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US11070216B2	Locked loop circuit and method with digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) gain normalization A method of operation in a locked-loop circuit. The locked-loop circuit includes a loop filter and a digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) coupled to the output of the loop filter. The loop filter includes a first input to receive a digital word representing a difference between a reference clock frequency and a DCO output frequency. The method includes determining a calibration DCO codeword representing a calibration operating point for the locked-loop circuit; determining a scaling factor based on the calibration operating point, the scaling factor based on a ratio of an actual DCO gain to a nominal DCO gain; and applying the scaling factor to operating parameters of the loop filter.
US11070214B1	Test circuit for a digital phase-locked loop An Integrated Circuit (IC) includes a digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) circuit and DPLL Diagnostics circuitry (DPLL-DC). The DPLL circuit includes an oscillator, a digital phase detector and a digital feedback bus (DPLL-DFB). The oscillator is configured to generate an output signal. The digital phase detector is configured to generate a digital feedback signal indicative of a phase difference between the output signal and a reference input signal. The DPLL-DFB is configured to feed-back the digital feedback signal for controlling the oscillator. The DPLL-DC is coupled to the DPLL-DFB and is configured to monitor events depending at least on the digital feedback signal transferred on the DPLL-DFB.
US11070213B2	Oscillator circuit with bias current generator An oscillator circuit comprises a crystal oscillator arranged to generate an oscillation signal, a bias current generator arranged to supply a bias current to the crystal oscillator, and a feedback stage arranged to generate a feedback signal in response to an amplitude of the oscillation signal reaching an amplitude threshold. The bias current generator is arranged to: in response to a supply of power to the oscillator circuit being switched on, generate the bias current at an increasing level commencing from a first level; in response to the feedback signal, terminate the increasing; and during subsequent oscillation of the crystal oscillator, supply the bias current at a second level dependent on a final level of the bias current reached when the increasing is terminated.
US11070210B2	Flux-tunable qubit device with multiple Josephson junctions In a general aspect, a qubit device includes two circuit loops. In some aspects, a first circuit loop includes a first Josephson junction, a second circuit loop includes a second Josephson junction, and the first and second loops are configured to receive a magnetic flux that defines a transition frequency of a qubit device. In some aspects, a quantum integrated circuit includes an inductor connected between a first circuit node and a second circuit node; the first Josephson junction connected in parallel with the inductor between the first circuit node and the second circuit node; and the second Josephson junction connected in parallel with the inductor between the first circuit node and the second circuit node.
US11070190B2	Silver-bonded quartz crystal The disclosed technology generally relates to packaging a quartz crystal, and more particularly to bonding a quartz crystal using sintering silver paste. In one aspect, a method of packaging a quartz crystal comprises attaching a quartz crystal to a package substrate using one or more silver paste layers comprising silver particles. The method additionally comprises sintering the silver paste in a substantially oxygen-free atmosphere and at a sintering temperature sufficient to cause sintering of the silver particles. The sintering is such that the quartz crystal exhibits a positive drift in resonance frequency of the quartz crystal over time. The method further comprises hermetically sealing the quartz crystal in the package substrate.
US11070188B2	Impedance matching Disclosed is an impedance matcher for use in a communication system, operable to match a transmitter or receiver, respectively, to an associated antenna, comprising a stub matching circuit and a phase shifter, whereby, in use, energy flows from a source to the phase shifter, to the stub matching circuit and to a load.
US11070187B2	Multilayer band pass filter A multilayer band pass filter includes first and second LC parallel resonators. The first and second LC parallel resonators include a first inductor and a second inductor, respectively. The first inductor includes a first line conductive pattern, a first via conductive pattern, and a second via conductive pattern. The first line conductive pattern extends in the X-axis direction on a first dielectric layer. The first via conductive pattern and second via conductive pattern extend from the first line conductive pattern toward a second dielectric layer. The second inductor includes a third via conductive pattern extending in the Z-axis direction.
US11070179B2	Apparatus and method for measuring speaker transducer impedance versus frequency with ultralow inaudible signal An apparatus measures a speaker impedance. A DAC converts a known digital input signal to an audio frequency first analog voltage signal. Resistors with known resistance attenuate the first analog voltage signal to generate a current. The known resistance effectively determines the current because the known resistance is high relative to the speaker impedance. The current is sourced into the speaker to generate a second analog voltage signal. The known resistance is sufficiently high to cause the second analog voltage signal to be inaudible as transduced by the speaker. An amplifier amplifies the second analog voltage signal with a known gain to generate a third analog voltage signal. An ADC converts the third analog voltage signal to a digital output signal. A processing element calculates the impedance of the speaker proportional to the digital output signal based on the known digital input signal, the known resistance, and the known gain.
US11070176B2	Amplifier linearization and related apparatus thereof Some embodiments relate to a device, comprising an amplifier and a linearizer, the linearizer comprising a first transistor, the first transistor comprising a first terminal coupled to an input of the amplifier, a second terminal configured to be coupled to a DC supply voltage, and a control terminal configured to control a current flowing between the first and second terminals and configured to receive a DC bias voltage different from a voltage of the first terminal. Some embodiments relate to a device, comprising an amplifier, comprising an input, an output, and a first set of one or more transistors coupled between the input and the output, and a linearizer, comprising a second set of one or more transistors coupled between a DC supply voltage and the input of the amplifier, wherein the first set of transistors and the second set of transistors have a same topology.
US11070174B2	Quadrature combined doherty amplifiers Apparatus and methods for quadrature combined Doherty amplifiers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a separator is used to separate a radio frequency (RF) input signal into a plurality of input signal components that are amplified by a pair of Doherty amplifiers operating in quadrature. Additionally, a combiner is used to combine a plurality of output signal components generated by the pair of Doherty amplifiers, thereby generating an RF output signal exhibiting quadrature balancing.
US11070169B2	Vibration element and oscillator A vibration element includes: a quartz crystal substrate having a first vibration part and a second vibration part; a pair of first excitation electrodes formed at two main surfaces of the quartz crystal substrate, at the first vibration part; and a pair of second excitation electrodes formed in such a way as to sandwich the second vibration part in a direction of thickness of the quartz crystal substrate, at the second vibration part. At least one second excitation electrode of the pair of second excitation electrodes is formed at an inclined surface inclined to at least one of the two main surfaces.
US11070168B2	Oscillator circuit A variable-frequency oscillator generates an oscillator clock having a frequency that corresponds to a control signal. A programmable frequency divider divides the oscillator clock, so as to generate a divided clock. A F/V converter circuit includes a capacitor and a switch that switches at a frequency that corresponds to the divided clock, and generates a detection voltage that corresponds to a reference current. A reference voltage source outputs a reference voltage that corresponds to the electric potential that occurs at the resistor due to a reference current. A feedback circuit adjusts a control signal such that the detection voltage approaches the reference voltage. A correction circuit changes the frequency-dividing ratio of the programmable frequency divider based on a modulation signal modulated according to a correction coefficient that corresponds to the temperature.
US11070166B2	Adjustable mounting device An adjustable mounting device is described. The device can include a baseplate having a plurality of holes, a bracket having a horizontal element, vertical element, and plurality of holes, and a headed rod having a head portion coupled to the baseplate and a rod portion. The headed rod can be configured to provide an adjustable spaced distance between the baseplate and bracket. A system including a plurality of adjustable mounting devices is also described.
US11070164B2	Power tool and control method of the same A power tool has a functional component, a motor, a power supply module, a controller and a drive circuit including a first drive terminal and a second drive terminal respectively electrically connected to a first power terminal and a second power terminal of the power supply module, multiple high-side switches wherein high-side terminals of the high-side switches are respectively electrically connected to the first drive terminal, and multiple low-side switches wherein low-side terminals of the low-side switches are respectively electrically connected to the second drive terminal. The controller is configured to output a first control signal to one high-side switch to place it in an on or off state and output a second control signal to one low-side switch to place it in the other state. The low-side terminal of one high-side switch is connected to the high-side terminal of one low-side switch.
US11070161B2	Electric-motor driving device and refrigeration-cycle application apparatus including electric-motor driving device An electric-motor driving device includes an inverter connected to terminals connected to windings of an electric motor including the windings, the inverter applying an alternating-current voltage to the electric motor, a switching unit connected to the terminals and capable of switching a connection state between the terminals, a detecting unit that detects at least one of a voltage and an electric current of the inverter, and a control unit that determines on the basis of a detection value detected by the detecting unit that an abnormality occurs in the switching unit and controls the inverter to short-circuit at least two of the terminals.
US11070159B2	Multi lane motors A motor apparatus comprises a permanent magnet synchronous motor circuit having a plurality of lanes, each lane comprising a plurality of unbalanced phases. A current demand circuit which receives a torque demand signal having a value equal to the torque that is to be generated by the motor apparatus and generates a respective current demand signal for each lane indicative of the current to be applied to each phase of the lane to achieve the demanded torque. A first drive circuit and a second drive circuit each comprise a plurality of switches which selectively connect the phases of a respective one of the plurality of lanes to a supply such that PWM modulated currents flow in each of the phases that correspond to the demanded current. The current demand circuit is adapted to modify one or both of the current demand signals such that one or both lanes additionally generate a set of radial forces that are applied to the rotor of the motor that do not net to zero.
US11070146B2	Efficient switching for converter circuit An apparatus may include a first switch leg and a controller. The first switch leg may include a first switch and a second switch. The second switch may be connected in series to the first switch. For a first half of a switching cycle, the controller may control the first switch and the second switch to be OFF. For a second half of the switching cycle, the controller may control the first switch to alternate between being ON and being OFF and to control the second switch to be ON.
US11070133B2	Power system A power system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery; a second power circuit having a second battery, wherein a used voltage range of the second battery with respect to a closed circuit voltage overlaps with the first battery, and a static voltage of the second battery is lower than the first battery; a voltage converter, converting a voltage between the first and the second power circuit; a power converter, converting power between the first power circuit and a driving motor; a current sensor; a passing current control section, operating the voltage converter so that the passing current becomes a target current; and a failure determining section. The failure determining section determines the voltage converter fails in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold and the passing current flows from the side of the first power circuit to the side of the second power circuit.
US11070127B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device that compensates for imbalance between a plurality of semiconductor elements connected in parallel by negative feedback to achieve current balance utilizing reversed temperature characteristics without providing any dedicated element just for cancelling temperature characteristics. A gate driving circuit turns ON a power semiconductor element by applying a voltage elevated by a charge pump (CP) circuit to a gate through a resistor connected between the CP circuit and the gate. The power semiconductor element is turned OFF by control circuit that gives a control signal to turn ON a MOS switch in the gate driving circuit and discharges the gate through a diode.
US11070125B2	Voltage regulator having self-test mode A fault-tolerant multiphase voltage regulator includes a plurality of power stages, each of which is configured to deliver a phase current to a processor, and a controller. The controller is configured to: control the plurality of power stages to regulate an output voltage provided to the processor; detect and disable a faulty power stage; generate a throttling signal to indicate that one or more of the power stages is faulty and disabled; communicate the throttling signal to the processor over a physical line running between the processor and the controller; and place the multiphase voltage regulator in a self-test mode in which the processor is operated at a known computational load and the controller operates each power stage independently to determine if any of the power stages is faulty under the known computational load. A corresponding method of operating a fault-tolerant power distribution system is also described.
US11070119B2	Manufacturing method of vibrating actuator A vibrating actuator is disclosed, comprising: a magnetic part including at least two magnets arranged with same polarities facing each other; a receiving part including a hollow member with a cavity for receiving the magnetic part and at least one coil wrapped around the hollow member and fixed thereto; elastic elements interconnecting the magnetic part and the hollow member; and a chassis. In one aspect, the magnetic part is fixed to the chassis via attachment elements such that the magnetic part, attachment elements and chassis are stationary, and the receiving part performs a linear movement with changing direction causing the vibration when an alternating current passes through the coil(s). In another aspect, the elastic elements are flat elastic metal or plastic membranes. In another aspect, a magnetic guidance member of ferromagnetic material partly surrounding the hollow member and coil(s) is mounted to the longitudinally outer ends of the magnetic part.
US11070118B2	Electrical machine disconnection systems A hybrid drive system can include a shaft, an electrical machine comprising a rotor and a stator, and a mechanical disconnect system connecting the rotor to the shaft. The mechanical disconnect system is configured to mechanically connect the rotor to the shaft in a first state and to mechanically disconnect the rotor from the shaft in a second state such that rotor does not drive the shaft or such that the rotor is not driven by the shaft. The rotor can be a permanent magnet rotor, for example.
US11070117B2	Apparatus and method to centrifugally cast copper rotor assemblies for induction motor of electric vehicle Provided herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods of providing a centrifugally cast rotor assembly for an induction motor of an electric vehicle. The rotor assembly includes a rotor lamination stack with a cylindrical shape that terminates in a first end surface and a second end surface. The rotor lamination stack has multiple lamination discs, and each lamination disc has multiple rotor slots. The rotor assembly further includes copper bars disposed within the rotor slots, a first intermediary end ring disposed at the first end surface, and a second intermediary end ring disposed at the second end surface. A centrifugally cast first copper end ring that electrically and mechanically couples each of the copper bars is located proximate the first end surface, and a centrifugally cast second copper end ring that electrically and mechanically couples each of the copper bars is located proximate the second end surface.
US11070113B2	Electric rotating machine In an electric rotating machine including an output shaft, a magnetic body fixed inside a case surrounding the output shaft, a sensor magnet fixed to the output shaft and generating a magnetic field for detecting a rotational angle of the output shaft and a rotation sensor fixed inside the case, arranged between the magnetic body and the sensor magnet in an axial direction of the output shaft and outputting a signal in accordance with the intensity of the magnetic field for detecting the rotational angle, N-pole and S-pole are magnetized in a circumferential direction around the output shaft in the sensor magnet and the rotation sensor is arranged in an area in which amplitudes of a radial-direction component Br around the output shaft and a circumferential-direction component Bθ in a magnetic flux density B of the magnetic field are equivalent.
US11070112B2	Sensor magnet, rotor, electric motor, and air conditioner A sensor magnet includes: a first magnetic-pole part including a magnetic pole of first polarity; a second magnetic-pole part including a magnetic pole of second polarity; and an inter-pole part formed between the first magnetic-pole part and the second magnetic-pole part. A width of the inter-pole part is larger than both of a width of the first magnetic-pole part and a width of the second magnetic-pole part.
US11070107B2	Open-core flywheel architecture Apparatuses, systems and methods are described for a flywheel system incorporating a rotor made from a high-strength material in an open-core flywheel architecture with a high-temperature superconductive (HTS) bearing technology to achieve the desired high energy density in the flywheel energy storage devices, to obtain superior results and performance, and that eliminates the material growth-matching problem and obviates radial growth and bending mode issues that otherwise occur at various high frequencies and speeds.
US11070106B2	Electric oil pump An electric oil pump includes a motor unit having a shaft centered on a central axis that extends in an axial direction of the shaft and a pump unit which is disposed on a front side of the motor unit, is driven by the motor unit, and discharges oil. The motor unit includes a rotor that is fixed on a rear side of the shaft, a stator that is disposed outside the rotor in a radial direction, a resin housing in which the rotor and the stator are housed, and a connector assembly that is disposed outside the resin housing in the radial direction. The connector assembly is integrally molded with the resin housing. The pump unit includes a pump rotor installed to the shaft that protrudes from the motor unit and a pump housing in which the pump rotor is housed.
US11070105B2	Motor and pump device A motor includes a rotor having an output shaft and a rotor main body, a bearing member for supporting the output shaft movable in an axial line direction and rotatable around the axial line, and a bearing holding member holding the bearing member. The bearing member has a tube part supporting the output shaft and a slidably contacting part capable of slidably contacting with the rotor main body. The bearing holding member has an opposed face facing the rotor main body and a recessed part provided in the opposed face. The tube part of the bearing member is inserted into the recessed part and is separated from a bottom face of the recessed part. A space between the bottom face of the recessed part and the tube part is structured as a lubricant storage part and a communication path is provided between the bearing holding member and the bearing member.
US11070103B2	Motor A motor includes a stator core, teeth respectively protruding from the stator core, and coils respectively wound onto the teeth n (n is an integer of 2 or greater) turns including first to n-th turns. Within each of ranges respectively wound with the coils onto the teeth in directions of protrusion of the teeth from the stator core, the first turn of each of the coil lies adjacent to a center of the motor. A k-th (k is an integer, 1
US11070097B2	Device and method for transmitting or receiving data in wireless power transmission system The present invention relates to a device and a method for transmitting or receiving data in a wireless power transmission system. The present specification discloses a wireless power reception device comprising: a power pickup unit configured to receive, from a wireless power transmission device, wireless power generated on the basis of magnetic coupling in a power transmission phase; and a communication/control unit configured to receive, from the wireless power transmission device, information on a first buffer size indicating the size of a first buffer for receiving a data transmission stream. As the buffer size for exchanging the data transmission stream between the wireless power transmission device and reception device becomes clear, wireless power transmission and communication can proceed smoothly.
US11070092B2	Method and apparatus for radio-frequency power harvesting control This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) power harvesters configured to generate power from received RF signals. A controller may monitor output power from the RF power harvesters and a sequence of reset signals. Based on the output powers and the sequence of reset signals, the controller may couple the RF power harvesters to a charge-storage device and one or more voltage regulators. In some implementations, the controller may also monitor RF envelope amplitude and couple the RF power harvesters to the charge storage device based on RF envelope amplitude.
US11070084B2	Vehicle Provided is a vehicle including an undercover and a power receiving apparatus. The undercover is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle. The undercover includes at least one air-flow regulating panel that regulates air flow flowing on the bottom surface side in the vehicle. The air-flow regulating panel is made of a metallic material having a lower electric resistance than that of iron. The power receiving apparatus is provided on the lower surface of the air-flow regulating panel. The power receiving apparatus is configured to wirelessly receive electric power from a power transmitting apparatus disposed outside the vehicle.
US11070082B2	Systems and methods for managing mesh-networked power control devices using tokens A power control device for controlling the power supplied to a device connected to it is connected wirelessly by a mesh network to a local controller and provides information on the power usage of the connected device remotely. The power control device can receive a function assignment remotely and will control the connected device according to that function.
US11070081B2	Building management system with smart circuit breaker A smart circuit breaker is configured for installation within a panel assembly. The smart circuit breaker includes a breaker device positioned between a power source and a subcircuit, the breaker device having a moveable contactor configured to change from an open state to a closed state, wherein in the closed state power flows from the power source to the subcircuit via a power line, and wherein in the open state power does not flow from the power source to the subcircuit. The smart circuit breaker further includes a power meter configured to measure a power characteristic of the subcircuit. The smart circuit breaker further includes a processing circuit configured to receive a power characteristic measurement from the power meter, the processing circuit having a communications interface configured to communicate power consumption data to an external device, the power consumption data based on the power characteristic.
US11070080B1	Reserve power supply system A reserve power supply system for providing a supplemental source of electrical power to a main power source. The system includes a backup battery and a switch that can be controlled to couple the backup battery to the main power source when reserve power is needed. The system also includes a sensor to detect when the backup battery should be engaged and a system control unit.
US11070078B2	ASTS-less block redundant electrical topology with variable UPS walk-ins Systems and methods for the distribution of data center power are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes supplying power to a critical load using a stored energy device in response to detecting an outage of a utility; transmitting an on bypass request to a reserve power system via an automatic bypass input upon determining that a capacity of the stored energy device has reached a pre-determined threshold, wherein the on bypass request is transmitted from the primary UPS to a switchboard of the reserve power system; transferring the critical load to the reserve power system if the reserve power system is able to support the critical load, the transferring the critical load to the reserve power system comprising coupling the critical load to the switchboard via an automatic bypass input of the primary UPS.
US11070070B2	Charge cable deadzone mitigation A charging cable is configured to rotate freely while attached to a cable plug on a chargeable device. The plug has contact pads separated by an insulator, and the matching cable head has pins for contacting the pads of the plug. There may be a ‘deadzone’ position where one or more pins of the cable head rest of the separator and do not make contact with the charge pads on the cable plug. The examples include pins in the cable head for redundant charging paths that are complimentary such that only one of the power paths will be on at any given time. When the cable enters a position where one of its power paths is resting on the “deadzone”, circuitry in the cable will over to the second power path which will be capable of providing power to the device.
US11070069B2	Device and method for power management of a type-C charger A charger including a USB type-C input port configured to receive power from a power supply, a plurality of output ports each configured to couple to one of a plurality of devices to be charged, and a control logic circuit operatively coupled to the plurality of output ports and configured to manage power to the plurality of output ports. The control logic circuit is hardwired to prioritize power to a first output port of the plurality of output ports when the output port is coupled to a device such that an amount of the received power is allocated to the output port instead of at least one of the plurality of output ports that is coupled to a second device and the control logic circuit does not include an electronic processor.
US11070062B2	Photovoltaic conversion systems Different systems to achieve solar power conversion are provided in at least three different general aspects, with circuitry that can be used to harvest maximum power from a solar source or strings of panels for DC or AC use, perhaps for transfer to a power grid three aspects can exist perhaps independently and relate to: 1) electrical power conversion in a multimodal manner, 2) alternating between differing processes such as by an alternative mode photovoltaic power converter functionality control, and 3) systems that can achieve efficiencies in conversion that are extraordinarily high compared to traditional through substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic DC-DC power conversion capability that can achieve 99.2% efficiency or even only wire transmission losses. Switchmode impedance conversion circuits may have pairs of photovoltaic power series switch elements and pairs of photovoltaic power shunt switch elements.
US11070059B2	Frequency converter and method in connection with a frequency converter A frequency converter and a method in a frequency converter. The frequency converter is adapted to drive an electrical load, wherein the frequency converter comprises a communications interface through which the frequency converter is adapted to receive external requests to change input power of the frequency converter, means adapted to hold one or more conditions for allowing to change the input power of the frequency converter, and processing means adapted to change the input power of the frequency converter upon receipt of the external request in the limits set by the one or more conditions. (FIG. 1)
US11070055B2	Method and apparatus for increasing current capacity of a distributed drive system An improved system for connecting a DC bus cable and a remote motor drive includes a capacitance module and an extension module that may each be mounted adjacent to the remote motor drive. The capacitance module includes a first DC bus connector and a second DC bus connector. The first DC bus connector includes a terminal block configured to receive a pair of conductors for the DC bus. The first DC bus connector further includes a pair of intermediate bus bars where each of the intermediate bus bars are connected at a first end to the terminal block and at a second end to a circuit board contained within the capacitance module. Traces on the circuit board are routed between the second ends of the intermediate bus bars and the second DC bus connector. The second DC bus connector is configured to be connected to DC bus bars.
US11070053B2	Fast fault current limiter A fast-operating AC fault current limiter, to limit the fault current let through to downstream equipment during short circuit or low-impedance faults, comprises a series inductor to limit current rise time, a current sensor to sense the instantaneous current, a series AC semiconductor switch to interrupt current flow when it exceeds the maximum desired fault current, and a shunt AC semiconductor switch to catch inductor flyback voltage when the series semiconductor switch is opened. Each of the series and the shunt AC switches comprises two back-to-back MOSFETs. Inventive control of timing of the individual MOSFETs obviates the need for exact simultaneous timing of opening the series switch and closing the shunt switch, which is otherwise required to avoid short circuits.
US11070052B2	Circuit protection system A circuit protection system includes a plurality of circuit protection devices and a central controller. Each circuit protection device includes a protection switch for connecting or disconnecting a corresponding protected circuit, and a sensing module for sensing electrical parameter data. The central controller is in communication with each of the circuit protection devices, and is constructed to receive the electrical parameter data; determine whether a fault condition has occurred based on the electrical parameter data; and send a signal to open the protection switch for each protected circuit experiencing a fault condition.
US11070049B2	System, method, and apparatus for power distribution in an electric mobile application using a combined breaker and relay A mobile application includes a motive power circuit having a power storage device and an electrical load, where the power storage device and the electrical load are selectively electrically coupled through a power bus. The application includes a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, where the PDU includes a breaker/relay positioned on one of a high side and a low side of the power storage device. The breaker/relay includes a fixed contact and a moveable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact, where the moveable contact allows power flow through the power bus when electrically coupled to the fixed contact, and prevents power flow through the power bus when not electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The breaker/relay includes an armature coupled to the moveable contact, and capable to open or close the motive power circuit.
US11070046B2	Short-circuit protection circuit for self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element A short-circuit protection circuit for a self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element includes a first protection circuit and a second protection circuit. The first protection circuit is configured to reduce a voltage between a control electrode and a first main electrode of the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when detecting overcurrent flowing between the first main electrode and a second main electrode. The second protection circuit is configured to: detect current flowing in an interconnection adapted to supply the drive voltage; determine, based on the detected current, whether the first protection circuit is in an operating state; and change the drive voltage to turn off the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when the first protection circuit is in the operating state.
US11070045B1	Electrical protective device for low-voltage direct current (LVDC) network An Electrical Protective Device for Low-Voltage DC networks (EPDL) has a controller that on start-up first closes a mechanical relay in a ground line, waits a first delay, then closes a bipolar transistor to allow current to flow through a positive supply line, then turns on a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET) connected in parallel with the bipolar transistor once an output voltage reaches a minimum target. The controller reverses the start-up order to open the MOSFET, bipolar transistor, and finally the relay when an over-voltage, input-power, or integrated-current fault is detected. The output current is integrated over time and compared to a threshold, allowing for capacitor charging or other temporary over-loads. When the output voltage dips below the minimum target, the MOSFET is turned off until the voltage recovers. If the voltage does not recover within a time period, the bipolar transistor and then the relay are turned off.
US11070042B2	Liquid epoxy brush barrier A barrier including an outer edge and a plurality of elements such as bristles projecting inwardly from the outer edge. An electrical fitting including a body having an inner cavity, an aperture within the inner cavity between a first portion and a second portion, and a barrier positioned within or adjacent to the aperture, the barrier including an outer edge and a plurality of bendable elements. A method of assembling an electrical fitting including providing a barrier including an outer edge and a plurality of bendable elements projecting inwardly, placing the barrier within an inner cavity of the electrical fitting, placing a conductor into the second portion of the inner cavity, a distal portion of the conductor extending through the barrier and into a first portion of the inner cavity, and filling the first portion of the inner cavity with a sealing compound.
US11070041B2	Egress seal fitting An egress seal fitting for a bulkhead penetration may comprise a housing, a driver configured to couple to the housing and define a cavity within the housing, and a seal member configured to be disposed within the cavity of the housing, wherein the driver is configured to pass a cable through the housing and apply pressure to the seal member.
US11070039B2	Insulation spacer and gas insulation shutoff apparatus using the insulation spacer An insulating spacer and a gas insulation shutoff apparatus each having a high dielectric strength against adhesion of a metal foreign substance are provided without increasing size or complicating a shape of the insulating spacer. In an insulating spacer of a gas insulation shutoff apparatus including a grounded tank filled with an insulating gas, a high-voltage conductor provided within the grounded tank, and the insulating spacer supporting and fixing the high-voltage conductor within the grounded tank, the insulating spacer includes a conductor to be connected to the high-voltage conductor, an insulating structure supporting and fixing the conductor within the grounded tank, and a nonlinear resistance layer provided on a creepage surface of the insulating structure, and the nonlinear resistance layer is provided in a portion to be a high-field portion of the creepage surface of the insulating structure.
US11070035B2	Modular electro-magnetic connections and applications thereof Functional modules of a modular system include two or more ferrous conductors, each conductor having a separate magnet associated therewith that is electrically isolated from other conductors and magnets. Circuitry within functional modules is electrically connected to the ferrous conductors. The ferrous conductors of the functional modules are configured to be magnetically attracted to, contact, and receive power from ferrous conductors of a power delivery module.
US11070034B2	Method for controlling an ionic wind generator with an AC power source and a DC power source The present invention relates to a method for controlling the ionic wind generator. comprising an electrode body 10, an AC power source 20, and a DC power source 30. The electrode body 10 has a first electrode layer 12, a second electrode layer 14, a third electrode layer 16, and a dielectric layer 18, such that when a voltage is applied between the first electrode layer 12 and the second electrode layer 14 by the AC power source 20, and a voltage is applied between the second electrode layer 14 and the third electrode layer 16 by the DC power source 30, an ionic wind can be generated in a direction away from the dielectric layer 18. An AC voltage is preferably set to 6 to 20 kVpp, and a DC voltage is preferably set to 6 to 20 kV.
US11070031B2	Low voltage laser diodes on {20-21} gallium and nitrogen containing surfaces A low voltage laser device having an active region configured for one or more selected wavelengths of light emissions.
US11070030B2	Waveguide heterostructure for dispersion compensation in semiconductor laser A waveguide heterostructure for a semiconductor laser with an active part, comprising an active region layer depending of the type of semiconductor used, which is sandwiched between an electrode layer and a substrate, usable for dispersion compensation in a semiconductor laser frequency comb setup, an optical frequency comb setup and a manufacturing method.
US11070028B2	Semiconductor light emitting element A semiconductor light emitting element includes: a GaN substrate; a first semiconductor layer located above the GaN substrate and including a nitride semiconductor of a first conductivity type; an active layer located above the first semiconductor layer and including a nitride semiconductor including Ga or In; an electron barrier layer located above the active layer and including a nitride semiconductor including Al; and a second semiconductor layer located above the electron barrier layer and including a nitride semiconductor of a second conductivity type. The electron barrier layer includes: a first region having an Al composition ratio changing at a first change rate; and a second region having an Al composition ratio changing at a second change rate larger than the first change rate. In the first second regions, the Al composition ratio monotonically increases at the first change rate in the direction from the active layer toward second semiconductor layer.
US11070026B2	High current nanosecond laser driver circuit with wide pulse-width adjustment range A resonant H-bridge laser driver circuit topology is described that can achieve high current levels at narrow pulse widths while using smaller transistor sizes. The resonant H-bridge topology can utilize parasitic inductors in conjunction with an external capacitor to create a resonant circuit in parallel with the load.
US11070024B2	Semiconductor laser device In a semiconductor laser device that includes: a semiconductor laser element that outputs light from an output portion; and a metal stem that holds the semiconductor laser element, the metal stem includes a base that has a reference surface on an upper surface and a protrusion portion that protrudes upward from the reference surface, and the protrusion portion is provided with an installation surface on which the semiconductor laser element is installed and a side surface which is disposed on an identical plane with a part of an outer circumferential surface of the base.
US11070023B2	Diamond-coated composite heat sinks for high-power laser systems In various embodiments, laser systems feature beam emitters thermally coupled to heat sinks comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of a metal-matrix composite of a thermally conductive metal and a refractory metal. At least a portion of the surface of the heat sink is treated to form a depleted region, and a diamond coating is deposited within and/or over the depleted region. The depleted region is substantially free of the thermally conductive metal or contains the thermally conductive metal at a concentration less than that of the body of the heat sink.
US11070021B2	Fiber laser device A seed unit (MO) includes a plurality of optical paths sharing a part thereof and causing light to be resonated thereon, an amplification optical fiber (13) serving as a part of each of the optical paths and amplifying respective light beams resonated on the respective optical paths, and; an AOM (14) arranged at a part shared by the respective optical paths and switchable between a first state, in which the AOM (14) vibrates at a predetermined cycle and emits light incident from the optical paths to the optical paths, and a second state, in which the AOM (14) emits light incident from the optical paths to a path other than the optical paths. A resonance cycle of light having highest power out of the light beams resonated on the optical paths and the predetermined cycle at which the AOM (14) vibrates in the first state have a non-integral multiple relationship.
US11070016B2	High-density port converter Disclosed is a high-density port converter for use in a network incorporating high-density connections for increased efficiency, network operation and management. The high-density connections are incorporated into the patch panel, network switch, and cables that connects them, as well as into cable analyzers and printed circuit boards (PCBs) which allow for a complete network within a single computer running virtualization software.
US11070015B2	High-density non split cable Disclosed is a high-density non split cable for use in a network incorporating high-density connections for increased efficiency, network operation and management. The high-density connections are incorporated into the patch panel, network switch, and cables that connects them, as well as into cable analyzers and printed circuit boards (PCBs) which allow for a complete network within a single computer running virtualization software.
US11070014B2	High-density switch up to 40 high-density jacks Disclosed is a high-density switch for up to 40 high-density jacks for use in a network incorporating high-density connections for increased efficiency, network operation and management. The high-density connections are incorporated into the patch panel, network switch, and cables that connects them, as well as into cable analyzers and printed circuit boards (PCBs) which allow for a complete network within a single computer running virtualization software.
US11070012B2	Electrical outlet cover provided with electric wire organizer The present invention relates to an electric outlet cover attached to an electric outlet box installed on a wall or a power strip, the electric outlet cover being provided with an electric wire organizer which is capable of neatly winding and organizing various electric wires connected to the electric outlet.
US11070011B2	Remotely configurable connector A reconfigurable connector having a first set of electrical contacts and a second set of electrical contacts each configured to be electrically connected to electronic elements. The reconfigurable connector further includes a network access device configured to receive a signal from a remote device and an internal switch coupled to the network access device and configured to reconfigure pairing of the first set of electrical contacts and the second set of electrical contacts based on the signal received by the network access device.
