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| US11705719B1 |
Fast disconnects for generator systems
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes a generator control relay configured to electrically connect a generator and an exciter switch drive to drive an exciter switch. A first processor is operatively connected to control a state of the generator control relay to control the electrical connection between a generator and the exciter switch drive. The system includes an exciter drive configured to generate excitation current for field windings of a generator system based on a state of the exciter switch. A second processor is operatively connected to control the exciter drive and to communicate with the first processor during a fault event to place the generator control relay in an open state, disconnecting the generator from the exciter switch drive to prevent generation of excitation current. In certain embodiments, the first processor can include a microcontroller and the second processor can include a voltage regulation processor. |
| US11705716B2 |
Input power control and protection
The present disclosure describes a system and method for protecting an electronic device from high voltages that may exceed tolerance limits for circuitry within the electronic device. A protection circuit blocks high voltages from the device components through gating techniques. Such gating techniques may similarly be used to control whether power is received by the electronic components when an error condition is detected by a control unit. |
| US11705709B2 |
Dry-type high voltage cable termination
The present disclosure relates to a dry-type cable termination comprising: a tubular support structure comprising: an insulator support comprising a frustoconical portion, wherein the insulator support is made of an electrically insulating non-metallic composite material having a tensile modulus of at least 11 GPa; and a screen tube; an insulating body at least partially externally covering and directly contacting the support structure; an elastomeric stress cone housed in the frustoconical portion and in direct contact to the frustoconical portion; an electrode, housed within the screen tube, connected with the stress cone and in electric contact with the screen tube. |
| US11705700B2 |
Electrical power cable preparation system
Electrical power cable preparation techniques to connect to cable accessories for use in a power grid are described. In an example, a system comprises a cross-section sensing module. The cross-section sensing module comprises a camera configured to capture at least one image of an end-face of an electrical cable, a housing configured to position the end-face of the electrical cable substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the camera and at an imaging distance from the camera, and at least one optical marker configured to indicate a diameter of the electrical cable. The system further comprises an electrical cable preparation device configured to cut at least one layer of an electrical cable, and a computing device configured to display a user interface, the user interface configured to accept user inputs controlling at least one setting of the cross-section sensing module and electrical cable preparation device. |
| US11705698B2 |
Cable securing device
A cable securing device facilitates secure connection to a cabling end, and employs a retaining cap, a barrel and a cable receiving component. The cable receiving component can include a spacer gland, a fastening ring and a retaining jaw, or a subset thereof, and the elements of the cable receiving component may either be joined together as individual elements or provided as an integrated cartridge. |
| US11705697B2 |
Connection joint for cables for a cable stringing plant
Connection joint for cables for a cable stringing plant, comprising at least one first tubular element (18) to which a first segment (22) of a flexible member (19) is attached and positioned rotatable, at least with respect to a longitudinal axis (L) of the joint, inside a second tubular element (23) open at a first end and closed at the other end by a bottom wall (25); the bottom wall (25) comprises at least one hole (26) from which a second segment (27) of the flexible member (19) emerges; the second segment (27) is attached to a portion (32) of a third tubular element (31); the second and third tubular elements (23, 31) are provided on opposite ends with a corresponding hole (29, 35) directed substantially in a longitudinal direction and able to house a respective segment of cable (11a, 11b) to be laid. |
| US11705695B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element array that includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface to each other and facing each other, the light emitting element array being provided on the wiring substrate, a driving element that is provided on the wiring substrate on the first side surface side and drives the light emitting element array, a first circuit element and a second circuit element that are provided on the wiring substrate on the second side surface side to be arranged in a direction along the second side surface, and a wiring member that is provided on the third side surface side and the fourth side surface side and extends from a top electrode of the light emitting element array toward an outside of the light emitting element array. |
| US11705694B1 |
Systems and methods for optical injection-locking in an access network
An injection locking laser source is provided for an optical communications system. The injection locking laser source includes a laser cavity configured to receive an externally injected low linewidth primary light source. The laser cavity includes a cavity length, a cavity facet reflectivity, and a cavity quality factor. The injection locking laser source further includes an emitting region configured to output a secondary light source injection locked to the externally injected low linewidth primary light source at a stable detuning frequency based on a photon number, a steady-state phase, and a carrier number of the primary light source injected into the cavity. |
| US11705693B2 |
Semiconductor optical element
An embodiment semiconductor optical device includes an optical waveguide including a core, and an active layer extending in the waveguide direction of the optical waveguide for a predetermined distance and arranged in a state in which the active layer can be optically coupled to the core. The core and the active layer are arranged in contact with each other. The core is formed of a material with a refractive index of about 1.5 to 2.2, such as SiN, for example. In addition, the core is formed to a thickness at which a higher-order mode appears. The higher-order mode is an E12 mode, for example. |
| US11705692B2 |
Laser side mode suppression ratio control
Laser Side Mode Suppression Ratio (SMSR) control is provided via a logic controller configured to measure an SMSR of a carrier wave upstream of a modulator and measure an Average Optical Power (AOP) of the carrier wave downstream of the modulator; transmit a bias voltage based on the SMSR and the AOP to a laser driver for a laser generating the carrier wave; and transmit an attenuation level based on the SMSR and the AOP to a Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) upstream of the modulator. In various embodiments the attenuation level and bias voltage can rise or fall together, or one may rise and one may fall to ensure the output optical signal meets specified SMSR and AOP values. |
| US11705689B2 |
Gallium and nitrogen bearing dies with improved usage of substrate material
A plurality of dies includes a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate having a surface region and an epitaxial material formed overlying the surface region. The epitaxial material includes an n-type cladding region, an active region having at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active region. The epitaxial material is patterned to form the plurality of dies on the surface region, the dies corresponding to a laser device. Each of the plurality of dies includes a release region composed of a material with a smaller bandgap than an adjacent epitaxial material. A lateral width of the release region is narrower than a lateral width of immediately adjacent layers above and below the release region to form undercut regions bounding each side of the release region. Each die also includes a passivation region extending along sidewalls of the active region. |
| US11705688B2 |
Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use
A laser system having a multi-pass amplifier system which includes at least one seed source configured to output at least one seed signal having a seed signal wavelength, at least one pump source configured to output at least one pump signal, at least one multi-pass amplifier system in communication with the seed source and having at least one gain media, a first mirror, and at least a second mirror therein, the gain media device positioned between the first mirror and second mirror and configured to output at least one amplifier output signal having an output wavelength range, the first mirror and second mirror may be configured to reflect the amplifier output signal within the output wavelength range, and at least one optical system may be in communication with the amplifier system and configured to receive the amplifier output signal and output an output signal within the output wavelength range. |
| US11705687B2 |
Cascaded resonant optical phase modulators for enhanced sensitivity while preserving linearity
An optical phase modulator comprises a cascaded array of optical resonators, wherein each of the optical resonators has an input port and an output port. A plurality of waveguides are coupled between the optical resonators and are configured to provide cascaded optical communication between the optical resonators. Each of the waveguides is respectively coupled between the output port of one optical resonator and the input port of an adjacent optical resonator. A transmission electrode is positioned adjacent to the optical resonators, with the transmission electrode configured to apply a drive voltage across the optical resonators. The optical phase modulator is operative to co-propagate an input optical wave with the drive voltage, such that a resonator-to-resonator optical delay is matched with a resonator-to-resonator electrical delay. |
| US11705686B2 |
Acousto-optic system having phase-shifting reflector
A beam positioner can be broadly characterized as including a first acousto-optic (AO) deflector (AOD) operative to diffract an incident beam of linearly polarized laser light, wherein the first AOD has a first diffraction axis and wherein the first AOD is oriented such that the first diffraction axis has a predetermined spatial relationship with the plane of polarization of the linearly polarized laser light. The beam positioner can include at least one phase-shifting reflector arranged within a beam path along which light is propagatable from the first AOD. The at least one phase-shifting reflector can be configured and oriented to rotate the plane of polarization of light diffracted by the first AOD. |
| US11705683B2 |
Battery pack power transfer adaptor
A battery pack power transfer adaptor and a battery pack system that includes a battery pack adaptor. The adaptor enables a battery pack to provide high level power transfers to a variety of devices and to receive high level power transfers from a variety of power sources. The adaptor includes a battery pack interface to enable the adaptor to mechanically and electrically connect to the battery pack. The adaptor is able to transfer power at a variety of levels dependent upon the device to which it is attached. |
| US11705682B2 |
Multi-position conversion device and a conversion socket with the multi-position conversion device
A multi-position conversion device and a conversion socket with the multi-position conversion device; the first pin, the second pin, the first connecting sheet and the second connecting sheet are installed together onto the main frame to modularize and integrate the conversion device; therefore, only one main frame is needed to complete the installation of the first pin, the second pin, the first connecting sheet and the second connecting sheet, and this can effectively decrease the volume of the multi-position conversion device and thus decrease the volume and weight of the whole conversion socket, prevent the conversion socket from sagging due to gravity and thus increase the corresponding user experience and safety; meanwhile, after being modularized, the multi-position conversion device is installed directly into the housing and thus can decrease the assembling steps, reduce the assembling difficulty and finally improve the assembling efficiency. |
| US11705675B2 |
Cable connector with improved shielding performance
A cable connector includes a number of cables and an electrical connector. Each cable includes a core wire, an insulating layer wrapped on the core wire and a shielding layer wrapped on the insulating layer. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and a shielding shell. Each conductive terminal includes a contact portion for mating with a mating connector and a tail portion connected with the core wire. The cable connector further includes a ground shield mounted to the cables. The ground shield is connected with the shielding layers of the cables, and the ground shield is connected with the shielding shell. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure improves the shielding performance of the cable connector by providing connecting the ground shield, the shielding layers and the shielding shell together. |
| US11705673B2 |
High-speed connector with shielding piece surrounding signal pins and connected to ground pins
The present disclosure discloses a high-speed connector including an insulating body and a terminal module. The terminal module includes a number of terminal groups. Each terminal group includes a number of ground terminals, a number of signal terminals and a shielding piece. The ground terminal includes a ground pin. The signal terminal includes a signal pin. The shielding piece includes a number of convex portions and a number of surrounding portions. The ground pins and the signal pins are distributed in a staggered manner. At least one ground pin is in contact with the convex portion of the shielding piece. The surrounding portion surrounds the signal pins. When the ground pins and the signal pins are no longer in the same plane or the same row, the shielding piece can prevent cross-talk among signals, thereby improving the transmission quality. |
| US11705672B2 |
Plug-in connector with ground terminal region
A heavy-duty plug-in connector has a ground terminal that can be conveniently assembled and can comprise the greatest possible number of electrical crimp plug-in contacts (4,5). For this purpose, ground plug-in contacts (4′, 5′), likewise of a crimping configuration, are fitted in formations (13, 13′, 23, 23′) of the contact carriers (1, 2) for electrical contacting with metallic protective earthing elements (3, 3′, 3″, 3′″). For said contacting, the formations (13, 13′, 23, 23′) have a respective opening (130, 130′) or passage (230, 230′). In the formations (13, 13′, 23, 23′), not only ground plug-in contacts (4′, 5′) but also further plug-in contacts (4, 5) are arranged, so that the number of plug-in contacts (4, 5) of the plug-in connector is increased considerably. |
| US11705671B2 |
Backplane connector assembly with improved shielding effect
A backplane connector assembly includes a first backplane connector and a second backplane connector. The first backplane connector includes a number of first conductive terminals, a first insulating bracket, a first metal shield, a second metal shield and a shielding space. The second backplane connector includes a second terminal module. Each second terminal module includes mating terminals mated with the first conductive terminals and a shielding shell surrounding a periphery of the mating terminals. The shielding shell is received in the shielding space. As a result, the backplane connector assembly of the present disclosure reduces crosstalk and improves the quality of signal transmission. |
| US11705670B2 |
Backplane connector with improved shielding effect
A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules, a metal shielding surrounding portion and a mounting block. The housing includes a base, a receiving groove and a number of insulating protrusions integrally extending from the base. The terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal has a first mounting foot. The second signal terminal has a second mounting foot. The metal shield surrounding member includes a first tail portion, a second tail portion and a hollow portion sleeved on the insulating protrusion. The mounting block is received in the receiving groove. As a result, the shielding effect of the backplane connector is improved. |
| US11705667B2 |
Terminal with release lever
Terminal (1), in particular screw or connecting terminal, having a spring force terminal connection (2) with at least one conductor terminal point (K) for electrical connection of at least one conductor, an insulating material housing (6) which at least partially accommodates the spring force terminal connection (2), for each conductor terminal point (K) a conductor introduction channel (60) which extends in a conductor introduction direction (E) from the outside toward the conductor terminal point (K), and for each conductor terminal point (K) a release lever (5) which is mounted in the insulating material housing (6) pivotably about a pivot axis (A) extending transverse to the conductor introduction direction (E), in order to interact with an actuating portion (52) by pivoting of the release lever (5) with the spring force terminal connection (2) for optional opening of the conductor terminal point (K). The release lever (5) has two lever arm portions (50) which are spaced apart from one another and which are immersed on both sides of the conductor introduction channel (60) at least partially into the insulating material housing (6). The lever arm portions (50) have in each case a guide portion (53) which at least partially delimit the conductor introduction channel (60) on both sides at least in the case of a conductor terminal point (K) opened by the release lever (5). According to a first aspect, the release lever (5) has a connection portion (56) which extends along the pivot axis (A) between the lever arm portions (50) and connects these to one another. According to an alternative or additional second aspect, the insulating material housing (6) has guide wall portions (63) which, together with the guide portions (53), at least partially delimit the conductor introduction channel (60), wherein the guide portions (53) are separated from the guide wall portions (63) by a gap (S). |
| US11705664B2 |
Waterproof socket connector
A waterproof socket connector includes an inner insulator, a plurality of terminals fastened in the inner insulator, at least one resistor, a conductive element, a grounding element, a shell, a sealing element and an outer insulator. The plurality of the terminals are a plurality of charging terminals and detection terminals. The at least one resistor is mounted to the detection terminals. The charging terminals are connected to the conductive element. The detection terminals are connected to the grounding element. The charging terminals are connected to the grounding element. The shell surrounds the inner insulator. A rear end of the shell is hollow to form an inner space. The sealing element is filled in the inner space. The outer insulator surrounds the inner insulator, the plurality of the terminals, the shell, the sealing element, the at least one resistor, the conductive element and grounding element. |
| US11705663B2 |
Outdoor power supply system with a protective connection system
The present disclosure relates to a power supply system (1) including a main unit (10) including a protective main housing (11) and a distribution circuit (20) disposed in the protective main housing (11) and a module unit (30) including a protective module housing (31) and a converter module (40) disposed in the protective module housing (31). A protective connection system (CS) is configured to provide a releasable connection between the module unit (30) and the main unit (10); wherein the protective connection system (CS) includes a first connector device (15), a second connector device (35) and a sealing element (53). |
| US11705662B2 |
Connector and connector assembly
The present disclosure provides a connector and a connector assembly. The connector includes a plurality of guiding blocks and at least one connection port. Each of the plurality of guiding blocks has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface adjacent to the first surface and the second surface. A first guiding groove is disposed on the first surface. A second guiding groove is disposed on the second surface. An engaging hole is inserted between the first guiding groove and the second guiding groove. A locking hole is disposed on the third surface. Each of the at least one connection port is disposed on two adjacent guiding blocks of the plurality of guiding blocks. The connector may be used with a mating connector having fixing bars to engage in the guiding grooves or alternatively with a mating connector having locking pieces to engage in the locking holes. |
| US11705661B2 |
Modular combined socket and modular power supply assembly
A modular combined socket, which comprises a circuit module, a connection module and at least two socket modules. The circuit module includes a connection module interface and a socket interface with at least four conductive paths connected to each other. The connection module includes a power supply interface and a circuit module interface with at least four conductive paths that are connected to each other and can be connected to the connection module interface of the circuit module through the circuit module interface, and the socket module includes two or three interconnected socket modules. The output socket and line interface of the conductive path, each of the socket modules can be connected to different conductive paths of the socket interface through the line interface. It has the advantages of flexible combination, large load bearing and strong anti-interference. The present invention also provides a modular power supply assembly. |
| US11705660B2 |
Socket device for the touch-proof electrical contacting of a corresponding plug device, plug device and battery module for a high-voltage battery
A socket device for electrically contacting a corresponding plug device. The socket device has a first contact part having a first contact surface arranged radially between an outer first and inner second touch protection part, beyond which the first and second touch protection part axially protrude, a centrally arranged coupling unit, a receptacle region for receiving a corresponding third touch protection part of the plug device, and at least one insulating part, which is arranged extending in the radial direction on the first and/or second touch protection part and at a height above the first contact surface in such a way that the at least one insulating part at least partially overlaps with the first receptacle region but does not overlap with the first contact surface in a top view of the socket device. |
| US11705659B2 |
Split housing with integrated terminal position assurance and independent secondary lock features
A split housing connector assembly provides integrated terminal position assurance and an independent secondary lock and includes a nosepiece and a rear housing. In a pre-lock configuration, a plurality of wire terminal bays are aligned to allow insertion of wire terminals and wherein in a locked configuration the rear housing is displaced relative to the nosepiece offsetting the wire terminal bays and blocking removal of the wire terminals. The rear housing engages the nosepiece along a cam track to guide relative movement during assembly. |
| US11705656B2 |
Connecter terminal structure
A connecter terminal structure includes: a male housing of a male connecter; a male terminal accommodated in the male housing and including a first electrical contact portion; a stepped shaft portion formed at a tip end of the first electrical contact portion; a hood portion surrounding the first electrical contact portion; an annular terminal spring externally fitted to the stepped shaft portion; and an insulating cap fixed to a tip end of the stepped shaft portion and configured to hold the annular terminal spring. The connecter terminal structure further includes: a female housing of a female connecter; a female terminal accommodating portion configured to be fitted into the hood portion; and a female terminal accommodated in the female terminal accommodating portion and including a second electrical contact portion having a tubular shape to allow the first electrical contact portion to be inserted therein. |
| US11705654B2 |
Terminal fitting and chain terminal
A terminal fitting includes a body portion, a first projection, a resilient contact portion and a first fulcrum portion. The body portion is in the form of a rectangular tube open in a front-rear direction. The first projection projects from one wall part toward another wall part, out of two wall parts of the body portion adjacent across one corner. The resilient contact portion is arranged in the body portion. The first fulcrum portion serves as a fulcrum when the resilient contact portion is deflected and deformed. In a developed state of the terminal fitting along the front-rear direction and a width direction, one side end of the resilient contact portion is arranged on one side end part in the width direction. A tip of the first projection is arranged on another side end part in the width direction. |
| US11705653B2 |
Connector attachable to a flat cable and connectable to a counterpart connector
A connector that is attachable to an end of a flat cable and is connectable to a counterpart connector includes a housing having a plate-shaped portion and a terminal accommodating portion, and a socket terminal housed in the terminal accommodating portion. The socket terminal has a box portion in which a pin terminal of the counterpart connector is to be inserted, and a spring portion having a cantilever shape, the spring portion extending from the box portion and protruding onto the plate-shaped portion. The end of the flat cable is to be interposed between the plate-shaped portion and the spring portion of the socket terminal. The terminal accommodating portion receives part of force that the spring portion receives from the flat cable. |
| US11705651B2 |
Press-fit terminal
A press-fit terminal inserted into through hole of a circuit board along insertion direction includes a base portion extending in insertion direction, distal end portion, and two deformable portions. The distal end portion is on a front side to base portion in insertion direction and includes distal end portion side corner portions. The two deformable portions connect base portion and distal end portion and are contacted with an inner wall of through hole and elastically deformed. The two deformable portions include deformable portion side corner portions and deformable portion side corner portions include outer deformable portion side corner portions on outer side in direction crossing insertion direction. The two deformable portions include easy deformable portions, in portions having outer deformable portion side corner portions with curved surfaces whose radius of curvature RL is greater than a radius of curvature RS of curved surfaces of distal end portion side corner portions. |
| US11705650B2 |
Power electronic assembly with an electrically conductive sleeve and with a circuit carrier
A power electronic assembly with a sleeve that has a virtual longitudinal axis and a circuit carrier. The sleeve has a tube-shaped plug-in section which runs around the longitudinal axis, and a first base section arranged at a first end of the plug-in section and runs around the longitudinal axis and extends away from the longitudinal axis. The first base section has at its end a flat first contact surface which runs around the longitudinal axis in a closed manner and which runs in a first plane which runs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The first base section has an edge surface which runs around the longitudinal axis in a closed manner and the first base section has a second contact surface which runs from the first contact surface and away from the first plane in the direction towards the edge surface. |
| US11705647B2 |
Assembly of an electric cable with a cable terminal
Method for crimping a cable terminal onto an electric cable includes providing an electric cable having an outer insulation sheath and at least one conductive strand with a sheathed portion, and providing a terminal having shrink wings and provide a gasket having a sealing portion and a shrink portion. The method also includes stripping the electrical cable so that a stripped portion is formed, positioning the shrinkage portion of the joint so that it directly overlaps the stripped portion of the cable without the shrinkage portion overlapping the sheathed portion of the cable, and fully crimping the shrink wings onto the shrink portion of the joint without the shrink wings covering the sheathed portion of the cable. |
| US11705646B2 |
Connection structure between sensor and cable, and connection cable
A connection structure between sensor and cable includes a cable formed by assembling a plurality of electric wires each including a covering portion covering a core and a core-exposing portion exposing the core at an end of the covering portion, a spacer that is interposed in a space surrounded by the covering portions of the electric wires and holds end portions of the covering portions in the state that the end portions are spaced from each other, and a sensor that detects a physical quantity, and the core-exposing portion of each of the electric wires of the cable is electrically connected to the sensor via a fixing member in the state that each of the electric wires is held by the spacer. |
| US11705639B2 |
Artificial dielectric isolator for THz radiation
An isolator based on a waveguide-based artificial dielectric medium is scalable to a range of desired terahertz frequencies, has non-reciprocal transmission and provides low insertion loss and high isolation at various tunable terahertz frequencies, far exceeding the performance of other terahertz isolators, and rivaling that of commercial optical isolators based on the Faraday effect. This approach offers a promising new route for polarization control of free-space terahertz beams in various instrumentation applications. Artificial dielectrics are man-made media that mimic properties of naturally occurring dielectric media, or even manifest properties that cannot generally occur in nature. A simple and effective strategy implements a polarizing-beam-splitter and a quarter wave plate to form a highly effective isolator. Performance of the device is believed to exceed that of any other experimentally demonstrated method for isolation of back-reflections for terahertz beams. |
| US11705638B2 |
Lens-enhanced communication device
A communication device includes a first lens, a feeder array, and control circuitry communicatively coupled to the feeder array. The first lens is associated with a defined shape, which further exhibits a defined distribution of dielectric constant. The feeder array includes a plurality of antenna elements that are positioned in proximity to the first lens. The control circuitry equalizes a distribution of a gain from the received first lens-guided beam of input RF signals across the feeder array and different scan directions of the plurality of antenna elements. The equalized distribution of gain is based on the defined distribution of dielectric constant within the first lens and the proximity of the feeder array to the first lens. |
| US11705634B2 |
Single-layer wide angle impedance matching (WAIM)
A single-layer Wide Angle Impedance Matching (WAIM) and method for using the same are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an aperture having a plurality of antenna elements operable to radiating radio-frequency (RF) energy; and a single-layer wide angle impedance matching (WAIM) structure coupled to the aperture to provide impedance matching between the antenna aperture and free space. |
| US11705631B2 |
Antenna module and communication apparatus
An antenna module includes digital phase shifters, a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a first direction, and a fixed phase shifter. Each of the digital phase shifters changes a phase of a signal to a first phase value. The fixed phase shifter changes a phase of a signal to a second phase value, the second phase value being obtained by adding a predetermined offset phase value to the first phase value. A middle point of a virtual line is an antenna center and connects a center of an antenna element located on an end in the first direction and a center of an antenna element located on a different end. Under a symmetrical condition, an antenna center among the plurality of antenna elements are paired as an antenna element pair, the fixed phase shifter is electrically connected to at least one antenna element of the antenna element pair. |
| US11705627B1 |
Antenna module grounding for phased array antennas
Technologies directed to a radio frequency (RF) structure that provides an electrically insulating gap between a ground plane of a circuit board and a chassis at direct current (DC) and an electrical connection between the ground plane and the chassis at RF frequencies. One RF structure includes a first conductor electrically coupled to the ground plane and a second conductor electrically coupled to the chassis. A physical arrangement of a portion of the first conductor and a portion of the second conductor causes the RF structure to provide an electrically insulating gap between the ground plane and the chassis at DC and an electrical connection between the ground plane and the chassis at RF frequencies. |
| US11705622B2 |
Methods and systems for mitigating interference with a nearby satellite
In one example, an antenna system is described. The antenna system includes a primary antenna on an aircraft. The primary antenna is mechanically steerable and has an asymmetric antenna beam pattern with a narrow beamwidth axis and a wide beamwidth axis at boresight. The antenna system also includes a secondary antenna on the aircraft, the secondary antenna including an array of antenna elements. The antenna system also includes an antenna selection system to control communication of a signal between the aircraft and a target satellite via the primary antenna and the secondary antenna. The antenna selection system switches communication of the signal from the primary antenna to the secondary antenna when a performance characteristic for communication with the target satellite satisfies a threshold due to a position of the aircraft relative to the target satellite. |
| US11705621B2 |
Antenna device
A timepiece including a case formed of a metal middle part wherein are disposed a metal dial and a remote communication system provided with a multi-band antenna device arranged above the dial, the communication system including a bracelet of the timepiece connected at its ends to the middle part and including a body formed of a plurality of fastening elements having different electrical conduction properties, the arrangement of the fastening elements in the body of the bracelet being configured to achieve an enlargement of the radiation pattern of the antenna device. |
| US11705619B2 |
Antenna and electronic device including the same
In an embodiment, an electronic device may include a housing having an inner space and an antenna structure disposed in the inner space of the housing. The antenna structure may include a printed circuit board (PCB) and at least one antenna disposed in the PCB. The PCB may have a plurality of insulating layers and a ground layer. The at least one antenna may include a conductive line disposed on a first insulating layer among the plurality of insulating layers, a conductive via extended from the conductive line in a first direction, and at least one conductive pattern branched at a right angle from the conductive line on the first insulating layer. The wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal in a range of about 3 GHz to about 100 GHz through the at least one antenna. |
| US11705617B2 |
Pad structures for antennas that allow multiple orientations with RFID straps
In some embodiments, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag system includes a first strap mounting pad of an RFID antenna component, and a second strap mounting pad of the RFID antenna component, the second strap mounting pad being electrically coupled to the first RFID strap mounting pad. At least one of the first strap mounting pad and the second strap mounting pad may extend diagonally with respect to a wide edge direction of the antenna component, thus making the RFID antenna component configured to receive both a strap that is parallel to a wide edge direction of the antenna component and a strap that is perpendicular to a wide edge direction of the antenna component. |
| US11705616B2 |
Universal small cell antenna mounts and antenna mount assemblies
The present disclosure describes an antenna mount. The antenna mount may include a base plate having a plurality of mounting apertures configured to secure an antenna thereto, wherein the base plate includes a plurality of arm sections extending radially outwardly therefrom, each arm section comprising an elongated slot, a plurality of fasteners, each fastener configured to slide within a respective slot, and a plurality of brackets, each bracket secured to the base plate by a respective fastener extending through each slot, wherein the position of the brackets are adjustable relative to the base plate by sliding the fasteners within each slot, thereby allowing the antenna mount to be secured to different diameter mounting structures. Antenna mount assemblies are also described herein. |
| US11705615B2 |
Frictionless access control system with ceiling tile positioning unit
A positioning unit of an access control and user tracking system includes an antenna, which is embedded in the substrate of a ceiling tile of a drop ceiling system. The antenna can be observable (embedded in the substrate of an exposed surface of the ceiling tile), or, alternately, not observable (concealed within the substrate of the ceiling tile). A pinhole camera for capturing video information is inserted through the substrate of the ceiling tile and protrudes from the exposed surface of the tile. A ground plane covers the unexposed surface of the ceiling tile. A control module, comprising a controller, a network interface, an antenna controller, a power supply, an omni directional antenna and/or memory for the positioning unit, is positioned on the unexposed surface of the tile. |
| US11705612B2 |
Flexible waveguide
An elongate flexible waveguide section for radio frequency signals is provided, wherein the waveguide section is corrugated in the longitudinal direction, and the waveguide section is at least partially corrugated in a circumferential direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Also provided is an apparatus for connecting a VHTS antenna system to a spacecraft. |
| US11705606B2 |
Tab and battery including the tab
A tab, a preparation method thereof, and a battery including the tab are disclosed. The tab is a copper foil material, a surface of the copper foil material having a large compressive stress is an S surface, a surface having a small compressive stress is an M surface, and only the M surface is provided with an indentation or a reinforcing rib. In the preparation method of the tab of the disclosure, the S surface/M surface of the copper foil material are identified, and it is ensured that a feed direction is oriented so that the M surface faces outward (or inward), and winding/unwinding directions of each process and a mounting direction of an embossing device are reasonably fixed, so as to ensure that a tab emboss pattern of a product is pressed on the M surface of the copper foil material rather than the S surface or both surfaces. |
| US11705602B2 |
Battery pack having interlock structure
A battery pack having an interlock structure includes a plurality of battery modules, a case that includes a case main body accommodating the plurality of battery modules and a case cover covering the case main body, and a bus bar unit that electrically conducts two battery modules among the plurality of battery modules. The case cover includes a cover connecting portion connected to an accommodation item accommodated in the case or the case main body, and the bus bar unit includes a shielding portion that blocks the cover connecting portion from being removed from the accommodation item or the case main body. |
| US11705600B2 |
Electronic torque wrench with interchangeable battery
An electronic torque wrench with a battery receptacle adapted to receive either a unitary battery pack or a battery tray containing separate batteries inside. The battery tray can receive conventional batteries such as AA, AAA, C, D or 9-volt sized batteries, and the battery tray and unitary battery can be constructed of a similar geometry to fit within the battery receptacle. The battery tray and unitary pack can include an outwardly-extending protrusion that is received within a groove of the battery receptacle. In this manner, only the specially-designed battery tray and pack are capable of coupling with the receptacle. |
| US11705598B2 |
Method of producing a vehicle traction battery and a corresponding production device
A method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle. A battery housing of the traction battery has a receiving compartment for receiving a cell module. It is thus provided that the receiving compartment is delimited by a bottom and walls adjoining said bottom, A topography of the bottom is recorded by measuring technology, a thermal-conductor amount determined by the topography is applied locally to the bottom, whereupon the cell module is inserted into the receiving compartment. |
| US11705597B2 |
Energy storage unit mounting facility and arrangement of the same and multiple energy storage units
An energy storage unit mounting facility, having a basic body, which defines multiple mounting regions arranged vertically on top of one another for at least one electric energy storage unit. The electric energy storage unit is introducible into the mounting region in the horizontal direction and removable from the mounting region in the horizontal direction. Securing devices are provided to secure the electric energy storage unit in the mounting region. |
| US11705596B2 |
Battery, in particular a button battery, and method of manufacturing same
A method of manufacturing a battery, in particular a button battery, including a case, provided with a container and a cap, and a polymer gasket, in particular made of polypropylene, compressed and bonded between the container and the cap. The method successively includes a step of implanting a silicatised layer by tribochemical sand blasting on all or part of the surface of the gasket, a step of adding a layer of adhesive to the surface of the gasket including the silicatised layer and/or on all or part of the surface of the container and of the surface of the cap intended to be joined to the gasket, a step of assembling the case with the gasket positioned by compression and bonding with the layer of adhesive between the container and the cap. |
| US11705595B2 |
Pouch case, pouch type secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof
Provided are a pouch case for a pouch type secondary battery in which one corner is in close contact with a cooling plate and a pouch type secondary battery including the same. In the pouch case, by controlling a shape relation among a forming portion formed to have a non-zero depth determined in advance at a center to accommodate one side of an electrode assembly, a receiving portion in surface contact with a side surface of the electrode assembly at the time of sealing the pouch case, and a sealing portion for sealing opposing ends of the forming portion and the electrode assembly, a size of a sealing protrusion formed after the electrode assembly is packaged through mechanical properties of a metal laminate sheet and a simplified die and punch may be minimized. |
| US11705586B2 |
Acoustic wave based dendrite prevention for rechargeable batteries
A dendrite resistant battery may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dendrite resistant battery may further include at least one acoustic wave device configured to generate a plurality of acoustic waves during a charging of the battery. The charging of the battery may trigger cations from the first electrode to travel through the electrolyte and deposit on the second electrode. The plurality of acoustic waves may agitate the electrolyte to at least homogenize a distribution of cations in the electrolyte. The homogenization of the distribution of cations may prevent a formation of dendrites on the second electrode by at least increasing a uniformity of the deposit of cations on the second electrode. Related methods and systems for battery management are also provided. |
| US11705585B2 |
Rechargeable lithium battery
Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery including a positive electrode including a positive active material layer; and a negative electrode including a negative active material layer and a negative functional layer on the negative active material layer, wherein the functional layer includes flake-shaped polyethylene particles, and the positive active material layer includes a first positive active material including one or more composite oxides of lithium and a metal selected from cobalt, manganese, nickel, and a combination thereof, and a second positive active material including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and. In Chemical Formula 1, 0.90≤a≤1.8, 0≤x≤0.7, and M is Mg, Co, Ni, or a combination thereof. LiaFe1−xMxPO4 [Chemical Formula 1] |
| US11705583B2 |
Battery separators with improved conductance, improved batteries, systems, and related methods
In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present disclosure or invention is directed to improved battery separators, high conductance separators, improved lead-acid batteries, such as flooded lead-acid batteries, high conductance batteries, improved systems, and/or, improved vehicles including such batteries, and/or methods of manufacture or use of such separators or batteries, and/or combinations thereof. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, the present disclosure or invention is directed to improved lead acid batteries incorporating the improved separators and which exhibit increased conductance. Particular, non-limiting examples may include lead acid battery separators having structure or features designed to improve conductance, lower ER, lower water loss, and the like. |
| US11705570B2 |
Flow battery system and large scale flow battery energy storage device
The present disclosure discloses a flow battery system and a large-scale flow battery energy storage device. The flow battery system comprises multiple flow batteries; each of the flow batteries comprises a battery pack A, a battery pack B, a battery pack C, and a set of electrolyte circulation system used by the battery pack A, the battery pack B and the battery pack C; the battery pack A, the battery pack B and the battery pack C comprised in each flow battery are independent of each other in the circuit. According to the present disclosure, at least two sets of electrolyte circulation system are saved under the same power scale, such that the system stability is improved while the cost is reduced. |
| US11705565B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel gas supply path, an injector, an ejector, a circulation path, a pressure difference detection unit that detects a pressure difference between an ejector inlet port pressure and an ejector outlet port pressure, and a control device. The control device calculates a required circulation flow rate that is required for a fuel off gas supplied from the fuel cell stack to the ejector, based on a required load for the fuel cell stack, calculates an estimated circulation flow rate that is an estimated flow rate of the fuel off gas supplied from the fuel cell stack to the ejector, based on the required load and the pressure difference, and increases the flow rate of a fuel gas supplied from the injector to the fuel cell stack when the estimated circulation flow rate is lower than the required circulation flow rate. |
| US11705564B2 |
Fuel cell device and method of monitoring and structurally adapting a fuel cell device
A fuel cell device has a mounting plate on which a fuel cell unit having a predefined number of fuel cells is arranged, the mounting plate and the fuel cell unit comprising media connections for guiding media, in particular for guiding a coolant and for guiding reactants, and electrical contact points for electrically connecting the fuel cell unit to the mounting plate. Further media connections and further electrical contact points are designed or arranged on the fuel cell unit in such a way that the fuel cell unit can be connected or is connected to a second fuel cell unit with a mechanical fluid connection for further guidance of the media and electrical connection for power uptake. |
