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US11094875B2	Methods for manufacturing ultrasound transducers and other components The disclosed technology features methods for the manufacture of electrical components such as ultrasound transducers. In particular, the disclosed technology provides methods of patterning electrodes, e.g. in the connection of an ultrasound transducer to an electrical circuit; methods of depositing metal on surfaces; and methods of making integrated matching layers for an ultrasound transducer. The disclosed technology also features ultrasound transducers produced by the methods described herein.
US11094873B2	Transmon qubits with self defined junctions A method of making a Josephson junction in a superconducting qubit includes providing a substrate having a convex structure with a first face and a second face meeting at an edge; depositing a first layer of superconducting material on the first face; oxidizing the first layer to form a layer of oxide material on a surface of the first layer; and depositing a second layer of the superconducting material on the second face. A portion of the second layer is in contact with a portion of the layer of oxide material at or in the vicinity of the edge such that the portion of the layer of oxide material is sandwiched between a portion of the first layer and the portion of the second layer to define a Josephson junction at or in the vicinity of the edge.
US11094872B2	Apparatus for thermoelectric generation on HVAC pipes There is described an apparatus for converting heat dissipated from a pipe of a refrigeration cycle into electric power. The pipe has an outer surface from which heat dissipates. The apparatus comprises at least one TEG receptacle for installing a thermoelectric generator therein, the TEG receptacle comprising a cold side and a hot side. The apparatus further comprises at least one conductive body in thermal contact with at least a portion of the outer surface of the pipe and adapted to conduct the heat from the outer surface of the pipe to the hot side of at least one TEG receptacle. The apparatus further comprises one heat sink for each one of the at least one TEG receptacle, in thermal contact with the cold side thereof.
US11094870B2	Surface-mountable pixel packages and pixel engines A method of making a surface-mountable pixel engine package comprises providing an array of spaced-apart conductive pillars and an insulating mold compound laterally disposed between the conductive pillars on a substrate together defining a planarized surface. Pixel engines comprising connection posts are printed to the conductive pillars so that each of the connection posts is in electrical contact with one of the conductive pillars. The pixel engines are tested to determine known-good pixel engines. An optically clear mold compound is provided over the planarized surface and tested pixel engines. Optically clear mold compound is adhered to a tape and the substrate is removed. The optically clear mold compound, the insulating mold compound, the conductive pillars, the optically clear mold compound, and the tested pixel engines are singulated to provide pixel packages that comprise the pixel engines and the known-good pixel engines are transferred to a reel or tray.
US11094868B2	Method for producing an illumination device and illumination device A method for producing an illumination device may include providing a plurality of optoelectronic semi-conductor components that each have a semi-conductor layer sequence for generating radiation where the semiconductor components each have at least one contact surface on one side and are held by a common carrier. The method may further include electroplating each contact surface of the semi-conductor components using a solder material, applying the semi-conductor components having the solder material to a substrate, and melting and soldering the contact surfaces onto the surfaces.
US11094867B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A display device includes: a substrate, a pixel circuit on the substrate, the pixel circuit including: a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode, a vertical LED element on the substrate, the vertical LED element including: a first electrode, an active layer under the first electrode, and a second electrode under the active layer, an encapsulation film surrounding the vertical LED element, the encapsulation film exposing a portion of a side of the second electrode, a first connection electrode electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second connection electrode electrically connected to the second electrode.
US11094866B2	Method for producing an optoelectronic component, and optoelectronic component A method for producing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a semiconductor chip having an active region for radiation emission, applying a seed layer on the semiconductor chip, wherein the seed layer includes a first metal and a second metal being different from the first metal, and wherein the second metal is less noble than the first metal, applying a structured photoresist layer directly to the seed layer and applying a solder layer at least to regions of the seed layer which are not covered by the photoresist layer, wherein a ratio of the first metal to the second metal in the seed layer is between 95:5 to 99:1.
US11094862B2	Semiconductor device with through holes on bonding parts and bonding method thereof A bonding method of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes steps of forming a plurality of holes on two bonding parts of a main substrate, respectively; disposing a semiconductor device on the main substrate, and aligning the two bonding parts with two conduction parts of the semiconductor device; aligning a laser to the conduction parts and operating the laser to emit a laser beam from a lower part of the main substrate, wherein the laser beam passes through the holes of the bonding part to strike on the conduction part, so as to melt each conduction part to bond with the bonding part. With configuration of the holes, the conduction parts and the bonding part can be smoothly bonded by using laser, so as to achieve the purpose of transferring the semiconductor device.
US11094858B2	Tape, encapsulating process and optical device A tape includes at least one tape unit. The tape unit includes a base structure having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second portion protrudes from the second surface of the first portion, and has a third surface opposite to the first surface of the first portion and a lateral surface extending between the second surface and the third surface. An area of the first portion from a top view is greater than an area of the second portion from a top view.
US11094855B2	Strain-inducing nanostructures for spectral red-shifting of light emitting devices A nanostructure fabricated on a semiconductor light-emitting device induces strain in the active region. The active device includes at least one quantum heterostructure, in which the strain changes the extent of Quantum Confined Stark Effect, and thus modifies the wavelength of light emission. By mixing strain relaxation and strain induction effects there is a spectral broadening of the light emission, providing polychromatic light emission.
US11094852B2	Multiple LED light source lens design in an integrated package Light emitting diode (LED) packages and LED displays utilizing the LED packages are disclosed. LED packages can have a plurality of cavities with each having one or more LEDs. The LEDs can be individually controllable so that the LED package emits the desired color combination of light from the package. The LED packages are arranged with an encapsulant over the cavities that shape the LED package emission to a wide angle or pitch. Some of the LED packages can have three cavities, while others can have four or more cavities. The packages can comprise an encapsulant that forms lenses over the cavities and continues beyond the cavities to cover surfaces of the LED package body. The body can include different anchoring features to improve package reliability by anchoring the encapsulant to the body. One embodiment of an LED display according to the present invention comprises a plurality of LED packages, at least some having a plurality of cavities. Each of the packages comprises a lens over each cavity to produce an emission of the LEDs that has a wider angle compared to the emission without the lens. A potting material can be included between adjacent ones of the LED packages and overlaps the package encapsulant to further improve reliability.
US11094849B2	Light emitting diode display A light emitting diode display includes a driving substrate, a plurality of micro light-emitting devices, a first common electrode, and a second common electrode. The micro light-emitting devices are arranged on the driving substrate. Each of the micro light-emitting devices includes an epitaxial structure, a first type electrode, and a second type electrode. The first common electrode is disposed on the driving substrate and located between the second type electrodes of the micro light-emitting devices, wherein the first common electrode exposes at least a portion of an upper surface of each of the second type electrodes. The second common electrode is located between the second type electrodes of the micro light-emitting devices and electrically connected to the first common electrode, wherein the second common electrode does not directly contact the micro light-emitting devices.
US11094848B2	Light-emitting diode chip structures Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and more particularly LED chip structures are disclosed. LED chip structures are disclosed that include reduced bonding topography between active LED structures and carrier submounts. For certain LED chip structures, active LED structures are formed on a growth substrate and subsequently bonded to a carrier substrate. Bonding between active LED structures and carrier submounts is typically provided by metal bonding materials. By providing reduced bonding topography between active LED structures and carrier submounts, bonding strength of metal bonding materials may be improved. Electrical connection configurations for certain layers of active LED structures are disclosed that promote reduced bonding topography. Peripheral border configurations of carrier submounts are also disclosed with that promote reduced bonding topography along the peripheral borders.
US11094845B2	Method of producing light-emitting diode chips and light-emitting diode chip A method of producing light-emitting diode chips includes A) and C)-F) in order: A) providing a growth substrate, C) producing a structural layer, the structural layer including Alx1Ga1-x1-y1Iny1N, where-in y1≥0.5, and a plurality of structural elements with a mean height of at least 50 nm so that a side of the structural layer facing away from the growth substrate is rough, D) producing a cover layer on the structural layer, the cover layer forming the structural layer true to shape and including Alx2Ga1-x2-y2Iny2N, wherein x2≥0.6, E) producing a planarization layer on the cover layer, a side of the finished planarization layer is flat and the planarization layer includes Alx3Ga1-x3-y3Iny3N, wherein x3+y3≤0.2, and F) growing a functional layer sequence that generates radiation on the planarization layer.
US11094844B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip with two separate light emitting layers An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a p-type semiconductor region, an n-type semiconductor region, an active layer disposed between the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region and formed as a multiple quantum well structure and having alternating quantum well layers and barrier layers, the quantum well layers emitting a first radiation in a first wavelength range, and at least one further quantum well layer disposed outside the multiple quantum well structure that emits a second radiation in a second wavelength range, wherein the first wavelength range is in an infrared spectral range invisible to a human eye, and the second wavelength range includes wavelengths at least partially visible to the human eye.
US11094842B2	Heterojunction photovoltaic device and fabrication method A photovoltaic device and method include a doped germanium-containing substrate, an emitter contact coupled to the substrate on a first side and a back contact coupled to the substrate on a side opposite the first side. The emitter includes at least one doped layer of an opposite conductivity type as that of the substrate and the back contact includes at least one doped layer of the same conductivity type as that of the substrate. The at least one doped layer of the emitter contact or the at least one doped layer of the back contact is in direct contact with the substrate, and the at least one doped layer of the emitter contact or the back contact includes an n-type material having an electron affinity smaller than that of the substrate, or a p-type material having a hole affinity larger than that of the substrate.
US11094840B2	Photovoltaic system with non-uniformly cooled photovoltaic cells One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed to a photovoltaic system. The system comprises photovoltaic cells, arranged side-by-side to form an array of photovoltaic cells. It further involves a cooling device, which comprises one or more layers, wherein the layers extend opposite to the array of photovoltaic cells and in thermal communication therewith, for cooling the cells, in operation. The one or more layers are structured such that a thermal resistance of the photovoltaic system varies across the array of photovoltaic cells, so as to remove heat from photovoltaic cells of the array with different heat removal rates, in operation. One or more embodiments of the present invention are further directed to related systems and methods for cooling such photovoltaic systems.
US11094838B2	Texturization method of silicon wafers, product obtained therefrom and preparation method of solar cells The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing nano-textured surface on single side of a silicon wafer, including the following steps: (1) superimposing two silicon wafers to obtain a first silicon wafer superimposition structure; the side on which the silicon wafers is superimposed is recorded as an attached surface, and the side exposed outside is recorded as an exposed surface; and (2) performing nano-textured surface etching on the first silicon wafer superimposition structure; and providing each silicon wafer with nano-textured surface on the exposed surface and a nano-textured surface etched strip on the edge of the attached surface. In the present disclosure, while the nano-textured surface etching is performed, the edge of the attached surface is etched with nano-textured surface by selecting a specific etching rate, which reduces the pulling force for detaching the wafers and reduces the fragmentation rate during the detaching process.
US11094837B2	Integrated photodetector An integrated circuit that includes a substrate, a photodiode, and a Fresnel structure. The photodiode is formed on the substrate, and it has a p-n junction. The Fresnel structure is formed above the photodiode, and it defines a focal zone that is positioned within a proximity of the p-n junction. In one aspect, the Fresnel structure may include a trench pattern that functions as a diffraction means for redirecting and concentrating incident photons to the focal zone. In another aspect, the Fresnel structure may include a wiring pattern that functions as a diffraction means for redirecting and concentrating incident photons to the focal zone. In yet another aspect, the Fresnel structure may include a transparent dielectric pattern that functions as a refractive means for redirecting and concentrating incident photons to the focal zone.
US11094833B2	Semiconductor device including memory using hafnium and a method of manufacturing the same A memory cell, which is a nonvolatile memory cell, includes a gate dielectric film having charge storage layer capable of holding charges, and a memory gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film. The charge storage layer includes an insulating film containing hafnium, silicon, and oxygen, an insertion layer formed on the insulating film and containing aluminum, and an insulating film formed on the insertion layer and containing hafnium, silicon, and oxygen.
US11094831B2	Semiconductor nanowire device having cavity spacer and method of fabricating cavity spacer for semiconductor nanowire device Semiconductor nanowire devices having cavity spacers and methods of fabricating cavity spacers for semiconductor nanowire devices are described. For example, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of vertically stacked nanowires disposed above a substrate, each of the nanowires including a discrete channel region. A common gate electrode stack surrounds each of the discrete channel regions of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires. A pair of dielectric spacers is on either side of the common gate electrode stack, each of the pair of dielectric spacers including a continuous material disposed along a sidewall of the common gate electrode and surrounding a discrete portion of each of the vertically stacked nanowires. A pair of source and drain regions is on either side of the pair of dielectric spacers.
US11094827B2	Semiconductor devices with uniform gate height and method of forming same The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor device fabrication and integrated circuits. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to replacement metal gate processes and structures for multi-gate transistor devices having a short channel and a long channel component.
US11094826B2	FinFET device and method of forming same A FinFET device and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes forming semiconductor strips over a substrate. Isolation regions are formed over the substrate and between adjacent semiconductor strips. A first recess process is performed on the isolation regions to expose first portions of the semiconductor strips. The first portions of the semiconductor strips are reshaped to form reshaped first portions of the semiconductor strips. A second recess process is performed on the isolation regions to expose second portions of the semiconductor strips below the reshaped first portions of the semiconductor strips. The second portions of the semiconductor strips are reshaped to form reshaped second portions of the semiconductor strips. The reshaped first portions of the semiconductor strips and the reshaped second portions of the semiconductor strips form fins. The fins extend away from topmost surfaces of the isolation regions.
US11094824B2	Forming a sacrificial liner for dual channel devices A semiconductor device includes one or more fins. Each fin includes a top channel portion formed from a channel material, and a bottom substrate portion formed from a same material as an underlying substrate. An isolation dielectric layer is formed between and around the bottom substrate portion of the one or more fins. A single oxide layer is formed in direct contact with the bottom substrate portion of each fin, between the bottom substrate portion of each fin and the isolation dielectric layer. A gate dielectric is formed over the one or more fins and between a straight sidewall of at least a top portion of the single oxide layer and an adjacent sidewall of the one or more fins, in contact with both the straight sidewall and the bottom substrate portion.
US11094823B2	Stress induction in 3D device channel using elastic relaxation of high stress material A method for inducing stress in a device channel includes forming a stress adjustment layer on a substrate, the stress adjustment layer including an as deposited stress due to crystal lattice differences with the substrate. A device channel layer is formed on the stress adjustment layer. Cuts are etched through the device channel layer and the stress adjustment layer to release the stress adjustment layer to induce stress in the device channel layer. Source/drain regions are formed adjacent to the device channel layer.
US11094820B2	Mobile ferroelectric single domain wall implementation of a symmetric resistive processing unit A method of fabricating a symmetric element of a resistive processing unit (RPU) includes forming a substrate with a channel region connecting two doped regions, and forming a source above one of the two doped regions and a drain above the other of the two doped regions. A gate is formed above the channel region, and a bar ferroelectric is disposed above the channel region and below the gate.
US11094799B2	Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate and display device A thin film transistor includes: a bottom gate electrode; a bottom gate electrode insulating layer, a semiconducting active layer and a first insulating layer which are disposed on the bottom gate electrode in sequence; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are disposed at a side of the first insulating layer away from the bottom gate electrode; vias disposed in the first insulating layer at positions which correspond to the source electrode and the drain electrode respectively; and ohmic contact layers disposed on and covering the semiconducting active layer at positions corresponding to the vias respectively. Each of the source electrode and the drain electrode is in contact with a corresponding one of the ohmic contact layers through a corresponding one of the vias.
US11094795B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, a drain region, a source region, an isolating layer, a plurality of metal contacts, a plurality of conductive plugs, and a contact liner. The gate electrode is disposed on the substrate. The drain region and the source region are disposed in the substrate and on opposite sides of the gate electrode. The isolating layer is disposed over the substrate and the gate electrode. The metal contacts are disposed in the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region. The conductive plugs are disposed in the isolating layer and electrically coupled to the metal contacts. The contact liner surrounds the conductive plugs. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device.
US11094792B2	Manufacturing method of split gate structure and split gate structure A manufacturing method of a split gate structure includes steps of forming a mask oxide layer on the substrate, performing photolithography and etching on the mask oxide layer and the substrate, forming a trench, removing the mask oxide layer, forming a bottom oxide layer on a bottom part and a side wall of the trench and a surface of the substrate, forming a silicon nitride layer on the trench, removing a part of the bottom oxide layer, forming a gate oxide layer on part of the side wall and the surface, forming a gate poly layer on the trench, removing the silicon nitride layer, forming an inter-poly oxide layer on the gate poly layer, and forming a shield poly layer on the trench, thereby benefiting the increasing of the thickness of the inter-poly oxide layer, so that the advantages of improving the characteristics of the split gate structure are achieved.
US11094791B1	Vertical transistor device with source/drain regions comprising a twi-dimensional (2D) material and methods of making such vertical transistor devices One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a bottom source/drain region and a top source/drain region positioned vertically above at least a portion of the bottom source/drain region, wherein each of the bottom source/drain region and the top source/drain region comprise at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material. The device also includes a substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure positioned vertically between the bottom source/drain region and the top source/drain region and a gate structure positioned all around an outer perimeter of the substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure for at least a portion of the vertical height of the substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure.
US11094790B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device A present invention includes the following: a third impurity region having a second conductivity type and disposed in an outer peripheral region that is the outer periphery of a cell arrangement region in which a unit cell is disposed; a field insulating film disposed in the outer peripheral region; an interlayer insulating film; a first main electrode disposed on the interlayer insulating film. The third impurity region includes a fourth impurity region having the second conductivity type, having a higher impurity concentration than the third impurity region. A gate wire and a gate pad are disposed in the outer peripheral region. The fourth impurity region is adjacent to the cell arrangement region, surrounds at least a region below the gate pad, and is electrically connected to the first main electrode.
US11094779B2	Semiconductor device having an edge termination region comprising a first edge termination region of a second conductivity type adjacent to a second edge termination region of a first conductivity type An edge delimits a semiconductor body in a direction parallel to a first side of the semiconductor body. A peripheral area is arranged between the active area and edge. A first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type extends from the active area into the peripheral area. A second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type forms a pn-junction with the first semiconductor region. A first edge termination region of the second conductivity type arranged at the first side adjoins the first semiconductor region, between the second semiconductor region and edge. A second edge termination region of the first conductivity type arranged at the first side and between the first edge termination region and edge has a varying concentration of dopants of the first conductivity type which increases at least next to the first edge termination region substantially linearly with an increasing distance from the first edge termination region.
US11094776B2	Structure and formation method of semiconductor device with magnetic element covered by polymer material A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes forming a passivation layer over a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a magnetic element over the passivation layer. The method further includes forming an isolation layer over the magnetic element and the passivation layer. The isolation layer includes a polymer material. In addition, the method includes forming a conductive line over the isolation layer, and the conductive line extends across the magnetic element.
US11094774B2	Organic light emitting diode display device A display device may include a first substrate, a pixel, a contact electrode, and a side electrode. The pixel may overlap a first face of the first substrate. The contact electrode may be electrically connected to the pixel. A first face of the contact electrode may overlap the first face of the first substrate. The side electrode may be positioned beyond the first substrate. A first face of the side electrode may directly contact a second face of the contact electrode. The second face of the contact electrode may be not parallel to the first face of the contact electrode.
US11094773B2	Display device Provided is a display device including a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a thin-film transistor and a display element on the display area; an organic insulating layer between the thin-film transistor and the display element; a first power supply voltage line arranged to correspond to one side of the display area in the non-display area; a second power supply voltage line spaced apart from the first power supply voltage line; and an inorganic protective layer that covers at least a portion of the second power supply voltage line. The second power supply voltage line includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a stack of a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and the organic insulating layer. The second region has a stack of the first conductive layer and the inorganic protective layer.
US11094772B2	Display panel and display device with compensation sub-pixels The present disclosure provides a display panel having sub-pixels that include light-emitting sub-pixels and compensation sub-pixels located in a first display area. A density of sub-pixels in a first semi-transmissive area and in a second semi-transmissive area is smaller than a density of sub-pixels in a second display area. The first display area, the first semi-transmissive area, and the second semi-transmissive area have a same density of light-emitting sub-pixels. First pixel columns are provided in the first display area. Second pixel columns are provided in the second display area. A first data line passes through the first pixel column, and a second data line passes through the second pixel column.
US11094770B2	Array substrate and display panel An array substrate and a display panel are provided. The display panel includes the array substrate. A bending region and a non-bending region are defined in the array substrate. The non-bending region includes a flexible substrate layer, a composite buffer layer, a source drain layer, a flattening layer and a pixel definition layer that are laminated one another. The bending region includes the flexible substrate layer, the source drain layer, the flattening layer and the pixel definition layer that are laminated one another. Alternatively, thickness of the composite buffer layer located in the bending region is less than thickness of the composite buffer layer located in the non-bending region.
US11094769B2	Organic light-emitting diode display An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate including a pixel area and a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and an organic light-emitting element formed in the pixel area and including a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode. The display also includes a common voltage line formed in the peripheral area and configured to provide a common voltage to the second electrode, wherein the common voltage line and the first electrode are formed of the same material.
US11094766B2	Array substrate, display panel, and display device An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units, wherein each pixel unit includes a storage capacitor including at least three electrode plates parallel to each other, the at least three electrode plates parallel to each other include a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a third electrode plate, the first electrode plate is electrically connected to the second electrode plate, the third electrode plate is disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate each have a portion facing towards the third electrode plate.
US11094765B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display panel The present disclosure relates to an array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. The array substrate includes a substrate, at least a first top gate TFT and at least a first bottom gate TFT disposed on the substrate and located in each sub-pixel region; a gate of the first top gate TFT and a gate of the first bottom gate TFT are formed in a same layer with same material, an active layer pattern of the first top gate TFT and an active layer pattern of the first bottom gate TFT are respectively arranged on two sides of the gate, and orthographic projections of the active layer pattern of the first top gate TFT and the active layer pattern of the first bottom gate TFT on the substrate are spaced from each other in a first direction.
US11094759B2	Display device and method of manufacturing display device A manufacturing method of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a damming part in a component mounting area of a flexible base material having a display area provided with a plurality of pixels and the component mounting area where a component is mounted; and applying a resin composition to the component mounting area of the base material in a condition in which the component is mounted thereon, in this order. An outer periphery of the applied resin composition reaches a lateral surface of the damming part.
US11094758B1	Organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device The present application discloses an OLED display device including an OLED display panel. The OLED display panel has a first display area and a second display area disposed around the first display area, wherein a first pixel electrode layer in the first display area includes at least a two-layered indium tin oxide (ITO) conductive layer, and a second pixel electrode layer in the second display area is a three-layered ITO/Ag/ITO conductive layer.
US11094756B2	OLED integrated digitizer and method of preparing the same A digitizer module is formed on a film substrate which is used as a substrate of an OLED module and stacked with the OLED module, thereby providing an OLED integrated digitizer applicable to a flexible display device.
US11094754B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of fabricating thereof An organic light emitting display device and a method of fabricating thereof are discussed. The organic light emitting display device according to an example includes a plurality of first bank layers arranged along a first direction and a second direction on a substrate to define a plurality of pixels; a plurality of second bank layers disposed along the first direction on the first bank layers to divide the columns of pixels having different colors; an organic light emitting layer in each pixel; at least one first pocket pixel unit at both sides of the pixel having the smallest area; and a first dummy organic light emitting layer in the first pocket pixel unit.
US11094753B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate; a plurality of driving elements and a plurality of light emitting diodes on the substrate; and at least one dummy pattern on the substrate and including a first electrode, a dummy layer, and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the dummy layer are electrically separated from each other.
US11094750B2	Flexible display panel and preparation method thereof The flexible display panel includes a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixels having at least three emitting colors, and the sub-pixels with a same emitting color are arranged along a predetermined stretching direction.
US11094744B2	Interconnect landing method for RRAM technology The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming an integrated chip. The method may be performed by forming a memory device over a substrate and forming an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer over the memory device. The ILD layer is selectively etched to define a first cavity that exposes a top of the memory device and to define a second cavity that is laterally separated from the first cavity by the ILD layer. The second cavity is defined by a smooth sidewall of the ILD layer that extends between upper and lower surfaces of the ILD layer. A conductive material is formed within the first cavity and the second cavity.
US11094730B2	Solid-state imaging device having through electrode provided therein and electronic apparatus incorporating the solid-state imaging device There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: one or more photoelectric conversion elements provided on side of a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; a through electrode coupled to the one or more photoelectric conversion elements, and provided between the first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor substrate; and an amplifier transistor and a floating diffusion provided on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, in which the one or more photoelectric conversion elements are coupled to a gate of the amplifier transistor and the floating diffusion via the through electrode.
US11094729B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A semiconductor device is provided as a back-illuminated solid-state imaging device. The device is manufactured by bonding a first semiconductor wafer with a pixel array in a half-finished product state and a second semiconductor wafer with a logic circuit in a half-finished product state together, making the first semiconductor wafer into a thin film, electrically connecting the pixel array and the logic circuit, making the pixel array and the logic circuit into a finished product state, and dividing the first semiconductor wafer and the second semiconductor being bonded together into microchips.
US11094728B2	Image pickup device and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to an image pickup device and an electronic apparatus that are configured to enhance characteristics. A solid-state image pickup device includes a photoelectric conversion section that is arranged on a semiconductor substrate and configured to photoelectrically convert an incident light, a moth-eye section that includes recesses and projections formed on a surface on a light incident side in the semiconductor substrate and has, when a cross section approximately parallel to a direction toward the photoelectric conversion section from the light incident side is viewed, a recessed portion protruding toward the side of the photoelectric conversion section, the recessed portion having a curvature or a polygonal shape, and a region that is arranged adjacent to and opposite to the photoelectric conversion section of the moth-eye section and has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the semiconductor substrate.
US11094727B2	Camera module, molding photosensitive assembly thereof, manufacturing method thereof and electronic device Provided are a camera module, a molding photosensitive assembly and manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device. The molding photosensitive assembly comprises a molding portion, at least one photosensitive chip and at least one circuit board, wherein the photosensitive chip is provided on the circuit board, the molding portion comprises a molding portion main body, the molding portion main body is made of a transparent material, and the molding portion main body, the photosensitive chip and the circuit board form an integral structure by means of a molding technique, so as to facilitate production.
US11094725B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus Solid-state imaging devices, methods of producing a solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatuses are provided. More particularly, a solid-state image device includes a silicon substrate, and at least a first photodiode formed in the silicon substrate. The device also includes an epitaxial layer with a first surface adjacent a surface of the silicon substrate, and a transfer transistor with a gate electrode that extends from the at least a first photodiode to a second surface of the epitaxial layer opposite the first surface. In further embodiments, a solid-state imaging device with a plurality of pixels formed in a second semiconductor substrate wherein the pixels are symmetrical with respect to a center point is provided. A floating diffusion is formed in an epitaxial layer, and a plurality of transfer gate electrodes that are each electrically connected to the floating diffusion by one of the transfer gate electrodes is provided.
US11094717B2	Transistor and display device It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable display device using a thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics and high reliability as a switching element. In a bottom gate thin film transistor including an amorphous oxide semiconductor, an oxide conductive layer having a crystal region is formed between an oxide semiconductor layer which has been dehydrated or dehydrogenated by heat treatment and each of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer which are formed using a metal material. Accordingly, contact resistance between the oxide semiconductor layer and each of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer can be reduced; thus, a thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics and a highly reliable display device using the thin film transistor can be provided.
US11094716B2	Source contact and channel interface to reduce body charging from band-to-band tunneling An apparatus is provided which comprises: a source and a drain with a semiconductor body therebetween, the source, the drain, and the semiconductor body on an insulator, a buried structure between the semiconductor body and the insulator, and a source contact coupled with the source and the buried structure, the source contact comprising metal. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11094715B2	Three-dimensional memory device including different height memory stack structures and methods of making the same A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate. The alternating stack includes a first region in which all layers of the alternating stack are present and a second region in which at least a topmost one of the electrically conductive layers is absent. First memory opening fill structures extend through the first region of the alternating stack, and second memory opening fill structures extend through the second region of the alternating stack. The first memory opening fill structures have a greater height than the second memory opening fill structures. Pocket doping regions extending over a respective subset of topmost electrically conductive layers for the memory opening fill structures can be formed to provide higher threshold voltages and to enable selective activation of vertical semiconductor channels connected a same bit line.
US11094711B2	Memory device A memory device includes a channel element, a memory element, and an electrode element. The channel element includes a first channel portion, a second channel portion, and a middle channel portion between the first channel portion and the second channel portion. The first channel portion has a first sidewall channel surface and a second sidewall channel surface opposing to the first sidewall channel surface. The middle channel portion has a third sidewall channel surface and a fourth sidewall channel surface opposing to the third sidewall channel surface. The first sidewall channel surface and the second sidewall channel surface of the first channel portion are outside the third sidewall channel surface and the fourth sidewall channel surface of the middle channel portion respectively. A memory cell is defined in the memory element between the channel element and the electrode element.
US11094710B2	Semiconductor device including stepped structure and supporting structure A semiconductor device includes a first stepped structure including a first portion and a second portion, a second stepped structure including a third portion on the second portion of the first stepped structure, a first supporting structure penetrating the first portion of the first stepped structure, and a second supporting structure penetrating the second portion of the first stepped structure and the third portion of the second stepped structure. The first supporting structure includes a sidewall having a substantially constant slope, and the second supporting structure includes a sidewall having an inflection point.
US11094708B2	Vertical-type memory device A vertical-type memory device includes a plurality of gate electrode layers spaced apart from one another and stacked on a substrate, and extending by different lengths in a first direction and forming a staircase structure, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the staircase structure of the plurality of gate electrode layers, and a plurality of gate contact plugs penetrating the interlayer insulating layer and respectively in contact with the gate electrode layers. The plurality of gate electrode layers include lower gate electrode layers disposed adjacently to the substrate, and upper gate electrode layers disposed on the lower gate electrode layers, so that the lower gate electrodes are between the substrate and the upper gate electrode layers. The plurality of gate contact plugs include lower gate contact plugs connected to the lower gate electrode layers, and upper gate contact plugs connected to the upper gate electrode layers. The upper gate contact plugs have top-most portions disposed at a height higher than a height of top surfaces of the lower gate contact plugs.
US11094706B2	NAND unit cells Some embodiments include methods of forming semiconductor constructions. Alternating layers of n-type doped material and p-type doped material may be formed. The alternating layers may be patterned into a plurality of vertical columns that are spaced from one another by openings. The openings may be lined with tunnel dielectric, charge-storage material and blocking dielectric. Alternating layers of insulative material and conductive control gate material may be formed within the lined openings. Some embodiments include methods of forming NAND unit cells. Columns of alternating n-type material and p-type material may be formed. The columns may be lined with a layer of tunnel dielectric, a layer of charge-storage material, and a layer of blocking dielectric. Alternating layers of insulative material and conductive control gate material may be formed between the lined columns. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions, and some embodiments include NAND unit cells.
US11094701B2	Layout structure of storage cell and method thereof A method of forming a storage cell includes: forming a transistor on a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of fuses in at least one conductive layer on the semiconductor substrate to couple a connecting terminal of the transistor; forming a bit line to couple the plurality of fuses; and forming a word line to couple a control terminal of the transistor.
US11094700B2	Well strap structures and methods of forming the same An integrated circuit structure includes: a well region having a first conductivity type; a semiconductor structure extending away from the well region from a major surface of the well region, the semiconductor structure having the first conductivity type; a source/drain feature disposed on the semiconductor structure, the source/drain feature having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type; an isolation layer laterally surrounding at least a portion of the semiconductor structure; a dielectric layer disposed on the isolation layer, where at least a portion of the source/drain feature is disposed in the dielectric layer; and a conductive plug continuously extending through the dielectric layer and the isolation layer to physically contact the major surface of the well region, wherein the conductive plug is coupled to a power supply line to bias the well region.
US11094698B2	Semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of first wires provided above a surface of a semiconductor substrate to extend in a first direction, and a plurality of second wires provided above the first wires to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. A plurality of capacitor elements are arranged every other intersection region among intersection regions between the first wires and the second wires as viewed from above the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of transistors are provided above the capacitor elements to correspond thereto, respectively. A first distance between two of the capacitor elements, which are adjacent to each other in the first direction, is narrower than a second distance between two of the capacitor elements, which are adjacent to each other in the second direction.
US11094697B2	Vertical two-transistor single capacitor memory cells and memory arrays Some embodiments include a memory cell having first and second transistors, and a capacitor vertically displaced relative to the first and second transistors. The capacitor has a first node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the first transistor, a second node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the second transistor, and capacitor dielectric material between the first and second nodes. Some embodiments include a memory cell having first and second transistors vertically displaced relative to one another, and a capacitor between the first and second transistors. The capacitor has a first node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the first transistor, a second node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the second transistor, and capacitor dielectric material between the first and second nodes.