US11070008B2	Sensor with circuit protection module The present application provides a sensor, relates to sensing technology field, the sensor includes a sensor body, a main circuit module disposed in the sensor body and an sensing assembly electrically connect to the main circuit module, and further includes a circuit protection module disposed at outside of the sensor body and electrically connected to the main circuit module. In the present application, the main circuit module and the sensing assembly are used as the core components to achieve the functions of sensing and information conversion of the sensor; the circuit protection module is disposed outside the sensor body to realize the circuit protection function of the sensor. Specifically, the sensor can pass the test of the lightning surge test standard IEC61000-4-5 surge, and can also protect from static electricity of a high level and the impact of the electric fast transient pulse group; in addition, since the circuit protection module is disposed outside of the sensor body and the inner volume of the sensor is not occupied, such that the circuit protection performance of the sensor is further optimized and improved without any change on the inherent structure of the sensor body.
US11070004B2	Magnetic connector assembly A magnetic connector assembly has a female connector with spring-loaded conductive pins slightly protruding inside a recess or cavity in the female connector's body. A corresponding male connector has a protrusion on its body with conductive pins slightly indented into the protrusion's surface. The protrusion on the male connector is sized and shaped to fit into the cavity in the female connector such that the male connector's pins engage the pins of the female connector, allowing for electrical communication across the connector assembly. Magnets on the male and female connectors secure them in a correct orientation. A unique shape ensures proper alignment of the pins and prevents the connection of incompatible devices.
US11070002B2	Connector with guiding portion, and shell and insulating body of the same A connector with at least one guiding portion is provided along with a shell and an insulating body of the connector. The connector includes a plurality of metal terminals in addition to the insulating body and the shell. The metal terminals are fixedly provided in the insulating body. The insulating body is mounted in the shell, and the connector is characterized in that at least one plate-shaped guiding portion extends upward from a portion of the top edge of either the shell or the insulating body. While another connector is being connected to or disconnected from the connector, the guiding portion guides the another connector to facilitate electrical connection with or detachment from the connector.
US11070000B2	Magnetic power connection An electrical socket includes a magnet connected to a shield. The shield blocks access to receptacles of the socket when the magnet is at a rest position but moves away and allows access to the receptacles when the magnet is moved away from its rest position. The magnet is attached to a spring so that the spring pulls the magnet toward the rest position. A plug includes a plug magnet to attract the socket's magnet. When the plug is brought close to the socket, the socket magnet is pulled away from the rest position, moving the shield away and allowing the plug to be inserted.
US11069994B2	Electrical cable assembly, method and apparatus for making same and electrical terminal for same An electrical cable assembly is presented herein. The electrical cable assembly includes a multiconductor flat cable including a first and second electrically conductive wire arranged in a coplanar fashion with each other and encased within a planar dielectric structure. A slot is defined in the planar dielectric structure intermediate the first and second wires, thereby forming first wing features in the dielectric structure extending from the first wire and second wing features extending from the second wire. Exposed portions of the first and second wires extend beyond the first and second wing features. A method of forming the electrical cable assembly, an apparatus for forming the electrical cable assembly, and an electrical terminal configured for use in the electrical cable assembly is also presented. The wing features may include holes and the terminals may include prongs to be received in the holes.
US11069993B2	Mounting structure of connector shield In the mounting structure of the connector shield, the connector shield includes an upper plate, a pair of side plates, and a mounting portion provided on a lower edge side of each of the side plates, and the mounting portion includes a retainer that includes a foot protruding downward from a first position of a lower edge of the side plate, and a locking hook protruding forward or rearward from the foot in a first direction, and a positioning protrusion that protrudes downward from a second position shifted from the first position of the lower edge of the side plate in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11069984B2	Substrate-loaded frequency-scaled ultra-wide spectrum element A radiating element for a phased array antenna includes a first dielectric layer, a first conductive layer disposed on a first side of the first dielectric layer, the first conductive layer including a first member comprising a first stem and a first impedance matching portion, wherein the first impedance matching portion comprises at least one projecting portion projecting from a first edge of the first impedance matching portion, and a second member spaced apart from the first member, the second member including a second impedance matching portion, wherein the second impedance matching portion comprises at least one other projecting portion projecting toward the first edge of the first impedance matching portion.
US11069978B2	Method of manufacturing a radio-frequency module with a conformal shield antenna A method for manufacturing a package with a conformal shield antenna includes forming a mold compound layer, attaching the mold compound layer to a printed circuit board, applying a conformal shield layer on a first surface of the mold compound layer, the mold compound layer disposed between the conformal shield layer and the printed circuit board module, and shaping the conformal shield layer to define a planar antenna structure. Optionally, the method includes forming a cavity in the mold compound layer, applying a cover layer over the cavity to enclose the cavity and hardening the cover layer.
US11069976B1	Phased-array antenna and control method of the same The present disclosure provides a phased-array antenna and a control method thereof. The phased-array antenna includes two parallel substrates attached by sealant into a cavity filled with liquid crystals, a plurality of phase-shifting units is provided in the cavity defined. Each unit comprises: a power feeder electrically connected to a radio frequency signal terminal, a radiator electrically connected to the power feeder, a ground electrode electrically connected to a ground signal terminal but electrically insulated from the power feeder and the radiator respectively, and a driving electrode electrically connected to a control signal wire. The orthographic projections of the driving electrode, the power feeder, and the ground electrode overlap on one substrate.
US11069974B2	Optically fed antenna and optically fed antenna array An optically-fed tightly-coupled array (TCA) antenna comprises a plurality of photodiodes and antennas. Each photodiode may receive an optical signal from an optical fiber and convert the optical signal into an RF driving signal to drive a corresponding antenna to which it is connected. Each photodiode may be connected to the antenna. In some examples, the TCA is capable of ultra-wideband operation ranging from 2-12 GHz and wide beam-steering capability up to 40° from the broadside. Inductance peaking and resistance matching may be employed.
US11069972B2	Rotating controlling method for an antenna A rotating controlling method for an antenna, the steps includes collecting parameters for indicating signal strength of the antenna; and determining an optimal radiation position of the antenna and setting the corresponding value of a repulsive force or an attractive force so that the antenna is rotated to the optimal radiation position.
US11069970B2	Multi-radio access technology antenna assembly and related front-end package A multi-radio access technology (RAT) antenna assembly and related front-end package is provided. In one aspect, the multi-RAT antenna assembly includes a radiating structure that radiates/absorbs a first electromagnetic wave corresponding to a first RAT in a first RF spectrum (e.g., below 6 GHz). A number of slot openings are created in the radiating structure to function as a number of slot antennas for radiating/absorbing a second electromagnetic wave corresponding to a second RAT in a second RF spectrum (e.g., above 18 GHz). As such, the multi-RAT antenna assembly can support both the first RAT and the second RAT based on the radiating structure, thus helping to reduce real estate requirements of the multi-RAT antenna assembly. In another aspect, a front-end circuit supporting the second RAT is coupled to the slot openings via shortest possible paths in a front-end package, thus helping to reduce propagation attenuation in the front-end package.
US11069968B2	Electronic device including multiband antenna An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an outer housing that comprises a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, a display adapted to expose at least a portion of the display through the first surface of the outer housing, a PCB arranged between the second surface and the display in an interior of the outer housing, a communication circuit arranged on or over the PCB, a first conductive structure formed of at least one of the first surface or at least a portion of the side surface is electrically connected to the communication circuit, and a second conductive structure formed of the portion of the display electrically connected to the first conductive structure.
US11069967B2	Satellite dish cover apparatus A satellite dish cover apparatus for protecting a satellite dish and preventing signal interference includes a main dish cover comprising a circular front panel, a perimeter extension, and a rounded back panel. The back panel has an installation aperture configured to receive a satellite dish such that a front face of the satellite dish is fully covered by the front panel. A feed horn cover hood is coupled to a feed horn cover arm extending from the front panel and is configured to receive the feed horn of the satellite dish. A mounting arm is coupled to the back panel and extends out of the installation aperture. A mounting clamp is coupled to the mounting arm and is configured to selectively engage a support post of the satellite dish.
US11069959B1	Monolithic radiating elements and feedboard assemblies for base station antennas formed via laser direct structuring and other selective metallization techniques A method of fabricating a monolithic feedboard assembly for a base station antenna, the method comprises injection molding a unitary frame that includes a feedboard section and at least one radiating element section and then selectively depositing metal on the unitary frame to form radio frequency transmission lines and radiators on the unitary frame to provide the monolithic feedboard assembly.
US11069958B2	Method for receiving satellite signal by adjusting resonant frequency according to medium outside electronic device and electronic device supporting same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor, an antenna, a positioning circuit configured to receive satellite signals through the antenna using a specified frequency band, a resonant frequency adjustment circuit configured to adjust a resonant frequency of the antenna, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to, identify whether the electronic device is in water using the sensor, when the electronic device is not in water, adjust the resonant frequency to a first frequency band specified according to a first permittivity of air in relation to the specified frequency band using the resonant frequency adjustment circuit, when the electronic device is in water, adjust the resonant frequency of the antenna to a second frequency band specified according to a second permittivity of water in relation to the specified frequency band using the resonant frequency adjustment circuit, receive the satellite signals through the antenna of which the resonant frequency has been adjusted to a frequency band corresponding to one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band using the positioning circuit; and determine a position of the electronic device primarily on the basis of the received satellite signals using the positioning circuit.
US11069954B2	Chip antenna A chip antenna includes a first dielectric substrate, a second dielectric substrate spaced apart from and opposing the first dielectric substrate, a first patch disposed on the first dielectric substrate, a second patch disposed on the second dielectric substrate, and a mounting pad and a feed pad disposed on a mounting surface of the first dielectric substrate. The first dielectric substrate, mounted on a mounting substrate through the mounting pad, is electrically connected to the mounting substrate through the feed pad. One of the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate is formed of ceramic and another is formed of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
US11069952B2	Electronics card insitu testing apparatus and method utilizing unintended RF emission features A diagnostic apparatus for analysis, testing, inspecting and/or screening an integrated and assembled electrically powered equipment rack and its populated cards and devices for measurement of degree of device aging, improper operation, degradation, condition, and/or Remaining Useful Life (RUL). The device includes an antenna card with a detachably attachable antenna module that can be positioned at a distance from the electrically devices under test and a signal receiver or sensor for examining a signal from the electrically powered device, but especially applied to rackmount supported electronics and/or chassis based electronics. The receiver or sensor collects unintended and/or intended RF energy components emitted by the electrically powered device and performs the above analysis in a response to the acquired signal input while the electrically powered device is active or powered.
US11069951B2	Furlable antenna blade devices, systems, and methods Methods, systems, and devices for furlable antenna blade components are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments include a device that may include one or more furlable antenna blade components; each of the one or more furlable antenna blade components may include one or more conductive elements. In some embodiments, each of the one or more furlable antenna blade components include one or more laminate layers. Some embodiments include a method that may include: furling one or more furlable antenna blade components around a central axis; and/or securing the one or more furlable antennae blade components when in a furled state.
US11069945B1	Methods and apparatus for a battery and regulating the temperature of batteries A battery that includes collectors with tabs that are wide with respect to the area of the collector. The wide tabs present a low electrical and thermal resistance to improve the flow of current and/or heat to and from the collector thereby improving electrical and thermal performance of the battery. The battery further includes terminals with a channel that supports the flow of medium (e.g., liquid) to heat and/or cool the battery. The terminals may include fins or pins to increase the surface area of the terminal to improve thermal transfer to and from the battery and collectors of the battery. The batteries may be formed into a battery module that includes a system for monitoring and regulating the temperature of the batteries of the module.
US11069944B2	Rolled-up energy storage elements and method for the production thereof Rolled-up energy storage elements, each including a rolled layer stack of layers which are arranged within a layer plane in an at least partially covering manner. In the layer stack, at least two layers are present which are at least partially electrically conductive, and at least one layer of a non-liquid electrolyte material is present, or at least one region between at least two layers of the rolled layer stack is present which comprises a liquid electrolyte. Either at least one of the layers that is at least partially electrically conductive includes at least partially a magnetic material, or an additional layer that includes at least partially a magnetic material in the layer stack.
US11069921B2	Non-aqueous fluoride salts, solutions, and their uses Electrolyte solutions including at least one anhydrous fluoride salt and at least one non-aqueous solvent are presented. The fluoride salt includes an organic cation having a charge center (e.g., N, P, S, or O) that does not possess a carbon in the β-position or does not possess a carbon in the β-position having a bound hydrogen. This salt structure facilitates its ability to be made anhydrous without decomposition. Example anhydrous fluoride salts include (2,2-dimethylpropyl)trimethylammonium fluoride and bis(2,2-dimethylpropyl)dimethylammonium fluoride. Combining these fluoride salts with at least one fluorine-containing non-aqueous solvent (e.g., bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)ether; (BTFE)) promotes solubility of the salt within the non-aqueous solvents. The solvent may be a mixture of at least one non-aqueous, fluorine-containing solvent and at least one other non-aqueous, fluorine or non-fluorine containing solvent (e.g., BTFE and propionitrile or dimethoxyethane). The electrolyte solutions may be employed in electrochemical cells, such as batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis systems, and capacitors.
US11069919B2	Cathode additives to provide an excess lithium source for lithium ion batteries A lithium ion electrochemical cell is described in which the lithium comprising further comprises a lithiation agent. The lithiation agent, which comprises a lithium constituent, is designed to provide an excess source of lithium to minimize capacity loss of the lithium ion electrochemical cell. The anode of the lithium ion cell comprises a material matrix comprising carbon, graphene and an active element such as silicon or tin.
US11069913B2	Redox flow battery with porous electrode in which mixing plate is inserted The present exemplary embodiments disclose a redox flow battery. The present exemplary embodiments disclose a redox flow battery which forms a mixing space for mixing an active material in a porous electrode to improve a ununiform concentration of the active material, thereby improving an energy efficiency by reducing an over-potential and increasing an area of the stack and an output thereof.
US11069912B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: a first fuel cell stack and a second fuel cell stack; a supply passage connected to an inlet of oxidant gas in the first fuel cell stack; an discharge passage connected to an outlet of the oxidant gas in the second fuel cell stack; introduction unit that introduces water in the oxidant gas flowing through the discharge passage into the supply passage; and a controller configured to perform refresh control of the first fuel cell stack by lowering voltage of the first fuel cell stack, and operates, during the refresh control, the introduction unit while keeping the second fuel cell stack in an electric power generation state.
US11069910B2	Method for controlling hydrogen cut-off valve mounted on fuel cell vehicle A method is provided for controlling a hydrogen cut-off valve, which may be provided on a hydrogen supply line of a fuel cell system, in driving a fuel cell vehicle mounted with a hydrogen supply line including a high-pressure tank storing hydrogen, a hydrogen supply valve, and a hydrogen cut-off valve. The method includes: a step (a) of measuring a duty applying to the hydrogen supply valve and a step (b) of comparing the duty with a predetermined duty, in which when the duty is equal to or more than the predetermined duty, it is determined that the hydrogen supply line between the high-pressure tank and the hydrogen supply valve is abnormal.
US11069908B2	Flow plate for a humidifier A flow plate for a humidifier, and to such a humidifier having a plurality of flow plates and water exchange membranes are described. The flow plate has a flow field with a plurality of free-standing support elements, wherein the support elements extend, at least in sections, perpendicular to the flat surface plane of the flow plate. Gas to be humidified or gas giving off moisture flows on the flow field. In the humidifier, the flow plates are arranged in a stack, wherein a membrane composite having at least one water exchange membrane is arranged between each pair of adjacent flow plates in the stack. The support elements improve the performance of the humidifier and therefore the number of flow plates can be reduced, making a lower-weight and space-saving design possible.
US11069907B2	Fuel cell system and method for controlling fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a fuel treating unit configured to treat a raw fuel and generate fuel gas for the fuel cell; an oxidant-gas heater configured to heat oxidant gas for the fuel cell; a combustor configured to combust the raw fuel and generate combustion gas to heat the fuel treating unit and the oxidant-gas heater; and a control unit configured to control supplying of the raw fuel to the fuel treating unit and the combustor at the time of warming-up of the fuel cell. The control unit supplies the raw fuel to both of the fuel treating unit and the combustor when the fuel treating unit is at an operable temperature of the fuel treating unit.
US11069905B2	Fuel cell separator A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator that ensures an improved corrosion resistance under usage environment of a fuel cell and restraining an increase of a contact resistance with a power generation unit by enhancing a sticking force of a conductive carbon film formed on a surface in contact with the power generation unit on a surface of a titanium substrate is provided. It is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator includes a contact portion that is in contact with a power generation unit so as to partition the power generation units including electrodes of the fuel cell, and includes a conductive carbon film formed on the contact portion. First, a titanium substrate that has a plurality of projecting portions formed corresponding to a shape of the contact portion and recessed portions for gas flow channels formed between the projecting portions are prepared as a substrate of the separator. Next, a heat treatment is performed on the titanium substrate in a state where a carbon sheet is brought in contact with the projecting portions such that carbon of the carbon sheet diffuses in the projecting portions.
US11069901B2	Electrode for redox flow battery, and redox flow batteries An electrode for a redox flow battery includes a substrate, a conductive portion applied to a surface of the substrate, and a catalytic portion held by the conductive portion, the conductive portion containing one or more types of elements selected from the group α1 consisting of Sn, Ti, Ta, Ce, In, and Zn, the catalytic portion containing one or more types of elements selected from the group β consisting of Ru, Ir, Pd, Pt, Rh, and Au.
US11069899B2	Negative electrode for secondary battery The present invention relates to a negative electrode for a secondary battery. The negative electrode for the secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material integrated with at least a portion of a surface of the negative electrode collector, wherein the negative electrode collector has a plurality of delamination prevention current collection grooves with which the negative electrode active material is integrated, and the negative electrode active material is disposed on an inner surface of each of the delamination prevention current collection grooves so that a space part in which a passivation layer is formed is defined during charging and discharging.
US11069898B2	All-solid-state secondary battery An all-solid-state secondary battery has a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, a negative electrode collector, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte has an interlayer solid electrolyte located between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and the all-solid-state secondary battery further includes a trapping layer that traps a metal of which at least one of the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector is formed.
US11069896B2	Protective coating of metal This invention is directed to a hydrophobic, ionically-conductive coating for a metal surface comprising a plurality of organic surface moieties covalently bound to the metal surface, and at least one ionic liquid nanoscale ionic material tethered to at least one surface moiety.
US11069895B2	Electrode assembly for solid state battery and method for manufacturing the same An electrode assembly for a solid state battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In addition, the binder disposed at the interface between the negative electrode and the solid electrolyte layer, the interface between the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte layer and/or at a predetermined depth from the interface is crosslinked to form a three-dimensional network. In other words, in the electrode assembly, the binder contained in the negative electrode and the solid electrolyte layer and/or the binder contained in the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte layer is crosslinked to improve the interfacial binding force between the negative electrode and the solid electrolyte layer and/or between the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte layer, and thus ion conductivity is maintained to a significantly high level.
US11069892B2	Active material for negative electrode, negative electrode piece, and secondary battery A negative electrode active material, a negative electrode plate and a secondary battery. The negative electrode active material comprises a chelating resin and a metal ion. The chelating resin comprises a polymer skeleton and a chelating functional group. The chelating functional group is fixedly connected to the polymer skeleton via a chemical bond. The metal ion is connected with the chelating resin by an ionic bond and/or a coordinate bond via the chelating functional group. The chelating resin further comprises a free small molecular compound containing the chelating functional group. In the chelating resin, a mass percentage of the free small molecular compound containing the chelating functional is less than or equal to 1%. The metal ion is a divalent or multivalent metal ion. When the negative electrode active material is applied to the secondary battery, the secondary battery can achieve both high coulombic efficiency and high cycle stability.
US11069891B2	Battery, battery pack and continuous power supply A battery has a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte, with the cathode having a cathode current collector and a cathode material. The cathode material has a cathode active material, which is capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating first metal ions. The electrolyte has a solvent capable of dissolving the first metal ions and second metal ions that can be reduced to a metal during a charge cycle and be oxidized from the metal to the dissolved second metal ions during a discharge cycle. The cathode current collector has an electrochemically inert carrier and graphite. The carrier is wrapped by the graphite. The cathode current collector provided has good corrosion resistance and the battery has a long floating charge life and a low cost.
US11069889B2	Zinc electrode improvements Disclosed are methods of making porous zinc electrodes. Taken together, the steps are: forming a mixture of water, a soluble compound that increases the viscosity of the mixture, an insoluble porogen, and metallic zinc powder; placing the mixture in a mold to form a sponge; optionally drying the sponge; placing the sponge in a metal mesh positioned to allow air flow through substantially all the openings in the mesh; heating the sponge in an inert atmosphere at a peak temperature of 200 to 420° C. to fuse the zinc particles to each other to form a sintered sponge; and heating the sintered sponge in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a peak temperature of 420 to 700° C. to form ZnO on the surfaces of the sintered sponge. The heating steps burn out the porogen.
US11069886B2	Negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and method for producing negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a first film which has lithium ion permeability and which coats at least a portion of the surface of the negative electrode active material layer and partially coats the surface of the negative electrode current collector. The first film preferably contains a first lithium compound containing an element M1, an element A1, and lithium. Herein, M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of P, Si, B, V, Nb, W, Ti, Zr, Al, Ba, La, and Ta; and A1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, S, O, N, and Br.
US11069885B2	Silicon-based anode material for lithium ion battery A porous reduced silica fiber material has a diameter of about 0.1 to about 20 microns and a surface area of about 5 m2/g to about 400 m2/g. The porous reduced fiber material may be used to form an electrode having a high capacity and improved cycle life over comparable commercial silicon electrodes.
US11069881B2	Flexible organic light-emitting diode display Provided is a flexible organic light-emitting diode display. The flexible organic light-emitting diode display includes a flexible substrate, a unit pixel and an anti-reflection layer. The unit pixel is disposed on the flexible substrate and includes an emission area and a non-emission area. The anti-reflection layer is disposed to correspond to the emission area except the non-emission area.
US11069879B2	Organic light emitting diode display device with micro lenses Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode display device. The disclosed organic light emitting diode display device includes an overcoat layer disposed on a substrate that is divided into an emissive area and a non-emissive area, and has multiple micro lenses in the emissive area and at least one depression in the non-emissive area. The organic light emitting diode display device further includes: a first electrode disposed on the overcoat layer, wherein the first electrode is disposed in the entire emissive area and in a part of the non-emissive area; a bank pattern disposed in the non-emissive area so as to be superposed on the depression; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the substrate; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer. Accordingly, the organic light emitting diode display device may prevent light leakage.
US11069878B2	Display unit with moisture proof film outside of seal section and electronic apparatus with said display unit A display unit including a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed to face each other, a first organic insulating layer on the first substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements arrayed in a display region, the display region on the first organic insulating layer and facing the second substrate and a first moisture-proof film covering the first organic insulating layer in a peripheral region, in which the peripheral region is provided on the first substrate and surrounds the display region.
US11069874B2	Light emitting element, light emitting device, and electronic apparatus An organic EL element includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting function layer that is formed on the pixel electrode, an electron injection layer formed on the light emitting function layer, and a counter electrode that is formed on the electron injection layer and that has semi-transmissive reflectivity, in which the counter electrode contains a reductive material that reduces material of the electron injection layer and Ag with atomic ratio of 75% or more, and an adsorption layer is formed on the counter electrode.
US11069866B2	Active device substrate An active device substrate including a flexible substrate, an inorganic insulation layer, an organic insulation pattern, a conductive device and a peripheral wiring is provided. The flexible substrate has an active region, a peripheral region outside the active region and a bending region connected between the active region and the peripheral region. The inorganic insulation layer is disposed on the flexible substrate and has a groove disposed in the bending region. The organic insulation pattern is disposed in the groove of the inorganic insulation layer. The peripheral wiring is extended from the active region to the conductive device in the peripheral region. The peripheral wiring is disposed on the organic insulation pattern, and the organic insulation pattern is located between the peripheral wiring and the flexible substrate.
US11069854B2	Laser anneal for MRAM encapsulation enhancement A low temperature deposited (400° C. or less) dielectric passivation layer is formed on physically exposed surfaces of a material stack including a multilayered magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pillar and a top electrode. A laser anneal is then performed to improve the physical and chemical properties of the low temperature deposited dielectric passivation layer, without negatively impacting the multilayered MTJ pillar.
US11069853B2	Methods for forming structures for MRAM applications Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and apparatus for fabricating magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structures on a substrate in for hybrid (or called integrated) spin-orbit-torque magnetic spin-transfer-torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-STT MRAM) applications. In one embodiment, the method includes one or more magnetic tunnel junction structures disposed on a substrate, the magnetic tunnel junction structure comprising a first ferromagnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer sandwiching a tunneling barrier layer, a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer disposed on the magnetic tunnel junction structure, and a back end structure disposed on the spin orbit torque (SOT) layer.
US11069852B2	Magnetoresistance effect element A magnetoresistance effect element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is interposed between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. The tunnel barrier layer is a stacked body including one or more high-barrier-height layers and one or more low-barrier-height layers, the one or more high-barrier-height layers having a relatively high barrier height with respect to the one or more low-barrier-height layers and the one or more low-barrier-height layers having a relatively low barrier height with respect to the one or more high-barrier-height layers. A minimum difference of barrier height between the one or more high-barrier-height layers and the one or more low-barrier-height layers is equal to or higher than 0.5 eV.
US11069851B2	Semiconductor device having a vertical hall element with a buried layer A semiconductor devices has a vertical Hall element formed on a semiconductor substrate, the vertical Hall element including a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed above the semiconductor substrate; an impurity diffusion layer of the second conductivity type formed in an upper portion of the semiconductor layer and having a concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer; a plurality of electrodes formed on a surface of the impurity diffusion layer, arrayed in a straight line, and each formed from an impurity region of the second conductivity type; a plurality of electrode isolation diffusion layers of the first conductivity type each formed between two adjacent electrodes; and a buried layer formed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer, and having a concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer and lower than that of the impurity diffusion layer.
US11069837B2	Sub pixel light emitting diodes for direct view display and methods of making the same A light emitting diode (LED) includes a n-doped semiconductor material layer located over a substrate, an active region including an optically active compound semiconductor layer stack configured to emit light located over the n-doped semiconductor material layer, a p-doped semiconductor material layer located over the active region and containing a nickel doped surface region, a conductive layer contacting the nickel doped surface region of the p-doped semiconductor material, and a device-side bonding pad layer electrically connected to the conductive layer.
US11069833B2	Resonant cavity strained III-V photodetector and LED on silicon substrate An optoelectronic device that includes a germanium containing buffer layer atop a silicon containing substrate, and a first distributed Bragg reflector stack of III-V semiconductor material layers on the buffer layer. The optoelectronic device further includes an active layer of III-V semiconductor material present on the first distributed Bragg reflector stack, wherein a difference in lattice dimension between the active layer and the first distributed brag reflector stack induces a strain in the active layer. A second distributed Bragg reflector stack of III-V semiconductor material layers having a may be present on the active layer.
US11069830B1	Quantum-confined stark effect (QCSE) modulator and photonics structure incorporating the QCSE modulator Disclosed is a quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE) modulator. In the modulator, a first doped semiconductor region has a first type conductivity, is at the bottom of a trench in a dielectric layer and is immediately adjacent to a semiconductor layer. An MQW region is in the trench on the first doped semiconductor region and at least upper segments of sidewalls of the MQW region are angled away from adjacent sidewalls of the trench such that there are spaces between the MQW region and the dielectric layer. Dielectric spacers fill the spaces. A second doped semiconductor region has a second type conductivity, is on top of the MQW region and optionally extends laterally onto the tops of the dielectric spacers. The spacers prevent shorting of the doped semiconductor regions. Also disclosed are embodiments of a photonics structure including the modulator and of methods for forming the modulator and the photonics structure.
US11069829B2	Light-emitting element, method of manufacturing the same and display device comprising light-emitting element Provided is a method of manufacturing a light-emitting element, the method including positioning a substrate, forming a first separation layer, which includes a first sacrificial layer, an etching control layer on the first sacrificial layer, and a second sacrificial layer on the etching control layer, on the substrate, forming at least one first light-emitting element on the first separation layer, and separating the first light-emitting element from the substrate.
US11069827B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a mounting surface, a plurality of internal terminals disposed on the mounting surface, a light-receiving element mounted on the mounting surface, a light-emitting element mounted on the mounting surface, a first bonding wire and a light-transmitting element. The light-receiving element has a light-receiving region that detects light and a plurality of element pad portions. At least one of the plurality of element pad portions is electrically connected to the light-receiving region. The light-emitting element is spaced apart from the light-receiving element along a first direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the substrate. The first bonding wire connects one of the plurality of element pad portions of the light-receiving element to one of the plurality of internal terminals. The first bonding wire is located on a side of the light-receiving element opposite the light-emitting element along the first direction.
US11069822B2	Transition metal chalcogenide van der waals films, methods of making same, and apparatuses and devices comprising same Provided are van der Waals (VDW) films comprising one or more transition metal chalcogenide (TMD) films. Also provided are methods of making VDW films. The methods are based on transfer of monolayer TMD films under vacuum, for example, using a handle layer. Also provided are apparatuses and devices comprising one or more VDW film.
US11069820B2	FinFET devices having active patterns and gate spacers on field insulating layers A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a fin type pattern protruding from a substrate and extending in a first direction, forming a field insulating layer covering a limited portion of the fin type pattern on the substrate such that the field insulating layer exposes a separate limited portion of the fin type pattern, forming a gate structure on the field insulating layer and the fin type pattern, the gate structure extending in a second direction, the second direction different from the first direction, forming a first barrier layer containing a nitrogen element in a first region of the field insulating layer, wherein the first region is exposed by the gate structure, adjacent to the gate structure and extending in the second direction and forming a gate spacer on the first barrier layer and on a side wall of the gate structure.
US11069818B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first wire pattern disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction; a first gate electrode surrounding the first wire pattern and extending in a second direction, the first direction intersecting the second direction perpendicularly; a first transistor including the first wire pattern and the first gate electrode; a second wire pattern disposed on the substrate and extending in the first direction; a second gate electrode surrounding the second wire pattern and extending in the second direction; and a second transistor including the second wire pattern and the second gate electrode, wherein a width of the first wire pattern in the second direction is different from a width of the second wire pattern in the second direction.
US11069809B2	Soi FinFET fins with recessed fins and epitaxy in source drain region Fabrication method for a semiconductor device and structure are provided, which includes: providing an isolation layer at least partially disposed adjacent to at least one sidewall of a fin structure extended above a substrate structure, the fin structure including a channel region; recessing an exposed portion of the fin structure to define a residual stress to be induced into the channel region of the fin structure, wherein upper surfaces of a recessed fin portion and the isolation layer are coplanar with each other; and epitaxially growing a semiconductor material from the recessed exposed portion of the fin structure to form at least one of a source region and a drain region of the semiconductor device.
US11069808B2	Negative capacitance field effect transistor and method for manufacturing the same A negative capacitance field effect transistor (NCFET) and a manufacturing method thereof. The NCFET includes: a substrate structure, including a MOS region; a gate insulating dielectric structure, covering the MOS region; and a metal gate stack layer, covering the gate insulating dielectric structure. The gate insulating dielectric structure includes an interface oxide layer, a HfO2 layer, a doping material layer, and a ferroelectric material layer, which are sequentially stacked along a direction away from the substrate structure. A ferroelectric material in the ferroelectric material layer is HfxA1-xO2, A represents a doping element, and 0.1≤x≤0.9. A material forming the doping material layer is AyOz or A, and a ratio of y/z is equal to 1/2, 2/3, 2/5 or 1/1. Ferroelectric characteristics, material stability, and material reliability of the NCFET are improved by increasing domain polarity of the ferroelectric material.
US11069800B2	Single electron transistor with gap tunnel barriers A semiconductor device includes a single electron transistor (SET) having an island region, a bottom source/drain region under the island region, and a top source/drain region over the island region, a first gap between the bottom source/drain region and the island region, a second gap between the top source/drain region and the island region, and a gate structure on a side of the island region.
US11069799B2	Amorphous metal hot electron transistor Amorphous multi-component metallic films can be used to improve the performance of electronic devices such as resistors, diodes, and thin film transistors. An amorphous hot electron transistor (HET) having co-planar emitter and base electrodes provides electrical properties and performance advantages over existing vertical HET structures. Emitter and the base terminals of the transistor are both formed in an upper crystalline metal layer of an amorphous nonlinear resistor. The emitter and the base are adjacent to one another and spaced apart by a gap. The presence of the gap results in two-way Fowler-Nordheim tunneling between the crystalline metal layer and the amorphous metal layer, and symmetric I-V performance. Meanwhile, forming the emitter and base terminals in the same layer simplifies the HET fabrication process by reducing the number of patterning steps.
US11069794B2	Trench power transistor and method of producing the same A transistor production method includes etching a semiconductor substrate to form at least one upper trench portion, sequentially depositing first and second insulating materials over the substrate and partially removing the second insulating material, etching the substrate to form a lower trench portion, depositing a third insulating material over the substrate, disposing a polycrystalline silicon (pc-Si) material in the trench portions and partially removing such material, depositing a fourth insulating material over the substrate and partially removing the third and fourth insulating materials, removing the second insulating material and disposing another pc-Si material in the upper trench portion, and forming a well and a source on the substrate. A trench power transistor thus produced is also disclosed.
