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| US11101771B2 |
Crystal oscillator and electronic device using the crystal oscillator
A crystal oscillator is provided. The crystal oscillator includes a crystal resonator including a pair of terminals and being capable of oscillating at a fundamental resonance frequency and at least one overtone resonance frequency. Further, the crystal oscillator includes an inverter circuit coupled between the pair of terminals. The crystal oscillator additionally includes a suppression circuit configured to suppress oscillation of the crystal resonator at the fundamental resonance frequency. Further, the crystal oscillator includes a control circuit configured to control a switch circuit for selectively coupling the suppression circuit to the crystal resonator. |
| US11101765B1 |
High temperature inverter
An inverter system and method for driving an alternating current induction motor connected to a fluid transfer pump, including PWM control of power switching devices and fast-acting shutdown circuitry to disable the power switching devices when unintended or unexpected conditions are detected. The inverter system further includes start/stop safety logic, fault current detection and a fast acting current limit circuit incorporating a programmable current limit, operational status and parameter monitoring and communication, visual signalization, locked rotor detection, and the ability to incorporate closed loop control and remote operation into systems while they are in service. |
| US11101764B2 |
Dynamic control of source current in electric motor drive systems
An electric motor drive system is provided. It includes a rotor having permanent magnets arranged therein and a stator surrounding the rotor an inverter having switches arranged therein, the switches operable to draw current from a direct current bus and operate the electric machine through windings of the stator and a controller operable to receive a source current limit, IS, and a source voltage limit, VDC, both associated with the direct current bus is also provided. The invertor is responding to a torque demand to operate the switches of the inverter to generate an alternating current corresponding to the torque demand and according to a torque limit defined by a source current torque limit corresponding to the source current limit when the source current torque limit is less than or equal to a source voltage torque limit corresponding to the source voltage limit. |
| US11101763B2 |
Air conditioner and method for controlling air conditioner
An air conditioner includes a signal receiving unit to receive an operation instruction signal, a compressor including a motor including coils, an inverter connected to the coils, a connection switching unit to switch a connection state of the coils between a first connection state and a second connection state, and a controller to control the inverter and the connection switching unit. When the signal receiving unit receives an operation stop signal, the connection switching unit switches the connection state of the coils from the first connection state to the second connection state. |
| US11101750B2 |
Piezoelectric drive with at least two independent drive sections
A piezoelectric stepper drive includes a piezoelectric drive apparatus with at least two drive sections, each acted upon by at least two piezoelectric actuators, and a driven member which is advanced by at least one of the drive sections when control voltages are applied to the actuators. The drive apparatus is configured approximately in the shape of a triangle, at the tip of which the drive sections are arranged. At least one of the drive sections is biased against the driven member, in the absence of control voltages applied to the actuators, such that the drive section blocks advance of the driven member, where each of the drive sections is mounted individually resilient relative to a base of the triangle. |
| US11101740B2 |
Modular power supply system
A modular power supply system includes: a main controller, configured to output a main control signal; N local controllers, wherein each of the local controllers is configured to receive the main control signal to output at least one local control signal; and N power units, in one-to-one correspondence with the N local controllers, wherein each of the power units includes a first end and a second end, and the second end of each of the power units is connected to the first end of an adjacent one of the power units, each of the power units is configured to include M power converters, wherein each of the power converters includes a third end and a fourth end, the fourth end of each of the power converters is connected to the third end of an adjacent one of the power converters. |
| US11101738B2 |
Power converter and control method thereof and power supply system
A power converter includes a PFC circuit, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and an auxiliary circuit. The PFC circuit provides a first intermediate voltage to the first capacitor. The auxiliary circuit includes a first auxiliary branch circuit and a second auxiliary branch circuit. When the first auxiliary branch circuit is enabled, and the first intermediate voltage is transmitted to the second capacitor through the first auxiliary branch circuit. When the second auxiliary branch circuit is enabled, the first intermediate voltage is boosted by the second auxiliary branch circuit, so that a second intermediate voltage is provided by the second capacitor. While an operation state of the load is switched between a light load condition and a heavy load condition, one of the first auxiliary branch circuit and the second auxiliary branch circuit is selectively enabled. |
| US11101736B2 |
Apparatus for dynamic learning of voltage source capabilities
A system may include a power supply configurable to generate any of a plurality of output voltages on a power supply output node. The system also may include a voltage auto-detection power distribution (PD) controller coupled to the power supply. The voltage auto-detection PD controller is configured to monitor an input signal for detection of presence of a device coupled to the system via a cable and assert combinations of a plurality of control signals. For each combination of control signals, the voltage auto-detection PD controller measures a value of an output voltage from the power supply, stores the measured value, and generates a plurality of packets for transmission to the device. Each packet contains a parameter indicative of a measured output voltage. |
| US11101731B2 |
Switched-capacitor DC-DC power converter circuit
A switched-capacitor DC-DC power converter circuit is provided. The switched-capacitor DC-DC power converter circuit includes N input-side switched capacitor units and N output-side switched capacitor units. There is a charge recycling phase located between two adjacent conversion phases. In the 2N conversion phases, a bottom end of a capacitor of at least one of the input-side switched capacitor units and a bottom end of a capacitor of at least one of N output-side switched capacitor units is selectively electrically connected to an output terminal of the switched-capacitor DC-DC power converter circuit. In each charge recycling phase, bottom ends of two capacitors of N input-side switched capacitor units and N output-side switched capacitor units are electrically connected to each other through two of the input-side charge recycle switches and output-side charge recycle switches. |
| US11101730B2 |
Drive signal generating circuit and power supply circuit
A power supply circuit having a rectifier circuit that rectifies an AC voltage, an inductor, a transistor that controls an inductor current flowing through the inductor, a drive signal generating circuit that generates a drive signal based on the inductor current and an output voltage generated from the AC voltage, and a drive signal output circuit outputting the drive signal. The drive signal generating circuit includes a command-value output unit that outputs a command value for increasing and decreasing the inductor current when the output voltage is lower or higher than a target level, respectively, an inductance calculation unit that calculates an inductance of the inductor based on first and second current values of the inductor at first and second timings after the inductor current increases from zero and decreases, respectively, and an ON-period calculation unit that calculates an ON period in a switching period of the transistor. |
| US11101729B1 |
Protection circuit for high inductive loads
A drive circuit is disclosed. The drive circuit includes a high-side switch coupled between a power supply and an inductive load, and a low-side switch coupled between the load and ground. A current sense device is connected in series with the high-side switch, the low-side switch and the load. A control circuit controls the high-side and low-side switches. The control circuit further includes an input coupled to an output of the current sense device, and is configured to selectively provide a current path between the first and second terminals of the inductive load based upon the output of the current sense device. The current path is provided when an overcurrent condition exists, and dissipates energy stored in the inductive load in response to the overcurrent condition. |
| US11101725B2 |
Rotary electric machine and non-contact power generator
Provided is a rotary electric machine including: a permanent magnet rotatable around a first rotational shaft and disposed at a distance from a main surface of a moving body rotating or moving, at least a part of a side surface of the permanent magnet continuous to an outer peripheral surface thereof being opposed to the main surface of the moving body, wherein the permanent magnet is rotated around the first rotational shaft by a reaction force acting on the permanent magnet, the reaction force being caused by eddy currents produced in the main surface of the moving body in such a direction as to hinder a change of magnetic flux from the permanent magnet, and a surface speed of the side surface of the permanent magnet opposed to the moving body is lower than a surface speed of the main surface of the moving body opposed thereto. |
| US11101719B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining motor temperature, and storage medium
Provided are a method and apparatus for determining motor temperature, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining an electromagnetic loss of each node in ξ nodes acquired by decomposing components of a motor, wherein the ξ is a natural number greater than 1, and at least one component in the components of the motor is decomposed into multiple nodes in the ξ nodes; obtaining a thermal resistance between every two nodes in the ξ nodes; and determining a temperature of the motor based on the electromagnetic loss of the each node in the ξ nodes and the thermal resistance between the every two nodes in the ξ nodes. |