US11094695B2	Integrated circuit device and method of forming the same An integrated circuit device includes a first device and a second device. The first device is disposed within a first circuit region, the first device including a plurality of first semiconductor strips extending longitudinally in a first direction. Adjacent ones of the plurality of first semiconductor strips are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, which is generally perpendicular to the first direction. The second device is disposed within a second circuit region, the second circuit region being adjacent to the first circuit region in the first direction. The second device includes a second semiconductor strip extending longitudinally in the first direction. A projection of a longitudinal axis of the second semiconductor strip along the first direction lies in a space separating the adjacent ones of the plurality of first semiconductor strips.
US11094694B2	Buried channel semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming one or more fins extending in a first direction over a substrate. The one or more fins include a first region along the first direction and second regions on both sides of the first region along the first direction. A dopant is implanted in the first region of the fins but not in the second regions. A gate structure overlies the first region of the fins and source/drains are formed on the second regions of the fins.
US11094693B2	Layout method A semiconductor device includes circuit active fin lines and circuit gate lines intersecting each other in a circuit active region, dummy active fin lines and dummy gate lines intersecting each other in a dummy active region, the active fin lines and the dummy active fin lines having same width and pitch, and the circuit gate lines and the dummy gate lines having same width and pitch, wherein at least some of the dummy active fin lines are aligned with and collinear with respective circuit active fin lines, and at least some of the dummy gate lines are aligned with and collinear with respective circuit gate lines.
US11094690B2	On-chip IEC ESD protection using parasitic PNP devices A semiconductor device having a P type substrate, an N type layer on the P type substrate that forms a PN junction therewith and the P type region, N type region and P type substrate form at least one parasitic PNP transistor.
US11094688B2	Isolation architecture The subject technology provides for an architecture that isolates two interfaces of a circuit with an isolating communication element while also protecting against overstress transients such as electro-static discharge (ESD) and other electrical overstress (EOS) transients across the isolating communication element that can be significantly larger than the ESD rating of the isolating communication element, and/or that may be repeated in succession. The subject technology provides isolation using a two die implementation with an isolation interface including an isolation tub in each die, or a single die containing both isolation tubs in the die. The two dice include respective substrates that are connected together and float with respect to any signal or ground. The isolation enables a large offset voltage on the order of hundreds of volts to exist between the sides. Being relatively large, each isolation tub can handle a significant amount of energy.
US11094687B2	Temperature characteristic adjustment circuit This invention aims at providing a temperature characteristic adjustment circuit capable of adjusting the temperature characteristic to various positive and negative temperature characteristics with an excessively small characteristic variation and capable of suppressing an increase in the chip area and the current consumption with a simple circuit configuration. A temperature characteristic adjustment circuit has a current source having a nonvolatile storage element having a control gate region and a source region and driven by the application of a bias between the control gate region and the source region and an output circuit not having a nonvolatile storage element, in which the temperature dependency of an output signal originating from the temperature dependency of the current amount of a current output from the current source is adjusted by the nonvolatile storage element.
US11094684B2	Edge cut debond using a temporary filler material with no adhesive properties and edge cut debond using an engineered carrier to enable topography A semiconductor device assembly that includes a first side of a semiconductor device supported on a substrate to permit the processing of a second side of the semiconductor device. A filler material deposited on the semiconductor device supports the semiconductor device on the substrate. The filler material does not adhere to the semiconductor device or the substrate. Alternatively, the filler material may be deposited on the substrate. Instead of a filler material, the substrate may include a topography configured to support the semiconductor device. Adhesive applied between an outer edge of the first side of the semiconductor and the substrate bonds the outer edge of the semiconductor device to the substrate to form a semiconductor device assembly. A second side of the semiconductor device may then be processed and the outer edge of the semiconductor device may be cut off to release the semiconductor device from the assembly.
US11094683B2	Bonded nanofluidic device chip stacks A method of producing a bonded chip stack is described. A first nanofluidic device chip having a first through-wafer via is formed. A second nanofluidic device chip having a second through-wafer via is formed. The first nanofluidic device chip and the second nanofluidic device chip are washed with a detergent solution. A first surface of the first nanofluidic device chip and a second surface of the second nanofluidic device chip are activated by treating the first surface and the second surface with an activation solution. The first nanofluidic device chip and the second nanofluidic device chip are arranged in a stack. The first through-wafer via is aligned with the second through-wafer via in a substantially straight line. The stack of first and second nanofluidic device chips is subjected to annealing conditions.
US11094680B2	Packages and methods of forming packages Various packages and methods of forming packages are discussed. According to an embodiment, a package includes a processor die at least laterally encapsulated by an encapsulant, a memory die at least laterally encapsulated by the encapsulant, and a redistribution structure on the encapsulant. The processor die is communicatively coupled to the memory die through the redistribution structure. According to further embodiments, the memory die can include memory that is a cache of the processor die, and the memory die can comprise dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
US11094679B2	White light source system According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(λ), B(λ) and V(λ) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ∫380780P(λ)V(λ)dλ=∫380780B(λ)V(λ)dλ (1) where P(λ) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(λ) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(λ) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
US11094678B2	Light emitting device having insulation pattern A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate and spaced apart from each other; a light emitting diode between the first electrode and the second electrode and connected to the first and second electrodes; a first contact on the first electrode; and a second contact on the second electrode. The first contact contacts the first electrode and a first portion of the light emitting diode, and the second contact contacts the second electrode and a second portion of the light emitting diode.
US11094675B2	Micro light emitting diode device including different-type epitaxial structures having respective connection portions of different thicknesses A method for manufacturing a micro light emitting diode device is provided. A plurality of first type epitaxial structures are formed on a first substrate and the first type epitaxial structures are separated from each other. A first connection layer and a first adhesive layer are configured between the first type epitaxial structures and the first substrate. The first connection layer is connected to the first type epitaxial structures. The first adhesive layer is located between the first connection layer and the first type epitaxial substrate. The Young's modulus of the first connection layer is larger than the Young's modulus of the first adhesive layer. The first connection layer located between any two adjacent first type epitaxial structures is removed so as to form a plurality of first connection portions separated from each other. Each of the first connection portions is connected to the corresponding first type epitaxial structure.
US11094672B2	Composite IC chips including a chiplet embedded within metallization layers of a host IC chip Composite IC chip including a chiplet embedded within metallization levels of a host IC chip. The chiplet may include a device layer and one or more metallization layers interconnecting passive and/or active devices into chiplet circuitry. The host IC may include a device layer and one or more metallization layers interconnecting passive and/or active devices into host chip circuitry. Features of one of the chiplet metallization layers may be directly bonded to features of one of the host IC metallization layers, interconnecting the two circuitries into a composite circuitry. A dielectric material may be applied over the chiplet. The dielectric and chiplet may be thinned with a planarization process, and additional metallization layers fabricated over the chiplet and host chip, for example to form first level interconnect interfaces. The composite IC chip structure may be assembled into a package substantially as a monolithic IC chip.
US11094671B2	Package with thinned substrate A package includes a substrate, an Under-Bump Metallurgy (UBM) penetrating through the substrate, a solder region over and contacting the UBM, and an interconnect structure underlying the substrate. The interconnect structure is electrically coupled to the solder region through the UBM. A device die is underlying and bonded to the interconnect structure. The device die is electrically coupled to the solder region through the UBM and the interconnect structure. An encapsulating material encapsulates the device die therein.
US11094670B2	Semiconductor device assemblies including multiple shingled stacks of semiconductor dies A semiconductor device assembly includes a substrate having a plurality of external connections, a first shingled stack of semiconductor dies disposed directly over a first location on the substrate and electrically coupled to a first subset of the plurality of external connections, and a second shingled stack of semiconductor dies disposed directly over a second location on the substrate and electrically coupled to a second subset of the plurality of external connections. The semiconductor device assembly further includes an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the substrate, the first shingled stack and the second shingled stack.
US11094661B2	Bonded structure and method of manufacturing the same A highly reliable bonded structure having excellent thermal fatigue resistance characteristics and thermal stress relaxation characteristics is provided. The bonded structure of the present invention comprises a first member, a second member capable of being bonded to the first member, and a bonding part interposed between a first bond surface at the first member side and a second bond surface at the second member side to bond the first member and the second member. The bonding part has at least a bonding layer, a reinforcing layer, and an intermediate layer. The bonding layer is composed of an intermetallic compound and bonded to the first bond surface.
US11094658B2	Substrate, electronic substrate, and method for producing electronic substrate A substrate is capable of effectively reinforcing a connecting portion between an electronic component and the substrate. The substrate is a substrate on which a first electronic component having a plurality of bumps is to be mounted, and includes a base portion including an insulator and having, on the upper face thereof, at least one groove portion configured to store a tip portion of at least one of the bumps, and includes an electrode formed on at least the bottom face of the groove portion.
US11094655B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes forming a seed layer over a substrate and forming a first mask layer over the seed layer. The method also includes forming a first trench and a second trench in the first mask layer and forming a first conductive material in the first trench and the second trench. The method further includes forming a second mask layer in the first trench and over the first conductive material, and forming a second conductive material in the second trench and on the first conductive material. A first conductive connector is formed in the first trench with a first height, a second conductive connector is formed in the second trench with a second height, and the second height is greater than the first height.
US11094648B2	Power module A power module includes a base plate, a ceramic insulating substrate bonded on the base plate, and a semiconductor element bonded on the ceramic insulating substrate, wherein a surface of the base plate on a side opposite to the ceramic insulating substrate has a warp with a convex shape, and a linear thermal expansion coefficient α1 (×10−6/K) of the base plate and a linear thermal expansion coefficient α2 (×10−6/K) of the ceramic insulating substrate when a temperature decreases in the range of 25° C. to 150° C. satisfy the following Expression (1).  α ⁢ ⁢ 1 - α ⁢ ⁢ 2  ( α ⁢ ⁢ 1 + α ⁢ ⁢ 2 ) ⁢ / ⁢ 2 × 100 ≤ 10 ( 1 )
US11094644B2	Integrated circuit with scribe lane patterns for defect reduction In examples, a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit comprises locating a photomask between a light source and a semiconductor wafer having a photoresist layer in a wafer scribe lane of the wafer, wherein the photomask comprises: a first mask scribe lane pattern; a second mask scribe lane pattern matching the first mask scribe lane pattern; and at least one circuit pattern of the integrated circuit located between the first and second mask scribe lane patterns. The method further includes illuminating the photomask to produce in the photoresist layer of the wafer scribe lane a first exposed portion corresponding to the second mask scribe lane pattern; locating the first mask scribe lane pattern between the light source and the first exposed portion; and illuminating the photomask, wherein the first mask scribe lane pattern substantially shields non-exposed portions of the photoresist layer of the wafer scribe lane from light exposure.
US11094639B2	Semiconductor package The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor packaging, including forming a redistribution layer (RDL) on a carrier, defining an active portion and a dummy portion of the RDL, and placing a semiconductor die over the dummy portion of the RDL. The present disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of a package-on-package (PoP) semiconductor structure, including forming a first redistribution layer (RDL) on a polymer-based layer of a carrier, defining an active portion and a dummy portion of the first RDL, placing a semiconductor die over the dummy portion of the first RDL, a back side of the semiconductor die facing the first RDL, forming a second RDL over a front side of the semiconductor die, the front side having at least one contact pad, and attaching a semiconductor package at the back side of the semiconductor die.
US11094636B2	Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a mold substrate, at least one semiconductor chip disposed in the mold substrate and including chip pads, and a redistribution wiring layer covering a first surface of the mold substrate and including a first redistribution wiring and a second redistribution wiring stacked in at least two levels to be electrically connected to the chip pads. The first redistribution wiring includes a signal line extending in a first region, and the second redistribution wiring includes a ground line in a second region overlapping with the first region. The ground line has a plurality of through holes of polygonal column shapes.
US11094633B2	Bridge die design for high bandwidth memory interface A microelectronic package bridge can comprising a plurality of ground layers, and a plurality of signal layers interwoven with the plurality of ground layers. Each of the signal layers can include a plurality of electrically conductive pathways. Each of the electrically conductive pathways can be arranged to form an electrical connection between one of a first plurality of bumps of a first die and one of a second plurality of bumps of a second die. Each of the plurality of electrically conductive pathways can have a length substantially equal to one another.
US11094632B2	Semiconductor device with air gap and method for preparing the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method for preparing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of spacer bit lines disposed over a substrate; a plurality of dielectric pillars disposed over the substrate, between the plurality of spacer bit lines; and a sealing dielectric layer disposed over the plurality of spacer bit lines and the plurality of dielectric pillars such that air gaps are formed between the sealing dielectric layer and the substrate.
US11094630B2	Formation of semiconductor devices including electrically programmable fuses A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including an electrically programmable fuse includes forming conductive material within one or more openings formed through a dielectric material disposed on a first electrode, and forming one or more second electrodes by planarizing the conductive material. Forming the conductive material includes forming one or more voids encapsulated by the conductive material such that the one or more voids have boundaries defined in part by portions of the conductive material corresponding to fuse links disposed between the one or more voids and the dielectric material.
US11094626B2	Methods of forming interconnect structures in semiconductor fabrication A method of fabricating a semiconductor interconnect structure includes forming a via in a dielectric layer, depositing a ruthenium-containing conductive layer over a top surface of the via and a top surface of the dielectric layer, and patterning the ruthenium-containing conductive layer to form a conductive line over the top surface of the via, where a thickness of the conductive line is less than a thickness of the via.
US11094622B2	Packaged semiconductor devices and methods of packaging thereof Packaging methods for semiconductor devices and methods of packaging thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a device includes a packaging apparatus and contact pads disposed on the packaging apparatus. The contact pads are arranged in an array of rows and columns. The contact pads include first contact pads proximate a perimeter region of the packaging apparatus and second contact pads disposed in an interior region of the packaging apparatus. A dam structure that is continuous is disposed around the second contact pads. The contact pads comprise a mounting region for a semiconductor device.
US11094621B2	Display panel A display panel includes a substrate having an active zone, a pad zone, an external component zone, and a fan-out zone, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in the active zone, and a plurality of wire structures. The wire structures include a first wire structure and a second wire structure. The first wire structure includes a plurality of first inner connecting ends, a plurality of first outer connecting ends, and a first body. The second wire structure includes a plurality of second inner connecting ends, a plurality of second outer connecting ends, and a second body. The first wire structure has a first current A1, the second wire structure has a second current A2, and A1>A2. A number of the first inner connecting ends of the first wire structure is N1, a number of the second inner connecting ends of the second wire structure is N2, and N1>N2.
US11094620B2	Integrated capacitor with extended head bump bond pillar A microelectronic device has a die with a first electrically conductive pillar, and a second electrically conductive pillar, mechanically coupled to the die. The microelectronic device includes a first electrically conductive extended head electrically coupled to the first pillar, and a second electrically conductive extended head electrically coupled to the second pillar. The first pillar and the second pillar have equal compositions of electrically conductive material, as a result of being formed concurrently. Similarly, the first extended head and the second extended head have equal compositions of electrically conductive material, as a result of being formed concurrently. The first extended head provides a bump pad, and the second extended head provides at least a portion of a first plate of an integrated capacitor. A second plate may be located in the die, between the first plate and the die, or on an opposite of the first plate from the die.
US11094613B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor structure and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of interconnecting layers, a first connector, and a second connector. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of semiconductor devices therein. The interconnecting layers are disposed over the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to the semiconductor devices. The first connector is disposed over the plurality of interconnecting layers and extends to be in contact with a first level of the plurality of interconnecting layers. The second connector is disposed over the plurality of interconnecting layers and substantially leveled with the first connector. The second connector extends further than the first connector to be in contact with a second level of the plurality of interconnecting layers between the first level of the plurality of interconnecting layers and the semiconductor substrate, and the first connector is wider than the second connector.
US11094612B2	Semiconductor devices including through-silicon-vias and methods of manufacturing the same and semiconductor packages including the semiconductor devices A semiconductor device can include a substrate that has a surface. A via structure can extend through the substrate toward the surface of the substrate, where the via structure includes an upper surface. A pad structure can be on the surface of the substrate, where the pad structure can include a lower surface having at least one protrusion that is configured to protrude toward the upper surface of the via structure.
US11094611B2	Liquid cooled heat dissipation device A heat dissipating device which is liquid cooled includes a base and at least one heat dissipation fin connected to the base. The base includes a first cavity. The at least one heat dissipation fin comprising a second cavity communicating with the first cavity, the second cavity and the first cavity together form an accommodation cavity for accommodating a working fluid which forcefully applies cooling upon being heated sufficiently to be vaporized.
US11094608B2	Heat dissipation structure including stacked chips surrounded by thermal interface material rings The present disclosure describes heat dissipating structures that can be formed either in functional or non-functional areas of three-dimensional system on integrated chip structures. In some embodiments, the heat dissipating structures maintain an average operating temperature of memory dies or chips below about 90° C. For example, a structure includes a stack with chip layers, where each chip layer includes one or more chips and an edge portion. The structure further includes a thermal interface material disposed on the edge portion of each chip layer, a thermal interface material layer disposed over a top chip layer of the stack, and a heat sink over the thermal interface material layer.
US11094602B2	Semiconductor device package A semiconductor device package includes a carrier, a first interposer disposed and a second interposer. The second interposer is stacked on the first interposer, and the first interposer is mounted to the carrier. The combination of the first interposer and the second interposer is substantially T-shaped.
US11094601B2	Semiconductor element and method for producing the same A semiconductor element includes an element body and a test electrode. The element body has a principal surface facing in a thickness direction and a first side surface facing in a direction orthogonal to the principal surface and connected to the principal surface. The test electrode is disposed on the principal surface and is adjacent to the boundary between the principal surface and the first side surface. The element body is provided with a plurality of dents that straddle the boundary and are recessed from both the principal surface and the first side surface. The plurality of dents are arranged along the boundary.
US11094599B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor structure including a substrate, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device, a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), and a first interconnect structure is provided. The substrate has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The CMOS device includes an NMOS transistor and a PMOS transistor disposed on the substrate. The BJT includes a collector, a base and an emitter. The collector is disposed in the substrate. The base is disposed on the first side of the substrate. The emitter is disposed on the base. A top surface of a channel of the NMOS transistor, a top surface of a channel of the PMOS transistor and a top surface of the collector of the BJT have the same height. The first interconnect structure is electrically connected to the base at the first side of the substrate and extends to the second side of the substrate.
US11094598B2	Multiple threshold voltage devices The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to multiple threshold voltage devices and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate dielectric material; a gate material on the gate dielectric material, the gate material comprising different thickness in different regions each of which are structured for devices having a different Vt; and a workfunction material on the gate material.
US11094597B2	Structure and formation method of semiconductor device with fin structures A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes forming a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin over a semiconductor substrate. The second semiconductor fin is wider than the first semiconductor fin. The method also includes forming a gate stack over the semiconductor substrate, and the gate stack extends across the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin. The method further includes forming a first source/drain structure on the first semiconductor fin, and the first source/drain structure is p-type doped. In addition, the method includes forming a second source/drain structure on the second semiconductor fin, and the second source/drain structure is n-type doped.
US11094584B2	Method of forming semiconductor device including polysilicon structures A method of making a semiconductor device includes depositing a first polysilicon layer over a substrate. The method further includes forming a barrier layer over the first polysilicon layer. The method further includes patterning the first polysilicon layer. The method further includes depositing a second polysilicon layer over the barrier layer, wherein the depositing of the second polysilicon layer includes increasing a grain size of the first polysilicon layer, and causing at least one grain boundary in the first polysilicon layer to contact the barrier layer.
US11094581B2	IC structure with air gaps and protective layer and method for manufacturing the same Provided is an integrated circuit structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The integrated circuit structure comprises a substrate; a plurality of interconnecting structures on the substrate, each of the interconnecting structures comprises side surfaces and a top surface, the side surfaces directly define air gaps therebetween isolating the interconnecting structures from each other; and a planar protective layer on top of the plurality of interconnecting structures covering all of the air gaps. The protective layer comprises a sheltering film and a supporting film.
US11094579B2	Method of forming shallow trench isolation structure A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes depositing a mask layer over a substrate. The method includes etching the substrate to define a first opening. The method includes depositing a sacrificial material in the first opening. The method includes depositing a dielectric liner along sidewalls of the first opening, wherein a bottom surface of the dielectric liner contacts the sacrificial material. The method includes removing the sacrificial material. The method includes etching the substrate to enlarge the first opening to define a second opening. The second opening includes a first portion extending a first depth from the dielectric material in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, and a second portion extending in a second direction, parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The method includes removing the dielectric liner. The method includes filling the second opening with a dielectric material.
US11094578B2	Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layer stack, a switch device, and an air void. The multi-layer stack is buried in the semiconductor substrate. The multi-layer stack includes a first filling layer and a second filling layer under the first filling layer, the first filling layer has a first etching rate, the second filling layer has a second etching rate, and the first etching rate and the second etching rate are different. The switch device is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The air void is formed in the multi-layer stack and under the switch device. The air void is surrounded by dielectric filling material.
US11094576B1	Methods for producing a 3D semiconductor memory device and structure A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits including first single crystal transistors; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching first holes within the second level; forming at least one third level above the at least one second level; performing a second etch step including etching second holes within the third level; and performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within the second level and a plurality of second memory cells within the third level, where the etching first holes includes performing a lithography step aligned to the first alignment marks.
US11094571B2	Apparatus to increase transferspeed of semiconductor devices with micro-adjustment An apparatus for executing a direct transfer of a semiconductor device die from a first substrate to a second substrate. The apparatus includes a first substrate conveyance mechanism movable in two axes. A micro-adjustment mechanism is coupled with the first substrate conveyance mechanism and is configured to hold the first substrate and to make positional adjustments on a scale smaller than positional adjustments caused by the first substrate conveyance mechanism. The micro-adjustment mechanism includes a micro-adjustment actuator having a distal end and a first substrate holder frame that is movable via contact with the distal end of the micro-adjustment actuator. A second frame is configured to secure the second substrate such that a transfer surface is disposed facing the semiconductor device die disposed on a surface of the first substrate. A transfer mechanism is configured to press the semiconductor device die into contact with the transfer surface of the substrate.
US11094570B2	Load port having movable member that abuts a pin A load port includes a first pin projecting on a dock plate and provided on the dock plate so as to be pushed down, and a first detection unit provided on the base portion and configured to detect that the dock plate is located at a first position. The first detection unit includes a movable member capable of displacing in a moving direction of the dock plate, and a first sensor configured to detect the displacement of the movable member. The movable member is arranged at a position to abut against the first pin that is in a pushed down state in a process in which the dock plate moves from a second position to the first position.
US11094568B2	Processing apparatus, abnormality detection method, and storage medium A processing apparatus includes a chamber configured to accommodate a substrate to be processed, a nozzle provided in the chamber and configured to supply a processing solution to the substrate, a flow rate measuring part configured to measure a flow rate of the processing solution supplied to the nozzle, a flow path opening/closing part configured to open and close a supply flow path of the processing solution to the nozzle, and a controller configured to output a close signal causing the flow path opening/closing part to perform a closing operation that closes the supply flow path. The controller is configured to detect an operation abnormality of the flow path opening/closing part based on an accumulated amount of the flow rate measured by the flow rate measuring part after outputting the close signal.
US11094567B2	Mounting apparatus and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A mounting apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device by bonding a semiconductor chip (12) to a mounted object that is a substrate (30) or another semiconductor chip (12) is provided. The mounting apparatus includes: a stage (120) on which the substrate (30) is placed, a mounting head (124) that is capable of moving relative to the stage (120) and bonds the semiconductor chip (12) to the mounted object, and an irradiation unit (108 that irradiates, from a lower side of the stage (120), an electromagnetic wave transmitting through the stage and heating the substrate (30). The stage (120) has a first layer (122) formed on an upper surface side, and the first layer (122) has a greater thermal resistance in a plane direction than the thermal resistance in a thickness direction.
US11094566B2	Substrate heating apparatus including heater under substrate support and substrate processing apparatus using the same A substrate heating apparatus includes: a substrate support configured to substantially horizontally support a substrate; a heater provided below the substrate support substantially parallel to the substrate, and having a predetermined planar shape; and a side portion extending downward from an outer peripheral portion of the heater.
US11094564B2	Processing liquid supplying apparatus, substrate processing apparatus and processing liquid supplying method A processing liquid supplying apparatus supplies a processing liquid to a processing unit which processes a substrate. The processing liquid supplying apparatus includes a supply pipe to which a processing liquid inside a processing liquid tank that stores the processing liquid is fed and which supplies the processing liquid, which is fed from the processing liquid tank, to the processing unit, a return pipe which is branched and connected to the supply pipe to return a processing liquid inside the supply pipe to the processing liquid tank, a first heating unit which heats a processing liquid inside an upstream-side portion to be heated that is set in the supply pipe upstream from a branched position to which the return pipe is connected, a second heating unit which heats a processing liquid inside a downstream-side portion to be heated that is set in the supply pipe downstream from the branched position, a cooling unit which cools a processing liquid inside a portion to be cooled that is set in the return pipe, and a first filter which is interposed in the supply pipe upstream from the upstream-side portion to be heated and removes particles in a processing liquid.
US11094560B1	Encapsulated semiconductor package A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes mounting and electrically connecting a semiconductor die to a substrate. The semiconductor die and the substrate are encapsulated to form an encapsulation. Via holes are laser-ablated through the encapsulation and conductive material is deposited within the via holes to form vias. A first buildup dielectric layer is formed on the encapsulation. Laser-ablated artifacts are laser-ablated in the first buildup layer. The laser-ablated artifacts in the first buildup layer are filled with a first metal layer to form a first electrically conductive pattern in the first build up layer. The operations of forming a buildup layer, forming laser-ablated artifacts in the buildup layer, and filling the laser-ablated artifacts with an electrically conductive material to form an electrically conductive pattern can be performed any one of a number of times to achieve the desired redistribution.
US11094559B2	Method of fastening a semiconductor chip on a lead frame, and electronic component A method of attaching a semiconductor chip on a lead frame includes A) providing a semiconductor chip, B) applying a solder metal layer sequence to the semiconductor chip, wherein the solder metal layer sequence includes a first metallic layer including indium or an indium-tin alloy, C) providing a lead frame, D) applying a metallization layer sequence to the lead frame, wherein the metallization layer sequence includes a fourth layer including indium and/or tin arranged above the lead frame and a third layer including gold arranged above the fourth layer, E) forming an intermetallic intermediate layer including gold and indium, gold and tin or gold, tin and indium, G) applying the semiconductor chip to the lead frame via the solder metal layer sequence and the intermetallic intermediate layer, and H) heating the arrangement produced in G) to attach the semiconductor chip to the lead frame.
US11094552B2	Method for etching recessed structures A method for manufacturing recessed micromechanical structures in a wafer. A first etching mask and a second etching mask are patterned on the horizontal face of the wafer. The second etching mask defines at least one recess area and the first etching mask defines at least one etch-control area within the at least one recess area. The placement, number and dimensions of the etch-control areas influence the vertical etch rate of the recessed structure. Adjacent structures can be etched to different recess depths by selecting suitable etch-control areas.
US11094551B2	Plasma processing method and plasma processing apparatus A plasma processing method performed using a plasma processing apparatus includes a first step of forming a first film on a pattern formed on a substrate and having dense and coarse areas, and a second step of performing sputtering or etching on the first film.
US11094547B2	Method for producing wiring structure Provided is a method for producing a wiring structural body provided with a wiring pattern, the method including a first step of forming an insulating layer on a surface of a silicon substrate along at least a region for forming the wiring pattern, a second step of forming a boron layer on the insulating layer along the region, and a third step of forming a metal layer on the boron layer by plating.
US11094543B1	Defect correction on metal resists A method for forming a semiconductor device includes depositing a metal resist layer over a layer to be patterned that is formed over a substrate; patterning the metal resist layer using a lithography process to form a patterned metal resist layer and expose portions of the layer to be patterned; selectively depositing a silicon containing layer over the patterned resist layer by exposing the substrate to a gas mixture comprising a silicon precursor, the silicon containing layer being preferentially deposited over a top surface of the metal resist layer; and performing a surface cleaning process by exposing the layer to be patterned and the patterned metal resist layer covered with the silicon containing layer to a plasma process with an etch chemistry comprising a halogen or hydrogen.
US11094535B2	Selective passivation and selective deposition Methods for selective deposition, and structures thereof, are provided. Material is selectively deposited on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of a different material composition. A passivation layer is selectively formed from vapor phase reactants on the first surface while leaving the second surface without the passivation layer. A layer of interest is selectively deposited from vapor phase reactants on the second surface relative to the passivation layer. The first surface can be metallic while the second surface is dielectric, or the second surface is dielectric while the second surface is metallic. Accordingly, material, such as a dielectric, can be selectively deposited on either metallic or dielectric surfaces relative to the other type of surface using techniques described herein. Techniques and resultant structures are also disclosed for control of positioning and shape of layer edges relative to boundaries between underlying disparate materials.
US11094534B2	Surface oxidation method for wafer A surface oxidation method for a wafer, the method comprises: raising a temperature on the wafer in an oxidation atmosphere, the temperature is raised from a start temperature to a target temperature at a temperature raising rate greater than 5° C./min, the temperature is raised in a vertical furnace tube of an annealing furnace, the vertical furnace tube includes a gas intake conduit arranged on a side wall, the gas intake conduit includes a gas inlet arranged to be proximate to a bottom of the vertical furnace tube and a gas outlet arranged to be proximate to a top of the furnace tube, the wafer overlying the vertical furnace tube; and isothermally oxidizing the wafer at the target temperature in the oxidation atmosphere.
US11094533B2	Doped and undoped vanadium oxides for low-k spacer applications A microelectronic device on a semiconductor substrate comprises: a gate electrode; and a spacer adjacent to the gate electrode, the spacer comprising: a the low-k dielectric film comprising one or more species of vanadium oxide, which is optionally doped, and an optional silicon nitride or oxide film. Methods comprise depositing a low-k dielectric film optionally sandwiched by a silicon nitride or oxide film to form a spacer adjacent to a gate electrode of a microelectronic device on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the low-k dielectric film comprises a vanadium-containing film.
US11094531B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a gate, and a phosphorus containing dielectric layer. The gate is on the substrate. The phosphorus containing dielectric layer is on the gate. The phosphorus containing dielectric layer has a varied phosphorus dopant density distribution profile.
US11094528B2	Surface treatment of substrates using passivation layers Processes and apparatuses for the treatment of semiconductor workpieces are provided. In some embodiments, a method can include placing the workpiece in a processing chamber. The processing chamber can be separated from a plasma chamber by a separation grid assembly. The method can include forming a passivation layer on the workpiece in the processing chamber using radicals generated in a first plasma in the plasma chamber. The method can include performing a surface treatment process on the workpiece in the processing chamber using a second plasma generated in the plasma chamber.
US11094525B2	Method for cleaning semiconductor wafer A method for cleaning a semiconductor wafer, including: supplying a semiconductor wafer whose surface has an oxide film formed thereon with a cleaning solution capable of removing the oxide film; and cleaning, while rotating, the semiconductor wafer to remove the oxide film formed on the surface of the semiconductor wafer. The oxide film is removed such that a rotational speed of the semiconductor wafer is 300 rpm or more after the cleaning with the cleaning solution is started and before a water-repelling surface is attained, and then the rotational speed of the semiconductor wafer is changed to 100 rpm or less to completely remove the oxide film. A method for cleaning a semiconductor wafer by which both surface roughness improvement and surface defect suppression can be achieved.
US11094524B2	Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing method includes a substrate holding step of horizontally holding a substrate, a liquid film forming step of supplying a processing liquid onto the upper surface of the substrate to form a liquid film of the processing liquid covering the upper surface of the substrate, a liquid film-removed region-forming step of partially eliminating the processing liquid from the liquid film of the processing liquid to form a liquid film-removed region in the liquid film of the processing liquid, a liquid film-removed region enlarging step of enlarging the liquid film-removed region toward the outer periphery of the substrate, and a hydrogen fluoride atmosphere-holding step of keeping the ambient atmosphere at the boundary between the liquid film-removed region and the liquid film of the processing liquid as an atmosphere of hydrogen fluoride-containing vapor, in parallel with the liquid film-removed region enlarging step.
US11094522B2	Multiturn time-of-flight mass spectrometer and method for producing the same To compensate for the distortion of the loop-flight electric field with a higher level of accuracy, a multiturn time-of-flight mass spectrometer 1 includes: a main electrode 21 configured to generate, within a predetermined loop-flight space, a loop-flight electric field which is an electric field that makes an ion fly in a loop orbit multiple times, the main electrode having an opening 24 or 25 through which ions are introduced into or extracted from the loop-flight space; a compensating-electrode attachment part 23 made of an insulating material and fixed to the main electrode; and a compensating electrode 22 configured to compensate for a distortion of the loop-flight electric field which occurs in the vicinity of the opening, the compensating electrode being fixed to the compensating-electrode attachment part directly or via a substrate 221 and located in the vicinity of the opening.
US11094519B2	Collision surface for improved ionisation An apparatus for performing ambient ionisation mass and/or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially cylindrical, tubular, rod-shaped, coil-shaped, helical or spiral-shaped collision assembly; and a first device arranged and adapted to direct analyte, smoke, fumes, liquid, gas, surgical smoke, aerosol or vapour onto said collision assembly.