US11069788B2	Semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device including an electrode having a low contact resistance with the back surface of a GaN substrate and being suitably bonded with solder, and having a low electric resistance of the current flowing in a vertical direction. The semiconductor device has a GaN substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer, a fourth semiconductor layer, a body electrode, a drain electrode, a source electrode, and a gate electrode. The drain electrode has a Ti layer, an Al layer, a Ti layer, a TiN layer, a Ti layer, a Ni layer, and an Ag layer sequentially from the second surface of the GaN substrate.
US11069784B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacture FinFET devices with source/drain contacts with reduced resistance/capacitance power loss and with an enhanced processing window between the source/drain contacts and a gate via and methods of manufacture are described herein. A metal riser may be formed in a first recess of a source/drain contact of a first material. The metal riser and a contact via may be formed from a second material and the contact via may be formed over the metal riser to provide a hybrid source/drain contact of a finFET with a wide surface contact area at an interface between the source/drain contact and the metal riser. A dielectric fill material and/or a conformal contact etch stop layer may be used to form an isolation region in a second recess of the source/drain contact to extend a processing window disposed between the isolation region and a gate contact of the finFET.
US11069780B2	Coating liquid for forming oxide, method for producing oxide film, and method for producing field-effect transistor A coating liquid for forming an oxide, the coating liquid including: A element, which is at least one alkaline earth metal; and B element, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of gallium (Ga), scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), and lanthanoid, wherein when a total of concentrations of the A element is denoted by CA mg/L and a total of concentrations of the B element is denoted by CB mg/L, a total of concentrations of sodium (Na) and potassium (K) in the coating liquid is (CA+CB)/103 mg/L or less and a total of concentrations of chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), and copper (Cu) in the coating liquid is (CA+CB)/103 mg/L or less.
US11069775B2	Sacrificial layer for channel surface retention and inner spacer formation in stacked-channel FETS Field effect transistors and methods of forming the same include forming a stack of nanosheets of alternating layers of channel material and sacrificial material. A layer of sacrificial material forms a top layer of the stack. A dummy gate is formed over the stack. Stack material outside of a region covered by the dummy gate is removed. The sacrificial material is etched to form recesses in the sacrificial material layers. Spacers are formed in the recesses in the sacrificial material layers. At least one pair of spacers is formed in recesses above an uppermost layer of channel material. The dummy gates are etched away. The top layer of sacrificial material protects an uppermost layer of channel material from damage from the anisotropic etch. The sacrificial material is etched away to expose the layers of channel material. A gate stack is formed over, around, and between the layers of channel material.
US11069773B2	Contact-to-gate monitor pattern and fabrication thereof A method includes forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) region in a semiconductor substrate, the STI region bordering an active region in the semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of gate structures over the semiconductor substrate; and forming a plurality of conductive contacts between the gate structures and in contact with the STI region, wherein a portion of the active region is between the conductive contacts.
US11069771B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a trench gate structure including a gate trench formed in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench via a gate insulating layer, a trench source structure including a source trench formed deeper than the gate trench and across an interval from the gate trench in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a source electrode embedded in the source trench, and a deep well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the semiconductor layer along the source trench, a ratio of a depth of the trench source structure with respect to a depth of the trench gate structure being not less than 1.5 and not more than 4.0, a body region of the second conductivity type formed in a region of a surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer between the gate trench and the source trench, a source region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the body region, and a drain electrode connected to the second main surface of the semiconductor layer.
US11069768B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a landing pad on a substrate, a lower electrode on the landing pad and connected to the landing pad, the lower electrode including an outer portion, the outer portion including first and second regions, and an inner portion inside the outer portion, a dielectric film on the lower electrode to extend along the first region of the outer portion, and an upper electrode on the dielectric film, wherein the outer portion of the lower electrode includes a metal dopant, a concentration of the metal dopant in the first region of the outer portion being different from a concentration of the metal dopant in the second region of the outer portion.
US11069766B2	Display panel with irregular shape and display device A display panel with irregular shape and a display device. The display panel with irregular shape includes a plurality of first constant potential lines and a plurality of data lines with different lengths; and a display area is divided into a plurality of display subareas in the extending direction of the first constant potential lines, and at least one data line is arranged in each display subarea. For the different display subareas, a shorter one of the plurality of data lines in the display subareas is associated with a larger total overlapped area between this data line in the display subareas and the associated one of the plurality first constant potential lines.
US11069763B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus including a display panel including a base substrate and a first pad electrode on a first pad portion of the base substrate, a flexible substrate connected to the first pad portion, and a driving chip electrically connected to the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a first film layer, a first wiring layer on the first film layer and comprising a plurality of wirings, a second film layer on the first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer on the second film layer and comprising a plurality of wirings. The wirings of the second wiring layer include a first_first wiring and a first_second wiring, the first_first wiring and the first_second wiring extend in a same direction along a same line and are spaced from each other by a gap therebetween. The gap is at an edge of the base substrate in a plan view.
US11069758B2	Organic light-emitting diode display substrate, method for manufacturing organic light-emitting diode display substrate and display device The present disclosure relates to the display technology, and provides an OLED display substrate, a method for manufacturing the OLED display substrate and a display device. The method includes: forming pixel definition layer transition patterns with metal; and oxidizing the pixel definition layer transition patterns to form an insulative pixel definition layer.
US11069757B2	Organic light emitting diode display panel and method for making same An OLED display panel providing color compensation without overdriving light emitting units includes the light emitting units and a substrate. Each light emitting unit includes a light emitting element and an electrochromic element. The light emitting element is on a side of the electrochromic element away from the substrate. The electrochromic element includes first anode and cathode, and an electrochromic layer between them. The light emitting element includes second anode and cathode, and light emitting material between them. A portion of the second anode is shared with the first cathode. The present disclosure also provides a method for making such OLED display panel. The OLED display panel uses the electrochromic elements for color compensation, reducing the energy consumption of the display panel and prolonging service life.
US11069756B2	Display panel, display device and method for driving display panel The present application provides a display panel, a display device and a method for driving the display panel. The display panel includes a control unit layer, an organic light emitting device structure and a liquid crystal display device structure, wherein the control unit layer is electrically coupled to the organic light emitting device structure and the liquid crystal display device structure, respectively, and an electrode of the organic light emitting device structure and an electrode of the liquid crystal display device structure are at least partially shared.
US11069751B2	Display device A display device including a light source including a first electrode having a light reflectance for a first light of greater than or equal to about 60%; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and emitting the first light; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer and having a light transmittance in a visible wavelength region of greater than or equal to about 70%, wherein the light source has a first absorption peak in a wavelength region of about 650 nanometers (nm) to about 750 nm or a second absorption peak in a wavelength region of about 550 nm to about 600 nm at a viewing angle of about 55 degrees to about 85 degrees, and a color filter layer disposed above the light source and including a quantum dot configured to convert the first light into a second light.
US11069748B2	Organic electroluminescence device and electronic apparatus A organic electroluminescence device includes: a plurality of pixels each including an organic layer and a second electrode in this order on a first electrode having light reflectivity, and each configured to emit light of one wavelength out of two or more different wavelengths, the organic layer including an organic electroluminescence layer; and a black matrix layer provided on light emission side of the second electrode, and having first apertures for the respective pixels. The black matrix layer has inclined surfaces inside the respective first apertures, and inclination angles of the inclined surfaces are set, based on emission wavelengths of the pixels.
US11069747B2	Display device and electronic device having multiple overlapping display panels To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.
US11069746B2	Electronic device A semiconductor memory includes: first column lines extending in a first direction; first row lines extending in a second direction; first memory cells located between the first row lines and the first column lines; second column lines electrically connected to the first column lines; second row lines extending in the second direction; and second memory cells located between the second row lines and the second column lines. The first column lines and the second column lines may overlap with each other in a third direction. In a first region, current paths on the second row lines are shorter than current paths on the second row lines in a second region. An overlapping ratio of a second column line belonging to the first region with a first column line may be smaller than that of a second column line belonging to the second region with another first column line.
US11069745B2	Memory device According to one embodiment, a memory device includes first to third interconnects, memory cells, and selectors. The first to third interconnects are provided along first to third directions, respectively. The memory cells includes variable resistance layers formed on two side surfaces, facing each other in the first direction, of the third interconnects. The selectors couple the third interconnects with the first interconnects. One of the selectors includes a semiconductor layer provided between associated one of the third interconnects and associated one of the first interconnects, and gates formed on two side surfaces of the semiconductor layer facing each other in the first direction with gate insulating films interposed therebetween.
US11069744B2	Steep-switch vertical field effect transistor Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method and resulting structures for a steep-switch vertical field effect transistor (SS-VFET). In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor fin is formed vertically extending from a bottom source or drain region of a substrate. A top source or drain region is formed on a surface of the semiconductor fin and a top metallization layer is formed on the top source or drain region. A bi-stable resistive system is formed on the top metallization layer. The bi-stable resistive system includes an insulator-to-metal transition material or a threshold-switching selector. The SS-VFET provides a subthreshold switching slope of less than 60 millivolts per decade.
US11069742B2	Crossbar array circuit with parallel grounding lines Technologies relating to crossbar array circuits with parallel grounding lines are disclosed. An example crossbar array circuit includes: a word line; a bit line; a first selector line; a grounding line; a first transistor including a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, a first gate terminal, and a first body terminal; and an RRAM device connected in series with the first transistor. The grounding line is connected to the first body terminal and is grounded and the grounding line parallel to the bit line. The first selector line is connected to the first gate terminal. In some implementations, the RRAM device is connected between the first transistor via the first drain terminal and the word line, and the first source terminal is connected to the bit line.
US11069741B2	Electric field controllable spin filter tunnel junction magnetoresistive memory devices and methods of making the same A magnetoresistive memory device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer stack containing an electric field-modulated magnetic transition layer and a ferroelectric insulator layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, The electric field-modulated magnetic transition layer includes a non-metallic magnetic material having a ferromagnetic state and a non-ferromagnetic state with a state transition therebetween that depends on an external electric field.
US11069740B2	Image sensor grid and method of manufacturing same In a method for forming a semiconductor device photo-sensing regions are formed over a frontside of a substrate. A first layer is formed over a backside of the substrate and is patterned to form a plurality of grid lines. The grid lines can define a plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas. A second layer maybe formed over exposed portions of the backside, the gridlines, the first areas, and the second areas and a third layer may be formed over the second layer. The second and third layer may have different etch rates and the third layer is pattern so as to remove the third layer from over the plurality of first areas.
US11069737B2	Shallow trench textured regions and associated methods Photosensitive devices and associated methods are provided. In one aspect, for example, a photosensitive imager device can include a semiconductor layer having multiple doped regions forming a least one junction, a textured region coupled to the semiconductor layer and positioned to interact with electromagnetic radiation. The textured region can be formed from a series of shallow trench isolation features.
US11069735B2	Semiconductor device and imaging device To improve the joining strength between semiconductor chips. In a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip includes a first joining surface including a first insulating layer, a plurality of first pads to which a first inner layer circuit insulated by the first insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear first metal layer arranged on an outside of the plurality of first pads. A second semiconductor chip includes a second joining surface joined to the first joining surface, the second joining surface including a second insulating layer, a plurality of second pads that are arranged in positions facing the first pads and to which a second inner layer circuit insulated by the second insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear second metal layer arranged in a position facing the first metal layer. A width of the first metal layer and the second metal layer is a width based on a joining strength between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and a joining strength between the first metal layer and the second metal layer in an area from an end portion of the first semiconductor chip to the first pad.
US11069733B2	Image sensor having improved full well capacity and related method of formation In some embodiments, a method is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of trenches in a semiconductor substrate, where the trenches extend into the semiconductor substrate from a back-side of the semiconductor substrate. An epitaxial layer comprising a dopant is formed on lower surfaces of the trenches, sidewalls of the trenches, and the back-side of the semiconductor substrate, where the dopant has a first doping type. The dopant is driven into the semiconductor substrate to form a first doped region having the first doping type along the epitaxial layer, where the first doped region separates a second doped region having a second doping type opposite the first doping type from the sidewalls of the trenches and from the back-side of the semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed over the back-side of the semiconductor substrate, where the dielectric layer fill the trenches to form back-side deep trench isolation structures.
US11069732B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a front surface on which a transistor is provided and a back surface opposite to the front surface, and a conductive member that penetrates through the semiconductor layer. In the semiconductor device, between a second plane including the back surface and a third plane, a solid material that is an insulator is provided between the conductive member and the semiconductor layer, and, between a first plane including the front surface and the third plane, a hollow part is provided between the conductive member and the semiconductor layer, and a center of the hollow part in a direction crossing the first plane and the second plane is positioned between the first plane and the third plane.
US11069729B2	Photoelectric conversion device, and equipment A photoelectric conversion device, including: a photoelectric conversion substrate having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a microlens array arranged on the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a light-transmitting plate covering the microlens array; and a film arranged between the microlens array and the light-transmitting plate, wherein the film has a refractive index within a range from 1.05 to 1.15, an average transmittance of light in a wavelength region within a range from 400 nm to 700 nm of 98.5% or higher, and a film thickness within a range from 500 nm to 5000 nm.
US11069728B2	Low noise vertical gate device structure Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an image sensor including a photodetector disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A floating diffusion node is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and is above the photodetector. A transfer gate electrode overlies the photodetector. The transfer gate electrode has a top conductive body overlying a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and a bottom conductive body extending from the top conductive body to below the floating diffusion node. A portion of the top conductive body directly overlies the floating diffusion node. A first sidewall of the top conductive body directly overlies the bottom conductive body.
US11069727B2	Imaging element having transfer gate structure comprising a trench The imaging element includes, within a pixel, a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion unit formed in the semiconductor substrate, a first charge storage unit that stores a charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a first transfer gate unit formed on an opposite surface of the semiconductor substrate on an opposite side of a light incident surface and used for transfer of a charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the first charge storage unit. The first transfer gate unit includes a first electrode embedded in a first trench formed in the semiconductor substrate from the opposite surface of the semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion unit includes the first electrode, and a second electrode surrounding at least a portion of a periphery of the first electrode.
US11069726B2	Method of manufacturing display device A method of manufacturing a display device, the method including providing a substrate, forming a first electrode, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode and in a same plane as the first electrode, a first alignment line connected to the first electrode, and a second alignment line connected to the second electrode on the substrate, self-aligning the plurality of light emitting elements by providing a solution containing a plurality of light emitting elements on the substrate, removing the first alignment line and the second alignment line from the substrate on which the plurality of light emitting elements are self-aligned, forming a first contact electrode electrically connecting one end of each light emitting element to the first electrode, and forming a second contact electrode electrically connecting an other end of each light emitting element to the second electrode.
US11069721B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed are a display device for preventing loss of line patterns and a method of manufacturing the display device. The display device includes a substrate having an active area, a non-active area, and a pad portion formed at one side of the non-active area, printed circuit films disposed in the pad portion so as to be spaced a first distance apart from an edge of the substrate in a first direction and to be spaced apart from each other in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a first-layer line and a second-layer line disposed within the first distance between the printed circuit films and the edge of the substrate so as to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and island-shaped dummy patterns disposed in the same layer as the second-layer line in a region between two adjacent ones of the printed circuit films.
US11069720B2	Display panel and display device Disclosed are a display panel and a display device, and the display panel includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, the display area includes a first display area and a second display area, and the number of pixels in each column of pixels in the first display area is less than that of pixels in any column of pixels in the second display area.
US11069716B2	Glass substrate for display and method for producing same Provided are: a glass substrate that achieves a high strain point while having a low devitrification temperature; and a method for producing said glass substrate. This glass substrate for a display is made of a glass comprising SiO2 and Al2O3, comprising 0% or more to less than 3% B2O3 and from 5 to 14% BaO in mass %, and substantially devoiding Sb2O3, wherein the devitrification temperature is 1235° C. or lower and the strain point is 720° C. or higher. Alternatively, this glass substrate for a display is made of a glass comprising SiO2 and Al2O3, comprising 0% or more to less than 3% B2O3, 1.8% or more MgO, and from 5 to 14% BaO in mass %, and substantially devoiding Sb2O3, wherein (SiO2+MgO+CaO)—(Al2O3+SrO+BaO) is less than 42%, the devitrification temperature is 1260° C. or lower, and the strain point is 720° C. or higher. This method for producing said glass substrate for a display comprises: a melting step for melting, by using at least direct electrical heating, a glass material prepared to have a predetermined composition; a forming step for forming, into a flat glass sheet, the molten glass that has been melted in the melting step; and an annealing step for annealing the flat glass sheet, wherein a condition for cooling the flat glass sheet is controlled so as to reduce the heat shrinkage rate of the flat glass sheet.
US11069715B2	Memory structure A memory structure including a SOI substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor, an isolation structure and a capacitor is provided. The SOI substrate includes a silicon base, a dielectric layer and a silicon layer. The first transistor and the second transistor are disposed on the silicon layer. The isolation structure is disposed in the silicon layer between the first transistor and the second transistor. The capacitor is disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor. The capacitor includes a body portion, a first extension portion, a second extension portion and a third extension portion. The first extension portion extends from the body portion to a source/drain region of the first transistor. The second extension portion extends from the body portion to a source/drain region of the second transistor. The third extension portion extends from the body portion, penetrates through the isolation structure and extends into the dielectric layer.
US11069714B1	Boundary scheme for semiconductor integrated circuit and method for forming an integrated circuit An integrated circuit includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, a first isolation structure disposed in the substrate and separating the first region from the second region, a first device disposed in the first region, a second device disposed in the second region, and a semiconductor dummy structure disposed on the first isolation structure. The first isolation structure has first top surface and a second top surface lower than the first top surface. The semiconductor dummy structure covers a portion of the first top surface, a portion of the second top surface and a boundary between the first top surface and the second top surface.
US11069712B2	Three-dimensional memory device A three-dimensional (3D) memory device is provided. The 3D memory device includes a substrate, an alternating conductive/dielectric stack, an epitaxial layer, and a vertical structure. The alternating conductive/dielectric stack is disposed on the substrate. The alternating conductive/dielectric stack includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers alternately stacked in a vertical direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. The epitaxial layer is disposed between the substrate and the alternating conductive/dielectric stack in the vertical direction. The vertical structure penetrates the alternating conductive/dielectric stack in the vertical direction for being partly disposed in the epitaxial layer. The epitaxial layer includes a protruding part disposed between the vertical structure and a bottom dielectric layer of the alternating conductive/dielectric stack in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical direction.
US11069710B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a memory plane including a plurality of electrode layers stacked on a substrate and a semiconductor layer extending through the plurality of electrode layers in a stacking direction thereof, a circuit provided on the substrate around the memory plane, a first insulating layer covering the circuit, and a second insulating layer including a first portion and a second portion between the substrate and the first insulating layer. The first portion is provided along an outer edge of the memory plane, and the second portion is spaced from the first portion and is provided on the circuit side. The first insulating layer includes a part in contact with the substrate between the first portion and the second portion, and the first insulating layer blocks a diffusion of hydrogen radicals with a higher rate than the second insulating layer.
US11069708B2	Memory device and method for manufacturing the same A memory device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A memory device includes a drain pillar structure, a source pillar structure, a charge trapping structure, a vertical channel structure and a gate structure. The drain pillar structure is formed in a first opening. The source pillar structure is formed in a second opening. The vertical channel structure and the vertical channel structure are formed in a hole partially overlapping the first opening and the second opening. The vertical channel structure is divided into two arc channel parts by the drain pillar structure and the source pillar structure. The gate structure surrounds the drain pillar structure, the source pillar structure and the vertical channel structure.
US11069704B2	3D NOR memory having vertical gate structures A memory device comprises a plurality of stacks of bit lines alternating with insulating strips over an insulating layer on a substrate, and a plurality of vertical gate structures disposed between the stacks. Vertical channel structures and memory elements are disposed between outside surfaces of the vertical gate structures and sidewalls of insulating strips in the stacks of bit lines. The vertical channel structures provide channels between adjacent bit lines in the stacks. A plurality of word line transistors is disposed over and connected to respective vertical gate structures. A plurality of word lines is disposed over and connected to the word line transistors. The memory device comprises circuitry connected to the bit lines to apply bit line and source line voltages to the bit lines.
US11069703B2	Three-dimensional device with bonded structures including a support die and methods of making the same A memory die including a three-dimensional array of memory elements and a logic die including a peripheral circuitry that support operation of the three-dimensional array of memory elements can be bonded by die-to-die bonding to provide a bonded assembly. External bonding pads for the bonded assembly can be provided by forming recess regions through the memory die or through the logic die to physically expose metal interconnect structures within interconnect-level dielectric layers. The external bonding pads can include, or can be formed upon, a physically exposed subset of the metal interconnect structures. Alternatively or additionally, laterally-insulated external connection via structures can be formed through the bonded assembly to multiple levels of the metal interconnect structures. Further, through-dielectric external connection via structures extending through a stepped dielectric material portion of the memory die can be physically exposed, and external bonding pads can be formed thereupon.
US11069702B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stack comprising a plurality of conductive layers stacked one over the other in a first direction, and an insulating layer interposed between adjacent conductive layers located over the substrate, a first semiconductor layer extending inwardly of the stack and through the plurality of conductive layers in the first direction, a memory layer located between the first semiconductor layer and the plurality of conductive layers, and a second semiconductor layer located over, and in contact with, the first semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a third semiconductor layer containing phosphorous, and a fourth semiconductor layer containing carbon provided between the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer.
US11069690B2	DRAM and flash structure and method of fabricating the same A flash includes a substrate comprising an active region and two electron storage structures disposed at two sides of the active region, wherein each of the electron storage structures comprises a silicon oxide/silicon nitride/silicon oxide composite layer. A buried gate is embedded in the active region, wherein the buried gate only consists of a control gate and a gate dielectric layer, and the gate dielectric layer is formed by a single material. Two source/drain doping regions are disposed in the active region at two sides of the buried gate.
US11069685B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, fin type active areas extending in a first direction away from the substrate in each of the first and second regions, a plurality of nanosheets extending parallel to an upper surface of the fin type active areas and being spaced apart from the upper surface of the fin type active areas, a gate extending over the fin type active areas in a second direction crossing the first direction, a gate dielectric layer interposed between the gate and each of the nanosheets, first source and drain regions included in the first region and second source and drain regions included in the second region, and insulating spacers interposed between the fin type active areas and the nanosheets, wherein air spacers are interposed between the insulating spacers and the first source and drain regions.
US11069684B1	Stacked field effect transistors with reduced coupling effect A semiconductor structure includes a first field-effect transistor disposed on a substrate. The first field-effect transistor includes a first metal gate, and a first source/drain region. A second field-effect transistor is vertically stacked above the first field-effect transistor. The second field-effect transistor includes a second metal gate, and a second source/drain region. The first metal gate and the second metal gate are vertically aligned and configured with an air gap disposed therebetween. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are vertically aligned and configured with another air gap disposed therebetween.
US11069679B2	Reducing gate resistance in stacked vertical transport field effect transistors A semiconductor device structure and method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor device structure includes a first vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET) comprising at least a first gate structure having a first gate length, and a second VTFET stacked on the first VTFET and comprising at least a second gate structure having a second gate length that is less than the first gate length. The method includes forming, on a substrate, a first VTFET including at least a first gate structure having a first gate length. The method further includes forming a second VTFET stacked on the first VTFET and including at least a second gate structure having a second gate length that is less than the first gate length.
US11069675B2	ESD protection device with bidirectional diode string-triggering SCR structure An ESD protection device for bidirectional diode string triggering SCR structure belongs to the field of electro-static discharge of an integrated circuit. A deep N well is arranged on a P substrate, and a first P well, a first N well, a second P well and a second N well are successively arranged from left to right on a surface region of the deep N well. In a second N well region, a mask preparing plate is used to insert the P wells at intervals. The circumference of each P well is isolated by the N well. Each P well is respectively provided with a pair of P+ implantation region and N+ implantation region. The metal wire is connected with the implantation region, and a positive electrode and a negative electrode are led out from the metal wire for forward conduction and reverse conduction.
US11069672B2	Laminated element manufacturing method A laminated element manufacturing method includes a first forming step of forming a first gettering region for each of functional elements by irradiating a semiconductor substrate of a first wafer with a laser light, a first grindsing step of grinding the semiconductor substrate of the first wafer and removing a portion of the first gettering region, a bonding step of bonding a circuit layer of a second wafer to the semiconductor substrate of the first wafer, a second forming step of forming a second gettering region for each of the functional elements by irradiating the semiconductor substrate of the second wafer with a laser light, and a second grinding step of grinding the semiconductor substrate of the second wafer and removing a portion of the second gettering region.
US11069671B2	Semiconductor package and method In an embodiment, a method includes: aligning a first package component with a second package component, the first package component having a first region and a second region, the first region including a first conductive connector, the second region including a second conductive connector; performing a first laser shot on a first portion of a top surface of the first package component, the first laser shot reflowing the first conductive connector of the first region, the first portion of the top surface of the first package component completely overlapping the first region; and after performing the first laser shot, performing a second laser shot on a second portion of the top surface of the first package component, the second laser shot reflowing the second conductive connector of the second region, the second portion of the top surface of the first package component completely overlapping the second region.
US11069669B2	Micro LED display panel and method for making same A micro LED display panel includes a blue LED layer, a green LED layer, and a red LED layer. The blue LED layer, the green LED layer, and the red LED layer are in a stacked formation. The blue, the green, and the red LED layers each include a plurality of micro LEDs spaced apart from each other. The composition of the layers is such that light emitted from all but the bottom layer is able to pass through transparent material in other layers before exiting the panel and being viewed.
US11069663B2	Method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component, and optoelectronic semiconductor component A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes A) providing at least three source substrates, wherein each of the source substrates is equipped with a specific type of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips, B) providing a target substrate having a mounting plane configured to mount the semiconductor chips thereto, C) forming platforms on the target substrate, and D) transferring at least some of the semiconductor chips with a wafer-to-wafer process from the source substrates onto the target substrate so that the semiconductor chips transferred to the target substrate maintain their relative position with respect to one another, within the types of semiconductor chips, wherein on the target substrate the semiconductor chips of each type of semiconductor chips have a specific height above the mounting plane due to the platforms so that the semiconductor chips of different types of semiconductor chips have different heights.
US11069661B1	Electronic package An electronic package is formed by arranging two encapsulating portions of different materials between a plurality of electronic components stacked to each other to adjust a stress distribution of the electronic package, so that the degree of warpage of the electronic package can be optimally controlled.
US11069654B2	Metal frame, dummy wafer, semiconductor device, electronic device, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A metal frame that is used in a dummy wafer in which chip-like semiconductor elements and a rewiring layer are integrated. A plurality of openings in which the chip-like semiconductor elements are disposed are formed in the metal plate, and a lattice structure is formed with the frames that are the portions between adjacent openings of the plurality of openings. Of the frames forming the lattice structure, the frames located in dicing areas of the dummy wafer are arranged in a discontinuous manner.
US11069651B2	Method of mounting die A method of mounting a die includes: preparing a die having a bump formation surface on which a plurality of bump electrodes are formed; disposing a vacuum suction tool having a suction surface above the die such that the suction surface faces toward the bump formation surface; sandwiching a porous sheet between the suction surface and the bump formation surface and suctioning the die by the vacuum suction tool; and mounting the die that has been suctioned by the vacuum suction tool in a bonding region of a substrate with an adhesive material interposed therebetween, the porous sheet having a thickness equal to or greater than the protrusion height of the bump electrodes on the bump formation surface. Stabilization and ease of maintenance of vacuum suction can thereby be improved.
US11069648B2	Semiconductor structure and method for obtaining light emitting diodes reconstituted over a carrier substrate A method is provided for obtaining one or more Light Emitting Diode (LED) devices reconstituted over a carrier substrate. The method includes providing a silicon-based semiconductor substrate as the carrier substrate; providing, per each of the one or more LED devices, a compound semiconductor stack including an LED layer; applying a SiCN layer to the stack and the substrate, respectively; bonding the stack to the substrate, wherein the SiCN layer applied to the stack and the SiCN layer applied to the substrate are contacted; and annealing, after bonding, the bonded stack and substrate at a temperature equal to or higher than a processing temperature for completing the LED device from the stack, wherein said temperatures are at least 400° C. A semiconductor structure including the one or more LED devices reconstituted over a carrier substrate is also provided.
US11069645B2	Electronic component module An electronic component module includes an electronic component, a resin structure, a through wire, and a wiring layer. The resin structure covers at least a portion of the electronic component. The through wire extends through the resin structure in a predetermined direction. The wiring layer electrically connects the electronic component to the through wire. The wiring layer includes a portion located between the electronic component and the through wire in plan view in the predetermined direction. The wiring layer has a protruding portion. The protruding portion protrudes in the predetermined direction between the electronic component and the through wire.
US11069642B2	Package structure and method of manufacturing the same A package structure includes a semiconductor die, a redistribution circuit structure, and conductive pads. The redistribution circuit structure is located on and electrically connected to the semiconductor die, the redistribution circuit structure includes a first contact pad having a first width and a second contact pad having a second width. The conductive pads are located on and electrically connected to the redistribution circuit structure through connecting to the first contact pad and the second contact pad, the redistribution circuit structure is located between the conductive pads and the semiconductor die. The first width of the first contact pad is less than a width of the conductive pads, and the second width of the second contact pad is substantially equal to or greater than the width of the conductive pads.
US11069641B2	Integrated circuit package and display device using the same An integrated circuit package and a display device using the same are discussed. The bottom surface of the integrated circuit package includes a first barrier bump area in which a plurality of barrier bumps is arranged, configured to be disposed between an input bump area and an output bump area; and a second barrier bump area in which a plurality of barrier bumps is arranged, configured to be disposed between the first barrier bump area and the output bump area. The first barrier bump area is closer to the input bump area than the second barrier bump area, and the second barrier bump area is closer to the output bump area than the first barrier bump area.
US11069636B2	Package structure and method of forming the same A package structure and a method of forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a die, an encapsulant, a first polymer material layer, a second polymer material layer and a first redistribution layer. The encapsulant encapsulates sidewalls of the die. The first polymer material layer is on the encapsulant and the die. The second polymer material layer is on the first polymer material layer. The first redistribution layer is embedded in the first polymer material layer and the second polymer material layer and electrically connected to the die. The first redistribution layer has a top surface substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second polymer material layer, and a portion of a top surface of the first polymer material layer is in contact with the first redistribution layer.
US11069628B2	Integrated circuit provided with decoys against reverse engineering and corresponding fabrication process An integrated circuit includes a first domain supplied with power at a first supply voltage. A first transistor comprising in the first domain includes a first gate region and a first gate dielectric region. A second domain is supply with power at a second supply voltage and includes a second transistor having a second gate region and a second gate dielectric region, the second gate region being biased at a voltage that is higher than the first supply voltage. The first and second gate dielectric regions have the same composition, wherein that composition configures the first transistor in a permanently turned off condition in response to a gate bias voltage lower than or equal to the first supply voltage. The second transistor is a floating gate memory cell transistor, with the second gate dielectric region located between the floating and control gates.
US11069622B2	Interposer-type component carrier and method of manufacturing the same An interposer-type component carrier includes a stack comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure; a cavity formed in an upper portion of the stack; an active component embedded in the cavity and having at least one terminal facing upwards; and a redistribution structure having only one electrically insulating layer structure above the component. A method of manufacturing an interposer-type component carrier is also disclosed.
US11069620B2	Die interconnect substrate, an electrical device and a method for forming a die interconnect substrate A die interconnect substrate comprises a bridge die comprising at least one bridge interconnect connecting a first bridge die pad of the bridge die to a second bridge die pad of the bridge die. The die interconnect substrate comprises a multilayer substrate structure comprising a substrate interconnect. The bridge die is embedded in the multilayer substrate structure. The substrate interconnect extends from a level above the bridge die to a level below the bridge die. The multilayer substrate structure further comprises an electrically insulating layer comprising a first electrically insulating material. The multilayer substrate structure further comprises an electrically insulating filler structure located laterally between the bridge die and the electrically insulating layer, wherein the electrically insulating filler structure comprises a second electrically insulating material different from the first electrically insulating material.
US11069616B2	Horizontal programmable conducting bridges between conductive lines A semiconductor device includes a first level having a plurality of transistor devices, and a first wiring level positioned over the first level. The first wiring level includes a plurality of conductive lines extending parallel to the first level, and one or more programmable horizontal bridges extending parallel to the first level. Each of the one or more programmable horizontal bridges electrically connects two respective conductive lines of the plurality of conductive lines in the first wiring level. The one or more programmable horizontal bridges include a programmable material having a modifiable resistivity in that the one or more programmable horizontal bridges change between being conductive and being non-conductive.
US11069614B2	Semiconductor package structure A semiconductor structure includes a die, a molding surrounding the die, a first dielectric layer disposed over the die and the molding, and a second dielectric layer disposed between the first dielectric layer and the die, and between the first dielectric layer and the molding. A material content ratio in the first dielectric layer is substantially greater than that in the second dielectric layer. In some embodiments, the material content ratio substantially inversely affects a mechanical strength of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer.