| US11705562B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system comprising: the fuel cell, the secondary cell and a controller, wherein, when a power generation pretreatment of the fuel cell is carried out, and when there is a request from the fuel cell to run the vehicle by output power of the secondary cell, the controller calculates discharge permission energy of the secondary cell, calculates a running permission delay request time from the discharge permission energy, which is a time necessary from the request to run the vehicle to the permission to run the vehicle, and measures a running permission delay time, which is a time that elapsed from the request to run the vehicle, and wherein, when the running permission delay request time value is smaller than the running permission delay time value, the controller permits the vehicle to run. |
| US11705558B2 |
Patterned catalyst layers in fuel cells
A fuel cell includes a flow field plate having at least one channel and at least one land, where each of the at least one channel is positioned between two adjacent lands. The fuel cell further includes a gas diffusion layer (GDL) positioned between the flow field plate and a catalyst layer, where the catalyst layer has a first region aligned with the at least one channel and a second region aligned with the at least one land. The first region may have a first catalyst material supported by a first catalyst support region, and the second region may have a second catalyst material supported by a second catalyst support region. |
| US11705557B2 |
Interconnect for fuel cell stack
Various embodiments include fuel cell interconnects having a fuel distribution portion having an inlet opening, a fuel collection portion having an outlet opening, and a primary fuel flow field containing channels, wherein the fuel distribution portion comprises at least one raised feature defining a fuel distribution flow path, and the fuel distribution flow path is not continuous with the channels in the primary fuel flow field. The at least one raised feature may include, for example, a network of ribs and/or dots. Further embodiments include interconnects having a fuel distribution portion with a variable surface depth to provide variable flow restriction and/or a plenum with variable surface depth and raised a raised relief feature on the cathode side, and/or varying flow channel depths and/or rib heights adjacent a fuel hole. |
| US11705551B2 |
Method for manufacturing electrode material
An electrode material manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing an electrode material (50) of an all-solid-state battery, and the method includes: the step of preparing a coated active substance to prepare a coated active substance (10) containing a positive electrode active substance 11 and a coating layer (12) of an oxide-based solid-electrolyte that covers at least a portion of a surface thereof; the step of first compositing to manufacture a first composite material (20) by covering at least a portion of a surface of the solid electrolyte (21) with a conductive auxiliary agent (22); the step of second compositing to manufacture a second composite material (40) by covering a surface of the coated active substance (10) with the first composite material (20); and the step of mixing the second composite material (40), the conductive auxiliary agent (22), and the solid electrolyte (21) to manufacture an electrode material (50). |
| US11705546B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a first initialization voltage line on the substrate, an organic film layer on the first initialization voltage line and having a first contact hole exposing at least a portion of the first initialization voltage line, and a bridge wiring on the organic film layer corresponding to the peripheral area, and in contact with the first initialization voltage line through the first contact hole, wherein the organic film layer corresponding to the peripheral area has a groove or dummy hole, each of the groove and the dummy hole being adjacent to the first contact hole. |
| US11705538B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting element
A semiconductor light emitting element includes: an n-type semiconductor layer made of an n-type aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN)-based semiconductor material provided on a substrate; an active layer made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor material provided on the n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type semiconductor layer provided on the active layer; and a covering layer made of a dielectric material that covers the n-type semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the p-type semiconductor layer. Each of the active layer and the p-type semiconductor layer has a sloped surface that is sloped at a first angle with respect to the substrate and is covered by the covering layer. The n-type semiconductor layer has a sloped surface that is sloped at a second angle larger than the first angle with respect to the substrate and is covered by the covering layer. |
| US11705530B2 |
Imaging device, stacked imaging device, and solid-state imaging apparatus
An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion unit in which a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode are stacked. A semiconductor material layer including an inorganic oxide semiconductor material having an amorphous structure at least in a portion is formed between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and the formation energy of an inorganic oxide semiconductor material that has the same composition as the inorganic oxide semiconductor material having an amorphous structure and has a crystalline structure has a positive value. |
| US11705528B2 |
Semiconductor light-receiving element and manufacturing method of semiconductor light-receiving element
A semiconductor light-receiving element includes a substrate; a light-receiving mesa portion, formed on top of the substrate, including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, an absorption layer, and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; a light-receiving portion electrode, formed above the light-receiving mesa portion, connected to the first semiconductor layer; a pad electrode formed on top of the substrate; and a bridge electrode, placed so that an insulating gap is interposed between the bridge electrode and the second semiconductor layer, configured to connect the light-receiving portion electrode and the pad electrode on top of the substrate, the bridge electrode being formed in a layer separate from layers of the light-receiving portion electrode and the pad electrode. |
| US11705525B2 |
Semiconductor device, display device, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics, a semiconductor device with stable electrical characteristics, or a highly reliable semiconductor device or display device is provided. A first insulating layer and a first conductive layer are stacked over a first region of a first metal oxide layer. A first layer is formed in contact with a second metal oxide layer and a second region of the first metal oxide layer that is not overlapped by the first insulating layer. Heat treatment is performed to lower the resistance of the second region and the second metal oxide layer. A second insulating layer is formed. A second conductive layer electrically connected to the second region is formed over the second insulating layer. Here, the first layer is formed to contain at least one of aluminum, titanium, tantalum, and tungsten. |
| US11705523B2 |
Field-effect transistor including transparent oxide and light-shielding member, and display utilizing the transistor
A field-effect transistor includes a substrate, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, a gate-insulating film, and an active layer. The active layer contains an oxide having a transmittance of 70% or more in the wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm. A light-shielding member is provided as a light-shielding structure for the active layer, for example, on the bottom face of the substrate. |
| US11705522B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device having a reduced amount of oxygen vacancy in a channel formation region of an oxide semiconductor is provided. Further, a semiconductor device which includes an oxide semiconductor and has improved electric characteristics is provided. Furthermore, a methods for manufacturing the semiconductor device is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed; a conductive film is formed over the oxide semiconductor film at the same time as forming a low-resistance region between the oxide semiconductor film and the conductive film; the conductive film is processed to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; and oxygen is added to the low-resistance region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, so that a channel formation region having a higher resistance than the low-resistance region is formed and a first low-resistance region and a second low-resistance region between which the channel formation region is positioned are formed. |
| US11705519B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a Fin FET device. The Fin FET device includes a first fin structure extending in a first direction and protruding from an isolation insulating layer, a first gate stack including a first gate electrode layer and a first gate dielectric layer, covering a portion of the first fin structure and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first source and a first drain, each including a first stressor layer disposed over the first fin structure. The first fin structure and the isolation insulating layer are disposed over a substrate. A height Ha of an interface between the first fin structure and the first stressor layer measured from the substrate is greater than a height Hb of a lowest height of the isolation insulating layer measured from the substrate. |
| US11705514B2 |
MOS transistor structure with hump-free effect
A MOS transistor structure is provided. The MOS transistor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having an active area including a first edge and a second edge opposite thereto. A gate layer is disposed on the active area of the semiconductor substrate and has a first edge extending across the first and second edges of the active area. A source region having a first conductivity type is in the active area at a side of the first edge of the gate layer and between the first and second edges of the active area. First and second heavily doped regions of a second conductivity type are in the active area adjacent to the first and second edges thereof, respectively, and spaced apart from each other by the source region. |
| US11705513B2 |
Nitride semiconductor device
A nitride semiconductor device 1 includes a first transistor 3 which is constituted of a normally-off transistor and functions as a main transistor and a second transistor 4 which is constituted of a normally-on transistor and arranged to limit a gate current of the first transistor. The first transistor 3 includes a first electron transit layer 7A constituted of a nitride semiconductor and a first electron supply layer 8A which is formed on the first electron transit layer and constituted of a nitride semiconductor. The second transistor 4 includes a second electron transit layer 7B constituted of a nitride semiconductor and a second electron supply layer 8B which is formed on the second electron transit layer and constituted of a nitride semiconductor. A gate electrode 51 and a source electrode 44 of the second transistor 4 are electrically connected to a gate electrode 16 of the first transistor 3. |
| US11705511B2 |
Metal-insulator-semiconductor transistors with gate-dielectric/semiconductor interfacial protection layer
Structures, devices and methods are provided for forming an interface protection layer (204) adjacent to a fully or partially recessed gate structure (202) of a group III nitride, a metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor (MIS-HEMT) device or a metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MIS-FET) device, and forming agate dielectric (114) disposed the interface protection layer (204). |
| US11705509B2 |
Heterojunction bipolar transistor
A heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer that are stacked on a substrate. The collector layer includes a graded semiconductor layer in which an electron affinity increases from a side closer to the base layer toward a side farther from the base layer. An electron affinity of the base layer at an interface closer to the collector layer is equal to an electron affinity of the graded semiconductor layer at an interface closer to the base layer. |
| US11705508B2 |
Single fin structures
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to single fin structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an active single fin structure; a plurality of dummy fin structures on opposing sides of the active single fin structure; source and drain regions formed on the active single fin structure and the dummy fin structures; recessed shallow trench isolation (STI) regions between the dummy fin structures and the active single fin structure and below a surface of the dummy fin structures; and contacts formed on the source and drain regions of the active single fin structure with a spacing of at least two dummy fin structures on opposing sides of the contacts. |
| US11705506B2 |
Lateral trench transistor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a trench in a first side of a semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer including a drift zone of a first conductivity; forming a drain region of the first conductivity type in the first side of the semiconductor layer and laterally adjoining the drift zone; forming a body region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type and laterally adjoining the drift zone at a side of the drift zone opposite the drain region; and forming source regions of the first conductivity type and body contact regions of the second conductivity type in a sidewall of the trench and arranged in an alternating manner along a length of the trench, using a dopant diffusion process which includes diffusing dopants of both conductivity types from oppositely-doped dopant source layers which are in contact with different regions of the sidewall. |
| US11705502B2 |
Method for laterally etching gate spacers
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a substrate and a pair of spacers on the substrate. Each spacer of the pair of spacers includes an upper portion having a first width and a lower portion under the upper portion and having a second width different from the first width. The semiconductor device further includes a gate structure between the pair of spacers. The gate structure has an upper gate length and a lower gate length that is different from the upper gate length. |
| US11705499B2 |
Semiconductor device with inverter and method for fabricating the same
The present application discloses a semiconductor device with an inverter and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a gate structure positioned on the substrate; a first impurity region and a second impurity region respectively positioned on two sides of the gate structure and positioned in the substrate; a first contact positioned on the first impurity region and including a first resistance; a second contact positioned on the first impurity region and including a second resistance less than the first resistance of the first contact. The first contact is configured to electrically couple to a power supply and the second contact is configured to electrically couple to a signal output. The gate structure, the first impurity region, the second impurity region, the first contact, and the second contact together configure an inverter. |
| US11705498B2 |
Nanowire transistor and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a nanowire transistor includes the steps of first forming a nanowire channel structure on a substrate, in which the nanowire channel structure includes first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternately disposed over one another. Next, a gate structure is formed on the nanowire channel structure and then a source/drain structure is formed adjacent to the gate structure, in which the source/drain structure is made of graphene. |
| US11705496B2 |
Charge-trapping layer with optimized number of charge-trapping sites for fast program and erase of a memory cell in a 3-dimensional NOR memory string array
A thin-film memory transistor includes a source region, a drain region, a channel region, a gate electrode, and a charge-trapping layer provided between the channel region and the gate electrode and electrically isolated therefrom, wherein the charge-trapping layer has includes a number of charge-trapping sites that is 70% occupied or evacuated using a single voltage pulse of a predetermined width of 500 nanoseconds or less and a magnitude of 15.0 volts or less. The charge-trapping layer comprises silicon-rich nitride may have a refractive index of 2.05 or greater or comprises nano-crystals of germanium (Ge), zirconium oxide (ZrO2), or zinc oxide (ZnO). The thin-film memory transistor may be implemented, for example, in a 3-dimensional array of NOR memory strings formed above a planar surface of a semiconductor substrate. |
| US11705492B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor structure
A first gate and a second gate are formed on a substrate with a gap between the first and second gates. The first gate has a first sidewall. The second gate has a second sidewall directly facing the first sidewall. A first sidewall spacer is disposed on the first sidewall. A second sidewall spacer is disposed on the second sidewall. A contact etch stop layer is deposited on the first and second gates and on the first and second sidewall spacers. The contact etch stop layer is subjected to a tilt-angle plasma etching process to trim a corner portion of the contact etch stop layer. An inter-layer dielectric layer is then deposited on the contact etch stop layer and into the gap. |
| US11705486B2 |
Isolation structure for active devices
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a first III-V semiconductor material over a substrate and a second III-V semiconductor material over the first III-V semiconductor material. The second III-V semiconductor material is a different material than the first III-V semiconductor material. A doped region has a horizontally extending segment and one or more vertically extending segments protruding vertically outward from the horizontally extending segment. The horizontally extending segment is arranged below the first III-V semiconductor material. |
| US11705485B2 |
LDMOS transistors with breakdown voltage clamps
A lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor including a breakdown voltage clamp includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, and a p-type reduced surface field (PRSF) layer including one or more bridge portions. Each of the one or more bridge portions extends below the drain n+ region in a thickness direction. Another LDMOS transistor includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, an n-type reduced surface field (NRSF) layer disposed between the source n+ region and the drain n+ region in a lateral direction, a PRSF layer disposed below the NRSF layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a p-type buried layer (PBL) disposed below the PRSF layer in the thickness direction. The drain n+ region is disposed over the PBL in the thickness direction. |
| US11705481B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a display device including a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode, a plurality of first sub-insulating layers extending in a first direction, disposed on the substrate and on the first and second electrodes, and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed between the first sub-insulating layers and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11705480B2 |
Optoelectronic device with electrodes forming an outer boundary beyond an outer boundary of an epitaxial stack
An optoelectronic device comprises an epitaxial stack, comprising a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a trench exposing a portion of the first semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer formed on a side wall of the trench to electrically insulate from the active layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the trench; a second electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer; a supporting device covering the epitaxial stack; an optical layer covering the first electrode and the second electrode, comprising a plurality of openings corresponding to positions of the first electrodes and the second electrodes; a fifth electrode electrically connected with the first electrode; and a sixth electrode electrically connected with the second electrode, wherein the fifth electrode and the sixth electrode each comprises a side comprising a length longer that of an edge of the epitaxial stack. |
| US11705472B2 |
Biosensor and method of distinguishing a light
A biosensor is provided. The biosensor includes a substrate, a first photodiode, a second photodiode, an angle-sensitive filter, and an immobilization layer. The first photodiode and the second photodiode are disposed in the substrate and define a first pixel and a second pixel, respectively. The first pixel and the second pixel receive a light. The angle-sensitive filter is disposed on the substrate. The immobilization layer is disposed on the angle-sensitive filter. |
| US11705469B2 |
Germanium based focal plane array for the short infrared spectral regime
Light detecting structures comprising a Si base having a pyramidal shape with a wide incoming light-facing pyramid bottom and a narrower pyramid top and a Ge photodiode formed on the Si pyramid top, wherein the Ge photodiode is operable to detect light in the short wavelength infrared range, and methods for forming such structures. A light detecting structure as above may be repeated spatially and fabricated in the form of a focal plane array of Ge photodetectors on silicon. |
| US11705468B2 |
Image-capturing device and image sensor
Image-capturing device includes: an image sensor that includes a first pixel and a second pixel, each having a filter unit that can be switched to a light-shielding state in which light is blocked or to a transmissive state in which light is transmitted, a photoelectric conversion unit that generates an electric charge through photoelectric conversion of light transmitted through the filter unit and an output unit that outputs a signal based upon electric charge generated at the photoelectric conversion unit, and; a correction unit that corrects a signal output from the output unit of the first pixel while the filter unit of the first pixel is in a transmissive state, based upon a signal output from the output unit of the first pixel with the filter unit of the first pixel set in a light-shielding state and with the filter unit of the second pixel set in a transmissive state. |
| US11705467B2 |
Display device having transmittance control for under-display camera pixels, and driving method thereof
The disclosure provides a display device and a driving method thereof. The display device has a camera region. The camera region includes multiple camera pixels. In a display mode, multiple camera pixels are in a state that a light beam is not allowed to pass through. In a camera mode, multiple camera pixels are in a state that a light beam is allowed to pass through. |
| US11705463B2 |
Transistor array substrate and electronic device including same
Provided are a transistor array substrate and an electronic device. A first active layer includes a first area, a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a channel area provided between the first area and the second area. A gate insulating film is disposed on the first active layer. A gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating film to overlap a portion of the channel area of the first active layer. The gate electrode overlaps a portion of at least one area of the first and second areas of the first active layer. Deteriorations in the channel area are prevented. |
| US11705462B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a substrate, multiple transversal signal lines, a first vertical signal line, a second vertical signal line, a shielding wire, and multiple pixel structures. The first vertical signal line is intersected with the transversal signal lines. The second vertical signal line is intersected with the transversal signal lines and connected to one of the transversal signal lines. An orthogonal projection of the shielding wire on the substrate is located between an orthogonal projection of the first vertical signal line and an orthogonal projection of the second vertical signal line on the substrate. One of the pixel structures is surrounded by a corresponding one of the transversal signal lines and the second vertical signal line and includes an active device. A gate and a source of the active device is electrically connected to the corresponding one transversal signal line and the first vertical signal line respectively. |
| US11705460B2 |
Panel, electronic device and transistor
A panel comprises a substrate; a transistor disposed on the substrate and including: a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, an active layer, an auxiliary source electrode configured to electrically connect one end of the active layer to the source electrode, and an auxiliary drain electrode configured to electrically connect an other end of the active layer to the drain electrode; and a capacitor disposed on the substrate and including a first plate and a second plate. The first plate of the capacitor is made of a same material as the auxiliary source electrode and the auxiliary drain electrode. |
| US11705457B2 |
Monolithic multi-FETS
A monolithic multi-FET transistor comprises an epitaxial layer disposed on a dielectric layer. The epitaxial layer comprises a crystalline semiconductor material and a multi-FET area. An isolation structure surrounds the multi-FET area and divides the multi-FET area into separate FET portions. A gate disposed on a gate dielectric extends over each FET portion. A source and a drain are each disposed on opposite sides of the gate on the epitaxial layer within each FET portion. Each gate, source, and drain comprise a separate electrical conductor and the gate, source, drain, and epitaxial layer within each FET portion form a field-effect transistor. Gate, source, and drain contacts electrically connect the gates, sources, and drains of the separate FET portions, respectively. At least the sources or drains of two neighboring FET portions are disposed in common over at least a portion of the isolation structure dividing the two neighboring FET portions. |
| US11705456B2 |
Semiconductor device having active fin pattern at cell boundary
A semiconductor device includes a first standard cell disposed on a substrate in a first row and having a first cell height; a second standard cell disposed on the substrate in a second row, adjacent to the first row, second standard cell having a second cell height, different from the first cell height; and a power line extending in a first direction along a boundary between the first standard cell and the second standard cell. |
| US11705455B2 |
High voltage extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices in a high-k metal gate (HKMG)
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to high voltage extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices in a high-k metal gate (HKMG) and methods of manufacture. A structure of the present disclosure includes a plurality of extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices on a high voltage well with a split-gate dielectric material including a first gate dielectric material and a second gate dielectric material, the second gate dielectric material including a thinner thickness than the first gate dielectric material, and a high-k dielectric material on the split-gate dielectric material. |
| US11705451B2 |
Semiconductor devices including an isolation insulating pattern with a first bottom surface, a second bottom surface, and a third bottom surface therebetween, where the third bottom surface has a different height than the first and second bottom surfaces
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a boundary region between first and second regions, first active patterns on the first region, second active patterns on the second region, and an isolation insulating pattern on the boundary region between the first and second active patterns. A width of at least some of the first active patterns have different widths. Widths of the second active patterns may be equal to each other. A bottom surface of the isolation insulating pattern includes a first bottom surface adjacent to a corresponding first active pattern, a second bottom surface adjacent to a corresponding second active pattern, and a third bottom surface between the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface. The third bottom surface is located at a different height from those of the first and second bottom surfaces with respect to a bottom surface of the substrate. |
| US11705450B2 |
Semiconductor structures and methods of forming the same
Semiconductor structures and methods for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes forming a first active semiconductor region disposed in a first vertical level of the semiconductor structure, forming a second active semiconductor region disposed in the first vertical level, where the second active semiconductor region is separated from the first active semiconductor region by a distance in a first direction, forming a first conductive structure disposed in a second vertical level that is adjacent to the first vertical level. The first conductive structure extends along the first direction and electrically couples the first active semiconductor region to the second active semiconductor region. |
| US11705448B2 |
Monolithic multi-I region diode limiters
A number of monolithic diode limiter semiconductor structures are described. The diode limiters can include a hybrid arrangement of diodes with different intrinsic regions, all formed over the same semiconductor substrate. In one example, a method of manufacture of a monolithic diode limiter includes providing an N-type semiconductor substrate, providing an intrinsic layer on the N-type semiconductor substrate, implanting a first P-type region to a first depth into the intrinsic layer, implanting a second P-type region to a second depth into the intrinsic layer, and forming at least one passive circuit element over the intrinsic layer. The method can also include forming an insulating layer on the intrinsic layer, forming a first opening in the insulating layer, and forming a second opening in the insulating layer. The method can also include implanting the first P-type region through the first opening and implanting the second P-type region through the second opening. |
| US11705440B2 |
Micro LED display panel
A micro LED display panel includes a driving substrate and a plurality of micro light emitting diodes (LEDs). The driving substrate has a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a plurality of sub-pixel regions. The micro LEDs are located on the driving substrate. At least one of the sub-pixel regions is provided with two micro LEDs of the micro LEDs electrically connected in series, and a dominant wavelength of the two micro LEDs is within a wavelength range of a specific color light. In a repaired sub-pixel region of the sub-pixel regions, only one of the two micro LEDs emits light. In a normal sub-pixel region of the sub-pixel regions, both of the two micro LEDs emit light. |
| US11705438B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device of embodiments includes an insulating substrate, a first main terminal, a second main terminal, an output terminal, a first metal layer connected to the first main terminal, a second metal layer connected to the second main terminal, a third metal layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer and connected to the output terminal, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip provided on the first metal layer, a third semiconductor chip and a fourth semiconductor chip provided on the third metal layer, and a conductive member on the second metal layer. Then, the second metal layer includes a slit. The conductive member is provided between the end portion of the second metal layer and the slit. |
| US11705415B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method
A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip; plural redistribution lines provided on a main face of the first semiconductor chip, the plural redistribution lines including a redistribution line that includes a first land and a redistribution line that includes a second land; a first electrode provided within the first land, one end of the first electrode being connected to the first land, and another end of the first electrode being connected to an external connection terminal; and a second electrode provided within the second land, one end of the second electrode being connected to the second land, wherein a shortest distance between an outer edge of the second land and an outer edge of the second electrode, is less than, a shortest distance between an outer edge of the first land and an outer edge of the first electrode. |
| US11705411B2 |
Chip package with antenna element
Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The chip package includes a semiconductor die having a conductive element and an antenna element over the semiconductor die. The chip package also includes a first conductive feature electrically connecting the conductive element of the semiconductor die and the antenna element. The chip package further includes a protective layer surrounding the first conductive feature. In addition, the chip package includes a second conductive feature over the first conductive feature. A portion of the second conductive feature is between the first conductive feature and the protective layer. |
| US11705410B2 |
Semiconductor device having integrated antenna and method therefor
A semiconductor device having an integrated antenna is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base die having an integrated circuit formed at an active surface and a cap die bonded to the backside surface of the base die. A metal trace is formed over a top surface of the cap die. A cavity is formed under the metal trace. A conductive via is formed through the base die and the cap die interconnecting the metal trace and a conductive trace of the integrated circuit. |
| US11705407B2 |
Package structure and fabricating method thereof
A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulation and a warpage control pattern is provided. The first semiconductor die includes an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the active surface of the first semiconductor die. The insulating encapsulation is disposed on the active surface of the first semiconductor die and laterally encapsulates the second semiconductor die. The warpage control pattern is disposed on and partially covers the rear surface of the first semiconductor die. |
| US11705403B2 |
Memory device including support structures
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes tiers of respective memory cells and control gates, the tier located one over another over a substrate, the control gates including a control gate closest to the substrate, the control gates including respective portions forming a staircase structure; conductive contacts contacting the control gates at a location of the staircase structure, the conductive contacts including a conductive contact contacting the control gate; a dielectric structure located on sidewalls of the control gates; and support structures adjacent the conductive contacts and having lengths extending vertically from the substrate, the support structures including a support structure closest to the conductive contact, the support structure located at a distance from an edge of the dielectric structure, wherein a ratio of a width of the support structure over the distance is ranging from 1.6 to 2.0. |
| US11705392B2 |
Electronic device having integrated circuit chip connected to pads on substrate
The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a substrate, a conductive pad, a chip and an insulating layer. The conductive pad is disposed on the substrate. The chip is disposed on the conductive pad. The insulating layer is disposed between the conductive pad and the chip, wherein the insulating layer includes an opening, and the chip is electrically connected to the conductive pad through the opening. An outline of the opening includes a plurality of curved corners in a normal direction of the substrate. |
| US11705391B2 |
Interposer and semiconductor package including the same
An interposer includes: a base substrate; an interconnection structure on a top surface of the base substrate and including a metal interconnection pattern; an upper passivation layer on the interconnection structure and having compressive stress; a lower passivation layer under a bottom surface of base substrate, the lower passivation layer having compressive stress that is less than the compressive stress of the upper passivation layer; a lower conductive layer under the lower passivation layer; and a through electrode penetrating the base substrate and the lower passivation layer. The through electrode electrically connects the lower conductive layer to the metal interconnection pattern of the interconnection structure. |
| US11705388B2 |
Assortment of substrates for semiconductor circuits, corresponding assortment of devices and method
A first device includes a rectangular substrate having a first width and a first length and a first pattern of electrical interface nodes at first, second and third sides with a first set of electrical interface nodes at the fourth side. A second device includes a second rectangular substrate having a second width equal to the first width, a second length and a median line extending in the direction of the second width. A second pattern of electrical interface nodes for the second device includes two unmorphed replicas of the first pattern arranged mutually rotated 180° on opposite sides of the median line as well as two second sets of electrical interface nodes formed by two smaller morphed replicas of the first set of electrical interface nodes arranged mutually rotated 180° on opposite sides of said median line. |
| US11705387B2 |
Multi-layer interconnection ribbon
A semiconductor package assembly includes a carrier with a die attach surface and a contact pad separated from the die attach surface, a semiconductor die mounted on the die attach surface, the semiconductor die having a front side metallization that faces away from the die attach surface, an interconnect ribbon attached to the semiconductor die and the contact pad such that the interconnect ribbon electrically connects the front side metallization to the contact pad, and an electrically insulating encapsulant body that encapsulates the semiconductor die and at least part of the interconnect ribbon. The interconnect ribbon includes a layer stack of a first metal layer and a second layer formed on top of the first metal layer. The first metal layer includes a different metal as the second metal layer. The first metal layer faces the front side metallization. |
| US11705386B2 |
Semiconductor device including TSV and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate, a first etch stop layer on the substrate, a first through-silicon-via (TSV) configured to pass vertically through the substrate and the interlayer insulating layer, and a second TSV configured to pass vertically through the substrate, the interlayer insulating layer, and the first etch stop layer, wherein the second TSV has a width greater than that of the first TSV. |
| US11705384B2 |
Through vias of semiconductor structure and method of forming thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate and an interconnect structure on the semiconductor structure. The interconnect structure includes a first layer, a second layer over the first layer, a third layer over the second layer, and a fourth layer over the third layer. A first through via extends through the semiconductor substrate, the first layer, and the second layer. A second through via extends through the third layer and the fourth layer. A bottom surface of the second through via contacts a top surface of the first through via. |
| US11705381B2 |
High efficiency heat dissipation using thermal interface material film
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes: attaching a semiconductor device to a first surface of a substrate; placing a thermal interface material (TIM) film over a first side of the semiconductor device distal from the substrate, where the TIM film is pre-formed before the placing, where after the placing, a peripheral portion of the TIM film extends laterally beyond sidewalls of the semiconductor device; and attaching a lid to the first surface of the substrate to form an enclosed space between the lid and the substrate, where after attaching the lid, the semiconductor device and the TIM film are disposed in the enclosed space, where a first side of the TIM film distal from the substrate contacts the lid. |
| US11705377B2 |
Stacked die cavity package
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a plurality of dielectric layers forming a substrate, a plurality of first conductive contacts on a first surface of the substrate, a cavity in the first surface of the substrate defining a second surface parallel to the first surface, a plurality of second conductive contacts on the second surface of the substrate, one or more integrated circuit die(s) coupled with the second conductive contacts, and mold material at least partially covering the one or more integrated circuit die(s) and the first conductive contacts. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. |
| US11705371B2 |
Semiconductor devices having merged source/drain features and methods of fabrication thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for forming merged source/drain features from two or more fin structures. The merged source/drain features according to the present disclosure have a merged portion with an increased height percentage over the overall height of the source/drain feature. The increase height percentage provides an increased landing range for source/drain contact features, therefore, reducing the connection resistance between the source/drain feature and the source/drain contact features. In some embodiments, the emerged source/drain features include one or more voids formed within the merged portion. |
| US11705370B2 |
Semiconductor component having a compressive strain layer and method for producing the semiconductor component having a compressive strain layer
A semiconductor component may include a first compressive strain layer on top of a semiconductor body. A material for the first compressive strain layer may include Ta, Mo, Nb, compounds thereof, and combinations thereof. |
| US11705368B2 |
Manufacturing method of chip package and chip package
A manufacturing method of a chip package includes patterning a wafer to form a scribe trench, in which a light-transmissive function layer below the wafer is in the scribe trench, the light-transmissive function layer is between the wafer and a carrier, and a first included angle is formed between an outer wall surface and a surface of the wafer facing the light-transmissive function layer; cutting the light-transmissive function layer and the carrier along the scribe trench to form a chip package that includes a chip, the light-transmissive function layer, and the carrier; and patterning the chip to form an opening, in which the light-transmissive function layer is in the opening, a second included angle is formed between an inner wall surface of the chip and a surface of the chip facing the light-transmissive function layer, and is different from the first included angle. |
| US11705362B2 |
RF devices with enhanced performance and methods of forming the same utilizing localized SOI formation
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die. |
| US11705361B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
Gate patterns are formed on a semiconductor layer and a conductive film is formed on the semiconductor layer so as to cover the gate patterns. By performing a polishing process to the conductive film and patterning the polished conductive film, pad layers are formed between the gate patterns via sidewall spacers. |
| US11705360B2 |
Image sensor with dual trench isolation structure
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an image sensor. The image sensor comprises a substrate. A photodetector is in the substrate and includes a semiconductor guard ring extending into a first side of the substrate. A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure extends into the first side of the substrate. An outer isolation structure extends into a second side of the substrate, opposite the first side of the substrate, to the STI structure. The STI structure and the outer isolation structure laterally surround the photodetector. An inner isolation structure extends into the second side of the substrate and overlies the photodetector. The inner isolation structure is vertically separated from the photodetector by the substrate. Further, the outer isolation structure laterally surrounds the inner isolation structure. |
| US11705359B2 |
Substrate transfer mechanism and substrate transferring method
A substrate transfer mechanism for transferring a substrate to each of a plurality of stacked processing modules that process the substrate includes an arm base provided with a first driver, a lift configured to move up and down the arm base, a first arm extending transversely from a lower side of the arm base, and having a tip end that pivots around a vertical axis with respect to the arm base by the first driver, a second arm extending transversely from an upper side of the tip end of the first arm, and having a tip end that pivots around a vertical axis with respect to the first arm along with the pivoting of the first arm, and a substrate holder provided on an upper side of the tip end of the second arm, and configured to rotate around a vertical axis with respect to the second arm. |
| US11705357B2 |
Substrate processing system including electrostatic chuck and method for manufacturing electrostatic chuck
Provided are an electrostatic chuck, which is manufactured to be reusable by removing a part of a dielectric layer except for a DC electrode and a heater electrode and depositing a new dielectric layer thereon, and a method for manufacturing the electrostatic chuck, and a substrate processing system including the electrostatic chuck. The method for manufacturing the electrostatic chuck includes, after using an electrostatic chuck, removing a portion of an upper part of a first dielectric layer of the electrostatic chuck where an electrode is not formed, depositing a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer from which the portion of the upper part has been removed, and patterning the second dielectric layer to enable reuse of the electrostatic chuck. |
| US11705354B2 |
Substrate handling systems
An apparatus for transferring a substrate is disclosed herein. More specifically, the apparatus relates to substrate handling systems used in semiconductor device manufacturing, and more particularly, to substrate handling systems having a substrate handler with enclosed moving elements and increased compatibility with post-CMP cleaning modules. The apparatus includes one or more indexing assemblies. Each of the indexing assemblies including an enclosure, an actuator assembly disposed within the enclosure, and two handling blades disposed outside of the disclosure. Each of the two blades are moveable in either of a translational or a rotating manner. |
| US11705353B2 |
Dynamic routing method and apparatus for overhead hoist transport system
A dynamic routing method and apparatus for an Overhead Hoist Transport (OHT) system are disclosed. The present disclosure in some embodiments provides a dynamic routing method for an OHT system, including generating a Q table of records of at least one Q value which is a time for a vehicle to move through an edge between two adjacent nodes to a node other than the two adjacent nodes, measuring a transit time of the vehicle when assigned a destination node and passing a transit edge between a current node and next node, extracting target edges to be updated according to the transit time from a plurality of edges, and differentially updating Q values for the target edges according to distances to the transit edge partially based on the transit time, the Q values for the target edges being time values for the vehicle to move through the target edges to the destination node. |
| US11705350B2 |
Apparatus and method for treating substrate
The inventive concept provides an apparatus and method for removing a film formed on a substrate. A method for treating the substrate includes a primary solvent dispensing step of dispensing an organic solvent onto the substrate to remove a photoresist film on the substrate and an ozone dispensing step of dispensing a liquid containing ozone onto the substrate to remove organic residue on the substrate, after the primary solvent dispensing step. |
| US11705349B2 |
Transfer substrate for component transferring and micro LEDs carrying substrate
A transfer substrate is configured to transfer a plurality of micro components from a first substrate to a second substrate. The transfer substrate comprises a base and a plurality of transfer heads. The base includes an upper surface. The plurality of transfer heads is disposed on the upper surface of the base, wherein each transfer head includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and the transfer heads contact the base with the first surfaces thereof. A plurality of adhesion lumps is separated from each other, wherein each adhesion lump is disposed on the second surface of one of the transfer heads. A CTE of the base is different from CTEs of the transfer heads. |
| US11705348B2 |
Laser light source and a laser crystallization apparatus including the same
