken words or soundbites. The disclosed technology imports source audio/video clips and any of multiple formats. Spoken audio is transcribed into searchable text. The text transcript is synchronized to the video track by timecode markers. Each spoken word corresponds to a timecode marker, which in turn corresponds to a video frame or frames. Using word processing operations and text editing functions, a user selects video segments by selecting corresponding transcribed text segments. By selecting text and arranging that text, a corresponding video program is assembled. The selected video segments are assembled on a timeline display in any chosen order by the user. The sequence of video segments may be reordered and edited, as desired, to produce a finished video program for export. |
| US11626132B2 |
Magnetic disk device
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a control unit, and a setting unit. The magnetic head includes a write element which writes data to the magnetic disk and heater elements which adjust a levitation amount relative to the magnetic disk. The setting unit sets a heater value to be set on the basis of a measurement result of measuring the recording quality of the data written to the magnetic disk. The control unit controls electric power to be supplied to the heater elements on the basis of the heater value to be set to the setting unit. |
| US11626130B2 |
Magnetic head with stacked body having specified compositions of magnetic and nonmagnetic layers thereof
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a stacked body provided between the first and second magnetic poles. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic pole and the first magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, a second nonmagnetic layer provided between the second and first magnetic layers, and a third nonmagnetic layer provided between the third and second magnetic layers. The third magnetic layer includes first and second elements. The first and second magnetic layers do not include the second element. Or concentrations of the second element in the first and second magnetic layers are less than in the third magnetic layer. |
| US11626124B2 |
Audio encoder and bandwidth extension decoder
An audio encoder for providing an output signal using an input audio signal includes a patch generator, a comparator and an output interface. The patch generator generates at least one bandwidth extension high-frequency signal, wherein a bandwidth extension high-frequency signal includes a high-frequency band. The high-frequency band of the bandwidth extension high-frequency signal is based on a low frequency band of the input audio signal. A comparator calculates a plurality of comparison parameters. A comparison parameter is calculated based on a comparison of the input audio signal and a generated bandwidth extension high-frequency signal. Each comparison parameter of the plurality of comparison parameters is calculated based on a different offset frequency between the input audio signal and a generated bandwidth extension high-frequency signal. Further, the comparator determines a comparison parameter from the plurality of comparison parameters, wherein the determined comparison parameter fulfils a predefined criterion. |
| US11626119B2 |
Layered coding for compressed sound or sound field representations
The present document relates to a method of layered encoding of a compressed sound representation of a sound or sound field. The compressed sound representation comprises a basic compressed sound representation comprising a plurality of components, basic side information for decoding the basic compressed sound representation to a basic reconstructed sound representation of the sound or sound field, and enhancement side information including parameters for improving the basic reconstructed sound representation. The method comprises sub-dividing the plurality of components into a plurality of groups of components and assigning each of the plurality of groups to a respective one of a plurality of hierarchical layers, the number of groups corresponding to the number of layers, and the plurality of layers including a base layer and one or more hierarchical enhancement layers, adding the basic side information to the base layer, and determining a plurality of portions of enhancement side information from the enhancement side information and assigning each of the plurality of portions of enhancement side information to a respective one of the plurality of layers, wherein each portion of enhancement side information includes parameters for improving a reconstructed sound representation obtainable from data included in the respective layer and any layers lower than the respective layer. The document further relates to a method of decoding a compressed sound representation of a sound or sound field, wherein the compressed sound representation is encoded in a plurality of hierarchical layers that include a base layer and one or more hierarchical enhancement layers, as well as to an encoder and a decoder for layered coding of a compressed sound representation. |
| US11626117B2 |
Contingent device actions during loss of network connectivity
A speech-based system includes a local device in a user premises and a network-based control service that directs the local device to perform actions for a user. The control service may specify a first action that is to be performed upon detection by the local device of a stimulus. In some cases, performing the first action may rely on the availability of network communications with the control service or with another service. In these cases, the control service also specifies a second, fallback action that does not rely upon network communications. Upon detecting the stimulus, the local device performs the first action if network communications are available. If network communications are not available, the local device performs the second, fallback action. |
| US11626110B2 |
Preventing unwanted activation of a device
A computing device may be configured to receive a content asset and to determine whether the content asset comprises one or more triggers. The trigger may be a word, phrase, or passcode that alerts a voice activated device to the presence of a voice command and may serve as an instruction to the voice activated device to cause execution of the voice command. In response to determining that the content asset comprises one or more triggers, the computing device may be configured to insert one or more signal markers into the content asset at a location corresponding to the one or more triggers, and to cause transmission and/or presentation of the content asset with the one or more signal markers. The signal markers may cause a voice activated device to ignore a voice command in the content asset, despite the presence of one or more triggers. |
| US11626100B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
An information processing apparatus includes a controller that is configured to identify a first language into which a content of a speech that is input is to be translated, based on first information about a place, estimate an intention of the content of the speech based on the content of the speech that is translated into the first language, select a service to be provided, based on the intention that is estimated, and provide a guide related to the service that is selected, in a language of the speech. The first language is different from the language of the speech. |
| US11626099B2 |
Transmit beamforming of a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers
In a method for transmit beamforming of a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers, a beamforming pattern to apply to a beamforming space of the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers is defined. The beamforming space includes a plurality of elements, where each element of the beamforming space corresponds to an ultrasonic transducer of the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers, where the beamforming pattern identifies which ultrasonic transducers within the beamforming space are activated during a transmit operation of the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers, such that a generated ultrasonic beam is focused for reflecting from an object in contact with a contact surface of a platen overlying the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers. The beamforming pattern is applied to the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers. A transmit operation is performed by activating the ultrasonic transducers of the beamforming space according to the beamforming pattern. |
| US11626098B2 |
Acoustic waveguides
A method of designing an acoustic waveguide in which acoustic waves travelling along the waveguide are treated as exhibiting single parameter behaviour, and in which the waveguide provides a boundary confining the acoustic waves as they travel along the wave propagation path and has two substantially parallel, primary surfaces spaced apart a distance less than a wavelength of a high frequency acoustic wave. The primary surfaces may be planar, curved, or a combination of planar portions and curved portions. |
| US11626096B2 |
Vehicle and control method thereof
A vehicle that selectively provides important sound to an occupant includes: a microphone configured to receive a noise sound; a speaker; a storage configured to store a plurality of sound waveforms and a warning sound source corresponding to each sound waveform of the plurality of sound waveforms; and a controller configured to generate a noise canceling signal based on the noise sound, control the speaker to output a noise canceling sound corresponding to the noise canceling signal, compare a waveform of the noise sound with the plurality of sound waveforms when a sound pressure level of the noise sound is greater than a threshold value, and when the waveform of the noise sound matches any sound waveform of the plurality of sound waveforms, and control the speaker to play a warning sound source corresponding to the sound waveform matching the noise sound. |
| US11626095B2 |
Acoustic noise reduction audio system having tap control
An acoustic noise reduction (ANR) headphone described herein has current detection circuitry that detects current consumed by an acoustic driver amplifier as a result of pressure changes due to a tapping of the headphone. Tapping may be performed to change an audio feature or operating mode of the audio system for the headphone. The current detection circuitry senses a characteristic of the current consumed by the acoustic driver amplifier that can be used to determine an occurrence of a tap event. Examples of a characteristic include an amplitude, waveform or duration of the sensed current. Advantageously, the ANR headphones avoid the need for control buttons to initiate the desired changes to the audio feature or operating mode. |
| US11626088B2 |
Method and system for spawning attention pointers (APT) for drawing attention of an user in a virtual screen display with augmented and virtual reality
A method and system for generating attention pointers, including: displaying, in a display of a mobile device, an object within and outside a field of view (FOV) of an user wherein the object outside the FOV are real objects; monitoring, by a processor of the mobile device, for a change in the object within and outside the FOV; in response to a change, generating by the processor one or more attention pointers within the FOV of the user for directing user attention to the change in the object which is either inside or outside the FOV; and displaying, by the processor, on a virtual screen within the FOV to the user, the one or more attention pointers wherein the one or more attention pointers are dynamically configured to interact with the user in response to detections based on a movement of the user or the object within or outside the FOV of the user. |
| US11626086B1 |
Brightness adjustment method of display panel and brightness adjustment device of display panel
A method for adjusting brightness of a display panel and a device for adjusting brightness of a display panel are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and the method includes adjusting data voltages of at least two sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels to be different when performing a zero grayscale display. |
| US11626085B1 |
Color calibration module and electronic device including same
A color calibration module applied to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a screen. The screen includes an edge. The color calibration module includes a base and a body. The base is detachably disposed on the edge. The body includes a first end and a second end. The first end is rotatably connected to the base through a rotating shaft, and the second end includes a color calibration detecting head. An electronic device including the color calibration module is further provided. |
| US11626082B2 |
Display device and electronic device
A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. The display device includes a first circuit, a pixel, and a wiring. The first circuit has a function of supplying data to the wiring and a function of making the wiring floating to hold the data. The pixel has a function of taking in the data twice from the wiring and performing addition. The pixel can perform the first writing of the data in a period during which the data is supplied to the wiring, and can perform the second writing of the data in a period during which the data is held in the wiring. Therefore, by one time of data charging to a source line, a data potential larger than or equal to an output voltage of a source driver can be supplied to a display element. |
| US11626075B2 |
Scan driving unit
A scan driver includes stage circuits, wherein each of the stage circuits includes a first transistor, wherein a first electrode thereof is coupled to a first node, a second electrode thereof is coupled to an input carry line, and a gate electrode thereof is coupled to a first clock line; and a capacitor, wherein a first electrode thereof is coupled to the first node and a second electrode thereof is coupled to a second node, wherein the second node is coupled to an output carry line, and the second node is selectively coupled to one of a first power voltage line and a second power voltage line. |
| US11626073B2 |
Display device and afterimage compensation method thereof
A display device and an afterimage compensation method thereof are proposed. The display device and the afterimage compensation method thereof capture an input image frame at a predetermined period, detect an edge area in the captured image frame, detect an afterimage compensation area on the basis of the cumulative count detected as the edge area for each pixel, and perform individual afterimage compensation only on a pixel whose cumulative count detected as the afterimage compensation area is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. Accordingly, the afterimage compensation time may be shortened by individually performing the afterimage compensation according to a condition of each pixel. |
| US11626072B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display device and driving method thereof. A display device of the present disclosure includes a display panel including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of subpixels. The display device further includes a gate driving circuit for supplying scan signals to the plurality of gate lines, a data driving circuit for supplying data voltage to the plurality of data lines, and a timing controller. The timing controller is for controlling the gate driving circuit and the data driving circuit, and controlling a luminance of the plurality of subpixels according to a driving frequency of image data by detecting a variable information which is changed according to the driving frequency of the image data supplied from a host system. |
| US11626067B2 |
Pixel arrangement structure for organic light emitting diode display
A pixel arrangement structure of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. The pixel arrangement structure includes: a first pixel having a center coinciding with a center of a virtual square; a second pixel separated from the first pixel and having a center at a first vertex of the virtual square; and a third pixel separated from the first pixel and the second pixel, and having a center at a second vertex neighboring the first vertex of the virtual square. The first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel have polygonal shapes. |
| US11626063B2 |
Drive unit for display device
The present disclosure relates to a driver for a display device. A driver for a display device according to an embodiment is characterized in generating a voltage supplied as a bias voltage of a source buffer of a data driver in conjunction with a voltage supplied to a display panel. Therefore, the driver for the display device according to the present disclosure has an advantage that the headroom margin of the source buffer can be secured and power consumption of the driver is low at the same time, even when an image data pattern causing a variation in the voltage is input to the display device. |
| US11626054B2 |
Display system and driving method thereof
A display system and a driving method for a display system that includes an application processor configured to supply a mode control signal corresponding to a plurality of driving modes and input image data corresponding thereto; and a display module that includes pixels configured to display an image and configured to control any one of a plurality of gamma values and power source voltages supplied to the pixels in response to the plurality of driving modes. |
| US11626052B2 |
Display device
A display device with a narrower frame can be provided. In the display device, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer are provided to be stacked. The first layer includes a gate driver circuit and a data driver circuit, the second layer includes a demultiplexer circuit, and the third layer includes a display portion. In the display portion, pixels are arranged in a matrix, an input terminal of the demultiplexer circuit is electrically connected to the data driver circuit, and an output terminal of the demultiplexer circuit is electrically connected to some of the pixels. The gate driver circuit and the data driver circuit are provided to include a region overlapping some of the pixels. The gate driver circuit and the data driver circuit have a region where they are not strictly separated from each other and overlap each other. Five or more gate driver circuits and five or more data driver circuits can be provided. |
| US11626051B2 |
Cross voltage compensation method for display panel, display panel and display device
The present application discloses a cross voltage compensation method for a display panel, a display panel and a display device. The cross voltage compensation method includes steps of transmitting a preset voltage signal to in-plane data lines after scan of scanning lines of a last row of a current frame is completed and before scanning lines of a first row of a next frame are started, keeping all the scanning lines at a close state while transmitting the preset voltage signal to in-plane data lines, and keeping all the scanning lines at a close state after scan of scanning lines of a last row of a current frame is completed and before scanning lines of a first row of a next frame are started, that is, V-blank time. |
| US11626049B2 |
Management of a rollable display panel of a display device
In some aspects, a display device may receive a distance measurement from a sensor. The distance measurement may be indicative of a dimension of the rollable display panel of the display device. The display device may configure, based on the distance measurement, an output setting for displayed content of the rollable display panel according to the dimension. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11626048B2 |
Electronic panel and electronic apparatus including the same
An electronic panel includes a base substrate having a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area adjacent to the second area, a plurality of pixels in the second area, a plurality of pixel signal lines in the third area and connected to the pixels, a crack detecting pattern spaced apart from the pixels and in the first area, a first line spaced apart from the pixel signal lines, in the third area, and connected to a portion of the crack detecting pattern, and a second line spaced apart from the pixel signal lines, in the third area, connected to another portion of the crack detecting pattern, and spaced apart from the first line. The crack detecting pattern has a line-symmetrical shape with respect to a symmetry axis passing through a center of the first area. |
| US11626045B2 |
Display device and method of compensating degradation
A display device includes a display panel including a pixel electrically connected to a feedback line, a sensor electrically connected to the feedback line, the sensor being configured to measure an impedance of the pixel in response to a first control signal, and to measure a driving current flowing through the pixel in response to a second control signal, and a timing controller configured to selectively generate the first control signal and the second control signal based on an aging time of the display panel. |
| US11626041B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a display area where images are displayed, a first cover configured to support a rear surface of the display panel, a roller configured to wind or unwind the display panel and the first cover, a second cover with a first end of the second cover fixed to the roller and a second opposite end of the second cover connected to an end of the first cover, and a cover assembly connecting the first cover and the second cover, wherein a boundary of the display area overlaps the cover assembly, and the cover assembly is configured to expose the display area. |
| US11626040B2 |
Flexible printed circuit film, display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image, a first flexible printed circuit film disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, and a cover window disposed on the display panel. The first flexible printed circuit film includes a first horizontal portion electrically connected to the display panel and extending in a first direction, a first vertical portion electrically connected to the first horizontal portion and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a protruding portion that protrudes from a side surface of the first vertical portion. |
| US11626032B2 |
Methods and devices for increasing urine stream accuracy
A floating device acting as a target for enhancing the accuracy of a urine stream. When placed inside a toilet bowl, the target provides visual stimulation and cognitive reinforcement in response to contact with urine. The target may comprise a hull with a cavity. A reactive substance may be placed in the cavity of the hull. The reactive substance may provide a visual stimulation or cognitive reinforcement when contacted by the urine stream. A top portion may be fit against the hull to retain the reactive substance in the cavity of the hull. A barrier layer may cover at least a portion of the hull and/or the top portion. The barrier layer may be semi-permeable or selectively permeable to water when contacted by a urine stream from a user. |
| US11626031B2 |
Systems and techniques for tracking sleep consistency and sleep goals
Methods, techniques, apparatuses, and systems for setting up and tracking sleep consistency goals of users are provided. In one example, a computing system for setting a sleep schedule of a user of a biometric monitoring device may obtain sleep data derived from sensor data generated by the biometric monitoring device, store the sleep data in a sleep log data store as one or more sleep logs associated with an account assigned to the user, and calculate a target bedtime based on a scheduled waketime of the user and a sleep efficiency derived, at least in part, from the sleep data for one or more users stored in the sleep log data store. The computing system may also be configured to provide a number of personalized user interfaces to an individual for the purposes of setting a sleep schedule. Such interfaces may include parameters that are tailored to the individual sleep needs and/or characteristics of the individual's sleep. |
| US11626030B2 |
Apparatus and method for eliciting optimal strategy of the humans in the interactive games using artificial intelligence
Disclosed is a strategy guide method performed by an artificial intelligence (AI)-based strategy guide system, the method including generating an environment that interacts with a user; and controlling a strategy of the user based on a preset multi-objectives by changing the environment in response to observing a decision making of the user in the environment. |
| US11626029B2 |
Apparatus and method for education and learning
Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure provide an apparatus that facilitates education and learning through tactile sensory demonstration and action. The apparatus includes a first part and a second part attached to the first part. The first part may be worn by a guide, while the second part may be worn by a child or a student undergoing training. The apparatus allows the guide to control the movements of the child or the student. |
| US11626027B2 |
Classifying possession or control of target assets
Examples are disclosed that relate to methods and systems for classifying the possession or control of a target asset. One example provides a system comprising one or more computing devices having processors and associated memories storing instructions executable by the processors. The instructions are executable to conduct a simulation or observation of an in-field event comprising a plurality of actors controlling a plurality of in-field assets. The system is further configured to monitor telemetry data from each of the in-field assets. In addition, tagging data is received from an in-field asset under the control of a member of the friendly group. A training data set is generated including the telemetry data and the tagging data, and an artificial intelligence model is trained to predict whether a run-time target asset is in the possession or control of the friendly or the unfriendly actor, or lost, based on run-time telemetry data. |
