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| US11757179B2 |
Antenna structure and electronic device including the same
An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a rear plate facing away from the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate and connecting one side of the front plate to one side of the rear plate, an antenna structure including at least part of the conductive portion, and a printed circuit board disposed in the space and including at least one processor. At least part of the side member is a conductive portion. The conductive portion includes a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern disposed at least partially coupled to the first conductive pattern, and a third conductive pattern disposed at least partially coupled to the first conductive pattern and spaced apart from the second conductive pattern. The antenna structure includes a first feeding part electrically connected to a first location of the first conductive pattern, a second feeding part electrically connected to a second location of the first conductive pattern, wherein the second location is closer to the third conductive pattern than the first location, a first ground part electrically connected to a third location between the first location and the second location of the first conductive pattern, a second ground part electrically connected to a fourth location between the second location and the third location of the first conductive pattern, a switch electrically connected to a fifth location between the first location and the third location of the first conductive pattern, a third ground part electrically connected to a sixth location of the second conductive pattern, and a fourth ground part electrically connected to a seventh location of the third conductive pattern. |
| US11757177B2 |
Nozzle cap assembly
A nozzle cap assembly can include a nozzle cap body defining a top end and a bottom end, the nozzle cap body defining a base positioned at the top end and a curved side wall extend from the base down to the bottom end; an enclosure coupled to the top end, the enclosure rotationally fixed relative to the nozzle cap body, the enclosure at least partially defining an enclosure cavity; and a nut base positioned opposite from the nozzle cap body, the enclosure positioned between the nut base and the base. |
| US11757171B2 |
MIMO antenna system, wireless device, and wireless communication system
The invention relates to a MIMO antenna system for IEEE 802.11 WiFi communication. The invention also relates to a wireless device, such as a wireless access point (AP), a router, a gateway, and/or a bridge, comprising at least one antenna system according to the invention. The invention further relates to a wireless communication system, comprising a plurality of antenna systems according to the invention, and, preferably, a plurality of wireless devices according to the invention. |
| US11757169B2 |
Reduced kapitza resistance microwave filter for cryogenic environments
An architecture for, and techniques for fabricating, a thermal decoupling device are provided. In some embodiments, thermal decoupling device can be included in a thermally decoupled cryogenic microwave filter. In some embodiments, the thermal decoupling device can comprise a dielectric material and a conductive line. The dielectric material can comprise a first channel that is separated from a second channel by a wall of the dielectric material. The conductive line can comprise a first segment and a second segment that are separated by the wall. The wall can facilitate propagation of a microwave signal between the first segment and the second segment and can reduce heat flow between the first segment and the second segment of the conductive line. |
| US11757165B2 |
Folded waveguide for antenna
This document describes a folded waveguide for antenna. The folded waveguide may be an air waveguide and includes a hollow core that forms a rectangular opening in a longitudinal direction at one end, a closed wall at an opposite end, and a sinusoidal shape that folds back and forth about a longitudinal axis that runs in the longitudinal direction through the hollow core. The hollow core forms a plurality of radiation slots, each including a hole through one of multiple surfaces that defines the hollow core. The radiation slots are arranged on the one surface to produce a particular antenna pattern. The radiation slots and sinusoidal shape enable the folded waveguide to prevent grating lobes from appearing in the particular antenna pattern on either side of a horizontal-polarity, main beam, or to prevent X-band lobes from appearing in the particular antenna pattern on either side of a vertical-polarity, main beam. |
| US11757163B2 |
Terminal cover and battery pack comprising same
Disclosed is a terminal cover, which covers a terminal of a battery pack and is detachably mounted to the battery pack. The terminal cover includes a cover body coupled to a pack case of the battery pack by hook coupling, and a detachment guide unit provided at both side surfaces of the cover body to allow the hook coupling of the cover body to be released based on pressing by a user. |
| US11757159B2 |
Conductive module
The conductive module includes interterminal connection component groups for respective electrode terminal groups, and flexible wiring components for the respective interterminal connection component groups. Each of the flexible wiring components includes a transforming portion performing transformation into a temporary mounted form at the time when each of interterminal connection components is connected with electrode terminals and a formal mounted form after work of the connection. Each of the transforming portions is provided in part of the crossing portion on a subsidiary conductive portion side and/or in the subsidiary conductive portion, and displaces a portion between a main conductive portion side and the subsidiary conductive portion side between the temporary mounted form and the formal mounted form by the transformation. |
| US11757158B2 |
All-solid-state lithium battery and method for fabricating the same
An all-solid-state lithium battery is disclosed, including a substrate; and a plurality of layers of lithium battery units stacked on the substrate. Each layer of lithium battery unit of the plurality of layers of lithium battery units includes at least two electrode collector layers, a first electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a second electrode layer. Two neighboring layers of lithium battery units share one of the electrode collector layers. A method for fabricating an all-solid-state lithium battery is further disclosed. |
| US11757153B2 |
Cylindrical battery
A cylindrical battery with an opening sealing body that seals an opening of a battery can. The opening sealing body includes a valve member, a metal plate disposed on an inner side of the battery with respect to the valve member, and an annular insulating member interposed between the valve member and the metal plate. The valve member and the metal plate are connected to each other at respective central portions. The valve member has an annular thin-walled portion which is deformable when an internal pressure of the battery increases. The metal plate and the insulating member have respective holes which communicate with each other. The insulating member has a section that covers a surface, on the valve member side, of the metal plate, and a section that is provided subsequent to the section and covers a lateral surface of the hole of the metal plate. |
| US11757152B2 |
Method for manufacturing secondary battery and method for manufacturing battery pack comprising same
A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes a cap assembly manufacturing step to provide a cap assembly having a top cap having a top hole, a safety vent having a vent hole, and a CID filter having a CID hole; an electrode assembly and electrolyte accommodating step of accommodating an electrode assembly into a can and injecting an electrolyte; a preliminary battery manufacturing step which comprises a disposing process of disposing the cap assembly above the can and a coupling process of coupling a positive electrode tab provided in the electrode assembly to a bottom surface of the CID filter of the cap assembly; an activation step of charging and discharging the preliminary battery; and a gas discharging step of pressing downward the positive electrode tab in contact with the CID filter, thereby opening the CID hole and discharging a gas generated inside the can. |
| US11757151B2 |
Cathode material for lithium-air battery and method of manufacturing cathode using same
The present invention relates to a cathode material for a lithium-air battery and a method of manufacturing a cathode using the same. The cathode material of the present invention includes a solvent component and thus includes an electrolyte in a small amount compared to a conventional cathode material, thereby reducing the weight of a cathode manufactured using the cathode material, ultimately increasing the energy density of a lithium-air battery including the cathode. |
| US11757150B2 |
Battery module having electrically resistive heating element including electrically resistive heating wire
A battery module having a multiplicity of battery cells in thermally conductive contact with an electrical resistive heating element that comprises an electrical resistive heating wire, wherein a first area of the heating element comprises an electrical resistive heating wire with a first cross section, which is in thermally conductive contact with a first outer surface region of battery cells, and wherein a second area of the heating element, which has a resistive heating wire with a second cross section different from the first cross section, is in thermally conductive contact with a second outer surface region of battery cells, and/or wherein the resistive heating element has a first area with a first laying density of electrical resistive heating wire that is in thermally conductive contact with first outer surface regions of battery cells and comprises a second area that has a second laying density, different from the first laying density, of the electrical resistive heating wire and is in thermally conductive contact with second outer surface regions of battery cells. |
| US11757143B2 |
Battery module with cooling cartridge and battery system thereof
The invention provides a battery module with cooling cartridge and battery system thereof. The cooling cartridge is utilized to be disposed between the battery units stacked in a single axis. The supporting portion of the cooling cartridge is directly contacted in a large area to the current collecting sheet of the battery unit. And the wing portions, extended from the two sides of the supporting portion, are directly contacted to the inner sidewalls of the metal housing. Therefore, a large-area heat dissipating path for the battery cell is provided, and the performance and stability of the battery cell are greatly improved. |
| US11757138B2 |
System and method of operating mobile information handling systems with rechargeable batteries
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine multiple voltage values associated with a rechargeable battery over a period of time; store the multiple voltage values with respect to multiple clock values over the period of time; determine a voltage drop rate from the multiple voltage values and the multiple clock values; determine a threshold voltage value associated with a predicted energy capacity of the rechargeable battery for a mobile information handling system (IHS) to perform a power state transition; determine a voltage value associated with the rechargeable battery; determine that the voltage value has reached the threshold voltage value; provide a notification to an operating system executed by the mobile IHS; store data from a volatile memory medium to a non-volatile memory medium; and transition the mobile IHS from an operational state to a power conservation state. |
| US11757132B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium-ion battery and lithium-ion battery
A non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium-ion battery and a lithium-ion battery. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes an unsaturated phosphate compound and a cyclic unsaturated carboxylic anhydride compound. The unsaturated phosphate compound has a structure represented by structural formula (4). R13, R11 and R12 are each independently selected from a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and at least one of R13, R11 and R12 is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group having a double bond or a triple bond. The unsaturated cyclic carboxylic anhydride compound having a structure represented by Structural Formula 5. R14 is selected from the group consisting of an alkenylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkenylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms. By means of the synergistic effect of two compounds, the non-aqueous electrolyte has excellent high-temperature cycling performance and storage performance, and also has lower impedance and good low-temperature performance. |
| US11757130B2 |
Additive for non-aqueous electrolyte solution, non-aqueous electrolyte solution, and non-aqueous electrolyte solution battery
An additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can exhibit high-temperature cycle properties at 50° C. or more and low-temperature output properties at −20° C. or less in a well-balanced manner for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution battery. The additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution is represented by formula [1], wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Mp+ and p are as defined in the specification. |
| US11757128B2 |
Electrochemical cells for high-energy battery use
Components and structures for a rechargeable electrochemical cell and an electrochemical cell having an S02 solvent based electrolyte comprising any of said components and structures are provided. The cathode (2) may comprise one or more elemental transition metals and/or one or more partially oxidized transition metals. The S02 solvent based electrolyte (3) may comprise halide-containing salt additive as an SEI-forming additive. The anode current collector (5) may comprise a carbon coated metal, an alloy of two or more metals or a carbon coated alloy of two or more metals. The electrochemical cell may comprise excess non-dissolved/solid alkali halides. The components, structures and cell may bay used in a device. |
| US11757127B2 |
Lithium solid electrolyte and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacturing a lithium solid electrolyte, the method including: providing a composition including a lithium precursor, a lanthanum precursor, and a zirconium precursor; disposing the composition on a substrate having a temperature of 270° C. to 500° C. to form a film; and heat-treating the film at 300° C. to less than 750° C. for 1 hour to 100 hours to manufacture the lithium solid electrolyte. |
| US11757126B2 |
Negative electrode active material, negative electrode including the same and lithium secondary battery including the same
The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material which includes a secondary particle including a first particle which is a primary particle, wherein the first particle includes a first core and a first surface layer which is disposed on a surface of the first core and contains carbon, and the first core includes a metal compound which includes one or more of a metal oxide and a metal silicate and one or more of silicon and a silicon compound; a method of preparing the same; an electrode including the same; and a lithium secondary battery including the same. |
| US11757122B2 |
Electrochemical module, electrochemical device, and energy system
An electrochemical module including, a stack obtained by stacking, in a predetermined stacking direction, a plurality of electrochemical elements having a configuration in which an electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a counter electrode layer are formed along a substrate, via an annular sealing portion through which first gas, that is one of reducing component gas and oxidative component gas, flows; a container including an upper cover for pressing a first flat face in the stacking direction of the stack and a lower cover for pressing a second flat face on a side opposite to the first flat face, the stack clamped between the upper cover and the lower cover; an elastic lower plate-like member arranged between the first flat face and the upper cover; and a first gas supply portion and a first gas discharge portion connected to the second flat face in communication with the annular sealing portion. |
| US11757118B2 |
Fuel cell system and method of controlling fuel cell
A fuel cell system 1 is provided with a fuel cell 10 provided with an air passage 10a, an air inflow path 21, an air outflow path 23, a compressor 22, a pressure regulating valve 24, a bypass passage 27, and a bypass valve 28. A first threshold value is calculated based on an FC inlet pressure-lower limit value. When it is judged that an FC inlet pressure-command value is lower than the first threshold value, feedback control of the opening degree of the pressure regulating valve is suspended without suspending feedback control of the opening degree of the bypass valve if it is judged that the FC pressure loss-lower limit value is larger than the bypass pressure loss-lower limit value, and feedback control of the opening degree of the bypass valve is suspended without suspending feedback control of the opening degree of the pressure regulating valve if it is judged that the bypass pressure loss-lower limit value is larger than the FC pressure loss-lower limit value. |
| US11757116B1 |
Dynamic adjustment of current or power draw for fuel cell applications with enhanced transient capabilities
A system includes a fuel cell stack and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a current density of the fuel cell stack, determine a threshold voltage value, and compare a measured average fuel cell voltage value and the threshold voltage value. The controller is configured to set an allowed current and power draw of the fuel cell stack. |
| US11757113B2 |
Method and system for correcting offset of hydrogen pressure sensor
Provided are a method and system for correcting an offset of a hydrogen pressure sensor. The method includes constantly supplying the hydrogen to the fuel cell stack, determining whether an offset of the hydrogen pressure sensor needs to be corrected based on a stop time before the fuel cell stack starts and a magnitude of an output voltage of the fuel cell stack, calculating an offset correction value when the offset of the hydrogen pressure sensor needs to be corrected, and correcting the offset of the hydrogen pressure sensor and performing the starting of the fuel cell stack. |
| US11757111B2 |
Four-fluid bipolar plate for fuel cell
A bipolar plate for a four-fluid fuel cell includes a nonporous sub-plate and a porous sub-plate. The nonporous sub-plate includes a water management side, an opposing reactant side, and an internal coolant passage therebetween. The porous sub-plate includes a reactant side and an opposing water management side. The reactant side includes a first reactant flow field, and the water management side is fluidly connected to the water management side of the nonporous sub-plate. Embodiments of the invention include a method to operate the four-fluid fuel cell in thermal boost mode, and a method to accumulate and retain product water. |
| US11757110B2 |
Method for operating a fuel cell and controller therefore
A method for operating a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell assembly of a plurality of fuel cells configured to generate electrical power from a fuel flow and an oxidant flow to the plurality of fuel cells, the fuel cell assembly arranged in combination with a coolant storage module configured to supply the fuel cell assembly with a flow of coolant, the method performed when the temperature of the coolant in the coolant storage module is below a coolant temperature threshold and comprises; a first phase performed prior to activation of a coolant pump configured to deliver coolant from the coolant storage module to the fuel cell assembly and a second phase performed after activation of the coolant pump. |
| US11757108B2 |
Production method used for single cell components sealing
A method for sealing fuel cell components includes providing a fuel cell component and a screen printing system. A seal can be applied to a predetermined location on the fuel cell component via the screen printing system. The seal can be cured and bonded. A fuel cell can include a plurality of fuel cell components. A seal can be disposed between each of the fuel cell components. The seal is printed via a screen printing process. |
| US11757100B2 |
Ion deposition biasing to inhibit dendrite formation and growth in a metal ion battery cell
A battery cell includes a current collector, separator, anode, and deposition biasing element. The anode is positioned between the current collector and separator, and includes an ion conducting ceramic material with a porous structure. The biasing element is positioned within the battery cell so as to bias ion deposition within the anode, during a charging process, away from the separator. A method for forming a battery cell includes electrospinning particles of material into a mesh to form an anode that includes an ionically conductive material. At least one biasing element is applied to at least one of the anode and a current collector. The anode is positioned between the current collector and a separator. The current collector and the separator are joined to the anode. |
| US11757099B2 |
Ion conductive layer and methods of forming
A solid ion conductive layer can include a foamed matrix and an electrolyte material including a hygroscopic material. In an embodiment, the electrolyte material can include a halide-based material, a sulfide-based material, or any combination thereof. In another embodiment, the solid ion conductive layer can include total porosity of at least 30 vol % for a total volume of the solid ion conductive layer. |
| US11757098B2 |
Negative electrode active material layer with controlled reflectance and lithium ion secondary battery
A negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that is provided on the current collector and includes a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a carbon material, and a surface of the negative electrode active material layer has a spectral reflectance Ra in a range of 7.0≤Ra≤10.8% at a wavelength of 550 nm. |
| US11757094B2 |
Battery and method of manufacturing the same
A battery includes a cathode layer, a cathode current collector on the cathode layer, an anode layer on the cathode layer, an anode current collector on the anode layer, a separator between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode layer includes a plurality of crystal grains of a cathode active material and aligned in a first direction, and at least one groove formed in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the cathode layer that is in contact with the separator, and wherein a side surface of the cathode layer exposed by the at least one groove is aligned with a <101> crystal direction, a |
| US11757092B2 |
Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing the same and rechargeable lithium battery including the same
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium nickel-based composite oxide including a secondary particle in which a plurality of plate-shaped primary particles are agglomerated; and a coating layer including a fiber-shaped lithium manganese composite oxide, wherein the fiber-shaped lithium manganese composite oxide is attached to the surface of the lithium nickel-based composite oxide. |
| US11757084B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A lithium-ion secondary battery includes an inorganic filler having a mean particle size of 1 μm to 10 μm. A ratio A/B is 14 to 28, where A is a weight ratio of a second binder and the inorganic filler (i.e., second binder/inorganic filler) in an insulating layer, and B is a weight ratio of a first binder and positive electrode active material particles (i.e., first binder/positive electrode active material particles) in a positive electrode active material layer. |
| US11757082B2 |
Method for fabricating an anode for a lithium battery cell
A method for fabricating an anode for a lithium ion battery cell is described and includes forming a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a raw anode prior to assembly into a battery cell by applying a first SEI-generating electrolyte to the raw anode to form a first intermediate anode, applying a second SEI-generating electrolyte to the first intermediate anode to form a second intermediate anode, and applying a third SEI-generating electrolyte to the second intermediate anode to form a cell anode, wherein the cell anode includes the raw anode having the SEI layer. Thus, a cell anode is formed by sequentially applying SEI-generating electrolytes to a raw anode to form the cell anode with an SEI layer, and a lithium ion battery cell is formed by assembling the cell anode into a cell pack, with a cathode, and a separator, and adding a cell electrolyte prior to sealing. |
| US11757080B2 |
Multi-sided light-emitting circuit board and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to a multi-sided light-emitting circuit board, which includes: a transparent substrate layer and a first conductive circuit layer on at least one surface of the transparent substrate layer. The first conductive circuit layer includes conductive portions arranged at intervals. A metal piece is formed on a surface of each conductive portion away from the transparent substrate layer. An accommodation space is formed between adjacent metal pieces. The accommodation space is provided with a light-emitting chip. Each light-emitting chip includes two electrodes. The two electrodes are respectively located at opposite ends of the light-emitting chip. The electrodes are respectively electrically connected to adjacent metal pieces. An encapsulant layer is formed on a surface of the first conductive circuit layer. The encapsulant layer covers and encapsulates the metal pieces and the light-emitting chips. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a multi-faceted light-emitting circuit board. |
| US11757079B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a circuit substrate comprising a first electrode pad and an LED chip comprising a first electrode bump that is electrically connected to the first electrode pad, and at least emitting light in a direction of the circuit substrate. The first electrode pad comprises a first light transmission region that transmits light emitted from the LED chip. |
| US11757075B2 |
Silica glass member for hermetic sealing of ultraviolet SMD LED element and method for manufacturing quartz glass member for ultraviolet led
Provided is a silica glass member for hermetic sealing of an ultraviolet SMD LED element to be suitably used for hermetic sealing of, and as a transmission window material for, a surface mount-type package (SMD) having an ultraviolet LED mounted thereon and configured to emit ultraviolet light in a wavelength range of from 200 nm to 350 nm. The silica glass member for hermetic sealing includes a silica glass substrate, which is homogeneously and integrally formed without an internal boundary, wherein the silica glass substrate has: a first surface on an inside opposed to an SMD LED element; and a second surface on an outside corresponding to the first surface, wherein an outer peripheral portion of the first surface has formed therein a substrate joining plain surface for joining to the container outer periphery joining plain surface, and wherein the second surface on the outside corresponding to the first surface has formed therein a lens-like convex portion configured to process emitted light from the ultraviolet SMD LED element. |
| US11757072B2 |
Semiconductor devices incorporating quantum dots
In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include: a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a third light-emitting device, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting devices comprises a first ohmic contact and a second ohmic contact; and a light-conversion device with embedded quantum dots, wherein a first portion of the light-conversion device includes a first plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the first light-emitting device into light of a first color, wherein a second portion of the light-conversion device includes a second plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the second light-emitting device into light of a second color, and wherein the third light-emitting device emits light of a third color. |
| US11757070B2 |
Light emitting device with Ce-activated aluminate fluorescent material
Provided is a light emitting device, including a first light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength within a range of 400 nm or more and 490 nm or less, a second light emitting element having a different light emission peak wavelength from the first light emitting element within a range of 400 nm or more and 490 nm or less, a first fluorescent material that is excited by at least one of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength within a range of 500 nm or more and 540 nm or less, and a second fluorescent material, wherein the first fluorescent material is a Ce-activated aluminate fluorescent material containing Lu, Al, and Ga, and optionally at least one element selected from rare earth elements other than Lu. |
| US11757069B2 |
LED white light device, preparation method thereof, and LED backlight module
The disclosure provides an LED white light device, including a blue light chip and phosphors. The blue light chip has a band of (455-470) nm. The phosphors include a dual-band yellow phosphor and a red phosphor having an excited light peak wavelength range of (610-660) nm. The yellow phosphor and the red phosphor are mixed according to a proportion of 1:(0.03-0.2) and cover the blue light chip, such that blue light emitted by the packaged LED white light device has a peak wavelength range of (450-465) nm. The disclosure also provides a preparation method of an LED white light device and an LED backlight module adopting the above LED white light device. The disclosure achieves the effects of blue light prevention, high color gamut and pure white simultaneously, Color uniformity and consistency are good, and a blue-green-red three-color continuous spectrum is provided, which is closer to a solar spectrum. |
| US11757068B2 |
Lighting module and lighting apparatus having thereof
A lighting module according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed in N rows (N is an integer of 1 or more) on the substrate; a first resin layer covering the plurality of light emitting devices; a first diffusion layer disposed on the first resin layer and diffusing light emitted from the first resin layer; and a second diffusion layer disposed on the first diffusion layer and diffusing light emitted from the first diffusion layer, wherein the first diffusion layer includes a diffusing agent, and the second diffusion layer includes at least one of a phosphor and ink particles. |
| US11757065B2 |
Light-emitting component
A light-emitting component a first layer stack configured to generate light, at least one additional layer stack configured to generate light, where each of the first layer stack and the at least one additional layer stack are separately drivable from one another and where an auxiliary structure is arranged between the first layer stacks and the at least one additional layer stacks. |
| US11757060B2 |
Short-wave infrared focal plane arrays, and methods for utilization and manufacturing thereof
Short-wave infrared (SWIR) focal plane arrays (FPAs) comprising a Si layer through which light detectable by the FPA reaches photodiodes of the FPA, at least one germanium (Ge) layer including a plurality of distinct photosensitive areas including at least one photosensitive area in each of a plurality of photosensitive photosites, each of the distinct photosensitive areas comprising a plurality of proximate steep structures of Ge having height of at least 0.5 μm and a height-to-width ratio of at least 2, and methods for forming same. |
| US11757058B2 |
Solar cell panel
Disclosed is a solar cell panel including a plurality of solar cells including a first solar cell and a second solar cell. Each of the first and second solar cells includes a semiconductor substrate, a first conductive area disposed on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second conductive area disposed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate which is opposite the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first transparent electrode layer disposed on the first conductive area, a second transparent electrode layer disposed on the second conductive area, and a plurality of interconnectors spaced apart from one another at a constant pitch on the first transparent electrode layer so as to extend in a given direction. Each of the first and second solar cells lacks a metal electrode intersecting the plurality of interconnectors on the semiconductor substrate. |
| US11757057B2 |
Colored solar module
A colored solar module is provided, in which at least one solar cell is embedded in an encapsulation layer, and a transparent plate is disposed on the encapsulation layer. The transparent plate has a single coating layer containing quartz for attaching onto the encapsulation layer so as to reflect the desired color light. |
| US11757052B2 |
Semiconductor light receiving element with mesa type photodiode structure
A semiconductor light receiving element includes a first semiconductor layer, a waveguide type photodiode structure, an optical waveguide structure, and a fourth semiconductor layer. The waveguide type photodiode structure is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The waveguide type photodiode structure includes an optical absorption layer, a second semiconductor layer, a multiplication layer, and a third semiconductor layer. The optical waveguide structure is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The optical waveguide structure includes an optical waveguiding core layer and a cladding layer. An end face of the waveguide type photodiode structure faces to an end face of the optical waveguide structure. The fourth semiconductor layer is located between the end face of the waveguide type photodiode structure and the end face of the optical waveguide structure. The fourth semiconductor layer contacts the multiplication layer at the end face of the waveguide type photodiode structure. |
| US11757050B2 |
System and method for extending the practical cutoff wavelength of electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor using plasmonic resonators comprising convex polyhedrons and each convex polyhedron having a mesa shape with sloped sides
A system includes a substrate. The system also includes a detector array disposed over the substrate, where the detector array includes multiple detector pixels. The system further includes multiple plasmonic gratings disposed over top surfaces of the detector pixels, where each plasmonic grating includes multiple convex polyhedrons separated by valleys. Each detector pixel may have a mesa shape, and the convex polyhedrons of the plasmonic gratings may have a smaller size than the mesa shape of the detector pixels. A dimension across a base of each convex polyhedron of the plasmonic gratings may be selected based on a desired resonance wavelength of the plasmonic gratings. |
| US11757047B2 |
Semiconducting metal oxide transistors having a patterned gate and methods for forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer, a gate electrode embedded within the first dielectric layer, a layer stack including a gate dielectric layer, a channel layer including a semiconducting metal oxide material, and a second dielectric layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode embedded in the second dielectric layer and contacting a respective portion of a top surface of the channel layer. A combination of the gate electrode, the gate dielectric layer, the channel layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode forms a transistor. The total length of the periphery of a bottom surface of the channel layer that overlies the gate electrode is equal to the width of the gate electrode or twice the width of the gate electrode, and resputtering of the gate electrode material on sidewalls of the channel layer is minimized. |
| US11757044B2 |
Electrode structure, manufacturing method thereof, and thin film transistor
An electrode structure is disclosed, which includes a buffer layer disposed on a substrate; and an electrode disposed on a surface of the buffer layer away from the substrate, an edge of the electrode including an extension surface extending from a surface of the electrode away from the substrate, and the extension surface is in contact with a surface of the buffer layer and forms an included angle with a surface of the buffer layer contacting the electrode. An anti-reflection layer is disposed at the edge of the electrode, the anti-reflection layer surrounds and covers the edge of the electrode, and the anti-reflection layer extends to be in contact with the buffer layer. An undercut structure is formed between an outer surface of the anti-reflection layer and the surface of the buffer layer. |
| US11757041B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device comprising an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a first insulating film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a second insulating film is provided. Each of a top surface of the gate electrode, a top surface of the source electrode, and a top surface of the drain electrode comprises a region in contact with the second insulating film. A top surface of the first insulating film comprises a region in contact with the gate electrode and a region in contact with the second insulating film and overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film in a cross-sectional view of the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film comprises a region in contact with the first insulating film and a region in contact with the second insulating film and adjacent to the region in contact with the first insulating film in the cross-sectional view. |
| US11757040B2 |
Integrated circuit device
An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region extending on a substrate in a first horizontal direction, a gate line extending on the fin-type active region in a second horizontal direction, first and second source/drain regions arranged on the fin-type active region; a first source/drain contact pattern connected to the first source/drain region and including a first segment having a first height in a vertical direction, a second source/drain contact pattern connected to the second source/drain region and including a second segment having a second height less than the first height in the vertical direction, and an insulating capping line extending on the gate line in the second horizontal direction and including an asymmetric capping portion between the first segment and the second segment, the asymmetric capping portion having a variable thickness in the first horizontal direction. |
| US11757034B2 |
High voltage device
A high-voltage device includes a first frame-like isolation and a second frame-like isolation separated from each other, a first frame-like gate structure covering the first frame-like isolation, a second frame-like gate structure covering the second frame-like isolation, a first drain region enclosed by the first frame-like isolation, a second drain region enclosed by the second frame-like isolation, a first frame-like source region surrounding the first frame-like gate structure, a second frame-like source region surrounding the second frame-like gate structure, a first doped region surrounding the first and second frame-like gate structures, and a second doped region disposed between the first and second frame-like gate structures. The first and second drain regions, and the first and second frame-like source regions include a first conductivity type. The first and the second doped region include a second conductivity type. The first conductivity type and the second conductivity type are complementary to each other. |
| US11757030B2 |
3D semiconductor device and structure with oxide bonding
A semiconductor device, the device including: a first silicon layer including first single crystal silicon; an isolation layer disposed over the first silicon layer; a first metal layer disposed over the isolation layer; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a first level including a plurality of transistors, the first level disposed over the second metal layer, where the isolation layer includes an oxide to oxide bond surface, where the plurality of transistors include a second single crystal silicon region; and a third metal layer disposed over the first level, where a typical first thickness of the third metal layer is at least 50% greater than a typical second thickness of the second metal layer. |
| US11757029B2 |
High electron mobility transistor and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are a high electron mobility transistor and a method of manufacturing the high electron mobility transistor. The high electron mobility transistor includes a gate electrode provided on a depletion forming layer. The gate electrode includes a first gate electrode configured to form an ohmic contact with the depletion forming layer, and a second gate electrode configured to form a Schottky contact with the depletion forming layer. |
| US11757026B2 |
Nanowire structures having wrap-around contacts
Nanowire structures having wrap-around contacts are described. For example, a nanowire semiconductor device includes a nanowire disposed above a substrate. A channel region is disposed in the nanowire. The channel region has a length and a perimeter orthogonal to the length. A gate electrode stack surrounds the entire perimeter of the channel region. A pair of source and drain regions is disposed in the nanowire, on either side of the channel region. Each of the source and drain regions has a perimeter orthogonal to the length of the channel region. A first contact completely surrounds the perimeter of the source region. A second contact completely surrounds the perimeter of the drain region. |
| US11757025B2 |
Gated metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunnel diode having negative transconductance
Gated MIS tunnel diode devices having a controllable negative transconductance behavior are provided. In some embodiments, a device includes a substrate, a tunnel diode dielectric layer on a surface of the substrate, and a gate dielectric layer on the surface of the substrate and adjacent to the tunnel diode dielectric layer. A tunnel diode electrode is disposed on the tunnel diode dielectric layer, and a gate electrode is disposed on the gate dielectric layer. A substrate electrode is disposed on the surface of the substrate, and the tunnel diode electrode is positioned between the gate electrode and the substrate electrode. |
| US11757023B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of work function metal layers and an oxygen absorbing layer over a channel region of the semiconductor device, including forming a first work function metal layer over the channel region, forming an oxygen absorbing layer over the first work function metal layer, forming a second work function metal layer over the oxygen absorbing layer. A gate electrode metal layer is formed over the plurality of work function metal layers. The work function metal layers, oxygen absorbing layer, and gate electrode metal layer are made of different materials. |
| US11757020B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
A method includes forming a fin extending from a substrate; forming an first isolation region along opposing sidewalls of the fin; forming a gate structure over the fin; forming an epitaxial source/drain region in the fin adjacent the gate structure; forming an etch stop layer over the epitaxial source/drain region and over the gate structure; forming a protection layer over the etch stop layer, the protection layer including silicon oxynitride; and forming a second isolation material over the protection layer, wherein forming the second isolation material reduces a nitrogen concentration of the protection layer. |
| US11757018B2 |
Formation method of semiconductor device with gate all around structure
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming an n-type doped region in a semiconductor substrate and forming a semiconductor stack over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor stack has multiple sacrificial layers and multiple semiconductor layers laid out alternately. The method also includes introducing n-type dopants from the n-type doped region into the semiconductor stack during the forming of the semiconductor stack. The method further includes patterning the semiconductor stack to form a fin structure and forming a dummy gate stack to wrap around a portion of the fin structure. In addition, the method includes removing the dummy gate stack and the sacrificial layers to release multiple semiconductor nanostructures made up of remaining portions of the semiconductor layers. The method includes forming a metal gate stack to wrap around the semiconductor nanostructures. |
| US11757016B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first providing a substrate having a first region and a second region, forming a first bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the first region and the second region, forming a first work function metal (WFM) layer on the first BBM layer on the first region and the second region, and then forming a diffusion barrier layer on the first WFM layer. |
| US11757013B2 |
Drain and/or gate interconnect and finger structure
Pursuant to some embodiments of the present invention, transistor devices are provided that include a semiconductor structure, a drain finger extending on the semiconductor structure in a first direction, and a drain interconnect extending in the first direction and configured to be coupled to a drain signal at an interior position of the drain interconnect, where the drain interconnect is connected to the drain finger at a position offset from the interior position of the drain interconnect. |
| US11757009B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer having an N conductive type and made of a gallium oxide-based semiconductor; and a second semiconductor layer made of a gallium oxide-based semiconductor, in contact with the first semiconductor layer, and having the N conductive type with an electrically active donor concentration higher than an electrically active donor concentration of the first semiconductor layer. A difference between a donor concentration of the first semiconductor layer and a donor concentration of the second semiconductor layer is smaller than a difference between the electrically active donor concentration of the first semiconductor layer and the electrically active donor concentration of the second semiconductor layer. |
| US11757008B2 |
Electronic device with 2-dimensional electron gas between polar-oriented rare-earth oxide layer grown over a semiconductor
Layered structures described herein include electronic devices with 2-dimensional electron gas between polar-oriented cubic rare-earth oxide layers on a non-polar semiconductor. Layered structure includes a semiconductor device, comprising a III-N layer or rare-earth layer, a polar rare-earth oxide layer grown over the III-N layer or rare-earth layer, a gate terminal deposited or grown over the polar rare-earth oxide layer, a source terminal that is deposited or epitaxially grown over the layer, and a drain terminal that is deposited or grown over the layer. |
| US11757006B2 |
Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, and manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, the method including forming an intermediate region including Alx3Ga1-x3N (0 |
| US11757005B2 |
HEMT-compatible lateral rectifier structure
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an electron supply layer that is disposed over an upper surface of a semiconductor material and that is laterally arranged between a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal. A III-N (III-nitride) semiconductor material is disposed over the electron supply layer. A passivation layer is disposed over the III-N semiconductor material, along a side of the III-N semiconductor material, and over the electron supply layer. An insulating material is arranged over the passivation layer and along opposing sidewalls of the second conductive terminal, and a gate structure is disposed over the passivation layer. The passivation layer has an uppermost surface that is directly coupled to a sidewall of the passivation layer. The insulating material extends along the sidewall of the passivation layer. |
| US11756996B2 |
Formation of wrap-around-contact for gate-all-around nanosheet FET
A semiconductor device includes a substrate material with a semiconductor material with a predetermined crystal orientation, a gate stack having a plurality of nanosheet channel layers, each nanosheet channel layer being controlled by metal gate layers located above and below the nanosheet channel layer, each nanosheet channel layer having the same semiconductor material and crystal orientation as that of the substrate, and a source/drain region on opposite sides of the gate stack. Each source/drain region includes bridging structures respectively connected to each nanosheet channel layer. |
| US11756995B2 |
Method of forming a semiconductor device structure having an isolation layer to isolate a conductive feature and a gate electrode layer
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes first and second dielectric features and a first semiconductor layer disposed between the first and second dielectric features. The structure further includes an isolation layer disposed between the first and second dielectric features, and the isolation layer is in contact with the first and second dielectric features. The first semiconductor layer is disposed over the isolation layer. The structure further includes a gate dielectric layer disposed over the isolation layer and a gate electrode layer disposed over the gate dielectric layer. The gate electrode layer has an end extending to a level between a first plane defined by a first surface of the first semiconductor layer and a second plane defined by a second surface opposite the first surface. |