A laser light source is provided including an airtight container. A first resonance mirror and a second resonance mirror are disposed outside the airtight container. The first resonance mirror includes a lens unit and a reflection coating layer. The lens unit includes a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface is inclined with respect to the second surface. |
| US11705344B2 |
Method of manufacturing a resin-sealed semiconductor device
A technique capable of shortening process time for plasma cleaning is provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of preparing a substrate including a plurality of device regions each including a semiconductor chip electrically connected to a plurality of terminals formed on a main surface by a wire, a step of delivering the substrate while emitting plasma generated in atmospheric pressure to the main surface of the substrate, a step of delivering the substrate while capturing an image of a region of the main surface of the substrate and a step of forming a sealing body by sealing the semiconductor chip and the wire with a resin. |
| US11705343B2 |
Integrated circuit package and method of forming thereof
A method of forming an integrated circuit package includes attaching a first die to an interposer. The interposer includes a first die connector and a second die connector on the interposer and a first dielectric layer covering at least one sidewall of the first die connector and at least one sidewall of the second die connector. The first die is coupled to the first die connector and to the first dielectric layer and the second die connector is exposed by the first die. The method further includes recessing the first dielectric layer to expose at least one sidewall of the second die connector and attaching a second die to the interposer, the second die being coupled to the second die connector. |
| US11705340B2 |
Pit-less chemical mechanical planarization process and device structures made therefrom
A cavity may be formed in a dielectric material layer overlying a substrate. A layer stack including a metallic barrier liner, a metallic fill material layer, and a metallic capping material may be deposited in the cavity and over the dielectric material layer. Portions of the layer stack located above a horizontal plane including a top surface of the dielectric material layer may be removed. A contiguous set of remaining material portions of the layer stack includes a metal interconnect structure that is free of a pitted surface. |
| US11705337B2 |
Tungsten defluorination by high pressure treatment
An annealing system is provided that includes a chamber body that defines a chamber, a support to hold a workpiece and a robot to insert the workpiece into the chamber. The annealing system also includes a first gas supply to provide a hydrogen gas, a pressure source coupled to the chamber to raise a pressure in the chamber to at least 5 atmospheres, and a controller configured to cause the robot to transport a workpiece having a metal film thereon into the chamber, where the metal film contains fluorine on a surface or embedded within the metal film, to cause the first gas supply to supply the hydrogen gas to the chamber and form atomic hydrogen therein, and to cause the pressure source to raise a pressure in the chamber to at least 5 atmospheres while the workpiece is held on the support in the chamber. |
| US11705332B2 |
Photoresist layer surface treatment, cap layer, and method of forming photoresist pattern
A method of forming a pattern in a photoresist layer includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, and reducing moisture or oxygen absorption characteristics of the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern. |
| US11705331B2 |
Method and composition for selectively modifying base material surface
A composition for use in selective modification of a base material surface includes a polymer having, at an end of a main chain or a side chain thereof, a group including a first functional group capable of forming a bond with a metal, and a solvent. |
| US11705326B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium
There is provided a technique that includes filling a concave portion formed on a surface of a substrate with a first film and a second film by performing: (a) forming the first film having a hollow portion using a first precursor so as to fill the concave portion formed on the surface of the substrate; (b) etching a portion of the first film which makes contact with the hollow portion, using an etching agent; and (c) forming the second film on the first film of which the portion is etched, using a second precursor, wherein (b) includes performing, a predetermined number of times: (b-1) modifying a portion of the first film using a modifying agent; and (b-2) selectively etching the modified portion of the first film using the etching agent. |
| US11705324B2 |
Apparatus and method for wafer cleaning
A wafer cleaning apparatus includes a polishing unit used in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a wafer and a cleaning dispensing unit arranged to direct cleaning fluids toward a far edge of the wafer after the CMP of the wafer. A wafer cleaning method includes CMP of a wafer by a polishing unit and directing cleaning fluids toward a far edge of the wafer after the CMP of the wafer by a cleaning dispensing unit. Another method can include CMP, applying deionized water, and applying pH adjuster having a pH range from about 2 to about 13. |
| US11705321B2 |
Electrodeless plasma lamps, transmission lines and radio frequency systems
A transmission line for conveying a radio frequency (RF) signal between a first terminal and a second terminal. The transmission line comprises an inner conductor, a middle conductor and an outer conductor. The inner conductor comprises a length of conductive material having a first end for electrical connection with the first terminal and a second end for electrical connection with the second terminal. The middle conductor surrounds at least a part of the length of the inner conductor and is electrically connected to the electrical ground of the source. The outer conductor surrounds at least a part of the length of the middle conductor and is electrically connected to the electrical ground of the load. |
| US11705320B2 |
Multi-pass mass spectrometer
Improved multi-pass time-of-flight mass spectrometers MPTOF, either multi-reflecting (MR) or multi-turn (MT) TOF are proposed with elongated pulsed converters—either orthogonal accelerator or radially ejecting ion trap. The converter 35 is displaced from the MPTOF s-surface of isochronous ion motion in the orthogonal Y-direction. Long ion packets 38 are pulsed deflected in the transverse Y-direction and brought onto said isochronous trajectory s-surface, this way bypassing said converter. Ion packets are isochronously focused in the drift Z-direction within or immediately after the accelerator, either by isochronous trans-axial lens/wedge 68 or Fresnel lens. The accelerator is improved by the ion beam confinement within an RF quadrupolar field or within spatially alternated DC quadrupolar field. The accelerator improves the duty cycle and/or space charge capacity of MPTOF by an order of magnitude. |
| US11705310B2 |
Plasma probe device, plasma processing apparatus, and control method
A plasma probe device includes: an antenna installed in an opening portion formed in a wall of a processing container via a seal member that seals between a vacuum space and an atmospheric space; and a light transmission portion installed inside the antenna or forming at least a portion of the antenna, and configured to transmit emission of plasma generated in the vacuum space to the atmospheric space. |
| US11705308B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus
There is provision of a plasma processing apparatus including a processing vessel, a first member provided in the processing vessel, and a second member provided outside the first member. In at least one of the first member and the second member, a gas flow passage is formed, and the gas flow passage is configured to cause a gas to flow into a gap between the first member and the second member. |
| US11705307B2 |
Plasma system and filter device
A plasma system and a filter device are provided. In the system, an area surrounded by a dielectric window is configured as a first chamber for accommodating plasma. A first adapter is arranged under the dielectric window. An area surrounded by the first adapter is configured as a second chamber. A lower electrode platform is placed in the second chamber to carry a workpiece. A filter member of the filter device is placed at an intersection of the first chamber and the second chamber. The filter member includes through-holes configured to filter ions from the plasma. A first extension member extends from the filter member in a first direction and is placed over the first adapter. A second extension member extends from a position of the filter member adjacent to the first extension member to an inner side of the first adapter. |
| US11705304B2 |
Apparatus of plural charged-particle beams
A multi-beam apparatus for observing a sample with high resolution and high throughput and in flexibly varying observing conditions is proposed. The apparatus uses a movable collimating lens to flexibly vary the currents of the plural probe spots without influencing the intervals thereof, a new source-conversion unit to form the plural images of the single electron source and compensate off-axis aberrations of the plural probe spots with respect to observing conditions, and a pre-beamlet-forming means to reduce the strong Coulomb effect due to the primary-electron beam. |
| US11705301B2 |
Charged particle beam manipulation device and method for manipulating charged particle beamlets
It is provided a charged particle beam manipulation device for a plurality of charged particle beamlets, the charged particle beam manipulation device including a lens having a main optical axis, the lens including at least a first array of multipoles, each multipole of the first array of multipoles configured to compensate for a lens deflection force on a respective charged particle beamlet of the plurality of charged particle beamlets, the lens deflection force being a deflection force produced by the lens on the respective charged particle beamlet towards the main optical axis of the lens. |
| US11705300B2 |
Method and device for implanting ions in wafers
A method comprising the irradiation of a wafer by an ion beam that passes through an implantation filter. The wafer is heated to a temperature of more than 200° C. The wafer is a semiconductor wafer including SiC, and the ion beam includes aluminum ions. |
| US11705296B2 |
Current source contactor drives with economizers
A system includes a contactor operatively connected to a coil for actuating the contactor to open and close a circuit. A pass element includes a source, a drain, and a gate, wherein the drain is electrically connected to the coil, and wherein the coil is in series between the pass element and ground. A voltage source is connected to the source of the pass element to pass current into the coil when the pass element is in a pass state. A current source control circuit with economizer is operatively connected to the gate of the pass element. A delay circuit is operatively connected to the current source control circuit with economizer and to a command line to command a lower current for holding the contactor closed after a delay has expired for the contactor to transition. |
| US11705293B2 |
Foot switch
A foot switch includes: a pedal member extending in a front-rear direction; and a base unit connected to the pedal member via a rotating shaft portion. The base unit has: an elastic force applying portion applying an elastic force to the pedal member; a switch portion operated by the pedal member by the pedal member being stepped on and rotating around the rotating shaft portion; and a support portion supporting the pedal member with the elastic force applied from the elastic force applying portion in a state where the pedal member is yet to be stepped on. The elastic force applying portion and the support portion are disposed on one side in the front-rear direction with respect to the rotating shaft portion. The support portion supports a side wall portion of the pedal member. |
| US11705292B2 |
Electromagnetic relay
An electromagnetic relay includes a first fixed terminal including a first fixed contact, a second fixed terminal including a second fixed contact, a movable contact piece, a case, a drive device, and a first magnet. The movable contact piece includes a first movable contact and a second movable contact. The case includes an accommodation space and a side wall covering the accommodation space in a first direction. The first magnet extends an arc generated between the first fixed contact and the first movable contact in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first fixed terminal includes a first end. The first end of the first fixed terminal includes a tapered portion inclined in the second direction from the first fixed contact toward the first magnet and that at least partially overlaps with the first magnet when viewed from a moving direction of the movable contact piece. |
| US11705291B1 |
Switch guard for a power tool
This disclosure relates to a switch guard that prevents inadvertent pressing by a user of the direction-control switch of a handheld power tool. On each side of the housing of the tool, a pair of protrusions extend from the housing, one just to the front of the switch and one just to the rear. Whether the power tool is being operated right- or left-handed, the protrusions prevent a user's thumb or forefinger from inadvertently pressing the direction-control switch while the tool is in operation. |
| US11705283B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode disposed to be alternately stacked with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrode and including a first electrode layer, a first conductive layer, and a first metal layer, a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrode and including a second electrode layer, a second conductive layer, and a second metal layer, and a first coating layer disposed on the ceramic body, the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the first coating layer may include an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based polymer. |
| US11705279B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including pluralities of first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed to face each other with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween. First and second external electrodes are disposed on external surfaces of the ceramic body and are respectively electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes. A first dummy electrode is disposed in a margin portion of the ceramic body adjacent the first internal electrode in a third direction, and a second dummy electrode is disposed in a margin portion of the ceramic body adjacent the second internal electrode in the third direction. A distance (Ld) between the first and second dummy electrodes in a second direction, and a length (Lm) of each margin portion between one of the first and second internal electrodes and an external surface of the ceramic body in the second direction, satisfy Ld≤Lm. |
| US11705277B2 |
Multilayer capacitor
A multilayer capacitor includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and external electrodes, wherein the body has first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. A length of a portion of the plurality of internal electrodes in the third direction in an intermediate region of the body in the first direction is greater than a length of the first surface or the second surface of the body in the third direction. The plurality of internal electrodes have a bottleneck structure between the intermediate region and at least one of the first and second surfaces, and wherein the bottleneck structure has a shape recessed into an inner portion of the body. |
| US11705272B2 |
Coil component and electronic device
A coil component includes: a coil embedded in a substrate body and having a winding part constituted by a wound conductor; wherein the substrate body has: a first region sandwiched between one end surface of the substrate body and a plane parallel with the one end surface and running through a portion of a first external electrode farthest away from the one end surface; a second region sandwiched between another end of the substrate body and a plane parallel with the another end surface and running through a portion of a second external electrode farthest away from the another end surface; and a third region between the first region and the second region; and the winding part is provided in the third region, and also in the first region where it is wound by one turn or more. |
| US11705270B2 |
Coil component
In a coil component, an uneven structure provided by an insulation layer and a resin wall contributes to extension of a contact area with respect to a magnetic body, so that an adhesive force with respect to the magnetic body is improved. In addition, the magnetic body protrudes downward toward an exposed region of the resin wall corresponding to a recessed portion in the uneven structure, a volume thereof is increased, and coil characteristics such as an inductance value are improved. |
| US11705264B2 |
LC filter arrangement and electrical or electronic device having such an LC filter arrangement
An LC filter arrangement includes a filter capacitor that connects the first output terminal to the second output terminal, a magnetic core, and a choke having a plurality of turns surrounding the magnetic core, and a first choke terminal and a second choke terminal. Each of the turns is formed by a separate conductor segment, at least partially surrounding the magnetic core. The LC filter arrangement is mounted on a circuit board and is electrically connected to a conductor track of the circuit board. |
| US11705260B2 |
Magnetic device including winding and insulators, and power conversion device using the same
A magnetic device includes a winding, and insulators by which the winding is surrounded. Each of the insulators is in contact with the winding. A gap exists between each two adjacent of the insulators in a winding direction of the winding. |
| US11705259B2 |
Soft magnetic metal powder, dust core, and magnetic component
According to an aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Sz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm. According to another aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Rz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm. |
| US11705257B2 |
R-T-B sintered magnet and preparation method thereof
The present invention relates to an R-T-B sintered magnet and a preparation method thereof. The sintered magnet includes a grain boundary region T1, a shell layer region T2 and an R2Fe14B grain region T3; at 10 μm to 60 μm from a surface of the sintered magnet toward a center thereof, an area ratio of the shell layer region T2 to the R2Fe14B grain region T3 is 0.1 to 0.3, and a thickness of the shell layer region T2 is 0.5 μm to 1.2 μm; and an average coating percent of the shell layer region T2 on the R2Fe14B grain region T3 is 80% or more. In the present invention, by optimizing a preparation process and a microstructure of a traditional rare earth permanent magnet, diffusion efficiency of heavy rare earth in the magnet is improved, such that coercivity of the magnet is greatly improved, and manufacturing cost is reduced. |
| US11705256B2 |
Neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet and preparation method and use thereof
A neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet, a preparation method and use thereof are disclosed. The neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet has a composition represented by formula I: [mHR(1−m) (Pr25Nd75)]x(Fe100-a-b-c-dMaGabIncSnd)100-x-yBy formula I; where a is 0.995-3.493, b is 0.114-0.375, c is 0.028-0.125, d is 0.022-0.100; x is 29.05-30.94, y is 0.866-1.000; m is 0.02-0.05; HR is Dy and/or Tb; M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Cu, Ti, Al, Nb, Zr, Ni, W and Mo. |
| US11705253B2 |
Superconducting wire and superconducting coil
A superconducting wire according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a superconducting layer having a third surface and a fourth surface; and respective coating layers. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The fourth surface is opposite to the third surface. The superconducting layer is disposed on the substrate such that the third surface faces the second surface. The respective coating layers are disposed on the first surface and the fourth surface. Adhesion strength between the substrate and the coating layer disposed on the first surface is lower than adhesion strength between the superconducting layer and the coating layer disposed on the fourth surface. |
| US11705250B2 |
High Z permanent magnets for radiation shielding
A magnetic shielding material includes a material comprising manganese bismuth (MnBi) and tungsten (W), where a ratio of MnBi:W is in a range of 50:50 to about 70:30. A radiation shielding product includes a part including manganese bismuth (MnBi) and tungsten (W), and a plurality of layers having a defined thickness in a z-direction, wherein each layer extends along an x-y plane perpendicular to the z-direction. At least some of the plurality of layers form a functional gradient in the z-direction and/or along the x-y plane, and the functional gradient is defined by a first layer comprising a ratio of MnBi:W being less than 100:0 and an nth layer above the first layer comprising a ratio of MnBi:W greater than 0:100. |
| US11705249B2 |
Thorium-based fuel design for pressurized heavy water reactors
Thorium-based fuel bundles according to one or more embodiments of the present invention are used in existing PHWR reactors (e.g., Indian 220 MWe PHWR, Indian 540 MWe PHWR, Indian 700 MWe PHWR, CANDU 300/600/900) in place of conventional uranium-based fuel bundles, with little or no modifications to the reactor. The fuel composition of such bundles is 60+ wt % thorium, with the balance of fuel provided by low-enriched uranium (LEU), which has been enriched to 13-19.95% 235U. According to various embodiments, the use of such thorium-based fuel bundles provides (1) 100% of the nominal power over the entire life cycle of the core, (2) high burnup, and (3) non-proliferative spent fuel bundles having a total isotopic uranium concentration of less than 12 wt %. Reprocessing of spent fuel bundles is also avoided. |
| US11705248B2 |
System and computer-implemented method for detecting and categorizing pathologies through an analysis of pulsatile blood flow
System and computer-implemented method for detecting and categorizing pathologies through an analysis of pulsatile blood flow. The method has a pulsatile blood flow signal of a subject, extracting a set of features from the pulsatile blood flow signal; and categorizing a pathology based on the extracted features. The extracted features may be predetermined features or features learned through a machine learning algorithm. For the categorization, a classification or a regression algorithm may be used to provide an index or a value score as a biomarker. Additional static features of the subject may be used in the categorization. |
| US11705244B1 |
Force and/or motion measurement system that includes at least one camera and at least one data processing device configured to execute computer executable instructions for determining a position and/or movement
A force and/or motion measurement system is disclosed herein. The force and/or motion measurement system includes a motion capture device comprising at least one camera configured to detect a motion of a person, the at least one camera being mounted in a floor of a room or in a top component of a force measurement assembly; and at least one data processing device operatively coupled to the at least one camera of the motion capture device, the at least one data processing device configured to determine a position and/or movement of one or more limbs of the person based upon output data from the at least one camera of the motion capture device. |
| US11705242B2 |
Providing an interactive emergency department dashboard display
A method for presenting an interactive emergency department (ED) dashboard display for an ED at a user computing device is provided. The method may include presenting a plurality of user interface indicators on the interactive ED dashboard display at the user computing device. Each of the plurality of user interface indicators may correspond to a real-time performance metric for the ED, where the real-time performance metric is based on patient data for a plurality of patients in the ED. A user input may be received at the user computing device. The user input may indicate a selection of one of the plurality of user interface indicators. The method may further include, in response to the user input, presenting on the interactive ED dashboard display the patient data that is associated with the real-time performance metric corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of user interface indicators. |
| US11705241B2 |
Aggregator system for enabling online access to encounter data from multiple disparate sources
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable enabling online access to encounter data across multiple disparate sources. The method includes providing a synchronizer application configured to access data of a practice group server, receiving, by an aggregator server, a start time and a duration of a healthcare appointment, and determining a completion time of the healthcare appointment. Based on the completion time, the aggregator server transmits a request for encounter data for the healthcare appointment to the synchronizer application and then receives and stores the encounter data in an aggregator database. The aggregator server generates an electronic alert addressed to a computing device accessible by the patient and transmits the alert to the computing device. The aggregator server receives an electronic response to the alert and provides an interactive user interface to the computing device configured to display the encounter data on the computing device. |
| US11705240B2 |
Response to emergency department surge prediction
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from a healthcare enterprise system, a notification indicating a need for at least one medical resource during a predetermined time frame at a predetermined facility within the healthcare enterprise system; determining that the indicated need is unavailable during at least one of: the predetermined time frame and the predetermined facility; identifying, based upon the indicated need being unavailable, at least one action to be performed to supply the at least one medical resource; and performing the at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US11705237B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires history information of image processing using a plurality of medical images. The determination unit determines, using the acquired history information, whether each of a plurality of candidate images that are candidates of a second medical image used for image processing together with a first medical image selected by an operator has already been processed. The output unit outputs a notification in accordance with the result of the determination. |
| US11705235B2 |
Health monitoring and coaching system
A system is disclosed that monitors participants in health-related programs, such as weight loss or exercise programs, and that provides automated, personalized health coaching to the program participants. The system includes breath analysis devices that are used by the program participants to generate ketone measurements, and includes a mobile application that runs on mobile devices of the participants and communicates with corresponding breath analysis devices. The system operates generally by monitoring ketone levels (such as acetone levels) and other attributes of the participants and by making personalized, machine-generated changes or updates to such programs to maintain program effectiveness and engagement. In some embodiments the system uses artificial intelligence to classify and coach the participants. |
| US11705234B2 |
Device and method for food management
A medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an RFID reader for receiving information from at least one RFID transponder. The medical device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. Also, a remote controller for a medical device is disclosed. The remote controller includes an information receiver for receiving information related to food. The infusion device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. A method for use in a medical device is also disclosed. The method includes receiving information from an RFID transponder related to food. Also, the processing the information by comparing the information to a database is included in the method. The method also includes determining the acceptability of the food and providing information related to acceptability to the user. |
| US11705233B2 |
Peristaltic pump
A peristaltic pump includes a plunger-cam follower, a tube receiver, a spring-biased plunger, a spring, a position sensor, and a processor. The plunger-cam follower engages the plunger cam to follow the plunger cam and to disengage from the plunger cam. The spring-biased plunger is coupled to the plunger-cam follower and the spring biases the spring-biased plunger toward the tube receiver. The position sensor determines a position of the spring-biased plunger when the plunger-cam follower is disengaged from the plunger came. The processor estimates fluid flow utilizing at least the position of the spring-biased plunger as indicated by the position sensor when the plunger-cam follower is disengaged from the plunger cam and the spring biases the spring-biased plunger against the tube. |
| US11705232B2 |
Communication system and method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving audio-based content from a user who is reviewing an image on a display screen; receiving gaze information that defines a gaze location of the user; and temporally aligning the audio-based content and the gaze information to form location-based content. |
| US11705230B1 |
Assessing health risks using genetic, epigenetic, and phenotypic data sources
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting monitoring profiles of end devices. In one aspect, a method generates a health profile for the user; determines, based on the health profile of the user, a particular health risk for the user; determines, for the particular health risk, a first monitoring profile for the user that causes one or more health monitoring devices to monitor the user for a first set of health data; provides the first monitoring profile to the one or more health monitoring devices; receives epigenetic data describing epigenetic factors for the user; determines that a health change event for the particular health risk has occurred for the user; and in response, determines a second monitoring profile for the user for the particular health risk and provides the second monitoring profile to the one or more health monitoring devices. |
| US11705227B2 |
Internet of things communication and social network for medicine disposition in hospitals
Methods and systems for medicine disposition in hospitals are disclosed. A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an electronic health record (EHR) of a patient; receiving, by the computing device, an order to dispense a medicine to the patient; receiving, by the computing device, information from a wearable device of the patient and updating the EHR of the patient based on the information from the wearable device of the patient; determining, by the computing device, that a health concern is not identified based on the information from the wearable device of the patient; and dispensing, by the computing device, the medicine to the patient in accordance with the order. |
| US11705221B2 |
Method for forming history of natural gas accumulation by using carbon isotopes by pyrolysis experiment
The present invention provides a method for forming a history of natural gas accumulation by using carbon isotopes by a pyrolysis experiment. The method includes: obtaining activation energy distribution and a frequency factor of light carbon methane; carrying out carbon isotope kinetics simulation of natural gas in a study area by using a spreadsheet function of Excel to obtain activation energy, a mass fraction and a frequency factor of heavy carbon methane; establishing a burial history and a thermal history of the study area based on geological data; and combining the activation energy distribution and frequency factor of the heavy carbon methane with the burial history and thermal history of the study area, and establishing an instantaneous curve, a cumulative curve and a stage cumulative curve of natural gas under geological conditions on a geologic time scale. |
| US11705216B2 |
Data redirection upon failure of a program operation
A determination is made by a processing device included in a memory component that an operation to program data to a location in the memory component has failed, the data is programmed to a different location in the memory component by the processing device upon determining the operation has failed, and a notification that the data has been programmed to the different location in the memory component is provided by the processing device to a processing device operatively coupled to the memory component. |
| US11705213B2 |
Semiconductor memory device capable of re-reading the setting information after power-on operation and operation method thereof
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a memory apparatus and a power-on operation apparatus, and is capable of knowing whether a reading of the setting information which is set during the power-on operation had been completed correctly or not. The flash memory reads the fuse memory when it is detected that the power supply has reached the power-on detection level, and determines whether the reading of the fuse memory had been completed correctly. When not completed correctly, the fuse memory is read again within the maximum read count, and the setting information (which was read from the fuse memory) is written into the CF register. The identification information (that identifies whether the reading of the fuse memory has been completed correctly or not) is stored in the register. |
| US11705212B2 |
Memory device and error correction method in memory device
A memory device and a method of correcting error in a memory device is provided. The memory device controller includes a memory array, a tie-breaker array, a write controller, a verify circuit, and a controller. The memory array includes a plurality of memory cells. The tie-breaker array includes a plurality of tie-breaker rows. The write controller is configured to apply a programming voltage to the memory array. The verify circuit is configured to apply a verify voltage to verify whether the memory cells in the memory array are in an unambiguous state or not. The controller is configured to enable one or more tie-breaker rows in additions to the memory array to adjust an output of the memory array when the memory cells in the memory array are in an ambiguous state. |
| US11705210B2 |
Memory device which generates operation voltages in parallel with reception of an address
A memory device includes a memory cell array, a voltage generation circuit generating one or more voltages supplied to the memory cell array, an input/output circuit receiving an address indicating a region in the memory cell array and a control circuit controlling operations of the memory cell array. The voltage generation circuit generates the voltages before a ready/busy signal changing from a ready state to a busy state. |
| US11705208B2 |
Read level calibration in memory devices using embedded servo cells
An example memory sub-system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is configured to identify a set of embedded servo cells stored on the memory device; determine a read voltage offset by performing read level calibration based on the set of embedded servo cells; and apply the read voltage offset for reading a memory page associated with the set of embedded servo cells. |
| US11705206B2 |
Modifying program and erase parameters for single-bit memory cells to improve single-bit/multi-bit hybrid ratio
Apparatuses and techniques are described for modifying program and erase parameters in a memory device in which memory cells can be operated in a single bit per cell (SLC) mode or a multiple bits per cell mode. In one approach, the stress on a set of memory cells in an SLC mode is reduced during programming and erasing when the number of program-erase cycles for the block in the SLC mode is below a threshold. For example, during programming, the program-verify voltage and program voltages can be reduced to provide a shallower than normal programming. During erasing, the erase-verify voltage can be increased while the erase voltages can be reduced to provide a shallower than normal erase. When the number of program-erase cycles for the block in the SLC mode is above the threshold, the program and erase parameters revert to a default levels. |
| US11705203B2 |
Digital temperature compensation filtering
Techniques disclosed herein cope with temperature effects in non-volatile memory systems. A control circuit is configured to sense a current temperature of the memory system and read, verify, program, and erase data in non-volatile memory cells by modifying one or more read/verify/program/erase parameters based on a temperature compensation value. The control circuit is further configured to read, verify, program, and erase data by accessing a historical temperature value stored in the memory system, the historical temperature value comprising a temperature at which a previous read, verify, program or erase occurred and measuring a current temperature value. The control circuit determines the temperature compensation value by applying a smoothing function. The smoothing function determines the temperature compensation value by selecting either the historical temperature value or the current temperature value as the temperature compensation value based on a difference between the historical temperature value and the current temperature relative to a threshold, or calculating the temperature compensation value, different from the current temperature value or the historical temperature value, based a smoothing function which utilizes the current temperature value and the historical temperature value. |
| US11705202B2 |
Methods of programming memory device
A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of strings. A method of programming the memory device includes programming a first row of the memory cells. The method also includes, after programing the first row of the memory cells, programming a second row of the memory cells. The second row is adjacent to the first row in a first string direction. The method further includes, after programming the second row of the memory cells, programming a third row of the memory cells. The third row is two rows apart from the second row in a second string direction opposite to the first string direction. |
| US11705198B2 |
Programmable resistive memory element and a method of making the same
A programmable resistive memory element and a method of adjusting a resistance of a programmable resistive memory element are provided. The programmable resistive memory element includes at least one resistive memory element. Each resistive memory element includes an Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide (IGZO) resistive layer, a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact. The first and second electrical contacts are disposed on the IGZO resistive layer in the same plane. The programmable resistive memory element includes a voltage generator coupled to the first and second electrical contacts, constructed and arranged to apply a thermal treatment to the resistive memory element to adjust a resistance of the resistive memory element. |
| US11705197B2 |
Modified write voltage for memory devices
Methods, systems, and devices for a modified write voltage for memory devices are described. In an example, the memory device may determine a first set of memory cells to be switched from a first logic state (e.g., a SET state) to a second logic state (e.g., a RESET state) based on a received write command. The memory device may perform a read operation to determine a subset of the first set of memory cells (e.g., a second set of memory cells) having a conductance threshold satisfying a criteria based on a predicted drift of the memory cells. The memory device may apply a RESET pulse to each of the memory cells within the first set of memory cells, where the RESET pulse applied to the second set of memory cells is modified to decrease voltage threshold drift in the RESET state. |
| US11705196B2 |
Auto-calibrating crossbar-based apparatuses
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for calibrating crossbar-based apparatuses. The method includes obtaining output data of a crossbar-based apparatus may include a plurality of cross-point devices with tunable conductance, where the output data of the crossbar-based apparatus represents computing results of at least one operation performed by the crossbar-based apparatus, and where the output data corresponding to a plurality of settings of a plurality of analog components of the crossbar-based apparatus. The method also includes obtaining, by a processing device, one or more calibration parameters based on the output data of the crossbar-based apparatus, where the one or more calibration parameters correspond to one or more errors associated with one or more of the analog components of the crossbar-based apparatus. The method further includes calibrating the crossbar-based apparatus using the one or more calibration parameters. |
| US11705192B2 |
Managing read level voltage offsets for low threshold voltage offset bin placements
A block family associated with a memory device is created. The block family is associated with a threshold voltage offset bin. A set of read level voltage offsets is determined such that, applying the set of read level voltage offsets to a base read level threshold voltage associated with the block family, result in a suboptimal error rate not exceeding a maximum allowable error rate. The determined set of read level offsets is associated with the threshold voltage offset bin by updating a block family metadata. |
| US11705191B2 |
Non-volatile memory die with deep learning neural network
Exemplary methods and apparatus are provided for implementing a deep learning accelerator (DLA) or other neural network components within the die of a non-volatile memory (NVM) apparatus using, for example, under-the-array circuit components within the die. Some aspects disclosed herein relate to configuring the under-the-array components to implement feedforward DLA operations. Other aspects relate to backpropagation operations. Still other aspects relate to using an NAND-based on-chip copy with update function to facilitate updating synaptic weights of a neural network stored on a die. Other aspects disclosed herein relate to configuring a solid state device (SSD) controller for use with the NVM. In some aspects, the SSD controller includes flash translation layer (FTL) tables configured specifically for use with neural network data stored in the NVM. |
| US11705188B2 |
Output buffer circuit with metal option
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: first and second wiring patterns extending in a first direction, first and second transistors arranged adjacent to each other, and third to sixth wiring patterns extending in a second direction. The third wiring pattern is connected between the first wiring pattern and one of source/drain regions of the first transistor, the fourth wiring pattern is connected between the second wiring pattern and other of source/drain regions of the first transistor, the fifth wiring pattern is connected to one of source/drain regions of the second transistor, the fifth wiring pattern overlapping with the first wiring pattern, the sixth wiring pattern is connected to other of source/drain regions of the second transistor, the sixth wiring pattern overlapping with the second wiring pattern. The third and fourth wiring patterns are greater in width in the first direction than the fifth and sixth wiring patterns. |
| US11705181B2 |
Methods for adjusting row hammer refresh rates and related memory devices and systems
Methods of operating a memory device are disclosed. A method may include determining an amount of activity associated with at least one memory bank of a memory device. The method may further include adjusting a row hammer refresh rate for the at least one memory bank based on the amount of activity associated with the at least one memory bank. Memory devices and systems are also described. |
| US11705175B2 |
Shared decoder circuit and method
A circuit includes a plurality of registers, each register including SRAM cells, a read port configured to receive a read address, a write port configured to receive a write address, a selection circuit, a latch circuit, and a decoder coupled in series between the read and write ports and the plurality of registers, and a control circuit. Responsive to a clock signal and read and write enable signals, the control circuit causes the selection circuit, the latch circuit, and the decoder to select a first register of the plurality of registers in a read operation based on the read address, and select a second register of the plurality of registers in a write operation based on the write address. |
| US11705172B2 |
Memory device, memory system including the same and operating method thereof
A method of operating a memory device includes receiving a duty training request, performing first training for a write path in a first period, storing a result value of the first training, performing second training for a write path in a second period, storing a result value of the second training, transmitting the result value of the first training to an external device, and receiving a duty cycle adjuster (DCA) code value corresponding to the first training result value from the external device. |
| US11705171B2 |
Switched capacitor multiplier for compute in-memory applications
Systems, apparatuses and methods include technology that identifies whether a product of first and second digital numbers is associated with a positive value or a negative value. During a first clock phase, the technology sets a first reference voltage to have a first value or a second value based on whether the product is associated with the positive value or the negative value. During the first clock phase, the technology controls switches to supply the first reference voltage to first plates of capacitors. Each of the capacitors includes a respective first plate of the first plates and a second plate. Further, during the first clock phase, the technology controls the switches based on the first digital number to electrically connect at least one of the second plates to the first reference voltage and electrically connect at least one of the second plates to a second reference voltage. |
| US11705168B2 |
Semiconductor device, system, and operation control method executed by semiconductor device
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a first command and execute, based on the first command, a first operation and a second operation. The second operation is executed after the first operation. The control circuit is further configured to output a first signal from a start of the first operation to a start of the second operation. The first signal indicates that the semiconductor device is in a busy state in which the semiconductor device refrains from accepting, from an external controller, a second command for execution of the first operation and a third command for execution of the second operation. |
| US11705165B2 |
Method and system for adjusting memory, and semiconductor device
Embodiments of the disclosure, there is provided a method, a system for adjusting the memory, and a semiconductor device. The method for adjusting the memory includes: acquiring a mapping relationship between a temperature of a transistor, an equivalent width-length ratio of a sense amplifier transistor in a sense amplifier and an actual time at which the data is written into the memory; acquiring a current temperature of the transistor; and adjusting the equivalent width-length ratio, based on the current temperature and the mapping relationship, so that the actual time at which the data is written into the memory corresponding to the adjusted equivalent width-length ratio is within a preset writing time. |
| US11705159B2 |
Magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape drive, magnetic tape system, and method of operating magnetic tape drive
A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case in which a magnetic tape is housed, and an NVM of a cartridge memory provided in the case. The NVM stores cartridge information including an identification ID regarding an allowable range of temperature/humidity in using the magnetic tape, an upper limit of a preservation period of the magnetic tape, and an upper limit of a use frequency of the magnetic tape. |
| US11705156B2 |
Hexagonal strontium ferrite powder, magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus
A hexagonal strontium ferrite powder, in which an average particle size is 10.0 to 25.0 nm, a content of one or more kinds of atom selected from the group consisting of a gallium atom, a scandium atom, an indium atom, and an antimony atom is 1.0 to 15.0 atom % with respect to 100.0 atom % of an iron atom, and a coercivity Hc is greater than 2,000 Oe and smaller than 4.000 Oe. A magnetic recording medium including: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the ferromagnetic powder is the hexagonal strontium ferrite powder. A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus including this magnetic recording medium. |