| US11626024B2 |
Distributed connected aircraft cockpit flight management system as a network node with API service capabtilities
An avionics system in an aircraft for providing flight data from an onboard flight management computer (FMC) to requesting applications is disclosed. The system includes a flight management system (FMS) service layer executing on the FMC on a thread separate from a thread that executes FMS core functions. The FMS service layer provides a FMC networked node server for responding to queries from a plurality of external applications for data generated from the FMS core functions without interrupting the FMS core functions. The FMC networked node server is configured to: receive a request from a client application using a server specified API for data elements from a specified input flight plan; retrieve the specified input flight plan from the FMS core functions; extract the requested data elements; and output the requested data elements to the client application without affecting the active thread that executes FMS core functions. |
| US11626023B2 |
Systems and methods for editing and displaying waypoint constraints and conditions
Aircraft display systems and methods. Flight data is received from a Flight Management System (FMS) or other flight data source. A map display is generated based on the flight data including a depiction of a flight path and a plurality of waypoints or other fixes. A user selection of one of the waypoints or other fixes is received. An edit dialog box is generated. A value for a constraint or condition for the selected one of the waypoints or fixes is entered in the edit dialog box display by the user via a user interface device. The value for the constraint or condition is applied to the selected one of the waypoints or fixes via the FMS or other flight data source. The map display is generated including the depiction of the flight path and the plurality of waypoints or fixes. An icon is tagged to the selected one of the waypoints or fixes. The icon denotes an existence of the constraint or condition and a type of the constraint or condition. A constraint or condition dialog box is generated providing further information on the constraint or condition, in response to the user selecting the icon using the user interface device. |
| US11626022B2 |
Method, device, and system for detecting a dangerous road event and/or condition
Dangerous road events and conditions may be detected and responded to. A first report is received including a first location of a first vehicle and a first acceleration associated with the first vehicle beyond a threshold amount. A second report is received including a second location of a second vehicle and a second acceleration associated with the second vehicle beyond the threshold amount. In response to determining that the first and second reports meet a maximum relative time constraint and a maximum relative location constraint: (i) transmitting a notification to a dispatch console indicative of a potential dangerous road event near the first and second locations, (ii) transmitting a dispatch request to a response vehicle to respond to the potential dangerous road event near the first and second locations, or (iii) storing an indication of the potential dangerous road event. |
| US11626019B2 |
Parking monitoring and assistance for transports
An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant. |
| US11626018B2 |
Parking management and communication of parking information
Techniques and examples pertaining to parking management and communication of parking information are described. A processor of a computing apparatus may obtain sensor data regarding a parking lot from a parking lot controller. The processor may analyze the sensor data. The processor may receive, from a client, a request for assistance with parking at the parking lot. The processor may provide, to the client, information on a location and status of a space (e.g., open space) in the parking lot, a path to the space, or both. |
| US11626016B2 |
Systems and methods of vehicular operation
A method is disclosed for vehicular operation on a road comprising a road network configured to communicate with one or more vehicles on the road, the method comprising sending a signal from a first vehicle to the road network, the signal comprising an intended path of the first vehicle on the road; receiving the signal at the road network; and adjusting at least one of a speed and a path of a second vehicle with respect to the road in response to the signal. |
| US11626015B2 |
Vehicle system using vehicle-to-infrastructure and sensor information
A vehicle sensor training system includes a first computing device configured to receive dynamics data from a host vehicle. A receiving device is configured to receive real time object identification data from a reference target. A second computing device is configured to compile the dynamics data from the first computing device and the real-time object identification data from the receiving device. The second computing device is configured to train a vehicle sensor with the real-time object identification data. |
| US11626013B2 |
Traffic data analysis method, electronic device, vehicle and storage medium
A traffic data analysis method, an electronic device, a vehicle and a storage medium are provided, and relate to the technical field of artificial intelligence, in particular to the fields of large data processing, automatic driving and vehicle networking, and can be applied to AI navigation. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of initial traffic data; determining a category of each of the plurality of initial traffic data; receiving a search instruction from an AI analysis model, wherein the search instruction includes target category information; determining target traffic data corresponding to the target category information from the respective initial traffic data according to categories of the respective initial traffic data; and sending the target traffic data to the AI analysis model so that the AI analysis model performs an AI analysis according to the target traffic data. |
| US11626009B2 |
Enhanced alert generation system based on real-time manipulation of datasets
Systems and methods are provided for enhanced alert generation based on real-time manipulation of datasets. An example method includes accessing datasets including a plurality of rows each indicating a plurality of values. Occurrences of alert definitions are monitored via applying the alert definitions to the datasets, the alert definitions specifying expressions utilizing one or more of the values, with an occurrence of an alert definition indicating satisfaction of the specified expression and causing an associated alert to be generated for evaluation. Presentation of an interactive user interface associated with customizing alert definitions is caused. The interactive user interface presents a first visual portion, the first visual portion enabling specification of an expression for a customized alert definition. The interactive user interface presents a second visual portion, the second visual portion comparing occurrences of an existing alert definition with occurrences of a customized alert definition specified in the first visual portion. |
| US11626007B2 |
Home occupancy information system
A home occupancy status and information system may be used to track information about human and animal occupants within a structure, and provide information to first responders in the event of an emergency. A rescue beacon may be positioned near an entrance to a home, and when an audible alarm or alarm signal is detected by the beacon it will provide visual alerts and/or audible alerts to attract the attention of a first responder, and will provide information on occupants in the home, such as a number of pets, a number of humans, and other information. A rescue device may also be carried by each pet or other occupant in the house, which may be activated by a wireless signal from a rescue beacon, or by a detected alarm audio/signal. When activated, the rescue device will provide audible and/or visual alerts to aid first responders in locating the occupant. |
| US11626006B2 |
Management of a security system at a premises
A security system is described for managing a premises. The security system comprises security system components and a first controller. A takeover component receives security data of the security system from the first controller. The security data is used to configure a second controller to communicate with the security system. The second controller communicates with the security system components and replaces the first controller in management of the security system. |
| US11626005B2 |
Smart environmental probe for defensible space monitoring
Aspects of the present disclosure provide an environmental probe configured to be at least partially inserted into the ground at a location and to provide defensible space monitoring and maintenance for a home or other structure. The environmental probe may include one or more environmental sensors configured to perform various environmental measurements to generate environmental measurement data. The environmental probe (e.g., a processor of the environmental probe) may compare the environmental measurement data to one or more thresholds to determine an alert state associated with the location. The environmental probe may include one or more wireless interfaces configured to enable communication with a remote device, such as a smart hub device or other environmental probes. The environmental probe may transmit an indicator of the alert state to the remote device to enable performance of one or more operations based on the alert state. |
| US11626002B2 |
Building security and emergency detection and advisement system
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing distributed security event monitoring. The system can include a central monitoring system and sensor devices positioned throughout a premises that passively detect conditions and emit signals guiding people on the premises when a security event is detected. The sensor devices can include suites of sensors and can transmit detected conditions to the central monitoring system. The central monitoring system can combine the detected conditions to generate a collective of detected conditions, determine whether the collective of detected conditions exceeds expected threshold conditions, identify a security event on the premises based on the collective of detected conditions, classify the security event using machine learning models, generate instructions to produce audio or visual output at the sensor devices that notifies people on the premises about the security event, and transmit the instructions to the sensor devices to emit signals indicating information about the security event. |
| US11626000B2 |
Patient care system
A patient support apparatus system and patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, operating table, recliner, or the like, include a litter frame, a support deck, a sensor configured to detect caregiver activity, a transceiver communicating with a server, and a controller. The controller is configured to send alerts or messages to the server when caregiver assignment errors or caregiver inattention issues are identified. An alert is sent when a caregiver has not attended to a patient within a certain period of time, or when a caregiver has not been assigned to a particular patient or a particular location within a healthcare facility to which a patient has been assigned. The patient support apparatus and system are in communication with other healthcare facility systems and devices that gather and share information and data to alert caregivers in an effort to avoid patient neglect. |
| US11625995B2 |
System and method for generating emergency egress advisement
A system for generating emergency egress advisement based on motion data and trained models for the building. A computing device can receive, from first detection devices, frequency of movement indicating routes frequented the most by users in the building, determine an initial emergency egress advisement for the building, receive, from the first detection devices, first motion data about the users, receive, from second detection devices positioned throughout the building or worn by the users, second motion data, iteratively train a model for the building by correlating the initial emergency egress advisement to corresponding (i) first motion data, (ii) second motion data, and (iii) historic user presence information across one or more model layers using one or more machine learning algorithms, the iterative training generating a trained model for the building, and update, based on the trained model, the initial emergency egress advisement for use during an emergency in the building. |
| US11625994B2 |
Vibrotactile control systems and methods
Methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate creating the sensation of vibrotactile movement on the body of a user. Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other stimuli that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system in certain embodiments enables the creation of a family of devices that allow people such as those with hearing impairments to experience sounds such as music or other input to the system. For example, a “sound vest” or other wearable array transforms musical input to haptic signals so that users can experience their favorite music in a unique way, and can also recognize auditory or other cues in the user's real or virtual reality environment and convey this information to the user using haptic signals. |
| US11625992B2 |
Detecting a skimmer via a vibration sensor
Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for detecting a skimmer via a vibration sensor on a transaction card. The method includes receiving, at a server, from a user equipment, vibration information recorded by a transaction card in response to an execution of a transaction at a point-of-service (POS) terminal of a plurality of POS terminals using the transaction card. The vibration information may be recorded by a microphone or an accelerometer on the transaction card while the transaction card is swiped through the POS terminal or inserted into or removed from the POS terminal. The method includes determining, at the server, a state of the POS terminal based on the received vibration information and in response to a determination of the state of the POS being compromised, sending to one or more stakeholders of the transaction a warning message containing the POS terminal information including the POS terminal's state. |
| US11625991B1 |
Computer-based system for provisioning new accounts using location-based authentication
A method comprises receiving, by a computing device from a customer device, a request to provision a financial account for the customer, associating, by the computing device, a mobile device with the requested financial account, and sending, by the computing device to the mobile device, authentication information for the requested financial account. The method further includes receiving the authentication information by the computing device from a financial terminal that received the authentication information from the mobile device, receiving, by the computing device, first location information of the mobile device, and provisioning, by the computing device and based on the first location information of the mobile device being within a predetermined distance of a location of the financial terminal, the requested financial account for the customer. |
| US11625988B2 |
Systems and methods for providing electronic gaming pieces
Systems and methods are provided for providing playing cards. An exemplary method may include retrieving data related to a selection of a set of numbers for bingo and determining matching bingo patterns on a predetermined number of cards from a library of bingo cards against the set of selected numbers. The method may further include selecting corresponding playing cards based on the matching bingo patterns on the predetermined number of cards and providing the corresponding playing cards for display. The exemplary method may be used to deal playing cards for poker using a set of selected numbers. |
| US11625987B2 |
Systems and methods for generation of virtual sporting events
Provided are systems and processes for generating virtual sporting events. An example method comprises obtaining reference content data comprising reference video, audio, and statistics of a plurality of original sporting events. The reference content is segmented into a plurality of event segments which are identified based on predefined milestones and comprises corresponding video data segments, audio data segments, and statistical play data. The event segments are classified with one or more categories based on the corresponding data and the event segment information is stored. An event segment is selected as a virtual event segment for each time segment of the virtual sporting event based on various predetermined criteria. The virtual event segments are desensitized by at least partially removing color and sound. Virtual event data is mapped to each of the virtual event segments and virtual event information is generated based on the progress of the virtual sporting event. |
| US11625986B2 |
Gaming systems, devices, and methods for customized competitive gaming
A method includes receiving first customized rules for a first game of a game type to be played by a first player on a first gaming device, and receiving second customized rules for a second game of the game type to be played by a second player on a second gaming device. The method includes establishing, for the first and second games, a competitive gaming session between the first gaming device and the second gaming device. The method includes determining possible payouts for the gaming session based on the first and second customized rules. The method includes applying the first customized rules to play the first game on the first gaming device to generate first customized game play information, and applying the second customized rules to play the second game on the second gaming device to generate second customized game play information. |
| US11625985B2 |
Techniques for facilitating multiplayer/tournament hybrid skill-based, wager-based gaming via computer networks
Various aspects described for implementing tournament hybrid arcade/wager-based gaming techniques via computer networks, including one or more casino gaming networks. The tournament hybrid arcade/wager-based game may include a non-wager based gaming portion and a wager-based gaming portion. One or more players are able to concurrently engage in continuous game play of the non-wager based gaming portion during execution of wager-based gaming events which are automatically triggered based on events which occur during play of the non-wager based gaming portion. Payouts for a given wager-based game event outcome may include both monetary payouts and/or non-monetary payouts. |
| US11625982B2 |
System and method of providing a hold and spin feature game with reel expansion
A gaming machine provides a spinning reel game having a base game, from which a hold and spin feature game may be triggered when a determined number of configurable symbols are displayed in a base game outcome. When the feature game is triggered, the configurable symbols may be held in place. The player may be provided one or more spins during the feature game in which to collect additional configurable symbols. Any additional configurable symbols may be retained on the display during subsequent spins until the feature game is completed. A trigger symbol, which may or may not be a configurable symbol, may cause reel expansion. The reel expansion may involve adding a row or a column. In some examples, the trigger symbol also may alter the value of at least some configurable symbols. For example, the trigger symbol may cause the value of a configurable symbol to increment. |
| US11625979B2 |
Fraud detection system in casino
A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud. |
| US11625978B2 |
Fraud detection system in a casino
A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud. |
| US11625977B2 |
Secure gaming systems and methods
Systems and methods of providing secure wagering gaming operations involving randomly generating a plurality of playing cards as a player hand and randomly generating a plurality of playing cards as a dealer hand, distributing a payout responsive to the satisfaction of at least one of the following preset criteria: the player hand establishing a player qualifying hand of a first number of playing cards of the plurality of playing cards in the player hand, wherein the first number of playing cards is greater than a second number of playing cards of the plurality of playing cards in the dealer hand establishing a dealer qualifying hand; or wherein the first number of playing cards is the same as the second number of playing cards, and at least one playing card of the player qualifying hand has a higher rank than each playing card establishing the dealer qualifying hand. |
| US11625975B2 |
Electronic gaming machine and method for providing hotspot functionality to GUI
Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing reel-strip-based wagering games in which the reel strips include one or more feature symbols and one or more configurable symbols. Each time a feature symbol of a reel strip is displayed in a window of the wagering game associated with that reel strip, one or more “hot spot windows” associated with that window may be determined. Hot spot windows may have a modified status applied to them that may last for a predetermined number of gameplay instances. Awards associated with the configurable symbols may, if a configurable symbol is selected for display in a window with one or more modified statuses currently applied, be modified by a modifier that is based on the applied one or more modified statuses. |
| US11625972B2 |
Audio sharing during private listening at an electronic gaming machine
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an invitation that provides a description of audio content to be shared, providing a query to a user of an electronic gaming machine requesting a confirmation to play the audio content to be shared, receiving a positive response to the query, sending a command to a different electronic gaming machine to transmit the audio content to be shared, receiving the audio content to be shared from the different electronic gaming machine, identifying a subset of a plurality of speakers from a speaker array to activate based on a determined position of the user relative to the speaker array, and causing the identified subset of the plurality of speakers to output the audio content to be shared as part of a directed sound beam. |
| US11625971B2 |
Secure lockers for use as item exchange points
A secure, computerized locker bank that is adapted to facilitate the payment for, and physical exchange of an item between entities who have brokered the sale of the item via a marketplace, such as an on-line marketplace (e.g., an on-line auction site, an on-line classified advertisement site, or an online retail marketplace), or a traditional marketplace (e.g., traditional paper classified advertisements). In particular embodiments, each locker in the computerized locker bank comprises one or more imaging devices for allowing a potential purchaser to view an item (e.g., stored within a locker) before purchasing the item and retrieving it from the locker. |
| US11625970B2 |
Interactive frozen confectionery vending machine
An interactive frozen confectionery vending machine with a freezer enclosure, a delivery and toppings dispensing enclosure and a control system enclosure. A programmable control system allows a customer to select a frozen confectionery cup stored within the freezer enclosure and to select a hard and soft topping that are automatically dispensed into the cup and the cup is delivered to the waiting customer through a customer access door that closes after the transaction is completed. A centrally located gear motor rotates an arm that terminates in a cup. The cup receives a topping from a canister and then rotates to drop the topping into the frozen confectionery cup. A soft topping is pumped via flexible liquid topping delivery tubes into a dispensing arm located above the frozen confectionery cup. A standard payment system and touch screen allow the customer to pay for and select frozen confectionery and toppings. |
| US11625969B2 |
Automated parcel terminal
An economic self-service terminal with simple but high safety features is described here. |
| US11625968B1 |
Systems, methods and devices for processing coins with linear array of coin imaging sensors
Currency processing systems, coin processing machines, and methods of imaging coins are presented herein. A currency processing system is disclosed which includes a housing with a coin input area for receiving coins and coin receptacles for stowing processed coins. A disk-type coin processing unit is coupled to the coin input area and coin receptacles. The disk-type coin processing unit includes a rotatable disk for imparting motion to the coins, and a sorting head having a lower surface adjacent the rotatable disk. The lower surface forms various shaped regions for guiding the coins, under the motion imparted by the rotatable disk, to exit channels through which the coins are discharged to the coin receptacles. A linear array of sensors is mounted to the sorting head and/or the rotatable disk. The sensors examine each coin on the rotatable disk and output a signal indicative of coin image information for processing the coin. |
| US11625961B2 |