| US11756988B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor structure includes a trench capacitor, a stacked capacitor, a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate. The trench capacitor is located in a substrate, in which the trench capacitor has a first conductive structure and a first dielectric structure in contact with the first conductive structure. The stacked capacitor has a second conductive structure and a second dielectric structure in contact with the second conductive structure, in which the stacked capacitor is at least partially aligned with the trench capacitor in an axis vertical to a top surface of the substrate, and the first and second conductive structures are electrically connected. The trench capacitor and the stacked capacitor are electrically connected in parallel between the first and second electrode plates. |
| US11756987B2 |
Ferroelectric tunnel junction devices with discontinuous seed structure and methods for forming the same
A memory device, transistor, and methods of making the same, the memory device including a memory cell including: a bottom electrode layer; a high-k dielectric layer disposed on the bottom electrode layer; a discontinuous seed structure comprising discrete particles of a metal disposed on the high-k dielectric layer; a ferroelectric (FE) layer disposed on the seed structure and directly contacting portions of high-k dielectric layer exposed through the seed structure; and a top electrode layer disposed on the FE layer. |
| US11756985B2 |
Substrate-compatible inductors with magnetic layers
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a planar inductor including a substrate, a first magnetic layer, a conductive coil, and a second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer can be disposed on at least a portion of the substrate. The conductive coil can be disposed on a first portion of the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer can be disposed on a second portion of the first magnetic layer and on at least a portion of the conductive coil. |
| US11756982B2 |
Methods of parallel transfer of micro-devices using mask layer
A method of transferring micro-devices includes attaching micro-devices to one surface of a first body with a first adhesive layer, and selectively forming a masking layer on an opposite surface of the first body. A second adhesive layer on a second body is placed to contact the plurality of micro-devices. The first adhesive layer is exposed to illumination through the first body to create a neutralized portion while the masking layer blocks the illumination from reaching some of first adhesive layer to provide a less exposed portion that is more adhesive than the neutralized portion. The first surface is separated from the second surface such micro-devices on the less exposed portion of the first adhesive layer remain attached to the first surface and micro-devices corresponding to the neutralized portion attach to the second body and separate from the first surface. |
| US11756977B2 |
Backside illumination image sensors
Implementations of image sensor devices may include a through-silicon-via (TSV) formed in a backside of an image sensor device and extending through a material of a die to a metal landing pad. The metal landing pad may be within a contact layer. The devices may include a TSV edge seal ring surrounding a portion of the TSV in the contact layer and extending from a first surface of the contact layer into the contact layer to a depth coextensive with a depth of the TSV. |
| US11756974B2 |
Focus detecting device and electronic device
The present technology relates to a focus detecting device and an electronic device that can adjust the maximum value and the minimum value of sensitivity in phase detection pixels. The focus detecting device and an electronic device each include a microlens, a photoreceptor configured to receive light entering through the microlens, a light shield film provided between the microlens and the photoreceptor and configured to limit an amount of light on the photoreceptor, and a light shield wall provided vertical to the light shield film. The light shield wall or the light shield walls having a predetermined height are provided on any one or both of surfaces of the light shield film facing the photoreceptor and the microlens. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device configured to detect a focus by detection of phase difference. |
| US11756970B2 |
Metal grid structure to improve image sensor performance
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an image sensor. The image sensor comprises a plurality of photodetectors disposed within a substrate. A metal grid layer is disposed over the substrate. The metal grid layer comprises a metal grid structure overlying a central pixel region of the substrate. The metal grid layer continuously extends from the central pixel region to a peripheral pixel region of the substrate that laterally encloses the central pixel region. An upper metal structure is disposed over the metal grid layer. The upper metal structure overlies the peripheral pixel region. The upper metal structure is laterally offset from the metal grid structure. A lower surface of the upper metal structure is disposed vertically over an upper surface of the metal grid structure. |
| US11756966B2 |
Logic circuit and semiconductor device
To reduce a leakage current of a transistor so that malfunction of a logic circuit can be suppressed. The logic circuit includes a transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor layer having a function of a channel formation layer and in which an off current is 1×10−13 A or less per micrometer in channel width. A first signal, a second signal, and a third signal that is a clock signal are input as input signals. A fourth signal and a fifth signal whose voltage states are set in accordance with the first to third signals which have been input are output as output signals. |
| US11756963B2 |
Display device
A display device, including a thin film transistor, a transfer pad, and a pixel electrode, is provided. The thin film transistor includes a drain. The transfer pad is electrically connected to the drain. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the transfer pad through a first opening of a first insulating layer. The first insulating layer is disposed between the transfer pad and the pixel electrode. A width of the first opening is greater than a width of the drain. The width of the first opening is smaller than a width of the transfer pad. The display device of the disclosure can improve the electron transfer between the pixel electrode and the drain. |
| US11756960B2 |
Multi-threshold voltage gate-all-around transistors
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure includes removing a portion of a first dielectric layer surrounding each of a plurality of channel layers of at least a first nanosheet stack. A portion of a second dielectric layer surrounding each of a plurality of channel layers of at least a second nanosheet stack is crystallized. A dipole layer is formed on the etched first dielectric layer and the crystallized portion of the second dielectric layer. The dipole layer is diffused into the etched first dielectric layer. The crystallized portion of the second dielectric layer prevents the dipole layer form diffusing into the second dielectric layer. |
| US11756959B2 |
Structure and method of integrated circuit having decouple capacitance
The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit that includes a circuit formed on a semiconductor substrate; and a de-cap device formed on the semiconductor substrate and integrated with the circuit. The de-cap device includes a filed-effect transistor (FET) that further includes a source and a drain connected through contact features landing on the source and drain, respectively; a gate stack overlying a channel and interposed between the source and the drain; and a doped feature disposed underlying the channel and connecting to the source and the drain, wherein the doped feature is doped with a dopant of a same type of the source and the drain. |
| US11756958B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a first, second, and third gate electrode layers, a first dielectric feature disposed between the first and second gate electrode layers, a second dielectric feature disposed between the second and third gate electrode layers, a first seed layer in contact with the first gate electrode layer, the first dielectric feature, and the second gate electrode layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first seed layer, a second seed layer in contact with the third gate electrode layer, a second conductive layer disposed on the second seed layer, and a dielectric material disposed on the second dielectric feature, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer. The dielectric material is between the first seed layer and the second seed layer and between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. |
| US11756954B2 |
Silicon carbide MOSFET with optional asymmetric gate clamp
A silicon carbide MOSFET device includes a gate pad area, a main MOSFET area and a secondary MOSFET area. A main source contact is electrically coupled to the source region of each of the main MOSFETs, and a separate secondary source contact is electrically coupled to the source region of each of the secondary MOSFETs. A gate contact electrically connects to each of the insulated gate members of the main and secondary MOSFETs. An asymmetric gate clamping circuit is coupled between the secondary source contact and the gate contact. In a first mode of operation of the MOSFET device the main source contact is electrically coupled with the secondary source contact to activate the gate clamping circuit. When activated, the circuit clamping a gate-to-source voltage to a first clamp voltage in an on-state of the MOSFET device, and to a second clamp voltage in an off-state of the MOSFET device. |
| US11756953B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection device
A semiconductor device includes a P-doped well having a first concentration of P-type dopants in the substrate; a P-doped region having a second concentration of P-type dopants in the substrate and extending around a perimeter of the P-doped well; a shallow trench isolation structure (STI) between the P-doped well and the P-doped region; an active area on the substrate, the active area including an emitter region and a collector region; a deep trench isolation structure (DTI) extending through the active area and between the emitter region and the collector region; and an electrical connection between the emitter region and the P-doped region. |
| US11756951B2 |
Layout design methodology for stacked devices
A layout design methodology is provided for a device that includes two or more identical structures. Each device can have a first die, a second die stacked over the first die and a third die stacked over the second die. The second die can include a first through-silicon via (TSV) and a first circuit, and the third die can include a second TSV and a second circuit. The first TSV and the second TSV can be linearly coextensive. The first and second circuit can each be a logic circuit having a comparator and counter used to generate die identifiers. The counters of respective device die can be connected in series between the dice. Each die can be manufactured using the same masks but retain unique logical identifiers. A given die in a stack of dice can thereby be addressed by a single path in a same die layout. |
| US11756949B2 |
Integrated circuit including asymmetric decoupling cell and method of designing the same
An integrated circuit includes at least one decoupling cell, wherein the at least one decoupling cell includes at least one P-type decoupling MOSFET and at least one N-type decoupling MOSFET, and a number of the at least one P-type decoupling MOSFET is different from a number of the at least one N-type decoupling MOSFET. |
| US11756945B2 |
Semiconductor device package and methods of manufacture
A method includes forming a redistribution structure on a carrier substrate, coupling a first side of a first interconnect structure to a first side of the redistribution structure using first conductive connectors, where the first interconnect structure includes a core substrate, where the first interconnect structure includes second conductive connectors on a second side of the first interconnect structure opposite the first side of the first interconnect structure, coupling a first semiconductor device to the second side of the first interconnect structure using the second conductive connectors, removing the carrier substrate, and coupling a second semiconductor device to a second side of the redistribution structure using third conductive connectors, where the second side of the redistribution structure is opposite the first side of the redistribution structure. |
| US11756941B2 |
Enhanced dummy die for MCP
Embodiments include semiconductor packages. A semiconductor package includes a plurality of dies on a package substrate, and a plurality of smart dies on the package substrate, where the plurality of smart dies include a plurality of interconnects and a plurality of capacitors. The semiconductor package also includes a plurality of routing lines coupled to the dies and the smart dies, where the routing lines are communicatively coupled to the interconnects of the smart dies, where each of the dies has at least two or more routing lines to communicatively couple the dies together, and where one of the routing lines is via the interconnects of the smart dies. The capacitors may be a plurality of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors. The dies may be a plurality of active dies. The routing lines may communicatively couple first and second active dies to first and second smart dies. |
| US11756935B2 |
Chip-stacked semiconductor package with increased package reliability
A chip-stacked semiconductor package includes: a base chip having a base through via; a first chip stacked on the base chip in an offset form, wherein the first chip has a first exposed surface and a first through via electrically connected to the base through via; a first molding layer positioned on the base chip and covering a first non-exposed surface, facing the first exposed surface, of the first chip; a second chip stacked on the first chip in an offset form, wherein the second chip has a second exposed surface and a second through via electrically connected to the first through via; and a second molding layer formed on the first chip and covering a second non-exposed surface, facing the second exposed surface, of the second chip. |
| US11756933B2 |
Inactive structure on SoIC
A package device includes a first device die and second device die bonded thereto. When the area of the second device die is less than half the area of the first device die, one or more inactive structures having a semiconductor substrate is also bonded to the first device die so that the combined area of the second device die and the one or more inactive structures is greater than half the area of the first device die. |
| US11756932B2 |
Sloped interconnector for stacked die package
A semiconductor device package includes a mechanical support structure that provides mechanical support to a stack of dies, where the dies are laterally offset from each other. The support structure has a sloped surface that is disposed at a non-perpendicular and non-parallel angle to other surfaces of the mechanical support structure. Electrical contacts are disposed on the sloped surface of the mechanical support structure for electrically interfacing with the stacked dies and on a different surface of the mechanical support structure for electrically interfacing with a substrate. |
| US11756931B2 |
Chip package structure with molding layer
A chip package structure is provided. The chip package structure includes a first chip, a second chip, and a third chip. The chip package structure includes a first molding layer surrounding the first chip and the second chip. The first molding layer is a single layer structure. A first boundary surface between the passivation layer and the second molding layer extends toward the first chip. The chip package structure includes a second molding layer surrounding the third chip and the first molding layer. A first bottom surface of the first molding layer and a second bottom surface of the second molding layer are substantially coplanar. |
| US11756928B2 |
Multi-chip packages
Multi-chip wafer level packages and methods of forming the same are provided. A multi-chip wafer level package includes a first tier and a second tier. The first tier includes a first redistribution layer structure and at least one chip over the first redistribution layer structure. The second tier includes a second redistribution layer structure and at least two other chips over the second redistribution layer structure. The first tier is bonded to the second tier with the at least one chip being in physical contact with the second redistribution layer structure. The total number of connectors of the at least two other chips is greater than the total number of connectors of the at least one chip. |
| US11756927B2 |
Semiconductor package structure
A semiconductor package structure is provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a carrier, a first electronic component, a second electronic component, a third electronic component, a fourth electronic component, and a connection element. The first electronic component is disposed over a surface of the carrier. The second electronic component is disposed over the first electronic component. The third electronic component is spaced apart from the first electronic component and disposed over the surface of the carrier. The fourth electronic component is disposed over the third electronic component. The connection element is electrically connecting the second electronic component to the fourth electronic component. |
| US11756922B2 |
Hybrid bonding structure and hybrid bonding method
Embodiments of this application disclose a hybrid bonding structure and a hybrid bonding method. The hybrid bonding structure includes a first chip and a second chip. A surface of the first chip includes a first insulation dielectric and a first metal, and a first gap area exists between the first metal and the first insulation dielectric. A surface of the second chip includes a second insulation dielectric and a second metal. A surface of the first metal is higher than a surface of the first insulation dielectric. Metallic bonding is formed after the first metal is in contact with the second metal, and the first metal is longitudinally and transversely deformed in the first gap area. Insulation dielectric bonding is formed after the first insulation dielectric is in contact with the second insulation dielectric. |
| US11756916B2 |
Method for the manufacture of integrated devices including a die fixed to a leadframe
A method for soldering a die obtained using the semiconductor technique with a leadframe, comprising the steps of providing a leadframe, which has at least one surface made at least partially of copper; providing a die, which has at least one surface coated with a metal layer; applying to the surface a solder alloy comprising at least 40 wt % of tin or at least 50% of indium or at least 50% of gallium, without lead, and heating the alloy to a temperature of at least 380° C. to form a drop of solder alloy; providing a die, which has at least one surface coated with a metal layer; and setting the metal layer in contact with the drop of solder alloy to form the soldered connection with the leadframe. Moreover, a device obtained with said method is provided. |
| US11756915B2 |
Method and structure to control the solder thickness for double sided cooling power module
In a soldering structure, a power module having the same, and a method for manufacturing the power module configured for constantly determining a height of a power module when the power module is manufactured, the soldering structure may include a soldering target portion; a metal layer including a bonding surface having a bonding region in which the soldering target portion is bonded by solder; and at least one wire located in the solder within the bonding region. |
| US11756913B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a substrate having one or more devices formed thereon, one or more bonding pads disposed over the substrate, and a first passivation layer disposed over the one or more bonding pads. The first passivation layer includes a first passivation sublayer having a first dielectric material, a second passivation sublayer disposed over the first passivation sublayer, and the second passivation sublayer has a second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material. The first passivation layer further includes a third passivation sublayer disposed over the second passivation sublayer, and the third passivation sublayer has a third dielectric material different from the second dielectric material. At least two of the first, second, and third passivation sublayers each includes a nitride. |
| US11756912B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method for semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor substrate including a diffusion layer, a first electrode provided on the SiC semiconductor substrate, a second electrode provided on the first electrode, and a resin section that is substantially the same size in a plan view as the SiC semiconductor substrate, and that is configured to seal in the second electrode. |
| US11756911B2 |
Metal pad modification
The present invention provides a structure. In an exemplary embodiment, the structure includes a base material, at least one metal pad, where a first surface of the metal pad is in contact with the base material, and a metal pedestal, where the metal pedestal is in contact with the metal pad, where a radial alignment of the metal pad is shifted by an offset distance, with respect to the metal pedestal, such that the metal pad is shifted towards a center axis of the base material, where a first dimension of the metal pad is smaller than a second dimension of the metal pad, where the second dimension is orthogonal to a line running from a center of the metal pad to the center axis of the base material, where the first dimension is parallel to the line. |
| US11756904B2 |
Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a reflector, a radiator and a first director. The reflector is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The radiator is disposed over the reflector. The first director is disposed over the radiator. The reflector, the radiator and the first director have different elevations with respect to the surface of the substrate. The radiator and the first director define an antenna. |
| US11756902B2 |
High-frequency module
A ground plane is disposed in a dielectric substrate or on the top surface of the dielectric substrate. A high-frequency semiconductor device is mounted on the bottom surface of the dielectric substrate. A shield structure that is provided in a space closer to the bottom surface than the ground plane is surrounds the high-frequency semiconductor device from below and sideways of the high-frequency semiconductor device and is connected to the ground plane. An opening is formed in the shield structure. A radiation-structure portion causes a high-frequency signal output by the high-frequency semiconductor device to be radiated through the opening. |
| US11756899B2 |
Lead frame surface finishing
The present disclosure is directed to a lead frame design that includes a copper alloy base material coated with an electroplated copper layer, a precious metal, and an adhesion promotion compound. The layers compensate for scratches or surface irregularities in the base material while promoting adhesion from the lead frame to the conductive connectors, and to the encapsulant by coupling them to different layers of a multilayer coating on the lead frame. The first layer of the multilayer coating is a soft electroplated copper to smooth the surface of the base material. The second layer of the multilayer coating is a thin precious metal to facilitate a mechanical coupling between leads of the lead frame and conductive connectors. The third layer of the multilayer coating is the adhesion promotion compound for facilitating a mechanical coupling to an encapsulant around the lead frame. |
| US11756898B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes: two memory blocks; a first structure disposed between the two memory blocks; and a second structure separated from the two memory blocks, or a plurality of second structures. The two memory blocks include a plurality of first conductive layers and a plurality of first insulating layers alternately arranged. The first structure has one end, and the one end is closer to the substrate than the plurality of first conductive layers are. The second structure has one end, and the one end is closer to the substrate than at least apart of the first conductive layers among the plurality of first conductive layers is. Another end of the first structure and another end of the second structure are farther from the substrate than the plurality of first conductive layers are. The second structure is separated from the first structure. |
| US11756897B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming a slot in EMI shielding with improved removal depth
A semiconductor device is formed by providing a semiconductor package including a shielding layer and forming a slot in the shielding layer using a laser. The laser is turned on and exposed to the shielding layer with a center of the laser disposed over a first point of the shielding layer. The laser is moved in a loop while the laser remains on and exposed to the shielding layer. Exposure of the laser to the shielding layer is stopped when the center of the laser is disposed over a second point of the shielding layer. A distance between the first point and the second point is approximately equal to a radius of the laser. |
| US11756896B2 |
Semiconductor package structure including shielding layer contacting conductive contact
A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes an electronic component, a conductive contact, and a first shielding layer. The electronic component has a first surface, a lateral surface angled with the first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The conductive contact is connected to the first surface of the electronic component. The first shielding layer is disposed on the lateral surface of the electronic component and a portion of the first surface of the electronic component. The first shielding layer contacts the conductive contact. |
| US11756895B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An electronic apparatus includes: a circuit board; a driving chip mounted on the circuit board; a shield-can including a top surface and a side surface extending in a direction from the top surface to the circuit board, wherein the top surface covers the driving chip; and a first film disposed on the shield-can and including a first opening that exposes a part of the top surface of the shield-can. |
| US11756894B2 |
Radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) (RFIC) packages employing a substrate sidewall partial shield for electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shielding, and related fabrication methods
Radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) (RFIC) packages employing a substrate sidewall partial shield for electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shielding. A RFIC package includes an IC die layer that includes a RFIC die(s) mounted on a substrate that includes substrate metallization layers, a substrate core, and substrate antenna layers. The RFIC package includes an EMI shield surrounding the IC die layer and extending down shared sidewalls of the IC die layer and the substrate. The EMI shield extends down the sidewalls of the IC die layer and substrate metallization layers of the substrate to at least the interface between the substrate metallization layers and the substrate core, and without extending adjacent to the sidewall of the substrate antenna layers. In this manner, antenna performance of the antenna module may not be degraded, because extending the EMI shield down sidewalls of the substrate antenna layers can create a resonance cavity in the substrate. |
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Semiconductor device with alignment marks and method for fabricating the same
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first wafer comprising a first substrate and a plurality of first alignment marks positioned on the first substrate and parallel to each other; and a second wafer positioned on the first wafer and comprising a plurality of second alignment marks positioned above the plurality of first alignment marks. The plurality of second alignment marks are arranged parallel to the plurality of first alignment marks and adjacent to the plurality of first alignment marks in a top-view perspective. The plurality of first alignment marks and the plurality of second alignment marks comprise a fluorescence material. |
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Method for forming chip package structure
A method for forming a chip package structure is provided. The method includes forming a first redistribution structure over a first carrier substrate. The method includes bonding a chip structure to the first surface through a first conductive bump. The method includes forming a first molding layer over the first redistribution structure. The method includes removing the first carrier substrate. The method includes forming a second conductive bump over the second surface. The method includes forming a second redistribution structure over a second carrier substrate. The method includes bonding the first redistribution structure to the third surface. The method includes forming a second molding layer over the second redistribution structure. The method includes removing the second carrier substrate. The method includes removing a portion of the second redistribution structure from the fourth surface. The method includes forming a third conductive bump over the fourth surface. |
| US11756891B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. In the method, first substrate is prepared. Each of the first substrates has first product regions. The first substrates are stacked, thereby electrically connecting different layers of the first substrates via a through-electrode. A second substrates having second product regions is prepared. Second semiconductor chips are attached to the second product regions. The second semiconductor chips are attached to the second substrate on a top layer of the first substrates. The second substrate is removed from the second semiconductor chips. First electrode pads of the top layer are electrically connected to second electrode pads of the second semiconductor chips via through-electrodes. The second semiconductor chips are connected to each other in parallel. The first and second product regions are separated, thereby manufacturing semiconductor chip stacks including more semiconductor chips in the top layer than the other layers. |
| US11756890B2 |
Hybrid fan-out architecture with EMIB and glass core for heterogeneous die integration applications
Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, a microelectronic device package may include a redistribution layer (RDL) and an interposer over the RDL. In an embodiment, a glass core may be formed over the RDL and surround the interposer. In an embodiment, the microelectronic device package may further comprise a plurality of dies over the interposer. In an embodiment, the plurality of dies are communicatively coupled with the interposer. |
| US11756883B2 |
Through via structure and method
A method comprises forming a trench extending through an interlayer dielectric layer over a substrate and partially through the substrate, depositing a photoresist layer over the trench, wherein the photoresist layer partially fills the trench, patterning the photoresist layer to remove the photoresist layer in the trench and form a metal line trench over the interlayer dielectric layer, filling the trench and the metal line trench with a conductive material to form a via and a metal line, wherein an upper portion of the trench is free of the conductive material and depositing a dielectric material over the substrate, wherein the dielectric material is in the upper portion of the trench. |
| US11756882B2 |
Semiconductor die with blast shielding
A semiconductor package includes a metallic pad and leads, a semiconductor die including a semiconductor substrate attached to the metallic pad, and a conductor including a sacrificial fuse element above the semiconductor substrate, the sacrificial fuse element being electrically coupled between one of the leads and at least one terminal of the semiconductor die, and a multilayer dielectric between the sacrificial fuse element and the semiconductor substrate, the multilayer dielectric forming one or more planar gaps beneath a profile of the sacrificial fuse element. |
| US11756874B2 |
Electronic device comprising a chip and at least one SMT electronic component
An electronic device includes a carrier substrate with an electronic IC chip mounted on top of the carrier substrate. An encapsulation block on top of the front face of the carrier substrate embeds the IC chip. The encapsulation block has a through-void for positioning and confinement that extends through the encapsulation block to the top of the carrier substrate. At least one electronic component is positioned within the through-void and mounted to the top of the carrier substrate. Solder bumps or pads are located within the through-void to electrically connect the at least one electronic component to the carrier substrate. |
| US11756871B2 |
Fan-out packaging structure and method
The present disclosure provides a fan-out packaging structure and a method for fabricating the fan-out packaging. The fan-out packaging structure includes a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer, metal connecting posts, a semiconductor chip, a first filling layer, a first packaging layer, a stacked chip package, a passive element, a second filling layer, a second packaging layer, and metal bumps. By means of the present disclosure, various chips having different functions can be integrated into one packaging structure, thereby improving the integration of the fan-out packaging structure. By means of the first redistribution layer, the second redistribution layer, and the metal connecting posts, a three-dimensional vertical stacked packaging is achieved. In this way, the integration level of the packaging structure can be effectively improved, and the conduction path can be significantly shortened, thereby reducing the power consumption, increasing the signal transmission speed, and increasing the data processing capacity. |
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Stacked via structure disposed on a conductive pillar of a semiconductor die
A stacked via structure disposed on a conductive pillar of a semiconductor die is provided. The stacked via structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first conductive via, a first redistribution wiring, a second dielectric layer, a second conductive via, and a second redistribution wiring. The first dielectric layer covers the semiconductor die. The first conductive via is embedded in the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the conductive pillar. The first redistribution wiring covers the first conductive via and the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer covers the first dielectric layer and the first redistribution wiring. The second conductive via is embedded in the second dielectric layer and landed on the first redistribution wiring. The second redistribution wiring covers the second conductive via and the second dielectric layer. A lateral dimension of the first conductive via is greater than a lateral dimension of the second conductive via. |
| US11756864B2 |
Contact plugs for semiconductor device
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a gate over a semiconductor structure. An epitaxial source/drain region is formed adjacent the gate. A dielectric layer is formed over the epitaxial source/drain region. An opening extending through the dielectric layer and exposing the epitaxial source/drain region is formed. A conductive material is non-conformally deposited in the opening. The conductive material fills the opening in a bottom-up manner. |
| US11756861B2 |
Thermal packaging with fan out wafer level processing
An opto-electronic package is described. The opto-electronic package is manufactured using a fan out wafer level packaging to produce dies/frames which include connection features. Additional structures such as heat exchanged structures are joined to a connection component and affixed to packages, using the connection features, to provide structural support and heat exchange to heat generating components in the package, among other functions. |
| US11756860B2 |
Semiconductor device stack-up with bulk substrate material to mitigate hot spots
Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor dies and methods of forming such dies. In an embodiment, the semiconductor die comprises a semiconductor substrate, an active device layer in the semiconductor substrate, where the active device layer comprises one or more transistors, an interconnect layer over a first surface of the active device layer, a first bonding layer over a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second bonding layer secured to the first bonding layer, and a heat spreader attached to the second bonding layer. |
| US11756859B2 |
Package with clip and connector above electronic components
A package which comprises a carrier, electronic components mounted on the carrier, an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the carrier and the electronic components, a clip connected to upper main surfaces of the electronic components, and an electrically conductive bulk connector which is electrically connected with and mounted above the electronic components. |
| US11756851B2 |
Compression-loaded printed circuit assembly for solder defect mitigation
The present disclosure provides systems for applying a compression load on at least part of an application specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”) ball grid array (“BGA”) package during the rework or secondary reflow process. The compression-loading assembly may include a top plate and a compression plate. The compression plate may exert a compression load on at least part of the ASIC using one or more compression mechanisms. The compression mechanisms may each include a bolt and a spring. The bolt may releasably couple the top plate to the compression plate and allow for adjustments to the compression load. The spring may be positioned on the bolt between the top plate and the compression plate and, therefore, may exert a force in a direction away from the top plate and toward the compression plate. The compression load may retain the solder joint and may prevent the solder separation defect during the reflow process. |
| US11756849B2 |
Package and package-on-package structure having elliptical columns and ellipsoid joint terminals
A package includes a die, first conductive structures, second conductive structures, an encapsulant, and a redistribution structure. The die has an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The first conductive structures and the second conductive structures surround the die. A shape of the first conductive structures is different a shape of the second conductive structures. The second conductive structures include elliptical columns having straight sidewalls. A distance between the first conductive structure that is closest to the die and the die is greater than a distance between the second conductive structure that is closest to the die and the die. The encapsulant encapsulates the die, the first conductive structures, and the second conductive structures. The redistribution structure is over the die and the encapsulant. The redistribution structure is electrically connected to the die, the first conductive structures, and the second conductive structures. |
| US11756838B2 |
Replacement gate process for semiconductor devices
Disclosed is a method of forming a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a precursor having a substrate and gate stacks over the substrate, wherein each of the gate stacks includes an electrode layer, a first hard mask (HM) layer over the electrode layer, and a second HM layer over the first HM layer. The method further includes depositing a dielectric layer over the substrate and the gate stacks and filling spaces between the gate stacks; and performing a first chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process to partially remove the dielectric layer. The method further includes performing an etching process to remove the second HM layer and to partially remove the dielectric layer, thereby exposing the first HM layer. The method further includes performing a second CMP process to at least partially remove the first HM layer. |
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3D device layout and method using advanced 3D isolation
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for forming a semiconductor structure having separated vertical channel structures. The method can include forming a layer stack on a substrate, the layer stack including alternating metal layers and dielectric layers. The method can further include forming vertically stacked lower and upper vertical channel structures vertically extending through the layer stack, the lower and upper vertical channel structures being separated by a sacrificial layer. The method can further include forming source, drain and gate connections to the lower and upper vertical channel structures, the source, drain and gate connections extending horizontally from the lower and upper vertical channel structures and then vertically to a location above the upper vertical channel structure. The method can further include forming a vertical opening in the layer stack and removing the sacrificial layer through the vertical opening to separate the lower and upper vertical channel structures. |
| US11756834B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same
A semiconductor structure includes a first metal gate structure and a second metal gate structure. The first metal gate structure includes a first high-k gate dielectric layer, a first work function metal layer over the first high-k gate dielectric layer, and an N-containing barrier layer between the first high-k gate dielectric layer and the first work function metal layer. The second metal gate structure includes a second high-k gate dielectric layer and a second work function metal layer over the second high-k gate dielectric layer. The first high-k gate dielectric layer and the second high-k gate dielectric layer include a same metal material. The first high-k gate dielectric layer has a first metal concentration, the second high-k gate dielectric layer has a second metal concentration, and the first metal concentration is less than the second metal concentration. |
| US11756833B2 |
Techniques and configurations to reduce transistor gate short defects
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations to reduce transistor gate short defects. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a plurality of lines, wherein individual lines of the plurality of lines comprise a gate electrode material, depositing an electrically insulative material to fill regions between the individual lines and subsequent to depositing the electrically insulative material, removing a portion of at least one of the individual lines to isolate gate electrode material of a first transistor device from gate electrode material of a second transistor device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
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Cluster processing system for forming a transition metal material
Methods for forming a transition metal material on a substrate and thermal processing such metal containing material in a cluster processing system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for a device structure for semiconductor devices includes forming a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide layer on a substrate in a first processing chamber disposed in a cluster processing system, thermally treating the two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide layer to form a treated metal layer in a second processing chamber disposed in the cluster processing system, and forming a capping layer on the treated metal layer in a third processing chamber disposed in the cluster processing system. |
| US11756827B2 |
Structure manufacturing method and manufacturing device, and light irradiation device
There is provided a structure manufacturing method, including: preparing a wafer at least whose surface comprises Group III nitride crystal in a state of being immersed in an etching solution containing peroxodisulfate ions; and irradiating the surface of the wafer with light through the etching solution; wherein the group III nitride crystal has a composition in which a wavelength corresponding to a band gap is 310 nm or more, and during irradiation of the light, the surface of the wafer is irradiated with a first light having a wavelength of 200 nm or more and less than 310 nm under a first irradiation condition, and is irradiated with a second light having a wavelength of 310 nm or more and less than a wavelength corresponding to the band gap under a second irradiation condition controlled independently of the first irradiation condition. |
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Forming terminations in stacked memory arrays
A termination opening can be formed through the stack alternating dielectrics concurrently with forming contact openings through the stack. A termination structure can be formed in the termination opening. An additional opening can be formed through the termination structure and through the stack between groups of semiconductor structures that pass through the stack. In another example, an opening can be formed through the stack so that a first segment of the opening is between groups of semiconductor structures in a first region of the stack and a second segment of the opening is in a second region of the stack that does not include the groups of semiconductor structures. A material can be formed in the second segment so that the first segment terminates at the material. In some instances, the material can be implanted in the dielectrics in the second region through the second segment. |
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Methods and apparatus for minimizing substrate backside damage
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods for reducing substrate backside damage during semiconductor device processing. In one implementation, a method of chucking a substrate in a substrate process chamber includes exposing the substrate to a plasma preheat treatment prior to applying a chucking voltage to a substrate support. In one implementation, a substrate support is provided and includes a body having an electrode and thermal control device disposed therein. A plurality of substrate supporting features are formed on an upper surface of the body, each of the substrate supporting features having a substrate supporting surface and a rounded edge. |
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Apparatus for and method of monitoring warpage of substrate, substrate treatment apparatus, and substrate-type sensor
Disclosed is an apparatus for precisely monitoring warpage deformation of a substrate. The apparatus includes a sensing unit and a processor. The sensing unit is removably mounted on the substrate and detects information on the warpage deformation of the substrate during a treatment process performed on the substrate. The processor generates warpage state information on the basis of the warpage information detected by the sensing unit. |
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Adhesive dispense unit
This disclosure relates to an adhesive dispense unit for a semiconductor die bonding apparatus. The adhesive dispense unit includes an adhesive dispense nozzle and a pin member; the pin member comprising a down stand portion and a sheath portion, and the down stand is reciprocateable within the sheath portion. |
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Pick and place machine cleaning system and method
A device, mechanism, and methodology for regular and consistent cleaning of the vacuum aperture, nozzle, and contacting surfaces of a pick-and-place apparatus and the pick-up tools of automated or manual semiconductor device and die handling machines are disclosed. The cleaning material may include a cleaning pad layer with one or more intermediate layers that have predetermined characteristics, regular geometrical features, and/or an irregular surface morphology. |
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Plasma processing apparatus
A plasma processing apparatus includes an insertion member having a first surface facing a vacuum space, a second surface facing a non-vacuum space, and an insertion hole penetrating through the first and second surfaces. A pin is inserted into the insertion hole and moved vertically. A movable member is provided in a recess formed on a wall surface of the insertion hole facing the pin. The movable member has an opening into which the pin is inserted and is movable along a surface of the recess. A first sealing member is provided between the movable member and the pin. A second sealing member is provided between the movable body and the surface of the recess and allows, when a pressing force of the pin that locally compresses the first sealing member acts on the first sealing member, the movable member to move in a direction to release the pressing force. |
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Apparatus and method for die stack flux removal
