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US11063607B2	Compressing error vectors for decoding logic to store compressed in a decoder memory used by the decoding logic Provided are an apparatus, storage device, and method for compressing error vectors for decoding logic to store compressed in an decoder memory used by the decoding logic. A decoder decodes codewords to produce error vectors used to decode the codewords. A decoder memory device stores the error vectors. A compression unit receives the error vector from the decoder during decoding of the codeword. Each bit in the error vector has one of a first value and a second value. A determination is made of at least one bit location in the error vector having the first value. At least one pointer is stored in a row of memory cells in the decoder memory device indicating the determined at least one bit location in the codeword having the first value.
US11063605B2	Code block segmentation method, terminal, base station, and computer-readable storage medium The code block segmentation method includes: a base station determining whether to use the maximum length of a first pre-set information bit for code block segmentation or to use the maximum length of a second pre-set information bit for code block segmentation; if it is determined to use the maximum length of the first pre-set information bit for code block segmentation, the base station segmenting a transport block into one or more segments by taking the maximum length of the first pre-set information bit as an upper limit; and if it is determined to use the maximum length of the second pre-set information bit for code block segmentation, the base station segmenting a transport block into one or more segments by taking the maximum length of the second pre-set information bit as an upper limit, wherein the maximum length of the first pre-set information bit is greater than the maximum length of the second pre-set information bit.
US11063604B2	Analog-to-digital converter, solid-state imaging element, and electronic equipment An analog-to-digital converter of the present disclosure includes: a ΔΣ modulator including a quantization circuit unit; a splitter that divides a digital output of the quantization circuit unit into an even-numbered digital value and an odd-numbered digital value; two-system transmission paths that transmit the even-numbered digital value and the odd-numbered digital value separately; and a digital filter that processes the even-numbered digital value and the odd-numbered digital value transmitted by the two-system transmission paths, and outputs the even-numbered digital value and the odd-numbered digital value as an analog-to-digital conversion value.
US11063600B1	Multi-stage clock generator using mutual injection for multi-phase generation A multi-stage clock generation circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes first and second ring oscillators. The ring oscillators include a corresponding plurality of delay elements coupled in series, with a plurality of shunt circuits in parallel with corresponding inverters. The shunt circuits include respective interpolation nodes, which are resistively coupled to input and output nodes of their corresponding inverters. The interpolation nodes of the first ring oscillator are coupled to delay element input and output nodes of the second ring oscillator. Similarly, the interpolation nodes of the second ring oscillator are coupled to delay element input and output nodes of the first ring oscillator.
US11063599B2	Apparatus and method for automatic search of sub-sampling phase locked loop (SS-PLL) locking acquisition An apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a phase locked loop (PLL) configured to generate a reference signal; a sub-sampling PLL (SS-PLL) connected to the PLL and configured to sub-sample the reference signal; and a first pre-charge circuit connected to the SS-PLL and configured to allow an output voltage of the SS-PLL to transition to an operating voltage to indicate that a difference between two voltage inputs is zero on average.
US11063598B1	Phase-locked loop with a sampling circuit A phase-locked loop (PLL) includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) that generates a PLL output signal having an oscillation frequency controlled by a control signal; a phase detector that generates a phase signal representing a difference in phase between the PLL output signal and a reference signal; a loop filter coupled to receive the phase signal; a switch; and a sampling circuit switchably coupled to receive the control signal of the VCO via the switch, and generating a code representing the control signal.
US11063596B1	Frame decoding circuit and method for performing frame decoding A frame decoding circuit implemented in an IC die includes a frame synchronizer, receiving an input clock signal and an input frame signal in serial form, to provide an output clock signal. A phase shift of the output clock signal is adjusted according to a detected code by sampling the input frame signal at a center point for every two bits and the detected code being not a correct type. The input clock signal is divided in frequency with the phase shift for providing the output clock signal. A de-serializer unit receives the input frame signal, the input data, the output clock signal from the frame synchronizer, a delay-locked-loop clock signal to de-serialize the input frame signal and the input data for output.
US11063589B1	Power circuit facilitating the operation of a high electron mobility transistor One or more embodiments of a power circuit can comprise a capacitor in series between a power source and a gate of a transistor, to receive a driver output of a first voltage from the power source. The power circuit can further comprise a first diode in parallel between the power source and the gate of the transistor. In some embodiments, when the driver output is present and exceeds a first breakdown voltage of a second diode, and the second diode enables flow of current from the first cathode to the ground, resulting in the capacitor being negatively charged up to a second voltage corresponding to excess of the first voltage over the first breakdown voltage. In additional embodiments, after the capacitor is at least partially charged, when the driver output is not present, the capacitor discharges a negative current based on the negative charging of the capacitor up to the second voltage.
US11063587B1	Voltage on-off detector and electronic device including the same A voltage on-off detector includes an inverter between a first voltage source and a first node and having an input terminal that receives a third voltage, a first transistor having a first gate, and a first source and a first drain between the first node and a second voltage source, a second transistor having a second source connected to the second voltage source, and a second gate and a second drain connected to the first node, and an amplifier having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the inverter and configured to output a first voltage from the first voltage or a second voltage from the second voltage source based on or in response to an output of the inverter.
US11063575B2	Band reject filters A method and a band reject filter (BRF) using as acoustic resonators at least one of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators and film bulk acoustic resonators (FBAR) are provided. The BRF includes at least one substrate having at least one of a plurality of capacitors formed thereon, the plurality of capacitors having capacitances selected to achieve a particular band reject response. The BRF also includes at least one die. At least one of a plurality of acoustic wave resonators are formed thereon. The plurality of acoustic wave resonators are one of BAW resonators and FBARs and are designed to have the same resonant frequency. A plurality of conductors between the substrate and the die are positioned to electrically connect the acoustic wave resonators and the capacitors.
US11063574B2	Piezoelectric resonator unit A quartz crystal resonator unit that includes a substrate, a lid, and an adhesive member that joins the substrate and the lid to each other to form an enclosure; a quartz crystal resonator disposed in the enclosure; and an adjustment member on the quartz crystal resonator and that includes a material whose volatilization amount per unit time and unit volume increases as humidity increases.
US11063573B2	Quartz crystal resonator and quartz crystal resonator unit A quartz crystal resonator that includes a substrate including a vibration portion, a frame portion that surrounds the vibration portion, and first to fourth coupling portions that couple the vibration portion and the frame portion to each other; and first and second excitation electrodes. An intersecting point of diagonal lines of a quadrangle formed by first to fourth connection portions is located on the positive side of the z axis relative to the x axis.
US11063572B2	Polarity patterned piezoelectric film A piezoelectric device includes a foundation structure and a plurality of metal islands distributed over a first area of a top surface of the foundation structure. A piezoelectric film resides over the foundation structure and is formed from a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric film has a non-piezoelectric portion over the first area and a piezoelectric portion over a second area of the top surface of the foundation structure. Within the non-piezoelectric portion, the piezoelectric film is polarity patterned to have pillars and a mesh. The pillars of the piezoelectric material have a first polar orientation residing over corresponding ones of the plurality of metal islands. The mesh of the piezoelectric material has a second polar orientation, which is opposite that of the first polar orientation, and surrounds the pillars. In one embodiment, the metal islands are self-assembled islands.
US11063569B2	Common mode noise suppression filter A noise suppression filter includes a resonator, a ground plane, and a set of differential transmission lines. The set of differential transmission lines includes a first meander line and a second meander line formed in a first circuit layer. The resonator is formed in a second circuit layer and includes a first long arm, a second long arm, and a short arm extended form a same point to form a T-shape. The ground plane is formed in a third circuit layer and is coupled to the first long arm and the second long arm through vias. The first meander line is detoured along the inner sides of the first long arm and the short arm, and the second meander line is detoured along the inner sides of the second long arm and the short arm.
US11063563B1	Systems and methods for specific emitter identification An emitter identification system arranged to: receive a detected signal including one or more emitter signals from one or more emitters respectively where each of the emitter signals includes a unique signal characteristic related to a unique physical feature of a hardware structure associated with each of the emitters; apply a modulation signal to the detected signal to generate pulse in-phase and quadrature (IQ) data associated with the one or more emitter signals; extract one or more amplitude envelopes associated with the one or more emitter signals, where each amplitude envelope is related to the unique signal characteristic associated with each of the one or more emitters; estimate the unique signal characteristic of each of the one or more emitter signals; estimate a number of clusters related to a number of emitter signals; and identify each of the emitters by applying an unsupervised learning function.
US11063561B1	Receiver circuit with input common mode voltage sensing A receiver circuit with input common mode voltage sensing is provided. The receiver circuit is applied to a controller area network and comprises a resistor assembly, connected with a high end and a low end of the controller area network, a common mode voltage sensor and a receiving amplifier. The resistor assembly bucks voltage, respectively generating the high end and low end voltage divisions at first and second nodes and outputting the voltage divisions to the receiving amplifier to generate a resultant signal to an output end of the controller area network. The common mode voltage sensor is connected between the resistor assembly and the receiving amplifier, and able to sense the common mode voltage on bus and control the voltage on center tap of the resistor assembly so the receiver circuit for controller area network can receive the differential signal with a much wider input common mode range.
US11063558B2	Direct-current tuning of bulk acoustic wave resonator devices A system includes a tunable bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator device and a direct-current (DC) tuning controller coupled to the tunable BAW resonator device. The system also includes an oscillator circuit coupled to the tunable BAW resonator device. The DC tuning controller selectively adjusts a DC tuning signal applied to the tunable BAW resonator device to adjust a signal frequency generated by the oscillator circuit.
US11063557B2	Oscillation circuit, oscillator, electronic apparatus, and vehicle An oscillator circuit includes a circuit for oscillation that oscillates a resonator and outputs an oscillation signal, a temperature sensing element that outputs a temperature detection signal, an analog/digital conversion circuit that converts the temperature detection signal into a temperature code which is a digital signal and converts a power supply voltage into a power supply voltage code which is a digital signal, and a digital signal processing circuit that generates a correction code based on the power supply voltage code, and generates a temperature compensation code for compensating frequency-temperature characteristics of the oscillation signal based on the temperature code and the correction code.
US11063556B1	Systems and methods for improved bifacial solar modeling The present disclosure provides systems and methods for improved bifacial solar modeling. A method may comprise measuring an albedo of a surface on which an array of bifacial solar modules is disposed and setting an albedo parameter of a bifacial gain model. The method may further comprise measuring a backside irradiance of the array and setting a backside irradiance parameter. The method may further comprise setting a shed transparency parameter using the measured backside irradiance and a geometric model of the array. The method may further comprise setting a rear shading parameter using a shading model of the array. The method may further comprise computing an expected bifacial gain of the array. The method may further comprise determining an actual bifacial gain of the array. The method may further comprise setting a rear mismatch parameter to minimize a loss function of the expected bifacial gain and the actual bifacial gain.
US11063548B2	High-power battery-operated power tool A power tool is provided including a power supply interface receiving a medium-voltage-rated removable battery pack having a maximum rated voltage in the range of 40 to 80 volts, and a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor. The motor includes a rotor and a stator having at least three stator windings corresponding to at least three phases of the motor, the rotor being moveable by the stator when the stator windings are appropriately energized within the corresponding phases, each phase being characterized by a corresponding voltage waveform energizing the corresponding stator winding. A multi-phase inverter bridge circuit is disposed between the power supply interface and the motor, and a controller is configured to output drive signals to the inverter bridge circuit to control flow of current from the battery pack to the motor such that the motor produces a maximum power output of at least 2500 watts.
US11063546B2	Motor control device The present invention easily inhibits an influence of a dead time on voltage control without requiring a user to consider a specific usage condition or the like of each motor control device. A control circuit (10) controls a step-down converter circuit (40) to step down a DC voltage to be applied to an inverter circuit (60) so that a duty of a PWM signal becomes greater than a dead time (Td).
US11063545B2	Power conversion device, motor module, and electric power steering device A power conversion device includes a first inverter and a control circuit that controls on/off operations of switches in the first inverter and diagnoses disconnection failures of n-phase windings where n is an integer of three or more. The control circuit generates a control signal to turn on one low-side switch of a first specific phase among n low-side switch in the first inverter, turn off the remaining n−1 low-side switches, and turn off all n high-side switches, supplies the control signal to the n low-side switches and the n high-side switches in a state where a neutral point of a motor is provided, measures n-phase voltages that change depending on patterns of disconnection failures of the n-phase windings, and diagnoses a disconnection failure based on the measured n-phase voltages by referring to a table associating the patterns of the disconnection failures with n-phase voltage levels.
US11063544B2	Inverter device and electric power steering apparatus An inverter device includes: an inverter, a power supply current detection sensor, a phase current detection sensor, a three-phase voltage command calculator, and an inverter on/off signal generation unit. The phase current detection sensor detects a phase current in one phase of the inverter. The inverter on/off signal generation unit generates on/off signals based on the phase voltage commands. The three-phase voltage command calculator uses the power supply current and the phase current detected by the power supply current detection sensor and the phase current detection sensor, respectively, so as to calculate phase voltage commands directed to the inverter, and at a center time point of a period in which an upper arm switching element corresponding to one phase out of two phases for which the phase current detection sensor is not provided is on, and lower arm switching elements corresponding to the other two phases are on.
US11063540B2	Controlling a wind turbine generator Provided is a method of controlling a permanent magnet generator, the method including: measuring mechanical noise of the generator; deriving two quantities indicative of an amplitude and a phase of an undesired harmonic of the measured noise; deriving, based on the quantities, a current to be injected in stator coils of the generator such as to reduce the undesired harmonic.
US11063539B2	Methods and systems for rapid load support for grid frequency transient events This application provides methods and systems for rapid load support for grid frequency transient events. Example systems may include a turbine having a first controller, a generator coupled to the turbine, where the generator is configured to provide power to an electrical grid, and an exciter configured to provide a magnetic field in the generator. The exciter may include a second controller configured to monitor a first set of electrical properties associated with the electrical grid, determine that a transient event is present on the electrical grid based on the first set of electrical properties, and send a notification of the transient event to the first controller.
US11063538B2	Gear motor, associated wiper system and associated control method A wiper system including a brushless DC electric motor having a rotor, a stator having coils for electromagnetically exciting the rotor, a device for determining the angular position of the rotor with respect to the stator, a control unit configured to generate control signals for supplying power to the electromagnetic excitation coils according to the angular position of the rotor determined by the device for determining the angular position of the rotor, a reduction gear mechanism linked, on one side, to the rotor of the electric motor and, on the other side, to an output shaft that is intended to be linked to an external mechanism. The rotor includes at least one Hall effect sensor associated with a control magnet that rotates with the rotor and the gear motor also having a processing unit connected to the device for determining the angular position of the rotor.
US11063529B2	Control device of motor and storage medium A signal generator generates a control signal that causes an inverter to supply a drive current in an AC voltage waveform to each phase of a motor. The signal generator alternately repeats a first energization cycle in which only a switch on an upper side of an arm is set to an ON state and a second energization cycle in which only a switch on a lower side of the arm is set to the ON state in the AC voltage waveform having a third energization cycle therebetween, changes the switches on the upper side and the lower side of the arm to the ON state and an OFF state in order in the third energization cycle, continuously changes an output voltage of the switch that has been further changed to the ON state, and generates a control signal to cause waveforms of the preceding and succeeding first energization cycle and second energization cycle to be continuous with the third energization cycle by varying a phase of the first to the third energization cycles in each phase.
US11063520B2	Simplified hybrid PWM/PFM control method for SLLC converter A converter includes input voltage terminals, a series circuit connected to the input voltage terminals and including first and second switches connected in series, a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, a resonant tank connected to the series circuit and including the primary winding, an auxiliary switch connected to the series circuit and the resonant tank, output voltage terminals connected to the secondary winding, and a controller that, based on a single control loop and a single control parameter, controls the auxiliary switch with pulse-width modulation and controls the first and second switches with pulse-frequency modulation.
US11063518B1	Bi-directional isolated DC-DC converter for the electrification of transportation A topology for an isolated, bi-directional, DC-DC converter, that provides step-up and step-down functionality, with a reduced transformer turns ratio, allows a simplified transformer design with reduced cost and increased efficiency. This topology also has a very small level of re-circulating current, relative to other topologies regarding cost and performance.
US11063516B1	Power converters with bootstrap A power converter can include first, second, third, and fourth power switches, and a driver for operating the drive switches to modify an input voltage. An AC coupling capacitor can be coupled between the first and fourth power switches. Bootstrap capacitors can be used for driving the first and second power switches, which can be high-side switches. In some embodiments, a current sensing circuit can be used to measure current through the third and/or fourth power switches and for determining the current through the power converter. In some embodiments, the power converter can monitor the voltage across the AC coupling capacitor and can determine the current through the power converter based on the monitored voltages. In some embodiments, the AC coupling capacitor can be pre-charged before the power converter begins normal operation.
US11063513B1	Buck-boost converter with positive output voltage This invention is an AC/DC one stage, one switch, and one inductor converter, to be used as an electronic power factor controller. This converter Buck-Boost topology is capable of converting a power line AC to a positive DC with a voltage conversion ratio close to unity. When used for a universal line voltage 85-250 VAC, it may have an output voltage close to 240 VDC instead of the traditional Boost converters having the d output voltage range of +380-400 VDC. The circuit's lower output voltage and its simplicity and low cost, make it a viable candidate to replace the Boost converters in any application, where lowering the output DC voltage along with lowering manufacturing costs are desirable.
US11063511B1	Valley-fill PFC circuit with EMI protection A power control circuit includes an alternating current (AC) power source, a rectifier and a valley-fill circuit. The AC power source is configured to receive an AC voltage. The rectifier is configured to convert the AC voltage into a rectified voltage. The valley-fill circuit includes: an inductor, having a first terminal coupled to the rectifier, and a second terminal; a first resistor, having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the inductor, and a second terminal; a diode, having a cathode coupled to the second terminal of the inductor, and an anode; and a first capacitor, having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor and the anode of the diode, and a second terminal coupled to ground.
US11063506B2	Power converter A switching circuit may include first and second switching elements that are connected in parallel with each other. A controller may be configured to selectively perform either a first switching control to drive the first switching element or a second switching control to drive the second switching element. The first switching element may be constituted mainly of a first semiconductor material, and the second switching element may be constituted mainly of a second semiconductor material having a narrower band gap than the first semiconductor material. The second switching element may be larger in size than the first switching element. The controller may be configured to switch to the second switching control when an instruction value and/or an actual value of the current exceeds a predetermined threshold value while performing the first switching control.
US11063503B2	Brushless motor A brushless motor capable of accurately detecting magnetism and securing rigidity of a center piece is provided. A brushless motor (10) includes; a stator (12); a rotor (14) having a rotor magnet (22) arranged radially outward of the stator (12); a metal center piece (18) that has a plate-like portion (38) disposed opposing the stator (12) at one side in an axial direction of the stator (12), and holds the stator (12); a control board (42) disposed at an opposite side from the stator (12) with respect to the plate-like portion (38), and provided with a magnetic detection sensor (46); a magnetic induction member (68) extending from a side of the rotor magnet (22) to a side of the magnetic detection sensor (46); and a resin-made connector member (44) that holds a connector terminal (62) connected to the control board (42), holds the magnetic induction member (68), and is fixed to the center piece (18).
US11063499B2	Hybrid motor rotor casting apparatus and method Apparatus and methods are provided for manufacturing a rotor. The rotor has a core with an open center, conductive bars extending across the core and conductive end rings at ends of the core. A mandrel has a body that extends through the open center and a head that extends over and engage the first end of the core around the open center. A central cap couples with the body, extends over and engages the second end of the core around the open center. An end cap covers the central cap and engages the core around the open center. The end cap defines at least part of a cavity around the conductive bars for receiving molten metal.
US11063498B2	Conductor shaping apparatus A conductor shaping apparatus includes a first shaping die, a second shaping die and a holding section configured to hold the conductor and rotates the second shaping die about a rotational axis with respect to the first shaping die, and it further includes a first movement restricting portion formed in the first shaping die and configured to contact with a portion of the conductor so as to restrict a movement of the conductor together with the second shaping die when the second shaping die is rotated in a direction approaching the first shaping die, and a second movement restricting portion that is formed in the first shaping die and is configured to contact with a portion of the conductor so as to restrict the movement of the conductor together with the second shaping die when the second shaping die is rotated in a direction apart from the first shaping die.
US11063497B2	Drive device A drive device includes a hollow hub rotatable about hub shafts extending parallel to a center axis, a motor housed in the hub and fixed to the hub shafts, and a speed reducer connected to the motor and the hub. The motor includes a rotor including a motor shaft extending parallel to the hub shafts, a stator disposed outside the rotor in a radial direction, and a motor housing holding the stator therein. The drive device includes thermal grease thermally connecting the hub and the motor housing to each other.
US11063488B2	Stator for electric rotating machine The present disclosure relates to a stator for an electric rotating machine, the stator comprising a stator core comprising teeth and slots, and a stator coil comprising a plurality of hairpins configured to be inserted into the slots of the stator core in a predetermined pattern. Each of the plurality of hairpins comprises a conductor and a coating layer surrounding an outer surface of the conductor. The plurality of hairpins comprise a first hairpin configured to be placed in a first section of the stator coil predetermined from an end to which power is to be input, and a second hairpin placed in a section after the first section. The first hairpin provides better insulation performance than the second hairpin, and the first section has a higher voltage distribution ratio than the section including the second hairpin.
US11063487B2	Stator A stator that includes a stator core having a plurality of slots; a first coil that is disposed in a first slot of the plurality of slots; and a second coil that is disposed in a second slot of the plurality of slots that is different from the first slot in which the first coil is disposed.
US11063485B2	Interior permanent magnet machine with hybrid rotor topology An interior permanent magnet motor assembly including a stator and a rotor is provided. The stator includes electromagnetic windings. The rotor is disposed concentrically with the stator about a rotor axis and the rotor has a plurality of rotor segments. The plurality of rotor segments may include a first rotor segment and a second rotor segment. The first rotor segment may have first pockets being arranged to receive at least a first magnet of a first magnet set according to a first rotor topology. The second rotor segment may be axially stacked relative to the first rotor segment about the rotor axis. The second rotor segment may be arranged to receive at least a second magnet of a second magnet set according to a second rotor topology having a configuration that is different than the first rotor topology.
US11063483B2	Electric motor An electric motor includes: a rotary shaft member rotating about an axis; a rotor including a rotor core, which has an annular shape and is provided on the rotary shaft member, and a magnet provided on the rotor core; a stator including a stator core, which has an annular shape and is disposed at an interval from the rotor core in a radial direction that is a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the rotary shaft member, and a stator coil wound around the stator core; a field yoke, which has an annular shape, includes the rotor and the staorm, and has a fixed relative positional relationship with the stator core; and a case member, which has a side wall extending in the axial direction to face an outer peripheral surface of the field yoke, the field yoke being fixed to the case member.
US11063482B2	Stator and motor having the same A stator and a motor include a plurality of split cores disposed in an annular shape and a connector configured to connect the plurality of split cores to allow a circumferential spacing distance between the split cores to be changed, wherein a diameter of the stator is changed by changing the spacing distance between the split cores in a state in which the plurality of split cores disposed in an annular shape by the connector.
US11063478B2	Wirelessly distributed and multi-directional power transfer systems and related methods Wirelessly distributed and multi-directional power transfer systems and related methods are described herein. An example system for distributing power across a wireless medium can include a plurality of wireless modular power packs connected across a wireless medium to a wireless power receiver circuit that is connected to a load. Each wireless modular power pack can include a respective wireless power transmission circuit directing a respective wireless power signal to the wireless power receiver circuit. The system can also include a power source positioned within each of the wireless modular power packs. Each power source transmits a respective power signal across an internal power interface to a respective wireless power transmission circuit within a respective wireless modular power pack.
US11063470B2	Adaptable redundant power A system and method of managing a power infrastructure having a plurality of duty power modules (DPMs) configured to power a plurality of load centers. Various different operational modes may be deployed. Inherent redundancy mode is implemented by: monitoring operations of the power infrastructure; powering each load center during normal operations using DPMs through a load center switch via an enabled preferred setting (PS) input; providing an inherent redundancy (IR) bus coupled to each load center switch via an alternate setting (AS) input that is disabled during normal operations, wherein the IR bus is configured to receive excess capacity power exclusively from the DPMs; and in response to a detected DPM failure, disabling the PS input and enabling the AS input in the load center switch for an affected load center to capture power from the IR bus.
US11063469B2	Uninterruptible power supply system and method for reconditioning an exhausted battery module Uninterruptible power supply system and method for reconditioning an exhausted battery module, wherein a terminal voltage of the battery module is determined and compared with a predefinable threshold value after starting a network-side supply, where after a waiting time has elapsed, when the threshold value is fallen below, an inverse polarity protection unit is activated for a time pulse, such that when communication between the base unit and the battery module occurs, the inverse polarity protection unit is permanently switched on and a voltage drop is determined and compared within the battery module with a predefined minimum voltage, and if at least one determined voltage drop falls below the predefined minimum voltage, then a predefined charging voltage is applied to the battery module until either a predefinable period of time is exceeded or a predefinable current value is surpassed by a charging current determined in the base unit.
US11063462B2	Charging apparatus A charging apparatus includes: an electric power source circuit including a first inverter and a second inverter to drive one motor; and a charging port having a positive electrode terminal connected to a positive electrode side of a first storage battery, and a negative electrode terminal connected to a negative electrode side of a second storage battery. In the case where the battery charger outputs first electric power, the first storage battery and the second storage battery are connected in parallel when being charged with the first electric power. In the case where the battery charger outputs second electric power that is larger than the first electric power, the first storage battery and the second storage battery are connected in series when being charged with the second electric power.
US11063459B2	Method and circuitry to adaptively charge a battery/cell The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to techniques and/or circuitry to applying a charge pulse to the terminals of the battery during a charging operation, measure a plurality of voltages of the battery which are in response to the first charge pulse, determine a charge pulse voltage (CPV) of the battery, wherein the charge pulse voltage is a peak voltage which is in response to the first charge pulse, determine whether the CPV of the battery is within a predetermined range or greater than a predetermined upper limit value and adapt one or more characteristics of a charge packet if the CPV is outside the predetermined range or is greater than a predetermined upper limit value.
US11063458B1	Systems and methods for dynamic pulse charging This disclosure relates to systems and methods for charging a battery. An example embodiment may include a battery, a battery charger device and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the battery charger device to charge the battery with a plurality of pulses and rests. Each pulse includes a respective pulse duration and a respective pulse current. Each rest includes a respective rest duration. While in a first charge phase, the controller is configured to adjust at least one of: the respective pulse duration, the respective pulse current, or the respective rest duration based on at least one sample of a characteristic voltage of the battery. Subsequently, the controller is configured to initiate a second charging phase. The controller is further configured to cause the battery charger device to charge the battery according to a second charge waveform.
US11063450B2	System and method for closed-transition transfer of DC battery banks on a grid scale battery energy storage system An energy storage system comprising a main bus, a transfer bus, and a pair of anti-parallel thyristors electrically coupled to the main bus and the transfer bus. The system also includes a first and second group of battery cells electrically coupled to the main bus and the transfer bus, and a switching network including a plurality of switches that selectively connect the first and second groups of battery cells to the main bus and the transfer bus. A controller controls the position of the switches and a bias voltage applied to the first and second thyristors so as to seamlessly transition power from the first group of battery cells to the second group of battery cells when the group of battery cells are being discharged and seamlessly transition power between the first group of battery cells and the second group of battery cells when the battery cells are being charged.
US11063449B2	Battery managing method and apparatus to connect batteries to electronic devices based on states of charge of the batteries A plurality of electronic devices including batteries and being connected to each other may respectively include battery managing apparatuses that may enable the electronic devices to share power of the batteries included in the electronic devices, more particularly, battery managing apparatuses that may change a mode or a manner to connect the batteries to the electronic devices by comparing states of charge (SoCs) of the batteries.
US11063448B2	Methods and system for dynamically modifying charging settings for a battery assembly Methods and a system for dynamically modifying charging settings for a battery assembly are described. A first usage value and a second usage value for the battery assembly are received. A usage difference value for the battery assembly is determined by comparing the first usage value to the second usage value. The usage difference value is compared to a plurality of battery usage ranges. Each battery usage range is associated with a bin count, a different voltage offset, and a different current offset. The bin count of one of the plurality of battery usage ranges is updated based on the comparison. The bin counts of the plurality of battery usage ranges are analyzed to determine a largest bin count and a respective battery usage range. The battery assembly is charged with a voltage offset and a current offset corresponding to the respective battery usage range with the largest bin count.
US11063445B2	Multi-cell battery management device Multi-cell battery management devices, systems, and method of operation are disclosed herein. A multi-cell battery pack includes a power output terminal and a plurality of battery cells each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal connected in series. Each cell of the plurality of battery cells includes: i) a cell control processor to monitor cell voltage, cell current, cell temperature, and cell fuse status; ii) a programmable cell balance shunt controlled by the cell control processor that varies the internal resistance of each cell of the plurality of battery cells; and iii) a data communications circuit connected to the cell control processor and to the positive terminal and the negative terminal of each cell, the communications circuit enabling data communications over the positive terminal and the negative terminal of each cell, and wherein the cell control processor responds to commands received via the data communications circuit to vary an operating state of the programmable cell balance shunt.
US11063443B2	Tuning circuit, tuning method and resonance-type contactless power supply A resonance-type contactless power supply has the characteristic that an inductor current has a maximum value when it operates at a resonance frequency. Sampling values of the inductor current in two successive cycles are compared with each other. A frequency of an inverter circuit is adjusted in a manner the same as that in a previous cycle in a case that the inductor current increases, and is adjusted in a manner opposite to that in the previous cycle in a case that the inductor current decreases. Thus, the resonance-type contactless power supply can be properly tuned without the need for zero-crossing detection.
US11063439B2	Method and system for applying electric fields to multiple solar panels A solar cell management system for increasing the efficiency and power output of a solar cell and methods for making and using the same. The management system provides an electric field across one or more solar cells. The imposed electric field exerts a force on both the electrons and holes created by light incident on the solar cell and accelerates the electron-hole pairs towards the electrodes of the solar cell. The solar cell management system considers variations in configuration of solar cells to maximize the power output of the solar cells. The accelerated electron-hole pairs have a lower likelihood of recombining within the cells' semiconductor's material. This reduction in the electron-hole recombination rate results in an overall increase in the solar cells' efficiency and greater power output.
US11063437B2	System for tracking and allocating renewable energy contributions to a modular renewable energy system A modular photovoltaic (PV) array system includes a PV array installed onto a fleet vehicle such as a trailer, bus etc., a host control system into which a plurality of fleet vehicles can connect to collectively generate electricity, and a subscriber system which collectively tracks energy generation and allocates respective contributions to the system.
US11063434B2	Method and apparatus for reinforcement learning based energy bidding A method and an apparatus for reinforcement learning based energy bidding, adapted for an energy aggregator to determine the energy supply configuration between multiple energy suppliers and multiple energy demanders, are provided. In the method, a supply amount of each energy supplier and a demand amount of each energy demander are acquired. A total demand amount of the energy demanders is calculated and replied to each energy supplier, and a total supply amount of the energy suppliers is calculated and replied to each energy demander. An electricity purchase quotation determined by each energy demander according to respective demand amount and the total supply amount, and an electricity sale quotation determined by each energy supplier according to respective supply amount and the total demand amount are received. A linear programming method is adopted to determine the energy supply configuration between the energy suppliers and the energy demanders according to information.
US11063431B2	Hierarchical and distributed power grid control A control node enables distributed grid control. The control node monitors power generation and power demand at a point of common coupling (PCC) between a utility power grid and all devices downstream from the PCC. The control node can have one or more consumer nodes, which can be or include customer premises, and one or more energy sources connected downstream. The control node monitors and controls the interface via the PCC from the same side of the PCC as the power generation and power demand. The control can include adjusting the interface between the control node and the central grid management via the PCC to maintain compliance with grid regulations at the PCC.
US11063424B2	Adaptive protection method for impedance of parallel capacitors An adaptive protection method for impedance of parallel capacitors comprises monitoring a terminal voltage and current of the capacitor; automatically calibrating the initial impedance of the capacitor when the capacitor is put into operation; calculating a real-time impedance of the capacitor during operation, dynamically updating the actual impedance of the capacitor periodically; comparing the real-time impedance of the capacitor with the actual impedance, updating the actual impedance if the relative value of the modulus of the real-time impedance change does not exceed the dynamic update limit threshold and the dynamic update reaches update period; generating an update failure alarm if the relative value of the modulus of the real-time impedance change exceeds the dynamic update limit threshold; generating a protection alarm if the relative value of the modulus of the real-time impedance change satisfies the protection alarm condition and the delay time is reached; and protecting the trip outlet if the relative value of the modulus of the real-time impedance change satisfies the protection trip condition and the delay time is reached. The protection method is applicable to various fault conditions of the capacitor and the capacitor bank, the set value is simple to calculate, the implementation is simple, and the sensitivity and reliability of the protection for capacitor are effectively improved.
US11063415B2	Raised access floor panel with embedded sensors Disclosed is a sensor floor tile that utilizes a RF frequency transmissive disk that transmits sensor data from sensors located in a plenum of a raised floor system. An antenna is located adjacent to the disk so that sensor signals can be transmitted from the sensor located in the plenum under the floor tile to a wireless receiver located in an elevated location in a data center room, a computer room, a clean room, an office space, etc. A network connection can also be provided by the antenna when the antenna is connected to a router in the plenum.