| US11705154B2 |
Manufacturing method of magnetic disk device and magnetic disk device
According to an embodiment, a manufacturing method includes: estimating a distribution of an initial value of a clearance of a magnetic head on a first recording surface; and recording first spiral signals on the first recording surface while controlling a clearance using the distribution of the initial value of the estimated clearance. The manufacturing method includes measuring a distribution of an initial value of a clearance of a magnetic head on a second recording surface under positioning control using the first spiral signals recorded on the first recording surface. The manufacturing method includes recording the first spiral signals on the second recording surface while controlling a clearance using the distribution of the initial value of the measured clearance of the magnetic head on the second recording surface. The manufacturing method includes recording the second spiral signals on a third recording surface under positioning control using the first spiral signals recorded on the second recording surface. |
| US11705152B2 |
Magnetic head and magnetic recording device including a stacked body having a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member
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 member, a second magnetic member provided between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic pole, a first layer provided between the first and second magnetic members, and a second layer provided between the second magnetic member and the second magnetic pole. The first magnetic member includes first magnetic regions and a first nonmagnetic region. The first nonmagnetic region is between the one of the first magnetic regions and the other one of the first magnetic regions. |
| US11705151B1 |
Speech signal processing system facilitating natural language processing using audio transduction
Systems and methods transmit, to a user device across a network, digital communication(s) thereby facilitating displaying the digital communication(s) via a user interface of the user device. Based on a user of the user device providing user input(s) in response to the digital communication(s) response data related to physical location(s) are received and data processing is performed thereon to determine whether additional data collection sequence(s) should be provided. Based on determining an additional data collection sequence should be provided, a condition-specific data collection sequence is provided via the user interface to facilitate obtaining condition-specific data related to a condition at a physical location, where the condition-specific data includes audio data collected via the user device and where the obtaining the condition-specific data comprises using a speech signal processing system to perform audio transduction to generate the audio data from a speech signal and facilitate performing natural language processing thereon. |
| US11705150B2 |
Machine learning based generation of synthetic crowd responses
Systems and methods for generating real-time synthetic crowd responses for events, to augment the experience of event participants, remote viewers, and the like. Various sensors monitor the event in question, and various event properties are derived from their output using an event state model. These event properties, along with various event parameters such as score, time remaining, etc., are then input to a machine learning model that determines a real-time synthetic audience reaction tailored to the immediate state of the event. Reaction parameters are used to generate a corresponding crowd or audience audio signal, which may be broadcast to event participants, viewers, spectators, or anyone who may be interested. This instantaneous, realistic crowd reaction more closely simulates the experience of events with full on-site audiences, enhancing the viewing experience of both event participants and those watching. |
| US11705145B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating an enhanced signal using independent noise-filling
An apparatus for generating an enhanced signal from an input signal, wherein the enhanced signal has spectral values for an enhancement spectral region, the spectral values for the enhancement spectral regions not being contained in the input signal, includes a mapper for mapping a source spectral region of the input signal to a target region in the enhancement spectral region, the source spectral region including a noise-filling region; and a noise filler configured for generating first noise values for the noise-filling region in the source spectral region of the input signal and for generating second noise values for a noise region in the target region, wherein the second noise values are decorrelated from the first noise values or for generating second noise values for a noise region in the target region, wherein the second noise values are decorrelated from first noise values in the source region. |
| US11705142B2 |
Signal encoding method and device and signal decoding method and device
A spectrum encoding method includes selecting an important spectral component in band units for a normalized spectrum and encoding information of the selected important spectral component for a band, based on a number, a position, a magnitude and a sign thereof. A spectrum decoding method includes obtaining from a bitstream, information about an important spectral component for a band of an encoded spectrum and decoding the obtained information of the important spectral component, based on a number, a position, a magnitude and a sign of the important spectral component. |
| US11705140B2 |
Decoding apparatus and method, and program
The present technology relates to a decoding apparatus, a decoding method and a program which make it possible to obtain sound with higher quality.A demultiplexing circuit demultiplexes an input code string into a gain code string and a signal code string. A signal decoding circuit decodes the signal code string to output a time series signal. A gain decoding circuit decodes the gain code string. That is, the gain decoding circuit reads out gain values and gain inclination values at predetermined gain sample positions of the time series signal and interpolation mode information. An interpolation processing unit obtains a gain value at each sample position between two gain sample positions through linear interpolation or non-linear interpolation according to the interpolation mode based on the gain values and the gain inclination values. A gain applying circuit adjusts a gain of the time series signal based on the gain values. The present technology can be applied to a decoding apparatus. |
| US11705139B2 |
Efficient coding of audio scenes comprising audio objects
There is provided encoding and decoding methods for encoding and decoding of object based audio. An exemplary encoding method includes inter alia calculating M downmix signals by forming combinations of N audio objects, wherein M≤N, and calculating parameters which allow reconstruction of a set of audio objects formed on basis of the N audio objects from the M downmix signals. The calculation of the M downmix signals is made according to a criterion which is independent of any loudspeaker configuration. |
| US11705135B2 |
Detection of liveness
Detecting a replay attack on a voice biometrics system comprises: receiving a speech signal from a voice source; generating and transmitting an ultrasound signal through a transducer of the device; detecting a reflection of the transmitted ultrasound signal; detecting Doppler shifts in the reflection of the generated ultrasound signal; and identifying whether the received speech signal is indicative of liveness of a speaker based on the detected Doppler shifts. The method further comprises: obtaining information about a position of the device; and adapting the generating and transmitting of the ultrasound signal based on the information about the position of the device. |
| US11705129B2 |
Voice control method, cloud server and terminal device
A voice control method that includes: a terminal device receiving voice information; the terminal device querying a control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a local voice library; when no control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the local voice library, the terminal device uploading the voice information onto a cloud server; the cloud server querying the control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a cloud voice library; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the cloud voice library, the cloud server sending the control instruction to the terminal device; the terminal device receiving the control instruction, and executing a corresponding operation on the basis of the control instruction. The present disclosure improves the response speed of a terminal device, and improves user experience. |
| US11705122B2 |
Interface-providing apparatus and interface-providing method
According to one embodiment, the interface-providing apparatus comprises an identifying unit and a generating unit. The identifying unit identifies a keyword from dialogue data including a question text to request information, and a response text in reply thereto. The generating unit generates display information to display a user interface for receiving feedback input relating to a degree of usefulness of a keyword when searching for the requested information. |
| US11705121B2 |
Multimodal transmission of packetized data
A system of multi-modal transmission of packetized data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. Based on the input audio signal, a direct action application programming interface can generate a first action data structure, and a content selector component can select a content item. An interface management component can identify first and second candidate interfaces, and respective resource utilization values. The interface management component can select, based on the resource utilization values, the first candidate interface to present the content item. The interface management component can provide the first action data structure to the client computing device for rendering as audio output, and can transmit the content item converted for a first modality to deliver the content item for rendering from the selected interface. |
| US11705119B2 |
Guide voice output control system and guide voice output control method
A guide voice output control system includes a voice output control unit having a function of outputting a guide voice in response to a trigger and a function of executing interaction related processing having a reception stage for receiving voice, a recognition stage for recognizing voice, and an output stage for outputting voice based on a recognition result, in which the voice output control unit controls the output of the guide voice according to the processing stage of the interaction related processing when the trigger is generated during the execution of the processing, and dynamically controls the output of the guide voice according to whether or not the processing stage is a stage that does not affect the accuracy of voice recognition or listening difficulty of a user even if the guide voice is output. |
| US11705114B1 |
Systems and methods for parsing multiple intents in natural language speech
A system for parsing separate intents in natural language speech configured to (i) receive, from the user computer device, a verbal statement of the user including a plurality of words; (ii) translate the verbal statement into text; (iii) label each of the plurality of words in the verbal statement; (iv) detect one or more potential splits in the verbal statement; (v) divide the verbal statement into a plurality of intents based upon the one or more potential splits; and (vi) generate a response based upon the plurality of intents. |
| US11705105B2 |
Speech synthesizer for evaluating quality of synthesized speech using artificial intelligence and method of operating the same
A speech synthesizer for evaluating quality of a synthesized speech using artificial intelligence includes a database configured to store a synthesized speech corresponding to text, a correct speech corresponding to the text and a speech quality evaluation model for evaluating the quality of the synthesized speech, and a processor configured to compare a first speech feature set indicating a feature of the synthesized speech and a second speech feature set indicating a feature of the correct speech, acquire a quality evaluation index set including indices used to evaluate the quality of the synthesized speech according to a result of comparison, and determine weights as model parameters of the speech quality evaluation model using the acquired quality evaluation index set and the speech quality evaluation model. |
| US11705101B1 |
Irrelevant voice cancellation
Computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems configured for receiving first audio data from a first computing device via a first microphone, receiving second audio data from a second computing device via a second microphone, detecting a first user utterance having a first user utterance local decibel measure in the first audio data and a first user utterance remote decibel measure in the second audio data, detecting a second user utterance having a second user utterance local decibel measure in the second audio data and a second user utterance remote decibel measure in the first audio data, determining a first cancelling coefficient based on the second user utterance detected at the first microphone and the second user utterance detected at the second microphone, applying the first cancelling coefficient to the first audio data, and generating first output audio data comprising the first user utterance at the first computing device. |
| US11705097B2 |
Battery powered devices with electrically isolated outputs
Battery powered devices are provided with electrically isolated outputs. One exemplary battery device comprises at least one battery; and control electronics configured to provide a plurality of outputs from one of the at least one battery, wherein the plurality of outputs comprise at least one output that is electrically isolated from at least one other output of the plurality of outputs that each provide power to one or more of a plurality of loads. In another exemplary battery device, the control electronics are configured to provide a plurality of outputs from one of the at least one battery, and further comprises a housing assembly comprising (i) at least two surfaces, wherein the at least two surfaces have a space therebetween configured to house the control electronics and the at least one battery; or (ii) a tubular structure configured to house the control electronics and the at least one battery. |
| US11705094B2 |
Drumhead tuning rim system and method of use
A drumhead tuning rim system and method for securing and tuning a drumhead on a drum shell of a drum, comprising a drumhead tuning rim apparatus comprising a cable tension dial assembly configured for operably engaging a rim of the drum so as to increase or decrease tension on the rim, the rim being configured for seating over the drumhead on the drum shell, and an apparatus controller configured for operably interfacing with the drumhead tuning rim apparatus so as to selectively control the cable tension dial assembly and thereby adjust the overall pitch of the drumhead as by adjusting the tension on the rim. |
| US11705093B1 |
Flip tuning levers device
A flip tuning levers device that does not put added stress on a plurality of guitar strings to get them out of tune. The flip tuning levers device includes a plurality of levers, a plurality of vertical shafts, a plurality of shims, a horizontal shaft, and a base plate. The levers each include a handle, a rotating pin joint, and an upside-down cylindrical-shaped indentation. The base plate includes a plurality of apertures that include a first set of apertures that accommodate receiving a plurality of fasteners and a second set of apertures that accommodate receiving the distal ends of each of the vertical shafts, the first set of apertures correspond with a plurality of preexisting holes disposed on a headstock of the guitar. The flip tuning levers device is made from a three-dimensional printer for accuracy and cost-reduction or is made of titanium for strength and ease of fabrication. |
| US11705090B2 |
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing a rearward view of aircraft
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing a rearward view of an aircraft. The system, apparatus, and methods include one or more cameras disposed on an aft portion of a fuselage of the aircraft, a heads-up display is within a cockpit of the aircraft, and a heads-up control. The heads-up control receives image data from the one or more cameras and generates an image on the heads-up display based on the image data from the one or more cameras to provide a rearward view of an area behind the aircraft. The heads-up control may be configured to determine when an aerial object is within a predetermined range behind the aircraft and responsively generate the image on the heads-up display based on the image data from the one or more cameras to provide a rearward view of an area behind the aircraft in which the aerial object is located. |
| US11705089B2 |
Display spatial brightness control
A system includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to project an image. The system also includes a controller coupled to the SLM. The controller is configured to receive the image and determine a brightness level of the image. The controller is also configured to enforce a brightness limit on the image responsive to the brightness level, to produce a reduced image. The controller is configured to instruct a display to display the reduced image. |
| US11705085B2 |
Gate driving circuit and display panel
A gate driving circuit and a display panel are provided. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of shift register units as cascaded, and the plurality of shift register units as cascaded includes a first shift register unit including a first clock signal terminal, an (n+1)-th shift register unit including an (n+1)-th clock signal terminal, a second shift register unit including a second clock signal terminal, and an (n+2)-th shift register unit including an (n+2)-th clock signal terminal. The gate driving circuit further includes a first clock signal line connected to the first clock signal terminal and the (n+1)-th clock signal terminal, and a second clock signal line connected to the second clock signal terminal and the (n+2)-th clock signal terminal. |
| US11705079B2 |
Color image processing method and device, electronic ink screen, and storage medium
The present application discloses a color image processing method, a color image processing device, an electronic ink screen, and a storage medium. The color image processing method includes: obtaining an original image, and transforming original color data of a pixel in the original image into corresponding set color data in a set color space; determining a target color corresponding to the pixel in a plurality of set colors according to the set color data corresponding to the pixel and a color ratio allocation table; and generating a target image according to the target color. |
| US11705078B1 |
Systems and methods for selective disablement of backlights corresponding to identified non-utilized viewable areas of a display panel
Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to identify viewable areas of a display panel (such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel) of a display panel assembly that are currently not utilized by a user, and then to selectively and dynamically turn off backlights or blocks of backlights (e.g., such as light emitting diode “LED” backlight elements) that illuminate viewable areas of the display panel that correspond to these non-utilized viewable areas. The systems and methods may be so implemented in one example to reduce power consumption of a display panel assembly. |
| US11705077B2 |
Control method and control device
A control method is provided for suppressing a flicker phenomenon even if frame periods vary in length. The control method controls an emission period and an extinction period of a frame period, which is a period in which one image continues to be displayed. When a signal indicating start of a frame period is detected, as the frame period, n subframe periods that configure the frame period, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, are sequentially started from the first subframe period, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the detection of the signal. All of the n subframe periods are controlled to have a substantially same length determined in advance and to have a substantially same ratio between the emission period and the extinction period, determined in advance, the ratio being referred to as a duty ratio. |
| US11705075B2 |
Display device and method of compensating for degradation of the display device
A display device includes a display panel, a first memory, and a degradation compensator. The first memory device stores stress data including degradation values representing a degradation degree of each of the blocks in the display panel. The degradation compensator loads the stress data from the first memory device, updates the stress data based on current input data and a maximum degradation value, updates the maximum degradation value based on degradation values included in the updated stress data, and generate compensated data by compensating for the current input data based on the updated stress data. The degradation compensator determines whether a first degradation value included in the stress data is normal by comparing the first degradation value with the maximum degradation value, and updates the first degradation value based on at least one adjacent degradation value adjacent to the first degradation value, when the first degradation value is abnormal. |
| US11705074B2 |
Display device and method for driving the same
A display device includes a display panel that includes a first display area and a second display area, a data driving circuit which drives a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit such that the first display area is driven at a first driving frequency, and the second display area is driven at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency during a multi-frequency mode, where the driving controller receives an image signal and provides to the data driving circuit an image data signal obtained by compensating for a gamma level of the image signal corresponding to the second display area during the multi-frequency mode. |
| US11705070B2 |
Display apparatus and electronic apparatus
A display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a pixel array unit, pixels being arranged in the pixel unit, the pixels each including a driving transistor that includes a plurality of gate electrodes and drives a light emitting unit in response to a video signal applied to one gate electrode of the plurality of gate electrodes; and a control unit that controls gate voltage of a different gate electrode of the driving transistor. Further, an electronic apparatus according to the present disclosure includes the display apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration. |
| US11705068B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a lower substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein a plurality of pixels are formed in the display area. The OLED display also includes an embedded circuit formed in the configured to apply a plurality of signals to the pixels, and an initialization wiring formed in the non-display area and configured to apply an initialization voltage to each of the pixels. The initialization circuit is formed in a layer so as to at least partially overlap with the area of the embedded circuit. |
| US11705067B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a first power supply circuit configured to generate a pixel driving voltage, a display panel configured to receive the pixel driving voltage from the first power supply circuit, and including a plurality of pixels each configured to emit light based thereon, and a scan driver configured to receive the pixel driving voltage from the display panel, and to provide scan signals based on the pixel driving voltage to the plurality of pixels. |
| US11705066B2 |
Pixel and display device including the same
A pixel of display device includes a light emitting element, a first transistor coupled between first power source and a second node and having a gate electrode connected to a first node N1, and the first transistor being configured to control a driving current supplied to the light emitting element in response to a voltage of the first node, a first capacitor including one electrode connected to the first node and another electrode connected to a third node, a second transistor coupled between the third node and a data line, a third transistor coupled between the first node and the second node, a fourth transistor coupled between the first node and an initialization power source, a fifth transistor coupled between a reference power source and the third node, and an eighth transistor coupled between a fourth node and an anode initialization power source. |
| US11705064B2 |
Organic light emitting display apparatus
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes an organic light-emitting diode, a switching transistor, a first light emission control transistor, and a driving transistor. The organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode for receiving a reference voltage. The switching transistor includes a gate electrode for receiving an nth scan signal and a source electrode for receiving a data signal, and is an NMOS transistor. The first light emission control transistor includes a gate electrode for receiving a light emission control signal, and is configured to turn on upon receiving the light emission control signal to determine a timing of flow of a driving current to the organic light-emitting diode, and is a PMOS transistor. The driving transistor is connected to the switching transistor and the first light emission control transistor and provides the driving current to the organic light-emitting diode. |
| US11705063B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first transistor including a first channel region, a first gate electrode overlapping the first channel region, and a first electrode connected to a node receiving a driving voltage, a second transistor electrically connected to the first electrode of the first transistor, the second transistor including a second channel region and a second gate electrode overlapping the first channel region and receiving a scan signal, a light emitting element electrically connected to a second electrode of the first transistor, a first conductive line overlapping the first gate electrode with the first channel region in between and receiving a variable voltage different from the driving voltage, and a second conductive line overlapping the second gate electrode with the second channel region in between and receiving the scan signal. |
| US11705060B2 |
Electronic device and method for predicting residual image of display and compensating for residual image of the display
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display having a variable display area including: a visible first region, and a second region that is stowable/extendable, a display driver integrated circuit (DDI), and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: when the housing is disposed in a first state in which the second region is stowed, control the flexible display to display a user interface (UI) screen through the first region based on a first driving frequency and a first light emission frequency, control the flexible display to display a compensation image through the second region based on a second driving frequency and a second light emission frequency, wherein the second driving frequency is equal to or less than the first driving frequency, and the second light emission frequency is less than the first light emission frequency. |
| US11705058B2 |
Display panel and display device
Display panels and display devices are provided. The display panel includes a functional module area and a plurality of first signal wirings arranged along a first direction. The display panel includes a first area and a second area, and along the first direction, the functional module area is disposed between the first area and the second area. The plurality of first signal wirings include a plurality of first cross-lines and a plurality of first sub-signal wirings along a second direction, the plurality of first sub-signal wirings are disposed in a display area, the plurality of first cross-lines are connected to the plurality of first sub-signal wirings, and the second direction intersects the first direction. The first area includes M first cross-lines of the plurality of first cross-lines, the second area includes N first cross-lines of the plurality of first cross-lines, and M is greater than N. |
| US11705056B2 |
Electroluminescence display apparatus
An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a display panel, including a pixel including a driving element and a light emitting device, and a panel driving circuit supplying the pixel with a first data voltage for a display driving operation and a display scan signal synchronized with the first data voltage in a vertical active period succeeding a first vertical blank period and maintaining the first data voltage in the pixel during a second vertical blank period succeeding the vertical active period, wherein a length of the first vertical blank period is fixed regardless of a variation of a frame frequency, and a length of the second vertical blank period varies based on the variation of the frame frequency. |
| US11705054B2 |
Display panel driving circuit and display panel
The present application discloses a display panel driving circuit and a display panel. The display panel driving circuit includes a driving circuit and a light-emitting diode. The driving circuit is connected to the light-emitting diode. The driving circuit includes a plurality of superimposed driving modules, and a corresponding number of driving modules are selectively conducted according to a preset grayscale. Each driving module includes a scan control transistor, a switch transistor and a drive transistor, in each driving module the scan control transistor is connected to the drive transistor via the switch transistor, in each driving module a first end of the scan control transistor is connected to a scan signal terminal, and the light-emitting diode and the drive transistors of the driving modules are sequentially connected. The present application can better increase the number of grayscales, thereby improving image quality. |
| US11705053B2 |
Display panel and driving method thereof
A display panel and a driving method thereof are provided, including a time schedule controller and at least one driver integrated circuit (driver IC). Pulse width modulation (PCM) data between the time schedule controller and the driver IC is transmitted in a decoded manner, and pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) data is transmitted in an undecoded manner, reducing a transmission rate between the time schedule controller and the driver IC, and thereby reducing or eliminating risks of electromagnetic interference (EMI). Furthermore, using this transmission method can reduce the number of latches used in the driver IC. |
| US11705051B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first pixel driver connected to a sweep line, the first pixel driver generating a control current based on a first data voltage, a second pixel driver connected to a scan control line, the second pixel driver generating a driving current based on a second data voltage and controlling a period for which the driving current flows, based on the control current, and a light-emitting element connected to the second pixel driver to receive the driving current. The first pixel driver includes a first transistor generating the control current based on the first data voltage, a second transistor providing the first data voltage to a first electrode of the first transistor based on a scan write signal, and a first capacitor including a first capacitor electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a second capacitor electrode connected to the sweep line. |
| US11705050B2 |
Power management integrated circuit and its driving method
A power management integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit configured to perform a logic operation on a start clock signal which sets a driving start time point of a gate driving circuit and an on-clock signal which sets an output start time point of the gate driving circuit; a first AND gate circuit configured to receive one among output signals of the flip-flop circuit and the start clock signal, to perform an AND logic operation thereon, and to generate a gate start signal; and a second AND gate circuit configured to receive the other of the output signals of the flip-flop circuit and the start clock signal, to perform an AND logic operation thereon, and to generate a gate reset signal. |
| US11705049B2 |
Differential signal interface and display device adopting the differential signal interface
The present application provides a differential signal interface and a display device adopting the differential signal interface. A plurality of different differential signals are transmitted between a transmitting end and a receiving end of the differential signal interface by a plurality of differential pairs. A plurality of moderating modules are disposed between the transmitting end and the receiving end. Each moderating module is connected to a corresponding differential pair and is configured to adjust the impedance of the transmitting end and/or the receiving end such that the impedance of the transmitting end and/or the receiving end matches the impedance of the corresponding differential pair. |
| US11705047B2 |
Shift-register unit, gate-driving circuit, display apparatus, and driving method
A shift-register unit includes a first circuit including a first input circuit coupled via a first node to a first output circuit, and a second circuit including a second input circuit coupled via a second node to a second output circuit. The first input circuit is configured to control a voltage level of the first node in response to a first input signal. The first output circuit is configured to output a shift-register signal and a first output signal in response to the voltage level of the first node. The second input circuit is configured to control a voltage level of the second node in response to the first input signal. The second output circuit is configured to output a second output signal in response to the voltage level of the second node. The first input circuit and the second input circuit have a same circuit structure. |
| US11705039B2 |
Ambient light and proximity detection method, photographing method, and terminal
This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides ambient light and optical proximity detection methods, a photographing method, and a terminal, so that an entire display screen of the terminal is used to display a user interface, and this improves user experience. The method specifically includes: controlling, by a terminal, some areas of a display screen to display a black picture for a plurality of times; and when the areas display the black picture, obtaining an intensity of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor to adjust luminance of the display screen. |
| US11705035B2 |
Display panel and display device having gate drive circuit
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes multiple cascaded gate drive units. Each gate drive unit includes a shift register unit and an inverted unit. The inverted unit is electrically connected to the shift register unit. A scan output terminal of the shift register unit is electrically connected to one scan line. An inverted scan output terminal of the inverted unit is electrically connected to one inverted scan line. The scan output terminal of the shift register unit outputs a first effective pulse signal. The inverted scan output terminal of the inverted unit outputs a second effective pulse signal. A time period corresponding to the first effective pulse signal at least partially overlaps a time period corresponding to the second effective pulse signal, and the type of the first effective pulse signal is opposite to the type of the second effective pulse signal. |
| US11705030B2 |
Adaptable and deformable three-dimensional display with lighting emitting elements
Methods, apparatuses and systems provide for technology to identify a communication that is to be presented to a user. The technology controls a first plurality of actuators to press a first portion of a light emitting element (LEE) layer against a deformable layer to deform the deformable layer into a shape that represents the communication to be presented to the user, and controls the LEE layer to emit light from the first portion of the LEE layer that is pressed against the deformable layer to illuminate the shape of the deformable layer. |
| US11705029B1 |
Curved display panel color and brightness calibration systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided to compensate image data for display on a curved display. A pixel uniformity compensation factor may be applied based on a pixel uniformity compensation factor map that is calibrated to the display panel while the display panel has a flat shape, and a panel curvature compensation factor may be applied when the image content is to be displayed while the display panel has a curved shape. The panel curvature compensation factor may be based on a panel curvature compensation factor map that is calibrated to the display panel after the display panel is bent from the flat shape to the curved shape. |
| US11705024B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display module, a support configured to rotate and support the display module, and a mounting device configured to mount a mobile device on the display module. The mobile device is configured to be paired with the display module. The mounting device includes a mounting portion including a mounting groove having a shape corresponding to a frame forming borders of the display module. The mounting portion is coupled to the frame when the frame is inserted into the mounting groove, and an accommodating portion is positioned below the mounting portion, and accommodates the mobile device such that the mobile device is mounted on the display module. |
| US11705020B2 |
Method of manufacturing a bio-model comprising a synthetic skin layer and bio-model comprising a synthetic skin layer
A method of manufacturing a three dimensional bio-model from medical image data is described. The method comprises: identifying a skin layer in the medical image data; determining a thickness of the skin layer; generating three dimensional model data from the medical image data, the three dimensional model data comprising an indication of a synthetic skin layer, the synthetic skin layer comprising a surface layer and a backing layer, wherein a combined thickness of the surface layer and the backing layer is determined from the thickness of the skin layer; and three dimensional printing the three dimensional model data to provide a three dimensional bio-model. |
| US11705017B2 |
Supply chain management instructional board game
Disclosed is an educational board game having a game surface and associated physical gaming elements that cooperatively simulate distinct phases of a supply chain, in which different physical gaming elements and game board segments correspond to those distinct supply chain phases. Mating, player-specific (e.g., color coded) material game pieces represent materials that may be combined to form a simulated product. Combined game pieces representing player-specific products may then be moved across the game board with players paying various supply chain costs and receiving payment for product sales through the segments of the supply chain. A random number generator, such as one or more dice, in combination with various cards, are used by the players to determine the occurrence of various supply chain risks, values, and projections as the players progress through the segments of the supply chain to ultimate sale of finished products. |
| US11705015B2 |
System and method for facilitating creation of an educational test based on prior performance with individual test questions
In certain implementations, creation of an educational test may be facilitated based on prior performance with individual test questions. A user input indicating a subject matter for a test, one or more question categories related to the subject matter, and a questionee group for which the test is intended may be received. A plurality of questions may be obtained based on the user input. For each question of the plurality of questions, a question performance metric value associated with the question (that is calculated based on prior performance of one or more questionees with the question) may be obtained. A test performance metric value associated with the test may be calculated based on the question performance metric values associated with at least some questions of the plurality of questions. The at least some questions and the test performance metric value may be provided for presentation on a user interface. |
| US11705010B2 |
Pre-emptive generation of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle inspections according to monitored sensor events
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for generation of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle flight plans based on triggered sensor information. One of the methods includes accessing information correlated from sensors monitoring features of weather events, and determining an upcoming weather event, the determination comprising one or more areas expected to be affected by the weather event. A likelihood of damage associated with the weather event is determined to be greater than a threshold in the areas. The weather event is monitored while areas in which the likelihood is greater than the threshold are updated accordingly. Subsequent to the weather event, properties to be inspected by unmanned aerial vehicles are determined based on severity information associated with the weather event. Job information is generated, the job information being associated with inspecting the determined properties, the job information including jobs each assignable to operators for implementation. |
| US11705008B2 |
Restricting areas available to autonomous and teleoperated vehicles
A vehicle policy server maintains a set of policies for constraining operations of one or more remote vehicles. The policies may specify areas, locations, or routes that specified vehicles are restricted from accessing based on a set of acquired information. An application programming interface (API) enables programmatic updates of the policies or related information. Policies may be enforced by transmitting control signals fully or in part to onboard vehicle computers or to a teleoperation support module providing remote support to the vehicles using human teleoperators and/or artificial intelligence agents. The control signals may directly control the vehicles or teleoperation, or may cause a navigation system to present known restrictions in a suitable fashion such as generating an augmented reality display or mapping overlays. |
| US11705006B2 |
Systems and methods to issue a warning to an object near a vehicle
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for issuing a hazard warning to an animate object located in a vicinity of a vehicle. In an example method, a processor in a warning system of a vehicle, detects an animate object (a person or an animal) in the vicinity of a first vehicle and determines a hazard posed to the animate object. The hazard, which may be caused by the first vehicle or another vehicle that is moving in a collision course with the animate object, can be evaluated by determining a trajectory of the animate object and a trajectory of the vehicle. If the probability of intersection of the two trajectories exceeds a threshold intersection probability level, the processor recognizes a hazard and issues a warning to the animate object (a horn beep, flashing lights, or a text message to a smart device of the person). |
| US11705005B2 |
Method, apparatus and device for illegal vehicle warning
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus and a device for an illegal vehicle warning. The method includes: detecting an illegal vehicle in a preset area; and performing the illegal vehicle warning on a target vehicle entering the preset area according to vehicle information of a detected illegal vehicle in the preset area. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the traffic control unit detects the illegal vehicle in the preset area, and the illegal vehicle warning is performed on the target vehicle entering the preset area according to the vehicle information of the detected illegal vehicle in the preset area, thereby avoiding or mitigating the collision of the target vehicle with the illegal vehicle, and improving the traffic safety of the target vehicle. |
| US11705004B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically warning nearby vehicles of potential hazards
Systems for automatically warning at least one nearby vehicle of a potential safety hazard in or near a roadway, including one or more sensors configured to detect a potential safety hazard in or near a roadway; a memory containing computer-readable instructions for generating a message including at least one of a location of the one or more sensors and a location of the potential safety hazard; a processor configured to read the computer-readable instructions from the memory and generate the message; and a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the message to at least one nearby vehicle. Systems for coordinating actions of a first vehicle and a second vehicle upon detection of a potential safety hazard in or near a roadway, including in part evaluating whether the actions conflict and, if so, requesting that the first vehicle execute alternative actions for avoiding or mitigating risk of collision. Corresponding methods are disclosed. |
| US11704996B2 |
Adaptive varactor based flexible matching network to support multiple implant conditions
Impedance matching in tunable circuits promotes consistent, high-efficiency wireless communication signal despite changing environmental conditions. |
| US11704993B2 |
Methods and systems for improved accuracy in hand-hygiene compliance
Exemplary embodiments of methods and devices for obtaining more accurate hand hygiene compliance metrics are disclosed herein. An exemplary device or badge for a hygiene compliance system includes a housing; a processor located in the housing; memory in circuit communication with the processor; wireless communication circuitry in circuit communication with the processor; and an additional time input in circuit communication with the processor. |
| US11704988B2 |
Group leader selection method, and user safety monitoring system and method
The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring the safety of users in a shaded area, wherein location information about an RFID post installed in a shaded area is identified by means of an RFID tag, so that the location of a work group working in the shaded area can be transmitted to a control server in real time, and the control server compares the location of the work group with operation information about trains, thereby determining whether the work group is in danger or not, makes notification the same, so that the safety of the work group can be secured. |
| US11704987B2 |
Increasing the suction power in an aspirating smoke detector (ASD) to shorten the transport time from a detected minimum signal level value without the output of an interruption signal
The present disclosure relates to aspirating smoke detectors (ASD). In an ASD, ambient air is aspirated and is fed to a fire detector unit for determining a signal level. For normal operation, the suction power is set to a nominal airflow value and this is increased from a minimum signal level value in order to shorten the transport time of aspirated smoke through the suction pipe to the fire detector unit. In some embodiments, an interruption signal provided for normal operation is output if the airflow exceeds an upper limit value for a minimum period. Independently thereof, the suction power is increased from the minimum signal level value only to the extent that the airflow does not exceed the upper limit value. Or, regardless thereof, the suction power is increased only for a timespan smaller than the minimum period in which the airflow exceeds the upper limit value. |
| US11704984B1 |
Video streaming user interface with data from multiple sources
A management server receives a request to view video content; access a stream of video content corresponding to the request; access and store, in one or more databases, metadata associated with the video content, wherein the metadata includes a plurality of detections and was generated by the video gateway device based on an analysis of the video content and previously uploaded to a remote computing device; generating and causing display of a user interface that includes: the stream of the video content, a seek bar configured to be manipulated by a user so that the user can navigate through the video content, and the metadata overlaid on the seek bar such that the plurality of detections are overlaid at locations on the seek bar corresponding to when the plurality of detections were detected. |