US11069613B2	Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same An integrated circuit device includes a first insulation layer on a substrate, a lower wiring structure in the first insulation layer and including a metal layer and a conductive barrier layer, such that the metal layer is on the conductive barrier layer, an etch stop layer overlapping an upper surface of the first insulation layer and an upper surface of the conductive barrier layer and having a first thickness, a capping layer overlapping a portion of the upper surface of the metal layer and having a second thickness which is less than the first thickness, a second insulation layer overlapping the etch stop layer and the capping layer, and an upper wiring structure connected to another portion of the upper surface of the metal layer not overlapped by the capping layer in the second insulation layer.
US11069612B2	Semiconductor devices having electrically and optically conductive vias, and associated systems and methods Semiconductor devices having one or more vias filled with a transparent and electrically conductive material are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die stacked over a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die can include at least one via that is axially aligned with a corresponding via of the second semiconductor die. The vias of the first and second semiconductor dies can be filled with a transparent and electrically conductive material that both electrically and optically couples the first and second semiconductor dies.
US11069609B2	Techniques for forming vias and other interconnects for integrated circuit structures Techniques are disclosed for forming vias for integrated circuit structures. During an additive via formation process, a dielectric material is deposited, an etch stop layer is deposited, a checkerboard pattern is deposited on the etch stop layer, regions in the checkerboard pattern are removed where it is desired to have vias, openings are etched in the dielectric material through the removed regions, and the openings are filled with a first via material. This is then repeated for a second via material. During the subtractive via formation process, a first via material is deposited, an etch stop layer is deposited, a checkerboard pattern is deposited on the etch stop layer, regions in the checkerboard pattern are removed where it is not desired to have vias, openings are etched in the first via material through the removed regions. This is then repeated for a second via material.
US11069604B2	Semiconductor package and method of making the same A semiconductor package has a plurality of pillars or portions of a plurality of lead strips, a plurality of semiconductor devices, one or two molding encapsulations and a plurality of electrical interconnections. The semiconductor package excludes a wire. The semiconductor package excludes a clip. A method is applied to fabricate semiconductor packages. The method includes providing a removable carrier; forming a plurality of pillars or a plurality of lead strips; attaching a plurality of semiconductor devices; forming one or two molding encapsulations; forming a plurality of electrical interconnections and removing the removable carrier. The method may further include a singulation process.
US11069603B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a first electrode terminal; a second electrode terminal; a semiconductor element having an electrode on one surface connected to one surface of the first electrode terminal; a wire that connects an electrode on the other surface of the semiconductor element and the second electrode terminal; and a resin portion formed of an insulator covering the semiconductor element, a part of the second electrode terminal, and the one surface of the first electrode terminal, wherein a chamfered portion is formed on at least one of end portions where the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal face each other.
US11069602B2	Package and terminal arrangement for semiconductor module The present invention is a semiconductor module including: first and second drive circuits that perform drive control of at least one pair of first and second switching devices, in which the at least one pair of first and second switching devices and the first and second drive circuits are sealed in a package having a rectangular shape in plan view, and there are provided: a control terminal provided to protrude from a side surface of a first long side out of first and second long sides of the package, and to which a control signal of the first and second drive circuits is inputted; an output terminal provided to protrude from a side surface of the second long side; a first main terminal provided to protrude from a side surface of a first short side out of first and second short sides of the package; and a second main terminal provided to protrude from a side surface of the second short side.
US11069599B2	Recessed lead leadframe packages Leadframes for semiconductor packages. Implementations may include a plurality of leads extending inwardly into an opening surrounded by the plurality of leads where the plurality of leads except for at least one are configured to mechanically couple at a surface of a semiconductor chip. The at least one of the plurality of leads that is not configured to mechanically coupled at the surface of the semiconductor chip be configured to electrically couple with the semiconductor chip.
US11069594B2	Methods of forming electronic assemblies with inverse opal structures using variable current density electroplating A method of forming an inverse opal structure along a substrate that includes depositing polymer spheres along the substrate and electroplating the substrate and spheres at a first current density to form a first solid metal layer such that the spheres are raised from the substrate. The method includes electroplating the substrate and the spheres at a second current density to diffuse metals from the substrate and deposit the metal about the spheres. The second current density is greater than the first current density. The method includes electroplating the substrate and spheres to form a second solid metal layer disposed over the spheres, and removing the spheres to form the inverse opal structure disposed between the first and second solid metal layers. The first and second solid metal layers define planar interface surfaces disposed over a porous structure of the inverse opal structure.
US11069592B2	Semiconductor packages including a lower structure, an upper structure on the lower structure, and a connection pattern between the lower structure and the upper structure A semiconductor includes a lower structure, an upper structure on the lower structure, and a connection pattern between the lower structure and the upper structure. The connection pattern is configured to electrically connect the lower structure and the upper structure to each other. The lower structure includes a lower base and a first lower chip on the lower base. The first lower chip includes a chip bonding pad, a pad structure, and a heat sink structure. The connection pattern is connected to the upper structure and extends away from the upper structure to be connected to the pad structure. The pad structure has a thickness greater than a thickness of the chip bonding pad. At least a portion of the heat sink structure is at a same height level as at least a portion of the pad structure.
US11069590B2	Wafer-level fan-out package with enhanced performance The present disclosure relates to a wafer-level fan-out package that includes a first thinned die, a second die, a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the first thinned die and the second die, a first mold compound over the second die, a second mold compound over the multilayer redistribution structure, and around the first thinned die and the second die, and a third mold compound. The second mold compound extends beyond the first thinned die to define an opening within the second mold compound and over the first thinned die, such that a top surface of the first thinned die is at a bottom of the opening. A top surface of the first mold compound and a top surface of the second mold compound are coplanar. The third mold compound fills the opening and is in contact with the top surface of the first thinned die.
US11069588B2	Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, at least one semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate, and a molding member that surrounds the at least one semiconductor chip. The molding member includes fillers. Each of the fillers includes a core and a coating layer that surrounds the core. The core includes a non-electromagnetic material and the coating layer includes an electromagnetic material. The molding member includes regions respectively have different distributions of the fillers.
US11069583B2	Apparatus and method for the minimization of undercut during a UBM etch process A plurality of endpoints in a wet etching process of a substrate are determined. A plurality of benchmark end points during a wet etching process of a first substrate are determined, using first light information represented by a HSV color model for sample locations of the first substrate. Etch parameters are generated for a wet etching process for a second substrate. The generated etch parameters are used with second light information represented by at least one value of the Hue, Saturation, Value color model associated with a plurality of sample locations of the second substrate to reach respective end points during the wet etching process of a second substrate.
US11069571B2	High speed, high density, low power die interconnect system A system for interconnecting at least two die each die having a plurality of conducting layers and dielectric layers disposed upon a substrate which may include active and passive elements. In one embodiment there is at least one interconnect coupling at least one conducting layer on a side of one die to at least one conducting layer on a side of the other die. Another interconnect embodiment is a slug having conducting and dielectric layers disposed between two or more die to interconnect between the die. Other interconnect techniques include direct coupling such as rod, ball, dual balls, bar, cylinder, bump, slug, and carbon nanotube, as well as indirect coupling such as inductive coupling, capacitive coupling, and wireless communications. The die may have features to facilitate placement of the interconnects such as dogleg cuts, grooves, notches, enlarged contact pads, tapered side edges and stepped vias.
US11069565B2	Semiconductor interconnect structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor interconnect structure and its manufacturing method are presented. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate structure, wherein the substrate structure comprises: a substrate; a first metal layer on the substrate; a dielectric layer on the substrate, wherein the dielectric layer covers the first metal layer, and wherein the dielectric layer has a hole extending to the first metal layer; and a hard mask layer on the dielectric layer; removing the hard mask layer on the dielectric layer; selectively depositing a second metal layer at the bottom of the hole; and depositing a third metal layer, wherein the third metal layer fills the hole. This semiconductor interconnect structure provides improved reliability over conventional structures.
US11069560B2	Method of transferring device layer to transfer substrate and highly thermal conductive substrate A method of transferring a device layer in a SOI wafer obtained by stacking a Si layer, an insulator layer, and the device layer to a transfer substrate, includes a step of temporarily bonding a surface on which the device layer is formed of the SOI wafer to a supporting substrate using an adhesive for temporary bonding, a step of removing the Si layer of the SOI wafer until the insulator layer is exposed and obtaining a thinned device wafer, a step of coating only the transfer substrate with an adhesive for transfer and then bonding the insulator layer in the thinned device wafer to the transfer substrate via the adhesive for transfer, a step of thermally curing the adhesive for transfer under a load at the same time as or after bonding, a step of peeling off the supporting substrate, and a step of removing the adhesive.
US11069556B2	Micro component structure A micro component structure includes a substrate, at least one micro component and a fixing structure. The micro component is disposed on the substrate, has a spacing from the substrate and has at least one top surface. The fixing structure is disposed on the substrate and includes at least one covering portion and at least one connecting portion. The covering portion is disposed on a portion of the top surface of the micro component, and the connecting portion is connected to an edge of the covering portion and extends onto the substrate. At least one of the covering portion and the connecting portion includes at least one patterned structure.
US11069551B2	Method of dampening a force applied to an electrically-actuatable element A method of dampening a force applied to an electrically-actuatable element during a transfer of the electrically-actuatable element from a first side of a first substrate to a second substrate. The method includes positioning a needle adjacent a second side of the first substrate opposite the first side of the first substrate. The needle is moved via a needle actuator to a position at which the needle presses on the second side of the first substrate to press the electrically-actuatable element into contact with the second substrate disposed adjacent the first side of the first substrate. A force applied to the electrically-actuatable element is dampened when the needle presses the electrically-actuatable element into contact with the second substrate.
US11069550B2	Load port A load port includes: a port plate; and a placing table on which a container that stores the substrate is placed. The placing table includes: a base portion; a dock plate; a support unit configured to support the dock plate such that the dock plate can move between the first position and a second position; and a cam mechanism configured to move the dock plate between the first position and the second position. The support unit includes a slider configured to move together with the dock plate. The cam mechanism includes: a driving mechanism provided on the base portion; and a cam plate which is connected to the slider and in which a cam groove is formed.
US11069549B2	Overhead transport vehicle, overhead transport system, and control method for overhead transport vehicle An overhead transport vehicle includes: a traveler; a main body; a transferer including a holder, a mover, and a rotator, and which receives or delivers an article from or to a transfer destination; and a controller. The main body has an inner wall at a position at which the article held by the holder comes in contact therewith when the holder set at a storing position is rotated by a predetermined angle by the rotator. The controller causes the traveler to travel while the holder is at the storing position, and when the article is received or delivered, causes the rotator to rotate the holder by a predetermined angle or more about a rotation axis in a state where the holder is set at an exiting position by the mover to align the article with a prescribed orientation of the transfer destination.
US11069545B2	Substrate processing apparatus, temperature control method, and temperature control program A substrate processing apparatus includes: a placing table having a placement surface and provided with a heater in each divided region obtained by dividing the placement surface; a calculation unit that calculates a target temperature of the heater in each divided region in which a critical dimension at a predetermined measurement point satisfies a predetermined condition, using a prediction model that predicts the critical dimension of the measurement point by using a temperature of the heater in each divided region as a parameter and taking into consideration an influence of a temperature of a heater in a divided region other than a divided region including the measurement point in accordance with a distance between the measurement point and the other divided region; and a heater controller that controls the heater in each divided region to reach the target temperature when the substrate processing is performed on the substrate.
US11069543B2	Laminate processing method A laminate processing method includes a modified layer removing step of positioning a cutting blade to the region of the wafer corresponding to each of the division lines and cutting while supplying cutting water into which a water-soluble resin is mixed from the wafer side of the laminate, thereby removing the modified layer formed inside the wafer, a dividing step of, after the modified layer removing step is carried out, expanding the expandable tape, and dividing the laminate into individual image sensor chips, and a cleaning step of supplying cleaning water from the back surface of the wafer with a state in which the expandable tape is expanded being maintained, thereby cleaning the laminate.
US11069541B2	Semiconductor device package for debonding substrate assembly from carrier substrate using light and method of manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device package includes: accommodating a substrate in a cavity in a center of a carrier substrate having the cavity in which a substrate with a semiconductor chip mounted thereon is accommodated in the center, having a support portion in contact with a side wall of the cavity to form an upper surface of the side wall and surrounding the cavity, and formed of a light-transmitting material; defining a molding portion of the substrate by pressing the support portion and an edge region of the substrate; and molding the molding portion, to cover the semiconductor chip.
US11069539B2	3D packages and methods for forming the same Embodiments of the present disclosure include a semiconductor device and methods of forming a semiconductor device. An embodiment is a semiconductor device comprising an interconnecting structure consisting of a plurality of thin film layers and a plurality of metal layers disposed therein, each of the plurality of metal layers having substantially a same top surface area, and a die comprising an active surface and a backside surface opposite the active surface, the active surface being directly coupled to a first side of the interconnecting structure. The semiconductor device further comprises a first connector directly coupled to a second side of the interconnecting structure, the second side being opposite the first side.
US11069535B2	Atomic layer etch of tungsten for enhanced tungsten deposition fill Methods of depositing tungsten into high aspect ratio features using a dep-etch-dep process integrating various deposition techniques with alternating pulses of surface modification and removal during etch are provided herein.
US11069532B2	Method for manufacturing nickel silicide The invention discloses a method for manufacturing nickel silicide. The method comprises: Step 1: providing a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate has an exposed silicon surface which is a formation region of nickel silicide; Step 2: carrying out pre-amorphization ion implantation to form an amorphous layer in the formation region of the nickel silicide, wherein an implantation source of the pre-amorphization ion implantation is xenon; and Step 3: forming the nickel silicide in the formation region of the nickel silicide by self-alignment. Xenon which is a non-radioactive inert gas with the maximum mass is adopted to optimize the uniformity of an interface layer between the amorphous layer and silicon, so that the uniformity of the ohm contact resistance of the nickel silicide is improved.
US11069529B2	Semiconductor device with at least one lower-surface side lifetime control region To provide a semiconductor device, wherein each of a transistor portion and a diode portion that are arrayed along an array direction has: a second-conductivity type base region provided above a first-conductivity type drift region inside a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of trench portions that penetrate the base region from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, extend at the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and in a direction of extension perpendicular to the array direction, and have conductive portions provided therein; and a lower-surface side lifetime control region that lies on a lower-surface side in the semiconductor substrate, and from the transistor portion to the diode portion, and includes a lifetime killer. In the array direction, the transistor portion may have a portion provided with the lower-surface side lifetime control region, and another portion not provided with the lower-surface side lifetime control region.
US11069527B2	Laser assisted SiC growth on silicon A heterojunction device is provided. The heterojunction device includes a silicon (Si) substrate; and a film of silicon carbide (SiC) deposited on a surface of the Si substrate. The SiC has a Si:C ratio that increases or decreases from a SiC surface in contact with the Si substrate to an opposing SiC surface that is not in contact with the Si substrate.
US11069524B2	Methods for using remote plasma chemical vapor deposition (RP-CVD) and sputtering deposition to grow layers in light emitting devices Described herein are methods for using remote plasma chemical vapor deposition (RP-CVD) and sputtering deposition to grow layers for light emitting devices. A method includes growing a light emitting device structure on a growth substrate, and growing a tunnel junction on the light emitting device structure using at least one of RP-CVD and sputtering deposition. The tunnel junction includes a p++ layer in direct contact with a p-type region, where the p++ layer is grown by using at least one of RP-CVD and sputtering deposition. Another method for growing a device includes growing a p-type region over a growth substrate using at least one of RP-CVD and sputtering deposition, and growing further layers over the p-type region. Another method for growing a device includes growing a light emitting region and an n-type region using at least one of RP-CVD and sputtering deposition over a p-type region.
US11069521B2	Subnanometer-level light-based substrate cleaning mechanism Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and related methods for cleaning a substrate. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate holder to hold and rotate the substrate at various speeds. An optional inner shield and an optional outer shield, when in a closed position, surround the substrate holder during operation of the apparatus. Each of the inner shield and the outer shield can operate independently in at least one of rotational speed and direction from the other shield. At least one of a front-side laser and a back-side laser are arranged to clean one or both sides of the substrate and edges of the substrate substantially concurrently or independently by impinging a light onto at least one surface of the substrate. A gas flow, combined with a high rotational-speed of the shields and substrate, assists in removing effluents from the substrate. Additional apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses are disclosed.
US11069516B2	Electro static linear ion trap mass spectrometer One or more ions are received along a central axis through a first set of reflectron plates of an ELIT. Voltages are applied to the first set of plates and to a second set of reflectron plates in order to trap and oscillate the one or more ions. A first induced current is measured from a cylindrical pickup electrode between the first set of reflectron plates and the second set of reflectron plates. A second induced current is measured from one or more plates of the first set of reflectron plates. A third induced current is measured from one or more plates of the second set of reflectron plates. The first measured induced current, second measured induced current and third measured induced current are combined to reduce higher order frequency harmonics of the induced current.
US11069515B2	Pulsed power module with pulse and ion flux control for magnetron sputtering An electrical power pulse generator system and a method of the system's operation are described herein. A main energy storage capacitor supplies a negative DC power and a kick energy storage capacitor supplies a positive DC power. A main pulse power transistor is interposed between the main energy storage capacitor and an output pulse rail and includes a main power transmission control input for controlling power transmission from the main energy storage capacitor to the output pulse rail. A positive kick pulse power transistor is interposed between the kick energy storage capacitor and the output pulse rail and includes a kick power transmission control input for controlling power transmission from the kick energy storage capacitor to the output pulse rail. A positive kick pulse power transistor control line is connected to the kick power transmission control input of the positive kick pulse transistor.
US11069511B2	System and methods using an inline surface engineering source A system having an auxiliary plasma source, disposed proximate the workpiece, for use with an ion beam is disclosed. The auxiliary plasma source is used to create ions and radicals which drift toward the workpiece and may form a film. The ion beam is then used to provide energy so that the ions and radicals can process the workpiece. Further, various applications of the system are also disclosed. For example, the system can be used for various processes including deposition, implantation, etching, pre-treatment and post-treatment. By locating an auxiliary plasma source close to the workpiece, processes that were previously not possible may be performed. Further, two dissimilar processes, such as cleaning and implanting or implanting and passivating can be performed without removing the workpiece from the end station.
US11069507B2	Radio-frequency (RF) transmission systems, devices, and methods for in situ transmission electron microscopy A sample carrier for in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has a dielectric substrate with a conductive layer that forms a coplanar waveguide. The coplanar waveguide has a first and second leads formed by the conductive layer. The first lead is between an adjacent pair of second leads and is spaced from the second leads by a respective gap. The coplanar waveguide is configured to transmit an electrical signal to a specimen held by the sample carrier, in particular, an electrical signal having a frequency in the radio-frequency (RF) regime (3 kHz-300 GHz), for example, up to 100 GHz. The sample carrier may be mounted to a TEM sample holder, which supports the sample carrier within a vacuum chamber of the microscope and provides electrical connection between the leads of the sample carrier and an RF source external to the vacuum chamber.
US11069506B2	Driver of sample holder for electron microscope and stage comprising same A sample stage includes a sample holder that accommodates a sample and a first drive module, a second drive module, and a third drive module that are radially connected to the sample holder and allow the sample holder to have translational degrees of freedom in three directions and rotational degrees of freedom in at least two directions.
US11069503B2	Electron generating apparatus and ionization gauge An electron generating apparatus includes a filament, a power supply configured to supply power to the filament so as to make the filament emit an electron, and a controller configured to repeatedly detect a value having a correlation with power supplied from the power supply to the filament, determine whether a state of the filament satisfies a notification condition, by using a plurality of detected values, and perform notification when the state satisfies the notification condition.
US11069499B2	Power-saving circuit for contactor A power-saving circuit for a contactor includes a coil drive circuit, and further includes a rectification and filtering circuit, a PFC circuit, an auxiliary power supply circuit, and a square wave generation circuit. The square wave generation circuit outputs a first square wave signal to the PFC circuit via a first output end according to a set timing sequence, and outputs a second square wave signal and a third square wave signal to the coil drive circuit via a second output end, so as to respectively control duty cycles of a first switch tube in the PFC circuit and a second switch tube in the coil drive circuit. The auxiliary power supply circuit supplies electric energy to the square wave generation circuit during a holding stage of the contactor. The rectification and filtering circuit is used for rectifying an input AC into a pulsating DC, and filtering an input narrow-pulse current into a smooth current to be outputted to the PFC circuit after eliminating higher harmonic components other than a fundamental frequency component of 50 Hz. The PFC circuit receives rectified and filtered electric energy, enables an effective value of the input current to change along with an input voltage, and outputs the input current to the coil drive circuit and the auxiliary power supply circuit. The coil drive circuit is used for controlling the current of a contactor coil. Wherein during a pull-in stage of the contactor, the PFC circuit does not work and the power-saving circuit provides a large current to the contactor coil to pull in; during a transition stage, the PFC circuit starts to work and the power-saving circuit controls the current of the contactor coil to decrease gradually; and during a holding stage of the contactor, the PFC circuit keeps working and the power-saving circuit controls the current of the contactor coil to be kept as a small current required for holding.
US11069495B2	Vacuum switching apparatus and drive mechanism therefor A drive mechanism is for a vacuum switching apparatus. The vacuum switching apparatus has a stationary contact and a movable contact structured to move into and out of engagement with the stationary contact in order to connect and disconnect power, respectively. The drive mechanism includes a drive rod structured to drive the movable contact into and out of engagement with the stationary contact, the drive rod being movable along a longitudinal axis, and a number of toggle assemblies each having a component and a biasing element coupled to the component. The component is coupled to the drive rod. The biasing element is structured to bias the drive rod in a direction not coinciding with the longitudinal axis.
US11069494B2	Switchgear A switchgear includes a movable part capable of reciprocating movement, a movable contact coupled to the movable part, a member that biases the movable contact, a latch capable of switching between a first state in which movement of the movable contact is restricted and a second state in which movement is permitted, a part that accommodates the movable part and the movable contact therein, a fixed contact provided outside of the accommodating part, and a moving part that moves with the movable contact. The latch is switched to the second state when the movable contact has moved against the biasing force. The accommodating part contains a first region and a second region, which is on a side of the fixed contact with respect to the first region within a range of movement of the moving part. The first region has an inner diameter smaller than that of the second region.
US11069493B2	Control device base that attaches to the paddle actuator of a mechanical switch A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may be configured to be mounted over an installed mechanical switch having a paddle actuator and may include a base and a control unit that is configured to be removably attached to the base. The base may include a frame, a clamp arm, a screw, and/or a sleeve. The clamp arm may be configured to secure the base to a protruding portion of the paddle actuator. The clamp arm may be attached to the frame at a pivot joint. The clamp arm may be configured to pivot about the pivot joint. The pivot joint may be located proximate to an endpoint or a midpoint of the frame.
US11069491B2	Key structure A key structure includes a keycap and an actuator. The actuator is coupled with the keycap and enables the keycap to move reciprocally along an actuating direction. One of the actuator and the keycap has a base and a slot formed therein, and the other one of the same has a plug. The plug is inserted into the slot in a direction parallel to the actuating direction. The slot has an inner wall pressing the plug and generating friction. The base has a first sidewall thickness perpendicular to the actuating direction and parallel to the inner wall and a second sidewall thickness perpendicular to the actuating direction and perpendicular to the inner wall, wherein the first sidewall thickness is greater than the second sidewall thickness. The disclosure can avoid the horizontal stress generated by the plug when it is inserted into the slot to squeeze against the bas.
US11069483B2	Thin film capacitor A thin film capacitor includes a first electrode layer (10), a dielectric layer (20) stacked on the first electrode layer (10), and a second electrode layer (30) stacked on the dielectric layer (20), wherein the dielectric layer (20) includes a layered void aggregation region (22) which extends in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction.
US11069481B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component and board for mounting of the same A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in the ceramic body, and first and second external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first and second external electrodes includes a first electrode layer including a first glass and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass. The first glass contains a larger amount of barium-zinc (Ba—Zn) than the second glass, and the second glass contains a larger amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass.
US11069479B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor may include a capacitor body including an active area including a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes, upper and lower cover layers disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the active area, and having first to six external surfaces; first and second external electrodes including first and second connection portions and first and second band portions, respectively; and a plurality of dummy electrodes disposed on the upper and lower cover layers with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and exposed through corners of the capacitor body, a portion of the plurality of dummy electrodes being disposed between the upper and lower surfaces of the capacitor body and the first and second band portions.
US11069475B2	Compact isolated inductors Structures and methods for reducing physical space of two or three inductors while maintaining low magnetic coupling between the inductors are presented. According to one aspect, the inductors share their volume spaces and have (substantially) orthogonal far field magnetic vectors. According to another aspect, the inductors are fabricated on planar layers of a stacked structure that includes conductive and non-conductive layers. According to an additional aspect, a coil structure of one of the inductors passes through a volume space of another inductor. According to another aspect, coil structures of two of the inductors are interlaced. According to another aspect, relative placement of two coil structures of two inductors is based on a number of windings of one of the two coil structures above and below the other coil structure. According to another aspect, a shape of a coil structure of one inductor follows a near field magnetic vector of another inductor.
US11069471B2	Reactor A reactor that includes a coil that includes a winding portion; a magnetic core that includes a plurality of core pieces that are located inside and outside the winding portion, and one or more gap portions that are interposed between core pieces that are adjacent to each other; an interposed member that is interposed between the coil and the magnetic core; and a resin mold portion that covers at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the magnetic core without covering an outer circumferential surface of the winding portion so that the outer circumferential surface of the winding portion is exposed.
US11069470B1	System, method and apparatus for transformer cooling An air cooling system, method, apparatus and kit applied to lower transformer operating temperatures, such as governed by a tank or container of oil, allowing transformer components to run more efficiently at a lower temperature level, e.g., down from the hot level operating temperatures typical in stressed conventional devices. By lowering the operational levels to within or below the nominal operational temperature ranges for the equipment, and recovering heat generated during operation, several advantages are obtained.
US11069469B2	Coil electronic component and method of manufacturing the same A coil electronic component includes a magnetic body, wherein the magnetic body includes a substrate, and a coil part including patterned insulating films disposed on the substrate, a first plating layer formed between the patterned insulating films by plating, and a second plating layer disposed on the first plating layer.
US11069468B2	Common mode choke coil and manufacturing method therefor An object of the present disclosure is to provide a common mode choke coil with high impedance and small variation. A common mode choke coil includes magnetic core having winding core part and a pair of flange parts provided on opposite ends of winding core part, external electrodes formed on each of flange parts, a pair of windings wound on winding core part, with each of the ends being drawn out and joined to one of external electrodes, and magnetic plate joined to the pair of flange parts with adhesive. Magnetic plate has joining parts joined to flange parts and opposing part opposing winding core part, and surface roughness of joining parts is smaller than surface roughness of opposing part.
US11069466B2	Vibration actuator and vibration providing apparatus A vibration actuator includes: a fixing body having N-fold (N is a natural number) of 2 of core pole parts and a coil wound around each of the core pole parts; a movable body having a magnet part disposed being separated from each of the core pole parts in an axial direction of each of the core pole parts, for each of the core pole parts; and an elastic support part that movably supports the movable body, in which the magnet part has a magnetic pole disposed on each of the core pole part sides and facing each of the core pole parts, and in which the movable body vibrates in a direction orthogonal to both directions including a direction in which the N-fold of 2 of the core pole parts are aligned and the axial direction of the coil by the energization of the coil.
US11069453B1	Long-life, portable reactor for terrestrial power systems (LPORTS) A modular and transportable nuclear reactor system comprising a transportation module including a housing. A cask and a radiation shielding section are located in the housing with the shielding surrounding the cask. A high temperature sodium cooled reactor is located in the cask and the reactor is cooled by the natural circulation of in-vessel sodium. The reactor powers at least one thermal-to-electric conversion unit.
US11069450B2	Nuclear reactor protection systems and methods A nuclear reactor protection system includes a plurality of functionally independent modules, each of the modules configured to receive a plurality of inputs from a nuclear reactor safety system, and logically determine a safety action based at least in part on the plurality of inputs, each of the functionally independent modules comprising a digital module or a combination digital and analog module, an analog module electrically coupled to one or more of the functionally independent modules, and one or more nuclear reactor safety actuators communicably coupled to the plurality of functionally independent modules to receive the safety action determination based at least in part on the plurality of inputs.
US11069444B2	Personal assistant computing system monitoring A computing system is configured to process at least one voice input of a user and output an audio result. The computing system comprises at least one microphone configured to receive the voice input from the user. The computing system further comprises at least one processor configured to at least interpret the voice input and generate the audio result. The computing system also comprises an output speaker device configured to output the audio result. The audio result includes a description of whether one or more behavioral health states associated with the user have been detected.
US11069443B2	Method and apparatus for tracking of food intake and other behaviors and providing relevant feedback A sensing device monitors and tracks food intake events and details. A processor, appropriately programmed, controls aspects of the sensing device to capture data, store data, analyze data and provide suitable feedback related to food intake. More generally, the methods might include detecting, identifying, analyzing, quantifying, tracking, processing and/or influencing, related to the intake of food, eating habits, eating patterns, and/or triggers for food intake events, eating habits, or eating patterns. Feedback might be targeted for influencing the intake of food, eating habits, or eating patterns, and/or triggers for those. The sensing device can also be used to track and provide feedback beyond food-related behaviors and more generally track behavior events, detect behavior event triggers and behavior event patterns and provide suitable feedback.
US11069441B2	Biological information measurement device and biological information measurement method A blood glucose measurement device comprises a sensor connector, a blood glucose value calculator, a barcode reader, a liquid crystal display, a data storage component, a report storage area, a central controller, and a touch sensor. The central controller causes the liquid crystal display to activate an input screen for inputting a comment for each measurement by the blood glucose value calculator. When a comment is inputted to the touch sensor, the central controller associates the comment with identification information in correspondence with each measurement by the blood glucose value calculator and stores the result in the report storage area. When a patient ID is read by the barcode reader, the central controller checks whether there is a comment on the basis of the information stored in the report storage area, and if there is a comment, the comment is displayed on the liquid crystal display.
US11069428B2	Evaluation method for medical data Measurement results are acquired by a number of medical imaging systems in each case using a respective measurement protocol and by applying a respective dose. Data records are automatically placed in a cloud by the systems or a PACS connected to the respective system. Measurement protocols, applied doses, and anonymized images of the data records are referenced among each other. The data records placed in the cloud are assigned the respective examination type and an identification of the respective system and/or an identification of the type of respective system. The cloud accepts data queries from users. The data queries as a search criterion specify at least the examination type, the identification of the respective system, and/or the identification of the type of the respective system. The data records are determined by the cloud in accordance with the respective data query and are made available to the respective user.
US11069427B2	Mathematical processes for determination of peptidase cleavage This invention relates to the identification of peptidase cleavage sites in proteins and in particular to identification protease cleavage by the endopeptidases. The present invention utilizes a bioinformatic methodology for prediction of peptidase cleavage sites based on principal component analysis and based on training sets obtained by experimental protein cleavage. This invention is not limited to training sets derived from CSL approaches, nor to any other experimental determination of cleavage site.
US11069424B2	Sensor for performance variation of memory read and write characteristics Various implementations described herein refer to an integrated circuit having a first memory structure and a second memory structure. The first memory structure is disposed in a first area of the integrated circuit, and the first memory structure has first memory cells with first transistors. The second memory structure is disposed in a second area of the integrated circuit that is different than the first area, and the second memory structure has second memory cells with second transistors that are separate from the first transistors. The second transistors of the second memory cells are arranged to provide an output oscillating frequency for detecting variation of performance of the first transistors of the first memory cells.
US11069419B2	Test line letter for embedded non-volatile memory technology The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming an integrated chip. The method includes forming a test line letter structure having one or more sidewalls continuously extending along a path that defines a shape of an alpha-numeric character from a top-view. The test line letter structure is formed by forming a first polysilicon structure over a substrate and forming a second polysilicon structure over the substrate at a location laterally separated from first polysilicon structure by a dielectric layer.
US11069417B2	Memory system and method of operating the same A memory device, a memory system, and/or a method of operating a memory system includes measuring, using processing circuitry, an erase program interval (EPI) of a memory group included in a non-volatile memory (NVM), the EPI being a time period from an erase time point to a program time point of the memory group, determining, using the processing circuitry, a plurality of program modes based on a number of data bits stored in each memory cell of the memory group, selecting, using the processing circuitry, a program mode for the memory group from the plurality of program modes, based on the measured EPI of the memory group, and performing, using the processing circuitry, a program operation on the memory group corresponding to the selected program mode.
US11069407B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes: first wirings; second wirings intersecting the first wirings; and memory cells. Each of the memory cells is respectively formed between one of the first wirings and one of the second wirings. In a set operation, a set pulse is supplied between one of the first wirings and one of the second wirings. In a reset operation, a reset pulse is supplied between one of the first wirings and one of the second wirings. In a first operation, a first pulse is supplied between one of the first wirings and one of the second wirings. the first pulse has an amplitude equal to or greater than the greater of an amplitude of the set pulse and an amplitude of the reset pulse and has a pulse width greater than a pulse width of the set pulse.