US11063413B2	Housing, electric connection box and wire harness A housing includes: a case that has a first surface having an opening; a cover that covers the opening and has a second surface that is in surface contact with the first surface; and an annular packing that is disposed on an outer side of the opening. One of the first surface and the second surface has a packing groove to which the packing is attached, and a groove portion that is disposed on an outer side of the packing groove and formed on a same plane as the packing groove.
US11063407B1	Addressable vertical cavity surface emitting laser array for generating structured light patterns An addressable vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array may generate structured light in dot patterns. The VCSEL array includes a plurality of traces that control different groups of VCSELs, such that each group of VCSELs may be individually controlled. The VCSEL groups are arranged such that they emit a dot pattern, and by modulating which groups of VCSELs are active a density of the dot pattern may be adjusted. The VCSEL array may be part of a depth projector that projects the dot pattern into a local area. A projection assembly may replicate the dot pattern in multiple tiles.
US11063405B2	Optical signal transmission apparatus including temperature-independent wavelength tunable laser, and wavelength tuning method using the same An optical signal transmission apparatus including a temperature-independent wavelength tunable laser includes a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser including a DBR mirror region configured to convert a wavelength of an output optical signal based on a first supply current, and an optical gain region configured to control a gain of the output optical signal based on a second supply current, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) configured to amplify an optical signal output from the DBR laser based on a third supply current, and a processor configured to supply a compensation current to the optical gain region based on a wavelength conversion request, to suppress a wavelength overshoot due to a carrier effect caused by the first supply current provided to the DBR mirror region.
US11063404B1	Bidirectionally emitting semiconductor laser devices Disclosed are embodiments of bidirectionally emitting semiconductor (BEST) laser architectures including higher order mode suppression structures. The higher order mode suppression structures are centrally located and extend from an inner transition boundary, which may be established by confronting high reflector (HR) facets in some embodiments or a central plane defining two sides of a unitary, bidirectional optical cavity in other embodiments. Examples of the higher order mode suppression structures include narrow regions of bidirectional flared laser oscillator waveguide (FLOW) devices, which are also referred to as reduced mode diode (REM) devices; high-index regions of bidirectional higher-order mode suppressed laser (HOMSL) devices; and non- or less-etched gain-guided lateral waveguides of bidirectional low divergence semiconductor laser (LODSL) devices. The aforementioned devices may also include scattering features, distributed feedback (DFB) gratings, distributed Bragg reflection (DBR) gratings, and combination thereof that also act as supplemental higher order mode suppression structures.
US11063402B2	Adiabatic dispersion-managed frequency comb generation Methods and apparatus for providing dispersion-managed dissipative Kerr solitons on-chip are provided. Microresonators are also provided for producing such solitons. The solitons may be enabled by real-time dynamical measurements on frequency combs. Methods are further provided to determine the temporal structure of the intracavity field in both the fast time axis, with ultrafast time-lens magnifiers at 600 fs timing resolutions, and the slow time axis via optical sampling with a synchronized fiber frequency comb reference. An order-of-magnitude enlarged stability zone of the dispersion-managed dissipative Kerr solitons is achieved versus the static regimes.
US11063401B2	Device for mechanical connection and for optical and/or electrical and/or fluid transmission between a first element and a second element A device for achieving a mechanical link and optical and/or electrical and/or fluidic transmission between a first element (E1) and a second element (E2), including: a first connection part designed to be fixed to the first element (E1), a first joining member connected optically and/or electrically and/or in fluidic communication with the first element (E1) and mounted on the first connection part, a second connection part designed to be fixed to the second element (E2), and arranged at least in part between the first connection part and the first joining member and defining a ball joint link between the first and second elements, and a second joining member connected optically and/or electrically and/or in fluidic communication with the second element (E2), arranged in the second connection part, the first and second joining members being configured to allow an optical and/or electrical and/or fluidic transmission from one to the other.
US11063400B2	Motor A motor including: a frame having an outer diameter of 10 millimeters or less and an inner surface; an annular magnet attached to the inner surface of the frame; a bracket provided at the frame; a columnar brush formed of carbon and having an outer peripheral surface; a commutator contacting the outer peripheral surface of the brush; and an elastic member supporting the brush at the bracket, in which a part of the elastic member is inside the brush.
US11063397B2	Flush ring spacer for electrical receptacles A flush ring spacer, and method for using it, to adjustably support and firmly mount an electrical device, such as an electrical receptacle or switch, within a wall or other support surface. Using the present invention, electrical devices may be connected to 1,900 (4-square), gem or other electrical boxes, while remaining firmly flush to the wall or other surface. The electrical device will stay grounded and not move or push in (which can affect grounding), and the face plate will not crack and will no longer be used to support the electrical device.
US11063395B2	Signal protection device and cable connector A cable connector disposed at a cable includes a signal protection device, an outer pipe and a transmission member. The signal protection device includes an inner pipe and a signal protection module. The inner pipe is inserted into the outer pipe through an end opening thereof such that a metallic conducting rod of the inner pipe is in the outer pipe. The signal protection module is inserted through another end opening of the outer pipe such that the metallic conducting rod of the inner pipe is penetratingly disposed at the signal protection module. The transmission member is inserted through another end opening of the outer pipe such that a conducting element is electrically connected to the metallic conducting rod of the inner pipe, revealing a transmission element. Therefore, the signal protection device is modularized and miniaturized.
US11063394B2	Electrical connector A connector includes a base, a transmission interface, a shielding cover and a shielding layer. The base includes a slot. The transmission interface includes a clamping portion and a plugboard. The clamping portion is clamped in the slot and a portion of the plugboard protrudes out of the base. The shielding cover has an accommodation space and a shielding layer. The accommodation space is disposed to accommodate the base and the transmission interface, and the shielding layer is electroplated on an inner side surface of the shielding cover. The shielding cover covers the base and the transmission interface and is disposed to block electromagnetic waves generated by the transmission interface.
US11063388B2	Method for sealing a joining region of an electrical connection assembly, and electrical connection assembly A method may be provided for sealing a joining region of an electrical connection assembly, the assembly comprising a cable having a plurality of individual conductors, which are arranged in a holding sleeve of an electrical connection element and which are welded to an end section of the holding sleeve in the joining region, which is formed as a recess. The joining region may be sealed by means of a plug inserted into the joining region at an end face and in an interlocking manner, wherein the plug is adapted to a shape of a friction welding tool, by means of which the individual conductors and the end section of the holding sleeve have previously been welded to each other by friction welding. An electrical connection assembly may also be provided.
US11063375B2	Connection instrument A connection instrument includes: a cable including an electrical wire and two separated covering parts covering the electrical wire; a connection terminal connectable to a terminal of an external connector; a connection part; a flat plate-shaped wiring board; and a housing. The connection part electrically connects the connection terminal and the electrical wire exposed between the two separated covering parts. The connection terminal and connection part are arranged on the wiring board. The wiring board is located between the two covering parts. The housing allows insertion/extraction of the external connector and houses the wiring board. At least part of the wiring board is roughly in contact with or included in a space linking adjacent ends of the two covering parts.
US11063374B2	System for controlling antenna pattern, method for controlling antenna pattern and wireless access point An antenna pattern control system includes a wireless access point, a memory and a processor. The wireless access point includes a plurality of adjustable antennas. Different operative arrangements of the adjustable antennas correspond to a plurality of antenna pattern combinations. The memory stores a plurality of real-time indicators recorded when the adjustable antennas are operating according to these antenna pattern permutations. The processor selects candidate pattern permutations from the antenna pattern permutations according to a cluster distribution of one of the real-time indicators located in a coordinate system. The processor also selects a target pattern permutation from the candidate pattern permutations according to a cluster distribution of at least two of the other real-time indicators. The processor outputs the target pattern permutation to the wireless access point in order to control the adjustable antennas of the wireless access point according to the selected target pattern permutation.
US11063371B2	Module comprising antenna and RF element, and base station including same A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to the disclosure, an antenna module includes a first substrate layer on which at least one substrate is stacked; an antenna coupled to an upper end surface of the first substrate layer; a second substrate layer having an upper end surface coupled to a lower end surface of the first substrate layer and on which at least one substrate is stacked; and a radio frequency (RF) element coupled to a lower end surface of the second substrate layer.
US11063367B2	Dual band slot antenna Dual band slot antenna is described. The dual band slot antenna includes a ground plane having a slot, a conductive patch, a dielectric substrate disposed between the conductive patch and the ground plane, and a coaxial cable fastened on the conductive patch to form a first loop region and a second loop region of different sizes for dual band operation.
US11063360B2	Antenna A facing portion of an antenna is provided with a first capacitance complementary adjusting portion which adjusts variation of a capacitance caused by a first movement of a second facing portion relative to a first facing portion and a second capacitance complementary adjusting portion which adjust variation of the capacitance caused by a second movement of the second facing portion relative to the first facing portion. The first capacitance complementary adjusting portion has a first variable portion and a second variable portion which have mutually opposite effects on the capacitance. The second capacitance complementary adjusting portion has a third variable portion and a fourth variable portion which have mutually opposite effects on the capacitance.
US11063352B2	Millimeter wave radio frequency phase shifter A millimeter wave RF phase shifter includes an input and an output. The RF phase shifter further includes a transmission line coupled to the input. The transmission line can include a plurality of taps. The RF phase shifter can further include a plurality of switching devices. Each switching device can be coupled between the output and a corresponding tap of the plurality of taps. The RF phase shifter can include a control device operatively coupled to the plurality of switching devices. The control device can be configured to control operation of the plurality of switching devices to selectively couple one of the plurality of taps to the output to control a phase shift of a RF signal propagating on the transmission line.
US11063350B2	Edge enabled void antenna apparatus An edge enabled void antenna (EEVA) apparatus is provided. The EEVA apparatus includes a conductive plane and a void is created on a geometric perimeter of the conductive plane to form an EEVA. A radio frequency (RF) port is coupled to the void to receive an RF signal. The RF signal excites the conductive plane to induce an electrical current along the geometric perimeter of the conductive plane. The void can cause the electrical current to increase and decrease on the geometric perimeter of the conductive plane, thus causing an electromagnetic wave corresponding to the RF signal being radiated from the EEVA. By forming the EEVA on the geometric perimeter of the conductive plane, it may be possible to enable a well-functioning antenna apparatus with a small effective footprint, thus allowing multiple EEVAs to be provided in a space confined wireless device with sufficient isolation for improved RF performance.
US11063349B2	Mobile device A mobile device includes a metal back cover, an edge appearance element, a display device, a supporting element, an antenna structure, and a ground element. The edge appearance element is made of a nonconductive material. The edge appearance element is connected to the metal back cover. The display device is disposed opposite to the metal back cover. The antenna structure is disposed on the supporting element. The antenna structure is positioned between the edge appearance element and the display device. The ground element is coupled to the metal back cover. The electromagnetic waves of the antenna structure are transmitted through the edge appearance element, such that the mobile device supports wireless communication.
US11063347B2	In-cabin communication system comprised of a leaky coaxial cable fixed to a vehicle body An in-cabin communication system performs wireless communication between a vehicle and a portable terminal carried by an occupant. The in-cabin communication system includes: a vehicular device mounted to the vehicle; and a leaky coaxial cable that is connected to the vehicular device, and that outputs an electromagnetic wave having a predetermined wavelength according to a command from the vehicular device. The leaky coaxial cable is disposed inside a steel plate of a body of the vehicle. The leaky coaxial cable is disposed at a predetermined distance, which corresponds to an integer multiple of a half-wavelength of the predetermined wavelength, from the steel plate.
US11063336B2	Phased array architecture with distributed temperature compensation and integrated up/down conversion A conditioning integrated circuit (CDIC) chip can be used to aggregate signals to/from a number of beam forming integrated circuit (BFIC) chips, and signals to/from a number of CDIC chips can be aggregated by an interface integrated circuit (IFIC) chip. The CDIC chip includes temperature compensation circuitry to adjust the gain of the transmit and receive signals as a function of temperature based on inputs from a temperature sensor. The CDIC may include a plurality of beam forming channels each having a transmit circuit and a receive circuit, a common port coupled to the beam forming channels for selectively providing a common transmit signal to the beam forming channels and receiving a common receive signal from the beam forming channels, and a temperature compensation circuit configured to provide variable attenuation to the common transmit signal and the common receive signal based on a temperature sense signal.
US11063335B2	Resonator A resonator assembly and method are disclosed. The resonator assembly comprises: a resonant chamber defined by a first wall, a second wall opposing the first wall and side walls extending between the first wall and the second wall; a first resonator comprising a first resonator element and a first resonator cap, the first resonator element having a first grounded end and an first open end, the first resonator element being grounded at the first grounded end on the first wall and extending into the resonant chamber, the first resonator cap having a first grounded portion and an first open portion, the first resonator cap being grounded at the first grounded portion on the second wall and extending into the resonant chamber to at least partially surround the first open end of the first resonator element with the first open portion for electrical field loading of the first resonator element by the first resonator cap; and a second resonator comprising a second resonator element and a second resonator cap located for electrical field loading of the second resonator element by the second resonator cap, the second resonator element being located for magnetic field coupling between the first resonator element and the second resonator element. In this way, a compact resonator assembly is provided having high operational performance. The provision of resonators having resonator elements and resonator caps helps to reduce the height of the resonator assembly to around one eighth of the operating wavelength. The provision of the resonator caps helps to contain the electrical field from the resonator elements, which enables adjacent resonator elements to be located closer together to provide for enhanced magnetic field coupling therebetween.
US11063332B1	Subminiature circulator A subminiature circulator includes feed pin assemblies, a hollow base having an opening formed in the top, and a locating iron sheet, wherein a laminated assembly is arranged in the base, notches are formed in the peripheral wall of the base and are communicated with the bottom face of the base, the locating iron sheet is clamped in the laminated assembly and is provided with extension parts which stretch out of the base via the notches, and the feed pin assemblies are installed in installation holes formed in the extension parts. The feed pin assemblies are arranged in the installation holes formed in the extension parts of the locating iron sheet, and such installation manner is not limited to an integrally-formed structure, so that a sophisticated device is easy to machine in the fabrication process.
US11063331B1	Structured hybrid different-wavelength resonant ceramic filter Disclosed is a structured hybrid different-wavelength resonant ceramic filter, comprising a ceramic substrate and an input/output electrode, wherein the ceramic substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, five first resonant cavities, two second resonant cavities and two third resonant cavities are formed between the first surface and the second surface in a horizontal direction; the five first resonant cavities are located in the middle of the first surface of the ceramic substrate, the two second resonant cavities are respectively located at both sides of the five first resonant cavities, and the two third resonant cavities are respectively located lateral relative to the two second resonant cavities. With the present disclosure, filters with various forms and functions are integrated into a multi-cavities filter, and it is simple in structure.
US11063325B2	Pouch-shaped secondary battery including electrode lead using conductive polymer Disclosed herein is a pouch-shaped secondary battery including a pouch-shaped battery case surrounding an electrode assembly, a first electrode lead connected to the electrode assembly and extending to a joint of the battery case, a second electrode lead detachably connected to the first electrode lead and extending out of the battery case, a connection layer coupling the first electrode lead and the second electrode lead to each other, and a sealing layer coupling the battery case to the first electrode lead and the second electrode lead, wherein the first and second electrode leads are configured to be detached from one another in order to secure the safety of a pouch-shaped battery cell when the pouch-shaped battery cell swells due to gas generated in the pouch-shaped battery cell while the pouch-shaped battery cell is in an abnormal state or when the pouch-shaped battery cell is overcharged.
US11063323B2	Battery module for electrically-driven aircraft A battery module can include multiple cell tubes and a conductive plate. The multiple cell tubes can accommodate multiple battery cells within the multiple cell tubes so that individual of the multiple battery cells are positioned within individual of the multiple cell tubes. The conductive plate can include a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board can include a first conductive layer and an isolating layer. The isolating layer can include a blind hole through which a wire bonding extends. The wire bonding can be electrically connected to the first conductive layer.
US11063321B2	Sampling component and battery module Embodiments of the present invention provide a sampling component and a battery module. The sampling component is applied to a battery module and comprises: a busbar having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, the busbar comprising mounting slots formed by extending in a direction from the first surface to the second surface; a circuit board disposed on a side of the busbar; and, a connecting sheet, comprising a first flat portion and a bent portion which are connected to each other, one end of the first flat portion being connected to the busbar while the other end thereof being connected to the circuit board, the bent portion being located in the mounting slots.
US11063318B2	Cylindrical battery cell having no beading part A cylindrical battery cell includes a jelly-roll type electrode assembly, configured to have a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound in a state in which a separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a cylindrical battery case having no beading part; a cap assembly located at the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case, the cap assembly including a safety vent configured to rupture in order to exhaust gas when pressure in the battery case increases; a gasket mounted so as to surround the outer circumference of the safety vent in order to maintain insulation between the cap assembly and the cylindrical battery case; and a washer for fixing the cap assembly to the cylindrical battery case, the washer coupled to an upper surface of an outer circumferential portion of the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case.
US11063316B2	Battery module including cross beam and battery pack comprising the same A battery module and a battery pack are disclosed. The battery module includes a module frame having a top plate and a bottom plate vertically spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval and disposed to face each other, and at least one barrier configured to vertically partition a space between the top and bottom plates; two or more battery submodules arranged inside the module frame in a matrix form with the at least one barrier being interposed therebetween; and a left side plate and a right side plate configured to cover a left side and a right side of the module frame and a front cover and a rear cover configured to cover a front side and a rear side of the module frame.
US11063315B2	Laminating adhesive, laminate using the same, and secondary battery An object of the present invention is to provide a laminating adhesive composition for a laminate, the composition having excellent adhesion between a metal layer and a plastic layer of a laminate, electrolyte solution resistance even after low-temperature aging, and a high retention percentage of the resistance, and allowing no delamination between layers to occur over time; a method for producing the laminating adhesive composition; a laminate using the adhesive; and a secondary battery. The object is achieved by providing a laminating adhesive containing a polyolefin resin (A) and an epoxy compound (B). The polyolefin resin (A) is a polymer in which propylene and 1-butene are the main monomers and has a crystallization peak temperature within the range of 28° C. to 38° C.
US11063313B2	Adhesive for packaging material, a packaging material, and a container The invention provides a packaging material that has high formability and that does not undergo a decrease in the adhesion strength between layers and appearance defects such as lifting between layers even after thermal fusion between portions of the sealant layer performed for sealing battery elements and furthermore after a long-term durability test under high temperature and high humidity. The adhesive for the packaging material including, as essential components, a polyol composition (A) and a polyisocyanate composition (B), wherein the polyol composition (A) includes a polyester polyol made from, as essential materials, a polybasic acid or its derivative and a polyhydric alcohol, the polybasic acid or its derivative material is all an aromatic-ring-containing polybasic acid or its derivative, and the polyester polyol has a number-average molecular weight in a range of 3000 to 100000; a battery packaging material, a battery container, and a battery that use the adhesive.
US11063311B2	Battery with external terminals A positive electrode can-side bottom face portion and a negative electrode can-side bottom face portion of a flat battery have a positive electrode can-side mounting face and a negative electrode can-side mounting face to which external terminals are attached by welding. Each external terminal includes: an outer circumferential portion that is formed so as to overlap with a region that is on an outer side relative to a position located one-half of the distance from the center, and so as not to overlap with a region which is on an inner side relative to the position located one-half of the distance from the center; a protruding portion formed so as to protrude toward the inner side of the flat battery from the outer circumferential portion; and a connection portion that electrically connects the flat battery to a device.
US11063310B2	Battery case and metal-air battery having same A battery case containing an electrode group including an air electrode and a separator includes main walls on which the air electrode is opposingly disposed and a surrounding portion that is disposed at marginal portions of the main walls and that surrounds a side edge portion of the opposingly disposed air electrode. The surrounding portion is covered by an edge portion of the separator disposed opposing the air electrode.
US11063303B2	Rechargeable battery having current collector A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case receiving the electrode assembly; a cap plate bonded to the case; a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode and protruded outside the cap plate; and a first current collector electrically connecting the first electrode and the first terminal, and the first current collector includes a first groove formed in a first surface facing toward the first electrode.
US11063296B2	Electrolyte additive and non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery comprising the same The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution additive, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which comprise the same, wherein, specifically, since the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, which comprises a compound capable of maintaining a passive effect by increasing an effect of forming a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) on surfaces of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, is provided, high-temperature storage characteristics and life characteristics of the lithium secondary battery may be improved.
US11063295B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same To provide a structure which allows production of an electrode, even if the film thickness of an electrode is increased; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same.A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a power generating element including: two electrodes having different polarity and formed by forming an active material layer on a current collector; and an electrolyte layer positioned between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the active material layers of the two electrodes having different polarity contains an active material and a conductive member made from an electron conducting material, the active material layer has a first principal surface which comes into contact with the electrolyte layer side, and a second principal surface which comes into contact with the current collector side, at least a part of the conductive member forms a conductive path electrically connecting the first principal surface to the second principal surface, and the conductive path is in contact with the active material in the periphery of the conductive path, at least a part of the surface of the active material is coated with a coating agent that includes a coating resin and a conduction assisting agent, and an electrolyte solution contained in the electrolyte layer or the two electrodes having different polarity is a gel phase electrolyte.
US11063294B2	Curing die for manufacturing gel polymer electrolyte, and method for manufacturing gel polymer battery cell by using same The present invention provides a curing die for manufacturing a gel polymer electrolyte, and a method for manufacturing a gel polymer battery cell by using the same, the curing die comprising: a first die having a recessed part, which is formed inside a battery case and has a processing battery cell mounted therein and including an electrode assembly and a composition for forming the gel polymer electrolyte; and a second die coupled to the first die so as to seal the processing battery cell mounted in the recessed part.
US11063293B2	Increasing ionic conductivity of LiTi2(PS4)3 by Zr doping A compound represented by the general formula Li(Ti1-xZrx)2(PS4)3, wherein 0.01≤x≤0.25, and found to have high ionic conductivity; a use of the compound as a solid electrolyte, in particular in an all solid-state lithium battery.
US11063292B2	Composite electrolyte structure and lithium metal battery including the same A composite electrolyte structure includes: a protective layer having a Young's modulus of about 106 pascals or greater and including a first particle, the first particle including an organic particle, an inorganic particle, an organic-inorganic particle, or a combination thereof, wherein the particle in the protective layer has a particle size of greater than 1 micrometer to about 100 micrometers, and a solid electrolyte layer including a second particle including an organic particle, an inorganic particle, an organic-inorganic particle, or a combination thereof, wherein the second particle has a particle size of greater than 1 micrometer to about 100 micrometers, wherein the first particle and the second particle are the same or different, and wherein the protective layer is on the solid electrolyte layer.
US11063287B2	Fuel cell stack having fixing mechanisms A fuel cell stack includes: a stacked body including unit cells stacked; end plates sandwiching the stacked body in a stacking direction in which the unit cells are stacked; a tension plate fastening the end plates; and fixing mechanisms fixing the tension plate to the end plates.
US11063286B2	Tin-iodate rechargeable battery The present invention discloses a rechargeable tin-iodate battery, including static battery and redox flow battery, in which anodic tin will be dissolved as Sn2+ and Sn4+ ions while iodate will be reduced to iodine and iodide at carbon cathode during discharging. The process will be reversed in charging. The tin-iodate battery comprises a tin anode (1), a carbon cathode (2), a selective permeable separator (3), and aqueous acidic electrolytes, whereby electricity energy can stored with high energy density and high power density, and large-scale energy storage and electrified vehicle can be achieved.
US11063285B2	Apparatus for manufacturing electrolyte membrane and methods for manufacturing electrolyte membrane using the same Disclosed are an apparatus for manufacturing an electrolyte membrane and a method for manufacturing an electrolyte membrane using the same, which may prevent discoloration of the electrolyte membrane through a controlled drying process of the electrolyte membrane. The electrolyte membrane manufactured by the method of the present invention may not be discolored and performance and durability of fuel cells using the electrolyte membrane may be improved due to uniform drying of the electrolyte membrane during the manufacturing. For example, competitively simultaneous evaporation of solvents in an ionomer composition in the drying process may be prevented.
US11063280B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a plurality of electrical components that are supplied with electric power generated by a fuel cell, a refrigerant circuit that cools the fuel cell using a refrigerant, a tank that is connected to the refrigerant circuit, stores the refrigerant, and is replenished with the refrigerant, a detecting unit that detects an insulation resistance value of the fuel cell system, and an identification unit that identifies at what position of the fuel cell system the insulation resistance value has decreased when it is detected that the insulation resistance value has decreased. The detecting unit performs a process of determining whether the decrease in insulation resistance value is temporary when the identified position is the fuel cell and determines that there is no failure requiring repair when the decrease in insulation resistance value is temporary.
US11063273B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a compressor; a supply adjusting valve adjusting an amount of air to be supplied; a bypass valve adjusting a flow rate of the air passing through the bypass flow passage; a flow rate measuring unit measuring a flow rate of the air; a pressure measuring unit measuring a pressure of the air; an opening control unit outputting an opening control signal for controlling degrees of opening of the supply adjusting valve and the bypass valve; a rotation speed control unit outputting a rotation speed control signal for controlling a rotation speed of the compressor; and a determination unit determining that the bypass valve is stuck open when the flow rate is less than a flow rate threshold value, and determines that pipe disconnection has occurred when the flow rate is equal to or greater than the flow rate threshold value.
US11063271B2	Electrolyte with embedded metal for solid oxide electrochemical devices An electrolyte structure for use in a solid oxide electrochemical device includes a first solid electrolyte and a metal support embedded in the first solid electrolyte such that the first solid electrolyte forms an anode-facing layer that covers an anode-facing surface of the metal support, a cathode-facing layer that covers a cathode-facing surface of the metal support, and two opposing side layers that cover side surfaces of the metal support to form a continuous path around the metal support.
US11063265B2	Diatomaceous energy storage devices The disclosed technology generally relates to energy storage devices, and more particularly to energy storage devices comprising frustules. According to an aspect, a supercapacitor comprises a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte, wherein at least one of the electrodes comprises a plurality of frustules having formed thereon a surface active material. The surface active material can include nanostructures. The surface active material can include one or more of a zinc oxide, a manganese oxide and a carbon nanotube.
US11063264B2	Porous structure Si Cu composite electrode of lithium ion battery and preparation method thereof The present disclosure discloses a porous structure Si/Cu composite electrode of a lithium ion battery and a preparation method thereof. The composite electrode comprises an active substance, a bulk porous Cu and a current collector, wherein the active substance Si is embedded into the bulk porous Cu, and the bulk porous Cu is in metallurgical bonding with the current collector and plays a dual role of “binder” and “conductive agent”, which not only relieves the pulverization and the shedding of the active substance Si particles but also improves electron transmission efficiency; and meanwhile, the porous structure increases the contact area between the active substance Si and electrolyte and increases the reaction efficiency of lithium insertion combination. The method of preparing the composite electrode comprises: with Si, Cu and Al powders as raw materials, preparing a Si—Cu—Al precursor alloy on the Cu current collector by powder metallurgy and diffusion welding technology; and removing Al element in the Si—Cu—Al precursor alloy by using a chemical de-alloying method to obtain a Si/Cu composite electrode with a porous-structure.
US11063263B2	Electrode structure including electrode fiber having higher density of vertical tows to parallel tows, flow battery stack including the same, and sealing structure including sealing gaskets connected by sealing wire An electrode structure of a flow battery, a flow battery stack, and a sealing structure of the flow battery stack, wherein the density of the vertical tow in the electrode fiber is larger than the density of the parallel tow. In the electrode fiber per unit volume, the quantity ratio of the vertical tow to the parallel tow is at least 6:4. The electrode structure is composed of an odd number of layers of the electrode fibers, and the porosity of other layers is larger than the porosity of the center layer. The electrode structure is mainly composed of the vertical tows perpendicular to the surface of the electrode, so that, firstly, the contact area between the outer surface of the electrode and the adjacent component can be increased and the contact resistance can be reduced, secondly, the electrode is endowed with good mechanical properties, compared with the original structure, the contact resistance of such structure is reduced by 30%-50%; and the layers of the electrode have different thickness depending on the porosity, after compression, the layers with optimized thickness have a consistent porosity, this compressed uniform structure avoids uneven mass transfer phenomena when the electrolyte flows through the electrode, and reduces the concentration polarization of the battery and thereby improving the battery energy output under the given power.
US11063260B2	Aqueous binder composition for secondary battery electrode, slurry for secondary battery electrode, binder, secondary battery electrode, and secondary battery An aqueous binder composition for a secondary battery electrode containing a silane coupling agent without ethylenically unsaturated bonds, a resin which is a polymer of at least one kind of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, a resin which is a polymer of at least one kind of ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and at least one kind of solvent selected from water and a hydrophilic solvent. The amount of silane coupling agent is from 0.5 to 9 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The pH of the composition is 2.5 to 8.0. Also disclosed is a binder obtained by curing the aqueous binder composition, a slurry containing the aqueous binder composition and an active material, a secondary battery electrode obtained by curing the slurry, and a secondary battery including the secondary battery electrode.
US11063259B2	Cathode active material for lithium ion battery, and lithium ion battery When spinel-type lithiated cobalt oxide is employed for a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery, a sufficient discharge capacity is not always obtained. Thus, spinel-type lithiated cobalt oxide is doped with at least chromium, and specifically, a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery includes a spinel-type crystal phase including lithium, cobalt, chromium and oxygen, and the cathode active material has a composition represented by LiCoxCryMzO2±δ where M is at least one selected from Al and Mn, and 0.85≤x<1, 0
US11063256B2	Active material, active material composite material, electrode, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes particles of a monoclinic niobium titanium composite oxide. The particles include primary particles. The primary particles have an average aspect ratio of 5 or more.
US11063254B2	Negative electrode including lithium and fluorine containing coating film covering negative electrode active material layer A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte having a lithium ion conductivity, and the negative electrode includes a negative electrode collector, a negative electrode active material layer provided on a surface of the negative electrode collector, and a coating film which at least partially covers a surface of the negative electrode active material layer and which has a lithium ion permeability. The coating film contains a lithium compound which contains an element M, an element A, an element F, and lithium; the element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of P, Si, B, V, Nb, W, Ti, Zr, Al, Ba, La, and Ta; and the element A is at least one selected from the group consisting of S, O, N, and Br.
US11063253B2	Composite particle for electrode A composite particle for electrode includes a carbon matrix, a plurality of active nanoparticles and a plurality of graphite particles. The active nanoparticles are randomly dispersed in the carbon matrix. Each of the active nanoparticles includes an active material and a protective layer. The protective layer covers the active material, and the protective layer is an oxide, a carbide or a nitride of the active material. The graphite particles are randomly dispersed in the carbon matrix. A volume fraction of the protective layer in each of the active nanoparticles is smaller than 23.0%.
US11063251B2	Secondary battery-use anode active material, secondary battery-use anode, secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer that includes an anode active material, and is provided on the anode current collector, a surface of the anode active material being covered with one or more coatings containing one or both of polyvinylidene fluoride and a copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride.
US11063249B2	Method for producing Si/C composite particles Composite Si/C particles containing silicon particles located within pores of a carbonaceous matrix are prepared by coating silicon particles with a sacrificial coating layer followed by coating with an organic carbon precursor to form precomposite particles. Thermal treating of the precomposite particles carbonizes the organic carbon precursor and releases the sacrificial material. The composite particles are useful in lithium ion battery anodes.
US11063241B2	Flexible display apparatus A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate and a first insulation layer disposed on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a bending area. The first insulation layer includes a first unevenness disposed over the bending area. The first unevenness includes two or more steps in at least a portion of the first unevenness.
US11063240B2	Display device having a buffer layer comprising a plurality of sub layers and interfaces A display device includes a display substrate including at least one step portion, and a thin film encapsulation layer above the display substrate, the thin film encapsulation layer including a buffer layer configured to reduce a height difference due to the at least one step portion and a barrier layer above the buffer layer, the buffer layer including a plurality of sub-layers and interfaces between the plurality of sub-layers, and the interfaces including a curved surface changing from a concave shape to a convex shape toward a portion overlapping the step portion from an outer portion of the step portion.
US11063239B2	Barrier film laminate for a touch-sensing display, method of manufacture, and displays comprising the barrier film laminate A barrier film laminate for a touch-sensing display includes a barrier layer, an optically clear adhesive layer, an optically clear polymer film, and a touch-sensing layer. The optically clear adhesive is disposed on a first surface of the barrier layer, and the optically clear polymer film is disposed on the adhesive layer on a side opposite the glass layer. The touch-sensing layer is disposed on the polymer film on a side opposite the adhesive layer. A method for the manufacture of the barrier film laminates is also described. The barrier film laminates can be particularly useful as a component in a touch-sensing display.
US11063238B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area, a first insulating layer on the substrate, a first dam in the peripheral area and separated from the first insulating layer, an electrode power supply line on the substrate between the first insulating layer and the first dam, a protection conductive layer on the first insulating layer, extending over the electrode power supply line, electrically connected to the electrode power supply line, and including an uneven structure on an upper surface thereof, a pixel electrode on the first insulating layer, an opposite electrode on the pixel electrode, and contacting the protection conductive layer by extending to the peripheral area, and an encapsulation layer on the opposite electrode, and having a lower surface that contacts the upper surface of the protection conductive layer in a region where the protection conductive layer overlaps the electrode power supply line.