| US11704981B2 |
War poker
A method of playing a card game between a dealer and a player includes dealing first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth cards to the player. Second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth card are dealt to the dealer. A determination is made whether the first or second card has a higher value for a first point, whether the third or the fourth card has a higher value for a second point, whether the first, third and fifth combination of cards or the second, fourth and sixth combination of cards has a higher three-card stud poker hand for a third point, whether the seventh or eighth card has a higher value for a fourth point, and whether the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth combination of cards or the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth combination of cards has a higher five-card stud poker hand for a fifth point. |
| US11704980B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer storage medium for outputting virtual application object
A method by a network device for outputting a virtual application object includes acquiring current status information of a plurality of virtual application objects in a virtual application, the current status information indicating that a virtual application object is in a known state or in an unknown state, constructing a virtual application object status plane based on the current status information of the plurality of virtual application objects, where the virtual application object status plane includes a region corresponding to each virtual application object, the region includes the current status information of the corresponding virtual application object, determining, based on the virtual application object status plane, output probabilities corresponding to a plurality of to-be-outputted virtual application objects, and determining, based the output probabilities corresponding to the plurality of to-be-outputted virtual application objects, a target virtual application object from the plurality of to-be-outputted virtual application objects. |
| US11704978B2 |
Bonus round for video keno game
A bonus round of a video keno game may consist of a series of bonus game instances. During a bonus game instance, a game controller may identify a set of bonus game pieces and select a set of bonus outcome identifiers from a bonus outcome pool. A win amount may be determined based on the number of matches between the set of bonus outcome identifiers and the set of bonus game pieces. The bonus outcome identifiers may include persistent identifiers and non-persistent identifiers. Persistent identifiers may be removed from the bonus outcome pool for subsequent bonus game instances in the series. Additionally or alternatively, the bonus game pieces corresponding to the persistent identifiers may continue to be matches for the subsequent bonus game instances in the series. |
| US11704976B1 |
Wagering system and method employing pseudorandom assignment
A system and method for pseudorandomly assigning a side to a gambler in event betting, such as sports betting. The system and method allow for a gambler to bet on past, present, future, electronic, or simulated events. When the gambler indicates the intention to accept a random assignment of a side, a wagering server pseudorandomly selects a side for the gambler. The system and method can be extended to contingent bets and batched betting. |
| US11704975B2 |
Cross-hand winning card combination evaluations for multi-hand poker
Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide cross-hand winning card combination evaluations for multi-hand poker. |
| US11704974B2 |
Gaming machine and method with hold and spin symbol propagation
A gaming machine, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium are disclosed, which permit a player to play a base game and a feature game that may be triggered or initiated through play of the base game. During play of the feature game, the gaming machine holds each instance of a feature trigger symbol in its respective feature game display position and, if a feature game has remaining spins, spins/respins reels to obtain replacement symbols for each feature game display position without the feature trigger symbol. If a newly-presented feature trigger symbol includes one or more directional components, the gaming machine propagates the new-presented feature trigger symbol in a direction or directions indicated by the one or more directional components. |
| US11704965B2 |
Gaming systems and methods for adaptable player area monitoring
A gaming machine includes at least one image sensor for capturing an image including a player area associated with the gaming machine and logic circuitry in communication with the image sensor. The logic circuitry establishes a facial image mask defining an area of interest within the player area, receives the captured image from the image sensor, applies the facial image mask to the captured image to extract player image data from the captured image data, detects any faces within the player image data, compares, in response to detecting a face of a player within the player image data, the detected face with a player database to identify a player account associated with the player, and links, in response to identifying a matching player account based on the comparison, the matching player account to activities of the player at the gaming machine. |
| US11704964B2 |
System for managing promotions
In various embodiments, promotions are featured on mobile gaming devices. |
| US11704962B2 |
Electronic prize gaming apparatus
The present invention discloses a gaming apparatus comprising: a digital screen display mounted on a support, an actuation mechanism arranged for moving the digital screen display around an axis of rotation, at least one position identification member, a position sensing mechanism arranged for at least detecting the position of the prize segments with respect to the at least one position identification member; and a computer system. The computer system arranged for transmitting the electronic prize game digital image and associated prize information for display on the digital screen display, and for detecting, based on the position information obtained from the position sensing mechanism, at least one prize segment associated with the at least one stopping position of the digital display screen. |
| US11704953B2 |
System and process for authenticating a user in a region
A system for identifying users for entrance to an area comprising a point of entry into a pre-defined area. The system comprises a first computing device having a microprocessor, a memory and a screen disposed adjacent to the point of entry. There is also at least one second computing device having at least one microprocessor and at least one memory, said at least one second computing device being disposed remote from the first computing device. There is at least one third computing device having at least one screen and at least one microprocessor wherein the third computing device is in communication with the second computing device wherein the second computing device is configured to send at least one image to the first computing device and to the third computing device wherein when an image at the point of entry matches an image on the third computing device the port of entry will allow the user holding the third computing device into the point of entry. |
| US11704950B2 |
Retail security system
A retail security system that includes a locking system having locking assemblies that can be locked and unlocked directly by a consumer or clerk/employee using his or her mobile phone or other portable electronic device. Each of the locking assemblies may be configured to lock an article so that it cannot be freely accessed. The security system may include a sanitizing system that sanitizes the article after a consumer returns the article to the locking system without making a purchase. The security system may include a computer apparatus that allows an owner of the security system to access a software application that provides the owner with information/data about access to the locked articles. |
| US11704949B2 |
User verifying bicycle control system and user verification method thereof
Provided are a user verifying bicycle control system and a user verification method thereof, including a sensing module and a control module installed on a bicycle. The sensing module obtains a torque signal and an angle signal from a crank sensing component, further obtains a speed signal from a speed sensing unit, and outputs the torque signal, the angle signal, and the speed signal to the control module; the control module assembles the torque signal, the angle signal, and the speed signal into a signal sequence as a key to verify a user identity for the bicycle. |
| US11704945B2 |
System and method for predicting vehicle component failure and providing a customized alert to the driver
Systems and methods for predicting component failure in a vehicle and alerting a driver based thereon. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving sensor data from at least one vehicle sensor over a period of time, processing the sensor data using a predictive model to detect an anomaly indicative of an upcoming component failure, determining a severity of the upcoming component failure based on at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle, and providing an alert to the driver of the vehicle regarding the severity of the upcoming component failure. |
| US11704943B2 |
Usage-based maintenance service system
Systems and methods of providing usage-based maintenance services for a plurality of vehicles arranged in a fleet includes receiving usage data. A usage parameter distribution is generated, and a fleet usage model is generated according to the distribution. The fleet usage model expresses a score as a function of the usage parameter. Also, a score distribution is generated, and a reward model is generated according to the score distribution. The reward model expresses a maintenance reward as a function of the score. Additionally, the score for one of the vehicles is determined using the fleet usage model, and the maintenance reward is determined for the vehicle using the reward model. |
| US11704942B2 |
Undercarriage wear prediction using machine learning model
A system may comprise a device. The device may be configured to receive, from one or more sensor devices of the machine, sensor data associated with wear of one or more components of an undercarriage of the machine; and predict, using a machine learning model and the sensor data, an amount wear of the one or more components based on a wear rate of the one or more components. The machine learning model is trained, using training data, to predict the wear rate of the one or more components. The training data includes two or more of: historical sensor data, historical inspection data, or simulation data, of a simulation model, from one or more third devices. The device may perform an action based on the amount of wear. |
| US11704939B2 |
Liveness detection
Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc. |
| US11704938B2 |
Action recognition method and apparatus
An action recognition method and apparatus related to artificial intelligence and include extracting a spatial feature of a to-be-processed picture, determining a virtual optical flow feature of the to-be-processed picture based on the spatial feature and X spatial features and X optical flow features in a preset feature library, where the X spatial features and the X optical flow features include a one-to-one correspondence, determining a first type of confidence of the to-be-processed picture in different action categories based on similarities between the virtual optical flow feature and Y optical flow features, where each of the Y optical flow features in the preset feature library corresponds to one action category, X and Y are both integers greater than 1, and determining an action category of the to-be-processed picture based on the first type of confidence. |
| US11704930B2 |
Vehicle monitoring system and vehicle monitoring method
A vehicle monitoring system includes at least one camera, and a server that is communicably connected to the camera and a client terminal. The camera captures an occupant's face of a vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera, and transmits a captured video to the server. The server acquires an analysis results of an attribute of the vehicle, an analysis result of the occupant's face, and an analysis result of the number of occupants based on the captured video, and accumulates the acquired analysis results as analysis results of the captured video, and sends the analysis result to the client terminal in correlation with a snapshot of the captured video. |
| US11704929B2 |
Optical structure and method of fabricating the same
An optical structure is provided. The optical structure includes an optical element and a plurality of protrusions. The optical element has a planarized top surface. The plurality of protrusions are disposed on the planarized top surface, wherein each of the plurality of protrusions independently has a size in the subwavelength dimensions. |
| US11704927B2 |
Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor apparatus, display device, method of detecting fingerprint information, and method of fabricating ultrasonic fingerprint sensor apparatus
An ultrasonic fingerprint sensor apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor apparatus includes a base substrate; a first electrode layer on the base substrate, and including an array of a plurality of first electrodes spaced apart from each other by an inter-electrode region; a piezoelectric layer on a side of the first electrode layer away from the base substrate; a second electrode layer on a side of the piezoelectric layer away from the base substrate, and including one or more second electrodes; and a first reference electrode layer configured to provide a first reference voltage. An orthographic projection of the first electrode layer on the base substrate is substantially non-overlapping with an orthographic projection of the second electrode layer on the base substrate. The first electrode layer and the first reference electrode layer are between the base substrate and the piezoelectric layer. |
| US11704923B2 |
Efficient image analysis
Methods, systems, and apparatus for efficient image analysis. In some aspects, a system includes a camera configured to capture images, one or more environment sensors configured to detect movement of the camera, a data processing apparatus, and a memory storage apparatus in data communication with the data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus can access, for each of a multitude of images captured by a mobile device camera, data indicative of movement of the camera at a time at which the camera captured the image. The data processing apparatus can also select, from the images, a particular image for analysis based on the data indicative of the movement of the camera for each image, analyze the particular image to recognize one or more objects depicted in the particular image, and present content related to the one or more recognized objects. |
| US11704916B2 |
Three-dimensional environment analysis method and device, computer storage medium and wireless sensor system
A three-dimensional environment analysis method is disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving original point cloud data of a working environment, (ii) processing a map constructed on the basis of the original point cloud data in order to separate out a ground surface, a wall surface and an obstacle in the working environment, (iii) pairing the ground surface with the wall surface according to the degree of proximity between the ground surface and wall surface that are separated out to form one or more adjacent ground-wall pair sets, and (iv) subjecting the one or more adjacent ground-wall pair sets to ray tracing analysis in order to obtain a line-of-sight zone and a non-line-of-sight zone in the working environment. A three-dimensional environment analysis device, a computer storage medium and a wireless sensor system is also disclosed. |
| US11704913B2 |
Method for automatically labeling objects in past frames based on object detection of a current frame for autonomous driving
A list of images is received. The images were captured by a sensor of an ADV chronologically while driving through a driving environment. A first image of the images is identified that includes a first object in a first dimension (e.g., larger size) detected by an object detector using an object detection algorithm. In response to the detection of the first object, the images in the list are traversed backwardly in time from the first image to identify a second image that includes a second object in a second dimension (e.g., smaller size) based on a moving trail of the ADV represented by the list of images. The second object is then labeled or annotated in the second image equivalent to the first object in the first image. The list of images having the labeled second image can be utilized for subsequent object detection during autonomous driving. |
| US11704912B2 |
Label-free performance evaluator for traffic light classifier system
A method is disclosed for evaluating a classifier used to determine a traffic light signal state in images. The method includes, by a computer vision system of a vehicle, receiving at least one image of a traffic signal device of an imminent intersection. The traffic signal device includes a traffic signal face including one or more traffic signal elements. The method includes classifying, by a traffic light classifier (TLC), a classification state of the traffic signal face using labeled images correlated to the received at least one image. The classification state controls an operation of the vehicle at the intersection. The method includes evaluating a performance of the classifying of the classification state generated by the TLC. The evaluation is a label-free performance evaluation based on unlabeled images. The method includes training the TLC based on the evaluated performance. |
| US11704911B2 |
Apparatus and method for identifying obstacle around vehicle
In an apparatus for identifying an obstacle around a vehicle, an acquirer is configured to acquire an image captured by a camera mounted to the vehicle. An extractor is configured to extract feature points of the image. A generator is configured to generate an optical flow that is a movement vector from each of the feature points of the image acquired before the current time to a corresponding feature point of the image acquired at the current time. A classifier configured to classify the optical flows into groups each corresponding to an object in the image based on pixel positions of the feature points. An identifier is configured to, for each of the groups that the optical flows are classified by the classifier into, identify whether an object corresponding to the group in the image is a stationary object or a moving object based on a degree of variability in lengths of the optical flows of the group. |
| US11704906B2 |
Visual tag emerging pattern detection
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for identifying emerging viewing patterns for visual media such as still images and videos. Emerging viewing patterns are identified by identifying visual tags for visual media viewed by users, selecting a subset of the tags by applying a taxonomy-based filter, generating pattern candidates from the subset, evaluating consumption metrics for each of the generated patterns, and ranking the generated pattern candidates responsive to the consumption metrics to identify emerging viewing patterns for the users. |
| US11704902B2 |
Field determination for obstacle detection
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining a field in a path of travel of a vehicle for detection of objects in the path of travel. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a path identifier configured to identify a path of travel for a vehicle. At least one camera is disposed on the vehicle and is configured to capture image data of an area including the path of travel. A region of interest selector is configured to select a region of interest within the image data. A horizon identifier is configured to identify a horizon in the image data. A field determiner is configured to project the horizon onto the region of interest to isolate a field specified by the path of travel and the horizon, the field being evaluatable for the presence of objects in the path of travel of the vehicle. |
| US11704899B2 |
Resolving entities from multiple data sources for assistant systems
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to access a first record in a plurality of records, where the first record describes a first set of attributes of a first entity, determining the first record is linked to a globally unique entity identifier, identifying one or more second records linked to the unique entity identifier, where the one or more second records describe one or more second sets of attributes of the first entity, generating a fused record comprising descriptions of attributes of the first entity from the first set and second sets of attributes, where the fused record is generated by deduping the plurality of records to associated the first record and the one or more second record with the unique entity identifier and compiling the first set and one or more second sets of attributes, and sending, in response responsive to the request to access the first record, instructions for presenting the fused record. |
| US11704897B2 |
Lane count estimation
A method for assigning a number of lanes and a direction of travel on a path includes receiving location data including a plurality of location points, projecting the plurality of location points on to an aggregation axis perpendicular to a centerline of the vehicle path, grouping the plurality of location points as projected onto the aggregation axis into one or more clusters, and determining the number of vehicle lanes of the vehicle path based on a count of the one or more clusters. |
| US11704895B2 |
Camera data normalization for an autonomous vehicle
Camera data normalization for an autonomous vehicle are described herein, including: receiving, from one or more cameras of the autonomous vehicle, camera data; applying a color normalization to the camera data; applying a spherical reprojection to the camera data; and applying, based on a registration point, a stabilization to the camera data. |
| US11704893B2 |
Segment action detection
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a storage medium storing a program and method for receiving a video comprising a plurality of video segments; selecting a target action sequence that includes a sequence of action phases; receiving features of each of the video segments; computing, based on the received features, for each of the plurality of video segments, a plurality of action phase confidence scores indicating a likelihood that a given video segment includes a given action phase of the sequence of action phases; identifying a set of consecutive video segments of the plurality of video segments that corresponds to the target action sequence, wherein video segments in the set of consecutive video segments are arranged according to the sequence of action phases; and generating a display of the video that includes the set of consecutive video segments and skips other video segments in the video. |
| US11704892B2 |
Apparatus and method for image classification
An image classification system for tracking a net sport is illustrated. The system includes a visual device configured to capture video footage of a match. The computing device is communicatively connected to the visual device and is configured to receive the video footage of the match from the visual device, translate video footage of the match from the visual device into a data representation by logging an event with a timestamp, and display data representation to a user. |
| US11704888B2 |
Product onboarding machine
A method for generating training examples for a product recognition model is disclosed. The method includes capturing images of a product using an array of cameras. A product identifier for the product is associated with each of the images. A bounding box for the product is identified in each of the images. The bounding boxes are smoothed temporally. A segmentation mask for the product is identified in each bounding box. The segmentation masks are optimized to generate an optimized set of segmentation masks. A machine learning model is trained using the optimized set of segmentation masks to recognize an outline of the product. The machine learning model is run to generate a set of further-optimized segmentation masks. The bounding box and further-optimized segmentation masks from each image are stored in a master training set with its product identifier as a training example to be used to train a product recognition model. |
| US11704886B2 |
Coded light for target imaging or spectroscopic or other analysis
Modulation-encoded light, using different spectral bin coded light components, can illuminate a stationary or moving (relative) target object or scene. Response signal processing can use information about the respective different time-varying modulation functions, to decode to recover information about a respective response parameter affected by the target object or scene. Electrical or optical modulation encoding can be used. LED-based spectroscopic analysis of a composition of a target (e.g., SpO2, glucose, etc.) can be performed; such can optionally include decoding of encoded optical modulation functions. Baffles or apertures or optics can be used, such as to constrain light provided by particular LEDs. Coded light illumination can be used with a focal plane array light imager receiving response light for inspecting a moving semiconductor or other target. Encoding can use orthogonal functions, such as an RGB illumination sequence, or a sequence of combinations of spectrally contiguous or non-contiguous colors. |
| US11704885B2 |
Augmented reality (AR) visual display to save
Systems and methods for providing an AR visual display to save are described. A camera of a computing device scans an area and an AR engine of the computing device extrapolates flat portions of the area. A digital representation of the area is displayed via a GUI of the computing device to allow a user to place digitally created content. The digitally created content is textual content, 2D content, 3D content, video content, and/or audio content. The AR engine receives, from a user, an action executed on a surface and at a location of the digital representation to add a tag or an anchor. The AR engine utilizes planes as indicators to save the placement of the tag or the anchor and transmits the placement of the tag or the anchor to a server. The placement of the tag or the anchor allows for viewing from other computing devices. |
| US11704878B2 |
Surface aware lens
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for rendering three-dimensional virtual objects within real-world environments. Virtual rendering of a three-dimensional virtual object can be altered appropriately as a user moves around the object in the real-world through utilization of a redundant tracking system comprising multiple tracking sub-systems. Virtual object rendering can be with respect to a reference surface in a real-world three-dimensional space depicted in a camera view of a mobile computing device. |
| US11704873B1 |
Collision avoidance system for head mounted display utilized in room scale virtual reality system
A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium directed to implementing a room scale virtual reality system which enables players to walk through a large virtual playing area in a physically limited size room. Physical tracking of a virtual reality headset is used so that the position and orientation of the virtual reality headset is identified to translate the physical player's motion into the virtual world which is displayed on the virtual reality headset. Relocation objects are placed in the virtual world so they correspond to physical location against physical walls. Relocation objects in the virtual world rotate and/or relocate the player in the virtual world which would typically cause the player in the physical world to turn around and thus walk away from the physical wall. Placement of relocation objects throughout the virtual world enable a large virtual world to be implemented using a small finite sized physical room. |
| US11704869B2 |
System and method for determining geo-location(s) in images
Determining GPS coordinates of some image point(s) positions in at least two images using a processor configured by program instructions. Receiving position information of some of the positions where an image capture device captured an image. Determining geometry by triangulating various registration objects in the images. Determining GPS coordinates of the image point(s) positions in at least one of the images. Saving GPS coordinates to memory. This system and method may be used to determine GPS coordinates of objects in an image. |
| US11704864B1 |
Static rendering for a combination of background and foreground objects
Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within a virtual environment. Various methods for efficient modeling, rendering, and shading are disclosed herein. |
| US11704859B2 |
System and method for accelerated ray tracing
A graphics processing unit (GPU) includes one or more processor cores adapted to execute a software-implemented shader program, and one or more hardware-implemented ray tracing units (RTU) adapted to traverse an acceleration structure to calculate intersections of rays with bounding volumes and graphics primitives. The RTU implements traversal logic to traverse the acceleration structure, stack management, and other tasks to relieve burden on the shader, communicating intersections to the shader which then calculates whether the intersection hit a transparent or opaque portion of the object intersected. Thus, one or more processing cores within the GPU perform accelerated ray tracing by offloading aspects of processing to the RTU, which traverses the acceleration structure within which the 3D environment is represented. |
| US11704854B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program
An information processing system, a method, and a computer program capable of improving a motivation to view and/or distribute a moving image may be provided herein, which may include a distribution unit for distributing a moving image, a first selection reception unit for receiving selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects corresponding to each of a plurality of character objects, a second selection reception unit for receiving selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects, a specification unit for specifying a performing user associated with a character object corresponding to an object receiving most selections by the first selection reception unit and the second selection reception unit, an association unit for associating a specific object, and a display processing unit for generating information for displaying a specific object associated by the association unit in association with a character object. |
| US11704852B2 |
Aerial vehicle map determination
A mapping system receives sensor data from an unmanned aerial vehicle. The mapping system further receives images from a camera of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The mapping system determines an altitude of the camera based on the sensor data. The mapping system calculates a footprint of the camera based on the altitude of the camera and a field of view of the camera. The mapping system constructs a localized map based on the images and the footprint of the camera. |
| US11704851B2 |
Personalized videos using selfies and stock videos
A method is provided that includes displaying, by a computing device, representations of a plurality of stock videos to a user. The representations are at a still image, a partial clip, and/or a full play of the stock video. Each of the representations include a face outline for insertion of a facial image of a user. When the user has provided a self-image to the computing device, the facial image of the user is inserted in the face outline of the representations. The facial image is extracted from the self-image. The method may include receiving a selection of one of the representations of the plurality of stock videos, and displaying a personalized video including a selected stock video with the facial image positioned within a further face outline corresponding to the face outline of the selected representation. |
| US11704849B2 |
Glyph scaffolds for generating unique glyphs to use as data marks in data visualizations
A computing device generates a first set of glyphs from a first data set. Each glyph in the first set of glyphs represents the same set of user-selected columns in a first row of the plurality of rows in the data set. For each glyph in the first set of glyphs, the computing device defines a set of marks to be displayed. Each mark is defined by one or more visual features, with a respective visual feature assigned to each column of the user-selected columns. Each visual feature is displayed with a visual property determined based on a data value in the first row for the respective column. A user specifies a specific visual feature for a first mark from the first set of glyphs. The computing device generates a second set of glyphs. Each glyph in the second set of glyphs includes a mark with the specific visual feature. |
| US11704848B2 |
Systems for generating stroked paths
In implementations of systems for generating stroked paths, a computing device implements a stroked path system to receive input data describing a vector object having a filled path. The stroked path system generates a medial axis for the filled path by performing a medial axis transform on a boundary of the filled path. A stroke width is estimated based on distances between the medial axis and the boundary of the filled path that are normal to the medial axis. The stroked path system generates a stroked path for display in a user interface that is visually similar to the filled path based on the medial axis and the stroke width. |
| US11704841B2 |
Apparatus for estimating sameness of point cloud data and system for estimating sameness of point cloud data
For information about point cloud data, a point cloud data sameness estimation apparatus and a point cloud data sameness estimation system in which accuracy of evaluating sameness is improved are provided. In the present disclosure, a point cloud data sameness estimation apparatus for estimating sameness of objects that are sources of two 3-dimensional point cloud datasets includes a point cloud data acquisition unit configured to acquire first point cloud data and second point cloud data including 3-dimensional point cloud data; a first neural network configured to output a first point cloud data feature, with information about the first point cloud data as an input into the first neural network; a second neural network configured to output a second point cloud data feature, with information about the second point cloud data as an input into the second neural network; and a sameness evaluation unit configured to output an evaluation about sameness of the first point cloud data and the second point cloud data, based on the first point cloud data feature and the second point cloud data feature, wherein a weight is mutually shared by the first neural network and the second neural network. |
| US11704839B2 |
Multiview video encoding and decoding method
The present disclosure provides a multi-view image decoding method including: obtaining, from a bitstream, three-dimensional geometry information indicating a three-dimensional space of a multi-view image, view independent component information indicating a view independent component, which is uniformly applied to every view, and view dependent component information indicating a view dependent component, which is differently applied according to views; determining a view dependent component for a texture map of a current view from the view dependent component information; generating the texture map of the current view from a view independent component of the view independent component information and the determined view dependent component for the current view; and reconstructing a current view image according to a three-dimensional space that is constructed according to the texture map of the current view and the three-dimensional geometry information. |
| US11704835B2 |
Dynamic calibration of 3D acquisition systems
Embodiments are directed to a sensing system that employs beams to scan paths across an object such that sensors may the beams reflected by the scanned object. Events may be provided based on the detected signals and the paths such that each event may be associated with a sensor and event metrics. Crossing points for each sensor may be determined based on where the paths intersect the scanned object such that events associated with each sensor are associated with the crossing points for each sensor. Each crossing point of each sensor may be compared to each correspondent crossing point of each other sensor. Actual crossing points may be determined based on the comparison and the crossing points for each sensor. Position information for each sensor may be determined based on the actual crossing points. |
| US11704829B2 |
Pose reconstruction by tracking for video analysis
Implementations generally perform pose reconstruction by tracking for video analysis. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining a plurality of videos of at least one subject performing at least one action in an environment. The method further includes tracking the at least one subject across at least two cameras. The method further includes reconstructing a 3-dimensional (3D) model of the at least one subject based on the plurality of videos and the tracking of the at least one subject. |
| US11704828B2 |
Road obstacle detection device, road obstacle detection method, and computer-readable storage medium
The road obstacle detection device includes a semantic label estimation unit that estimates a semantic label for each pixel of an image using a classifier learned in advance and generates a semantic label image, an original image estimation unit for reconstruction of the original image from the semantic label image, a difference calculating unit for calculating a difference between the original image and the reconstructed image from the original image estimation unit as a calculation result, and a road obstacle detection unit for detecting a road obstacle based on the calculation result. |
| US11704826B2 |
Diagnostic imaging support apparatus capable of automatically selecting an image for extracting a contour from among a plurality of images of different types, diagnostic imaging support method therefor, and non-transitory recording medium for storing diagnostic imaging support program therefor
With a diagnostic imaging support apparatus, a diagnostic imaging support method, and a diagnostic imaging support program, an optimum image for extracting a contour can be automatically selected from a superimposed image obtained by superimposing a plurality of images of different types. A diagnostic imaging support apparatus 1 includes: an accepting unit 22 that accepts a specification of the position of a predetermined defined region R on a superimposed image G obtained by superimposing a plurality of images of different types including a target image G0 that is a target on which a contour is created; a selection unit 23 that selects an image for extracting a contour on the basis of image information about regions R0, R1, and R2, in the plurality of images of different types, each corresponding to the accepted defined region R; and a contour extraction unit 24 that extracts the contour from the selected image. |
| US11704823B2 |
Synthetic aperture radar data reduction for satellites
A preprocessing technique for synthetic radar images. An embodiment of a method for preprocessing synthetic aperture radar images includes: receiving range-compressed radar data generated from raw radar image data on-board a satellite or an airborne vehicle; generating a preliminary SAR image by performing a pre-focusing on the range-compressed radar data; extracting image subsectors from the preliminary SAR image; transmitting the extracted image subsectors to an on-ground portion; reconstructing the range-compressed radar data pertaining to the extracted image subsectors; and making the range-compressed radar data pertaining to the extracted image subsectors available for a Nominal synthetic aperture radar processor, wherein the Nominal synthetic aperture radar processor is configured to generate a focused SAR image having a nominal value of image resolution that is higher than the resolution of the preliminary SAR image. |
| US11704822B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-camera modeling with neural camera networks
Systems and methods for self-supervised depth estimation using image frames captured from a camera mounted on a vehicle comprise: receiving a first image from the camera mounted at a first location on the vehicle; receiving a second image from the camera mounted at a second location on the vehicle; predicting a depth map for the first image; warping the first image to a perspective of the camera mounted at the second location on the vehicle to arrive at a warped first image; projecting the warped first image onto the second image; determining a loss based on the projection; and updating the predicted depth values for the first image. |
| US11704821B2 |
Camera agnostic depth network
A method for monocular depth/pose estimation in a camera agnostic network is described. The method includes projecting lifted 3D points onto an image plane according to a predicted ray vector based on a monocular depth model, a monocular pose model, and a camera center of a camera agnostic network. The method also includes predicting a warped target image from a predicted depth map of the monocular depth model, a ray surface of the predicted ray vector, and a projection of the lifted 3D points according to the camera agnostic network. |
| US11704813B2 |
Visual search method, visual search device and electrical device
A visual search method, a visual search device, and an electrical device are provided. The method includes determining a first object in a visual search process. A power consumption of the first object in the visual search process is greater than a power consumption of a second object in the visual search process. The first object includes at least one of a program and an algorithm and the second object includes at least one of a program and an algorithm. The method further includes performing a visual search through an optimized object of the first object. At least one of a calculating speed of the optimized object is greater than a calculating speed of the first object and a total calculating time of the optimized object within a unit time is less than a total calculating time of the first object within the unit time. |
| US11704810B2 |
Detecting crop related row from image
System and techniques for detecting a crop related row from an image are described herein. An image that includes several rows—where the several rows including crop rows and furrows—can be obtained. The image can be segmented to produce a set of image segments. A filter can be shifted across respective segments of the set of image segments to get a set of positions. A line can be fit members of the set of positions, the line representing a crop row or furrow. |
| US11704796B2 |
Estimating bone mineral density from plain radiograph by assessing bone texture with deep learning
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method, a device, and a computer program product for radiographic bone mineral density (BMD) estimation. The method includes receiving a plain radiograph, detecting landmarks for a bone structure included in the plain radiograph, extracting an ROI from the plain radiograph based on the detected landmarks, estimating the BMD for the ROI extracted from the plain radiograph by using a deep neural network. |
| US11704787B2 |
Method and system for determining stock in an inventory
The present invention relates to a method of determining stock in an inventory. The method comprises obtaining one or more images comprising one or more objects. Further, estimating a three dimensional (3D) location of a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) marker associated with each of one or more visible objects. Furthermore, determining a stacking pattern of the one or more objects for each level on the pallet using one of the 3D location of SKU marker and a learning model. Thereafter, detecting at least one of presence or absence of one or more undetected objects at each level based on the stacking pattern and the 3D location of the SKU marker. Finally, determining the stock in the inventory based on the presence or the absence of the one or more undetected objects and the one or more visible objects. |
| US11704784B2 |
Systems and methods for artificial intelligence (AI) ergonomic positioning
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) ergonomic assessment and positioning system that analyzes remote workspace data, identifies objects that are improperly positioned, oriented, and/or have undesirable settings, and automatically adjusts, moves, sets, and/or provides automatic guidance for the adjustment, movement, and/or setting of target objects in the remote workspace. |
| US11704781B2 |
Enhanced high-dynamic-range imaging and tone mapping
The various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods for tone mapping High-Dynamic-Range (HDR) image data, as well as controlling the brightness of the image encoded by HDR the image data and/or the tone-mapped image data. HDR image is captured. A tone mapping function for the HDR image data is generated. To generate the tone mapping function, control points are dynamically determined based on an analysis of the HDR image data. The tone mapping function is fit to the control points. The tone mapping function is a non-linear function, and is described by a curve in a plane. The shape of the curve is constrained by a line generated from a portion of the control points. The tone mapping function is applied to the HDR image data. A color-compression is applied to the tone mapped image data to generate Standard Dynamic Range or Low Dynamic Range image data. |
| US11704777B2 |
Arbitrary motion smear modeling and removal
A method of de-smearing an image includes capturing image data from an imaging sensor and collecting motion data indicative of motion of the sensor while capturing the image data. The motion data is collected at a higher frequency than an exposure frequency at which the image data is captured. The method includes modeling motion of the sensor based on the motion data, wherein motion is modeled at the higher frequency than the exposure frequency. The method also includes modeling optical blur for the image data, modeling noise for the image data, and forming a de-smeared image as a function of the modeled motion, the modeled blur, and the modeled noise, and the image data captured from the imaging sensor. |
| US11704776B2 |
Depth-based image stabilization
Depth information can be used to assist with image processing functionality, such as image stabilization and blur reduction. In at least some embodiments, depth information obtained from stereo imaging or distance sensing, for example, can be used to determine a foreground object and background object(s) for an image or frame of video. The foreground object then can be located in later frames of video or subsequent images. Small offsets of the foreground object can be determined, and the offset accounted for by adjusting the subsequent frames or images. Such an approach provides image stabilization for at least a foreground object, while providing simplified processing and reduce power consumption. Similarly processes can be used to reduce blur for an identified foreground object in a series of images, where the blur of the identified object is analyzed. |
| US11704773B2 |
Automatic orientation method for three-dimensional reconstructed SPECT image to standard view
Disclosed is an automatic reorientation method from an SPECT three-dimensional reconstructed image to a standard view, wherein a rigid registration parameter P between a SPECT three-dimensional reconstructed image A and a standard SPECT image R is extracted by using a rigid registration algorithm to form a mapping database of A and P; features of the image A are extracted by using a three-layer convolution module, and are converted into a 6-dimensional feature vector T after three times of full connection, and T is applied to A through a spatial transformer network to form an orientation result predicted by the network, thus establishing the automatic reorientation model of the SPECT three-dimensional reconstructed image. The SPECT three-dimensional reconstructed image to be orientated is taken as an input. A standard view can be obtained by using the automatic reorientation model of the SPECT three-dimensional reconstructed image for automatic turning. |
| US11704771B2 |
Training super-resolution convolutional neural network model using a high-definition training image, a low-definition training image, and a mask image
An image processing method and a device, where the image processing method is performed by a terminal having a digital zoom function, and the method includes determining a target zoom magnification based on a selection input of a user, collecting a to-be-processed image, and processing the to-be-processed image using a target super-resolution convolutional neural network model to obtain a processed image corresponding to the target zoom magnification, where the target super-resolution convolutional neural network model is obtained by training a super-resolution convolutional neural network model using a high-definition training image, a low-definition training image, and a mask image. |