US11094515B2	Sputtering apparatus and sputtering method A sputtering apparatus has a vacuum chamber capable of arranging a target material and a substrate therein so as to face each other, a DC power supply capable of electrically being connected to the target material, and a pulsing unit pulsing electric current flowing in the target material from the DC power supply, in which plasma is generated in the vacuum chamber to form a thin film on the substrate, including an ammeter measuring electric current flowing in the pulsing unit from the DC power supply, a power supply controller performing feedback control of the DC power supply so that a current value measured by the ammeter becomes a prescribed value and a pulse controller indicating a pulse cycle shifted from a control cycle of the DC power supply by the power supply controller to the pulsing unit.
US11094514B2	Rotatable sputtering target A rotatable sputtering target has a target material, a back tube and a joint piece. The joint piece is disposed between the target material and the back tube. The joint piece has a compressible structure and an electrically and thermally conductive adhesive. Particularly, the compressible structure being a compressible blanket or a compressible sheet has multiple through holes and thus the electrically and thermally conductive adhesive is filled in the through holes and then directly formed between the target material and the back tube. Using the joint piece to joint the target material and the back tube not only maintains the joint strength but also elevates the tolerable power of the rotatable sputtering target, which can increase the sputtering efficiency.
US11094513B2	Sputtering apparatus including cathode with rotatable targets, and related methods Certain example embodiments relate to sputtering apparatuses that include a plurality of targets such that a first one or ones of target(s) may be used for sputtering in a first mode, while a second one or ones of target(s) may be used for sputtering in a second mode. Modes may be switched in certain example embodiments by rotating the position of the targets, e.g., such that one or more target(s) to be used protrude into the main chamber of the apparatus, while one or more target(s) to be unused are recessed into a body portion of a cathode of (e.g., integrally formed with) the sputtering apparatus. The targets may be cylindrical magnetic targets or planar targets. At least one target location also may be made to accommodate an ion beam source.
US11094507B2	Power generation systems and methods for plasma stability and control Embodiments are described herein for power generation systems and methods that use quadrature splitters and combiners to facilitate plasma stability and control. For one embodiment, a quadrature splitter receives an input signal and generates a first and second signals as outputs with the second signal being ninety degrees out of phase with respect to the first signal. Two amplifiers then generate a first and second amplified signals. A quadrature combiner receives the first and second amplified signals and generates a combined amplified signal that represents re-aligned versions of the first and second amplified signals. The power amplifiers can be combined into a system to generate a high power output to a processing chamber. Further, detectors can generate measurements used to monitor and control power generation. The power amplifiers, system, and methods provide significant advantages for high-power generation delivered to process chambers for plasma generation during plasma processing.
US11094505B2	Substrate processing apparatus, storage medium and substrate processing method Examples of a substrate processing apparatus include a signal transmitter that outputs a command signal, and an RF generator that receives the command signal, starts to output traveling wave power simultaneously with a first transition of the command signal, measures a delay time, which is a time period after the first transition of the command signal until a predetermined power-applied state is achieved on a receiving side of the traveling wave power, and stops outputting the traveling wave power when the delay time elapses after a second transition of the command signal.
US11094499B1	Apparatus of charged-particle beam such as electron microscope comprising sliding specimen table within objective lens The present invention provides an apparatus of charged-particle beam such as an electron microscope including a specimen table that can slide on a planar surface around the lower pole piece of the objective lens. The specimen table is confined in a specimen stage having one elastic protrusion and one or more elastic force receiving parts (e.g three permanent protrusions) that contact and press the table. When the specimen is under microscopic examination, disturbing vibration cannot generate a force sufficient to overcome the limiting friction between the specimen table and the planar surface of the objective lens. The invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as minimal or zero vibration noise, and improved image quality, among others.
US11094498B2	Monochromator and charged particle beam system There is provided a monochromator capable of reducing angular dispersion in electron rays. In the monochromator, a first Wien filter and a second Wien filter are arranged symmetrically with respect to a first plane of symmetry. A third Wien filter and a fourth Wien filter are arranged symmetrically with respect to a second plane of symmetry. A pair of the first and second Wien filters and a pair of the third and fourth Wien filters are arranged symmetrically with respect to a third plane of symmetry. The first through fourth Wien filters produce their respective electromagnetic fields which are identical in sense and strength.
US11094497B2	X-ray source target In one embodiment, an X-ray source includes a source target configured to generate X-rays when impacted by an electron beam. The source target includes one or more thermally conductive layers; and one or more X-ray generating layers interleaved with the thermally conductive layers, wherein at least one X-ray generating layer comprises regions of X-ray generating material separated by thermally conductive material within the respective X-ray generating layer.
US11094496B2	Device for controlling electron flow and method for manufacturing said device A device for controlling electron flow is provided. The device comprises a cathode, an elongate electrical conductor embedded in a diamond substrate, an anode, and a control electrode provided on the substrate surface for modifying the electric field in the region of the end of the conductor. A method of manufacturing the device is also provided.
US11094495B1	Alkali semi-metal films and method and apparatus for fabricating them Methods and systems for fabricating a film, such as, for example, a photocathode, having a tailored band structure and thin-film components that can be tailored for specific applications, such as, for example photocathode having a high quantum efficiency, and simple components fabricated by those methods.
US11094490B2	Method and apparatus for automatic engagement of arc reduction technology An automatic actuator assembly including a passive actuator assembly and a detection assembly is operatively coupled to an arc reduction assembly. The passive actuator assembly is coupled to the arc reduction assembly and structured to move the arc reduction assembly between a disengaged, first configuration and an engaged, second configuration.
US11094486B2	Magnetic trigger arrangement A trigger arrangement for a scanning system can include a sealed housing configured to support a scanning device, a trigger, and an actuation device configured to control functionality of the scanning device. A first magnet can be positioned outside of the sealed housing and can be configured to be selectively moved by the trigger. A second magnet configured to be repelled by the first magnet can be positioned inside of the sealed housing. A connecting member that supports the second magnet can be configured to transfer force from the second magnet to the actuation device. Some configurations can provide tactile feedback to a user when the trigger is used.
US11094485B2	Medium voltage contactor A contactor for medium voltage electric systems including: one or more electric poles; for each electric pole, a fixed contact and a corresponding movable contact reversibly movable between a first position, at which the movable contact is decoupled from the fixed contact, and a second position, at which the movable contact is coupled with the fixed contact; an electromagnetic actuator including a magnetic yoke having a fixed yoke member and a movable yoke member, the movable yoke member reversibly movable between a third position corresponding to the first position of the movable contacts, at which the movable yoke member is decoupled from the fixed yoke member, and a fourth position, corresponding to the second position of the movable contacts, at which the movable yoke member is coupled with the fixed yoke member, the electromagnetic actuator including an excitation circuit assembly including an excitation coil wound around the magnetic yoke and electrically connected with an auxiliary electric power supply to be fed with an excitation current to generate an excitation magnetic flux to move the movable yoke member from the third position to the fourth position or to maintain the movable yoke member in the fourth position; an opening springs operatively coupled with the movable yoke member to move the movable yoke member from the fourth position to the third position; a kinematic chain to operatively connect said movable yoke member with said movable contacts. The electromagnetic actuator including camping circuit assembly comprising a damping coil arranged to form a conductive loop adapted to be at least partially enchained with the excitation magnetic flux generated by the excitation current flowing along the excitation coil, when the auxiliary electric power supply provides the excitation current to the excitation coil, so that a secondary current circulates along the damping coil when the excitation magnetic flux is subject to a transient.
US11094484B2	Insulating medium for an electric energy transmission device An insulating medium for an electric energy transmission device is a fluid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure and has at least the following components ≥50% by volume to ≤98% by volume of synthetic air, and ≥2% by volume to ≤50% by volume of an organic fluorine compound. An electric arc extinguishing medium and a fluid-insulated electric energy transmission device are also provided.
US11094481B2	Keyswitch capable of identifying keycap change A keyswitch capable of identifying keycap change includes a substrate, a keycap, a resilient component, an optical detection module and a processor. The keycap is disposed above the substrate and includes a reflective element. The optical detection module is disposed on the substrate and adapted to receive an optical signal reflected from the reflective element. The processor is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the optical detection module. The processor is adapted to analyze the optical signal for acquiring a type and a movement of the keycap. The keyswitch further includes a supporting component and a membrane. An end of the supporting component is connected to the keycap, and the other end of the supporting component is connected to the substrate. The membrane has light penetrating property and is disposed above the optical detection module.
US11094480B2	Keyboard device A keyboard device includes a substrate, a membrane circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, a first fixing board, and a second fixing board. The substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side edge. The substrate further includes an offset protrusion protruding from the top surface and forms a recessed area on the bottom surface. The membrane circuit board is disposed on the top surface. The membrane circuit board includes an outlet area correspondingly disposed on the offset protrusion. The flexible printed circuit board is disposed on the bottom surface. The flexible printed circuit board includes a fixed portion, a folded portion, and an electrical connection end. The fixed portion is received in the recessed area. The first fixing board is correspondingly disposed on the offset protrusion. The second fixing board is correspondingly received in the recessed area and assembled with the first fixing board.
US11094478B2	Clad material for electric contacts and method for producing the clad material The present invention is a clad material for an electric contact, including a base material composed of a Cu-based, precipitation-type age-hardening material, and a contact material composed of an Ag alloy bonded to the base material. On a bonded interface between the contact material and the base material, a width of a diffusion region including Ag and Cu is 2.0 μm or shorter. The clad material is produced by bonding each other the contact material and the base material having undergone solutionizing and age-hardening beforehand, suppressing the diffusion region from expanding after bonding. The present invention is capable of providing an electric contact, which achieves higher conductivity, without sacrificing property of the Cu-based, precipitation-type age-hardening material.
US11094477B2	Tensioning gear mechanism for tensioning a stored-energy spring of a spring-type stored-energy drive A charging mechanism charges a stored-energy spring of a stored-energy spring mechanism. The charging mechanism contains a charging gear coupled to the stored-energy spring, an intermediate shaft coupled to the charging gear, an idler gear, a freewheel coupled to the idler gear, a locking mechanism for releasably locking the charging gear in a charged state of the stored-energy spring, and a dog clutch that couples the freewheel to the intermediate shaft to charge the stored-energy spring and uncouples same from the intermediate shaft in the charged state of the stored-energy spring. The dog clutch contains a first clutch block that is non-rotatably coupled to the intermediate shaft, a second clutch block connected to the freewheel, and a synchronizer ring disposed between the clutch blocks and is non-rotatably coupled to the first clutch block, the synchronizer ring is pressed against the second clutch block when the dog clutch is closed.
US11094473B2	All-day solar cell system integrating high capacity photochromic storage and discharge The invention provides an all-day solar cell system that is capable of simultaneously generating and storing electricity, which allows efficient photocharge during the day and discharge at night.
US11094471B2	Electrolytic capacitor An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a liquid. The capacitor element includes an anode foil, a cathode foil disposed to face the anode foil, and a conductive polymer layer that is disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil. A first layer including at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon, nickel, a nickel compound, titanium, and a titanium compound is disposed on the cathode foil. The conductive polymer layer includes a conductive polymer. A proportion of water in the liquid ranges from 0.1% by mass to 6.0% by mass, inclusive.
US11094470B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a stacked body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes. External electrodes are provided on end surfaces of the stacked body. The internal electrodes include a first internal electrode, a second internal electrode, a third internal electrode, a fourth internal electrode, a fifth internal electrode, and a sixth internal electrode. The first internal electrode and the second internal electrode, and the third internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode are provided on a dielectric layer in a same plane, and the fifth internal electrode and the sixth internal electrode are provided on a dielectric layer in a same plane different from the dielectric layer on which the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode, and the third internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode are provided.
US11094468B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes alternately laminated with respective dielectric layers disposed therebetween to be exposed to first and second external surfaces of the ceramic body, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second external surfaces of the ceramic body and connected to corresponding internal electrodes, among the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The dielectric layer includes a portion, disposed between the first and second external electrodes, having a thickness of 3.5 micrometers or more to 3.7 micrometers or less.
US11094467B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and board having the same A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body having a plurality of dielectric layers stacked therein, and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with at least one among the plurality of dielectric layers interposed therebetween. The first internal electrodes include first and second lead portions exposed to a mounting surface of the ceramic body, and disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the ceramic body. The second internal electrodes include a third lead portion exposed to the mounting surface of the ceramic body, and disposed between the first and second lead portions in the length direction of the ceramic body.
US11094465B2	Electronic component with external electrodes including conductive resin layer An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other and adjacent to the principal surface, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other and adjacent to the principal surface and the pair of side surfaces. An external electrode includes a sintered metal layer disposed on an end portion of the element body, and a conductive resin layer including a portion positioned on the principal surface and a portion positioned on the sintered metal layer. An end edge of the sintered metal layer is positioned closer to the end surface than a maximum thickness position of the portion positioned on the principal surface. A thickness of the conductive resin layer gradually decreases from the maximum thickness position to the portion positioned on the sintered metal layer.
US11094463B2	Method for manufacturing spherical ceramic-glass nanocomposite dielectrics for multilayer ceramic capacitor applications Spherical ceramic-glass nanocomposite dielectrics made from ceramics and glasses that are separately pre-milled by mechanical ball milling using selected ball-to-powder weight ratios and combined to form a mixture that is ball milled. A stable liquid suspension of the milled mixture including an added dispersant such as polyacrylic acid to improve uniformity is spray dried through a nozzle and recovered product is annealed. The novel dielectrics have a microstructure where ceramic primary particles are uniformly distributed and fully embedded in a glass matrix. The dielectrics have a mean particle size of about 1-20 um and a sphericity of about 0.8 or higher which are suitable for fabricating multilayer ceramic capacitors for high temperature applications. The novel dielectrics afford decreased sintering temperature, enhanced breakdown strength, lower dielectric lose tangent, and lower costs. Calcium titanate zirconate with manganese-doping-based or barium titanate-based dielectric ceramics and alkali-free borosilicate glass produce superior nanocomposite dielectrics.
US11094462B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a laminate, a first external electrode on a first end surface of the laminate, and a second external electrode on a second end surface of the laminate. The laminate includes a central layer portion in which each first internal electrode layer and each second internal electrode layer oppose each other with a dielectric ceramic layer therebetween, peripheral layer portions sandwiching the central layer portion in a lamination direction, and side margins sandwiching the central layer portion and the peripheral layer portions in a width direction. The side margins each include multiple ceramic layers laminated in the width direction, and the ceramic layers include an inner layer disposed closest to the laminate and an outer layer disposed farthest from the laminate.
US11094460B2	Capacitor component A capacitor component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; first and second external electrodes including first and second connection portions, and first and second band portions extending onto portions of a surface from the first and second connection portions, respectively; first and second plating layers disposed on the first and second band portions, respectively; humidity resistant layers disposed between the first and second external electrodes, disposed on the first and second external electrodes, and having openings respectively exposing portions of the first and second band portions. The first and second plating layers are disposed in the openings of the humidity resistant layers, respectively, and are in contact with the first and second band portions, respectively.
US11094459B2	Substrates with integrated three dimensional inductors with via columns This disclosure relates generally to substrates having three dimensional (3D) inductors and methods of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the 3D inductor is a solenoid inductor where the exterior edge contour of the winding ends is substantially the same and substantially aligned with the exterior edge contour of the exterior edge contour of conductive vias that connect the windings. In this manner, there is no overhang between the windings and the conductive vias. In another embodiment of the 3D inductor, via columns connect connector plates. The via column attachment surfaces of each of the conductive vias in each of the columns is the same and substantially aligned. In this manner, carrier pads are not needed and there is no overhand between the conductive vias.
US11094458B2	Coil component and method for manufacturing the same A coil component includes a magnetic body and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the magnetic body. The magnetic body includes a support member including a through hole, filled with a magnetic material, and a via hole, a coil disposed on at least one surface of the support member, and a magnetic material encapsulating the coil and the support member. A first conductive layer is disposed on a side surface of the via hole formed in the support member and the at least one surface of the support member. The via hole is filled with a portion of the second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer.
US11094457B2	Method for manufacturing laminated iron core A method for manufacturing a laminated iron core includes preheating a laminated body in which a plurality of iron core pieces are laminated and which includes a resin filling hole, measuring a temperature of the laminated body after preheating the laminated body, determining whether or not the temperature measured is within a predetermined range, feeding the laminated body into a molding device in a case where it is determined that the temperature is within the predetermined range, and filling the resin filling hole of the laminated body with a resin material in the molding device.
US11094456B2	Wireless power transmission device A wireless power transmission device is disclosed. The wireless power transmission device comprises a first coil and a second coil electromagnetically coupled to the first coil without contacting the first coil. A portion of one of the first coil and the second coil extends through a space defined by the other of the first coil and the second coil.
US11094455B2	Module with reversely coupled inductors and magnetic molded compound (MMC) A device includes a first inductor and a second inductor reversely coupled with the first inductor, wherein the first and second inductors have overlapping windings. The device also includes a housing for the first and second inductor, wherein the housing is filled with a magnetic molding compound.
US11094453B2	Electronic device and method for manufacturing electronic device A substrate includes primary side terminal holes into which the primary side terminals are inserted, secondary side terminal holes into which the secondary side terminals are inserted, and a slit disposed between the primary side terminal holes and the secondary side terminal holes. A transformer is mounted from the side of a mounting surface of the substrate. An insulating member is inserted into the slit from the side of a soldering surface of the substrate. The insulating member includes a protrusion portion that protrudes outside an area defined by virtual lines which are direct extension lines of the width of the slit to the side of the soldering surface. The protrusion portion is formed at a position more distant from the substrate than an end position of the shortest terminal of the primary side terminals and the secondary side terminals from the soldering surface of the substrate.
US11094452B2	Power converter A power converter includes a magnetic core, a plurality of windings, a plurality of metal sidewalls, a first insulating member, and a second insulating member. The plurality of windings are each wound around the magnetic core and bent to have a portion extending in a direction in which the magnetic core extends. The plurality of metal sidewalls are disposed outside the plurality of windings and extend in the direction in which the magnetic core extends. The first insulating member is disposed between the plurality of windings and between the windings and the magnetic core. The second insulating member is disposed on an outside of the plurality of windings and in contact with each of the plurality of sidewalls and each of the plurality of windings. The second insulating member has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the first insulating member.
US11094446B2	Rogowski coil with low permeability core A Rogowski coil includes a magnetic core and a winding. The magnetic core includes an encircling body. The winding includes a conductive wire. The winding is disposed in a generally helical coil about the core body.
US11094444B2	Coil component A coil component including a multilayer body, at least one coil provided inside the multilayer body, and outer electrodes disposed on at least one surface of the multilayer body. The multilayer body includes a first magnetic layer, an insulating layer laminated on the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer laminated on the insulating layer. The coil has, at both ends thereof, lead-out portions, each of which extends up to the surface of the multilayer body and is connected to a respective one of the outer electrodes. The outer electrodes are each present over surfaces of the first magnetic layer, the insulating layer, and the second magnetic layer, and a width of a portion of at least one of the outer electrodes contacting the insulating layer is larger than widths of each of portions of that outer electrode contacting the first and second magnetic layers.
US11094439B2	Grooved, stacked-plate superconducting magnets and electrically conductive terminal blocks Described herein are concepts, system and techniques which provide a means to construct robust high-field superconducting magnets using simple fabrication techniques and modular components that scale well toward commercialization. The resulting magnet assembly—which utilizes non-insulated, high temperature superconducting tapes (HTS) and provides for optimized coolant pathways—is inherently strong structurally, which enables maximum utilization of the high magnetic fields available with HTS technology. In addition, the concepts described herein provide for control of quench-induced current distributions within the tape stack and surrounding superstructure to safely dissipate quench energy, while at the same time obtaining acceptable magnet charge time. The net result is a structurally and thermally robust, high-field magnet assembly that is passively protected against quench fault conditions.
US11094438B2	Feedback control for no-insulation high-temperature superconducting magnet An active feedback controller for a power supply current of a no-insulation (NI) high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet to reduce or eliminate the charging delay of the NI HTS magnet and to linearize the magnet constant.
US11094435B2	Bushing element and system composed of a separator and a bushing element The invention relates to a bushing element for providing an electrically conductive connection through a separator, comprising an element body for positive or at least substantially positive insertion into a bushing receptacle of the separator, the element body comprising a continuously electrically conductive conducting portion for providing the electrically conductive connection and at least one electrically insulating portion for insulating the conducting portion against an inner surface of the bushing receptacle that encloses the conducting portion peripherally at least in part. The invention further relates to a system that is composed of a separator and a bushing element for providing an electrically conductive connection through the separator, the separator having a bushing receptacle into which the bushing element is inserted in a positive or at least substantially positive manner.
US11094433B2	Braided flat conductive tape A method of forming a flat conductor that includes aligning multiple strands of flat conductive tape adjacent to each other, and braiding the strands of flat conductive tape to each other by sequentially bending one of the strands of flat conductive tape over the other strands of flat conductive tape to create a braided flat conductive tape. Each end of the braided flat conductive tape is connected to an electrical assembly for carrying electrical current therethrough.
US11094426B2	Vacuum chamber arrangement for charged particle beam generator The invention relates to charged particle beam generator comprising a charged particle source for generating a charged particle beam, a collimator system comprising a collimator structure with a plurality of collimator electrodes for collimating the charged particle beam, a beam source vacuum chamber comprising the charged particle source, and a generator vacuum chamber comprising the collimator structure and the beam source vacuum chamber within a vacuum, wherein the collimator system is positioned outside the beam source vacuum chamber. Each of the beam source vacuum chamber and the generator vacuum chamber may be provided with a vacuum pump.
US11094425B2	Thermionic power cell A thermionic (TI) power cell includes a heat source, such as a layer of radioactive material that generates heat due to radioactive decay, a layer of electron emitting material disposed on the layer of radioactive material, and a layer of electron collecting material. The layer of electron emitting material is physically separated from the layer of electron collecting material to define a chamber between the layer of electron collecting material and the layer of electron emitting material. The chamber is substantially evacuated to permit electrons to traverse the chamber from the layer of electron emitting material to the layer of electron collecting material. Heat generated over time by the layer of radioactive material causes a substantially constant flow of electrons to be emitted by the layer of electron emitting material to induce an electric current to flow through the layer of electron collecting material when connected to an electrical load.
US11094423B2	Nuclear fuel failure protection method A method that provides a more direct indication of peak fuel rod centerline temperature and peak fuel rod clad temperature than conventionally inferred from the power distribution by directly and continuously measuring the fuel temperatures of the fuel pellets in one or more of the hottest fuel elements in the core. The peak fuel rod clad temperature is then obtained from the maximum measured peak fuel rod centerline temperature in combination with the maximum coolant core exit temperature and the minimum coolant flow rate.
US11094418B2	Optimized biological measurement According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store sensor data obtained from a person, and at least one processing core configured to perform a determination, based at least partly on the stored sensor data, concerning whether conditions are propitious to a biological measurement, and responsive to the conditions being determined to be propitious, to cause a triggering signal to be initiated concerning the biological measurement.
US11094416B2	Intelligent management of computerized advanced processing Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically managing how and when computerized advanced processing techniques (for example, CAD and/or other image processing) are used. In some embodiments, the systems and methods discussed herein allow users, such as radiologists, to efficiently interact with a wide variety of computerized advanced processing (“CAP”) techniques using computing devices ranging from picture archiving and communication system (“PACS”) workstations to handheld devices such as smartphone and tablets. Furthermore, the systems and methods may, in various embodiments, automatically manage how data associated with these CAP techniques (for example, results of application of one or more computerized advanced processing techniques) are used, such as how data associated with the computerized analyses is reported, whether comparisons to prior abnormalities should be automatically initiated, whether the radiologist should be alerted of important findings, and the like.
US11094415B2	System, method and apparatus for cognitive oral health management Approaches presented herein enable cognitive oral health management. Specifically, data from at least one internet of things (IoT) sensor and data from at least one visual image sensor are collected over time for a user via one or more sensors operatively coupled with one or more personal daily oral care devices as the user is performing a periodic oral care activity with the one or more personal daily oral care devices. Collected data are subjected to cognitive diagnostics to identify abnormalities in a user's oral healthcare regimen and physiological abnormalities within the oral cavity by categorizing data. A report for a medical professional may be generated providing recommendation of potential diagnoses and treatment options.
US11094413B1	Time-based resource allocation for long-term integrated health computer system Provided is a system configured to allocate healthcare resources for population health management using time values, health scores, or health condition labels stored in a population of records.
US11094406B2	Medical product dispensing systems and methods Methods and systems for transferring restricted distribution medical products to an over-the-counter general sales environment are provided. Methods and systems of dispensing non-prescription, behind-the-counter medical products from a vending machine in a general sales location are also provided. In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for dispensing a medical product from a vending machine in a general sales location based, at least in part, on biometric data collected from the purchaser and, in some instances, based on self-selection and/or de-selection criteria, is provided. Further, methods and systems of switching prescription medical products to non-prescription, over-the-counter medical products are provided.
US11094404B2	Electronic medical record integration Techniques for electronic medical record (EMR) integration are described. A middleware application may receive a command from a third-party application via an electronic network. The command may conform to a unified data format specified by a unified data model. The command may include a request to retrieve data from or write data to an EMR system. The middleware application may convert, using a mapping registrar, the command into a data format compatible with the EMR system. The middleware application may transmit, via another electronic network, the converted command to the EMR system. The middleware application may receive a response from the EMR system. The middleware application may convert, using a mapping registrar, the response into a result that may conform to the unified data format. The middleware application may transmit the converted result to the third-party application.
US11094403B2	Method and apparatus for collecting test data from use of a disposable test kit A method of collecting test data from use of a disposable test kit, the method comprising the steps of: a code reader scanning a unique test identifier provided on the disposable test kit; an identification module identifying from the scanned unique test identifier a type of test performed by the disposable test kit; the code reader scanning a patient identifier; the identification module identifying from the scanned patient identifier a patient who has used the disposable test kit; a display and selection module automatically displaying on a display screen each of all possible distinct outcomes associated with the identified test as a selectable option; a user selecting one of the displayed all possible distinct outcomes for collection as test data; an association module automatically associating the test data with the patient; and the user activating storage of the test data to a data storer.
US11094400B2	System, method and apparatus for processing patient information and feedback An apparatus system and method for processing patient data pursuant to a monitoring period, wherein received patient feedback data is processed and structured to provide a selectable keyword cloud to a display. The keyword cloud may include a plurality of at least one of symptoms, complications and patient conditions, wherein the keyword cloud is structured by a processor for display in accordance with previous patient feedback data during at least part of the monitoring period.
US11094396B2	Methods for fluorescence data correction Method of processing real-time PCR data, comprising: c) receiving a plurality of fluorescence melting curve data of real time PCR-experiments performed by a real-time PCR device with at least two fluorescence channels, and configured to perform the following steps multiple times, while increasing a temperature: i) at first moments in time measuring a first temperature value and a first radiation value corresponding to a first fluorescence channel; ii) at second moments in time measuring a second temperature value and a second radiation value corresponding to a second fluorescence channel; d) storing the plurality of temperature values and radiation values; e) determining a plurality of time-shifted second radiation values by linearly interpolating between two measured second radiation values, using weighting factors defined by the measured temperature values; f) after performing step e), calculating color corrected first radiation values, and color corrected second radiation values.
US11094395B2	Retention voltage management for a volatile memory An apparatus includes a memory circuit that includes a plurality of sub-arrays. The memory circuit is configured to implement a retention mode according to test information indicating voltage sensitivities for the plurality of sub-arrays. The apparatus also includes a voltage control circuit coupled to a power supply node. The voltage control circuit is configured, in response to activation of the retention mode for the plurality of sub-arrays, to generate, based on the test information, at least two different retention voltage levels for different ones of the plurality of sub-arrays. The at least two different retention voltage levels are lower than a power supply voltage level of the power supply node.
US11094391B2	List insertion in test segments with non-naturally aligned data boundaries A processor memory is stress tested with a variable list insertion depth using list insertion test segments with non-naturally aligned data boundaries. List insertion test segments are interspersed into test code of a processor memory tests to change the list insertion depth without changing results of the test code. The list insertion test segments are the same structure as the segments of the test code and have non-naturally aligned boundaries. The list insertion test segments include list insertion segments and load/store segments. The list insertion segments locate a current memory location using a fixed segment at a known location. The load/store segments load and store list elements in memory.
US11094387B2	Multi-fuse memory cell circuit and method A multi-fuse memory cell is disclosed. The circuit includes: a first fuse element electrically coupled to a first transistor, a gate of the first transistor is electrically coupled to a first selection signal; a second fuse element electrically coupled to a second transistor, a gate of the second transistor is electrically coupled to a second selection signal, both the first transistor and the second transistor are grounded; and a programming transistor electrically coupled to the first fuse element and the second fuse element, wherein a gate of the programming transistor is electrically coupled to a programming signal.
US11094384B2	Dynamic reference current sensing A sensing circuit includes a current generating circuit and a sensing circuit. The current generating circuit includes a first portion configured to generate a first mirrored current corresponding to a first reference cell programmed to a low logical value, a second portion configured to generate a second mirrored current corresponding to a second reference cell programmed to a high logical value, and a transistor configured to generate a reference voltage by conducting a first reference current equal to a sum of the first mirrored current and the second mirrored current. The sensing circuit includes a sense amplifier configured to generate an output voltage having a logical value based on a second reference current and a cell current of a memory cell, the second reference current being generated from the reference voltage.
US11094383B2	Selective page calibration based on hierarchical page mapping A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: detecting that a calibration of a first page group has been triggered, and evaluating a hierarchical page mapping to determine whether the first page group correlates to one or more other page groups in non-volatile memory. In response to determining that the first page group does correlate to one or more other page groups in the non-volatile memory, a determination is made as to whether to promote at least one of the one or more other page groups for calibration. In response to determining to promote at least one of the one or more other page groups for calibration, the first page group and the at least one of the one or more other page groups are calibrated. Moreover, each of the page groups includes one or more pages in non-volatile memory.
US11094382B2	Semiconductor memory device including page buffers A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of page buffers defined in active regions of a substrate; and a plurality of wiring lines disposed over the page buffers, and coupled to the page buffers through contacts. The plurality of wiring lines may include contact portions which are coupled with the contacts, respectively. The plurality of wiring lines may be configured into a bent shape such that the contact portions are offset toward center lines of the active regions.
US11094376B2	In-memory compute array with integrated bias elements An in-memory compute (IMC) device includes a compute array having a first plurality of cells. The compute array is arranged as a plurality of rows of cells intersecting a plurality of columns of cells. Each cell of the first plurality of cells is identifiable by its corresponding row and column. The IMC device also includes a plurality of computation engines and a plurality of bias engines. Each computation engine is respectively formed in a different one of a second plurality of cells, wherein the second plurality of cells is formed from cells of the first plurality. Each computation engine is formed at a respective row and column intersection. Each bias engine of the plurality of bias engines is arranged to computationally combine an output from at least one of the plurality of computation engines with a respective bias value.
US11094375B2	Concurrent read and reconfigured write operations in a memory device A method of controlling a memory device can include: receiving, by an interface, a write command from a host; beginning execution of a write operation on a first array plane of a memory array in response to the write command, where the memory array includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of array planes; receiving, by the interface, a read command from the host; reconfiguring the write operation in response to detection of the read command during execution of the write operation; beginning execution of a read operation on a second array plane in response to the read command; and restoring the configuration of the write operation after the read operation has at least partially been executed.
US11094372B1	Partial writing method of dram memoryl device to reduce power consumption associated with large voltage swing of internal input/output lines A semiconductor memory and a partial writing method are provided. The semiconductor memory includes a memory bank, a write amplifier circuit, a plurality of input/output pins and a plurality of address pins. The write amplifier circuit is coupled to the memory bank through a plurality of internal input/output lines. The plurality of input/output pins are coupled to the write amplifier circuit through a plurality of input lines. A part of plurality of address pins receive a column address instruction, and at least one of another part of the plurality of address pins receive an operation code. The semiconductor memory determines a part of the internal input/output lines for transmitting input data according to the operation code, and operates the write amplifier circuit to perform a partial writing mode according to the operation code so as to write the input data into the memory bank according to the column address instruction.
US11094368B2	Memory, memory chip and memory data access method A memory, a memory chip and a memory data access method are provided. The memory of the disclosure includes a plurality of memory chips. Each of the plurality of memory chips includes a first bank group, a second bank group and a read amplifier and a write amplifier. The first bank group includes a plurality of first memory banks. The second bank group includes a plurality of second memory banks. The read amplifier and the write amplifier are separately coupled to the first bank group and the second bank group. The read amplifier and the write amplifier are configured to independently access different bank groups.
US11094363B2	Reduced peak self-refresh current in a memory device Devices and methods include organizing memory units of a memory device into a number of groups. The devices and methods also include self-refreshing each group of memory units on different corresponding sequential clock pulses of a self-refresh clock. Specifically, at least one of each group of memory units counts pulses of a self-refresh clock and invokes a self-refresh after every nth pulse of a cycle of pulses while not invoking a self-refresh on all other pulses of the cycle of pulses.