Method for modeling a compressor intake temperature and/or a compressor discharge temperature of a compressor, and a control unit, and a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for modeling a compressor intake temperature and/or a compressor discharge temperature of a compressor taking into account a compressor surge, wherein the method comprises: Identifying a pressure gradient across the compressor Identifying a mass flow gradient across the compressor Establishing that the compressor surge is present when the pressure gradient exceeds an upper pressure gradient limit and the mass flow gradient falls below a lower mass flow gradient limit; and Identifying the compressor intake temperature with a temperature correction factor that is dependent on the compressor surge and/or identifying the compressor discharge temperature on the basis of a corrected compressor discharge pressure that is dependent on the compressor surge. |
| US11625959B2 |
System and method for determining backlash in driving system of vehicle
A system and method for determining backlash in a driving system of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a motor speed sensor that detects a motor speed and a wheel speed sensor that detects a wheel speed. A speed difference determination unit receives the detected motor and wheel speeds and determines a rotational speed difference of the driving system. A torsion speed determination unit receives the determined rotational speed difference and determines a reference torsion speed for backlash determination of the driving system. A backlash determination unit receives the determined rotational speed difference and the determined reference torsion speed, determines a backlash speed corresponding to a difference between the rotational speed difference and the reference torsion speed, and determines whether backlash in the driving system occurs using the determined backlash speed. |
| US11625957B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for monitoring and maintaining vehicle condition
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for monitoring and maintaining vehicle condition. An apparatus of an example embodiment includes means for receiving a partial dataset indicator for a certain type of dataset. Said apparatus also includes means for providing at least one complete dataset indicator. The partial dataset indicator and the at least one complete dataset indicators provides an indication of one or more terms in their respective dataset. Said apparatus further includes means for determining at least one of the one or more terms of the partial dataset. Said apparatus still further includes means for causing the transmission of at least one of the one or more determined terms of the partial dataset for use by a mobile application. Corresponding systems, methods, and computer readable media are also provided. |
| US11625956B2 |
Monitoring system
According to one embodiment, a monitoring system includes a processor. The processor accepts first data output from a first detector. The first detector detects a signal caused by equipment. The processor performs a first determination when a first value is in a first state. The first value indicates a state of the first detector or an environment where the equipment is provided. The first determination determines a condition of the equipment by using a first model and the first data. The processor performs a second determination when the first value is in a second state different from the first state. The second determination determines the condition of the equipment by using a second model and the first data. The second model is different from the first model. |
| US11625953B2 |
Action recognition using implicit pose representations
A computer-implemented method of recognition of actions performed by individuals includes: by one or more processors, obtaining images including at least a portion of an individual; by the one or more processors, based on the images, generating implicit representations of poses of the individual in the images; and by the one or more processors, determining an action performed by the individual and captured in the images by classifying the implicit representations of the poses of the individual. |
| US11625947B1 |
System for detecting and mitigating fraudulent biometric input
Biometric input, such as images of a hand obtained by a biometric input device, may be used to identify a person. An attacker may attempt to gain access by presenting false biometric data with an artificial biometric model, such as a fake hand. During a suspected attack, the attacker is prompted for additional data. For example, email address, telephone number, payment information, and so forth. This provides additional information about the attack while prolonging the time spent by the attacker on the attack. Information explicitly indicating failure is delayed or not presented at all. Data associated with an attack is placed into an exclusion list and further analyzed to recognize and mitigate future attacks. A subsequent attempt that corresponds to exclusion data proceeds with presenting prompts, gathering further information and consuming more of the attacker's time and resources. |
| US11625942B2 |
Method of generating fingerprint image and fingerprint sensor
A method of generating a finger image includes determining a quantity of electric charge to be removed from each of a plurality of detection circuits connected to a fingerprint sensor, based on an amplifier characteristic of each of the plurality of detection circuits; obtaining a second electrical quantity by removing the quantity of electric charge from a first electrical quantity that is input to each of the plurality of detection circuits; integrating the second electrical quantity to obtain an integrated value; and generating the fingerprint image based on comparison between the integrated value of the second electrical quantity and a predetermined threshold value. |
| US11625937B2 |
Methods and systems for monitoring human body weight with vehicle sensors and big data AI analytics
A weight management system for managing vehicle seat occupant body weight by using vehicle cameras and weight sensors of a plurality of vehicles having onboard communication modules. Each vehicle is equipped to analyze and compare weight changes of the vehicle seat occupant over time. Based on the weight status, a weight management recommendation can be transmitted to the vehicle seat occupant. Each vehicle is operatively connected to a weight management application in a data center. The weight management application includes a registration module which registers each vehicle. Additionally, a vehicle seat occupant may register with the weight management application to have his/her weight analyzed when travelling in any of the plurality of vehicles. The weight management application requests a search of a data lake and analysis of search results by a weight data artificial intelligence analytics program to improve the weight management recommendation. |
| US11625935B2 |
Systems and methods for classification of scholastic works
A system for classification of scholastic works includes a computing device configured to receive a first scholastic work, identify an author and a category of the first scholastic work, determine at least a work theme by receiving theme training data, the theme training data including a plurality of entries, each entry including a training textual element and a correlated theme, training a theme classifier as a function of the training data, and determining the at least a work theme as a function of the plurality of textual elements and the theme classifier, calculate a reliability quantifier as a function of the at least a theme, the author, and the category, select the scholastic work as a function of the reliability quantifier, derive, from the scholastic work, at least a correlation between a dietary practice and alleviation of a disease state, and store the at least a correlation in an expert database. |
| US11625932B2 |
Organizing and representing a collection of fonts according to visual similarity utilizing machine learning
Utilizing a visual-feature-classification model to generate font maps that efficiently and accurately organize fonts based on visual similarities. For example, extracting features from fonts of varying styles and utilize a self-organizing map (or other visual-feature-classification model) to map extracted font features to positions within font maps. Further, magnifying areas of font maps by mapping some fonts within a bounded area to positions within a higher-resolution font map. Additionally, navigating the font map to identify visually similar fonts (e.g., fonts within a threshold similarity). |
| US11625931B2 |
Inference method, inference device, and recording medium
An inference method includes acquiring similarities between a domain name serving as an analysis object and each domain name indicated in a legitimate domain name list as feature amounts, and inferring a degree that the domain name serving as the analysis object is wrongly recognized as a legitimate domain name based on the feature amounts acquired at the acquiring and a training model that outputs, as a response to input of the feature amounts, a degree that the domain name serving as the analysis object is wrongly recognized as the legitimate domain name, by processing circuitry. |
| US11625929B2 |
Selection of object recognition models for computer vision
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for compliance auditing using cloud based computer vision. In one aspect, a system is configured to receive, from a mobile device, a compliance audit request to at least recognize one or more products within the audit image. The system is further configured to select a first object recognition model having a first associated object recognition model identifier from a model selection list based at least on a required object recognition list, wherein the first object recognition model is configured to recognize a first set of object names within the required object recognition list. The system is further configured to request the computer vision system to perform object recognition using the first object recognition model to recognize the first set of object names within the audit image, and transmit audit result information to the mobile device. |
| US11625928B1 |
Language agnostic drift correction
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for language-agnostic subtitle drift detection and correction. A method may include determining subtitles and/or captions from media content (e.g., videos), the subtitles and/or captions corresponding to dialog in the media content. The subtitles may be broken up into segments which may be analyzed to determine a likelihood of drift (e.g., a likelihood that the subtitles are out of synchronization with the dialog in the media content) for each segment. For segments with a high likelihood of drift, the subtitles may be incrementally adjusted to determine an adjustment that eliminates and/or reduces the amount of drift and the drift in the segment may be corrected based on the drift amount detected. A linear regression model and/or human blocks determined by human operators may be used to otherwise optimize drift correction. |
| US11625924B2 |
Vehicle parking monitoring systems and methods
Vehicle parking monitoring systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include receiving images from a camera of a parking spot, each of the images being time stamped, determining presence of a vehicle in the images, placing a bounding area around a region of interest of the vehicle, the region of interest including no personally identifiable information, retaining the bounding area and discarding a remainder of the images, and determining when the vehicle is no longer present based on a change in the bounding area of the images. |
| US11625921B2 |
Method and system for detecting and recognizing target in real-time video, storage medium, and device
This disclosure provides a method and a system for detecting and recognizing a target object in a real-time video. The method includes: determining whether a target object recognition result RX-1 of a previous frame of image of a current frame of image is the same as a target object recognition result RX-2 of a previous frame of image of the previous frame of image; performing target object position detection in the current frame of image by using a first-stage neural network to obtain a position range CX of a target object in the current frame of image when the two recognition results RX-1 and RX-2 are different; or determining a position range CX of a target object in the current frame of image according to a position range CX-1 of the target object in the previous frame of image when the two recognition results RX-1 and RX-2 are the same; and performing target object recognition in the current frame of image according to the position range CX by using a second-stage neural network. Therefore, the operating frequency of the first-stage neural network used for position detection is reduced, the recognition speed is accelerated, and the usage of CPU and internal memory resources is reduced. |
| US11625918B2 |
Detecting shelf interactions using a sensor array
An object tracking system includes a sensor and a tracking system. The sensor is configured to capture a frame of at least a portion of a physical space within a global plane for a space. The tracking system is configured to receive the frame, to detect an object within a zone of the frame, and to determine a pixel location for the object. The tracking system is further configured to identify a zone of the physical structure based on the pixel location, to identify an item based on the identified zone. |
| US11625917B2 |
Method and system for segmenting and transmitting on-demand live-action video in real-time
A method and system for producing video-segments of a live-action event involving monitoring a live-action event for detection of event-segments, detecting one or more event-triggers with detectors, determining if an event-segment occurred based on the detected event-triggers, and editing one or more video feeds into a video-segment to encompass the event-segment. |
| US11625916B2 |
Automatic identification and presentation of edges, shapes and unique objects in an image used for a machine vision job setup
Systems and methods for automatic identification and presentation of edges, shapes and unique objects in an image used for machine vision job setup are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, by one or more processors, an image file. The method further includes automatically determining, by the one or more processors, an item of interest within the image file. The method further includes analyzing, by the one or more processors, the item of interest to determine an appropriate tool for processing the item of interest. The method further includes displaying, by the one or more processors, on a display screen: (i) an image corresponding to the image file, (ii) an indication of the item of interest, and (iii) an indication of the appropriate tool. |
| US11625912B1 |
Flash and streak detection and persistent identification using bi-directional detector/display overlay
An optical system has an underlying device configured to provide output light. A transparent optical device optically coupled to the underlying device transmits light from the underlying device through the transparent optical device to display a scene. The transparent optical device includes detector elements formed in an active area to detect light portraying at least a portion of the scene. The underlying device has transparent regions formed in the active area to allow light to pass through from the underlying device to a user. The optical system further includes an image processor that processes images produced using light detected by the detector elements to identify a specific instance of light in the scene. The image processor causes display elements in the active area of the transparent optical device to display an indicator, in the scene, correlated to the specific instance of light. |
| US11625911B2 |
Image recognition neural network processing method, device and system
An image recognition neural network processing method includes: a compiler segments an image recognition neural network to obtain tiles of at least one network layer group; classifies the tiles of each network layer group; and for each network layer group, generates an assembly code and tile information of the network layer group according to a tile result and a classification result of the network layer group. The same type of tiles correspond to the same assembly function, each assembly code includes a code segment of the assembly function corresponding to each type of tiles, the tile information includes block information of each tile in the network layer group, the tile information used to instruct a neural network processor to, according to the block information therein, invoke a corresponding code segment to process image data of a corresponding tile when a target image is identified by the image recognition neural network. |
| US11625910B2 |
Methods and apparatus to operate a mobile camera for low-power usage
A disclosed example to operate a mobile camera includes recognizing a first feature in first sensor data in response to the first feature being detected in the first sensor data; transitioning the mobile camera from a first feature detection state to a second feature detection state in response to the recognizing of the first feature, the mobile camera to operate using higher power consumption in second feature detection state than in the first feature detection state; recognizing a second feature in second sensor data in the second feature detection state; and sending to an external device at least one of first metadata corresponding to the first feature or second metadata corresponding to the second feature. |
| US11625905B2 |
System and method for tracking occluded objects
A method for tracking an object performed by an object tracking system includes encoding locations of visible objects in an environment captured in a current frame of a sequence of frames. The method also includes generating a representation of a current state of the environment based on an aggregation of the encoded locations and an encoded location of each object visible in one or more frames of the sequence of frames occurring prior to the current frame. The method further includes predicting a location of an object occluded in the current frame based on a comparison of object centers decoded from the representation of the current state to object centers saved from each prior representation associated with a different respective frame of the sequence of frames occurring prior to the current frame. The method still further includes adjusting a behavior of an autonomous agent in response to identifying the location of the occluded object. |
| US11625904B2 |
Method and electronic device for processing images
A method for processing images can include: acquiring a hair region in a first image; determining a hair direction parameter of a pixel point in the hair region by a hair direction prediction model based on the hair region; converting the hair direction parameter of the pixel point into a hair direction of the pixel point; and generating a second image by processing the hair region in the first image based on the hair direction of the pixel point. |
| US11625902B2 |
Methods and systems for shell formation in 3D printing
A method for generating or enhancing a shell for a printed three-dimensional (3D) object includes converting a 3D print file representing the 3D object to at least one vector file representing the 3D object; using a vector trapping algorithm on the at least one vector file to generate or enhance the shell in the at least one vector file; processing the at least one vector file with the shell to produce at least one rasterized vector file; and printing, using the at least one rasterized vector file, the 3D object with the shell. |
| US11625894B2 |
Virtual photogrammetry
Multiple snapshots of a scene are captured within an executing application (e.g., a video game). When each snapshot is captured, associated color values per pixel and a distance or depth value z per pixel are stored. The depth information from the snapshots is accessed, and a point cloud representing the depth information is constructed. A mesh structure is constructed from the point cloud. The light field(s) on the surface(s) of the mesh structure are calculated. A surface light field is represented as a texture. A renderer uses the surface light field with geometry information to reproduce the scene captured in the snapshots. The reproduced scene can be manipulated and viewed from different perspectives. |
| US11625892B1 |
Visualization techniques for data labeling
One embodiment provides a user interface (UI) that permits users to select how point cloud colorings determined from multiple data sources are blended together in a rendering of a point cloud. The data sources may include photographic, label, and/or LIDAR intensity data. To improve frame rates, an aggregated point cloud may be generated using a spatial hash of a large set of points and sampling of each hash bucket based on the number of points therein and a user-configurable density. Sizes of points in the point cloud may decrease proportionally to distance from a viewer, but increase based on an activation function that enlarges points greater than a threshold distance from the viewer. In addition, luminance statistics for sub-regions of photographic data and dominant colors determined from photographic data may be used to automatically determine color properties to apply to a point cloud coloring. |
| US11625888B2 |
Methods and apparatus for modifying a bounding volume hierarchy for raytracing
A system for performing a raytracing process, the system comprising a bounding volume hierarchy, BVH, identification unit operable to identify a BVH structure for use in generating images of a virtual environment, the BVH structure comprising information about one or more surfaces within the virtual environment, a BVH selection unit operable to discard one or more elements of the BVH structure in dependence upon a direction of an incident ray, and a raytracing unit operable to perform a raytracing process using the remaining BVH elements. |
| US11625886B2 |
Storage medium storing program, training method of machine learning model, and image generating apparatus
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions for an image generating apparatus is disclosed. The set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the image generating apparatus, causes the image generating apparatus to perform: acquiring input image data; and executing a style transfer process on the input image data by using a trained machine learning model, thereby generating transferred image data. The machine learning model is trained by using a plurality of data pairs each including content image data and style image data corresponding to the content image data. The style image data is generated by executing particular image processing on the corresponding content image data. The particular image processing is a process of applying a particular style to a content image indicated by the content image data. |
| US11625880B2 |
Machine-learning models for tagging video frames
According to a first aspect of this specification, there is described a computer-implemented method of tagging video frames. The method comprises generating, using a frame tagging model, a tag for each of a plurality of frames of an animation sequence. The frame tagging model comprises: a first neural network portion configured to process, for each frame of the plurality of frames, a plurality of features associated with the frame and generate an encoded representation for the frame. The frame tagging model further comprises a second neural network portion configured to receive input comprising the encoded representations of each frame and generate output indicative of a tag for each of the plurality of frames. |
| US11625874B2 |
System and method for intelligently generating digital composites from user-provided graphics
A system and method for inserting a composited image or otherwise generated graphic into a selected video by way of a programmatic process. According to some embodiments, a system may comprise an Automated Placement Opportunity Identification (APOI) engine, a Placement Insertion Interface (PII) engine, a preview system, and an automated compositing service. The system finalizes a graphic composite into a video and provides a user with a preview for final export or further manipulation. |
| US11625873B2 |
Personalized media overlay recommendation
A method starts with a processor receiving, at a computing system from a client device, descriptive text data from a descriptive text interface displayed on the client device, the descriptive text data associated with a media content item displayed on the client device, analyzing the descriptive text data to identify at least one data characteristic within the descriptive text data, and accessing a plurality of personalized media overlay icons each comprising at least one media overlay icon characteristic. The processor determines whether the identified data characteristic is associated with any of the at least one media overlay icon characteristics of each of the plurality of personalized media overlay icons, generates a personalized overlay icon interface which includes a selection of the plurality of personalized media overlay icons that include at least one media content icon characteristic associated with the data characteristic. The processor also causes the personalized overlay icon interface to be overlaid on the media content item displayed on the client device below the descriptive text data interface. |
| US11625867B2 |
Sewing apparatus
A sewing apparatus, includes a display input unit including a display unit configured to display an image of an input screen, and an input detection unit configured to detect an input operation on the input screen; and a control apparatus that performs display control of the display unit in response to the input operation. The control apparatus performs display control in which a background of the input screen is set to a dark color as a whole, a sewing pattern image displayed on the input screen is set to brightness higher than that of the background, and an operation unit that receives the input operation on the input screen is set to a color lighter than that of the background. |