| US11704769B1 |
Systems and methods for image regularization based on a curve derived from the image data
Disclosed are systems and associated methods for generating a regularized image from non-uniformly distributed image data based on a curve derived from the image data. The curve is used to reduce the non-uniformity in the image data without losing detail or changing the overall image. Regularizing the image includes obtaining a tree-based representation of the non-uniformly distributed image data, generating a regularization curve that models a particular distribution of the image data, and applying the regularization curve to the tree-based representation in order to select the nodes of the tree-based representation for the decimated image data to render in place of the original image data and the original image data to preserve and render as part of the regularized image. Specifically, the system render the original image data associated with leaf nodes and the decimated image data associated with parent nodes that intersect or are within the regularization curve. |
| US11704760B2 |
System and method for determining optimal pathways to a predetermined goal based on database analysis
A system and method for determining optimal pathways to a predetermined goal, including generating a unique code for an event within a plurality of data records, where the same unique code will be generated for similar events; constructing at least one pathway using the unique codes based on the events, wherein the at least one pathway includes at least one segment; determining a goal, wherein the goal is the end of the at least one pathway; comparing the at least one pathway to other pathways sharing the determined goal; and optimizing the pathway for achievement of the determined goal. |
| US11704759B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for obtaining and recording consent for a proposed object of consent for a digital agreement using a blockchain
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described for selectively performing one or more operations relating to an object of consent. The system includes (i) a network, (ii) a user device having an input device and configured to obtain an object of consent from a user of the user device via the input device, (iii) a server having a storage and configured to receive the object of consent from the user device, to perform at least one data processing operation associated with the object of consent, to store a result of the data processing operation at the storage, and to generate an agreement object associated with the object of consent, and (iv) a blockchain configured to receive the agreement object, to combine at least one of identity information or permission information associated with the agreement object, and to selectively store a consent record by the blockchain. |
| US11704755B2 |
Scheduling techniques for spatio-temporal environments
Approaches for determining scheduling assignments for the movement of people along a multi-segment path from a starting location to a destination location, are used to manage crowds, predict crowd behavior, and mitigate crowd turbulence. For example, to mitigate crowd congestion, routing solutions specifying an amount of time to spend at a destination and a departure time can be provided. Itinerary assignments, crowd data, and data associated with an event can be analyzed and weighted to determine scheduling assignments. Scheduling assignments can be validated against current crowd data and event data. Current crowd data and event data and crowd simulation can be used to predict future crowd behavior or crowd problems. Scheduling assignments can be rescheduled to mitigate crowd problems or emergencies. |
| US11704749B2 |
Networked utility services and vehicle charging stations
Networked utility services handle data-flow in a system to operate electrical vehicle charging stations. In an example, first and second utility companies may operate in first and second respective areas. A user may have a residence in the first area and may have an electric vehicle at a vehicle charging station in the second area. The user may provide identification at the vehicle charging station in the second area, and the user's vehicle may be charged at that location using electricity from the second utility. Data including the user's identification and the electricity consumed in the charging may be sent to the first utility serving the area including the user's residence. The first utility may bill the user for the electricity used to charge the user's vehicle at the remote vehicle charging station. The charging station, both utilities and/or other parties may share in the receipts. |
| US11704744B2 |
Server-based architecture for automated generation of suggestive data for report input through algorithmic analysis of historical and geographical profile data
Techniques are described including displaying an interface associated with a computing device, the interface being configured to present a form including a text entry box, receiving data from an activity information pipeline associated with a self-reporting service, the activity information pipeline having a source of activity information associated with a tool configured to geotag the activity information and another source of associated with a mobile sensor configured to capture other activity information geotagged by the tool, the other activity information being processed by the self-reporting service to deprioritize a suggestion over another suggestion, displaying, in response to selection of the text entry box, a suggestion indicative of a journey and identified as prioritized and presented proximate to the center of the interface of the display device, and dynamically adjusting the suggestion while prioritizing display of the suggestion over a generic suggestion. |
| US11704738B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data collection and claim pre-generation for insured approval
Systems and methods are described for using data collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to generate insurance claim estimates that an insured individual may quickly review, approve, or modify. When an insurance-related event occurs, such as a vehicle collision, crash, or disaster, one or more UAVs are dispatched to the scene of the event to collect various data, including data related to vehicle or real property (insured asset) damage. With the insured's permission or consent, the data collected by the UAVs may then be analyzed to generate an estimated insurance claim for the insured. The estimated insurance claim may be sent to the insured individual, such as to their mobile device via wireless communication or data transmission, for subsequent review and approval. As a result, insurance claim handling and/or the online customer experience may be enhanced. |
| US11704735B2 |
Systems and methods for an electronic auction
Verifiable order message handling for electronic auctions. Electronic order messages are received, with at least one message including an order of a predetermined type having sell order information associated with an entity having securities not previously registered for transactions. Requests for participation in an electronic auction are identified from among the messages. The requests include auction-only order information, with at least one request including the order of the predetermined type. It is determined whether the sell order information in the order of the predetermined type meets a predetermined auction condition based on an auction price. When the sell order information meets the predetermined auction condition, the order is permitted to participate in the electronic auction, such that the order is executed in full in the electronic auction. When the sell order information does not meet the predetermined auction condition, the electronic auction is canceled. |
| US11704734B2 |
System for processing withholding payments
Systems and methods are provided for efficiently processing withholding payments for constructive dividends. A party that receives constructive dividend payments also has a corresponding short position in a withholding financial instrument. A clearing house computer system adjusts the value of a withholding financial instrument in response to receipt of constructive dividend payments. The clearing house computer system determines a variation margin amount for the short party and processes a variation margin payment from the short party to a withholding account through the variation margin settlement system. |
| US11704733B2 |
Crypto multiple security asset creation and redemption platform
An asset trading system utilizing a distributed ledger and configured to: when a creation request to create a digital fund token representing at least one share of a fund having a plurality of different assets (i) is received, (ii) is electronically signed with a private key associated with a first addressed account, and (iii) indicates a composition of the at least one share of the fund: place the plurality of different assets represented by the at least one share of the fund into an escrow account; create the digital fund token, wherein the digital fund token indicates the composition of the share of the fund; and record the creation of the digital fund token on a distributed ledger. |
| US11704731B2 |
Processing system to generate risk scores for electronic records
According to some embodiments, an automated scoring analysis computer may access information in a historical data store, including sets of attribute values and prior results for a plurality of prior associations, to create a scoring model. An indication of a selected potential association from a potential association data store may be received, including a set of attribute values. The scoring analysis computer may then calculate a risk score for the selected potential association based on the scoring model. A front-end application computer server may automatically select a workflow path from a plurality of potential workflow paths. |
| US11704728B1 |
Systems and methods for detecting fraudulent requests on client accounts
A method for detecting a fraud attempt in a communication session may include receiving, via at least one processor, a set of data associated with a communication session between a representative of an organization and a user, tagging, via the at least one processor, one or more items of the set of data as one or more tagged data items, applying, via the at least one processor, a fraud detecting algorithm to the one or more tagged data items to determine a percent likelihood of the user attempting to defraud the representative, generating, via the at least one processor, a visualization based on the percent likelihood, and displaying, via the at least one processor, the visualization via an electronic display during the communication session. |
| US11704726B1 |
Systems and methods for bartering services and goods using distributed ledger techniques
Systems and methods described herein track bartering using distributed ledger techniques to, for example, facilitate the establishment of a bartering marketplace that enables users to barter for, and ultimately exchange, services and/or goods with each other. In certain embodiments, a monetary value may be assigned to each service and/or good to be bartered to establish appropriate bartering baselines. In addition, in certain embodiments, additional monetary value exchanges may be tracked for particular exchanges to make sure that the exchanges are fair. |
| US11704724B2 |
Dynamically updated listing user interface
In an example embodiment, an item characteristic is received, the item characteristic pertaining to an item being listed for sale, by a seller, via an ecommerce service. Then, a plurality of past transactions of items having the item characteristic are analyzed. Based on this analysis, a first set of one or more optimal listing configuration parameters are identified in accordance with a first set of listing criteria. Then, the first set of one or more identified optimal listing configuration parameters to the seller in a user interface that permits the seller to change one or more listing configuration parameters based on the presentation. |
| US11704721B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, payment system and program
An information processing device obtains order identification information capable of identifying an order placed by an order-placing person, transmits, as payment information, the order identification information, causes a printing process of a print medium to be executed, the print medium being capable of identifying the order identification information and gives, to another information processing device when an additional order placed by the order-placing person is received, an invalidation command which invalidates the order identification information in such a way that a payment with respect to the order identification information on an order not paid yet and placed by the same order-placing person is disabled. |
| US11704718B2 |
Concurrent browsing interface
Methods, systems, and computer storage media provide a concurrent browsing session. A user interface is provided for display on a first computing device of a first user to facilitate the concurrent browsing session. The user interface simultaneously displays a first browsing screen showing interaction of the first user with a site and a real-time feed of a second browsing screen presented on a second computing device of a second user showing interaction of the second user with the site. A request is received to split payment of a first item in a first digital cart. In response to the request, a first payment interface for a first portion of the payment is provided for display on the first computing device, and a second payment interface for a second portion of the payment is provided for display on the second computing device. |
| US11704716B2 |
Identifying objects within an image from a user of an online system matching products identified to the online system by the user
A user identifies products offered by the user to an online system. The online system identifies a product offered by the user in an image by applying a identification model to the image. If the online system identifies a product in the image with at least a maximum confidence value, the online system automatically tags the post with metadata about the product or suggests a tag to the user. If an object in the image could be one of multiple products, the online system identifies the multiple products to the user, which may be ordered based on confidences of matching the object, allowing the user to select which product is in the image. If the unlisted identifies a product in the image with less than a minimum confidence value, the online system identifies the user's offered products and suggests that the user select a product. |
| US11704714B2 |
Reformulation of tail queries for product searches
Technologies are provided for reformulation of a tail query to a head query with the same purchase intent by mapping the tail query to the head query. In some of the technologies, a reasonable embedding can be learned on historical head queries. The embedding can then be refined by leveraging rewards generated from a persistently noisy oracle that compensates for the lack of historical behavioral signal for tail queries. Further, a contextual sampling technique that uses text-based rewards or oracle-based rewards, or both, can be implemented in order to avoid biases introduced by persistent noise in the oracle. Numerical experiments on large scale e-commerce datasets demonstrate that the provided technologies can outperform several conventional approaches to query reformulation. |
| US11704707B2 |
Identity authentication and verification
Methods, software, products and systems of an identity authentication and verification system which provide one or more users to verify by electronic and non-electronic means the identity of a person with whom a user is interacting. |
| US11704706B2 |
Generating an electronic catalog for online computer users
A system and method for generating an electronic catalog booklet for online computer users is disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment includes providing access to a database of item listings; enabling selection of a plurality of item listings from at least some of the item listings provided in the database; enabling arrangement of the plurality of selected item listings on a plurality of pages in a computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; recording an identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; and recording information associating each of the plurality of selected item listings with the identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet. |
| US11704705B2 |
Systems and methods for an intelligent sourcing engine for study participants
Systems and methods for sourcing participants for a usability study are provided. In some embodiments the systems and methods receive study parameters including the type of study, time-to-field of the study, required number of participants, and required participant attributes. Additionally, a set of business rules for the study are received. These business rules may be received from a client, extrapolated from a service contract with a client for which the study is being performed, or generated based on the monitored outcomes of sourcing of previous studies. Next, panel sources for potential participants and pricing data are queried, and a set of the sources are selected based upon the pricing data. Participants are then received from these sources, which are then fielded in the study and monitored for outcomes. |
| US11704700B2 |
Managing metadata enrichment of digital asset portfolios
Contextual data may be generated from assets in asset portfolios using metadata enrichment services. A recommendation engine may generate a set of recommended assets for presentation in a content stream based on the contextual data. Brand safety may be implemented using a brand safety policy that uses the contextual data as indicators of potentially offensive content. Advertisements included in the content stream may also be targeted based on the contextual data. |
| US11704695B2 |
Methods and apparatus for wireless communication with an audience measurement device
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for communication with an audience metering device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more non-transitory computer readable media, instructions in the apparatus, and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The example one or more processors are to segment a message to be transmitted to a configuration device into a first message segment and a second message segment, store the first message segment in a characteristic memory, and transmit a first advertisement to the configuration device when the first message segment is stored in the characteristic memory. Additionally, the example one or more processors are to after the first message segment has been gathered by the configuration device, store the second message segment in the characteristic memory and transmit a second advertisement to the configuration device when the second message segment is stored in the characteristic memory. |
| US11704693B2 |
System and method of generating existing customer leads
One embodiment of an existing customer lead generation system comprises a vendor customer information database, a vendor criteria database, a web server, a matching engine, and a transmission component. The vendor customer information database identifies vendor's existing customers. The vendor criteria database determines which leads each vendor wants to receive. Separate criteria may be specified for consumers that are existing customers and consumers that are not existing customers. The web server receives characteristics of a consumer and a product or service. The matching engine compares the consumer characteristics with the vendor customer information database to identify vendors for which the consumer is an existing customer. The matching engine applies existing customer criteria to match the consumer with existing vendors. The matching engine applies non-existing customer criteria to match the consumer with other vendors. The transmission component transmits a lead identifying the consumer to the matched vendors. |
| US11704691B1 |
Methods and system for providing ATM non-customer lead information
Systems and methods for obtaining non-customer lead information include authenticating a user at an ATM for a transaction via biometric information, determining that the user is a non-customer of a financial institution operating the ATM, determining that the user was a customer of the financial institution prior to becoming a non-customer, presenting an offer to the non-customer on the ATM based in part on the non-customer lead information collected from an at least one previous transaction with the user, where, responsive to the determination that the user was a customer of the financial institution operating the ATM prior to becoming a non-customer, the offer further comprises a message to the user indicative of the user being a former customer, receiving a response from the non-customer relating to the offer presented, transferring the response to the financial institution computing system. |
| US11704685B2 |
Framework for implementing segmented dimensions
A system and method are disclosed for segmentation planning wherein a cost-to-serve interval and a value interval are used to generate a strategy for a micro-segment defined along a portion of the cost-to-serve interval and value interval, and similar micro-segments may be assigned to a single persona based on similar cost-to-serve and value tradeoffs. |
| US11704684B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for determining a dominant account profile of an account
Provided is a computer-implemented method for determining a dominant account profile of an account. The method may include receiving transaction data associated with a plurality of payment transactions conducted within a predetermined time interval of activation of an account involved in the plurality of payment transactions, generating a dominant account profile classification model, determining a plurality of prediction scores for the account based on the dominant account profile classification model and the transaction data, where determining the plurality of prediction scores includes determining, for the user, a prediction score for each dominant account profile, where a prediction score includes a prediction of whether the user will conduct a threshold value of payment transactions using the account in one or more payment transaction categories of a plurality of payment transaction categories, and communicating data associated with the plurality of prediction scores. |
| US11704683B1 |
Machine learning system, method, and computer program for household marketing segmentation
As described herein, a machine learning system, method, and computer program provide marketing segmentation of residential spaces. In use, network usage data is collected from each residential network router of a plurality of residential network routers operating in a different residential space of a plurality of residential spaces. Additionally, the network usage data is processed by a machine learning algorithm to segment the plurality of residential spaces into a plurality of segments. Further, the plurality of segments are output. |
| US11704681B2 |
Neurological profiles for market matching and stimulus presentation
A neurological profile associated with introversion/extroversion levels, simultaneous visual element processing capability, and/or dynamism processing capability, etc., is determined to select market categories and stimulus material targeted to the particular neurological profile. The neurological profile is determined using information such as user input, user activity, social and environmental factors, genetic and developmental factors, and/or neuro-response data. The neurological profile can be matched with corresponding neurological profile templates to select market categories and stimulus material. |
| US11704680B2 |
Detecting fraudulent user accounts using graphs
A fraud detection system is disclosed that detects potential fraudulent behavior associated a user account by identifying attributes of the user account that share attributes with one or more known fraudulent user accounts. The set of shared attributes for a user account are identified by constructing a bipartite graph comprising a set of user account nodes and a set of attribute nodes associated with the set of user account nodes. A match score for the user account is computed based on the set of shared attributes. Actions to be taken for the user account are identified based on the match score. The actions may include tagging the user account as potentially fraudulent. The actions can be used by a user (e.g., an administrator) of an organization to more intelligently determine appropriate measures to be taken for the potentially fraudulent user account. |
| US11704679B2 |
Adaptive validation and remediation systems and methods for credential fraud
Techniques for adaptive validation and remediation are described. In some embodiments, the method includes determining, for a plurality of media service accounts, corresponding fraud suspicion values based on a model. The method also includes identifying a plurality of suspected accounts based on the corresponding fraud suspicion values. The method additionally includes identifying one or more suspected devices and predicting a likelihood of account takeover from each of the one or more suspected devices. The method further includes detecting a triggering event from a device of the one or more suspected devices associated with an account. The method additionally includes executing a validation and/or remediation procedure based on a trigger sensitivity value associated with the triggering event, a respective likelihood of account takeover from the device associated with the account, a respective device risk value associated with the device, and a respective fraud suspicion value associated with the account. |
| US11704675B2 |
System and method for detecting fraudulent bank transactions
A system for detecting a fraudulent ATM transaction is disclosed. The system relates to an ATM machine that receives a bank/ATM card from a customer. The ATM first attempts to read information from the card chip, but is unable to do so due to a read error. The ATM then instead reads the information from the magnetic strip, and initiates a fraud detection procedure. In one such procedure, the ATM uses a local wireless access point to detect a customer's device, such as a phone, in the vicinity of the ATM. In another such procedure, the ATM communicates with a backend server. The backend server then determines the location of the customer device either by transmitting a message to request authorization, or by utilizing GPS or other location-detection means on the customer device to determine whether the customer device is within the ATM vicinity. |
| US11704672B2 |
Systems and methods employing searches for known identifiers of sensitive information to identify sensitive information in data
A data string that includes potentially sensitive information, such as an account number for a payment card, may be evaluated to determine whether or not any portion of the data string encodes a known identifier of sensitive information, such as a known bank identification number (BIN). A fixed number of bytes of the data string may be analyzed using a trie algorithm, in which the value of a first byte is compared with the value of a corresponding first character of the known identifier. A second byte is then compared with a set of values of corresponding second characters, which accompany the first character of the known identifier. Then the value of a third byte of the data string is compared with a set of values of corresponding third values, which accompany the first and second characters of the known identifier. The use of a trie algorithm decreases the length of the search process by several orders of magnitude. |
| US11704671B2 |
Financial messaging transformation-as-a-service
A transformation-as-a-service apparatus, system and method are described, where the transformation converts financial messages from one format to another (such as SWIFT format to ISO 20022 format, etc), storing the original and transformed messages for future access by a token. The transformation service also includes a permissions and access control mechanism for allowing access to the financial messages based on requestor permissions when requested via the token. |
| US11704670B2 |
Banknote deposit machine
A banknote deposit machine is able to receive banknotes, preferably so as to make a payment, wherein the banknote machine is permanently connected via a data link to a (cloud) storage system, or is designed to establish a temporary data link with the (cloud) storage system. Banknote data, such as image data or serial number data, etc., specifically of banknotes which are considered stolen or which were handed over as a result of a crime, for example as a ransom, are stored in the (cloud) storage system. Whenever the banknote deposit machine receives a banknote whose identification appears suspicious, for example because the banknote has a serial number that is stored in the (cloud) storage system, feedback is sent to the operator of the banknote machine and/or the payment transaction is terminated and/or an appropriate institution or authority, for example the police or a security service, is automatically informed. |
| US11704663B2 |
Method and system for blockchain-based vehicle identifiers and wallets for decentralized payments
A system for blockchain-based unique identifiers and decentralized payments including a first computerized system that includes a unique identifier, a second computerized system including a gateway device that can communicate with a blockchain network, generate a transaction to transfer a token value responsive to receiving the unique identifier and synchronize the generated transaction to the blockchain network. One of the first computerized system and the second computerized system is installed in a vehicle and the other is installed in a fixed structure. |
| US11704659B2 |
Computer-implemented method for performing a restricted transaction
The present disclosure is related to a field of payment transactions using a card that discloses a computer-implemented method and a system for restricting a transaction while using a payment card. A card processing server may receive card details, a transaction amount, a flag, and signature data of the payment card from a remote terminal upon initiating a transaction using the payment card. Further, the card processing server validates the payment card based on the card details and the signature data of the payment card and thereafter determines a value associated with the flag upon successful validation. The value associated with the flag indicates one of two conditions, e.g., a true condition and a false condition. Based on the condition indicated by the flag, the card processing server performs one of a first action and a second action related to either processing or declining the transaction. |
| US11704658B1 |
Systems and methods for providing shared promotion redemptions
Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for programmatically grouping consumers are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system configured to provide to shared promotion redemptions. The system may include a merchant device with processing circuitry configured to associate multiple consumer accounts with a point-of-sale order. Based on receiving redemption data from a consumer device associated with one of the consumer accounts, the system may be further configured to allow the consumer device to share a selected promotion. For example, the system may determine payment share amounts for each consumer account based on a transaction price of the point-of-sale order and the redemption value of the promotion selected for shared redemption. |
| US11704657B2 |
Presence verification for electronic transactions
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for verifying physical presence of a mobile device as part of an electronic transaction. Tags may be generated and displayed on one or more display devices. Those tags, which may be time-limited, may be read by a mobile device to verify physical presence of the mobile device as a prerequisite to initiating, continuing with, or completing an electronic transaction, and/or as a decision point in how the electronic transaction is to be conducted. |
| US11704655B2 |
High accuracy geo-location system and method for mobile payment
Location polygons are defined along traffic lanes and parking spaces to facilitate determination of the location of a vehicle relative to features associated with the location polygons. The location polygons are used, in one application, to identity entrance and exit of a special toll lane along a roadway, and to ensure that the vehicle properly enters and exits the tolling lane. |
| US11704653B2 |
Methods and systems for enhancing online payment transaction experience
Embodiments provide methods, and server systems for enhancing online payment transaction experience. A method includes receiving, by a server system associated with a payment network, a tokenization request based on selecting a payment card of a plurality of payment cards of a user from a payment application running on a user device for processing an online payment transaction using the selected payment card at a merchant payment interface on the user device. The tokenization request includes a card information of the selected payment card. The method includes facilitating generation of a digital token. The digital token includes a tokenized card information of the selected payment card. The method includes provisioning the digital token in a floating widget at the merchant payment interface on the user device. The floating widget enables the user to enter the digital token at the merchant payment interface for processing the online payment transaction. |
| US11704652B2 |
Method and system for augmented feature purchase
A computer-implemented augmented reality-based method provides a user device access to data content by processing of camera image captured by the user device to identify a candidate visual area, which are then processed to identify visual features indicative of available data content. The identified features are compared to visual features of database objects indicative of available data content, and a determination made regarding the object that corresponds to the identified features. Instructions are then generated to augment a display of the camera image with selectable image features. In response to a selection of one of the selectable image features, a determination is made regarding whether the user device has permission to access the data content associated with the selected image feature. If not, a payment settlement arrangement is implemented for the user device to gain access permission to the data content. |
| US11704651B2 |
Fraud behavior recognition device, control program thereof, and fraud behavior recognition method
A detection device for detecting a fraud behavior of a customer at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal in a store, including a first interface circuit configured to receive a first image of the customer from a camera, a second interface circuit configured to receive a second image that is displayed on the POS terminal, and a processor configured to acquire one or more first images via the first interface circuit and determine one or more behaviors of the customer based on the acquired first images, acquire one or more second images via the second interface circuit and determine, based on the acquired second images, one or more operations that have been made by the customer on the POS terminal, and determine that one of the behaviors is fraudulent based on one or more of the operations that have been made by the customer before said one of the behaviors. |
| US11704650B2 |
Person transaction tracking
Images are captured of a customer during a transaction at a transaction terminal along with images associated with items of the transaction and any bags or cart used to hold the items. The images are processed to track any movement and locations of the customer, items, bags, and cart relative to a known location of the transaction terminal. When a transaction payment is required for the transaction and movement is detected in a direction that is moving away from the transaction terminal before a payment notification is received for the transaction, one or more alerts are raised as an indication to staff and/or security systems of a potential in-progress walk-away theft. |
| US11704649B2 |
Contactless payment relay attack protection
A method for contactless payment relay attack protection includes receiving an online authorization request including a cryptogram, a measured processing time, and a reference processing time from a terminal. The cryptogram is verified, and a determination is performed as to whether the measured processing time exceeds the reference processing time. An online authorization response authorizing or declining a monetary transaction is transmitted, based on the determination. An artificial intelligence transaction analysis can be performed based on past and current conditions (e.g., battery level, operating system, open applications) of a payment device such as a mobile phone, past and current conditions of a terminal, and/or a monetary amount. The online authorization response can be based on the artificial intelligence transaction analysis. |
| US11704648B2 |
Payment terminal operation method and system therefor
A method of payment terminal operation, including: receiving a payment collection request for a payment from an application, generating a payment initiation request for the payment, sending the payment initiation request to a secure processing system, switching the secure processing system from operation in an unsecured mode to operation in a secured mode in response to receipt of the payment initiation request, facilitating payment information entry, and receiving a payment response notification, generated based on the payment information, at the main processor. |
| US11704642B2 |
Blaze non-browser based application for purchasing digital products
A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. |
| US11704636B2 |
Proxied cross-ledger authentication
Proxied cross-ledger authentication techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, a verifier presentation requirement is determined, the verifier presentation requirement indicating a set of elements required to be provided by a client to authenticate the client. An authentication contract instance is created on a market maker ledger not associated specifically with the verifier, the authentication contract instance including at least a subset of the elements required by the verifier presentation requirement. A verifier system associated with the verifier presentation requirement is configured to read information from the authentication contract instance, obtain from an issuer associated with the client an issuer revocation data associated with the authentication contract instance, and use the information read from the authentication contract instance and the issuer revocation data to authenticate the client. |
| US11704633B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for variable settlement accounts
Systems and methods for transferring funds from an acquirer processor account to one or more financial accounts. The transferring of the funds can be directed by one or more settlement rules defined by a merchant. |
| US11704632B2 |
Computer transaction security with delegated decisions
A method for authenticating e-commerce transactions involves receiving, from a payment network computer, a first authentication request message to authenticate a transaction associated with a payment account, the first authentication request message being initiated by an issuer domain computer not implementing a 3-D Secure authorization protocol, determining that the issuer domain computer has configured, at the access control server computer, a decision function of a second portion of the 3-D Secure authorization protocol and in response thereto, transmitting, to the issuer domain computer, a decision request message and information associated with the transaction, the decision request message requesting the issuer domain computer to determine an action for authenticating the transaction based on the information associated with the transaction and one or more programmatic rules of the issuer domain computer, the transmitting occurring in lieu of the access control server computer executing the decision function at the access control server computer. |
| US11704631B2 |
Analyzing images and videos of damaged vehicles to determine damaged vehicle parts and vehicle asymmetries
A system may receive video of a damaged vehicle, perform image analysis of the video to determine one or more frames of the video that include a damaged portion of the vehicle, further analyze the one or more frames of the video that include a damaged portion of the vehicle to determine a damaged cluster of parts of the vehicle, determine whether the damaged cluster of parts should be repaired or replaced, map the damaged cluster of parts to one or more parts in a vehicle-specific database of parts, and generate, based on the mapping, a list of parts for repair or replacement. |
| US11704630B2 |
Lamp, lamp fan life predicting system and method thereof
The disclosure relates to a life prediction system for a fan of a lamp. The system comprises a fan signal detecting module to detect at least one working parameter of the fan; and a micro control unit to receive the working current signal, the environment temperature signal and the working rotation speed signal of the fan. The detecting module comprises a current detecting unit to detect a working current of the fan and output a working current signal; a temperature detecting unit to detect a working environment temperature of the fan and output an environment temperature signal; and a rotation speed detecting unit to detect and output a working rotation speed signal of the fan. The micro control unit calculates a predicted residual life of the fan based on the received working current signal, the environment temperature signal, the working rotation speed signal, through the life model of the fan. |
| US11704629B2 |
Methods and devices for processing information card
Methods and systems for processing information cards. The implementations include receiving from a first application an instruction by a second application to process the information card. The first application is different from an application corresponding to the information card, and the second application is capable of processing the information card. The second application may process the information card based on the instruction. Alternatively, the second application may return service data to the first application based on the instruction such that the first application processes the information card based on the service data. This improves flexibility and efficiency of information card processing. |
| US11704626B2 |
Relocation of content item to motion picture sequences at multiple devices
An electronic presentation system comprising: one or more computer processors operatively coupled to one or more computer memories storing a set of instructions for configuring the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising: causing display of a motion picture image sequence (MPIS) captured at a first computing device, within display screens at multiple computing devices; causing display of first multiple content items, on the display screens of the multiple computing devices, separate from the MPIS; and based at least in part upon receiving at the presentation management system from the first computing device, first relocation information indicating a first content item, causing relocation of display of the of the first content item, to within the MPIS displayed at the multiple computing devices. |
| US11704623B1 |
Systems and methods for product imaging and provisioning applications
Systems and methods for product imaging and provisioning include a mobile application (app) installed on an imaging device, where the mobile app activates the imaging device to generate an image of a product tag associated with an unavailable product at a first location. The mobile app determines, based on the image, a product indicator associated with the unavailable product. A provisioning app, executing on a remote device, receives the product indicator associated with the unavailable product. The provisioning app also receives a user indicator associated with a first user and executes one or more product provisioning rules that determine, based on a product availability database and the user indicator, an availability result. The availability result indicates whether the unavailable product will be available to the first user. The provisioning app is further operable to send the availability result to the imaging device for presentation by the imaging device. |
| US11704621B2 |
Method of sensing loaded state and robot implementing thereof
A method of sensing a loaded state of articles in a storage bin and a robot implementing the method are provided. The robot senses a loaded state of articles received in the storage bin in real time or at regular intervals and includes the storage bin and storage bin sensors disposed outside the storage bin. The storage bin sensors are arranged at a non-parallel angle relative to a side surface of the storage bin. |
| US11704620B2 |
Estimating system, estimating method, and information storage medium
Provided is an estimating system including: at least one memory configured to store computer program code; and at least one processor configured to access said at least one memory and operate according to said computer program code, said computer program code including: via point acquisition code configured to cause the at least one processor to acquire a position of a via point, wherein the route is a path followed by a mobile object when the mobile object moves toward a destination; staying time period code configured to cause the at least one processor to estimate, based on the position of the via point, a staying time period; and arrival time code configured to cause the at least one processor to estimate, by including the staying time period, an arrival time of the mobile object at the destination. |
| US11704615B2 |
Risk assessment apparatus and related methods
In one aspect, a device agnostic system for providing a fully connected worker risk assessment is disclosed. The system includes an interface and data model for capturing and interpreting one or more variables associated with a worker's body motion and non-body motion related data. The system further includes a processor for aggregating, assessing, and interpreting the one or more input variables to perform a fully connected worker risk assessment based on not only the worker's movement, but also non-movement related data. The processor further provides an output based on the processed one or more input variables to provide a fully connected risk assessment and solutions relating to the same. |
| US11704613B2 |
System and method for in-vehicle digital productivity enhancement through peer-to-peer communication
In at least one embodiment, an in-vehicle system is provided that includes a transceiver system and a vehicle controller. The transceiver system may be positioned in a first vehicle and is configured to enable communication with one of a surrounding infrastructure to the first vehicle and a surrounding vehicle to the first vehicle. The vehicle controller may be positioned in the first vehicle and is programmed to transmit an electronic request, via the transceiver system, to a Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) server and to receive first information corresponding to the electronic request from the CRM server. The vehicle controller is further programmed to transmit the received first information to one a display in the first vehicle, the surrounding vehicle, and the surrounding infrastructure. |
| US11704612B2 |
Supply chain management system, supply chain management method, and supply chain management apparatus
The supply chain management apparatus includes: an input unit that receives input information indicating a change in market conditions; a storage unit that stores supply chain information in which constituent companies of a supply chain, T&Cs information in which T&Cs of each of the constituent companies of the supply chain is registered, and a condition for a key performance indicator which should be satisfied, the condition for a key performance indicator being set for each of the constituent companies; a T&Cs calculation unit that, when the input information is received, calculates a supply chain plan corresponding to the change in the market conditions indicated by the input information based on a predetermined calculation method, and when a key performance indicator calculated based on the supply chain plan does not meet the condition for the key performance indicator, changes the T&Cs so that the key performance indicator is optimal. |
| US11704611B2 |
Inventory allocation and pricing optimization system for distribution from fulfillment centers to customer groups