US11063237B2	Flexible organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same A flexible organic light-emitting display device includes a display panel which displays an image with light, including: an organic light-emitting device which emits the light; and a plurality of organic layers stacked around the organic light-emitting device, a portion of the plurality of organic layers being exposed outside the display panel, and a metal oxide layer on the display panel, the metal oxide layer contacting the portions of the plurality of organic layers exposed outside the display panel.
US11063235B2	Display panel comprising auxiliary electrode layer and manufacturing method thereof A display panel and a manufacturing thereof, including a substrate, a pixel defining layer, an auxiliary electrode layer, an electron transport layer, a cathode layer, an organic layer, and a metal layer. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of pixel openings. The auxiliary electrode layer includes a first auxiliary electrode sublayer and a second auxiliary electrode sublayer sequentially disposed on the pixel defining layer. The first auxiliary electrode sublayer is provided with a groove portion. The metal layer is disposed between the second auxiliary electrode sublayer and the cathode layer and corresponding to the groove portion.
US11063225B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device including a nitrogen-containing six-membered heteroaromatic skeleton A highly reliable light-emitting element having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer including a first organic compound and a guest material. The first organic compound has a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole skeleton. In the light-emitting layer, the weight ratio of a hydrocarbon group substitution product in which at least one of hydrogen atoms in the first organic compound is substituted by a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms to the first organic compound is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.1.
US11063221B2	Materials for electronic devices The present application relates to a substituted benzanthracene compound of a formula (I) or (II). The application furthermore relates to an electronic device which comprises the said benzanthracene compound.
US11063214B2	Two-terminal reversibly switchable memory device A memory using mixed valence conductive oxides is disclosed. The memory includes a mixed valence conductive oxide that is less conductive in its oxygen deficient state and a mixed electronic ionic conductor that is an electrolyte to oxygen and promotes an electric filed to cause oxygen ionic motion.
US11063208B2	Embedded MRAM fabrication process for ion beam etching with protection by top electrode spacer An integrated circuit die includes a magnetic tunnel junction as a storage element of a MRAM cell. The integrated circuit die includes a top electrode positioned on the magnetic tunnel junction. The integrated circuit die includes a first sidewall spacer laterally surrounding the top electrode. The first sidewall spacer acts as a mask for patterning the magnetic tunnel junction. The integrated circuit die includes a second sidewalls spacer positioned on a lateral surface of the magnetic tunnel junction.
US11063205B2	Vibration actuator and method for manufacturing the same A vibration actuator includes an elastic body on which at least one projection is formed and a vibrating body including an electromechanical conversion device, and drives a driven member that is in contact with a contact portion of the projection by causing an end portion of the projection to perform an ellipsoidal movement in response to a combination of two vibration modes generated in the vibrating body when an alternating driving voltage is applied. The elastic body is formed integrally with the projection and a bonding portion between the projection and the electromechanical conversion device. A space is provided between the contact portion and the electromechanical conversion device to which the projection is bonded. The spring portion is provided between the bonding portion and the contact portion and causes the projection to exhibit a spring characteristic when the contact portion is pressed by the driven member.
US11063202B2	Elastic wave device An elastic wave device that utilizes a longitudinal wave leaky elastic wave includes a first medium layer, a second medium layer stacked on the first medium layer either directly or indirectly and that is a silicon oxide layer, a piezoelectric film stacked on the second medium layer either directly or indirectly, and an IDT electrode disposed on the piezoelectric film either directly or indirectly. In the elastic wave device, ρ1×C11, which is a product of a density ρ1 (kg/m3) of the first medium layer and an elastic constant C11 of the first medium layer, is larger than ρ0×C11, which is a product of a density ρ0 (kg/m3) of the piezoelectric film and an elastic constant C11 of the piezoelectric film.
US11063199B2	Internally heated concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal absorber A system and method are disclosed for internally heated concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal absorbers. The system and method involve an energy-generating device having at least one heating unit. At least one heating unit preheats the energy-generating device in order to expedite the startup time of the energy-generating device, thereby allowing for an increase in efficiency for the production of energy. In some embodiments, the energy-generating device is a CSP thermal absorber. The CSP thermal absorber comprises a housing, a thermal barrier, a light-transparent reservoir containing a liquid alkali metal, at least one alkali metal thermal-to-electric converter (AMTEC) cell, an artery return channel, and at least one heating unit. Each heating unit comprises a heating device and a metal fin. The metal fin is submerged into the liquid alkali metal, thereby allowing the heating device to heat the liquid alkali metal via the fin.
US11063198B2	Metallic junction thermoelectric generator A metal junction thermoelectric device includes at least one thermoelectric element. The thermoelectric element has first and second opposite sides, and a first conductor made from a first metal, and a second conductor made from a second metal. The first and second conductors are electrically interconnected in series, and the first and second conductors are arranged to conduct heat in parallel between the first and second sides. The first metal has a first occupancy state, and the second metal has a second occupancy state that is lower than the first occupancy state. A temperature difference between the first and second sides of the thermoelectric element causes a charge potential due to the difference in occupancy states of the first and second metals. The charge potential generates electrical power.
US11063197B2	Compound, thermoelectric conversion material, and method for producing compound The present invention relates to a compound containing at least germanium, tellurium, bismuth and copper as constituent elements, wherein the longest axis of ubiquitous bismuth crystals and copper crystals is less than 2.0 μm.
US11063196B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor device package A semiconductor device according to the embodiment may include a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a first bonding pad disposed on the light emitting structure and electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second bonding pad disposed on the light emitting structure and spaced apart from the first bonding pad, and electrically connected to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a reflective layer disposed on the light emitting structure and disposed between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad. According to the semiconductor device of the embodiment, each of the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad includes a porous metal layer having a plurality of pores and a bonding alloy layer disposed on the porous metal layer.
US11063192B2	Light emitting device with protected fluorescent substance A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a wavelength converting member, a light transmissive member, an adhesive member, and a light reflective member. The wavelength converting member has an upper surface and lateral surfaces, contains a fluorescent substance, and is placed on the light emitting element. The light transmissive member covers the upper surface of the wavelength converting member. The adhesive member is interposed between the light emitting element and the wavelength converting member, and covers the lateral surfaces of the wavelength converting member. The light reflective member covers the lateral surfaces of the wavelength converting member via the adhesive member.
US11063191B2	Forming a multicolor phosphor-converted LED array A phosphor carrier assembly includes a substrate, a thermal or UV activated release adhesive, a layer containing a pixelated phosphor array, and a partially cured or highly viscous adhesive. The phosphor pixels on the carrier are typically all of the same color. In formation of a phosphor converted LED array the phosphor pixels on the carrier assembly are aligned with and placed in contact with corresponding LED pixels in an array of pixelated LED dice. Selected phosphor pixels on the carrier assembly may then be attached to corresponding LED pixels, and released from the substrate, by powering (activating) the corresponding LED pixels to heat the selected phosphor pixel to a temperature that releases the thermal release adhesive and that cures or partially cures the adhesive on the selected phosphor pixels in contact with the corresponding LED pixels.
US11063187B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes: a base member having a first surface including a first region and a second region; a first frame surrounding the first region on the base member; a light emitting element provided on the first region; a light-transmissive first member provided inward of the first frame, and covering the light emitting element; a second frame surrounding the second region; an electronic component provided in the second region; and a non-light-transmissive second member provided inward of the second frame, and covering the electronic component. A part of the first frame and a part of the second frame are integrated with each other. An upper surface of the first member is positioned higher than upper surfaces of the first frame, the second frame, and the second member.
US11063185B2	Light emitting diode with zinc oxide layer and method of fabricating the same A light emitting diode with a zinc oxide layer and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The light emitting diode includes: a light emitting structure including a gallium nitride based first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a gallium nitride based second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed therebetween; and a ZnO transparent electrode layer disposed on the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein the ZnO transparent electrode layer comprises a ZnO seed layer and a ZnO bulk layer formed on the ZnO seed layer, wherein the ZnO bulk layer is porous compared to the ZnO seed layer, wherein an interface between the ZnO seed layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer is flatter than an interface between the ZnO seed layer and the ZnO bulk layer, and wherein the interface between the ZnO seed layer and the ZnO bulk layer has an irregular concavo-convex shape.
US11063183B2	Light emitting element A light emitting element includes a semiconductor layer which is in a planar shape of a polygon at least of a pentagon, a second electrode provided on the semiconductor layer, and a first electrode provided on the semiconductor layer and having a first pad portion, a first extension portion that extends from the first pad portion along an imaginary circle to which the first pad portion is tangent on the inside and whose center is at the same location as center of gravity of the polygon shape, and a second extension portion that extends along the imaginary circle from the first pad portion on the opposite side from the first extension portion.
US11063182B2	Optoelectronic component and method of manufacturing an optoelectronic component An optoelectronic component includes first and second semiconductor layers and an active layer that generates electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active layer is disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers, a recess in the first semiconductor layer, a front side provided for coupling out the electromagnetic radiation, a first electrical connection layer and a second electrical connection layer disposed on a rear side opposite the front side, wherein the first electrical connection layer is arranged at least partially in the recess, and a contact zone with a dopant of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, wherein the contact zone adjoins the recess, and the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are highly doped to prevent diffusion of the dopant from the contact zone into the first semiconductor layer and diffusion of the dopant from the contact zone into the second semiconductor layer.
US11063180B2	Support structure with sacrifice structure for light-emitting diode and manufacturing method thereof A support structure for a light-emitting diode utilizes the configuration of a sacrifice structure to achieve safe separation of a light-emitting diode from a carrier substrate. Specifically, when an external force is applied on the light-emitting diode or the carrier substrate, a breaking layer of the sacrifice structure is the first layer to be broken, so that the light-emitting diode and carrier substrate will become separated from each other.
US11063179B2	Light emitting structures with selective carrier injection into multiple active layers Disclosed herein are multi-layered optically active regions for semiconductor light-emitting devices (LEDs) that incorporate intermediate carrier blocking layers, the intermediate carrier blocking layers having design parameters for compositions and doping levels selected to provide efficient control over the carrier injection distribution across the active regions to achieve desired device injection characteristics. Examples of embodiments discussed herein include, among others: a multiple-quantum-well variable-color LED operating in visible optical range with full coverage of RGB gamut, a multiple-quantum-well variable-color LED operating in visible optical range with an extended color gamut beyond standard RGB gamut, a multiple-quantum-well light-white emitting LED with variable color temperature, and a multiple-quantum-well LED with uniformly populated active layers.
US11063175B2	Display device, substrate for display device and method for repairing display device A substrate for displays including a base, a plurality of first interconnects disposed on the base, a plurality of second interconnects disposed on the base to intersect with the first interconnects, and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on the base and including one or more of the first and second interconnects, each of the sub-pixels including at least one interconnect extension protruding from at least one side of the second interconnect, first and second mounting portions formed between the at least one interconnect extension and the first interconnect, and a light emitting diode mounted on the first mounting portion, in which the second mounting portion is configured to mount another light emitting diode thereon.
US11063174B2	Light emitting diode and manufacturing method of light emitting diode A light emitting diode (LED) includes: a device substrate; a first semiconductor layer above the device substrate, and doped with an n-type dopant; a second semiconductor layer above the first semiconductor layer, and doped with a p-type dopant; an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and configured to provide light; a transparent electrode layer adjacent to an upper part of the second semiconductor layer; and a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad between the device substrate and the first semiconductor layer, the first electrode pad electronically connected with the first semiconductor layer and the second electrode pad electrically connected with the second semiconductor layer, wherein light provided by the active layer is irradiated to an outside in a direction from the active layer to the second semiconductor layer.
US11063172B2	Method for producing a device with light emitting and/or light receiving diodes and with self-aligned collimation grid A method is provided for producing a device with light emitting/light receiving diodes, including: producing, on a substrate, a stack including first and second doped semiconductor layers; first etching of the stack, forming first openings through the entire thickness of the second layer; producing dielectric portions covering, in the first openings, the side walls of the second layer; second etching of the stack, extending the first openings until reaching the substrate, delimiting the p-n junctions of the diodes; etching extending the first openings into a part of the substrate; producing first electrically conductive portions in the first openings, forming first electrodes of the diodes, and producing second electrodes electrically connected to the second layer; and eliminating the substrate, forming a collimation grid.
US11063170B2	Two-step hole etching process A two-step hole etching method including: providing a semiconductor wafer which has a plurality of solar cell stacks and performing a first and a second processing step. In the first processing step, a first resist layer is applied to a top surface of the semiconductor wafer, at least a first opening is produced in the first resist layer and, via a first etching process, a hole which extends beyond a p/n junction of the Ge sub-cell into the semiconductor wafer is produced in the area of the first opening. In the second process step a second resist layer is applied to the top surface of the semiconductor wafer, a second opening greater than the first opening and surrounding the hole is produced in the second resist layer, and, the hole is widened in an area which extends to the Ge sub-cell serving as an etch stop layer.
US11063167B2	Photovoltaic system with non-uniformly cooled photovoltaic cells One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed to a photovoltaic system. The system comprises photovoltaic cells, arranged side-by-side to form an array of photovoltaic cells. It further involves a cooling device, which comprises one or more layers, wherein the layers extend opposite to the array of photovoltaic cells and in thermal communication therewith, for cooling the cells, in operation. The one or more layers are structured such that a thermal resistance of the photovoltaic system varies across the array of photovoltaic cells, so as to remove heat from photovoltaic cells of the array with different heat removal rates, in operation. One or more embodiments of the present invention are further directed to related systems and methods for cooling such photovoltaic systems.
US11063165B2	Optocoupler An optocoupler is provided, including at least one light source and at least one matrix of photovoltaic cells facing the at least one light source, the at least one light source being configured to receive, at an input, an input electrical signal, and to generate, at an output, according to the input electrical signal, a light signal, sent to the at least one matrix of photovoltaic cells, the at least one matrix of photovoltaic cells being configured to receive, at the input, at least partially the light signal and to deliver, at the output, at least one output electrical signal, at the level of at least two connection pads, and the at least one light source being a matrix of laser diodes.
US11063163B1	Infrared photo-detector with low turn-on voltage An infrared detector and a method for manufacturing it are disclosed. The infrared photo-detector contains a photo absorber layer responsive to infrared light, a first barrier layer disposed on the absorber layer, wherein the first barrier layer substantially comprises AlSb, a second barrier layer disposed on the first barrier layer, wherein the second barrier layer substantially comprises AlxGa1-xSb and a contact layer disposed on the second barrier layer.
US11063153B2	Thin-film transistor structure and manufacturing method thereof, and display panel having the same A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor is provided, which includes steps of: providing a flexible substrate with an active layer formed thereon; providing a dielectric layer disposed on the active layer, wherein the dielectric layer has openings; providing a heavily doped silicon layer in the openings, wherein the heavily doped silicon layer is connected to the active layer, extends upward along a sidewall of the openings, and covers an upper surface of the dielectric layer, and the heavily doped silicon layer configured as at least one source/drain; and providing a metal layer in the openings and on the at least one source/drain, wherein the metal layer is connected to the at least one source/drain. The active layer and the source/drain are formed as a same semiconductor material, so that contact resistance can be effectively lowered, thereby improving energy consumption.
US11063143B2	Insulated-gate semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an insulated-gate semiconductor device includes: digging a dummy trench and digging a gate trench so as to have a U-like shape in a planar pattern to surround the dummy trench into the U-like shape; forming a dummy electrode and a gate electrode in the dummy trench and the gate trench via a gate insulating film; forming a projection for testing connected to the dummy electrode via an opening of the U-like shape and a wiring layer for testing; and testing an insulating property of the gate insulating film in the dummy trench by applying a voltage between the wiring layer for testing and a charge transport region.
US11063142B2	Semiconductor device including silicon carbide body and method of manufacturing A semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide body that includes a first section and a second section. The first section is adjacent to the second section. A drift region is formed in the first section and the second section. A lattice defect region is in a portion of the drift region in the second section. A first density of lattice defects, which include interstitials and vacancies in the lattice defect region, is at least double a second density of lattice defects, which include interstitials and vacancies in a portion of the drift region outside the lattice defect region.
US11063139B2	Heterojunction bipolar transistors with airgap isolation Structures for a heterojunction bipolar transistor and methods of forming a structure for a heterojunction bipolar transistor. A collector layer includes an inclined side surface, and a dielectric layer is positioned in a lateral direction adjacent to the inclined side surface of the collector layer. An intrinsic base is disposed over the collector layer, and an emitter is disposed over the intrinsic base. An airgap is positioned between the dielectric layer and the inclined side surface of the collector layer in the lateral direction, and an extrinsic base is positioned in the lateral direction adjacent to the intrinsic base. The extrinsic base is positioned over the airgap.
US11063137B2	Asymmetric spacer for low capacitance applications An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a transistor including a source, a drain, and a gate that has first and second sidewalls; a first spacer on the first sidewall between the drain and the gate; a second spacer on the second sidewall between the source and the gate; and a third spacer on the first spacer. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11063133B2	Fin cut and fin trim isolation for advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin. A first isolation structure separates a first end of a first portion of the fin from a first end of a second portion of the fin, the first end of the first portion of the fin having a depth. A gate structure is over the top of and laterally adjacent to the sidewalls of a region of the first portion of the fin. A second isolation structure is over a second end of a first portion of the fin, the second end of the first portion of the fin having a depth different than the depth of the first end of the first portion of the fin.
US11063122B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device and power conversion device In a termination region of a SiC-MOSFET, suppressing operation of a p-n diode between a well and a drift layer sometimes decreases reliability during high-speed switching. In a termination region of a SiC-MOSFET with a built-in SBD are provided second well region having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration in a well region in an active region, and a high-concentration region that is formed on a surface layer of the second well region, has an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration in the well region in the active region, and is ohmic-connected to a source electrode.
US11063120B2	Metal-graphene structures forming a lattice of interconnected segments A structure includes a metal layer and a plurality of interconnected unit cells forming a lattice contained at least partly within the metal layer, including at least a first unit cell formed of first interconnected graphene tubes, and a second unit cell formed of second interconnected graphene tubes, wherein the metal layer protrudes through holes within the lattice.
US11063119B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same Disclosed are a semiconductor structure and a method for forming same. A forming method includes: forming a first inside wall in a first groove; etching an initial channel laminated layer and an initial fin after the first inside wall is formed, where the residual initial fin is used as a fin, and the residual initial channel laminated layer located on the fin is used to form a channel laminated layer, the channel laminated layer includes a composite layer and a channel layer located on the composite layer, and the composite layer includes a first inside wall and a sacrificial layer located on a sidewall of the first inside wall; forming a pseudo gate structure across the channel laminated layer after the fin is formed; forming a source-drain doping layer in channel laminated layers on two sides of the pseudo gate structure; and removing the pseudo gate structure and the sacrificial layer after the source-drain doping layer is formed, and forming a metal gate structure at positions of the pseudo gate structure and the sacrificial layer. The first inside wall provides support for the channel layer. Therefore, even though the channel layer is relatively long, the channel layer cannot easily deform or collapse under the gravity effect, thereby optimizing the electrical performance of the semiconductor structure.
US11063111B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method for the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a bottom terminal, a middle terminal over the bottom terminal and separated from the bottom terminal by a high-k dielectric layer, a top terminal over the middle terminal and separated from the middle terminal by the high-k dielectric layer, and a silicon nitride layer over the top terminal and directly on the high-k dielectric layer.
US11063109B2	Display unit A display unit includes a first substrate, a transistor, first and second wiring layers, and an insulating film. The first substrate is provided with a display region and a peripheral region. The transistor is provided in the display region, and includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode facing the semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, and a source-drain electrode electrically coupled to the semiconductor layer. The first wiring layer is provided in the peripheral region, electrically coupled to the transistor, and disposed closer to the first substrate than the same layer as the gate electrode and the source-drain electrode. The second wiring layer is provided on the first substrate and has an electric potential different from the first wiring layer. The insulating film is provided between the second wiring layer and the first wiring layer.
US11063108B2	Organic light emitting diode array substrate and electronic device An organic light emitting diode array substrate and an electronic device. The organic light emitting diode array substrate includes a display region, and a first package test electrode and a first package test lead which are outside the display region. The display region includes a first power supply line and a first signal line; the first package test lead is configured to connect the first package test electrode with the first power supply line to provide a first supply voltage for the display region; the first signal line is configured to provide a first electrical signal for the display region; and a thermal conductivity of the first package test lead is higher than a thermal conductivity of the first signal line.
US11063104B2	Light emitting display device A display device can include a first sub pixel disposed on a substrate; a second sub pixel disposed on the substrate, the second sub pixel being adjacent to the first sub pixel; a first electrode disposed in each of the first and second sub pixels; a first capacitor disposed on the first electrode in each of the first and second sub pixels, the first capacitor being located at a periphery of the corresponding first electrode; an emission layer disposed on the first electrode in each of the first and second sub pixels; and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer in each of the first and second sub pixels.
US11063103B2	Display device comprising thin film transistors and method for manufacturing the same A display device includes a substrate, a pixel driver on the substrate, and a display element connected to the pixel driver. The pixel driver includes a conductive layer on the substrate, a buffer layer on the conductive layer, a semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, a gate electrode, the gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the semiconductor layer. The buffer layer includes a flattened portion overlapping the conductive layer, and a stepped portion overlapping the periphery of the conductive layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first oxide semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, and a second oxide semiconductor layer on the first oxide semiconductor layer. A width of the first oxide semiconductor layer is larger than a width of the second oxide semiconductor layer, and the first oxide semiconductor layer is on the stepped portion of the buffer layer.
US11063101B2	Organic light emitting display apparatus An organic light emitting display apparatus can include a substrate including a display area and a bending area; a pixel array layer including a driving wiring in the display area, and a thin film transistor electrically connected to the driving wiring; a planarization layer covering the pixel array layer; a light emitting device layer disposed on the planarization layer, the light emitting device layer being electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a routing wiring disposed in the bending area, the routing wiring being electrically connected to the driving wiring; a wiring contact part including a contact hole for electrically connecting the driving wiring to the routing wiring; and an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting device layer and the wiring contact part.
US11063098B2	Method for fabricating display panel having carbon quantum dot layer A display panel and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, an anode layer, a pixel defining layer, a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, a carbon quantum dot layer, an electron transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, and a cathode. The method for fabricating the display panel includes steps of providing a substrate, fabricating an anode layer, fabricating a pixel defining layer, disposing through hole, fabricating a hole transport layer, fabricating a carbon quantum dot layer, fabricating an electron transport layer, and fabricating a cathode layer.
US11063097B2	Transparent display device A transparent display device includes: a substrate including an emission area and a first transparent area; first, second, and third pixel regions on the substrate and including the emission area and the first transparent area; a first bank on the substrate; a first opening surrounded by the first bank and corresponding to the first pixel region; a second opening surrounded by the first bank and corresponding to the second pixel region; a third opening surrounded by the first bank and corresponding to the third pixel region; a plurality of second banks overlapping at least one of the first, second, and third openings, and overlapping the first bank; and a light-emitting diode on the first, second, and third openings on the substrate.
US11063095B2	Array substrate, display panel having the same, and method of fabricating array substrate The present application discloses an array substrate having a subpixel region and an inter-subpixel region. The array substrate includes a base substrate; a thin film transistor on the base substrate and including a drain electrode; a passivation layer on a side of the thin film transistor distal to the base substrate; a pixel electrode layer on a side of the passivation layer distal to the base substrate; a pixel definition layer in the inter-subpixel region; and an organic light emitting layer in the subpixel region on a side of the pixel electrode layer distal to the passivation layer. The array substrate includes a via extending through the passivation layer. The pixel electrode layer is electrically connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor through the via. The via is in the subpixel region.
US11063093B2	Organic light emitting diode display device An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a first circuit structure, a sub-pixel structure, and a first signal wire. The substrate includes a display region including a plurality of sub-pixel regions and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The buffer layer is disposed in the display region and peripheral region on the substrate. The first circuit structure is disposed in the peripheral region on the buffer layer. The sub-pixel structure is disposed in each of the sub-pixel regions on the first circuit structure. The first signal wire is disposed in the peripheral region between the substrate and the buffer layer, and overlaps the first circuit structure when viewed from a plan view in a thickness direction of the substrate.
US11063082B2	Methods of making semiconductor X-ray detector Disclosed herein is an apparatus comprising: an X-ray absorption layer; a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact; wherein the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact respectively comprise structures extending into the X-ray absorption layer; wherein the structures of the first electrical contact and the structures of the second electrical contact do not electrically short.
US11063080B2	Implant damage free image sensor and method of the same An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes an epitaxial layer, a plurality of plug structures and an interconnect structure. Wherein the plurality of plug structures are formed in the epitaxial layer, and each plug structure has doped sidewalls, the epitaxial layer and the doped sidewalk form a plurality of photodiodes, the plurality of plug structures are used to separate adjacent photodiodes, and the epitaxial layer and the doped sidewalls are coupled to the interconnect structure via the plug structures. An associated method of fabricating the image sensor is also disclosed. The method includes: providing a substrate having a first-type doped epitaxial substrate layer on a second-type doped epitaxial substrate layer; forming a plurality of isolation trenches in the first-type doped epitaxial substrate layer; forming a second-type doped region along sidewalk and bottoms of the plurality of isolation trenches; and filling the plurality of isolation trenches by depositing metal.
US11063079B2	Germanium based focal plane array for the short infrared spectral regime Light detecting structures comprising a Si base having a pyramidal shape with a wide incoming light-facing pyramid bottom and a narrower pyramid top and a Ge photodiode formed on the Si pyramid top, wherein the Ge photodiode is operable to detect light in the short wavelength infrared range, and methods for forming such structures. A light detecting structure as above may be repeated spatially and fabricated in the form of a focal plane array of Ge photodetectors on silicon.
US11063078B2	Anti-flare semiconductor packages and related methods Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a semiconductor die having a first side and a second side. A first side of an optically transmissive lid may be coupled to the second side of the semiconductor die through one or more dams. The packages may also include a light block material around the semiconductor package extending from the first side of the semiconductor die to a second side of the optically transmissive lid. The package may include an opening in the light block material on the second side of the optically transmissive lid that substantially corresponds with an active area of the semiconductor die.
US11063074B2	Autozero of buffered direct injection pixels A buffered direct injection pixel can be operated such that it is automatically zeroed. The operation includes: during a normal operating mode, controlling a gate voltage of an injection transistor with the output of an amplifier to control a bias of photo-current source, an inverting input of the amplifier being connected to input of the injection transistor through a nulling capacitor; during a nulling operation, closing a first switch to connect the nulling capacitor directly to an output of the amplifier; during the nulling operation, closing a second switch to directly couple the input of the injection transistor to a bias voltage causing the nulling capacitor to store a difference between an output of the amplifier and the bias voltage; and after the nulling operation, providing the voltage stored on the nulling capacitor to the inverting input by opening the first and second switches.
US11063072B2	Image capturing apparatus and electronic device The present technology relates to an image capturing apparatus and an electronic device that are capable of reducing noise.A photoelectric conversion element, a conversion unit configured to convert a signal from the photoelectric conversion element into a digital signal, and a control unit configured to control current flowing to an analog circuit on the basis of an output signal from the conversion unit are provided. The conversion unit converts the signal from the photoelectric conversion element into a digital signal by using a slope signal having a level that monotonically decreases as time elapses. The control unit performs control to increase or reduce current flowing to the analog circuit in a case where the output signal has a large level. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an image capturing apparatus.
US11063070B2	Substrate and fabricating method thereof, and display apparatus A method of fabricating a substrate is provided. The method of fabricating the substrate includes forming a first conductive pattern; forming a first insulating layer, and forming a first blind hole in the first insulating layer; forming a conductive film layer, and removing at least a portion of the conductive film layer in the first blind hole; thinning a portion of the first insulating layer at a bottom of the first blind hole to form a second blind hole; forming an intermediate insulating layer, and forming a second via hole in the intermediate insulating layer; removing the portion of the first insulating layer and forming a first via hole in the first insulating pattern layer; and forming a second conductive pattern. The second conductive pattern directly contacts the first conductive pattern through the first via hole and the second via hole and insulates from the intermediate conductive pattern.
US11063066B2	C-axis alignment of an oxide film over an oxide semiconductor film The stability of a step of processing a wiring formed using copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like is increased. Moreover, the concentration of impurities in a semiconductor film is reduced. Moreover, the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, an oxide film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of conductive films being in contact with the oxide film and including copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like, the oxide film has a plurality of crystal parts and has c-axis alignment in the crystal parts, and the c-axes are aligned in a direction parallel to a normal vector of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the oxide film.
US11063061B2	Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of interlayer insulating layers, which are alternately stacked on a substrate; stepped grooves provided in the stacked structure, the stepped grooves having different depths from each other; and an opening portion penetrating the stacked structure to contact the substrate and having steps on sidewalls, the steps having heights corresponding to depth differences between stepped grooves.
US11063059B2	Semiconductor structures including dielectric materials having differing removal rates Semiconductor structures may include a stack of alternating dielectric materials and control gates, charge storage structures laterally adjacent to the control gates, a charge block material between each of the charge storage structures and the laterally adjacent control gates, and a pillar extending through the stack of alternating oxide materials and control gates. Each of the dielectric materials in the stack has at least two portions of different densities and/or different rates of removal. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating such semiconductor structures.
US11063058B2	Memory device with metal gate A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a select gate stack, a main gate, a charge trapping layer, and a spacer. The a select gate stack is over the semiconductor substrate. The main gate is over the semiconductor substrate. The charge trapping layer has a first portion between the main gate and the semiconductor substrate. The spacer is on a sidewall of the main gate. At least a portion of the main gate is between the spacer and the select gate stack, and a lowermost surface of the spacer is above a lowermost surface of the main gate.
US11063056B2	Non-volatile memory device and manufacturing method thereof A non-volatile memory device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a memory array, a circuit structure, a bonding structure, and a shielding structure. A second front side of the second substrate faces a first front side of the first substrate. The memory array is disposed on the first substrate and disposed at the first front side of the first substrate. The circuit structure is disposed on the second substrate and disposed at the second front side of the second substrate. The bonding structure is disposed between the memory array and the circuit structure. The circuit structure is electrically connected with the memory array through the bonding structure. The shielding structure is disposed between the memory array and the circuit structure and surrounds the bonding structure. The shielding structure is electrically connected to a voltage source.
US11063050B2	Semiconductor device with air gaps 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 substrate, a plurality of plugs positioned above the substrate, a plurality of air gaps positioned adjacent to the plurality of plugs, and a plurality of capacitor structures positioned above the substrate.
US11063045B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device having a standard cell, includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a first gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAA FET) disposed over a substrate, and a second GAA FET disposed above the first GAA FET. The first power supply line and the second power supply line are located at vertically different levels from each other.
US11063039B2	Semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate having a first source region, a second source region, a first drain region, and a second drain region. The semiconductor device structure includes a first gate structure over the substrate and between the first source region and the first drain region. The semiconductor device structure includes a second gate structure over the substrate and between the second source region and the second drain region. A first thickness of the first gate structure is greater than a second thickness of the second gate structure. A first gate width of the first gate structure is less than a second gate width of the second gate structure.
US11063038B2	Through silicon via design for stacking integrated circuits A three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) is provided. In some embodiments, a first IC die comprises a first bonding structure and a first interconnect structure over a first semiconductor substrate. A second IC die is disposed over the first IC die and comprises a second bonding structure and a second interconnect structure over a second semiconductor substrate. A seal-ring structure extends from the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate. A plurality of through silicon via (TSV) coupling structures is arranged in the peripheral region of the 3D IC along an inner perimeter of the seal-ring structure and closer to the 3D IC than the seal-ring structure. The plurality of TSV coupling structures respectively comprises a TSV disposed in the second semiconductor substrate and electrically coupling to the 3D IC through a stack of TSV wiring layers and inter-wire vias.
US11063018B2	Semiconductor device assemblies with electrically functional heat transfer structures Semiconductor device assemblies having stacked semiconductor dies and electrically functional heat transfer structures (HTSs) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device assembly includes a first semiconductor die having a mounting surface with a base region and a peripheral region adjacent the base region. At least one second semiconductor die can be electrically coupled to the first semiconductor die at the base region. The device assembly can also include an HTS electrically coupled to the first semiconductor die at the peripheral region.
US11063013B2	Semiconductor package structure A semiconductor package structure includes a first semiconductor die having an active surface and a passive surface opposite to the active surface, a conductive element leveled with the first semiconductor die, a first redistribution layer (RDL) being closer to the passive surface than to the active surface, a second RDL being closer to the active surface than to the passive surface, and a second semiconductor die over the second RDL and electrically coupled to the first semiconductor die through the second RDL. A first conductive path is established among the first RDL, the conductive element, the second RDL, and the active surface of the first semiconductor die.
US11063012B1	Semiconductor structure having buffer under bump pad and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure having an organic dielectric layer disposed under a bump pad and configured for stress relief, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first dielectric layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate; a second dielectric layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate; a conductive via extending through the substrate and partially through the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer; a third dielectric layer disposed within the second dielectric layer and surrounding a portion of the conductive via; and a bump pad disposed over the third dielectric layer and the conductive via, wherein a dielectric constant of the third dielectric layer is substantially different from a dielectric constant of the second dielectric layer.