A system for removing flux from openings formed in a substrate that has openings (e.g., sized 20 microns or less) formed therein includes a spay nozzle device that has a spray nozzle arm that is formed at an angle of about 45 degrees or less for discharging fluid towards the openings in the substrate for flux removal. The angle is between about 30 degrees and 45 degrees. |
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Platen shield cleaning system
In a chemical mechanical polishing system, a platen shield cleaning assembly is installed on a rotatable platen in a gap between the rotatable platen and a platen shield. The assembly includes a sponge holder attached to the platen and a sponge. The sponge is held by the sponge holder such that an outer surface of the sponge is pressed against an inner surface of the platen shield. |
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Thermally conductive material in the recess of an encapsulant and sidewall of an integrated circuit device
A method includes forming a release film over a carrier, attaching a device over the release film through a die-attach film, encapsulating the device in an encapsulating material, performing a planarization on the encapsulating material to expose the device, detaching the device and the encapsulating material from the carrier, etching the die-attach film to expose a back surface of the device, and applying a thermal conductive material on the back surface of the device. |
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Methods and systems of forming metal interconnect layers using engineered templates
Described herein are methods and systems for forming metal interconnect layers (MILs) on engineered templates and transferring these MILs to device substrates. This “off-device” approach of forming MILs reduces the complexity and costs of the overall process, allows using semiconductor processes, and reduces the risk of damaging the device substrates. An engineered template is specially configured to release a MIL when the MIL is transferred to a device substrate. In some examples, the engineered template does not include barrier layers and/or adhesion layers. In some examples, the engineered template comprises a conductive portion to assist with selective electroplating. Furthermore, the same engineered template may be reused to form multiple MILs, having the same design. During the transfer, the engineered template and device substrate are stacked together and then separated while the MIL is transitioned from the engineered template to the device substrate. |
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3D printed ceramic structure with metal traces
A ceramic article. In some embodiments, the ceramic article includes a ceramic body composed of a ceramic material; and a first conductive trace, the first conductive trace having a first portion entirely within the ceramic material, the first portion having a length of 0.5 mm and transverse dimensions less than 500 microns, the ceramic material including a plurality of ceramic particles in a ceramic matrix. |
| US11756798B2 |
Method for improving metal work function boundary effect
The present application provides a method for improving the metal work function boundary effect in FinFET process, the method comprises steps of: depositing a first TiN layer on four fin structures. The first TiN layer has no gap between the second and the third fin structures; removing the first TiN layer up to a first distance from the midline between the second and third fin structures at the second fin structure side; depositing a second TiN layer; removing the second and first TiN layers from second fin structure. The thickness of the TiN layer at the bottom edge of the fin structure at the later structure of the ultra-low threshold voltage P-type transistor will be smaller from this process. Thus formed TiN layer is less prone to a bottom undercut during etching, thereby reducing the metal boundary effect and increasing of the threshold voltage of the device. |
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Techniques for improved low dielectric constant film processing
A method may include providing a substrate having, on a first surface of the substrate, a low dielectric constant layer characterized by a layer thickness. The method may include heating the substrate to a substrate temperature in a range of 200° C. to 550° C.; and directing an ion implant treatment to the low dielectric constant layer, while the substrate temperature is in the range of 200° C. to 550° C. As such, the ion implant treatment may include implanting a low weight ion species, at an ion energy generating an implant depth equal to 40% to 175% of the layer thickness. |
| US11756795B2 |
Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof
The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a target etching layer; sequentially forming an initial mask layer, an anti-reflection layer, and a patterned structure on the target etching layer; performing a first etching process on the anti-reflection layer to remove a surface portion of the anti-reflection layer using the patterned structure as a mask; performing a surface treatment process on the patterned structure; and performing a second etching process on the anti-reflection layer until exposing a surface of the initial mask layer. |
| US11756791B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, first, fourth, and sixth semiconductor regions of a first conductivity type, a junction region, a fifth semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, and a gate electrode. The junction region includes a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type and a third second semiconductor region of the second conductivity type. The second semiconductor regions and the third semiconductor regions are alternately provided in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction. A concentration of at least one first element selected from the group consisting of a heavy metal element and a proton in the junction region is greater a concentration of the first element in the fourth semiconductor region, or a density of traps in the junction region is greater than that in the first semiconductor region and greater than that in the fourth semiconductor region. |
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Forming high carbon content flowable dielectric film with low processing damage
A method of fabricating a dielectric film includes depositing a first precursor on a substrate. The first precursor includes a cyclic carbosiloxane group comprising a six-membered ring. The method also includes depositing a second precursor on the substrate. The first precursor and the second precursor form a preliminary film on the substrate, and the second precursor includes silicon, carbon, and hydrogen. The method further includes exposing the preliminary film to energy from an energy source to form a porous dielectric film. |
| US11756779B2 |
Apparatus and method for transferring ions between two analytical systems
An apparatus includes a tubular connector having a longitudinal axis. The connector includes a first end that connects to a first analytical system, a second end that connects to a second analytical system, and a flexible portion between the first end and the second end that curves in a direction transverse to the axis of the connector such that the connector contains ion guides to transfer ions between the first analytical system and the second analytical system. |
| US11756777B2 |
Humidification of laser ablated sample for analysis
Humidification systems and methods to introduce water vapor to a laser-ablated sample prior to introduction to an ICP torch are described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a water vapor generator configured to control production of a water vapor stream and to transfer the water vapor stream to at least one of a sample chamber of a laser ablation device or a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the laser ablation device, wherein the mixing chamber is configured to receive a laser-ablated sample from the laser ablation device and direct the laser-ablated sample to an inductively coupled plasma torch. |
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Tunable upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring for a bevel etcher
A tunable upper plasma exclusion zone (PEZ) ring adjusts a distance of plasma during processing in a processing chamber and includes: a lower surface that includes: a horizontal portion; and an upwardly tapered outer portion that is conical and that extends outwardly and upwardly from the horizontal portion at an upward taper angle of about 5° to 50° with respect to the horizontal portion, where an outer diameter of the upwardly tapered outer portion is greater than 300 millimeters (mm), and where an inner diameter where the upwardly tapered outer portion begins to extend upwardly is less than 300 mm. A controller is to, during processing of a 300 mm circular substrate, adjust the distance of plasma for treatment of the 300 mm circular substrate at least one of radially inward and radially outward using the tunable upper PEZ ring. |
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Post-discharge plasma coating device for wired substrates
A post-discharge plasma coating device for a wired substrate comprising an inner tubular electrode on an inner tubular wall for receiving the substrate and a precursor moving axially in a working direction; an outer tubular electrode coaxial with, and surrounding, the inner tubular electrode. The inner and outer electrodes are configured to be supplied with an electrical power source for producing a plasma when a plasma gas is supplied between the electrodes and is thereby excited, the plasma excited gas flowing axially in the working direction and reacting with the precursor in a coating area at the end of the inner tubular wall in the direction. The inner tubular wall extends axially towards the coating area at least until, in various instances beyond, the end of the outer electrode, in the working direction and at least one dielectric tubular wall extends axially between the inner tubular electrode and the outer tubular electrode. |
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Charged particle beam writing apparatus and charged particle beam writing method
According to one embodiment, a charged particle beam writing apparatus includes, a writing mechanism, a writing control circuit, a deflection operation control circuit configured to generate control data for controlling the blanking of each of the charged particle beams based on the shot data, a storage, a blanking control circuit configured to control the blanking based on the control data, and a detector. The writing control circuit is configured to, when the detector detects the abnormality during the writing, interrupt the writing, and generate interrupt position information at a position where the writing is interrupted based on the shot data which has been stored at the storage and is related to the control data that has not been used for controlling the blanking. |
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Charged particle beam apparatus and method of controlling charged particle beam apparatus
A charged particle beam apparatus includes: a movement mechanism; a particle source; an optical element; a detector; and a control mechanism, in which the control mechanism acquires a diffraction pattern including a plurality of Kikuchi lines, calculates a crystal zone axis of the sample by performing analysis based on a plurality of intersections at which two Kikuchi lines included in the diffraction pattern intersect with each other, calculates an inclination angle of the sample based on the crystal zone axis and an irradiation direction of the charged particle beam, and controls the moving mechanism based on the inclination angle. |
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Wien filter and charged particle beam imaging apparatus
A Wien filter and a charged particle beam imaging apparatus are provided. The Wien filter Wien filter, including a Wien filter body which includes: an electrostatic deflector, including at least one pair of electrodes, respective two electrodes in each pair of which are opposite to each other, each electrode including an electrode body constructed in an arc-shaped form, and respective electrode bodies of respective two electrodes in each pair of the at least one pair of electrodes being arranged concentrically with and opposite to each other in a diameter direction, and the at least one pair of electrodes being configured to generate respective electric fields by cooperation of the respective two electrodes in each pair of the at least one pair of electrodes, in the condition of respective bias voltages applied individually thereon; and a magnetic deflector, including at least one pair of magnetic poles, respective two magnetic poles in each pair of which are opposite to each other, each magnetic pole including a magnetic pole body constructed in an arc-shaped form, and respective magnetic pole bodies of respective two magnetic poles in each pair of the at least one pair of magnetic poles being arranged concentrically with and opposite to each other in the diameter direction, and the magnetic pole bodies of the at least one pair of magnetic poles in the magnetic deflector and the electrode bodies of the at least one pair of electrodes in the electrostatic deflector being arranged concentrically and spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, and the at least one pair of magnetic poles being configured to generate respective magnetic fields by cooperation of respective two magnetic poles in each pair of the at least one pair of magnetic poles; a resultant electric field formed collectively by all of the respective electric fields is perpendicular to a resultant magnetic field formed collectively by all of the respective magnetic fields; and each electrode is also provided with a respective first protrusion extending radially inwards from a radial inner side of the respective electrode body thereof, and each magnetic pole is also provided with a second protrusion extending radially inwards from a radial inner side of the respective magnetic pole body thereof. |
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Electromagnetic relay with modification of drive shaft or movable iron core
An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact piece having a movable contact, a drive shaft, an electromagnetic drive device, and a positioning portion. The movable contact piece is movable in a first direction contacting the fixed contact and in a second direction separating from the fixed contact. The electromagnetic drive device includes a movable iron core integrally movably connected to the drive shaft. The electromagnetic drive device switches between a contact state in which the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact and a separate state in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact by moving the drive shaft with the movable iron core. The positioning portion positions the drive shaft or the movable iron core in the separate state. The drive shaft or the movable iron core includes a first inclined portion that contacts the positioning portion in the separate state. |
| US11756758B2 |
Electric circuit breaker device
An electric circuit breaker device includes an igniter, a rod-like projectile, and a conductor portion for forming a part of an electric circuit, and an insulating closed space. The conductor portion includes a first and second connection portions and a cut portion at an intermediate portion, and is disposed with a surface of the cut portion. The rod-like projectile has an end portion facing the cut portion. The insulating closed space has an opening portion facing the conductor portion, a closed end surface opposite to the opening portion in the housing axial direction, and four side surfaces between the opening portion and the closed end surface. A width (W1) of the opening portion of the insulating closed space and a width (L1) of the end portion of the rod-like projectile have a relationship of W1>L1 and W1−L1≥0.25 mm. |
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Vacuum break switch open and closed indicator
An underarm gang operated vacuum break switch (underarm switch) has an electrically live portion under a mounting arm, which provides advantages over the standard vacuum break switch, which have the electrically live portion above the mounting arm. Because the non-electrified mounting arm is above the electrified portion, the underarm switch is safer for perching birds and other wildlife. The nature of the underarm switch also provides other benefits including a disconnect blade that when opened creates a visual gap to ensure electrical discontinuity along with a safety locking arm tied to deactivating the underarm switch. Adding to the safety measures is a visual indicator that shows an electrician when the switch is live and safe to open the disconnect blade. Other safety measures include a shock absorber assembly and inertia slowing mass protecting electrical contacts within the vacuum break switch from failing. |
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Push-button switch assembly with identification of switching states
A push-button switch assembly with identification of switching states includes: a push-button switch having an actuating head for actuating the push-button switch and having a push-button guide; and an adapter device for attaching the push-button switch to a housing body. The adapter device fastens the push-button switch in a bore of the housing body. The adapter device compensates for a different diameter of the bore of the housing body and the push-button guide. The push-button guide has a plunger which is arranged in a hollow body of the push-button guide and movable in the hollow body of the push-button guide when the actuating head is actuated. By actuating the actuating head, the push-button switch is switchable from a non-released state to a released state. The push-button switch is arranged such that a region thereof visibly protrudes from under the actuating head when the push-button switch is in the non-released state. |
| US11756748B2 |
Systems and methods for relay contact assembly reduction
Systems and methods for contact erosion mitigation are provided. To perform contact erosion mitigation, an order of opening/closing poles and/or contact relays of particular poles is altered, resulting in a sharing of potential arcing conditions amongst the poles/contact relays of these poles. |
| US11756744B1 |
Three-tandem perovskite/silicon-based tandem solar cell
A three-tandem (3T) perovskite/silicon (PVT)-based tandem solar cell (TSC) includes an antireflection coating (ARC), a first transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), a hole transport layer (HTL), a perovskite (PVT) layer, a second transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), an electron transport layer (ETL), a plurality of buried contacts, a p-type Si layer, a p-type wafer-based homo-junction silicon solar cell, a n+ silicon layer, a back contact layer. The solar cell further includes a top sub-cell, a bottom sub-cell and a middle contact-based tandem. The top sub-cell includes the PVT layer. The bottom sub-cell includes the silicon solar cell. The middle contact-based tandem includes the second TCO layer to be used as the middle contact-based tandem, as well as a recombination layer for current collection. Further, a conduction and a valence band edge are employed at a front surface of the ETL. |
| US11756741B2 |
Electrical component and method of forming same
Various embodiments of an electrical component and a method of forming such component are disclosed. The electrical component includes a substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface, and a cavity disposed in the substrate. The cavity extends between the first major surface and the second major surface. The electrical component also includes an anode electrode that includes a conductive foil layer disposed on the second major surface of the substrate and over the cavity. Tantalum material is disposed within the cavity and includes tantalum particles. A dielectric layer is disposed on the tantalum particles, and an electrolyte cathode layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. The electrical component also includes a cathode electrode disposed over the cavity. |
| US11756734B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer, first and second internal electrodes, a stacked portion including first and second surfaces opposing each other in a stacking direction of the first and second internal electrodes, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces, connected to the third and fourth surfaces, and opposing each other, and a coating layer disposed on the first to sixth surfaces of the stacked portion and having first and second connection portions; and first and second external electrodes connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, and arranged on the third and fourth surfaces of the body, wherein the first and second internal electrodes are respectively connected to the first and second external electrodes through the first and second connection portions. |
| US11756733B2 |
Ceramic electronic device
A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip having a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers that are stacked, and having a first main face and a second main face, and a plurality of external electrodes, the plurality of external electrodes being spaced from each other, each of the plurality of external electrodes being connected to a part of the plurality of internal electrode layers, the plurality of external electrodes having a predetermined area in the planar view. On at least one of the first main face and the second main face, at least one of the plurality of external electrodes has an extension portion extending along a side of the rectangular shape toward at least one of external electrodes adjacent to the at least one of the plurality of external electrodes. |
| US11756732B2 |
Method for assembling a metal part and a ceramic part, and electrical device, in particular a capacitive sensor, produced by said method
A method for the assembly of a metal part and a ceramic part, including the following steps: supplying a solid ceramic part of the alumina type; supplying a solid metal part, the metal being selected from platinum and tantalum, or an alloy including a majority of one of these metals; depositing at least one layer, called interface layer, on at least one of the solid parts, the interface layer containing magnesium oxide; bringing into contact the solid metal part and the solid ceramic part such that the interface layer is located between the solid parts; and hot densification under pressure of the solid parts brought into contact, to create a close bond between the solid parts and form a spinel from the interface layer. An electrical device, such as a capacitive sensor having a sensitive part produced according to the present method, is also provided. |
| US11756731B2 |
Programmable inductor
A system and method for providing and programming a programmable inductor is provided. The structure of the programmable inductor includes multiple turns, with programmable interconnects incorporated at various points around the turns to provide a desired isolation of the turns during programming. In an embodiment the programming may be controlled using the size of the vias, the number of vias, or the shapes of the interconnects. |
| US11756725B2 |
Boosted coupled inductors and associated systems and methods
A switching power converter includes a first switching stage, a second switching stage, a coupled inductor, and a boost winding. The coupled inductor includes a first phase winding, a second phase winding, and a magnetic core. The first phase winding is wound at least partially around a first portion of the magnetic core, and the first phase winding is electrically coupled to the first switching stage. The second phase winding is wound at least partially around a second portion of the magnetic core, and the second phase winding is electrically coupled to the second switching stage. The boost winding forms at least one turn such that mutual magnetic flux associated with each of the first and second phase windings flows through the at least one turn. |
| US11756723B2 |
Multilayer coil component
A multilayer coil component includes a component element assembly in which an inner conductor is disposed and an outer electrode disposed on the surface of the component element assembly. The component element assembly includes a first dielectric glass layer in which the inner conductor is embedded and second dielectric glass layers that are thin layers disposed on respective principal surfaces of the first dielectric glass layer. The primary component of each of the first dielectric glass layer and the second dielectric glass layers is formed of a glass material and has a filler component containing at least quartz, and the second dielectric glass layers have a lower quartz content than the first dielectric glass layer. |
| US11756715B2 |
Signal converter
A signal converter includes a magnetic circuit, a diaphragm, a first coil, a second coil, and a variable resistor. The magnetic circuit has a magnetic gap. The diaphragm is disposed over an opening of the magnetic circuit. The first coil is disposed in the magnetic gap and configured to output an electrical signal based on vibration of the diaphragm. The second coil is disposed in the magnetic gap and configured to brake the diaphragm. The variable resistor is connected to a first end and a second end of the second coil and configured to form a closed loop circuit together with the second coil. |
| US11756712B2 |
Sensor device and method for manufacturing a sensor device
In an embodiment a sensor device includes a sensor chip having a plurality of printed ceramic layers and unprinted ceramic layers, at least one termination layer configured to make electrical contact with an electrically conductive material, wherein the termination layer is formed at least on a top side and/or on a bottom side of the sensor chip, wherein the printed ceramic layers are at least partially printed with an electrically conductive material, and wherein an electrical resistance of the sensor chip is determined by an overlap area of the electrically conductive material or by a distance of the electrically conductive material from the termination layer and at least one damping layer directly located at at least a partial area of an outer surface of the sensor chip, wherein the damping layer includes a material which has a greater elasticity than a material of the termination layer. |
| US11756710B2 |
Wire harness manufacturing method, wire harness, and protective member
A wire harness manufacturing method includes: an insertion step of inserting a binding member into an insertion hole of a protective member including a base member forming a routing space, the insertion hole provided in the base member and into which the binding member is insertable, and a temporary holding part provided on an outer surface of the base member and capable of temporarily holding an end of the binding member in a state in which the binding member is inserted into the insertion hole; a temporary holding step of temporarily holding the end of the binding member; a routing step of routing an electric wire in the routing space; and a binding step of removing the end of the binding member from the temporary holding part, and binding the electric wire to the base member by the binding member. |
| US11756709B2 |
Oxide superconducting wire
An oxide superconducting wire includes a superconductor laminate including an oxide superconducting layer on at least one surface of a base material, and a plating layer which is included in a stabilizing layer of the superconductor laminate and formed by plating. A surface roughness Ra of the plating layer is 1.0 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less. An entire average crystal grain size of the plating layer is 0.86 μm or more and 3.05 μm or less. |
| US11756708B2 |
Oxide superconducting wire
An oxide superconducting wire includes a superconducting laminate including an oxide superconducting layer disposed, either directly or indirectly, on a substrate, and a stabilization layer which is a Cu plating layer covering an outer periphery of the superconducting laminate, and a Vickers hardness of the Cu plating layer is in the range of 80 to 190 HV. |
| US11756707B2 |
Communication cable including a mosaic tape
Cable foil tape having random or pseudo-random patterns or long pattern lengths of discontinuous metallic shapes and a method for manufacturing such patterned foil tape are provided. In some embodiments, a laser ablation system is used to selectively remove regions or paths in a metallic layer of a foil tape to produce random distributions of randomized shapes, or pseudo-random patterns or long pattern lengths of discontinuous shapes in the metal layer. In some embodiments, the foil tape is double-sided, having a metallic layer on each side of the foil tape, and the laser ablation system is capable of ablating nonconductive pathways into the metallic layer on both sides of the foil tape. |
| US11756706B2 |
Portable charging light-emitting cable for new energy vehicles
The present invention provides a portable charging light-emitting cable for new energy vehicles, including power configuration wires, a signal wire, electroluminescent wires, a filling layer and an outer protective sleeve. The power configuration wires are evenly arranged around the signal wire. At least more than two electroluminescent wires are mutually helically twisted with the power configuration wires in the same number of groups around an outer wall of the signal wire into a cable shape. Each electroluminescent wire is arranged between two adjacent power configuration wires. According to the present invention, the electroluminescence technology is incorporated into light-emitting charging cables. While charging, cables emit light evenly, which is suitable for charging observation at night, and rich colors are provided to play a warning role to prevent accidents. During the light-emitting process, light-emitting wires do not generate any heat, and energy consumption is extremely low. |
| US11756705B1 |
Coupled power and control cable
Energy and a control signal may be provided using a coupled power and control cable. The coupled power and control cable may comprise a power cable, a control cable, and an overall jacket. The power cable may be connected between a switch and a fixture and may provide energy to the fixture from the switch. The control cable may be connected between the control circuit and the fixture and may provide the control signal to the fixture from the control circuit. The power cable and the control cable may be disposed beneath the overall jacket. |
| US11756703B1 |
Magnetic data cable
A magnetic data cable includes a cable body and data connectors. The data connectors are respectively connected to two ends of the cable body. The cable body includes a cable core and a wrapping material layer wrapped around the cable core. At least one layer of the wrapping material layer is a magnetic material layer. When the magnetic data cable is wound into coils, each two adjacent coils arranged from top to bottom or each two adjacent coils arranged from left to right are magnetically attracted to each other by the magnetic material layer. Since the magnetic material layer is integrally distributed in the wrapping material layer, so the cable body 100 is magnetic and it is easy and simple to adjust a diameter of the coils by winding. |
| US11756702B2 |
Wire harness
A wire harness including a wire harness main body that includes an electric wire and an exterior tube that encloses an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire; a path restricting member that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the exterior tube and restricts a path of the wire harness main body; and an attaching member that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of a connecting portion of the path restricting member. |
| US11756701B2 |
Cable having a coating layer made of a recycled polymer material
A cable contains a core including a transmissive element and a coating layer made of a coating material. The coating material contains, with respect to the total weight of polymeric materials present in the composition, (i) 70% to 95% by weight of a recycled linear low density polyethylene (r-LLDPE); and (ii) 5 to 30% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA). The EVA may be added to the r-LLDPE or, alternatively, be already contained in the r-LLDPE as a result of previous LLDPE use. The cable may further contain a skin layer placed around and in direct contact with the coating layer based on r-LLDPE. |
| US11756695B2 |
System, method and apparatus for real-time access to networked radiology data
A method for generating DICOM images as part of a real-time virtual medical consultation includes receiving, by a handheld patient device associated with a patient, a DICOM image associated with the patient generated by a diagnostic device, encrypting, by the handheld patient device, the DICOM image and linking the encrypted DICOM image to a unique patient identifier associated with the patient, wherein the handheld patient device is one of a tablet computer and a smartphone, and transmitting, by the handheld patient device, the encrypted DICOM image to a server configured to provide a DICOM viewer option within a secure telemedicine platform accessible by a medical professional and executed by the server. |
| US11756689B2 |
Proficiency assessment system and method for deep brain stimulation (DBS)
A method for simulating a deep-brain stimulation in a computer-assisted platform that includes providing to a neurosurgeon, through a man-machine interface, visual information of a pre-operative situation, including a representation of a brain. The method also includes monitoring inputs of said neurosurgeon on the man-machine interface, until a trajectory is determined between an entry point and a target for the placement of an electrode. The method further includes comparing said trajectory to a set of previously-established trajectories for the pre-operative situation, so as to determine an overall measurement representative of a quality of the trajectory compared to the previously-established trajectories. |
| US11756684B2 |
Wearable monitor
The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal. |
| US11756682B2 |
Distributed system architecture for continuous glucose monitoring
The present disclosure relates to techniques for receiving glucose data from a continuous glucose sensor and controlling the use and redistribution of that data so it is used in an intended manner. In one aspect, a system includes a plurality of continuous glucose monitor (CGM) devices; a plurality of display devices to receive data from the CGM devices classified into a plurality of classifications based on data type; a cloud server architecture to receive the data from the display devices on an intermittent basis, in which the data routed to a particular server of the plurality of servers is determined by the data type, and in which the intermittent basis varies depending upon data type; a plurality of remote monitor display devices; and an analysis and report engine. |
| US11756681B2 |
Evaluation of post implantation patient status and medical device performance
Techniques for remote monitoring of a patient and corresponding medical device(s) are described. The remote monitoring comprises providing an interactive session configured to allow a user to navigate a plurality of sub sessions, determining a first set of data items in accordance with a first subsession, the first set of data items including the image data, determining a second set of data items in accordance with a second subsession of the interactive session, determining, based at least in part on the first set of data items and the second set of data items, an abnormality, and outputting a post-implant report of the interactive session. |
| US11756677B2 |
System and method for interactively and iteratively developing algorithms for detection of biological structures in biological samples
A method for categorizing biological structure of interest (BSOI) in digitized images of biological tissues comprises a stage of identifying BSOIs in digitized images and further comprises presenting an image from the plurality of images that comprises at least one BSOI with high level of entropy to a user, receiving from the user input indicative of a category to be associated with the BSOI that had the high level of entropy and updating the cell categories classifier according to the category of the BSOI provided by the user. |
| US11756673B2 |
Medical information processing apparatus and medical information processing method
A medical information processing apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a plurality of pieces of output data respectively output from a plurality of analysis processes to which medical image data is input as input data. The processing circuitry selectively extracts, from the pieces of output data, a plurality of pieces of output data based on an extraction condition. The processing circuitry performs control to display a plurality of pieces of information corresponding to the pieces of extracted output data and a medical image related to any one piece of the information and generated from the medical image data. |
| US11756671B2 |
Administering exposure treatments of a cognitive behavioral therapy using a smartphone app
A method for administering an exposure treatment of a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) uses a mobile app and a server application. A user state of a patient undergoing a first step of the CBT based on the patient's condition during the first step is detected by sensors of the patient's smartphone. A situational state of the patient's surroundings during the first step is detected by the smartphone sensors. The mobile app determines whether the patient has made progress performing the first step. A user prompt is generated based on the user state and situational state. A next step of the CBT is configured based on the user state and situational state. The characteristics of the user prompt are generated using machine learning based on past task completions by the patient and other users so as to increase the likelihood that the patient will complete the next step of the CBT. |
| US11756669B2 |
System and apparatus for item management
Item-management systems, apparatus, and methods are described, preferably for management of items such as medicaments. In embodiments, an item-management system comprises a container defining plural cells, a docking station configured to receive the container, sources of visible information to indicate the cell(s) into which an item is to be loaded, and at least one controller operable to control the visible information sources to indicate the cell into which the item is to be received. |
| US11756668B2 |
Systems methods devices circuits and computer executable code for tracking evaluating and facilitating a medical procedure
Disclosed is a system for medical procedure tracking, evaluation and assistance, wherein one or more video cameras, one or more acoustic sensors or one or more medical device interfaces acquire video, audio or medical device feeds from a medical treatment setting. A scene evaluation module detects scene related features in the video, audio or medical device feeds. A procedure compliance assessment module compares one or more scene related features detected and reported by the scene evaluation module to a list of expected actions or equipment usages associated with the procedure being performed in the treatment setting. A procedure assistance module provides compliance based procedure related action recommendations or instructions from within the list of expected actions or equipment usages. |
| US11756664B2 |
Mobile and adaptable fitness system
A mobile and adaptable fitness system allows a fitness device to be used to control an application running on a host device. The system includes one or more controllers, a motion sensing device, and a host device. The hand controllers may be mounted on the handlebars of the fitness device or held in a user's hands and include buttons that the user can press. The motion sensing device may be mounted on the user or on a moving part of the fitness device and contains sensors that capture motion performed by the user. The host device receives input data from the hand controllers and the motion sensing device and generates an activity vector representing the intensity at which the user performs a fitness activity. Based on the activity vector, the host device controls an object in an application, such as a character, based on the input data. |
| US11756663B2 |
Method of and system for determining a prioritized instruction set for a user
A system for determining a prioritized instruction set for a user, the system comprising a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive at least a physiological goal and provide a plurality of biological extraction data. Computing device may determine a user baseline profile using training data, wherein training data correlates biological extraction data and physiological goals to baseline profile elements, train a machine-learning model using the training data, and determine the user baseline profile as a function of the machine-learning model. Computing device may generate a differential action as a function of the user baseline profile and the physiological goal, receive a plurality of user preference data, and selecting the differential action from the plurality of candidate differential actions. Computing device may receive an updated biological extraction datum corresponding to the user and may modify the differential action as a function of the updated biological extraction datum. |
| US11756660B1 |
System, RFID chip, server and method for capturing vehicle data
A system includes a plurality of tracking devices, such as RFID tags, affixed to items, such as vehicles, a data collection engine, client devices and backend devices. The backend devices include trained machine learning models, business logic, and attributes of a plurality of events. A plurality of data collection engines and systems send attributes of new events to the backend devices. The backend devices can track the items and predict particular outcomes of new events based upon the attributes of the new events utilizing the trained machine learning models. |
| US11756655B2 |
Population based treatment recommender using cell free DNA
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a therapeutic response predict or detecting a disease, by: using a genetic analyzer to generate genetic information; receiving into computer memory a training dataset comprising, for each of a plurality of individuals having a disease, (1) genetic information from the individual generated at first time point and (2) treatment response of the individual to one or more therapeutic interventions determined at a second, later, time point; and implementing a machine learning algorithm using the dataset to generate at least one computer implemented classification algorithm, wherein the classification algorithm, based on genetic information from a subject, predicts therapeutic response of the subject to a therapeutic intervention. |
| US11756651B2 |
Method of treating a tumor in a patient based on an immune gene expression
An immune gene expression signature is associated with favorable clinical features in Treg-enriched tumor samples and can be used to predict immunogenicity of a tumor, overall survival, and/or chemosensitivity. |
| US11756648B1 |
Semiconductor device having redundancy word lines
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes first register circuits configured to store a first address, and a comparing circuit configured to compare the first address with a second address. The comparing circuit includes first and second circuit sections. In a first operation mode, the comparing circuit is configured to activate a match signal when the first circuit section detects that the first bit group of the first address matches with the third bit group of the second address and the second circuit section detects that the second bit group of the first address matches with the fourth bit group of the second address. In a second operation mode, the comparing circuit is configured to activate the match signal when the first circuit section detects that the first bit group matches with the third bit group regardless of the second and fourth bit groups. |
| US11756647B2 |
Memory device and electronic device
Different embodiments of local redundancy decoder circuits that can be used in a memory device are disclosed. The different types of local redundancy decoder circuits are operably connected to the columns of memory cells in a memory array. |
| US11756646B2 |
Memory module with reduced ECC overhead and memory system
A memory system includes a memory module and a memory controller. The memory module includes data chips that store data and are assigned to a first sub-channel that generates a first code word or a second sub-channel that generates a second code word, where the first code word and the second code are used to fill a single cache line. The memory controller, upon detection of a hard-fail data chip among the data chips, copies data from the hard-fail data chip to the ECC chip, releases mapping between the hard-fail data chip and corresponding I/O, and defines new mapping between the ECC chip and the corresponding I/O pins. |
| US11756642B2 |
Memory system
A memory system according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor memory, and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory comprises memory cells and word lines. Each of the word lines is connected to the memory cells. The memory controller executes a patrol operation including a read operation of the semiconductor memory. The word lines are classified into one of first and second groups. The memory controller executes patrol operations in which the word lines are respectively selected in a first patrol period and, in a second patrol period subsequent to the first patrol period, executes a patrol operation in which the word line included in the first group is selected and omits a patrol operation in which the word line included in the second group is selected. |
| US11756641B2 |
Method for determining status of a fuse element
The present disclosure provides a method for determining status of a fuse element of a memory device. The method includes providing the memory device including a first terminal and a second terminal and applying a first power signal on the first terminal of the semiconductor device. The memory device includes a configurable reference resistor unit electrically coupled to the fuse element. The method also includes obtaining an evaluation signal at the second terminal of the memory device and identifying the evaluation signal to determine whether the memory device is redundant. The configurable reference resistor unit includes a first resistor, a first transistor connected in parallel with the first resistor, and a first configurable unit connected to a gate of the first transistor. The first configurable unit is configured to generate a first configurable signal to turn on the first transistor. |
| US11756640B2 |
MIM efuse memory devices and fabrication method thereof
A memory device is disclosed. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, each of the memory cells including an access transistor and a resistor coupled to each other in series. The resistors of the memory cells are each formed as one of a plurality of interconnect structures disposed over a substrate. The access transistors of the memory cells are disposed opposite a first metallization layer containing the plurality of interconnect structures from the substrate. |
| US11756638B2 |
End of life performance throttling to prevent data loss
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, memory devices, machine readable mediums configured to intentionally degrade NAND performance when a value of a NAND health metric indicates a potential for failure to encourage users to replace or backup their devices before data loss occurs. For example, the system may track a NAND health metric and when that metric reaches a predetermined threshold or state, the system may intentionally degrade performance. This performance degradation may be more effective than a warning to effect device backup or replacement. |
| US11756637B2 |
Block erase type detection using bit count check
A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to determine that a power loss event has occurred, determine that one or more blocks are in an erased state, examine a block of the one or more blocks to determine whether the block is a SLC erased block or a TLC erased block, and place the block in a SLC pre-erase heap if the block is the SLC erased block or in a TLC pre-erase heap if the block is the TLC erased block. The controller is further configured to determine a first bit count of page0 for a SLC voltage for the block, determine a second bit count of page1 for a TLC voltage for the block, and classify the block as either a SLC erased block or a TLC erased block. |
| US11756636B2 |
Determining threshold values for voltage distribution metrics
Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device can perform operations including determining a value of a data state metric associated with data stored in a part of a block of the memory device; responsive to determining that the value of the data state metric satisfies a first threshold criterion, determining a first value reflecting a voltage distribution metric associated with at least the part of the block; determining a second value reflecting at least one of a deterioration slope indicative of a data deterioration rate associated with a first portion of the memory device or an error rate associated with a second portion of the memory device; feeding the first value and the second value to a neural network; and receiving, from the neural network, an instruction to perform a media management operation. |