US11094359B2	High retention multi-level-series magnetic random-access memory A magnetic memory pillar structure having a plurality of magnetic memory elements connected in series, wherein switching of individual memory elements in the pillar structure can be accomplished based on differing switching current values of the magnetic memory elements. Each of the plurality of memory elements advantageously have similar retention values in spite of the different switching current values (latency values) as a result of a precessional spin current injection structure provided in the memory element or memory elements having the lower switching current value.
US11094358B2	Semiconductor chip manufacturing process for integrating logic circuitry, embedded DRAM and embedded non-volatile ferroelectric random access memory (FERAM) on a same semiconductor die An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a semiconductor chip that includes logic circuitry, embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells and embedded ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) cells.
US11094357B2	Memory devices with user-defined tagging mechanism A memory device includes a memory array with memory blocks each having a plurality of memory cells, and one or more current monitors configured to measure current during post-deployment operation of the memory device; and a controller configured to identify a bad block within the memory blocks based on the measured current, and disable the bad block for preventing access thereof during subsequent operations of the memory device.
US11094354B2	First order memory-less dynamic element matching technique A quantizer generates a thermometer coded signal from an analog voltage signal. Data weighted averaging (DWA) of the thermometer coded signal is accomplished by controlling the operation of a crossbar switch controlled by a switch control signal to generate an output DWA signal. The output DWA signal is latched to generate a latched output DWA signal which is processed along with bits of the thermometer coded input signal in feedback loop to generate the switch control signal. The latching of the output DWA signal is performed in an input register of a digital-to-analog converter which operates to convert the latched output DWA signal to a feedback analog voltage from which the analog voltage signal is generated. The switch control signal specifies a bit location for a beginning logic transition of the output DWA signal cycle based on detection of an ending logic transition of the latched DWA signal.
US11094352B2	Removing mechanism of storage device A removable mechanism for a hard drive is revealed. The removable mechanism includes an upper substrate and a base plate hanged and sliding below the upper substrate, and a control handle and a sliding board are set between the upper substrate and the base plate to carry each other. The control handle controls a pivot element sliding on an opening of the base plate. By carrying each other to carry a stop element of the base plate, the stop element slides on a concave opening for dismounting a storage device inserted to the removable drawing mechanism. Thereby, the present application is convenient for dismounting the storage device.
US11094351B2	System and method for representing long video sequences Systems and procedures for transforming video into a condensed visual representation. An example procedure may include receiving video comprised of a plurality of frames. For each frame, the example procedure may create a first representation, reduced in one dimension, wherein a visual property of each pixel of the first representation is assigned by aggregating a visual property of the pixels of the frame having the same position in the unreduced dimension. The example procedure may further form a condensed visual representation including the first representations aligned along the reduced dimension according to an order of the frames in the video.
US11094348B2	Disc library storage system and disc cartridge used thereof A disc library storage system and a disc cartridge thereof are provided. The disc library storage system includes a disc library, a disc drive tower, a disc transport device and a disc changing device. The disc library accommodates multiple discs. The disc drive tower accommodates multiple disc drives. The disc drives read data of the discs. The disc transport device moves the discs from the disc library to the disc drive tower and to the disc library. The disc changing device places a disc cartridge including an outer casing and a disc tray. The disc tray accommodates at least one replacement disc. The disc changing device has a pull-out state, in which the disc tray is received in the outer casing, and a close state, in which the disc tray is drawn from the outer casing and the disc transport device unloads the replacement disc from the disc tray.
US11094343B2	Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer and magnetic recording and reproducing device The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which an absolute value ΔN of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured regarding an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured regarding a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40, and a logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.050.
US11094341B1	Magnetic disk device According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a first actuator that moves the magnetic head to a predetermined position on the magnetic disk, a second actuator that is provided in the first actuator and adjusts a position of the magnetic head, a control unit that controls operations of the first actuator and the second actuator, and a storing unit that stores a coefficient of an approximation polynomial calculated based on an approximation formula for approximating voltage dependency of a gain of the second actuator. When controlling the operation of the second actuator, the control unit calculates the gain amplitude of the second actuator from the approximation polynomial in which the coefficient is used and amplitude of a voltage input to the second actuator.
US11094339B1	Methods of manufacturing one or more sliders that includes a second lapping process after patterning, and related sliders The present disclosure relates to kiss lapping sliders after patterning an air bearing surface pattern, followed by applying a protective overcoat to the air bearing surface. The present disclosure also involves related sliders.
US11094337B2	Cough detection device, cough detection method, and recording medium A cough detection device including: an acoustic feature extractor that extracts at least one acoustic feature from acoustic data output by a microphone array according to a sound received; a first identifier that performs identification of the sound based on the at least one acoustic feature to determine whether the sound is a cough sound; a direction estimator that estimates an arrival direction of the sound from the acoustic data; an image selector that selects, from first image data indicating an image obtained by capturing a scene in which the sound occurs, second image data indicating an area corresponding to the arrival direction estimated; and a second identifier that performs identification of the image based on the second image data to determine whether a coughing action is shown in the image.
US11094335B1	Systems and methods for automatic detection of plagiarized spoken responses Systems and methods are provided for automatic detection of plagiarized spoken responses during standardized testing of language proficiency. A first spoken response to a speaking task that elicits spontaneous speech and a second spoken response to a source-based speaking task that is assumed to be non-plagiarized are digitally recorded. A first and second sets of speaking proficiency features are calculated for the first and the second spoken response, respectively. The first spoken response is classifying as plagiarized or non-plagiarized based on the comparison between the first and the second set of speaking proficiency features. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11094334B2	Sound processing method and apparatus The present invention discloses a sound processing method and apparatus. The method is applied to a non-video-call scenario. The method includes: when it is detected that a camera of a terminal is in a shooting state, collecting a sound signal by using the two microphones at the top of the terminal; calculating an interaural level difference between the two microphones based on collected sound signals according to a preset first algorithm; determining whether the interaural level difference meets a sound source direction determining condition; if the determining condition is met, determining, based on the interaural level difference, whether the sound signal includes a rear sound signal, where the rear sound signal is a sound signal whose sound source is located behind the camera; and if it is determined that the sound signal includes a rear sound signal, filtering out the rear sound signal from the sound signal.
US11094333B2	Device and method for stereo noise cancellation A method of noise cancellation comprises providing a first estimated output signal based on an input signal and a first prior far-end channel filter and a second prior far-end channel filter corresponding to a prior frame, updating a first current far-end channel filter corresponding to a current frame according to the first estimated output signal and the first prior far-end channel filter, providing a second estimated output signal based on the input signal, the first current far-end channel filter, and the second prior far-end channel filter, updating a second current far-end channel filter corresponding to the current frame according to the second estimated output signal and the second prior far-end channel filter, and providing a resultant signal based on the input signal, the first current far-end channel filter, and the second current far-end channel filter.
US11094331B2	Post-processor, pre-processor, audio encoder, audio decoder and related methods for enhancing transient processing An audio post-processor for post-processing an audio signal having a time-variable high frequency gain information as side information includes: a band extractor for extracting a high frequency band of the audio signal and a low frequency band of the audio signal; a high band processor for performing a time-variable modification of the high frequency band in accordance with the time-variable high frequency gain information to obtain a processed high frequency band; and a combiner for combining the processed high frequency band and the low frequency band. Furthermore, a pre-processor is illustrated.
US11094327B2	Audible input transcription One embodiment provides a method, comprising: capturing, at an information handling device, audible input from at least one user; providing, on a display device operatively coupled to the information handling device, at least one transcription suggestion, wherein the at least one transcription suggestion is associated with a portion of the audible input; and inputting, responsive to receiving a selection input on the at least one transcription suggestion, the at least one transcription suggestion into an underlying application. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11094324B2	Accumulative multi-cue activation of domain-specific automatic speech recognition engine A method includes detecting a keyword within an audio stream. The keyword is one of multiple keywords in a database, in which each of the multiple keywords relates to at least one of multiple domains in the database. The database stores a first confidence weight for each of the multiple keywords that are related to a first domain among the multiple domains. Each first confidence weight indicates a probability that a corresponding keyword relates to the first domain. The method includes determining whether a first confidence weight of the keyword is at least equal to an activation threshold value associated with the first domain. The method includes, in response to the first confidence weight of the keyword meeting the activation threshold value, activating a DS-ASR engine corresponding with the first domain to perform speech-to-text conversion on the audio stream.
US11094322B2	Optimizing speech to text conversion and text summarization using a medical provider workflow model A method, a system, and a computer program product are provided. Speech signals from a medical conversation between a medical provider and a patient are converted to text based on a first domain model associated with a medical scenario. The first domain model is selected from multiple domain models associated with a workflow of the medical provider. One or more triggers are detected, each of which indicates a respective change in the medical scenario. A corresponding second domain model is applied to the medical conversation to more accurately convert the speech signals to text in response to each of the detected one or more triggers. The corresponding second domain model is associated with a respective change in the medical scenario of the workflow of the medical provider. A clinical note is provided based on the text produced by converting the speech signals.
US11094312B2	Voice synthesis method, voice synthesis apparatus, and recording medium A voice synthesis method designates a target feature of a voice to be synthesized; specifies harmonic frequencies for a plurality of respective harmonic components of the voice and an amplitude spectrum envelope of the voice; specifies a harmonic amplitude distribution of each of the plurality of respective harmonic components based on (i) the target feature, (ii) the amplitude spectrum envelope, and (iii) the harmonic frequency specified for the respective harmonic component, the harmonic amplitude distribution representing a distribution of amplitudes in a unit band with a peak amplitude corresponding to the respective harmonic component; and generates a frequency spectrum of the voice with the target feature based on harmonic amplitude distributions specified for each of the plurality of respective harmonic components and the amplitude spectrum envelope.
US11094307B2	Electronic musical instrument and method of causing electronic musical instrument to perform processing An electronic musical instrument includes a playing operator, and a sound source which performs processing of receiving, in response to a user operation on the playing operator, a sound generation instruction according to playing operation information including the pitch information indicating the certain pitch and sound volume information indicating a certain volume, and generating sound according to the certain pitch and the certain volume, based on excitation data generated by multiplying partial data by a window function, the partial data being included in excitation signal waveform data generated based on a plurality of waveform data items which are respectively different from each other in sound intensity in the certain pitch.
US11094305B2	Information processing device, tempo detection device and video processing system An information processing device, a tempo detection device and a video processing system are provided. A beat of a piece of performed music is detected from a musical viewpoint. The information processing device includes: an acquisition part that acquires samples of musical sound signals in a time series; an evaluation part that has an adaptive filter using the acquired samples of the musical sound signals as reference signals and using samples of musical sound signals acquired a predetermined time earlier than the samples of the musical sound signals as input signals; and a tempo determination part that sequentially inputs the samples of the musical sound signals to the adaptive filter and determines a tempo corresponding to a musical sound based on a filter coefficient when a value of the filter coefficient of the adaptive filter converges.
US11094302B2	Effect imparter for musical instrument An effect imparter for a musical instrument includes a wire bundle including at least one snare, and a plate that has a hook configured to be hooked by a string and that is fixed to a first end portion of the wire bundle.
US11094300B2	Stringed instrument with optimized energy capture A stringed instrument, such as an acoustic, electric, or semi-acoustic electric guitar or bass, can employ a stringpath assembly that consists of a tail structure connected to a head structure via a plurality of strings with the tailpiece consisting of a body disposed between a bridge mechanically fastened to a tailpiece with each string of the plurality of strings continuously extending from the bridge through the body to the tailpiece to efficiently capture vibration of the plurality of the strings.
US11094297B2	Electrically enabled sound post for stringed musical instruments A sound post assembly for a musical instrument, comprising two or more mechanically movable parts that allow for a length adjustment of the sound post assembly and one or more electrical components. In an example embodiment, the electrical components are configured to electrically measure the force exerted by the sound post on the upper and lower walls of the instrument's sound box. In some embodiments, the electrical components may operate to mechanically change the length of the sound post assembly through an electrical actuator, such as a piezo-electric actuator or an electro-magnetic motor. Also disclosed are example safety mechanisms and methods of wiring and interfacing said sound post assembly with a control unit.
US11094296B2	Varying display refresh rate Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enabling a variable refresh rate on a display. One of the methods includes receiving, from a content presentation device, a first signal set to a first value; completing generation of first visual content; and after completing the generation of the first visual content, determining that the first signal is set to the first value and a second threshold duration of time has not expired; sending, to the content presentation device, the first visual content, wherein sending the first visual content causes the content presentation device to change the first signal from the first value to the second value; and after sending the first visual content, receiving, from the content presentation device, the first signal set to the second value.
US11094286B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus for generating data of an image and outputting the generated data to a display device, includes a meta data acquiring unit configured to acquire meta data used for a correcting process for correcting the image in the display device, a corrector configured to perform at least part of the correcting process on the image, using the meta data, and an image output unit configured to acquire data of the corrected image from the corrector and output the acquired data to the display device.
US11094283B2	Head-wearable presentation apparatus, method for operating the same, and medical-optical observation system A method for operating a head-wearable presentation apparatus is provided. The method comprises the steps of: capturing data that are representative of at least one state variable of the head of a person wearing the head-wearable presentation apparatus, evaluating the captured data in order to determine the at least one state variable of the head, and modifying a degree of transparency of at least one playback arrangement of the head-wearable presentation apparatus if the at least one state variable of the head corresponds to a predetermined state variable.
US11094279B2	Pixel compensation method, pixel compensation device and display device A pixel compensation method, a pixel compensation device and a display device are provided. The pixel compensation method includes: determining a target sub-pixel to be compensated in a display area; setting at least one charged sub-pixel connected to a same data line as the target sub-pixel, as a reference sub-pixel; acquiring a compensation value of the target sub-pixel; and compensating a display parameter of the target sub-pixel based on the compensation value.
US11094277B2	Shift register and driving method thereof, gate drive circuit and display apparatus A shift register, a gate drive circuit, a display apparatus and a driving method of the shift register are provided. The shift register includes an input subcircuit, a first and a second output subcircuits, a trigger signal input terminal, a first and a second signal output terminals, a first and a second clock terminals and a pull-up node, a control terminal and an output terminal of the input subcircuit are electrically coupled to the trigger signal input terminal and the pull-up node, respectively, for providing a valid signal received by the control terminal of the input subcircuit to the pull-up node. The shift register is provided with the first and second output subcircuits which share the same input subcircuit, greatly reducing the number of devices and thus greatly simplifying the structure of the cascaded shift registers and reducing the area of the whole display apparatus.
US11094276B2	Gate driver, display apparatus including the same and method of driving display panel using the same A gate driver includes a gate signal generating part, a switching part and a switching controlling part. The gate signal generating part is configured to generate a gate signal including a precharge time and a normal charge time using a compensated gate on voltage and a gate off voltage. The switching part is disposed between the gate signal generating part and a gate line. The switching part is configured to apply a compensated gate signal to the gate line. The switching controlling part is configured to generate a switching control signal for controlling an operation of the switching part.
US11094270B2	Display device and drive method therefor A display device and a drive method, the display device including: an edge-lit backlight module; a liquid crystal display panel positioned on the light-emergent side of the edge-lit backlight module; and a polymer liquid crystal film positioned between the liquid crystal display panel and the edge-lit backlight module, and including a plurality of closely arranged independent dimming areas, each dimming area being configured for independent control of light transmittance. The present display device takes advantage of the characteristics of the polymer liquid crystal film, loading different driving voltages in different dimming areas and changing the transmittance of the polymer liquid crystal film.
US11094269B2	Display device and display system A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal between two substrates; and first, second, and third light sources emitting light in different colors. A light emission period includes a first light emission period in which luminance of the first light source is higher than luminance of the second and third light sources, and at least one of the second and third light sources emits light, a second light emission period in which the luminance of the second light source is higher than the luminance of the first and the third light sources, and at least one of the first and third light sources emits light, and a third light emission period in which the luminance of the third light source is higher than the luminance of the first and second light sources, and at least one of the first and second light sources emits light.
US11094260B2	Pixel circuit, display panel, display device, and driving method A pixel circuit, a display panel, a display device, and a method of driving a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving sub-circuit, a first data writing sub-circuit, a second data writing sub-circuit, and a storage sub-circuit. The first data writing sub-circuit is configured to write a first data voltage to a first terminal of the storage sub-circuit in a case of being turned on under control of a first data scanning signal; the second data writing sub-circuit is configured to write a second data voltage to a second terminal of the storage sub-circuit in a case of being turned on under control of a second data scanning signal; and the driving sub-circuit is configured to drive a light emitting element to emit light under control of the voltage at the first terminal of the storage sub-circuit.
US11094258B2	Pixel circuit A pixel circuit includes: a main circuit including: a driving transistor that includes a gate terminal connected to a first node, a first terminal connected to a second node, and a second terminal connected to a third node; and an organic light-emitting element connected to the driving transistor and configured to control the organic light-emitting element by controlling a driving current corresponding to a data signal applied via a data line to flow into the organic light-emitting element; and a sub circuit including: a first compensation transistor that includes a gate terminal configured to receive a first gate signal, a first terminal connected to the first node, and a second terminal connected to a fourth node; and a second compensation transistor that includes a gate terminal configured to receive a second gate signal, a first terminal connected to the fourth node, and a second terminal connected to the third node.
US11094256B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a timing controller for calculating an On-Pixel Ratio (OPR) of input image data with respect to an arbitrary frame, and correcting the input image data, based on the OPR; and a data driver for generating a data signal, based on the corrected image data, and providing the data signal to the display panel. The OPRs are calculated in units of pixel rows.
US11094247B2	Driving apparatus of light emitting diode display device for compensating emission luminance gap A driving apparatus of a light emitting diode (LED) display device is provided. The driving apparatus includes a timing control circuit. The timing control circuit outputs a plurality of driving control signals to a gate driving circuit on an LED display panel of the LED display device. Wherein, the plurality of driving control signals includes a first driving control signal and a second driving control signal, and the pulse width of the first driving control signal in a first horizontal line period is different from the pulse width of a second driving control signal in a second horizontal line period preceding to the first horizontal line period.
US11094246B2	Operating module for display and operating method, and electronic device supporting the same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display driver module configured to, in response to receiving display data, divide the display data into a plurality of segments corresponding to a plurality of display regions, compare the display data in the plurality of segments to determine whether the display data in at least one segment is substantially same as the display data in another segment, and based on the comparison outcome, selectively amplify a first display signal generated from the display data in the at least one segment or a second display signal generated from the display data in the another segment.
US11094244B2	Scanning circuit, driver circuit, touch display panel, receiving switching circuit and driving method A scanning circuit, a driver circuit, a touch display panel, a receiving switching circuit and a driving method are disclosed. The scanning circuit includes a function switching circuit and a plurality of shift register units that are cascaded. Each shift register units includes a control terminal and a shift scanning output terminal, and is configured to output a first output signal at the shift scanning output terminal; the function switching circuit includes a mode switching input terminal, a control signal output terminal and a mode scanning output terminal, and the control signal output terminal and the mode scanning output terminal are respectively connected to the control terminals and the shift scanning output terminals of the plurality of shift register units. The function switching circuit is configured to output the control signal to the control terminals or to output a second output signal to the shift scanning output terminals.
US11094239B2	Shift register and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit and display device A shift register and driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register includes a first input unit, a second input unit, a pull-up control unit, a pull-down control unit, an output control unit and an output reset unit, wherein the first input unit, the second input unit, the pull-up control unit, the pull-down control unit and the output control unit are coupled to a first node, and the pull-up control unit, the pull-down control unit and the output reset unit are coupled to a second node.
US11094237B2	Display device with connection board and method of testing pad contact state thereof A display device includes a display panel including first to fourth panel pads and a connection board including first to fourth connection board pads coupled to the first to fourth pads, respectively. The first and second panel pads are electrically connected to each other, and the third and fourth panel pads are electrically connected to each other. The connection board includes a driving circuit which generates a first test result signal based on a first panel test signal transmitted to the first connection board pad and a first panel feedback signal received from the second connection board pad, generates a second test result signal based on a second panel test signal transmitted to the third connection board pad and a second panel feedback signal received from the fourth connection board pad, and sequentially outputs the first and second test result signals as a test result signal.
US11094235B2	Vehicle bodywork display screen A bodywork panel for a vehicle such as a racing car or a racing motorcycle is fitted with one or more optically clear panels, which are profiled to follow the aerodynamic form of the bodywork panel. A flexible reflective display screen, for examples based on e-paper, is mounted to an inner face of each optically clear panel such that an image on the display screen is visible outside the vehicle through the optically clear panel. A paint finish on the bodywork panel continues over a peripheral region of each optically clear panel, concealing a join between it and the bodywork panel. Images displayed on the display screens via a display controller can thus appear like painted graphics on the bodywork panel, except that they may be changed as desired. Thus, graphics on the vehicle, such as advertising and sponsorship logos, can be changed at will during a race. Leathers worn by racing motor cyclists can be fitted with similar display screens mounted behind optically clear flexible plastic panels sewn to the leathers.
US11094234B2	System and method for ground-based advertising An advertising unit includes a transparent or translucent cover. A back unit includes a base as well as first and second side ridges which extend from, and along, side edges of the base. A track defined by the first and second side ridges is configured to receive the cover in a sliding arrangement. The space between said cover and said back unit defines a cavity configured to receive one or more advertisements.
US11094232B2	Display set and display method In a viewing object display set, it is possible to prevent a reduction in a sense of reality when a viewing object is seen. Specifically, the display set for viewing the viewing object includes the viewing object that is attached to a display surface and an object for visual effect that is provided on a viewing position side with respect to the viewing object and shields at least a portion of the viewing object. The object for visual effect is arranged so as to shield the boundary between the viewing object and the display surface.
US11094227B1	Magnetic exterior shutter product The current invention is directed to a magnetic exterior shutter product. The magnetic exterior shutter product comprises a cutout and/or shutter. The cutout is attached to a first fastener wherein the first fastener comprises a first magnetic or ferromagnetic material. A first adhesive may attach the first fastener to the cutout. The cutout may be magnetically attached to an exterior shutter. The shutter may comprise a shutter front surface, a shutter rear surface, and a second fastener comprising a second magnetic or ferromagnetic material wherein the second fastener is attached to the shutter front surface, the shutter rear surface, or embedded between the shutter front surface and the shutter rear surface.
US11094226B2	Resin molding A resin molding is provided. The resin molding includes an optically transparent plate-shaped portion, which has a first surface having a smooth surface portion, and a second surface having plural sections, wherein each of the plural sections has a width and includes one or more convex portions which have one or more ridge lines extending in a ridge line direction. The ridge line direction of the one or more convex portions of at least one of the plural sections is different from the ridge line direction of the one or more convex portions of one or more of others of the plural sections. When the first surface of the resin molding is observed from outside, the resin molding has metallic appearance.
US11094222B2	Hands-on learning play controlled video display Embodiments describe an approach for concurrently managing a video display and an application user interface. Embodiments describe generating a translucent mask video display over a computer-implemented application and displaying a video in the translucent mask video display over the computer-implemented application. Additionally, embodiments describe detecting user activity associated with the computer-implemented application and pausing the video in the translucent mask video display when the user activity is detected. Responsive to an end to the user activity, embodiments describe translating the detected user activity as a set of computer operations, outputting the set of computer operations for performance on the computer-implemented application, and resuming the video in the translucent mask video display.
US11094220B2	Intelligent augmented reality for technical support engineers A support method, system, and computer program product, include identifying a repair or a maintenance task, determining an expertise level of the local engineer, receiving a procedure for performing the repair or the maintenance task, the procedure including a series of steps, instructional information associated with each step, and technical information associated with the repair or the maintenance task, based on the expertise level of each engineer, filtering the instructional information, and the technical information in the procedure to exclude information already known by the engineer, presenting, via an augmented reality device, a first step of the series of steps and the associated filtered information.
US11094218B2	System and method for improving reading skills of users with reading disability symptoms A system and method for teaching users reading comprehension. In an aspect, user's educational teaching system and method utilizes visual representations on a user's device display of a focusing point called a Bindu and a viewpoint called a Mind's Eye to assist in the learning of words. The combination of the Bindu with the Mind's Eye force a user to align the two with one another in order to present an unobstructed view of a 3-D representation of 2-D letters, numbers, punctuations, and words.
US11094216B2	System and method for music score simplification A musical system may include one or more storage media, at least one processor, one or more sensors corresponding to keys of a musical instrument, and a display. The storage media may be configured to store a set of instructions for modifying a music score for a user based on a performance level of the user. The at least one processor may be configured to communicate with the one or more storage media. When executing the set of instructions, the processor is directed to determine a user performance level of a user and provide a modified music score for the user based on the user performance level. The sensors may be configured to sense a motion of at least one key of the keys and generate a key signal accordingly. The display may be configured to display the modified music score.
US11094213B2	Communications system for prompting student engaged conversation A system for prompting student engaged conversation, the system receives a student entered limited descriptive entry at a first remote terminal, stores the entry, e.g., in a central database, and sends a notification of the entry to a teacher of the student at a second remote terminal. The system may also send a second notification regarding the entry to a parent of the student at a third remote terminal. The second notification may be triggered by a teacher response or submission in response to the first notification. The first and second notifications may be sent using any of a text, a voicemail, an e-mail, a display message, an application operating at a mobile device, and a program operating a remote terminal.
US11094209B1	Location determination when satellite navigation system is inaccessible The disclosed method may include (1) receiving, at a receiving vehicle from a first transmitting vehicle, a first wireless signal carrying first data indicating a first location of the first transmitting vehicle, (2) determining a first bearing from which the first wireless signal is received at the receiving vehicle, (3) receiving, at the receiving vehicle from a second transmitting vehicle, a second wireless signal carrying second data indicating a second location of the second transmitting vehicle, (4) determining a second bearing from which the second wireless signal is received at the receiving vehicle, and (5) determining a receiving location of the receiving vehicle by triangulation using the first location, the first bearing, the second location, and the second bearing. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11094201B2	Method, device and system for vehicle positioning The present disclosure provides a system, a method and an apparatus for vehicle positioning. The method includes: acquiring positioning information pre-stored in a roadside device while a vehicle is moving, the positioning information including direction information and/or position information associated with a position of the roadside device; determining a current position of the vehicle based on position information determined by a vehicle-mounted positioning device and the positioning information acquired from the roadside device.
US11094200B2	Dynamic processing system for roadside service control and output generation Aspects of the disclosure relate to a dynamic processing system for roadside service control and output generation. A computing platform may receive map interface information. The computing platform may generate and display a map interface that includes a visual identifier that is centrally located on the map interface and corresponds to a location of the computing platform. The computing platform may receive a location adjustment input adjusting the map interface. The visual identifier may remain centrally located on the map interface while the location adjustment input is received and may correspond to a vehicle location after the location adjustment input is received. After receiving the location adjustment input and based at least in part on a received location confirmation input, the computing platform may send a disabled vehicle indication, which may include the vehicle location and cause dispatch of a service vehicle to the vehicle location.
US11094196B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a rear cross traffic alert An apparatus for controlling a rear cross traffic alert includes: a parking form determiner that determines a parking form of a vehicle using at least one of sensing information or parking space information; a reference angle setter that sets a reference angle for controlling a rear cross traffic alert in accordance with the parking form; and a traffic alert controller that controls generation/non-generation of a traffic alert using a result of comparison between an incidence angle, which is formed by a movement path of another vehicle detected inside a rear cross traffic alert area of the vehicle and a longitudinal reference line of the vehicle, and the reference angle if a rear cross traffic alert start condition of the vehicle is satisfied.
US11094191B2	Distributed safety infrastructure for autonomous vehicles and methods of use Systems and methods for assisting navigation of traffic participants are described herein. An exemplary method may commence with collecting street object data by at least one sensor mounted on one of a plurality of poles. The street object data may be associated with at least one street object within a range of the at least one sensor. The method may continue with analyzing the street object data and generating street object metadata corresponding to the at least one street object. The method may continue with broadcasting the street object metadata to at least one traffic participant within the range. The street object metadata may be used to provide at least one warning to the at least one traffic participant of traffic conditions to allow the at least one traffic participant to take at least one proactive action.
US11094190B2	Method and device for using telecommunication networks to control media and entertainment devices A system and method for controlling media devices over telecommunication networks is disclosed. In particular embodiments, the system and method utilize cellular telecommunication networks. The present system and method allows a user to control and, in some instances, unify a multitude of devices over the telecommunication network. Through telecommunication networks, such as cellular networks, media and entertainment can be shared between multiple devices.
US11094188B2	System and method for monitoring an individual In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, a system for monitoring an individual within predetermined facilities 500 in order to determine whether there is a need for setting an alert is provided. The system 100 comprises: a personal module 200 to be worn by the monitored individual, the personal module 200 comprising at least one motion sensor 220; at least one node module 300, with which the personal module 200 is arranged to communicate; a storage means 320; and at least one processing device 210, 310, 160. The at least one processing device 210, 310, 160 may be arranged to: receive sensor data from the at least one motion sensor 220 in the personal module 200; determine whether the received sensor data indicates a specific alert state among a plurality of predetermined alert states, the alert states comprising at least a FALL alert state, to be used if a probable fall has been detected for the monitored individual, and an OUT OF BED alert state, to be used if it has been detected that the monitored individual is probably getting out of bed; determine the distance between the personal module 200 and the at least one node module 300; determine the location of the personal module 200 within the facilities 500 based at least on the determined distance together with information retrieved from the storage means 320 regarding the layout of the facilities 500 within which the monitoring of the individual takes place; and set an alert based at least on whether the received sensor data indicates an alert state and whether the determined location fulfils a predetermined location condition, indicating whether the individual is located in a certain room, such as e.g. the bedroom 530.
US11094186B2	Systems and methods for managing alarm data of multiple locations A method for managing alarm data of multiple physical locations. The method includes receiving a plurality of sets of alarm data. Each of the plurality of sets of alarm data corresponds to a respective physical location. Each of the plurality of sets of alarm data includes a respective occurrence value corresponding to each of a plurality of alarm categories. The method includes receiving a list indicating one or more alarm preferences. of the or more alarm preferences are associated with one or more priority values. The method includes arranging, responsive to identifying a first of the one or more alarm preferences that indicates a first subset of the alarm categories, a ranking of the plurality of sets of alarm data based on respective occurrence values of the first set of alarm categories. The method includes displaying, via a user interface, the ranking of the plurality of sets of alarm data.
US11094182B2	Using sensors to detect movement of light fixtures A light fixture can include a housing and a sensor device having a sensor that measures at least one parameter associated with a position of the housing. The light fixture can also include a controller coupled to the sensor device. The controller can receive multiple measurements of the at least one parameter taken by the sensor device. The controller can also evaluate each measurement against at least one range of acceptable values. The controller can further send a notification when a measurement falls outside the at least one range of acceptable values. The notification can state that the housing is moved out of position and requires attention.
US11094181B2	Methods for managing operational data associated with connected devices based on policy This disclosure relates to the analysis of data generated by one or more connected systems and devices. Operational data obtained by one or more connected devices and/or systems, such as a connected thermostat and/or wind turbine system, may be used to detect and/or predict impending failures and/or suboptimal performance. By detecting and/or predicting anomalous system and device performance, various actions may be taken to improve system and device performance and mitigate failure conditions.
US11094180B1	Sensing peripheral heuristic evidence, reinforcement, and engagement system Systems and methods for identifying a condition associated with an individual in a home environment are provided. Sensors associated with the home environment detect data, which is captured and analyzed by a local or remote processor to identify the condition. In some instances, the sensors are configured to capture data indicative of electricity use by devices associated with the home environment, including, e.g., which devices are using electricity, what date/time electricity is used by each device, how long each device uses electricity, and/or the power source for the electricity used by each device. The processor analyzes the captured data to identify any abnormalities or anomalies, and, based upon any identified abnormalities or anomalies, the processor determines a condition (e.g., a medical condition) associated with an individual in the home environment. The processor generates and transmits a notification indicating the condition associated with the individual to a caregiver of the individual.
US11094179B2	Delivery management system, management server, delivery management method, and storage medium of program A delivery management system includes: an authentication unit that authenticates a user; a storage unit that stores identification information on an article stored in a storage area that is a target article associated with the user; and a control unit that, when an article carried out by the authenticated user from the storage area is the same as the target article, permits the user to exit the storage area.
US11094176B2	State indicating devices and state indicating methods thereof A state indicating device, which is adapted in an electronic device, includes a state detecting circuit, a controller, a driving circuit, and an LED device. The state detecting circuit is configured to detect an operation state of the electronic device to generate a detection signal. The controller generates a control signal according to the detection signal. The driving circuit generates a driving signal according to the control signal. The LED device displays an indication state according to the driving signal, in which the indication state is configured to indicate the operation state.
US11094172B2	Real time playing card valuation Technologies and implementations for determining advantages in a card game via a video capture device are generally disclosed.