US11063006B1	Semiconductor device structure with fine patterns forming varied height spacer and method for forming the same The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device structure with fine patterns and a method for preparing the semiconductor device structure for preventing the collapse of the fine patterns. The semiconductor device structure includes a first inner spacer element disposed over a top surface of a semiconductor substrate. The first inner spacer element includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion. A height of the first portion and a height of the second portion are less than a height of the third portion, and a width of the first portion increases continuously as the first portion extends toward the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first outer spacer element disposed over the second portion of the first inner spacer element.
US11063002B2	Methods related to shielded module having compression overmold A method for fabricating a radio-frequency (RF) module is disclosed, the method including forming or providing a first assembly that includes a packaging substrate and an RF component mounted thereon, the first assembly further including one or more shielding-wirebonds formed relative to the RF component, forming an overmold over the packaging substrate to substantially encapsulate the RF component and the one or more shielding-wirebonds, the overmold formed by compression molding, and forming a conductive layer on an upper surface of the overmold such that the conductive layer is in electrical contact with some or all of the shielding-wirebonds.
US11062999B2	Semiconductor package and antenna module comprising the same A semiconductor package includes a core structure having a first through-hole and including a frame having an opening, a passive component disposed in the opening, a first encapsulant covering the frame and the passive component, a first metal layer disposed on an inner surface of the first through-hole, and a second metal layer disposed on an inner surface of the opening; a first semiconductor chip disposed in the first through-hole and having a first connection pad; a second encapsulant covering the core structure and the first semiconductor chip; a connection structure disposed on the core structure and the first semiconductor chip and including a redistribution layer; and a metal pattern layer disposed on the second encapsulant. The first and second metal layers are connected to the metal pattern layer through first and second metal vias having heights different from each other.
US11062996B2	Embedded component package structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device package includes a magnetically permeable layer having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface. The semiconductor device package further includes a first conductive element in the magnetically permeable layer. The semiconductor device package further includes a first conductive via extending from the top surface of the magnetically permeable layer into the magnetically permeable layer to be electrically connected to the first conductive element. The first conductive via is separated from the magnetically permeable layer. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also disclosed.
US11062989B2	Assemblies which include wordlines over gate electrodes Some embodiments include an assembly having bitlines extending along a first direction. Semiconductor pillars are over the bitlines and are arranged in an array. The array includes columns along the first direction and rows along a second direction which crosses the first direction. Each of the semiconductor pillars extends vertically. The semiconductor pillars are over the bitlines. The semiconductor pillars are spaced from one another along the first direction by first gaps, and are spaced from one another along the second direction by second gaps. Wordlines extend along the second direction, and are elevationally above the semiconductor pillars. The wordlines are directly over the first gaps and are not directly over the semiconductor pillars. Gate electrodes are beneath the wordlines and are coupled with the wordlines. Each of the gate electrodes is within one of the second gaps. Shield lines may be within the first gaps.
US11062986B2	Articles having vias with geometry attributes and methods for fabricating the same Articles and semiconductor packages that incorporate glass-based substrates are disclosed, as well as methods of forming thereof. An article includes a glass-based substrate comprising first and second major surfaces spaced a distance from and parallel to each other, and a tapered via extending through the substrate. The tapered via includes a cross section that is symmetrical about a plane that is between and equidistant to the first and second major surfaces of the glass-based substrate and an interior wall with a first tapered region and a second tapered region positioned between the first major surface and the plane. The respective slopes of the first and second tapered regions are constant and the slope of the first tapered region is not equal to the slope of the second tapered region.
US11062985B2	Wiring structure having an intermediate layer between an upper conductive structure and conductive structure A wiring structure includes an upper conductive structure, a lower conductive structure, a plurality of metallic structures and an intermediate layer. The upper conductive structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The lower conductive structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The metallic structures are disposed between the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure, and electrically connecting the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure. The intermediate layer is disposed between the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure, and covers the metallic structures.
US11062979B2	High-frequency device and manufacturing method thereof A high-frequency device manufacturing method is provided. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a conductive material on the substrate; standing the substrate and the conductive material for a first time duration; forming a conductive layer by sequentially repeating the steps of forming the conductive material and standing at least once; and patterning the conductive layer. The thickness of the conductive layer is in a range from 0.9 μm to 10 μm. A high-frequency device is also provided.
US11062978B2	Semiconductor package and method In an embodiment, a device includes: an integrated circuit die; a first dielectric layer over the integrated circuit die; a first metallization pattern extending through the first dielectric layer to electrically connect to the integrated circuit die; a second dielectric layer over the first metallization pattern; an under bump metallurgy extending through the second dielectric layer; a third dielectric layer over the second dielectric layer and portions of the under bump metallurgy; a conductive ring sealing an interface of the third dielectric layer and the under bump metallurgy; and a conductive connector extending through the center of the conductive ring, the conductive connector electrically connected to the under bump metallurgy.
US11062977B2	Shield structure for backside through substrate vias (TSVs) Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) in which a shield structure blocks the migration of charge to a semiconductor device from proximate a through substrate via (TSV). In some embodiments, the IC comprises a substrate, an interconnect structure, the semiconductor device, the TSV, and the shield structure. The interconnect structure is on a frontside of the substrate and comprises a wire. The semiconductor device is on the frontside of the substrate, between the substrate and the interconnect structure. The TSV extends completely through the substrate, from a backside of the substrate to the wire, and comprises metal. The shield structure comprises a PN junction extending completely through the substrate and directly between the semiconductor device and the TSV.
US11062976B2	Functional stiffener that enables land grid array interconnections and power decoupling An exemplary assembly includes a top circuit substrate; a bottom circuit assembly that underlays the top circuit substrate and is attached to the top circuit substrate by an adhesive layer as a stiffener, the adhesive layer, and a plurality of conductive balls. The top circuit substrate includes a plurality of upper vias that extend through the top circuit substrate. The bottom circuit assembly includes a plurality of lower vias that extend through the bottom circuit assembly. The adhesive layer includes internal connections that electrically connect the upper vias to the lower vias. The conductive balls are housed in the lower vias. The bottom circuit assembly has an elastic modulus at least six times the elastic modulus of the top circuit substrate, and has a coefficient of thermal expansion at least two times the coefficient of thermal expansion of the top circuit substrate.
US11062970B2	Heat spreader edge standoffs for managing bondline thickness in microelectronic packages A microelectronic package may be fabricated to include a microelectronic substrate, at least one microelectronic device attached to the microelectronic substrate, a heat dissipation device in thermal contact with at least one microelectronic device and having at least one projection attached to the microelectronic substrate, and at least one standoff extending from the at least one projection, wherein the at least one standoff contacts the microelectronic substrate to control the bond line thickness between the heat dissipation device and at least one microelectronic device and/or to control the bond line thickness of a sealant which may be used to attached the at least one projection to the microelectronic substrate.
US11062969B2	Wafer level chip scale package structure and manufacturing method thereof A wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP) structure and a manufacturing method are disclosed. The WLCSP structure comprises a semiconductor die and a stack. The stack comprises a protective tape and a molding compound. A portion of a first interface surface between the molding compound and the protective tape is curved. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of forming a semiconductor structure; attaching the semiconductor structure on a dummy wafer; performing a first dicing process using a first cutting tool; depositing a molding compound; removing the dummy wafer; performing a second dicing process with a second cutting tool. A first aperture of the first cutting tool is larger than a second aperture of the second cutting tool. The portion of the first interface surface being curved reduces the possibility of generation of cracks in the WLCSP structure.
US11062962B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region. The first region includes a first middle region and a first edge region adjacent to and surrounding the first middle region; and a surface of the first middle region of the semiconductor substrate is higher than a surface of the first edge region of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of first fins discretely formed on the first middle region of the semiconductor substrate; and an isolation structure formed on the first middle region of the semiconductor substrate and the first edge region of the semiconductor substrate and covering portions of sidewall surfaces of the first fins.
US11062955B2	Vertical transistors having uniform channel length A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including vertical transistors having uniform channel length includes defining a channel length of at least one first fin formed on a substrate in a first device region and a channel length of at least one second fin formed on the substrate in a second device region. Defining the channel lengths includes creating at least one divot in the second device region. The method further includes modifying the channel length of the at least one second fin to be substantially similar to the channel length of the at least one first fin by filling the at least one divot with additional gate conductor material.
US11062952B2	Method of forming a semiconductor structure by sacrificial layers and spacer The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof. The forming method includes forming sacrificial layers and spacer on a dielectric layer, wherein the sacrificial layers and the spacer cover the dielectric layer at the top of a gate and expose the dielectric layer on at least part of source-drain doping layers, the sacrificial layers include the first sacrificial layer located on the dielectric layer at the top of the gate, and side walls of the first sacrificial layer are provided with the spacer; after the sacrificial layers and the spacer is formed, the first sacrificial layer is removed; and the dielectric layer is etched with a patterning layer as a mask, and a first contact hole and second contact holes are formed in the dielectric layer. The embodiments and implementations of the present disclosure can avoid double graphics of the dielectric layer and the alignment error.
US11062950B2	Electronic devices and systems, and methods for making and using the same Some structures and methods to reduce power consumption in devices can be implemented largely by reusing existing bulk CMOS process flows and manufacturing technology, allowing the semiconductor industry as well as the broader electronics industry to avoid a costly and risky switch to alternative technologies. Some of the structures and methods relate to a Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC) design, allowing CMOS based devices to have a reduced σVT compared to conventional bulk CMOS and can allow the threshold voltage VT of FETs having dopants in the channel region to be set much more precisely. The DDC design also can have a strong body effect compared to conventional bulk CMOS transistors, which can allow for significant dynamic control of power consumption in DDC transistors. Additional structures, configurations, and methods presented herein can be used alone or in conjunction with the DDC to yield additional and different benefits.
US11062949B2	Method of manufacturing power device with improved the utilization rate of wafer area The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a power device and a structure of the power device, which is used to solve the problem that conventional power device needs to be independently packaged and requires a welding process. The method includes: forming a plurality of semiconductor device layers spaced in intervals on a front of a silicon wafer; excavating a plurality of grooves on the front of the silicon wafer to separate the plurality of semiconductor device layers; filling each of the plurality of grooves with each of a plurality of first spacer materials; grinding a back of the silicon wafer until the first spacer materials being exposed; attaching a plurality of metal layers to a region of the back of the silicon wafer opposite to the plurality of semiconductor device layers; and electrically connecting each of independent plurality of lead frames to the plurality of metal layers respectively. The present invention further includes the structure of the power device.
US11062948B2	Wafer processing method A wafer processing method includes a polyester sheet providing step of positioning a wafer in an inside opening of a ring frame and providing a polyester sheet on a back side of the wafer and on a back side of the ring frame, a uniting step of heating the polyester sheet as applying a pressure to the polyester sheet to thereby unite the wafer and the ring frame through the polyester sheet by thermocompression bonding, a dividing step of cutting the wafer by using a cutting apparatus to thereby divide the wafer into individual device chips, and a pickup step of picking up each device chip from the polyester sheet.
US11062945B2	Methods for reducing contact depth variation in semiconductor fabrication A method includes providing a device structure having an isolation structure, a fin adjacent the isolation structure and taller than the isolation structure, and gate structures over the fin and the isolation structure. The isolation structure, the fin, and the gate structures define a first trench over the fin and a second trench over the isolation structure. The method further includes forming a first contact etch stop layer (CESL) over the gate structures, the fin, and the isolation structure; depositing a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer over the first CESL and filling in the first and second trenches; and recessing the first ILD layer such that the first ILD layer in the first trench is removed and the first ILD layer in the second trench is recessed to a level that is about even with a top surface of the fin.
US11062941B2	Contact conductive feature formation and structure Generally, the present disclosure provides example embodiments relating to conductive features, such as metal contacts, vias, lines, etc., and methods for forming those conductive features. In an embodiment, a barrier layer is formed along a sidewall. A portion of the barrier layer along the sidewall is etched back by a wet etching process. After etching back the portion of the barrier layer, an underlying dielectric welding layer is exposed. A conductive material is formed along the barrier layer.
US11062935B2	Low profile wafer manipulator A wafer manipulator includes a first arm connected to a base, a second arm connected to the base, a first pad connected to the first arm, a second pad connected to the second arm, a light transmitter connected to the wafer manipulator, and a light sensor connected to the wafer manipulator. The light sensor is configured to receive light transmitted from the light transmitter when the wafer is not properly in contact with the wafer. The light sensor is configured to not receive light transmitted from the light transmitter when the wafer is properly in contact with the wafer manipulator. The first pad has a horizontal friction and a vertical friction. The horizontal friction is at least ten times greater than the vertical friction. Multiple pads can be attached to the first arm and multiple pads can be attached to the second arm.
US11062934B2	Vacuum chuck for clamping workpieces, measuring devices and method for checking workpieces, in particular wafers A vacuum chuck for clamping workpieces, in particular wafers, and a measuring device and a method for checking workpieces by way of X-ray fluorescent radiation. The vacuum chuck has a clamping plate having a support surface, having at least one suction connection arranged on a base body for connecting to a negative-pressure device and for clamping the workpiece on the clamping plate by negative pressure received by the base body and having several suction grooves arranged in the clamping plate and are open towards the support surface. The support surface has concentric suction grooves having a suction opening to which a negative-pressure line is connected or which is connected to a work channel. Each suction groove having a separate negative pressure, which is separate to the adjacent suction groove, is selectively controlled by a control valve by a control for supplying the respective negative pressure in the respective suction groove.
US11062933B2	Die placement and coupling apparatus A die placement and coupling apparatus may include a die bonding attachment. The die placement and coupling apparatus may include a compliant head unit that may be adapted to optionally couple with a semiconductor die. The compliant head unit may include a die attach surface that may include a layer of compliant material. The layer of compliant material may be coupled to the compliant head unit. The die attach surface may be adapted to mate with the semiconductor die when the semiconductor die is coupled with the compliant head unit. The layer of compliant material may be adapted to yield in response to an applied force. The die placement and coupling apparatus may include a vacuum port in communication with the die attach surface. The port may be adapted to have a vacuum applied to the port, and the vacuum temporarily holds the semiconductor die to the die attach surface.
US11062929B2	Device and method for treating substrates using a support roller having a porous material A device for treating substrates by a treating liquid has at least one rotatably supported support roller which a substrate to be treated rests on during operation. The support roller has a hollow cylinder having a porous rigid material which the substrate to be treated rests on during operation. The device is configured to deliver, during operation, treating liquid via the interior of the hollow cylinder of the at least one support roller through the porous rigid material to the external surface of the hollow cylinder in order to treat at least one surface of the substrate by the treating liquid. The device is configured to treat several substrates in the form of plate-shaped separate wafers arranged one behind the other and/or next to one another in the device, by the treating liquid and to transport the substrates in a transport plane during the treatment.
US11062924B2	Semiconductor packaging apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same A semiconductor packaging apparatus and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices using the same. The semiconductor packaging apparatus includes a process unit, and a controller associated with the process unit. The process unit includes a bonding part that bonds a semiconductor substrate and a carrier substrate to each other to form a bonded substrate, a cooling part that cools the bonded substrate, and a detection part in the cooling part and configured to detect a defect of the bonded substrate. The controller is configured to control the process unit using data obtained from the detection part.
US11062922B2	Substrate liquid processing apparatus A substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a processing tub 34A which is configured to store therein a processing liquid in a boiling state and in which a processing of a substrate 8 is performed by immersing the substrate in the stored processing liquid; a concentration sensor 55B configured to detect a concentration of a chemical liquid component contained in the processing liquid; a concentration control unit 7 (40, 41) configured to control the concentration of the chemical liquid component to a set concentration by adding the chemical liquid component or a diluting solution to the processing liquid based on a detection concentration of the concentration sensor; a head pressure sensor 86B configured to detect a head pressure of the processing liquid within the processing tub; and a concentration set value correction unit 7 configured to correct, based on a detection value of the head pressure sensor, the set concentration.
US11062919B2	Dike for semiconductor/LCD manufacturing and processing equipment Disclosed is a dike for semiconductor/LCD manufacturing and processing equipment, in which a plurality of straight blocks and a plurality of corner blocks, having a predetermined height, are engaged to form a polygonal-shaped fence having a predetermined area, and molten epoxy is injected to a predetermined height in the space within the fence and solidified.
US11062916B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A heat sink (4) having a step in a bottom surface corner and a rectangular planar shape is disposed in an interior of a cavity (5) of a metal mold (1) and a first pin (2) is caused to project from a bottom surface of the cavity (5) to position the heat sink (4). A second pin (3) projecting from the bottom surface of the cavity (5) is disposed at the step of the positioned heat sink (4). After the heat sink (4) is positioned, the first pin (2) is lowered to the bottom surface of the cavity (5) and the heat sink (4) is sealed with the mold resin (10) with the second pin (3) being left projecting.
US11062915B2	Redistribution structures for semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same A method for forming a redistribution structure in a semiconductor package and a semiconductor package including the redistribution structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method may include encapsulating an integrated circuit die and a through via in a molding compound, the integrated circuit die having a die connector; depositing a first dielectric layer over the molding compound; patterning a first opening through the first dielectric layer exposing the die connector of the integrated circuit die; planarizing the first dielectric layer; depositing a first seed layer over the first dielectric layer and in the first opening; and plating a first conductive via extending through the first dielectric layer on the first seed layer.
US11062911B2	Two-color self-aligned double patterning (SADP) to yield static random access memory (SRAM) and dense logic First lithography and etching are carried out on a semiconductor structure to provide a first intermediate semiconductor structure having a first set of surface features corresponding to a first portion of desired fin formation mandrels. Second lithography and etching are carried out on the first intermediate structure, using a second mask, to provide a second intermediate semiconductor structure having a second set of surface features corresponding to a second portion of the mandrels. The second set of surface features are unequally spaced from the first set of surface features and/or the features have different pitch. The fin formation mandrels are formed in the second intermediate semiconductor structure using the first and second sets of surface features; spacer material is deposited over the mandrels and is etched back to form a third intermediate semiconductor structure having a fin pattern. Etching is carried out on same to produce the fin pattern.
US11062910B2	Surface treatment of silicon or silicon germanium surfaces using organic radicals Processes for surface treatment of a workpiece are provided. In one example implementation, a method can include performing an organic radical based surface treatment process on a workpiece. The organic radical based surface treatment process can include generating one or more species in a first chamber. The surface treatment process can include mixing one or more hydrocarbon molecules with the species to create a mixture. The mixture can include one or more organic radicals. The surface treatment process can include exposing a semiconductor material on the workpiece to the mixture in a second chamber.
US11062909B2	Interconnect structure having a carbon-containing barrier layer An interconnect structure and a method of forming an interconnect structure are disclosed. The interconnect structure includes a conductive plug over a substrate; a conductive feature over the conductive plug, wherein the conductive feature has a first sidewall, a second sidewall facing the first sidewall, and a bottom surface; and a carbon-containing barrier layer having a first portion along the first sidewall of the conductive feature, a second portion along the second sidewall of the conductive feature, and a third portion along the bottom surface of the conductive feature.
US11062905B2	Patterning process of a semiconductor structure with a middle layer A lithography method is provided in accordance with some embodiments. The lithography method includes forming a metal-containing layer on a substrate, the metal-containing layer including a plurality of conjugates of metal-hydroxyl groups; treating the metal-containing layer at temperature that is lower than about 300° C. thereby causing a condensation reaction involving the plurality of conjugates of metal-hydroxyl groups; forming a patterned photosensitive layer on the treated metal-containing layer; and developing the patterned photosensitive layer so as to allow at least about 6% decrease of optimum exposure (Eop).
US11062903B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the following operations. An intermediate layer is formed in the semiconductor device. A field is applied to the intermediate layer, wherein the field source does not contact the semiconductor device. The polarity of the intermediate layer is changed by the field to form a desired dipole orientation in the intermediate layer.
US11062902B2	Heterostructure system and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a heterostructure system, comprises epitaxially growing a crystalline layer of a first substance on a crystalline base layer by surface catalysis in a solution, wherein the growth is self-terminated once a monolayer of the substance is formed on the base layer.
US11062899B2	Coated film removing apparatus There is provided a coated film removing apparatus for removing, with a removal liquid, a peripheral portion of a coated film formed by supplying a coating liquid to a surface of a circular substrate, including: a rotary holding part configured to hold the substrate and rotate together with the substrate; a removal liquid nozzle configured to discharge the removal liquid on a peripheral portion of the surface of the substrate held by the rotary holding part so that the removal liquid is oriented toward a downstream side in a rotational direction of the substrate; and a control part configured to output a control signal so as to rotate the substrate at a rotation speed of 2,300 rpm or more when discharging the removal liquid.
US11062898B2	Particle removal apparatus, particle removal system and particle removal method A particle removal apparatus is provided. The particle removal apparatus includes a reticle holder configured to hold a reticle. The particle removal apparatus further includes a robotic arm. The particle removal apparatus also includes a particle removal device disposed on the robotic arm, and the particle removal device includes a solution spraying module. In addition, the robotic arm and the particle removal device are configured to align with a particle on a backside of the reticle, and the solution spraying module is configured to spray a solution onto the particle to remove the particle.
US11062894B2	Mass spectrometer and mass spectrometry method According to one embodiment, a mass spectrometer includes a sample stage provided to hold a sample; an analysis unit disposed to face a sample placement surface of the sample table, and performing mass analysis; an ion beam source provided to irradiate an ion beam toward the sample placement surface; an assist energy source supplying assist energy to a target area between the sample placement surface and the analysis unit; and a laser light source irradiating the target area with laser light.
US11062891B2	Evaluation of complex mass spectrometry data from biological samples The disclosure relates to a method which is suitable for the quality control and signal correction of mass spectrometry data of biological tissue samples and is based on the analysis of the chemical background signal observed in a spectrum. It exploits the fact that the chemical background signal contains components from a plurality of polymer molecules, whose chemical structure has strong regularities. These regularities mean that the observed masses are subject to certain statistical distributions, which are each characteristic of the class of molecule. By analyzing these statistical properties, it is possible to detect and correct any mass shifts which may be present.
US11062890B1	Photocathodes with an enhancement layer and method of making the same A photocathode assembly may include: a reflective substrate; an enhancement layer on the reflective substrate; and a photosensitive film on the enhancement layer, wherein the enhancement layer has a thickness of about 10 nm or less.
US11062889B2	Method of production of uniform metal plates and sputtering targets made thereby A method of making a metal or metal alloy target having the steps of providing a billet, the billet having a generally cylindrical configuration and having a central axis, cutting the billet in half parallel to the central axis to form at least a half cylindrical blank, and cross rolling the half cylindrical blank to form a target.
US11062886B2	Apparatus and method for controlling wafer uniformity An apparatus for controlling wafer uniformity is disclosed. In one example, the apparatus includes: a plurality of temperature control elements and a processor. Each of the temperature control elements corresponds to a different portion of a wafer respectively such that the temperature control elements correspond to different portions of the wafer. Each of the temperature control elements is configured to individually control temperature of a corresponding portion of the wafer. The processor determines at least one portion of the wafer for temperature uniformity control, and instruct at least one of the temperature control elements, corresponding to the at least one portion, to adjust temperature of the at least one portion for controlling temperature uniformity of the wafer.
US11062883B2	Atomic layer deposition apparatus A film quality of a film formed on a substrate is improved. A plasma atomic layer deposition apparatus has a lower electrode holding the substrate, and an upper electrode having an opposite surface opposed to the lower electrode and generating plasma discharge between the upper electrode and the lower electrode. Further, the plasma atomic layer deposition apparatus has a conductive deposition preventing member fixed to the opposite surface of the upper electrode by a plurality of screws, and other conductive deposition preventing member fixed to the conductive deposition preventing member by a plurality of others screws. At this time, in a plan view, the plurality of screws and the plurality of other screws are arranged so as not to overlap each other.
US11062878B2	Method and system for determining a charged particle beam exposure for a local pattern density A method for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam system is disclosed and includes determining a local pattern density for the area of the pattern based on an original set of exposure information. A pre-PEC maximum dose is determined for the area. The original set of exposure information is modified with the pre-PLC maximum dose.
US11062872B2	Spatial phase manipulation of charged particle beam A device for locally manipulating a spatial phase distribution of a charged particle wave propagating along a beam axis comprises a support element having a target region for receiving the charged particle wave propagating along the beam axis and a plurality of phase adjusting elements, supported by the support element and located in the target region, for locally adjusting the phase of the charged particle wave when the charged particle wave impinges on the phase adjusting element. The device also comprises a plurality of control lines connected to the plurality of phase adjusting elements for individually controlling each phase adjusting element.
US11062868B2	Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact module including a fixed contact, a movable contact module including a movable contact disposed to face the fixed contact, an armature formed of a magnetic material and configured to move the movable contact module to bring the movable contact into and out of contact with the fixed contact, and an electromagnet configured to generate a magnetic field to move the armature. At least one of the fixed contact module and the movable contact module includes a joint at which different components are joined by riveting, and a film with a thermal conductivity higher than, the thermal conductivity of the fixed contact module and the movable contact module is formed on at least one of the fixed contact module and the movable contact module including the joint.
US11062866B2	Electrical relay device The electrical relay device comprising a component of electrical relay type including a controllable motor, and a switching module including at least one fixed electrical contact, and at least one movable electrical contact that is mechanically coupled to the motor and configured to be placed, using the motor, in at least one position, referred to as the disconnected position, in which it does not make contact with a fixed electrical contact, or in at least one position, referred to as the connected position, in which it does make contact with the at least one fixed electrical contact.
US11062865B2	Electrical interruption switch, in particular for interrupting high currents at high voltages An electrical interruption switch for interrupting high currents at high voltages includes a casing, surrounding a contact unit defining a current path through the switch, and a pyrotechnic material, comprising a gas and/or shock wave-generating, activatable material. The contact unit has first and second connection contacts and a separation region. The pyrotechnic material and contact unit are formed such that a current to be interrupted is supplied to the contact unit via the first connection contact and discharged therefrom via the second connection contact, or vice versa. When the pyrotechnic material is ignited, the separation region is exposed to a gas pressure and/or shock wave, such that the separation region is torn open, caved in or separated. At least one chamber in the switch, at least partially delimited by the separation region, is filled with a filling material.
US11062864B2	Circuit protection element A circuit protection element includes a first leg part formed by being bent once from a first end part of a ceiling part that is the bending reference plane; a second leg part formed by being bent once with respect to the bending reference plane; a first mounting part and a second mounting part each formed by being bent twice with respect to the bending reference plane so as to be flush mutually and parallel to a mounting surface of the circuit board; and a plastic deformation part (a curved part) set in a predetermined region of the second leg part and plastically deformed by applying a load in the vicinity of a second end part of the ceiling part toward the mounting surface of the circuit board.
US11062861B2	Safety switch including main button and sub button arrangements Safety switch for a gardening device driven by a motor. The safety switch includes a main button arrangement and a sub button arrangement which is provided onto the main button arrangement. The main button arrangement may pivot between a first position and a second position. In the first position the sub button arrangement may be provided in an arrest position and in the second position the sub button arrangement is arranged in an energize position. Further, the sub button arrangement includes biasing means by means of which biasing means the sub button arrangement is biased towards the arrest position in the first position, and by application of an external force the sub button arrangement may be moved towards a biasing force exerted by the biasing means and be slid to the energize position where the main button arrangement may activate the power means in the second position.
US11062858B2	Electrical switching unit with separable contacts An electrical switching unit with separable contacts comprises a switching device comprising: a control lever coupled mechanically to a mobile electrical contact and an anti-bounce lever, mounted on the control lever and configured to be displaced to a deployed position to cooperate with an abutment to prevent the control lever from leaving its position.The switching device comprises a fixed bearing mounted around the control lever. The anti-bounce lever comprises a contact portion which is in contact against an edge of the bearing when the anti-bounce lever is in its rest position and which is displaced along the edge when the control lever rotates about the bearing. The bearing comprises, on the edge, a guiding portion in the form of a cam configured to push the anti-bounce lever to its deployed position.
US11062854B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing same A solid electrolytic capacitor includes an element laminated body, an anode lead, a cathode lead, a coating layer, and an outer packaging resin. In the element laminated body, a plurality of capacitor elements each having an anode part and a cathode part are laminated. The anode lead is connected to a laminated anode part of the element laminated body. The laminated anode part is a part laminated by a plurality of anode part which include the anode part. The cathode lead is connected to a laminated cathode part of the element laminated body. The laminated cathode part is a part laminated by a plurality of cathode part which include the cathode part. The coating layer fills at least a part of a gap between the plurality of capacitor elements. The outer packaging resin seals the element laminated body together with a part of the anode lead and a part of the cathode lead.
US11062849B2	Method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic electronic component and multilayer ceramic electronic component A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: preparing a dielectric magnetic composition including base material powder particles including BaTi2O5 or (Ba(1-x)Cax)Ti2O5 (0≤x<0.1), the base material powder particles having surfaces coated with one or more of Mg, Mn, V, Ba, Si, Al and a rare earth metal; preparing ceramic green sheets using dielectric slurry including the dielectric magnetic composition; applying an internal electrode paste to the ceramic green sheets; preparing a green sheet laminate by stacking the ceramic green sheets to which the internal electrode paste is applied; and preparing a ceramic body including dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes arranged to face each other with each of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween by sintering the green sheet laminate.
US11062836B2	LLC resonant convert with integrated magnetics Disclosed examples include integrated magnetic circuits for LLC resonant converters, including an inductor cell and multiple transformer cells with cores arranged in a stack structure. The individual transformer cells include primary and secondary windings extending around the transformer core structure, and a secondary transistor connected in series with the secondary winding. One or more windings are shaped near core stack gaps to reduce core and winding losses. The inductor cell includes an inductor winding extending around the inductor core structure to provide the inductor, and the capacitor. The inductor cell is arranged in the stack structure with the transformer cells to magnetically couple the transformer primary windings, the inductor winding and the transformer secondary windings in a single magnetic circuit to cancel cell to cell flux.
US11062834B2	Coil component Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a substrate having a first surface and a first spiral coil spirally wound in a plurality of turns formed on the first surface of the substrate. Each of the turns has a first circumference region in which a radial position is substantially fixed and a first shift region in which a radial position is shifted. Each of inner and outer peripheral ends of the first spiral coil is positioned at the first shift region.
US11062831B2	Magnetic block locking of an electronic device An electronic device comprising a first portion and a second portion pivotably connected to each other is disclosed. The electronic device is pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The device comprises a magnetically attractable arrangement within or on the second portion and a magnetic arrangement comprising a magnet having a magnetic field and a magnetic shielding element disposed within or on the first portion. At least one of the magnet or the magnetic shielding element is configured to move translationally with respect to the other between a shielded position and an engaging position when the first portion is pivoted with respect to the second portion. In the shielded position, the magnetic shielding element at least partially reduces a portion of the magnetic field extending outside of the first portion. In the engaging position, the magnet engages the magnetically attractable arrangement.
US11062823B2	Insulated wire capable of changing color when overheated under current load and method for making the same An insulated wire capable of changing color when overheated under a current load includes an insulated core, at least one thermochromic strip, and a transparent plastic protective layer. The thermochromic strip is wound and fixed on the peripheral surface of the insulated core. The transparent plastic protective layer clads the peripheral surface of the insulated core and/or the top surface of the thermochromic strip. When the insulated core is overloaded and generates heat, the heat is transmitted to, and thereby changes the color of, the thermochromic strip. The color change is visible through the transparent plastic protective layer and can therefore alert the wire user in real time that the load on the insulated wire should be lowered.
US11062821B1	Intermediate node to power submarine cable system Electrical power in a marine environment is generated using a power generator. The electrical power generated by the power generator is delivered using a power feed equipment. The delivery of the electrical power is via a power switching unit coupled to a submarine cable. The power switching unit selectively provides to at least a portion of the submarine cable the electrical power delivered by the power feed equipment.
US11062819B2	Cable and harness with low-melting pet fiber tape A cable is composed of a plurality of electric wires, a tape member provided over a periphery of the plurality of electric wires, and an outer sheath provided over an outer periphery of the tape member. The tape member includes a mixture of a first fiber having a melting point and a second fiber having a melting point lower than the melting point of the first fiber.
US11062815B2	Anti-retention sealing joint for a panel fixed to a holding frame delimiting a closed space A seal for a glove box panel includes a first face and a second face parallel to each other and designed to come into contact with a profile of the glove box and against an internal face of the panel. The seal includes an internal circumferential edge with a rim projecting beyond the first face.
US11062814B1	Box-type structure having shielding function A box-type structure includes a structure having neutron beam shielding performance. It is possible to accommodate an organism to be irradiated in the structure. The box-type structure includes shielding plates, which include a lithium-fluoride sintered body having neutron shielding performance. Edge portions of the shielding plates are joined by abutting against one another. The edge portions of the shielding plates have a halving joint structure, and the halving joint structure has a stepped or inclined cutout shape. The box-type structure has a plurality of surfaces, and at least one of the faces may be removable or there may be an opening portion in part of the surface.
US11062811B2	Integral reactor pressure vessel tube sheet A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass fluid through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.