| US11625866B2 |
Geometry encoding using octrees and predictive trees
An encoder is configured to compress point cloud geometry information using an octree/predictive tree combination geometric compression technique that embeds predictive trees in leaf nodes of an octree instead of encoding additional octree occupancy symbols for the leaf nodes. Alternatively an encoder may be configured to embed octrees in leaf nodes of a predictive tree structure. Similarly a decoder is configured to generate a reconstructed three-dimensional geometry from a bit stream including combined octree and predictive tree encoding information. |
| US11625864B2 |
Compression of dynamic unstructured point clouds
Systems and methods for compressing dynamic unstructured point clouds. A plurality of destructive images of a dynamic unstructured point cloud can be captured from a plurality of viewpoints using one or more virtual cameras. One or more sequences of the destructive images can be formed. The one or more sequences of destructive images can then be compressed. |
| US11625860B1 |
Camera calibration method
Described is a method of calibrating a camera. The method comprises obtaining geographical coordinates of a selected physical point location within an image view of the camera and measuring an angle between an x-axis of a real-world coordinate system passing through said selected point location with respect to true north. The method includes using said obtained geographical coordinates, said measured angle, and projection data derived from characteristics of the camera to derive modified projection data for transforming a two-dimensional pixel coordinate system of the camera image view into a three-dimensional geographical coordinate system for point locations within the image view of the camera. |
| US11625859B2 |
Method and system for calibrating a camera and localizing objects within the camera field of view
A computer-implemented method of localizing an image of a person captured using a camera is provided, the person in the field of view of a camera, comprising: obtaining the image captured using a camera, the image comprising the person within a bounding box; determining at least one slant value associated with the person within the bounding box; determining head image coordinates and feet image coordinates for the person using the at least one slant value; and localizing the person by projecting the head image coordinates to a head plane and the feet image coordinates for the person to a ground plane. |
| US11625858B2 |
Video synthesis device, video synthesis method and recording medium
A rear-facing camera captures a live-action video image while a front-facing camera captures an image of a distributor. An avatar controller controls an avatar based on the image of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera. A synthesizer arranges the avatar in a predetermined position of a real space coordinate system and synthesizes the avatar with the live-action video image. The face of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera is tracked and reflected on the avatar. |
| US11625855B2 |
Method and system for updating map for pose estimation based on images
A map updating method may include calculating a relative pose relationship between consecutive images; calculating an absolute pose of each image based on the relative pose relationship between the consecutive images; and updating a map used for visual localization (VL) based on the absolute pose. |
| US11625852B1 |
Object pose neural network system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for predicting object pose. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image of an object having one or more feature points; providing the image as an input to a neural network subsystem trained to receive images of objects and to generate an output including a heat map for each feature point; applying a differentiable transformation on each heat map to generate respective one or more feature coordinates for each feature point; providing the feature coordinates for each feature point as input to an object pose solver configured to compute a predicted object pose for the object, wherein the predicted object pose for the object specifies a position and an orientation of an object; and receiving, at the output of the object pose solver, a predicted object pose for the object in the image. |
| US11625850B2 |
System for guiding medically invasive devices relative to other medical devices via image processing
A system and method for guiding invasive medical devices relative to other medical devices is disclosed. An imaging device can generate images of the invasive medical device within a body. A trained model for the invasive medical device can be trained on annotated images of the invasive medical device with at least one of orientation and position information. An imaging computer system can apply the trained model to unannotated images of the invasive medical device to determine at least one of a current orientation and a current position of the invasive medical device relative to another medical device within the body. At least one of visual orientation information representing the current orientation of the invasive medical device relative to the other medical device and visual position information representing the current position of the invasive medical device relative to the other medical device within the body can be outputted. |
| US11625846B2 |
Systems and methods for training a machine-learning-based monocular depth estimator
Systems and methods described herein relate to training a machine-learning-based monocular depth estimator. One embodiment selects a virtual image in a virtual dataset, the virtual dataset including a plurality of computer-generated virtual images; generates, from the virtual image in accordance with virtual-camera intrinsics, a point cloud in three-dimensional space based on ground-truth depth information associated with the virtual image; reprojects the point cloud back to two-dimensional image space in accordance with real-world camera intrinsics to generate a transformed virtual image; and trains the machine-learning-based monocular depth estimator, at least in part, using the transformed virtual image. |
| US11625839B2 |
Bird's eye view based velocity estimation via self-supervised learning
Systems and methods determining velocity of an object associated with a three-dimensional (3D) scene may include: a LIDAR system generating two sets of 3D point cloud data of the scene from two consecutive point cloud sweeps; a pillar feature network encoding data of the point cloud data to extract two-dimensional (2D) bird's-eye-view embeddings for each of the point cloud data sets in the form of pseudo images, wherein the 2D bird's-eye-view embeddings for a first of the two point cloud data sets comprises pillar features for the first point cloud data set and the 2D bird's-eye-view embeddings for a second of the two point cloud data sets comprises pillar features for the second point cloud data set; and a feature pyramid network encoding the pillar features and performing a 2D optical flow estimation to estimate the velocity of the object. |
| US11625832B2 |
Method and system for computer-aided triage of stroke
A system for computer-aided triage includes a router, a remote computing system, and a client application. A method for computer-aided triage includes receiving a data packet associated with a patient and taken at a point of care; checking for a suspected condition associated with the data packet; in an event that the suspected condition is detected, determining a recipient based on the suspected condition; and transmitting information to a device associated with the recipient. |
| US11625828B2 |
Cost effective, mass producible system for rapid detection of fever conditions based on thermal imaging
Systems and methods based on thermal imaging for rapid detection of fever conditions in humans that provide for extremely inexpensive, mass producible, field deployable devices accurate in specific, relatively low temperature ranges, and in particular temperatures near nominal human body temperature. The system may include a thermal imager tailored for the application and a corresponding mass producible controlled temperature calibration source configured to provide real time calibration near the human body temperature of interest. The imager and source are deployed in a way such that target people and the calibration source will be within the imager FOV for fever detection. The combination of real time near measurement temperature calibration, with suitable thermography approaches, yield fast, accurate measurements in the fever range using low cost, easy-to-produce components. In combination with a visible imager and pattern/facial recognition techniques, detection of a human target's facial regions of interest suitable for fever detection can be accurately accomplished. |
| US11625824B2 |
Measuring intramuscular fat
Dual-energy absorptiometry is used to estimate intramuscular adipose tissue metrics and display results, preferably as related to normative data. The process involves deriving x-ray measurements for respective pixel positions related to a two-dimensional projection image of a body slice containing intramuscular adipose tissue as well as subcutaneous adipose tissue, at least some of the measurements being dual-energy x-ray measurements, processing the measurements to derive estimates of metrics related to the intramuscular adipose tissue in the slice, and using the resulting estimates. Processing the measurements includes an algorithm which places boundaries of regions, e.g., a large region and a smaller region. The regions are combined in an equation that is highly correlated with intramuscular adipose tissue measured by quantitative computed tomography in order to estimate intramuscular adipose tissue. |
| US11625821B2 |
Automated inspection-plan based detection
An inspection-plan based inspection method includes receiving data characterizing an inspection plan associated with inspection of one or more nodes in an inspection site by an inspection device. A first step of the inspection plan includes a first set of operating parameters of the inspection device associated with the inspection of a first node of the one or more nodes and a first set of constraints associated with one or more inspection criteria at the first node by the inspection device. The method also includes generating a first control signal configured to instruct the inspection device to inspect the first node of the one or more nodes. The first control signal is based on one or more of the first set of operating parameters and a user input. The method further includes receiving data characterizing the inspection measurement of the first node by the inspection device. |
| US11625816B2 |
Learning device, image generation device, learning method, image generation method, and program
A second learning data acquisition section acquires an input image. A wide angle-of-view image generation section generates, in response to an input of the input image, a generated wide angle-of-view image that is an image having a wider angle of view than the input image. The second learning data acquisition section acquires a comparative wide angle-of-view image that is an image to be compared with the generated wide angle-of-view image. A second learning section performs learning for the wide angle-of-view image generation section by, on the basis of a comparison result between the generated wide angle-of-view image and the comparative wide angle-of-view image, updating parameter values of the wide angle-of-view image generation section such that, according to the luminance levels of pixels in the comparative wide angle-of-view image or the luminance levels of pixels in the generated wide angle-of-view image, update amounts of the parameter values concerning the pixels are increased. |
| US11625815B2 |
Image processor and method
An image processing apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of processing modules configured to operate in series to refine a raw image captured by a camera, the modules comprising a first module and a second module, each of which independently implements a respective trained artificial intelligence model, wherein: the first module implements an image transformation operation that performs an operation from the set comprising: (i) an essentially pixel-level operation that increases sharpness of an image input to the module, (ii) an essentially pixel-level operation that decreases sharpness of an image input to the module, (iii) an essentially pixel-block-level operation on an image input to the module; and the second module as a whole implements a different operation from the said set. |
| US11625812B2 |
Recovering occluded image data using machine learning
Examples disclosed herein are related to using a machine learning model to generate image data. One example provides a system, comprising one or more processors, and storage comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to obtain image data comprising an image with unoccluded features, apply a mask to the unoccluded features in the image to form partial observation training data comprising a masked region that obscures at least a portion of the unoccluded features, and train a machine learning model comprising a generator and a discriminator at least in part by generating image data for the masked region and comparing the image data generated for the masked region to the image with unoccluded features. |
| US11625805B2 |
Learning systems and methods
A sequence of images depicting an object is captured, e.g., by a camera at a point-of-sale terminal in a retail store. The object is identified, such as by a barcode or watermark that is detected from one or more of the images. Once the object's identity is known, such information is used in training a classifier (e.g., a machine learning system) to recognize the object from others of the captured images, including images that may be degraded by blur, inferior lighting, etc. In another arrangement, such degraded images are processed to identify feature points useful in fingerprint-based identification of the object. Feature points extracted from such degraded imagery aid in fingerprint-based recognition of objects under real life circumstances, as contrasted with feature points extracted from pristine imagery (e.g., digital files containing label artwork for such objects). A great variety of other features and arrangements—some involving designing classifiers so as to combat classifier copying—are also detailed. |
| US11625800B2 |
Methods and systems for visualizing media rights management
Methods and systems of rights management are disclosed. These methods and systems enable rights-holders to display, simulate, or track allocations relating to a project. Consistent with the disclosure, the methods and systems may display visualizations of allocations, modify allocations, and display updated visualizations incorporating these modifications. The visualizations may include waterfall charts with selectable boxes associated with grants of rights. The grants of rights may include a grant component, a geographic territory component, and a bundle of rights component. Consistent with the disclosure, the methods and systems may include displaying icons corresponding to a plurality of streams specified in the linked contracts; receiving a selection of certain icons; displaying a corresponding list of controls; receiving simulation assumptions; and displaying a first allocation for rights holders associated with the streams corresponding to the indicated icons. |
| US11625797B2 |
Automated event space management with conflict prevention
A system provides interactive and automated features to aid in planning, management, and execution of events within venues. Venue hardscapes are geolocated, parsed, and stored to be used when configuring events. During event configuration a venue softscape may be automatically generated and applied to the venue hardscape to produce an initial layout. The initial layout may be modified to create and assign booths to exhibitors by multiple coordinators in parallel. Geolocation of hardscaped may be extended into softscapes, such that location data may be maintained for temporary structures such as booths. Conflicts may be avoided by implementing one or more conflict prevention features, including enforcement of universal layouts, booth locking, synchronous session management, automatic identifier assignment to preserve locational correspondence, booth and layout validation, and others. The system also provides interfaces to event staff and attendees that may include features for inter-venue and intra-venue navigation, crowd management, and emergency response. |
| US11625795B2 |
Digital search and collaboration process for recommendations, advertising, and buying decisions
Disclosed are systems, methods, and media having at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instruction which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising receiving from one or more sources images related to a plurality of features of housing offerings, said images being associated with other images related to features of housing offerings; presenting to a first user an initial prompt and based on response to that initial prompt, presenting a plurality of selectable images related to a first feature of housing offerings; receiving from the first user input regarding the desirability of the images related to the first feature of housing offerings; and iteratively deriving, based on inputs regarding the desirability of the images related to one or more of the plurality of features of housing offerings, a hypothesis regarding a different feature of housing offerings; based at least in part on the hypothesis, presenting to the first user images related to the different feature of housing offerings; and receiving from the first user input regarding the desirability of the images related to the different feature of housing offerings. |
| US11625789B1 |
Computer network architecture with automated claims completion, machine learning and artificial intelligence
Computer network architectures for machine learning, and more specifically, computer network architectures for the automated completion of healthcare claims. Embodiments of the present invention provide computer network architectures for the automated completion of estimated final cost data for claims for healthcare clinical episodes using incomplete data for healthcare insurance claims and costs, known to date. Embodiments may use an automatic claims completion web application, with other computer network architecture components. Embodiments may include a combination of third-party databases to generate estimated final claims for pending patient clinical episodes, and to drive the forecasting models for the same, including social media data, financial data, social-economic data, medical data, search engine data, e-commerce site data, and other databases. |
| US11625786B2 |
Guarantee fund calculation with allocation for self-referencing risk
Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed that allow for the efficient and rapid determination of guarantee funds for clearing member firms. Disclosed systems and methods account for the exposure of self-referencing risk. |
| US11625785B2 |
Secure electronic tokens in an electronic tokening system
An electronic tokening system implemented by a data source transmits secure electronic tokens including time-based values to a plurality of terminals. The terminals may be geographically disparate, and the different terminals may have different connection speeds to the data source. The terminals may use the secure electronic tokens to consistently and reliable calculate data values. |
| US11625781B1 |
Systems and methods for providing currency exchange information via augmented reality
A method may include receiving image data representative of cash acquired via one or more image sensors, identifying a first currency depicted in the cash based on a plurality of images associated with a plurality of currencies, and determining a currency conversion rate between the first currency and a second currency. The method may also include generating a visualization representative of a currency value of the cash in the second currency based on the currency conversion rate and overlaying the visualization on the image data. |
| US11625780B1 |
Techniques for automated call cross trade imbalance execution
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for automated call cross trade imbalance execution. Techniques described herein may provide an automated crossing solution for buy-side clients that limits position information to banks and individuals prior to setting a benchmark rate for foreign exchange. In some embodiments, clients may roll forward spot trades with a chosen counterparty bank, which is then sent to a centralized, automated, bank platform. Techniques described herein may offer a multi-bank platform solution that accepts trades, validates trades, performs credit checks, and executes trades in a manner that limits knowledge of position information prior to setting a benchmark rate. Further, proposed techniques include determining a trade imbalance and automatically executing the determined trade imbalance in a manner such that market impact is minimalized. In some embodiments, trade imbalances may be calculated on a bank-by-bank basis, thus allowing each bank to execute its own trade imbalance. Other embodiments are described. |
| US11625774B2 |
Using position location information to pre-populate and verify information on a credit application
Using position location information to pre-populate and verify information on a credit application is disclosed. A mobile application for a retailer is downloaded to a mobile device. The mobile application on the mobile device obtains authorization to access location information on the mobile device. Location information for the mobile device is received at a computer system and from the mobile device, the location information generated by a positioning system on the mobile device, the location information comprising: historic location information stored in a memory of the mobile device and real-time location information. The location information is used to prefill at least a portion of a credit application. |
| US11625770B1 |
Digital camera processing system
A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image. |
| US11625768B2 |
Internet auction with dynamic dual-changing pricing
Managing an online auction includes maintaining an automatically-decreasing, downward-going purchase price at which prospective buyers of a lot offered for sale can submit an immediate offer, and, concurrent with this, maintaining an upward-going contingent purchase price at which an offer to purchase the lot is to be automatically triggered, contingent on the downward-going purchase price decreasing to the upward-going contingent purchase price. Contingent bid(s) are received and work to increase the upward-going contingent purchase price. Server processing can then be performed based on submission of an immediately-effective offer to purchase the lot at the downward-going purchase price or automatic triggering of an offer to purchase the lot at the upward-going contingent purchase price. Related graphical user interfaces/online auction web interfaces, and presentation thereof, are also provided. |
| US11625765B2 |
Real time order and activation processing system
Methods and systems are provided for utilizing interactive UI dialogs to resolve issues that may arise during the real-time ordering and activation of wireless products and services while a user is engaged during their session. The interactive UI dialogs may provide a customer with an opportunity to provide information, make decisions or trigger additional steps during the real time order. |
| US11625764B2 |
System and method for pick-up sensing of a product to allow automatic product checkout
A system and method for detecting a pick-up of an item and processing payment based on the detected pick-up are provided. The method includes receiving at least one data packet from at least one Internet of Things (IoT) tag, wherein each of the least IoT tag is attached to an item, extracting a frequency word from the at least one received data packet, wherein the frequency word is a measure of the at least one IoT tag, analyzing the frequency word to determine a pick-up event to be associated with a pick-up of the item attached to the at least one IoT tag, upon detecting the pick-up event, sending a notification including an identification of the at least one IoT tag, wherein the notification includes information associated with the picked-up item attached to the at least one IoT tag, prompting a user to purchase the picked-up item, and upon the user selecting to purchase the item, and associating a user's purchase account with the picked-up item; and commencing checkout of the item upon detecting the user exiting a location where the item is sold. |
| US11625757B1 |
Hybrid selection of target for advertisement campaign
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods and systems for selecting targets for an advertisement campaign. A method may comprise adjusting one or more slider axes that control selection methods, wherein the selection methods may comprise using target demographic data, target behavioral data, filtering criteria, and/or ranking criteria. Then, an analysis application may complete analysis using the input adjustments to determine a selection of potential targets. The analysis application may be operable to complete multiple methods of analysis (or selection), wherein the user may have input and/or control over the use of the methods. |
| US11625744B2 |
System and method for location-based secured transfer of a service associated with a loyalty point between mobile devices