| US11101715B2 |
Rotating electric machine and drive system for rotating electric machine with housing and terminal boxes outside the housing
A rotating electric machine includes a housing, a stator core housed in the housing, a plurality of systems of winding groups, a plurality of first lead wires, and a plurality of terminal boxes. The plurality of systems of winding groups are arranged in the stator core and electrically connected to a plurality of power conversion devices, one system of winding group is defined as a plurality of windings electrically connected to one power conversion device. The plurality of first lead wires are electrically connected to the plurality of systems of winding groups and wired inside the housing. The plurality of terminal boxes are arranged at a plurality of places in an outer circumference of the housing, the plurality of first lead wires are distributed in a unit of the system and introduced into the plurality of terminal boxes. |
| US11101714B2 |
Brushless DC motor fan
A brushless DC motor fan is provided. The brushless DC motor fan includes a rotor and a stator module. The rotor has a shaft disposed on an inner side of the stator module and rotating relative to the stator module. The stator module has a coreless coil and a lead frame, wherein the lead frame includes six pins electrically connected to the coreless coil. |
| US11101713B2 |
Vehicle motor
A vehicle motor is equipped with a downwind side air guiding member to guide air, flowing in from a suction port formed in an end of a frame at a first bracket side, through a stator ventilating path, into contact with an end portion of a stator coil, along the stator coil from an end portion of the stator coil, and then toward a stator core, and then to an exhaust port formed in a second bracket side of the frame end portion or in a second bracket. |
| US11101711B2 |
Brushless direct current motor, stator part and winding method thereof
A brushless direct current motor, a stator part and its winding method are provided. The stator part includes a stator core and stator windings wound around stator poles. The stator poles and the stator windings are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with each other. The stator windings are formed by winding a single conductive wire uninterruptedly on the stator poles. Two ends of the conductive wire are connected. |
| US11101710B2 |
Hybrid rotor assembly for a motor vehicle
An electric motor rotor for a motor vehicle includes a rotor assembly having a first portion formed from a first material, a second portion formed from a second material coupled to the first portion, and a third portion formed from a third material coupled to one of the first portion and the second portion. At least one of the first material and the third material is distinct from the second material. |
| US11101697B2 |
Power reception device and contactless power transmission system
A power reception device includes: a power reception coil that receives power by magnetic resonance; a power reception circuit that converts power received by the power reception coil into direct current; a load circuit that operates by the power into which the power is converted by the power reception circuit; a first substrate on which the power reception coil and the power reception circuit are mounted; and a second substrate on which the load circuit is mounted, the second substrate being located outside the power reception coil as viewed in an axial direction of the power reception coil. |
| US11101694B2 |
Wireless power transmitter, electronic device for wirelessly receiving power, and method for operating the same
Provided are a method and an electronic device that may be coupled to a host device, the electronic device including a housing detachable to the host device, a light generator disposed on a first surface of the housing, a power transmission circuit disposed on a second surface of the housing, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and a processor that controls the light generator to output a light, wherein an external electronic device moves to a predetermined position based on the outputted light, and control to wirelessly transmit power to the external electronic device via the power transmission circuit based on the external electronic device moving to the predetermined position. |
| US11101692B2 |
Method for producing a system for inductively transmitting energy to a mobile part, and device for carrying out the method
In a method for producing a system for inductively transmitting energy to a mobile part: a stepped bore is introduced into a floor; a sealing element is introduced into the stepped bore; a ring frame is held in place in the stepped bore with the aid of an alignment unit supported on the surface of the floor, the upper edge of the ring frame being aligned with the height of the floor or with the surface of a floor covering applied to the floor; the ring frame is set apart from the floor so that a gap region exists between the ring frame and the floor; casting compound is filled into the gap region; the alignment unit is removed; and a primary part is accommodated in the ring frame. |
| US11101686B1 |
Emergency lighting device with remote lighting
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for providing intelligent power control in response to an external power interruption, causing a processor is in an electrical fixture to interrogate an external power control switch to gain an understanding of the switch's state, where prior to the external power interruption the electrical fixture may be powered by external power and where external power may be connected and disconnected by a user of the switch. In the event that the switch's state is determined to be such that it would normally pass power to the electrical fixture, the processor causes the electrical fixture to operate using a backup power supply. In the event that the switch's state is determined to be such that it would normally not pass power to the electrical fixture, the processor causes the electrical fixture to act as if the user of the switch has intentionally removed power. In response to a return of external power, powering the electrical fixture is then through external power where the user of the switch switches external power. |
| US11101684B2 |
Dual input power supply with shortened switching
A power supply method and a power supply apparatus including a power conversion circuit, a first and a second switching circuit, and a control circuit are provided. The power conversion circuit is coupled between a DC power source and a power supply terminal and performs a boosting operation according to a DC voltage of the DC power source to generate a boost voltage. The first switching circuit is coupled between an AC power source and the power supply terminal. The second switching circuit is coupled between the power conversion circuit and the power supply terminal. The control circuit enters a first mode after turning on the first and the second switching circuit, so the first switching circuit transmits a main AC voltage of the AC power source to the power supply terminal in the first mode. The boost voltage is greater than a peak value of the main AC voltage. |
| US11101681B2 |
Power converted arrangement for feeding vehicles and installation comprising the same
A power converter arrangement, for feeding a plurality of energy stores of electrically driven vehicles has a transformer having a first multiphase winding and a plurality of second multiphase windings. The first winding is embodied to be connected to a power supply system, in particular to a medium-voltage power supply system, and the second windings are each connected to a first connection of an associated power converter. The invention also presents an installation having such a power converter arrangement, wherein the transformer is arranged in a weatherproof enclosure and at least a plurality of power converters form parts of respective charging stations. |
| US11101674B2 |
Battery charging architectures
A system may include an adapter, a charger, and a connector. The adapter is configured to receive an alternating current (AC) signal and generate an adapter signal, the adapter signal being generated based on an up-conversion of the AC signal. The charger is configured to generate a direct current (DC) signal from the adapter signal using one or more energy storage elements and supply the DC signal to a load, in which the adapter signal has a voltage greater than that of the DC signal. The connector is configured to couple the adapter and the charger. In some aspects, the adapter signal is adjusted based on one or more measurements of the DC signal at an output of the charger to maintain a target power for charging the load. |
| US11101673B2 |
Programmable gate driver control in USB power delivery
Techniques for control of power switches in a USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) system are described herein. In an example embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises a programmable gate control circuit coupled to a provider field effect transistor (FET) and a consumer FET to provide control signals to the provider and consumer FETs in response to system conditions and application requirements of the USB-PD system. A pulldown current control circuit may provide additional control to slew rate for the slow turn-ON of provider and consumer FETs. |
| US11101672B2 |
Secondary battery protection apparatus
A secondary battery protection apparatus includes a plurality of secondary battery protection apparatuses. One of two adjacent secondary battery protection apparatuses includes a voltage determination unit that is not affected by a current transfer signal and configured to receive, through a single communication line, the current transfer signal that is transmitted from the other of the two adjacent battery protection apparatuses through the single communication line and an information element based on changes of a voltage value of a voltage transfer signal, and a current determination unit that is not affected by the voltage transfer signal and configured to receive, through the single communication line, the voltage transfer signal that is transmitted from the other of the two adjacent secondary battery protection apparatuses through the single communication line and an information element based on changes of the current value of the current transfer signal. |
| US11101671B2 |
Electrical vehicle system to discharge capacitors
A vehicle electrical system including a battery, the terminals of which supply positive and negative power rails, the battery being connected to one or more vehicle devices to supply power or charging thereto. The devices include capacitors. The system also includes at least one heating device and a switch to allow capacitor discharge to flow through the heating device. |
| US11101669B2 |
State of health estimation for batteries