US11094167B2	Inspection system and inspection device Provided is an inspection system capable of inspecting a plurality of gaming coins housed in a case in the state housed in the case. The inspection system (1) inspects the game chips (C) which incorporates the wireless tag storing the first game chip information and to which the optically readable second game chip information is added on the side. The inspection system (1) comprises a case (100) for stacking and storing a plurality of game chips (C) and an inspection device (200) for inspecting gaming coins (C) housed in the case (100). The inspection device (200) comprises an RFID reader (221) for reading the RFID tag (503) of the gaming chips (C) housed in the case (100) and acquiring the first gaming chip information; an infrared camera (225) and a visible light camera (226) for optically reading the side surface of the gaming chips (C) housed in the case (100) to obtain second gaming chip information; a determination unit (231) that determines whether the gaming chips (C) passes or not for each case (100) based on the acquired first gaming chip information and the acquired second gaming chip information.
US11094165B2	Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing one or more alternative wager propositions if a credit balance is less than a designated wager amount Various embodiments of gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods of the present disclosure provide one or more alternative wagering propositions to a player when the player's credit balance is less than (or, in certain embodiments, less than or equal to) a designated wager amount. If the player accepts one of the alternative wager propositions, the player risks an amount of the player's remaining credit balance for a chance to win an alternative award. If the player wins the alternative award, the gaming system enables the player to play one or more plays of the wagering game at the designated wager amount. If the player does not win the alternative award, the gaming system reduces the player's credit balance by the amount risked.
US11094162B2	Methods and systems for interacting with a player using a gaming machine A gaming system includes a frame, a gaming machine coupled to the frame, and an interactive device extending about at least a portion of a periphery of the frame. The gaming machine includes a presentation device configured to present a message associated with an interaction of a player with the gaming system. The interactive device is configured to detect the interaction of the player with the interactive device, and present feedback to the player based on the detection of the interaction of the player with the interactive device.
US11094160B2	Gaming system and a method of gaming A gaming method and system, the method comprising providing one or more reels in a spinning reel game, the reels being displayed as three dimensional and displayed as provided with game symbols along and around the reels, displaying spinning of the reels and thereby sequentially displaying at least some of the game symbols displayed as provided along the reels, displaying rotating of the reels and thereby sequentially displaying at least some of the game symbols displayed as provided around the reels, stopping the spinning and the rotating of each of the reels at a respective stop position, and determining a game outcome based on at least some of the game symbols displayed when each of the reels is in its respective stop position.
US11094159B2	Storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs A storage container for a storage and delivery station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a retainer for preventing a multiple drug portions from being delivered simultaneously. The storage container includes a housing that surrounds a receiving chamber and has a circular cylindrical section and a base surface, and a separating device disposed rotatably in the circular cylindrical section and having multiple projections and channels. Each projection has a surface, the uppermost points of the surface defining an upper receiver boundary plane. The storage container also includes a retainer with a fastening section and a retaining section, the retaining section preventing entry of the drug portions into a channel aligned with a delivery opening, and at least one cam for removing drug portions from the retaining section, the cam being movable above the upper receiver boundary plane over the retaining section.
US11094157B2	Card reader In a card reader (1), if a shutter member (10), being located at a block position for blocking a card transfer path (3), rotates toward a deep side of the card reader, the shutter member moves to an open position. In a part within a surface of a side of the card transfer path in a thickness direction of the card (2), at a side deeper than the shutter member, there are formed only an open part (31) and an open part (32); the open part being for preventing an interference of the shutter member, rotating toward the open position, with the main body frame (4), as well as ejecting a foreign object out of the card transfer path; the open part being for preventing an interference of a movable component (21), placed so as to face the card transfer path, with the main body frame.
US11094156B2	Paper sheet processing device A bill processing apparatus which is capable of reliably supplying information on a bill to the bill housing body side. The paper sheet processing apparatus has a bill housing part being capable of housing a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot, and also a reader/writer which wirelessly transmits information on the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot. The bill housing part has a coil antenna which wirelessly receives the information transmitted from the reader/writer, and a storage part which stores the information on the bill received from the coil antenna.
US11094155B2	Bill handling machine and bill handling method The present invention makes it possible to restrain a bill from being taken out from a money withdrawal section during a transaction while the convenience of a conventional bill handling machine is maintained. The present invention is a bill handling machine to deposit and withdraw a bill with a customer over the counter, and the bill handling machine includes: a money deposit section having a money deposit opening to deposit a bill; a money withdrawal section arranged adjacently to the money deposit section and having a money withdrawal opening to withdraw a bill and a shutter to open and close the money withdrawal opening; and a control section to transport a reject bill to the money withdrawal opening.
US11094146B1	Intelligent electrical system for vehicle An electrical system for a vehicle may include a main power supply and a power supply controller electrically connected to the main power supply and configured to selectively electrically connect the main power supply to, and disconnect the main power supply from, a vehicle subsystem. The electrical system may also include a supervisor power supply controller configured to receive signals indicative of an operational status of the vehicle, and determine, based at least in part on the signals, expected signals associated with operation of a plurality of vehicle subsystems. The supervisor power supply controller may also receive signals associated with operation of a vehicle subsystem, and determine that the signals associated with operation of the vehicle subsystem are indicative of a fault. The supervisor power supply controller may cause the power supply controller associated with the vehicle subsystem to disconnect the vehicle subsystem from the main power supply.
US11094142B2	On-line authorization in access environment A method is disclosed. The method includes interacting with a gate access device that is capable of preventing access to a location, where the gate access device subsequently sends an authorization request message to an issuer for approval, the authorization request message including a request to charge a predetermined amount of money to pay for access to a location, and entering the location if the gate access device receives an authorization response message indicating that the charge is authorized.
US11094141B1	Method and apparatus for generating a composite 2D slice to enhance visualization A 3D image processing system uses a three-dimensional dataset comprising voxels wherein said three-dimensional dataset is generated by performing imaging of a volume containing items. The image processing system performs segmentation of the three-dimensional dataset to generate segmented items. Each segmented item can be processed using a different image processing algorithm. For example, the skull can be processed using a first image processing algorithm (e.g., bone algorithm) and the brain can be processed using a second algorithm (e.g., soft tissue algorithm). A composite three-dimensional image is generated with the skull optimally displayed with the bone algorithm and the brain optimally displayed with the soft tissue algorithm. The composite images are displayed via 2D slice(s) to improve diagnosis.
US11094140B2	Systems and methods for generating and intelligently distributing forms of extended reality content A system for facilitating cross-platform extended reality content sharing is configurable to receive a model file that includes a model, create a plurality of extended reality (XR) model or scene files based on the model file, create a universal link, and send the universal link to a developer system. Each of the plurality of XR model or scene files is formatted for rendering a representation of the model on a different, particular XR rendering platform included in a list of XR rendering platforms. The universal link is operable to configure an end user device to send a request for an XR model or scene file. The universal link points to an endpoint that comprises logic operable to determine, based on the request, a particular XR model or scene file that is formatted for rendering a representation of the model using an XR rendering platform associated with the end user device.
US11094139B2	Method and device to simulate, visualize and compare surface models A method and device to simulate, visualize and compare 3D surfacesMethod and device to visualize a composition of two matched surface models (M1) and (M2) in order to privilege the visualization of the silhouette of the second representation (R2) of the second surface model (M2), that is, the surface elements which are the most tangent to the viewing direction defined by the optical center (C) of a virtual camera and the point (P) of the surface of the second surface model (M2) considered, and to visualize it by transparency on top of the first surface model (M1).The disclosure is intended in particular to compare anatomical subjects before and after simulation or surgical or aesthetic procedures.
US11094138B2	Systems for linking features in medical images to anatomical models and methods of operation thereof A medical imaging system configured to link acquired images to markers or tags on an anatomical illustration, based, at least in part on spatial and anatomical data associated with the acquired image. The medical imaging system may be further configured to generate a diagnostic report including the anatomical illustration containing the markers. The diagnostic report may allow a user to select a marker to view information associated with an acquired image and/or the acquired image. Multiple images may be associated with a marker, and/or multiple markers may be associated with an image. A set of 2D and/or 3D anatomical illustrations may be generated which contains markers from multiple diagnostic reports and updated automatically for an individual patient's anatomical model by the application to reflect measurements and/quantitative findings related to organ, tissue, and vessel size, location, deformation, and/or obstruction.
US11094137B2	Employing three-dimensional (3D) data predicted from two-dimensional (2D) images using neural networks for 3D modeling applications and other applications The disclosed subject matter is directed to employing machine learning models configured to predict 3D data from 2D images using deep learning techniques to derive 3D data for the 2D images. In some embodiments, a system is described comprising a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components comprise a reception component configured to receive two-dimensional images, and a three-dimensional data derivation component configured to employ one or more three-dimensional data from two-dimensional data (3D-from-2D) neural network models to derive three-dimensional data for the two-dimensional images.
US11094135B1	Automated measurement of interior spaces through guided modeling of dimensions Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for establishing the dimensions of interior spaces. These computer programs are able to accomplish this by combining knowledge of these interior spaces with spatial information that is output by an augmented reality (AR) framework. Such an approach allows two-dimensional (2D) layouts to be seamlessly created through guided corner-to-corner measurement of interior spaces.
US11094131B2	Augmented reality apparatus and method A method of providing an augmented reality image comprises recording a basic image including a subject and a first background using a recording device, extracting a subject image from the basic image, and providing the extracted subject image to a display device for combining with a second background. At A the sending person using the app to record a moving image of their own head—ie a video—which is separated from the background by the app (the background being automatically discarded). The image is then sent to a recipient who, at B, sees the head speak to them either on their desktop or in the camera view of the smart phone/tablet if they so choose.
US11094129B2	Wearable electronic glasses display instructions as virtual hand gestures First wearable electronic glasses (WEG) capture an image of a real obiect and provide the image to second WEG. The second WEG capture hand gestures performing a task on the obiect, and the first WEG displays the hand gestures that show how to perform the task on the real obiect being displayed through the first WEG.
US11094124B1	Augmented reality pharmaceutical interface Methods and systems may provide an augmented reality (AR) pharmaceutical interface to a client electronic device such as a mobile smartphone. The AR pharmaceutical interface may identify one or more prescription products (e.g., consumable products or medical devices) appearing in a field of view of a camera of the electronic device. Based upon the identified prescription product(s), the AR pharmaceutical interface may provide augmentations such as visual overlays, audial feedback, and/or other information associated with the identified prescription product(s). In some implementations, the AR pharmaceutical interface may facilitate other prescription-related functions, such as refills and/or transfers, by launching a dedicated prescription application at the electronic device.
US11094121B2	Mobile application for signage design solution using augmented reality A method of generating an augmented reality (AR) signage solution including acquiring an image of a structure, establishing scaling information for the image by correlating dimensional information of the structure to points in the image, obtaining jurisdictional signage rules, designing a layout for signage on the structure in compliance with the jurisdictional signage rules, depicting in AR the acquired image and signage layout, and generating production documentation after obtaining user approval. The method including detecting the location of one or more obstructions on the structure and incorporating the obstruction locations in the signage layout. The method including adjusting the orientation of the acquired structure image within the AR to reduce skew of the structure in relation to a viewing perspective. A system and non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
US11094116B2	System and method for automatic generation of a three-dimensional polygonal model with color mapping from a volume rendering Systems and methods are provided for automatically generating a three-dimensional (3D) polygonal model with color mapping from a volume rendering. The method includes generating a volume rendering from volumetric data. The method includes receiving a user selection to launch model and color generation. The method includes automatically generating a 3D mask from the volume rendering by segmenting at least one object in the volume rendering in response to the user selection. The method includes automatically generating a 3D mesh for the at least one object based on the 3D mask in response to the user selection. The method includes automatically computing mesh colors based on the volume rendering in response to the user selection. The mesh colors are applied to the 3D mesh to generate a multi-color 3D polygonal model. The method includes automatically outputting the multi-color 3D polygonal model in response to the user selection.
US11094113B2	Systems and methods for modeling structures using point clouds derived from stereoscopic image pairs A system for modeling a roof structure comprising an aerial imagery database and a processor in communication with the aerial imagery database. The aerial imagery database stores a plurality of stereoscopic image pairs and the processor selects at least one stereoscopic image pair among the plurality of stereoscopic image pairs and related metadata from the aerial imagery database based on a geospatial region of interest. The processor identifies a target image and a reference image from the at least one stereoscopic pair and calculates a disparity value for each pixel of the identified target image to generate a disparity map. The processor generates a three dimensional point cloud based on the disparity map, the identified target image and the identified reference image. The processor optionally generates a texture map indicative of a three-dimensional representation of the roof structure based on the generated three dimensional point cloud.
US11094110B2	Method, apparatus and electronic device for processing image The application shows a method, an apparatus, and an electronic device for processing an image. The method includes: obtaining an image of a first rendering style; obtaining an image of a second rendering style according to the image of the first rendering style and a first preset processing model; generating at least one first intermediate gradient image according to the image of the first rendering style, the image of the second rendering style, and a second preset processing model, the at least one first intermediate gradient image comprising an image in a process of gradient from the image of the first rendering style to the image of the second rendering style; generating a first gradient video according to the image of the first rendering style, at least one first intermediate gradient image, and an image of the second rendering style.
US11094103B2	General purpose register and wave slot allocation in graphics processing Example techniques are described for generating graphics content by obtaining texture operation instructions corresponding to a texture operation, in response to determining at least one of insufficient general purpose register space is available for the texture operation or insufficient wave slots are available for the texture operation, generating an indication that the texture operation corresponds to a deferred wave, executing the texture operation, sending, to a texture processor, initial texture sample instructions corresponding to the texture operation that was executed, and receiving texture mapped data corresponding to the initial texture sample instructions.
US11094100B1	Compound animation in content items An online system presents a content item to users and receives selections of reaction icons from the users. The online system generates a background animation with the selected reaction icons and a foreground animation to be layered on top of the background animation. The online system sends the background and foreground animations to a client device to be cached. Further, the online system presents the content item to a viewing user associated with the client device and receives a selection of a reaction icon from the viewing user. The online system selects a subset of the users based on the viewing user's affinity to the users, retrieves images of the selected users, and send the images to the client device. The client device customizes the background and foreground animations based on the images and the viewing user's reaction icon to generate a compound animation for display to the viewing user.
US11094099B1	Enhanced hybrid animation Systems and methods are described for applying a unifying visual effect, such as posterization, to all or most of the visual elements in a film. In one implementation, a posterization standard includes a line work standard, a color palette, a plurality of color blocks characterized by one or more hard edges, and a gradient transition associated with each of the hard edges. The visual elements, including live actors and set pieces, are prepared in accordance with the posterization standard. The actors are filmed performing live among the set pieces. The live-action segments can be composited with digital elements. The result is a combination of both real and stylized elements, captured simultaneously, to produce an enhanced hybrid of live action and animation.
US11094098B2	Method for creating an animation summarizing a design process of a three-dimensional object A computer-implemented method for creating an animation summarizing a design process of a three-dimensional object, comprising the steps of: a) acquiring design data during at least one design session; b) automatically identifying time points of said session or sessions corresponding to milestones of the design process, and storing data representing statuses of the three-dimensional object at said milestones; and c) generating and displaying an animation of the design process, including displaying a graphical representation of a timeline (B) providing access to milestone data. A computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable data-storage medium and computer system for carrying out such a method.
US11094094B2	System and method for removing hard tissue in CT image A system and method for CT image reconstruction are provided. The method may include: obtaining raw data set related to an object; generating a first image set based on the raw data set, wherein the first image set includes a first full quality image and a first max field of view image; generating one or more reference images based on the first max field of view image; generating a first bone information image based on the one or more reference images; generating a second image set based on the raw data set, wherein the second image set includes a second full quality image; generating a second bone information image based on the one or more reference images; correcting hardening beam artifact of the second full quality image based on the second bone information image to generate a hardening beam artifact corrected image.
US11094093B2	Color processing program, color processing method, color sense inspection system, output system, color vision correction image processing system, and color vision simulation image processing system A computer is caused to execute processing of transforming a first color information indicating a first color in a first color space into a second color information in a second color space which is an opponent color space different from the first color space, according to a type of a color vision and a color vision strength indicating a degree of the color vision; calculating, in the second color space, a third color information having a predetermined color difference with respect to the transformed second color information; and transforming the calculated third color information into a fourth color information indicating a second color in the first color space, according to a type of a color vision and a color vision strength indicating a degree of the color vision.
US11094090B1	Compressive sensing based image capture using diffractive mask Some embodiments provide a novel compressive-sensing image capture device and a method of using data captured by the compressive-sensing image capture device. The novel compressive-sensing image capture device includes an array of sensors for detecting electromagnetic radiation. Each sensor in the sensor array has an associated mask that blocks electromagnetic radiation from portions of the sensor. In some embodiments, a diffractive mask is used to direct incoming light from a same object to different sensors in a sensing array. Some embodiments of the invention provide a dynamic mask array. In some embodiments, a novel machine trained network is provided that processes image capture data captured by the compressive-sensing image capture device to predict solutions to problems.
US11094083B2	Utilizing a critical edge detection neural network and a geometric model to determine camera parameters from a single digital image The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing a critical edge detection neural network and a geometric model to determine camera parameters from a single digital image. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems can train and utilize a critical edge detection neural network to generate a vanishing edge map indicating vanishing lines from the digital image. The system can then utilize the vanishing edge map to more accurately and efficiently determine camera parameters by applying a geometric model to the vanishing edge map. Further, the system can generate ground truth vanishing line data from a set of training digital images for training the critical edge detection neural network.
US11094081B2	Searching virtual content information For searching virtual content information, a processor searches the virtual content information including a virtual object contour. The processor further retrieves an image based on the virtual content information.
US11094079B2	Determining a pose of an object from RGB-D images A system and method for detecting a pose of an object is described. An augmented reality display device accesses first sensor data from an image sensor and a depth sensor of the augmented reality display device. The first sensor data includes a first plurality of images of an object and corresponding depth data relative to the augmented reality display device and the object. The augmented reality display device detects first features corresponding to the object by applying a convolutional neural network to the first sensor data, forms a plurality of training clusters based on the first features, and stores the plurality of training clusters in a training database.
US11094077B2	System and process for mobile object tracking Embodiments include system and processes for tracking objects using a camera. An optical marker dictionary including one or more optical markers is generated, the optical markers being optically distinct indicators. An optical marker within the optical marker dictionary is associated with and affixed to an object. A processor is in communication with the camera, receiving image data from the camera and applying computer vision to the image data in order to detect the presence of one or more optical markers within the optical marker dictionary within the image data. The processor determines camera position information and applies computer vision to the image data in order to determine relative position information for the detected optical markers and projects a position from the camera to a detected optical marker.
US11094069B2	Template based anatomical segmentation of medical images A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executed by the processor to specifically configure the processor to implement a multi-atlas segmentation engine. An offline registration component performs registration of a plurality of atlases with a set of image templates to thereby generate and store, in a first registration storage device, a plurality of offline registrations. The atlases are annotated training medical images and the image templates are non-annotated medical images. The multi-atlas segmentation engine receives a target image. An image selection component selects a subset of image templates in the set of image templates based on the target image. An online registration component performs registration of the subset of image templates with the target image to generate a plurality of online registrations. The multi-atlas segmentation engine retrieves offline registrations corresponding to the subset of image templates from the first registration storage device. The multi-atlas segmentation engine performs segmentation of the target image based on the retrieved offline registrations corresponding to the subset of image templates and the plurality of online registrations. The segmentation applies labels to anatomical structures present in the target image based on the retrieved offline registrations and the plurality of online registrations to thereby output a modified target image.
US11094068B2	Image processing method and image processor An image processing method is for detecting the edge of a well where cells are analyzed, from image data obtained by capturing the well and surroundings of the well, and an edge coordinate group for the well is extracted from the image data. If a plurality of edge coordinate groups has been extracted, edge candidates for the well are generated for each of the plurality of edge coordinate groups. Then, an edge candidate that satisfies a predetermined reference value is selected from among the generated edge candidates. If a plurality of edge candidates has been selected, relative evaluations are conducted to determine the edge of the analysis region from among the plurality of edge candidates.
US11094063B2	Brushing apparatus for physical anomaly detection A method for monitoring and detecting physical anomalies may include receiving, by a processor and from a camera of a brushing apparatus, an image of a body from a predetermined distance away from the body. The method may further include detecting, by the processor, an atypical contour of the image that indicates a physical anomaly. The method may further include generating, by the processor, a notification in response to detecting the atypical contour that indicates the physical anomaly.
US11094061B1	Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters.
US11094060B1	Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters.
US11094052B2	Method of counting sheet materials A method of counting sheet materials applied to a pile of sheet materials, comprising the steps of: receiving an image of the pile of sheet materials; obtaining a grayscale value of a plurality of pixels along a first image axis direction of the image to form an one dimensional first array; performing binarization of the first elements of the first array with a first threshold value to form an one dimensional second array; obtaining the number of the second elements of a first value appearing between two second elements of a second value in the second array to form a third array; dividing the elements of the third array into a first cluster and a second cluster with a second threshold value; counting the number of the third elements belonging to the first cluster and defining said number as the number of the first sheet materials.
US11094048B2	Image inspection device, image forming device, and computer-readable recording medium storing a program An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image. The image inspection device includes: an image reader outputting a read image generated by reading an image formed on a sheet of paper by an image forming device; an image inspection section inspecting the read image and outputting an inspection result which takes the read image determined not to have an abnormality as a normal image and the read image determined to have the abnormality as an abnormal image; an inspection result report generator generating an inspection result report according to the read image and the inspection result; an inspection result report output section outputting the inspection result report; and a controller performing control to cause the inspection result report output section to output the normal image and the abnormal image in a comparable manner.
US11094045B2	Systems and methods for image processing According to aspects of the present disclosure, methods, systems, and media for processing an image are provided. A system may include at least one computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for processing an original image, and at least one processor in communication with the at least one computer-readable storage medium. When executing the set of instructions, the system is directed to obtain a first luminance image of the original image; decompose the first luminance image to provide a plurality of first decomposed images; adjust pixel frequencies in at least some of the plurality of first decomposed images to generate a plurality of second decomposed images; generate a second luminance image of the original image based on the plurality of second decomposed images; and determine a final image of the original image based on the first luminance image, the second luminance image, and the original image.
US11094041B2	Generation of bokeh images using adaptive focus range and layered scattering A method includes determining, using at least one processor, a depth of range of focus for a scene. The method also includes determining, using the at least one processor, multiple layers associated with the scene based on the depth of focus range, where each layer is associated with image data having a different range of disparity values. The method further includes blending, using the at least one processor, the layers to produce an image having a Bokeh effect in a foreground and a background, and focused image data within the depth of focus range. The multiple layers include at least a first layer associated with the foreground, a second layer associated with the depth of focus range, and a third layer associated with the background.
US11094040B2	Noise detection method for time-series vegetation index derived from remote sensing images A noise detection method for time-series vegetation index (TSVI) derived from remote sensing images. Firstly, unit root test is used to classify observation values of each pixel into a stationary series or a non-stationary series; for the non-stationary, an appropriate mathematical model is used to model discrete TSVI, then differences between actual observation values and prediction values of the model are calculated and recorded as a deviation. As the deviation has removed seasonal components, the non-stationary series is transformed into a stationary series. For a stationary series or deviation data, noise detection is performed based on the assumption that observation values are distributed within a certain range around mean values; then model fitting and noise detection are iteratively carried out with remained observation values—until the iterations reached the maximum number or no noise is detected at one iteration. The time series is then converted back to image space to obtain a noise mask and optimized. The present invention can obtain an accurate noise mask and improve reliability of land surface-related applications.
US11094034B2	Determining appropriate medical image processing pipeline based on machine learning Mechanisms are provided to implement an automated medical image processing pipeline selection (MIPPS) system. The MIPPS system receives medical image data associated with a patient electronic medical record and analyzes the medical image data to extract evidence data comprising characteristics of one or more medical images in the medical image data indicative of a medical image processing pipeline to select for processing the one or more medical images. The evidence data is provided to a machine learning model of the MIPPS system which selects a medical image processing pipeline based on a machine learning based analysis of the evidence data. The selected medical image processing pipeline processes the medical image data to generate a results output.
US11094033B2	Reduce power by frame skipping In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to receive an input from one or more detectors proximate a display to present an output from a graphics pipeline, determine that a user is not interacting with the display, and in response to a determination that the user is not interacting with the display, to reduce a frame rendering rate of the graphics pipeline. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11094030B2	Methods of transforming image misalignment An image sensor is misaligned with an operating orientation. Misalignment information may be registered with an operating system. Misaligned image data may be transformed as a final processing act before being delivered to an application. A method of transforming image misalignment. Image data having a first orientation is received from an image sensor at a first computing component of a computing device. The image data is transformed using misalignment information to transformed image data having a second orientation. Immediately after transforming the image data, the transformed image data is communicated from a final computing component to an application.
US11094028B2	System and method for determining passenger-seeking ride-sourcing vehicle navigation A method comprises: obtaining historical vehicle service data in an area for a time period including historical locations of passenger-seeking vehicles with respect to time, historical locations of passenger orders with respect to time, and historical trip fares with respect to pick-up locations and time; discretizing the area into a plurality of zones and discretizing the time period into a plurality of time segments; aggregating the historical vehicle service data according the zones and time segments; obtaining an expected reward for a passenger-seeking vehicle to move from zone A to each neighboring zone of the zone A based on the aggregated historical vehicle service data; and obtaining a probability of a passenger-seeking vehicle moving from zone A to a neighboring zone B based on the expected reward for the passenger-seeking vehicle to move from zone A to the each neighboring zone of the zone A.
US11094027B2	System and method to establish primary and secondary control of rideshare experience features One general aspect includes a method to establish control of one or more rideshare experience features, the method including: receiving, via a processor, seat preference settings; based on the seat preference settings, via the processor, designating one vehicle seat of a plurality of vehicle seats; and enabling, via the processor, control of one or more rideshare experience features associated with the designated seat through at least one control panel located at the designated seat.
US11094024B2	Address based parameter estimation Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving, from a client device, a first input that provides a current address associated with a user; receiving, from the client device, a second user input that identifies a target location; and searching a real-estate database to identify a real-estate property associated with the current address. The systems and methods further provide for estimating equity associated with the real-estate property, updating parameters of a loan model based on the target location and the estimated equity, and providing an output of the model for presentation to the user based on the updated parameters.
US11094020B1	Methods and apparatus for constructing machine learning models to process user data and provide advance access to payments Devices, systems, and methods herein relate to generating a machine learning model for providing access to earned income. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive calibration datasets including (1) historical time data indicating time worked by a set of users and (2) historical earnings data indicating earnings made by the set of users. The processor may be configured to construct, based on the calibration datasets, a model for identifying anomalous data. The processor may be configured to receive, from a compute device associated with an entity, raw data for a current time period. The processor may be configured to process the raw data by removing anomalous data to produce processed data. The processor may be configured to determine an available balance for each user from the set of users based on the processed data.
US11094015B2	Data access and processing system This invention provides a distributed data analysis system for use in analysing Limit Order Book (LOB) data. The system include a virtual machine interface module for creating at least one virtual machine. Each virtual machine is configured to create at least one compute unit for processing the LOB data. Each compute unit and the LOB data is collocated. The system includes an update module for updating the LOB data from at least one electronic trading venue. A monitoring module for tracking the activity of at least one user on the system is also provided. A software library module having at least one algorithm for processing and/or analysing the LOB data, is also provided. The system is implemented in a cloud computing environment.
US11094011B2	Actionable contextualized alerts within an order management system The methods and systems described herein can be used for proactively monitoring regulatory compliance within an order management system, and for providing a real-time or near real-time recommendation relating to a subgroup of information containing suspicious attributes of a trade before the trade is executed. As such, market abuse monitoring is integrated with the order management system to provide historical trade data, identify a subgroup of information containing the suspicious attributes, and provide an actionable and contextualized real-time or near real-time recommendation to a compliance officer or other appropriate individual, officer, or office. As such, potential market abuse can be prevented by, for example, a rejection of the trade. By providing proactive surveillance rather than reactive surveillance relating to potential market abuse, fines or other consequences are also prevented. As such, compliance is improved.
US11094009B2	Method and system for obtaining credit A communication system enabling a first wireless subscriber in need of an instant credit line to use a creditee module on a portable wireless communication device to request credit from a second subscriber that has available credit at a financial institution. The second subscriber uses a creditor module on their device to generate rules for the extension of a credit line guaranteed by the financial institution of the second subscriber. If the rules are met, a credit authorization code is generated by the system and forwarded to the creditee module of the first subscriber's device such that the code can be subsequently used to complete a transaction initiated by the first subscriber to pay a vendor. The vendor may then employ a vendor's module to access the issued credit as prescribed by the creditor module.
US11094008B2	Debt resolution planning platform for accelerating charge off A device receives a request for information regarding a debt resolution plan available for a delinquent account. The request may include a first input indicating a payment amount, a second input indicating a payment frequency, and a third input indicating a payment start date. The device obtains account data associated with the delinquent account and determines, using a model, a score for the delinquent account based on the first input, the second input, the third input, and/or the account data. The score predicts a likelihood that the delinquent account will charge off within a predetermined time period. The device determines a plurality of plan parameters for an accelerated charge off plan when the score satisfies a threshold. The device transmits the plurality of plan parameters, receives an enrollment request, enrolls the delinquent account in the accelerated charge off plan, and performs one or more actions based on the enrolling.
US11094004B2	System and method for apportioning trading orders based on size of displayed quantities An apparatus for processing trading orders comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores a first order and a second order. The first order is associated with a product and comprises a displayed quantity and a reserved quantity. The second order is associated with the product and comprises a displayed quantity and a reserved quantity. The processor is coupled to the memory and receives a counterorder associated with the product. The processor fills the displayed quantity of the first order with a corresponding portion of the counterorder, and fills the displayed quantity of the second order with a corresponding portion of the counterorder. The processor allocates a first additional portion of the counterorder to the first order. The first additional portion is based at least in part on a ratio of the displayed quantity of the first order to a sum of the displayed quantity of the first order and the displayed quantity of the second order.
US11094002B1	Self-learning aisle generating system and methods of making and using same A computer-implemented self-learning method to generate a personalized virtual aisle via a remote acquisition mechanism associated with an entity comprises the step of accessing, using an online structure, an image database to retrieve a plurality of images. Each of the plurality of images represents an item offered by the entity. The method includes using the online structure to scale each of the plurality of images in proportion to an actual size of the item being represented by the images. The method comprises creating, using the online structure and a set of rules, a plurality of aisle blocks. The method includes dynamically grouping the plurality of aisle blocks based on each of a historical record of a patron and the set of rules to create the virtual aisle. The method comprises displaying the virtual aisle on an output accessible to the patron.
US11093995B2	Monitoring of customer consumption activity and management based on monitoring A monitoring-based service providing system includes a table monitoring terminal associated with one of a plurality of tables in a venue, a central control terminal, and an order terminal associated with said one of the plurality of tables. The central control terminal includes a communication interface communicable with the table monitoring terminal, and a controller. The controller is configured to compare the image data received at first timing with the image data received at second timing after the first timing, determine a remaining amount of the consumable item based on a comparison result of the image data received at the first and second timing, and generate recommendation information upon the determining remaining amount decreasing to a predetermined threshold, and control the second communication interface to transmit the generated recommendation information. The order terminal includes a display, on which a recommendation screen is displayed based on the recommendation information.
US11093994B2	In-store shopper location-based gift idea determination Triangulated movement and non-movement of a mobile device of a shopper are tracked among different locations within at least one retail environment to identify a shopper merchandise proximity history of the shopper within the at least one retail environment. The tracking uses a coordinated combination of mobile device global positioning system (GPS) information with detected triangulated proximity of the mobile device relative to a plurality of different retail environment low-energy communication devices. Responsive to identifying within the shopper merchandise proximity history an item of merchandise that meets at least one shopper merchandise threshold interest criterion, an electronic message that includes a gift recommendation of the item of merchandise is provided to at least one other user associated with and located remotely from the shopper.
US11093991B2	Vehicle purchasing tools A system for providing a vehicle purchasing tool is disclosed. The system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions. The system may also include one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive a pre-qualification application, the pre-qualification application including customer-identifying information, access a vehicle inventory associated with a dealership, and identify vehicle information associated with at least one vehicle for sale at the dealership based on the pre-qualification application. The one or more processors may be further configured to execute the instructions to determine a pre-qualified offer based at least on the customer-identifying information and the vehicle information, the pre-qualified offer including a first loan term, and provide the pre-qualified offer and the vehicle information to a client device for display as part of the pre-qualified offer in conjunction with the vehicle information.
US11093990B2	System and methods for presenting information about products based on movement of the products Systems and methods are provided for tracking products within a merchant location, based on movement of the product at the merchant location. An example method includes receiving, at a communication hub distributed in a merchant location, a plurality of movement indicators from a tag associated with a product where the movement indicators each indicate movement of the product and each including an identifier. The method also includes tracking, by the communication hub, the product in the merchant location based on the movement indicators.