Embodiments optimize inventory allocation of a retail item, where the retail item is allocated from a plurality of different fulfillment centers to a plurality of different customer groups. Embodiments receive historical sales data for the retail item and estimate demand model parameters. Embodiments generate a network including first nodes corresponding to the fulfillment centers, second nodes corresponding to the customer groups, and third nodes between the first nodes and the second nodes, each of the third nodes corresponding to one of the second nodes. Embodiments generate an initial feasible inventory allocation from the first nodes to the second nodes and solves a minimum cost flow problem for the network to generate an optimal inventory allocation. |
| US11704610B2 |
Benchmarking for automated task management
A device may detect a trigger to perform a benchmarking task. The benchmarking task may include a first benchmarking of a first resource utilization associated with one or more tasks completed via an automated procedure. The benchmarking task may include a second benchmarking of a second resource utilization associated with the one or more tasks completed via a manual procedure. The device may determine project data relating to a project platform based on detecting the trigger to perform the benchmarking task. The device may process the project data relating to the project platform to benchmark the project. The device may generate a recommendation relating to completion of the one or more tasks using the automated procedure or the manual procedure. The device may communicate with one or more other devices to perform a response action based on the recommendation. |
| US11704608B2 |
Session-based transportation dispatch
The present application discloses an improved transportation matching system, and corresponding methods and computer-readable media. According to disclosed embodiments, a transportation matching system receives session information from a requestor computing device in response to one or more session events. The system utilizes the received session information to determine a likelihood that the associated session on the requestor computing device will result in a transportation request. If the determined likelihood is above a threshold amount, the system generates an upfront dispatch that matches the associated session to a provider computing device. The system then reserves the provider computing device and generates a predicted dispatch for the reserved provider computing device. |
| US11704602B2 |
Method for serving parameter efficient NLP models through adaptive architectures
A machine learning system executed by a processor may generate predictions for a variety of natural language processing (NLP) tasks. The machine learning system may include a single deployment implementing a parameter efficient transfer learning architecture. The machine learning system may use adapter layers to dynamically modify a base model to generate a plurality of fine-tuned models. Each fine-tuned model may generate predictions for a specific NLP task. By transferring knowledge from the base model to each fine-tuned model, the ML system achieves a significant reduction in the number of tunable parameters required to generate a fine-tuned NLP model and decreases the fine-tuned model artifact size. Additionally, the ML system reduces training times for fine-tuned NLP models, promotes transfer learning across NLP tasks with lower labeled data volumes, and enables easier and more computationally efficient deployments for multi-task NLP. |
| US11704599B2 |
System for performing a machine learning operation using microbumps
A system including a machine learning processing device and a memory device with microbumps is disclosed. A machine learning processing device is for performing a machine learning operation, where the machine learning processing device includes a first set of microbumps. A memory device is for storing data for the machine learning operation, where the memory device includes a second set of microbumps. The first set of microbumps of the memory device are coupled with the second set of microbumps of the machine learning processing device. The first set of microbumps of the memory device and the second set of microbumps of the machine learning processing device are to transmit the data for the machine learning operation. |
| US11704598B2 |
Machine-learning techniques for evaluating suitability of candidate datasets for target applications
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to evaluating and selecting candidate datasets for use by software applications, such as selecting candidate datasets for training machine-learning models used in software applications. Various machine-learning and other data science techniques are used to identify unique entities in a candidate dataset that are likely to be part of target entities for a software application. A merit attribute is then determined for the candidate dataset based on the number of unique entities that are likely to be part of the target entities, and weights associated with these unique entities. The merit attribute is used to identify the most efficient or most cost-effective candidate dataset for the software application. |
| US11704596B2 |
Thing machine
A Thing Machine is provided having a processor, non-transitory memory, non-transitory computer readable media, and performable machine code P(TM). The P(TM) is comprised of a first set of performable machine code actions, having one or more performable machine code P(TM(i)) action, wherein each performable machine code P(TM(i)) action is configured as an implementation of an algorithmic procedure of a model, wherein a first P(TM(i)) provides an action of self-configuring a first vocabulary of Things in said non-transitory memory of the Thing Machine, said Things representative of Things that said processor can perform as actions, and the set of Things an action can act upon, and wherein at least one P(TM(i)) machine code action is performed to configure a second vocabulary of Things in the non-transitory memory of the Thing Machine representative of a core vocabulary through which an application can be provided. |
| US11704594B2 |
Machine learning system
Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for providing a predicted outcome to a user interface. An exemplary method includes receiving, from a user interface, a plurality of identifiers that identify objects. At the user interface, a target success function is selected corresponding to the plurality of identifiers. The target success function is mapped to at least one attribute of one or more attributes of the objects. The at least one attribute of the objects and one or more other attributes are queried. Data values are retrieved corresponding to the queried at least one attribute and the one or more other attributes. Based on the data values, an outcome of the target success function is predicted. The predicted outcome is provided to the user interface. |
| US11704590B2 |
Methods and systems for predicting failure of a power control unit of a vehicle
A method for predicting a failure of a power control unit of a vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining data from a plurality of sensors of the power control unit of a vehicle subject to simulated multi-load conditions, implementing a machine learning algorithm on the data to obtain machine learning data, obtaining new data from the plurality of sensors of power control unit of the vehicle subject to real multi-load conditions, implementing the machine learning algorithm on the new data to obtain test data, predicting a failure of the power control unit based on a comparison between the test data and the machine learning data. |
| US11704584B2 |
Fast and accurate machine learning by applying efficient preconditioner to kernel ridge regression
Accelerated machine learning using an efficient preconditioner for Kernel Ridge Regression (KRR). A plurality of anchor points may be selected by: projecting an initial kernel onto a random matrix in a lower dimensional space to generate a randomized decomposition of the initial kernel, permuting the randomized decomposition to reorder its columns and/or rows to approximate the initial kernel, and selecting anchor points representing a subset of the columns and/or rows based on their permuted order. A reduced-rank approximation kernel may be generated comprising the subset of columns and/or rows represented by the selected anchor points. A KRR system may be preconditioned using a preconditioner generated based on the reduced-rank approximation kernel. The preconditioned KRR system may be solved to train the machine learning model. This KRR technique may be executed without generating the KRR kernel, reducing processor and memory consumption. |
| US11704578B2 |
Machine learning method, apparatus, and computer program for providing personalized educational content based on learning efficiency
Disclosed herein is a method of providing user-customized learning content in a service server, which includes a) for a specific subject, configuring a problem database including at least one of multiple-choice problems each including at least one example, providing the problem to user devices, and collecting example selection data of users for the problem from the user devices, b) estimating a probability of right answer to the problem for each of the users using the example selection data of each of the users, and assuming that any user selects an example of any problem, calculating, for each problem, a change rate of probabilities of right answer to all problems contained in the problem database for the user, and sorting the problems contained in the problem database in the order of the high change rate to recommend them to the user. |
| US11704574B2 |
Multimodal machine learning for vehicle manipulation
Techniques for machine-trained analysis for multimodal machine learning vehicle manipulation are described. A computing device captures a plurality of information channels, wherein the plurality of information channels includes contemporaneous audio information and video information from an individual. A multilayered convolutional computing system learns trained weights using the audio information and the video information from the plurality of information channels. The trained weights cover both the audio information and the video information and are trained simultaneously. The learning facilitates cognitive state analysis of the audio information and the video information. A computing device within a vehicle captures further information and analyzes the further information using trained weights. The further information that is analyzed enables vehicle manipulation. The further information can include only video data or only audio data. The further information can include a cognitive state metric. |
| US11704565B2 |
Communication optimizations for distributed machine learning
Embodiments described herein provide a system to configure distributed training of a neural network, the system comprising memory to store a library to facilitate data transmission during distributed training of the neural network; a network interface to enable transmission and receipt of configuration data associated with a set of worker nodes, the worker nodes configured to perform distributed training of the neural network; and a processor to execute instructions provided by the library. The instructions cause the processor to create one or more groups of the worker nodes, the one or more groups of worker nodes to be created based on a communication pattern for messages to be transmitted between the worker nodes during distributed training of the neural network. The processor can transparently adjust communication paths between worker nodes based on the communication pattern. |
| US11704561B2 |
Method for realizing a neural network
A method for realizing an artificial neural network via an electronic integrated circuit (FPGA), wherein artificial neurons grouped into different interlinked layers for the artificial neural network, where a functional description is created for each neuron of the artificial neural network, taking into account a specifiable starting weighting, a synthesis is performed for each neuron based on the associated functional description with the associated specified starting weighting, a network list is determined as the synthesis result, in which at least a base element and a starting configuration belonging to the base element are stored for each neuron, a base element is formed as a lookup table (LUT) unit and an associated dynamic configuration cell, in which a current configuration for the LUT unit or the base element is stored, and where the network list is implemented as a starting configuration of the artificial neural network in the electronic integrated circuit. |
| US11704557B2 |
System and method for well interference detection and prediction
Systems and methods for generating an interference prediction for a target well are disclosed herein. A computing system generates a plurality of interference metrics for a plurality of interference events. For each well, the computing system generates a graph based representation of the well and its neighboring wells. The computing system generates a predictive model using a graph-based model by generating a training data set and learning, by the graph-based model, an interference value for each interference event based on the training data set. The computing system receives, from a client device, a request to generate an interference prediction for a target well. The computing system generates, via the predictive model, an interference metric based on the one or more metrics associated with the target well. |
| US11704555B2 |
Batch normalization layer fusion and quantization method for model inference in AI neural network engine
Batch normalization (BN) layer fusion and quantization method for model inference in artificial intelligence (AI) network engine are disclosed. A method for a neural network (NN) includes merging batch normalization (BN) layer parameters with NN layer parameters and computing merged BN layer and NN layer functions using the merged BN and NN layer parameters. A rectified linear unit (RELU) function can be merged with the BN and NN layer functions. |
| US11704554B2 |
Automated training data extraction method for dynamic models for autonomous driving vehicles
In one embodiment, a method of training dynamic models for autonomous driving vehicles includes the operations of receiving a first set of training data from a training data source, the first set of training data representing driving statistics for a first set of features; training a dynamic model based on the first set of training data for the first set of features; determining a second set of features as a subset of the first set of features based on evaluating the dynamic model, each of the second set of features representing a feature whose performance score is below a predetermined threshold. The method further includes the following operations for each of the second set of features: retrieving a second set of training data associated with the corresponding feature of the second set of features, and retraining the dynamic model using the second set of training data. |
| US11704553B2 |
Neural network system for single processing common operation group of neural network models, application processor including the same, and operation method of neural network system
A method of operating a neural network system includes merging, by a processor, a first operation group in a first neural network and a second operation group in a second neural network, including identical operations, as a shared operation group; selecting, by the processor, a first hardware to execute the shared operation group, from among a plurality of hardware; and executing the shared operation group by using the first hardware. |
| US11704547B2 |
Transposing neural network matrices in hardware
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a request to perform computations for a neural network on a hardware circuit having a matrix computation unit, the request specifying a transpose operation to be performed on a first neural network matrix; and generating instructions that when executed by the hardware circuit cause the hardware circuit to transpose the first neural network matrix by performing first operations, wherein the first operations include repeatedly performing the following second operations: for a current subdivision of the first neural network matrix that divides the first neural network matrix into one or more current submatrices, updating the first neural network matrix by swapping an upper right quadrant and a lower left quadrant of each current submatrix, and subdividing each current submatrix into respective new submatrices to update the current subdivision. |
| US11704543B2 |
Neural network hardware acceleration with stochastic adaptive resource allocation
A digital circuit for accelerating computations of an artificial neural network model includes a pairs selection unit that selects different subsets of pairs of input vector values and corresponding weight vector values to be processed simultaneously at each time step; a sorting unit that simultaneously processes a vector of input-weight pairs wherein pair values whose estimated product is small are routed with a high probability to small multipliers, and pair values whose estimated product is greater are routed with a high probability to large multipliers that support larger input and output values; and a core unit that includes a plurality of multiplier units and a plurality of adder units that accumulate output results of the plurality of multiplier units into one or more output values that are stored back into the memory, where the plurality of multiplier units include the small multipliers and the large multipliers. |
| US11704540B1 |
Systems and methods for responding to predicted events in time-series data using synthetic profiles created by artificial intelligence models trained on non-homogenous time series-data
The systems and methods may use one or more artificial intelligence models that predict an effect of a predicted event on a current state of the system. For example, the model may predict how a rate of change in time-series data may be altered throughout the first time period based on the predicted event. |
| US11704539B2 |
Forecasting routines utilizing a mixer to combine deep neural network (DNN) forecasts of multi-variate time-series datasets
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for forecasting future data are provided. In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium is configured to store computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to receive, at each of a plurality of Deep Neural Network (DNN) forecasters, an input corresponding to a time-series dataset of a plurality of input time-series datasets. The instructions further cause the one or more processing devices to produce, from each of the plurality of DNN forecasters, a forecast output and provide the forecast output from each of the plurality of DNN forecasters to a DNN mixer for combining the forecast outputs to produce one or more output time-series datasets. |
| US11704538B2 |
Data processing method and device
A data processing method and device are provided. The method includes: performing a forward calculation of a neural network on global data to obtain intermediate data for a reverse calculation of the neural network; storing the intermediate data in a buffer unit; reading the intermediate data from the buffer unit; and performing the reverse calculation of the neural network on the intermediate data to obtain a result of the reverse calculation. According to embodiments, in the reverse calculation of the neural network, the number of accessing the global memory is reduced, thereby reducing the computational time cost and increasing the data processing speed. |
| US11704537B2 |
Octree-based convolutional neural network
The implementations of the subject matter described herein relate to an octree-based convolutional neural network. In some implementations, there is provided a computer-implemented method for processing a three-dimensional shape. The method comprises obtaining an octree for representing the three-dimensional shape. Nodes of the octree include empty nodes and non-empty nodes. The empty nodes exclude the three-dimensional shape and are leaf nodes of the octree, and the non-empty nodes include at least a part of the three-dimensional shape. The method further comprises for nodes in the octree with a depth associated with a convolutional layer of a convolutional neural network, performing a convolutional operation of the convolutional layer to obtain an output of the convolutional layer. |
| US11704534B2 |
Neural-network-based classification device and classification method
Provided is a neural-network-based classification method, including: generating, by a neural network, one or more score vectors corresponding to one or more samples respectively; determining a first subset of the one or more samples according to the one or more score vectors and a first decision threshold, wherein the first subset is associated with a first class; and selecting samples to be re-examined from the one or more samples according to the first subset. |
| US11704533B2 |
Always listening and active voice assistant and vehicle operation
A vehicle includes a controller configured to select one of a group of topics for generating an answer to a question embedded within the group based on an operating parameter of the vehicle and a syntax of a phrase. The selection is responsive to input originating from utterances including a preceding topic and a following topic having a moniker therebetween that is associated with only one of the topics through the syntax. The vehicle may operate an interface to output the answer. |
| US11704530B2 |
Physical card with embossed characters for improved security
A physical card may include a substantially planar body that may include a front surface, a back surface, and one or more side surfaces. The front surface may include a background formed primarily in a first color, and a plurality of embossed characters each having one or more front surfaces aligned substantially in parallel relative to the background. The plurality of embossed characters may include one or more side surfaces extending from the background at a lower edge to the front surface at an upper edge, wherein the one or more front surfaces of at least a first embossed character of the plurality of embossed characters are formed primarily in a second color different from the first color and the one or more side surfaces of at least the first embossed character are formed primarily in the first color to limit a viewing angle of the plurality of embossed characters. |
| US11704528B2 |
RFID device with two-stage power harvesting
Disclosed is a method of gathering data from a hybrid RFID chip to determine usage of an item or article of clothing using a mobile device like a phone, laptop, or tablet. The hybrid RFID chip consists of a processor, a memory, a radio transceiver, a power harvesting antenna, and an impedance circuit that converts ambient radio frequency (RF) energy to electrical energy. The RFID chip receives a first power level from ambient RF energy and periodically broadcasts an identity. The mobile device can receive the broadcast identity, store the identity, transmit the identity and location to a remote server, and receive a notification message from the remote server. The remote serve can determine usage of the item or article of clothing by comparing current records to previous records of RFID chip identity, location, and mobile device application identity. |
| US11704527B2 |
Sheet processing apparatus using radio signals received from wireless tags
A sheet processing apparatus for processing sheets each with a wireless tag, includes a roller, a wireless tag reader/writer, and a controller configured to control the roller to convey a first sheet with a first tag along a path, control the reader/writer to acquire first strengths of radio signals received from the first tag during the conveyance and second strengths of radio signals received from wireless tags of sheets not being conveyed, determine a threshold value of signal strength for distinguishing a wireless tag being conveyed from wireless tags not being conveyed based on the first and second strengths, and control the roller to convey a second sheet with a second tag and control the reader/writer to write to the second tag when a strength of a radio signal from the second tag is greater than or equal to the threshold value. |
| US11704522B2 |
Information processing device and information processing method
An information processing device includes a storage portion storing a learned model trained by machine learning based on a data set in which temperature information, setting information, and countermeasure information are associated, a reception portion receiving the temperature information and the setting information at a time of ejecting ink by the printing head, and a processing portion deciding a countermeasure to be executed for condensation based on the received temperature information and setting information and the learned model. |
| US11704509B2 |
Method and electronic device for dynamically associating UWB tag with object
A method for dynamically associating an ultra wide band (UWB) tag with an object by an electronic device is provided. The method includes monitoring, by the electronic device, a first object and a second object in vicinity of the UWB tag over a period of time and determining, by the electronic device, a parameter associated with each of the first object and the second object with respect to the UWB tag. Further, the method includes generating, by the electronic device, a correlation between the UWB tag and each of the first object and the second object based on the parameter and dynamically associating, by the electronic device, the UWB tag with one of the first object and the second object based on the correlation between the UWB tag and each of the first object and the second object. |
| US11704507B1 |
Systems and methods for automatic speech translation
A method for providing automatic interpretation may include receiving, by a processor, audible speech from a speech source, generating, by the processor, in real-time, a speech transcript by applying an automatic speech recognition model on the speech, segmenting, by the processor, the speech transcript into speech segments based on a content of the speech by applying a segmenter model on the speech transcript, compressing, by the processor, the speech segments based on the content of the speech by applying a compressor model on the speech segments, generating, by the processor, a translation of the speech by applying a machine translation model on the compressed speech segments, and generating, by the processor, audible translated speech based on the translation of the speech by applying a text to speech model on the translation of the speech. |
| US11704504B2 |
Interactive machine translation method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium
Provided are an interactive machine translation method and apparatus, a device, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring a source statement input by a user; translating the source statement into a first target statement; determining whether the user adjusts a first vocabulary in the first target statement; and in response to determining that the user adjusts the first vocabulary in the first target statement, acquiring a second vocabulary for replacing the first vocabulary, and adjusting, based on the second vocabulary, a vocabulary sequence located in a front of the first vocabulary and a vocabulary sequence located behind the first vocabulary in the first target statement to generate a second target statement. |
| US11704502B2 |
Two way communication assembly
A two way communication assembly includes a display housing that is positionable on a support surface such that the display housing is visible to a pair of users. A pair of displays and a pair of qwerty keyboards is each integrated into opposite sides of the display housing. A translation unit is integrated into the display housing and the translation unit stores a database comprising a plurality of languages spoken around the world. The translation unit translates language between the qwerty keyboards to facilitate a patient who speaks a first language to communicate with a caregiver that speaks a second language. In this way the translation unit facilitates the caregiver to communicate with the patient. |
| US11704499B2 |
Generating questions using a resource-efficient neural network
Technology is described herein for generating questions using a neural network. The technology generates the questions in a three-step process. In the first step, the technology selects, using a first neural network, a subset of textual passages from an identified electronic document. In the second step, the technology generates, using a second neural network, one or more candidate answers for each textual passage selected by the first neural network, to produce a plurality of candidate passage-answer pairs. In the third step, the technology selects, using a third neural network, a subset of the plurality of candidate passage-answer pairs. The technology then generates an output result that includes one or more output questions chosen from the candidate passage-answer pairs produced by the third neural network. The use of the first neural network reduces the processing burden placed on the second and third neural networks. It also reduces latency. |
| US11704497B2 |
Generating and using a sentence model for answer generation
In an approach to generating and using a sentence model for answer generation, one or more computer processors ingest a first corpus of a plurality of text sentences. One or more computer processors convert the plurality of text sentences into a plurality of sentence vectors. One or more computer processors group the plurality of sentence vectors into a plurality of sentence clusters, wherein a sentence cluster is composed of sentences that are semantically similar. One or more computer processors receive a second corpus. One or more computer processors determine, for each sentence cluster of the plurality of sentence clusters, a frequency each sentence cluster appears in the second corpus. Based on the determined frequency, one or more computer processors calculate a probability of each sentence cluster of the plurality of sentence clusters. Based on the calculated probabilities, one or more computer processors generate a first sentence model. |
| US11704495B2 |
Prediction of film success-quotient
An information processing device and method for prediction of a film's success-quotient is provided. The information processing device receives a film script for a film for production, identifies a plurality of scenes in the film script based on a textual analysis of the film script, and computes a first score for each scene of the film script based on genre information for plurality of scenes. The information processing device further identifies a list of characters in the film script, selects an actor for roleplay of each character of the list of characters and computes a second score that indicates a suitability of the selected actor for the roleplay. The second score is computed based on a machine learning model that is trained on datapoints of a historical film database. The information processing device predicts the success-quotient for the film based on the computed first score and the computed second score. |
| US11704489B2 |
Document-based requirements extraction
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for identifying requirements in a document. A document including requirements is received. Attribute related information in the document is identified using an attribute model. Component information in the document is identified using a component model. The attribute related information and the component information identified in the document are merged. Requirements in the document are identified from the merged attribute related information and component information. The requirements identified in the document are used to develop a product. |
| US11704486B2 |
Abstract meaning representation parsing with graph translation
A computer-implemented method for generating an abstract meaning representation (“AMR”) of a sentence, comprising receiving, by a computing device, an input sentence and parsing the input sentence into one or more syntactic and/or semantic graphs. An input graph including a node set and an edge set is formed from the one or more syntactic and/or semantic graphs. Node representations are generated by natural language processing. The input graph is provided to a first neural network to provide an output graph having learned node representations aligned with the node representations in the input graph. The method further includes predicting via a second neural network, node label and predicting, via a third neural network, edge labels in the output graph. The AMR is generated based on the predicted node labels and predicted edge labels. A system and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are also disclosed. |
| US11704482B2 |
System and method for automated content annotation workflow
An automated content annotation workflow is disclosed. An example embodiment is configured for: registering a plurality of labelers to which annotation tasks are assigned; populating a labeling queue with content data to be annotated; assigning annotation tasks from the labeling queue to the plurality of labelers; enabling the plurality of labelers in an annotation review queue to modify or delete annotations applied by prior labelers; and evaluating a level of performance of the plurality of labelers in applying the annotations. |
| US11704479B2 |
Methods and systems for creating, interacting with, and utilizing a superactive document
A method of processing an interactive document is enclosed. |
| US11704478B2 |
Page processing method and device, and electronic device
A page processing method. The method includes generating a loading masking directory when page data of a target page is being loaded, the loading masking directory including a data directory corresponding to a data module set to be loaded in the target page, and loading state information of data modules in the data module set; and displaying the loading masking directory at least during a loading period of the page data. |
| US11704475B2 |
Guided information viewing and storage features within web browsers
The present disclosure relates to non-transitory computer readable mediums (CRMs) for guided-viewing of annotations and the process or organizing and connecting annotations of web documents within web browsers. The rationale for creating and using such computer readable medium is discussed in detail within this disclosure. Throughout the course of this explanation, various steps are dissected and explained in detail in the context of exemplary embodiments to elaborate on the relevant data structures and the architectures, messaging patterns, and use cases that provide the context for these data structures. |
| US11704468B2 |
Puzzle-based pattern analysis and classification
Methods and apparatus for pattern matching and classification are disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method of performing pattern matching according to a puzzle-matching the methodology includes analyzing an original source layout pattern and determining a signature for the original source layout pattern. A target layout is scanned to search for one or more portions of the target layout that have a signature that matches or is similar to the signature of the original source pattern. Similar patterns are searched based on a signature comparison of the source pattern and the target layout. In some examples of the disclosed technology, it is possible to match partial context to the original source pattern. In some examples, matches can be made in the target layout for different orientations of layout. |
| US11704466B2 |
Routing with soft-penalizing pixels on a found path
Routing a circuit path includes selecting pixels on the circuit path based at least on penalty values associated with the pixels. Pixels on a rejected circuit path are penalized by increasing their penalty values. Re-routing a rejected circuit path allows for pixels on previously rejected paths to be considered when rerouting the rejected circuit path, rather than being eliminated outright. |
| US11704465B2 |
Integrated circuit, system for and method of forming an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit structure includes a first and second power rail extending in a first direction and being located at a first level, a first and second set of conductive structures located at a second level and extending in a second direction, a first and second set of vias, and a first and second conductive structure located at a third level and extending in the second direction. The first set of vias coupling the first power rail to the first set of conductive structures. The second set of vias coupling the second power rail to the second set of conductive structures. The first conductive structure overlaps a first conductive structure of the first set of conductive structures and the second set of conductive structures. The second conductive structure overlaps a second conductive structure of the first set of conductive structures and the second set of conductive structures. |
| US11704464B2 |
Integrated circuit including misaligned isolation portions
A device includes a first cell, a second cell, and first isolation portions. The second cell is adjacent the first cell. The first and second cells are arranged in a first direction, and the first cell includes first and second conductive structures. The first conductive structures extend in the first direction. Each of the first conductive structures has a first end facing the second cell. The second conductive structures extend in the first direction. The first and second conductive structures are alternately arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The first isolation portions are respectively abutting the first ends of the first conductive structures. Two of the first isolation portions are misaligned with each other in the second direction. |
| US11704463B2 |
Method of etch model calibration using optical scatterometry
Computer-implemented methods of optimizing a process simulation model that predicts a result of a semiconductor device fabrication operation to process parameter values characterizing the semiconductor device fabrication operation are disclosed. The methods involve generating cost values using a computationally predicted result of the semiconductor device fabrication operation and a metrology result produced, at least in part, by performing the semiconductor device fabrication operation in a reaction chamber operating under a set of fixed process parameter values. The determination of the parameters of the process simulation model may employ pre-process profiles, via optimization of the resultant post-process profiles of the parameters against profile metrology results. Cost values for, e.g., optical scatterometry, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy may be used to guide optimization. |
| US11704461B1 |
Dynamic control of coverage by a verification testbench
Embodiments include dynamic control of coverage by a verification testbench. Aspects include obtaining a design under test to be verified by the verification testbench and obtaining one or more testcases for execution by the verification testbench on the design under test. Aspects also include obtaining a plurality of triggers corresponding to the design under test, wherein each of the plurality of triggers includes an activation condition, a deactivation condition and a coverage. Aspects further include simulating, by the verification testbench, execution of the one or more testcases by the design under test. Based on detecting the activation condition of one of the plurality of triggers, aspects also include recording, in a coverage database, data specified in the coverage corresponding the one of the plurality of triggers until the deactivation condition is detected. |
| US11704459B2 |
Logic repository service
The following description is directed to a logic repository service. In one example, a method of a logic repository service can include receiving a first request to generate configuration data for configurable hardware using a specification for application logic of the configurable hardware. The method can include generating the configuration data for the configurable hardware. The configuration data can include data for implementing the application logic. The method can include receiving a second request to download the configuration data to a host server computer comprising the configurable hardware. The method can include transmitting the configuration data to the host server computer in response to the second request so that the configurable hardware is configured with the host logic and the application logic. |
| US11704458B2 |
System and method for optimizing utility pipe sensors placement using artificial intelligence technology
A computer-implemented method and system for determining placement of a sensor component on a utility pipe. Data relating to the utility pipe is inputted which is processed to generate one or more variables. One or more models are trained, via the one or more variables, to produce an output indicative of a likelihood of failure variable associated with the utility pipe from each model. The outputs from all models are preferably combined into an ensemble output indicative of a likelihood of failure associated with the utility pipe. A consequence of failure variable associated with the utility pipe is determined preferably utilizing a plurality of weighted variables. A sensor placement determinative variable is then determined contingent upon the ensemble output and the consequence of failure variable associated with the utility pipe. Feedback data is then provided indicative of physical placement of one or more sensor components associated with the utility pipe based at least in part on the sensor placement determinative variable. |
| US11704454B2 |
Fire suppression system—end-to-end solution for fire suppression sales and design
A method of designing a fire suppression system including: determining nozzle placement for nozzles of a fire suppression system within a location; determining piping placement for pipes of the fire suppression system within the location; determining whether the nozzle placement or piping placement violate a constraint; and generating a map displaying the nozzle placement and the piping placement on a computing device. |
| US11704452B2 |
Systems and methods for determining a natural frequency of a structure
In one embodiment, a system and method for determining a natural frequency of a structure involve modeling the structure, creating a synthesized excitation comprising a plurality of waves having various frequencies within a defined range of frequencies, applying the synthesized excitation to a base of the modeled structure, and generating response data indicative of a natural frequency of the modeled structure that is based upon the application of the synthesized excitation. |
| US11704450B2 |
Systems and methods for generating data-driven optimized architectural design
Disclosed systems and methods relate to generating and optimizing an architectural design. According to embodiments, a method can include receiving metadata of digital communications and collaboration between members of an organization. The method can also include generating a target network model indicating a work style of the members of the organization; a level of interaction between the members of the organization; a spatial clustering of the members; or a number, a size, and an allocation of rooms with a specialized purpose. The method can further include selecting at least one criterion for the architectural design, where the criterion can include: cost, wellness, community, work style, choice, privacy, or vibrancy. The method can further include determining criteria scores for one or more architectural design prototypes. Moreover, the method can include selecting the architectural design based on the criterion scores. |
| US11704449B1 |
Construction method of mine intelligent management and control platform based on geological survey guarantee system
A construction method of mine intelligent management and control platform based on a geological survey guarantee system includes: constructing a unified data center and a multi-dimensional (x, y), (x, y, t), (x, y, z) and (x, y, z, t) geological survey guarantee system platform, and realizing dynamic processing and multi-dimensional visual exhibition of geological survey data, to complete construction of the basic mine intelligent management and control platform and a visual operation interface; by using the multi-dimensional geological survey guarantee system as a base, constructing and accessing scenes and data of different types of safe-production systems, to realize visualized patrolling inspection, digital twinning and remote industrial control; and realizing deep fusion, decision-making analysis and visual cooperative management and control of multi-source geological survey data and data of safe production and operation, to form the mine intelligent management and control platform. |
| US11704448B2 |
Computer implemented system and method of translation of verification commands of an electronic design
A computer implemented method of translation of verification commands of an electronic design file of an electronic circuit defined by the electronic design file, comprising receiving, at a processor, the electronic design file defining a functional level electronic design of the electronic circuit, wherein said electronic circuit comprises at least two subsystems and said electronic circuit includes at least two configuration options for the at least two subsystems, receiving along with the electronic design file, at least one analog test harness model having at least one indirect branch contribution statement, translating said at least one indirect branch contribution statement into a plurality of direct branch contribution operators based at least in part upon said at least one analog test harness model and said electronic design file and generating a netlist for the electronic circuit based at least in part upon said translation of said at least one indirect branch contribution statement. |
| US11704446B2 |
Theft detector
An end-user computing device can include a theft detector that maintains a registered host device list containing identifiers of at least one registered host device. The theft detector can have root access to operations of the end-user device and the theft detector can provides a secure reboot request in response to detecting a possible theft condition. The end-user computing device can also include a boot loader that executes a secure reboot of the end-user device in response to a secure reboot request from the theft detector. The secure reboot of the end-user device resets the end-user device to prevent access to the end-user device. |
| US11704445B2 |
Tamper resistant module for industrial control system
An industrial control system module and methods are described for self-destruction or the destruction and/or erasure of sensitive data within the industrial control system module upon an indication of an unauthorized module access event. In an implementation, a secure industrial control system module includes a circuit board including electrical circuitry; a sealed encasement that houses the circuit board, where the sealed encasement includes a housing having a first housing side and a second housing side, where the housing is configured to house the circuit board when the first housing side and the second housing side are coupled together; and a first sensor component integrated with the sealed encasement, where the first sensor component is communicably coupled to the circuit board and electrical circuitry and is configured to provide an indication of an unauthorized access event. |
| US11704444B2 |
Managing encryption keys per logical block on a persistent memory device
A command to perform a data operation at a memory device is received. The command includes an encryption key tag. A first key table is accessed from local memory. The first key table includes a first set of key entries corresponding to a first set of encryption keys. The first key table is searched to determine whether it includes an entry corresponding to the encryption key tag. Based on determining the first key table does not include an entry corresponding to the tag, a second key table is accessed from RAM. The second key table includes a second set of key entries corresponding to a second set of encryption keys. A key entry corresponding to the encryption key tag is identified from the second key table. The key entry includes an encryption key corresponding to the encryption key tag. The command is processed using the encryption key. |
| US11704442B2 |
Instance handling of a trusted execution environment
There is provided mechanisms for handling instances of a trusted execution environment on an execution platform. The trusted execution environment is associated with a secure cryptoprocessor. The secure cryptoprocessor holds a register. The trusted execution environment is configured to read from and write to the register at a given index i. A method is performed by the trusted execution environment. The method comprises checking, upon start of a new instance of the trusted execution environment, status of the register at the given index i, and wherein, when the register at the given index i has its status set to “undefined”, an internal status value is set to a first value, and else, when a value is read from the register at the given index i, the internal status value is set to a second value based on the read value. The method comprises writing the internal status value to the register at the given index i. The method comprises running the new instance. The method comprises, whilst running the new instance, reading a current value from the register at the given index i. The method comprises enabling the new instance to keep running only when the current value equals the internal status value. |