There are provided systems and methods for the location-based secured transfer of a service associated with a loyalty point between mobile devices. A first mobile device submits a services request to a central system, the request identifying a service and inclusive of the position (geographical location) of the first mobile device. The central system identifies service providers capable of fulfilling the request and account owners having sufficient loyalty points to fulfill the request that are in proximity to the first mobile device. Secure communications between the first mobile device and a second mobile device enable negotiations. The central system guides the first mobile device and the second mobile device to a predetermined location to enable secure communication of transaction information, payment information, personal information (needed to procure services), etc. The central system verifies the transaction, ensuring both the first and second mobile devices fulfill the agreed upon terms. |
| US11625743B2 |
Augmented reality content items to track user activity and redeem promotions
The amount of user activity performed in relation to a promotion may be tracked based on user content captured via the client application. At least a portion of user content captured via the client application may be scanned and analyzed to identify user activity related to the user content. Augmented reality content items may be executable to generate content that is displayed in relation to the user content and that indicates an amount of user activity related to the promotion. In addition, the augmented reality content items may be executable to generate content in relation to the user content that indicates one or more redemption options for the promotion based on an amount of user activity performed by a user of the client application that captured the user content. |
| US11625742B2 |
Systems and methods for interfacing with a website to modify content
Computer systems and methods for interfacing with a third party website, comprising determining that a webpage of the third party website is being output in an interface of a web browser, and in response, generating an interface element that at least partially overlaps the webpage in the interface. The interface element includes a user-selectable graphical trigger that, when selected, causes digital codes to be automatically input into a data entry interface identified in the webpage, thereby triggering the third party website to receive each of the digital codes and to return a respective response. Based on monitoring the respective response to each of the digital codes, a particular digital code is identified that causes a greatest change in a numerical value displayed in the webpage. The particular digital code is applied to obtain a resulting numerical value that is displayed in the webpage. |
| US11625737B2 |
Contextual marketing system based on predictive modeling of users of a system and/or service
Predictive modeling within a special purpose hardware platform to determine scenarios that are most likely to increase conversion potential for each trial user and retention potential for each active subscriber of a service, collectively referred to as a propensity score. The predictive models are integrated with a contextual marketing system that uses a loss risk assessment to learn user behavior and optimize content messaging designed to improve actual conversion or retention behavior for the user. |
| US11625736B2 |
Using machine learning to train and generate an insight engine for determining a predicted sales insight
An insight engine that takes into account a wide variety of information from a wide variety of sources for predicting a sales insight is generated. The insight engine is generated using machine learning. Historical customer-specific information, product-specific information, and environmental information are aggregated, based on customer, product, and/or time period, into historical customer profiles. The historical customer profiles are labeled with historical sales insights to form a training set. A machine learning algorithm is applied to the training set to generate an insight engine. The insight engine is applied to a target customer profile to determine a predicted sales insight for a target entity. |
| US11625734B2 |
Managing grid interaction with interconnect socket adapter configured for an energy storage device
A system for managing grid interaction with an energy storage device includes an energy exchange server, a plurality of energy storage devices, a plurality of interconnect socket adapters, and a plurality of energy exchange controllers, each energy exchange controller coupling to one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters and dictating energy consumption based on energy pricing data received from the energy exchange server. Each interconnect socket adapter electrically couples to the power grid, one or more energy sinks, and an energy storage device, and the energy exchange server receives a real-time energy consumption data set, a real-time energy production data set, a set of environmental parameters and a starting energy price, and generates a current aggregate electricity demand value as a function of the real-time energy consumption data set and the environmental parameters, a current aggregate electricity supply value as a function of the real-time energy production dataset and the environmental parameters, and a current energy price as a function of the starting energy price, the current aggregate electricity demand value, and the current aggregate electricity supply value. |
| US11625731B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatus to track a provenance of goods
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to track a provenance of goods. An example apparatus includes an unsigned block generator to generate a first unsigned block to store first processing data associated with the product by a first entity, a block signature engine to sign the first unsigned block with a first private key to generate a blockchain having a first signed block, the unsigned block generator to generate a second unsigned block in response to a second entity generating second processing data associated with the product by the second entity, the block signature engine to expand the blockchain by signing the second unsigned block with a second private key to generate a second signed block within the blockchain, and a blockchain validator to verify the product provenance by validating the first processing data and the second processing data using respective public keys associated with the first entity and the second entity. |
| US11625730B2 |
Synthetic online entity detection
In some aspects, a computing system can detect synthetic identities based on attributes associated with online entities. The computing system can generate entity links between primary entity objects and a secondary entity object. The secondary entity object identifies a target consumer as a secondary entity for accounts identified by the primary entity objects. Attributes of the secondary entity object and attributes of the primary entity objects can be calculated and compared to determine an inconsistency between a combination of a name attribute value and an address attribute value of the secondary entity object as compared to the primary entity objects. A fraud warning indicating that the target consumer is likely to be a synthetic identity can be generated based on the inconsistency and other attributes of the target consumer, such as an inquiries attribute, a terminations attribute, a duration attribute, and so on. |
| US11625729B2 |
Data processing method, apparatus, and system
A server receives target data sent by a mobile terminal, the target data carrying a parameter set, the parameter set including at least a target posture parameter of the mobile terminal. When the amount of change in posture variation is smaller than the preset variation threshold, such fact indicates that the posture when the mobile terminal sends the target data hardly changes compared with the postures that the mobile terminal historically sends the target data to the server. As the posture of the mobile terminal is frequently changed during the process of normal use of the mobile terminal, the target data sent by the mobile terminal without posture change is regarded as false data. Thus, the present techniques ensure the fairness and efficiency of data processing. |
| US11625728B2 |
Systems and methods for provisioning embedded internet of things universal IDS (IoT UIDs) in brownfield devices
An apparatus for provisioning embedded Internet of Things Universal IDs (IoT UIDs) in Brownfield devices. The apparatus includes a display circuit, a requestor circuit, a request provisioning circuit, an IoT UID processing circuit, and an IoT UID provisioning circuit. The display circuit generates a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to receive one or more user input command values corresponding to device property data for one or more Brownfield devices. The requestor circuit generates a registration request that includes the device property data. The request provisioning circuit transmits the registration request to an IoT device registrar server. The IoT UID processing circuit interprets one or more IoT UIDs generated by the IoT device registrar server in response to the registration request. The IoT UID provisioning circuit at least one of: transmits the one or more IoT UIDs, or displays the one or more IoT UIDs on an electronic display. |
| US11625727B2 |
Dispute resolution system interface
A method may include operations including, receiving, at an application program interface (API) of a third party computing system, an API call related to a dispute associated with a user of an electronic device, the call being received from an electronic device to invoke a dispute resolution to the dispute. The method may include communicating, by the API in response to the API call, dispute information to dispute resolution intelligence of the third-party computing system. The method may include determining, by the dispute resolution intelligence based on the dispute information, the decision with respect to the dispute, and providing the decision to a callback interface in response to the dispute information having been received from the API. The method may additionally include communicating, by the callback interface to the electronic device identified in response to the dispute information having been received from the API, the decision to the dispute resolution. |
| US11625726B2 |
Targeted alerts for food product recalls
A system and associated method may utilize a processor that receives recall product instance group (RPIG) information (RPIGI) identifying a set of instances of products having a product type identifier (PTI) that are a subject of a product recall. The processor receives, from an imaging device associated with a user, an image containing a product instance. The method further comprises applying a classifier and determining a PTI. Based on the image, secondary product information is also identified. These may be compared with the RPIGI to determine a product instance membership. Information related to the product instance membership in the RPIG may be displayed. |
| US11625723B2 |
Risk assessment through device data using machine learning-based network
There are provided systems and methods for a machine learning-based network trained to perform risk assessment through device data. A service provider server receives device data of a user device associated with a merchant account registered with a merchant server for a merchant service, and receives, from the merchant server, a request containing a unique token identifier for initiating a risk assessment operation to generate a device assessment score for the user device, where the device assessment score indicates a level of risk between the user device and the merchant account. The service provider server selects a risk assessment engine to perform the risk assessment operation and generates the device assessment score and a narrative for the device assessment score, and sends, to the merchant server through an application programming interface, a message containing a unique device identifier for the user device, the device assessment score and the narrative. |
| US11625722B2 |
Systems and methods for authenticating potentially fraudulent transactions using voice print recognition
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing fraudulent transaction processes. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for performing fraudulent transaction processes that may include receiving an indication that a payment transaction has been identified as potentially fraudulent, the payment transaction involving a payment account associated with a user. The method may also include receiving a candidate voice print and comparing the candidate voice print to a user voice print that is associated with the payment account. The method may further include determining, based on the comparison, whether the candidate voice print matches the user voice print, and providing an indication whether the candidate voice print matches the user voice print, the indication configured for use to determine whether to approve or deny the payment transaction. |
| US11625716B2 |
Transaction platform that permits cash payments for online transactions
A device may configure a browser to permit cash payments for online transactions. The device may monitor a browser session of the browser. The device may detect, during the browser session, navigation of the browser to a transaction page of a website. The transaction page may be configured to facilitate an online transaction with the website. The device may determine, based on detecting the navigation of the browser to the transaction page, that a cash payment is to be provided. The device may cause a validation code to be generated. The device may cause, based on the validation code being processed, a virtual transaction card to be generated. The device may facilitate, using virtual card information associated with the virtual transaction card, execution of the online transaction. |
| US11625714B2 |
Anonymous peer-to-peer communication system
An in-application content transfer system that generates receiver identifiers to categorize a given exchange between two users. One user executes the application on their mobile device and makes use of peer-to-peer communication protocols with a neighboring mobile device, regardless of whether the neighboring device is executing the subject application. The content transfer is linked to a unique identifier of the neighboring device, which is retrieved via peer-to-peer communication. |
| US11625713B2 |
Method for securing transactional data processing, corresponding terminal and computer program
A method for securing the processing of transactional data is disclosed. The method is implemented within a communications terminal comprising a transactional data processing module. The method has: a step for the detection, by the processing module, of a display of at least one entry area relating to a piece of payment means data; a step for the activation, by the processing module, of a contactless data reading module; a step for the obtaining, by the contactless data reading module, of at least one piece of payment means data coming from a payment means; and a step for the furnishing, at said at least one entry area, of at least one piece of payment means data previously obtained. |
| US11625710B1 |
Mobile wallet card carousel
A mobile wallet computing system associated with a mobile wallet database includes a mobile wallet circuit structured to present a mobile wallet interface a mobile wallet user. The mobile wallet interface includes a first portion that includes a graphical depiction of a user payment vehicle associated with a financial institution, the first portion including a first interaction point that enables the user to initiate a sequence to engage in a mobile wallet transaction using the mobile wallet. The interface also includes a second portion that includes a second interaction point and a third interaction point, the second interaction point enabling the user to access a functionality enabling the user to indicate a transaction preference for a transaction with an entity other than the mobile wallet provider or financial institution, the third interaction point enabling the user to indicate a preference to initiate communications with the financial institution. |
| US11625701B2 |
Fluid dispenser including a data transfer device, and system incorporating same
A system incorporating a fluid dispenser for dispensing chemicals includes at least one sensor for sensing fluid flow and a dispenser management unit. The dispenser management unit includes a processor and corresponding storage memory for storing firmware, at least one input for receiving sensor data from the or each sensor, a data transfer device comprising storage memory for storing the received sensor data, and a power source for powering at least the processor. The system further incorporates a portable terminal configured to receive data from the dispenser, and a remote server configured to receive the data from the portable terminal. |
| US11625698B2 |
Intelligent distributed ledger consent optimizing apparatus for asset transfer
Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing asset transfers. A computing platform may receive an asset transfer request and extract information from it. The computing platform may modify a distributed ledger to include a new block corresponding to the asset transfer request. The computing platform may identify a consensus method by identifying, for each of a plurality of consensus methods, a subset of blocks from the distributed ledger that, when used to execute the corresponding consensus method, result in a lowest energy consumption value in comparison to remaining subsets of blocks. The computing platform may execute each consensus method using the corresponding identified subset of blocks, which may result in establishing consensus to process the asset transfer request. Based on establishing the consensus, the computing platform may direct an event processing platform to process the asset transfer request, which may cause the event processing platform to process the request accordingly. |
| US11625693B2 |
System and method for payment platform self-certification for processing financial transactions with payment networks
Payment platforms such as point of sale terminals can send test transactions to an acquirer processor certification and analytics system for certification of the payment platform's readiness to perform financial transaction processing with payment networks. A payment platform sends a test transaction to an acquirer processor and receives a unique request identifier. The request identifier and a test identifier associated with the test transaction are sent to an analytics engine that retrieves data associated with the test transaction from the acquirer processor, and expected values based on the test identifier. The analytics engine performs a comparison and determines a certification result for the payment platform based on the comparison. Based on certification results, authorization or licenses can be granted to payment platforms to use payment networks of the acquirer processor. |
| US11625689B2 |
Systems and methods for human resources applications of security awareness testing
Systems and methods are described for facilitating assessment of security awareness of a candidate prior to a decision on whether or not to hire the candidate. Security awareness of the candidate in association with an application for a job may be assessed using responses to one or more simulated phishing communications provided by the candidate. Responses to the one or more simulated phishing communications may be used to determine a risk score for the candidate. Further, the risk score for the candidate may be used to make a decision on whether or not to hire the candidate. |
| US11625684B2 |
System and method for the augmentation of emotional and social intelligence in technology mediated communication
A system for augmenting social information processing and emotional and social intelligence for use in technology mediated communications sessions is disclosed. The system may gather data associated with users participating in a project conducted via the technology mediated communication. The data may include emotional and social data generated by the plurality of users. The system may query the plurality of users for information associated with a deliverable for the project and the users' participation in the project. The system may receive, in response to the querying, the information associated with the deliverable and the participation in the project. Furthermore, the system may generate, based on the data, the information, and variables, recommendations for the users. The recommendation may indicate how each user should interact with at least one other user so as to enhance an outcome associated with the project. |
| US11625679B2 |
Systems and methods for an internal private online marketplace
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for an internal private online marketplace are presented. Some embodiments described herein may include a method which may involve (1) identifying one or more items listed in one or more databases, and (2) generating a transfer protocol between the destination entity that desires to possess the one or more items with that of the source entity that possesses or has responsibility over the one or more items. The desired items may be identified by characteristics. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US11625677B2 |
Image processing system for deep fashion color recognition
A system and method are disclosed for image processing of one or more items in an inventory of one or more supply chain entities. Embodiments include receiving an initial set of images of at least two items in the inventory, identifying color distributions from the initial set of images using two encoders, and grouping colors of the at least two items based on similarities of the identified color distributions using a color coding model. |
| US11625671B2 |
Vending system and method of automatically vending
An automated vending system includes a physical item storage unit, and a plurality of land-based transportation mechanisms, or vehicles, arranged to store a predicted number and assortment of items to vend. A processing resource can communicate with the plurality of transportation vehicles, and is arranged to support a machine learning module. A plurality of data sources is arranged to provide data to the machine learning module to determine a plurality of respective actions for the plurality of transportation vehicles. The processing resource can communicate respective control instructions to the plurality of transportation vehicles. A selected transportation mechanism which receives the control instruction can operate in response to the control instruction in order to convey the item to a determined vending location. |
| US11625669B2 |
Monitoring objects in a supply chain using an immutable data store
A system for tracking items within a value chain, the system comprising an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to create a first object in response to an input, the first object including first identifying metadata, receive an action, and apply the action to the first object to modify the first object into a second object and modify the first identifying metadata into second identifying metadata. The electronic processor is further configured to link the second object to the first object, receive a request to retrieve a history of the second object, and generate the history, wherein the history includes the first object, the first identifying metadata, the action, the second object, and the second identifying metadata. |
| US11625668B2 |
Systems and methods for trip management
There is disclosed a method of providing information about a package in transit. The method involves receiving environmental data collected by a sensor associated with the package during transit and identifying contextual data about the package that is associated with the environmental data. The method also involves selectively providing access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package. |
| US11625666B2 |
Digital stamps
Systems, methods, and media for the delivery of physical items using a digital stamp. Various implementations include operations such as receiving a request from a user to deliver an item to a destination using a digital stamp, wherein the item includes destination information and lacks any physical indicator that the delivery fee for the item has been paid or will be paid; receiving a destination address from the user; determining a delivery fee for the item; and generating a digital stamp using the destination address, the delivery fee, and user account information for the user. The operations may also include obtaining an image of the item including the destination information; determining, from the image, that the item lacks any physical indicator regarding the delivery fee; checking for a digital stamp corresponding to the item; and directing the item for delivery to the destination information, if the digital stamp is found. |
| US11625663B2 |
Systems and methods of assessing web accessibility of computing systems
Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at a server, one or more success criteria for content accessibility. The server may receive a product, such as a web-based application or a website, to be evaluated based on the success criteria. The server may determine one or more accessibility exceptions of the product based on one or more inputs and the one or more success criteria. The server may determine relationships between the one or more accessibility exceptions of the product and the one or more success criteria using custom objects and schema from a database communicatively connected to the server. The server may determine product quality of the received product using the determined relationships and the one or more accessibility exceptions. The server may generate a dynamic accessibility conformance report based on the determined product quality, and may transmit the dynamic accessibility conformance report for display. |