US11069404B2	Nonvolatile memory device including banks operating in different operation modes, operation method of memory controller, and storage device comprising nonvolatile memory device and memory controller A nonvolatile memory device includes a command decoder that receives and decodes a first command and a second command, a first control circuit that generates first control information under control of the command decoder decoding the first command, a second control circuit that generates second control information under control of the command decoder decoding the second command, a first bank that includes a first memory cell which operates based on the first control information, and a second bank that includes a second memory cell which operates based on the second control information. A first time to output data from the first bank in response to the first command is different from a second time to output data from the second bank in response to the second command.
US11069402B1	Integrated pixel and three-terminal non-volatile memory cell and an array of cells for deep in-sensor, in-memory computing Disclosed is a cell that integrates a pixel and a three-terminal non-volatile memory device. The cell can be selectively operated in write, read and functional computing modes. In the write mode, a first data value is stored in the memory device. In the read mode, it is read from the memory device. In the functional computing mode, the pixel captures a second data value and a sensed change in an electrical parameter (e.g., voltage or current) on a bitline connected to the cell is a function of both the first and second data value. Also disclosed is an IC structure that includes an array of the cells and, when multiple cells in a given column are concurrently operated in the functional computing mode, the sensed total change in the electrical parameter on the bitline for the column is indicative of a result of a dot product computation.
US11069400B1	High bandwidth memory and system having the same A high bandwidth memory and a system having the same are disclosed. The high bandwidth memory includes a buffer die and a plurality of memory dies, each of which includes at least one first processing element bank group and at least one second processing element bank group. The at least one first processing element bank group includes one or more first banks connected to one or more first bank input/output line groups, and a first processing element controller connected to the one or more first bank input/output line groups and a first global input/output line group, and is configured to perform a first processing operation on first data output from one of the one or more first bank input/output line groups and second data transmitted through the first global input/output line group based on a first instruction that is generated based on a first processing command.
US11069397B2	Phase clock correction Methods, systems, and devices for phase clock correction are described. The clock correction may, in some examples, include two stages of duty cycle adjustment. In a first stage, the duty cycles of multiple clock signals may be adjusted. These clock signals may be based on an input clock signal and its complement. The duty cycle adjustment provided to a clock signal during this stage may be based on a difference between the duty cycle of the clock signal before adjustment and the duty cycle of another clock signal. In the second stage, the duty cycle of the input clock signal and its complement may be adjusted. The duty cycle adjustment provided to the input clock signal and/or its complement may be based on clock signals generated from the multiple clock signals after their duty cycles have been adjusted.
US11069395B2	Analog-to-digital converter for non-volatile memory arrays used for in-memory computation with floating bitlines Systems and methods with analog to digital converters are provided. The systems and methods may include a plurality of non-volatile memory cells that may be organized into an array. A bitline may be electrically coupled to a column of memory cells vertically arranged in the array. The bitline may be configured to sum up the current produced by the memory cells in the column. A digital-to-analog converter having an output electrically coupled to the bitline may be configured to generate a current and add it through the output to the bitline. A voltage comparator having an input that is electrically coupled to the bitline may be configured to measure a voltage on the bitline and compare it to a fixed voltage, and to stop the digital-to-analog converter from adding current to the bitline when the measured voltage exceeds the fixed voltage.
US11069394B2	Refresh operation in multi-die memory Methods, apparatuses, and systems for staggering refresh operations to memory arrays in different dies of a three-dimensional stacked (3DS) memory device are described. A 3DS memory device may include one die or layer of that controls or regulates commands, including refresh commands, to other dies or layers of the memory device. For example, one die of the 3DS memory may delay a refresh command when issuing the multiple concurrent memory refreshes would cause some problematic performance condition, such as high peak current, within the memory device.
US11069393B2	Apparatuses and methods for controlling steal rates An apparatus may include a refresh control circuit with multiple timing circuits. The timing circuits may be used to control steal rates, e.g., the rate of refresh time slots dedicated to healing victim word lines of row hammers. The timing circuits may be controlled to allow independent adjustment of the steal rates for different victim word lines. Thus, different victim word lines may be refreshed at different rates and the different rates may be independent of one another.
US11069390B2	Spin-orbit torque magnetoresistive random access memory with magnetic field-free current-induced perpendicular magnetization reversal Spin-orbit torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (SOT-MRAM) cells that undergo perpendicular magnetization switching in the absence of an in-plane magnetic field and methods for their operation are provided. The SOT-MRAM cells use cobalt-iron-boron alloys, cobalt-iron alloys, metallic cobalt, and/or metallic iron as the ferromagnetic free layer in a magnetic tunnel junction. By designing the ferromagnetic layer with appropriate lateral dimensions and operating the SOT-MRAM cells with an appropriate charge current density, deterministic perpendicular magnetization switching is achieved without the need to apply an external in-plane bias collinear with the charge current.
US11069389B2	Magnetic memory and magnetic memory recording method To provide a magnetic memory capable of performing stable recording while suppressing occurrence of an inversion error. Provided is a magnetic memory including a spin orbit layer in which a spin-polarized electron is generated by a current, a magnetic memory element having a laminated structure including a magnetic layer in which a magnetization direction changes according to information to be recorded and an insulating layer, and provided on the spin orbit layer, and a voltage application layer for applying a voltage to the magnetic layer via the insulating layer, in which the voltage application layer applies a voltage to the magnetic layer at a same time as the current flowing in the spin orbit layer to change magnetic anisotropy or a magnetic damping constant of the magnetic layer.
US11069386B2	Circuits and techniques to compensate memory access signals for variations of parameters in multiple layers of memory Embodiments of the invention relate generally to semiconductors and memory technology, and more particularly, to systems, integrated circuits, and methods to implement circuits configured to compensate for parameter variations in layers of memory by adjusting access signals during memory operations. In some embodiments, memory cells are based on third dimensional memory technology. In at least some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes multiple layers of memory, a layer including sub-layers of semiconductor material. The integrated circuit also includes an access signal generator configured to generate an access signal to facilitate an access operation, and a characteristic adjuster configured to adjust the access signal for each layer in the multiple layers of memory.
US11069385B1	Integrated assemblies comprising folded-digit-line-configurations Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a second deck over a first deck. A first true digit line has first and second segments along the first deck. A first complementary digit line has third and fourth segments along the second deck. The first true digit line is comparatively compared to the first complementary digit line. A second true digit line has a third region along the first deck and a fourth region along the second deck. The third region is adjacent the first segment, and the fourth region is adjacent the third segment. A second complementary digit line has a fifth region along the first deck and has a sixth region along the second deck. The fifth region is adjacent the second segment, and the sixth region is adjacent the fourth segment. The second true digit line is comparatively compared to the second complementary digit line.
US11069384B2	Apparatuses and methods for compensation of sense amplifiers Apparatuses and methods for compensation of sense amplifiers, for example, threshold voltage compensation, are disclosed. Prime memory sense amplifiers used for accessing prime memory and redundant memory sense amplifiers used for accessing redundant memory are concurrently compensated while determining whether a memory address is remapped from prime memory to redundant memory. Following the determination, sense amplifiers (e.g., prime memory sense amplifiers and/or redundant memory sense amplifiers) that are not used for accessing the memory corresponding to the memory address are precharged.
US11069383B1	Thermal interface materials for immersion cooled data storage devices A data storage device includes a base deck coupled to a top cover. The data storage device includes a printed circuit board coupled to and spaced from the base deck. The data storage device also includes a thermal interface material positioned between the printed circuit board and the base deck and comprising a porous material.
US11069382B2	Tool-free hard disk bracket A tool-free hard disk bracket includes a base having abase body with a guide groove, and an engaging member connected to the base body. A frame includes a first side arm movably engaging with the engaging member. A handgrip is rotatably connected to one end of the base body. An operating unit includes an operating member releasably engaging with the handgrip and having a rotating shaft portion inserted rotatably and movably into the guide groove. The operating member is operated to rotate and release engagement with the handgrip, and is further operated to move along the guide groove toward the engaging member to push the engaging member to pivot and release engagement with the first side arm.
US11069378B1	Method and apparatus for frame accurate high resolution video editing in cloud using live video streams A system and method for frame accurate editing of high resolution live video streams is disclosed. A live capture module receives and stores the live stream in the original resolution it is being distributed and provides a low resolution copy of the live stream for editing. An edit module receives the low resolution stream and provides an interface for individual editors to edit the live stream video. The individual editor may search forward or backward through the low resolution video stream to identify a start and end point for each desired video segment. The edit module then retrieves and displays high resolution video corresponding to the selected start and end points from which the individual editor may then navigate identify a frame accurate mark point for each. A job manager coordinates each request for a video segment and delivers the requested video segment to the individual editors.
US11069375B1	Suspension standoff arrangement for confining adhesive A head gimbal assembly for a data storage device is provided. The head gimbal assembly includes a suspension, and a slider mounting point on the suspension. The slider mounting point includes an adhesive pocket bounded by a dielectric standoff. The dielectric standoff includes a projection disposed along a length of the dielectric standoff.
US11069374B2	Method of restoring suspension of hard disk drive A method of restoring a suspension of a hard disk drive includes detaching a slider, which is mounted on a tongue portion of the suspension via an adhesive, from the suspension, measuring a thickness of the adhesive in a cleaning area of the tongue portion, specifying a first residual area in which the thickness of the adhesive exceeds a threshold value, irradiating a first irradiation area including the first residual area locally with a first laser beam, and irradiating the cleaning area entirely with a second laser beam.
US11069370B2	Tampering detection and location identification of digital audio recordings Systems and methods for detecting a tampering and identifying a location of a digital recording are provided. A frequency sequence and a phase angle sequence may be extracted from the digital recording. A portion of the frequency sequence may be matched to one of a plurality of reference frequency sequences, and a portion of the phase angle sequence may be matched to one of a plurality of reference phase angle sequences. Tampering of the digital recording may be detected when the frequency and phase sequences differ from the matched reference sequences. Moreover, a noise sequence may be extracted from the extracted frequency sequence. A location of the digital recording may be identified by matching the noise sequence to one of a plurality of noise sequences of the plurality of reference frequency sequences.
US11069363B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for managing voice-based commands A primary device arranged to communicate with one or more secondary devices across a communications network. The primary device comprises at least one processor and memory comprising computer executable instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to: receive an audio signal comprising a voice command associated with a user; determine a secondary device associated with the user from the one or more secondary devices; and transmit a response to the voice command to the determined secondary device.
US11069361B2	System and method for validating natural language content using crowdsourced validation jobs A method includes causing a first crowdsourced validation job to be provided to one or more first validation devices, the first crowdsourced validation job comprising first instructions for a crowd user to provide an indication of an accuracy of a transcription of natural language content, receiving a plurality of responses from the one or more first validation devices, wherein the plurality of responses include at least a first response from at least a first validation device from among the one or more first validation devices, the first response including a first indication of an accuracy of the transcription of the natural language content, and determining a first confidence score of the first validation device based, at least in part, on the plurality of responses received from the one or more first validation devices and the first response received from the first validation device.
US11069360B2	Low power integrated circuit to analyze a digitized audio stream Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.
US11069358B1	Remote initiation of commands for user devices This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for improving the integration of voice-interaction experiences to mobile devices, and improving user experience when interacting with mobile devices that provide voice-interaction experiences. A remote system may detect an event that indicates that a mobile device is to perform an action. The remote system may determine the mobile device is not connected to the remote system, and send a push-notification message to prompt the mobile device to establish a network connection with the remote system. The mobile device may send device-context data to the remote system that indicates a role of a periphery device connected to the mobile device. Depending on the role of the periphery device and the action to be performed by the mobile device, the remote system may send a command to the mobile device using the open network connection to cause the mobile device to perform the action.
US11069355B2	Home appliance and speech recognition server system using artificial intelligence and method for controlling thereof Provided is a home appliance and a speech recognition server system, in which a plurality of speech recognition home electronics may perform a command intended by a user without conflicting with one another using artificial intelligence with respect to a speech command of the user and a method for controlling such a home appliance and a speech recognition server system. The present disclosure determines whether a first group to which a control target device belongs is identical to a second group to which a speech recognition device belongs when the control target device is different from the speech recognition device. Then, when the first group is different from the second group, the present disclosure controls an operation of the control target device based on the control command of the user. Accordingly, the user may control the control target device disposed in a space different from another space in which the speech recognition device is disposed.
US11069354B2	Voice-based transaction terminal ordering A consumer is identified at a transaction terminal. A natural-language voice chatbot is initiated for the transaction. The chatbot is configured with store information for a store associated with the terminal and, optionally, with preferences registered to the consumer. A natural language voice dialogue using, at least the store information, is initiated between the chatbot and the consumer while the consumer is at the terminal and during the transaction. The consumer may order store items from the store and pay for the items through the dialogue. In an embodiment, the items ordered are delivered to the terminal where the consumer is located.
US11069353B1	Multilingual wakeword detection A system and method performs multilingual wakeword detection by determining a language corresponding to the wakeword. A first wakeword-detection component, which may execute using a digital-signal processor, determines that audio data includes a representation of the wakeword and determines a language corresponding to the wakeword. A second, more accurate wakeword-detection component may then process the audio data using the language to confirm that it includes the representation of the wakeword. The audio data may then be sent to a remote system for further processing.
US11069350B2	System for audio distribution including network microphones for voice applications Disclosed is a method for determining one or more spoken words, comprising: receiving acoustic audio signals at one or more microphones within a microphone system, and converting the same from acoustical energy signals into electrical audio signals and outputting them as microphone output audio signals; receiving the microphone output audio signals from the microphone device at a first input of an acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) device, and receiving a reference input signal at a second input of the AEC device; cancelling substantially all of the reference audio signal from the microphone output audio signal; and outputting the same as a corrected audio signal, and wherein the reference audio signal comprises an audio signal generated by an external audio system.
US11069347B2	Intelligent automated assistant for media exploration Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to explore media items are provided. In one example process, a speech input representing a request for one or more media items is received from a user. The process determines whether the speech input corresponds to a user intent of obtaining personalized recommendations for media items. In response to determining that the speech input corresponds to a user intent of obtaining personalized recommendations for media items, at least one media item is obtained from a user-specific corpus of media items. The user-specific corpus of media items is generate based on data associated with the user. The at least one media item is provided.
US11069346B2	Intent recognition model creation from randomized intent vector proximities A set of candidate intent vectors is generated from an input intent vector. A validation of the set of candidate intent vectors is performed that selects as valid intent vectors any of the set of candidate intent vectors that are semantically similar to the input intent vector.
US11069344B2	Complex evolution recurrent neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech recognition using complex evolution recurrent neural networks. In some implementations, audio data indicating acoustic characteristics of an utterance is received. A first vector sequence comprising audio features determined from the audio data is generated. A second vector sequence is generated, as output of a first recurrent neural network in response to receiving the first vector sequence as input, where the first recurrent neural network has a transition matrix that implements a cascade of linear operators comprising (i) first linear operators that are complex-valued and unitary, and (ii) one or more second linear operators that are non-unitary. An output vector sequence of a second recurrent neural network is generated. A transcription for the utterance is generated based on the output vector sequence generated by the second recurrent neural network. The transcription for the utterance is provided.
US11069343B2	Voice activation method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a voice activation method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium thereof. The voice activation method includes: capturing a voice signal in a vehicle; calculating an acoustic score of an activation keyword extracted from the voice signal, the acoustic score being used for indicating authenticity of the activation keyword, the authenticity of the activation keyword being a probability that the activation keyword is used for waking up the electronic device to perform a voice activation operation, and a magnitude of the acoustic score being positively correlated to a magnitude of the probability; determining a voice activation threshold according to a noise level in the vehicle, a magnitude of the voice activation threshold being negatively correlated to a magnitude of the noise; and performing the voice activation operation when the acoustic score is greater than the voice activation threshold.
US11069339B2	Computer-assisted conversation using addressible conversation segments At least some embodiments described herein relate to computer-assisted conversation. The set of available conversation segments is updated by addressing conversation segments at the granularity of a conversation segment or a group of conversation segments. For instance, an entire class of conversation segments may be addressed to add, delete, turn on, or turn off, the class of conversation segments. Groups of class of conversation segments may also be similarly addressed. Thus, as the scope of a conversation changes, the available set of conversation segments may likewise change with fine-grained control. Accordingly, rather than pre-plan every set of possible conversations, the context and direction of the conversation may be evaluated by code to thereby determine what new sets of conversation segments should be added, deleted, turned on, or turned off. New conversation segments may even be generated dynamically, taking into account the values of parameters that then exist.
US11069338B2	Interactive method, interactive terminal, storage medium, and computer device An interactive method is provided for an interactive terminal. The method includes obtaining visitor voice data of a visitor; and performing word segmentation on a text obtained by recognizing the visitor voice data, to obtain a feature word set. The method also include determining, according to a topic generation model and the feature word set, a determined topic to which the text belongs; and separately obtaining appearing probabilities corresponding to feature words in the feature word set when the feature words belong to the determined topic. The method further includes selecting a feature word from the feature words of the feature word set according to the appearing probabilities corresponding to the feature words; and obtaining and outputting visitor interactive content corresponding to the selected feature word.
US11069337B2	Voice-content control device, voice-content control method, and non-transitory storage medium A voice-content control device includes a voice classifying unit configured to analyze a voice spoken by a user and acquired by a voice acquiring unit to classify the voice as either one of a first voice or a second voice, a process executing unit configured to analyze the acquired voice to execute processing required by the user, and a voice-content generating unit configured to generate, based on content of the executed processing, output sentence that is text data for a voice to be output to the user, wherein the voice-content generating unit is further configured to generate a first output sentence as the output sentence when the analyzed voice has been classified as the first voice, and generate a second output sentence in which information is omitted as compared to the first output sentence as the output sentence when the analyzed voice has been classified as the second voice.
US11069336B2	Systems and methods for name pronunciation Systems and methods are provided for associating a phonetic pronunciation with a name by receiving the name, mapping the name to a plurality of monosyllabic components that are combinable to construct the phonetic pronunciation of the name, receiving a user input to select one or more of the plurality, and combining the selected one or more of the plurality of monosyllabic components to construct the phonetic pronunciation of the name.
US11069334B2	System and method for acoustic activity recognition Embodiments are provided to recognize features and activities from an audio signal. In one embodiment, a model is generated from sound effect data, which is augmented and projected into an audio domain to form a training dataset efficiently. Sound effect data is data that has been artificially created or from enhanced sounds or sound processes to provide a more accurate baseline of sound data than traditional training data. The sound effect data is augmented to create multiple variants to broaden the sound effect data. The augmented sound effects are projected into various audio domains, such as indoor, outdoor, urban, based on mixing background sounds consistent with these audio domains. The model is installed on any computing device, such as a laptop, smartphone, or other device. Features and activities from an audio signal are then recognized by the computing device based on the model without the need for in-situ training.
US11069333B2	Active noise control method and system using variable actuator and sensor participation A method for reducing noise in at least one monitor position in a vehicle compartment by actively controlling the power of a primary noise (dm(t)) as sensed at two or more control positions in the vehicle compartment, the method comprising the updating of filter coefficient(s) of (an) adaptive filter(s) (w(n)) based on variable contribution of error sensors and actuator(s) for different noise source operating conditions.
US11069329B2	Capo for adjusting pitch of individual strings A pitch adjusting device, such as a capo, and a method for adjusting the pitch for a stringed instrument that comprises a neck. The capo comprises at least one string actuating member that is an elongated member held to the capo by a biasing means such that the string actuating member extends along the extension direction of the neck when the capo is attached to the stringed instrument. The string actuating member is adjustable in a linear direction along said extension direction at the biasing means.
US11069327B2	Method for controlling frame refresh rate of screen, apparatus and storage medium A method for controlling a frame refresh rate of a screen can be executed by a terminal including a display screen and include: acquiring a first target frame rate, wherein the first target frame rate is a maximum frame refresh rate corresponding to a display scene of the terminal; setting a second tartlet frame rate that is not greater than the first target frame rate as a frame refresh rate of the display screen; and setting the first target frame rate as the frame refresh rate of the display screen when the terminal receives a user operation by a user on the display interface.
US11069322B2	Display method and display device, visible light communication transmission method and device The present disclosure is directed to a display method and a display device, a visible light communication transmission method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The display method includes: acquiring an image frame to be displayed and a corresponding binary code stream; adjusting a grayscale value of a corresponding pixel point in the image frame to be displayed based on a grayscale adjustment information set corresponding to each code element in the binary code stream, to obtain a first image frame and a second image frame that are different from the image frame to be displayed; and displaying the first image frame and the second image frame.
US11069320B2	Chip-on-film and display device A chip-on-film and a display device. The chip-on-film includes a substrate, at least one chip on the substrate, input terminals on the substrate, and output terminals on the substrate. The input terminals are configured to receive printed-circuit-board signals. The output terminals include data signal output sub-terminals configured to output display panel data signals. The output terminals lack an output sub-terminal configured to output a display panel scanning signal.
US11069308B2	Pixel unit, display method thereof and display panel A pixel unit, a display method thereof and a display panel are provided. The pixel unit includes a display region and a non-display region, further includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a fluid layer and a control structure, the fluid layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a fluid is disposed in the fluid layer, a flow of the fluid is controllable, and the control structure is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and configured to control the flow of the fluid.
US11069304B2	Light source apparatus and display apparatus having the same A light source apparatus includes a light source and a light source driver. The light source includes a plurality of scan blocks. Each scan block includes a plurality of local dimming blocks. The light source driver includes a plurality of channels configured to output light source driving signals to the plurality of local dimming blocks. The light source driving signal includes a light source intensity value representing a light intensity of a local dimming block from among the plurality of local dimming blocks and a delay value representing a degree of a delay of the local dimming block. The delay value is determined by a scan delay value varied according to the plurality of scan blocks and a delay parameter.
US11069301B2	Display device A display device can include a gate driver configured to drive gate lines of a panel; a data driver configured to drive data lines of the panel; a timing controller configured to control operations of the gate driver and the data driver; and a level shifter integrated circuit (IC) configured to receive a plurality of control signals from the timing controller, and generate and output a plurality gate control signals for controlling driving of the gate driver, in which the plurality of control signals include an on clock and an off clock, and the level shifter IC stores the on clock and the off clock in buffers based on one or more control signals from the timing controller, generates a plurality of scan clocks by logically processing the on clock and the off clock, and outputs the plurality of scan clocks to the gate driver.
US11069297B2	Pixel circuit and method of driving the same, display panel, and display apparatus A pixel circuit includes a writing sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, and a light-emitting control sub-circuit. The writing sub-circuit is configured to write a data signal to the driving sub-circuit in response to a scanning signal. The compensation sub-circuit is configured to compensate the driving sub-circuit for a threshold voltage in response to the scanning signal. The light-emitting control sub-circuit is configured to turn on a circuit between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal in response to a light-emitting signal. The driving sub-circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting device to emit light according to the written data signal.
US11069295B2	Display apparatus and method of driving display panel using the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and an emission driver. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver outputs a data write gate signal having a corresponding active level and a data initialization gate signal having a corresponding active level to the pixel in a writing frame, outputs the data write gate signal not having the corresponding active level and the data initialization gate signal not having the corresponding active level to the pixel in a holding frame and outputs the data write gate signal having the corresponding active level and the data initialization gate signal not having the corresponding active level to the pixel in a writing compensation frame. The data driver outputs a data voltage to the pixel. The emission driver outputs an emission signal to the pixel.
US11069293B2	Luminance controlling unit, light-emitting unit, and luminance controlling method A luminance controlling unit includes a luminance controller that controls luminance of a pixel array including pixels each including a current-driven self-luminescent element. The luminance controller performs, on the basis of an image signal, a dynamic control of a duty ratio of a voltage pulse and a potential difference between a first voltage and a second voltage. The first voltage is outputted from a first voltage source adjacent to an anode of the corresponding self-luminescent element, and the second voltage is outputted from a second voltage source adjacent to a cathode of the corresponding self-luminescent element. The duty ratio is directed to controlling of light emission and light extinction of the self-luminescent element.
US11069290B2	Display substrate, fabrication method of the display substrate and display apparatus A display substrate, used in a display apparatus, includes a base substrate; a gate line, a data line and a pixel driving circuit on the base substrate, wherein the pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor; an orthographic projection of the gate line on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the data line on the base substrate have a first overlapping region, and an orthographic projection of the gate line on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the control electrode of the driving transistor on the base substrate have a second overlapping region; a width of the gate line in the first overlapping region is less than a first preset width, and a width of the gate line in the second overlapping region is less than the second preset width.
US11069287B2	Driver control circuit and display device A driver control circuit and a display device are disclosed, where the driver control circuit includes: a first transistor with a first terminal connected with a supply voltage of a main loop, and a second terminal connected with a first ground terminal; and a first control component connected with a control terminal of the first transistor, and configured to control the first transistor to be in a state of incomplete conduction in amplification region, when the supply voltage of the main loop is powered on.
US11069283B2	Messaging apparatus for wearable items A messaging apparatus for wearable items. The messaging apparatus may comprise a light source, at least one sensor to detect an event, and a controller to control the flashing of the light source in response to the detection of the event. The controlling of the flashing of the light source may generate at least one visible element that is visible to a viewer. Further, the light source may not be adapted in the form of the at least one visible element, but rather, the controlled flashing of the light source may be in the form of the at least one visible element.
US11069281B2	Shift register unit, gate driving circuit, display device, and driving method A shift register unit, a rate driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a blanking unit, a first transmission circuit, a second transmission circuit, a first input-output unit, and a second input-output unit. The blanking unit is configured to charge a pull-up control node in response to a compensation selection control signal and input a blanking pull-up signal to a blanking pull-up node. The first transmission circuit is electrically connected to the blanking pull-up node and the first pull-up node, and is configured to charge the first pull-up node, by using the blanking pull-up signal, in response to a first transmission signal.
US11069274B2	Shift register unit, gate driving circuit, driving method and display apparatus The embodiments of the present application provide a shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. Here, the shift register unit includes a first controlling sub-circuit, a first voltage dividing sub-circuit, a charging and discharging sub-circuit, and an outputting sub-circuit. Here, an output signal of the outputting sub-circuit is controlled by the charging and discharging sub-circuit. A first input signal and a second input signal input at a first input signal terminal Forward and a second input signal terminal Backward electrically coupled to the charging and discharging sub-circuit are pulse signals.
US11069272B2	Shift register, gate drive circuit, display panel, and driving method A shift register, a gate drive circuit, a display panel, and a driving method. The shift register includes: an input circuit, which is connected to a pull-up node and an input signal terminal respectively; an output circuit, which is connected to the pull-up node, a clock signal terminal, a direct current signal terminal and an input terminal respectively, wherein the clock signal terminal provides a clock signal, the direct current signal terminal provides a direct current signal, and the output circuit outputs a scanning signal from the output terminal; and an output pull-down circuit, which is connected to the output circuit. The output circuit is configured to output a scanning signal from the output terminal as one from among the direct current signal and the clock signal when a first output condition is satisfied.
US11069271B2	Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit comprises a shift register and a potential stabilizing circuit. The potential stabilizing circuit is configured to provide a signal from the reference signal terminal to the pulling-up node and the outputting signal terminal respectively, under a control of the potential stabilizing controlling terminal.
US11069268B2	Flexible display panel and flexible display apparatus A flexible display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting regions separated from each other, a respective one of the plurality of light-emitting regions including a light emitting element and an encapsulating structure encapsulating the light emitting element; and a plurality of dummy regions connecting the plurality of light-emitting regions, a respective one of the plurality of light-emitting regions having a larger thickness than a respective dummy region and including a plurality of driving wires. The flexible display panel further includes a detecting wire in the plurality of dummy regions and the plurality of light emitting regions.
US11069267B2	Display device and method for checking display device A display device includes: a display panel; a main wiring board; a first wiring board that includes a first feedback line; and a first cable that is removably coupled to the main wiring board and the first wiring board. The main wiring board includes: a first output line; a first input line; a first circuit (a power supply circuit) that outputs a first voltage to the first output line; and a control circuit that is connected with the first input line. The first cable includes: a first forward conductor that directly or indirectly connects the first output line and the first feedback line; and a first return conductor that directly or indirectly connects the first input line and the first feedback line. The control circuit determines whether the first voltage is input, and when an input of the first voltage is determined, starts a display on the display panel.
US11069265B2	Foldable electronic device including antenna Various embodiments relate to an electronic device including an antenna. The electronic device may include: a foldable housing; a flexible display disposed on the foldable housing wherein at least a part of the flexible display is configured to be folded; and a frame disposed on a boundary portion of the flexible display and coupled to a side member of the foldable housing. The side member may include a conductive portion electrically connected to a communication circuit, and the frame may include a low-permittivity material.
US11069264B2	Cover structure, manufacturing method thereof and display device The present disclosure discloses a cover structure, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The cover structure includes a first and a second transparent flexible film layer, a glass panel, and a first optical adhesive layer. The first transparent flexible film layer has a folded region and a non-folded region. The glass panel is disposed on the first transparent flexible film layer, and a projection of the glass panel on the first transparent flexible film layer is located inside the non-folded region. A part of the first optical adhesive layer is formed at a side of the glass panel facing away from the first transparent flexible film layer, and a part of the first optical adhesive layer covers the folded region of the first transparent flexible film layer. The second transparent flexible film layer is formed at a side of the first optical adhesive layer facing away from the first transparent flexible film layer.
US11069262B2	Display card and method of packaging A display card with a surface is formed of a paper product. The card has spaced, oppositely oriented, integral die cut flap members each of which is positioned to be generally perpendicular to the card surface. One or more products are placed on the card, between the flap members. A fastener is then applied to the card, over the products, with the ends of the fastener anchored to the card, at either side of the products. In this manner, the products are securely mounted on the display card, eliminating the need for a blister package.
US11069259B2	Transmodal translation of feature vectors to audio for assistive devices A computer implemented method is provided that includes embedding a received signal in a first modality, re-embedding the embedded received signal of the first modality into a signal of a second modality, and generating an output in the second modality, and based on the output, rendering a signal in the second modality that is configured to be sensed, wherein the embedding, re-embedding and generating applies a model that is trained by performing an adversarial learning operation associated with discriminating actual examples of the target distribution from the generated output, and performing a metric learning operation associated with generating the output having perceptual distances.
US11069257B2	System and method for detecting a vehicle event and generating review criteria This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting vehicle events and generating review criteria based on the detected vehicle events. Some or all of the system may be installed in a vehicle and/or be otherwise coupled with a vehicle. The system may include one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle and/or multiple video capture devices configured to acquire visual output information representing a vehicle environment. In some implementations, the system may determine a vehicle event type based on the information conveyed by the output signals. The system may generate review criteria, which correspond to the vehicle event, based on the vehicle event type and the fields of view corresponding to the video capture devices.
US11069256B2	Interactive crafting electronic toy system A crafting system for guiding a user in creating a craft, includes a crafting challenge repository storing a plurality of crafting challenges. The challenges each include instructions for creating a specific craft. A display surface can display the crafting challenges thereon. A controller includes instructions to receive a selection of a selected crafting challenge to be displayed on the display surface, and instructions to prepare a selected challenge for display on the display surface and to provide the prepared challenge to the display surface for display thereon. The controller is accommodated in a housing. At least one at least partially transparent crafting surface, may be removably mounted above the display surface such that when instructions of the prepared challenge are displayed on the display surface, the instructions are visible to the user through the crafting surface.
US11069255B2	Fluctuating progress indicator A breathing sequence may define a suggested breathing pattern. Input may be received at a user interface of a device to initiate the breathing sequence. The breathing sequence may include a configuration phase in which configuration information may be received. The configuration information may define a variable time period for the breathing sequence. The breathing sequence also may include a preliminary phase during which a first version of a fluctuating progress indicator may be presented on the user interface. The fluctuating progress indicator may include a plurality of variable visual characteristics and may fluctuate at a first cyclic rate. The breathing sequence may also include a breathing phase during which a second version of the fluctuating progress indicator may be presented. The second version of the fluctuating progress indicator may fluctuate at a second cyclic rate according to a breathing rate.
US11069249B2	Method and system for fall prevention in older adults The present invention consists of a Multimedia Fall Prevention system serving the fall prevention needs of older adults. Every year approximately 1 in 3 older adults who are over 65 will fall according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first step in preventing falls is for each person to understand those elements of their personal characteristics that make them likely to fall. Next, they must be able to recognize situations that may cause them to fall. A system is disclosed that addresses each of these issues. The system is comprised of three separate components: a personal interview, one or more training sessions, and one or more evaluations.
US11069243B2	Method for warning a vulnerable road user A method for warning a vulnerable road user. The method includes: receiving surroundings signals, which represent a surroundings of the road user and the road user, receiving communication address signals, which represent a communication address of a mobile communication device, which the road user is carrying, ascertaining on the basis of the surroundings signals whether there is an imminent danger to the road user, in the event of an imminent danger to a road user, generating communication message signals, which represent a communication message for the mobile communication device that is to be transmitted to the communication address of the mobile communication device, the communication message comprising a warning to the road user, outputting the generated communication message signals in order to transmit the communication message to the communication address of the mobile communication device. A device, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium, are also described.