US11093988B2	Biometric measures profiling analytics A biometric measures profiling analytics system and method are presented. The system and method include collecting biometric data associated with a consumer, and determining one or more biometric variables representing a measurable aspect of the biometric data. The system and method further include generating, based on at least one of the one or more biometric variables, at least one biometric profile variable associated with the consumer, the at least one biometric profile variable representing a degree of normality or abnormality of the collected and calibrated biometric data as compared to a biometric history of the consumer. The system and method further include generating a behavioral score for the consumer based on the collected and calibrated biometric data and with at least one biometric profile variable, the behavioral score representing a degree of risk of normality or abnormality of an event associated with the biometric data.
US11093985B2	System, devices, and methods for acquiring and verifying online information A system and method of acquiring and verifying information is provided. The system comprises a processor, and a memory comprising a sequence of instructions which when executed by the processor configure the processor to perform the method. The method comprises acquiring data from a data source associated with an author of the data, normalizing the acquired data, determining, by the processor, an identity of the author of the data, classifying the normalized data based on the identity and acquired metadata, and storing in a memory the normalized data. Normalizing the acquired data comprises parsing the acquired data for meaningful information, extracting metadata from the acquired data, and mapping the parsed information to internal data structures.
US11093979B2	Machine learning system for configuring social media campaigns Techniques for using machine learning to configure social media campaigns are disclosed. A social relationship management (SRM) service performs supervised machine learning to generate a learned model, at least by: generating feature vectors based on training data including campaign configuration data and one or more campaign success metrics; and performing pattern recognition on the feature vectors to determine one or more preferred campaign configurations. The SRM service publishes messages to one or more social media platforms and receives user interaction data associated with users' interactions with the messages. The SRM service performs unsupervised machine learning to update the learned model based at least in part on the user interaction data. The SRM service receives a request to configure a social media campaign, applies data associated with the request to the learned model to determine a preferred campaign configuration, and configures the social media campaign based on the preferred campaign configuration.
US11093976B2	Broker extensions to real-time bidding in digital media The present invention provides protocol enhancements and variations to the current state of RTB that provide additional buying methods to address the challenges associated with RTB, such as resource intensiveness for both exchanges and bidders and lack of a truly automated way of guaranteeing the win rates necessary to fulfill guaranteed campaigns with predictable risk. These methods include a) open bids that are automatically entered in future auctions in case of loss, b) buy orders for time-limited, small quantities of impressions specified either with a live auction bid response or via a separate interface, and c) guaranteed buy orders that allow impressions to be secured without a live auction in return for a premium above fair market value.
US11093975B2	Integrated location-based message personalization Systems and methods for personalizing electronic messages for users based upon determining user mobile device location data indicating user locations within an area of interest are disclosed. User geospatial location data is obtained at user mobile devices upon the triggering event of a user action (e.g., visiting a web site or using an application on the user mobile device). The location data is stored and compared against map data accurately and precisely defining a map area of the area of interest, such as a vehicle dealer lot. A user data sheet is generated to store information regarding the user location and time at the area of interest. The user data sheet may include a user status identifier based upon elapsed time since the user was at the area of interest. Personalized messages are then generated and transmitted to the user based upon the information in the user data sheet.
US11093974B2	Image attribute processing system, image attribute processing apparatus, and method of processing image attributes An information processing system includes circuitry configured to store, in a memory, one or more feature value patterns associated with appearance attribute of one or more groups of persons calculated from a plurality of acquired image data using machine learning, in which each one of the groups assumed to have a unique group value being different for each one of the groups, receive image data of a target person input as analysis target data, analyze an appearance attribute of the target person in the image data using the one or more feature value patterns associated with the appearance attribute of the one or more groups stored in the memory, and output a response corresponding to an analysis result of the appearance attribute of the target person.
US11093971B2	Contextual discovery The present invention provides various systems and methods to intelligently predict the user's intent and persona based on derived hyper-contextual information from user's computing device and device-server ranking system to serve at least one search advertisement or at least one search string relevant to user's intent and persona at the time of user entering input or even before user entering input in the search editor of a computing-device application or webpage in real-time using a recommendation engine. The present invention suggests providing the recommendation engine implemented on the computing device that may enable the user to automatically perform hyper-contextual discovery and intelligently predict user's intent and persona and in response provide at least one search advertisement or at least one search string relevant to user intent.
US11093970B2	Providing collected profiles to ad networks having specified interests To improve monetization of electronic advertisement placement, a profile owner company operates an automatic system for identifying media properties that have interests in specific profiles or profiles of a specified category or kind. The profile owner recognizes a collected visitor profile as one that a media property has previously requested or one that is within a category that a media property has previously requested and arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the media property that requested such a profile. The media property can use the tag in displaying customized advertising to the visitor. Using information received from the media property, the profile owner company then records usage of the profile by the media property.
US11093965B2	Methods and apparatus for transmitting multimedia files in a data network In one implementation a method of transmitting a multimedia file over a data network is provided that involves receiving from a device in a data network a first message in a first protocol that request first data associated with the multimedia file, the first data being useable by the device to establish a streaming session that involves a transmission of the multimedia file. The first message includes identifying data of a referring site. The method also involves transmitting to the device the first data and optionally the identifying data of the referring site and then receiving from the device a second message in a second protocol for the purpose of creating a streaming session associated with the multimedia file. A streaming session is then created for transmitting the multimedia file to the device. In another implementation a method is provided that involves receiving in a computing device from a referring site an identifier of first data associated with a multimedia file and identifying data of the referring site, wherein the first data is useable for establishing a streaming session for downloading the multimedia file. The method further involves transmitting from the computing device a first message in a first protocol that requests the first data associated with the multimedia file and receiving in the computing device the first data. Upon receiving the first data the computing device transmits a second message in a second protocol for the purpose of creating the streaming session associated with the multimedia file, the second message including the first data and the identifying data of the referring site. The computing device then receives via the streaming session, all or a portion of the multimedia file. In some implementations, the first protocol and the second protocol are the same.
US11093958B2	System and method for facilitating real-time feedback in response to collection of real-world data Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods and operations for implementing and managing a data collection campaign for data regarding the observation of product or service related information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be defined and executed. As part of that design and execution, a user's or prospective user's rating may be accessed and used to decide whether to make a specific opportunity or set of opportunities available to a specific user, and/or to process the data received from a certain user in a certain way. In some embodiments, a communication or instruction may be generated and provided to a user/observer participant in an observation campaign requesting that they alter some aspect of the setting or environment in which a product is being sold or offered for sale. In some embodiments, such a communication may be provided to a proprietor of a sales location or to a campaign coordinator so that they are aware of a problem with the way a product or service is being marketed or displayed and can take a remedial action if desired.
US11093955B2	Methods and apparatus to measure mobile broadband market share Methods and apparatus are disclosed to measure mobile broadband market share. A disclosed example method involves invoking an adapter query on a computing device in response to detecting a request for Internet services, identifying a plurality of available adapters on the computing device based on the adapter query, and determining whether the computing device includes a mobile broadband service provider based on which one of the plurality of available adapters is servicing the request for Internet services.
US11093954B2	System and method for predicting the sales behavior of a new item A system and method for forecasting the sales of a new item, i.e., one with no historical sales data, is presented. Two matrices are presented, a feature matrix and a sales matrix. The matrices are divided into training matrices and prediction matrices. The training matrices are decomposed, then regression analysis is performed to determine the weight of various columns of the training feature matrix. Thereafter, the weights could be used on the training prediction matrix to predict sales. The sales predictions can be used to order SKUs for a retailer or distributor. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
US11093952B2	Information displaying method, information displaying system, information displaying program, and method for providing information displaying program An information displaying method includes: obtaining, for each of users, usage history information items on one or more appliances used by the user; calculating a utilization characteristic based on a usage history information item on a predetermined appliance among the one or more appliances used by a predetermined user among the users, the utilization characteristic being of the predetermined user using the predetermined appliance, and the usage history information item on the obtained predetermined appliance; obtaining, for each of the user, a post information item posted by the user; and displaying, in association with each other, (i) a utilization characteristic information item on the utilization characteristic calculated in the calculating and (ii) the post information item posted by the predetermined user, the utilization characteristic being of the predetermined user using the predetermined appliance, and the post information item being obtained in the obtaining of a post information item.
US11093946B2	System and method for evaluating risk Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for evaluating risk are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a plurality of transactions each comprising a plurality of data dimensions, wherein some of the plurality of transactions are labeled as risky transactions and some of the plurality of transactions are labeled as safe transactions; obtaining at least one of the plurality of data dimensions as an output space and the plurality of data dimensions other than the at least one data dimension as an input space; initializing a first mapping from the input space to a latent space and a second mapping from the latent space to the output space, wherein the first mapping comprises mapping the input space to the latent space according to an inverse of a generalized linear model; and optimizing the first mapping and the second mapping to generate a Bezier surface.
US11093944B1	Systems and methods for peer-to-peer identity verification An identity verification system may include a contactless card comprising a processor and a memory, and one or more applications comprising instructions for execution on one or more devices. The contactless card may be associated with a first user. A first application may be configured to transmit, after entry of the contactless card into a communication field, identity data. A second application may be configured to receive a notification based on an identity verification process. The notification may comprise an option indicative of requested access to specified information about the first user, the option further including a choice to accept or decline access to the specified information about the first user. The first application may be configured to receive the requested access to specified information about the first user based on selection of the option.
US11093943B1	Account security system A webcam account security system that allows a user to require activation of a webcam when accessing an account. The system may prompt a user attempting to access the account to activate the webcam and may deny access to the account or require additional security procedures when access to the webcam is not granted. Additionally, the system may store any images or footage captured by the webcam for analysis in the case a fraud notification is received. The system may further deny access to the account when the webcam is unable to detect the face or an identifying characteristic of the person attempting to access the account.
US11093939B2	Transfer costs and lock timeouts in a resource transfer system Systems and techniques are provided for a resource transfer system. An instruction to transfer a first quantity of a resource from a first resource pool to a second resource pool may be received. A hold may be placed on a second quantity of the resource in the first resource pool. The held second quantity of the first resource may not be transferred from the first resource pool until the hold is released. Responsive to receiving a message that fulfills a condition on the hold and an instruction to execute the transfer, the hold may be released. A register that is in the first resource pool and is associated with the resource may decremented by the first quantity, and a register that is in the second resource pool and is associated with the resource may be incremented by the first quantity.
US11093935B2	System and methods for a resource-saving exchange protocol based on trigger-ready envelopes among distributed nodes Disclosed is a resource-saving exchange protocol based on a safe transfer of envelopes among distributed nodes. The method comprises the steps of: authoring an envelope at an origin node, said envelope comprising at least a letter and a trigger card, wherein said letter is any one of an execution algorithm and said trigger card is any one of an event or algorithm that starts the execution of a logic; launching said envelope into the distributed network of nodes, whereby the envelope is transferred from at least one run-node to at least a second run-node according to an embedded exchange logic for safe transfer; checking the trigger from at least one envelope at least once by each run-node and transferred further if the trigger is not met and disabling trigger checking functionality of any one of nodes not actively checking for triggers to save resource, and analyzing the envelopes content upon trigger being fired to learn which run-node is eligible to execute the main logic of the envelope (execute-node).
US11093932B2	Mobile-merchant proximity solution for financial transactions In order to facilitate conducting a financial transaction via wireless communication between an electronic device (such as a smartphone) and another electronic device (such as another smartphone), a secure element in the electronic device may generate, using an encryption key associated with the secure element, a signed blob based on a transaction amount and a merchant identifier. Then, the electronic device communicates connection information between the electronic device and the other electronic device. Moreover, the electronic device may establish a connection between the electronic device and the other electronic device based on the connection information, and may concurrently provide the signed blob to the other electronic device. After receiving a signed transaction blob from the other electronic device using the connection (which includes information needed to conduct the financial transaction), the electronic device provides the information to a server to conduct the financial transaction.
US11093928B2	Electronic system and automatic website login and security payment method using near-field communication An automatic website login and security payment method is provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a mobile device to transmit transaction authentication program information to a computer device via near-field communication, wherein the transaction authentication program information includes a database file and a transaction authentication program; detecting at least one website that is being visited by the computer device via the transaction authentication program; when the database file includes user information corresponding to the at least one website, inputting the user information in the database file into the at least one website; and when the database file does not include the user information corresponding to the at least one website, capturing the user information that is input on the at least one website via the transaction authentication program.
US11093927B2	Sensory data collection in an augmented reality system An augmented reality system collects sensory data from one or more user devices in a manner that is transparent to the user's augmented reality experience. A customer of an augmented reality system requests sensory data at a specified location. The augmented reality system modifies the augmented reality experience for one or more users to move someone to the specified location. The user device(s) collect the sensory data at the specified location in a manner that is transparent to the augmented reality experience of the user(s). The sensory data is uploaded from the user device(s) to the augmented reality system, which sends the sensory data to the customer.
US11093926B1	Payments via a smart appliance Systems and methods for recommending purchase of a new smart appliance are described. The method includes receiving operational information relating to a first smart appliance. The method includes predicting, based on the operational information, a future date by which the first smart appliance will be required to be replaced by a second smart appliance. The method includes estimating, based on financial history of a user, a budget capacity for the user to purchase the second smart appliance. The method includes determining, based on the user's budget capacity and a predicted operating cost of the first smart appliance, a recommended date to purchase the second smart appliance. The recommended date is no later than the future date. The method includes providing the estimated budget capacity and the recommended date to the user.
US11093925B2	Methods and systems for providing chargeback scoring for network transactions Systems and methods are provided for use in imposing chargeback probability scores on network transactions. One exemplary method includes obtaining at least one transaction detail of a network transaction between a consumer and a merchant. A computing device determines a chargeback probability score for the network transaction based, at least in part, on the at least one transaction detail. Chargeback data is transmitted to an entity associated with the network transaction, where the chargeback data includes at least one of (a) the chargeback probability score and (b) an indicator that the chargeback probability score fails to satisfy one or more thresholds, thereby permitting the entity to hold and/or decline the network transaction when the chargeback probability score fails to satisfy one or more thresholds.
US11093913B2	Systems and methods for distributing payment network services Systems and methods are provided for use in distributing one or more services to edge devices in a payment network. One exemplary method includes receiving, at an edge device, an authorization request related to a payment account from a customer, identifying at least one service associated with the request and/or the payment account, and performing said at least one service, at the edge device. The exemplary method further includes transmitting the authorization request to an issuer associated with the payment account, and transmitting an authorization reply, generated by the issuer, to the customer, whereby the at least one service is distributed to the edge device.
US11093911B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products providing an identity-storing browser A method includes: communicating data from a browser, operating on a computing device, to an electronic shopping cart during a transaction; receiving user-authenticating data from a user interface of the computing device; decrypting secure user data stored to the computing device; authenticating a user based on the user-authenticating data and the decrypted secure user data; in response to authenticating the user, transmitting an indication of payment from the browser to the electronic shopping cart; processing the transaction after transmitting the indication of payment; and recording the transaction in a blockchain stored on the computing device.
US11093910B2	Transfer of digital currency encryption keys through the process of issuance, validation and devaluation of physical medium with multi-factor authorization, and the physical medium of encryption keys for digital currency to conduct this transfer technology A method of a transfer of the digital currency encryption keys through the process of issuance, validation and devaluation of physical medium with multi-factor authorization is disclosed. The medium is distributed on the market as blank and to which belongs a second authorization factor safely stored with the manufacturer or integrated into the medium in form of a tamper-evident box, is loaded by an issuer using a SW application for the medium issuance and based on a first authorization factor generated by the issuer, an identifier of the medium and other data an address is derived and passed to the issuer to which he sends the balance of the digital currency in an amount equivalent to the denomination of the medium. A physical medium of encryption keys for the digital currency is also disclosed.
US11093901B1	Systems and methods for automatic candidate assessments in an asynchronous video setting In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for automating recorded candidate assessments include receiving a submission for an available position including a question response recording for each of one or more interview questions. For each question response recording, a transcript can be generated by applying a speech-to-text algorithm to an audio portion of the recording. The systems and methods can detect, within the transcript, identifiers each associated with the personality aspects by applying a natural language classifier trained to detect words and phrases associated with the personality aspects of the personality model. Scores may be calculated for each of the personality aspects based on a relevance of the respective personality aspect to the respective interview question and detected identifiers. The scores can be presented within a user interface screen responsive to receiving a request to view interview results.
US11093900B1	Employment exchange for facilitating exchanges of verified employment candidates between off-boarding employers and on-boarding employers An employment exchange for facilitating the transfer of verified candidates between an off-boarding employer and an on-boarding employer, comprising an outplacement tracking module, a requirement tracking module, and a placement tracking module. The outplacement tracking module verifies the identity of a user, such as an employer or a candidate, before the user can register with the employment exchange, and further ensures that each candidate is an active job seeker whose employment is terminated by an off-boarder. The requirement tracking module allows an on-boarder to post job requisitions and hire candidates, and allows a candidate to apply to job requisitions. The placement tracking module tracks the status of a placement offer extended by an on-boarder to a candidate to verify that the placement is completed.
US11093899B2	Augmented reality document processing system and method A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for processing a document. A computer system identifies the document in a live view on a mobile display system for processing; performs optical character recognition on the document identified in the live view of the document on the mobile display system for a user to form document information for the document; and identifies human resources information relating to the document information using the document information and a policy. The human resources information is stored in a database, and the policy defines the human resources information relevant to the document. The computer system also displays a relation of the human resources information to the document information in augmented reality information on the live view of the document on the mobile display system and updates the human resources information in the database using the document information to form updated human resources information.
US11093895B2	Methods and systems for managing stock room bin audits at retail sales facilities In some embodiments, methods and systems of managing bins audits in a stock room of a retail sales facility include generating at least one bin audit management factor for the bins at the retail sales facility. The bin audit management factor can include an amount of time a total number of products stored in the bin does not change; a number of times a one product is binned or picked from the bin, a number of products stored in the bin; and an accuracy percentage of a worker at the retail sales facility during a preceding audit of the bin. Based on whether the value of one or more of the bin audit management factors meets a predetermined threshold value that supports the auditing of a bin, an indication to a worker at the retail sales facility is generated as to whether that bin is to be audited or not.
US11093892B2	Realtime product backup delivery Navigation data to a first location on a delivery route for a first delivery is sent to a navigation components of a delivery vehicle. Upon receipt of a notification that the first delivery to the first location is canceled, the availability of a backup delivery is determined. The location of each of a pre-determined set of potential buyers is compared to the current location of the delivery vehicle, and in real-time, a consumption of resources is calculated for a backup delivery and the return the one or more items to a designated return location. A determination of whether the backup delivery to a particular potential buyer is favorable as compared to the return the one or more items to the designated return location and, if favorable, navigational instructions are transmitted in real-time to the delivery vehicle to deliver the one or more items to the particular potential buyer.
US11093891B1	Dynamically generating a sort zone assignment plan Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a sort zone assignment plan for packages expected to arrive at a facility during a predetermined period of time. Prior to arrival of the packages at the facility, a sort zone assignment plan is generated that optimizes distribution of the plurality of packages to a plurality of sort zones within the facility for a given sorting cycle. Once a package arrives at the facility, the package is scanned and the sort zone assignment is determined according to the sort zone assignment plan. The package is then transferred to the assigned sort zone.
US11093887B2	Managing disbursement signals at payment systems A method for managing disbursement signals at a payment system is discussed. The method includes selecting a source of a general disbursement signal indicating a requested transfer of a first portion of funds from a buyer account to a general account at the payment system. The method includes determining an event for transferring a second portion of the funds from the general account to a merchant account. The method includes selecting, based on the event, a source of a merchant signal, the merchant signal indicating a requested transfer of the second portion of the funds from the general account to the merchant account. The method also includes configuring a disbursement module to trigger a transfer of the first portion of the funds in response to receiving the general signal and to trigger a transfer of the second portion of the funds in response to receiving the merchant signal.
US11093883B2	Apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for determining a drug for manufacture An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for determination of a drug for manufacture. The apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to receive input data related to one or more drug programs, acquire data from a database, generate one or more models based upon the acquired data from the database, determine, from the one or more models, one or more outputs related to the chronological event, select, based upon the determined one or more outputs, one of the one or more drug programs for manufacture, and transmit, to the manufacturing device via the network, manufacturing information related to the manufacture of the selected one of the one or more drug programs.
US11093879B2	Task management system of an aircraft crew during a mission and related method A task management system of an aircraft crew during a mission includes a task sequencing module configured to acquire a first list of procedure tasks for normal and special missions to be performed during the mission, a second list of abnormal, emergency and deferred procedure tasks, to be performed in case of defect and/or failures, and a third list of additional tasks resulting from entries by the crew. The task sequencing module is configured for defining a priority order and/or a planning order between the tasks to be performed immediately from among the tasks of the first list, the second list and the third list. The display management assembly is configured to display a first overall task sequencing window including tasks from the first list, the second list and the third list ranked according to the priority order and/or according to the planning order.
US11093878B2	System and method for providing temporal dependencies between tasks Systems, methods, and other embodiments are disclosed that are configured to generate and temporally associate task structures in a computerized project plan representing tasks of a project. In one embodiment, a temporally dependent relationship is formed between a successor task structure and a group of predecessor task structures within the computerized project plan, in response to user interaction with a graphical user interface associated with the computerized project plan. The temporally dependent relationship is formed by allowing a temporal event associated with the successor task structure to be recorded within the computerized project plan as having occurred only after a temporal criterion is recorded within the computerized project plan as having been met for a defined number of predecessor task structures in the group. The defined number is less than a total number of predecessor task structures in the group.
US11093877B2	Inspection plan drafting support system, method, and program A structural object data input unit receives an input of structural data of a target structural object to be inspected, and an attribute information input unit receives an input of attribute information of the target structural object. Next, an inspection location determination unit specifies a location having stress applied thereto in the target structural object, and determines an inspection required location of the target structural object on the basis of a result of the determination. Next, an inspection plan creation unit creates an inspection plan on the basis of the specification result for the inspection required location, and outputs the created inspection plan to a display unit. Thereby, the inspection plan is displayed on the display unit.
US11093874B2	Resource virtualization The global proliferation of high speed communication networks has created unprecedented opportunities for geographically distributed resource interaction. However, while the opportunities exist and continue to grow, the realization of those opportunities has fallen behind. A resource virtualization system solves the enormous technical challenges of finding and evaluating resources to assign to complex projects.
US11093872B2	Systems and methods of ensuring and maintaining equipment viability for a task A device management system contemplates scheduling connected devices and personnel for tasks, monitoring the ability of the devices to perform the scheduled task by checking in with the devices based on their uses and locations, and to modify the functioning of the devices according to the tasks scheduled for the devices and their uses. Additionally, the system can incorporate uncommunicated “dumb” devices into the scheduling of tasks and track and manage those devices.
US11093869B2	Analytical system with iterative method of analyzing data in web-based data processor with results display designed for non-experts A method of analysis, analysis system, apparatus, program product and method of supplying analysis of value that incorporates at least one data acquisition device, a central processor which may be located in the cloud with storage capacity and user-friendly interface on any web-enabled device with a communication link between the data acquisition device and the central processor and the central processor and the user interface on a web-enabled device. In the central processor, models of calibration predict values of the properties of interest; a classifier interrogates data to minimize errors in cases that the response variable is nonlinear by writing equations to follow each data segment; and a quantifier associates a data class with a specific pre-determined calibration model to compute specific parameters of interest. Results of analysis can be determined on the user interface at multiple stages of the analysis.
US11093866B2	Systems and methods for creating a rich social media profile Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for updating information stored in a database system over a network. In some implementations, first contact data is retrieved from a first virtual portion of a database system, where the first contact data provides first contact information associated with at least one entity. In some instances, the first contact data is compared with second contact data, where the second contact data provides second contact information associated with the at least one entity. In some instances, at least some of the second contact information is retrieved from a social networking system. In various implementations, at least one difference between the first contact data and the second contact data is identified, where the at least one difference is capable of being presented in a user interface displayed at a computer system. In some instances, a selection identifying contact data to store is received.
US11093865B2	Methods of chemical computation The invention provides methods for computing with chemicals by encoding digital data into a plurality of chemicals to obtain a dataset; translating the dataset into a chemical form; reading the data set; querying the dataset by performing an operation to obtain a perceptron; and analyzing the perceptron for identifying chemical structure and/or concentration of at least one of the chemicals, thereby developing a chemical computational language. The invention demonstrates a workflow for representing abstract data in synthetic metabolomes. Also presented are several demonstrations of kilobyte-scale image data sets stored in synthetic metabolomes, recovered at >99% accuracy.
US11093859B2	Training a cognitive system on partial correctness A set of components is computed from performing NLP on a question in an input. An actual answer is computed corresponding to the question by a cognitive system. the actual answer corresponds to an actual subset of the set of components, and an expected answer corresponds to an expected subset of the subset of components. The actual answer is mapped to an actual category in a hierarchy of answer categories. A distance between the expected answer and the actual answer is computed where the distance is a function of a path in the hierarchy from the actual category to the expected category, and a degree of correctness of the actual answer is another function of the distance. A self-learning operation in the cognitive system causes a revised actual answer on the question being at a shorter distance from the expected answer.
US11093858B2	Training a cognitive system on partial correctness A set of components is computed from performing NLP on a question in an input. An actual answer is computed corresponding to the question by a cognitive system. the actual answer corresponds to an actual subset of the set of components, and an expected answer corresponds to an expected subset of the subset of components. The actual answer is mapped to an actual category in a hierarchy of answer categories. A distance between the expected answer and the actual answer is computed where the distance is a function of a path in the hierarchy from the actual category to the expected category, and a degree of correctness of the actual answer is another function of the distance. A self-learning operation in the cognitive system causes a revised actual answer on the question being at a shorter distance from the expected answer.
US11093852B2	Systems and methods for recognizing a device and/or an instance of an app invoked on a device A system of classifying devices and/or app instances a new or returning divides attributes generated from observations received from an uncharacterized device/software app into base-fingerprint attributes and predictor attributes, where the two kinds of attributes have different longevities. Predictor attribute tuples from attribute tuples having the same base fingerprint as the base fingerprint corresponding to the uncharacterized device/app, and the predictor attribute tuple corresponding to the uncharacterized device/app are analyzed using a machine learned predictor function to obtain a final fingerprint. Machine learning techniques such as logistic regression, support vector machine, and artificial neural network can provide a predictor function that can decrease the conflict rate of the final fingerprint and, hence, the utility thereof, without significantly affecting the accuracy of classification.
US11093850B1	Quantum random access memory A quantum circuit, including, a first S gates, a first Toffoli gate, a Controlled-SWAP gates, a Controlled-Toffli gates, a second Toffoli gate, and a second S gates.
US11093849B2	Systems and method for content provisioning via distributed presentation engines Systems and methods for content selection with first and second recommendation engines are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory include a content library database and a model database. The system can include a user device having a first network interface and a first I/O subsystem. The system can include one or more servers that can include a packet selection system and a presentation system. These one or more servers can: receive response data from the user device; provide received response data to a first recommendation engine; alert a second recommendation engine when a selected next node is a placeholder node; retrieve at least one statistical model relevant to selection of next node content; and select next node content based on an output of the at least one statistical model.
US11093848B2	Predictive engine for generating multivariate predictive responses A predictive engine includes an optimizer and a predictor. The optimizer is configured to receive an observed dataset having inputs and multivariate responses and determine latent response variables based on the predictive inputs and the multivariate responses. The optimizer is further configured to select latent response variables, measure dependencies between multivariate responses, estimate coefficients that relate the input predictors to determined latent response variables, and correlate dependencies and coefficients with the latent response variables. The predictor is configured to generate a predictive distribution of probabilities for the latent variables, map the probabilities to multivariate responses, generate a predictive distribution of probabilities for the multivariate responses, and determine at least one optimized input from the multivariate responses.
US11093846B2	Rating model generation Rating models may be generated by obtaining a plurality of consumption values, obtaining a plurality of rating values, training a model that estimates consumption values and rating values by utilizing a plurality of consumer attributes for each consumer, a plurality of item attributes for each item, and a plurality of weights for each attribute of each combination of a consumer and an item. Each estimated consumption value is a function of the plurality of weights for each attribute of each combination of each consumer and each item that corresponds with the estimated consumption value, and each estimated rating value is a function of the plurality of consumer attributes of a consumer that corresponds with the estimated rating value, the plurality of item attributes of an item that corresponds with the estimated rating value, and the plurality of weights that corresponds with the estimated rating value.
US11093845B2	Tree pathway analysis for signature inference A method for detecting fraud and non-fraud pattern changes can be based on transaction pathway transversal analysis. A decision tree can be built based on a training dataset from a reference dataset. Pathway transversal information can be recorded along each pathway for the reference dataset. A first mean and a first variance of a class probability can be calculated of all samples over each pathway. A pathway distribution for a new transaction dataset under investigation and a second mean and a second variance of all samples of the new transaction dataset can be obtained. The second mean and the second variance can represent a fraud probability. The deviation metrics between one or more feature statistics of a feature along each pathway for the reference dataset and the new dataset can be determined on a local level. Feature contributors to pattern changes can be determined by analyzing the deviation metrics.
US11093843B2	Self-trained content management system for automatically classifying execution modes for user requests Embodiments of the present invention are directed to techniques for optimizing an execution mode used to process a request. A self-training storage system can determine one or more proposed execution modes based on a real-time evaluation of various factors, including a history of execution modes used to process historical requests. This history can serve as training data for a machine learning model that can predict an execution mode based on one or more request parameters. This predicted execution mode can be taken as one of a number of proposed execution modes that can be combined using a weightage system to automatically classify an ultimate execution mode used to process the request. Associated weights for combining proposed execution modes can be determined by training a machine learning model using a training set constructed based on a survey of user satisfaction with a determined execution mode.
US11093837B2	Event forecasting Embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitating event forecasting. In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a set of events determined from raw machine data is obtained. The events are analyzed to identify leading indicators that indicate a future occurrence of a target event, wherein the leading indicators occur during a search period of time the precedes a warning period of time, thereby providing time for an action to be performed prior to an occurrence of a predicted target event. At least one of the leading indicators is used to predict a target event. An event notification is provided indicating the prediction of the target event.
US11093834B2	Computer-implemented system and method for predicting activity outcome based on user attention A computer-implemented system and method for predicting activity outcome based on user attention is provided. Sensor data is collected for a user, and an activity performed by a user is identified based on the sensor data. Features of the user are collected while performing the activity and a subject of focus of the user is determined based on the collected features. An outcome of the activity performed by the user is predicted based on the features and the determined subject of focus.
US11093832B2	Pruning redundant neurons and kernels of deep convolutional neural networks Method and apparatus for optimizing a convolutional neural network (CNN). A respective measure of importance is calculated for each of a plurality of elements within a CNN. A first one of the measures of importance is calculated by back propagating a second one of the measures of importance through the CNN. One or more of the plurality of elements is pruned from the CNN, based on the calculated measures of importance.
US11093824B2	Neuromorphic device and method of driving the same The present disclosure provides a neuromorphic device and a method of driving the same. The neuromorphic device of the present disclosure includes a channel, the magnetization direction of which is changed as a plurality of data is integrated, first and second magnetization regulators formed on both ends of the channel and responsible for changing the magnetization direction of the channel according to a plurality of input data, and a controller formed on the channel between the first and second magnetization regulators and responsible for firing data equal to or greater than a critical value integrated in the channel.
US11093818B2	Customer profile learning based on semi-supervised recurrent neural network using partially labeled sequence data A method and system are provided. The method includes receiving by a computer having a processor and a memory, sequence data that includes labeled data and unlabeled data. The method further includes generating, by the computer having the processor and the memory, a recurrent neural network model of the sequence data, the recurrent neural network model having a recurrent layer and an aggregate layer. The recurrent neural network model feeds sequences generated from the recurrent layer into the aggregate layer for aggregation, stores temporal dependencies in the sequence data, and generates labels for at least some of the unlabeled data.
US11093817B2	Information processing device and information processing method An information processing device includes, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to, acquire a neural network, divide the neural network into divided neural networks, identify, based on input-output characteristics of the divided neural networks, parameters of each of polynomial neural networks corresponding to each of the divided neural networks, and output another neural network generated by linking the identified polynomial neural networks.
US11093816B2	Convolutional neural network (CNN)-based anomaly detection The technology disclosed determines which field values in a set of unique field values for a particular field in a fielded dataset are anomalous using six similarity measures. A factor vector is generated per similarity measure and combined to form an input matrix. A convolutional neural network processes the input matrix to generate evaluation vectors. A fully-connected network evaluates the evaluation vectors to generate an anomaly scalar for a particular unique field value. Thresholding is applied to anomaly scalar to determine whether the particular unique field value is anomalous.
US11093812B2	RFIC module, RFID tag, and article An RFIC module is provided that includes a first planar conductor and a second planar conductor that faces each other. Moreover, an inductor is provided of which both ends are connected between the first planar conductor and the second planar conductor. An RFIC also has both ends connected between the first planar conductor and the second planar conductor. In a plan view of the first planar conductor, the inductor is adjacent to a first point that is at an outer edge of the first planar conductor, and the RFIC is adjacent to a second point of the outer edges of the first planar conductor. In addition, the second point is positioned away from the first point.