| US11625660B2 |
Machine learning for automatic extraction and workflow assignment of action items
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with automatic smart extraction and workflow assignment of action items are described. In one embodiment, a method includes extracting a set of candidate action items from text of a construction project manual; applying static rules to the candidate action items to distinguish valid and invalid candidate action items; evaluating each valid candidate action item with a first machine learning model to label the valid candidate action item either (i) a true action item or (ii) not a true action item; evaluating each true action item with a second machine learning model to allocate each of the true action items to a construction workflow class; and transmitting the set of true action items to a submittal exchange system to populate one or more workflows. |
| US11625658B2 |
Method for synchronous communication to procure, schedule, coordinate, and deliver materials to a plurality of construction projects automatically using a calendar model
A method using synchronous communication to procure, schedule, coordinate, and deliver materials to a plurality of construction projects with a Calendar Model while using an administrative processor with administrative computer readable media connected to a global communication network and client devices for a plurality of suppliers, a plurality of consultants, a plurality of contractors, and a plurality of administrators. The method includes creating a supplier profile, a contractor profile a consultant profile, construction project and an administrative profile in the geographic database. |
| US11625654B1 |
Social networking meetup system and method
A social networking meetup services system and method that facilitate proximity-based meetup location suggestions for finding potential meetup opportunities between individuals and engaging therein. A plurality of user RSVP indications are employed where each user RSVP indication associated with a specific one user of a plurality of users and an associated meetup location designated by the specific one user for which the specific one user intends on being physically present at a future time. A set of matching user RSVP indications other users that match with the potential meetup locations selected by the user. The user is presented with the identified other RSVP users and there is a matching, based on at least an indication of mutual interest, between the user and the other users selected and matched such that a communications link is established between the user and such other users for purposes of meeting up. |
| US11625653B2 |
Method of providing client service
The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment. |
| US11625651B1 |
Repository of customizable itineraries for travel planning
Methods and systems for implementing a repository of customizable itineraries are disclosed. Based at least in part on user input, trip components are selected from a repository of itineraries based at least in part on user input from a first user. The trip components represent events or locations. Recommendation input for customizing the trip components is obtained from additional users. A customized itinerary is selected based at least in part on the itinerary and the recommendation input. The customized itinerary comprises one or more user-selected modifications to a chronological order or one or more user-selected substitutions to the set of trip components. The customized itinerary is stored in the repository of itineraries. |
| US11625650B2 |
Intelligent travel planning
A method includes: a travel planning system, via a user interface, receives requirements for a trip from a user; collects preference information of the user for the trip; searches available travel options based on the requirements and the preference information; builds an itinerary based on the searched travel options by use of a balance combination of relative weights for sources of the preference information; applies external data relevant to the itinerary; obtains a response to the itinerary from the user; either adjusts the itinerary or makes reservations respective to the travel options in the itinerary, depending on types of a response from the user; records at least one change to the itinerary via the user interface in a user device while the user device is off-line; and responsive to the user device getting online, synchronizes the at least one change to the itinerary stored in the travel planning system. |
| US11625649B2 |
Autonomous vehicle control using service pools across different service entities
Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a first vehicle service assignment for an autonomous vehicle. The first vehicle service assignment can be associated with a first service entity and indicative of a first vehicle service. The computing system can determine that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform a second vehicle service concurrently with the first vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a second vehicle service assignment for the autonomous vehicle. The second vehicle service assignment can be associated with a second service entity that is different than the first service entity and is indicative of the second vehicle service. The computing system can cause the autonomous vehicle to concurrently perform the first vehicle service with the second vehicle service. |
| US11625644B1 |
Multi-objective ranking of search results
Devices and techniques are generally described for ranking of search results based on multiple objectives. In various examples, a first set of search results may be determined. A first objective and a second objective for ranking the first set of search results may be determined. A first label associated with the first objective may be selected for a first training data instance. A second label associated with the second objective may be selected for a second training data instance. A first machine learning model may be generated using the first training data instance and the second training data instance. In some examples, the first machine learning model may be effective to rank the first set of search results based at least in part on the first objective and the second objective. |
| US11625643B1 |
System of improved intelligence learning agents with heuristics management
A system for generating intelligent software learning agents with heuristics management is disclosed. Expertise capture processes eliminate the need for programmers through the use of machine learning mechanisms that adjusts to changes over time, stays current with business rules as the learning is continuous, and allows users to process work as they always have with no interruptions or additional training required. |
| US11625641B2 |
Machine learning based function testing
A method for determining the performance metric of a function may include interpolating the performance metric of the function relative to a known performance metric of a reference function. The performance metric of the function may be interpolated based on a first difference in a performance of the function measured by applying a first machine learning model and a performance of the function measured by applying a second machine learning model. The performance metric of the function may be further interpolated based on a second difference in a performance of the reference function measured by applying the first machine learning model and a performance of the reference function measured by applying the second machine learning model. The function may be deployed to a production system if the performance metric of the function exceeds a threshold value. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided. |
| US11625640B2 |
Distributed random forest training with a predictor trained to balance tasks
In one embodiment, a device distributes sets of training records from a training dataset for a random forest-based classifier among a plurality of workers of a computing cluster. Each worker determines whether it can perform a node split operation locally on the random forest by comparing a number of training records at the worker to a predefined threshold. The device determines, for each of the split operations, a data size and entropy measure of the training records to be used for the split operation. The device applies a machine learning-based predictor to the determined data size and entropy measure of the training records to be used for the split operation, to predict its completion time. The device coordinates the workers of the computing cluster to perform the node split operations in parallel such that the node split operations in a given batch are grouped based on their predicted completion times. |
| US11625639B2 |
Controllable quantum logic gates with measurement and methods for use therewith
A controlled quantum logic gate implements a n−1 qubit controlled Z gate function based on n qubits and an ancilla qubit, wherein n is greater than 3. The quantum logic gate includes a plurality of leading gates that operate on the at least one ancilla qubit to generate an ancilla qubit state in response to an initial state of the ancilla bit and each of the n qubits. A measurement operates on the ancilla qubit state to generate a classical ancilla bit state. At least one following gate includes at least one controlled Z gate equivalent that operates under control of at least one of the n qubits and further under control of the classical ancilla bit state to selectively apply a phase adjustment to at least another one of the n qubits. |
| US11625632B2 |
Automated generation of a machine learning pipeline
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate automated generation of a machine learning pipeline based on a pipeline grammar are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a pipeline structure generator component that generates a machine learning pipeline structure based on a pipeline grammar. The computer executable components can further comprise a pipeline optimizer component that selects one or more machine learning modules that achieve a defined objective to instantiate a machine learning pipeline based on the machine learning pipeline structure. |
| US11625629B2 |
Systems and methods for predicting user behavior based on location data
Systems and computerized methods for determining patterns in user activity such that user contextual information can be provided based on the patterns. Historic data associated with a first user is received and entity information is determined based on the historic data. Current location data associated with the first user is received and prediction information is generated based on a combination of the entity information and the current location data for a current time period. Contextual insight information is determined based on a combination of the prediction information with at least one of the current location data, real time data, and contextual data, the contextual insight information including a recommendation of at least one of an activity, a purchase, and an accessory associated with the current location of the first user. |
| US11625625B2 |
Synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems
Techniques for synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving a request for generation of synthetic training data based on a set of training data cases. One or more focal training data cases are determined. For undetermined features (either all of them or those that are not subject to conditions), a value for the feature is determined based on the focal cases. In some embodiments, validity of the generated value may be checked based on feature information. In some embodiments, generated synthetic data may be checked against all or a portion of the training data to ensure that it is not overly similar. |
| US11625623B2 |
System and method for generating a matrimony recommendation using a machine learning model
A processor-implemented method for generating a matrimony recommendation using a machine learning model is provided. The method includes (i) generating a user profile for (i) a first user or (ii) a second user, (ii) obtaining family information of (a) the first user from a first user device associated with the first user and (b) the second user from a second user device associated with the second user, (iii) generating a database using the family information associated with the first user and the second user, (iv) automatically generating a first family tree using the family information associated with the first user, and a second family tree using the family information associated with the second user based on a pre-determined tree template and (v) populating family members of (a) the first family tree or (b) the second family tree based on a response from the first user or the second user. |
| US11625621B2 |
Data clustering
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for clustering data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving feature vectors. The actions further include accessing rules that each relate one or more values of the feature vectors to a respective label of a plurality of labels. The actions further include, based on the rules, generating heuristics that each identify related values of the feature vectors. The actions further include, for each of the heuristics, generating a matrix that reflects a similarity of the feature vectors. The actions further include, based on the matrices that each reflects a respective similarity of the feature vectors, generating clusters that each include a subset of the feature vectors. The actions further include, for each cluster, determining a label of the plurality of labels. |
| US11625618B1 |
Processor compiler
A system receives a predictive model and receives one or more runtime constraints. The system generates a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of the predictive model indicating dependencies. The system compiles the predictive model into first instructions for a first processor based on the one or more runtime constraints and the DAG. The system packages first instructions, the one or more runtime constraints, and the DAG of the predictive model in a first binary. The system recompiles the predictive model into second instructions for a second processor based on the runtime constraints and the DAG stored in the first processor. The system packages the second instructions, the DAG, and the runtime constraints in a second binary. |
| US11625615B2 |
Artificial intelligence advisory systems and methods for behavioral pattern matching and language generation
An artificial intelligence system for behavioral pattern matching and language generation includes at least a server. The system includes a behavior modification module operating on the at least a server, wherein the behavior modification module is designed and configured to receive at least a request for a behavior modification and generate a behavior modification model as a function of the at least a request for behavior modification. The system includes an artificial intelligence advisor operating on the at least a server, wherein the artificial intelligence advisor is configured to receive at least a user input from a user client device, generate at least a textual output using the behavior modification model and the at least a user input, and transmit the at least a textual output to the user client device. |
| US11625613B2 |
Generative adversarial neural network assisted compression and broadcast
A latent code defined in an input space is processed by the mapping neural network to produce an intermediate latent code defined in an intermediate latent space. The intermediate latent code may be used as appearance vector that is processed by the synthesis neural network to generate an image. The appearance vector is a compressed encoding of data, such as video frames including a person's face, audio, and other data. Captured images may be converted into appearance vectors at a local device and transmitted to a remote device using much less bandwidth compared with transmitting the captured images. A synthesis neural network at the remote device reconstructs the images for display. |
| US11625610B2 |
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detector selection using neural network
A method and system for training a neural network are herein provided. According to one embodiment, a method includes generating a first labelled dataset corresponding to a first modulation scheme and a second labelled dataset corresponding to a second modulation scheme, determining a first gradient of a cost function between a first neural network layer and a second neural network layer based on back-propagation using the first labelled dataset and the second labelled dataset, and determining a second gradient of the cost function between the second neural network layer and a first set of nodes of a third neural network layer based on back-propagation using the first labelled dataset. The first set of nodes of the third neural network layer correspond to a first plurality of detector classes associated with the first modulation scheme. |
| US11625607B2 |
Method of structured network pruning and sparsity speed-up
A method of pruning a convolutional neural network, comprising at least one of determining a number of channels (N) between a network input and a network output, constructing N lookup tables, each lookup table matched to a respective channel and pruning filters in the convolutional neural network to create a shortcut between the network input and the network output based on the N lookup tables. |
| US11625606B2 |
Neural processing system
A neural processing system includes a first frontend module, a second frontend module, a first backend module, and a second backend module. The first frontend module executes a feature extraction operation using a first feature map and a first weight, and outputs a first operation result and a second operation result. The second frontend module executes the feature extraction operation using a second feature map and a second weight, and outputs a third operation result and a fourth operation result. The first backend module receives an input of the first operation result provided from the first frontend module and the fourth operation result provided from the second frontend module via a second bridge to sum up the first operation result and the fourth operation result. The second backend module receives an input of the third operation result provided from the second frontend module and the second operation result provided from the first frontend module via a first bridge to sum up the third operation result and the second operation result. |
| US11625597B2 |
Matching network for medical image analysis
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for data analysis for use in data classification via training of a recurrent neural network to identify features from limited reference sets. Based on a one-shot learning algorithm, the method includes selecting a subset of reference data and training a classifier with the selected data. This small subset of reference data can be iteratively tuned to enhance classification of the data according to the desired output of the method. The apparatus may be configured to allow a user to interactively select a subset of reference data which is used to train the classifier and to evaluate classifier performance. |
| US11625586B2 |
Realization of neural networks with ternary inputs and ternary weights in NAND memory arrays
Use of a NAND array architecture to realize a binary neural network (BNN) allows for matrix multiplication and accumulation to be performed within the memory array. A unit synapse for storing a weight of a BNN is stored in a pair of series connected memory cells. A binary input is applied on a pair of word lines connected to the unit synapse to perform the multiplication of the input with the weight. The results of such multiplications are determined by a sense amplifier, with the results accumulated by a counter. The arrangement extends to ternary inputs to realize a ternary-binary network (TBN) by adding a circuit to detect 0 input values and adjust the accumulated count accordingly. The arrangement further extends to a ternary-ternary network (TTN) by allowing 0 weight values in a unit synapse, maintaining the number of 0 weights in a register, and adjusting the count accordingly. |
| US11625585B1 |
Compiler for optimizing filter sparsity for neural network implementation configuration
Some embodiments provide a compiler for optimizing the implementation of a machine-trained network (e.g., a neural network) on an integrated circuit (IC). In some embodiments, the compiler determines whether sparsity requirements of channels implemented on individual cores are met on each core. If the sparsity requirement is not met, the compiler, in some embodiments, determines whether the channels of the filter can be rearranged to meet the sparsity requirements on each core and, based on the determination, either rearranges the filter channels or implements a solution to non-sparsity. |
| US11625583B2 |
Quality monitoring and hidden quantization in artificial neural network computations
Systems and methods for quality monitoring and hidden quantization in artificial neural network (ANN) computations are provided. An example method may include receiving a description of an ANN and input data associated with the ANN, performing, based on a quantization scheme, quantization of the ANN to obtain a quantized ANN, performing, based on the set of input data, ANN computations of the quantized ANN to obtain a result of the ANN computation for the input data, while performing the ANN computations, monitoring, a measure of quality of the ANN computations of the quantized ANN, determining that the measure of quality does not satisfy quality requirements, and in response to the determination, informing a user of an external system of the measure of quality, and adjusting, based on the measure of quality, the quantization scheme to be used in the ANN computations for further input data. |
| US11625580B2 |
Neural network wiring discovery
Neural wirings may be discovered concurrently with training a neural network. Respective weights may be assigned to each edge connecting nodes of a neural graph, wherein the neural graph represents a neural network. A subset of edges may be designated based on the respective weights and data is passed through the neural graph in a forward training pass using the designated subset of edges. A loss function may be determined based on the results of the forward training pass and parameters of the neural network and the respective weights assigned to each edge may be updated in a backwards training pass based on the loss function. The steps of designating the subset of edges, passing data through the neural graph, determining the loss function, and updating parameters of the neural network and the respective weights may be repeated to train the neural network. |
| US11625579B2 |
Spiking neural net work device and learning method of spiking neural network device
A spiking neural network device according to an embodiment includes a synaptic element, a neuron circuit, a synaptic potentiator, and a synaptic depressor. The synaptic element has a variable weight. The neuron circuit inputs a spike voltage having a magnitude adjusted in accordance with the weight of the synaptic element via the synaptic element, and fires when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The synaptic potentiator performs a potentiating operation for potentiating the weight of the synaptic element depending on input timing of the spike voltage and firing timing of the neuron circuit. The synaptic depressor performs a depression operation for depressing the weight of the synaptic element in accordance with a schedule independent from the input timing of the spike voltage and the firing timing of the neuron circuit. |
| US11625578B2 |
Neural network processing
A method apparatus and computer readable medium for processing input data using a neural network comprising at least a first layer and a second layer. The method comprising the steps of applying a partitioning scheme to the input data, to partition the input data into a plurality of blocks, each block representing a portion of the input data. At the first layer of the neural network, the blocks of the input data are processed in a first order to generate intermediary data, wherein the intermediary data is partitioned into a plurality of intermediary blocks. At the second layer of the neural network, the intermediary blocks are processed in a second order, wherein the second order differs from the first order. |
| US11625576B2 |
Systems and methods for image style transformation
A method for image processing may include: obtaining an original image of a first style, the original image being generated by a first imaging device; obtaining a target transformation model; and generating a transferred image of a second style by transferring the first style of the original image using the target transformation model. The second style may be substantially similar to a target style of one or more other images generated by a second imaging device. The second style may be different from the first style. |
| US11625575B2 |
Reinforcement learning techniques for selecting a software policy network and autonomously controlling a corresponding software client based on selected policy network
Techniques are disclosed that enable automating user interface input by generating a sequence of actions to perform a task utilizing a multi-agent reinforcement learning framework. Various implementations process an intent associated with received user interface input using a holistic reinforcement policy network to select a software reinforcement learning policy network. The sequence of actions can be generated by processing the intent, as well as a sequence of software client state data, using the selected software reinforcement learning policy network. The sequence of actions are utilized to control the software client corresponding to the selected software reinforcement learning policy network. |