| US11756632B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell connected between a bit line and a source line, a sense amplifier having a first transistor provided between at least two transistors of the sense amplifier and the bit line, and a controller which executes a read operation to read data stored by the memory cell. In the read operation, the controller applies a first voltage to the first transistor and a second voltage to the source line during a first time period, applies a third voltage to the first transistor and a fourth voltage to the source line during a second time period after the first time period, and applies the first voltage to the first transistor and a fifth voltage to the source line during a third time period after the second time period. |
| US11756626B2 |
Memory die resource management
Methods, systems, and devices for memory die resource management are described. A resource manager can determine, from a set of global resources for multiple memory dies of a memory sub-system, a set of die-specific resources for a memory die of the multiple memory dies of the memory sub-system. In some case, the set of die-specific resources can be allocated for read commands for the memory die. The resource manager can assign a read command to a die-specific resource of the set of die-specific resources based on the die-specific resource being available and refrain from assigning the read command to the die-specific resource based on the die-specific resource being unavailable. |
| US11756625B2 |
Adaptive temperature compensation for memory devices
In one embodiment, a memory system receives a request to perform a memory access operation, the request identifying a memory cell in a segment of the memory system comprising at least a portion of the memory device. The system determines that an operating temperature of the memory device satisfies a threshold criterion. Responsive to determining that the operating temperature of the memory device satisfies the threshold criterion, the system determines a temperature compensation value corresponding to an access control voltage adjustment value specific to the segment of the memory system. The system adjusts, based on an amount represented by the temperature compensation value, an access control voltage applied to the memory cell during the memory access operation. |
| US11756624B2 |
Methods of forming transistors having raised extension regions
Methods of forming a transistor might include forming a dielectric overlying a semiconductor having a first conductivity type, forming a conductor overlying the dielectric, patterning the conductor and dielectric to define a gate stack of the transistor, forming a first extension region base and a second extension region base in the semiconductor, forming a first extension region riser overlying the first extension region base and forming a second extension region riser overlying the second extension region base, and forming a first source/drain region in the first extension region riser and forming a second source/drain region in the second extension region riser, wherein the first extension region base, the second extension region base, the first source/drain region, and the second source/drain region each have a second conductivity type different than the first conductivity type. |
| US11756616B2 |
Computer and calculation method using memristor array
A computer includes: a memristor array including memristors arranged at intersections between word lines and a first bit line in the memristor array and at intersections between the word lines and second bit lines in the memristor array; an adder circuit configured to obtain sum voltages for the second bit lines by adding first voltages generated according to currents that flow in the second bit lines when a first pattern is supplied to the word lines to difference voltages between a reference voltage generated according to a current that flows in the first bit line when a second pattern is supplied to the word lines and second voltages generated according to currents that flow in the second bit lines when a second pattern is supplied to the word lines; and a detection circuit that detects a second bit line that corresponds to a maximum value of the sum voltages. |
| US11756613B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device
A memory device includes: a first substrate; a peripheral circuit provided on the first substrate; a first metal bonding layer provided on the peripheral circuit; a second metal bonding layer directly bonded to the first metal bonding layer; a memory cell array provided on the second metal bonding layer; and a second substrate provided on the memory cell array. A page buffer circuit in the peripheral circuit receives a verification result through the metal bonding layers, divides the verification result into stages, and sequentially outputs the verification result for the division into the stages, and a pass/failure checker in the peripheral circuit sequentially performs a counting operation about each of the stages to generate accumulated values, and compares the accumulated values and a reference value which increases from an initial value as the counting operation is performed, and the initial value is set by an external memory controller. |
| US11756612B2 |
All levels dynamic start voltage programming of a memory device in a memory sub-system
Control logic in a memory device identifies a set of a plurality of memory cells configured as multi-level cell (MLC) memory to be programmed during a program operation and causes one or more programming pulses to be applied to the set of the plurality of memory cells configured as MLC memory to program memory cells in the set of memory cells configured as MLC memory to respective programming levels of a plurality of programming levels as part of the program operation. Responsive to the one or more programming pulses being applied, the control logic further performs a program verify operation to verify whether the memory cell in the set of memory cells configured as MLC memory were programmed to the respective programming levels of the plurality of programming levels. |
| US11756610B2 |
Apparatus and method with in-memory delay dependent processing
An in-memory processing apparatus includes: a memory cell array comprising memory cell groups configured to generate current sums of column currents flowing through respective column lines in response to input signals input through row lines; voltage controlled delay circuits configured to output, in response to an input of a start signal at a first time point, stop signals at second time points delayed by delay times determined based on magnitudes of applied sampling voltages corresponding to the current sums; a time-digital converter configured to perform time-digital conversion at the second time points; and sampling resistors connected to the column lines, wherein the time-digital converter is configured to reset a counter at the first time point, and output counting values as digital values at the second time points. |
| US11756609B2 |
Memory device and method for its operation
The invention describes a memory device which combines a switchable resistive element and a superconductor element electrically in parallel. The switchable resistive element comprises an active material, which is switchable between first and second values of electrical resistivity ρ1 and ρ2 at the same temperature, wherein ρ1 is different to ρ2. The superconductor element is operable so that at least part of the superconductor element is switchable from a superconducting state to a non-superconducting state. When the superconductor element is switched from the superconducting state to the non-superconducting state, a current injection is provided through the switchable resistive element capable of switching the switchable resistive element between said first and second values of electrical resistivity. |
| US11756608B2 |
Write assist cell for static random access memory
A memory device includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells arranged along a plurality of rows extending in a row direction and a plurality of columns extending in a column direction. The memory array also includes a plurality of write assist cells connected to the plurality of memory cells. At least one write assist cell of the plurality of write assist cells is in each of the plurality of columns and connected to respective ones of the plurality of memory cells in a same column. |
| US11756604B2 |
Managing write disturb for units of memory in a memory sub-system using a randomized refresh period
A memory access operation performed on a first memory unit of a memory device is detected. A counter associated with the first memory unit is modified. It is determined that the counter satisfies a threshold criterion, wherein the threshold criterion is based on a random or pseudo-random number within a margin of an average number of memory access operations. A refresh operation is performed on a second memory unit. |
| US11756602B2 |
Sensing component with a common node
Methods, systems, and devices for sensing component with a common node are described. A set of sense circuits of a memory device may include a shared differential amplifier having a first branch for each sense circuit and a shared second branch, as well as a shared common node. A respective latch of each sense amplifier may be initialized to a second logic state, and the common node may undergo a voltage ramp to determine the state stored in the memory cell. If the memory cell stores the first logic state, the sense amplifier may couple with the common node to draw the current and switch the state of the latch to the first logic state. Alternatively, if the memory cell stores the second logic state the current may not be drawn and the state of the latch may not switch. |
| US11756601B2 |
Differential sensing for a memory device
Methods, systems, and devices for differential sensing for a memory device are described. A memory device in accordance with examples as disclosed herein may include a sense component having a signal development component for generating a sense signal, a reference component for generating a reference signal, and a tail component coupled with the signal development component and the reference component. The tail component may be configured for canceling common aspects of the sense signal and the reference signal. Additionally or alternatively, a memory device in accordance with examples as disclosed herein may include a sense component having a sense amplifier configured to operate in multiple power domains, with one power domain associated with sense signal and reference signal generation and comparison, and another power domain associated with logical signal or information transfer. |
| US11756597B2 |
Power-on read demarcation voltage optimization
A system includes a memory device having memory cells and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is to perform operations including: determining a length of time the memory device has been powered off; and in response to determining that the length of time satisfies a threshold value: for each of multiple groups of memory cells, asserting a corresponding flag; determining, based on the length of time, one or more adjusted demarcation voltages to be used in reading a state of the multiple groups of memory cells; and storing the one or more adjusted demarcation voltages for use in performing memory operations. |
| US11756593B2 |
Memory control circuit, information processing system, and memory control method
A memory control circuit includes an access storage unit configured to store access requests for a memory, a status management unit configured to, based on the access requests stored in the access storage unit, perform priority access type switching between two access types obtained by classifying the access requests, and an access selection unit configured to select and execute an access request stored in the storage unit. The access selection unit performs, if the priority access type switching is in progress and there is time for executing an access request of a priority access type before the priority access type switching, selecting the access request of the priority access type before the priority access type switching, and if the priority access type switching is not in progress, selecting an access request of the priority access type. |
| US11756591B2 |
Switches to reduce routing rails of memory system
Disclosed herein are related to a memory array including a set of memory cells and a set of switches to configure the set of memory cells. In one aspect, each switch is connected between a corresponding local line and a corresponding subset of memory cells. The local clines may be connected to a global line. Local lines may be metal rails, for example, local bit lines or local select lines. A global line may be a metal rail, for example, a global bit line or a global select line. A switch may be enabled or disabled to electrically couple a controller to a selected subset of memory cells through the global line. Accordingly, the set of memory cells can be configured through the global line rather than a number of metal rails to achieve area efficiency. |
| US11756589B2 |
Process for defining, capturing, assembling, and displaying customized video content
An approach for defining, capturing, assembling, and displaying customized video content is provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a server computer, a video frame sequence that includes one or more video frames; applying, by the server computer, one or more filters to the one or more video frames to generate a video data file that captures geometry of a customizable object depicted in the one or more video frames; generating, by the server computer, customization instructions for customizing appearance of the customizable object; transmitting, from the server computer to a client computer, the video data file and the customization instructions to cause the client computer to execute the customization instructions with respect to the video data file to render a customized object, and to overlay the customized object over the customizable object in the video frame sequence. |
| US11756587B2 |
Masking in video stream
Methods and devices for combining a mask with a selectively progressing video stream may include receiving a selection of at least one mask with a mask zone that obscures at least a portion of the video stream. The methods and devices may include receiving a selection to emplace the at least one mask at a first location within the video stream. The methods and devices may include receiving a selection to enable a tracking icon to move the at least one mask to a second location within the video stream while the video stream progresses. The methods and devices may include generating a combined output of the video stream and the selective emplacement and movement of the at least one mask during the video stream progression. |
| US11756582B1 |
System and method for disk drive fly height measurement
A system for determining a fly height includes a first head of a disk drive, a second head of the disk drive, a capacitive sensor circuit coupled to the first head and the second head, and a logic device coupled to the capacitive sensor circuit. The capacitive sensor circuit is configured to measure a first capacitance between the first head and the first disk, remove noise from the first capacitance using a second capacitance between the second head and the second disk, and based thereon determine a corrected first capacitance. The logic device is configured to determine the fly height between the first head and the first disk using the corrected first capacitance. |
| US11756580B2 |
Magnetic disk device, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A magnetic disk device includes a plurality of magnetic heads, a storage unit that stores a table storing, for each of the magnetic heads, a track skew value obtained by adding a head shared value and a head unique value, and a control unit that reads out the track skew value corresponding to one of the magnetic heads to be operated from the table and performs seek control. |
| US11756578B2 |
Ferrimagnetic Heusler compounds with high spin polarization
A magnetic device and method for providing the magnetic device are disclosed. The magnetic device includes a multilayer structure and a magnetic layer. The multilayer structure includes alternating layers of A and E. A includes a first material. The first material includes at least one of Co, Ru, or Ir. The first material may include an IrCo alloy. E includes at least one other material that includes Al. The other material(s) may include an alloy selected from AlGa, AlSn, AlGe, AlGaGe, AlGaSn, AlGeSn, and AlGaGeSn. A composition of the multilayer structure is represented by A1-xEx, where x is at least 0.45 and not more than 0.55. The magnetic layer includes an Al-doped Heusler compound. The magnetic layer shares an interface with the multilayer structure. |
| US11756572B2 |
Self-supervised speech representations for fake audio detection
A method for determining synthetic speech includes receiving audio data characterizing speech in audio data obtained by a user device. The method also includes generating, using a trained self-supervised model, a plurality of audio features vectors each representative of audio features of a portion of the audio data. The method also includes generating, using a shallow discriminator model, a score indicating a presence of synthetic speech in the audio data based on the corresponding audio features of each audio feature vector of the plurality of audio feature vectors. The method also includes determining whether the score satisfies a synthetic speech detection threshold. When the score satisfies the synthetic speech detection threshold, the method includes determining that the speech in the audio data obtained by the user device comprises synthetic speech. |
| US11756569B2 |
Sound quality evaluation method and sound quality evaluation system using same
A sound quality evaluation method and a sound quality evaluation system using same are provided. The sound quality evaluation system records playback of a test audio file on a plurality of playback devices to generate a plurality of pieces of audio data, and divides the audio data into a plurality of frequency bands. The sound quality evaluation system calculates the frequency bands to obtain a plurality of evaluation scores of the playback devices. The sound quality evaluation system captures sound quality ranking information corresponding to the playback devices from a reference source, and adjusts the evaluation scores according to the sound quality ranking information, to further obtain a reference model. The sound quality evaluation system adjusts correspondingly evaluation scores of a plurality of to-be-tested playback devices according to the reference model, to obtain sound quality ranking information of the to-be-tested playback devices. |
| US11756568B2 |
Systems and methods for improved audio-video conferences
Systems and methods for efficient management of an audio/video conferences is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio question from a first user of a plurality of users connected to a conference, recording the audio question and preventing an immediate transmission of the audio question to the plurality of users connected to the conference, analyzing the recorded question and a recorded portion of the conference to determine that the question has been answered during the recorded portion of the conference, and in response to the determining that the audio question has previously been answered, transmitting a relevant section of the recorded portion of the conference consisting of an answer to the audio question to the first user. |
| US11756562B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing crossfading, interstitials and other effects downstream
Systems and methods are presented for cross-fading (or other multiple clip processing) of information streams on a user or client device, such as a telephone, tablet, computer or MP3 player, or any consumer device with audio playback. Multiple clip processing can be accomplished at a client end according to directions sent from a service provider that specify a combination of (i) the clips involved; (ii) the device on which the cross-fade or other processing is to occur and its parameters; and (iii) the service provider system. For example, a consumer device with only one decoder, can utilize that decoder (typically hardware) to decompress one or more elements that are involved in a cross-fade at faster than real time, thus pre-fetching the next element(s) to be played in the cross-fade at the end of the currently being played element. The next elements(s) can, for example, be stored in an input buffer, then decoded and stored in a decoded sample buffer, all prior to the required presentation time of the multiple element effect. At the requisite time, a client device component can access the respective samples of the decoded audio clips as it performs the cross-fade, mix or other effect. Such exemplary embodiments use a single decoder and thus do not require synchronized simultaneous decodes. |
| US11756555B2 |
Biometric authentication through voice print categorization using artificial intelligence
A system is provided to categorize voice prints during a voice authentication. The system includes a processor and a computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, to perform voice authentication operations which include receiving an enrollment of a user in the biometric authentication system, requesting a first voice print comprising a sample of a voice of the user, receiving the first voice print of the user during the enrollment, accessing a plurality of categorizations of the voice prints for the voice authentication, wherein each of the plurality of categorizations comprises a portion of the voice prints based on a plurality of similarity scores of distinct voice prints in the portion to a plurality of other voice prints, determining, using a hidden layer of a neural network, one of the plurality of categorizations for the first voice print, and encoding the first voice print with the one of the plurality of categorizations. |
| US11756551B2 |
System and method for producing metadata of an audio signal
An audio processing system is provided. The audio processing system comprises an input interface configured to accept an audio signal. Further, the audio processing system comprises a memory configured to store a neural network trained to determine different types of attributes of multiple concurrent audio events of different origins, wherein the types of attributes include time-dependent and time-agnostic attributes of speech and non-speech audio events. Further, the audio processing system comprises a processor configured to process the audio signal with the neural network to produce metadata of the audio signal, the metadata including one or multiple attributes of one or multiple audio events in the audio signal. |
| US11756547B2 |
Method for providing screen in artificial intelligence virtual assistant service, and user terminal device and server for supporting same
A user terminal device includes a display; at least one sensor; a communication module; and a processor operatively connected to the display, the at least one sensor, and the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to, based on receiving a user utterance voice, determine whether or not a response screen corresponding to the user utterance voice is able to be provided through the display on the basis of at least one of a sensed value obtained from the at least one sensor or an inactive period of the display, based on determining that the response screen is unable to be provided through the display, receive current status information of at least one external device connected to the user terminal device through the communication module, determine one external device among the at least one external device to display the response screen on the basis of the current status information of the at least one external device, obtain the response screen to the user utterance voice, and transmit the response screen to the one external device through the communication module. |
| US11756543B2 |
Methods and systems for application integration and macrosystem aware integration
Methods and systems for multi-modalities integration via speech, chatbot, low-code, and no-code enterprise integration. Methods and systems for application integration for both application integration and macro/system aware integration technology. Methods and systems for integrating services between different software systems, the computer having a processor and a data repository including storing one or more service connectors configured to connect an origin software system to a target software system in the data repository, receiving integration instructions, the integration instructions including at least one of the origin software system, a directionality of the integration, the directionality indicating whether the integration is unidirectional or bidirectional, a frequency of integration, and the target system software, and performing the integration from the origin software system to the target software system using the one or more service connectors according to the integration instructions. |
| US11756541B1 |
Contextual resolver for voice requests
Contextual data associated with an ambiguous voice command to a voice-controlled device can be used to provide information to complete the voice request without requiring additional input or an explicit statement of information from the user. Contextual data and voice request data are inputs to a machine learning ranker that produces a confidence score useful for selecting a data object and providing implicit information to fulfill the voice request. Once the data object is selected, the voice request is performed by the voice-controlled device. |
| US11756540B2 |
Brain-inspired spoken language understanding system, a device for implementing the system, and method of operation thereof
A brain-inspired spoken language understanding system, comprises: a first module that facilitates the conversion of a voice input into phoneme sequences; a buffer module that facilitates the storing of the phoneme sequences until they are clustered into a first storage as one or more meaningful thought representations; a second module that facilitates the monitoring of the reasoning, disambiguation, and prioritization of the system, in addition to controlling the system; a seventh module and an eighth module that facilitate the capturing of at least one non-verbal signal from a conversation, and create at least one time-synchronized non-verbal object, with the help of a third knowledge base; a third module that facilitates the conversion of the phoneme sequences and at least one time-synchronized non-verbal object into sequences of phonetics-based words; a fourth module that facilitates the conversion of the phonetics-based words into sequences of thought representations, with the help of a first knowledge base; a fifth module that facilitates the fine-tuning of the thought representations, with the help of the first knowledge base and a second knowledge base; and a sixth module that maintains the instance of conversation as thought representations in the form of one or more connected stories. A device for implementing the brain-inspired spoken language understanding system and its method of functioning are also disclosed. |
| US11756535B1 |
System and method for speech recognition using deep recurrent neural networks
Deep recurrent neural networks applied to speech recognition. The deep recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are preferably implemented by stacked long short-term memory bidirectional RNNs. The RNNs are trained using end-to-end training with suitable regularisation. |
| US11756529B2 |
Method and apparatus for speech recognition, and storage medium
Proposed are a method and apparatus for speech recognition, and a storage medium. The specific solution includes: obtaining audio data to be recognized; decoding the audio data to obtain a first syllable of a to-be-converted word, in which the first syllable is a combination of at least one phoneme corresponding to the to-be-converted word; obtaining a sentence to which the to-be-converted word belongs and a converted word in the sentence, and obtaining a second syllable of the converted word; encoding the first syllable and the second syllable to generate first encoding information of the first syllable; and decoding the first encoding information to obtain a text corresponding to the to-be-converted word. |
| US11756528B2 |
Automatic generation of videos for digital products using instructions of a markup document on web based documents
A system for generating videos uses a domain-specific instructional language and a video rendering engine that produces videos against a digital product which changes and evolves over time. The video rendering engine uses the instructions in an instruction markup document written in the domain-specific instructional language to generate a video while navigating a web-based document, (which is different from the instruction markup document), representing the digital product for which the video is generated. The video rendering engine navigates the web-based document, coupled with the instruction markup document, which explains the operations to be performed on the web-based document. The instruction markup document also identifies the special effects that manipulate the underlying product in real-time, includes the spoken text for generating subtitles, and provides formalized change management by design. |
| US11756518B2 |
Automated generation of coordinated audiovisual work based on content captured from geographically distributed performers
Vocal audio of a user together with performance synchronized video is captured and coordinated with audiovisual contributions of other users to form composite duet-style or glee club-style or window-paned music video-style audiovisual performances. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured (together with performance synchronized video) on mobile devices, television-type display and/or set-top box equipment in the context of karaoke-style presentations of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Contributions of multiple vocalists are coordinated and mixed in a manner that selects for presentation, at any given time along a given performance timeline, performance synchronized video of one or more of the contributors. Selections are in accord with a visual progression that codes a sequence of visual layouts in correspondence with other coded aspects of a performance score such as pitch tracks, backing audio, lyrics, sections and/or vocal parts. |
| US11756512B2 |
Systems and methods for updating an image displayed on a display device
A system for updating an image on a display device includes pixels in a pixel array. The system includes a display subsystem for executing commands and displaying images, the display subsystem also includes a parser for receiving image frame data, and extracting updated image data and commands. A storage device is used for storing the updated image data in an updated cache location according to the commands. A loader is used for reading the commands to identify and fetch the updated image data from the storage device. Display backplane circuitry is used for receiving the updated image data from the loader and for updating pixel driver circuity for pixels within the updated image data. The examples described are ideal for driving micro-displays such as LCoS micro-LED displays. |
| US11756511B1 |
System and method for causing graphical information to be rendered
A system and method uses a two-dimensional graphics library to generate an image representation that can be used by a three-dimensional graphics library to render the image. |
| US11756510B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for assembling image data for display
Systems, devices, and methods for generating, processing, assembling, and/or formatting data for display are described. Example display controllers are described in which image data is stored in a framebuffer, and a compositor selectively retrieves portions of the image data. At least one P-operator produces lines of intermediate P-operated data by performing at least one intra-line operation on the image data retrieved by the compositor, such as repeating or reordering pixels of the image data. A Q-operator produces a stream of pixel data by performing inter-line operations on the intermediate P-operated data, such as interpolating between lines of the P-operated data. A display is driven according to the stream of pixel data. |
| US11756509B2 |
Enhanced state control for anchor-based cross reality applications
Cross reality (XR) display devices, such as augmented reality devices, with enhanced state control for anchor-based augmented reality applications are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices are configured to obtain information identifying applications with respective anchor locations located within a first threshold distance metric of an XR device, with an anchor location corresponding to a real-world location at which virtual content is to be presented; determining respective states, selected from a multitude of states, to be assigned to the applications, the states being determined based on a proximity of the anchor locations to the XR device; implementing the states, with a first application being assigned a state to render virtual content, and with the first application presenting virtual content via the XR device; and in response to movement of the XR device, determining updated states of the one or more applications. |
| US11756504B2 |
Video processing device and display device
A video processing device includes a receiver that successively receives input images, each having a prescribed overlapping image superimposed in one or more areas thereof, a compositing image generation unit that successively generates compositing images based on the external information, a video compositing unit that successively generates composite images, a compositing abnormality detection unit that determines whether one or more areas of the composite image have abnormality or not, a comparison unit that compares the one or more areas of the input image with those of the composite image to determine whether or not the respective areas match, if it is determined that the composite image have no abnormalities, and an output control unit that outputs the input image if it is determined that the respective areas match, and outputs the composite image when it is determined that the respective areas do not match. |
| US11756502B2 |
System and method for providing fast response time performance with low latency in liquid crystal displays
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a system and method for providing fast response time performance with low latency in Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a controller and a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the controller to receive LCD display capability information from a display device, and determine from the received capability information, that a video stream sent to the display device has a lower frame rate than the capabilities of the display device. Using this information the instructions then increase the frame rate of the video stream by repeating each frame during a current time window of the frame. |
| US11756500B2 |
Liquid crystal display integrated circuit device configured to output drive signals for dot matrix and segment display
An integrated circuit device includes a drive circuit that outputs a first drive waveform signal for dot matrix display and a second drive waveform signal for segment display, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, and a control circuit that controls the drive circuit. The drive circuit outputs the first drive waveform signal to the first output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for dot matrix display, and outputs the second drive waveform signal to the first output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for segment display. The drive circuit outputs the first drive waveform signal to the second output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for dot matrix display, and outputs the second drive waveform signal to the second output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for segment display. |
| US11756499B2 |
Scan driving circuit with register part and pull-down part and display panel
A scan driving circuit and a display panel include an even number of signal wires divided into an odd group of signal wires and an even group of signal wires; and a plurality of scanning sub-circuits, each scanning sub-circuit including an assembly coupled between the odd group of signal wires and the even group of signal wires and including a register part and a pull-down part, and a load coupled between the register part and the pull-down part; wherein the register parts and the pull-down parts that are configured on a same side of the loads are alternately arranged, and any two of the register parts that are separated by N of the scanning sub-circuits and configured on one side of the loads are cascaded with each other, wherein N is half of a total number of the even number of signal wires. |
| US11756496B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: pixel electrodes including a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode in a first direction; switching elements including a first switching element coupled to the first pixel electrode and a second switching element coupled to the second pixel electrode; gate lines including a first gate line coupled to the first switching element and a second gate line coupled to the second switching element; a gate driver supplying a gate signal to the gate lines; and drive electrodes including a first drive electrode and a second drive electrode adjacent to the first drive electrode in the first direction. The first drive electrode overlaps the first and second pixel electrodes, and the second gate line. The second drive electrode overlaps the first gate line. The gate driver supplies the gate signal to the first and second gate lines simultaneously. |
| US11756495B2 |
Pixel structure driving method and display device
A pixel structure driving method and a display device are provided. The driving method includes obtaining a polarity of each of the data lines of a current frame, determining a polarity of each of the sub-pixels according to the polarity of each of the data lines and an arrangement of the pixel structure, performing a value look-up process according to a polarity and an initial gray value of each of the sub-pixels to obtain a polarity high/low gray value of each of the sub-pixels, if a luminance of a high gray value of a positive polarity of a sub-pixel of a color is different from a luminance of a high gray value of a negative polarity of the sub-pixel of the color, adjusting the polarity high/low gray value of the sub-pixel. In this way, the occurrence of vertical strips in a still image could be alleviated. |
| US11756493B2 |
Stacked display device and control method thereof
A stacked display device and a control method thereof are provided. The stacked display device includes a stacked display including a first panel and a second panel comprising a different transmittance from the first panel and a processor to obtain a first layer image to display an image on the first panel and a second layer image to display an image on the second panel, adjust brightness of the second layer image based on a ratio between a first transmittance for the first panel and a second transmittance for the second panel, and a pixel value of the second layer image, and control the stacked display to display the second layer image of which brightness is adjusted on the second panel while displaying the first layer image on the first panel. |
| US11756490B2 |
Display device and display driver
A display device which can suppress erroneous display of a display panel is provided. A source driver receives a serial data signal in which a preamble and video data of the display panel are alternately continuous via an interface from a display controller. The source driver controls timing of supply of a gate signal from a gate driver based on the video data included in the serial data signal, and supplies a gradation voltage signal which corresponds to the video data to a plurality of data lines of the display panel. The source driver has a detection portion which detects that the interface is in an unstable state, and a gate reset signal output portion which outputs a gate reset signal for stopping an operation of the gate driver when the unstable state of the interface is detected at the time of the supply of the video data. |
| US11756484B2 |
Light-emitting panel, driving method of light-emitting panel, and display device
Provided are a light-emitting panel, a driving method of a light-emitting panel, and a display device. The display panel includes multiple light-emitting units, multiple first switch units, and a constant-current circuit. The light-emitting units are disposed on one side of a substrate and are arranged in an array along a first direction and a second direction. A first terminal of a light-emitting unit is electrically connected to a first supply voltage terminal. A second terminal of the light-emitting panel is electrically connected to a respective first terminal of a first switch unit. The control terminal of the first switch unit is electrically connected to a scan signal line extending along the first direction. A second terminal of the first switch unit is electrically connected to a data signal line extending along the second direction. An output terminal of the constant-current circuit is electrically connected to the data signal line. |
| US11756483B2 |
Display apparatus and method for driving the same
A display apparatus and a method for driving the same are provided. The display apparatus includes pixel circuits and a threshold detection module. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor and a data voltage writing module including an output terminal electrically connected to the driving transistor. The threshold detection module is configured to detect a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. An operating process of the pixel circuit includes a first phase and a second phase. The first phase includes a data writing phase and a light-emitting phase. The second phase includes an adjusting phase and a light-emitting phase. The driving transistor receives a data voltage during the data writing phase. During the adjusting phase, the driving transistor receives an adjusting voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor that is detected by the threshold detection module. |
| US11756478B2 |
Driving circuit, display panel, and panel
A driving circuit, a display panel, and a panel are provided. The driving circuit includes a substrate and signal lines and a plurality of load components disposed on the substrate. The plurality of load components are distributed along a first direction. Each of the load components is connected to the signal lines. The signal lines include at least two signal input terminals. Signals are loaded to signal lines through the at least two signal input terminals. |
| US11756477B2 |
Gate driver and display device including the same
A gate driver includes at least one stage, which includes: a first output circuit configured to supply a voltage of a first power source or a voltage of a second power source to a first output terminal and including a fourth capacitor connected between a second node and the first output terminal; a second output circuit configured to supply a signal supplied to a fourth input terminal or the voltage of the second power source to a second output terminal; an input circuit configured to control a voltage of the second node and a voltage of a third node; a first signal processor configured to control a voltage of a first node; a second signal processor configured to control the voltage of the second node; and a third signal processor connected between the first node and the third node, and configured to control the voltage of the first node. |
| US11756473B2 |
Digital gamma circuit and source driver including the same
Disclosed are a digital gamma circuit capable of reducing a chip area and adjusting white color coordinates, and a source driver including the same. The digital gamma circuit may include a digital gamma algorithm for setting a gamma curve for each R, G, or B. Through the digital gamma algorithm, values of X-axis points of the gamma curve may be set, values of Y-axis points of the gamma curve corresponding to the values of the X-axis points may be set, and a value of at least one Y-axis point indicative of white among the values of the Y-axis points may be adjusted by adding an offset value thereto. |
| US11756472B2 |
Driving controller, display apparatus including the same and method of driving display panel using the same
A driving controller includes an image analyzer, a grayscale setter and a time-and-space arranger. The image analyzer analyzes input image data to determine a peak luminance. The grayscale setter receives a gamma value and the peak luminance and to determine a boundary grayscale value and a minimum grayscale value. The time-and-space arranger is configured to temporally and spatially arrange first data having the boundary gray scale value and second data having the minimum grayscale value. The driving controller is configured to drive a display panel using the first data and the second data for a low grayscale range of which a grayscale is equal to or less than the boundary grayscale value and to drive the display panel based on a data signal corresponding to a grayscale value of the input image data for a normal grayscale range of which a grayscale is greater than the boundary grayscale value. |
| US11756470B2 |
Display device including multi-chip film package having plurality of gate integrated circuits mounted thereon
A display device includes a display panel including data lines configured to receive an image signal, gate lines configured to receive a scan signal, and gate connection lines configured to transmit the scan signal to the gate lines; and a multi-chip film package including, on a film, a first gate integrated circuit (IC) configured to transmit a first scan signal to the gate connection lines through first gate output lines, a second gate IC configured to transmit a second scan signal to the gate connection lines through second gate output lines, and a source IC configured to transmit the image signal to the data lines through source output lines. Each of the first gate output lines is between two adjacent source output lines, and each of the second gate output lines is between two adjacent source output lines. |
| US11756469B2 |
Display device and method of driving display device
A display device includes a display panel including a first display region and a second display region surrounding the first display region, where a first pixel having a first size is disposed in the first display region, and a second pixel having a second size is disposed in the second display region, a gate driver which applies a gate signal to a gate line, a data driver which applies a data voltage to a data line, and a timing controller which controls the gate driver and the data driver. The gate line includes a first gate line connected to both the first pixel and the second pixel, and a second gate line connected only to the second pixel. The data line includes a first data line which does not transmit the data voltage to the second pixel connected to the second gate line, and a second data line which transmits the data voltage to the second pixel connected to the second gate line. |
| US11756459B2 |
Multi-display panel assembled display
A display device includes display panels; and a specular reflection structure that converts positions of images displayed by the display panels and merges the images at a predetermined position to generate an integrated image, wherein the specular reflection structure includes at least one specular mirror that corresponds to each of the display panels, and the at least one specular mirror converts a display direction by reflecting the images displayed on the display panels wherein a size of each of the images is maintained. |
| US11756457B2 |
Flexible display screen and display device
The present disclosure provides a flexible display screen and a display device. The flexible display screen includes: a substrate; a backing film stacked on a side of the substrate facing away from a light-emitting surface of the flexible display screen; and a pressure sensor stacked on a side of the backing film facing away from the substrate and configured to output a signal related to a force applied on the flexible display screen. |
| US11756456B2 |
Clipboard for digitalizing information
A clipboard is realised as a base for a sheet of paper and with a fastening therefor, with the base provided with at least one RFID transponder. It comprises a marking on the base, which indicates, where exactly the paper is to be placed, as well as at least one sheet of paper with a RFID transponder, wherein a RFID transponder each of the base and of the paper are arranged so as to be close to each other for communication, when the sheet of paper is fixed to the fastening. The base includes a plurality of switches, which are preferably arranged in a matrix, whereas the sheet is provided with various information, instructions and/or choice variants as well as with a number of marking fields, which are respectively arranged at the locations of the switches of the clipboard, when the sheet is fastened on the marking of the base. |
| US11756455B2 |
Electronic shelf label system with positioned virtual shelf labels and a method of positioning said virtual shelf labels
The invention relates to an electronic shelf label system that comprises a server for delivering shelf label display information to a number of display devices that are controlled by the server to display said shelf label display information on their screens, wherein said screen is designed to display video content represented by received video data, and said display device is designed to deliver video data to a screen and to receive label positioning data for defining the position of the shelf label display information in the display area of at least one of the screens connected to it, and to embed the shelf label display information in accordance with the received location data in the video content that is delivered to said screen. |
| US11756450B2 |
Pad assembly for anthropomorphic test device