US11093810B1	Multizone equipment tracking system and method A multizone equipment tracking solution includes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags affixed to items of inventoried equipment; a plurality of RFID readers deployed in a plurality of different zones, including a transit zone and a storage zone, wherein an RFID reader in a transit zone comprises a mobile reader; and a monitoring node. The RFID readers read the plurality of tags, for example from items that are in the different zones, and report the tag codes to the monitoring node. Examples permit a real-time, end-to-end view of inventoried equipment across different zones, spanning multiple, widely-dispersed storage locations, in-transit routes (for both installation delivery and decommissioning recovery), and at operational sites. Reported data, including locations, times (e.g., durations), may be advantageously mined to provide value for inventory management by locating misplaced or incorrectly-routed items, and identifying excessive transit and storage times and actual loss events.
US11093809B2	Machine-readable tape Exemplary embodiments use a single, physical embodiment that compiles independent machine-readable codes together with little to no space in between codes. This physical embodiment is in two primary forms—adhesive tape or fabric strips with hook and loop backing. A code reader device, with software compatible with the machine-readable codes, can rapidly or simultaneously aggregate independent codes together on the physical embodiment in order to assign them to one or more digital addresses.
US11093807B2	Image forming system An image forming apparatus includes an image processor performing image processing to image data, an image forming unit forming an image on a sheet based on the image data, and a controller changing an image forming condition of the image forming unit based on user information, in a case where a first measuring image is formed by the image forming unit to generate a first conversion condition for image data conversion in image processing to be performed by an external image processing apparatus, controlling the image forming unit based on the changed image forming condition, and in a case where a second measuring image is formed by the image forming unit to generate a second conversion condition for image data conversion in image processing to be performed by the image processor, controlling the image forming unit based on a default image forming condition.
US11093803B2	Screening technique for prohibited objects at security checkpoints A system and method for automatically classifying compartments at a security checkpoint includes receiving a three-dimensional representation of a compartment from an imaging device connected to the computing system, and classifying the compartment into a first category or a second category using a trained neural network that analyzes the three-dimensional representation, wherein compartments classified into the first category are automatically cleared at the security checkpoint and compartments classified into the second category undergo further security checks.
US11093801B2	Object detection device and object detection method An object detection device includes a processor configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of regions in an input image, a confidence indicating a degree of certainty that an object to be detected is represented; determine that the object is represented in a first region for which the confidence is equal to or higher than a first confidence threshold; calculate an occlusion ratio of an occluded region, in which the object is occluded in the first region by another object, to the first region; and determine that the object to be detected is represented in a second region which at least partially overlaps with the first region, when the occlusion ratio is equal to or higher than an occlusion ratio threshold and the confidence for the second region is equal to or higher than a second confidence threshold which is lower than the first confidence threshold.
US11093799B2	Rare instance classifiers In some implementations, an image classification system of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle is capable of improving multi-object classification by reducing repeated incorrect classification of objects that are considered rarely occurring objects. The system can include a common instance classifier that is trained to identify and recognize general objects (e.g., commonly occurring objects and rarely occurring objects) as belonging to specified object categories, and a rare instance classifier that is trained to compute one or more rarity scores representing likelihoods that an input image is correctly classified by the common instance classifier. The output of the rare instance classifier can be used to adjust the classification output of the common instance classifier such that the likelihood of input images being incorrectly classified is reduced.
US11093790B2	Distance statistics based method for 3D sonar point cloud image enhancement The present invention discloses a distance statistics based method for 3D sonar point cloud image enhancement, comprising the following steps: (1) obtaining sonar data, and converting 3D sonar range image information corresponding to sonar data per frame into point cloud data in global coordinate; (2) using a kd-tree to search the point cloud data, and calculate Euclidean distance Lij between point Pi and the nearest K point cloud data; wherein, value range of i and j is 1≤i≤N and 1≤j≤K respectively; N refers to the total quantity of point cloud data; (3) excluding point cloud data corresponding to mean value of Lij which do not match the certain Gaussian distribution, and complete enhancement of 3D sonar point cloud image. Such method features in easy operation, high efficiency and convenience, which can effectively remove outlier points to minimize noise, and enhance point cloud image.
US11093789B2	Method and apparatus for object re-identification The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for object re-identification, capable of solving the problem in the related art associated with inefficiency and low accuracy of object re-identification based on multiple frames of images. The method includes, for each pair of objects: selecting one of a set of images associated with each of the pair of objects, to constitute a pair of current images for the pair of objects; inputting the pair of current images to a preconfigured feature extraction network, to obtain feature information for the pair of current images; determining whether the pair of objects are one and the same object based on the feature information for the pair of current images and feature information for one or more pairs of historical images for the pair of objects by using a preconfigured re-identification network; and outputting a determination result of said determining when the determination result is that the pair of objects are one and the same object or that the pair of objects are not one and the same object, or repeating the above steps using the pair of current images as a pair of historical images for the pair of objects when the determination result is that it is uncertain whether the pair of objects are one and the same object. With the solutions according to the present disclosure, the speed and efficiency of the object re-identification can be improved.
US11093787B2	Methods, apparatuses, and systems for creating 3-dimensional representations exhibiting geometric and surface characteristics of brain lesions Methods, apparatuses, systems, and implementations for creating 3-dimensional (3D) representations exhibiting geometric and surface characteristics of brain lesions are disclosed. 2D and/or 3D MRI images of the brain may be acquired. Brain lesions and other abnormalities may be identified and isolated with each lesion serving as a region of interest (ROI). Saved ROI may be converted into stereolithography format, maximum intensity projection (MIP) images, and/or orthographic projection images. Data corresponding to these resulting 3D brain lesion images may be used to create 3D printed models of the isolated brain lesions using 3D printing technology. Analysis of the 3D brain lesion images and the 3D printed brain lesion models may enable a more efficient and accurate way of determining brain lesion etiologies.
US11093785B1	Inferring facility planograms This disclosure describes techniques for updating planogram data associated with a facility. The planogram may indicate, for different shelves and other inventory locations within the facility, which items are on which shelves. For example, the planogram data may indicate that a particular item is located on a particular shelf. Therefore, when a system identifies that a user has taken an item from that shelf, the system may update a virtual cart of that user to indicate addition of the particular item. In some instances, however, a new item may be stocked on the example shelf instead of a previous item. The techniques described herein may use sensor data generated in the facility to identify this change and update the planogram data to indicate an association between the shelf and the new item.
US11093780B2	Device and method to generate image using image learning model At least some example embodiments disclose a device and a method for generating a synthetic image and a different-angled image and eliminating noise. The method may include receiving input images, extracting feature values corresponding to the input images using an image learning model, the image learning model permitting an input and an output to be identical and generating a synthetic image based on the feature values corresponding to the input images using the image learning model.
US11093775B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains image data and a recognition result, the image data being data obtained by digitizing a document including plural areas in one document, the recognition result being a result obtained by recognizing the image data, and a control unit that performs control to display an area image corresponding to each of the plural areas in the image data obtained by the obtaining unit and an area recognition result corresponding to each of the plural areas in the recognition result in accordance with a display mode predetermined according to a degree of necessity of a confirming operation corresponding to each of the plural areas.
US11093773B2	Liveness detection method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium A liveness detection method includes: controlling a display screen to display a color according to a predetermined color display sequence, the color display sequence including at least two different colors; capturing an image of a target object in a color display process of the display screen; acquiring a color change sequence of a face of the target object in the image over time; and determining whether the target object is live based on a matching relationship between the color display sequence and the color change sequence.
US11093771B1	Systems and methods for liveness-verified, biometric-based encryption Systems and methods for encryption/decryption based on liveness-verified biometric data that cannot be stolen/spoofed. In various embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods facilitate encryption/decryption of data through controlling access to keys via liveness-verified biometric data. Liveness-verified biometric data may, in various embodiments, be derived from facial features, fingerprints, voice recognition, DNA, etc. Generally, if the liveness and identity of the requesting individual cannot be verified, then the individual will not be permitted to encrypt/decrypt data using the disclosed systems and methods.
US11093765B2	Systems and methods for locating target vehicles A vehicle includes: motor(s), local sensors, processor(s) configured to: receive an instruction including first properties of a target vehicle; verify the instruction; instruct the local sensors to scan at a first resolution; mark a scanned external vehicle, having second properties, as compatible or incompatible based on a comparison of the first and second properties; instruct the local sensors to scan at a second resolution upon marking the external vehicle as compatible.
US11093763B2	Onboard environment recognition device The purpose of the present invention is to provide an onboard environment recognition device exhibiting high accuracy of measurement in a wider range of view fields. The present invention pertains to an onboard environment recognition device (1) that utilizes two cameras (100, 110) for sensing, wherein the onboard environment recognition device (1) is characterized in that: two camera view fields include a stereo-vision area and a monocular-vision area; and the device laterally searches for parallax images that are output results of the stereo-vision area, estimates a road surface distance in the stereo-vision area, and measures the distance of the monocular-vision area by using the estimated road surface distance after extending the same to the monocular-vision area in the lateral direction.
US11093751B2	Using machine learning to detect which part of the screen includes embedded frames of an uploaded video A system and methods are disclosed for using a trained machine learning model to identify constituent images within composite images. A method may include providing pixel data of a first image as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining one or more outputs from the trained machine learning model, and extracting, from the one or more outputs, a level of confidence that (i) the first image is a composite image that includes a constituent image, and (ii) at least a portion of the constituent image is in a particular spatial area of the first image.
US11093747B2	Hazard recognition Methods, systems, and devices are provided for identifying hazards. According to one aspect, a computer-implemented method can include receiving a plurality of sensor data including one or more image files from a mobile device. The method can include generating one or more position and label pairs based on the plurality of sensor data. The method can include assigning a hazard recognition to each of the position and label pairs. The method can include assigning a score associated to each of the hazard recognitions. The method can include displaying a result including one or more image results based on the one or more image files, one or more hazard recognitions, the one or more hazard recognitions associated with at least one of the one or more image results, and one or more scores associated to each of the hazard recognitions.
US11093746B2	Providing grave information using augmented reality Augmented reality is used to display graphical elements overlaid on a continually updating image of an area around an augmented reality device (e.g., a mobile device). The graphical element may contain geographical location information about a grave of an ancestor and/or biographical information about the ancestor. The continually updating image is captured by a camera of the augmented reality device and updates in response to time and motion of the augmented reality device. Based on orientation data and geographical location data collected by the augmented reality device, the graphical element is updated and displayed on the mobile device.
US11093745B2	Automated plant detection using image data A plant treatment platform uses a plant detection model to detect plants as the plant treatment platform travels through a field. The plant treatment platform receives image data from a camera that captures images of plants (e.g., crops or weeds) growing in the field. The plant treatment platform applies pre-processing functions to the image data to prepare the image data for processing by the plant detection model. For example, the plant treatment platform may reformat the image data, adjust the resolution or aspect ratio, or crop the image data. The plant treatment platform applies the plant detection model to the pre-processed image data to generate bounding boxes for the plants. The plant treatment platform then can apply treatment to the plants based on the output of the machine-learned model.
US11093744B1	Method and device for determining types of ice-and-snow cover Provided is a method for determining types of ice-and-snow cover. The method includes: determining typical RGB component values of typical types of ice-and-snow cover, establishing a one-to-one corresponding relation between the typical types of ice-and-snow cover and the typical RGB component values, and establishing a database of typical types of ice-and-snow cover; and extracting RGB values of an ice-and-snow covering point from an ice-and-snow cover image of a measurement area, comparing RGB component values of the ice-and-snow covering point with typical RGB component values in the database of typical types of ice-and-snow cover, and determining the type of ice-and-snow cover of the measurement area according to a comparison result.
US11093735B2	Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for image processing having gesture recognition A method includes: executing acquisition processing that includes acquiring an image frame captured by an imaging apparatus; executing a determination processing that includes determining whether a head region is included in the acquired image frame; executing calculation processing that includes calculating a first amount of change in time series of the head region by using a position of the head region in the image frame and a position of the head region in another image frame following the image frame; executing determination processing that includes determining a threshold to be compared with the first amount of change based on a frequency distribution of amounts of change in time series of the head region in a past image frame group prior to the acquired image frame; and executing evaluation processing that includes evaluating the first amount of change by comparing the determined threshold and the first amount of change.
US11093731B2	Analysis of reflections of projected light in varying colors, brightness, patterns, and sequences for liveness detection in biometric systems Spoofed faces are unlikely to reflect a liveness detection image in the same manner as live faces. To determine liveness of a subject face, a liveness detection image is displayed on a screen of a face recognition device in the direction of the subject face, and a reflection image of the subject face is captured while the liveness detection image is displayed. The reflection image is analyzed to determine whether the reflection image contains any reflections of the liveness detection image, and a liveness determination is made based on the location and/or character of any such reflections.
US11093729B2	Image analysis method, apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and deep learning algorithm generation method Disclosed is an image analysis method including inputting analysis data, including information regarding an analysis target cell to a deep learning algorithm having a neural network structure, and analyzing an image by calculating, by use of the deep learning algorithm, a probability that the analysis target cell belongs to each of morphology classifications of a plurality of cells belonging to a predetermined cell group.
US11093726B2	Optical reading of a security element According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a unique identifier for a security element, the method comprising: optically reading the security element, the security element comprising a number of emitters that are each capable of exhibiting a different emission response to excitation of the number of emitters; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element using first emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to first excitation of the number of emitters, and determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element using second emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to second, different, excitation of the number of emitters; and the unique identifier being determined from a map of a variation in determined data indicative of an optical property with respect to the excitation of the number of emitters.
US11093722B2	Holonomic RFID reader The present invention relates to inventory scanning using dual polarization radio frequency identification antennae for automatically reading and locating inventory.
US11093717B2	Domain-specific process difficulty prediction A method of determining an operational difficulty of a process described in a document including text includes generating text data corresponding to the text of the document, and generating a word vector output by processing the text data through a plurality of word vectors, the plurality of word vectors based on a domain-specific text collection and a general-language text collection. The method further includes generating a statistical information output by processing the text data through a plurality of statistical information vectors, the plurality of statistical information vectors based on the domain-specific text collection and the general-language text collection, and generating a gated recurring unit (GRU) output by processing (i) the word vector output, (ii) the statistical information output, (iii) word-level data based on the text data, (iv) sentence-level data based on the text data, and (v) paragraph-level data based on the text data through at least one GRU.
US11093716B2	Conversation support apparatus, conversation support method, and computer readable recording medium A conversation support apparatus 10 includes: an utterance reception unit 11 that receives an utterance in an on-going conversation; an utterance position estimation unit 12 that, for each node in a conversation tree in which at least one of a label and a topic is provided to each node, collates the at least one of the label and the topic provided to the node and the received utterance, and estimates a node that is most related to the received utterance; and a display unit 13 that adds a visual characteristic representation to the estimated node and displays the conversation tree on a screen.
US11093715B2	Method and system for learning and enabling commands via user demonstration A method for learning a task includes capturing first information associated with at least one application executed by an electronic device. A sequence of user interface interactions for the at least one application is recorded. Second information are extracted from the sequence of user interface interactions. Events, action or a combination thereof are filtered from the second information using the first information. Recognition is performed on each element from the first information to generate a semantic ontology. An executable sequential event task bytecode is generated from each element of the semantic ontology and the filtered second information.
US11093714B1	Dynamic transfer learning for neural network modeling The present disclosure is directed to optimizing transfer learning for neural networks by creating a dynamic transfer network configuration through gated architecture. In some embodiments, transfer learning implements multiple parameter sharing schemes across a source task and a target task. The gating architecture can learn the optimal parameter sharing schemes as the neural network is trained. In some embodiments, the system can be used in named entity recognition applications where the training data is limited.
US11093712B2	User interfaces for word processors An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for communicating information to a user via a graphical user interface of a computer. An embodiment may include displaying a visual cue corresponding to a suggestion for text substitution within a text representation of a media file, wherein the suggestion for text substitution is generated in response to identification of any one or combination of a repeated word, a repeated phrase, and a filler, and wherein the suggestion for text substitution is based on an aggregation of one or more of characteristics of the text representation of the media file.
US11093708B2	Adaptive human to machine interaction using machine learning A computer system is provided that automatically generates a natural language processing model from a provided API specification. Intent names are based on operation type and name. Entity datasets are constructed based on the generated intent name. A plurality of training phrases are generated based on the entity dataset and an action dataset with a name and corresponding parameters is generated.
US11093700B2	Automating interrogative population of electronic forms using a real-time communication platform A computer-implemented method of obtaining form data can include selecting a control from within an electronic form, determining a textual representation of the control, and sending the textual representation of the control as part of a message to a client messaging system through a real-time communication system. A response message from the client messaging system can be received through the real-time communication system. Form data specified by the response message can be stored within memory when the form data is valid, as specified according to the electronic form.
US11093699B2	Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and medical image processing program An image receiving unit receives a current image acquired by imaging a subject. A character information acquisition unit acquires character information from past medical information relevant to the current image. A position receiving unit receives a designation of a position in the current image. A character specifying unit specifies characters relevant to the position received by the position receiving unit from the character information acquired by the character information acquisition unit. A display control unit performs control to display the character specified by the character specifying unit so as to be emphasized on a display unit.
US11093696B2	Playable text editor and editing method therefor Provided is a playable text editor. The playable text editor discloses a storage unit for receiving first text from a user and storing the first text together with first time information when the first text was input, a control unit for receiving a playback request from the user and sequentially outputting the first text based on the first time information, and a search unit including a first timeline through which the first time information is searchable.
US11093695B2	Systems and methods for providing writing assistance A system for providing assistance with electronic communications includes a network device configured to communicate with a client computing device, a processor, and a memory including instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed by the processors, the instructions cause the system to receive category information and tonal information of an electronic message and a certification level selected from a plurality of certification levels, from the client computing device via the network device, create a project for the electronic message, select an assistant from a plurality of assistants for the project based on the category information and the tonal information, and provide a message, which has been edited by the selected assistant based on the category information and the tonal information, to the client computing device.
US11093691B1	System and method for establishing an interactive communication session A system and method of establishing a communication session is disclosed herein. A computing system receives, from a client device, a content item comprising text-based content. The computing system generates a mark-up version of the content item by identifying one or more characters in the text-based content and a relative location of the one or more characters in the content item. The computing system receives, from the client device, an interrogatory related to the content item. The computing system analyzes the mark-up version of the content item to identify an answer to the interrogatory. The computing system generates a response message comprising the identified answer to the interrogatory. The computing system transmits the response message to the client device.
US11093690B1	Synchronization and tagging of image and text data A computing system accesses an image-based document and a text document having text extracted from the image-based document and provides a user interface displaying at least a portion of the image-based document. In response to selection of a text portion of the image-based document, the system determines an occurrence of the text portion within at least a portion of the image-based document and then applies a search model on the text document to identify the same occurrence of the text portion. Once matched, alignment data indicating a relationship between a selected tag and both the text portion of the image-based document and the text portion of the text document is stored.
US11093688B2	Enhancing reading accuracy, efficiency and retention This document provides systems and methods for altering text presentation to increase reading accuracy, efficiency, and retention. This can include identification text specific attributes from machine readable text (through parsing of the text), varying the text presentation in accordance with the attributes, and creating an enhanced visual product for enhancing the reading experience. For example, a computer system can extract attributes such as parts of speech from an input sentence and display that sentence in cascading text segments down and across a display screen. The system can further use domain-specific dictionaries derived from domain-specific texts to identify domain-specific compound noun phrases and verb phrases that require specific linguistic tagging to be usable in other linguistic analysis steps.
US11093685B2	Atom type definition system and atom type matching method thereof The invention belongs to the technical field force fields and particularly provides an atom type definition system and an atom type matching method. The atom type definition system includes an atom type visual UI interface, an atom type matching module, an atom type data management module and an atom type format transformation module. The atom type data management module includes an atom type definition data package. The system and method can describe various complicated atomic chemical environments, the description capability is improved, and the computation of a force field can be more accurate. According to the invention, convenient operation on an atom type can be realized, and addition, deletion, modification, inquiry as well as statistics of multiple dimensions are very visual and convenient.
US11093681B2	Method and system for generating layout design of integrated circuit A method of generating an integrated circuit includes: placing a plurality of electronic components on a layout floor plan to generate a placing layout of the integrated circuit; forming a clock tree upon the placing layout to generate a synthesis layout of the integrated circuit; routing the synthesis layout to generate a routed layout of the integrated circuit; performing a DRC process upon the routed layout to obtain a layout region with a systematic DRC violation; generating a plurality of prediction gains of the layout region according to a plurality of placement recipes respectively; and generating an adjusted routing layout of the integrated circuit by adjusting the layout region with the systematic DRC violation according to a target placement recipe in the plurality of placement recipes.
US11093678B2	Method, computer program and system providing real-time power grid hypothesis testing and contingency planning A method is disclosed to simulate operation of a grid structure. The method includes specifying a type of simulation to be performed and at least one initial condition with a user interface of a device such as a mobile device, where the grid structure comprises at least one of a power generation grid and a power distribution grid. The method further includes transmitting the specified type of simulation and the at least one initial condition from the user device to a computing platform; receiving from the computing platform a result of the simulation at the user device; and visualizing the result of the simulation with the user interface. The type of simulation can be an N-k contingency analysis simulation, where k is equal to zero, 1 or greater than 1.
US11093675B1	Statistical timing analysis considering multiple-input switching A statistical single-input switching (SIS) timing value is obtained for a first input of a device. A side input with an arc to a common output of a circuit is selected and a statistical skew for the first input and the selected side input of the circuit is obtained. An expected-value for a statistical scale factor distribution is convolved and computed based on the statistical skew. The statistical single-input switching (SIS) timing value is scaled with a final effective statistical scale factor based on the expected-value; optionally, sensitivities of the statistical timing value to variational parameters are chain-ruled with the sensitivities of the statistical skew to variational parameters; and a statistical timing analysis of a given VLSI design is generated based on the scaled (and optionally, chain-ruled) statistical single-input switching (SIS) timing value to create the improved VLSI circuit design.
US11093672B2	Method and apparatus for performing fast incremental physical design optimization A method for implementing physical optimizations includes performing physical optimizations on a first reference version of a design, maintaining a computer-readable list of the physical optimizations, and during a subsequent compile for a second version of the design: identifying matching cells, nets, or both between the first reference version of the design and the second version of the design; and restoring at least a subset of the physical optimizations in the second version of the design by reading the computer-readable list of the physical optimizations and applying the subset to a computer-readable description of the second version of the design.
US11093671B2	Structural design systems and methods to define areas of interest for modeling and simulation-based space planning Structural design systems, methods, and computer readable media for selective simulation of coverage in a floor plan are disclosed. The system may include a processor configured to: access a floor plan demarcating multiple rooms; perform a machine learning method, semantic analysis, or geometric analysis on the floor plan to identify at least one opening associated with at least one room from the multiple rooms; access a functional requirement associated with the at least one opening; access at least one rule associating the functional requirement with the at least one opening; define at least one area of interest or disinterest using the at least one rule and the functional requirement; access a technical specification associated with the functional requirement; generatively analyze the at least one room, the technical specification and the area of interest or disinterest to define a solution that conforms to the functional requirement; and output the solution.
US11093670B2	Hot-dip coating equipment including cooling rate determining device, and information processing program A hot-dip coating equipment includes a cooling rate determining device that includes: a coefficient obtaining section configured to obtain coefficients α, β, γ, and δ associated with the hot-dip coating bath, in the following equation that expresses a degree of discoloration YI of the surface of a hot-dip coated steel sheet; and a rate determining section configured to determine an average cooling rate A so as to allow the YI of the following Expression (1) to be not more than a predetermined reference value, YI =(α×[SE]+β)×{(T−ST)/A}1/2+γ×[SE]+δ . . . (1), where: [SE] is a concentration (mass %) of a specific element contained in the hot-dip coating bath; T is a temperature (° C.) of the hot-dip coating bath; and ST is a solidification temperature (° C.) at which the hot-dip coating bath is solidified.
US11093666B2	Automated network device model creation using randomized test beds In general, techniques are described for automated network device model creation using randomized test beds. A device comprising a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may generate, based on simulation configuration files, configuration objects for performing a plurality of simulation iterations with respect to the network device operating within a test environment. Each of the simulation iterations may be configured to randomly assign parameters within the test environment. The driver may conduct, based on the configuration objects, each of the simulation iterations within the test environment to collect simulation datasets representative of operating states of the network device. The analytics module may perform machine learning with respect to each of the simulation datasets to generate a model that predicts, responsive to configuration parameters, an operating state of the network device when configured with the configuration parameters for the network device.
US11093664B2	Method and apparatus for converged analysis of application, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure resources using graph theory and statistical classification Embodiments of the innovation relate to a method and apparatus for utilizing graph theory and clustering analysis to build relationships among applications and corresponding and/or dependent virtualization, cloud and datacenter infrastructure components and to derive the definition of application boundaries and corresponding infrastructure components. This allows a system administrator to manage and address complex issues within a computer infrastructure, such as availability, service level deliverable/guarantees, performance, and resource optimization.
US11093657B2	Limited execution environment for monolithic kernel Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide additional security mechanisms inside an operating system kernel itself by isolating parts of the kernel to protect them from attacks. For example, in an embodiment, a computer-implemented method implemented in a computer comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the method may comprise: creating a namespace in an operating system kernel-space in the memory of the computer, creating an address space for the namespace that maps only kernel objects owned by the namespace, and providing access to kernel objects owned by the namespace only to the least one user process using the combined page table.
US11093656B2	Change-tolerant method of generating an identifier for a collection of assets in a computing environment A change-tolerant method of generating a fingerprint of a computing environment based on asset parameters associated components of the computing environment. Asset parameters are grouped into multiple subsets based on characteristics of the components. A share is generated for each asset parameter of the category to produce a plurality of shares. A secret sharing algorithm is applied to the subsets to generate a plurality of candidate identifiers corresponding to the plurality of subsets of shares. A candidate identifier is selected from the plurality of candidate identifiers as a final identifier for each category based at least in part on a frequency of occurrence of that candidate identifier. The final identifiers are combined into a fingerprint corresponding to the computing environment, wherein the fingerprint is provides verification of the plurality of components without requiring individual verification of any shares in the plurality of shares.
US11093651B2	Cross-chain authentication A computer implemented method includes receiving, by a trusted execution environment (TEE) application, a cross-chain data request from a first blockchain node of a first blockchain; obtaining, by the TEE application, cross-chain data corresponding to the cross-chain data request from a second blockchain node of a second blockchain; verifying, by the TEE application, the cross-chain data; generating, by the TEE application, a signature using a private key of the TEE application, where a public key corresponding to the private key is stored in the first blockchain; and returning, by the TEE application, the cross-chain data and the signature to the first blockchain node.
US11093648B2	Hardware-assisted privacy protection using a secure user interface with multi-level access control of sensor data Technologies provide hardware-assisted privacy protection of sensor data. One embodiment includes unlocking a user interface coupled to a trusted execution environment of a processor in a device, where the user interface includes a plurality of selectable settings associated with a plurality of access levels for sensor data captured by a sensor. The embodiment also includes receiving a selection signal from the user interface indicating that a user selected a first setting associated with a first access level for the sensor data captured by the sensor, and restricting access to the sensor data based on a first set of one or more entities associated with the first access level. In more specific embodiments, the user interface includes a knob that is rotatably attached to a housing of the device or a privacy panel including a slider bar that is to be displayed on a touch screen display of the device.
US11093646B2	Augmenting datasets with selected de-identified data records A computer system utilizes a dataset to support a research study. Regions of interestingness are determined within a model of data records of a first dataset that are authorized for the research study by associated entities. Data records from a second dataset are represented within the model, wherein the data records from the second dataset are relevant for supporting objectives of the research study. Data records from the second dataset that fail to satisfy de-identification requirements are removed. A resulting dataset is generated that including the first dataset records within a selected region of interestingness and selected records of the second dataset within the same region. The second dataset records within the resulting dataset are de-identified based on the de-identification requirements. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for utilizing a dataset to support a research study in substantially the same manner described above.
US11093644B2	Automatically detecting unauthorized re-identification The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatically detecting third-party re-identification of anonymized computing devices. The method includes retrieving a log of content items provided to anonymized computing devices identifying a first content item provided to a plurality of anonymized computing devices within a first predetermined time period; for each anonymized computing device of the plurality of anonymized computing devices, generating a set of identifications of second content items retrieved by the anonymized computing device prior to receiving the first content item within a second predetermined time period; determining that signals or combinations of signals with a highest predictive ability between a first set of identifications and a second set of identifications exceeds a threshold; identifying a provider of the first content item; and if the signals or combinations of signals with the highest predictive ability exceeds the threshold, preventing, transmission of a request of an anonymized computing device for a content item to the identified provider.
US11093641B1	Anonymizing sensitive data in logic problems for input to a constraint solver A document anonymization system transforms structured documents, such as security policies, that contain user-specific and other sensitive data, producing encoded logic problems in the format or language of one or more constraint solvers; the logic problems do not contain any of the sensitive data. The system may perform a one- or two-stage anonymization process: in a first stage, the electronic document is analyzed according to its document type to identify parameters likely to contain sensitive data, and the associated values are replaced with arbitrary values; in a second stage, after the anonymized electronic document is converted into logic formulae representing the data, the system performs replacements of string constants in the logic formulae with arbitrary strings to further anonymize the sensitive data. The system may confirm that anonymization preserves the document structure, difficulty level, and satisfiability of the original document by executing the constraint solver against the anonymized logic problem.
US11093640B2	Augmenting datasets with selected de-identified data records A computer system utilizes a dataset to support a research study. Regions of interestingness are determined within a model of data records of a first dataset that are authorized for the research study by associated entities. Data records from a second dataset are represented within the model, wherein the data records from the second dataset are relevant for supporting objectives of the research study. Data records from the second dataset that fail to satisfy de-identification requirements are removed. A resulting dataset is generated that including the first dataset records within a selected region of interestingness and selected records of the second dataset within the same region. The second dataset records within the resulting dataset are de-identified based on the de-identification requirements. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for utilizing a dataset to support a research study in substantially the same manner described above.
US11093635B2	Apparatus and method for private information retrieval Apparatuses and methods for private information retrieval are provided. One example method may include receiving a query state machine that is an encoding of a search pattern. The query state machine may include a plurality of states and a transition function that defines a plurality of transitions based on the search pattern. The example method may also include performing a private query against a target query string of a target query record by applying the query state machine to the target query string to develop a private encoding. The method may further include transmitting query results based on the private encoding.
US11093633B2	Platform management of integrated access of public and privately-accessible datasets utilizing federated query generation and query schema rewriting optimization Techniques are described for platform management of integrated access of public and privately-accessible datasets utilizing federated query generation and query schema rewriting optimization, including receiving a query at a dataset access platform, generating a copy of the query, parsing the query to determine a format associated with the dataset and to identify whether an access control condition is required, rewriting, using a proxy server, the copy of the query using data formatted in a triples-based format into an optimized query having the access control condition in the triples-based format, configuring the optimized query to be transmitted to a location at which the dataset is stored, the optimized query being configured to pass the access control condition to gain authorization to retrieve the dataset, converting the dataset to the triples-based format, and rendering the dataset on an interface.
US11093630B2	Determining viewable screen content A screen content management system and method for determining viewable screen content is provided. The method may include receiving a registration indication to register content as a private resource. The method may further include registering the content as the private resource. The method may also include assigning a unique identification code to the private resource. The method may additionally include receiving a viewing requirement for the private resource. The method may moreover include modifying a viewing definition for the private resource based on the viewing requirement. The method may further include receiving a request to display the private resource, the request being associated with user information. The method may also include determining whether the private resource is displayable based on the viewing definition of the private resource and the user information.
US11093625B2	Adaptive file access authorization using process access patterns Example methods are provided for adaptive file access authorization using process access patterns. In a learning mode, attributes and other information, which are associated with applications or with processes that are related to the applications and that attempt to access a file system, are collected and used to generate a policy. In a protected mode, file access requests are examined against the policy, and are granted access to the file system or are denied access to the file system based on the contents of the policy. The policy may be updated so as to adapt to changes in the access patterns and to changes in the application or processes.
US11093618B2	Systems and methods for using an application control prioritization index Systems and methods for using an application control prioritization index are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for using an application control prioritization index may include the following: (1) receiving application data for a plurality of computer applications in a computer application portfolio; (2) receiving control data defining a plurality of application vulnerabilities; (3) determining a potential application vulnerability for each computer application based on the control data; (4) receiving a plurality of application attributes for each computer application; (5) determining an impact severity for the application vulnerability based on the application attributes; (6) generating an application control prioritization index score for each computer application based on the potential application vulnerability and the impact severity for the application vulnerability; and (7) generating an application portfolio view for the computer application portfolio based on the application control prioritization index scores.
US11093615B2	Method and computer with protection against cybercriminal threats A method and a computer for protecting a computer, particularly an industrial automation component, against cybercriminal threats, wherein application programs are installed on the computer, different application programs being required for different functions of the computer, where at least two security stages are defined, such that for each security stage, functions are defined that are either undeactivatable in the event of cybercriminal threats to the functions and/or deactivatable in the event of cybercriminal threats to the functions, where identified functions and modules are selected which are allowed to be deactivated, and where selected modules are blocked, and functions are deactivated such that it is possible to dynamically deactivate optional software modules depending on cybercriminal threats and security stage of the computer to thereby constantly and optimally adapt the usable functional scope of the computer to a threat location and applicable respective operating conditions.