A method for determining a state of health of a rechargeable battery includes: determining a change in charge within an upper border and a lower border of a charging state window, the change in charge being determined by summing up current values measured within the charging state window; determining an actual state of health by scaling the change in charge with the width of the charging state window and dividing by an initial charging capacity of the battery; and determining an average state of health by calculating a sliding average of the actual state of health with at least one previous determined state of health. |
| US11101668B2 |
Cell-balancing method and battery management system performing the same
A battery management system may include a plurality of balancing resistors respectively forming balancing discharging paths of cells connected in series to each other, a plurality of balancing switches respectively connected between the cells and the balancing resistors, and configured to control cell-balancing of each of the cells, a voltage-detecting circuit for detecting respective cell voltages of the cells, and a battery controller for acquiring respective balancing capacities of the cells based on the cell voltages, for obtaining duty cycles of the balancing switches according to the balancing capacities, and for scaling the duty cycles of the balancing switches according to a sum of duty cycles of two adjacent cells from among the cells. |
| US11101666B2 |
Power supply charging system
A power supply charging system having first and second alternating power cells, a motor driven generator adapted to operably switch between providing power between the first and second alternating power cells, a third power cell which supplies power to the motor driven generator, and a control system having a power cell managing module and a charge control module. The power cell module is adapted to alternate the motor driven generator to operably switch between providing power to the first and second alternating power cells. The charge control module is adapted to detect the occurrence of a pre-determined power supply condition to activate the motor driven generator to provide power to the first or second alternating power cells. The power supply charging system may find particular use in generating a direct current, converting the direct current to an alternating current, and providing a continuous alternating current to a facility or equipment. |
| US11101664B2 |
Power system optimization
A method set point determining device and computer program product for determining set points of machines, energy storage units, wind generators and/or solar panels in a power system. The set point determining device includes an efficiency curve determining unit configured to determine, during operation of the power system, current individual efficiency curves of machines, energy storage units, wind generators and/or solar panels, each curve defining the efficiency of the corresponding machine, energy storage unit, wind generator and/or solar panel, where a current efficiency curve is obtained as a real-time estimation using current and historic power system data, and an optimization handling unit configured to, at a point in time of power system control, form a function including a first expression, which is a sum of products, each product including the power of a machine, energy storage unit, wind generator and/or solar panel times the individual efficiency of the machine, energy storage unit, wind generator and/or solar panel obtained from the corresponding current individual efficiency curve, determine a power demand of the system, optimize the function subject to the condition that the sum of powers of the machines, energy storage units, wind generators and/or solar panels reach the power demand, determine desired set points of the machines, energy storage units, wind generators and/or solar panels based on the optimization and supply the set point to the machines, energy storage units, wind generators and/or solar panels. |
| US11101663B2 |
Microgrid system and method of controlling same
A microgrid system and method of controlling same, the microgrid system comprising a storage battery (5000), an energy storage converter (1000), a monitoring circuit and a controllable switch (2000). When the microgrid system is in grid-connected mode, the energy storage converter outputs steady power under the control of an inner current loop unit (1220); in grid-connected mode, an outer voltage loop unit (1240) does not participate in control, but remains in an operating state, and on the basis of four outer voltage loop unit input signals, estimates in advance a specified current loop signal (Uvo) for handover from grid-connected mode to island mode. When the microgrid system hands over from grid-connected mode to island mode, the outer voltage loop unit goes into operation, and the inner current loop unit controls a steady output voltage and frequency from the energy storage converter according to the pre-estimated specified current loop signal output by the outer voltage loop unit. The outer voltage loop unit controls the outputted specified current loop signal to be identical before and after mode handover, and can realize seamless handover between grid-connected and island modes for the microgrid system. |
| US11101660B2 |
Storage battery system and power display device
A storage battery system includes: a grid-connected storage battery; and a first current sensor that is provided in an electrical circuit linking the storage battery and the grid and detects a current in the electrical circuit the storage battery system having the electrical circuit connected with one or more power generators. The storage battery system includes: a second current sensor that is provided in the electrical circuit such that the one or more power generators are connected between the first current sensor and the second current sensor; and a controller that calculates generated power of the one or more power generators based on outputs obtained from the first current sensor and the second current sensor. |
| US11101655B2 |
Plug-in power adapters and methods of implementing a plug-in power adapter
A plug-in power adapter is described. The plug-in power adapter may comprise a plug having a plurality of prongs, wherein a first prong of the plurality of prongs is adapted to receive power; a transformer coupled to receive the power from the first prong of the plurality of prongs, wherein the transformer generates a power signal on a power signal line coupled to the transformer; a plurality of contact elements accessible on the plug-in power adapter by a user of the plug-in power adapter; and a wireless communication circuit adapted to receive signals using a wireless communication protocol; wherein a contact element of the plurality of contact elements is adapted to receive a control signal. |
| US11101654B2 |
System and method for determining master/slave switches in a multi-way switch system
A power switch configured for use in a multi-way switch system is provided. The power switch includes one or more switching elements configured to selectively couple a load to a power source. The power switch includes a power metering circuit and a communications circuit. The communications circuit can be configured to provide communications between the power switch and at least one other power switch in the switch system. The power switch can include a control device configured obtain data from the power metering circuit. The data can be indicative of power consumption of the load. The control device can be further configured to determine whether the power switch is a master power switch in the multi-way switch system based on the data. |
| US11101646B2 |
Circuit breaker system with an internal voltage limiter
A circuit breaker system is disclosed in the present application. The circuit breaker system includes a housing to hold an electrical interrupter within an internal region separated from an external ambient region. The electrical interrupter includes at least a first pair of electrical contact elements that are movable between open and closed positions. A voltage limiter, such as a metal oxide varistor (MOV), is connected across the pair of electrical contact elements to receive and dissipate a transient voltage when the first pair of electrical contacts is moved from a closed position to an open position, thereby reducing undesired arcing and premature wear or erosion of certain electrical components. |
| US11101645B2 |
Electromagnetic induction type wireless power supply system and load sudden-change protection circuit thereof
A power supply system includes a wireless power supply end and a wireless receiving end. The wireless receiving end includes a resonant receiving component and a rectifying and voltage-stabilizing component that is connected to the resonant receiving component to output a voltage-stabilized power supply (VCC). A load sudden-change protection circuit includes an overvoltage protection component and an under-voltage protection component that are each respectively connected to the voltage-stabilized power supply and a load. The overvoltage protection component turns on the load when the voltage of the voltage-stabilized power supply is higher than a first preset voltage due to sudden turn-off of the load. The under-voltage protection component turns off the load when the voltage of the voltage-stabilized power supply is lower than a second preset voltage due to sudden turn-on of the load. |
| US11101643B2 |
Multi-semiconductor solid state power controllers and method for managing inductive switching transients thereof
Provided is a method and system that includes a direct current solid state power controller that includes a plurality of switching devices connected in parallel for performing switching, one or more main transient voltage suppressors (TVSs) to perform voltage clamping, a plurality of parasitic inductances each connected in series with a switching device of the plurality of switching devices, and a plurality of local TVSs each connected in parallel with a series connection of a switching device and at least one parasitic inductor of the plurality of parasitic inductances, to dissipate energy stored within the at least one parasitic inductor of the plurality of parasitic inductances. |
| US11101641B2 |
Fault protection devices and related reclosing methods
Fault protection devices for electrical distribution systems and related reclosing methods are provided. One exemplary method of reclosing a switching element of a fault protection device after fault detection involves pulsing the switching element closed to enable a temporary current flow through the fault protection device and verifying absence of a fault condition based at least in part on the temporary current flow using a testing fault detection threshold. After verifying the absence of the fault condition, the method closes the switching element to enable current flow through the fault protection device, monitors the current flow through the fault protection device for the fault condition using the testing fault detection threshold for a transition period, and monitors the current flow through the fault protection device for the fault condition using a different fault detection threshold after the transition period. |