| US11704439B2 |
Systems and methods for managing privacy policies using machine learning
Systems, methods, and devices for managing privacy policies are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for management of a user's privacy preferences may include: identifying a computer application installed on a user electronic device, or a website accessed using a browser executed by the user electronic device; retrieving a privacy policy document analysis for a privacy policy document associated with the computer application or the website, the privacy policy document analysis comprising a valuation of a plurality of privacy policy segments within the privacy policy document; receiving a privacy preference analysis for the user, the privacy preference analysis comprising a valuation of a plurality of privacy preferences for the user; identifying a recommended action in response to the valuation of one of the privacy policy segments being outside the scope of the valuation of one of the plurality of privacy preferences; and executing the recommended action. |
| US11704435B2 |
Method and device for partially unmasking an object in a video stream
A method for partially unmasking an object in a video stream comprises: displaying a first video stream in which objects are covered by privacy masks; receiving user input regarding a selection of an object being covered by a privacy mask, wherein the object has a first portion being associated with a first privacy level and a second portion being associated with a second, higher, privacy level; checking that a permission associated with the user input grants access to video data depicting object portions being associated with the first privacy level; giving access to video data depicting the first portion of the object; and displaying a second video stream which differs from the first video stream in that it includes the video data depicting the first portion of the object, while the second portion of the object is still covered by a privacy mask. |
| US11704434B2 |
Transcription data security
A computer program product for use with dictated medical patient information resides on a computer-readable medium and comprises computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to analyze the dictated information, identify likely confidential information in the dictated medical patient information, and treat the likely confidential information disparately from likely non-confidential information in the dictated medical patient information. |
| US11704430B2 |
Deriving and augmenting access control for data lakes
In an example embodiment, access to a data set in a data lake can be specified using several approaches, based on the metadata and information attached. The metadata may be replicated from the original data source of the underlying data, and additional metadata may be modeled and stored to construct linkage information between data types. This linkage information may be used to automatically grant access to users to additional objects that are linked to objects that the user has explicit access to. |
| US11704426B1 |
Information processing system and information processing method
An object of the invention is to appropriately separate an available cluster for each user in a storage system configured by using a plurality of clusters each of which is an aggregate of nodes. A computer system includes a plurality of K8s clusters each configured by one or a plurality of K8s nodes, a storage that provides a volume, and a tenant management unit that manages the plurality of the K8s clusters and the storage. The tenant management unit creates, in the storage, a plurality of tenants respectively corresponding to the plurality of the K8s clusters. The storage, for each of the plurality of the K8s clusters, permits access from the K8s cluster to a tenant corresponding to the K8s cluster and prohibits access from the K8s cluster to a tenant not corresponding to the K8s cluster. |
| US11704422B2 |
Hardware agnostic platform for transparent access control of internet of everything (IoE) destinations via correlation, classification, and/or tagging
Simplified and/or user friendly interfaces can be employed to facilitate administration of a routing platform that couples devices of a local area network (LAN) to an external communication network (e.g., the Internet). In one aspect, the routing platform comprises a firewall that can be employed to perform access control and/or an Internet of Things (IoT) hub that can be employed to control operations of IoT devices of the LAN, for example, based on domain information, user-defined tags and peer-defined criteria to make correlations that are leveraged to implement access control policies. A search and command interface is employable to issue textual (e.g., natural language) commands to configure access control policies, tags for devices and/or websites, and/or search for data. |
| US11704421B2 |
Domain name obfuscation and metadata storage via encryption
Systems and methods are described for the generation of domain names that may be associated with a particular user device and may be encrypted to obfuscate the domain names of content requested by the user device. |
| US11704416B2 |
Computational operations in enclave computing environments
Methods and systems for performing a computational operation on a server host are provided. Exemplary methods include: receiving an encrypted service request from a client host, the client host encrypting a service request to produce the encrypted service request using a shared secret, the service request specifying the computational operation; decrypting, in a secure enclave, the encrypted service request using the shared secret to produce a decrypted service request, the secure enclave preventing other software running on the server host from accessing the shared secret and other data stored in a memory space; performing the computational operation, in the secure enclave, using the decrypted service request to generate a service result; encrypting, in the secure enclave, the service result using the shared secret to create an encrypted service result; and providing the encrypted service result to the client host, the client host decrypting the encrypted service result. |
| US11704412B2 |
Methods and systems for distribution and integration of threat indicators for information handling systems
Methods and systems are provided that may be implemented in an automated manner to distribute and integrate information regarding threat indicators as they occur in real time. The provided methods and systems may be implemented to combine threat indicator characteristic information in real time with application behavior patterns, information handling system types, and/or application types; and to automatically apply the resulting intelligence together to improve malicious attack defense at the application and information handling system level at scale. |
| US11704409B2 |
Post-training detection and identification of backdoor-poisoning attacks
This patent concerns novel technology for detecting backdoors in neural network, particularly deep neural network (DNN) classification or prediction/regression models. The backdoors are planted by suitably poisoning the training dataset, i.e., a data-poisoning attack. Once added to an input sample from a source class of the attack, the backdoor pattern causes the decision of the neural network to change to the attacker's target class in the case of classification, or causes the output of the network to significantly change in the case of prediction or regression. The backdoors under consideration are small in norm so as to be imperceptible to a human or otherwise innocuous/evasive, but this does not limit their location, support or manner of incorporation. There may not be components (edges, nodes) of the DNN which are specifically dedicated to achieving the backdoor function. Moreover, the training dataset used to learn the classifier or predictor/regressor may not be available. In one embodiment of the present invention, which addresses such challenges, if the classifier or predictor/regressor is poisoned then the backdoor pattern is determined through a feasible optimization process, followed by an inference process, so that both the backdoor pattern itself and the associated source class(es) and target class are determined based only on the classifier or predictor/regressor parameters and using a set of clean (unpoisoned) samples, from the different classes (none of which may be training samples). |
| US11704404B2 |
Method for control-flow integrity protection, apparatus, device and storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for control-flow integrity protection, including: changing preset bits of all legal target addresses of a current indirect branch instruction in a control flow of a program to be protected to be same; and rewriting preset bits of a current target address of the current indirect branch instruction to be same as the preset bits of the legal target addresses, so that the program to be protected terminates when the current target address is tampered with. By changing the preset bits of all the legal target addresses of the current indirect branch instruction to be same and rewriting the preset bits of the current target address to be consistent with the preset bits of the legal target addresses, traditional label comparison is replaced by the preset bit overlap operation, reducing performance overhead and improving attack defense efficiency. |
| US11704403B2 |
Detecting and preventing unauthorized command injection
Input data for an operating system command of an automation process is received. The operating system command is generated based on the received input data. The generated operating system command is parsed to identify one or more metrics. The identified one or more metrics are automatically evaluated to determine a security risk associated with the generated operating system command. |
| US11704398B1 |
Real-world object-based image authentication method and system
A real-world object-based method and system of performing an authentication of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource is disclosed. The system and method are configured to collect image data from an end-user in real-time that includes objects in their environment. At least one object is selected and its image data stored for subsequent authentication sessions, when the system can determine whether there is a match between the new image data and image data previously collected and stored in a database. If there is a match, the system verifies an identity of the person and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized. |
| US11704395B2 |
Methods for augmented reality data decryption and devices thereof
A method for performing data decryption upon data to be displayed on an augmented reality display device is provided. The method includes identifying a user of the augmented reality display device; obtaining access rights information that relates to the user; receiving a set of encrypted information; using the obtained access rights information to determine whether the user is authorized to access the encrypted information; when the user is so authorized, accessing a decryption key that is associated with the encrypted information; decrypting at least a portion of the encrypted information by using the decryption key; and displaying the decrypted portion of the encrypted information on the augmented reality display device. |
| US11704394B2 |
Apparatus and method for authenticating object in electronic device
In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises an antenna array, a wireless communication module electrically connected to the antenna array and configured to form directional beams through the antenna array, at least one processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions causing the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations comprising: transmitting a sequence of first directional beams having a first beam width to scan first regions having a first size through the antenna array, receiving a sequence of first reflected waves generated by reflection of the sequence of the first directional beams from an object through the antenna array, transmitting a sequence of second directional beams having a second beam width narrower than the first beam width to scan second regions, which are included in the first regions and have a second size smaller than the first size, through the antenna array based on at least a portion of the received sequence of the first reflected waves, receiving a sequence of second reflected waves generated by reflection of the sequence of the second directional beams from the object through the antenna array, and authenticating the object based on at least a portion of the sequence of the second reflected waves. |
| US11704393B2 |
Self-owned authentication and identity framework
A user, using a user-computing device connected to a computer network, is authenticated to access a computing resource managed by a system on the computer network. The user computing device presents a user interface to prompt the user to input a value for each of a set of user-defined credentials that the user has previously defined for a SAIF server to authenticate the user to access the computer resource, thereby forming a set of input values. Modified values, each generated from and representing a corresponding one of the input values, are transmitted and validated by comparing them with corresponding modified forms of user-defined credential values stored in a memory, thereby determining whether the user is authenticated to access the computing resource on the system. |
| US11704392B2 |
Fraud estimation system, fraud estimation method and program
Relevance information obtaining means of a fraud estimation system is configured to obtain relevance information about relevance between one service and another service. Comparison result obtaining means is configured to obtain a comparison result of a comparison between user information of a target user in the one service and user information of a fraudulent user or an authentic user in the another service. Estimation means is configured to estimate fraudulence of the target user based on the relevance information and the comparison result. |
| US11704391B2 |
Machine learning model with watermarked weights
In some examples, a system includes storage storing a machine learning model, wherein the machine learning model comprises a plurality of layers comprising multiple weights. The system also includes a processing unit coupled to the storage and operable to group the weights in each layer into a plurality of partitions; determine a number of least significant bits to be used for watermarking in each of the plurality of partitions; insert one or more watermark bits into the determined least significant bits for each of the plurality of partitions; and scramble one or more of the weight bits to produce watermarked and scrambled weights. The system also includes an output device to provide the watermarked and scrambled weights to another device. |
| US11704389B2 |
Controlling access to digital assets
The apparatus disclosed herein, in various aspects, includes a digital asset, and an amulet that comprises an encrypted self-validating string. The amulet may be external to the digital asset. The apparatus may include a manager that cooperates securely with the digital asset and cooperates securely with the amulet to control access to the digital asset as specified by the amulet. In some aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through shared memory in process space. In other aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through a RAM drive in memory, the RAM drive at least partially hidden from an operating system of the computer. In yet other aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through a virtual machine accessible only by said apparatus. The amulet, the manager, and the digital asset are either operably receivable by a computer or are operably received by the computer, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. |
| US11704387B2 |
Method and system for fuzzy matching and alias matching for streaming data sets
A method, system, and computer-usable medium for streaming or processing data streams. Raw text data is cleansed to a standard format. A fuzzy matching algorithm is performed on the text data. For data where domain expertise is required, alias matching is performed. End state categorizing or grouping is provided for the cleansed raw text data. |
| US11704381B2 |
Systems and methods for screenshot linking
A system for analyzing screenshots can include a computing device including a processor coupled to a memory and a display screen configured to display content. The system can include an application stored on the memory and executable by the processor. The application can include a screenshot receiver configured to access, from storage to which a screenshot of the content displayed on the display screen captured using a screenshot function of the computing device is stored, the screenshot including an image and a predetermined marker. The application can include a marker detector configured to detect the predetermined marker included in the screenshot. The application can include a link identifier configured to identify, using the predetermined marker, a link to a resource mapped to the image included in the screenshot, the resource accessible by the computing device via the link. |
| US11704377B2 |
Incentivized electronic platform
A data structure embodied on a computer-readable medium is disclosed. The data structure may include a database schema for arranging a competition among associated users in a structured query language (SQL) database. The database schema may include a grouping schema and a competition schema. The grouping schema may identify one or more associated contestants. The grouping schema may receive one or more inputs from a host contestant to identify and associate the one or more associated contestants. The competition schema may include a plurality of contests. Each contest may have relational data tables configured to receive selections of songs, albums, and/or artists from the contestants, and reward points based on those selections. The points may be rewarded to each contestant based on their corresponding selections. The sum of the points for each contestant may be accumulated to determine a score. The points may be rewarded based on one or more activity tracking parameters. The database schema may also employ an application. The application may provide access to the plurality of selections and scores in the SQL database. The application may also manage the contestants, the plurality of selections, the one or more activity tracking parameter and the scores for each of the contestant. |
| US11704371B1 |
User centric topics for topic suggestions
A data processing system implements receiving a request for user-centric topic recommendations from a computing device of a user in response to a user input in an application indicating that the user is attempting to assign a tag to a first content item in the application; obtaining a first set of user-centric topic recommendations from a first topic datastore based on a relevance ranking assigned to each of the topic recommendations; providing the first set of user-centric topic recommendations to the computing device; causing the computing device to display the first set of user-centric topic recommendations; receiving one or more second requests for user-centric topic recommendations; obtaining one or more second sets of user-centric topic recommendations from the first topic datastore based on the query string and the relevance ranking; and causing the computing device of the user to display the one or more second sets of user-centric topic recommendations. |
| US11704368B2 |
Book search interface apparatus, book search method, and program
Provided is a technique for effectively searching for a book for an articulation disordered-child to use in practice. A search condition setting unit 120 sets a search condition for a speech sound in accordance with a selection state of kana symbol buttons disposed in a book search screen, the kana symbol buttons corresponding one-to-one to kana symbols indicating respective speech sounds. A search unit 130 searches for a book in which a desired speech sound appears, in accordance with the search condition. A book search screen includes at least one of a Japanese syllabary button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified as vowels or consonants, and an articulation button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified by articulatory organ and articulation manner. |
| US11704367B2 |
Indexing and presenting content using latent interests
Systems and methods are disclosed for a system to provide an interface that is dynamic and that provides selectable links in response to a query for products in an electronic marketplace, where the selectable links are titled with the query and portions of reviews for products associated with the query. The system is configured to select feedback for items purchased from an electronic marketplace. Descriptors from the feedback are generated. In response to a query for the one or more of the items in the electronic marketplace, a determination is made that portions of the descriptors provide detail responsive to the query. An interface is displayed including selectable links titled with the query in combination with the portions of the descriptors. In response to selection of one of the selectable links, a portion of the items are displayed. |
| US11704366B2 |
Methods and systems for associating internet devices
A data processing system performs data processing of raw or preprocessed data. In some embodiments, the data processing system includes a connectivity overlay engine comprising a data ingester, a connectivity generator, an event access control system, and a feature vector generation framework. |
| US11704361B2 |
Method, apparatus and storage medium for implementing a discrete frame-based scene section
A method, apparatus and storage medium for implementing a discrete frame-based scene section are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining at least one first tag for mapping a discrete frame to a scene section; for any second tag in the at least one first tag, performing polling query on to-be-processed first discrete frames respectively to determine whether there is a second discrete frame matched with the second tag in the first discrete frames; if there is the second discrete frame, marking the second discrete frame with the second tag corresponding to a scene section; if the polling query corresponding to the second tag ends, storing start frame timestamp information and end frame timestamp information of the scene section. |
| US11704359B2 |
Music recommendations from trending queries
A plurality of music playlists created on a content sharing platform and having rankings are identified. A plurality of popular external search queries submitted via one or more search engine platforms external to the content sharing platform are identified. A subset of the plurality of music playlists that matches any of the plurality of popular external search queries is determined, and rankings of the determined subset of music playlists are improved. The personalized music recommendations for the user are created based on rankings of the plurality of music playlists, and the personalized music recommendations are provided for presentation to the user. |
| US11704357B2 |
Shape-based graphics search
Approaches are described for shape-based graphics search. Each graphics object of a set of graphics objects is analyzed. The analyzing includes determining an outline of the graphics object from graphics data that forms the graphics object. The outline of the graphics object is sampled resulting in sampled points that capture the outline of the graphics object. A shape descriptor of the graphics object is determined which captures local and global geometric properties of the sampled points. Search results of a search query are determined based on a comparison between a shape descriptor of a user identified graphics object and the shape descriptor of at least one graphics object of the set of graphics objects. At least one of the search results can be presented on a user device associated with the search query. |
| US11704350B2 |
Search term extraction and optimization from natural language text files
A system and method for extracting search terms for corresponding data elements from a natural language document identifies meaningful words within the context; identifies and structures the keywords; expounds on the keywords to optimize the search results; and captures the most relevant data elements from the corresponding database. Predetermined demographic characteristics and short (one- or two-word) search phrases that capture descriptors of behavioral characteristics are structured in the process. The result of the completed process yields a parameter set naming demographic and behavioral characteristics along with a structure that is optimized for search within a database comprising a large number of data elements. |
| US11704345B2 |
Inferring location attributes from data entries
A system and method are provided for inferring location attributes from data entries. The method comprises for data entries in a structured data set format, a computer system selecting a sample of rows. The computer system then identifies columns containing geospatial and temporal information based on the column headings. The computer system next identifies location information within the structured data set. The computer system determines implied location information based on the identified location information. The computer system derives location values based on the identified and implied location information using consolidation rules, resulting in a final set of location attributes for the data entries. The computer system then associates the final set of location attributes with the data entries. |
| US11704340B2 |
Linking discrete dimensions to enhance dimensional analysis
Not all facts in a data warehouse are described by the same set of dimensions. However, there can be associations between the data dimensions and other dimensions. By maintaining a set of relationships that are capable of linking the dimensional keys used in existing data to the keys of an associated dimension, a data transformation can be constructed that summarizes by the original and by the associated dimensions in feeds in an analytical data mart (cube) that includes all the dimensions. This cube can then be consolidated and analyzed in a slice-and-dice fashion as though all the dimensions were independent. Data transformed in this manner can be analyzed alongside data from a source that is keyed by all of the dimensions. |
| US11704338B1 |
Replication of share across deployments in database system
Various embodiments provide for replicating a share across deployments of a data platform, where the share can be on a source deployment and the share can be replicated on one or more target deployments, and where the share is replicated with one or more database objects of the source deployment associated with the share. Some embodiments analyze the share to be replicated and, based on the analysis, determine one or more database objects that would be replicated to the one or more target deployments to enable a replica of the share on the one or more target deployments. |
| US11704334B2 |
System and method for hyperconvergence at the datacenter
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor with programmed instructions to receive a request to process storage data using a compute application, determine that a first location of the storage data is in a first storage resource in a first cluster of compute, storage, and network resources, determine that a second location of the compute application is in a first compute resource of a second cluster of compute, storage, and network resources, determine whether the first cluster includes a second compute resource that is compatible with the compute application, and respectively, either, based on a first compatibility determination, migrate the compute application from the first compute resource to the second compute resource, or, based on a second compatibility determination, replicate the storage data from the first storage resource to a second storage resource in the second cluster. |
| US11704333B2 |
Form text extraction of key/value pairs
A computer-implemented method, apparatus and program product use the spatial locations of words identified in an unstructured document to both reconstruct lines in the unstructured document and vertically partition the unstructured document. Key/value pairs may then be generated from one or more of the reconstructed lines by using one or more words to one side of the vertical partition as keys and using one or more words to the other side of the vertical partition as values. |
| US11704329B2 |
System and method for aggregation and graduated visualization of user generated social post on a social mapping network
Systems and methods for receiving information associated with posts to a social network are described. Posts may be associated with a location. Symbols, portions or posts, or multiple symbols may be shown on a client device in an area of a map indicating a location associated with a post. Posts may be represented by symbols, which may include shapes, and such shapes may include emojis. An amount of symbols, posts, or portions of posts displayed on a client device may be determined at least in part by an area of a map displayed on a client device. |
| US11704328B2 |
Columnar storage and query method and system for time series data
A columnar storage method and a query method and system for time series data. The storage method includes: dividing a column of time series data into a plurality of pages, wherein each page stores a part of data points of the column of time series data and the sum of the data points stored in all the pages is all the data points in the column of time series data (S1); and setting two parts, i.e., a page header and a page body, for each page, storing summary index information of all the data points in the page in the page header of the page and storing data value information of all the data points in the page in the page body of the page (S2). |
| US11704327B2 |
Querying distributed databases
Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes parsing a distributed database query into component queries corresponding to distributed nodes. The method also includes matching component queries to central cache to determine whether the component queries can be satisfied. This matching generates matched and unmatched component queries. The method further includes transforming the matched component query to a cache query and local delta query for a first node. Additionally, the method includes executing the cache query to generate a cache result. Also, the method includes providing the local delta query for the first node to generate a local delta. Further, the method includes providing the unmatched component query for a second node to generate a remote result. The method also includes generating a global delta based on the local delta. The method additionally includes generating a result by combining the cache result, local delta, and remote result. |
| US11704326B2 |
Generalization processing method, apparatus, device and computer storage medium
The present disclosure provides a generalization processing method, apparatus, device and computer storage medium, and relates to technical field of artificial intelligence and specifically to a deep learning technique. A specific implementation solution is: determining a set of candidate queries in a query library that are similar to a requested query in at least one of a literal matching manner, a semantic matching manner and a query rewriting manner; determining a generalized query corresponding to the requested query from the set of candidate queries by using a pre-trained query matching model; wherein the query matching model is obtained by pre-training based on a cross attention model. The generalization for the requested query can be achieved according to the present disclosure. |
| US11704320B2 |
Processing queries using an index generated based on data segments
A table organized into a set of batch units is accessed. A set of N-grams are generated for a data value in the source table. The set of N-grams include a first N-gram of a first length and a second N-gram of a second length where the first N-gram corresponds to a prefix of the second N-gram. A set of fingerprints are generated for the data value based on the set of N-grams. The set of fingerprints include a first fingerprint generated based on the first N-gram and a second fingerprint generated based on the second N-gram and the first fingerprint. A pruning index that indexes distinct values in each column of the source table is generated based on the set of fingerprints and stored in a database with an association with the source table. |
| US11704317B2 |
Partial group by for eager group by placement query plans
A partial group by operator is a group by operator that implements a fallback mechanism. The fallback mechanism is triggered whenever memory pressure reaches a certain threshold. When the fallback mechanism is triggered, a row is included in an output of the partial group by operator without including an aggregation value for a grouping value for the row to an aggregation data structure. A final group by operator computes a final aggregate value of all results, including pre-grouped results and passed through results, from the partial group by operator. |
| US11704316B2 |
Systems and methods for determining peak memory requirements in SQL processing engines with concurrent subtasks
The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods of determining and provisioning peak memory requirements in Structured Query Language Processing engines. More specifically, methods may include determining or obtaining a query execution plan; gathering statistics associated with each database table; breaking the query execution plan into one or more subtasks: calculating an estimated memory usage for each subtask using the statistics; determining or obtaining a dependency graph of the one or more subtasks; based at least in part on the dependency graph, determining which subtasks can execute concurrently on a single worker node; and totaling the amount of estimated memory for each subtask that can execute concurrently on a single worker node and setting this amount of estimated memory as the estimated peak memory requirement for the specefic database query. |
| US11704314B2 |
Multiplexing data operation
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, system, and computer program product for multiplexing data operation. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. A query for at least one table comprising a plurality of data records is received. The query indicating a plurality of data operations to be performed on the plurality of data records. The plurality of data operations are combined into a target data operation. An intermediate result of the query is generated by performing the target data operation on the plurality of data records. A final result of the query is determined based on the intermediate result. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed. |
| US11704312B2 |
Conjunctive filtering with embedding models
Described herein is a technique to facilitate conjunctive filtering for an embedding-based information retrieval system. Each item in a content collection is initially analyzed to identify its property values for some set of properties. For each item, its property values are encoded in the form of a vector, and concatenated with an item embedding for the item to derive an enhanced item embedding. When a query is received, a query embedding is generated. Any filtering parameters received with or as part of the query are encoded in the form of a vector, and the vector is concatenated with the query embedding to derive an enhanced query embedding. The enhanced query embedding is then used in a “k” approximate nearest neighbor search to identify items relevant to the query and having property values that satisfy the filtering parameters. |
| US11704308B1 |
Data aggregator graphical user interface
Systems and methods for generating a data aggregator interactive graphical user interface. An interactive graphical user interface (GUI) includes a selectable symbol region, a query region and a data results region. The selectable symbol region displays predefined symbols. The query region displays user input fields for generating queries. The system receives user input associated with the user input fields of the query region to form a filter set. The data results region is automatically updated responsive to the user input, to display one or more data values from among one or more databases associated with the filter set. The system receives a subscription request to save the filter set as a user-customized query. A custom symbol is created responsive to the subscription request that is associated with the filter set. The the selectable symbol region is updated to display the custom symbol together with the predefined symbols. |
| US11704305B1 |
Optimizations for long-lived statements in a database system
The subject technology performs a search for a key in a regular space to locate a first visible version of the key. The subject technology determines that the first visible version of the key is not one of a N number of newest versions of the key. The subject technology performs a search of an undo space to locate a second visible version of the key. The subject technology determines whether the first visible version or the second visible version of the key is newer. The subject technology provides a newer version of the key between the first visible version and the second visible version of the key. |
| US11704303B2 |
Method and system for processing transactions in a blockchain network
Transaction executions/commits in a blockchain network need to be fast, robust and secure and thus calls for minimal latency in transaction commits. In an execute-order-commit blockchain network, latency is high due to smart contracts been executed at every endorsing node of the blockchain network. A method and system for processing transactions in the blockchain network is disclosed. The system discloses a veriblock architecture, which enables processing a transaction request by executing an associated smart contract along with a proof of correctness of execution of smart contract using only one endorser. Further, enables verifying the smart contract by multiple endorsers. The smart contract associated with the proof, referred herein as a vericontract, is executed to generate an output and the proof using one of a) Verifiable Computing (VC) approach, b) a TEE approach and c) a hybrid approach (combination of VC and TEE). |
| US11704299B1 |
Fully managed repository to create, version, and share curated data for machine learning development
Techniques and technologies for providing a fully managed datastore for clients to securely store, discover, retrieve, remove, and share curated data, or features, to develop machine learning (ML) models in an efficient manner. The feature store service may provide clients with the ability to create and store feature groups that include features and associated metadata providing clients with a quick understanding of features so that they may determine which features are suitable for training ML models and/or use with ML models. The feature store service may provide first a data store configured to store the most recent values associated with a feature group, such that client can access the features and utilize ML models to make real-time predictions with low latency and high throughput, and a second datastore configured to store historical values associated with a feature group, such that a client can utilize the features to train ML models. |
| US11704297B2 |
Collision-free hashing for accessing cryptographic computing metadata and for cache expansion
Embodiments are directed to collision-free hashing for accessing cryptographic computing metadata and for cache expansion. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors to: receive a physical address; compute a set of hash functions using a set of different indexes corresponding to the set of hash functions, wherein the set of hash functions combine additions, bit-level reordering, bit-linear mixing, and wide substitutions, wherein the plurality of hash functions differ in the bit-linear mixing; access a plurality of cache units utilizing the set of hash functions; read different sets of the plurality of cache units in parallel, where a set of the different sets is obtained from each cache unit of the plurality of cache units; and responsive to the physical address being located one of the different sets, return cache line data of the set corresponding to the set of the cache unit having the physical address. |
| US11704295B2 |
Filesystem embedded Merkle trees
One example method includes creating a source FS Merkle tree having a structure that matches a topology of a source FS, and a target FS Merkle tree having a structure that matches a topology of a target FS, receiving a change to the source FS, implementing the change in the source FS, updating the source FS Merkle tree to reflect the change, replicating the change to the target FS so that, with respect to the change, the target FS is synchronized with the source FS, updating the target FS Merkle tree to reflect the change to the target FS, and comparing the source FS Merkle tree to the target FS Merkle tree. |
| US11704293B2 |
Method and system for creating and maintaining a data hub in a distributed system
A data hub for servicing data hub dependent data consumers includes a persistent storage and a data validator. The persistent storage stores validated data. The data validator obtains a data validation request; in response to obtaining the data validation request: imports data from a data aggregator to obtain the validated data; performs a continuity analysis of the validated data to generate a data deviation report; and provides a portion of the validated data to one of the data hub dependent data consumers. |
| US11704292B2 |
System and method for enriching a concept database
A system and method for enriching a concept database. The method includes determining, based on at least one signature of a first multimedia data element (MMDE) and signatures of a plurality of existing concepts in the concept database, at least one first concept among the plurality of existing concepts, wherein each of the at least one first concept matches a portion of the at least one signature of the first MMDE; generating a reduced representation of the first MMDE, wherein generating the reduced representation further comprises removing the portion of the first MMDE matching the at least one first concept; comparing the reduced representation of the first MMDE to signatures representing a plurality of second MMDEs to determine a plurality of matching second MMDEs; generating, based on the reduced representation of the first MMDE and the plurality of matching second MMDEs, at least one second concept; and adding the generated at least one second concept to the concept database. |
| US11704290B2 |
Methods, devices and systems for maintaining consistency of metadata and data across data centers
A computer-implemented method may comprise providing a first executed agreement cache in a first data center and a second executed agreement cache in a second data center; receiving agreements on proposals to create or make changes to files stored in the first and second data centers; storing metadata of the files referred to by the received agreements the first and/or second executed agreement caches; maintaining the first and second executed agreement caches synchronous with one another before the files referred to by the received agreements are created or changed; creating or making changes to the file referred to by the received agreements only after the first and second executed agreement caches have been synchronized; and searching the first and/or second executed agreement caches for updated metadata whenever requests for data of files stored in the first or second data centers are received in the first or the second data centers and, responsive to the received requests, providing data corresponding to the updated metadata when updated metadata is found. |
| US11704288B2 |
Aircraft computer file distribution system, assembly and method
An aircraft computer file distribution system comprises a store (36) of aircraft computer files for loading into at least one aircraft device (12) that is onboard, mobile or replicated on the ground. The system includes a file manager (44), configured for identifying an aircraft configuration of the aircraft with which the aircraft device (12) is associated and a computer configuration of the aircraft device (12); defining, among the computer files in the computer file store (36), at least one computer file loadable into the aircraft device (12) according to the identified aircraft configuration and computer configuration; and activating a synchronization for remote distribution of at least one computer file to be loaded into the aircraft device (12) selected from the one or more computer files loadable into the aircraft device (12) based on the identified aircraft configuration and computer configuration. |
| US11704287B2 |
Web application open platform interface (WOPI) server architecture and applications for distributed network computing environments
An interface server (e.g., Web Application Open Platform Interface (WOPI) server) is communicatively connected to an information management (IM) server and to an online application server which acts as a client of the interface server. When a user wishes to open, create, or edit a document in an online application hosted by the online application server, the interface server is called, instead of the IM server which manages the document at the backend of an enterprise computing network. The interface server is configured for obtaining a working copy of the document from the IM server and providing the working copy to the client. The client provides the working copy to the online application for display on the user device. When the work is done, the working copy is sync'd back through the interface server to the IM server as a new draft and deleted by the interface server. |
| US11704281B2 |
Journaling apparatus and method in a non-volatile memory system
A memory system includes a memory device including memory blocks, and a controller configured to generate a result indicative of whether a number of free memory blocks satisfies a reference after beginning of garbage collection for the memory device, selectively perform a journaling operation for a request based on the result, and program data, collected by the garbage collection, in the memory device. |
| US11704275B2 |
Dynamic presentation of interconnect protocol capability structures
A device connected by a link to a host system can include a first port to receive a capability configuration message across a link and a message request receiving logic comprising hardware circuitry to identify a capability of the device identified in the capability configuration message, determine that the capability is to be presented or hidden from operation based on a capability hide enable bit in the capability configuration message, and configure a capability linked list to present or hide the capability based on the determination. The device can also include a message response generator logic comprising hardware circuitry to generate a response message indicating that the capability is to be presented or hidden from operation. The device can include a second port to transmit the response message across the link. |
| US11704273B2 |
Information input device, method, and computer-readable medium for operating a controller in different modes corresponding to different device drivers
An information input device includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with each of a first external apparatus that operates using a first operating system and a second external apparatus that operates using a second operating system; and a controller configured to operate in a first mode corresponding to a first driver used by the first external apparatus when transferring data to the first external apparatus, and operate in a second mode corresponding to a second driver different from the first driver and used by the second external apparatus when transferring data to the second external apparatus. |
| US11704271B2 |
Scalable system-in-package architectures
A system-in-package architecture in accordance with aspects includes a logic die and one or more memory dice coupled together in a three-dimensional slack. The logic die can include one or more global building blocks and a plurality of local building blocks. The number of local building blocks can be scalable. The local building blocks can include a plurality of engines and memory controllers. The memory controllers can be configured to directly couple one or more of the engines to the one or more memory dice. The number and type of local building blocks, and the number and types of engines and memory controllers can be scalable. |
| US11704262B2 |
Systems, apparatus, and methods of conveyor belt processing
A reconfigurable hardware platform uses, in place of a portion of software, a chain of reconfigurable hardware Operator Blocks to manipulate data as the data moves down the chain. This conveyor belt architecture, or chain of Operator Blocks, moves data from Operator Block to Operator Block. This conveyor belt architecture processor may be combined with a conventional front-end processor to process complex information or critical loops in hardware while processing a rest of a program as software. |