US11062805B2	Cell processing system and method with process parameter control A cell washing system includes a fluid circuit, a source container, a source of wash solution, a pump, and a separator device. The system also includes a touch screen configured to receive user input and to display data to a user, and a controller coupled to the touch screen and configured to control the separator device and pump to operate a wash procedure, wherein the controller is configured to receive from the touch screen user input data for at least one protocol, the at least one protocol including values for a set of process parameters for a wash procedure, to store the at least one protocol in a memory, to receive an identifier associated with a user, to apply the at least one protocol based at least in part on the identifier, and to operate the wash procedure using the applied protocol.
US11062795B2	Healthcare data system In accordance with one embodiment, a system and method is used for collecting, measuring, and reporting on data associated with healthcare treatment. A healthcare data system collects data from a patient using an interactive voice response system (IVR). The IVR periodically contacts the patient with questions as to severity of symptoms. The severity data is processed along with prior collected data to report treatment progress to the patient, to a provider, to a provider organization and to a payer. Symptom weights are entered by a provider and used in measuring progress. Other methods to collecting severity data may be used, such as email and text messaging.
US11062792B2	Discovering genomes to use in machine learning techniques A facility for identifying combinations of feature and machine learning algorithm parameters, where each combination can be combined with one or more machine learning algorithms to train a model, is disclosed. The facility evaluates each genome based on the ability of a model trained using that genome and a machine learning algorithm to produce accurate results when applied to a validation data set by, for example, generating a fitness or validation score for the trained model and the corresponding genome used to train the model. Genomes that produce fitness scores that exceed a fitness threshold are selected for mutation, mutated, and the process is repeated. These trained models can then be applied to new data to generate predictions for the underlying subject matter.
US11062780B1	System and method of reading two pages in a nonvolatile memory Method(s) and structure(s) for a two-page read operation are described and provide a multiple page read. The two page read operation provides for reading two pages with in a block without reducing the control gates to a low voltage level. The two page read can read the first page using an incrementing voltage level at discrete steps and starting the second page read at the high state for the control gates from the first page read. The second page read then decrements the control gate voltages level through the steps. This should reduce energy consumption. The two-page read operation will also reduce the time as the time period to reset the control gates to a low state are not required in between the page read operations.
US11062778B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device When selectively erasing one sub-block, a control circuit applies, in a first sub-block, a first voltage to bit lines and a source line, and applies a second voltage smaller than the first voltage to the word lines. Then, the control circuit applies a third voltage lower than the first voltage by a certain value to a drain-side select gate line and a source-side select gate line, thereby performing the erase operation in the first sub-block. The control circuit applies, in a second sub-block existing in an identical memory block to the selected sub-block, a fourth voltage substantially identical to the first voltage to the drain side select gate line and the source side select gate line, thereby not performing the erase operation in the second sub-block.
US11062777B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device which performs improved erase operation According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control unit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix. The control unit erases data of the memory cells. The control unit interrupts the erase operation of the memory cells and holds an erase condition before the interrupt in accordance with a first command during the erase operation, and resumes the erase operation based on the held erase condition in accordance with a second command.
US11062775B2	Nonvolatile memory device and storage device including nonvolatile memory device A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller. The controller provides the nonvolatile memory device with first data, an address, and a program start command and provides the nonvolatile memory device with second data after the program start command is provided the nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device is configured to initiate a program operation, which is based on the first data, in response to the program start command and to continue to perform, based on the first data and the second data, the program operation when the second data is provided to the nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device is configured to perform a program and a verification read of a first program loop based on the first data, the verification read of the first program loop being performed using one verification voltage.
US11062769B2	Resistance variable memory device including stacked memory cells A resistance variable memory device may include a plurality of tiles in which memory cells are arranged. The first to third level of the word lines may be sequentially stacked on the plurality of tile regions with the decoding circuits along rows of the tile regions. A first level of the bit lines may be interposed between the first level of the word lines and the second level of the word lines. A first level of the bit lines may be extended along columns of the tile regions. The second level of the bit lines may be interposed between the second level of the word lines and the third level of the word lines. The second level of the bit lines may be extended along the columns of the tile regions. The first and third levels of the word lines at a selected row of a selected tile region among the tile regions and the second level of the bit lines at a selected column of the selected tile region may be controlled by a decoding circuit of the selected tile region. The second level of the word line at the selected row of the selected tile region and the first level of the bit line at the selected column of the selected tile region may be controlled by another decoding circuit of another tile region.
US11062768B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus, operation method of the semiconductor memory apparatus and system including the semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus may include a memory bank, a global buffer array, and an input and output circuit. The memory bank includes a local data circuit, and the global buffer array includes a global data circuit. The local data circuit is operably coupled to the global data circuit. The global buffer array may be operably coupled to the input and output circuit. The memory bank is disposed in a core region, and the global buffer array and the input and output circuit may be disposed in a peripheral region separated from the core region.
US11062763B2	Memory array with multiplexed digit lines Methods, systems, and devices for a memory device with multiplexed digit lines are described. In some cases, a memory cell of the memory device may include a storage component and a selection component that includes two transistors. A first transistor may be coupled with a word line and a second transistor may be coupled with a select line to selectively couple the memory cell with a digit line. The selection component, in conjunction with a digit line multiplexing component, may support a sense component common to a set of digit lines. In some cases, the digit line of the set may be coupled with the sense component during a read operation, while the remaining digit lines of the set are isolated from the sense component.
US11062762B2	Storage device applying a cancel circuit A data reading error is reduced. A memory cell array in a storage device includes a write word line, a read word line, a write bit line, a read bit line, a source line, and a gain cell. For example, a read transistor in the gain cell can include a metal oxide in a channel formation region. A cancel circuit is electrically connected to the read bit line. The cancel circuit has a function of supplying, to the read bit line, current for canceling leakage current supplied to the read bit line from the gain cell in a non-selected state. In read operation, a potential change of the read bit line due to leakage current is compensated for by the current from the cancel circuit, so that a data reading error is reduced.
US11062760B1	Memory device including data input/output circuit A memory device includes a plurality of data input/output (I/O) groups each including data I/O circuits, each data I/O circuit comprising a transistor having a predetermined threshold voltage according to a bulk voltage supplied to a bulk terminal thereof; a control circuit suitable for generating a control signal according to a data I/O mode; and a plurality of voltage supply circuits suitable for independently supplying bulk voltages to the plurality of data I/O groups, and changing, in response to the control signal, a level of a bulk voltage corresponding to data I/O groups unused in the data I/O mode, among the plurality of data I/O groups.
US11062757B1	Data receiving device, a semiconductor apparatus, and a semiconductor system using the data receiving device A data receiving device includes a clock receiver and a plurality of data receivers. The clock receiver is configured to generate a plurality of internal clock signals from a clock signal and a complementary clock signal based on a switching enable signal. The plurality of data receivers are configured to receive data and a reference voltage and compare the data with the reference voltage in synchronization with the plurality of internal clock signals, respectively, to generate first internal data. Among the plurality of data receivers, a data receiver receiving an internal clock signal, of which a logic level transitions signals when a logic level of the switching enable signal transitions, is configured to change a voltage level of the reference voltage when the logic level of the switching enable signal transitions.
US11062752B2	Spin orbit torque memory devices and methods of fabrication A perpendicular spin orbit torque memory device includes a first electrode having tungsten and at least one of nitrogen or oxygen and a material layer stack on a portion of the first electrode. The material layer stack includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet above the first magnet, a tunnel barrier between the free magnet and the fixed magnet and a second electrode coupled with the fixed magnet.
US11062748B2	Strobe acquisition and tracking A memory controller includes an interface to receive a data strobe signal and corresponding read data. The data strobe signal and the read data correspond to a read command issued by the memory controller, and the read data is received in accordance with the data strobe signal and an enable signal. A circuit in the memory controller is to dynamically adjust a timing offset between the enable signal and the data strobe signal, and control logic is to issue a supplemental read command in accordance with a determination that a time interval since a last read command issued by the memory controller exceeds a predetermined value.
US11062747B2	Apparatus for adjusting delay of command signal path An example apparatus includes a first circuit configured to generate a first enable signal based on a first clock signal and a first command signal, a second circuit configured to generate a second enable signal based on the first clock signal and a second command signal, a third circuit configured to generate a second clock signal based on the first clock signal when the first enable signal is activated, a fourth circuit configured to generate a third clock signal based on the first clock signal when the second enable signal is activated, a first latch circuit configured to latch the second command signal in response to the second clock signal to generate a third command signal, and a second latch circuit configured to latch the third command signal in response to the third clock signal to generate a fourth command signal.
US11062745B2	FDSOI sense amplifier configuration in a memory device Some embodiments relate to a sense amplifier. The sense amplifier includes a fully-depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI) substrate, including a handle substrate region, an insulator layer over the handle substrate region, and a device region over the insulator layer. An n-well region is disposed in the handle substrate region, and an n-well contact region extends from the n-well region through the insulator layer to an upper surface of the device region. A pair of pull-down transistors are disposed in the device region and over the n-well. The pair of pull-down transistors have their respective gates coupled to a pair of complementary bitlines, respectively, and coupled to the n-well through the n-well contact region.
US11062743B2	System and method for providing a configurable timing control for a memory system A system and method for providing a configurable timing control of a memory system is provided. One system has a first interface to receive a DIMM clock and configuration information, a second interface to a first data bus, and a third interface to a second data bus. The system further has flip-flops, a multiplexer coupled to the flip-flops, a first control block for controlling to hold an input data within the flip-flops, and a second control block for controlling a timing of an output data from the flip-flops via the multiplexer with a programmable delay. The input data is received via the second interface. The programmable delay is received via the first interface. The output data is sent out with the timing delay via the third interface.
US11062736B2	Automated audio-video content generation Systems and methods for generating media content include processing an audio file to determine one or more parameters of the audio file. Based on a skin associated with the audio file, one or more media effects are determined corresponding to the one or more parameters of the audio file. The one or more media effects are applied to a media file to generate a modified media file, wherein the media file excludes the audio file. An audio-video file is generated to include a combination of the audio file and the modified media file.
US11062733B2	Disk drive with efficient handling of off-track events during sequential write In a disk drive, when an off-track error occurs during a sequential disk access operation that spans multiple contiguous data tracks, efficient recovery is performed. In an embodiment, the disk access operation (e.g., reading from or writing to a disk) is attempted for all sectors of the sequential disk access operation. The disk access operation is then attempted again for sectors associated with any off-track errors that occurred during the disk access operation. In another embodiment, when an off-track error occurs during a sequential write operation in a shingled magnetic recording drive, the data originally targeted to be written to a first portion is written to a second portion of the data track that follows the first portion. Since no additional revolutions of the disk are needed for data associated with the sequential write operation to be written to the disk.
US11062732B2	Magnetic tape having characterized back coating layer, magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording and reproducing device The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on one surface of the non-magnetic support; and a back coating layer including a non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the other surface of the non-magnetic support, in which a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the back coating layer is equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between a spacing Safter measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer after methyl ethyl ketone cleaning and a spacing Sbefore measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer before methyl ethyl ketone cleaning is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 30.0 nm.
US11062727B2	System and method for voice activity detection In a system and method for voice activity detection (VAD) including: obtaining audio frames from a multi-microphone array; calculating steered response power (SRP) values of the audio frames; calculating entropy levels based on the SRP values; detecting a sequence of audio frames in which the entropy levels are substantially constant across the sequence of frames and denoting an entropy level of the sequence as a background entropy; identifying an incoming audio frame as containing voice activity if the difference between a level of entropy of the current audio frame and the background entropy is larger than a first threshold, and as not containing voice activity otherwise.
US11062723B2	Enhancement of audio from remote audio sources An audio enhancement method includes receiving a first input signal representative of audio captured using an array of two or more sensors, the first input signal characterized by a first signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), with the audio being the signal-of-interest. The method also includes receiving a second input signal representative of the audio, the second input signal characterized by a second SNR. The second SNR is higher than the first SNR. The method further includes computing a spectral mask based on a frequency domain representation of the second input signal, and processing a frequency domain representation of the first input signal based on the spectral mask to generate one or more driver signals. The method further includes driving one or more acoustic transducers using the generated driver signals.
US11062722B2	Stream adaptation for latency A system and method for adapting an audios stream for reducing latency. The method may include the steps of, and the system may function to, receive an audio stream having a packet buffer and an audio buffer, measure the audio buffer depth of the audio buffer, measure the presentation time margin of at the input to the packet buffer, and determine an adaptation level for latency based on the measured values.
US11062720B2	Concept for encoding of information An information encoder for encoding an information signal includes: a converter for converting the linear prediction coefficients of the predictive polynomial A(z) to frequency values f1 . . . fn of a spectral frequency representation of the predictive polynomial A(z), wherein the converter is configured to determine the frequency values f1 . . . fn by analyzing a pair of polynomials P(z) and Q(z) being defined as P(z)=A(z)+z−m−lA(z−1) and Q(z)=A(z)−z−m−lA(z−1), wherein m is an order of the predictive polynomial A(z) and l is greater or equal to zero, wherein the converter is configured to obtain the frequency values by establishing a strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and a strictly imaginary spectrum from Q(z) and by identifying zeros of the strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and the strictly imaginary spectrum derived from Q(z).
US11062714B2	Ambisonic encoder for a sound source having a plurality of reflections The present invention relates to an ambisonic encoder for a sound wave having a plurality of reflections. The ambisonic encoder according to the invention makes it possible to improve the sensation of immersion in a 3D audio scene. The complexity of encoding of the reflections of sound sources for an ambisonic encoder according to the invention is less than the complexity of encoding of the reflections of sound sources of an ambisonic encoder according to the prior art. The ambisonic encoder according to the invention makes it possible to encode a greater number of reflections of a sound source in real time. The ambisonic encoder according to the invention makes it possible to reduce the power consumption related to ambisonic encoding, and to increase the life of a battery of a mobile device used for said application.
US11062704B1	Processing multi-party conversations Embodiments relate to systems and methods that retrieve, from the one or more computer storage memory, dialogue data associated with a plurality of utterances from two or more entities. A target concept in one or more dialogue segments of the transcribed dialogue data can be determined, where the one or more dialogue segments comprising a first dialogue segment associated with a first utterance by a first entity, and where the first dialogue segment includes the target concept. A dialogue goal can be determined for the first dialogue segment comprising the target concept. In addition, a structured link can be generated, associating the extracted concept to the dialogue goal.
US11062703B2	Automatic speech recognition with filler model processing An automatic speech recognition (ASR) system includes a memory configured to store a filler model. The filler model includes one or more phonetic strings corresponding to one or more portions of a wake up phrase. The ASR system also includes one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory and configured to analyze a speech signal with the filler model to determine whether the speech signal includes the wake up phrase or any portion of the wake up phrase. The one or more processors are also configured to generate, based on the analysis, a hypothesis of underlying speech included in the speech signal. The hypothesis excludes the wake up phrase or any portion of the wake up phrase included in the speech signal.
US11062696B2	Speech endpointing Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech endpointing are described. In one aspect, a method includes the action of accessing voice query log data that includes voice queries spoken by a particular user. The actions further include based on the voice query log data that includes voice queries spoken by a particular user, determining a pause threshold from the voice query log data that includes voice queries spoken by the particular user. The actions further include receiving, from the particular user, an utterance. The actions further include determining that the particular user has stopped speaking for at least a period of time equal to the pause threshold. The actions further include based on determining that the particular user has stopped speaking for at least a period of time equal to the pause threshold, processing the utterance as a voice query.
US11062695B1	Computing method for populating digital forms from un-parsed data A computing device is disclosed which includes a processor and non-transient memory operably connected to the processor. The non-transient memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the processor to extract a plurality of sub-strings from a character string, analyze each sub-string for compliance with each of several field definitions, where each of the field definitions corresponds to a field in a digital form, and populate some of the fields in the digital form based on the analysis of each sub-string for compliance with the field definitions.
US11062694B2	Text-to-speech processing with emphasized output audio Systems and methods for generating output audio with emphasized portions are described. Spoken audio is obtained and undergoes speech processing (e.g., ASR and optionally NLU) to create text. It may be determined that the resulting text includes a portion that should be emphasized (e.g., an interjection) using at least one of knowledge of an application run on a device that captured the spoken audio, prosodic analysis, and/or linguistic analysis. The portion of text to be emphasized may be tagged (e.g., using a Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) tag). TTS processing is then performed on the tagged text to create output audio including an emphasized portion corresponding to the tagged portion of the text.
US11062691B2	Voice transformation allowance determination and representation Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide techniques that provide the capability to automatically generate allowance intervals for voice personas that meet desired requirements for realism and fidelity. For example, a method for voice persona generation may be implemented in a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the method comprising: displaying to a user, a plurality of user-selectable voice persona parameters that control features of a synthesized voice signal, and displaying, in conjunction with each of at least some of plurality of user-selectable voice persona parameters, voice transformation allowance intervals of the voice persona parameters, accepting from a user, a selection of at least one user-selectable voice persona parameter, and generating a synthesized voice signal based on the selected at least one user-selectable voice persona parameter.
US11062682B2	Vehicle, display method, and program A vehicle includes a display device that is visible from a front side, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and a front vehicle which travels in the same direction as the vehicle, and a display control unit configured to horizontally invert display content on the display device based on the measured distance.
US11062680B2	Raster order view Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing raster order view enforcement techniques are disclosed. A processor includes a plurality of compute units coupled to one or more memories. A plurality of waves are launched in parallel for execution on the plurality of compute units, where each wave comprises a plurality of threads. A dependency chain is generated for each wave of the plurality of waves. The compute units wait for all older waves to complete dependency chain generation prior to executing any threads with dependencies. Responsive to all older waves completing dependency chain generation, a given thread with a dependency is executed only if all other threads upon which the given thread is dependent have become inactive. When executed, the plurality of waves generate a plurality of pixels to be driven to a display.
US11062678B2	Synchronization of environments during extended reality experiences In one example, a method includes monitoring conditions in a real environment in which a user is present, wherein the monitoring is performed by collecting data about the conditions from a plurality of sensors located in the real environment, transmitting the data about the conditions to an extended reality device that is present in the real environment, where the extended reality device is configured to render a virtual environment, interpolating between the real environment and the virtual environment, based at least in part on the conditions, to determine an actual extended reality environment that is being presented to the user, and sending a signal to a device that is located in the real environment, based on the interpolating, wherein the signal instructs the device to take an action that modifies at least one of the conditions in the real environment.
US11062676B2	Brightness adjustment method and apparatus A brightness adjustment method and a brightness adjustment apparatus are provided. The brightness adjustment method is applied to an augmented reality device and includes acquiring at least one of position information or attitude information of the augmented reality device; determining a brightness corresponding to the acquired at least one of the position information or the attitude information according to an established correspondence relation between brightness information and at least one of position information or attitude information; and controlling the augmented reality device to display at the brightness.
US11062674B2	Combined panel self-refresh (PSR) and adaptive synchronization systems and methods The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of maintaining source device to sink device synchronization in systems in which the source device enters a Panel Self-Refresh (PSR/PSR2) mode and the sink device enables adaptive synchronization with the source device. To maintain synchronization, in some instances the source device and the sink device may maintain synchronization contemporaneous with at least a portion of the PSR/PSR2 operating mode. To maintain synchronization, in some instances, a high-bandwidth communications link may be maintained between the source device and the sink device. In some instances, synchronization between the source device and the sink device may be interrupted upon the source device entering the PSR/PSR2 operating mode and may be re-established upon the source device exiting the PSR/PSR2 operating mode.
US11062671B1	Pixel driving circuit, driving method thereof and liquid crystal display panel A pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof and a liquid crystal display panel are provided. The pixel driving circuit comprising a compensating module which is connected to a driving transistor of a data-inputting module, the compensating module is configured to receive present stage scan signals and previous scan signals and to control the driving transistor to turn on with voltages generated by coupling the present stage scan signals and the previous scan signals to the driving transistor, thus coupling data signals to a first node. Based on this, a dynamic power consumption of the liquid crystal display panel can be reduced.
US11062660B1	Display device and method of compensating for degradation of the display device A display device includes a display panel, a first memory, and a degradation compensator. The first memory device stores stress data including degradation values representing a degradation degree of each of the blocks in the display panel. The degradation compensator loads the stress data from the first memory device, updates the stress data based on current input data and a maximum degradation value, updates the maximum degradation value based on degradation values included in the updated stress data, and generate compensated data by compensating for the current input data based on the updated stress data. The degradation compensator determines whether a first degradation value included in the stress data is normal by comparing the first degradation value with the maximum degradation value, and updates the first degradation value based on at least one adjacent degradation value adjacent to the first degradation value, when the first degradation value is abnormal.
US11062656B2	Display apparatus and method of driving display using the same A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a gate line, a data line and a plurality of display areas; a gate driver configured to output a gate signal to the gate line; a data driver configured to output a data voltage to the data line; a time sensor configured to sense an operation time of the display panel; and a voltage controller configured to adjust a back gate voltage according to the operation time sensed by the time sensor and the display areas.
US11062655B2	Pixel circuit, display panel and driving method thereof The disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a display panel and a driving method thereof. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a threshold storage subcircuit, a threshold storage control subcircuit, a data storage subcircuit, a data writing control subcircuit, an isolation control subcircuit, a light-emitting control subcircuit and a light-emitting diode. The threshold storage control subcircuit is coupled to the threshold storage subcircuit. The threshold storage subcircuit stores the reference voltage input by the threshold storage control subcircuit, and stores a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. The data writing control subcircuit is coupled to the data storage subcircuit. The data storage subcircuit stores the data voltage input by the data writing control subcircuit. The isolation control subcircuit is coupled between the data storage subcircuit and the threshold storage subcircuit. The driving transistor is coupled to the threshold storage subcircuit and the data storage subcircuit.
US11062652B1	Pixel circuit, driving method thereof, display panel and display device Disclosed are a pixel circuit, a driving method, a display panel and a display device. A data writing module of the pixel circuit supplies a data signal to a gate electrode of a drive transistor and a first plate of a storage capacitor in a data writing phase. A reset module of the pixel circuit supplies a reset signal to a second plate of the storage capacitor in a data writing phase. A threshold compensation module of the pixel circuit supplies a threshold compensation signal to the second plate of the storage capacitor in a threshold compensation phase, and accordingly a potential of the first plate of the storage capacitor is adjusted to a first potential, and the drive transistor is threshold compensated. The threshold compensation signal is greater than the reset signal. A drive transistor supplies a drive current to an organic light-emitting element in a light emission phase to drive the organic light-emitting element to emit light.
US11062651B2	Display device A display device can include a display unit including data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines and pixels; a voltage generating unit configured to generate driving voltages for driving the display unit based on a voltage from a battery; and a data driver configured to convert input image data into data voltages and output the data voltages to the data lines, wherein the voltage generating unit includes a battery current control unit configured to control a magnitude of a low potential driving voltage applied to cathode electrodes of the pixels according to an amount of a battery output current flowing from the battery to the voltage generating unit, and wherein the battery current control unit is configured to increase the low potential driving voltage when the battery output current is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
US11062649B2	Luminance compensation device and electroluminescence display using the same A luminance compensation device can include a luminance compensator configured to: receive a pixel driving voltage from a host system, the pixel driving voltage being supplied to both the luminance compensator and a display panel, receive a reference pixel driving voltage generated by a drive IC, compare the pixel driving voltage with the reference pixel driving voltage to detect a voltage drop in the pixel driving voltage, the voltage drop being a difference between the pixel driving voltage and the reference pixel driving voltage, amplify the voltage drop of the pixel driving voltage by a predetermined weighted value to generate an amplified voltage drop, and adjust a gamma reference voltage based on the amplified voltage drop to generate an adjusted gamma reference voltage.
US11062647B2	Display device and method of driving the same A display device including a display panel and a data modulator. The display panel includes a main display region, an auxiliary display region adjacent to the main display region in a first direction, and a notch region adjacent to the auxiliary display region in a second direction crossing the first direction, an image not being displayed in the notch region. The data modulator modulates a notch data corresponding to the notch region among an image data.
US11062644B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, a light source module and a control unit. The display panel includes plural display areas. The light source module includes plural light source units. The light source units are configured to output plural light beams to illuminate the display areas of the display panel. The control unit is coupled to the light source module and configured to receive a frame data. The frame data includes plural subframe data, and the subframe data are displayed on the display areas. The control unit is further configured to control a first light source unit of the light source units to adjust a brightness corresponding to a first color of a first light beam of the light beams according to a ratio of the first color. The ratio of the first color is related to a first subframe data of the subframe data.
US11062642B2	Display apparatus for comparing and displaying image signals in a plurality of image qualities and control method thereof A display apparatus, comprising: a memory that stores correspondence to convert an image quality of an image signal; and at least one processor that operates as: an input unit that inputs a first image signal having a first image quality; a generation unit; and a display unit that displays the first image signal and the image signal generated by the generation unit, wherein in the case of the memory storing correspondence to generate a second image signal having a second image quality from the first image signal, the generation unit generates the second image signal from the first image signal in accordance with the correspondence, and in the case of the memory not storing the correspondence to generate the second image signal from the first image signal, the generation unit generates a third image signal by performing a predetermined luminance conversion on the first image signal.
US11062639B2	System and method for a six-primary wide gamut color system Systems and methods for a six-primary color system for display. A six-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. The six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
US11062637B2	Display device and method of driving the same A display device includes a display unit including a first pixel having a first color sub-pixel and a second color sub-pixel and a second pixel having a third color sub-pixel and another second color sub-pixel, an input gamma unit that converts first through third color grayscale data into first through third color luminance data, a buffer unit that stores the first through third color luminance data of a last pixel-column, a vertical rendering unit that increases the first and third color luminance data of the last pixel-column by using the first through third color luminance data of the last pixel-column as first and third color luminance data of an absent pixel-column adjacent to the last pixel-column, and an output gamma unit that converts the first through third color luminance data into the first and second color grayscale data or the third and second color grayscale data.
US11062630B2	Display panel The present invention provides a display panel, including a display area, a crack stop area on a periphery of the display area, and a cutting channel disposed on a periphery of the crack stop area; wherein the display panel further includes a monitoring circuit, and the monitoring circuit is used for monitoring cracks generated in the cutting channel when the cutting is proceeded; and wherein a metal signal line is disposed in the crack stop area surrounding the display area and is electrically connected to the monitoring circuit, the metal signal line is formed by electrically connecting two metal layers, the metal signal line is used for blocking the cracks generated extend toward the display area.
US11062628B2	Apparatus having a flexible LED display module and a method of employing same A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) apparatus has one or more LED display modules. At least one of the one or more LED display modules has a plurality of LED display submodules. The plurality of LED display submodules are flexibly coupled to each other to form a flexible display surface.
US11062627B2	Tape, tape roll, and tape cassette A tape includes: a sheet; first and second media arranged adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, spaced from each other, and peelably stuck to the sheet; a first separating line extending between first and second ends of the sheet in a widthwise direction between the first and second media; and a second separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located between a center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction and a first end of the second medium in the widthwise direction. The second separating line is formed at at least a portion of the sheet which is located between first and second ends of the second medium in the longitudinal direction. Each of the first and second separating lines includes a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in a thickness direction.
US11062626B2	Beating heart controller and simulator Systems, devices and methods for a surgical training tool that drives movement of an organ In order to reproduce a movement of that organ to mimic the conditions of a live surgical procedure.
US11062625B2	Imitating lung device, system for simulating human lung, method for simulating human breathing, system for simulating deposition of substance in human lung and method of the same An imitating lung device includes a first liquid accommodating layer, a first elastic membrane, an airway layer, a second elastic membrane and a second liquid accommodating layer. A first liquid chamber is formed in an inner surface portion of the first liquid accommodating layer. The airway layer includes a plurality of air channels and a plurality of imitating alveolar regions. The imitating alveolar regions are communicated with the air channels. The air channels simulate a branched structure of the 15th generation to the 19th generation of a human lung, and the imitating alveolar regions simulate a branched structure of the 20th generation to the 23th generation of a human lung. A second liquid chamber is formed in an inner surface portion of the second liquid accommodating layer.
US11062624B2	Embedded motion sensing technology for integration within commercial ultrasound probes An ultrasound system including an ultrasound machine and an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound transducer, ultrasound circuitry, a six degree of freedom (6-DOF) sensor, and a probe housing. The probe housing encases the ultrasound transducer and the 6-DOF sensor. By embedding motion-sensing technology directly within the housing of the ultrasound transducer, the position and orientation of the ultrasound probe can be tracked in an automated manner in relation to an indicator mark on the ultrasound screen. This allows assisting technologies to mitigate human error that arises from misalignment of the transducer indicator.
US11062623B2	Impact resistant modular braille display device Disclosed is a braille display that is impact resistant and that employs a modular construction. The impact resistance is achieved, in part, by molded and resilient end caps. Each end cap includes a centrally positioned slit that functions in absorbing lateral impacts to the display. The impact resistance is further achieved by an over molded housing that is positioned about an associated USB connector. The modularity of the display is achieved by way of a subassembly that is releasably secured within the interior of a main housing. The subassembly, in turn, includes a series of cell compartments that are arranged in groups. Each group of cell compartments is controlled by an individual shift register. This allows a grouping cell compartments to be removed and replaced as needed without disturbing the remaining cell components.
US11062621B2	Determining phonetic similarity using machine learning Techniques are disclosed relating to determining phonetic similarity using machine learning. The techniques include accessing training data that includes a first set of words of a native language and a second set of words corresponding to verified transliterations of the first set of words from the native language to a target language. Further, they include generating a set of new transliterations of the first set of words from the native language to the target language and storing comparison information based on a comparison between words from the second set of words and word from the set of new transliterations of the first set of words. Finally, a similarity score is determined between a first word of the target language and a second word of the target language based on the comparison information.
US11062617B2	Training system for autonomous driving control policy The invention discloses a training system for autonomous driving control policy, which comprises a simulator construction module based on machine learning, a driving control policy search module based on confrontation learning, and a driving control policy model transfer module.
US11062615B1	Methods and systems for remote language learning in a pandemic-aware world Embodiments of the present application relate to language learning techniques. According to exemplary embodiments, a pronunciation dictionary and/or a verse dictionary may be provided. The pronunciation dictionary and/or verse dictionary may be used to train a student's pronunciation of words and phrases, particularly in cantillated languages. According to some embodiments, words appearing on a screen may be visually distinguished (e.g., highlighted) in a sequence of a text. The text may be made to change smoothly and continuously in a manner that allows the changes to be easily followed by a student with a disability. Further embodiments provide techniques for performing generalized forced alignment. For example, forced alignment may be performed based on a phonetic analysis, based on an analysis of pitch patterns, and/or may involve breaking a large audio file into smaller audio files on a verse-by-verse basis. Furthermore, the present application describes capabilities related to learning and searching for tropes or cantillations.
US11062614B2	Systems and methods for collecting and analyzing hazardous materials information using an unmanned aerial vehicle A computer-implemented method includes receiving a first input associated with an incident location of an incident. A second input associated with a measurement zone surrounding the incident location is received. The method further includes producing, via a display monitor, a set of waypoints associated with a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on the first input and the second input. The set of waypoints is displayed on a satellite aerial map including the incident location.
US11062612B2	Systems and methods to allocate unmanned aircraft systems In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to allocate unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Some embodiments, provide UAS allocation systems, comprising: a UAS database that stores for each registered UAS an identifier and corresponding operational capabilities; an allocation control circuit configured to: obtain a first set of multiple task parameters specified by a first customer and corresponding to a requested first predefined task that the customer is requesting a UAS be allocated to perform; identify, from the UAS database, a first UAS having operational capabilities to perform the first set of task parameters while implementing the first task; and cause an allocation notification to be communicated to a first UAS provider, of the multiple UAS providers, associated with the first UAS requesting the first UAS provider to allocate the identified first UAS to implement the first task.
US11062610B1	Methods and systems for using parked vehicles to notify rideshare drivers of passenger pickup locations A method for identifying a location of a rideshare requestor to a rideshare vehicle includes receiving a request to locate the rideshare requestor, determining a first location of the rideshare requestor, determining a second location of the rideshare requestor, determining whether the first location is within a threshold distance of the second location, and, in response to the first location being within the threshold distance of the second location, identifying a first immobile vehicle from one or more immobile vehicles within a preset distance from the first location, and transmitting a signal to the first immobile vehicle to cause the first immobile vehicle to indicate the first location of the rideshare requestor to the rideshare vehicle.
US11062608B2	Passive infra-red pedestrian and animal detection and avoidance system A passive infra-red pedestrian and animal detection and avoidance system and method for augmenting the operation of a vehicle on a roadway, especially for identifying potential pedestrian/vehicular and/or animal/vehicular collision danger for the vehicle in operation and adjusting the position and operation of the vehicle accordingly, includes at least one passive infra-red sensor array mounted on the vehicle in operative communication with an image processor tied into the operational system of the vehicle. The system detects, using thermal imaging and processing, the presence of people or animals that may be in or laterally crossing into the travel lane of the vehicle. The image processor analyzes the detection of a human thermal signature and/or an animal thermal signature, and determines if the detected thermal signature is moving, in what direction and at what speed, to assess any potential threat to the pedestrian, biker or occupant of the vehicle, and further whether any responsive action needs to be triggered in the vehicle's operation to avoid a collision.