| US11101639B2 |
Inverter with quick connect cooling coupling for an electric mobile application
An integrated inverter assembly including a main cover and an opposing back cover, a coolant channel, wherein power electronics of the inverter assembly are thermally coupled to the coolant channel, and wherein at least one of a coolant inlet or a coolant outlet of the coolant channel comprises a quick connector without a locking element. |
| US11101637B2 |
Whip and loop interrupter combination
A circuit interrupting device including a loop split interrupter for interrupting a loop split circuit, and a quick whip interrupter for interrupting a charging circuit. |
| US11101635B2 |
Protective relay test equipment operation device and method
A protective relay test equipment operation device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a switch unit for, upon reception of a trip signal or a close signal from a protective relay, changing an electrical connection state between a first port configured to be electrically connected to test equipment that generates a test signal and a second port configured to be electrically connected to the protective relay; a measurement unit for measuring a voltage and a current between the first port and the second port during a test period in which an operation time point of the switch unit is a start time point or an end time point; and a calculation unit for calculating a plurality of time point-specific impedance values within the test period according to a measurement result of the measurement unit. |
| US11101629B2 |
Busbar holder and corresponding arrangement
The invention relate to a bus bar holder having a bottom part and a top part detachably connected to the bottom part, between which, when they are connected together, at least one busbar passage is formed, wherein the top part and the bottom part have, on mutually opposite contact surfaces, sliding faces along which they bear against one another and are movable between an open position, in which the top part can be lifted off the bottom part, and a closed position, in which the top part is secured to the bottom part via a tongue-and-groove connection, wherein a releasable latching pawl secures the top part and the bottom part in the closed position. Also described is a corresponding arrangement made up of at least one such busbar holder and at least one busbar. |
| US11101628B2 |
Wire harness retaining system
A cable management system for a cable system of a vehicle. The cable management system including a retainer having rails configured to be attached to a wire harness of the cable system. The wire harness may include cable ties that comprise of a plug configured to attach to a vehicle frame. The wire harness may also include an edge clip to also aid in the fastening of the wire harness to the vehicle. The wire harness may also include component cables attached similarly to the vehicle. |
| US11101626B2 |
Corrugated tube that can be folded open and wiring harness
A corrugated tube that can be folded open, for holding cables, comprises: first and second corrugated tube shells, which have a respective plurality of first and second corrugated tube ribs extending peripherally around the respective corrugated tube shell, a joint section, which separates the corrugated tube ribs from each other and pivotably connects the corrugated tube shells to each other, at least one lip section, which is provided on at least one of the corrugated tube shells, and a locking device for locking the two corrugated tube shells to each other when the corrugated tube is brought from a folded-open state into a folded-together state. The locking device includes the corrugated tube ribs, and in the folded-together state, the second corrugated tube ribs extend around the first corrugated tube ribs interlockingly both in a radial direction and in a peripheral direction of the corrugated tube. |
| US11101624B2 |
Switching device comprising lashing points
A switching device has an encapsulation housing and lashing points. The lashing points are arranged in such a manner that a center of gravity of the switching device lies below the lashing points in a lashing direction. |
| US11101618B1 |
Laser device for dynamic white light
A laser illumination or dazzler device and method. More specifically, examples of the present invention provide laser illumination or dazzling devices power by one or more violet, blue, or green laser diodes characterized by a wavelength from about 390 nm to about 550 nm. In some examples the laser illumination or dazzling devices include a laser pumped phosphor wherein a laser beam with a first wavelength excites a phosphor member to emit electromagnetic at a second wavelength. In various examples, laser illumination or dazzling devices according to the present invention include polar, non-polar, or semi-polar laser diodes. In a specific example, a single laser illumination or dazzling device includes a plurality of violet, blue, or green laser diodes. There are other examples as well. |
| US11101615B2 |
Use of electronically controlled polarization elements for the initiation and optimization of laser mode-locking
Apparatus for modelocking a fiber laser cavity includes two variable retarder assemblies and a polarizing element. The variable retarder assemblies each have two electronically addressable elements and one fixed element. The first variable retarder assembly prepares a polarization state suitable for NPE modelocking to be launched into the fiber, and the second variable retarder assembly controls the polarization state after exiting the fiber, before being incident on the polarizing element. A control system controls the electronically addressable phase retarders in order to create and modify conditions for modelocking the fiber laser. |
| US11101612B2 |
Method of manufacturing electrical connector
A method of manufacturing an electrical connector includes specific steps described hereinafter. Stamp a plurality of terminals together with a plurality of clamping portions and a clamping element having a material belt. Insert and fix the plurality of the terminals together with the plurality of the clamping portions to a material carrier, and place the material belt above the material carrier. Electroplate the plurality of the terminals and the clamping element. Mold an insulating housing to the plurality of the terminals and the clamping element. Separate the material carrier, the plurality of the clamping portions and the material belt from the plurality of the terminals and the clamping element respectively, thereby completing manufacturing the electrical connector which has the insulating housing, the plurality of the terminals and the clamping element. |
| US11101610B2 |
Connector converter
Provided is a connector converter, comprising a shell, a circuit board assembly and a connecting wire, wherein the circuit board assembly comprises a digital signal board integrated with a digital circuit, the digital signal board being provided in the shell, and the digital signal board being provided with a plurality of output interfaces; the shell is provided with outer pockets positioned corresponding to the output interfaces; and an inner end of the connecting wire is provided with a metal plate, the metal plate being embedded in the digital signal board and electrically connected to the digital signal board via a connecting terminal, and an outer end of the connecting wire extends out to the outside of the shell and is provided with an input interface. The metal plate is in embedded connection with the digital signal board. |
| US11101606B2 |
Charging inlet
A charging inlet includes an accommodation box and an inlet body to which the accommodation box is attached from a rear side. The accommodation box includes multiple terminals, an accommodation box body separately accommodating the terminals, multiple fuses, a fuse box integrated with the accommodation box body and separately accommodating the fuses, and multiple bus bars respectively electrically connecting the terminals to the fuses. The accommodation box body has a circular columnar shape and extends in a front-rear direction. The accommodation box includes multiple body receptacles that are open in a front end surface of the accommodation box to separately accommodate the terminals. The terminals accommodated in the body receptacles project from a front end surface of the accommodation box body. The bus bars are embedded into the accommodation box. |
| US11101602B2 |
Connector system for accommodating either UTP or STP connection terminals
A connector structure enables the replacement of an STP cable (10B) and a UTP cable (10A) without making a large structural change. UTP connection terminals (21A) to be connected to respective wires (11) of the UTP cable (10A) are arranged to be proximate in a width direction by being accommodated into accommodating portions (26) of a UTP dielectric (22A) proximate in the width direction. STP connection terminals (21B) to be connected to respective wires (11) of the STP cable (10B) are farther apart in the width direction than the UTP connection terminals (21A) by being accommodated in accommodating portions (26) of an STP dielectric (22B) spaced apart in the width direction. The UTP connection terminals and the STP connection terminals are set such that protrusions (34) projecting out from box portions (27) in a common direction when accommodated in the accommodating portions (26). |
| US11101601B2 |
Connector
A connector that can accommodate displacement and tilting at the time of fitting into a counterpart connector and that can avoid an increase in the size of the connector is provided. A movable contact of a connector has: upper-side contact points; lower-side contact points; upper-side gripping sections; lower-side gripping sections; an upper-side spring part; a lower-side spring part; and two joining sections. The upper-side contact points and the lower-side contact points can move independently of each other due to elastic deformation of the upper-side spring part and the lower-side spring part. An upper-side second width of the upper-side spring part at a second position is smaller than an upper-side first width of the upper-side spring part at a first position. A lower-side second width of the lower-side spring part at the second position is smaller than a first lower-side width of the lower-side spring part at the first position. |
| US11101599B2 |
Plug connector assembly