| US11625570B2 |
Computer-readable recording medium, determination method, and determination apparatus for classifying time series data
A determination apparatus generates an interval vector having a plurality of components that are adjacent occurrence intervals between a plurality of events that have occurred in chronological order. The determination apparatus generates a plurality of local variable points each of which includes specific components as one set of coordinates, using a predetermined number of consecutive interval vectors in the chronological order. The determination apparatus generates a Betti sequence by applying persistent homology transform to the plurality of local variable points for which the interval vectors serving as starting points are different. The determination apparatus determines a type of the plurality of events based on the Betti sequence. |
| US11625568B2 |
Flexible mountable L-shaped RFID tag antenna
The invention discloses a flexible mountable RFID tag antenna. The object of the invention to present an RFID tag antenna which has a flexible and flat design, which is mountable on conductive surfaces without disadvantages in reading the data of the RFID chip and does not increase cost and complexity in the RFID tag manufacturing process and which can be mounted on any curvature structure will be solved by a flexible mountable RFID tag antenna comprising an RFID chip for storing data and an antenna structure operatively connected to the RFID chip for operating across RFID frequency band, wherein the RFID tag antenna is mounted on a dielectric layer and the RFID tag antenna laterally overlaps the dielectric layer at one edge of the dielectric layer forming an overlapping part, whereas the overlapping part of the RFID tag antenna forming an extended L-shaped antenna structure in its cross-sectional view and whereas the RFID tag antenna is suitable to be attachable to a conductive layer. |
| US11625567B2 |
Conduit with radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled sensor
A system for sensing a physical property of a medium inside a conduit includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader arranged to transmit electromagnetic signals in at least one radio frequency. An RFID tag receives the least one radio frequency and exchanges the received radio frequency to electrical energy powering the RFID tag. An included sensor electrically connected to the RFID tag receives the electrical energy from the RFID tag and powers the sensor to obtain measurement data of at least one physical property of the medium and transmit the measurement data to the RFID tag. The RFID tag transmits the measurement data to the RFID reader using the at least one radio frequency. |
| US11625565B2 |
Marking integrated circuit package with encoded image for scanning to obtain manufacturing parameters
A package for an integrated circuit is marked with an encoded image (e.g., a two-dimensional barcode). The encoded image is scanned by a scanner to obtain manufacturing parameters. In one approach, a method includes: fabricating, in a manufacturing facility, a physical product using a manufacturing process, where the physical product is fabricated according to specifications, and the manufacturing process includes manufacturing steps performed in the manufacturing facility; marking the physical product with an encoded image, where the encoded image encodes parameters that include the specifications; and transporting the physical product to a storage facility, where the storage facility includes a scanner configured to scan the encoded image to obtain the parameters. |
| US11625560B2 |
Server and control method thereof
A server and a control method thereof are provided. The server includes a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus; and a processor configured to: receive an image from the external apparatus via the communicator, process the received image by applying a plurality of image analysis models of which an analysis type for the image is different from each other, to the received image, and generate analysis result information about the image respectively corresponding to a plurality of analysis types according to the processing of the received image. With this, more various types of image analysis information may be provided with respect to one image. At least a portion of the analysis of the image, the processing and the generation may be carried out using at least one of a machine learning, a nerve network or a deep learning algorithm as a rule based or artificial intelligence algorithm. |
| US11625559B2 |
Attenuating visual artifacts of image processing systems using adversarial networks on-the-fly
An apparatus, method, and a computer readable medium for attenuating visual artifacts in processed images. An annotated dataset of images to be processed by an image processing system is created. An adversarial control network is trained to operate as an image quality expert in classifying images. After the adversarial control network has been trained, the adversarial control network is used to supervise the image processing system on-the-fly. |
| US11625549B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for removing a security tag
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving a confirmation signal to unlock the security tag from being locked to a merchandise, transmitting a RFID signal to the RFID device associated with the security tag to enable a controller to receive a release signal used to unlock the security tag from the merchandise, and transmitting the release signal to the controller to unlock the security tag from the merchandise. |
| US11625547B2 |
Methods and systems for improved tag identification
Apparatuses, systems, and methods of manufacturing are described that provide improved tag identification. An example system includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner that receives a stream of RFID tags each associated with a respective article. The system further includes a first sensor attached to the RFID scanner that generates first positional data and a second sensor positioned separate from the first sensor that generates second positional data. The system also includes a computing device communicably coupled with the RFID scanner, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The computing device receives the stream of RFID tags, receives first positional data from the first sensor, receives second positional data from the second sensor, and determines an intended RFID tag from amongst the stream of RFID tags based upon the first positional data and the second positional data. |
| US11625546B2 |
Apparatus and method for accurate translation reviews and consistency across multiple translators
An apparatus has a network interface circuit to receive a source sentence from a network connected client device. A processor is connected to the network interface circuit. A memory is connected to the processor. The memory stores parameters of a multilingual neural review system and instructions executed by the processor to operate the multilingual neural review system trained on a corpus of source sentences, draft target sentences and corrected target sentences. The multilingual neural review system produces a corrected target sentence from a draft target sentence representing a proposed translation of the source sentence. The draft target sentence and the corrected target sentence are supplied to the network connected client device. Approval for the corrected target sentence is received from the network connected client device. Parameters of the multilingual neural review system are updated based upon the approval for the corrected target sentence. |
| US11625545B2 |
Systems and methods for improved conversation translation
Systems and methods for improved conversation translation are disclosed. The system receives a first portion of a conversation in a first language. The system translates the first portion of the conversation to a second language. The system generates a predicted second portion of the conversation. The first portion and the predicted second portion are sent to a second user device as a predictive translation. The system then receives an actual second portion of the conversation, translates it to the second language, and sends the first portion and the actual second portion to the second user device as a batch translation. The system compares the batch translation to the predictive translation to identity any differences and generates a color-coded translation highlighting any differences between the batch translation and the predictive translation. The system sends the color-coded translation to the second user device for display on the second user device. |
| US11625544B2 |
Method and system for training document-level natural language processing models
In methods for training a natural language generation (NLG) model using a processor a document-level machine translation (MT) model is provided by training an MT model to receive as input, token sequences in a first language, and to generate as output, token sequences in a second language. An augmented document-level MT model is provided by training the document-level MT model to receive as input, paired language-independent structured data and token sequences in the first language, and to generate as output, token sequences in the second language. The augmented document-level MT model is trained to receive as input, language-independent structured data, and to generate as output, token sequences in the second language. |
| US11625543B2 |
Systems and methods for composed variational natural language generation
Embodiments described herein provide a composed variational natural language generation (CLANG) model that is configured to generate training samples for few-shot intents. Specifically, the CLANG model may build connections between existing training samples of many-shot intents and new training samples of few-shot intents by modeling an intent as a combination of a domain and an action. In this way, the CLANG model transfers knowledge from existing many-shot intents to few-shot intents in natural language generation by learning how to compose utterances with many-shot intents and transferring such knowledge to few-shot intents. |
| US11625539B2 |
Extracting trigger words and arguments from text to obtain an event extraction result
A method for extracting an event from a text including obtaining an input text; inputting the input text into a model for extracting trigger words to obtain a trigger word extraction result of the input text; inputting the input text and the trigger word extraction result into a model for extracting arguments to obtain an argument extraction result of the input text; and obtaining an event extraction result of the input text according to the trigger word extraction result and the argument extraction result. |
| US11625538B2 |
Methods and systems for automatic extraction of self-reported activities of an individual
This disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for automatic extraction of self-reported activities of an individual from a freestyle narrative text. Manual extraction of such self-reported activities of the individual from the freestyle narrative text over the period of time is a complex task and consume a significant amount of time. The present systems and methods utilize a predefined grammar pattern and a natural language processing technique to generate one or more candidate activity phrases, from the pre-processed input text posted by the individual. A deep learning based supervised classification model is utilized to automatically extract the one or more self-reported activities of the individual, from the one or more candidate activity phrases. Manual intervention and efforts of analyzing the freestyle narrative text to extract the self-reported activities are avoided. Longitudinal assessment of the self-reported activities may reveal routines and behavior of the individual. |
| US11625536B2 |
System and method for identification and profiling adverse events
With the proliferation of data and documents available on the internet and other information sources, analysis of adverse events poses a serious technical challenge on account of associated data volume and variety. This disclosure relates generally to identification and profiling of adverse events. By receiving a set of articles from a plurality of data sources and utilizing a series of Natural Language Processors, NLP techniques are employed to identify implicit and explicit adverse events. Entity statistics and sentiment extraction and analysis is performed. An ontology based adverse event identification framework is proposed for identification and profiling of implicit adverse event. An attention based bi-directional long short term memory network for adverse event identification and classification is proposed. |
| US11625534B1 |
Identifying documents that contain potential code words using a machine learning model
Identifying documents that contain potential code words using a machine learning model. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving documents, identifying a first corpus and a second corpus in the documents, extracting a first set of word embeddings from the first corpus and a second set of word embeddings from the second corpus, generating a first vector space for the first set of word embeddings and a second vector space for the second set of word embeddings using a machine learning model, performing a vector rotation to improve alignment of the first set of word embeddings with the second set of word embeddings, identifying a word embedding in the first vector space that is not aligned with a corresponding word embedding in the second vector space as a potential code word, and identifying one or more documents that contain the potential code word in the first corpus. |
| US11625532B2 |
Dynamically generated content understanding system
An item of content is received and it is analyzed to identify any different types of parsers that can be used to parse the item of content based on prior, user-selected parsers. One or more parsers is selected, based upon the content type in the item of content and based upon the prior, user-selected parsers. The selected parser is constructed in a server environment and is controlled to parse the item of content. |
| US11625530B2 |
Systems and methods for updating a mobile application
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing cross-device native functionality for a native app. More specifically, the invention is directed to a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data exchange format for use with a native app running on a user's mobile device, wherein the exchange format is configured to improve user experience and interaction with the app. The present invention may be particularly useful in a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform in which data is continually exchanged between remote user devices and a cloud-based service for collecting and managing user-driven data based on user interaction with native apps on their devices. |
| US11625524B2 |
Integrated circuit and method of designing a layout thereof
An integrated circuit includes a first region corresponding to a first circuit and including a first dummy pattern and a first signal pattern which are spaced apart from each other by a width of a spacer in a conductive layer to extend in parallel in a first horizontal direction and a second region corresponding to a second circuit which is the same as the first circuit and including a second dummy pattern and a second signal pattern which are spaced apart from each other by the width of the spacer in the conductive layer to extend in parallel in the first horizontal direction. The first signal pattern and the second signal pattern are configured so that a first signal and a second signal corresponding to each other in the first circuit and the second circuit are respectively applied to the first signal pattern and the second signal pattern. |
| US11625523B2 |
Logic drive based on standard commodity FPGA IC chips
A chip package used as a logic drive, includes: multiple semiconductor chips, a polymer layer horizontally between the semiconductor chips; multiple metal layers over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the metal layers are connected to the semiconductor chips and extend across edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the metal layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers and a trace width between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; multiple dielectric layers each between neighboring two of the metal layers and over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the dielectric layers extend across the edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the dielectric layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; and multiple metal bumps on a top one of the metal layers, wherein one of the semiconductor chips is a FPGA IC chip, and another one of the semiconductor chips is a NVMIC chip. |
| US11625522B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating three-dimensional integrated circuit design
A method and apparatus for generating a design for a 3D integrated circuit (3DIC) comprises extracting at least one design characteristic from a first data representation of a design for a 2D integrated circuit (2DIC) generated according to the design criteria required for the 3DIC. Components of the 3DIC are partitioned into groups (each representing one tier of the 3DIC) based on the extracted design characteristic. A second data representation of a 2DIC design is generated comprising multiple adjacent partitions each comprising the component groups for one tier of the 3DIC design together with inter-tier via ports representing locations of inter-tier vias. A placement for each partition is determined separately from a placement of corresponding components of the 2DIC represented by the original first data representation. This approach allows a 2DIC EDA tool to be used for designing a 3DIC. |
| US11625521B2 |
Method, emulator, and storage media for debugging logic system design
A method for debugging a logic system design including a target module to be debugged. The method includes receiving a first gate-level netlist associated with the logic system design and a second gate-level netlist associated with the target module that are generated based on a description of the logic system design, obtaining runtime information of an input signal of the target module by running the first gate-level netlist, and obtaining runtime information of the target module by running the second gate-level netlist based on the runtime information of the input signal of the target module. |
| US11625516B2 |
Designing a part by topology optimization
The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for designing a part by topology optimization. The method comprises defining a working volume for the optimization of the part and at least one boundary condition applied to the part, computing a vector field over the working volume, each vector of the field representing an optimal direction and a quantity of material corresponding to satisfy the at least one boundary condition, computing a set of flow lines by propagating from starting points in the vector field. For each flow line of the set, an element for the primary structure of the part is computed and a secondary structure of the part linking the set of primary as well as the secondary structure elements together is computed. |
| US11625514B2 |
Numerical simulation method of pulsed laser paint removal and use thereof
The present disclosure provides a numerical simulation method of pulsed laser paint removal and a use thereof. This method establishes a three-dimensional (3D) temperature field model by ANSYS software to perform a numerical simulation of nanosecond pulsed laser paint removal. A high-speed moving pulsed laser is loaded on a surface of the model in a form of heat flux, and a coordinate system is moved to realize loading on different paths. A special surface mesh screening method is used to realize loading on any surface, and it ensures that laser energy distribution on a material surface is in line with reality. In addition, an element birth/death technology is combined to remove an element that exceeds a threshold, so as to intuitively present the surface morphology after laser paint removal. The present disclosure can realize the prediction of the contour of a paint layer ablated by a pulsed laser. |
| US11625513B2 |
Safety analysis framework
Techniques for determining a safety metric associated with a vehicle controller are discussed herein. To determine whether a complex system (which may be uninspectable) is able to operate safely, various operating regimes (scenarios) can be identified based on operating data and associated with a scenario parameter to be adjusted. To validate safe operation of such a system, a scenario may be identified for inspection. Error metrics of a subsystem of the system can be quantified. The error metrics, in addition to stochastic errors of other systems/subsystems can be introduced to the scenario. The scenario parameter may also be perturbed. Any multitude of such perturbations can be instantiated in a simulation to test, for example, a vehicle controller. A safety metric associated with the vehicle controller can be determined based on the simulation, as well as causes for any failures. |
| US11625512B2 |
Systems and methods for process design and analysis
Systems and methods for process design and analysis of processes that result in products or analytical information are provided. A hypergraph data store is maintained and comprises versions of each process. A version comprises a hypergraph with nodes, for stages of the process, and edges. Stages have parameterized resource inputs associated with stage input properties, and input specification limits. Stages have resource outputs with output properties and output specification limits. Edges link the outputs of nodes to the inputs of other nodes. A run data store is maintained with a plurality of process runs, each run identifying a process version, values for the inputs of nodes in the corresponding hypergraph, their input properties, resource outputs of the nodes, and obtained values of output properties of the resource outputs. |
| US11625511B1 |
Methods for designing, manufacturing, installing, and/or maintenance of roofing accessories and systems of use thereof
Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable automated roof planning using a processor. The processor receives a digital image of a roof of a structure and models each roof plane of the roof to generate a roof model. The processor determines dimensions of each roof plane based on the roof model. The processor retrieves roofing accessory data from a database, the roofing accessory data solar roofing accessory part identifiers and solar roofing accessory part performance characteristics for solar roofing accessories. The processor simulates multiple candidate roof layouts based on the dimensions of each roof plan and the solar roofing accessory parts and determines a utilization prediction for each candidate layout. Based on each utilization prediction, the processor determines a particular roof layout having selected solar roofing accessory parts, and generates a solar roof design, including a list of materials, for the particular roof layout. |
| US11625509B2 |
Method of manufacturing complex three-dimensional building surfaces
A method implemented by a computer system, the computer-implemented method comprising receiving dimensions of a building surface, including a surface length and a surface height; receiving dimensions of a surface material unit, including a material length and a material height; receiving design parameters defining a three-dimensional design over the building surface; partitioning the three-dimensional design into a plurality of three-dimensional segments based on both the three-dimensional design and the dimensions of the surface material; and generating a set of milling instructions for cutting a plurality of surface material units into the plurality of three-dimensional segments. |
| US11625508B2 |
Artificial intelligence device for guiding furniture placement and method of operating the same
The present invention includes an artificial intelligence device and a method for operating the same. The artificial intelligence device includes a communication unit that receives indoor area map data and indoor area image data from at least one external device, and a processor that generates first furniture placement map data in which a placement position of at least one piece of furniture is mapped, provides the first furniture placement map data to a furniture placement model, and obtains second furniture placement map data in which a placement position of at least one piece of furniture is changed, based on indoor area map data and indoor area image data. |
| US11625506B1 |
Secure enclosure for devices used to test remote connectivity
Mobile devices executing applications may be tested for networking issues by utilizing a test network having proxy access devices placed at different physical locations. Devices may be stored in a secure enclosure that includes a host device. The enclosure includes access controls to prevent unauthorized removal of devices or access to stored data. If an unauthorized access, disconnection from the host device, or disconnection of a device from a power source is detected, devices may be placed into a locked state or data on the devices may be deleted. The enclosure may also include a control device for testing the exchange of Bluetooth data by the devices. The enclosure may also include conductive members placed on the touch sensors of devices for providing simulated touch input to the touch sensors by changing the capacitance of adjacent regions of the touch sensors. |
| US11625505B2 |
Processor with network stack domain and system domain using separate memory regions