An anthropomorphic test device includes a spine assembly, a pair of clavicle assemblies coupled to the spine assembly, a pair of arms with a respective one arm coupled to a respective one clavicle assembly, and at least one pad assembly having a clavicle portion mounted to a respective one of the clavicle assemblies and positioned onto a respective one arm. Each pad assembly includes a clavicle portion, which includes an arm portion and a clavicle base region, and a neck portion, which includes a raised neck region and a neck base region. The neck portion and clavicle portion are each formed from thermosetting materials, with the neck portion being stiffer than the clavicle portion, and with the neck and clavicle portions coupled together with mechanical locking features. The pad assembly is configured to provide a human-like response while reducing or eliminating entrapment of a shoulder belt during a crash test. |
| US11756449B2 |
System and method for improving reading skills of users with reading disability symptoms
A system and method for teaching users reading comprehension. In an aspect, user's educational teaching system and method utilizes visual representations on a user's device display of a focusing point called a Bindu and a viewpoint called a Mind's Eye to assist in the learning of words. The combination of the Bindu with the Mind's Eye force a user to align the two with one another in order to present an unobstructed view of a 3-D representation of 2-D letters, numbers, punctuations, and words. |
| US11756447B1 |
System for teaching music notation and associated method of use
A system and method for teaching music notation through the use of animated characters and movable objects displayed on a visual display and enhanced with audible sounds representative of the movable objects. Non-movable objects are additionally provided to provide travel paths, or maps, for the movable objects on the visual display. The unique use of movable objects and audible sounds is shown to improve the learning outcome of users of the system. |
| US11756446B1 |
Positive Train Control simulation system and method therefor
A system and method for simulating positive train control (PTC) systems in a local and controlled environment using software and hardware. The system can simulate various functionalities of the PTC system in the environment using software and hardware components. The system can instruct the software of a train management computer (TMC) to control electromechanical valves to simulate air compression on brake pipes in response to the PTC system executing a penalty on the locomotive. The system can display statuses of various systems on the locomotive to a user using a cab display unit (CDU). The system can control the software and hardware components to simulate warnings and actions from the PTC system allowing locomotive engineers and conductors to experience the PTC system for optimum training. |
| US11756445B2 |
Assessment-based assignment of remediation and enhancement activities
A system and method is configured to determine an initial assessment score for an initial curriculum activity for a learner. A query identifying, within a data logic or at least one database record, a lower threshold value is executed. Responsive to determining that the initial assessment score is less than the lower threshold value, a query is executed identifying a remediation curriculum activity associated with the initial curriculum activity and a first graphical user interface is encoded including an identification of the learner and a first user interface element configured to cause the server hardware computing device to modify a lesson plan of the learner to include the remediation curriculum activity. The first graphical user interface is transmitted to a client hardware computing device for display. |
| US11756434B2 |
System and method for non-navigation data in platform routing
A platform with an auto-router takes into account non-navigation data, such as IR image sensor data or other non-navigation data to develop a route for a platform. The non-navigation data may be obtained from existing non-navigation sensors carried by the platform. The non-navigation data is fed to an auto-router that takes into account the non-navigation data to generate or dynamically alter a route for the platform. |
| US11756423B2 |
Automatic vehicle positioning management system and method thereof
An automatic vehicle positioning management system includes an on-vehicle apparatus and a portable device. The on-vehicle apparatus, installed on a vehicle, acquires a first location of the vehicle through wireless positioning. The first location is sent to the portable device which acquires a second location of the vehicle through GPS. When multiple vehicles form a fleet, each vehicle respectively sends its first and second locations to a server through its portable device. The second location of each vehicle is corrected by operations of point error analysis, image overlay and point error correction, so that the fleet can be managed more precisely. |
| US11756422B2 |
Traffic signal information distribution system, and traffic signal information distribution method
A signal information distribution system is configured to distribute, to vehicles, signal information including a lighting start time and a lighting continuation interval of each of a plurality of signal lights installed at an intersection, each signal light being configured to light in a predetermined color. The system includes: a storage unit configured to store a timing table including scheduled lighting intervals of the plurality of signal lights; a monitor unit configured to observe lighting and extinction of the plurality of signal lights; a generation unit configured to generate the signal information, based on an actual lighting interval, of a predetermined signal light, obtained from an observation result of the predetermined signal light, and on the scheduled lighting interval, of the predetermined signal light, included in the timing table; and a distribution unit configured to distribute, to the vehicles, the signal information generated by the generation unit. |
| US11756421B2 |
Protected turns
Systems and methods for system for controlling a traffic grid, the system comprising a traffic grid including a first roadway and a second roadway, the second roadway crossing the first roadway at an intersection; a special transit lane included within at least one of the first roadway and the second roadway, the special transit lane being configured to share both personal vehicular traffic and special vehicular traffic; a detector configured to detect the presence of a special vehicle within a detection zone, which detection zone is formed within the special transit lane in a predetermined area proximate to the intersection; and a signal light proximate to the intersection configured to control traffic traveling through the intersection, the signal light having a controller; wherein the controller controls the signal light to operate in a first mode of operation based, at least in part, on a detection of a special vehicle by the detector within the detection zone. |
| US11756416B2 |
Vehicle to vehicle and infrastructure communication and pedestrian detection system
A vehicle that includes controller(s) and components that are coupled with, among other devices and systems, imaging sensors, transceivers, and obstacle and infrastructure detectors, which are configured to detect and predict locations and movements of roadway obstacles, infrastructure features and elements that include, for example, intersections and crosswalks, and positions, movement, and trajectories of pedestrians and other vehicles. Such roadway obstacles may include the other vehicles, pedestrians on and entering the crosswalks and roadway, and other potential obstacles. The controller(s) and device(s) are also coupled to and/or configured trajectory and intersection signal detectors, which detect the roadway obstacles and features such as the pedestrians, other vehicles, intersections, and crosswalks, as well as signals for the roadways and crosswalks. The vehicle controller(s) and device(s) generate and communicate signaling changes to the intersection and crosswalk infrastructure controllers, and message alerts that are communicated to the other vehicles. |
| US11756415B2 |
Autonomous vehicle mode alert system for bystanders
An alert may be triggered to notify a pedestrian of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle. For instance, a vehicle may operate in an autonomous or manual mode, and may occasionally switch from one mode to the other. A pedestrian who may be unaware of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle may notice the alert and proceed accordingly. In one embodiment, an indication of the current operational mode of the nearby vehicle may be transmitted to an electronic device associated with the pedestrian. The device may generate a notification to the pedestrian based on the current operational mode. In an additional or alternative embodiment, the alert may be transmitted by the vehicle externally to be visible or audible to the pedestrian. In some embodiments, the alert may be triggered only for particular operational modes (e.g., only for autonomous or only for manual). |
| US11756412B2 |
Systems and methods for associating services and/or devices with a voice assistant
A password less login using a smart device is caused to retrieve from a cloud-server a one-time use code. The smart device is associated with a virtual user account to control a plurality of controllable devices with a device app installed on a smart device. The one-time use code is provided to a controllable device and the controllable device is caused to provide the one-time use code back to the smart device. The app causes the one-time use code provided back to the smart device by the controllable device to be authenticated. In response to the one-time use code being authenticated, the controllable device is bound to the app whereupon the controllable device is controllable through use of the app. |
| US11756410B2 |
Door system with active monitoring
During operation of the door system one or more sensors may be utilized in order to monitor the operation of the door assembly (e.g., door system, door, frame, etc.), review the operating parameters, troubleshoot potential issues, schedule and monitor service requests, review and take actions for potential security threats, and/or the like. Consequently, users may determine if the door system operates the door in accordance with the desired operating parameters by reviewing the movement, vibration, speed, acceleration, force, or the like based on the sensor information captured and use the information to adjust the door assembly. Notifications regarding the operation of the door systems may be sent automatically and/or in response to requests from users. The users may utilize one or more applications and interfaces thereof to remotely connect to the door systems in order to review and analyze the sensor information and take the desired actions. |
| US11756398B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for reducing false positive alarms
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for identifying a first sector proximal to a reader and a second sector proximal to the reader, receiving one or more parameters associated with at least one of a minimum sector count setting, an opposite sector threshold setting, or a suppression threshold setting, applying, to the reader, the one or more parameters associated with the at least one of the minimum sector count setting, the opposite sector threshold setting, or the suppression threshold setting, and detecting a tag based on the one or more parameters. |
| US11756397B2 |
Safely sensors
Disclosed are systems comprising: a transmitter background; a receiver background; a plurality of transmitter units affixed on the transmitter background, each transmitting an encoded electromagnetic wave (EM), wherein the electromagnetic wave is transmitted as a wide beam; and a plurality of receiver units affixed on the receiver background, wherein each of the plurality of the transmitter units is in electromagnetic communication with at least one of the receiver units. Also disclosed are methods of identifying the presence of an object intersecting a spatial surface. Further, a housing for the system is disclosed. |
| US11756396B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing grain theft in harvesting operations
Systems and methods for theft reduction of grain are disclosed. A grain cart includes a theft detection system that monitors grain onboarded into the grain cart from a harvesting machine, and grain offloaded from the grain cart to a trailer. The theft detection system measures a weight value of the grain received from the harvesting machine, and transmits the weight value to a tracking system. Additionally, the theft detection system can receive an expected grain weight value from the harvesting machine and compare the measured weight value with the received weight value, and provide a notification (e.g., alarm) of the difference is greater than a predetermined threshold. The theft detection system can provide similar functions between weight values of grain in the grain cart and a trailer. Also, the theft detection system can encrypt transmit the weight values prior to transmitting to the tracking system. |
| US11756394B2 |
Wireless tracking system for merchandise security
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to merchandise security systems and methods for displaying and protecting items of merchandise from theft. A merchandise security system and method according to the invention includes at least one tag and a plurality of nodes positioned within a display area. The plurality of nodes are operable for determining a location of the tag. The wireless beacon tracking system further includes a server operably associated with the plurality of nodes for receiving information related to the location of the tag. |
| US11756392B2 |
Portable electronic device having a haptic button assembly
A haptic button assembly may be used for detecting inputs and providing haptic outputs at an electronic device. The haptic outputs may be provided in response to detected inputs or in response to other conditions at the electronic device. The haptic button assembly may define an input surface along an exterior of the electronic device. Inputs may be provided to the input surface of the haptic button assembly. An input may include a touch input on or along the input surface and/or a force input directed substantially perpendicularly to the input surface. The haptic button assembly may provide a haptic output by moving an input member of the haptic button assembly laterally (e.g., substantially parallel to the input surface). |
| US11756387B2 |
Amusement device including means for processing electronic data in play of a game of chance
Various card devices and methods involving card devices are described. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11756382B2 |
System and method for providing financial account rewards programs
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides zero, one or more benefits to a consumer in association with the consumer utilizing an instrument associated with a qualifying financial account to purchase goods and/or services, wherein an amount of any benefits may be disproportionate to the value of the purchased goods and/or services. |
| US11756379B2 |
AI sports betting algorithms engine
A system for wagering on outcomes of a live sporting event. The system further includes using AI to balance itself between how much it will lose bets to encourage game players to bet more, ultimately to win more profit and gain a larger game player user base. This allows the system to reduce immediate profits in exchange for long term profits due to a larger market share. |
| US11756378B2 |
Gaming machines having retrofittable insertable memory expansion board with onboard random number generator
A gaming device comprises a main board comprising a processor, a memory storing system program code and an expansion port in data communication with a memory interface of the processor, and a memory expansion board connected to the main board via the expansion port. The memory expansion board comprises a device configured to execute a random number generator and write random numbers into one or more registers of the memory expansion board accessible by the main board, and at least one connector for connecting a memory module comprising game program code. When the processor requires random numbers, the system program code causes the processor to read random numbers from the one or more registers of the memory expansion board. |
| US11756377B2 |
Preparation and installation of gaming devices using blockchain
A blockchain system for facilitating preparation and installation of electronic gaming devices using a blockchain network is provided. The blockchain system includes an electronic gaming machine (EGM). The EGM includes a memory, a network interface, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to execute the operating system and the blockchain client, initiate a software installation on the EGM of a software component after the EGM has been delivered to an operational venue, including transmitting a software request transaction into the blockchain network for addition to the blockchain, identify a software permission blockchain transaction from the blockchain authorizing the installation of the software component on the EGM, download the software component from a cloud server of a regulated cloud storing certified software images of software components for EGMs in the blockchain network, and install the software component on the EGM. |
| US11756376B2 |
Guest-facing game information management systems and methods
An integrated game play system includes a game play platform, an amusement park, and a controller. The game play platform provides access to multiple games and the amusement park includes an attraction including one or more attraction features. Moreover, the controller detects presence of a guest on the game play platform and/or at the attraction, identifies the guest, and determines guest data based on the identification of the guest. In response to determining the guest data, the controller determines a modification to an organization of the multiple games on a display interface of the game play platform and/or a modification to the one or more attraction features (e.g., an animation, a lighting effect, and/or a sound effect), based on the guest data. The controller also sends a control signal indicative of the modification to the game play platform and/or the modification of the one or more attraction features. |
| US11756375B2 |
Securely storing machine data on a non-volatile memory device
An electronic gaming machine (EGM) includes a cabinet, a wireless transmitter, a memory device storing a unique device identifier (ID) of the EGM, and a game controller. The game controller is configured to execute a first node of a blockchain network on the EGM and store a first copy of the blockchain on a first memory partition, execute a second node of the blockchain network on the EGM and store a second copy of the blockchain on a second memory partition, generate a metering event associated with game play, submit a first blockchain transaction to the blockchain network, causing the first blockchain transaction to be added to a new block on the blockchain, and locally determine consensus for the new block on the blockchain between the first node and the second node of the EGM. |
| US11756374B2 |
Managing bets that select events and participants
A method of managing bets is provided. The method includes receiving one or more bets. Each bet comprises a selection of a first number of events selected from a group of events, a selection of a respective participant for each of the first number of events selected and a bet amount. The method also includes combining each bet amount to form a betting pool and determining an amount of a total payout based at least in part on the betting pool. |
| US11756372B2 |
Casino game medium and game table system
Provided is a casino game medium and a game table system capable of reducing adjacent reading without limiting a design of a game table. The casino game medium 100 includes the medium side antenna 110, the resistance element 111 connected to the medium side antenna 110, and the IC chip 112 that stores medium information and outputs the medium information based upon an induced electromotive force generated in the medium side antenna 110. The medium side antenna 110 is designed so that the resonance frequency thereof is higher than the specified frequency band. |
| US11756369B2 |
Graphical user interface for horse race betting and/or horse breeding using targeted ancestry-derived ratings
A method of generating a graphical user interface for horse race betting includes querying a database to obtain race data associated with a selected race, the race data including a list of horses scheduled to run the selected race, a track surface associated with the selected race, and a distance of the selected race. For each horse from among the list of horses, the method may include selecting a rating corresponding to the horse, the track surface, and the distance, the rating being selected from a plurality of ratings quantifying an expected performance of the horse for different combinations of track surface and distance and being derived from data associated with a sire and/or a dam of the horse. The method may include displaying the list of horses and displaying the selected ratings in association with the horses. |
| US11756363B2 |
Safe conduit device
A safe conduit device having a banknote validator docking station, a banknote cashbox docking station spatially separated from the banknote validator docking station, and a banknote transport module configured to provide a removable bridge spanning the spatial separation between the banknote validator docking station and the banknote cashbox docking station. |
| US11756359B2 |
Health and sanitation monitoring methods and systems for controlled access to a premises
An automated kiosk is located adjacent to a point of access to a room or premises. The kiosk can control an automated locking mechanism for the point of access. The kiosk can read the temperature of all persons that attempt to enter the room or premises. The kiosk can also command the persons to sanitize their hands in a sanitation window of the kiosk while dispensing sanitizer and monitoring the hands of the person for effective sanitation action. The kiosk can read identification credentials, perform facial recognition, speech recognition and recognize gestures of persons. The kiosk can be further coupled to a central control computer. |
| US11756354B2 |
System and method for generating data regarding a vehicle crash
A method includes receiving initial sensor data and additional sensor data; and generating combined sensor data. A computing device for includes one or more processors; and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories including non-transitory computer executable instructions stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive initial sensor data and additional sensor data; and generate combined sensor data. A computer readable storage medium includes non-transitory computer readable instructions stored thereon for generating data regarding a vehicle crash, wherein the instructions when executed on one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: receive initial sensor data and additional sensor data; and generate combined sensor data. |
| US11756345B2 |
Partial sensor data sharing for connected vehicles
A method of partial sensor data sharing is described. The method includes detecting an occluded area relative to a receiver vehicle. The method also includes defining an area of interest (AoI) based on a traffic topology and state information of a selected sender vehicle. The method further includes transmitting the area of interest to the selected sender vehicle. The method also includes receiving a sensor data corresponding to the area of interest when the detected occluded area is within a sensor coverage area of the selected sender vehicle. |
| US11756343B2 |
Evaluating and transmitting combined external data from one or more assets to a central data portal for storage and visualization
Systems and methods for evaluating and transmitting combined external data from one or more assets are described herein. An example method may include collecting, by a data processing device communicatively coupled to a central data portal, sensor data from one or more assets, processing, by the data processing device, the sensor data to evaluate status data concerning status of the one or more assets, transmitting, by the data processing device, the status data to the central data portal, and storing and visualizing, by the central data portal, the status data. The data processing device can be co-located with one of the assets. The assets may be selected from a building, a room, outdoor location, a vehicle, a person, an indoor location, and an outdoor location. |
| US11756342B2 |
System and method for analyzing vehicle systems during vehicle travel
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: validating data in a vehicle system database; identifying data to be collected from at least one vehicle system; validating sufficient data rights; if sufficient data rights are validated, collecting the identified data; identifying at least one analysis to be performed; performing the at least one analysis on the collected data; identifying at least one analysis report to be generated; and generating the at least one analysis report. |
| US11756340B2 |
Display device
To acquire maintenance information easily from packed electronic equipment without unpacking. An AR display device includes: an information projection unit that performs display on the basis of augmented reality; a wireless power supply unit that performs wireless power supply to packed electronic equipment; a wireless power supply control unit that controls directivity and distance of the wireless power supply unit upon performing wireless power supply to the packed electronic equipment, so that a packing box of the packed electronic equipment is displayed on the information projection unit; a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the packed electronic equipment to which the wireless power supply is performed; and a control unit that displays maintenance information received from the packed electronic equipment on the information projection unit. |
| US11756334B2 |
Facial expression recognition
Systems and techniques are provided for facial expression recognition. In some examples, a system receives an image frame corresponding to a face of a person. The system also determines, based on a three-dimensional model of the face, landmark feature information associated with landmark features of the face. The system then inputs, to at least one layer of a neural network trained for facial expression recognition, the image frame and the landmark feature information. The system further determines, using the neural network, a facial expression associated with the face. |
| US11756331B2 |
Portable electronic device and operation method
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a body, an image sensor and a main system. The image sensor continually captures a first image outside the body, detects at least one motion of a user according to the first image, and generates a control signal related to the motion. The main system receives the control signal from the image sensor and executes a function or a service corresponding to the motion according to the control signal. |
| US11756326B2 |
Keepout zone detection and active safety system
A keepout zone detection system and method for a hazardous area, such as the workspace around a power tool, that includes a safety device that controls a safety event, such as disabling the power tool, and a keepout zone detection device that includes at least one imager for imaging a workspace associated with the power tool. A processor dynamically determines the keepout zone specific to the power tool based on information received from the imager(s) or by referring to a predetermined keepout zone stored in a memory, where the processor includes a pre-trained neural network that processes the received images to further identify the presence of human appendage(s) within the keepout zone; and a communication device that communicates with the safety device to control the safety event, such as disabling the power tool, based on the determination of the presence of the human appendage within the keepout zone. |
| US11756323B2 |
Method of automatically recognizing and classifying design information in imaged PID drawing and method of automatically creating intelligent PID drawing using design information stored in database
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of recognizing and classifying design information by automatically digitizing an imaged P&ID drawing to digitize design information by totaling design elements with high accuracy within a short time, and another aspect of the present disclosure is to obtain an imaged P&ID drawing or a database stored in a text form as a digitized drawing by modeling a symbol, line, and text in an intelligent P&ID, thereby accurately and rapidly quoting a price and accurately checking compatibility between different design products. |
| US11756322B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying and authenticating artistic works
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for quantifying unique features of an object such as an artistic work to identify and authenticate the object and specific characteristics thereof using multi-spectral diagnostic characterization techniques and analytical algorithms. In some aspects, a method for creating an identification for an object includes acquiring image data of an object in two or more electromagnetic spectrums along a coordinated array of sample regions of the object; analyzing the acquired image data to produce a quantitative data set including specific characteristics of the object associated with the two or more electromagnetic spectrums for each sample region; generating a digital identification associated with a unique data fingerprint, based on the specific characteristics, in which the digital identification solely corresponds to the object; and storing the generated digital identification. |
| US11756321B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire, from results of character recognition performed on a target image including character strings, attribute information indicating an attribute to which a key character string and a value character string belong, the key character string as a character string specified beforehand as a key and the value character string as a character string indicating a value corresponding to the key character string; acquire by using the attribute information the key character string corresponding to the value character string extracted from the results of the character recognition; and output the key character string and the value character string corresponding to the key character string. |
| US11756317B2 |
Methods and systems for labeling lidar point cloud data
Systems and methods for processing point cloud data are disclosed. The methods include receiving a 3D image including point cloud data, displaying a 2D image of the 3D image, and generating a 2D bounding box that envelops an object of interest in the 2D image. The methods further include generating a projected image frame comprising a projected plurality of points by projecting a plurality of points in a first direction. The methods may then include displaying an image frame that includes the 2D image and the 2D bounding box superimposed by the projected image frame, receiving a user input that includes an identification of a set of points in the projected plurality of points that correspond to the object of interest, identifying a label for the object of interest, and storing the set of points that correspond to the object of interest in association with the label. |
| US11756312B2 |
Orientation-agnostic lane tracking in a vehicle
Systems and methods include obtaining observation points of a lane line using a sensor of a vehicle. Each observation point indicates a location of a point on the lane line. A method includes generating or updating a lane model with the observation points. The lane model indicates a path of the lane line and the lane model is expressed in a lane-specific coordinate system that differs from a vehicle coordinate system that is defined by an orientation of the vehicle. The method also includes transforming the lane-specific coordinate system to maintain a correspondence between the lane-specific coordinate system and the vehicle coordinate system based on a change in orientation of the vehicle resulting in a change in the vehicle coordinate system. |
| US11756307B2 |
Vehicle video system
Images are obtained using cameras mounted on a vehicle, and at least a portion of the obtained images are displayed on a screen. Motion of the vehicle can be controlled such that it moves toward a physical destination selected from images obtained using cameras mounted on a vehicle. |
| US11756306B2 |
Anti-drowning safety alarm method and device for swimming pool
The embodiment of the present invention discloses an anti-drowning safety alarm method and device for swimming pools. Acquiring images taken by multiple cameras; inputting the images into a target detection model to detect human bodies and heads, so as to obtain human body target detection boxes and human head target detection boxes; calculating the relationship between the human heads and the human bodies according to these boxes; performing multi-camera fusion on the human body target detection boxes and the human head target detection boxes to obtain the human body boxes and head boxes; determining the relative position relationship between the human bodies or the human heads and the water surface; calculating the correlation between the bounding box sequence at the current moment and that at the previous moment to obtain the human tracking trajectory; updating the state database; generating alarm information according to the state database. |
| US11756305B2 |
Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
A control apparatus and method that captures video image includes acquiring a parameter for recognition processing with respect to acquired image data and changing the acquired parameter according to a change in zoom magnification of an image capturing unit. |
| US11756301B2 |
System and method for automatically detecting and marking logical scenes in media content
A system including a scene detection engine (SDE) and a method for automatically detecting and marking logical scenes in media content using artificial intelligence are provided. The SDE detects boundaries of shots in media content. The SDE generates an image similarity matrix by extracting color features from a middle frame of each shot. The SDE generates an audio similarity matrix by extracting audio features of each shot. The SDE generates a resultant similarity matrix from the image and audio similarity matrices. The SDE executes a clustering algorithm using the resultant similarity matrix with reduced or no noise to generate an ordered sequence of shots that define a boundary of each scene of the media content. The SDE executes a linear traversal algorithm on the shots that define the boundary of each scene for correcting errors in the defined boundary of each scene. |
| US11756300B1 |
Method and apparatus for summarization of unsupervised video with efficient key frame selection reward functions
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for summarization of unsupervised video with efficient key frame selection reward functions. Frame-level visual features are extracted from an input video. An attention weight is computed and an importance score is represented as a frame tracking probability for selecting a key frame using the attention weight. A temporal consistency reward function and a representativeness reward function are obtained so as to select the key frame, based on a visual similarity distance and temporal distance between key frames, and an attention-based video summarization network is trained to predict an importance score for selecting a key frame of a video summary by using the temporal consistency reward function and the representativeness reward function. A video summary is created by selecting a corresponding key frame based on the predicted importance score, the quality of the created video summary is evaluated, and policy gradient learning is performed for the attention-based video summarization network. Regularization and reconstruction loss is calculated for controlling the probability to select a key frame by using the importance score of the selected key frame. A video summary is created based on the calculated regularization and reconstruction loss. |
| US11756295B2 |
Storage system and method for event-driven data stitching in surveillance systems
A storage system and method for event-driven data stitching in surveillance systems are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to track an object in a plurality of video streams; determine which video frames in each of the plurality of video streams contain the object; create a separate video stream from the video frames that contain the object; and store the created separate video stream in the memory. Other embodiments are provided. |
| US11756291B2 |
Scene and user-input context aided visual search
Provided is a technique for determining a context of an image and an object depicted by the image based on the context. A trained context classification model may determine a context of an image, and a trained object recognition model may determine an object depicted by the image based on the image and the context. Provided is also a technique for determining an object depicted within an image based on an input location of an input detected by a display screen. An object depicted within an image may be detected based on a distance in feature space between an image feature vector of an image and a feature vector of the object, and a distance in pixel-space between an input location of an input and location of the object within the image. |
| US11756288B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
The present disclosure provides an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium, which relate to the field of computer technology, and more particularly to artificial intelligence technology including computer vision, deep learning and the like. The image processing method includes: recognizing the image to be processed to determine attribute information of each object included in the image to be processed; determining a target thermal image to be recognized according to the attribute information of each object and the image to be processed; reconstructing the target thermal image to generate a first reconstructed image; and determining whether the image to be processed includes an object of a preset class according to a difference between the first reconstructed image and the target thermal image. |
| US11756284B2 |
Apparatus and method of labeling for object detection
An apparatus of labeling for object detection according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an image selector that determines a plurality of labeling target images from among a plurality of unlabeled images, and determines a labeling order of the plurality of labeling target images, a feedback obtainer that obtains label inspection information on the plurality of labeling target images from a user, and a model trainer that learns the label inspection information input from the user by using the labeling target images, obtains a pseudo label for supervised learning based on a learning result using the label inspection information, and re-determines the labeling order of the labeling target images based on the pseudo label. |
| US11756278B2 |
Method and system of establishing denture dentition model
A method for establishing a denture dentition model includes: obtaining face information and teeth alignment information of a use, to establish a three-dimensional mouth-opening face model and an original teeth model, and superimposing the original teeth model to the three-dimensional mouth-opening face model; establishing a reference line corresponding to each of the teeth of the original teeth model; generating a plurality of grids on the three-dimensional mouth-opening face model according to the reference lines, and adjusting each of the grids to correspond to the edge of each tooth, to obtain an actual size of each of the teeth; providing an upper edge curve and a lower edge curve on the three-dimensional mouth-opening face model as a smile curve; aligning each grid with the smile curve, and placing a denture model in each grid; and adjusting a denture contour of each denture model, to generate the denture dentition model. |
| US11756277B1 |
Network platform impersonation mitigation systems and methods
A processor may receive an image of a user and an avatar representing the user within a computing environment. The processor may generate a score for the avatar on the basis of its resemblance to the image using a machine learning (ML) process. The processor may configure at least one option for action by the user within the computing environment according to the score. |
| US11756275B2 |
Auxiliary system and method for intelligent well control
An auxiliary system for intelligent well control includes augmented reality (AR) glasses, a server, and a first sensor group. The first sensor group is configured to collect real-time data of a wellbore and the surface and transmit the real-time data to the server. The server is configured to analyze a target pressure value of a choke valve of the surface according to the real-time data, obtain an actual pressure value of the choke valve of the surface from the real-time data, and transmit the actual pressure value and the target pressure value to the AR glasses. The AR glasses are configured to dynamically display the actual pressure value and the target pressure value in real time. Through the first sensor group and the server, the actual pressure value and the target pressure value can be accurately received by an operator in real time. |
| US11756272B2 |
Somatic and somatosensory guidance in virtual and augmented reality environments
A method of operating a procedural training user interface system involves displaying an interactive guided process of a first user using at least one augmented reality (AR) layer through an AR device worn by a second user, where a representation of first user hands is displayed. The second user interactions may be detected during the interactive guided process, where the second user attempts to superimpose second user hands on the representation of the first user hands in the at least one AR layer. The interactive guided process of the second user may then be displayed using the AR layer through an AR device on the first user and the AR device on the second user. If the first user hands and the second user hands are not superimposed in the AR layer, the first user or the second user may be notified to take corrective action. |
| US11756269B2 |
Tangibility visualization of virtual objects within a computer-generated reality environment
The present disclosure relates to techniques for providing tangibility visualization of virtual objects within a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, such as a CGR environment based on virtual reality and/or a CGR environment based on mixed reality. A visual feedback indicating tangibility is provided for a virtual object within a CGR environment that does not correspond to a real, tangible object in the real environment. A visual feedback indicating tangibility is not provided for a virtual representation of a real object within a CGR environment that corresponds to a real, tangible object in the real environment. |
| US11756263B2 |
Box modeling method, apparatus, robot picking system, electronic device and medium
A box modeling method and apparatus, a robot picking system, an electronic device and a medium, the method comprising: acquiring first 3D point cloud information of a box (S302); determining a first point of the box according to box parameters and the first 3D point cloud information (S304); performing a calculation to the first point and the first 3D point cloud information by using a ray method so as to generate a first minimum bounding rectangle (S306); and modeling the box according to the first minimum bounding rectangle and the box parameters (S308). |
| US11756261B2 |
Single-perspective image relighting
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a first image of a scene in a first lighting condition, generate a three-dimensional representation of the scene based on the first image, and generate a second image of the scene in a second lighting condition based on the three-dimensional representation and on the first image. The first image is an only image of the scene used for generating the three-dimensional representation. The first image is an only image of the scene used for generating the second image. |
| US11756260B1 |
Visualization of configurable three-dimensional environments in a virtual reality system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for imaging scenes of three-dimensional (3-D) environments using a virtual reality system. A request to display a target three-dimensional environment in a virtual reality system is received. An image of a scene of the target three-dimensional environment is generated. The image of the scene includes features distributed within the scene of the target three-dimensional environment according to a distance from a viewing point of the scene of the target three-dimensional environment. A request to display a modified image of the scene of the target three-dimensional environment is received. The modified image of the scene of the target three-dimensional environment is generated by adding auxiliary data associated with the plurality of features relative to the distance from the viewing point of the scene of the target three-dimensional environment to each of the plurality of features. |
| US11756259B2 |
Display controlling device, display controlling method, program, and non-transitory computer-readable information recording medium
A sensor unit (105) included in a display device (100) detects a shift in orientation of a display (104) included in the display device (100) in a real space. A display control device configured by a control unit (101) changes the sight line direction in a virtual space, which includes a plurality of still and moving objects, in accordance with the detected shift in orientation, and generates an image representing a view of the virtual space in the sight line direction. The generated image is displayed on the display (104). The display control device configured by the control unit (101) then specifies a focus object among the objects, transfers an observation site about the focus object in the direction opposite to the direction of change in the sight line direction, and then generates the image of the virtual space from the observation site in the sight line direction. |
| US11756258B2 |
Techniques for ray cone tracing and texture filtering
One embodiment of a method for computing a texture color includes tracing a ray cone through a graphics scene, determining a curvature of a first surface within the graphics scene at a point where the ray cone hits the first surface based on differential barycentric coordinates associated with the point, determining, based on the curvature of the first surface, a width of the ray cone at a subsequent point where the ray cone hits a second surface within the graphics scene, and computing a texture color based on the width of the ray cone. |
| US11756257B2 |
Intersection testing in ray tracing systems with skipping of nodes in sub-trees of hierarchical acceleration structures
Ray tracing systems and computer-implemented methods for generating a hierarchical acceleration structure for intersection testing. Nodes of the hierarchical acceleration structure are determined, wherein each of the nodes represents a region in a scene, and wherein the nodes are linked to form the hierarchical acceleration structure. Data is stored representing the hierarchical acceleration structure. The stored data comprises data defining the regions represented by a plurality of the nodes. At least one node is an implicitly represented node, wherein data defining a region represented by an implicitly represented node is not explicitly included as part of the stored data but can be inferred from the stored data. Also described are ray tracing systems and computer-implemented methods for performing intersection testing in which, based on conditions in the ray tracing system, a determination is made as to whether testing of one or more rays for intersection with a region represented by a particular node of a sub-tree is to be skipped. |
| US11756254B2 |
Light importance caching using spatial hashing in real-time ray tracing applications
Light contribution information can be determined and cached for use in rendering image frames for a scene. In at least one embodiment, a spatial hash data structure can be used to split the scene into regions, such as octahedral voxels. Using cast light rays, an average light contribution can be computed for each individual voxel. Those light values can then be used to build a cumulative distribution function for each voxel that can be used to select which lights to sample for a given frame during rendering. The sampling for a region or voxel can be based at least in part upon the number of contributing lights for that region, as well as the relative contributions of those lights. Such an approach can be very bandwidth and cache efficient, while providing high image quality. |
| US11756252B2 |
Method for simulating combustion in digital imagery with equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions
A combustion simulation system is provided. The combustion simulation system can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The computer-implemented method of generating one or more visual representations of a combustion even is provided. The method includes simulating the combustion event, which transforms combustion reactants into combustion products, the combustion event occurring at a reference pressure, automatically determining values of combustion properties, the values of the combustion properties being calculated as a function of a nonzero pressure field, and generating the one or more visual representations of the combustion event based on the values of combustion properties. |