A plug connector assembly includes a first plug connector part arranged on a printed circuit board (PCB) and a second plug connector part. Stamped/bent parts are positioned next to respective sides of the first plug connector part and are fastened to the PCB. In one variation, each stamped/bent part forms a spring arm, and when the plug connector parts are connected, end sections of the spring arms engage in respective detent recesses (or notches) in a base body of the second plug connector part thereby fixing the plug connector parts together. In another variation, each stamped/bent part has a detent recess, and a base body of the second plug connector part has spring arms on respective sides of the base body which lock with the detent recesses in the stamped/bent parts when the plug connector parts are connected thereby fixing the plug connector parts together. |
| US11101598B2 |
Dry mate rotatable connector
A coupler for electrical connectors. The coupler includes a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The coupler further includes a first connection interface positioned at the first end of the body, the first connection interface having a first set of conductive rings. The coupler further includes a second connection interface positioned at the second end of the body, the second connection interface having a second set of conductive rings electrically connected to the first set of conductive rings. |
| US11101595B2 |
Mobile terminal
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal including: a circuit board provided in a case; a connector mounting part penetrating one side of the case and enabling connection with an external device; and a connector combined with the circuit board and provided in the connector mounting part, wherein the connector includes: a connector body mounted and installed on the connector mounting part so that the rear end portion is supported by the case; and a terminal part which is combined with the connector body, and in which a plurality of contact pins are molded for connection with an external device, and which extends toward the connector mounting part, wherein a waterproofing member is provided between the connector mounting part and the connector body to block the movement of fluid introduced through the connector mounting part. |
| US11101592B2 |
Connector holding structure
A connector holding structure is provided with a plurality of connectors to be connected to a plurality of mating connectors arranged in an arrangement direction, a plurality of wires drawn out from the plurality of connectors, and a connector holding member including a plurality of connector mounting portions for respectively holding the plurality of connectors, the connector holding member collectively holding the plurality of connectors. The connector holding member includes a deflectable and deformable flexible portion between adjacent ones of the plurality of connector mounting portions. |
| US11101589B2 |
Connecting plug and socket with lamella basket
A socket comprises an annular socket part and a lamella basket at least partly disposed in the interior of the annular socket part. The lamella basket comprises a plurality of lamellae and an annular carrier strip located at the rear part of the lamella basket. Each of the lamellae has a first end and a second end, with the first end being firmly attached to, or integrally moulded with, the annular carrier strip and with the second end being implemented as a free end. The lamellae extend from the annular carrier strip towards the front end of the socket. The inner surface of the annular socket part comprises a bulge that: protrudes in a radially inward direction; and is configured for supporting the lamellae when the lamellae are resiliently deformed in a radially outward direction. |
| US11101586B2 |
Printed circuit board biosensing garment connector
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a biosensing garment and an electronics assembly. The biosensing garment includes a sensor, a conductive pathway, and a connection region including one or more connectors that are disposed on a PCB. The connection region is electrically coupled to the conductive pathway and the sensor. The connection region is further configured to be electronically coupled to the electronics assembly via at least one conductive contact. In some embodiments, the electronics assembly includes at least one conductive contact that is configured to be electronically coupled to at least one portion of the PCB. |
| US11101585B1 |
Electrical connector assembly with pitch surfaces on the plug and receptacle
A first receptacle pitch inner surface and a first plug pitch outer surface opposite each other are both flat surfaces, and they are configured to come into surface contact with each other in the mated state. A distance in the pitch direction between a second receptacle pitch inner surface and a second plug pitch outer surface opposite each other in the mated state is larger than a distance in the pitch direction between the first receptacle pitch inner surface and the first plug pitch outer surface opposite each other in the mated state. A distance in the pitch direction between the first receptacle pitch inner surfaces of two receptacle pitch inner surfaces is longer than a distance in the pitch direction between the first plug pitch outer surfaces of two plug pitch outer surfaces. |
| US11101584B2 |
Data cable
The present invention relates to the field of electronic device accessory technology and in particular to a data cable. The data cable includes a data cable plug and an adapter element which are in rotational connection. The data cable plug includes at least two metal sheets. A space for rotational connection of the adapter element is formed between two of the metal sheets. When the adapter element is rotationally connected in the space, not only can the electrical connection between the adapter element and the data cable plug be guaranteed, but also an angle of the adapter element relative to the data cable plug can be well adjusted. Therefore, use requirements of a user are satisfied. Meanwhile, the situation that a cable body connected to a power supply is bent repeatedly to adversely affect the service life of the data cable will be avoided. |
| US11101579B2 |
Spring biased female terminal
A female terminal, including: a female terminal fitting including a connector to be conductively connected to a male terminal; a male terminal inserting tube provided in the female terminal fitting, the male terminal being press-fit into the male terminal inserting tube, the male terminal inserting tube forming the connector by an inner surface; a pair of overlapping plates connected to a pair of first divided portions provided by dividing the male terminal inserting tube over an entire length in an axial direction at one position in a circumferential direction, the pair of overlapping plates being separated from each other and projecting outward; and a spring held on the female terminal fitting, the spring holding the male terminal inserting tube in a reduced diameter state by biasing the pair of overlapping plates in a direction to overlap the pair of overlapping plates on each other. |
| US11101578B2 |
In-line switch assembly
An in-line switch assembly comprising a housing and two ports at different parts of the housing for insertion of an end of a power cord into the housing. The housing has first and second housing parts. A connection mechanism is provided in each of the ports, adapted to receive an end of a power cord, and is operable to cause piercing of a piercing part through a sheath of a power cord and then electrical contact with a conductive core of the power cord. The housing is configured to undergo from a first state in which the first and second housing parts are partially attached together, thereby allowing insertion of an end of a power cord through each of the ports to the respective connection mechanism, to a second state in which the first and second housing parts are fully attached together, with an inserted end of a said power cord being acted upon by the connection mechanism. |
| US11101576B2 |
Method for joining two or more electrical conductors, device for joining two or more electrical conductors, and electrical connection between two or more conductors
A connection assembly is provided and includes a first conductor, a second conductor and a friction stir welded connection connecting the first conductor and the second conductor, with the second conductor having a bundle of conductor wires. The friction stir welded connection is provided by a friction stir welding tool having a pin connecting a front side of the second conductor pressed onto the first conductor along a connecting direction between the first conductor and the second conductor. |
| US11101574B2 |
Antenna structure
An antenna structure includes a ground plane, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a fourth radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element has a feeding point. The second radiation element is coupled to the feeding point. The non-metal region is substantially surrounded by the first radiation element and the second radiation element. The third radiation element is coupled to a first shorting point on the ground plane. The third radiation element is adjacent to the first radiation element and the second radiation element. The fourth radiation element is coupled to a second shorting point on the ground plane. The fourth radiation element is adjacent to the second radiation element. The ground plane, the first radiation element, the second radiation element, the third radiation element, and the fourth radiation element are all disposed on the dielectric substrate. |
| US11101572B2 |
Antenna array having a different beam-steering resolution in one dimension than in another dimension
In an embodiment, an antenna includes a one-dimensional array of antenna cells, a signal feed, and signal couplers. The antenna cells are each spaced from an adjacent antenna cell by less than one half a wavelength at which the antenna cells are configured to transmit and to receive, are configured to generate an array beam that is narrower in a dimension than in an orthogonal dimension, and are configured to steer the array beam in the dimension. And the signal couplers are each configured to couple a respective one of the antenna cells to the signal feed in response a respective control signal having an active level. For example, the antenna cells can be arranged such that a straight line intersects their geometric centers. |
| US11101571B2 |
Antenna device having circular array structure
An antenna device having a circular array structure is disclosed. The disclosed device may include a multiple number of antennas positioned in a circular array and an upper board joined above the plurality of antennas, where each of the multiple antennas may include a reflector plate and at least one radiator joined to the reflector plate, and at least one FPCB joined to the reflector plates of a first antenna and a second antenna adjacent to each other from among the multiple antennas may further be included. The disclosed device can alleviate the performance degradation incurred by narrow reflector plates in an antenna device having a circular array structure and can provide radiation properties tantamount to essentially expanding the reflector plate of each antenna in an antenna device having a circular array structure. |