US11069240B2	Apparatus and method of safety support for vehicle A vehicle safety support apparatus includes: a driver monitoring sensor configured to monitor a driver; an external environment monitoring sensor configured to monitor an external environment of a vehicle; and at least one processor configured to: determine whether the vehicle is in an immediate hazard situation based on data acquired from the driver monitoring sensor and the external environment monitoring sensor; determine, in response to determining that the vehicle is in the immediate hazard situation, whether to perform a recovery maneuver or a rescue maneuver based on the data acquired from the driver monitoring sensor and the external environment monitoring sensor to get out of the immediate hazard situation; and perform, in response to determining to perform the rescue maneuver, autonomous driving to move the vehicle to a safe area by taking over a driving control from the driver.
US11069236B2	Systems and methods for virtual traffic lights implemented on a mobile computing device Disclosed herein is an implementation of a Virtual Traffic Lights (VTL) application implemented as an app on a mobile computing device in which online mapping services provide information necessary to determine a lead vehicle among one or more vehicles approaching an intersection. The lead vehicle controls status of virtual traffic lights at the intersection. The information retrieved from in the online mapping service may be used to determine whether vehicles approaching intersection are moving closer or farther apart from each other, the direction of travel of the vehicles, the geographic location of the intersection, and the distance between each vehicle and the geographic location of the intersection.
US11069235B2	Cooperation method between agents and non-transitory storage medium A cooperation method between agents includes allowing a first agent installed on a first vehicle and a second agent installed on a second vehicle to cooperate with each other, specifying first information regarding future driving of a first driver aboard the first vehicle, by the first agent, acquiring the first information, by the second agent, and notifying a second driver aboard the second vehicle of first driving assistance information derived based on the first information.
US11069234B1	Systems, methods, and devices for communication between traffic controller systems and mobile transmitters and receivers Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for improving traffic safety and efficiency. The system includes various signal transmitters and receivers positioned throughout roadways, within automobiles, in smartphones, or supported by a cellular network backbone, for distributing traffic related information to users and traffic controller equipment. Embodiments of the present disclosure allow for vehicles and/or pedestrians to initiate a dual-transmission of cellular and RF signals for changing a traffic light state, where the first signal received at a traffic intersection controller unit is processed for changing the traffic light state (e.g., changing a light from red to green on-demand). Other embodiments of the present disclosure allow for users to receive visible and/or audible traffic related alerts on mobile devices, where the alerts are based on data shared between nearby drivers, pedestrians, and the traffic controlling equipment.
US11069231B2	Method and system of linear road sampling providing road traffic flow measurements A computer implemented method providing measurements of traffic flow conditions on selected roads, wherein selection of roads is according to a linear sampling of roads and traffic measurements is provided from raw data being qualified by road users participating in the measurement scheme.
US11069227B1	Firearm system having monitoring capabilities An airsoft firearm system configured to provide a plurality of operational parameters of the airsoft firearm during utilization thereof. The airsoft firearm system includes a communications module wherein the communications module is operable to wirelessly transmit operational parameter data to a remote computing device. A power supply and a power monitoring module are located in the firearm so as to provide the necessary power to operate the firearm and monitoring thereof. An ammunition counting module is present within the firearm wherein the ammunition counting module provides data on ammunition consumption rate and remaining ammunition. A safety module is present and is operably coupled to the power supply and is configured to provide control thereof. A position sensor is located on the firearm and is operable to detect the orientation of the firearm. An audio module is operably coupled to the communications module and is configured to broadcast sound effects.
US11069225B1	System and method for delaying an alert based on suspicious activity detection Techniques for delaying an alert based on suspicious activity detection are provided. An artificial intelligence system may detect suspicious behavior of a suspect within a vicinity of a school. A responder may be dispatched to investigate the suspect. An alert signal may be temporarily delayed. A time period for the delay may be associated with a time required for the responder to investigate and a severity of the alert signal. The delay may be canceled when the responder indicates the suspect behavior is not suspicious.
US11069219B2	Multi-modal tracking locator alarm system Tagged receivers, tracking locator alert systems, and methods of transmitting an alert are disclosed. A tagged receiver receives a command over the network interface hardware, executes the received command, send data indicative of the status of an asset to which the tagged receiver is attached over the network interface hardware, determines an alert event has occurred, and activates an alert in response to determining that the alert event has occurred. The command includes arming the tagged receiver, disarming the tagged receiver, emitting an alert from the tagged receiver, sending data indicative of location, or a combination thereof. The alert event includes the motion sensors sensing a movement of the asset, receiving a command to emit an alert over the network interface hardware, the asset leaving a predetermined geo-fenced area, or a combination thereof.
US11069216B2	Performance characterization for a component of an automated industrial process Described herein are improvements for characterizing performance of a component in an automated industrial process. In one example, a method includes, for each period of a plurality of periods, at least until an alert is triggered, updating a count of failed operations attempted by the first component and a percentage of a count of total operations attempted by the first component represented by the count of failed operations. The method further includes decrementing a trigger value when the count of failed operations does not increase for the period and incrementing the trigger value when the count of failed operations increases for the period. Also, the method includes triggering the alert in response to the trigger value satisfying a trigger value criterion and either the count of failed operations satisfying a count criterion or the percentage satisfying a percentage criterion.
US11069215B1	Device for automatic crash notification A method for detecting events occurring during operation of a vehicle includes monitoring a plurality of variables during operation of the vehicle via an installed device fixedly attached to the vehicle. The method further includes receiving indications of the plurality of variables from the installed device at a mobile device and analyzing the received indications of the plurality of variables to detect if an accident involving the vehicle has occurred. Still further, the method includes, upon detecting the event, transmitting an indication that the accident has occurred and at least some of the indications of the plurality of variables to an entity outside the vehicle and receiving an insurance claim associated with the accident from the entity outside the vehicle.
US11069211B1	Proximity-based system for object tracking and automatic application initialization A system and method provides for one or more of tracking of an object and providing automatic access to applications or data. Depending upon the embodiment, the system includes a personal digital key (PDK), a reader, a computing device and one or more of an auto login server and a tracking server. The PDK stores one or more profiles in memory. A reader is configured to wirelessly communicate with the PDK. The computing device is coupled to the reader and one or more of the auto login server and tracking server. The auto login server is configured to communicate with the reader and launches one or more applications associated with a user name identified by a profile received from the PDK. The tracking server is configured to communicate with the reader and to track and log information received from the PDK associated with the object.
US11069204B2	Energy generation system using biomass and method of controlling the same An energy generation system using biomass includes a first information generation unit that generates the first information indicating that a distributor handling food has disposed of food waste biomass, an energy generation device that generates energy and the like using biomass collected from the distributor, a second information generation unit that generates the second information indicating that energy and the like have been generated using biomass collected from the distributor, a third information generation unit that obtains the first information and the second information and generates the third information indicating generation of at least one of energy and energy sources by collecting biomass disposed by the distributor, and a display unit that displays the third information generated by the third information generation unit.
US11069200B1	Systems and methods for reducing ATM deposit losses A system for processing a deposit can include a financial institution computing system for use in processing a deposit from a customer at an automated teller machine (ATM). The system can include input/output logic configured to receive, from the ATM, deposit information and an event indicator value corresponding to an interaction between the customer and the ATM; confidence score generating logic configured to analyze the deposit information received from the ATM and to determine a confidence score related to an amount of the deposit based on the analysis; and a risk-decisioning system including funds availability logic configured to calculate an availability value based on the event indicator and the confidence score. The risk-decisioning system can be configured determine that the availability value is greater than an availability threshold, and to responsively make an amount of funds available to the customer for withdrawal at the ATM.
US11069197B2	Method and system of drawing random numbers via sensors for gaming applications In a method and system for drawing random numbers based on outputs of a plurality of sensors in games involving wildlife which have one or more participating game players, a plurality sensors are arranged within a site area to cover a specific zone of interest (ZOI). Each sensor is assigned a randomly generated number value, and a sequenced drawing of the numbered sensors is called upon a triggering event resultant from a captured image of an animal in each of the numbered sensors' ZOI. The assigned value corresponding to its numbered sensor along with the image captured is stored, and the stored images are then analyzed to determine which of the stored images pass a criteria for bonus classification. For those game players associated with a numbered sensor whose captured image warrants a bonus classification, they are conveyed an award or bonus.
US11069196B2	Systems and methods for generating personalized wager opportunities based on a fantasy sports contest A gaming system and method of facilitating personalized wager opportunities based on a user-selected fantasy sports team is disclosed. Players may first select athletes for a fantasy sports team. Based on the projected team score for the fantasy sports team selected by the player, a set of wager opportunities may be generated for that player. The wager opportunities may include a set of benchmark point levels and associated odds for the respective levels. Players can place wagers based on whether the actual total score of the fantasy sports team they selected exceeds one or more benchmark point levels and specify the amount to be wagered for each benchmark point level. Thus, a player can make wagers that are won or lost based on the performance of the player's fantasy team compared to the benchmark point levels, regardless of how other players' fantasy sports teams perform.
US11069194B1	Gaming system A gaming system for enabling the simultaneous play of real-money, wager-based gaming and free, play-for-fun gaming is described. The gaming system is configured to deliver a fun game to a client in conjunction with a real-money gaming event and to initiate play of a fun game upon a predesignated triggering event of the real money game. The fun game is played by a plurality of players and fun game controller directs game information to a fun game server. Fun game information can be displayed for multiple players to drive competitive-type play among players and can be used to provide awards and incentivize play.
US11069193B2	Gaming device having gridded-card game feature Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for implementing a card game on a gaming device. Here, gaming devices having a display and game processor may be operable to provide a gaming event using cards with gridded fields. In one type of gaming event, a player may be given one or more cards with a gridded field and compete against one or more other opponents each having one or more competing cards with gridded fields. In another type of gaming event, a player may be given one or more cards with gridded fields and try to match numbers or indicia that are randomly drawn. Play of the gaming event may continue in multiple rounds or stages where a next stage is reached by obtaining a continuation trigger on one or more of the player cards during a present round of the gaming event.
US11069190B2	System and method for redeeming ticket vouchers A system and method that provide non-cash avenues to redeem a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds.
US11069188B2	Aggregate tax liability in wagering Methods, apparatus and article of manufacture for computing an aggregate tax liability at a gaming device comprises receiving an indication from the gaming device of a start and end of a gaming period. A plurality of games are played by a player during the gaming period. The amount of the player's winnings and losses for each game played is monitored. A total winnings and a total losses incurred by the player during the gaming period is computed, and an aggregate amount that comprises a summation of the total winning and the total losses during the gaming period is also computed. Based on the location of the gaming device, determine a jurisdiction that governs the aggregate tax liability. Compute the aggregate tax liability based on the aggregate amount and the jurisdiction.
US11069186B2	Retrofit card reader with cardless support The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, retrofit card readers for gaming machines, and methods of operating gaming machines and retrofit card readers. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an indication that a wireless communication module has wirelessly communicated with a player credential, synthesizing a state change that emulates a physical card insertion event in response to receiving the indication that the wireless communication module has wirelessly communicated with the player credential, and communicating the synthesized state change to a Slot Machine Interface Board (SMIB). The synthesized state change may be communicated with a set of electrical signals that include a card detection state and data read from the player credential.
US11069184B2	Apparatus, system and method for electronic gaming A system for electronic gaming is described which includes a plurality of individual game stations each of which is constructed and arranged with a user interface. Upstream from each game station is a third party subsystem which includes a corresponding database. This third party subsystem is in data communication with each game station. Also upstream from the plurality of game stations is a gaming server subsystem which includes a database. A central determinate translator system is constructed and arranged in communication either directly or indirectly with each game station and provides a communication link and interface between the gaming server subsystem and each game station.
US11069180B2	Personal electronic device for gaming and bonus system Embodiments of the present invention are directed to communication methods in gaming networks using portable devices. In some networks portable devices communicate information about the status of particular gaming machines on the gaming network. In other networks portable devices are used as a secondary display for the gaming device. In yet other networks bonus games may be played on the portable devices. Further embodiments include a portable device that operates to match a current state of a game to a pre-defined state or states.
US11069178B2	Display device and game machine A display device includes a light guide plate 2 capable of displaying a plurality of patterns (21-1 to 21-9) and including an incident surface; a plurality of light sources (3-1 to 3-9) disposed opposite to the incident surface and corresponding to the plurality of patterns; a storage 5 configured to store a reference table that represents a relationship between a turn-on state number and a combination of light sources to be turned on among the plurality of light sources for each of a plurality of the turn-on state numbers; and a controller 7 configured to specify the combination of light sources to be turned on by referring to the reference table, the combination corresponding to the turn-on state number included in turn-on control information, and control turn-on and turn-off of each light source according to the combination of the light sources. The light guide plate 2 includes a plurality of prisms arrayed on one of surfaces of the light guide plate along the plurality of patterns, the plurality of prisms reflecting light toward the other surface of the light guide plate, the light being emitted from a light source corresponding to the pattern and being incident on the light guide plate from the incident surface.
US11069167B2	Method and system for automated physical access control system using biometric recognition coupled with tag authentication An access control system is described along with a method for operating the system. In one example, a system and method are disclosed that provide a hands-free solution thereby enabling a user to walk through a door or portal with no stop in motion and limited to no interaction or user effort. Security of the system is still maintained even though user interactions are significantly decreased.
US11069165B2	Machine learning-based platform for user identification A system and method are disclosed for identifying a user based on the classification of user movement data. An identity verification system receives a sequence of motion data from a mobile device operated by a target user. From the sequences of motion data, the identity verification system identifies a plurality of identity blocks representing different movements performed by the target user and encodes a set of signature sequences from each identity block into a feature vector. Each feature vector is input to a confidence model to output an identity confidence value for an identity block. An identity confidence value describes a confidence that the movement in the identity block was performed by the target user. The identity confidence value is compared to an operational security threshold and if identity confidence value is above the threshold, the target user is granted access to an operational context.
US11069164B2	System for managing mobile devices A mobile device verification method for a facility includes the mobile device requesting authorization to permit entry to and/or exit from the facility, validating the mobile device request, and verifying, as a mobile device enters and exits the facility, that the mobile device is the mobile device whose authorization request was validated.
US11069159B1	Driving trip and pattern analysis A driving analysis server may be configured to receive vehicle location data and/or operation data from one or more vehicle systems, identify driving trips and/or driving patterns based on the vehicle data, determine risk assessment values corresponding to the driving trips and driving patterns, and calculate driver scores based on the analyzed driving trip and driving pattern data. Destination locations may be identified for a vehicle's driving trips, and information relating to the destination locations may be retrieved and analyzed to determine risk factors and risk assessment values associated with driving to and from the destination, as well as parking at the destination. Specific driving trip types or purposes may be identified, and driving scores may be calculated based on the vehicle location and time data, including the risk factors, risk assessment values, and the determined trip types or purposes.
US11069158B2	Data storage and transfer device for an agricultural intelligence computing system In an embodiment, the disclosed technologies include an apparatus for storing data and communicating data between a vehicle or an agricultural implement and a computing device. Embodiments include a non-conductive housing, an antenna coupled to the non-conductive housing, an integrated circuit coupled to the antenna, a thermally and electrically conductive housing coupled to the integrated circuit, at least one ground clip coupled to the thermally and electrically conductive housing, at least one other integrated circuit coupled to the at least one ground clip, a memory coupled to the other integrated circuit and arranged to at least temporarily store digital communications between a vehicle or an agricultural implement and the computing device, and a connector communicatively coupled to the memory and arranged to mate with a connector of the vehicle or the agricultural implement.
US11069157B2	System and method for determining a driver in a telematic application A system and method for a telematic application on a mobile electronic device that can include detecting, in the telematic application, vehicular travel; collecting, in the telematic application, driver status identification data; determining a driver status based on the driver status identification data; recording the driver status; and recording telematic data based on the driver status.
US11069152B2	Face pose correction apparatus and method Provided is a face pose correction apparatus for correcting a face pose, using a person-specific frontal model specialized for input three-dimensional (3D) facial data. The face pose correction apparatus may comprise: a generation unit for generating corrected first facial data by performing a 3D rigid transformation of input 3D facial data on the basis of a pre-stored 3D standard facial model; and a correction unit for generating a first subject-specialized frontal model which is a bilateral symmetry model of the first facial data, and correcting the first facial data by performing the 3D rigid transformation of the first facial data on the basis of the generated first subject-specialized frontal model.
US11069147B2	Modification of multi-view interactive digital media representation Provided are mechanisms and processes for inserting a visual element into a multi-view digital media representation (MVIDMR). In one example, a process includes analyzing an MVIDMR to determine if there is an appropriate location to insert a visual element. Once a location is found, the type of visual element appropriate for the location is determined, where the type of visual element includes either a three-dimensional object to be inserted in the MVIDMR or a two-dimensional image to be inserted as or projected onto a background or object in the MVIDMR. A visual element that is appropriate for the location is then retrieved and inserted into the MVIDMR, such that the visual element is integrated into the MVIDMR and navigable by a user.
US11069144B2	Systems and methods for augmented reality body movement guidance and measurement The disclosure relates to a system for providing guidance for positioning a body. The system may include a video display, one or more digital cameras configured to generate a depth video stream and a visual video stream, and a computing device including, a memory, and a processor. The processor may control the one or more digital cameras to generate the depth video stream including a depth image of the body and the visual video stream including a color image of the body. The processor identifies at least a part of the body within the images using a first trained learning machine to segment the images and isolate the body. The processor may crop both the visual image and the depth image based on the identified body. The processor may estimate a position of a plurality of joints of the body by applying a second trained learning machine to the identified and isolated part of the body. The processor may generate a current pose estimate by connecting estimated positions of the plurality of joints. The processor may overlay a visual representation of the current pose estimate over the color video stream on the video display.
US11069142B2	Using live feeds to produce 1st person, spatial, and real life views A system or method includes a platform to allow users to coordinate images captured by a separated worn camera with images captured by a held camera, displaying such images at real-time to a user through a user interface on the held camera or a user interface on a separate device. The separate worn camera is contemplated to provide a separate image feed to provide one or more augmentations to an image captured by the held camera.
US11069141B2	Dynamic configuration of an augmented reality overlay A device may detect, in a field of view of a camera, one or more components of an automated teller machine (ATM) device using a computer vision technique based on generating a three dimensional model of the one or more components. The device may identify the ATM device as a particular device or as a particular type of device based on the one or more components of the ATM device, or first information related to the ATM device. The device may identify a set of tasks to be performed with respect to the ATM device. The device may provide, for display via a display associated with the device, second information associated with the set of tasks as an augmented reality overlay. The device may perform an action related to the set of tasks, the ATM device, or the augmented reality overlay.
US11069137B2	Rendering captions for media content An apparatus comprising means for rendering virtual reality content, wherein the virtual reality content comprises a virtual reality object associated with a caption and wherein the caption is rendered within a field of view of a user; determining a level of interest with respect to the virtual reality object; and determining if the caption is to be rendered based at least partly on the determined level of interest associated with the virtual reality object.
US11069132B2	System for generating virtual building plan data based upon stored and scanned building data and related methods A system may include a building scanning device configured to scan a target building and generate scanned building data based thereon. The system may also include a processor and a communication interface coupled thereto. The processor may be configured to cooperate with the communication interface to obtain stored building data for the target building from a remote stored data source and cooperate with the building scanning device to obtain the scanned building data. The processor may also be configured to generate virtual building plan data based upon the stored building data and the scanned building data and drive at least one display based upon the virtual building plan data.
US11069124B2	Systems and methods for reducing rendering latency In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a first orientation of a viewer in a three-dimensional (3D) space based on first sensor data associated with a first time. The system may render one or more first lines of pixels based on the first orientation of the viewer and display the one or more first lines. The system may determine a second orientation of the viewer in the 3D space based on second sensor data associated with a second time that is subsequent to the first time. The system may render one or more second lines of pixels based on the second orientation of the viewer and display the one or more second lines of pixels. The one or more second lines of pixels associated with the second orientation are displayed concurrently with the one or more first lines of pixels associated with the first orientation.
US11069123B2	Cloud-based realtime raytracing Cloud-based real time rendering. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a first graphics processing node to perform a first set of graphics processing operations to render a graphics scene, the first set of graphics processing operations comprising ray-tracing independent operations; an interconnect or network interface coupling the first graphics processing node to a second graphics processing node; the second graphics processing node to receive an indication of a current view of a user of the first graphics processing node and to receive or construct a view-independent surface generated by view-independent ray traversal and intersection operations; the second graphics processing node to responsively perform a view-dependent translation of the view-independent surface based on the current view of the user to generate a view-dependent surface and to provide the view-dependent surface to the first graphics processing node; and the first graphics processing node to perform a second set of graphics processing operations to complete rendering of the graphics scene using the view-dependent surface.
US11069113B2	Method and apparatus for creating a computer simulation of an actor A method for creating a computer simulation of a crowd by animating a plurality of virtual actors simultaneously with each virtual actor set to a different setting of parameters and therefore expressing a unique individual body posture. An apparatus for creating a computer simulation of an actor by depicting the actor based on a plurality of postural parameters of the actor. A method for creating a computer simulation of an actor by having the actor move subject to a first idiomatic behavior for a first set of a plurality of successive key frames, and transitioning the actor to move to a second idiomatic behavior for a second set of a plurality of successive key frames.
US11069111B2	Matching audio to a state-space model for pseudorandom animation Methods, devices, media, and other embodiments are described for generating pseudorandom animations matched to audio data on a device. In one embodiment a video is generated and output on a display of the device using a computer animation model. Audio is detected from a microphone of the device, and the audio data is processed to determine a set of audio characteristics for the audio data received at the microphone of the device. A first motion state is randomly selected from the plurality of motion states, one or more motion values of the first motion state are generated using the set of audio characteristics, and the video is updated using the one or more motion values with the computer animation model to create an animated action within the video.
US11069109B2	Seamless representation of video and geometry Processes for reviewing and editing a computer-generated animation are provided. In one example process, multiple images representing segments of a computer-generated animation may be displayed. In response to a selection of one or more of the images, geometry data associated with the corresponding segment(s) of computer-generated animation may be accessed. An editable geometric representation of the selected segment(s) of computer-generated animation may be displayed based on the accessed geometry data. In some examples, previously rendered representations and/or geometric representations of the same or other segments of the computer-generated animation may be concurrently displayed adjacent to, overlaid with, or in any other desired manner with the displayed geometric representation of the selected segment(s) of computer-generated animation.
US11069108B2	Method and system for creating an intelligent cartoon chat strip based on dynamic content A system and method to create an intelligent cartoon comic strip based on the dynamic content. Herein, the input is conversation-based text or speech files. The system identifies scenes, objects, sequence and flow for generating the comic strip along with gender of characters appearing in the entire conversation. Text is analyzed to create the situational based background image for the scenes that needs to be rendered. Emotion and placement of characters in the scene is decided by the NLP algorithms along with voice emotional and sentimental analysis. Characters are placed in plain canvas and then text dialog is embedded into corresponding text bubbles. Once this image is obtained, it is overlaid on top of the background based on the context. Further, the scenes are joined into a strip of images in a pattern, which depends on the number, and order of scenes, which is decided, based on the input.
US11069104B1	Display that uses a light sensor to generate environmentally matched artificial reality content A display assembly generates environmentally matched virtual content for an electronic display. The display assembly includes a display controller and a display. The display controller is configured to estimate environmental matching information for a target area within a local area based in part on light information received from a light sensor. The target area is a region for placement of a virtual object. The light information describes light values. The display controller generates display instructions for the target area based in part on a human vision model, the estimated environmental matching information, and rendering information associated with the virtual object. The display is configured to present the virtual object as part of artificial reality content in accordance with the display instructions. The color and brightness of the virtual object is environmentally matched to the portion of the local area surrounding the target area.
US11069096B2	Method for processing parameters of a machine learning method and reconstruction method A method is for processing parameters of a machine-learning method for providing a correction dataset for motion correction of a CT image dataset of an object that moves during recording thereof. A training dataset with a number of reference image datasets for introduction into the machine-learning method is provided. Iteration is performed. In each of the iteration steps, a correction dataset is determined for each of the reference image datasets via the machine-learning method and a result of a cost function dependent on the correction datasets determined in this iteration step is ascertained. The iteration is terminated or a parameter of the machine-learning method is altered in dependence on the result of the cost function. A reconstruction method further uses the processed machine-learning method.
US11069095B1	Techniques for efficiently sampling an image A sample mask is used to control which samples are used in a filtering operation such as bilinear filtering. A conventional filtering operation reads a set of samples based on a single coordinate and combines the samples to produce a filtered sample value. Such filtering operations are performed conventionally using fixed function units designed specifically to perform such filtering operations. However, for some applications, excluding one or more of the samples in producing a filtered sample value is desirable. In other applications, combining the samples using different weighting factors is also desirable. Techniques are disclosed herein for extending the capabilities of existing filtering units, for example, to exclude one or more samples in the filtering operation and for specifying different weighting rules for combining the samples.
US11069090B2	Systems and methods for image processing A method for identifying a color of an object may include obtaining a target image including the object and identifying in the target image a region of interest (ROI) including the object. The method may also include identifying at least one sub-region of the object from the ROI of the object and determining at least one first characteristic vector respectively corresponding to the at least one sub-region. The method may further include determining a second characteristic vector of the ROI of the object and identifying, based on the at least one first characteristic vector and the second characteristic vector, the color of the object using a color identification model. The method may further include correcting the color of the target image.
US11069089B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit and a generation unit. The extraction unit is configured to use a learning model that extracts a combining region from a subject image to extract the combining region from a first subject image of a first subject. The generation unit is configured to generate a combined image obtained by combining the extracted combining region with a target region of a corrected image in which transparency of the target region in a second subject image of a second subject has been corrected to a threshold or more.
US11069086B2	Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing position detection program, position detection method, and position detection apparatus A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a position detection program which causes a processor to perform processing for object recognition, the processing includes: acquiring a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of simple shapes that are not similar to each other; carrying out learning by using the plurality of acquired pieces of data; acquiring an image obtained by imaging by an imaging unit; and detecting a position of an object from the acquired image by using a first learning model generated based on the learning.
US11069081B1	Location discovery In an aspect, a computer implemented method receives, for a volume within a building, a set of images captured from corresponding locations within the volume, each image taken at a corresponding location, and each image having data specifying the corresponding location from which the image was captured; receiving a three-dimensional point cloud of the volume; detects, using one or more computer vision processing techniques, items of interest within the images; for each item of interest in each image, determines, based on the point cloud and the data specifying the corresponding locations from which the images were captured, a coordinate for the item of interest, the coordinate specifying a location within the volume that corresponds to the item of interest in the image; and stores the data specifying each item of interest and, for each item of interest, its determined coordinate, in a data storage.
US11069080B1	Collaborative airborne object tracking systems and methods Systems and methods related to identifying locations and/or ranges to objects using airborne imaging devices are disclosed. An object tracking system may include a plurality of aerial vehicles having associated imaging devices and a control station. Information related to positions and orientations of aerial vehicles and associated imaging devices may be received. In addition, imaging data may be received and processed to identify optical rays associated with objects within the imaging data. Further, a three-dimensional mapping of the identified optical rays may be generated, and locations or ranges of the objects relative to the aerial vehicles may be determined based on any intersections of optical rays within the three-dimensional mapping.
US11069077B2	Method and apparatus for capturing, geolocating and measuring oblique images Systems and methods are disclosed including a computerized system, comprising: a computer system running image display and analysis software that when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to: display an oblique image; reference positional data for the oblique image; create a ground plane for the oblique image, the ground plane comprising a plurality of facets, the facets conforming to a topography of an area captured within the oblique image; receive a selection of at least two pixels within the oblique image; and calculate a desired measurement using the selection of the at least two pixels and the ground plane, the desired measurement taking into account changes within the topography of the area captured within the oblique image.
US11069076B2	Image processing device and image capture apparatus According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a hardware processor implemented by one or more processors. The hardware processor is configured to acquire an image captured by a monocular camera. The hardware processor is configured to estimate a distance to an object based on the acquired image. The hardware processor is configured to calculate the distance to the object by considering an atmosphere failure influencing the acquired image and executing a statistical process on the estimated distance.
US11069075B2	Machine learning inference on gravity aligned imagery Systems, methods, and computer program products are described that include obtaining, at a processor, a first image from an image capture device onboard a computing device, detecting, using the processor and at least one sensor, a device orientation of the computing device associated with capture of the first image, determining, based on the device orientation and a tracking stack associated with the computing device, a rotation angle in which to rotate the first image, rotating the first image to the rotation angle to generate a second image, and generating neural network based estimates associated with the first image and the second image.
US11069070B2	Self-cleaning autonomous store An autonomous store that tracks shopper movements and actions, and performs store cleaning actions based on analysis of shopper activity. Cleaning actions may include disinfecting the store or regions within the store using radiation, fogging or spraying, or ventilation. Cleaning actions may be targeted; for example, zones where shoppers linger or congregate may be cleaned more frequently or intensively, or shelves or items that shoppers touch may be cleaned after these interactions. Shopper activity information may be used to limit the number of shoppers in a store at once, for example by denying entry when the store is at capacity. The density of shoppers in regions of the store may be communicated to shoppers so that they can limit their interactions with other shoppers. Shopper activity history may be used for contact tracing by identifying other shoppers that may have been exposed to an individual who was in the store.
US11069068B2	Image processing apparatus that performs multi-crop processing, method of generating image in units of documents by multi-crop processing and storage medium To make it possible to cut out an image area corresponding to a document with a high accuracy from an image obtained by scanning a document without forcing a user to perform complicated work or without giving a feeling of discomfort at the time of performing multi-crop processing. To this end, first, position information on the document is acquired by detecting an edge component from a first image obtained by setting high the first white reference value. Then, an image area corresponding to the document is cut out based on the acquired position information from a second image obtained by setting the second white reference value lower than the first white reference value.
US11069065B2	Validity of a reference system In an embodiment, a method includes acquiring a first image data set of the patient, via an X-ray apparatus, at a first time point during the operative intervention, the first image data set including the reference structure, the anatomical structure and the reference system between the reference structure and the anatomical structure; acquiring a second image data set of the patient at a second time point, the second image data set including at least the reference structure; registering the second image data set to the first image data set. As a result of the registering of the second image data set to the first image data set, a registered second image data set is determined. Finally, an embodiment of the method includes determining the validity of the reference system by a comparison of the registered second image data set with the first image data set.
US11069064B2	Method and system for modelling a human heart and atria A method and a system for modelling a human heart based on a plurality of emission tomography images representing concentrations of a tracer that has been injected at a specific time is presented. The method comprising: extracting time activity curves of a tracer that has been injected for a plurality of pixels and/or voxels; identifying first-pass peaks of the time activity curves corresponding to an arrival time of the injected tracer at the corresponding pixel/voxel; defining a model comprising at least two portions of the heart; and arranging the at least two portions in relation to each other by comparing the arrival times of the first-pass peaks. The method and model may be used to obtain an estimate of the volume of the left or right atrium of the human heart.
US11069063B2	Systems and methods for noise analysis The disclosure provides a system for noise analysis. The system may acquire a plurality of signals of a subject, and determine a signal representation of the subject based on the plurality of signals. The system may determine an updated signal representation of the subject by adding a signal disturbance into the plurality of signals. The system may further determine a value of a noise parameter indicative of a signal level of the plurality of signals relative to noise of the plurality of signals based on the signal representation and the updated signal representation of the subject.
US11069062B2	Automated screening of histopathology tissue samples via analysis of a normal model Systems and methods are provided for screening histopathology tissue samples. An anomaly detection system is trained on a plurality of training images. Each of the plurality of training images represents a tissue sample that is substantially free of abnormalities. A test image, representing a tissue sample, is provided to the anomaly detection system. A deviation from normal score is generated for at least a portion of the test image. The deviation from normal score represents a degree of abnormality in the tissue sample represented by the test image.
US11069057B2	Skin diagnostic device and skin diagnostic method A skin diagnostic device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a skin image obtained by capturing skin, an image analyzer that calculates an index value indicating a darkness level of a color of a discolored region of the skin from the obtained skin image, a threshold determination unit that determines a threshold based on the calculated index value and a size of a contrast of the skin image, and a skin diagnostic unit that performs a diagnosis on the skin by comparing the determined threshold and normalized luminance value data obtained by normalizing luminance value data of the skin image with an average luminance value of the luminance value data.
US11069054B2	System and method for automated detection and monitoring of dysplasia and administration of immunotherapy and chemotherapy A method of treating a malignancy in a human subject by analyzing pseudo-projection images of cells obtained from a sputum specimen obtained from a subject employs a biological specimen classifier that identifies cells from the sputum specimen as normal or abnormal. If abnormal cells are detected, then the abnormal cells are further classified as dysplastic or cancerous. If the cells are classified as dysplastic, then an immunomodulating agent is administered to the subject over a predetermined time period designed to achieve a therapeutic dosage.
US11069052B2	Damage identification result optimization method and apparatus One embodiment provides a system and method for vehicle damage identification. During operation, the system obtains, a vehicle image and generates, based on a damage identification model and the obtained vehicle image, an initial damage identification result, which indicates a location of identified vehicle damage. The system displays the initial damage identification result, receives a modification to the initial damage identification result, and generates an updated damage identification result by inputting the damage identification result, image feature information extracted from the vehicle image, and the received modification to a long short-term memory (LSTM) model.