US11062607B2	Systems and methods for quantitatively assessing collision risk and severity Systems and methods for quantitatively assessing collision risk of bodies, such as vehicles, and severity of a conflict between the bodies are disclosed. A method may comprise receiving image data associated with bodies. Based on the image data, an affinity (proneness) to collision of the bodies may be determined. Based on the determined affinity (proneness) to collision, a proximity (closeness) of collision of the bodies may be determined. Based on the determined proximity (closeness) of collision of the bodies, a collision risk of the bodies may be determined. The determined collision risk may be transmitted to a computing device, such as via a user interface. The determined collision risk may be used to control operations of a traffic control device or an autonomous vehicle.
US11062605B1	Transport damage data gathering An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, first data related to a damaged portion of a transport from one or more of the transport and one or more devices in proximity to the transport, analyzing, by the server, the first data to determine missing data related to the damaged portion, and requesting, by the server, the missing data from one or more other devices in first proximity to the transport when damage occurred to the damaged portion.
US11062600B2	Systems and methods for determining fare amounts for transit services The network system triggers registration of the start of a transport journey in response to a communication of a transport user device and a transport provider device with each other, performs a continuous coordinated proximity monitoring to verify the identity of a transport user and a transport provider vehicle, and triggers registration of the end of the transport journey through communication of the transport user device and the transport provider device with each other.
US11062598B2	Method, mobile user device, and computer program for producing visual information for at least one occupant of a vehicle A method produces visual information, by way of a mobile user device, for at least one occupant of the vehicle in connection with at least partially automated driving, in which method visual information, in particular an image sequence, is displayed on a display of the mobile user device. The image sequence represents a traffic situation detected by the vehicle and/or a need for action of an occupant which is requested or recommended in this context.
US11062597B2	Intersection information distribution apparatus and intersection information distribution method An intersection information distribution apparatus includes a plurality of image capturers, one or more first wireless communicators, a position estimator, and a controller. The plurality of image capturers capture images in and around an intersection. The one or more first wireless communicators perform directional communication with a second wireless communicator mounted on a vehicle. The position estimator estimates a position of the vehicle in and around the intersection from a communication state of the directional communication. The controller selects a piece of data from among pieces of data of the images captured by the plurality of image capturers on the basis of the estimated position of the vehicle. The one or more first wireless communicators transmit the selected piece of data to the second wireless communicator of the vehicle.
US11062596B2	Pace delineation jibe iota With the aim of contributing to the optimization of commuting systems, roadways, and other motion systems, Pace Delineation jibe iota (PD) addresses the issue of crossing paths of travel. PD is the process of gathering and analyzing velocities, positions, and other parameters and properties of traversing units to determine the velocities of each such that they do not arrive at the intersections at the same time. Such coordination can help avoid the stoppage of vehicles at an intersection, and collisions obviously. The process also accommodates an overtaking condition which may be used to prioritize emergency responders or other traversals.
US11062588B2	Conductor temperature detector Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for detecting, by a device, an increase in temperature at certain parts of an electrical system, and taking appropriate responsive action. The method may include measuring temperatures at certain locations within the system and estimating temperatures at other locations based on the measurements. Some embodiments disclosed herein include an integrated cable combining electrical conduction and heat-detection capabilities.
US11062586B2	Method of monitoring health of protective cover of detection device A monitoring system for monitoring a condition of a substantially transparent component includes a light assembly operably coupled to the substantially transparent component. The light assembly is operable to selectively illuminate the substantially transparent component. At least one sensor is operably coupled to the substantially transparent component. The at least one sensor has a corresponding detection sensing volume. The at least one sensor is configured to measure the illumination of the substantially transparent component to determine a condition of the substantially transparent component.
US11062585B2	Patient care system A patient support apparatus system and patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, operating table, recliner, or the like, include a litter frame, a support deck, a sensor configured to detect caregiver activity, a transceiver communicating with a server, and a controller. The controller is configured to send alerts or messages to the server when caregiver assignment errors or caregiver inattention issues are identified. An alert is sent when a caregiver has not attended to a patient within a certain period of time, or when a caregiver has not been assigned to a particular patient or a particular location within a healthcare facility to which a patient has been assigned. The patient support apparatus and system are in communication with other healthcare facility systems and devices that gather and share information and data to alert caregivers in an effort to avoid patient neglect.
US11062580B2	Methods and systems for updating an event timeline with event indicators The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for displaying event indicators on an event timeline. In one aspect, a method includes: displaying a video monitoring user interface including: video information corresponding to a video stream of remote camera's field of view in a first region, and the event timeline in a second region; obtaining identification of a new zone of interest corresponding to a portion of the camera's field of view; sending information indicative of the new zone of interest to a server system; obtaining identification of one or more past motion events detected by the remote camera involving the new zone of interest; and updating display of the event timeline to display an event indicator having a visual characteristic corresponding to the new zone of interest for each of the one or more past motion events.
US11062578B2	Information processing device and determination method An information processing device and a determination method for determining whether a person other than the persons determined to be permitted to enter each zone has entered the zone is provided. The information processing device has a communication section for receiving face image data from cameras for photographing respective plurality of zones in a building and a control section for collating the face image data with the registered face image data of the persons permitted to enter each zone and for determining whether the entry of the person corresponding to the face image data is permitted or not.
US11062575B2	Wireless tilt sensor system and method A wireless sensor system and method detects when a tailgate, door, or other object on a vehicle moves from a closed position to an open position and then generates an alarm. The wireless sensor system includes a wireless sensor and a transceiver module. The transceiver module is plugged into a cigarette lighter of the vehicle to receive its power. The wireless sensor detects a movement of an object on a vehicle from a first position to a second position. The wireless sensor transmits data indicating the object moved from the first position to the second position to the transceiver module. The transceiver module receives the transmitted data and determines whether to cause an alarm to be generated based, at least in part, on the transmitted data. When an alarm is to be generated, the transceiver module causes the alarm to be generated.
US11062573B2	Using a fluidic mechanism on a wearable device for both haptic feedback and user input A method for executing commands includes a wearable device with an inflatable bladder and a sensor integrated with the inflatable bladder. The method includes transitioning the inflatable bladder from an unpressurized state to a pressurized state. The inflatable bladder is associated with an executable command when in the pressurized state. The method further includes detecting, by the sensor, the magnitude of depression of the inflatable bladder and determining whether the magnitude of depression satisfies a predetermined threshold. When the magnitude of depression satisfies the predetermined threshold, the method executes the executable command.
US11062572B1	Visual indicator for head-mounted device A head-mounted wearable device (HMWD) incorporates a visual indicator device (VID) that provides a visual cue to a wearer about activity of the HMWD. The VID may be positioned in a frame of the HMWD to be within an upper portion of a wearer's field of view during wear. The VID may provide a diffuse illumination that is visible to the wearer but does not obtrusively illuminate the face of the wearer, resulting in the visual indicator being unobtrusive to bystanders. Activation, intensity, color, blink rate, or other characteristics of the visual indicator may be used to provide the wearer with information. For example, the VID may illuminate with a solid color while a microphone on the HMWD is active, or blink while the microphone is muted. Input from an ambient light sensor may be used to adjust the operation of the VID during operation.
US11062571B2	Settlement apparatus and method of settling a transaction using the same A settlement apparatus according to an embodiment includes first and second display devices, and first and second input devices. A money receiving unit receives and discharges money and is rotatable between a first position facing the operator and a second position facing the customer. When the money receiving unit is in the second position, a processor performs a settlement transaction in which the customer inserts money into the money receiving unit. The processor receives an input indicating one of the operator and the customer should confirm completion of the settlement transaction. When the received input indicates that the customer should confirm completion of the settlement transaction, the second display device displays at least one settlement execution button. The processor completes the settlement transaction based on an input received in the second input device with respect to the at least one settlement execution button.
US11062568B2	Electronic gaming machine and method for providing an award based upon a prize category and a prize sub-category An electronic gaming machine includes a processor configured to control a display device to display a plurality of columns of symbol positions, where each column of symbol positions includes a plurality of symbols selected from an associated reel strip of a plurality of reel strips. The processor is also configured to select the symbols for each column, and control the display device to simulate stopping the first reel strip prior to controlling the display device to simulate stopping the second reel strip, whereby a sub-category of prize associated with a prize sub-category symbol is indicated to a player of the electronic gaming machine prior to indicating a category of prize associated with a prize category symbol. The processor is also configured to determine whether a first column includes the prize sub-category symbol as well as whether a second column includes the prize category symbol. If the prize sub-category and prize category symbols are included, the processor is also configured to provide an award.
US11062562B2	System and method for utilizing vouchers to facilitate purchases in association with a gaming establishment retail account A system and method that utilize a ticket voucher complete one or more purchases of goods and/or services from a retail establishment.
US11062558B2	Systems, methods and devices for monitoring game activities Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables, such as for example, counting the number of card hands at gaming tables. The devices may include a sensor array network to detect game events; a microcontroller for running logic level code for checking sensors of the sensors of the sensor array network for pre-defined thresholds defining the detected game events and in response generating game event data; and a connection cable for coupling to a server device for transmitting the game event data. Systems may connect client hardware devices with sensors for monitoring card game activities. A game monitoring server may collect, process and aggregate hand event data received from the client hardware devices to generate hand count data for gaming tables. A front end interface device may receive notifications relating to hand count data for provision to end user systems.
US11062551B2	Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller Systems and methods of electronic gaming are disclosed. In various embodiments, a gaming system may implement a method for electronic gaming, which may comprise receiving a credit wager to initiate play of a game, selecting a plurality symbols from a plurality of reel strips stored in the memory, displaying the selected plurality of symbols in a plurality of adjacent columns of symbol display positions, dividing the symbol display positions in each of the plurality of columns into a first subset of symbol display positions and a second subset of symbol display positions, determining whether an evaluation change condition has been met with respect to a column in the plurality of columns, a first game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition, and performing a second game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition.
US11062546B1	Voting systems and methods for encoding voting selection data in a compressed format Various voting systems are disclosed that include a voting device configured to: provide a user interface that presents one or more voting choices for each of one or more contests and enables a voter to select one or more of the voting choices for each of the one or more contests; create a bitmap comprising a plurality of bit cells each of which corresponds to one of the voting choices of one of the contests, wherein each of the bit cells stores a binary digit that indicates whether the voter selected the voting choice corresponding to the bit cell; convert the binary digits stored in the bitmap to a compressed string of characters; generate one or more selection barcodes that encode the compressed string of characters; and print the one or more selection barcodes on a paper medium to create a paper ballot. The voting systems also include a ballot tabulation device configured to: read the one or more selection barcodes printed on the paper ballot to decode the compressed string of characters; convert the compressed string of characters to binary digits; analyze the binary digits to determine the selected voting choices; and store the selected voting choices in a cast vote record for the paper ballot. Various voting methods that utilize encoding schemas for compressing voting selection data are also disclosed.
US11062543B2	On-demand credential for service personnel A credential assigning system is provided for deployment with respect to a structure in which an appliance is disposed and in which an access restricting element is disposed to prevent access to the appliance. The credential assigning system includes a credentialing service configured to issue a credential to a user upon a request for the credential being received thereby and a monitoring unit. The credential is usable by the user in causing the access restricting element to permit access to the appliance for the user. The monitoring unit is configured to receive a fault raised by the appliance and to transmit the request for the credential to the credentialing service in accordance with the fault.
US11062540B2	Phone as a key low latency vehicle access A Phone-as-a-Key (PaaK) system includes a pre-processor, a secure processor disposed in communication with the pre-processor, a cache memory associated with the pre-processor and the secure processor, and a memory for storing executable instructions. The pre-processor and the secured processor are configured to perform steps that can mitigate delay caused by mobile device authentication. For example, the pre-processor authenticates an authentication message associated with a mobile device used as a key for the vehicle, and stores the message in the cache memory. The pre-processor receives a door latch actuation signal, and initializes the secure processor in response. The pre-processor then provides access to the vehicle based on the secure processor initialization instruction, and the authentication message stored in the cache memory. After initialization, the secure processor sends a challenge value for second authorization of the mobile device, and triggers remedial actions if the device fails to respond correctly.
US11062537B2	Fleet management for vehicles using operation modes Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining vehicle operation modes for a fleet of vehicles. This may include maintaining a storage system including vehicle parameters for a vehicle fleet such that each vehicle of the fleet is associated with a set of vehicle parameters. The vehicle operation mode may be determined by selecting one of a plurality of vehicle operation levels arranged in a hierarchy or by identifying a set of tags where each level or tag corresponds to a vehicle driving capability. The determined vehicle operation mode may be communicated to the given vehicle in order to cause the vehicle to operate according to the determined vehicle operation mode.
US11062530B2	Transportation asset management A transportation asset management solution is described. The transportation asset can be evaluated for operability. The evaluation can include periodic analysis of defect data acquired during operation of the transportation asset over a period of time. The evaluation can determine current operability of the transportation asset with respect to the defect and/or a future requirement for maintenance on the transportation asset due to the defect. One or more actions can be generated based on the analysis. A composite defect cost corresponding to the defect can be computed. The composite defect cost can include costs associated with one or more of: acquiring defect data during operation of the transportation asset, addressing the defect, a defect failure, and/or an error in identifying the defect. One or more aspects of the management solution can be periodically optimized to reduce the composite defect cost.
US11062528B2	Parameterized model of 2D articulated human shape Disclosed are computer-readable devices, systems and methods for generating a model of a clothed body. The method includes generating a model of an unclothed human body, the model capturing a shape or a pose of the unclothed human body, determining two-dimensional contours associated with the model, and computing deformations by aligning a contour of a clothed human body with a contour of the unclothed human body. Based on the two-dimensional contours and the deformations, the method includes generating a first two-dimensional model of the unclothed human body, the first two-dimensional model factoring the deformations of the unclothed human body into one or more of a shape variation component, a viewpoint change, and a pose variation and learning an eigen-clothing model using principal component analysis applied to the deformations, wherein the eigen-clothing model classifies different types of clothing, to yield a second two-dimensional model of a clothed human body.
US11062523B2	Creation authoring point tool utility to recreate equipment The invention relates to creating actual object data for mixed reality applications. In some embodiments, the invention includes using a mixed reality controller to (1) define a coordinate system frame of reference for a target object, the coordinate system frame of reference including an initial point of the target object and at least one directional axis that are specified by a user of the mixed reality controller, (2) define additional points of the target object, and (3) define interface elements of the target object. A 3D model of the target object is generated based on the coordinate system frame of reference, the additional points, and the interface elements. After receiving input metadata for defining interface characteristics for the interface elements displayed on the 3D model, the input metadata is sued to generate a workflow for operating the target object in a mixed reality environment.
US11062520B2	Ergonomic assessment using a wearable device A wearable device is disclosed that may comprise: a display that permits a user to view a real-world (RW) environment; and a computer in communication with the display, the computer comprising one or more processors and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising, to: using sensor data, determine a virtual surface model (VSM) associated with a real-world (RW) object in the RW environment; and provide, via the display, a three-dimensional (3D) digital human model (DHM) located within the RW environment, wherein the DHM and the VSM are restricted from occupying a common three-dimensional space.
US11062518B2	Method for displaying a mixed reality image A method for displaying a mixed reality image, including provision of a display assembly including a camera and a display, acquisition of a first image by the camera according to actual image capturing characteristics, the first image being an image of a scene in the field of view of a user, extraction, from the first image, of actual illumination and position characteristics, selection of virtual elements to be integrated into the first image, modification of the virtual elements according to the actual image capturing, illumination and position characteristics, integration of the modified virtual elements in the first image to obtain a second image, and display of the second image on the display.
US11062511B2	Controlling mobile construction equipment for subterranean mapping Images, which are captured by an image capture device on a ground disturbing work machine, and that are taken from different perspectives, and are received. A machine learned image identification model identifies items of interest in the images. A three-dimensional representation is generated based on the set of images. The three-dimensional representation identifies a depth at which the recognized items lie beneath the surface of the soil being excavated. A map request is received which identifies a location and depth for which image data is to be provided. A three-dimensional representation of the location and depth are provided in response to the request.
US11062510B2	Facilitating body measurements through loose clothing and/or other obscurities using three-dimensional scans and smart calculations A mechanism is described for facilitating smart measurement of body dimensions despite loose clothing and/or other obscurities according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes capturing, by one or more capturing/sensing components of a computing device, a scan of a body of a user, and computing one or more primary measurements relating to one or more primary areas of the body, where the one or more primary measurements are computed based on depth data of the one or more primary areas of the body, where the depth data is obtained from the scan. The method may further include receiving at least one of secondary measurements and a three-dimensional (3D) avatar of the body based on the primary measurements, and preparing a report including body dimensions of the body based on at least one of the secondary measurements and the 3D avatar, and presenting the report at a display device.
US11062501B2	Vertex processing pipeline for building reduced acceleration structures for ray tracing systems Ray tracing units, processing modules and methods are described for generating one or more reduced acceleration structures to be used for intersection testing in a ray tracing system for processing a 3D scene. Nodes of the reduced acceleration structure(s) are determined, wherein a reduced acceleration structure represents a subset of the 3D scene. The reduced acceleration structure(s) are stored for use in intersection testing. Since the reduced acceleration structures represent a subset of the scene (rather than the whole scene) the memory usage for storing the acceleration structure is reduced, and the latency in the traversal of the acceleration structure is reduced.
US11062500B2	Apparatus and method for ray tracing with grid primitives Apparatus and method for ray tracing acceleration using a grid primitive. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a grid primitive generator to generate a grid primitive comprising a plurality of adjacent interconnected primitives; a bitmask generator to generate a bitmask associated with the grid primitive, the bitmask comprising a plurality of bitmask values, each mask value associated with a primitive of the grid primitive; a ray tracing engine comprising traversal and intersection hardware logic to perform traversal and intersection operations in which rays are traversed through a hierarchical acceleration data structure and intersections between the rays and one or more of the adjacent interconnected primitives identified, wherein the ray tracing engine is to read the bitmask to determine a first set of primitives from the grid primitive on which to perform the traversal and intersection operations and a second set of primitives from the grid primitive on which the traversal and intersection operations will not be performed.
US11062497B2	Structuralized creation and transmission of personalized audiovisual data A method and system for creation of an audiovisual message that is personalized to a recipient. Information is received that is associated with the recipient. At least one representation of a visual media segment, including an animation component, and at least one representation of an audio media segment for use in creation of the audiovisual message is identified in memory storage. The information is added to at least one of the visual media segment and the audio media segment. The audio media segment is generated as an audio file. The audio file is synchronized to at least one transition in the animation component. The audio file is associated with the visual media segment.
US11062496B2	Motion modeling method and device using virtual joint sphere Disclosed herein is a motion modeling method and device using a virtual joint sphere. The motion modeling method using the virtual joint sphere includes (a) modeling a 3D virtual character, wherein the 3D virtual character sets a virtual joint sphere for each body part; and (b) forming a trajectory for a motion of a target body part of the 3D virtual character as a specific motion is performed on a surface of the virtual joint sphere assigned to the target body part, when reconstructing the motion of the 3D virtual character according to the specific motion.
US11062495B2	Systems and methods for partitioning an animatable model Systems and methods are disclosed for partitioning an animatable model. The system may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to processors. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processors to perform a number of operations. One operation may include obtaining an animatable model. The animatable model may include a geometry matrix. Another operation may include obtaining user input to partition an animatable model into multiple partitions. The user input may include a connected curve in the geometry matrix. Yet another operation may include partitioning the animatable model into the multiple partitions based on the user input. Individual ones of the multiple partitions may include a partition geometry matrix and a corresponding partition animatable model.
US11062493B1	Symmetry axis digital content generation system Symmetry axis digital content generation techniques and systems are described that support diverse types of art included in the digital content and may do so in real time as part of creating and editing symmetry art. A symmetry art generation system determines a portion of the source object, defined as encompassed by a path, that is to be reflected to generate the reflected object. As a result, the symmetry art generation system involves a reduced number of low-cost computations in order to calculate the path. The path also defines a minimized area defining a relevant portion of the source object to be reflected and thus reduces computational resource consumption by a computing device that implements these techniques and works for a wide range of art types.
US11062492B2	Method of image production Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for producing an output image representing a scene. The method comprises rendering a plurality of component images. Each component image corresponds to an associated depth within the scene. The method comprises determining one or more elements of a view pose to which an output image is to correspond, and deriving an output image part from each of the plurality of component images based on the determined one or more elements. The method then comprises overlaying each of the output image parts, to produce the output image.
US11062487B2	System and method for image reconstruction The disclosure relates to a system and method for determining and pre-fetching projection data in image reconstruction. The method may include: determining a sequence of a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel relating to the first pixel; determining a first geometry calculation used for at least one processor to access a first set of projection data relating to the first pixel from a first storage; determining a second geometry calculation based on the first geometry calculation; determining a first data template relating to the first pixel and a second data template relating to the second pixel based on the second geometry calculation; and pre-fetching a second set of projection data based on the first data template and the second data template, from a storage.
US11062486B2	Methods and apparatus for deep learning based data transfer between imaging systems Systems and methods of image reconstruction are disclosed. First image scan data corresponding to a first imaging modality is obtained. One or more deep learning processes are applied to the first image scan data, where the one or more deep learning processes are trained based on first image scan data corresponding to a second imaging modality, to generate second image scan data corresponding to the first imaging modality. An image is then reconstructed based on the first image scan data and the second image scan data corresponding to the first imaging modality.
US11062484B2	Image processing device, method, and program for rendering display data of a material An image processing device including circuitry that renders display data of a material based on illumination information, material information including texture information of the material, and a relative positional relationship of a light source, a display surface of a display on which an image of the material is displayed, and a viewer.
US11062483B1	System for dynamic transformation of electronic representation of resources Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamic transformation of electronic representation of resources. The present invention is configured to electronically receive a request from a user to access one or more resources; electronically receive information associated with the one or more resources associated with the user from a resource database; generate an electronic representation of the one or more resources; transmit control signals configured to cause the application stored on the computing device associated with the user to display the electronic representation of the one or more resources; electronically receive one or more input signals from the user, via the application, to interact with the electronic representation of the one or more resources; and initiate an execution of one or more actions on the electronic representation of the one or more resources in response to the one or more input signals from the user.
US11062482B2	Coding schemes for virtual reality (VR) sequences An improved method for coding video is provided that includes Virtual Reality (VR) sequences that enables more efficient encoding by organizing the VR sequence as a single 2D block structure. In the method, reference picture and subpicture lists are created and extended to account for coding of the VR sequence. To further improve coding efficiency, reference indexing can be provided for the temporal and spatial difference between a current VR picture block and the reference pictures and subpictures for the VR sequence. Further, because the reference subpictures for the VR sequence may not have the proper orientation once the VR sequence subpictures are organized into the VR sequence, reorientation of the reference subpictures is made so that the reference subpicture orientations match the current VR subpicture orientations.
US11062479B2	Systems and methods for matching color and appearance of target coatings System and methods for matching color and appearance of a target coating are provided herein. The system includes an electronic imaging device configured to receive a target image data of the target coating. The target image data includes target coating features. The system further includes one or more feature extraction algorithms that extracts the target image features from the target image data. The system further includes a machine-learning model that identifies a calculated match sample image from a plurality of sample images utilizing the target image features. The machine-learning model includes pre-specified matching criteria representing the plurality of sample images for identifying the calculated match sample image from the plurality of sample images. The calculated match sample image is utilized for matching color and appearance of the target coating.
US11062477B2	Image processing apparatus and its control method, imaging apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes a first evaluator configured to evaluate under a first evaluation condition a focus state of each of a plurality of image data acquired by consecutive capturing, a second evaluator configured to evaluate the focus state of each of the plurality of image data under a second evaluation condition different from the first evaluation condition, and a recorder configured to record first evaluation information indicating an evaluation result under the first evaluation condition and second evaluation information indicating an evaluation result under the second evaluation condition.
US11062470B2	Apparatus and method for depth estimation based on thermal image, and neural network learning method therefof A depth estimating apparatus operated by at least one processor includes: a database which stores a photographed first color image, a training thermal image geometrically aligned with the first color image, and a second color image simultaneously photographed with the first color image as a training image set; and a training apparatus which trains a neural network in an unsupervised manner to output a chromaticity image and a binocular disparity image from the training thermal image. The training apparatus generates an estimated first color image from the second color image, the chromaticity image, and the binocular disparity image, and trains the neural network to minimize a difference between the estimated first color image and the photographed first color image.
US11062468B2	Distance measurement using projection patterns of varying densities In one example, a method includes instructing a pattern projector of a distance sensor to project a pattern of light onto the object, wherein the pattern comprise a plurality of parallel rows of projection artifacts, and wherein a spatial density of the projection artifacts in a first row of the plurality of parallel rows is different from a spatial density of the projection artifacts in a second row of the plurality of parallel rows, instructing a camera of the distance sensor to acquire an image of the object, where the image includes the pattern of light, and calculating a distance from the distance sensor to the object based on an analysis of the image.
US11062465B2	Optical tracking A medical tracking method for tracking a spatial position of a medical instrument within a medical workspace including an anatomical structure of a patient. The method includes: acquiring, using a first camera targeted on the medical workspace, instrument position data describing a spatial position of the medical instrument with respect to a first camera; acquiring, using a second camera and at least one optical tracking marker that is adapted to be recognized by the second camera, camera position data describing a spatial position of the first camera with respect to the anatomical structure, determining, based on the instrument position data and the camera position data, tracking data describing the spatial position of the medical instrument with respect to the anatomical structure; and tracking the spatial position of the medical instrument within the medical workspace using the tracking data.
US11062463B2	Method and apparatus for adaptive trailer content monitoring A load-monitoring system includes a vehicle processor and a camera mounted in a trailer. The vehicle, via the processor, displays a first image of a trailer load, received from a trailer-mounted camera and receives selection of a monitoring point on the image, via a touch-sensitive user interface displaying the image or other selection mechanism. The vehicle also receives selection of a fixed point on the image, via the user interface. If the monitoring point moves more than a threshold amount, relative to the fixed point, for example, in subsequent images captured by the camera, the vehicle alerts the driver.
US11062461B2	Pose determination from contact points An object position and/or orientation can be determined based on image data and object contact points. Image data can be captured representing an object, such as a vehicle. Vehicle contact points can be identified in the image data representing wheel contacts with the ground. For an individual vehicle contact point (e.g., a left-front wheel of the second vehicle), a ray can be determined that emanates from the image sensor and passes through the vehicle contact point. To determine a location and velocity of the vehicle, the ray can be unprojected onto a three-dimensional surface mesh, and an intersection point between the ray and the three-dimensional surface mesh can be used as an initial estimate for the projected location of the vehicle contact point in the world. The estimated location can be adjusted based on various cost functions to optimize an accuracy of the locations of the estimated vehicle contact points.
US11062459B2	Method and apparatus for automated target and tissue segmentation using multi-modal imaging and ensemble machine learning models Methods and systems for automated target and tissue segmentation using multi-modal imaging and ensemble machine learning models are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving a plurality of medical images, wherein each of the plurality of medical images includes a target and normal tissue; combining the plurality of medical images to align the target and normal tissue across the plurality of medical images; inputting the combined medical images into each of a plurality of machine learning models; receiving, in response to the input, an output from each of the plurality of machine learning models; combining the results of the plurality of machine learning models; generating a final segmentation image based on the combined results of the plurality of machine learning models; assigning a score to each segmented target and normal tissue; and sorting the segmented targets and normal tissues based on the scores.
US11062456B2	Imaging analyzer A control target area determiner 21 sets a rectangular target area surrounding a measurement area specified on an optical microscopic image of a sample. A validity determiner 22 and binarization processor 23 divide all small areas within the target area into a first group which overlaps the measurement area and a second group which does not overlap, and assign valid flag “1” and invalid flag “0” to the first and second groups, respectively. A compression processor 24 reads individual flag data in a predetermined order on all small areas within the target area, creates a binary-data string, and compresses the string by run length encoding. A control-processing unit 2 sends the compressed data to a main apparatus 1 along with other data, including information indicating the position of the first small area within the target area. The main apparatus 1 performs an analysis while gradually decoding those data.
US11062454B1	Multi-modal sensor data association architecture A machine-learning architecture may be trained to determine point cloud data associated with different types of sensors with an object detected in an image and/or generate a three-dimensional region of interest (ROI) associated with the object. In some examples, the point cloud data may be associated with sensors such as, for example, a lidar device, radar device, etc.
US11062451B2	System and method for real-time determination of hand bone age using personal device A system for real-time determination of the hand bone age using a personal device essentially include: a cloud computing platform storing a first marked database, an artificial neural network-based bone age model, and a comparison logic, wherein the first marked database at least has a hand bone image and the corresponding feature marking data; and a to-be-compared image providing device for downloading a to-be-compared hand bone image from a cloud-based to-be-compared image database. A personal device can be used to obtain a to-be-compared hand bone image from the to-be-compared image providing device and upload this image to the cloud computing platform in order for the cloud computing platform to find, through comparison, the hand bone image in the bone age model that is the most similar to the uploaded image and then transmit to the personal device the interpretation data corresponding to the hand bone image found.
US11062450B2	Systems and methods for modeling neural architecture Systems and methods are described herein for modeling neural architecture. Regions of interest of a brain of a subject can be identified based on image data characterizing the brain of the subject. the identified regions of interest can be mapped to a connectivity matrix. The connectivity matrix can be a weighted and undirected network. A multivariate transformation can be applied to the connectivity matrix to transform the connectivity matrix into a partial correlation matrix. The multivariate transformation can maintain a positive definite constraint for the connectivity matrix. The partial correlation matrix can be transformed into a neural model indicative of the connectivity matrix.
US11062447B2	Hypersurface reconstruction of microscope view Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of determining a hypersurface image from a tomographic image data set describing a tomographic image of an anatomical body part. The method encompasses a locally depth-of-view-corrected reconstruction of a volumetric data set (pre-operative image data, like CT or MRI image data), in order to e.g. augment volumetric image data onto e.g. a microscope view, or in the head-up display of the microscope. For the depth correction, a surface model of the actual anatomical surface of the anatomical body part is used which encompasses a hypersurface reconstruction pf the volumetric data set. Thus, the correct information related to the tissue at the current visible surface is overlaid.
US11062443B2	Similarity determination apparatus, similarity determination method, and program A similarity determination apparatus comprising a processor configured to: classify each pixel of a first medical image into at least one of a plurality of types of findings; calculate a first feature amount for each classified finding; set a weighting coefficient indicating a degree of weighting which varies depending on a size of each finding for each classified finding; derive an adjusted weighting coefficient by adjusting the weighting coefficient for each of a plurality of finding groups, into which the plurality of types of findings are classified; and derive the similarity between the first medical image and a second medical image by performing a weighting operation for the first feature amount for each finding in the first medical image and a second feature amount for each finding calculated in advance in the second medical image, for each of the finding groups on the basis of the adjusted weighting coefficient.
US11062440B2	Detection of irregularities using registration In one embodiment there is provided a method for inspecting a container, comprising: classifying an inspection image of the container in a matching class of one or more predetermined classes of containers of interest, each predetermined class comprising reference images associated with a type of containers of interest, wherein the inspection image is generated using transmission of inspection radiation through the container; comparing a shape model of the inspection image to corresponding shape models associated with reference images within the matching class; associating the inspection image with a matching reference image, based on the comparison; registering one or more zones of the inspection image with corresponding one or more zones of the matching reference image; and mapping differences between the inspection image and the matching reference image, based on the registration.
US11062438B2	Equipment monitoring system According to one embodiment, an equipment monitoring system includes an imager and a processor. For an equipment repeating a first operation, the imager repeatedly acquires a first image of the equipment imaged at a first timing of the first operation. When a new first image is acquired, the processor determines an abnormality of the equipment included in the new first image based on multiple previous first images.
US11062431B2	Projector, image projection system, and method for controlling projector A projector includes a projection section that projects a first image on a projection surface, a control section that causes the projection section to project a pattern image for installation including a first pattern that is located at an end of the first image, which overlaps with a second image, and a second pattern that is so disposed that a first straight line section is located in a position separate from the end by a distance, and a correction section that corrects the first image based on a captured image containing an image of a first area of the second image, and the first area is an area that overlaps with an area having a width corresponding to the distance measured from the end of the first image in a state in which the first image and the second image overlap with each other.
US11062428B2	Image enhancing method, device, apparatus and storage medium The present invention relates to an image enhancing method, a device, an apparatus and a storage medium. In the image enhancing method, first, the luminance component and the chrominance component of the image are separated and extracted, and then the ambient illumination information in the luminance component is extracted to obtain the illumination component. The luminance image is subjected to luminance correction using the illumination component to obtain the corrected luminance component, and the enhanced image is obtained by combining the chrominance component. Because the whole adjusting process adjusts the luminance of the image based on the ambient luminance information carried by the image itself, the luminance of the image can be adaptively adjusted, a weak light region is strengthened, a hard light region is weakened, the illumination balance is achieved, the enhancement effect is better, and the color distortion of the image is extremely small.
US11062426B2	Electronic device and image processing method An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes image sensors configured to include a plurality of pairs of image sensors, each pair of image sensors facing in substantially the same direction and generating image data and each of which has a different field of view, a processor configured to be operatively connected to the image sensors, and a memory configured to be operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to receive at least one set of image data from the pairs of image sensors, recognize at least one object from the image data, determine depth information of the at least one object, and stitch the at least one set of image data using the at least one object and the depth information.