| US11101570B2 |
Projected geometry antenna array
An integrated antenna array device includes a circuitry component layer having bounds defining a circuitry zone. The circuitry component layer includes beam steering circuitry. The integrated antenna array device also includes an antenna component layer affixed to the circuitry component layer in the circuitry zone. The antenna component layer includes a radiating region and an interconnecting region. The radiating region is outside the circuitry zone and includes one or more antenna arrays having radiating antenna elements. The interconnecting region is substantially defined within the circuitry zone and interconnects the beam steering circuitry with the one or more radiating elements. |
| US11101565B2 |
Low-profile antenna
An improved low-profile antenna has a radiating element disposed apart from a ground plane, with at least one microstrip disposed between the radiating element and the ground plane. A feed is electrically coupled to the radiating element and to the at least one microstrip. The at least one microstrip is also electrically coupled to the ground plane, completing a closed path. When driven by an electrical signal, the antenna more efficiently generates electromagnetic signals in the horizontal direction and also has decreased sensitivity to foreign objects. |
| US11101563B2 |
Antenna
An antenna is mountable on an object. The antenna has a main portion, a facing portion, a first feed terminal, a second feed terminal and at least one reinforcing terminal. The main portion has a ring shape which includes a split line portion. The split line portion extends in a predetermined direction. The split line portion has a split, a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion are positioned away from each other in the predetermined direction with the split left therebetween. The facing portion includes a first facing portion and a second facing portion. The at least one reinforcing terminal is positioned away from the split line portion. The at least one reinforcing terminal extends from the facing portion. The at least one reinforcing terminal is fixed to the object when the antenna is mounted on the object. |
| US11101561B2 |
Dual band compatible antenna device
A dual band compatible antenna device includes a first branch electrode having a first electrode portion connected to a common electrode with a first adjustment element interposed between the first electrode portion and the common electrode and a second branch electrode having a second electrode portion connected to the common electrode with a second adjustment element interposed between the second electrode portion and the common electrode. The first electrode portion and the second electrode portion are provided on a line to have a length equal to or longer than ⅔ of an electrical length of the first branch electrode and the second branch electrode. |
| US11101559B2 |
System and method for receive diversity combining
Receive diversity combining uses signals received at multiple antennas and combine them to obtain a higher overall signal to noise ratio. Multi-level ranking is employed to determine the weight assigned to each channel and, once the channels are weighted the weighted signals are added together. In a two-level example the first level ranks the signals according to fidelity of the signal. This is done by calculating cross correlation coefficients, where highest coefficient indicates best fidelity. The second level ranks the channels according to peak to average power ratio. The lowest value indicates the best channel. The two rankings are combined to generate the weight coefficient for each channel prior to combining the signals from all the channels. |
| US11101555B2 |
Structure, antenna structure, radio wave shielding structure, and touch panel including mesh-like transparent conductor
The antenna structure as an example of a structure including a mesh-like transparent conductor includes: a film made of an electrical insulating material transmitting visible light; a surface section provided on one face of the film, made of a mesh-like conductive material, and having a predetermined shape; and a bordering section provided on the one face of the film and configured to border at least a part of edges of the surface section α with a conductive material. |
| US11101553B2 |
Antenna system with active array on tracking pedestal
A hybrid antenna having an active array on a tracking pedestal is configured to facilitate simultaneous multibeam operation with first and second satellites. The hybrid antenna system includes a pedestal having a base and a support pivotally mounted with respect to the base about a first axis, a one-dimensional active electronically scanned array (AESA) configured to scan along a scanning plane and rotatably mounted on the support about a skew axis, and a skew positioner configured to rotate the AESA about the skew axis for aligning the scanning plane with the first and second satellites to facilitate the simultaneous multibeam operation with the first and second satellites. A method of using the hybrid antenna having an active array on a tracking pedestal is also disclosed. |
| US11101552B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plane, an antenna unit, a reflection unit, and an interruption unit. The interruption unit includes a plurality of second conductor patches disposed around the antenna unit, and a plurality of through-holes permitting electrical conduction between each of the second conductor patches and the ground plane, and interrupts a surface current flowing on a surface of the dielectric substrate. |
| US11101551B2 |
Antenna device
Provided is an antenna device including a first antenna body, and a power supply module detachably attached to the first antenna body. The power supply module is provided on a fastening region of a first radiation fin of the first antenna body. |
| US11101544B2 |
Control module for a lighting fixture
A control module attached to a lighting fixture and having a front cover portion may comprise one or more sensors, such as a daylight and/or occupancy sensor, for sensing information through the front cover portion. The control module may have a main printed circuit board (PCB) that extends from a front side to a rear side of the control module, and a sensor PCB perpendicular to the main PCB to enable at least one sensor attached to the sensor PCB to face the front side of the control module. The main PCB may comprise a wireless communication circuit and an antenna for communicating radio frequency (RF) signals, wherein at least a portion of the antenna is located within a plastic lip of the front cover portion of the control module. The control module may further have a conductive enclosure to reduce radio-frequency interference noise from coupling into the antenna. |
| US11101542B2 |
Integrated radio package having a built-in multi directional antenna array
A semiconductor device package having at least one integrated circuit (IC) die, at least two antennas oriented in at least two different directions, and a combiner/divider structure connecting the at least two antennas to the at least one IC die and configured to combine/divide signals transmitted between the at least two antennas and the at least one IC die. The package may be fabricated using an additive manufacturing process (i.e., 3D printing). In certain embodiments, the package is an integrated radio package having a multi-directional antenna array. |
| US11101539B2 |
Method and system for automatic antenna alignment
A computer implemented method and apparatus for automatic antenna alignment. The method comprises receiving a request to initiate antenna alignment; collecting location data from the drone; collecting location data from the target device; calculating bearing and altitude of the drone and the target device using the collected location data; and aligning the drone with the target device based on the calculated bearing and altitude. |
| US11101538B2 |
Modular deployable antenna mechanism based on symmetrically structural tetrahedron combination unit
The present invention discloses a modular deployable antenna mechanism based on a symmetrically structural tetrahedron combination unit. The deployable antenna mechanism is formed by multiple deployable antenna modules, two adjacent deployable antenna modules are connected through a first face plate at the bottom of one deployable antenna module and a second face plate at the bottom of the other deployable antenna module, the first face plate and the second face plate are connected through a Hooke joint, an unconnected first face plate and second face plate of the two adjacent deployable antenna modules are connected through a first synchronizing bar, a middle portion of a bar body of the first synchronizing bar can be folded, and the first synchronizing bar is rotationally connected with the first face plate and the second face plate. |
| US11101533B2 |
Radio frequency device
A radio frequency (RF) device includes a chip comprising a plurality of vias and at least a hot via; a signal lead and a ground lead disposed under a back side of the chip; and a signal metal sheet, a first ground metal sheet and a second ground metal sheet disposed on a top side of the chip. The signal metal sheet crosses over the first gap formed between the signal lead and the ground lead. The first ground metal sheet and the second ground metal sheet are coupled to the ground lead through the plurality of vias. The first ground metal sheet and the second ground metal sheet substantially surround the signal metal sheet. |
| US11101531B2 |
Transmission line with tunable frequency response
A tunable filter for adjustable filtering between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency includes a transmission line designed to transmit a signal and having longitudinal axis. The tunable filter further includes a two-dimensional capacitor array including step-tunable capacitors located along the transmission line, a first dimension of the two-dimensional capacitor array being along the longitudinal axis and a second dimension of the two-dimensional capacitor array being located perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The tunable filter further includes a controller coupled to each of the step-tunable capacitors and designed to control each of the step-tunable capacitors independently to be in a biased mode or in an unbiased mode based on a desired frequency response of the tunable filter. |
| US11101523B2 |
Battery pack