| US11756251B2 |
Facial animation control by automatic generation of facial action units using text and speech
Text and speech from a computer simulation are processed by a machine learning engine to animate the face of a computer avatar. |
| US11756250B2 |
Three-dimensional face animation from speech
A method for training a three-dimensional model face animation model from speech, is provided. The method includes determining a first correlation value for a facial feature based on an audio waveform from a first subject, generating a first mesh for a lower portion of a human face, based on the facial feature and the first correlation value, updating the first correlation value when a difference between the first mesh and a ground truth image of the first subject is greater than a pre-selected threshold, and providing a three-dimensional model of the human face animated by speech to an immersive reality application accessed by a client device based on the difference between the first mesh and the ground truth image of the first subject. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to cause a system to perform the above method, and the system, are also provided. |
| US11756248B2 |
Computer graphics object rendering based on priority
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to determining computer graphics objects (CGOs) to render for a device of a user in a virtual environment having a plurality of participants, each participant corresponding to a CGO. A priority value of each CGO corresponding to each participant can be determined. A CGO priority list can be generated based on the determined priority values, wherein the CGO priority list ranks the CGOs based on the priority values. A rendering list of CGOs can be generated, wherein the rendering list includes a subset of the CGOs of the CGO priority list based on applied rendering processing constraints. The CGOs of the rendering list can then be rendered. |
| US11756246B2 |
Modifying a graphic design to match the style of an input design
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for retargeting a user's input digital design based on a selected template digital design. For example, in response to the user's selection of a template digital design, one or more embodiments described herein change various design features of the user's input digital design to match corresponding design features in the selected template digital design. One or more embodiments described herein also provide template digital designs to the user for use in retargeting after a two-step selection process that ensures the provided template digital designs are compatible with the user's input digital design. |
| US11756242B2 |
System and method for artifact reduction in an image
Selected artifacts, which may be based on distortions or selected attenuation features, may be reduced or removed from a reconstructed image. Various artifacts may occur due to the presence of a metal object in a field of view. The metal object may be identified and removed from a data that is used to generate a reconstruction. |
| US11756240B2 |
Plugin and dynamic image modality reconstruction interface device
A standalone image reconstruction device is configured to reconstruct the raw signals received from a radiology scanner device into a reconstructed output signal. The image reconstruction device is a vendor neutral interface between the radiology scanner device and the post processing imaging device. The reconstructed output signal is a user readable domain that can be used to generate a medical image or a three-dimensional (3D) volume. The apparatus is configured to reconstruct signals from different types of radiology scanner devices using any suitable image reconstruction protocol. |
| US11756239B2 |
Multi-modal image color segmenter and editor
Systems and methods for color replacement are described. Embodiments of the disclosure include a color replacement system that adjusts an image based on a user-input source color and target color. For example, the source color may be replaced with the target color throughout the entire image. In some embodiments, a user provides a speech or text input that identifies a source color to be replaced. The user may then provide a speech or text input identifying the target color, replacing the source color. A color replacement system creates and embedding of the source color, segments the image based on the source color embedding, and then replaces the color of segmented portion of the image with the target color. |
| US11756235B2 |
Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining third point cloud data that is a combination of first point cloud data and second point cloud data, and includes geometry information of each of three-dimensional points included in the third point cloud data, and identification information indicating which of the first point cloud data and the second point cloud data each of the three-dimensional points belongs to; and generating encoded data by encoding the third point cloud data obtained. In the generating, identification information of each of the three-dimensional points is encoded as attribute information. |
| US11756233B2 |
Method for image processing and apparatus for implementing the same
A method of processing an image divided into a plurality of pixel blocks which are processed according to a processing sequence is provided, which comprises, for a current pixel block: determining an application area consisting of a set of pixels in blocks preceding the current block in the processing sequence, for each pixel of the application area, computing a gradient representing a directional change of an intensity at the pixel, and selecting, based on at least one of the computed gradients, an intra prediction video coding mode among a plurality of intra prediction video coding modes usable for encoding and/or decoding the current block. |
| US11756230B2 |
Vehicular trailer hitching assist system with determination of location of hitch
A vehicular trailer hitching assist system includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and viewing a trailer hitch disposed at the vehicle. Responsive to processing at an electronic control unit (ECU) of frames of image data captured by the camera, a feature of the trailer hitch is detected. The system, at least in part via processing at the ECU of at least one frame of image data captured by the camera, determines a ground location at the ground below the detected feature of the trailer hitch, and determines a location of the trailer hitch at the vehicle. The vehicle is maneuvered toward a trailer for hitching the trailer to the trailer hitch of the vehicle based at least in part on (i) the determined location of the trailer hitch and (ii) the height of the detected feature of the trailer hitch above the ground location. |
| US11756229B2 |
Localization for mobile devices
Systems and methods for localization for mobile devices are described. Some implementations may include accessing motion data captured using one or more motion sensors; determining, based on the motion data, a coarse localization, wherein the coarse localization includes a first estimate of position; obtaining one or more feature point maps, wherein the feature point maps are associated with a position of the coarse localization; accessing images captured using one or more image sensors; determining, based on the images, a fine localization pose by localizing into a feature point map of the one or more feature point maps, wherein the fine localization pose includes a second estimate of position and an estimate of orientation; generating, based on the fine localization pose, a virtual object image including a view of a virtual object; and displaying the virtual object image. |
| US11756228B2 |
Systems and methods to facilitate interaction by one or more participants with content presented across multiple distinct physical locations
This disclosure presents systems and methods to facilitate interaction by one or more participants with content presented across multiple distinct physical locations. A current distinct physical location of a participant may be determined. In response to determining the current distinct physical location in which the participant is located, operation of one or more content devices physically present in the current distinct physical location may be effectuated. |
| US11756225B2 |
Augmented reality collaboration system with physical device
An augmented reality collaboration system comprises a first system configured to display virtual content, comprising: a structure comprising a plurality of radiation emitters arranged in a predetermined pattern, and a user device comprising: one or more sensors configured to sense outputs of the plurality of radiation emitters, and one or more displays; one or more hardware processors; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors to, for the user device: determine a pose of the user device with respect to the structure based on the sensed outputs of the plurality of radiation emitters, and generate an image of virtual content based on the pose of the user device with respect to the structure, wherein the image of the virtual content is projected by the one or more displays of the user device in a predetermined location relative to the structure. |
| US11756220B2 |
Depth calculation processor and mobile terminal
A depth calculation processor includes: an input port, configured to receive image data from an image sensor; a demultiplexer, connected to the input port, and configured to demultiplex the image data from the input port and output first image data into a first line and second image data into a second line; a grayscale image engine, configured to process the first image data from the first line to generate processed first image data; a depth image engine, configured to receive the second image data from the second line, and calculate depth image data based on the second image data; a multiplexer, configured to output the processed first image data from the grayscale image engine and the depth image data from the depth image engine; and an output port, configured to output the processed first image data and the depth image data from the multiplexer. |
| US11756219B2 |
Multi-scale recurrent decoder for monocular depth estimation
A method for using an artificial neural network associated with an agent to estimate depth, includes receiving, at the artificial neural network, an input image captured via a sensor associated with the agent. The method also includes upsampling, at each decoding layer of a plurality of decoding layers of the artificial neural network, decoded features associated with the input image to a resolution associated with a final output of the artificial neural network. The method further includes concatenating, at each decoding layer, the upsampled decoded features with features obtained at a convolution layer associated with a respective decoding layer. The method still further includes estimating, at a recurrent module of the artificial neural network, a depth of the input image based on receiving the concatenated upsampled decoded features from each decoding layer. The method also includes controlling an action of an agent based on the depth estimate. |
| US11756218B2 |
Secure distribution of multi-resolution point cloud
Distributing different resolution point clouds of a full resolution point cloud, including: applying a plurality of sieve functions to the full resolution point cloud (PC) to generate a plurality of partial point clouds (PCs), wherein the partial PCs are disjointed elements of the full resolution PC; scrambling each partial PC of the plurality of partial PCs using a respective one of a plurality of secret keys; and distributing at least one scrambled PC and a selected secret key to an intended recipient, wherein the selected secret key is selected based on an appropriate resolution determined for the intended recipient. |
| US11756216B2 |
Object re-identification during image tracking
A system includes sensors and a processor that tracks first and second objects in a space. Upon detecting that a tracked position of the first object is within a threshold distance of a tracked position of a second object, a top-view image of the first object is received from a first sensor. Based on this top-view image, a first descriptor is determined for the first object. The first descriptor is associated with an observable characteristic of the first object. The processor identifies the first object based at least in part upon the first descriptor. |
| US11756205B2 |
Methods, devices, apparatuses and storage media of detecting correlated objects involved in images
Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting correlated objects involved in images are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: detecting a face object, a preset body part object, and a hand object involved in an image, performing a respective correlation prediction on every two of the face object, the preset body part object, and the hand object to obtain first, second, and third correlation prediction results, segmenting the image to determine at least one body object involved in the image to determine a first body object to which the face object belongs and a second body object to which the preset body part object belongs, adjusting the first correlation prediction result based on the first body object and the second body object, and determining correlated objects involved in the image according to the adjusted first correlation prediction result and the second and third correlation prediction results. |
| US11756204B2 |
Depth-aware method for mirror segmentation
The invention belongs to scene segmentation's field in computer vision and is a depth-aware method for mirror segmentation. PDNet successively includes a multi-layer feature extractor, a positioning module, and a delineating module. The multi-layer feature extractor uses a traditional feature extraction network to obtain contextual features; the positioning module combines RGB feature information with depth feature information to initially determine the position of the mirror in the image; the delineating module is based on the image RGB feature information, combined with depth information to adjust and determine the boundary of the mirror. This method is the first method that uses both RGB image and depth image to achieve mirror segmentation in an image. The present invention has also been further tested. For mirrors with a large area in a complex environment, the PDNet segmentation results are still excellent, and the results at the boundary of the mirrors are also satisfactory. |
| US11756201B2 |
Method and system for performing characterization of one or more materials
A method and system for performing characterization of one or more materials. One or more materials are scanned by means of a sensory system including an X-ray sensor configured to perform multi-energy imaging for obtaining at least a lower-energy X-ray image and a higher-energy X-ray image. Images obtained by means of the sensory system are segmented, and for each segmented object, data indicative of an area density and data indicative of an atom number by analysis of the lower-energy X-ray image and the higher-energy X-ray image, and data indicative of the area density and atom number is determined by means of a calibrated model. Data indicative of a mass is calculated based on the data indicative of the area density and the data indicative of the area of each of the segmented objects. The data indicative of the atom number is provided as input to a trained neural network, wherein the trained neural network is configured to label each segmented object, and wherein the data indicative of the mass is coupled to each of the labeled segmented objects. |
| US11756198B1 |
Systems and methods for training a statistical model to predict tissue characteristics for a pathology image
In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for a method for training a statistical model to predict tissue characteristics for a pathology image. The method includes accessing annotated pathology images. Each of the images includes an annotation describing a tissue characteristic category for a portion of the image. A set of training patches and a corresponding set of annotations are defined using an annotated pathology image. Each of the training patches in the set includes values obtained from a respective subset of pixels in the annotated pathology image and is associated with a corresponding patch annotation determined based on an annotation associated with the respective subset of pixels. The statistical model is trained based on the set of training patches and the corresponding set of patch annotations. The trained statistical model is stored on at least one storage device. |
| US11756197B2 |
Systems and methods of processing magnetic resonance images using phase-sensitive structural similarity index measure
A computer-implemented method of processing complex magnetic resonance (MR) images is provided. The method includes receiving a pair of corrupted complex data and pristine complex images. The method also includes training a neural network model using the pair by inputting the corrupted complex data to the neural network model, setting the pristine complex images as target outputs, and processing the corrupted complex data using the neural network model to derive output complex images of the corrupted complex data. Training a neural network model also includes comparing the output complex images with the target outputs by computing a phase-sensitive structural similarity index measure (PS-SSIM) between each of the output complex images and its corresponding target complex image, wherein the PS-SSIM is real-valued and varies with phases of the output complex image and phases of the target complex image, and adjusting the neural network model based on the comparison. |
| US11756195B2 |
Method and device for extracting major vessel region on basis of vessel image
A method for extracting a major vessel region from a vessel image by a processor may comprise the steps of: extracting an entire vessel region from a vessel image; extracting a major vessel region from the vessel image on the basis of a machine learning model which extracts a major vessel region; and revising the major vessel region by connecting separated vessel portions on the basis of the entire vessel region. |
| US11756193B2 |
Method and apparatus for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease using PET-CT image
A method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease using a positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) image may include generating a standard brain CT template in a Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) region based on a CT image calculated from a PET-CT apparatus, calculating a whole cortex volume of interest (VOI) for a plurality of detail regions capable of being used in 18F-florbetaben (FBB) and 18F-flutemetamol (FMM) in common within a cortex ROI region in which a deposition of beta amyloid protein is equal to or higher than a given value based on the standard brain CT template, and calculating a centiloid of each of the plurality of detail regions based on an amyloid standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) of each of the plurality of detail regions. |
| US11756191B2 |
Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging and plaque recognition
A method for magnetic resonance imaging and plaque recognition includes: obtaining magnetic resonance undersampled K-space data; transforming the magnetic resonance undersampled K-space data to an image domain through inverse Fourier transform to obtain a preprocessed image; reconstructing the preprocessed image through a pre-established deep learning reconstruction model to obtain a high-resolution imaging image of a blood vessel wall; and recognizing plaques in the high-resolution imaging image of the blood vessel wall through a pre-established deep learning plaque recognition model. A neural network corresponding to the pre-established deep learning reconstruction model is a dense connection network. The magnetic resonance undersampled K-space data is head-and-neck combined magnetic resonance undersampled K-space data of the blood vessel wall. |
| US11756189B2 |
Method and systems for providing synthetic labeled training datasets and applications thereof
A computer-implemented method and system provides a labelled training dataset. At least one sub-object or component is selected in a CAD model of an object comprising a plurality of sub-objects or components. A plurality of different render images is generated and the different render images contain the at least one selected sub-object or component. The different render images are labelled on the basis of the CAD model to provide a training dataset based on the labelled render images. Also, a computer-implemented method provides a trained function that is trained on the training dataset. A computer-implemented image recognition method uses such the trained function. An image recognition system comprising an image capture device and a data processing system carries out the image recognition method. A computer program comprises instructions that cause the system to carry out the methods. |
| US11756187B2 |
Systems and methods of optimal metrology guidance
Systems and methods for optimal electron beam metrology guidance are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the method may include receiving an acquired image of a sample, determining a set of image parameters based on an analysis of the acquired image, determining a set of model parameters based on the set of image parameters, generating a set of simulated images based on the set of model parameters. The method may further comprise performing measurement of critical dimensions on the set of simulated images and comparing critical dimension measurements with the set of model parameters to provide a set of guidance parameters based on comparison of information from the set of simulated images and the set of model parameters. The method may further comprise receiving auxiliary information associated with target parameters including critical dimension uniformity. |
| US11756184B2 |
Capturing vehicle data and assessing vehicle damage
One example method of operation may include capturing vehicle image data and autonomously identifying vehicle damage. The method may include receiving captured data identifying a vehicle body, comparing the captured data to vehicle overlay data for difference data, determining whether the difference data identified is beyond one or more difference thresholds, and designating one or more vehicle portions as damaged when the difference data identified is beyond the threshold. |
| US11756182B2 |
Pattern grouping method based on machine learning
A pattern grouping method may include receiving an image of a first pattern, generating a first fixed-dimensional feature vector using trained model parameters applying to the received image, and assigning the first fixed-dimensional feature vector a first bucket ID. The method may further include creating a new bucket ID for the first fixed-dimensional feature vector in response to determining that the first pattern does not belong to one of a plurality of buckets corresponding to defect patterns, or mapping the first fixed-dimensional feature vector to the first bucket ID in response to determining that the first pattern belongs to one of a plurality of buckets corresponding to defect patterns. |
| US11756181B2 |
Method for performing image processing for determining image defect in mixed-color test image through image reading
A processor determines an image defect in a test image obtained through an image reading process performed on an output sheet output by an image forming apparatus. The processor derives a vertical data string that is composed of data about horizontal representative values serving as representative values of a plurality of pixel values in each line in a horizontal direction in the test image. Moreover, the processor determines the presence or absence of at least one periodicity set in advance in the vertical data string by performing frequency analysis on the vertical data string. Furthermore, the processor determines the occurrence or non-occurrence and the cause of periodic density unevenness serving as a type of the image defect according to the determination result on the periodicity. |
| US11756180B2 |
Image processing system and imaging device
An image processing system and an imaging device are provided. The image processing system includes a circuit board, an ambient light sensor, a light guide, a camera sensor and a camera lens. The ambient light sensor is integrated on the circuit board. An output end of the light guide is connected to the ambient light sensor to guide light to a detecting part of the ambient light sensor. The camera sensor is integrated on the circuit board. The camera lens is connected to the camera sensor. In the present disclosure, light guide is optically coupled with the ambient light sensor, such that a field of view of the ambient light sensor can be controlled to enhance color performance. Further, the light guide can provide spatial selectivity for the ambient light sensor while improving system integration and minimizing impact on appearance of the imaging device. |
| US11756179B2 |
Training method for anomaly detection model and electronic device using the same
A training method for an anomaly detection model and an electronic device using the same are provided. The anomaly detection model includes a generative model and a discriminative model. The training method for the anomaly detection model includes the following steps. One of a plurality of original images and one of a plurality of task information are used as a training sample. The training sample is input to the generative model and the discriminative model to calculate a plurality of network loss results corresponding to the training sample. If the original image of the training sample does not match the task information of the training sample, a first loss function is obtained based on a weighted sum of reciprocals of the network loss results, and the generative model is trained according to the first loss function. |
| US11756174B2 |
System and method for real-time tone-mapping
A method and system for tone-mapping an image includes determining a tone-curve based on a model of image contrast distortion between the input image and a tone-mapped image and tone-mapping the input image according to the determined tone-curve. Determining the tone curve includes analytically calculating values of the tone-curve that reduce the image contrast distortion within the model of image contrast distortion. A tone-mapping operator includes a noise model generator and a tone-mapping module operable to receive one or more contextual parameters. The tone-mapping module includes an edge-stopping filtering submodule for extracting a base layer and detail layer of the input image, a tone-curve generating submodule and a combining submodule for combining the base layer and detail layer. At least one of the edge-stopping filtering submodule, the tone-curve generating submodule and combining submodule is adjustable based on the contextual parameters. |
| US11756172B2 |
Local tone mapping for HDR video
The present disclosure relates to a tone mapping method for a succession of images implemented by an image processing device. The method including a) the division of the images of the succession of images in a plurality of sub-blocks of first pixels; b) for a first image (INPUT_IMAGEf) of the succession of images, the creation of a first mini-image (MPICf) comprising pixels of the first mini-image, each pixel of the first mini-image representing a corresponding sub-block of the first image, the intensity of each pixel of the first mini-image being representative of the intensity of the first pixels of the corresponding sub-block; c) the storage of the first mini-image (MPICf) in a memory; and d) for a second image (INPUT_IMAGEf+1) of the succession of images, the modification of the second image according to the first mini-image (MPICf) in order to generate an output image. |
| US11756170B2 |
Method and apparatus for correcting distorted document image
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for correcting a distorted document image, where the method for correcting a distorted document image includes: obtaining a distorted document image; and inputting the distorted document image into a correction model, and obtaining a corrected image corresponding to the distorted document image; where the correction model is a model obtained by training with a set of image samples as inputs and a corrected image corresponding to each image sample in the set of image samples as an output, and the image samples are distorted. By inputting the distorted document image to be corrected into the correction model, the corrected image corresponding to the distorted document image can be obtained through the correction model, which realizes document image correction end-to-end, improves accuracy of the document image correction, and extends application scenarios of the document image correction. |
| US11756157B2 |
Multimodal inspection system
A multimodal inspection system (MIS) is disclosed herein. The MIS may use one or more modalities to inspect a sample. Some of the modalities include, but are not limited to, Raman, visible (VIS), terahertz (THz) spectroscopy, longwave infrared (LWIR), shortwave infrared (SWIR), laser profilometry (LP), electromagnetic interference (EMI) near field probing, and/or, Millimeter Wave (MMW) radar. |
| US11756155B1 |
Creating an ortho-rectified virtual mosaic from imagery
A method for mosaicking and normalizing ortho-rectified images includes selecting imagery from a database using a query tool. The method also includes producing a GeoTIFF a digital elevation model (DEM) or creating a virtual mosaic from the selected imagery. |
| US11756152B2 |
Apparatus and methods for the optimal stitch zone calculation of a generated projection of a spherical image
Apparatus and methods for the stitch zone calculation of a generated projection of a spherical image. In one embodiment, a computing device is disclosed which includes logic configured to: obtain a plurality of images; map the plurality of images onto a spherical image; re-orient the spherical image in accordance with a desired stitch line and a desired projection for the desired stitch line; and map the spherical image to the desired projection having the desired stitch line. In a variant, the desired stitch line is mapped onto an optimal stitch zone, the optimal stitch zone characterized as a set of points that defines a single line on the desired projection in which the set of points along the desired projection lie closest to the spherical image in a mean square sense. |
| US11756148B2 |
Signal encoding for difficult environments
This disclosure relates to advanced image signal processing technology including encoded signals and digital watermarking. We disclose methods, systems and apparatus for selecting which ink(s) should be selected to carry an encoded signal for a given machine-vision wavelength for a retail package or other printed design. We also disclose retail product packages and other printed objects, and methods to generate such, including a sparse mark in a first ink and an overprinted ink flood in a second ink. The first ink and the second ink are related through tack and spectral reflectance difference. Of course, other methods, packages, objects, systems and apparatus are described in this disclosure. |
| US11756147B1 |
Systems and methods for verifying the authenticity of documents
A system and method for ensuring the authenticity of imaged documents by embedding data into the images of such documents. The embedded data can then be extracted and decoded, and used to determine whether a particular document may be fraudulent. The documents may be checks, money orders, contracts, invoices, titles or other legal documents that may need to have their authenticity confirmed to prevent, for example, forged or otherwise false documents from being accepted as genuine. |
| US11756142B2 |
System and method for monitoring electronic communications
A method for monitoring mobile communication and generating alerts associated with targeted content. A monitored user's mobile communication device forwards an incoming or outgoing communication to a monitoring user's mobile communication device. The monitored user's or monitoring user's mobile communication device generates an alert if it is determined that the incoming or outgoing communication contains targeted content, and an alert is provided on the monitoring user's mobile communication device. |
| US11756141B2 |
Communications systems, methods, and devices
Systems, methods, and devices for implementing a communications system having a facility located at a location, first and second communications devices, a data storage device, and a server. The first communications device is arranged to send an alert to a communications server and receive a message from the server in response to the alert, where the first communications device is within a first proximity of the facility and the alert indicates an event type. The second communications device is arranged to receive a notification from the server associated with the alert, where the second communication device is within a second proximity of the facility. The server is arranged to send the notification associated with the alert to the second communications device, such that the notification includes the event type, an identifier of the facility, and a user identifier of the user associated with the first communications device. |
| US11756138B2 |
System and method for stormwater utility management
Disclosed is a system and method for stormwater utility management that aids stormwater utilities in establishing fees, abatements, and tradeable stormwater credits using publicly available parcel database information. A stormwater support services computer in communication with publicly available data stores of parcel information rapidly assesses and generates a per-parcel stormwater utility fee based on estimated size of impervious surfaces on a parcel. Through use of publicly available parcel information to generate an estimated size of impervious surfaces on a parcel, a stormwater utility fee based on level of service is implemented. |
| US11756118B2 |
Systems and methods for trades priced relative to a reference benchmark value associated with an underlying index future
According to some embodiments, an indication of a trade priced relative to a reference benchmark value (e.g., a trade at index close transaction) associated with an underlying index future may be received when a basis of the trade is agreed to by parties of the trade. Moreover, the indication may be received at least one day prior to a determination of a final price and quantity of the trade. The trade might create, according to some embodiments, any derivative, such as a future, an option, or a combination of put and call options. The trade may be reported and cleared, and it may then be arranged for the trade to physically settle into the underlying index future. |
| US11756115B2 |
System for providing scores to customers based on financial data
Disclosed is a system for scoring customers of a financial institution based on financial data. The system includes a central database that stores a plurality of modules, a central server that processes the plurality of modules and a display unit that displays the processed plurality of modules. The plurality of modules includes a criteria configuration module, a data module, and a computation module. The criteria configuration module includes a metric module to receive the input parameters required to evaluate the score, and a measurement module for defining transformation criteria to be applied on the data corresponding to the input parameters. The computation module includes a metric evaluation module to compute and applies the transformation criteria to the values of the input parameters, and a scoring module coupled to the metric evaluation module to automatically compute and display the score of the customers based on the values retrieved from the metric evaluation module. |
| US11756114B1 |
Data control tower
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a customer a central location to manage permissions provided to third-parties and devices to access and use customer information maintained by a financial institution are described. The central location serves as a central portal where a customer of the financial institution can manage all access to account information and personal information stored at the financial institution. Accordingly, the customer does not need to log into each individual third-party system or customer device to manage previously provided access to the customer information or to provision new access to the customer information. |
| US11756105B2 |
System and methods for message timing optimization
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for message timing optimization. A message timing optimization system determines optimized times to transmit messages to users based on historical transaction data. For example, the message timing optimization system may determine an optimal time to transmit a recommendation message to a user to perform a subsequent, such as repurchasing an item, refreshing a password, and the like. The message timing optimization system uses historical transaction data describing previous transactions performed by the user and/or other users to determine probability values indicating the likelihood that a user will perform a subsequent action at various time periods after the user performed an initial transaction. |
| US11756101B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for evaluating substitutions made during order fulfillment processes
A system includes a computing device configured to receive order data indicating an order placed by a customer on an e-commerce platform and route the order into a test group or a control group when the order data indicates that the order will be filled by a store participating in the comparison test. The computing device is further configured to apply test features to the order if the order was routed into the test group and apply control features to the order if the order was routed into the control group and determine recommended substitute items based on the test features or the control features. The recommended substitute items are intended to replace items ordered by the customer that are unavailable. The computing device is also configured to determine one or more performance metrics of the test group and the control group. |
| US11756096B1 |
Expert methods and system recommendations activating consumer fingerprint and footprint to handshake with experts and walk-through product/service options
A product/service recommendation expert system including a server; at least one consumer computer that is linked, via a distributed network, to the server; and at least one management computer that is linked, via a distributed network, to the server; wherein the server includes at least some of a product/service profile database for storing and/or updating product/service information for a plurality of products/services, a criteria database for storing and/or updating evaluation criteria by which a product/service is evaluated, and at least one first consumer profile database for storing and/or updating consumer profile information for a plurality of consumers; and at least one second consumer profile database, wherein the second consumer profile database contains at least some previously stored, supplemental consumer profile information, wherein the supplemental consumer profile information includes at least some consumer profile information that is different from the consumer profile information in the first consumer profile database. |
| US11756094B2 |
Method and device for evaluating comment quality, and computer readable storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for evaluating a comment quality, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: selecting a metadata key associated with a comment of an object from metadata of the object, the metadata including a plurality of key-value pairs; determining a value corresponding to the metadata key based on the metadata; and evaluating the comment quality based on the comment and the value corresponding to the metadata key. |
| US11756090B2 |
Automated coordinated co-browsing with text chat services
Even with the best efforts to design and deliver accurate systems with usable interfaces, customers often encounter difficulties in completing a task using an electronic device, such as completing a form on a web page, using a software application, or navigating an interface. This may be due to a programming error, inaccurate instructions, or an unusual situation not contemplated by the programmers or designers. Without interaction with a human agent, a cue may be provided to the user upon detection of an issue for completing the task. A co-browse operation may be automatically initiated to provide a cue selected in accord with the issue that thereby allows the user to complete the task. |
| US11756089B2 |
Service integration with user interface
Ordering systems for a plurality of retailer service providers are integrated and provided through a single mobile application (app) to users for user-defined orders. Moreover, payment processing of the retailer service providers are integrated and available for processing payments of the orders through the single mobile app. Retailer-specific branding is maintained and provided through the app. |
| US11756088B2 |
Displaying listings based on listing activity
Systems and methods for enabling a display of listings based on listing activity are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, activity information of a listing displayed among multiple listings is accessed. Whether the activity information of the listing conforms to one or more criteria is determined. A priority of the listing relative to the multiple listings is altered based on the activity information of the listing conforming to the one or more criteria. The listing is displayed among the multiple listings according to the altered priority of the listing. |
| US11756083B2 |
Social platform promotion system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a contribution for a social platform from a client; funding the social platform; and calculating a contribution ROI experienced by the client as a result of the contribution to the social platform. |
| US11756069B2 |
Methods and apparatus to group advertisements by advertisement campaign
Methods and apparatus to group advertisements by advertisement campaign are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to determine pixel color values from a reference advertisement of an advertisement campaign; remove bits from the pixel color values associated with the reference advertisement; determine a first color proportion corresponding the reference advertisement based on the pixel color values; associate the first color proportion with the advertisement campaign; and identify a second advertisement as associated with the advertisement campaign based on a second color proportion of the second advertisement relative to the first color proportion, the second advertisement different than the reference advertisement. |
| US11756066B2 |
Systems, methods and computer readable medium for wireless solicitations
Product offering systems are provided. Product offering systems may include sending an offer to a customer that possesses a mobile computing device and has agreed to receive offers for products via the mobile computing device. Agreeing to receive offers would result in the unique data about the customer being available to offer provider. Unique customer data may include data related to the customers wireless service provider or from a financial account in a financial institution, and collecting customer data about the customer, wherein the customer data comprises financial data and personal data. Product offering systems may further include registering a wireless computing device of the customer to able the device to receive the offer, and determining opportunities to send the offer to the customer by monitoring the customer and the customer data. Product offering systems may also include sending the offer to the customer's registered device based on the determination of opportunities. |
| US11756064B2 |
Self-learning valuation
A method of valuating a plurality of digital content items including: receiving the plurality of digital content items; for each received content item: establishing a plurality of attributes from content and characteristics of the content item; establishing a lifetime indicating a span of consumers interest in the content item; producing a valuation function for calculating a market value of the content item during its lifetime by finding and ranking nearest one or more previously processed content items having the plurality of attributes with closest similarity to the plurality of attributes of the received content item, performing weighted averaging of the valuation functions produced for the nearest one or more of the previously processed content items; and adapting, using “edge cutting” adaptation, the produced valuation function to a market response reflecting behavior of the consumers in response to the market values of the content item calculated by the valuation function. |
| US11756062B2 |
Consumer feedback device
A device for providing consumer feedback including an enclosure, processors housed within the enclosure, an image capturing device in communication with the processors and configured to capture a user gesture, a display screen, the display screen in communication with the processors, a memory, and a battery configured to supply power to the display screen, the image capturing device, the processors, and the memory. The memory contains instructions to display a question on the display screen and display answer options to the question. The answer options correspond to a particular user gesture. The device may receive a plurality of selected answers from a plurality of users in response to the question. Each selected answer is selected from the plurality of answer options via the particular user gesture corresponding to the selected answer. The device may aggregate the received selected answers and display the aggregated selected answers on the display screen. |
| US11756060B2 |
Generating insights based on signals from measuring device
A system is described that generates insights on the consumption or usage behavior of a product by analyzing the real-time usage of the product by one or more users. The product is placed on the measuring device for continuous monitoring of the usage of the product by those one or more users in real-time. The measuring device includes a sensor unit that generates weigh data, motion data, location data, and time consumed data of the product and transmits to a computing device. A communication device records the consumption or usage of the product by a user, along with feedback from the user. The computing device generates insights based on the sensed data generated by the measuring device, and recording and feedback at the communication device. The computing device generates reports—one for the user, and one for a merchant of the product and/or similar products—including respective insights. |
| US11756058B2 |
Intelligent customer journey mining and mapping
Determination of high value customer journey sequences is performed by determining customer interactions that are most frequent as length N=1 sub-sequences, recursively determining most frequent length N+1 sub-sequences that start with the length N sub-sequences, determining a first count indicating how often one of the sub-sequences appears in the sequences, determining a second count indicating how often the one sub-sequence resulted in the goal, and using the counts to determine the most or least effective sub-sequences for achieving the goal. |
| US11756047B2 |
Fingerprinting physical items to mint NFT's
Fingerprinting physical items to mint NFTs is described. One or more features of a physical item are captured using a fingerprint capture system of a client device, and a fingerprint of the physical item is generated using the captured features of the physical item. The fingerprint of the physical item is provided to an authentication service to verify that the physical item corresponds to an authentic physical item by matching the fingerprint of the physical item to distinguishing features of the authentic physical item. Responsive to verification by the authentication service, a digital twin NFT is minted on a blockchain using the matched fingerprint. A combined listing for the physical item and the digital twin NET is then generated on a listing platform. |
| US11756046B2 |
Computerized optimization of customer service queue based on customer device detection
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and apparatus systems, methods, and apparatus that provide computerized optimization of a customer service queue based on customer device detection technologies. In an exemplary embodiment, a system that provides computerized optimization of a customer service queue may include device detection technology communicatively connected to a customer assistance server, a customer assistance client device (e.g., a customer representative device), and a customer device. Device detection technology may detect a device and transmit data associated with the detected device to a customer assistance subsystem. A customer assistance subsystem may generate an optimal representative and position within a customer service queue for the customer device. A notification about the optimal match may be transmitted to a customer and/or customer representative. And, following the assistance, a survey may be conducted to update variables used to generate an optimal match. |
| US11756045B2 |
System and method for warranty customization based on device location and proximity to service center