US11093614B2	Secure non-deterministic, self-modifiable computing machine Based upon the principles of randomness and self-modification a novel computing machine is constructed. This computing machine executes computations, so that it is difficult to apprehend by an adversary and hijack with malware. These methods can also be used to help thwart reverse engineering of proprietary algorithms, hardware design and other areas of intellectual property.Using quantum randomness in the random instructions and self-modification in the meta instructions, creates computations that are incomputable by a digital computer. In an embodiment, a more powerful computational procedure is created than a computational procedure equivalent to a digital computer procedure. Current digital computer algorithms and procedures can be constructed or designed with ex-machine programs, that are specified by standard instructions, random instructions and meta instructions. A novel computer is invented so that a program's execution is difficult to apprehend.
US11093613B2	Systems methods and devices for memory analysis and visualization Systems, methods, and processing devices for aiding with cyber intrusion investigations that includes capabilities for extracting data from a specified range of a volatile memory of a target processing device, reconstructing data structures and artifacts from the extracted data; and generating and presenting a visualization of the reconstructed data structures and the reconstructed artifacts.
US11093606B2	System and method for detecting a cyber-attack at SCADA/ICS managed plants System for detecting a cyber-attack of a SCADA system managed plant. Each industrial computerized device of the system comprises a processor configured with a data validation module to determine whether data flow outputted from a SCADA-connected controller is authentic, and with an alert issuing mechanism activated following detection that the outputted data flow is indicative of a cyber-attack. The at least one dedicated industrial computerized device is operable to passively monitor in parallel data communicated between each of the controllers and the SCADA system including the outputted data at the nearest points of each of the controllers; seek mismatches between the plant state and the physical operation model; if a mismatch is detected, determine whether the mismatch is indicative of a cyber-attack perpetrated with respect to one of the controllers or an operational malfunction; and upon detecting a cyber-attack, activate the alert issuing mechanism to issue a security alert.
US11093605B2	Monitoring real-time processor instruction stream execution In one example embodiment, a computing device has a processor that executes a processor instruction stream that causes the processor to perform one or more operations for the computing device. The computing device generates one or more trace data packets including a first instruction pointer of the processor instruction stream, a second instruction pointer of the processor instruction stream subsequent to the first instruction pointer, and a string of characters derived from instructions associated with a control flow transfer between the first instruction pointer of the processor instruction stream and the second instruction pointer of the processor instruction stream. The computing device determines whether the one or more trace data packets are consistent with a secure processor instruction stream known or determined to be secure from malicious processor instructions and, if not, generates an indication that the processor instruction stream is not secure.
US11093595B2	Anti-spoofing of two-dimensional fake objects with bright-dark reversal imaging in optical sensing modules Optical sensing is provided to detect two-dimensional spoof objects using bright-dark reversal imaging. For example, embodiments can operate in context of an under-display optical fingerprint sensor integrated into an electronic device, such as a smartphone. An optical scanning system is configured so that direct illumination incident on a defined sensing region is redirected, by internal specular reflection off of a contact surface, onto an optical sensor in a bright-dark pattern corresponding to the pattern of contact an object and the contact surface. Masking of direct illumination in a certain region of the contact surface inhibits specular reflection in that region, such that optical information is directed to the optical sensor from that region only by non-specular reflection. Three-dimensional (real) and two-dimensional (spoof) objects tend to manifest different optical responses to the lack of specular reflection in the masked region, which can be exploited to detect such spoofs.
US11093594B2	Cognitive user identification recommendation Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cognitive user identification recommendation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for cognitive user identification recommendation includes monitoring typing patterns of an end user as the end user enters data in different fields of different applications of a computing device having a device type and categorizing each of the fields and applications according to field type and application type. The method further includes generating a data structure mapping the user typing patterns to each type of field and application to model user input behavior of the end user. The method also includes transmitting the data structure to a requesting application for prompting the end user to provide a particular type of password mapped to the modeled user input and consistent with a field type of the password and a type of requesting application.
US11093592B2	Information processing system, information processing device, authentication method and recording medium An information processing system according to the present invention includes: a storage device; and at least one processing device coupled to the storage device, the processing device performing operations, the operations includes: acquiring authentication information; performing authentication processing on the acquired authentication information; and performing log-in processing according to an authentication processing result, wherein the operation further includes: performing log-in processing on an authorized system when authentication processing is successful, and performing log-in processing on a dummy system different from the authorized system when authentication processing is unsuccessful.
US11093589B2	System and method for remotely assigning and revoking access credentials using a near field communication equipped mobile phone The present invention is generally directed toward a mobile device that can be used in a secure access system. More specifically, the mobile device can have credential data loaded thereon remotely updated, enabled, disabled, revoked, or otherwise altered with a message sent from, for example, a control panel and/or controller in the system.
US11093575B2	Transforming collections of curated web data In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for surfacing collected web content are presented. A collection of web content may be maintained, wherein the collection of web content is divided into a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections comprising a subset of web content from a different webpage. An indication to export the collection of web content to a productivity application may be received. A plurality of attributes that each of the plurality of sections have a value for may be identified. A productivity application document may be populated with the plurality of attributes and the corresponding values from each of the sections.
US11093574B2	Encoding-free javascript stringify for clientless VPN A client device requests a web page, via a clientless VPN. In response to the request, web page content comprising dynamic content is received at the clientless VPN. The clientless VPN inserts a wrapper function around the dynamic content, forming modified web content. The client device is provided with the modified web content.
US11093573B2	Method for detecting and analyzing site quality A method and system for analyzing sites is described. A scanner module scans listings of an online publication. A quality engine analyzes the quality of the listings. A data collection module collects defective conditions of the listings determined by the quality engine. A report module reports the defective conditions of the listings. An auto correction module automatically corrects at least a first portion of the defective conditions of the listings. A manual correction module enables an operator of the online publication to correct at least a second portion of the defective conditions of the listings.
US11093571B1	Link localization by country Described are systems and methods that solve localization problems using Machine Learning models to compute country vectors for each linked content item and present content items in response to requests based on the country vectors. For example, a request from a user in Country A may be processed to determine candidate content items responsive to the request and to determine Country A as the country corresponding to the request. The candidate content items may then be processed to determine, for each candidate content item, a country vector corresponding to Country A as indicative of the relevance of the content item to Country A. Content items that are more likely than not to be relevant to the country of the request (e.g., Country A), as indicated by the respective country vector, may be considered as responsive and all other candidate content items discarded.
US11093570B2	Systems and methods for presenting additional content for a network application accessed via an embedded browser of a client application Embodiments described include systems and methods for presenting additional content for a network application accessed via an embedded browser of a client application are provided. Additional content related to network applications may be presented on client devices. Specifically, activity such as embedded browser activity may be monitored. Responsive to detecting an event based on the monitored activity, additional content related to the network application may be provided. In various embodiments, the additional content is provided to a client application on the client device for presentation on the client device.
US11093566B2	Router based query results A method and system for improving a router based search query is provided. The method includes identifying a Web page retrieved during a Web query received from a network router device and analyzing historical Web pages retrieved during historical search queries associated with a search engine router and the network router device. The Web page is ranked with respect to the historical Web pages and the Web page is tagged with a first domain comprising a topic associated with the Web page. An address for the network router device is tagged with the first domain and additional domains comprising additional topics associated with additional Web pages accessed via the network router device. In response, the Web page is re-ranked with respect to the historical Web pages.
US11093562B2	Event stream processing An example system receives a plurality of event streams. A separate stream rule is applied to each individual event stream to produce a filtered output event stream. The system also applies a correlation rule to the filtered output event streams to produce correlated event results.
US11093557B2	Keyword and business tag extraction A system to extract relevant keywords or business tags that describe a company's business is provided. The keyword extraction system utilizes a smart crawler to identify and crawl product pages from a company's website. These pages serve to provide textual descriptions of product offerings, solutions, or services that make up the company's business. The keyword extraction system combines these web documents with other textual descriptions of companies, e.g. from third party data vendors or other public data sources and company databases, to form a corpus of documents that describe companies. The corpus of documents and keywords are processed to segment the plurality of companies into subsets by applying a clustering technique and to provide visualization of the clusters with business tags.
US11093554B2	Feedback for water consuming appliance A communication system provides feedback data for at least one water consuming device. The communication system includes a data collection interface, a controller, and an output interface. The data collection interface is configured to receive user data from at least one collection device. The controller is configured to perform an analysis of the user data from the at least one collection device. The output interface is configured to provide feedback data based on the analysis of the user data to a water consuming device.
US11093551B1	Execution engine for compositional entity resolution for assistant systems In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing systems, receiving a user input comprising a plurality of n-grams from a user of a client system, generating a tree-structured representation for the user input based on a parsing by a compositional model, resolving the tree-structured representation by applying a depth-first search algorithm, wherein the tree-structured representation comprises one or more non-resolvable non-terminal nodes associated with one or more slots, and wherein each non-terminal parent node of a non-resolvable non-terminal node is partially resolved based on partial slot information associated with the non-resolvable non-terminal node, and wherein each non-resolvable non-terminal node is resolved based on the respective partially resolved non-terminal parent node of the non-resolvable non-terminal node, generating a response to the user input based on the resolved tree-structured representation, sending instructions for presenting the response to the client system of the user.
US11093541B2	Transforming an ontology query to an SQL query A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving an ontology language query, receiving a mapping of an ontology to a relational database, and generating a structured query language (SQL) query, utilizing the ontology language query and the mapping of the ontology to the relational database.
US11093540B2	Unstructured response extraction In one embodiment, the invention can be a method for assessing unstructured comments, the method including providing reference data generated from a first set of unstructured comments from a first group; receiving a second set of unstructured comments from a second group; identifying a significant word within each unstructured comment of the second set of unstructured comments; for each significant word identified within the second set of unstructured comments, determining a frequency of occurrence of the significant word; and generating a visualization including a portion of the identified significant words, wherein for each visualized significant word, a first aspect of an appearance of the significant word is based on an extent to which the frequency of occurrence deviates from a frequency of occurrence of the significant word in the first set of unstructured comments.
US11093538B2	Disambiguating user intent in conversational interaction system for large corpus information retrieval A method of disambiguating user intent in conversational interactions for information retrieval is disclosed. The method includes providing access to a set of content items with metadata describing the content items and providing access to structural knowledge showing semantic relationships and links among the content items. The method further includes providing a user preference signature, receiving a first input from the user that is intended by the user to identify at least one desired content item, and determining an ambiguity index of the first input. If the ambiguity index is high, the method determines a query input based on the first input and at least one of the structural knowledge, the user preference signature, a location of the user, and the time of the first input and selects a content item based on comparing the query input and the metadata associated with the content item.
US11093535B2	Data preprocessing using risk identifier tags A method, system, and computer program product for preprocessing raw data based on risk identifier tags are presented. A first set of risk identifier tags based on risk assessment data is generated, in which the risk assessment data includes a set of indicators of operational risk of an entity. At least one risk identifier tag of the first set of risk identifier tags matches content of a data item within a raw dataset is determined. The at least one risk identifier tag is mapped to the data item. The mapped data item is provided to a risk assessment system to determine operational risk rating of the entity.
US11093533B2	Validating belief states of an AI system by sentiment analysis and controversy detection Validating belief states of an artificial intelligence system includes providing a question answering service; detecting a negative sentiment of a user to an answer transmitted to a device associated with the user; and responsive to detecting the negative sentiment, detecting that the answer relates to a topic on which there is controversy. Next, a new belief state is added to the question answering service based on the controversy, and an updated answer is transmitted to the device, wherein the updated answer is based on the new belief state.
US11093531B2	Systems and methods for recalling points of interest using a tagging model The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for recalling one or more POIs. The systems and methods may receive a query inputted by a user via a terminal and determine one or more terms by processing the received query. The systems and methods may further label the one or more terms using a trained tagging model. The systems and methods may determine one or more POs based on the labeled one or more terms, and display the one or more terms on the terminal.
US11093530B2	Technologies for management of data layers in a heterogeneous geographic information system map Technologies for management of data layers in a heterogeneous geographic information system (GIS) map are disclosed. A compute device may maintain a GIS database that includes geo-quads that represent physical locations of various scales. Data layers and layer tracks may be dynamically added to the GIS database at different scales, allowing for an extensible framework that enables a mechanism for integrating additional functionality. In the illustrative embodiment, a graph database is used to store the GIS database, allowing for a flexible structure. In some embodiments, entries in layer tracks may include binary large objects that may have properties and associated methods, allowing for application-specific functionality.
US11093528B2	Automated data supplementation and verification Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for data supplementation and verification. A method includes determining that an identifier within aggregated data is not a previously classified known identifier. A method includes transmitting an identifier to a search interface of a server of a third party service provider. A method includes receiving results associated with an identifier from a third party service provider. A method includes parsing results to determine whether a plurality of results have a common pattern associated with a classification. A method includes, in response to determining that a plurality of results have a common pattern associated with a classification, associating the classification with an identifier based on the common pattern.
US11093526B2	Processing query to graph database A method of processing a query to a graph database using processors. The method comprises providing threads to be executed on processors, each the thread is associated with one of a plurality of unique thread identifiers, providing a graph database having a plurality of graph database nodes and a plurality of graph database edges, each the graph database edge represents a relationship between two of the plurality of graph database nodes, receiving a query tree that defines a tree comprising plurality of query nodes connected by a plurality of query tree edges, and searching at least part of the graph database for a match with the query tree, wherein the searching is executed by the processors, and wherein each processor searches one of a plurality of sub-graphs of the graph database, each the sub-graph is defined by one of the plurality of thread identifiers.
US11093525B2	Transaction merging for offline applications Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for transaction merging for offline applications. An embodiment operates by generating an offline store, performing a first operation and a second operation of a transaction over the offline store at a first time and a second time, respectively, generating queue entries corresponding to the first operation and the second operation, respectively, generating transaction information including the first operation and the second operation based on a transaction identifier associated with the transaction; and sending the transaction information to a service provider for synchronization with a remote storage system of a backend service.
US11093522B2	Database replication method and apparatus for distributed system A database replication method and apparatus for a distributed system are provided and relate to the database field. The method includes: receiving by a coordination server, a timestamp of a multi-partition transaction newly added to a first partition of a secondary cluster; determining, by the coordination server, a target timestamp for the first partition based on the received timestamp of the newly added multi-partition transaction and a stored multi-partition transaction timestamp of each partition of the secondary cluster; and sending, by the coordination server, the target timestamp to the first partition, so that the first partition executes a replication log in the first partition based on the target timestamp. In this way, the corresponding partition can execute, without waiting, a multi-partition transaction that is present in all the partitions but has not been executed, thereby avoiding data inconsistency and increasing replication efficiency.
US11093520B2	Information extraction method and system The present disclosure provides an information extraction method. The method includes obtaining an unstructured text data; parsing the unstructured text data based on a node format; and generating a first node set that comprises nodes describing the unstructured text data. The method further includes obtaining a rule database, the rule database comprising a plurality of rules used for generating a node, each rule designating a role of a node generated by using the rule, and the role of the node being a root node or a non-root node; synthesizing the nodes in the first node set based on the rule database to generate a root node; and generating structured data based on the root node.
US11093519B2	Artificial intelligence (AI) based automatic data remediation An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data remediation system accesses analyzes a dataset for identification and remediation of anomalies including missing values and outliers. Based on the attributes associated with the anomalies, the dataset is initially processed via statistical checks for identifying if the dataset includes one of point anomalies, contextual anomalies and time trend anomalies. Based on the type of anomalies various machine learning (ML) based techniques can be employed for identification of the anomalous data points. Expected values are generated. The anomalous data points are replaced with the expected values for the generation of a transformed dataset.
US11093518B1	Information technology networked entity monitoring with dynamic metric and threshold selection Data intake and query system (DIQS) instances supporting applications including lower-tier, focused, work group oriented applications, are tailored to display the metrics for the needs of the user. An interface caused by operation of an entity monitoring system (EMS) operating in conjunction with the lower-tier DIQS displays the monitored entities as individual representations. The user selects a metric and a metric threshold. The EMS causes a display of an interface having a representation for each monitored entity. Each representation includes a metric value and indicates an entity status based on the metric value and the threshold. The user can dynamically change the threshold on the interface for easy visualization of aggregation of monitored entities to determine the performance of the infrastructure. The interface also provides the user with the ability to select an entity and click through to the entity analysis workspace for more detailed information.
US11093517B2	Evaluation result display method, evaluation result display apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing evaluation result display program A method is provided for reducing computer memory usage and processing time in assessing effectiveness of a prediction model. The method includes acquiring a plurality of records and sorting the records based on prediction values. The method also includes determining two of three performance data parameters, including a number of selected records and a number of correct decisions, and determining a level of effectiveness of the prediction model based on the two of three performance data parameters. The method further includes generating a graph illustrating the level of effectiveness of the prediction model based on the two of three performance parameters, and visually conveying the level of effectiveness of the prediction model utilizing the generated graph.
US11093515B2	Internet search result intention A method and system for improving an Internet based search is provided. The method includes generating an intent domain associated with a subject based intent classification. An unstructured data analysis process is executed with respect to a content corpus being associated with the subject based intent classification and a search phase entered in a search field of a graphical user interface with respect to a domain specific search query for specified subject matter. In response the subject based intent classification is determined to be associated with the search query and the subject based intent classification is compared to search results data. A subset of search results of the search results data correlating to the subject based intent classification is determined and ranked resulting in a ranked list. The subject based intent classification and the ranked list are presented to a user.
US11093514B2	Ranking of graph patterns A query comprising a graph pattern comprising a plurality of graph triples of node-edge-node is received. A graph database comprising a plurality of graph patterns is accessed and a plurality of graph patterns in the graph database that match the received query are identified. An inverse frequency for each graph triple of the received query in the accessed graph database is calculated and from this a score for each graph pattern in the graph database that matches the received query is also calculated, the score comprising a sum of the inverse frequencies for each graph triple contained within the respective graph pattern. The plurality of graph patterns in the graph database that match the received query are then ranked according to their respective calculated scores.
US11093511B2	Ranking search results using hierarchically organized coefficients for determining relevance An online system receives a search query from a user. In response to the request, the online system obtains search results matching the search query and identifies a set of attributes describing a context of the search query. The online system generates a data structure that includes a plurality of search coefficients. The search coefficients are selected based on the identified set of attributes. Some of the search coefficients have conflicting values. The online system traverses the data structure to identify the search coefficients having conflicting values. For each search coefficient having conflicting values, the online system resolves conflicts and determines a value of the search coefficient. The online system ranks search results based on the resolved values of the search coefficients.
US11093510B2	Relevance ranking of productivity features for determined context The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to identify and present productivity features that are contextually relevant for user access to an electronic document. In doing so, signal data is evaluated to determine a context associated with user access to an electronic document and insights, from the determined context, are utilized to rank productivity features for relevance to a user workflow. As an example, an intelligent learning model is trained and implemented to identify what productivity features are most relevant to a current task of a user. Productivity features are identified and ranked for contextual relevance. A notification comprising one or more ranked productivity features is presented to a user. In one example, the notification is presented through a user interface of an application/service. For instance, a user interface pane is surfaced to present suggestions. However, in alternative examples, notification of ranked productivity features is presented through different modalities.
US11093506B1	Combining data streams generated by instrumented software using metadata correlation A system processes data stream language expressions that combine result data streams from multiple data stream language sub-expressions. The system determines a set of fixed dimensions based on static analysis of the data stream language sub-expression. The system determines a union set representing a union of the sets of fixed dimensions. The system determines at execution time of the data stream language expression, a plurality of sets of data streams. Each set of data stream corresponds to a data stream language sub-expression from the plurality of data stream language expressions. The system correlates data streams across the plurality of sets of data streams based on the union set. The system determines result data streams for the data stream language expression by combining data values of correlated data streams.
US11093502B2	Table partitioning and storage in a database A method, system and computer program product for storing a sub-table by deciding one of a plurality of table storage areas, the sub-tables resulting from partitioning of a table in a database. To provide efficient table partitioning, a database is described for distributively locating a plurality of sub-tables resulting from partitioning of a table in a database. This includes an acquiring section that monitors access occurrences to each of the sub-tables to acquire a history of access occurrences. Also a deciding section decides a table storage area in which a sub-table is to be located, based on the history of access occurrences to each of the sub-tables.
US11093501B2	Searching in a database A computer-implemented method is provided that includes receiving a search request to perform a search in a time series database, where the time series database stores a plurality of sequences of measured values arranged in chronological order, extracting from the search request a condition for performing the search in the time series database, the condition including a target subsequence to be searched for within the plurality of sequences of measured values within the time series database, selecting a search algorithm to perform the search from a plurality of search algorithms registered to the time series database, based on one or more characteristics of the condition and historical statistic data of one or more historical searches conducted on the time series database, and obtaining a search result from the time series database, utilizing the search algorithm.
US11093496B1	Performance-based query plan caching Performance-based caching may be implemented for query plan caches that are used to provide query plans to perform queries instead of generating query plans to perform queries. Performance metrics for queries performed at a database may be collected and used to cache query plans generated for the queries. When a query is received that matches one of the queries, the cached plan corresponding to the matching query may be used to perform the query.
US11093488B1	Natural language search with semantic mapping and classification The usefulness of a search engine depends on the relevance of the result set it returns. Search problems in a particular domain require an understanding of the user's intent that traditional search methods lack, including a sense of time, domain and situational context, user preferences and the history of previous searches in the domain of interest. In an age in which speaking to technology is becoming the norm and user expectations are skyrocketing, semantic search is more important than ever. The disclosed technology describes systems and methods for implementing natural language search with semantic mapping and classification. The technology further discloses systems and methods for including social search, making it possible for users to include input from friends in search results. The disclosed technology offers a customizable flexible technology designed to be taught about a domain and to be able to systematically adapt to its unique needs.
US11093483B2	Multilevel data lineage view A multilevel data lineage view system disclosed herein allows generating higher level data lineage views. An implementation of the multilevel data lineage view system is implemented using various computer process instructions including receiving information about a plurality of objects, wherein at least some of the objects are organized in a hierarchy, determining relations between at least some of these objects at a first level in the hierarchy, and inferring relationships between the objects at a second level in the hierarchy based on the relationships between the objects at the first level in the hierarchy based on a count of assets of constituent parts of the objects at the first level in the hierarchy, wherein the second level is above the first level in the hierarchy.
US11093482B2	Managing access by third parties to data in a network Systems and methods for managing access to data in a network are provided. In embodiments, a method includes: receiving, by a computer device, a search request regarding data of a participant, the search request including participant parameters associated with the participant; generating, by the computer device, a record of data associated with the participant based on the search request; sending, by the computer device, a request for data to third party nodes of a blockchain system based on the search request and the record; receiving, by the computer device, results from the blockchain system, the results including at least one set of data from a first node of the third party nodes; and determining, by the computer device, that the set of data requires updating based on the results.
US11093481B2	Systems and methods for electronic data distribution A computer-implemented method is disclosed that comprises receiving, at a data provider computing system, a data contribution from a client device associated with a user, and based on the received data contribution, determining a user identifier that uniquely identifies the user. The method comprises performing a data validation operation to validate the data contribution. The method comprises, based on validating the data contribution, storing the data contribution in association with the user identifier. Further, the method comprises receiving a data request from a data consuming system. Based on the data request, the stored data contribution is identified and distributed to the data consuming system. Based on distribution of the data contribution to the data consuming system, a distribution value associated with the data contribution is generated. An indication of the distribution value is stored in association with the user identifier.
US11093479B2	Ledger data generation and storage for trusted recall of professional profiles A system for ledger data includes a block repository, a metadata database, and a processor. The block repository stores verified secure ledger data in one or more blocks that are cryptographically linked. The metadata database stores metadata information for the one or more blocks in the block repository. The processor is configured to receive a request to create a block content and to determine the block content for a block to be stored in the block repository and metadata content to be stored in the metadata database associated with the block to be stored in the block repository. The metadata content includes one or more flags and source information.
US11093476B1	HTTP events with custom fields A data intake and query system receives a message including raw machine via an internet protocol (IP) such as the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). The message includes a distinct payload portion and a distinct custom field portion. The payload portion includes raw machine data, while the custom field portion includes values for fields. An event that includes the raw machine data and the values is generated from the payload portion and the values are extracted from the custom field portion. The event is then stored such that the values are associated with the event.
US11093475B2	External change detection Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing external change detection without copying data from an external system. An embodiment operates by transmitting a registration request comprising data selection criteria to a data service at an external system. The external system generates a tracking token representing a transaction state of a data object satisfying the data selection criteria. The embodiment receives the tracking token. The embodiment detects a change to the data object in the external system using the tracking token. The embodiment receives the change to the data object from the external system based on the detecting. The embodiment then processes the change to the data object.
US11093473B2	Hierarchical tree data structures and uses thereof Methods and systems are disclosed for generating and using a hierarchical tree data structure. A computing device may receive data having a number of dimensions and corresponding values for each of the dimensions. A hierarchical tree data structure may have a root node and a number of levels, one of which may be connected to the root node. Each level may correspond to a respective dimension of the data and may be connected to a higher level as well as to a lower level. A measure for a given dimension may be evaluated based on the nodes corresponding to the level that corresponds to the given dimension and all preceding connected nodes. A result of the measure may be stored in a number of nodes corresponding to the level that corresponds to the given dimension.
US11093472B2	Using an LSM tree file structure for the on-disk format of an object storage platform The disclosure herein describes providing and accessing data on an object storage platform using a log-structured merge (LSM) tree file system. The LSM tree file system on the object storage platform includes sorted data tables, each sorted data table including a payload portion and an index portion. Data is written to the LSM tree file system in at least one new sorted data table. Data is ready by identifying a data location of the data based on index portions of the sorted data tables and reading the data from a sorted data table associated with the identified data location. The use of the LSM tree file system on the object storage platform provides an efficient means for interacting with the data stored thereon.
US11093470B1	Multiple dimension layers for an analysis data system and method A system and method are presented that analyze evaluation data concerning a subject using attributes that are logically arranged in a geometric structure such as a rectangular array. A plurality of dimension layers is laid on top of the logical arrangement of data. Each dimension layers assigns values to a plurality of dimensions based on the value of neighboring attribute groups. Each dimension layer can be associated with one or more reporting configurations that contain descriptors for the defined dimensions as well as formatting instructions for report-like output.
US11093469B2	Holistic document search A set of documents is parsed. Members of the set of documents include a set of text elements and a set of visual elements. A text content stream based on the set of text elements and a visual content stream based on the set of visual elements are produced. For respective documents, a set of respective visual element summarizations is built from the visual content stream. Each visual summarization includes a textual description of a respective visual element in the respective document. A holistic index is created by indexing the text content from the text content stream and the text descriptions of the visual elements for each document in a single search index. The indexing uses a set of semantic relationships between the text content from the text content stream and the textual descriptions of the visual elements. A user interface allows a user to selectively search text content and visual content.
US11093456B2	Managing computations for hierarchical entities Entity data represent entities related according to a hierarchy, with at least one root entity at a highest level and one or more entities at one or more levels below the highest level. One or more entities each have multiple instances, and at least one attribute having respective elements for each of the instances. Input data includes expressions that express functions of arguments, with one or more of the arguments referencing an attribute of an entity represented in the entity data. Processing expressions includes: (a) analyzing an expression to determine, for each of one or more attributes, at least one of: (1) a position in the hierarchy of an entity of the attribute, or (2) a number of elements of a result of a function applied to an argument that references the attribute, and (b) evaluating the expression, or indicating an error based on a result of analyzing the expression.
US11093447B2	Suggesting a destination folder for a file to be saved A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes determining a starting folder within a file system, computing, for each child folder of the starting folder, a similarity metric indicating a level of similarity to a file, selecting two child folders of the starting folder having greatest similarity metrics, comparing a difference between the greatest similarity metrics of the two child folders to a predetermined threshold, and conditionally selecting the starting folder as a recommended folder to which the file is saved, based on the comparing.
US11093446B2	Duplicate request checking for file system interfaces Example distributed storage systems, file system interfaces, and methods provide duplicate request checking. A file interface manages a plurality of file data requests from client systems using a file system protocol. A metadata store acts as a cross-reference between file data references and storage data references. A request data store in the metadata store includes request entries with transaction identifiers for corresponding file data requests. A duplicate checker searches the request data store and excludes incoming file data requests when it finds a matching request entry.
US11093445B2	Intelligent method to generate and sync virtual machine file metadata for search File metadata of a virtual machine can be generated when performing a backup of a virtual machine. A backup copy of the virtual machine and the file metadata can be stored in a backup storage system. The file metadata can be retrieved from the storage system in a manner that is decoupled from the performance of the backup of the virtual machine. The file metadata can be used for searching for files within the backup copy of the virtual machine.
US11093438B2	Pipelining multi-directional reduction Embodiments for pipelining multi-directional reduction by one or more processors in a computing system. One or more reduce scatter operations and one or more all-gather operations may be assigned to each of a plurality of independent networks. The one or more reduce scatter operations and the one or more all-gather operations may be sequentially executed in each of the plurality of independent networks according to a serialized execution order and a defined time period.
US11093434B2	Communication system and operation method A communication system includes a physical layer circuit, a link layer circuit, a transport layer circuit, and a memory circuit. The physical layer circuit is coupled to a first storage circuit. The link layer circuit is coupled to the physical layer circuit. The transport layer circuit is coupled to a second storage circuit. The memory circuit is coupled between the link layer circuit and the transport layer circuit. The memory circuit includes a memory. The memory is controlled to selectively transmit data in the second storage circuit to the first storage circuit, or transmit data in the first storage circuit to the second storage circuit.
US11093427B2	Switch fabric having a serial communications interface and a parallel communications interface A switch fabric is disclosed that includes a serial communications interface and a parallel communications interface. The serial communications interface is configured for connecting a plurality of slave devices to a master device in parallel to transmit information between the plurality of slave devices and the master device, and the parallel communications interface is configured for separately connecting the plurality of slave devices to the master device to transmit information between the plurality of slave devices and the master device, and to transmit information between individual ones of the plurality of slave devices. The parallel communications interface may comprise a dedicated parallel communications channel for each one of the plurality of slave devices. The serial communications interface may comprise a multidrop bus, and the parallel communications interface may comprise a cross switch.
US11093424B1	Rack switch coupling system A rack switch coupling system includes a plurality of computing devices that are positioned in a rack in a stacked orientation. Each of the plurality of computing devices includes a top surface that corresponds with a first plane associated with that computing device, and a bottom surface that is located opposite that computing device from the top surface and that corresponds with a second plane associated with that computing device. The rack switch coupling system also includes a switch system that is positioned in the rack and that includes respective ports cabled to each of the plurality of computing devices, with each of the respective ports located adjacent the computing device to which it is cabled and between the first plane and the second plane associated with that computing device.
US11093423B2	Directed interrupt for multilevel virtualization An interrupt signal is provided to a first guest operating system. A bus attachment device receives an interrupt signal from a bus connected module with an interrupt target ID identifying a processor assigned for use by the guest operating system as a target processor for handling the interrupt signal. The bus attachment device checks whether the target processor is scheduled for usage by the guest operating system. If the target processor is not scheduled for usage, the bus attachment device forwards the interrupt signal using broadcasting and updates a forwarding vector entry stored in a memory section assigned to a second guest operating system hosting the first guest operating system. The update is used for indicating to the first operating system that there is a first interrupt signal addressed to the interrupt target ID to be handled.
US11093421B2	Operation device An operation device includes a transmission interface and a control circuit. The transmission interface is coupled to the bus. The control circuit outputs a switching command to the first slave device at the first transmission rate and via the transmission interface, to control the first slave device to operate in an update mode, and outputs update data to the first slave device at the second transmission rate and via the transmission interface, so as to update a program code of the first slave device. The second transmission rate is higher than the first transmission rate.
US11093414B2	Measuring per-node bandwidth within non-uniform memory access (NUMA) systems A computing system includes a plurality of nodes including a first node, the first node including at least one core, a memory controller, a node-track register (MSR), and a monitoring counter array including a plurality of counters. The memory controller is to access a plurality of bits of the node-track MSR to determine a subset of nodes to be tracked, wherein the subset of nodes includes the first node and a second node. The memory controller is further to allocate a first counter of the plurality of counters to track memory requests sent to a local system memory by the first node; and allocate a second counter of the plurality of counters to track a memory response associated with a memory request sent by the first node to the second node.
US11093409B1	Using emulation of storage characteristics to perform an access request translated between different protocols Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for augmenting storage functionality using emulation of storage characteristics are disclosed. An access request for a data set is received. The access request is formatted according to a first protocol associated with a first data store, and the first data store is associated with first storage characteristics. The access request is translated into a translated access request. The translated access request is formatted according to a second protocol associated with a second data store, and the second data store is associated with second storage characteristics differing at least in part from the first storage characteristics. The translated access request is sent to the second data store. The translated access request is performed by the second data store on the data set using emulation of one or more of the first storage characteristics not included in the second storage characteristics.

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