The present application relates to a battery pack. The battery pack comprises: two or more battery modules, each of the battery modules comprising a plurality of battery cells which are stacked in sequence, wherein each of the battery cells is provided with an explosion-proof valve; the battery pack further comprising a thermal alarm device and a battery management system, wherein the thermal alarm device is arranged corresponding to the explosion-proof valve; the thermal alarm device and the battery management system are connected to form a circuit; and a break of the circuit can be caused when the explosion-proof valve is exploded. The present application provides the thermal alarm device, and when thermal runaway occurs in the battery module, a circuit break is formed between the thermal alarm device and the battery management system, thus the thermal runaway status of the battery pack can be accurately reflected. |
| US11101518B2 |
Multilayer sheet and battery
In one aspect, the present application provides a multilayer sheet including a metal layer, a bonding layer arranged on a first surface of the metal layer, and a buffer layer arranged on a second surface of the metal layer, wherein the buffer layer is provided with a hole. The present application further provides a battery including an electrode assembly, and a packaging bag prepared from the multilayer sheet. Wherein the packaging bag packages the electrode assembly. It is an object of the present application to provide a multilayer sheet and battery capable of reducing vibration damage. |
| US11101517B2 |
Battery security systems and methods for telecommunication sites
A battery installation method in a shelter or cabinet includes responsive to placing one or more batteries in the shelter or cabinet, connecting terminals on each of the one or more batteries to associated terminal plates with associated security screws; and connecting a bracket to a housing in the shelter or cabinet with associated security screws, wherein the bracket spans across the one or more batteries and wherein the bracket comprises raised edges which deter cutting. |
| US11101514B2 |
Removable tab and battery assembly having the same
A battery assembly includes a battery that has a top surface surrounded by a circumferential edge; and a removable tab attached to the top surface. The removable tab includes a first tab end and an oppositely disposed second tab end; a gripping region disposed adjacent to the first tab end; and a battery cell attachment region disposed adjacent to the second tab end and attached to the top surface of the battery. The battery cell attachment region has first and second oppositely disposed sidewalls, wherein at least one of the first and second sidewalls is curved inwardly away from the circumferential edge of the battery such that a portion of the top surface of the battery is exposed between the sidewall and the circumferential edge of the battery. |
| US11101513B2 |
Thin film battery packaging
Techniques regarding a thin film battery, which can comprise one or more sealing layers, and a method of manufacturing thereof are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can regard an apparatus that can comprise a thin film battery cell encapsulated in a multi-layer stack comprising an adhesive layer located between a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer. The apparatus can also comprise a metal sealing layer at least partially surrounding the multi-layer stack. |
| US11101509B2 |
Battery cooling plate with distributed coolant flow
A cooling plate distributes a coolant for an electrical battery, and is defined by parallel first and second edges and parallel third and fourth edges. A coolant inlet is arranged at a junction between the first and fourth edges, and a coolant outlet arranged at a junction between the second and fourth edges. A first coolant channel is arranged along the first edge, in direct communication with the inlet, and a second coolant channel is arranged along the second edge, in direct communication with the outlet. First and second sets of coolant mini-channels are in direct communication with the second channel. A first coolant manifold, arranged proximate the third edge, is in direct communication with the first channel. A second coolant manifold, arranged proximate the fourth edge, is in direct communication with the inlet. The two manifolds are in communication with the outlet via the respective sets of mini-channels. |
| US11101508B2 |
Battery module
A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a first plate supporting lower surfaces of the battery cells and dissipating heat generated in the battery cells; and a second plate being in contact with upper sides of the battery cells and dissipating heat generated in the battery cells, wherein the second plate includes accommodation grooves to receive sealing portions of the battery cells, and a heat transfer material is disposed in the accommodation grooves. |
| US11101507B2 |
Process for recovering lithium from lithium-sulfur accumulators
The invention relates to a process for recovering lithium from lithium-sulfur accumulators, wherein the accumulators are discharged, shredded, and pre-cleaned by sieves or screens to separate housing and electricity collector parts, the remaining material is dispersed in an aqueous medium, resulting in formation of a lithium sulfide containing solution from which insoluble components are removed by filtration, and the electrolyte is removed by phase separation, followed by a process for separation of the lithium from the lithium sulfide-containing solution. |
| US11101506B2 |
Mobile device for determining magnitude of light volume, method for controlling mobile device thereof and non-transitory storage medium thereof
A mobile device includes an outer package, a first solar panel, and a controller. The first solar panel includes a plurality of first photoelectric converters generating electrical power based on light which enters from a first surface of the outer package and being disposed side by side. The controller determines a magnitude of a light volume of light entering the first solar panel for each of the plurality of the first photoelectric converters, and executes notification processing of transmitting an instruction to provide a notification based on a total number of first photoelectric converters whose light volume is determined to be large in the plurality of the first photoelectric converters. |
| US11101503B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method of manufacturing nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is an example of an embodiment includes a flat electrode body that has a winding structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with a separator interposed in between, in which flat portions and bend portions are formed in the flat electrode body. A negative electrode mixture layer is provided in the negative electrode to a winding outer end thereof. The negative electrode includes an extension portion that extends out from a winding outer end of the positive electrode towards a winding direction outer side. A length L of the extension portion in a winding direction satisfies a condition L/((a−b)×2+bπ)>0.135, where a is a width of the electrode body and b is a thickness of the electrode body. |
| US11101499B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery
An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery capable of showing high output characteristics at a low temperature even after the battery is used to some extent, and capable of showing good high-rate properties, and further capable of improving safety of batteries. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, (I) a difluoro ionic complex (1) represented by the general formula (1), and (II) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a specific cyclic phosphazene compound, siloxane compound, aromatic compound, cyclohexene compound, phosphoric acid ester compound, fluorinated linear ether compound, fluorinated cyclic ether compound, and boric acid ester compound, and 95 mol % or more of the difluoro ionic complex (1) is a difluoro ionic complex (1-Cis) in a cis configuration represented by the general formula (1-Cis). |
| US11101494B2 |
Battery assembly manufacturing method
A method for manufacturing a battery assembly provided by the present invention includes a step of measuring a stacking direction length of a stacked body including a predetermined number of unit cells (12) constituting a battery assembly (10) and arranged in the stacking direction; and a step of bundling a body (20) to be bundled that includes the stacked body. Here, the body to be bundled is provided with length adjusting means (40) for converging a spread in stacking direction length. The bundling step is implemented by setting the length adjusting means according to the stacking direction length of the stacked body, so that a length of the battery assembly in the stacking direction is a stipulated length (LT) and a bundling pressure of the body to be bundled is a stipulated pressure. |
| US11101492B2 |
Electronic device with secondary battery
In the case where a film, which has lower strength than a metal can, is used as an exterior body of a secondary battery, a current collector provided in a region surrounded by the exterior body, an active material layer provided on a surface of the current collector, or the like might be damaged when force is externally applied to the secondary battery. A secondary battery that is durable even when force is externally applied thereto is provided. A cushioning material is provided in a region surrounded by an exterior body of a secondary battery. Specifically, a cushioning material is provided on the periphery of a current collector such that a sealing portion of an exterior body (film) is located outside the cushioning material. |
| US11101489B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing electrode assembly and electrode assembly manufactured using the same
The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode assembly including a separator feeding unit including a first roll on which one side of a separator strip is wound and a second roll on which the other side of the separator strip is wound, wherein the first and second rolls respectively unwind the separator strip so that the separator strip is fed toward a core portion of the separator strip disposed between the first and second rolls; a separator folding unit for winding the separator strip around the core portion to form a separator spiral folded in a spiral shape about the core portion; a first electrode lamination unit for laminating first electrode members on one surface of the separator spiral; and a second electrode lamination unit for laminating second electrode members on the other surface of the separator spiral. |
| US11101487B2 |
Fuel cell battery
A fuel cell battery includes a plurality of stacks. Each of the stacks is a module containing a cell, and a base plate and a cover plate sandwiching the cell therebetween. In a state where the stacks are stacked together with a gasket being sandwiched between two adjacent stacks of the stacks, the two adjacent stacks are connected to each other by a connecting bolt. The gasket has, at a central part thereof, a contact plate that is elastic and electrically conductive. When the gasket is sandwiched between the two adjacent stacks, the contact plate is brought into abutment with the cover plate and the base plate. |