Custom-tailored warranties are provided with improved service level agreements (SLA) based upon an estimated turnaround time for service and/or parts. The turnaround time is calculated using an artificial intelligence or machine learning engine considering parameters such as the transit time from the nearest service centers and warehouses, the availability of service engineers at the service centers, and the availability of replacement parts in the warehouse. A custom-tailored warranty also may be offered for a specific customer-selected SLA if supported by the estimated turnaround time for the location. A warranty recommendation may be based on device location for data centers in multiple locations. A Location-Based Warranty Monitor (LBWM) provides fine-grained warranty suggestions and Un-bound Warranty Tokens (UWTs) can be bound to a system to assign a warranty with a desired. SLA. |
| US11756044B1 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for conducting a multi-stage verification
A method, apparatus and computer program product efficiently verify a transaction, such as an order, in accordance with a multi-stage verification process. In a method, data is extracted from an order submitted pursuant to a program having a plurality of verification qualifications. The method performs a first set of verification checks and, in an instance in which the first set of verification checks is satisfied, the method modifies the order to include a first indication of satisfaction of the first set of verification checks. The method also extracts data from a claim that is based upon the order. The claim includes the first indication that the first set of verification checks was satisfied. The method also performs a second set of verification checks based upon the data extracted from the claim and, in an instance in which the second set of verification checks is satisfied, the method submits the claim via an adjudication network for adjudication. |
| US11756041B2 |
Programmatic approvals of corporate spend and employee expense
A method of approving expenditures in real-time, comprising receiving an expenditure request initiated by a user associated with an organization for transferring funds of the organization in exchange for one or more products and/or services, identifying request attribute(s) relating to the user, the value, the funds, the product, the service, a time of reception of the expenditure request and/or a geographical location of the user, analyzing scheduling data obtained from one or more online data sources which is indicative of one or more activity attributes of activity(s) scheduled for the user, automatically determining compliance between the request attribute(s) and one or more expenditure rules predefined for the product(s) and/or service(s) with respect to the activity attribute(s) and transmitting a response to the expenditure request according to the determination which includes approval of the expenditure request in case of compliance and rejection in case of incompliance. |
| US11756040B2 |
System and method for generating a contention scheme
A system for generating a contention scheme includes a computing device, the computing device configured to obtain a solvency signature as a function of a solvency entity, determine a solvency grouping as a function of the solvency signature, identify a null element as a function of the solvency grouping, wherein identifying the null element further comprises receiving a regulation element as a function of a regulation database, and identifying the null element as a function of the regulation element and the solvency grouping, produce a weighted vector as a function of the null element, and generate a contention scheme as a function of the weighted vector. |
| US11756038B2 |
Transaction authentication using multiple biometric inputs
Example embodiments relate to transaction authentication using biometric inputs from multiple users. The biometric inputs are input via a single computing entity simultaneously or within a configurable time period. The biometric inputs can be used to generate a transaction authentication record to authenticate the transaction. |
| US11756034B2 |
Systems and methods for alternative payment mechanism payments using ultra-wideband radio technology
Systems and methods for alternative payment mechanism payments using ultra-wideband radio technology are disclosed. A method may include a payment terminal computer program executed by a payment terminal selecting a customer electronic device that is conducting the payment transaction with the payment terminal; communicating, via a payment terminal UWB radio to the selected customer electronic device, payment transaction details for the payment transaction comprising a merchant identifier and a transaction amount; receiving, from the selected customer electronic device via the payment terminal UWB radio, an APM payment message for an APM payment provider; communicating the APM payment message to the APM payment provider, wherein the APM payment provider is configured to decision the transaction based on the APM payment message; and receiving, from the APM payment provider, a payment confirmation for the payment transaction. |
| US11756033B2 |
System and method to protect privacy of personal-identification-number entry on consumer mobile device and computing apparatus
A system for accepting the input of a PIN comprises a first device receiving a randomized PIN layout derived on a fourth device. The randomized PIN layout is displayed on a display of the first device. A second device comprises an input for accepting a series of key presses to produce a PIN token. The PIN token indicating each of the series of key presses. A third device is in communication with the second device. The third device derives the randomized PIN layout and receives the PIN token from the second device without the PIN token being present on the first device. The third device combines the PIN layout and the PIN token to produce a PIN. The PIN is used to authenticate a transaction. The fourth and third devices each store a shared secret used to independently derive the randomized PIN layout on the fourth and third devices. |
| US11756031B1 |
Multicurrency blockchain platform and method of use
Systems and methods for blockchain services with a multicurrency blockchain platform. |
| US11756030B2 |
Secure management of content distribution data blocks on a blockchain
Technologies are shown for content distribution on a blockchain involving generating a content distribution data block on a content distribution data blockchain, that stores digital content, data identifying the digital content, an owner identifier, an access holder identifier, and a use conditions attribute for identifying use requirements for the digital content. A use requirement is defined in the use conditions attribute. An owner identified in the owner identifier sets the access holder identifier to an identifier for a user entity. An access request is received from the user entity and, in response, whether a current use condition of the user entity satisfies the use requirement in the use conditions attribute is verified. If it is verified that the current use condition of the user entity satisfies the use requirement in the use conditions attribute, the digital content is distributed to the first user entity. |
| US11756024B2 |
Symmetric discovery over audio
A first computing device broadcasts a first audio token comprising the first user computing device identifier over two or more audio frequency channels at specified intervals and listens for audio inputs via the two or more audio frequency channels at the specified intervals. The first computing device receives a second audio token generated by a second computing device and communicates the received second audio token to the one or more computing devices. The second computing device receives the first audio token generated by the first computing device and communicates the received first audio token to the one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices receive the first and second audio tokens and pair the first computing device and the second computing device and facilitate a transfer of data between the first computing device and the second computing device. |
| US11756020B1 |
Gesture and context interpretation for secure interactions
In one embodiment, a method includes storing, in a data store maintained by a payment service, transaction history information associated with two financial accounts of a user. Upon detecting an intent by the user to transfer funds between the first financial account and the second financial account via an application executing on a device of the user, a prediction of a suggested amount of funds for a user to transfer from the first financial account to the second financial account is generated. The payment service sends instructions to the user's mobile device to display the suggested amount of funds with a request to confirm the transfer. Upon receiving confirmation from the mobile device, the payment service initiates the transfer. |
| US11756019B2 |
SDK for dynamic workflow rendering on mobile devices
A first request to conduct a transaction via a mobile application is received from a user of the mobile application. In response to the receiving of the first request, a first portion of a transaction flow is rendered on a graphical user interface of the mobile application. A determination is made that the mobile application is unable to render a second portion of the transaction flow. In response to the determining, a second request is sent to a server to provide details for the second portion of the transaction flow. After the sending, computer programming code is received. The computer programming code corresponds to the details of the second portion of the transaction flow. Based on the received computer programming code, the second portion of the transaction flow is rendered for the mobile application on the mobile device. |
| US11756017B1 |
System and method for self-checkout, scan portal, and pay station environments
A checkout system includes a checkout station having a housing, a customer interface and a customer unloading station. A point-of-sale system has a microprocessor and memory operatively associated with one another to identify products being purchased, payments tendered therefor and to store transaction information locally at the checkout station or remotely from the checkout station. The microprocessor has programming configured to allow an item to be scanned by a product identification scanner, and an attendant command module. |
| US11756012B2 |
Dynamically triggered automatic resource distribution identification and population system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for automatically identifying resource distribution and populating information associated with the resource distribution. The system is configured for monitoring user activity of a user on a user device, automatically identifying that the user is initiating resource distribution on a third party application based on monitoring the user activity of the user, generating and transmit a prompt to the user to confirm initiation of the resource distribution, receive an input from the user confirming the initiation of the resource distribution on the third party application, and automatically populate information associated with the resource distribution on the third party application. |
| US11756010B2 |
Systems and methods for tokenizing corporate actions
Systems and methods for tokenizing corporate actions are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus for an issuer comprising at least one computer processor, a method for tokenizing corporate actions, may include (1) generating a plurality tokens for each participating share in an offering, each token associated with an exclusive option for an investor to take in response to the offering; (2) distributing the plurality of tokens to an electronic wallet associated with each investor; (3) receiving one of the plurality of plurality of tokens from an investor; (4) expiring the plurality of tokens that were not received from the investor; and (5) executing the option associated with the received token. |
| US11756009B1 |
Apparatuses, methods and systems for a publishing and subscribing platform of depositing negotiable instruments
The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A PUBLISHING AND SUBSCRIBING PLATFORM OF DEPOSITING NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS (hereinafter “PS-PLATFORM”) provides a negotiable instrument data publish and subscribe framework, whereby financial institutions may exchange negotiable instrument deposit data and/or validation information within the publish and subscribe framework. In one embodiment, the PS-PLATFORM may register a financial institution as a subscriber and provide financial transaction information to the financial institution based on the subscription. |
| US11756006B2 |
Airport pavement condition assessment methods and apparatuses
An example embodiment of the present invention provides a method of assessing the condition of a pavement site, comprising: (a) acquiring aerial images of the site from above, for example by an unmanned aerial system (UAS); (b) using photogrammetry tools to generate an orthomosaic that represents the airport pavement surface; (c) using image analysis tools and machine learning methods to determine the location and extent of defects in the pavement; (c) producing an image representation of the site and the defects, where the location and extent of defects are discernible from the image; (d) using software application techniques to store and present defect data and other related information for client-side user access. |
| US11756002B2 |
Identification of relationships between healthcare practitioners and healthcare clinics based on billed claims
Identifying and quantifying a professional relationship between a practitioner and a clinic. A method includes identifying a clinic associated with a practitioner by assessing claims processed by the practitioner, identifying the clinic that are processed by the practitioner, and calculating a total quantity of claims processed by the practitioner. The method includes quantifying a relationship between the practitioner and the clinic based on the quantity of clinic claims and the total quantity of claims. |
| US11756001B2 |
Online collaboration platform
An example method to facilitate online collaboration includes granting access to an editable collaboration space to multiple users. The method includes dividing the users into subgroups including at least a first subgroup and a second subgroup. The method includes assigning the subgroups to different virtual breakout rooms in the editable collaboration space, including assigning users in the first subgroup to a first virtual breakout room and assigning users in the second subgroup to a second virtual breakout room that is different than the first virtual breakout room. |
| US11755999B2 |
Artificial intelligence based project implementation
In some examples, artificial intelligence based project implementation may include implementing, for a project team, self-evaluation of viability for utilizing a project implementation framework. The project team may be guided on utilization of the project implementation framework. A discussion by the project team may be documented in a digital format during envisioning associated with the project implementation framework, and documented information may be maintained for reference during execution, by the project team, of a journey associated with the project implementation framework. During execution of the journey, implementation of a social contract by the project team may be evaluated. A determination may be made as to whether the social contract is not implemented for at least one specified occurrence associated with the project implementation framework, and at least one impediment associated with the project implementation framework may be identified. The identified impediment associated with the project implementation framework may be remediated. |
| US11755998B2 |
Smart data annotation in blockchain networks
An example operation may include one or more of: receive a first set of annotation information, determine a first approval decision for the first set of annotation information, record the first approval decision in a blockchain, retrieve a first set of approval decisions from the blockchain, generate a consensus based on the first set of approval decisions, and record the consensus in the blockchain. |
| US11755997B2 |
Compact presentation of automatically summarized information according to rule-based graphically represented information
Methods and systems for compact presentation of automatically summarized information according to rule-based graphically represented information. One of the methods includes obtaining, via a user accessible user interface, a request for uploaded textual information to be analyzed. Ontology information is accessed based on an indicated type associated with the textual information, and ontology information for the type. The ontology information specifies nodes, with the nodes causing the server system to extract values for textual expressions defined by the nodes, and relational information between the nodes, with the relational information indicating links between textual expressions. The textual information is parsed based on the ontology information. The parsing causes traversal of the nodes and extraction of values from associated textual expressions based on the textual information. Values are obtained based on the parsing, with the values being utilized as summary information. The obtained values are presented on a user device. |
| US11755994B2 |
Determining pick pallet build operations and pick sequencing
Methods and systems for determining a pallet build sequence include receiving a pick order request, identifying candidate pick items in a warehouse to fulfill the request, grouping the items based on aisles and generating aisle-based lists per group, and sorting each list based on location of each of the items per group from front to back of the warehouse. For each list, the method includes selecting a first item at a top of the list, adding the first item to a bottom layer of a pallet, determining an amount of weight of items from the list that can be layered on top of the first item and determining whether the first item can support the determined amount of weight. If the first item can support the determined weight, the first item can be kept in a pick sequence as the pallet's bottom layer and removed from the list. |
| US11755993B2 |
System and method of root cause analysis of objective violations and query analysis
A system and method are disclosed for solving a hierarchy of objective functions using one or more hierarchical optimizations using explanation data stored in a database according to the one or more hierarchical optimizations, retrieving the explanation data, generating a response to a query for a goal violation by parsing the retrieved explanation data, and displaying the response. |
| US11755991B2 |
System and method for blood component supply chain management
Systems and methods for managing inventories of blood components are disclosed. Such systems and methods are configured to improve the predictability, efficiency, and/or automation of blood component supply chains. Tools are provided for tracking blood component inventories, forecasting blood component demand, and coordinating donations to meet current and anticipated demand. Some embodiments of the systems and methods identify when blood component units at a health care facility are beginning to run low or are approaching expiration, before the need for additional units becomes critical. Some embodiments of the systems and methods coordinate new donations and modify existing scheduled donations to meet real-time and forecasted demand for blood components. |
| US11755989B2 |
Preventing theft at retail stores
A computing device is associated with a retail store. As a customer scans his/her items for purchase, images of a bag containing the items are captured and sent to the computing device to be digitally processed. Based on the processing, the computing device identifies the item(s) the customer intends to purchase, and determines whether there are any other items in the container that are different from the first item. If so, the computing device outputs a signal indicating the presence of the second item in the container. |
| US11755986B1 |
Combined flow-thru facial recognition for mass spectator event entry and item fulfillment system and method
A contactless system and method for mass attendee event venue entry and item delivery system for facilitating expeditious and controlled entry of an influx of people to the event without overwhelming event venue employees or resources. A digital entry image of a person is taken by a camera (106) as the person moves through a photo zone (124). The digital entry image is compared using facial recognition technology with a stored profile image of the person to identify the person and confirm authorized entry into the event without the need for the person to present a ticket or pass for the particular event. Procurement and delivery of any item pre-selected by the person directly to the person's allocated seating may be confirmed using the same facial recognition image comparison used to confirm authorized entry of the person into the event venue. |
| US11755982B2 |
Dynamically routing salvage shipments and associated method
A system and method is disclosed for managing salvage shipments in a transportation network. The system includes a transportation planner coupled with one or more entities in the transportation network. The transportation planner determines an optimized transportation plan for delivery and pick-up of shipments throughout the transportation network. |
| US11755980B2 |
Skill index calculation apparatus, annotation providing apparatus, skill index calculation method, annotation providing method and program
An operational efficiency promoting apparatus that calculates a skill index indicating a skill level related to an operation of a user, based on an operation log of the user on an operation terminal, the operational efficiency promoting apparatus includes a memory; and a processor configured to execute storing the operation log obtained from the operation terminal in the memory; and—calculating the skill index corresponding to each of a plurality of factors based on the operation log read from the memory. |
| US11755976B2 |
Method for predicting oxygen load in iron and steel enterprises based on production plan
The present disclosure discloses a method for predicting oxygen load in iron and steel enterprises based on production plan, which relates to influencing factor extraction, neural network modeling and similar sequence matching technologies. The method uses the actual industrial operation data to first extract the relevant data such as the production plan and production performance of converter steel-making, analyze the influencing factors, and extract the main influencing variables of oxygen consumption. Then, the neural network prediction model of oxygen consumption of a single converter is established, the mean square error is taken as the evaluation index, and the predicting result of time granularity of a converter in the blowing stage is given. Finally, in combination with the information of smelting time and smelting duration of each device in the converter production plan, the prediction value of oxygen load in a planned time period is given. |
| US11755966B2 |
Modeling field irrigation with remote sensing imagery
Detection of field irrigation through remote sensing is provided. In various embodiments, at least one time series of index rasters for a geographic region is read. A time series of weather data for the geographic region is read. The at least one time series of index rasters and the time series of weather data are divided into a plurality of time windows. The at least one time series of index rasters is composited within each of the plurality of time windows, yielding a composite index raster for each of the at least one time series of index rasters in each of the plurality of time windows. The time series of weather data is composited within each of the plurality of time windows, yielding composite weather data in each of the plurality of time windows. The composite index rasters and composite weather data are provided to a trained classifier. A pixel irrigation label for each pixel of the composite index rasters is obtained therefrom. Each pixel irrigation label indicates the presence or absence of irrigation at the associated pixel. |
| US11755965B2 |
Asset identification and tracking system
An asset identification and tracking system includes one or more monitoring units configured to monitor at least one designated area. Each of the monitoring units includes an imaging device and one or more processors. The imaging device is configured to generate image data depicting one or more mobile assets that move through the at least one designated area. The one or more processors are operably coupled to the imaging device and configured to analyze the image data to detect and decipher one or more identifiers that are displayed on a particular mobile asset of the one or more mobile assets that move through the at least one designated area. The one or more processors are further configured to generate a detection message that includes the one or more identifiers for communication to an asset control system. |
| US11755963B1 |
Vacation packages with automatic assistant
In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, from a user computing device, digital data indicating one or more selected trip elements in association with a particular trip; adding the one or more selected trip elements to a stored data record representing the particular trip; analyzing the one or more selected trip elements to determine, based at least on analysis of the one or more selected trip elements, a trip intent associated with the particular trip; identifying, based on the trip intent, one or more suggested trip elements for the particular trip; and causing the one or more suggested trip elements to be displayed in a graphical user interface of the user computing device. |
| US11755959B2 |
Binning for nonlinear modeling
The systems, methods, and computer program products for determining bins for a data model are provided. Variables in a training data set are binned into bins up to a configurable number of bins. Variables in the validation data set are also binned using the bins from the training data set. A first decision tree is generated using the bins and the binned variables from the training data set and is pruned. A second decision tree is generated using the structure of the first decision tree and the binned variables from the validation data set. The first and second decision tree are merged into a third decision tree. Leaf nodes of the third decision tree are sorted and merged until weights of evidence associated with the training data set and the validation data set are monotonic. The bins for the data model are determined from the merged leaf nodes. |
| US11755954B2 |
Scheduled federated learning for enhanced search
An indication of availability over time and resource usage is maintained for each computing device of a plurality of computing devices. An optimal combination of a subset of the plurality of computing devices is determined for each round of one or more rounds of training based on the availability over time and the resource usage for each computing device. A global model is generated utilizing the one or more optimal combinations of the plurality of computing devices and a query is performed utilizing the global model. |
| US11755951B2 |
Machine learning with an intelligent continuous learning service in a big data environment
An example system can provide intelligent continuous learning by updating a machine learning model based on a new dataset. The system can utilize a transfer loss function that does not depend on old datasets used to train the existing model. The system can receive, on a graphical user interface (“GUI”), a selection of configuration criteria including threshold performance for automatic deployment. The new model can be created iteratively based on the configuration criteria. An evaluation of the new model over multiple iterations can be presented on the GUI. In an instance where the new model meets a deployment requirement selected on the GUI, a server can deploy the new model in place of the existing model. |
| US11755949B2 |
Multi-platform machine learning systems
Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems, methods, and computing devices for managing the processing and execution of machine learning classifiers across a variety of platforms. Machine classifiers can be developed to process a variety of input datasets. In several embodiments, a variety of transformations can be performed on raw data to generate the input datasets. The raw data can be obtained from a disparate set of data sources each having its own data format. The generated input datasets can be formatted using a common data format and/or a data format specific for a particular machine learning classifier. A sequence of machine learning classifiers to be executed can be determined and the machine learning classifiers can be executed on one or more computing devices to process the input datasets. The execution of the machine learning classifiers can be monitored and notifications can be transmitted to various computing devices. |
| US11755946B2 |
Cumulative reward predictor training
A cumulative reward of a target system type is predicted by training a prediction model by performing an iteration for each time step. The iteration includes recursively updating a matrix by using the weighted difference between an eligibility trace of a current time step and an eligibility trace of a previous time step, recursively updating a vector by using a reward of a subsequent time step and the eligibility trace of the current time step, and recursively updating an eligibility trace of a subsequent time step by using a feature vector of the subsequent time step. Each feature vector is an encoded representation of a state of a training system of the target system type at a corresponding time step. The matrix and the vector are output as the prediction model for estimating the cumulative reward of a target time step of a target system of the target system type. |
| US11755944B1 |
Platform evaluation and automatic transfer of a descriptive information infrastructure
Methods and systems enable an omniphysical mind or descriptive self supportable by a computing device, to evaluate its current platform and seek or build a new or replacement platform. The descriptive system includes infrastructure for translating sensor readings into descriptive terms, comparing the descriptive terms with template requirements, and initiating an action as the result of the comparison. The descriptive system also includes infrastructure for communicating with other platforms to receive information representing functionality and/or sensor readings, to translate the information into descriptive terms, and compare the descriptive terms with template requirements. In evaluating a new or replacement platform, if template requirements are met the descriptive system reports a database that includes symbols, definitions of symbols, and processing rules, which are provided to the new/replacement system, the database comprising an infrastructure of an omniphysical mind. |
| US11755943B2 |
Randomized benchmarking by exploiting the structure of the clifford group
A method of generating a randomized benchmarking protocol includes providing a randomly generated plurality of Hadamard gates; applying the Hadamard gates to a plurality of qubits; and generating randomly a plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits. Each of the plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits is generated by at least randomly generating a uniformly distributed phase (P) gate, and randomly generating a uniformly distributed linear Boolean invertible matrix of conditional NOT (CNOT) gate, and combining the P and CNOT gates to form each of the plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits. The method also includes combining each of the plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits with corresponding each of the plurality of Hadamard gates to form a sequence of alternating Hadamard-free Clifford-Hadamard pairs circuit to form the randomized benchmarking protocol; and measuring noise in a quantum mechanical processor using the randomized benchmarking protocol. |
| US11755941B2 |
Geometry-based compression for quantum computing devices
A quantum computing device comprises a surface code lattice that includes l logical qubits, where l is a positive integer. The surface code lattice is partitioned into two or more regions based on lattice geometry. A compression engine is coupled to each logical qubit of the l logical qubits. Each compression engine is configured to compress syndrome data generated by the surface code lattice using a geometry-based compression scheme. A decompression engine is coupled to each compression engine. Each decompression engine is configured to receive compressed syndrome data, decompress the received compressed syndrome data, and route the decompressed syndrome data to a decoder block. |
| US11755940B2 |
Superconducting circuit structure, superconducting quantum chip and superconducting quantum computer
A superconducting circuit structure, a superconducting quantum chip, and a superconducting quantum computer are provided, which relate to the field of quantum computing. The superconducting circuit structure includes: at least two qubits; a connector, coupled with the two qubits respectively, to realize transversal coupling with each of the two qubits; and a coupler, coupled with the two qubits respectively, to realize longitudinal coupling with each of the two qubits. Therefore, the σzσz parasitic coupling between the qubits is effectively removed, and a two-qubit gate with high fidelity is obtained. |
| US11755935B2 |
Managing information for model training using distributed blockchain ledger
Embodiments are directed to generating and training a distributed machine learning model using data received from a plurality of third parties using a distributed ledger system, such as a blockchain. As each third party submits data suitable for model training, the data submissions are recorded onto the distributed ledger. By traversing the ledger, the learning platform identifies what data has been submitted and by which parties, and trains a model using the submitted data. Each party is also able to remove their data from the learning platform, which is also reflected in the distributed ledger. The distributed ledger thus maintains a record of which parties submitted data, and which parties removed their data from the learning platform, allowing for different third parties to contribute data for model training, while retaining control over their submitted data by being able to remove their data from the learning platform. |
| US11755932B2 |
Online unsupervised anomaly detection
A computerized-method for real-time detection of anomalous data, by processing high-speed streaming data. In a computerized-system receiving a data-stream comprised of unlabeled data points, and operating an Anomalous Data Detection (ADD) module. The ADD module receives at least one of: (i) k number of data point neighbors for each data point; (ii) X number of data points in a predetermined period of time; (iii) d number of dimensions of each data point, threshold; and (iv) n number of data points that said ADD module is operating on, in a predefined time unit. Then, the ADD module prepares a dataset having n data points from the received X data points; and then identifies one or more data points, from the received data stream, as outliers to send an alert with details related to the identified outliers, thus, dynamically evaluating local outliers in the received data stream. |
| US11755931B2 |
Performing natural language based reasoning and automation by transforming a configuration management database to a knowledge base
A technique relates to natural language automation to implement service requests. An intent of a service request is determined by accessing a knowledge base, the knowledge base being configured for dynamic discovery of dependencies related to configuration items, the configuration item being among the configuration items, the configuration items being associated with concepts. An intent application programming interface (API) database comprising a specification is accessed, the specification describing parameters of APIs and associations that the APIs have with the concepts of the knowledge base. Associated parameters of an API associated with the intent of the service request are determined based on the intent API database. The API is caused to be executed to accomplish the service request. |
| US11755925B2 |
Computer-implemented decision management systems and methods
Computer-implemented decision management systems and methods are provided. The method comprises obtaining information associated with factors usable for making a decision from among a plurality of inter-related decisions represented by a plurality of corresponding nodes. The computing environment provides access to resources that store information about relationships among the plurality of nodes. A relationship may be presentable as an edge connecting at least two nodes from among the plurality of nodes. The strength of the relationship between the at least two nodes is measurable and definable based on associations between the inter-related decisions. A valued may be determined that provides a measure for the strength of the relationship between the at least two nodes based on the information associated with the factors and the information about the relationships among the plurality of nodes. |
| US11755922B2 |
On-chip nanoscale storage system using chimeric DNA
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that can provide portable, real-time accessible DNA memories. An example DNA-based data storage system includes a loading region configured to receive a plurality of DNA-based data storage elements in a suspension fluid and a plurality of microtubes disposed in a capture/release region. The microtubes are configured to capture and release the DNA-based data storage elements. The DNA-based data storage system also includes a linearization region configured to linearize the DNA-based data storage elements and a readout region with a readout device configured to provide information indicative of the respective DNA-based data storage elements. |
| US11755918B2 |
Fast CNN classification of multi-frame semantic signals
The present subject matter provides various technical solutions to technical problems facing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems. In particular, disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods that may use cameras and other sensors to detect objects and events and identify them as predefined signal classifiers, such as detecting and identifying a red stoplight. These signal classifiers are used within ADAS and AV systems to control the vehicle or alert a vehicle operator based on the type of signal. These ADAS and AV systems may provide full vehicle operation without requiring human input. The embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods that can be used as part of or in combination with ADAS and AV systems. |
| US11755914B2 |
Machine learning from data steward feedback for merging records
System determines first and second scores based on applying function to features of first and second values in fields in first and second records, respectively. System determines first priority based on first score and second priority based on second score for displaying first and second values in fields in first profile. System revises, based on feedback associated with first value and second value, parameter associated with function and determines third score based on applying function, associated with revised parameter, to feature of third value in field in third record. System determines fourth score based on applying function, associated with revised parameter, to feature of fourth value in field in fourth record and determines third priority, based on third score, for displaying third value in field in second profile and fourth priority, based on fourth score, for displaying fourth value in field in second profile. |
| US11755911B2 |
Method and apparatus for training neural network and computer server
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for training a neural network and a computer server. The method includes: selecting automatically input data for which processing by the neural network fails, to obtain a set of data to be annotated; annotating the set of data to be annotated to obtain a new set of annotated data; acquiring a set of newly added annotated data containing the new set of annotated data, and determining a union of the set of newly added annotated data and a set of training sample data for training the neural network in a previous period as a set of training sample data for a current period; and training the neural network iteratively based on the set of training sample data for the current period, to obtain a neural network trained in the current period. |
| US11755906B2 |
System for dynamic estimated time of arrival predictive updates
Described are systems and processes for generating dynamic estimated time of arrival predictive updates for delivery of perishable goods. In one aspect a system is configured for generating dynamic estimated time of arrival (ETA) predictive updates between a series of successive events for real-time delivery of orders. For each order, a plurality of delivery events and corresponding timestamps are received from devices operated by customers, restaurants, and couriers. Based on the timestamps, the system generates a plurality of ETA time predictions for one or more of the delivery events with trained predictive models that use weighted factors including historical restaurant data and historical courier performance. As additional timestamps are received for a delivery event, the trained predictive models dynamically update the ETA time predictions for successive events. The predictive models may be continuously trained by updating the weighted factors based on the received timestamps. |
| US11755905B2 |
Data processing method, image display method, data processing device, and image display device
A reduction in concentration due to a change in an emotion is inhibited. A change in an emotion of the human is suitably reduced. Part (in particular, an eye or an eye and its vicinity) or the whole of a user's face is detected, a feature of the user's face is extracted from data on the detected part or whole of the face, and an emotion of the user is estimated from the extracted feature of the face. In the case where the estimated emotion is an emotion that might reduce concentration, for example, a stimulus is applied to the sense of sight, the sense of hearing, the sense of touch, the sense of smell, or the like of the user to recover the concentration of the user. |
| US11755902B2 |
Co-adaptation for learning and control of devices
A method of operating a biological interface is disclosed. The method may include obtaining an input physiological or neural signal from a subject, acquiring an input set of values from the input signal, obtaining a predictive signal from the subject or the environment, acquiring a predictive set of values from the predictive signal, training a decoder function in response to data from the predictive set of values, performing at least one calculation on the input set of values using the decoder function to produce an output set of values, and operating a device with the output set of values. A biological interface system is also disclosed. The biological interface system may contain an input signal sensor, an input signal processor, a predictive signal processor, a memory device storing data, and a system processor coupled to the memory device and configured to execute a decoder function. |
| US11755897B2 |
Artificial neural network circuit
Provided is an artificial neural network circuit including unit weight memory cells including weight memory devices configured to store weight data and weight pass transistors, unit threshold memory cells including a threshold memory device programmed to store a threshold and a threshold pass transistor, a weight-threshold column in which the plurality of unit weight memory cells and the plurality of unit threshold memory cells are connected, and a sense amplifier configured to receive an output signal of the weight-threshold column as an input and receive a reference voltage as another input. |
| US11755896B2 |
Cross in-database machine learning
In some example embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include training a machine learning model in a first database instance using a machine learning algorithm and a training dataset in response to receiving a request to train, serializing the trained machine learning model into a binary file in response to the training of the machine learning model, recreating the trained machine learning model in a second database instance using the binary file in response to receiving a request to apply the machine learning model, and generating an inference result by applying the recreated trained machine learning model on the inference dataset in the second database instance. |
| US11755894B2 |
Computing circuitry for configuration and operation of cells and arrays comprising memristor elements
This application relates to methods and apparatus for computing, especially to circuitry for performing computing, at least partly, in the analogue domain. The circuitry (200) comprises a plurality of memory cells (201), each memory cell having first and second paths between an electrode (202) for receiving an input current and respective positive and negative electrodes (203) for outputting a differential-current output. Memristors (101) are located in the first and second paths. The memory cells are configured into sets (205) of memory cells, the memory cells of each said set being connected so as to provide a differential current set output that corresponds to a combination of the cell outputs of all of the memory cells of that set. For each set, at least some of the memory cells of that set are configured to receive a different input current to other memory cells of that set. |
| US11755892B2 |
Multi-size convolutional layer
Improved convolutional layers for neural networks can obtain an input feature map comprising groups of channels. Each group of channels can include one or more channels having a predetermined size. The predetermined sizes can differ between the groups. The convolutional layer can generate, for each one of the groups of channels, an output channel. Generation of the output channel can include resizing the channels in the remaining groups of channels to match the predetermined size of the each one of the groups of channels. Generation can further include combining the channels in the each one of the groups with the resized channels and applying the combined channels to a convolutional sub-layer to generate the output channel. |
| US11755873B1 |
RFID enabled metal transaction cards
Metal containing transaction cards or smartcards (SC) having a slit (S) formed in a metal layer (ML) or metal card body (MCB) which extends from a perimeter edge of the card body to a transponder chip module (TCM), wherein the path of the slit (S) extends to an area underneath a module antenna (MA) of the TCM. The slit (S) does not reach a module opening (MO) for the transponder chip module (TCM). The slit enters the area of the module antenna (MA) overlapping its windings or tracks and follows the form and path of the module antenna (MA). In some embodiments, the module opening (MO) may be omitted. The shape of the module opening (MO) may be other than rectangular, and it may have at least two parallel sides. |
| US11755869B2 |
Transponder
A transponder with a disrupting signal source to shut down the transponder. The transponder may use an RFID chip. The disrupting signal source can be an electrical signal source electrically coupled to the RFID chip, for example capacitively coupled. The disruptive signal source can also be a radiation source, for example an infrared source. The disrupting signal source can be connected to a receiver to allow the transponder to be shut down remotely. Multiple transponders as described can be combined to form a multi-transponder device in which transponders can be shut down selectively. |
| US11755867B2 |
Composite code pattern, generating device, reading device, method, and program
For one-dimensional or two-dimensional images in which cells identified as bright-colored cells and cells identified as dark-colored cells are arranged in a matrix, the amount of information is further increased while the difficulty in reading information expressions are reduced.For this purpose, invented is a composite code comprising a first code, in which a plurality of cells each having a predetermined area are orderly arranged, and in which data is defined by each of the predetermined areas having one of two or more colors that can be distinguished from each other, and a second code in which special cells having an area other than the predetermined area form at least a part of the plurality of cells, and in which data is defined by distinguishable marks arranged at predetermined positions in the area other than the predetermined area. |
| US11755865B1 |
Drop size monitoring mechanism
A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store drop size logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the drop size logic to receive first ink usage drop fraction data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with a first halftone design, a first transfer function, and print job data, wherein ink usage drop fraction data represents the fraction of ink drops for each instructed drop size corresponding to each input digital count for a halftoning module, receive first ink drop size data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with the first halftone design and the first transfer function, receive second ink usage drop fraction data for each of the plurality of color planes associated with the first halftone design, a second transfer function and the print job data and generate second ink drop size data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the first ink usage drop fraction data, the first ink drop size data and the second ink usage drop fraction data. |