US11069050B1	Method and system for assessing damage to infrastructure A method and system may assess the damage to infrastructure using aerial images captured from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a manned aerial vehicle (MAV) or from a satellite device. Specifically, an item of infrastructure may be identified for assessing damage. The UAV, MAV, or satellite device may then capture aerial images within an area which surrounds the identified infrastructure item. Subsequently, the aerial images may be analyzed to determine a condition and the extent and/or severity of the damage to the infrastructure item. Furthermore, the aerial images along with indications of the extent of the damage may be displayed on a computing device, where one indication of the severity of the damage surrounds another indication of the severity of the damage on the display.
US11069046B2	Efficient smoke detection based on video data processing The invention relates to methods and systems of detection of smoke or the like in an environment, such as a closed room but not limited thereto, based on video data processing of video data captured in said environment, and wherein the video data processing is for example executed on a computation system.
US11069044B1	Eliminating image artifacts using image-layer snapshots Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to systems and methods for using image-layer snapshots to eliminate image artifacts. A pixel-adjustment module receives an indication of the selected region within a first image layer of an image. In response, the pixel-adjustment module generates a first snapshot of the first image layer, in which the first snapshot includes pixel data for restoring a first state of the first image layer at which the selected region is yet to be modified. The pixel-adjustment module generates a second image layer, in which the image structure-modification operation is applied to the pixel of the second image layer that corresponds to the selected region. The pixel-adjustment module modifies a pixel in the selected region to include at least part of the pixel data from the first snapshot.
US11069033B2	Neural network evolution using expedited genetic algorithm for medical image denoising Various embodiments for image denoising using a convolutional neural network (CCN) are described. A system may include at least one computing device and program instructions stored in memory and executable in the at least one computing device that, when executed, direct the at least one computing device to implement a genetic algorithm (GA) routine that identifies and optimizes a plurality of hyperparameters for use in denoising an image using the convolutional neural network. An image may be denoised using the convolutional neural network, where the image is denoised using the hyperparameters identified and optimized in the genetic algorithm routine.
US11069030B2	Aesthetics-guided image enhancement Methods and systems are provided for generating enhanced image. A neural network system is trained where the training includes training a first neural network that generates enhanced images conditioned on content of an image undergoing enhancement and training a second neural network that designates realism of the enhanced images generated by the first neural network. The neural network system is trained by determine loss and accordingly adjusting the appropriate neural network(s). The trained neural network system is used to generate an enhanced aesthetic image from a selected image where the output enhanced aesthetic image has increased aesthetics when compared to the selected image.
US11069006B2	Systems and methods for generating and updating dynamic digital tickets within a digital board A communication application may include a request-response mechanism, which may enable real-time interaction between multiple users executing multiple tasks at multiple locations. Using the communication application, a first user may generate a digital ticket for the tasks, which may be shared with a second user. A response associated with the digital ticket by the second user may occur in a particular structured format within the communication application. The response may include location information of the second user and status of machines executing the tasks. The communication application may bring every user action and response data associated with the tasks into one unique digital board associated with the communication application. The digital board may create and implement a collaborative network and successfully orchestrate value-exchanging interactions among the users in the data sharing ecosystem.
US11069003B1	Methods and systems for activity donation A system of these teachings for providing a graphical activatable link (also referred to as a badge) related to a activity includes a handheld mobile communication device, an exchange/payment processing service configured to receive information from the handheld mobile communication device, a activity site configured to receive information from the handheld mobile communication device and the exchange/payment processing site and a social media site having a social media profile section corresponding to a person making a donation to the activity.
US11068997B1	Systems and methods for predictive model generation A predictive model system may include an application comprising instructions for execution on a device including one or more processors coupled to memory, and one or more servers in data communication with the application. The one or more servers may be configured to receive a first set of data which may be updated to include transaction data and at least one selected from the group of mileage rental information; create a predictive model based on the first set of data; transmit, to the application, one or more requests including a second set of data, the second set of data comprising at least one selected from the group of location information, date, time, name, and age of a user; update the predictive model based on the received second set of data received; generate a dynamic rate based on the updated predictive model; and transmit, to the application, the dynamic rate.
US11068995B1	Methods of reconstructing an accident scene using telematics data In systems and methods for accident scene reconstruction, accident data associated with a vehicle accident involving a driver may be collected. The accident data may include vehicle telematics and/or other data, and/or the driver may be associated with an insurance policy. The accident data may be analyzed and, based upon the analysis of the accident data, a sequence of events occurring before, during, and/or after the vehicle accident may be determined. Based upon the determined sequence of events, a virtual reconstruction of the vehicle accident and/or a scene of the vehicle accident may be generated. The virtual reconstruction may include images of vehicles and/or road, weather, traffic, or construction conditions at the time of the accident. Based upon the virtual reconstruction, fault of the driver, or lack thereof, for the accident may be determined. The determined fault may be used to handle an insurance claim associated with the vehicle accident.
US11068993B1	Smart engine risk assessments Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium storing instructions can be used to predict insurance information. One of the methods includes obtaining information about an insured entity. The method includes providing the information to a machine learning system, the machine learning system trained to provide insurance information based on the provided information. The method includes in response to providing the information, receiving a prediction of the insurance information. The method also includes adjusting an insurance premium based on the prediction.
US11068992B1	Insurance policy modifications using informatic sensor data A computer device and method for processing risk related data to affect changes to an insurance policy whereby one or more terms of an insurance policy associated with an insured and informatic data from a plurality of sensor devices are received by a computer processor. Analysis is performed on the received informatic data to determine a risk assessment value regarding the insured and/or other risks relevant to the insurance policy, such as a dwelling. Predefined business rules are then applied using at least the determined risk assessment value to determine if conditions have been met to allow or require modification of the insurance policy whereafter modification of one or more terms of the insurance policy is performed if the insurance policy associated with the insured permits modification.
US11068991B2	Closed-loop system incorporating risk analytic algorithm According to some embodiments, a risk monitoring data store may contain a set of electronic data records, with each electronic data record being associated with a stream of sensor data received via a communication network from a remote set of sensor systems located at a risk monitoring site. A risk analytics platform computer may receive information associated with the sensor data in substantially real-time and analyze the received sensor data, using at least one risk analytics algorithm, to detect an abnormal pattern associated with a predicted elevated level of risk at the risk monitoring site. The risk analytics platform computer may also automatically transmit a result of the analysis to a risk operations platform. The risk operations platform may then implement an active risk mitigation adjustment at the risk monitoring site responsive to the result of the analysis.
US11068990B1	Blockchain controlled multi-carrier auction system for usage-based auto insurance A system for generating and managing usage-based contracts using blockchains configured to (i) store an insurance contract for a currently occurring or upcoming trip, where the insurance contract is to insure the driver, passenger, and/or vehicle during the trip, where the insurance contract includes terms, conditions, or other clauses (e.g., mileage limitations, limitations on autonomous vehicle operation, etc.) and is in a blockchain structure, and where several nodes store copies of the insurance contract in the blockchain structure; (ii) receive, from the driver and/or (autonomous) vehicle, a requested modification of one or more terms, conditions, or other clauses of the insurance contract, (iii) transmit the requested modification to an insurance auction network, (iv) receive a response to the request from the insurance auction network; and (v) store the response in a new block in the insurance contract (e.g., a smart contract) to facilitate providing trip insurance in a transparent manner.
US11068982B2	Systems and methods to securely match orders by distributing data and processing across multiple segregated computation nodes Systems and methods to securely match orders by distributing data and processing across multiple segregated computation nodes are disclosed herein. An example method includes separating orders into shares using a secret sharing schema by breaking down the orders into bitwise representations having order attributes, creating order messages for one or more of a plurality of entities, each of the orders having an unencrypted identifier that uniquely identifies an entity and at least a portion of the shares for that entity, digitally signing the order messages with public keys, distributing the order messages to a plurality of non-overlapping independent processing nodes, wherein the plurality of non-overlapping independent processing nodes compare attributes of the received order messages to find matching order messages, calculating a secure price match and quantity and creating an encrypted package that comprises the secure price match and quantity, and transmitting the encrypted package for transaction completion.
US11068979B1	Fee/rebate contingent order matching system and method An order matching method matches orders to buy and sell (and execute cross transactions in) financial instruments by matching orders at a price equal to the best available bid or ask price or within best available bid and ask prices in the market; where the priority of matching is by price; where orders may optionally specify that the order sender is willing to pay a fee to (or be paid a rebate by) the Order Matching Entity which operates the matching system (a fee/rebate contingency-quantified by a fee/rebate contingency rate (FRC rate); where an order's fee/rebate contingency must be met to match the order; and where an order which cannot be matched solely because its FRC rate prevents it from matching with another order temporarily yields priority—other than price priority—to other orders ranked below the yielding order to permit those orders to be matched, if possible.
US11068975B2	Computer graphics processing methods and systems for validating one wager based on another Various systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for validating a bet request based on another bet request. Betting product information about a betting product may be communicated to at least one user. A first request for a first wager associated with the betting product may be received from a first user. A second request for a second wager is received from a second user. The first betting request may be validated. At least one processor may determine that a numerical term associated with the second bet request is within a non-zero range from a corresponding numerical term associated with the validated first bet request. The second bet request may be validated based on this determination. A bet associated with the first bet request and a bet associated with the second bet request may be settled.
US11068968B2	Augmented reality device and method for product purchase facilitation An augmented reality device and method for product purchase facilitation using an augmented reality device are provided. The device includes a display module configured to provide augmented reality visual content, the augmented reality visual content including a virtual image of a product, a biometric authentication module configured to receive biometric data relating to a user and authenticate the user based on the received biometric data, and a transceiver module configured to receive, from a user device, digital payment credentials for facilitating purchase of the product, and transmit the digital payment credentials to a payment processing module for product purchase upon successful authentication of the user.
US11068963B2	Pre-transit and post-transit facilitation of in-vehicle services An approach to facilitating provisioning of in-vehicle services is provided. Trip-identifying information may be obtained from a user-provided device. The trip-identifying information may identify a trip that is to occur on the vehicle. A list of in-vehicle services, which are available for the trip on the vehicle, may be determined based on the trip-identifying information. The list of in-vehicle services may be provided to the user-provided device. A selection of at least one in-vehicle service that is to be provided during the trip may be received from the user-provided device. A request for the at least one in-vehicle service may be generated based on the selection.
US11068962B1	Updating cart state using auto-generated sensor data This disclosure describes techniques for utilizing sensor data to automatically determine the results of events within a system. Upon receiving sensor data indicative of an event, the techniques may analyze the sensor data to determine a result of the event, such as that a particular user associated with a user identifier selected a particular item associated with an item identifier. Contents of a virtual shopping cart of the user may be maintained based on this automated analysis of sensor data. In some instances, when a confidence level associated with a result is less than a threshold, the sensor data may be sent to a client computing device for analysis by a human user.
US11068958B1	System and method for optimizing the financial and operational performance of shared automotive fleet assets for a vehicle provisioning service In a subscription vehicle system that enables customers to select and swap between a fleet of available vehicles, the fleet of vehicles are evaluated to determine if the fleet is optimized in view of target metrics and if the fleet can be improved by introducing other assets, removing assets or trading assets.
US11068957B2	System and method for providing recommendations based on travel path and activity data A method is provided for making recommendations for a user of an activity tracking system. The method includes receiving activity data for the user over a period of days, the activity data collected by a geo-position device. The method further includes determining routine travel paths for the user based on the activity data, and then determining recommendations, the recommendations based at least in part on the routine travel paths of the user. The method also includes sending the recommendations to the user.
US11068955B2	Real-time patron-activity information system An activity-information system is provided. The system comprises an activity-information server and a plurality of activity-information devices. Activity-information devices may be proprietor devices (e.g., for bar owners/staff), affiliate devices (e.g., for club promoters or taxi drivers), or end-user devices (e.g., for patrons). The activity-information devices provide activity information (such as, a user's location or presence at a venue or within a district) to the activity-information server, which stores the activity information in an activity-information repository. The activity-information server then determines activity levels for venues and districts, which may be transmitted to devices. The activity-information device then may display activity level in an activity-information interface. The activity-information interface may comprise a map with highlighting and icons indicative of activity levels for districts and venues, respectively. In addition, activity-information interface may comprise a display area for display marketing information (such as promotions and coupons) related to venues.
US11068948B1	Intelligent food service station system A self-service retail food station is configured to enable a patron to select and serve themselves food selections from a plurality of disparately priced foods, priced by weight. the self-service retail food station has at least one intelligent food service pan joined to a weight scale and containing food for service therein. A data controller is communicatively coupled to the weight scale and configured to measure adjustments on the weight scale. A tracking device is programmed with an integrated software application containing instructions to identify the patron who owns the mobile device. Then, communicate with the data controller as to a weight adjustment caused by the patron. Finally, present the patron a final price for payment.
US11068941B2	Techniques for in-store prescription notifications A mobile device and a server exchange information in response to the mobile device detecting a proximity beacon. Upon detecting the proximity beacon, the mobile device initiates a web service call to the server. A mobile device user will indicate a choice whether to opt-in upon registration. If the user has opted in, the server will retrieve additional information about the user including prescription information. The server will transmit prescription information and other marketing information to the mobile device. The server may be configured to receive additional information from the mobile device, for example, a request for a prescription to be refilled.
US11068940B2	System and method for providing mobile advertising services A system and method that can customize mobile advertising services and increase the effectiveness of advertising is provided. The method includes registering contact details of one or more advertisers in a phone book, receiving one or more mobile advertising messages from the registered advertisers, notifying a user of the reception of the mobile advertising messages, and displaying the received mobile advertising messages according to the user's confirmation request.
US11068938B2	Systems and methods for optimizing message notification timing based on electronic content consumption associated with a geographic location Systems and methods are provided for timing message notifications to be provided to mobile device users based on their geographic locations with respect to geographic areas associated with a threshold level of content consumption. The timing of message notifications may be controlled in order to optimize the chances of delivering targeted content to a mobile device user based on the current geographic location of the user's device relative to a threshold level of content consumption area. As mobile device users may be more likely to launch a client application in a place where other users are currently consuming content, a general message notification sent to the user's device located in a geographic area associated with a threshold level of content consumption, may increase the likelihood that the user will launch the client application and thereby, allow targeted content to be delivered to the user's mobile device.
US11068937B1	Systems and methods for determining real time available capacity of a merchant Systems and methods of determining real-time available capacity of a merchant are provided. A plurality of financial transactions involving the merchant can be received during a current time period. A current payment velocity of the financial transactions involving the merchant during the current time period can be determined. The current payment velocity can be compared with a baseline payment velocity associated with financial transactions involving the merchant during a corresponding historical time period. An available capacity of the merchant can be determined, based on a difference between the current payment velocity and the baseline payment velocity.
US11068935B1	Artificial intelligence and/or machine learning models trained to predict user actions based on an embedding of network locations A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device.
US11068934B2	Systems and methods for leveraging social queuing to identify and prevent ticket purchaser simulation A method for identifying a simulated social media account history is provided. The method may include querying a social media account to obtain social media identification information. The querying may determine whether the account history includes one or more parameters that indicate whether the social media account is related to an automated entity or a human entity. The parameters may include at least one of less than a threshold number of friends on the account; more than a threshold frequency of historic ticket purchases per unit time; disparate location of historic ticket purchases per unit time and/or a historic record of less than a threshold reaction time to a plurality of ticket offers.
US11068924B2	Action inducement processing Tracking real-word and virtual actions taken by a user. A personalized set of actions are derived from the tracked actions (of the user or multiple other users similar to the user) for inducing the user to take loyalty program-based actions for a loyalty system within the personalized set of actions. An account associated with the user is credited with a reward based on the user performing one or a preconfigured number of the loyalty-based actions within the personalized set of actions.
US11068922B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for a customizable redemption header for merchant offers across browser instances Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for a customizable redemption header for merchant offers, such as online coupons, across browser instances are provided. In some embodiments, a user may open a merchant website in a first browser instance executing on a user device. An offers website may provide offers, such as online coupons, in a second browser instance executing on a user device. When a user selects an offer, an offer identifier may be stored in a browser-accessible storage device. The modification to the browser-accessible storage may be detected and a customizable redemption header having an offer redemption identifier, e.g., a coupon code, and instructions may be provided on the merchant webpage in response to the detection. Additionally, the customizable redemption header may provide user feedback requests upon submission of the coupon code.
US11068915B2	Flexible behavioral chain framework for permission-based enterprise-focused blockchain applications Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to a flexible behavioral chain (“FBC”) framework for permission-based enterprise-focused blockchain applications. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a chain framework module (“CFM”) executed by a FBC system can receive a new block request to add a new block to an FBC. The new block request can be created by a trigger management module (“TMM”) executed by the FBC system in response to a trigger, such as a customer touchpoint, a customer engagement, a subscribed event, and/or a virtual event. In response to the new block request, the CFM can generate the new block. A customer value score derivation module (“CVSDM”) executed by the FBC system can determine a customer value score (“CVS”) for a customer. The CFM can incorporate the CVS into the new block. The CFM can connect the new block to the FBC.
US11068914B2	Graphical user interface (GUI) with linked panes A graphical user interface (GUI) is implemented on a computing device that includes a processor and associated memory. The GUI includes a graphical presentation pane configured to display a graph including at least one plot representing listenership information along a Y axis of the graph, and a period of time along an X axis of the graph. The listenership information is associated with at least one selected station, and the period of time is determined based on a user-selection of the period of time. The GUI also includes a marker that can be positioned over different portions of the plot in response to user input, and a media log pane linked to a current portion of the plot over which the marker is positioned. the media log pane displays media items corresponding to both the at least one selected station and a time indicated by the current portion of the plot.
US11068912B2	Management system and methods of managing sales data A computer implemented method for managing sales information associated with a prospect. The method includes receiving data, at a processor, associated with the prospect; storing the received prospect data in a memory; analyzing, at the processor, the prospect data; generating, at the processor, a sales plan based at least on the analyzed data by generating at least one guideline; transmitting the at least one guideline to a sales member; receiving, at the processor, feedback data associated with the at least one guideline; and analyzing, at the processor, the received feedback data to update the sales plan based at least on the analyzed feedback data.
US11068907B2	Product lifetime using distributed ledger technology Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for authenticating and predicting the remaining lifetime of a resold product. Telemetry data is received from a transceiver within the product, which is then stored within a distributed ledger. The lifetime of the product is determined by analyzing the telemetry data in the distributed ledger according to one or more models. In response to receiving a query about the product, the user is granted read access to the distributed ledger, including read access to the determined lifetime of the product and the authentication of the product (in real or near real time).
US11068906B2	Methods and system for wireless telecom fracking shared economy A server computing device may be configured to register a parcel with a component (e.g., another server, etc.) in a dynamic spectrum arbitrage (DSA) system, generate a telecom resource right unit or information structure, and use the generated telecom resource right unit or information structure (e.g., in conjunction with components in the DSA system) to allocate the identified telecommunication resource for access and use by wireless devices that subscribe to a telecommunication network registered with the DSA system. The server computing device may also receive information identifying an amount of the telecommunication resource used within the registered parcel by the wireless devices of the telecommunication network, and use the generated telecom resource right unit or information structure to update a payment account associated with the parcel owner based on the amount of the telecommunication resource used within the registered parcel by the wireless devices that subscribe to the telecommunication network.
US11068904B1	Providing aggregated statistical information relating to customer representative's performance A computer-implemented method for providing performance information related to a customer service representative. A processor aggregates statistical data related to customer service representatives performance. A menu is then caused to be generated and displayed indicating a plurality of menu items. Each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to one of a plurality of the work-related types of data. Additionally, displayed and processed are one or more work-related alerts in response to receiving the one or more work-related alerts.
US11068903B2	Transaction exchange platform with watchdog microservice Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
US11068901B2	Method and apparatus for money transfer A method of staging a transaction includes receiving transaction information including a transaction type selection, a send amount, sender and recipient information, and compliance data. A staging record is generated responsive to the transaction information including at least a retrieval key to identify the staging record and a transaction type identifier expressing the transaction type selection. The transaction type selection is detected from the staging record, which is sent to an agent terminal set up to handle the transaction. The method further includes providing instructions for fulfillment of the transaction at the agent terminal. The transaction is rejected if the retrieval key does not lead to the staging record and the transaction proceeds if the retrieval key leads to the staging record. The transaction proceeds if the send amount and compliance data are consistent with applicable compliance rules and the transaction is rejected if the compliance rules are not met.
US11068898B2	Virtual payment card fraud detection Like many credit card payments, virtual card payments are subject to fraudulent transactions. To lower this possibility, data collected from a settlement transaction is stored including a merchant category code, a tax identification number, a merchant identification and an IP address of the processing terminal. Subsequent payments from the same payor to the same payee are verified against the previous settlement transaction data to minimize the possibility of fraud.
US11068897B2	Completing risk analysis using push communications A system is configured to perform operations that include receiving first device information corresponding to a consumer device of a _Sonsumer, where the first device information is collected by a merchant application of a merchant in response to a payment transaction request being initiated between the consumer and the merchant. The operations further include determining that the first device information fails to satisfy a risk analysis threshold for performing a risk analysis process and in response, transmitting a push communication to the consumer device. The push communication includes instructions that cause the consumer device to automatically transmit, to the system, second device information corresponding to the consumer device. Additionally, the operations include based on the second device information, executing the risk analysis process with respect to the payment transaction request.
US11068890B2	Method and system for multi-modal transaction authentication This invention relates to systems and methods for authenticating transactions using a mobile device based primarily on the introduction of a layer of middleware and wherein the Payment Networks, Merchants, Issuing Banks, Credit Reporting Bureaus, Insurance Companies, Healthcare Providers may customize the implementation of the services based on individual strategy and consumer preferences.
US11068884B2	E-wallet transfer payment method and system based on PKI smart card An E-wallet transfer payment method includes: connecting a first PKI smart card to a second PKI smart card wirelessly; the first PKI smart card receiving a transfer instruction input by a first user, wherein the transfer instruction comprises a transfer amount to be transferred to a payee account; the second PKI smart card sending the payee account information to the first PKI smart card; the first PKI smart card generating transaction information according to the transfer instruction, and displaying the transaction information; the first PKI smart card receiving a confirmation instruction input by the first user according to the displayed transaction information; the first PKI smart card deducting a corresponding amount in a payment account according to the transfer amount, generating a signature information and sending the signature information to the second PKI smart card; adding the corresponding amount to the payee account according to the signature information.
US11068877B2	Method and device for displaying indication of payment An electronic device comprises a display, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: display, via the display, an indication which is stored in the memory and corresponds to a payment means; confirm circumstantial information on the electronic device; if the circumstantial information satisfies a first designated condition, display first additional information on the payment means in association with the indication via the display; and if the circumstantial information satisfies a second designated condition, display second additional information on the payment means in association with the indication via the display. Other embodiments are also available.
US11068874B2	System, method, and computer program product for providing instant credit to a customer at a point-of-sale Described are a system, method, and computer program product for providing instant credit to a customer at a point-of-sale. The method includes receiving a transaction approval request including a full transaction amount for at least one transaction between a merchant and the customer. The method also includes communicating a credit approval request based on the transaction approval request to an issuer system. The method further includes, in response to the issuer system initially declining the credit approval request or approving less than the full transaction amount, determining, with at least one processor, customer data used to evaluate an extension of credit to the customer. The method further includes communicating the customer data to the issuer system and receiving a credit approval message from the issuer system including the full transaction amount. The method further includes communicating a transaction approval message to a merchant system including the full transaction amount.
US11068869B1	Payment vehicle with on and off function A computer-based network system and method for using a payment vehicle having an on and off function. The system comprises a payment vehicle comprising an on and off function to enable or to disable the payment vehicle in the computer-based network for processing an electronic payment transaction, a holder of the payment vehicle, and a computer payment network wherein the computer payment network comprises a transaction engine for enabling or for disabling the payment vehicle at a request of the holder of the payment vehicle.
US11068866B1	Real-time interbank transactions systems and methods A computer-implemented system and method receive information regarding a funds transfer from a payor to a payee. The information includes a data payload related to the funds transfer. The information is received by a depository computer system. The depository computer system forwards the information regarding the funds transfer to an account verification service computer system. The information, including the data payload, is transmitted by via the account verification service computer system to the paying bank for use by the payor.
US11068861B2	Apparatus and method for self-service voucher creation Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for creating a purchase voucher. In one embodiment, a method of creating a purchase voucher is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a network accessible user interface for configuring the purchase voucher, receiving a selection of a voucher type through the user interface, receiving a selection of one or more products through the user interface, generating voucher usage parameters based on at least the selection of the voucher type and the selection of the one or more products, associating the voucher usage parameters with a voucher identifier, the voucher identifier being configured to be used by a customer to redeem the purchase voucher with a retailer, and storing the voucher usage parameters and the associated voucher identifier at a networked database.
US11068852B2	System and method for using RFID tags to determine sterilization of devices Methods and systems for controlling the usage of devices with embedded RFID tags including connecting a device to an energy source and reading data from a memory device incorporated in the device. The data may include a unique identifier (UID), a usage value, an activation value, a reprocessing value, and/or a sterilization indicator. The usage value is incremented when the device is connected to the energy source and the activation value is incremented when the device is activated permitting energy to flow from the energy source to the device. Usage of the device is prevented if the UID is on a list of prohibited UIDs, the usage value is not lower than a usage limitation value, the reprocessing value equals a reprocessing limitation value, the activation value equals an activation limitation value, and/or the sterilization indicator does not indicate that the device has been sterilized since its previous usage.
US11068845B2	Crowd-sourced incident management Techniques for managing complaints are disclosed. The system may receive complaints submitted by users. A complaint may describe an incident, such as a safety issue or a cheating incident. The system analyzes a set of complaints to identify similar complaints. Upon identifying a threshold number of similar complaints, the system generates an incident report based on the complaints. The system may refrain from generating or submitting any incident report for a complaint if the threshold number of similar complaints have not been received by the system. The system may or may not include information such as the identity of the reporter, the identity of the accused party, or the incident location in an incident report based on threshold criteria.
US11068841B1	RFID enabled and location aware pallet mover Embodiments presented herein describe a location aware, RFID-enabled pallet mover for tracking inventory moving in a warehouse. The pallet mover includes a RFID system for detecting a pallet currently loaded on the pallet mover and a real-time location system (RTLS) tag for identifying a location of the pallet mover in the warehouse. In one embodiment, the RFID system includes an antenna and an RFID reader for detecting RFID tags in order to track inventory such as a pallet or packages. The RFID reader can communicate with the RFID tags in the environment to identify which pallet is currently loaded on the mover. In one embodiment, the RFID system waits until the pallet mover is moving before activating the RFID reader and monitoring a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of an RFID tag to determine whether the corresponding pallet is currently loaded onto the pallet mover.
US11068840B2	Device to calculate and display remaining length of a coiled product An inventory management device wherein the user inputs a material of known characteristics such as weight, thickness, and width, or length into a computer via user interface. The device calculates the length of the material and displays the remaining coiled length on a display screen. When the user is ready to feed the material, the material is rolled over a feed wheel, which turns a measure wheel. The measure wheel communicates with a computer control chip to deduct the quantity fed off the coil. The actual remaining length is shown on the display screen in real time or near real time. When the user is finished working with the material, the user can select to print a label with a barcode to affix to the material. The barcode contains characteristics of the material so the material can be inventoried and/or reused on the feeder.
US11068835B2	Beacon tracking Some embodiments relate to the use of Bluetooth beacons for enhancing delivery tracking. A Bluetooth beacon may be carried by a delivery agent. A ID of the beacon may be detected by one or more sensors. Tracking of the delivery agent may be performed by determining where the ID is detected.
US11068833B2	Delivery security for a parked vehicle The disclosure includes embodiments for providing secure package delivery for a vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a Dedicated Short Range Communication radio (a DSRC radio) of a vehicle, a DSRC message. In some embodiments, the method includes unlocking a trunk of the DSRC-equipped vehicle responsive to receiving the DSRC message by the DSRC radio.
US11068831B2	Work analysis assistance device, work analysis assistance method, computer program, and information storage medium A motion pattern of a worker is evaluated in consideration of a proficiency level of the worker with respect to a work. A pattern acquisition unit (12) that acquires a motion pattern when a worker executes a work, an evaluation standard setting unit (15) that sets an evaluation standard for the motion pattern, and a pattern evaluation unit (18) that evaluates the motion pattern on the basis of the evaluation standard are provided, and the evaluation standard setting unit (18) sets the evaluation standard for the motion pattern when a certain worker executes certain work according to the number of times of execution of the certain work executed by the certain worker.
US11068829B2	Ambient project management A computer-implemented method of ambient ad hoc project management can include defining a project and associating a project decay function with the project, wherein the project decay function regulates a rate at which project health declines. Responsive to detecting a project event, one or more parameters of the project decay function can be determined from the project event. Project health can be calculated according to the project decay function using the parameter(s). An indication of the project health can be output.
US11068828B2	Compliance metric for the usage of hygiene equipment Provided is a system for estimating a compliance metric indicating the usage of hygiene equipment by one or more operators, such as in a healthcare setting. The system includes a receiving section and a calculation section. The receiving section is configured to receive activity data from a sensor arrangement, the activity data indicating activities by the one or more operators including usage of the hygiene equipment. The calculation section is configured to estimate, based on the activity data and a trained function, the compliance metric.
US11068826B2	Enterprise skills development using cognitive computing Various embodiments for enterprise skill development using cognitive computing, by a processor device, are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises applying cognitive computing to analyze user data from an information system to identify a user's Enterprise Skills Index (ESI) of enterprise skills and skill-gaps by inputting and analyzing a plurality of indices for average achievement within the enterprise.
US11068825B1	System and method for carbon emissions exposure determination A system and method may determine the carbon emissions risk to an institution through its lending and investment activities to a plurality of counterparties by, for example, determining carbon emissions data for a number of counterparties and, for each counterparty, determining the carbon emissions risk to the institution. A system and method may determine the proportion of total capital of a counterparty that is being financed by a bank, and multiply this by a carbon emissions measure for the counterparty. Embodiments may be applied to determine optimal investment strategies for managing an institution's exposures to carbon risk over time.
US11068818B2	Network server for segmenting and scheduling According to some embodiments, a communication device database may store information about a plurality of communication devices, including at least one communication address associated with each communication device, wherein each communication device is associated with a resource unit. Moreover, a network based segmentation server may access information in a resource status database, automatically assign each resource unit to a resource segment based on at least one pre-determined algorithm and information in the resource status database, and transmit information about the resource segments. A scheduling server, coupled to the segmentation server, may receive the information about the resource segments from the segmentation server, automatically schedule a series of communication events with communication devices in accordance with the resource segments, using the communication addresses, via the distributed communication network, and arrange for communication links to be established for resource units in accordance with the scheduled series of communication events.
US11068809B2	Method for facilitating network external computing assistance There is provided a method for providing pricing information about a potential migration of a network computing task. The method includes the step of providing a provider availability set, identifying a price qualified set for each cloud service provider, and displaying the information about each cloud service provider and its pricing via a user interface. The price qualified set includes each cloud service provider: (a) whose price for performing the task complies with a price acceptability criteria or (b) that has a respective price proposal associated therewith reflecting a price for engaging the cloud service provider to perform the task in lieu of the task being performed by the network.
US11068807B2	Incident resource management In an embodiment, a system may comprise a communications network and processing logic. The processing logic may acquire information regarding an incident, identify a first mobile resource (MR) that may respond to the incident based on a type of the incident and a capability associated with the first MR. The processing logic may further identify a generic path scenario to the incident based on a location of the MR and a location of the incident. The processing logic may identify that the first MR is preferred over a second MR with respect to responding to the incident and assign the first MR to the incident. The processing logic may send a message via the communications network to the first MR to notify the first MR that it has been assigned to the incident.
US11068806B2	Information display system An overhead storage bin display system that includes an overhead storage bin defining a bin interior and a display member associated with the overhead storage bin. The display member is configured to display passenger related information within at least first and second passenger sections. The passenger related information displayed in the first passenger section includes first passenger identifying information and the passenger related information displayed in the second passenger section includes second passenger identifying information. The first passenger identifying information includes at least one of a seat number associated with a first passenger and a name associated with the first passenger. The second passenger identifying information includes at least one of a seat number associated with a second passenger and a name associated with the second passenger.
US11068799B2	Systems and methods for causal inference in network structures using belief propagation Systems and method for perturbing a system include obtaining directed acyclic/cyclic graph candidates {GI, . . . , GN} for the system. Each Gi in {Gj, . . . GN} includes a causal relationship between a parent and child node. {GI, GN} demonstrate Markov equivalence. Observed data D is obtained for the nodes. For each respective Gi, the marginal probability of a parent node xi in Gi is clamped by D while computing a distribution of marginal probabilities for a child node yi, by Bayesian network or Dynamic Bayesian network belief propagation using an interaction function. The observed distribution for the child node yi, in D and the computed distribution of marginal probabilities for the child node yi are scored using a nonparametric function, and such scores inform the selection of a directed/cyclic graph from {GI, . . . , GN}. The system is perturbed using a perturbation that relies upon a causal relationship in the selected directed acyclic/cyclic graph.