US11062424B2	Systems and methods for motion adaptive filtering as pre-process to video encoding A method of providing visual information to a user includes receiving a first frame having a first resolution, downscaling the first frame to a second resolution, the second resolution being lower resolution than the first resolution, receiving a second frame having the first resolution, downscaling the second frame to the second resolution, comparing the first frame at the second resolution to the second frame at the second resolution to create a second resolution motion vector field, seeding a seeded first resolution motion vector field, comparing the first frame at the first resolution to the second frame at the first resolution to refine the seeded first resolution motion vector field to create a refined first resolution motion vector field, and applying a blur filter to the first frame at the first resolution based on the refined first resolution motion vector field to create a filtered first frame.
US11062422B2	Image processing apparatus, image communication system, image processing method, and recording medium An image processing apparatus is configured to acquire an image that is a partial predetermined area of an image related to image data. The image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire a narrow-angle image that is a predetermined area of a wide-angle image, based on a structure of a building represented in the wide-angle image that is an entire region or a partial region of the image related to the image data.
US11062421B2	Panoramic image acquisition device and acquisition method therefor Provided in the present invention is a panoramic image acquisition device, which comprises a body, a plurality of cameras, a image extraction processor, and an image combination processor; the cameras being provided on the body at an approximate spacing between the human eyes, for acquiring partial pictures of a plurality of different shooting angles; the image extraction processor being connected to the plurality of cameras, for acquiring, on the basis of the human eyes simulating the orientations of the cameras, left-eye pictures and right-eye pictures of the partial pictures corresponding to the cameras; the image combination processor being connected to the image extraction processor, for combining the left-eye pictures of all the partial pictures into a left-eye panoramic picture and combining the right-eye pictures of all the partial pictures into a right-eye panoramic picture.
US11062419B1	Image processing system An image processing system comprises one or more image sensors configured to take images, one or more image processors configured to process images taken by the one or more image sensors to produce output images, and one or more circuits configured to use output images. The one or more image processors comprise a set of one or more image processing stages, and each stage is configured to process images using a respective image processing operation. Processing circuitry is configured to verify image processing performed by one or more image processing stages, by inserting one or more probes into one or more images prior to the one or more images being processed by the one or more image processing stages, and attempting to identify the one or more probes in an output of the one or more processing stages.
US11062416B1	Shared vehicle service providing method performed by server communicating with user device of passenger and autonomous vehicle According to an aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a shared vehicle service providing method based on a shared vehicle management server communicating with a shared vehicle and a user device. Also provided is a shared vehicle service providing method for managing an article of a shared vehicle user on the basis of a shared vehicle management server. More specifically, provided is a shared vehicle service providing method in which a shared vehicle management server manages dispatch of a shared vehicle and an article of a user on the basis of data acquired from the shared vehicle and a user device.
US11062415B2	Systems and methods for allocating networked vehicle resources in priority environments Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media provide for allocating vehicle resources to future vehicle requirements based on priority environments, such as in or near ‘hot spots,’ or other priority locations, where requests for vehicle resources are or are expected to be particularly high. In one embodiment, a vehicle resource allocation system allocates vehicles to requested locations such that vehicles of a fleet become more readily available to a hot spot, without requiring vehicles to be directed specifically to the hot spot.
US11062414B1	System and method for autonomous vehicle ride sharing using facial recognition Methods and systems for identifying autonomous vehicle users are described herein. An autonomous vehicle may receive a request to transport a first user to a first destination location. While travelling along a route to the first destination location, the autonomous vehicle may receive a request to pick up a second user at a second starting location and transport the second user to a second destination location. The autonomous vehicle may travel to the second starting location when the second user is within the threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle. Upon arriving at the second starting location, the autonomous vehicle may detect whether a person approaching the vehicle is the second user by detecting a biometric identifier for the person. As a result, the second user may be allowed to enter the autonomous vehicle and/or the autonomous vehicle may begin travelling to the second destination location.
US11062412B2	Machines and process for managing a service account A machine and process for accepting customer payments and placing orders for telecommunications services is disclosed. The machine and process include a kiosk operable to accept account set-up information from an individual, accept payment from the individual, collect identifying data from the individual, and communicate with a system to activate a telecommunication account for the individual. The kiosk may be placed wherever quick telecommunication account set-up and payment verification is necessary, for example: a correctional facility or college campus.
US11062410B2	System and method for student attendance management A system and method for student attendance management are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: installing a site-resident data collection module in a site location; using the site-resident data collection module to collect student information, attendance data, and other site data from the site location; transferring the site data to a host location; performing data transformation and normalization operations on the site data to convert the site data to a common format, the data transformation and normalization operations including district-specific data transformation rules; performing district configuration operations to configure rules specifying how and when alerts can be sent to recipients based on the site data; performing scheduling and reporting operations to generate and distribute alerts, including attendance letters, to recipients based on the site data and the configured rules; and performing scheduling of multiple individual conferences via a block conferencing feature provided by a user interface.
US11062409B2	Systems and methods for determining proportionality in e-discovery A system comprises a database stored on a server and a processing device in communication with a user device accessible to a user. The processing device includes: a hosting module configured to generate and display a web-based application on a user device; a communications module configured to enable the user to access and interact with the web-based application on the user device; a matter administration module configured to maintain a plurality of matter data associated with a matter stored in the database; a custodian administration module configured to maintain a plurality of custodian data stored in the database; an evidence administration module to maintain a plurality of evidence data stored in the database; an interview building module to allow the user to prepare at least one custom interview based on the plurality of matter data.
US11062408B2	Systems and methods for secure encryption of real estate titles and permissions Methods and systems for managing real estate permissions are disclosed. At least one user device is in network communication with a server platform. The server platform comprises a database storing at least one master key associated with at least one piece of real estate. The at least one user device is operable to unlock the at least one master key by at least one corresponding slave key for permission. The at least one user device is operable to function within the at least one piece of real estate based on obtained permission. At least one geofence is associated with the at least one piece of real estate. The at least on geofence is defined by at least one geographic designator associated with at least one Internet Protocol (IP) address.
US11062407B2	Blockchain-powered real estate sales and rental system A transaction system has Internet-connected partner platforms hosted by real-estate sale enterprises, displaying property for sale or rent with an Offer-Now button initiating coded instructions to display an electronic input form enabling a person to configure an offer on one of the properties, and an Internet-connected service enterprise providing the coded instructions to the partners, configured specifically to partner requirements. Upon the person activating the Offer Now button from a mobile device, a verification code is sent to the device, to be returned to verify the device, and offer input provided through the device and the electronic form is tracked to be saved as an offer for sale or rent of the specific property.
US11062404B2	Determining savings in climate control systems The method and device of the present disclosure can determine energy or cost savings of a climate control system, such as can be attributed to a treatment that has been incorporated into a climate control system.
US11062398B1	Systems and methods for analyzing property telematics data to update risk-based coverage of a property Systems and methods may analyze property telematics data, with homeowner permission or affirmative consent, to update risk-based coverage of a property, such as a house, during a short-term rental. The systems include a renter analytics computing device, a plurality of property telematics devices at the property, including at least one sensor, and a property telematics controller. The renter analytics computing device is configured to retrieve a pre-rental record including parameters of a short-term rental of the property, and retrieve property telematics data, from the property telematics devices, associated with the short-term rental. The renter analytics computing device may develop a risk level profile associated with the short-term rental and determine an adjusted coverage rate to cover the property during the short-term rental. As a result, a homeowner of the property may be protected against damages incurred to the property during the short-term rental.
US11062396B1	Determining autonomous vehicle technology performance for insurance pricing and offering Methods and systems for evaluating the effectiveness of autonomous operation features of autonomous vehicles are provided. According to certain aspects, information regarding autonomous operation features associated with a vehicle may be determined and used to determine a likelihood of an accident for the vehicle. Determining the likelihood of an accident may include determining risk factors for the features related to the ability of the features to make control decisions that successfully avoid accidents. This may include reference to test data or actual loss data associated with the features, as well as usage data regarding expected use of the features during vehicle operation. Effectiveness of the features may be evaluated relative to location or operating conditions, as well as types and severity of accidents. The determined effectiveness of the features of a vehicle may further be used to determine or adjust aspects of an insurance policy associated with the vehicle.
US11062391B2	Data stream processing framework Method and apparatus for interfacing middleware applications with a financial market snapshot feed. Financial market data are retrieved from the snapshot feed and the retrieved data are stored in transactions. Prior to transmitting the financial market data to the middleware, the transactions are processed in order to determine value/added information. For example, errors in the financial market data may be determined or additional financial data may be calculated.
US11062388B1	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.
US11062387B2	Systems and methods for an intelligent interrogative learning platform Systems and methods for using an intelligent interrogative learning platform may be provided. The system may be further configured to assist a user in aligning decisions with a rank ordered set of priorities and goals. The system may be further configured to assign at least one of a score, rank, percentage, numerical value and the like to a quality of life metric. The system may further be configured to perform a method such that a computing device may receive login information from a user, display, an interactive display wherein the interactive display presents data to the user requiring feedback, receive user selections and responses, analyze the user selections and responses, and calculating a quality of life score based on the analysis.
US11062385B2	Providing code offerings inside code Providing code offerings inside code is provided. Intent of an under-developed code within a programming environment is identified by analyzing program documentation and program code corresponding to the under-developed code. The identified intent is published as a request for bids on a network. A ranked list of software codes returned against the request for bids is provided within the programming environment. Each software code in the ranked list of software codes, along with its respective proof that includes library, documentation, and code snippet, is compared with the identified intent for relevance and sorted based on monetary value of its corresponding bid.
US11062384B1	Image-based rendering of real spaces Under an embodiment of the invention, an image capturing and processing system creates 3D image-based rendering (IBR) for real estate. The system provides image-based rendering of real property, the computer system including a user interface for visually presenting an image-based rendering of a real property to a user; and a processor to obtain two or more photorealistic viewpoints from ground truth image data capture locations; combine and process two or more instances of ground truth image data to create a plurality of synthesized viewpoints; and visually present a viewpoint in a virtual model of the real property on the user interface, the virtual model including photorealistic viewpoints and synthesized viewpoints.
US11062381B2	Systems and methods for product composition and decomposition across tenants in cloud-based multi-tenancy system A provisioning system for a multi-tenant platform including a presentation component operably coupled to a supervisory component and a registry database and configured to present registry information in accordance with criteria defined in one or more rules and receive requests to access the registry information. The one or more rules define a supply chain including multiple of a plurality of tenants in the multi-tenancy system, the supervisory component configured to automatically implement the supply chain in response to the request.
US11062380B2	Geotagging location data Systems and apparatuses for capturing an image of a vehicle for which roadside assistance is being requested are provided. The image may be captured by a mobile device and the mobile device may geotag location information to the image. The image and associated geotag location information may then be processed to determine a location of the vehicle and a roadside assistance issue for which service is being requested. The image may be further analyzed to determine a context including, a make, model and/or year of the vehicle, whether special equipment is needed to service the vehicle, whether the vehicle is located in a particular situation (e.g., within a structure, in a ditch, or the like). The information obtained from the image may be used to determine a type of service to provide to the vehicle and to identify one or more service providers to dispatch to the vehicle.
US11062378B1	Next product purchase and lapse predicting tool A processor-based system and method retrieve customer purchase history information from an internal customer purchase history database for a plurality of customer records representing customers that previously purchased products of an enterprise, and retrieve customer profile information for each customer record. The processor executes a predictive machine learning model to determine a set of product purchase scores for each of the customers by applying a logistic regression model utilizing gradient boosting to the customer purchase history information and the customer profile information. The processor classifies the customers into a target customer group and a non-target customer group by applying a classification criterion to the set of product purchase scores, and generates a report of customers in the target customer group including highest product purchase scores and products recommended for cross-sale. In some embodiments, the predictive machine learning model is configured to forecast likelihood that given customers will lapse in payment.
US11062373B2	Systems and methods for color coordination of scanned products Systems and methods for color coordination for scanned products are provided. A kiosk has a control module, an input device, a display device, and an optical code reader. The kiosk has access to a product/color database. The control module is configured to receive an identification code scanned by the optical code reader, determine a sample product associated with the identification code, determine at least one coordinating color for the sample product based on the product/color database, display a simulated environment including a sample room having at least one selectable surface, display on the display device the at least one coordinating color, receive with the input device a selected color, receive with the input device a selected surface from the sample room, display on the display device the simulated environment showing the sample room with the sample product and with the selected color on the selected surface of the sample room.
US11062370B1	Skincare layout design, maintenance and management system and method Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, apparatus and methods for design creation, tracking and management utilizing a system network with a user interface device and a network server. Embodiments further disclose creation, tracking and management of skincare layouts. The device with a network communication component facilitating communication with a server. The device may operate to facilitate the creation of a skincare layout for a person and share the layout with the server. The server may include a database of information related to the users and skincare layouts as well as historical information, and the server may provide reminders, marketing and other communications based upon such information. Reports may be created to reflect the skincare layouts, product purchases, or other analytics regarding the information.
US11062369B2	Providing informational tags within networked systems A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.
US11062364B1	Pricing usage of software products Functionality is disclosed herein for charging for the use of software products based upon billable units defined by a software provider. The software product identifies the occurrences of the billable units as the software product is executing. The software product also sends billing data to a billing service identifying an occurrence of a billable unit, or billable units, such that an invoice may be created that charges for use of the software product based, at least in part, on the occurrence of the billable units.
US11062356B2	System and method for tag based upselling The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus where information relating to products and services offered by various providers may be offered for sale to customers via computing devices owned by those customers. Products and services offered to a particular customer may be related to a product previously purchased by that customer or be related to a product that a customer has access to. In certain instances, a product that a customer has access to may include a tag, such as a circuit, a chip, or printed matter that may provide information to an electronic device of a customer. After the customer's device received the information provided by the product tag, other products or services related to the tagged product may be received by the customer device.
US11062355B2	Mitigation of perishable product waste through promotion recommendation Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating a schedule for promotions using promotional windows. A set of product data associated with a plurality of products is received. Promotion data is received, and a plurality of intensity scores are calculated for the associated promotional data. A set of target product data associated with a target product is determined. A set of target promotional attributes is determined and a plurality of promotion windows are generated for display. A confidence value is determined for each generated promotion window of the plurality of promotion windows. An order list is generated for display. In response to receiving a second set of promotion data, the determined confidence value is modified for each generated promotion window of the plurality of promotion windows.
US11062353B2	Method and apparatus for service diversion in connection with mobile payment transactions In an implementation, guiding a service flow is described. Historical behavior data of one or more users who use a target service is obtained for the target service. The historical behavior data is analyzed to obtain one or more user features. One or more target users are selected from one or more users who do not use the target service based on the one or more user features. Each target user has at least one of the one or more user features. Service flow guiding information is sent to each target user. The service flow guiding information guides each target user to use the target service.
US11062352B2	Deal program life cycle A deal program life cycle system and method is disclosed. The deal program life cycle may oversee the issuance of deals from a deal program to consumers over the life cycle of the deal program. One or more aspects of the deal program may change during different periods of the life cycle of the deal program. For example, the deal program may include deal features, a number of units for deals, and relevance features for the deal program. The deal features, number of units of deals, and/or relevance features for the deal program may change during the different periods of the life cycle.
US11062346B2	Multivariate digital campaign content testing utilizing rank-1 best-arm identification Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for determining parameters for digital campaign content in connection with executing digital campaigns using a rank-one assumption and a best-arm identification algorithm. For example, the disclosed system alternately explores response data in the first dimension and response data in the second dimension using the rank-one assumption and the best-arm identification algorithm to estimate highest sampling values from each dimension. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed system uses the estimated highest sampling values from the first and second dimension to determine a combination with a highest sampling value in a parameter matrix constructed based on the first dimension and the second dimension, and then executes the digital campaign using the determined combination.
US11062345B2	Systems and methods for activity measurement around pop displays with wireless beacons Systems and methods for using wireless beacons in point of purchase (“POP”) displays to facilitate the delivery of consumer oriented content to mobile devices is disclosed herein. One or more sensors may be coupled to the POP display to assess external activity around the POP display. The external activity may be recorded, stored in a memory associated with the POP display, and transmitted to a remote server at a selected time.
US11062342B2	System and method for targeted marketing and consumer resource management Systems and methods are provided for providing targeted marketing to goods and services provides and consumer resource management services to consumers. An example system and method for targeted marketing comprises collecting transaction data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and using a consumer identifier in the transaction data to access stored information about the consumer. This information may be used to target offers and advertisement to the consumer. In an example system for consumer resource management, a consumer may configure a consumer account on the enterprise infrastructure via a web-site. The consumer may use the consumer account to purchase and configure gift cards that may be used for purchasing goods and services. A universal transaction identifier may be associated with the consumer account and used to purchase goods and services from more than one selected goods and services providers.
US11062339B2	Upselling to customers following initial online purchase An upsell purchase flow in an e-commerce system is provided. After a customer has purchased a product from a vendor, an upsell opportunity is provided to the customer through an upsell pitch page. The upsell pitch page advertises an additional upsell product in order to maximize the purchase transaction with the customer. Responsive to the customer accepting the upsell opportunity, rather than adding the upsell product to an electronic shopping cart, a marketplace server that facilitates transactions between the customer and the vendor charges the customer for the upsell product at that time. Multiple upsell opportunities may be provided to the customer after the initial sale is completed.
US11062334B2	Predicting ledger revenue change behavior of clients receiving services One embodiment provides a method for predicting revenue change in a ledger including receiving, by a processor device, revenue data with timestamps for a number of historical periods at a particular level, with attributes of the particular level and a percentage of the required revenue change. The data is filtered. The filtered data is aggregated at the particular level for a selected prediction. A sliding window of the number of historical periods is moved over business periods, creating a data point for each historical period temporal window by extracting features. A required target output is created for each data point for at least one future time period. A statistical classification model is trained to predict the revenue change. A set of recent histories is converted into a quantitative health value.
US11062327B2	Regulatory compliance assessment and business risk prediction system An electronic platform to measure a maturity or level of an entity in view of regulatory and business risks relating to regulatory compliance. The methods and systems can collect various data (e.g., regulatory agency reports, regulatory agency warning letters (e.g. FDA warning letters), internal and vendor company audit results, fines and settlement information, country business risks, regulatory agency product recalls, etc.) from various different data sources. The collected information is analyzed using machine learning techniques to determine a risk compliance level or score for one or more of an entity's companies, functions, control types, and locations arising from regulatory audit non-conformances. The risk compliance scores can be used to generate a risk prediction and identify one or more actions to be taken by the entity to improve or increase an associated compliance level.
US11062324B2	Identifying clusters for service management operations Client instance data including a plurality of incidents is obtained, each incident including a plurality of fields. A target field and an evaluation field are selected from among the plural fields. The plurality of incidents are grouped into a plurality of clusters based on a degree of a natural language text similarity of respective target fields in the plurality of incidents. A quality value is determined for each of the plurality of clusters based on the degree of the natural language text similarity of respective target fields in grouped incidents of the cluster from among the plurality of incidents, and based on respective evaluation fields. Each of the plurality of clusters is ranked based on the respective quality value of the cluster and a number of the grouped incidents of the cluster. At least one of the ranked plurality of clusters is identified to perform a service management operation.
US11062319B1	Systems and methods for funds transfers via a token management system Systems, methods, and apparatuses provide token management in a federated fund transfer environment. An example method includes receiving, by a token management system, a designation of a single token; receiving, by the token management system, a token management designation adapted to manage the single token; receiving, by the token management system, a rule designation for the token to enable association of the single token with two or more entities of the federated fund transfer system; and generating, by the token management system, a rule based on the rule designation to cause application of the rule with the single token in a subsequent fund transfer transaction utilizing the single token.
US11062317B2	Data breach detection A merchant data breach process comprises processing daily payment transaction data with a risk and compliance platform to obtain a fraud score for each constituent transaction. Constituent transactions with high risk fraud scores are sorted into a table according to the transaction date, cardholder, and merchant. The table data is scored according to suspected card visits, highly probable visits, and all card visits. The scores are normalized according to merchant size grouping through the use of multipliers. The normalized scores are summed together day-by-day into a final score. A timely warning of an underlying and expanding security rupture caused by a merchant data breach is issued for damage control and law enforcement.
US11062312B2	Smart chip card with fraud alert and biometric reset The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems, including a method for placing a card into a usable state. A biometric input is received for a user to which a card has been issued by an entity. The card has an operational mode of an unusable state that has been previously identified by the entity for a particular PAN. The particular PAN is invalidated for use in further data exchanges using the card. The biometric input is received by an electronic controller embedded in the card. A determination is made that the biometric input matches one of one or more stored biometric profiles of users authorized to use the card. Based on the determining, a new PAN is activated for the card. The new PAN is usable in further data exchanges of the card. The operational mode of the card is modified to a usable state by the electronic controller.
US11062310B2	Event notifications for multiple services Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.
US11062307B2	System and method of using localized blockchain to enable payment card use without connectivity Examples for enabling off-network transactions to be performed and securely managed are provided. An example system may include a data network, a digital ledger server, a blockchain platform, smart payment devices, and point of sale devices. Each respective point of sale device and each respective smart device may be operable to perform an off-network transaction, and store information related to the transaction in a digital ledger coupled to each respective device. When a transaction is executed between a POS device and a smart payment device, the POS device and smart payment device exchange a record of all off-network transactions that each respective device has executed since the last time a connection was made to the data network. When a network connection is established for each device, the respective information stored in the digital ledger is uploaded to the blockchain platform for storage and the digital ledger server for transaction resolution.
US11062305B2	Device, method and system for autonomous selection of a commodity supplier through a blockchain distributed database A commodity-measuring device for autonomously selecting a commodity supplier among a plurality of commodity suppliers being specified within a blockchain distributed database is provided. A microcontroller unit is configured to provide commodity consumption data to the transaction manager. A storage is configured to store a private key, and a communication module is configured to retrieve a commodity supplier file stored in the blockchain distributed database, and the commodity supplier file includes parameters of a commodity supplier and a program. A transaction manager is configured to determine autonomously, based on the commodity consumption data and parameters in the commodity supplier file, whether to select the commodity supplier; and if the determination is positive, the transaction manager is configured to, using the private key, send a transaction to the blockchain distributed database calling a function in the program to associate the commodity supplier file with the identifier.
US11062303B2	Cryptographically concealing amounts transacted on a ledger while preserving a network's ability to verify the transaction Systems and methods are described for encrypting an amount transacted on a blockchain ledger, while preserving the transaction's ability to be verified. A blinding amount is added to an input value, and an output value is generated and encrypted. Both the input value and the output value are within a value range, where a sum of any two values within the range does not exceed an overflow threshold. The sum of the encrypted input value and the encrypted output value may equal zero. Rangeproofs associated with each of the input value and the output value are generated. The rangeproofs prove that the input value and the output value fall within the value range, and each rangeproof may be associated with a different public key. Each public key may be signed with a ring signature based on a public key of a recipient in the transaction.
US11062301B2	Encrypted payment transactions Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for conducting encrypted payment transactions. In some embodiments, a payment device may send account credentials for a digital wallet to a wallet provider computer, and receive encrypted payment data from the wallet provider computer in response. The payment device may then send a request to initiate a transaction to a transaction processor computer (e.g., a merchant computer or a merchant processor computer), the request to initiate the transaction including the encrypted payment data. The transaction processor computer can then decrypt the encrypted payment data and conduct the transaction.
US11062293B2	Method and system for negotiating, generating, documenting, and fulfilling vendor financing opportunities A method for managing a financing or lease of a product and/or service, the method executing on a computing device, the method including: receiving a price of the product to be financed or leased; receiving an amount of the price of the product to be financed; selecting a rate card; determining a current finance rate based upon the rate card that is selected; selecting a purchase option for the product and/or service; selecting a contract term of the financing or lease related to the purchase or lease the product and/or service; determining a payment amount for the product based on the inputted price of the product to be financed or leased, the amount of the price of the product to be financed, the current finance rate, the purchase option selected, and the term of the financing or lease selected; and displaying the payment amount that is determined.
US11062292B2	Systems and methods for payment collection from third party source Systems and methods for P2P transaction functionality include payment collection from a third party source. A system includes at least one processor and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including receiving transaction information from a vendor where a card was used and analyzing the transaction information. The operations also include sending one or more requests for repayment to one or more P2P service systems, receiving repayment information, regarding one or more repayments, from the one or more P2P service systems and, based on the repayment information, applying the one or more repayments to the transaction performed on the card.
US11062288B2	Securing contactless payment The present invention communicates with a point of sale terminal using near field data communications and a purchase is either allowed or denied by a billing statement network according to a set of parameters.
US11062284B1	Systems and methods for facilitating transactions of virtual items between users of an online game Systems and methods for facilitating transactions of virtual items between users of an online game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a sales request that indicates a selling user will be offering for sale a particular virtual item from a seller's inventory through an online sales platform; assign the ownership of the particular virtual item temporarily to a holding account; publish a sales listing of the particular virtual item on the online sales platform; receive sales information from the online sales platform indicating whether the particular virtual item has been purchased; assign the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buyer's account; and transfer at least a portion of a sales amount received from the buying user to the seller's account.
US11062282B2	System and method for providing a portable ATM Embodiments include a database that maintains a respective status of mobile ATMs that indicates the location and cash available for withdrawal, a communication interface that receives a request for a mobile ATM from a user device, the request including user device location data, a location processor that compares the user device location data to location data of the mobile ATMs, and determines a first mobile ATM that is closest to the user device based on the user device location data, and a backend transaction processor that processes the transaction when confirmed. The communication interface transmits an alert that includes the request to the first mobile ATM, receives a response, transmits another alert that includes the location of the first mobile ATM and an estimated time that the first mobile ATM will arrive at the location associated to the user device, and receives confirmation from the first mobile ATM.
US11062280B1	Network consensus-based data processing An improved blockchain implementation that uses proof-of-transfer to overcome the technical deficiencies of proof of work and proof-of-stake implementations is described herein. For example, the proof-of-transfer process may include elements of a single-leader election sortition, but modified to cause base chain cryptocurrency committed for the purposes of the sortition to be transferred to a burn address or at least one reward address.
US11062279B2	Hard wallet: a new trust basis for digital payment Constructing a secure enclosure (hard wallet) as a randomized assembly of material constituents with a large variety of electrical conductivity attributes, thereby achieving a unique set of physically measured properties of the enclosure, so that a party can be convinced of the authenticity of the enclosure by comparing the results of real time measurements with measurements pre-recorded in a public ledger, and then extending this trust of the enclosure into trust towards digital money paid by said enclosure.
US11062277B2	Virtual currency management in a retail environment A Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal is equipped to process virtual currencies for transactions. A rate checker obtains a real-time conversion rate for the virtual currencies to a government issued currency. The virtual currencies can be held or immediately exchanged for the government issued currency. Analysis of trends in exchange rates and policy drives when the virtual currencies are exchanged for the government issued currency.
US11062276B2	Apparatus and method for reusing containers Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for reusing containers. A system for container reuse comprises an order database storing a plurality of orders associated with an order fulfillment facility, a conveyor system, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to determine container capacity requirements of the plurality of orders in the order database based on dimensions of products in each order, predict container usage for fulfilling orders at the order fulfillment facility based at least on the container capacity requirements of the plurality of orders, determine whether a used container received at the conveyor system should be retained based on a container dimension of the used container and the container usage predicted for the order fulfillment facility, and cause the conveyor system to route the used container to a fulfillment area or a disposal area based on whether the used container should be retained.
US11062275B2	Auto repair quote platform An auto repair quote platform may be provided. The platform may allow a user to enter a set of parameters and request quotes from service providers based on those parameters. Service providers may also enter parameters for matching their quotes to a request. The platform may further allow a user to accept a quote and schedule an appointment with the chosen service provider.
US11062272B2	Recommending meeting spaces using automatically-generated visit data, with geo-tagging of the meeting spaces A computer-implemented technique is described herein for scheduling events. The technique involves recommending one or more candidate spaces (e.g., candidate meeting rooms) based on a selected visit profile for each attendee to the event. More specifically, the technique selects a visit profile for each attendee from a group including a live visit profile, a short-term visit profile, and a long-term visit profile. Each such visit profile describes one or more visits made by the attendee within a prescribed timespan. The technique captures visit data for each such visit based on movement-related signals provided by one or more movement-determining mechanisms. A mobile computing device provides at least one movement-determining mechanism. In a preliminary phase, the technique can identify the geographical position of each candidate meeting space using a crowdsourcing operation.
US11062268B2	Presenting favorite contacts information to a user of a computing device Systems and methods to present information to a user regarding favorite contacts of the user. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing a plurality of person profiles for persons referenced in communications received by a user of a computing device; selecting, using at least one processor, a set of contacts from the plurality of person profiles based on a relevancy ranking, wherein the set of contacts is selected for display to the user on the computing device; and organizing, using the at least one processor, the set of contacts into at least two time groups, each time group associated with a different time period, wherein contacts will be displayed to the user within each time group based on a relevancy ranking for each contact within the time group.
US11062267B1	Automated reactive talent matching Improved automated techniques are described that more efficiently match candidates to job opportunities. These techniques include a reactive matching process that uses improved pattern-matching algorithms to determine exactly how well a particular individual matches an employer's requirements. In at least one embodiment, results are displayed in real time using user-friendly visual indicators on job displays and/or on a dashboard.
US11062265B1	Systems and methods for life plan generation and management A life plan management (LPM) computing device for connecting consumers with producers is provided. The LPM computing device may be in communication with a client computing device and may include a processor. The processor may be programmed to i) receive user input including at least one goal, ii) analyze the at least one goal to determine a plurality of categories, iii) store the plurality of categories, iv) analyze at least one of the plurality of categories to determine a plurality of producers, v) store the plurality of producers, vi) generate an interactive life map including the at least one goal, and enabling the consumer to access the plurality of producers by navigating the life map to select the at least one goal and the at least one category, vii) and cause the interactive life map to be displayed on the client computing device.
US11062263B2	Clinical collaboration using an online networking system Methods are provided for sharing patient information by way of an online collaboration system. A requesting clinician, through an online networking system, identifies one or more clinicians with whom the requesting clinician wishes to collaborate by sending at least one patient-focused clinical data element. For the clinicians who have been identified as not being authorized to access patient-identifying data, the at least one patient-focused clinical data element is de-identified such that it no longer includes any patient-identifying data. The de-identified patient-focused clinical data element is then communicated to the clinicians not allowed access to the patient-identifying information.
US11062262B2	Systems and methods for identifying and remedying product mis-shipments to retail stores Systems, devices, and methods include an electronic scanning device, an electronic database, and an electronic inventory management device for analyzing products at a retail store in order to detect products at the retail store that are associated with mis-shipments and to adjust perpetual inventory at the retail store in view of a detected mis-shipment.
US11062258B2	Automated logistics management using proximity events A system for identifying logistics events is described. The system includes: a set of tags, each tag able to be attached to an item, each tag able to transmit a beacon signal, a set of locators associated with an establishment, each locator able to receive the beacon signal and generate an event message based at least partly on the beacon signal, and a server able to receive the event message and update at least one database based on the event message. A method for identifying logistics events includes: transmitting, from a merchandise tag, a beacon signal, receiving, at a locator associated with an establishment, the beacon signal, generating, at the locator, an event message based at least partly on the beacon signal, and sending the event message to a server associated with the establishment.
US11062257B2	Shipping management system with multi-carrier support Systems, methods, and products for dynamically selecting carriers in a shipping management system are disclosed. In one embodiment, in response to a user requesting a new shipment, a shipping management system collects shipping information from a plurality of carriers. The system provides the user with a choice of carriers to ship the new shipment based on selection rules. In response to the choice of carriers provided to the user, the user can select one of the carriers to execute the new shipment. The shipping management system can send a signal to the computer system of the chosen carrier to execute the new shipment.
US11062253B1	Centralized status monitoring in a multidomain network A system for centralized status monitoring in a multidomain network. The system includes at least one processor and at least one memory device storing instructions that when executed configure the processor to perform operations. The operations include establishing connections with domains, receiving a first request from a first domain to initiate a monitoring operation, and generating a new entry in a status table stored in a first database. The operations also may include receiving a second request from the second domain to update the monitoring operation and, in response to receiving the second request, updating the new entry in the status table by modifying the status field. The operations may also include applying a monitor operation in response to receiving a third request from a monitoring engine and generating an alert comprising entries in the status table in which the status field matches the category status.
US11062252B1	Work related feedback system, method, and computer program product A work related feedback system, method, and computer program product are provided. In use, a system is made accessible to a user via a network, where the system has memory and at least one processor. Further, individuals having a work-based relationship with the user are determined, by the system. The user is then allowed, by the system, to provide feedback for the individuals.
US11062245B2	Method, system and apparatus for supply chain event reporting A system for recording events on a distributed ledger includes: a server; a terminal including a terminal processor executing an OS; and a data capture device including a housing, a data capture assembly configured to capture product data, a communication interface, a memory including a first driver and/or a firmware, and a processor executing instructions in the memory. The instructions include instructions to transmit the product data to the terminal through the communication interface. The terminal includes a second driver enabling the OS to communicate with the data capture device to accept the product data. At least one of the first and second drivers and the firmware includes a transmission flag changeable between activated and deactivated states. The activated state causes the product data to be transmitted to the server. Upon the product data satisfying a recordation condition, the product data is recorded, from the server, to the distributed ledger.