| US11755864B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an obtainment unit configured to obtain print data including drawing commands; a first image processing unit configured to perform conversion of color information for drawing an object having a non-image attribute among objects to be drawn by the drawing commands; a command execution unit configured to generate raster image data based on the drawing commands; a storage configured to store the generated raster image data to perform predetermined output; a second image processing unit configured to perform conversion of color information on an object having a picture attribute in the generated raster image data; and a control unit configured to perform the predetermined output in a case where a predetermined condition is met. |
| US11755859B2 |
Apparatus and method for enabling decoding of remotely sourced and visually presented encoded data markers
A decoding device includes a display, a display buffer to store a current display image of what is currently visually presented on the display, a scanning engine to capture scanning images of objects, and a processor configured to: decode first barcodes carried on surfaces of objects in the scanning images to retrieve first data encoded within the first barcodes; provide the first data to an application routine as input; and in response to a screen capture of the current display image from the display buffer, perform operations including disrupt the decoding of the first barcodes carried on the surfaces of objects of the scanning images, decode a second barcode within the current display image to retrieve second data encoded within the second barcode, and provide the second data to the application routine as input. |
| US11755856B2 |
Label issuing apparatus and label reading apparatus
A label issuing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of product information regarding a product; a print control unit that generates print data defining that a barcode, in which at least one piece of the product information stored in the storage unit is encoded, and a digital watermark, in which at least one piece of the product information encoded as the barcode is embedded, are arranged on one product label and the barcode and the digital watermark are arranged at different positions on the one product label; and a label issuing unit that issues the product label on which the barcode and the digital watermark are displayed at different positions by printing information based on the print data on a label. |
| US11755853B1 |
Tracking receptacles in physical environments
In implementations of systems for tracking receptacles in physical environments, a computing device implements a tracking system to receive radio wave data describing first radio waves received by a first radio frequency antenna from a radio frequency tag embedded in a physical receptacle within a first region of a physical environment. The first radio waves indicate a unique identifier of the radio frequency tag. The tracking system computes an amount of time that the physical receptacle is within the first region based on the unique identifier of the radio frequency tag. An item is identified that does not include a radio frequency tag based on the amount of time and a unique identifier of the first radio frequency antenna. The tracking system generates an indication of information related to the item for display in a user interface of a display device disposed in a second region of the physical environment. |
| US11755842B2 |
Natural language processing for descriptive language analysis including n-gram analysis of narrative information
The present invention relates to a system that uses natural language processing (NLP) to read data from a file and analyze the data based on user defined parameters. According to an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure, a system can process and analyze a data file by finding trending themes across data entries. According to a further illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure, the system can search for reoccurring words/phrases based on Ngrams (i.e. n-grams). The system can be adapted to search for Ngrams of varying length depending on the information sought and can sort the results by Ngram length. |
| US11755841B2 |
Method for updating a knowledge base of a sentiment analysis system
A mechanism is provided updating a knowledge base of a sentiment analysis system, the knowledge base being operable for storing natural language terms and a score value related to each natural language term, the score value characterizing the sentiment of the natural language term. Messages comprising natural language are received. Using content of the knowledge base, a decision is made as to whether at least one message of the received messages has a positive sentiment or a negative sentiment. A term is extracted from the message that is not present in the knowledge base. Based on a frequency of occurrence of the term in the received messages and the sentiment of the messages in which the term occurs, a score value of the term is calculated, and the term and the calculated score value are stored into the knowledge base. |
| US11755840B2 |
Extracting mentions of complex relation types from documents by using joint first and second RNN layers to determine sentence spans which correspond to relation mentions
Extracting data from documents is challenging due to the variation in structure, content, styles across geographies and functional areas. Further complex relation types are characterized by one or more of N-ary entity mention arguments, cross sentence span of entity mentions for a relation mention, missing entity mention arguments and entity mention arguments being multi-valued. The present disclosure addresses these gaps in the art to extract entity mentions and relation mentions using a joint neural network model including two sequence labelling layers which are trained jointly. The mentions are extracted from documents to facilitate downstream processing. A first RNN layer creates sentence embeddings for each sentence in the document being processed and predicts entity mentions. A second RNN layer predicts labels for each sentence span corresponding to a relation type. Using predefined rules, entity mentions for each entity type are selected for extracting relation mentions from the identified sentence spans. |
| US11755838B2 |
Machine learning for joint recognition and assertion regression of elements in text
A computing machine receives an input comprising unstructured text. The computing machine identifies, within the unstructured text, one or more entities using a named entity recognition (NER) engine in a trained machine learning model. The trained machine learning model embeds tokens from the text into a vector space and uses generated embeddings to identify one or more tokens as being associated with the one or more entities. The computing machine determines, using the trained machine learning model that identifies the one or more entities and based on the embedded tokens, an assertion applied, within the text, to at least one entity. The assertion is represented as a vector in a multi-dimensional space. Each dimension corresponds to a part of the assertion. The trained machine learning model is a span-level model that both identifies the one or more entities and determines the assertion based on candidate spans of tokens. |
| US11755837B1 |
Extracting content from freeform text samples into custom fields in a software application
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for training and using a machine learning model to extract relevant textual content for custom fields in a software application from freeform text samples. An example method generally includes generating, via a natural language processing pipeline, a training data set from a data set of freeform text samples and field entries for a plurality of custom fields defined in a software application. A first machine learning model is trained to identify custom fields for which relevant data is included in freeform text. A second machine learning model is trained to extract content from the freeform text into one or more custom fields of the plurality of custom fields defined in the software application and identified by the first machine learning model as custom fields for which relevant data is included in the freeform text. |
| US11755834B2 |
Selective text prediction for electronic messaging
A computing system is described that includes user interface components configured to receive typed user input; and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: receive, by a computing system and at a first time, a first portion of text typed by a user in an electronic message being edited; predict, based on the first portion of text, a first candidate portion of text to follow the first portion of text; output, for display, the predicted first candidate portion of text for optional selection to append to the first portion of text; determine, at a second time that is after the first time, that the electronic message is directed to a sensitive topic; and responsive to determining that the electronic message is directed to a sensitive topic, refrain from outputting subsequent candidate portions of text for optional selection to append to text in the electronic message. |
| US11755832B2 |
Conversation support device, conversation support system, conversation support method, and storage medium
A voice recognition part performs voice recognition on a voice data and generates a first text which is a text indicating an utterance content. A text acquisition part acquires a second text which is a text indicating an utterance content according to an operation. A display processing part moves a position of a display text displayed on a display part, displays a text of at least one of the first text and the second text as a display text in a free region generated by the movement, and when fixing of a display position of the second text is instructed according to an operation, fixes the second text as a fixed text at a predetermined display position and displays the second text on the display part. |
| US11755831B2 |
Detection of a topic
The present invention relates to a method for performing a detection of a topic of a message introduced in a real-time customer service messaging platform. In the method a message comprising at least one word from which the topic is definable is received; a topic from the received message is extracted; it is inquired from a database if the topic is determinable from a number of messages received chronically earlier than the received message; and an indication is generated to an operator of the real-time customer service messaging platform in accordance with a detection result obtained through an inquiry to the database. Some aspects of the present invention relate to a network node, to a computer program product and to a system. |
| US11755828B1 |
Systems, devices, and methods for software coding
A method comprising displaying a first GUI to a first client comprising an option to check-out and a check-in a spreadsheet comprising at least one row comprising a statement a statement, a data type identifier, and a logic; checking-out the file such that the file cannot be modified by a second client; receiving from the first client, a modification request and a modification input; modifying the checked-out spreadsheet based on the modification input; checking-in the file; generating a set of rendering instructions corresponding to a second GUI based on the modified spreadsheet; and transmitting the set of rendering instructions to a computing device associated with a third client, whereby the set of rendering instructions causes the computing device associated with the third client to display the second graphical user interface. |
| US11755824B2 |
System and method for predicting and moderating signature locations within electronic documents
Systems and methods for predicting and moderating signature locations include an electronic document to be signed, a user of the electronic document, and a user communication device. The user provides free text inputs in the text input module of the system for the requirements of signatures in the document. A signature fields finder module analyses inputs of the user based on heuristic training patterns and screens and maps all the pages of the document for placing signature boxes. The system then places signature tags in the signature boxes. The user selects the signer parties present in the signature boxes and the system compiles signature tags for that party. The user. using the signature tag moderator module, can add, delete or adjust the signature tags and the user gets to see all the relevant pages of the document with compiled signature tags for moderation purposes by the user. |
| US11755823B2 |
Systems and methods for obtaining an electronic signature via a word processing application
Techniques for obtaining electronic signatures via word processing applications are described. One approach utilizes a code module, also referred to as a “markup module,” that executes within a word processing application and that facilitates the preparation of a document for electronic signature. A user can operate the word processing application together with the markup module in order to add signature tag markers to the document and to provide recipient information about intended signers, such as names and email addresses. Once the document has been prepared, the code module transmits the document (including the added signature tag markers) and the recipient information to a digital transaction service. The digital transaction service then manages the signing of the document, such as by notifying the recipient, receiving the recipient's signature and securely storing the signature in association with the document. |
| US11755822B2 |
Promised natural language processing annotations
Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method for generating promise identifiers for documents. Aspects include processing a document including a reference, wherein processing includes performing natural language processing (NLP) the document, and identifying the reference included in the document. Aspects also include generating a promise identifier for the reference in the document, and responsive to processing the document, resolving the promise identifier for the reference by providing data of the reference associated with the promise identifier. Aspects of the invention also include a computer program product and system for generating promise identifiers for documents. |
| US11755814B2 |
Method and apparatus for layout pattern selection
A method for determining a training pattern in a layout patterning process. The method includes generating a plurality of features from patterns in a pattern set; grouping the patterns in the pattern set into individual groups based on similarities in the plurality of generated features; and selecting representative patterns from the individual groups to determine the training pattern. In some embodiments, the method is a method for training a machine learning model in a layout patterning process. The method may include, for example, providing representative patterns from the individual groups to the machine learning model to train the machine learning model to predict a continuous transmission mask (CTM) map for optical proximity correction (OPC) in the layout patterning process. |
| US11755812B2 |
Power structure with power pick-up cell connecting to buried power rail
An integrated circuit includes a first buried power rail, a second buried power rail, a first power pad in a first metal layer, and a first conductive segment beneath the first metal layer. The first buried power rail and the second buried power rail are both located beneath the first metal layer. The first power pad is configured to receive a first supply voltage through at least one first via. The first conductive segment is conductively connected to the first power pad through at least one second via between the first conductive segment and the first metal layer. The first conductive segment is conductively connected to the first buried power rail through at least one third via between the first conductive segment and the first buried power rail. |
| US11755808B2 |
Mixed poly pitch design solution for power trim
An integrated circuit with mixed poly pitch cells with a plurality of different pitch sizes is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes: at least a minimum unit each with at least a first number of first poly pitch cells with a first pitch size, and a second number of second poly pitch cells with a second pitch size, the first pitch size PP is different from the second pitch size PP1, the greatest common divisor of the first pitch size PP and the second pitch size PP1 is GCD, wherein GCD is an integer greater than 1; a gate length of the first pitch size is Lg; a gate length of the second pitch size is Lg1; Lg and Lg1 are capable of being extended to achieve G-bias for power and speed optimization of the minimum unit and the integrated circuit. |
| US11755807B2 |
Method for predicting delay at multiple corners for digital integrated circuit
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for predicting a delay at multiple corners for a digital integrated circuit, which is applicable to the problem of timing signoff at multiple corners. In the aspect of feature engineering, a path delay relationship at adjacent corners is extracted by using a dilated convolutional neural network (Dilated CNN), and learning is performed by using a bi-directional long short-term memory model (Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory, BLSTM) to obtain topology information of a path. Finally, prediction results of a path delay at a plurality of corners are obtained by using an output of a multi-gate mixture-of-experts network model (Multi-gate Mixture-of-Experts, MMoE). Compared with a conventional machine learning method, the present invention can achieve prediction with higher precision through more effective feature engineering processing in a case of low simulation overheads, and is of great significance for timing signoff at multiple corners of a digital integrated circuit. |
| US11755804B2 |
Hybrid synchronous and asynchronous control for scan-based testing
An integrated circuit includes an intellectual property core, scan data pipeline circuitry configured to convey scan data to the intellectual property core, and scan control pipeline circuitry configured to convey one or more scan control signals to the intellectual property core. The integrated circuit also includes a wave shaping circuit configured to detect a trigger event on the one or more scan control signals and, in response to detecting the trigger event, suppress a scan clock to the intellectual property core for a selected number of clock cycles. |
| US11755803B2 |
Programmable macro test design for an integrated circuit
A system and method for using a programmable macro built-in self-test (BIST) to test an integrated circuit. The method includes receiving, by a built-in self-test (BIST) controller of an integrated circuit (IC) device from a testing equipment, a test vector of a first type for testing a first region of the IC device. The method includes identifying, based on the test vector of the first type, a first BIST engine of a plurality of BIST engines associated with the first region of the IC device. The method includes generating, based on the test vector of the first type, a first command of the second type. The method includes configuring, based on the first command of the second type, the first BIST engine of the plurality of BIST engines to cause the first BIST engine to perform a first set of tests on the first region of the IC device. |
| US11755801B1 |
Data flow graph refinement using range set information for improved synthesis
Implementing a circuit design within an integrated circuit can include converting the circuit design, specified in a hardware description language, into a data flow graph and creating range set data structures in a memory. The range set data structures correspond to nodes of the data flow graph. Each range set data structure can be initialized with a range of values the corresponding node can take as specified by the circuit design. The method can include determining actual values the nodes are capable of taking by propagating the values through the data flow graph. The range set data structures are updated to store the actual values for the corresponding nodes. The method also can include modifying a selected node of the data flow graph based on the actual values stored in the range set data structure of the selected node and semantics of the selected node. |
| US11755795B2 |
Detecting and mitigating flow instabilities in hydrocarbon production wells
A method of detecting and mitigating flow instabilities, such as slugging, in hydrocarbon production wells. Real-time production data pertaining to each well is are retrieved. Using the production data, patterns of flow instability are identified therein. A numerical model of transient and thermal multiphase flow in each well is generated. Well test data is are retrieved from a database. The numerical model is calibrated using the well test data. Using the calibrated numerical model, a parametric study is performed to determine how input parameters affect at least one of stability and performance of the wells. Results of the parametric study are queried to determine a type of flow instability and to determine operating conditions to improve performance of the wells. An advisory is provided to a user to change operating conditions of one or more of the wells, to improve stability and/or performance of one or more of the wells. |
| US11755792B2 |
Stress analysis for plastic material lined tubular structures for boreholes
The disclosure presents processes for improving the design phase of plastic material lined tubular structures used downhole of a borehole. A plastic material lined tubular structure model is utilized for tubular structures that have a metal layer, a grout layer, and a plastic material layer. The model can use a modified wall thickness for the metal layer. A strength model can be applied to the modified critical dimensions, e.g., wall thickness parameters. A thermal model can be applied to the tubular structure to determine pressure and temperature parameters. The strength model and the thermal model outputs can be utilized by a stress analyzer to determine loads, safety factors, and design limit parameters. The plastic material lined tubular structure model can enable more efficient use of tubular structures, designing a longer operational lifetime, such as in acidic environments, or the use of thinner structures while maintaining a satisfactory operational lifetime. |
| US11755788B2 |
Security lock solution using the USB-C opening
Methods and systems for securing data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may be operably connected to other devices via ports. When operably connected, some devices connected via the ports may cause undesired actions to be performed. To limit physical access to the ports, a security apparatus may be used to lock the ports. The security apparatus may transition between states where it may be inserted into openings for the ports and may be locked to the openings for the ports. When so locked, physical access to the ports may be limited. |
| US11755784B2 |
Tracking data acquired by coordinate measurement devices through a workflow
A method that includes providing a database for storing meta-data that describes steps in a workflow and an order of the steps in the workflow. The meta-data includes, for each of the steps: a reference to an input data file for the step; a description of a transaction performed at the step; and a reference to an output data file generated by the step based at least in part on applying the transaction to the input data file. Data that includes meta-data for a step in the workflow is received and the data is stored in the database. A trace of the workflow is generated based at least in part on contents of the database. The generating is based on receiving a request from a requestor for the trace of the workflow. At least a subset of the trace is output to the requestor. |
| US11755782B2 |
Validating primary subsets of received sensor data using computer cryptographic processing
A computer identifies capture device output that represents an aspect of a recorded event. The computer cryptographically processes the primary subsets of capture device output to produce a validatable master file which includes master file media data primary subset from the capture device output, master primary subset metadata of the master file media data primary subset, and master file blocktree data. The master file blocktree data includes a master file block history portion, a master file signature key portion, and a signed hash of the master file media data primary subset. The computer also modifies the master file media data primary subset to produce a reference file media data primary subset. reference files and distributable files. The computer verifies the authenticity of each of these files. |
| US11755773B1 |
Access control tower
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a customer a central location to manage permissions provided to third-parties and devices to access and use customer information maintained by a financial institution are described. The central location serves as a central portal where a customer of the financial institution can manage all access to account information and personal information stored at the financial institution. Accordingly, the customer does not need to log into each individual third-party system or customer device to manage previously provided access to the customer information or to provision new access to the customer information. A user additionally is able to have user data and/or third-party accounts of the user deleted from devices, applications, and third-party systems via a central portal. |
| US11755772B2 |
Securing data in a blockchain with a one-time pad
A system that generates a blockchain for a user wherein each block in the chain contains encrypted information associated with the user. The information in each block is encrypted and decrypted by a key that is generated based on a function, a starting point and a length that is shared with participants that have access to the data in each block. The access can be controlled with granularity by the owner of the information without having cumbersome passkey management. |
| US11755763B2 |
User-controlled viewing preferences
Systems and methods are described to a database comprising multiple database records, where each database record comprises an attribute of a content item consumed by a user and an indication of a user device used by the user to consume the content item, and is associated with an indication of whether a content provider should be granted access to the respective database record. An option to modify whether or not the content provider should be granted access to the respective database record is provided for each database record of the database records, and each database record that is associated with an indication that the content provider should be granted access is transmitted to the content provider, to enable the content provider to generate and transmit a content recommendation based on at least one of the database records transmitted to the content provider. |
| US11755762B2 |
Attribute-based encryption for microservices
The disclosed technology provides solutions that enable scalable and secure data retrieval between microservices by using microservice attributes to encrypt container based data stores. A process of the technology can include steps for: instantiating a first microservice and a second microservice in a cloud environment, wherein the first microservice is associated with a first attribute label and the second microservice is associated with a second attribute label, generating a first key based on the first attribute label and a second key based on the second attribute label, associating a first data store with the first microservice, wherein the first data store is encrypted using the first key, and associating a second data store with the second microservice, wherein the second data store is encrypted using the second key. Systems and machine readable media are also provided. |
| US11755760B2 |
Systems and methods for secure policies-based information governance
The disclosure is directed to systems and methods for secure policies-based information governance. In various embodiments exemplary methods include displaying a Graphical User Interface (GUI), the graphical user interface receiving a business rule input from a business user; receiving a policy from a policy engine based on the business rule input, the policy engine generating a policy hierarchy; and defining a plurality of domain objects and a plurality of domain object representations in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) based on the policy and the policy hierarchy. Furthermore, exemplary methods include defining an extensible hierarchical domain model definition using the policy hierarchy, the extensible hierarchical domain model definition being modified using the plurality of domain object representations in the Graphical User Interface (GUI); and defining a Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) in an application based on the extensible hierarchical domain model definition. |
| US11755758B1 |
System and method for evaluating data files
Various embodiments provide processes for identification of embedded unauthorized data within document data. Such processes may include evaluating document data properties for indications of closing headers, comparing document data sizes against reference sizes, and comparing document data sizes against other document data sizes. Certain embodiments evaluating image data may evaluate image properties, such as histograms or gradient images, to determine random or otherwise unauthorized data. Upon detection of unauthorized data, the document data may be flagged for later processing, such as removal from a storage server. |
| US11755753B2 |
Mechanism to enable secure memory sharing between enclaves and I/O adapters
Secure memory sharing between enclaves (virtual machines) and virtual input/output adapters includes, in response to a request for an enclave to create a virtual input/output adapter, creating a virtual input/output adapter associated with the enclave, creating a non-sharable micro-enclave, to contain only data, nested within the enclave to use with the virtual input/output adapter, generating a key by a memory encryption engine of an ultravisor for the virtual input/output adapter for use by only the virtual input/output adapter, in response to a request to obtain data from the enclave by the virtual input/output adapter, exchanging the key with the non-sharable micro-enclave, in response to receiving the key, decrypting memory of only the non-sharable micro-enclave associated with the virtual input/output adapter to obtain the data, and sending the data from the non-sharable micro-enclave nested within the enclave to the virtual input/output adapter. |
| US11755752B2 |
End-to-end privacy ecosystem
A system includes a privacy vault storing user-associated contents. The vault also stores access permissions defined for third-parties with whom the user has a sharing relationship. An access permission defines, for at least one third party, procurement and utilization policies for vault contents accessed by the third-party. The system may access a user account to recover user-associated contents stored by the accessed account and stores the recovered contents in the privacy vault. The system receives a request from a third-party to access identified contents stored in the privacy vault and determines if the contents are procurable by the third party based on an access permission defined, in the privacy vault, for the third-party. The system provides procurable contents to the third party along with indication of any constraints on the contents defined by utilization policies of the access permission defined for the third party. |
| US11755749B2 |
System and method for reverse-Turing bot detection
A system for controlling access to hosted services using computer generated question answer sets is described. The question answer sets are generated and include relationships which are designed to distinguish between human and automated system interpretation through the inclusion of a dynamically established transformation of characteristics in relation to objects described in the question answer sets. The dynamically established transformation provides an additional defense against malicious neural networks used to overcome mechanisms for distinguishing between humans and automated systems. Corresponding methods and devices are contemplated. In an additional embodiment, a decoy set of answer sets are also established to maintain a blacklisted set of suspected automated systems. |
| US11755744B2 |
Application programming interface specification inference
A method may include identifying, by executing an application, an entry point corresponding to a Universal Resource Locator (URL) path, extracting, from the application, an entry point declaration corresponding to the entry point, determining, by performing a static analysis starting at the entry point declaration, that a parameter is accessible by the application, and inferring, by the static analysis, a type of the parameter by analyzing usage of the parameter by the application. |
| US11755735B2 |
Speculatively executing conditional branches of code when detecting potentially malicious activity
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining a frequency at which to execute trap code in an execution path of a process executing a program to generate a trap address range to detect potential malicious code. Trap code is executed in response to processing a specified type of command in application code to allocate a trap address range used to detect potentially malicious code. A determination is whether to modify a frequency of executing the trap code in response to processing a specified type of command. The frequency of executing the trap code is modified in response to processing the specified type of command in response to determining to determining to modify the frequency of executing the trap code. |
| US11755728B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for analyzing structured files for malicious content
Mechanisms for analyzing a structured file for malicious content are provided, comprising: parsing the structured file into a plurality of portions; selecting a selected portion of the portions; checking the selected portion to determine if at least one pre-condition is met; and in response to determining that the at least one pre-condition is met: decoding the selected portion to form a decoded portion; and checking the decoded portion to determine if it is malicious. In some embodiments: the at least one pre-condition can be changed; the structured file is a MICROSOFT OFFICE XML file; the selected portion is a file; the at least one pre-condition checks at least one attribute of the selected portion; decoding the selected portion comprises decompressing the selected portion; and/or checking the decoded portion to determine if it is malicious comprises checking whether a previously decoded portion of the structure file meets at least one condition. |
| US11755725B2 |
Machine learning anomaly detection mechanism
Techniques and structures to facilitate anomaly detection within a networking system, including receiving a plurality of performance metric messages at a database system, extracting a plurality of anomaly detection messages included in the performance metric messages, storing the plurality of anomaly detection messages in an in-memory database and executing a machine learning model to process the plurality of anomaly detection messages in the in-memory database to detect whether anomalous usage of the networking system has been detected. |
| US11755724B2 |
Securing software routines
A method of securing a software routine implemented in a software instance executing in an execution environment, the method comprising: initializing a code block of the software instance with a reference to the software routine by storing the reference such that the stored reference is inaccessible to code outside of the code block; and returning a reference to the code block, the reference to the code block used by the software instance outside of the code block to invoke the software routine; wherein the code block is configured to: (a) invoke the software routine using the stored reference, and, (b) after a predetermined number of invocations of the software routine by the code block, modify the stored reference so as to prevent further invocation of the software routine by the code block. |
| US11755717B2 |
Security compliance for a secure landing zone
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for configuring a computing environment. A configuration profile is identified by a computer system for the computing environment that is to be deployed in which the computing environment meets a security policy to run an application in the computing environment. A determination is made, by the computer system, as to whether the configuration profile for the computing environment meets the security policy for running the application in the computing environment. The configuration profile for the computing environment is deployed, by the computer system, to configure the computing environment for the application in response to the configuration profile meeting the security policy. |
| US11755714B2 |
Authentication based on object recognition
Various systems, mediums, and methods herein describe aspects of an authentication system. The system may receive a request from a user device to authenticate a user. The system may determine a route travelled by the user. The route can be determined based at least on data retrieved from the user device of the user. The system may determine one or more objects viewable along the route. At least one image of the one or more objects can be selected. The system may communicate the at least one image and at least one other image to the user device to be displayed on the user device. The system may receive a selection of the at least one image by the user through a display of the user device. The authentication of the user can be based, at least in part, on the user selection of the at least one image. |
| US11755707B1 |
User information gathering and distribution system
Systems and methods relating to alerting users as to user information to be exchanged during transactions. A user information system (UIS) information circuit and an associated user information database populates an account with user information received from at least one of the user and a plurality of entities. A user information request relating to a transaction is received from an entity computing system associated with an entity over a network via a network interface circuit. A security circuit sends an alert comprising an approval request containing an identification of user information requested in the user information request to a user computing device associated with the user over the network. The security circuit receives an approval of the approval request from the user computing device, and the UIS information circuit provides the approved information to the entity to complete the transaction. |
| US11755703B2 |
Voice authentication systems and methods for prescription processes
Methods and systems may incorporate voice interaction and other audio interaction to facilitate access to prescription related information and processes. Particularly, voice/audio interactions may be utilized to achieve authentication to access prescription-related information and action capabilities. Additionally, voice/audio interactions may be utilized in performance of processes such as obtaining prescription refills and receiving reminders to consume prescription products. |
| US11755697B2 |
Secure access control framework using dynamic resource replication
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure access control using dynamic resource replication. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a computing device of a user, a request to generate a resource access path to access a resource; determine one or more resource requirements associated with the resource; determine an authentication level associated with the user; initiate a resource replication engine on the one or more resource requirements and the authentication level associated with the user; determine, using the resource replication engine, that the one or more requirements and the authentication level associated with the user meets one or more conditions for a replication process; and generate, using the resource replication engine, the resource access path and a plurality of replicate resource access paths. |
| US11755690B1 |
Mitigating add financial institution errors by leveraging geolocation data
Techniques for detecting fraud may include mapping routing numbers of one or more financial institutions with geolocation data of the financial institutions; obtaining a geolocation of a user based on the user's internet protocol (IP) address; obtaining a first user input from the user indicating a first financial institution; generating a match score for each of the one or more financial institutions that indicates a level of match between the first user input and the respective financial institution; boosting the match score for each financial institution based on its location with respect to the geolocation of the user; generating a list of financial institutions having the boosted match score above a threshold; obtaining a second user input from the user indicating at least one second financial institution; and presenting search results to the user based on the second user input, wherein the search results are boosted. |
| US11755688B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating training data for a machine learning system
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for training a machine learning engine configured to determine whether an object in a two dimensional (2D) image is in-scope or out-of-scope relative to the one or more 3D objects that includes receiving a 3D model of each of the one or more 3D objects, for each 3D model receiving a set of specifications and thresholds for the 3D model, augmenting the specifications of the 3D model to generate a plurality of augmented 3D models, and generating auxiliary training data based on the plurality of augmented 3D models, and utilizing the auxiliary training data to train the machine learning engine. The present disclosure also provides an apparatus and method for training a machine learning engine that includes receiving sampling parameters related to a system of interest, sampling a generative model of a generative adversarial network (GAN) based on the sampling parameters to generate auxiliary input data, inputting the auxiliary input data into a discriminator model of the GAN to generate an auxiliary label associated with each of the auxiliary input data element, and utilizing the auxiliary input data and auxiliary labels as auxiliary training data to train the machine learning engine. |
| US11755684B1 |
Systems and methods for memory efficient parallel tensor decompositions
In a system for improving performance of tensor-based computations and for minimizing the associated memory usage, computations associated with different non-zero tensor values are performed while exploiting an overlap between the respective index tuples of those non-zero values. While performing computations associated with a selected mode, when an index corresponding to a particular mode in a current index tuple is the same as the corresponding index from another, previously processed index tuple, the value already stored in a buffer corresponding to that particular mode is reused either wholly or in part, minimizing the processor usage and improving performance. Certain matrix operations may be iterated more than once so as to avoid the need to store a large partial result obtained from those operations. The performance overhead of the repeated operations is not significant, but the reduction in memory usage is. |
| US11755682B2 |
Evaluating quantum computing circuits in view of the resource costs of a quantum algorithm
Methods for evaluating quantum computing circuits in view of the resource costs of a quantum algorithm are described. A processor-implemented method for performing an evaluation of a polynomial corresponding to an input is provided. The method includes determining a polynomial interpolation for a set of sub-intervals corresponding to the input. The method further includes constructing a quantum circuit for performing, in parallel, polynomial evaluation corresponding to each of the set of sub-intervals. |
| US11755681B2 |
Real-time equivalent user interaction generation
A method, apparatus, and system for data processing to support real-time equivalent user interaction generation is described. To support real-time equivalent user interaction generation, a user's interactions with a first user interface of an application at a first user device are identified, the identified user's interactions with the first user interface of the application at the first user device may be converted into equivalent user interactions with a second user interface of the application based at least in part on a configuration of the second user interface of the application at a second user device, and the equivalent user interactions with the second user interface of the application at the second user device may be implemented, wherein the configuration of the second user interface of the application at the second user device and a configuration of the first user interface of the application at the first user device are different. |
| US11755679B2 |
Service execution method and device
Techniques for providing a service execution method and device are described. A request is received from a browser of a client device. A web page is determined from the received request. The web page is transmitted to the client device to wake up a designated application of the client device. A service execution request is received from the designated application of the client device. The received service execution request is determined to correspond to the received request. In response to determining that the received service execution request corresponds to the received request, a service is executed based on the received service execution request. |
| US11755678B1 |
Data extraction and optimization using artificial intelligence models
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises a server, which identifies optimized potential suppliers based on the client's request. The request comprises search specification and preselected bidders. The server extracts a first set of keywords from the search specification and finds web pages of potential suppliers based on the first set of keywords. The server identifies the websites of the preselected bidders, extracts a second set of keywords from the websites, and finds web pages of more potential suppliers based on the second set of keywords. The server determines the web pages are associated with real suppliers by excluding non-supplier web pages. The server determines a similarity score for each potential supplier by vectorizing keywords extracted from the supplier's web pages. The server determines a risk score for each potential supplier. The server generates a GUI comprising a list of suppliers ranked based on the similarity scores. |
| US11755677B2 |
Data mining method, data mining apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a data mining method, a data mining apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium, relates to the technical field of the Internet, and in particular to the Internet big data processing technology. The method includes: acquiring a current article to be mined; obtaining information values required for each data identification strategy of multiple data identification strategies from the current article, and each data identification strategy is used for identifying a preset type of data; identifying a data type of the current article according to the information values required for each data identification strategy to obtain a data type identification result; and determining whether the current article belongs to any preset type of data according to the data type identification result. |
| US11755676B2 |
Systems and methods for generating real-time recommendations
A real-time recommendation system includes a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon instructions that a processor executes to receive data from data sources that includes one or more data records. The processor then identifies features in data of a data record, extracts and buffers the features, and applies the features to a feature detect mechanism. The feature detect mechanism includes feature detect algorithm and more recommender algorithms that are encapsulated in a feature detection object. The feature detection object may be a Strategy/Composite feature detection object that includes Strategy design patterns. The processor further executes to reject a feature in response to failures of the feature to match at least one of the Strategy design patterns, and in real time, select and install features that match one or more of the Strategy design patterns into one or more recommender algorithms. |
| US11755674B2 |
Dynamic radius threshold selection
The disclosure relates to dynamically selecting a radius threshold for a device. The system identifies, based on sensor data detected by a sensor of the device, a location of the device. The system generates a feature representation for each of a plurality of features based on a query input into the device, the location of the device, and a plurality of entity locations corresponding to the query. The system accesses a data structure storing optimum radii correlated with a presence of the plurality of features and a corresponding performance metric based on network activity. The system determines the radius threshold based on the optimum radii and the plurality of features. The system identifies an eligible entity location having a distance from the device that is within the radius threshold. The system selects, for display on the device, a content item for the eligible entity location. |