US11068797B2	Automatic correction of indirect bias in machine learning models Systems and methods for detecting indirect bias in machine learning models are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, a user request to detect transitive bias in a machine learning model; determining, by the computer device, correlations of attributes of neighboring data not included in a dataset of the machine learning model; ranking, by the computer device, the attributes based on the determined correlations; and returning, by the computer device, a list of the ranked attributes to a user that generated the user request.
US11068796B2	Pruning process execution logs Methods and systems for pruning process execution logs include learning a predictive model from a set of execution traces that characterize a process, where the predictive model determines a likelihood of a given instance reaching a specified outcome; identifying attributes in the predictive model that fall below a threshold measure of relevance to the specified outcome using a processor; and removing the identified attributes from the set of execution traces.
US11068795B2	Automatically predicting that a proposed electronic message is flagged based on a predicted hard bounce rate Certain embodiments involve stopping potential flagged email, such spam, before it becomes flagged email. For instance, certain embodiments can make a prediction (e.g., spam or other flagged email) about a “proposed” email message to a list of email addresses of proposed recipients. The flagged email prediction is generated based on the list of email addresses of recipients. The flagged email prediction can involve using stored data about historic email addresses, historic lists of email addresses, historic email transactions, or some combination thereof to calculate historic hard bounce rates. The historic hard bounce rates can be used to train processes to calculate the hard bounce rates for the email addresses on the list and the list of email addresses.
US11068793B2	Causality analysis device, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium with determination of causal advantages and disadvantages to a user An inference device disclosed herein includes an identifying unit, and an inferring unit. The identifying unit identifies a set of a predetermined phenomenon, an effect having a causal relation with the predetermined phenomenon, and a polarity of the effect, from concept information in which a phenomenon, an effect having a causal relation with the phenomenon, a polarity to be an indicator of advantages and disadvantages caused by the effect to a user. The inferring unit infers an effect caused when the predetermined phenomenon occurs, and advantages and disadvantages caused by the effect based on the set identified by the identifying unit.
US11068782B2	Method of training a neural network to reflect emotional perception and related system and method for categorizing and finding associated content A property vector representing extractable measurable properties, such as musical properties, of a file is mapped to semantic properties for the file. This is achieved by using artificial neural networks “ANNs” in which weights and biases are trained to align a distance dissimilarity measure in property space for pairwise comparative files back towards a corresponding semantic distance dissimilarity measure in semantic space for those same files. The result is that, once optimised, the ANNs can process any file, parsed with those properties, to identify other files sharing common traits reflective of emotional-perception, thereby rendering a more liable and true-to-life result of similarity/dissimilarity. This contrasts with simply training a neural network to consider extractable measurable properties that, in isolation, do not provide a reliable contextual relationship into the real-world.
US11068779B2	Statistical modeling techniques based neural network models for generating intelligence reports Statistical modeling techniques based neural network models for generating intelligence reports is provided. The system obtains test dataset and training dataset, each of which include at least one of images and elements. Statistical modeling techniques are identified and selected based on the test dataset for normalizing the test dataset to obtain normalized dataset. The system further associates, using one or more clustering techniques a unique cluster head to at least one of (i) normalized elements set and (ii) normalized images set in the normalized dataset to obtain a labeled dataset. The labeled dataset is further analysed by integrated trained modeling techniques into neural network model(s) and intelligence reports are generated.
US11068777B2	Voltage controlled highly linear resistive elements Controllable resistance elements and methods of setting the same include a junction field effect transistor configured to provide a resistance on a signal line. A first pass transistor is configured to apply a charge increment or decrement to the junction field effect transistor responsive to a control pulse, such that the resistance on the signal line changes.
US11068774B2	Spiking neural network system for dynamic control of flexible, stable and hybrid memory storage Provided is a spiking neural network system for dynamical control of flexible, stable, and hybrid memory storage. An information storage method may include converting input information to a temporal pattern in a form of a spike; and storing the information that is converted to the temporal pattern in a spiking neural network. The storing may comprise storing information by applying, to the spiking neural network, a spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) learning rate that is an unsupervised learning rule.
US11068770B2	Connection bridges for dual interface transponder chip modules Connection bridges (CBR) for dual-interface transponder chip modules (TCM) 200 may have an area which is substantially equal to or greater than an area of a contact pad (CP) of a contact pad array (CPA). A given connection bridge may be L-shaped and may comprise (i) a first portion disposed external to the contact pad array and extending parallel to the insertion direction, and (ii) a second portion extending from an end of the first portion perpendicular to the insertion direction to within the contact pad array (CPA) such as between C1 and C5. The connection bridge may extend around a corner of the contact pad array, may be large enough to accommodate wire bonding, and may be integral with a coupling frame (CF) extending around the contact pad array. The transponder chip modules may be integrated into a smart card (SC).
US11068769B2	Secure NFC tag service point messaging system A system, comprising a prepared Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, which has been customized by a business to cause custom websites to pop up on customers' smartphones; a service point, which is a place where a customer will receive service from the business; wherein a customer can waive a smartphone over the prepared NFC tag at a service point; wherein the prepared NFC tag will cause a website to pop up on the smartphone and the customer can enter a request, which will be sent to workers at the business's location; wherein the customer's request is authenticated and hence physical presence verified; wherein workers at the business will receive the request, and will respond to the request at the customer's service point. For example, in a grocery store, the service points are along the aisles, and in a restaurant, the service points are the tables.
US11068766B2	Enrolment case for smart card Disclosed is a semi-rigid enrolment case for a smart card, formed by folding and gluing an envelope-like cardboard blank of the dimensions of the card. The case includes an electrical circuit printed directly on the cardboard of an inner surface. The circuit includes contact studs connected to a power supply interface and arranged to connect electrical contacts of the card to the power supply interface when the card is inserted into the case. A biometric sensor of the card remains accessible to the user when it is out of the case for making the enrolment. Through-openings are made in the cardboard on either side of contact stud lines and allow forming independent flexible areas, providing better contact between the studs and the electrical contacts of the card.
US11068764B2	Smart card and control method thereof A smart card has a light-emitting element, a fingerprint sensor and a microcontroller. An operation of the smart card has a plurality of indication periods to indicate operation statuses of the smart card by the light-emitting element. The control method of the smart card includes generating a light source control signal, controlling a current supplied to the light-emitting element by the microcontroller according to the light source control signal, and decreasing the current supplied to the light-emitting element or stop the current supplied to the light-emitting element during at least one power-saying period in a first indication period of the plurality of indication periods.
US11068762B2	Dual code authentication process A dual code authentication process combining a visible QR code with an invisible randomly generated code which can be alpha, numeric, symbol or image that can only be read with a reading device. A data generation engine is used to create the generated code which is assigned to the QR code and stored in a cloud based database. The QR code is decodable by a handheld reading device which communicates with the cloud based database releasing a copy of the generated code to the reading device. A reader is then used to decode the invisible printed code wherein the user can compare the printed code on the document and the code stored on the cloud based database to determine a match and authenticity.
US11068756B2	Heterogeneous data fusion Various deficiencies in the prior art are addressed by systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and/or apparatus configured to fuse data received from a plurality of sensor sources on a network. The fusing data includes forming an empirical distribution for each of the sensor sources, reformatting the data from each of the sensor sources into pre-rotational alpha-trimmed depth regions, applying an affine transformation rotation to each of the reformatted data to form post-rotational pre-rotational alpha-trimmed depth regions, and reformatting each affine transformation into a new data fusion operator.
US11068751B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing device has an extraction unit that extracts image data by using a predetermined sliding window in an original image; a learning unit that generates a prediction model by performing machine learning on learning data including the image data by using a teaching signal representing classification of the image data; and a select unit that selects, out of other image data different from the image data, another image data in which an error in classification based on the prediction model is larger than a predetermined threshold and adds the selected another image data to the learning data, and the learning unit updates the prediction model by repeating the machine learning in the learning data in which the another image data is added.
US11068750B1	Testing and evaluating detection process by data augmentation In an example, a method includes: based on a starting set of real image data of a set of one or more original images obtained using a detection process of a detection system, identifying elements of the real image data which are picture or volume elements; performing data augmentation on the identified elements to produce one or more augmented images; replacing the set of one or more original images with a set of the one or more augmented images; analyzing the set of one or more augmented images (which may be supplemented with additional real data) using the detection process; and evaluating a detection response of the detection system for each augmented image of the set of one or more augmented images. The analyzing and evaluating may be performed by using an emulator for the detection system which was used to obtain the one or more original images.
US11068749B1	RCCC to RGB domain translation with deep neural networks The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for translating, e.g., mapping, a Red-Clear-Clear-Clear (RCCC) image to a Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image. In an example implementation, the system and the method can receive, at a deep neural network, an image having a Red-Clear-Clear-Clear (RCCC) image pattern, wherein the deep neural network includes a generator and a discriminator; generate, at the generator, a Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image based on the image having the RCCC image pattern; determine, at the discriminator, whether the RGB image is machine-generated or is sourced from the real data distribution; and update at least one weight of the generator when the discriminator determines the RGB image is machine-generated.
US11068748B2	Image processing system including training model based upon iteratively biased loss function and related methods An image processing system may include a processor and an associated memory configured to store training data that includes training geospatial images. The processor may be configured to operate a training model to identify a given feature from each of the training geospatial images, and to iteratively apply a bias factor to a loss function based upon a number of incorrectly identified pixels for the given feature. The bias factor may be reduced with each iteration.
US11068744B2	Operation state classification apparatus A principal component calculating unit (13) for calculating a principal component of a plurality of sensor data collected from a device, and a physical quantity for failure determination calculating unit (11) for calculating a physical quantity to be used for failure determination on the basis of the plurality of sensor data are provided. Further, an operation state classification unit (14) for generating classification, for each operation state, of the sensor data collected from the device, using the principal component calculated by the principal component calculating unit (13) and the physical quantity calculated by the physical quantity for failure determination calculating unit (11) is provided.
US11068743B2	Feature selection impact analysis for statistical models The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a set of feature additions and an evaluation metric for assessing the performance of a statistical model. Next, the system automatically builds treatment versions of the statistical model using a set of baseline features for the statistical model and feature combinations generated using the feature additions. The system then uses a hypothesis test and a fixed set of feature values to compare a baseline value of the evaluation metric for a baseline version of the statistical model that is built using the set of baseline features with additional values of the evaluation metric for the treatment versions. Finally, the system outputs a result of the hypothesis test for use in assessing an impact of the feature combinations on a performance of the statistical model.
US11068739B1	Method and system for comparison of object contours A method and a system of object contours comparisons are described. A first tree structure that connects all points of a set of points is determined such that a length of the first tree structure is smaller than a length of any other possible tree structures for connecting all points. Based on the first tree structure, a first subset of the set of points is determined such that it includes points ordered to form a path that satisfies a selection criterion for representing a first contour of a first object. From the first subset of points and a second set of points that forms a contour of a second object, a set of points of interest is determined. The first object and the second object are compared based on characteristics of the shape indicative of a difference between the first and the second contours formed by the points of interest.
US11068730B1	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining vehicle operator distractions at particular geographic locations Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining vehicle driver distractions. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining distractions at particular geographic locations.
US11068728B2	Method and system for providing behavior of vehicle operator using virtuous cycle A method or system is capable of detecting operator behavior (“OB”) utilizing a virtuous cycle containing sensors, machine learning center (“MLC”), and cloud based network (“CBN”). In one aspect, the process monitors operator body language captured by interior sensors and captures surrounding information observed by exterior sensors onboard a vehicle as the vehicle is in motion. After selectively recording the captured data in accordance with an OB model generated by MLC, an abnormal OB (“AOB”) is detected in accordance with vehicular status signals received by the OB model. Upon rewinding recorded operator body language and the surrounding information leading up to detection of AOB, labeled data associated with AOB is generated. The labeled data is subsequently uploaded to CBN for facilitating OB model training at MLC via a virtuous cycle.
US11068727B2	Information processing system, non-transitory storage medium storing program, and control method An information processing system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle generates a plurality of captured still images in which scenery outside the vehicle is captured, and acquires position information of the vehicle. The vehicle or the server executes a detection process of detecting a predetermined object in a captured moving image that includes each of the plurality of captured still images as a frame, calculates the number of times that the predetermined object is detected of a section of a predetermined amount of time while changing a position of the section, and determines position information of a candidate start point of a traffic disturbance site on the road based on the position information of the vehicle at a time when at least one captured still image included in the section when the number of times that the predetermined object is detected exceeds a first reference number, is generated.
US11068726B1	Static obstacle detection A vehicle is provided that may distinguish between dynamic obstacles and static obstacles. Given a detector for a class of static obstacles or objects, the vehicle may receive sensor data indicative of an environment of the vehicle. When a possible object is detected in a single frame, a location of the object and a time of observation of the object may be compared to previous observations. Based on the object being observed a threshold number of times, in substantially the same location, and within some window of time, the vehicle may accurately detect the presence of the object and reduce any false detections.
US11068724B2	Deep learning continuous lane lines detection system for autonomous vehicles According to an embodiment, a system receives a captured image perceiving one or more lane markers surrounding the ADV from an image capturing device of the ADV. The system detects one or more continuous lane lines based on the one or more lane markers in the captured image by applying a machine learning model to the captured image, where the machine learning model includes a number of layers of nodes and the machine learning model includes a weighted softmax cross-entropy loss within at least one of the layers in training. The system generates a trajectory based on the one or more continuous (e.g., whole) lane lines to control the ADV autonomously according to the trajectory.
US11068722B2	Method for analysing media content to generate reconstructed media content The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for analyzing media content. The method comprises receiving media content; performing feature extraction of the media content at a plurality of convolution layers to produce a plurality of layer-specific feature maps; transmitting from the plurality of convolution layers a corresponding layer-specific feature map to a corresponding de-convolution layer of a plurality of de-convolution layers via a recurrent connection between the plurality of convolution layers and the plurality of de-convolution layers; and generating a reconstructed media content based on the plurality of feature maps.
US11068719B2	Method and apparatus for sampling training data and computer server The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for sampling training data and a computer server. The method includes: inputting a video to a target detection model to obtain a detection result for each frame of image; inputting the detection results for all frames of images in the video to a target tracking model, to obtain a tracking result for each frame of image; and for each frame of image in the video: matching the detection result and the tracking result for the frame of image, and when the detection result and the tracking result for the frame of image are inconsistent with each other, determining the frame of image as a sample image to be marked, for which processing by the target detection model is not optimal.
US11068716B2	Information processing method and information processing system An information processing method includes, by using a computer: acquiring an annotation skill of an operator who provides annotation information to image; acquiring annotation-target image having an image feature identified based on the annotation skill; acquiring an annotation result attained by the operator for the annotation-target image; and updating the annotation skill using the annotation result and reference annotation information corresponding to the image feature.
US11068713B1	Video-based intelligent road traffic universal analysis Disclosed are various embodiments that extract vehicle trajectories from aerial videos. A vehicle track comprising pixel coordinate points is obtained. The pixel coordinate points are converted to relative coordinate points. At least one vehicle trajectory is extracted based at least in part on the vehicle track and the relative coordinate points. A lane structure is generated that is based on the at least one vehicle trajectory.
US11068710B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition section that acquires an image of a digitized document, a second acquisition section that acquires date information from the image acquired by the first acquisition section, a third acquisition section that acquires an application period different from an application period in a case where a recipient receiving the document is the same as an operator who has performed an operation of digitizing the document, in a case where the recipient is different from the operator, and a processing section that performs processing of preserving the image in a case where a current date and time satisfies a preset criterion for an application deadline set based on the date information acquired by the second acquisition section and the application period acquired by the third acquisition section.
US11068707B2	Person searching method and apparatus and image processing device Embodiments of this disclosure provide a person searching method and apparatus and an image processing device. The method includes: performing person detection on a reference image, determining a query person, and acquiring property information on the query person; performing person detection on at least one video surveillance image, determining all candidate persons, and acquiring property information on all the candidate persons; calculating a match score of each candidate person according to the property information on the query person and property information on each candidate person, and selecting a predetermined number of candidate persons in a descending order of the match scores; and calculating similarities between the query person and the selected candidate persons, and taking a candidate person in the selected candidate persons having a highest similarity with the query person as the query person. In the embodiments of this disclosure, the query person is found from the video surveillance image by person detection and two-step retrieval.
US11068703B2	Learned feature motion detection A data processing device for detecting motion in a sequence of frames each comprising one or more blocks of pixels, includes a sampling unit configured to determine image characteristics at a set of sample points of a block, a feature generation unit configured to form a current feature for the block, the current feature having a plurality of values derived from the sample points, and motion detection logic configured to generate a motion output for a block by comparing the current feature for the block to a learned feature representing historical feature values for the block.
US11068702B1	Device, system, and method for performance monitoring and feedback for facial recognition systems Disclosed is a process for performance monitoring and feedback for facial recognition systems. A first image for image matching from a camera capture device at a first location is received for purposes of image matching. A highest match confidence score of the first image to a particular stored enrollment image is determined. One or more image or user characteristics associated with the first image or first user is identified. The identified image or user characteristics and highest match confidence score are added to a facial recognition monitoring and feedback model. Subsequently, a particular one of the stored image or user characteristics consistently associated with a below-threshold highest match confidence score is identified, and a notification is displayed or transmitted including an indication of an identified facial recognition low match pattern and identifying the particular one of the stored image characteristics or user characteristics.
US11068701B2	Apparatus and method for vehicle driver recognition and applications of same Apparatus for vehicle driver recognition includes: a NIR LED illuminator, configured to emit NIR light in the vehicle; a NIR light sensing unit, configured to capture reflected NIR light; an image controlling and processing unit, configured to coordinate the NIR LED illuminator and the NIR light sensing unit, and analyze the reflected NIR light to generate an image; a face detector, configured to determine that a human face exists in the image, and identify a face region; a face feature extractor, configured to analyze the face region to extract a feature vector representing the face region; a face feature dictionary, configured to store existing feature vectors; a face retrieval system, configured to generate an identification result, indicating whether a similarity between the feature vector and any of the existing feature vectors is greater than a first threshold; and a user interface, configured to display the identification result.
US11068699B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and telecommunication system to generate an output image for telecommunication The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a telecommunication system including a high fidelity display region setting unit for setting a predetermined region as a high fidelity display region, a high fidelity image generation unit for generating a high fidelity image in which the first user looks are captured from a virtual capture position that is obtained by setting a viewpoint position of a second user as the virtual capture image, a low fidelity image generation unit for generating a low fidelity image in which the first user looks are captured from the virtual capture position and having lower fidelity than the high fidelity image, and an image superimposing unit for superimposing the high fidelity image on the high fidelity display region of the low fidelity image to generate an output image to be output as an image processing result.
US11068697B2	Methods and apparatus for video-based facial recognition, electronic devices, and storage media Methods and apparatuses for video-based facial recognition, devices, media, and programs can include: forming a face sequence for face images, in a video, appearing in multiple continuous video frames and having positions in the multiple video frames meeting a predetermined displacement requirement, wherein the face sequence is a set of face images of a same person in the multiple video frames; and performing facial recognition for the face sequence by using a preset face library at least according to face features in the face sequence.
US11068695B2	Image processing device, observation device, and program An image processing device includes an image processing unit that performs image processing on an observed image in which a cell is imaged and an image processing method selector that is configured to determine an observed image processing method for analyzing the imaged cell on the basis of information of a processed image obtained through image processing of the image processing unit.
US11068692B2	Image capturing device under screen and electronic equipment The image capturing device under the screen and the electronic equipment including a nonopaque cover plate, a light source module, and a photosensor module are provided. The nonopaque cover plate, the light source module, and the photosensor module are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The nonopaque cover plate is provided with nonopaque area, the light source module includes a plurality of light sources arranged in an array, the photosensor module comprises a plurality of discrete photosensors. The light emitted from each light source toward the nonopaque area is reflected by the nonopaque cover plate and received by one photosensor in the photosensor module. By the above-mentioned scheme, the biometric information on the nonopaque area that is outside the projection range of the photoelectric sensor can also be obtained by the photosensors, effectively increasing the imaging area of the photosensors, effectively reducing the area of the photosensors required to detect the same image information, preventing from occupying too much space under the screen, and saving hardware costs.
US11068685B2	Optical ID sensing using illumination light sources positioned at a periphery of a display screen An electronic device includes a display screen, which includes a cover glass, a transparent layer disposed under the cover glass disposed under the cover glass, and a display illumination layer disposed under the transparent layer. The electronic device further includes an optical ID sensing module disposed under the display illumination layer and configured to form an image of a fingerprint pattern or a palmprint pattern of a hand of a user. The electronic device further includes a light source disposed at an edge side of the transparent layer, and is configured to emit a light beam to be coupled into the transparent layer through the edge side. A portion of the light beam may be transmitted through the cover glass to illuminate the hand for imaging of fingerprint pattern or the palmprint pattern by the optical ID sensing module.
US11068682B2	QR code generation method and apparatus for terminal device Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are a QR code generation method and apparatus for a terminal device. The terminal device comprises a camera. A specific implementation mode of the method comprises: receiving a QR code generation instruction input by a user, wherein the QR code generation instruction comprises a QR code information; starting a camera, and generating a camera real-time photographing picture; and generating a real-time picture displaying the QR code based on the QR code information and the generated camera real-time photographing picture. The implementation mode enables the user to clearly distinguish whether the QR code is an originally generated QR code, thereby improving the security of the QR code.
US11068678B2	Optoelectronic sensor and method of a repeated optical detection of objects at different object distances An optoelectronic sensor is provided for a repeated detection of objects at different object distances, having a light receiver for generating a received signal from received light, having an evaluation unit for generating object information from the received signal, and having a distance sensor for determining the object distance from a respective object. The evaluation unit is here configured to acquire a measurement variable from the received signal with respect to an object, to associate the measurement variable with the object distance measured for the object, and to form a first distribution of the measurement variable via the object distance after detecting a plurality of objects.
US11068674B1	RFID tag identification methods, devices, and algorithms based on eigen-mode technique A character Identification method has been proposed to obtain a specific reaction of a tag inside a printed chipless RFID system on a lossy dielectric substrate. The proposed technique is based on the eigenmode resonance to generate weight excitation coefficients and to extract a desired current distribution induced on the tag illuminated by a transmitter/receiver antennas arrays using the SVD-eigenmodes. The proposed methodology is based on techniques such as the proposed regrouping method to create groups of tags and the correlation method applied between a measure receive signal and the receive signal belong the library (or the create database). This method allows the confirmation/or not of the belonging of the tag to a group and the recognition of the measure tag based on two important parameters: the magnitude and the phase of an identification vector. The CIM method allows the user to better distinguish the tag from others, and to improve the independence from the environment.
US11068673B2	Handheld basket and commodity container that have antennas for reading tag information of commodities A commodity container includes a main body having a container space, first and second antennas, and a processing circuit. The first antenna is configured to receive tag information from one or more wireless tags in a first range covering at a first region of the container space. The second antenna is configured to receive tag information from one or more wireless tags in a second range covering at a second region the container space. The second range is different from the first range. The processing circuit is configured to store tag information received by the first antenna in a data storage unit, determine whether or not tag information received by the second antenna corresponds to the stored tag information, and generate a control signal for generation of a user notification when the tag information received by the second antenna does not correspond to the stored tag information.
US11068671B2	Integration of disparate systems through the use of multi-UID RFiD encoding device system and method A device, system, and method for integration of disparate systems uses multi-UID RFID encoding whereby all systems have a place to store their unique identifier without having to have knowledge of the other systems' requirements while at the same time allowing each system to communicate with the other systems by utilizing the other systems' unique identifier. Modules comprise an NFC Reader 405; an NFC Reader Manager 410; an NFC Reader Read Thread 415; a Tag module 420; a Tag Message 425; and a Tag Update Process 430.
US11068670B2	Charging terminal A battery-powered device with an opening for receiving a smartcard; inside the opening there being at least one electrical contact which can be used to receive power from a power supply. There is also provided a power supply for one or more of the battery-powered devices, the power supply having one or more paddles each of which is configured to enter the smartcard opening of the battery powered device and supply power from a power input, to the electrical contact(s) located inside the opening.
US11068667B2	Electronic apparatus, controlling method of thereof and non-transitory computer readable recording medium An electronic apparatus includes an input unit comprising input circuitry configured to receive a natural language input, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to perform communication with a plurality of external chatting servers, and a processor configured to analyze a characteristic of the natural language and a characteristic of the user and to identify a chatting server corresponding to the natural language from among the plurality of chatting servers, and to control the communicator to transmit the natural language to the identified chatting server in order to receive a response with respect to the natural language.
US11068666B2	Natural language processing using joint sentiment-topic modeling There is a need for more effective and efficient natural language processing (NLP) solutions. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing NLP analysis by utilizing joint topic-sentiment (JST) modeling. In one example, a method comprises receiving a per-document topic distribution for a digital document, wherein the per-document topic distribution comprises a per-document topic correlation indication for each candidate topic designation; receiving a per-document topic-sentiment distribution for the digital document, wherein the per-document topic-sentiment distribution comprises a per-document topic-sentiment correlation indication for each topic-sentiment pair of a candidate topic designation and a candidate sentiment designation; generating, based at least in part on the per-document topic distribution and the per-document topic-sentiment distribution, a topic designation and a sentiment designation for each selected word in the digital document; and generating a JST modeling output based a on each topic designation and each sentiment designation.
US11068663B2	Session embeddings for summarizing activity The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a first sentence representing a first sequence of actions between a user and a set of jobs. Next, the system applies a language model to token embeddings of a first set of tokens in the first sentence and position embeddings of token positions in the first sentence to produce a first set of output embeddings. The system then combines the first set of output embeddings into a first session embedding that encodes the first sequence of actions. Finally, the system outputs the first session embedding for use in characterizing job-seeking activity of the user.
US11068662B2	Method for automatically detecting meaning and measuring the univocality of text A method for automatically detecting meaning patterns in a text that includes input words of at least one sentence, includes a database system containing words of a language, a number of defined categories of meaning in order to describe properties of the words, and meaning signals for all the words stored in the database, wherein a meaning signal is a clear numerical characterization of the meaning of the word using the categories of meaning.
US11068659B2	System, method and computer program product for determining a decodability index for one or more words Described herein are methods, systems and computer program products for determining a decodability index for one or more words. One of the methods of determining a decodability index for one or more words comprises receiving one or more words for analysis; analyzing the received one or more words using a plurality of effects; and assigning a decodability index to the received one or more words based on the analysis of the received one or more words using the plurality of effects, wherein the assigned decodability index indicates an ability of a person to pronounce or sound out the one or more words.
US11068658B2	Dynamic word embeddings Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to perform an operation comprising deriving, based on a corpus of electronic text, a machine learning data model that associates words with corresponding usage contexts over a window of time, according to a diffusion process, wherein the machine learning data model comprises a plurality of skip-gram models, wherein each skip-gram model comprises a word embedding vector and a context embedding vector for a respective time step associated with the respective skip-gram model, generating a smoothed model by applying a variational inference operation over the machine learning data model, and identifying, based on the smoothed model and the corpus of electronic text, a change in a semantic use of a word over at least a portion of the window of time.
US11068656B2	Displaying text classification anomalies predicted by a text classification model A test controller submits testing phrases to a text classifier and receives, from the text classifier, classification labels each comprising one or more respective heatmap values each associated with a separate word. The test controller aligns each of the classification labels corresponding with a respective testing phrase. The test controller identifies one or more anomalies of a selection of one or more classification labels that are different from an expected classification label for the respective testing phrase. The test controller outputs a graphical representation in a user interface of the selection of one or more classification labels and one or more respective testing phrases with visual indicators based on one or more respective heatmap values.
US11068652B2	Information processing device An information processing device (10) includes: a morphological analysis unit (11a, 11b) performing morphological analysis to divide each of an article body text included in an article and a caption of each of images into morphemes; a phrase acquiring unit (12) dividing the article body text into phrases on a basis of a result of the morphological analysis performed by the morphological analysis unit (11b); and a correspondence determining unit (13). The correspondence determining unit (13) determines correspondence between each of the phrases of the article body text and the images by calculating a correlation between the caption and each of the phrases of the article body text on a basis of the result of the morphological analysis performed by the morphological analysis unit (11a).
US11068649B2	Assessment data analysis platform and with interactive dashboards A platform is described for analyzing assessment data, including correlating assessment data with learning outcome data, and presenting analysis results through one or more interactive dashboards. A course syllabus and/or other course described information is analyzed to identify expected target outcomes to be achieved by students of the course, and to identify a relative weight of each of the various target outcomes based on their coverage in the syllabus. Assessment data describing a digitally administered assessment is analyzed to identify the categories that are assessed in the various questions of the assessment. The assessment data, including scores on the assessment, can be presented in an interactive dashboard to indicate how well students are performing on assessments with respect to particular learning outcomes, determine question quality, and present other information regarding assessments and/or curriculum effectiveness.
US11068647B2	Measuring transitions between visualizations System, method, and computer program product for measuring transitions between visualizations, the method comprising identifying data fields represented in a first visualization and one or more presentation characteristics for the data fields represented in the first visualization, identifying data fields represented in a second visualization and one or more presentation characteristics for the data fields represented in the second visualization, determining a plurality of transition scores, wherein each transition score represents a difference or similarity between the first and second visualizations, relative to either the identified data fields or the presentation characteristics, and generating a composite measure of transition between the first and second visualizations from the plurality of transition scores.
US11068645B2	Dynamic user interface control system Methods and systems for providing a graphical user interface to a computing device are described. In one aspect, a method includes: providing a first portion of the graphical user interface to the computing device, the first portion of the graphical user interface including an interface element for receiving input through an input interface associated with the computing device; receiving input received at the interface element; determining an eligibility metric based on the input; comparing the eligibility metric to eligibility criteria; and when the eligibility metric does not satisfy the eligibility criteria, providing, to the computing device, a second portion of the graphical user interface, the second portion of the graphical user interface having a greater completion complexity than a third portion of the graphical user interface, the third portion of the graphical user interface being provided when the eligibility metric satisfies the eligibility criteria.
US11068643B2	Client-side customization and rendering of web content Techniques described herein relate to generating updated style sheets and/or other web content by a client web browser to allow for specific formatting, layouts, and styles to be applied to particular web elements when rendered at the client device. A client device may analyze the web content received from a web server to identify individual elements within the web content, including element identifiers, values, and/or other properties. The client device may transmit subsequent requests to the web server to retrieve element definitions, use the element definition to dynamically generate updated web content, and then inject the updated web content into the web content received from the web server to implement a customized and element-specific display format, layout, and style at the client device.
US11068639B2	Metal layout techniques Various implementations described herein refer to a method. The method may include providing a metal layout for an integrated circuit, wherein the metal layout includes multiple lines associated with bitlines. The method may include inserting at least one additional line between the multiple lines and the bitlines. The method may include arranging the at least one additional line with respect to the multiple lines and the bitlines so as to reduce capacitance associated with the bitlines.
US11068638B2	Power grid, IC and method for placing power grid A power grid of an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The power grid includes a plurality of first power lines formed in a first metal layer, a plurality of second power lines formed in the first metal layer, a plurality of third power lines formed in a second metal layer and a plurality of fourth power lines formed in the second metal layer. The second power lines are parallel to the first power lines, and the first and second power lines are interlaced in the first metal layer. The third power lines are perpendicular to the first power lines. The fourth power lines are parallel to the third power lines, and the third and fourth power lines are interlaced in the second metal layer. A first power pitch between two adjacent third power lines is greater than a second power pitch between two adjacent fourth power lines.
US11068636B2	Method for semiconductor package and semiconductor package design system A design method for a semiconductor package including a first chip, a second chip, a 2.5 dimensional (2.5D) interposer, a package substrate, and a board includes generating a layout including the 2.5D interposer on the package substrate and the first and second chips individually arranged on the 2.5D interposer, based on design information; analyzing signal integrity and power integrity between the first and second chips from the layout; analyzing signal integrity or power integrity between the first chip and at least one third chip on the board from the layout; and determining whether to modify the layout based on the analysis results.
US11068633B2	Fault diagnostics Process for determining defects in cells of a circuit is provided. A layout of a circuit is received. The layout comprises a first cell and a second cell separated by a boundary circuit. Bridge pairs for the first cell and the second cell is determined. The bridge pairs comprises a first plurality of boundary nodes of the first cell paired with a second plurality of boundary nodes of the second cell. Bridge pair faults between the bridge pairs are modeled. A test pattern for the bridge pair faults is generated.
US11068632B2	Simulation apparatus, description conversion method and simulation method A simulation apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire a circuit model described in a hardware description language; extract a reading and writing relationship between a process and a register variable included in the circuit model; determine an evaluation order of the process, based on the number of register variables whose extracted relationship satisfies a given condition; and convert, into a blocking variable, a register variable which satisfies the given condition in the determined evaluation order of the process among the register variables included in the circuit model.
US11068630B2	Synchronous device with slack guard circuit Embodiments of the present technology provide a synchronous device. The synchronous device provides a first latch configured to store a data input signal during a first state of a first clock signal and a slack guard circuit. The slack guard circuit provides a delay element coupled to the first latch and configured to generate a delayed data signal, a gated-input cell coupled to the delay element and configured to propagate the delayed data signal during the first state of the first clock signal, and a comparator coupled to the first latch and the gated-input cell.

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