US11062244B2	Seating space optimization in a grouped seating environment Embodiments for optimizing seating space in a group seating arrangement by a processor. One or more seating preferences and constraints from a user may be received. An optimized seating arrangement in the group seating arrangement, having one or more adjustable seats, may be determined according to the one or more seating preferences and constraints. A user is enabled to select the optimized seating arrangement via a graphical user interface (GUI) such that the one or more adjustable seats in the group seating arrangement are dynamically adjusted according to the optimized seating arrangement and user selection.
US11062234B1	System and method for managing classification outcomes of data inputs classified into bias categories A method includes receiving, by a processor, bias data categories. A data input from a user for classification in data categories is received. A classification machine learning model is utilized to classify the data input in at least one data category and determine a first confidence probability in a classification outcome. A bias filter machine learning model is utilized to determine a second confidence probability that the classification outcome of classifying the data input into the at least one data category is based on at least one bias characteristic associated with at least one bias data category. A gate machine learning model is utilized to determine when to output the classification outcome of classifying the data input into the at least one data category to a computing device of a user based at least in part on the first confidence probability, the second confidence probability, and a predefined bias threshold.
US11062227B2	Systems and methods for creating and using quantum Boltzmann machines A hybrid computer generates samples for machine learning. The hybrid computer includes a processor that implements a Boltzmann machine, e.g., a quantum Boltzmann machine, which returns equilibrium samples from eigenstates of a quantum Hamiltonian. Subsets of samples are provided to training and validations modules. Operation can include: receiving a training set; preparing a model described by an Ising Hamiltonian; initializing model parameters; segmenting the training set into subsets; creating a sample set by repeatedly drawing samples until the determined number of samples has been drawn; and updating the model. Operation can include partitioning the training set into input and output data sets, and determining a conditional probability distribution that describes a probability of observing an output vector given a selected input vector, e.g., determining a conditional probability by performing a number of operations to minimize an upper bound for a log-likelihood of the conditional probability distribution.
US11062224B2	Prediction using fusion of heterogeneous unstructured data Methods and apparatus for predicting unknown values given a data set of known values. A prediction engine ingests a variety of data sets. Once the dataset has been ingested, requests for predictions may be presented to the prediction engine. The engine responds with a prediction as well as a confidence score based on the ingested information using a variety of techniques. Some of these techniques identify witness values in the ingested data that are similar to the requested prediction, other techniques compute witness values from ingested data, etc. These witness values are aggregated to yield an answer and a confidence level in a way that permits the user to review the underlying witness values.
US11062219B1	Nonlinear optimization system A computer solves a nonlinear optimization problem. An optimality check is performed for a current solution to an objective function that is a nonlinear equation with constraint functions on decision variables. When the performed optimality check indicates that the current solution is not an optimal solution, a barrier parameter value is updated, and a Lagrange multiplier value is updated for each constraint function based on a result of a complementarity slackness test. The current solution to the objective function is updated using a search direction vector determined by solving a primal-dual linear system that includes a dual variable for each constraint function and a step length value determined for each decision variable and for each dual variable. The operations are repeated until the optimality check indicates that the current solution is the optimal solution or a predefined number of iterations has been performed.
US11062216B2	Prediction of olfactory and taste perception through semantic encoding Embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and computer program products for predicting olfactory perception. A non-limiting example of the method includes receiving a library including a plurality of indexed olfactory descriptors. The method also includes receiving an olfactory target descriptor. The method also includes calculating a coefficient matrix and a perceptual distance between an indexed olfactory descriptor and an olfactory target descriptor. The method also includes generating a perceptual descriptor prediction for the olfactory target.
US11062211B2	Deep learning based adaptive arithmetic coding and codelength regularization A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system applies trained models to compress binary code of an input image to a target codelength. For a set of binary codes representing the quantized coefficents of an input image, the DLBC system applies a first model that is trained to predict feature probabilities based on the context of each bit of the binary codes. The DLBC system compresses the binary code via adaptive arithmetic coding based on the determined probability of each bit. The compressed binary code represents a balance between a reconstruction quality of a reconstruction of the input image and a target compression ratio of the compressed binary code.
US11062210B2	Method and apparatus for training a neural network used for denoising A method, apparatus and computer program product provide an automated neural network training mechanism. The method, apparatus and computer program product receive a decoded noisy image and a set of input parameters for a neural network configured to optimize the decoded noisy image. A denoised image is generated based on the decoded noisy image and the set of input parameters. A denoised noisy error is computed representing an error between the denoised image and the decoded noisy image. The neural network is trained using the denoised noisy error and the set of input parameters and a ground truth noisy error value is received representing an error between the original image and the encoded image. The ground truth noisy error value is compared with the denoised noisy error to determine whether a difference between the ground truth noisy error value and the denoised noisy error is within a pre-determined threshold.
US11062209B2	Method and system for performing convolutional image transformation estimation A method for training a neural network includes receiving a plurality of images and, for each individual image of the plurality of images, generating a training triplet including a subset of the individual image, a subset of a transformed image, and a homography based on the subset of the individual image and the subset of the transformed image. The method also includes, for each individual image, generating, by the neural network, an estimated homography based on the subset of the individual image and the subset of the transformed image, comparing the estimated homography to the homography, and modifying the neural network based on the comparison.
US11062206B2	Training neural networks using normalized target outputs Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network using normalized target outputs. One of the methods includes updating current values of the normalization parameters to account for the target output for the training item; determining a normalized target output for the training item by normalizing the target output for the training item in accordance with the updated normalization parameter values; processing the training item using the neural network to generate a normalized output for the training item in accordance with current values of main parameters of the neural network; determining an error for the training item using the normalized target output and the normalized output; and using the error to adjust the current values of the main parameters of the neural network.
US11062203B2	Neuromorphic computer with reconfigurable memory mapping for various neural network topologies In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a selection of a neural network topology type; identifying a synapse memory mapping scheme for the selected neural network topology type from a plurality of synapse memory mapping schemes that are each associated with a respective neural network topology type; and mapping a plurality of synapse weights to locations in a memory based on the identified synapse memory mapping scheme.
US11062201B2	Chip and chip-based data processing method Embodiments of the present specification provide chips and chip-based data processing methods. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining data associated with one or more neural networks transmitted from a server; for each layer of a neural network of the one or more neural networks, configuring, based on the data, a plurality of operator units based on a type of computation each operator unit performs; and invoking the plurality of operator units to perform computations, based on neurons of a layer of the neural network immediately above, of the data for each neuron to produce a value of the neuron.
US11062197B2	Neuromorphic computing system and current estimation method using the same A neuromorphic computing system includes a synapse array, a switching circuit, a sensing circuit and a processing circuit. The synapse array includes row lines, column lines and synapses. The processing circuit is coupled to the switching circuit and the sensing circuit and is configured to connect a particular column line in the column lines to the first terminal by using the switching circuit, obtain a first voltage value from the particular column line by using the sensing circuit when the particular line is connected to the first terminal, connect the particular column line to the second terminal by using the switching circuit, obtain a second voltage value from the particular column line by using the sensing circuit when the particular line is connected to the second terminal, and estimate a sum-of-product sensing value according to a voltage difference between the first voltage value and the second voltage value.
US11062196B2	Webinterface generation and testing using artificial neural networks Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine-learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses artificial neural networks and evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Neural networks are represented as genomes. Neural networks map user attributes from live user traffic to different dimensions and dimension values of output funnels that are presented to the users in real time. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well.
US11062195B2	Cards and devices with multifunction magnetic emulators and methods for using same A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable of communicating information to a magnetic stripe reader. Information used in validating a financial transaction is encrypted based on time such that a validating server requires receipt of the appropriate encrypted information for a period of time to validate a transaction for that period of time. Such dynamic information may be communicated using such an emulator such that a card may be swiped through a magnetic stripe reader—yet communicate different information based on time. An emulator may receive information as well as communicate information to a variety of receivers (e.g., an RFID receiver).
US11062192B1	Voice-activated interactive card device A smart card that is equipped with one or more sensory-perceptible devices that are capable of being activated in response to predetermined voice commands. Specifically, the smart card may be equipped with a light source, speaker, vibration motor, mechanical mechanism and/or the like, such that the card lights up, provides an audible sound, vibrates or the like in response to receiving a predetermined voice command. As a result of providing the voice command and activating the sensory-perceptible device, the user is readily able to distinguish and locate the card from amongst various cards stored in a purse, wallet or the like.
US11062187B1	Shapeless—a new language concept and related technology Shape Dependent alphabets are error prone and quite imposing on their reader. Proposing “Shapeless”—an alphabet based on the entropic state of a mixture—offering easy, redundant reading. Applications include marking packages for shipping and industrial handling, signing items to hinder fraud, offering alternative communication channels, and analyzing video streams for changes of interest.
US11062186B2	Information-processing device executing selective one of swap mode and copy mode In an information-processing device, a controller operates according to setting information. The controller executes selective one of a swap mode and a copy mode. The swap mode is for moving the setting information from one device to another device. The copy mode is for copying the setting information from one device to one or more devices. While a removable medium is connected to the input-output interface: the controller performs; in a swap-mode case where the swap mode is executed, storing in the removable medium the setting information currently stored in the memory and overwriting the setting information in the memory to prescribed initial setting information; and in a copy-mode case where the copy mode is executed, storing in the removable medium the setting information currently stored in the memory while maintaining the current setting information in the memory.
US11062184B1	Using augmented reality to perform complex print jobs Systems and methods are provided for using augmented reality to create a printing template. The method includes capturing, using a camera of a mobile electronic device, a real world image of a surface. The method further includes, by a processor, receiving the real world image, processing the real world image to isolate and measure a portion of the surface on which print job content is to be applied, creating a printing template conforming to a shape and area of the isolated and measured portion of the surface, causing the real world image to be output on a display, and causing the display to output the printing template over the real world image, overlaid over the isolated and measured portion of the surface.
US11062180B2	Complexity-based progressive training for machine vision models Methods and systems for training machine vision models (MVMs) with “noisy” training datasets are described. A noisy set of images is received, where labels for some of the images are “noisy” and/or incorrect. A progressively-sequenced learning curriculum is designed for the noisy dataset, where the images that are easiest to learn machine-vision knowledge from are sequenced near the beginning of the curriculum and images that are harder to learn machine-vision knowledge from are sequenced later in the curriculum. An MVM is trained via providing the sequenced curriculum to a supervised learning method, so that the MVM learns from the easiest examples first and the harder training examples later, i.e., the MVM progressively accumulates knowledge from simplest to most complex. To sequence the curriculum, the training images are embedded in a feature space and the “complexity” of each image is determined via density distributions and clusters in the feature space.
US11062164B2	Text line normalization systems and methods A method for estimating text heights of text line images includes estimating a text height with a sequence recognizer. The method further includes normalizing a vertical dimension and/or position of text within a text line image based on the text height. The method may also further include calculating a feature of the text line image. In some examples, the sequence recognizer estimates the text height with a machine learning model.
US11062163B2	Iterative recognition-guided thresholding and data extraction Techniques for binarization and extraction of information from image data are disclosed. The inventive concepts include independently binarizing portions of the image data on the basis of individual features, e.g. per connected component, and using multiple different binarization thresholds to obtain the best possible binarization result for each portion of the image data. Determining the quality of each binarization result may be based on attempted recognition and/or extraction of information therefrom. Independently binarized portions may be assembled into a contiguous result. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying a region of interest within a digital image; generating a plurality of binarized images based on the region of interest using different binarization thresholds; subjecting the region of interest within a digital image to a plurality of thresholding and extraction iterations; and extracting data from some or all of the plurality of binarized images. Corresponding systems and computer program products are disclosed.
US11062162B2	Breaking pursuit and strategy change Methods and systems of breaking pursuit of a target. One example embodiment includes an electronic processor configured to develop a first identifier for the target and determine a breaking junction and an intercept point associated with a cornering route. The processor is configured to determine a geographical area associated with at least one possible target flee route for the target and determine a second identifier for an object within the geographical area. The processor is configured to develop a discrimination factor representing a degree of differentiation of the first identifier from the second identifier. The processor is configured to predict whether the discrimination factor will exceed a threshold when the pursuit asset arrives at the breaking junction. The processor is configured to, in response to the discrimination factor exceeding the threshold, notify the pursuit asset to break pursuit of the target at the breaking junction to execute the cornering route.
US11062161B1	Methods and devices for object detection and object color determination An apparatus may include an anti-color filter array proximate an array of optical sensor pixels. The anti-color filter array may include first anti-color filters. Each of the first anti-color filters may be located near a corresponding instance (or group of instances) of a first plurality of optical sensor pixels and may be configured to at least partially suppress transmission of light in a first optical wavelength range. In some examples, the first optical wavelength range may correspond to a first color. The anti-color filter array may include second anti-color filter regions, each of which may be located near a corresponding instance of a second plurality of optical sensor pixels. In some such examples, each of the second anti-color filter regions may be configured to at least partially suppress transmission of light in a second optical wavelength range.
US11062157B2	Apparatus and method for detecting falling object Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for detecting a fallen object which adjust a passenger's seat to easily pick up the fallen object in the vehicle. A fallen object detecting apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus for detecting a fallen object in a vehicle which includes a camera configured to generate at least one image of an inside of the vehicle; an image identifier configured to identify at least one passenger and at least one object from the image, and to determine a location of the fallen object in response to a falling of the object in the vehicle; and a controller configured to provide the determined location of the fallen object via at least one component located in the vehicle and adjust a seat of the passenger based on the location of the fallen object and a condition of the passenger.
US11062155B2	Monocular cued detection of three-dimensional structures from depth images Detection of three dimensional obstacles using a system mountable in a host vehicle including a camera connectible to a processor. Multiple image frames are captured in the field of view of the camera. In the image frames, an imaged feature is detected of an object in the environment of the vehicle. The image frames are portioned locally around the imaged feature to produce imaged portions of the image frames including the imaged feature. The image frames are processed to compute a depth map locally around the detected imaged feature in the image portions. Responsive to the depth map, it is determined if the object is an obstacle to the motion of the vehicle.
US11062153B2	Apparatus and method for converting image Provided are an apparatus and a method for converting an image. The apparatus includes an image sensor configured to obtain an image of a road, and a processor. The processor is configured to segment an input image into a plurality of region images, determine a vanishing point corresponding to each of the plurality of region images, obtain a translation relation for converting two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of a point in a region image among the plurality of region images into three-dimensional (3D) coordinates, based on a vanishing point of the region image, and generate road profile data based on translation relations of the plurality of region images.
US11062140B2	Display method, electronic device and storage medium having the same A display method is provided. The method includes: acquiring media data within a collection range of a first acquisition device; determining a target object associated with the media data; determining associated data corresponding to the target object; and outputting the associated data corresponding to the target object to a user.
US11062138B2	Object verification/recognition with limited input Systems and methods for object recognition with limited input are disclosed herein. An example method includes updating a neural network trained to perform object recognition on a first rendition of an object, so that the neural network performs object recognition on a second rendition of the object, using a limited set of input images. The method includes receiving a limited set of model images of the second rendition of the object, accessing a corresponding image mapping, and generating a large number of training images from the limited set, where image mappings include geometric, illumination, and/or obscuration transformations. The neural network is then trained, from this initial small set, to classify the second rendition of the object.
US11062137B2	System, portable terminal device, server, program, and method for viewing confirmation The system is for confirming that a user of a portable terminal device has viewed posted material in a plurality of places by visiting one of the posted places, the system including the portable terminal device and a server, the device including a portable-terminal control unit, a portable-terminal communication unit, an image capturing unit, a portable-terminal storage unit, and a position-information obtaining unit, the server including a server control unit, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit that stores authenticated images about the posted material in the individual posted places in association with position information of the posted places, wherein the portable-terminal control unit sends a viewing confirmation request including a viewed image, the normalization information, and the portable-terminal position information to the server by using the portable-terminal communication unit, and the server control unit determines whether the viewed image is valid on the basis of the request.
US11062134B2	Apparatus for setting file name and the like for scan image, control method thereof, and storage medium In a situation of setting a file name and the like by using a character string obtained by performing OCR processing to a scan image, a file name and the like can be immediately set with less calculation resources. There is provided an apparatus for performing a predetermined process to a scan image obtained by scanning a document, including: a display control unit configured to display a UI screen for performing the predetermined process, the UI screen displaying a character area in the scan image in a selectable manner to a user; and a setting unit configured to perform OCR processing to a character area selected by a user via the UI screen and set supplementary information for the predetermined process by using a character string extracted in the OCR processing, wherein the setting unit, during a period of time before a user makes the selection, performs OCR processing in advance under a predetermined condition to a character area included in the scan image, in a case where the selected character area is a character area having undergone OCR processing in advance, uses a result of the OCR processing to set supplementary information for the predetermined process.
US11062130B1	Systems and methods of check detection A digital image of a check may be divided into segments. The segments may be processed to determine the edges between the background data and the check data in the segments of the digital image. A histogram of each segment may be determined and used to determine the edges of the check image portions in the segments and thus the edges of the check. The data outside the edges of the check image portions in the segments may be considered to be background data and may be identified and/or removed. The segments, with the background data removed, may be recombined into an image of the check and provided into a digital image file that may be transmitted to an institution system for deposit of the check in an account.
US11062128B2	Interaction classification using the role of people interacting over time A method of classifying an interaction captured in a sequence of video. A plurality of people in the video sequence is identified. An action of a first one of the people at a first time is determined. An action of a second one of the people at a second time is determined, the action of the second person being after the action of the first person. A role for the second person at the second time is determined, the role being independent of the determined actions of the first and second person. An interaction between the first person and the second person is classified based on the determined role of the second person and the determined actions of the first and second person.
US11062127B2	Obtaining artist imagery from video content using facial recognition An example method may include applying an automated face detection program implemented on a computing device to a plurality of training digital images associated with a particular TV program to identify a sub-plurality of the training digital images, each containing a single face of a particular person associated with the particular TV program. A set of feature vectors determined for the sub-plurality may be used to train a computational model of a face recognition program for recognizing the particular person in any given digital image. The face recognition program and the computational model may be applied to a runtime digital image associated with the particular TV program to recognize the particular person in the runtime digital image, together with geometric coordinates. The runtime digital image may be stored together with information identifying the particular person and corresponding geometric coordinates of the particular person in the runtime digital image.
US11062125B2	Facial feature detecting apparatus and facial feature detecting method A facial feature detecting apparatus includes a feature sensor configured to acquire information on facial features of a subject; a feature detecting unit configured to detect the facial features of the subject from the information acquired by the feature sensor; a three-dimensional coordinates calculating unit configured to calculate three-dimensional coordinates of the facial features of the subject; and a feature position estimating unit configured to estimate first three-dimensional coordinates of a first facial feature from second three-dimensional coordinates of a second facial feature of the detected facial features, on a basis that the first facial feature and the second facial feature are located at bilaterally symmetrical positions.
US11062123B2	Method, terminal, and storage medium for tracking facial critical area Method, terminal, and storage medium for tracking facial critical area are provided. The method includes accessing a frame of image in a video file; obtaining coordinate frame data of a facial part in the image; determining initial coordinate frame data of a critical area in the facial part according to the coordinate frame data of the facial part; obtaining coordinate frame data of the critical area according to the initial coordinate frame data of the critical area in the facial part; accessing an adjacent next frame of image in the video file; obtaining initial coordinate frame data of the critical area in the facial part for the adjacent next frame of image by using the coordinate frame data of the critical area in the frame; and obtaining coordinate frame data of the critical area for the adjacent next frame of image according to the initial coordinate frame data thereof.
US11062121B2	Data processing A method of data processing for an object identification system comprising a neural network. The method comprises, in a secure environment, obtaining first sensed data representative of a physical quantity measured by a sensor. The first sensed data is processed, using the neural network in the secure environment, to identify an object in the first sensed data. The method includes determining that the identified object belongs to a predetermined class of objects. In response to the determining, a first portion of the first sensed data is classified as data to be secured, and a second portion of the first sensed data is classified as data which is not to be secured. The second sensed data, derived from at least the second portion, is outputted as non-secure data.
US11062120B2	High speed reference point independent database filtering for fingerprint identification Methods and systems for high-speed filtering of candidate fingerprint images in a gallery using a non-reference-point based matching involving histograms of tokens representing minutia data. The method or system may involve detecting minutia patterns in a probe image, defining tokens that represent the minutia patterns detected in the probe image, measuring a degree of similarity between the probe image and each gallery image by comparing a probability of occurrence of a set of the tokens defined for the probe image with a probability of occurrence of the same set of tokens in that gallery image, and identifying as a candidate for a match to the probe image each gallery image for which the measured degree of similarity satisfies a criterion.
US11062118B2	Model-based digital fingerprinting Digital fingerprinting systems, devices, and methods are arranged to acquire image data of a portion of a surface of a physical object, and further arranged to construct a model of the portion of the surface of the physical object from the image data. A digital fingerprint based on the model is extracted, and the physical object is inducted into a reference database system by storing a record in the reference database system that includes the digital fingerprint of the model.
US11062117B2	Fingerprint identification apparatus and electronic device Provided are a fingerprint identification apparatus and an electronic device. The fingerprint identification apparatus is applicable to an electronic device having a display screen, and includes: a fingerprint sensor chip; and a substrate, where an upper surface of the substrate extends downward to form a first groove, and at least a portion of the fingerprint sensor chip is disposed in the first groove and electrically connected to the substrate. By disposing at least a portion of the fingerprint identification sensor in the first groove, not only could costs and complexity of the electronic device be reduced, but also a thickness of the fingerprint identification apparatus could be effectively reduced.
US11062115B2	Fast signature scan Systems and methods for scanning signatures in a string field. In one implementation, the invention provides a method for signature scanning. The method includes receiving a particular string field, scanning the particular string field for a plurality of signatures using a larger scan step size, scanning the particular string field for the remaining signatures that are shorter than what can be scanned by the larger scan step size separately either using the same scanning method but a smaller scan step size or using a different scan method and the same or a smaller scan step size, and outputting any identified signatures in the particular string field.
US11062114B2	Display device including sensor A display device comprises a display panel and a sensor, wherein the sensor includes a first piezoelectric material layer, a second piezoelectric material layer disposed under the first piezoelectric material layer to overlap the first piezoelectric material layer, a first common electrode disposed on the first piezoelectric material layer; a first sensor pixel electrode disposed under the second piezoelectric material layer, and a first element layer disposed under the first sensor pixel electrode and connected with the first sensor pixel electrode.
US11062113B2	Fingerprint authentication system and method providing for reduced latency A fingerprint image is acquired, and it is determined if the finger is still touching the sensing surface. When the finger no longer touches the sensing surface, the user is authenticated based on one or several fingerprint image(s) acquired so far. When the finger still touches the sensing surface, a quality measure is determined for the fingerprint image. When a quality of the fingerprint image fulfills a predefined quality criterion, the user is authenticated based on one or several fingerprint images acquired so far. When the quality of the fingerprint image fails to fulfill the predefined quality criterion, a subsequent fingerprint image is acquired. When the finger still touches the sensing surface, and the quality measure indicates that the quality of the subsequent fingerprint image fulfills the predefined quality criterion, the user is authenticated based on one or several fingerprint images acquired so far including the subsequent fingerprint image.
US11062108B2	Generating and reading optical codes with variable density to adapt for visual quality and reliability The parameters of an optical code are optimized to achieve improved signal robustness, reliability, capacity and/or visual quality. An optimization program can determine spatial density, dot distance, dot size and signal component priority to optimize robustness. An optical code generator employs these parameters to produce an optical code at the desired spatial density and robustness. The optical code is merged into a host image, such as imagery, text and graphics of a package or label, or it may be printed by itself, e.g., on an otherwise blank label or carton. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US11062101B2	Optical processing systems A method to incorporate multiple independent optical correlators into one system. By “independent optical correlator,” we mean an optical correlator comprising of an input SLM, filter SLM, and camera, combined with appropriate coherent illumination and Fourier transforming lenses. By “one system” we mean a single optical system which utilises the elements of each of the independent correlators multiple times.
US11062097B2	Inventory control system and a method of controlling inventory An inventory control system for controlling inventory in a receptacle comprising a plurality of compartments, comprising an electronic reader, at least one antenna, a controller, and a processor. The electronic reader is configured to read a plurality of electronic labels in a plurality of the compartments of the receptacle, each electronic label being associated with, and identifying, an item in one of the compartments. The at least one antenna is in communication with the electronic reader, associated with two or more compartments and configured to read electronic labels in the two or more compartments so that the electronic reader identifies a group of labels associated therewith. The controller controls access to a selected one of the compartments at a time. The processor is responsive to the group of labels and the selected one of the compartments to determine the contents thereof and a compartment location of each item.
US11062093B2	System and method for generating subjective wellbeing analytics score A system includes at least one processor to perform natural language processing on text from at least one document and assign the at least one document to at least one subjective wellbeing dimension by comparing the text from the at least one document with a subjective wellbeing dimension filter for each subjective wellbeing dimension, insert the at least one document into at least one bin, each bin associated with a particular subjective wellbeing dimension, and analyze each document in each bin associated with the particular subjective wellbeing dimension to determine a score for each subjective wellbeing dimension and an overall score that is based on each score for each subjective wellbeing dimension.
US11062089B2	Method and apparatus for generating information A method and an apparatus for generating information are provide according to embodiments of the disclosure. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring to-be-analyzed information according to a target keyword; and inputting the to-be-analyzed information into a pre-established sentiment analysis model to generate sentiment orientation information of the to-be-analyzed information. The sentiment analysis model is obtained through following training: acquiring untagged sample data and tagged sample data; generating tag information corresponding to the untagged sample data using a pre-established tag generation model, and using the untagged sample data and the generated tag information as extended sample data, the tag generation model being used to represent a corresponding relationship between the untagged sample data and the tag information; and obtaining the sentiment analysis model by training using the tagged sample data and the extended sample data.
US11062085B2	Goal-driven authoring assistance using causal stylistic prescriptions A method for generating stylistic feature prescriptions to align a body of text with one or more target goals includes receiving, at a stylistic feature model, a body of text, where the body of text is selected by a user via a graphical user interface (GUI). The stylistic feature model identifies stylistic features from the body of text and populates a stylistic feature vector with the stylistic features. A trained de-confounded prediction model receives the stylistic feature vector. The trained de-confounded prediction model using the stylistic feature vector generates a prediction value for each of one or more target goals, compares the prediction value for each of the one or more target goals to a target value for each of the one or more target goals and outputs, for display on the GUI, one or more stylistic feature prescriptions to the body of text based on results of the comparing.
US11062084B2	Generating diverse smart replies using synonym hierarchy Techniques for generating diverse smart replies using a synonym hierarchy are disclosed herein. A computer system may detect that a first set of one or more messages having first content has been transmitted from a first computing device of a first user to a second computing device of a second user, determine a plurality of candidate replies based on the first content of the first set of one or more messages, and then select a plurality of smart replies from the plurality of candidate replies using a hierarchical graph data structure and at least one diversity rule. The selecting of the plurality of smart replies comprises omitting at least one of the plurality of candidate replies from selection based on the at least one diversity rule, which limits a number of the plurality of smart replies that have a common parent node.
US11062082B2	File generation method, file generation apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing program A method for generating a file includes: executing a reception process that includes receiving text information; executing a first generation process that includes detecting a phrase that is included in the received text information and is of a specific type, generating encoded information by encoding the phrase of the specific type, and generating a first dictionary in which the encoded information is associated with the phrase of the specific type before the encoding; and executing a second generation process that includes generating a first file including a first region and multiple second regions, the first region being configured to store the encoded information, wherein a third region corresponding to the specific type among the second regions is configured to store encrypted dictionary information obtained by encrypting the first dictionary.
US11062081B2	Creating accessible, translatable multimedia presentations The present invention provides a computer implemented method for generating translatable and accessible multimedia presentations. The method can include transforming a presentation master file defining a multimedia presentation into each of a text file and a variables file, generating a plurality of slides for a slide show with text strings from the text file and imagery and audiovisual elements from the variables file, and launching the slide show. Transforming a presentation master file into each of a text file and a variables file can include additionally transforming the presentation master file into a visual markup language document emulating the multimedia presentation. As such, in an aspect of the embodiment, the method further can include detecting an assistive technology, and rendering the visual markup language document in lieu of the slide show.
US11062075B2	Integrated circuit and method for manufacturing same A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit includes generating a layout design of the integrated circuit, manufacturing the integrated circuit based on the layout design, and removing a portion of a gate structure of a set of gate structures thereby forming a first and a second gate structure. Generating the layout design includes placing a set of gate layout patterns and a cut feature layout pattern on the first layout level. The cut feature layout pattern extends in a first direction, overlaps the set of gate layout patterns and identifies a location of the portion of the gate structure of the set of gate structures. The set of gate layout patterns correspond to fabricating a set of gate structures. The set of gate layout patterns extending in a second direction and overlapping a set of gridlines that extend in the second direction.
US11062073B2	Integrated circuit design system and method Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for parameterization of physical dimensions of discrete circuit components for component definitions that define discrete circuit components. The component definitions may be selected for use in a device design. When a parametrization of a particular version of a discrete circuit component definition is changed, the version level of the device design is also changed and the circuit layout for the device design is physically verified for the new version level.
US11062070B2	Die to die interconnect structure for modularized integrated circuit devices Systems or methods of the present disclosure may facilitate meeting connectivity demands between the dies of the modularized integrated circuits. Such an integrated circuit system may include a first die of programmable fabric circuitry that is communicatively coupled to a second die of modular periphery intellectual property (IP) tile via a modular interface. The modular interface may enable communication between a first microbump of the first die and a second microbump of the second die using a time-division multiplexing (TDM) technique. The modular interface may also enable communication between the first microbump and the second microbump using a wire-to-wire connection that does not comprise the TDM technique.
US11062068B2	Electronic computer-aided design tool An electronic computer-aided design tool includes a design module and a printed electronics printer coupled to the design module. The design module determines one or more design specifications for an electronic device. The printed electronics printer produces one or more printed electronics prototypes of the electronic device based at least in part on at least on at least one of the design specifications. In some embodiments, the electronic computer-aided design tool includes a prototype testing unit that tests prototypes made by the printed electronics printer.
US11062067B2	Systems and methods for designing integrated circuits System and methods to generate a circuit design for an integrated circuit using only allowable pairs of connected logic stages. The allowable pairs of connected logic stages are those pairs of connected logic stages with a static noise margin (SNM) above an SNM threshold. Also presented is a 16-bit microprocessor made entirely from carbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNFET) having such allowable pair of connected logic stages.
US11062059B2	Method and system for displaying room interiors on a floor plan A system and method for generating multi-3D perspective floor plans having real-life physical characteristics. The multi-3D perspective floor plans may be generated using image data and related to a floor plan of a structure.
US11062057B2	Techniques for using controlled natural language to capture design intent for computer-aided design A computing device for receiving a design problem statement describing a design problem in a controlled natural language (CNL) that defines permitted lexicons and syntax structures. The design problem statement is processed using the CNL lexicons and syntax structures to produce a job description executable by a design application for generating a design solution for the design problem statement. An improved CNL user interface that assists users to produce valid design problem statements that are CNL-compliant. The CNL user interface receives user-selectable terms that are compliant with the CNL lexicons and generates candidate problem statements that are compliant with CNL syntax structures and receives a selection of a candidate problem statement that is added to the design problem statement. A graphical user interface may display a graphical representation of a design problem statement that can be directly modified. A dialogue-based design process to explore possible design intentions and design solutions.
US11062052B2	System for provisioning validated sanitized data for application development Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for provisioning validated sanitized data for application development. The system is configured for establishing a communication link with a plurality of disparate systems, retrieving data from the plurality of disparate systems via the communication link, sanitizing the data retrieved from the plurality of disparate systems, generating a query to validate the sanitized data, wherein the generation of the query is based on a set of rules, validating the sanitized data using the query generated based on the set of rules, determining that the validation of the sanitized data is successful, and transmitting the validated sanitized data to a second plurality of disparate systems.
US11062051B2	Consent receipt management systems and related methods A consent receipt management and data processing system may be configured to provide a centralized repository of consent receipt preferences for a plurality of data subjects. In various embodiments, the system is configured to provide an interface to the plurality of data subjects for modifying consent preferences and capture consent preference changes. The system may provide the ability to track the consent status of pending and confirmed consents. In other embodiments, the system may provide a centralized repository of consent receipts that a third-party system may reference when taking one or more actions related to a processing activity.
US11062050B2	Devices, systems, and methods for securely storing and managing sensitive information Devices, systems, and methods for storing and managing sensitive information in a connected environment are provided. The system comprises a master controller and a sensitive information storage device (“SIS device”). The SIS device has an island that can be activated by user interaction with the SIS device. In general, the island is deactivated by default and when the island is deactivated, sensitive information that is stored on the SIS device cannot be accessed. Only when the island is activated by user interaction can the stored sensitive information be accessed.
US11062045B2	Computer-implemented methods, systems comprising computer-readable media, and electronic devices for propagating access to assets across a plurality of datasources A computer-implemented method for propagating access to assets across a plurality of datasources. The method may include receiving user input via an administrative user interface that comprises selection of the datasources. A plurality of provisionable assets including at least one provisionable asset from each of the datasources may be automatically retrieved. Asset designations of at least some of the provisionable assets may be received via the administrative user interface. A plurality of asset paths corresponding to the designated assets may be automatically determined. The asset paths may be automatically assigned to an authorized role and automatically consolidated for collective invocation in response to queries.

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