The disclosed technology is generally directed to network security for processors. In one example of the technology, a device includes: hardware, including a network interface; a memory; and a processor. The memory is adapted to store run-time data for the device. The memory includes at least a first memory region and a second memory region. The processor that is adapted to execute processor-executable code including a first binary in the first memory region and a second binary in the second memory region. The first binary includes at least one application and a kernel. The kernel is configured to control the hardware. The second binary is configured to operate, upon execution, as a network stack. The device is configured such that the first memory region is protected such that the first memory region is inaccessible to the second binary. |
| US11625504B2 |
Fault detection
The present disclosure relates to a method of fault detection in an application, by an electronic circuit, of a first function to a message, including the steps of generating, from the message, a non-zero even number N of different first sets, each including P shares; applying, to the P shares of each first set, one or a plurality of second functions delivering, for each first set, a second set including Q images; and cumulating all the images, starting with at most Q-1 images selected from among the Q images of a same second set. |
| US11625501B2 |
Masking sensitive information in records of filtered accesses to unstructured data
Unstructured data items are stored at an object storage service. A filtering requirement to be used to generate a result set for an access request is determined. Using a transformed representation of the filtering requirement, a target set of tokens of the filtering requirement which are to be obfuscated within a log record is identified. A log record that comprises substitute tokens for the target set of tokens is generated and stored. |
| US11625500B2 |
Secure commingling of tenant isolated data
A system for secure commingling of tenant isolated data includes a commingling storage unit, an interface, and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication of tenant data to be commingled. The processor is configured to determine one or more instances of sensitive data included in the tenant data, and transfer the tenant data to the commingling storage unit without transferring the one or more instances of sensitive data, wherein an index identifier is transferred to be stored in the commingling storage unit in place of an instance of sensitive data of the one or more instances of sensitive data. |
| US11625498B2 |
Cloud-based whitebox node locking
A secure cloud-based node-locking service with built-in attack detection to eliminate fuzzing, cloning and other attacks is disclosed. White-box base files are securely stored on the cloud service and are not vulnerable to accidental leakage. A secure cloud-based dynamic secret encoding service reduces the risk of exposure of unprotected secrets and other sensitive data. |
| US11625497B2 |
File management system and non-transitory computer readable medium
A file management system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to obtain information about a target file, a storage location of a related file relating to the target file, and a viewer, and, when the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file, provide, to the viewer, storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file, and, when the viewer is not allowed to access the storage location of the related file, provide the related file to the viewer. |
| US11625494B2 |
Data privacy policy based network resource access controls
A method for enabling website access is provided. The method includes detecting an attempt to access a particular website by a computing device via a network, the particular website including one or more webpages, and accessing a particular data privacy policy for the particular website. Scores of the particular data privacy policy are determined based on text of the particular data privacy policy, and a particular multidimensional coordinate is determined based on the scores of the particular data privacy policy. A map including the particular multidimensional coordinate is displayed via the computing device. An instruction from a user is received via the computing device to enable accessing of the particular website, and the accessing by the computing device of the particular website is enabled in response to the instruction from the user. |
| US11625493B2 |
Logic circuitry
In an example, a method comprises, by logic circuitry associated with a replaceable print apparatus component, responding to a first validation request sent via an I2C bus to a first address associated with the logic circuitry with a first validation response; and responding to a second validation request sent via the I2C bus to a second address associated with the logic circuitry with a second validation response. |
| US11625492B2 |
Method and system for securely providing vehicle services data to a vehicle
A computer device, having at least two long-range wireless profiles and coupled with a communication bus of a vehicle, receives a notice that a vehicle-centric download for the computer device, or for a vehicle device coupled to the communication bus, is pending from a remote server. The vehicle computer device determines the size and security requirement associated with the pending download, and a current operational state of the vehicle. If the size or security requirement is low, a consumer-centric profile may be used for the download even if the vehicle is currently being used. If the download file size is large or requires very high security, or if a user is currently using the computer device according to the consumer-centric profile, the computer device may schedule the download to occur after receiving a trigger event occurrence message. |
| US11625489B2 |
Techniques for securing execution environments by quarantining software containers
A system and method for securing execution environments by quarantining software containers. A method includes: determining, based on configuration data for an application stored in the application software container, at least one intended behavior of the application when executed by the application software container; monitoring execution of the application software container in a first execution environment, wherein the monitoring further comprises comparing the execution of the application software container to the at least one intended behavior; detecting an unauthorized action by the application software container when the execution of the application software container is anomalous as compared to the at least one intended behavior; and quarantining the application software container by migrating the application software container from the first execution environment to a second execution environment when the unauthorized action is detected. |
| US11625480B2 |
Mobile device with secure private memory
A mobile device includes non-private memory that can store software programs and a private memory that can store copies of the software programs as well as exclusively store trusted programs that are not stored in the non-private memory. The mobile device includes a processor configured to execute the software programs of the non-private memory when the mobile device is in a non-private mode, execute a trusted program only when the mobile device is in a private mode, and enable switching between the non-private mode and the private mode in response to a reboot of the mobile device. |
| US11625472B2 |
Converting static content items into interactive content items
At least one aspect of the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of converting static content items into interactive content items. A data processing system can identify a first content item. The data processing system can divide, in accordance with a partition template, the visual content of the first content item into a plurality of segments. The partition template can define a number of segments to be formed from the visual content. The data processing system can generate a second script. The second script can assign each segment into a position. The script can enable movement of each segment within the frame. The script can determine that the segments are moved to a target position. The script can perform an action to provide information related to the visual content. The data processing system can provide the second content item to a client device. |
| US11625471B2 |
Method for providing autofill function and electronic device including the same
An electronic device and method are disclosed, the method including a communication circuitry, a memory storing an application, a display, and a processor operatively connected with the communication circuitry, the memory, and the display. The processor executes the method, including: receiving a request to execute the application, outputting an information input screen relevant to executing the application on the display based on the request, receiving at least one piece of input information to be entered into the information input screen, from a specific external electronic device via the communication circuitry, and automatically entering the at least one piece of input information into the information input screen. |
| US11625468B2 |
Input method and electronic device
Embodiments of this application provide an input method. The input method may be implemented in an electronic device that has a fingerprint collection device, and the method includes: when a text input application runs, obtaining, by the electronic device, a fingerprint of a user on a touchscreen; determining, by the electronic device when the fingerprint is a prestored registered fingerprint, a target lexicon associated with the fingerprint; and providing, by the electronic device by using the target lexicon, at least one candidate word corresponding to a current input event. |
| US11625464B2 |
Biometric user authentication
One aspect provides a method of authenticating a user of a user device, the method comprising: receiving motion data captured using a motion sensor of the user device during an interval of motion of the user device induced by the user; processing the motion data to generate a device motion feature vector, inputting the device motion feature vector to a neural network, the neural network having been trained to distinguish between device motion feature vectors captured from different users; and authenticating the user of the user device, by using a resulting vector output of the neural network to determine whether the user-induced device motion matches an expected device motion pattern uniquely associated with an authorized user, the neural network having been trained based on device motion feature vectors captured from a group of training users, which does not include the authorized user. |
| US11625463B2 |
Method for facial authentication of a wearer of a watch
A method for facial authentication of a wearer of a watch includes: initiating an authentication process including detecting at least one triggering movement/gesture carried out by the wearer; capturing at least one sequence of images relative to the face of the wearer pivoting from one direction to another in front of the optical sensor; acquiring surface geometric data of the face associated with each image of at least one sequence; generating a three-dimensional model of the face of the wearer from at least one captured sequence of images and from the acquired geometric data; determining an identification index generated based on identification data relative to a plurality of features characteristic of the face of the wearer of the watch detected on the basis of the three-dimensional model, and identifying the wearer if the identification index is greater than a reference identification index. |
| US11625461B2 |
Method and system for safeguarding stored data
A method and system for accessing stored data includes receiving a request to access data stored in a data storage unit. The request requires one or more data operations to be performed by a system having access to the stored data. Responsive to the data request, one or more locks are derived and assigned to one or more of the data operations. Each of the locks control invocation of the data operations to which the respective lock is assigned. The deriving is based in part on (i) user context data obtained from a user issuing the request and (ii) data context comprising one or more attributes of the request. Each of the one or more locks is unlocked and the one or more data operations are invoked after the one or more locks are unlocked. |
| US11625460B1 |
Security platform
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for interconnecting devices. One of the methods includes authenticating, by a security platform, a user. The method includes generating, by the security platform, an authentication token for the user. The method includes receiving a selection of an IoT application by the user, the IoT application configured to control an IoT device. The method includes providing, by the security platform, the authentication token to the IoT application to authenticate the user with the selected application. The method also includes providing, by the selected application, control of the IoT device to the user. |
| US11625459B2 |
Embedded processing system with multi-stage authentication
An embedded processing system includes processing circuitry configured to execute a plurality of computer executable instructions. The embedded processing system also includes a memory system configured to store a plurality of configuration items, where at least one of the configuration items includes a sequence of the computer executable instructions. The embedded processing system also includes an authentication control configured to authenticate an immutable anchor associated with the embedded processing system, authenticate integrity of a reconfigurable entity map associated with the memory system, authenticate the configuration items based on the reconfigurable entity map, and perform an accommodation measure based on an authentication failure of at least one of the configuration items. |
| US11625458B2 |
System and method to protect original music from unauthorized reproduction and use
Provided is a new digital music storage and readout system and method that incorporates layers of anti-pirating features to inhibit unauthorized reproduction of device music content. This concept and device design may be extended to video storage and playback. |
| US11625456B2 |
Group-based community system and method for managing the same
Provided are a group-based community system and managing method thereof. The group-based system comprises a group management module for creating a group and assigning a plurality of members to the group, and a badge management module for creating a badge related to the group and awarding the badge to a first member of the plurality of members, wherein, by using the badge, a right of the first member for a predetermined function in a community platform in which at least some members of the plurality of members participate is managed. |
| US11625455B2 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneous key generation on device and server for secure communication
A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store. A second private key generator is operable for generating a private key using the predetermined key generation algorithm with the received user PIN, the received host factor, and an extracted entropy store corresponding to user selected entropy store, wherein the private key generated by both the first and second private key generators are identical. The session is initiated to cause the generation of the identical private keys at both of the first and second private key generators and allow secure communication between the first and second devices. The private key at least one of the first and second devices is deleted at the end of the session. |
| US11625454B2 |
Method and device for 3D shape matching based on local reference frame
A method and a device for 3D shape matching based on a local reference frame are proposed. After acquiring a 3D point cloud and feature points in the method, the feature point set is projected to a plane, and feature transformation is performed on the projected points by using at least one factor from the distances between the 3D points and the feature points, the distances between the 3D points and the projected points, and the average distances between the 3D points and its 1-ring neighboring points to acquire a point distribution with a larger variance in a certain direction than the projected point set, and the local reference frame is determined based on the transformed point distribution. The 3D local feature descriptor established based on this local reference frame can encode the 3D local surface information more robustly, so as to obtain a better 3D shape matching effect. |
| US11625451B2 |
Local search with global view for large scale combinatorial optimization
A method of solving a large scale combinatorial optimization problem including inputting, via at least one processor, an objective function and an initial solution as a mapping from a plurality of n nodes, randomly clustering the plurality of nodes into k clusters of n/k nodes each, for each cluster of the k clusters, assigning binary variables to denote each possible permutation of a label set within the cluster, determining that there are u=k2 variables if k>2, and u=1 variables if k=2, expressing the objective function in terms of the un/k variables, solving the objective function in terms of the un/k variables using a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) solver to obtain an updated solution, determining whether a convergence criteria is satisfied for the updated solution, and upon a determination that a convergence criteria is satisfied, outputting the updated solution to the objective function. |
| US11625449B2 |
Intent-oriented internet browsing
A system that provides intent-oriented browsing powered by machine learning and crowdsourcing. The system allows users to enter their intents, which are then assigned to target pages via supervised learning models based on hyperlinks and contributions made by other users. The system has a prediction server that is programmed to receive hyperlinks from a website and return target hyperlinks based on known intent, a user interface for inputting user intent, and a browser programmed to connect to the intent repository and to the prediction server via a user script. The list of supported intents can grow over time based on correct page marks for intent-page mappings as well as via continuous training of machine learning models. |
| US11625448B2 |
System for superimposed communication by object oriented resource manipulation on a data network
A web resource interaction system includes a computer implemented method, a computer system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium to provide an infrastructure that enables a controlled interaction environment on web resources, where the system continuously and dynamically adapts itself to the contextual and/or structural alterations of web resources, while controlling the objects to be interacted, e.g. according to their roles, and/or interrelationship, and/or predefined features introduced to the system. Thus, within the scope of any data network including the Internet, the web resource interaction system provides an infrastructure that enables a steady and consistent interaction environment, where human and machine users may interact with web resources by adding—and/or reaching to—virtually any kind of user generated content and/or user generated software application—stored and executed by the system—, or interact with each other through user generated contents and/or user generated software applications that act as network links. |
| US11625446B2 |
Composing human-readable explanations for user navigational recommendations
Techniques for generating human-readable explanations (also referred to herein as “reasons”) for navigational recommendations are disclosed. Composing a human-readable explanation includes individually selecting words or phrases that are then analyzed, combined, rearranged, modified, or removed to generate the human-readable explanation for a navigational recommendation. A decoder trains a machine learning model to generate the human-readable reasons for the navigational recommendations based on (1) historical recommendation vectors, and (2) historical human-readable reasons associated with the recommendation vectors. The system generates a dictionary of human-readable reasons for recommendations, with each entry of the dictionary including: (1) a recommendation identifier (ID) associated with a recommended navigational target, (2) a reason identifier (ID) associated with a particular reason for the recommendation, and (3) a human-readable reason associated with the reason ID. |
| US11625445B2 |
Data processing system for data search and retrieval augmentation and enhanced data storage
A data processing system is configured to augment a request for data. The data processing system includes a recommendation engine configured to receive, from a client device over a network, interaction data related to a user interaction with one or more data sources, generate extracted data that includes one or more portions of at least one resource of the one or more data sources. The extracted data is generated based on the interaction data. The data processing system parses the extracted data to identify one or more metrics of the extracted data, and retrieves, from the one or more data sources, the additional data based on the metric. A results compiler is configured to receive a request for data from the client device, and responsive to the request, send the additional data to the client device for presentation. |
| US11625439B2 |
Volume or virtual machine level backup and generating placeholders for virtual machine files
According to certain aspects, a method can include creating a backup copy of data associated with a virtual machine (VM) on one or more secondary storage devices, wherein the backup copy includes corresponding secondary copies of a plurality of files associated with the VM; analyzing metadata associated with the secondary copies to determine which of the plurality files are eligible to be removed from the primary storage device; in response determining that one or more files are eligible to be removed from the primary storage device, for respective file of the one or more files: determining whether the respective file has been changed since a first time at which the backup copy of the data associated with the VM was created; in response to determining that the respective file has not changed since the first time, removing the respective file; and adding a file placeholder for the removed file. |
| US11625438B2 |
Monitoring information processing systems utilizing co-clustering of strings in different sets of data records
An apparatus includes a processing device configured to obtain first and second sets of data records, each data record comprising a string associated with an attribute. The processing device is also configured to generate a similarity matrix, wherein entries of the similarity matrix comprise values characterizing similarity between respective pairs of the strings comprising a first string from a data record in the first set and a second string from a data record in the second set. The processing device is further configured to construct a graph network based on the similarity matrix comprising edges connecting pairs of the data records based on values of entries in the similarity matrix, perform a clustering operation on the graph network to identify clusters, and to initiate remedial action responsive to identifying a given cluster comprising at least one data record from each of the first and second sets of data records. |
| US11625434B2 |
Attribute node widgets in search results from an item graph
An online concierge system generates an item graph connecting item nodes with attribute nodes of the items. Example attributes include a brand, a category, a department, or any other suitable information about the item. When the online concierge system receives a search query to identify one or more items from a customer, the online concierge system parses the search query into combinations of terms and identifies item nodes and attribute nodes related to the search query. The online concierge system identifies item nodes and attribute nodes that are likely to result in a conversion. Information about the identified nodes is presented to the customer. The customer may select an item node to purchase the item, or an attribute node to execute a new search query based on terms associated with the attribute node. |
| US11625433B2 |
Method and apparatus for searching video segment, device, and medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for searching a video segment, a device and a medium, and relate to the field of video data search. The method includes: sampling video frames from a target video and videos to be searched in a video library, and extracting features from the sampled frames; matching the target video and the videos to be searched according to the extracted features to determine a candidate video to be searched that matches the target video; determining at least one candidate video segment from the determined candidate video, and calculating a degree of matching between the target video and each candidate video segment based on the extracted features of each sampled frame; and determining a video segment matching the target video in the videos to be searched according to the calculated degree of matching between the target video and each candidate video segment. |
| US11625432B2 |
Derivation of film libraries into NFTs based on image frames
Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network. |
| US11625431B2 |
NFTS of images with provenance and chain of title
Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network. |