| US11101478B2 |
Fuel cell system and control method of fuel cell system
The fuel cell system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the solid oxide fuel cell configured to generate power by receiving the supply of the cathode gas and the anode gas. The fuel cell system includes a discharging passage configured to discharge the cathode off-gas and the anode off-gas discharged by the fuel cell as discharged gas to the outside, a discharged-gas temperature detection unit configured to detect or estimate the temperature of the discharged gas discharged from the discharging passage, an air supplying unit configured to supply air to the discharging passage, and the control unit configured to control the air supply to be executed by an air supplying unit on the basis of the detected or estimated temperature. |
| US11101477B2 |
Fuel cell start up method
A fuel cell module is configured or operated, or both, such that after a shut down procedure a fuel cell stack is discharged and has its cathode electrodes at least partially blanketed with nitrogen during at least some periods of time. If the fuel cell module is restarted in this condition, electrochemical reactions are limited and do not quickly re-charge the fuel cell stack. To decrease start up time, air is moved into the cathode electrodes before the stack is re-charged. The air may be provided by a pump, fan or blower driven by a battery or by the flow or pressure of stored hydrogen. For example, an additional fan or an operating blower may be driven by a battery until the fuel cell stack is able to supply sufficient current to drive the operating blower for normal operation. |
| US11101475B2 |
System for hydrogen liquid carrier storage
A fuel tank for storing a hydrogen liquid carrier and a spent hydrogen liquid carrier includes a substantially rigid exterior tank wall including a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is fluidly disconnected from the second chamber, and the second chamber includes a dynamically expandable and contractible enclosure, the enclosure being configured to define a dynamic boundary between the hydrogen liquid carrier and spent hydrogen liquid carrier. The fuel tank also includes a first channel in flow communication with one of the first chamber or the second chamber and a second channel in flow communication with another of the first chamber or the second chamber, wherein the first channel and the second channel are flow connected such that a flow through one of the first or second channels is returned to the another of the first or second channels, and that during the flow, the dynamic boundary changes position causing a change in a volume of the second chamber. |
| US11101473B2 |
System and method for monitoring ammonium bisulfide
Systems and methods relate to measuring ammonium bisulfide concentration in a fluid sample. The system includes an electrolytic conductivity cell, a temperature sensor and an analyzer. Logic of the analyzer determines the ammonium bisulfide concentration based on signals received from the conductivity cell and the temperature sensor that are coupled to monitor the fluid. |
| US11101464B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode, binder for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having improved life characteristics, a binder for a negative electrode of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment includes a current collector, and a mixture layer formed on the current collector and having an active material and a binder. In the binder, an intermolecular chain network in which crosslinking by irreversible bonding and crosslinking by reversible bonding are mixed is formed. For example, a crosslinking treatment is applied to the binder. At this time, by performing crosslinking by reversible bonding and irreversible bonding, crosslinking unevenness is more suppressed, and local concentration of loads on the binder is more suppressed. |
| US11101458B2 |
Scaffolding matrix with internal nanoparticles
A battery electrode composition is provided comprising composite particles, with each composite particle comprising active material and a scaffolding matrix. The active material is provided to store and release ions during battery operation. For certain active materials of interest, the storing and releasing of the ions causes a substantial change in volume of the active material. The scaffolding matrix is provided as a porous, electrically-conductive scaffolding matrix within which the active material is disposed. In this way, the scaffolding matrix structurally supports the active material, electrically interconnects the active material, and accommodates the changes in volume of the active material. |
| US11101453B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display panel and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed are an organic light emitting diode display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: providing a flexible substrate, comprising a display area, a bonding area, and a bending area disposed between the display area and the bonding area; fabricating an organic light emitting diode element in the display area on a first surface of the flexible substrate; fabricating a first back plate located in the display area on a second surface of the flexible substrate opposite to the first surface; coating curing adhesive on a portion of the second surface in the bonding area, and curing the curing adhesive to form a second back plate. In the manufacturing method of the organic light emitting diode display panel, by forming a supporting back plate, the generation of bubbles on the edges of the supporting back plate in the bonding area caused by the roller attachment can be avoided. |
| US11101452B2 |
Packaging device and display panel packaging method
Provided are a packaging device and a display panel packaging method. The device includes: a guide line, a container for containing a package adhesive, a rotary worktable for placing a to-be-packaged device and a winding device for driving the guide line to move. The guide line is mounted on the winding device, and part of the guide line is immerged into the package adhesive so the guide line adhered by the package adhesive passes through the rotary worktable when moving. The to-be-packaged display device is disposed on rotary worktable, thus the guide line contacts with the frit. When the rotary worktable rotates, the guide line moves and passes through the container containing package adhesive. When part of the guide line adhered by package adhesive passes through the rotary worktable, the package adhesive is coated on the frit, thereby achieving uniform coating of the package adhesive under surface tension of frit. |
| US11101440B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device
An organic electroluminescent device having a structure of at least an anode 2, a light-emitting layer 3, an electron transporting layer 5 and a cathode 6 layered in that order, and having a charge trap concentration reducing layer 4 in the interface between the light-emitting layer 3 and the electron transporting layer 5 can suppress performance deterioration with time in driving to prolong the lifetime thereof. |
| US11101439B2 |
Thin-film PN junctions and applications thereof
In one aspect, composite materials including a thin-film layer of lateral p-n junctions are described herein, which can be employed in circuits or various components of electrical devices. Briefly, a composite material comprises a thin-film layer including p-type regions alternating with n-type regions along a face of the thin-film layer, the p-type regions comprising electrically conductive particles dispersed in a first organic carrier and the n-type regions comprising electrically conductive particles dispersed in a second organic carrier, wherein p-n junctions are established at interfaces between the p-type and n-type regions. As described further herein, the thin-film layer is flexible, permitting the thin-film to be folded or arranged into a number of configurations to provide various circuits or components of electrical devices. |
| US11101437B2 |
Display substrate motherboard, display substrate and display device
A display substrate motherboard has at least one display region and a peripheral region disposed at a periphery of the at least one display region, and the peripheral region includes cutting regions. The display substrate motherboard includes a base substrate and at least one inorganic film layer disposed on a side of the base substrate. Each inorganic film layer includes at least one first opening located in each cutting region. The display substrate motherboard further includes a first organic material filled in each first opening. |
| US11101436B2 |
Substrate for flexible device and method for producing the same
A substrate for flexible device. The substrate has a nickel-plated metal sheet having a nickel-plating layer formed on at least one surface of a metal sheet or a nickel-based sheet, and a glass layer of an electrically-insulating layered bismuth-based glass on a surface of the nickel-plating layer or the nickel-based sheet. An oxide layer having a roughened surface is formed on the surface of the nickel-plating layer or the surface of the nickel-based sheet, and the bismuth-based glass contains 70 to 84% by weight of Bi2O3, 10 to 12% by weight of ZnO, and 6 to 12% by weight of B2O3. Also disclosed is a method for producing the substrate for flexible device, a substrate for an organic EL device, a sheet used as a substrate for flexible device, a method for producing the sheet and a bismuth-based lead-free glass composition. |
| US11101432B2 |
Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device
A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency is provided. A novel organic compound is provided. A novel organic compound having a hole-transport property is provided. A novel hole-transport material is provided. A hole-transport material including an organic compound having a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthofuran skeleton and a substituted or unsubstituted amine skeleton is provided. A light-emitting element using the hole-transport material is provided. An organic compound in which an amine skeleton including two aromatic hydrocarbon groups having 6 to 60 carbon atoms is bonded to the 6- or 8-position of the benzonaphthofuran skeleton is provided. |
| US11101431B2 |
Organic EL light-emitting element and manufacturing method thereof
An organic EL light-emitting element is provided in which, by means of an organic material that is oligomeric, an organic layer coated film 25 is formed in a high-definition pixel pattern in the openings 23a of insulation banks 23 that are formed to be hydrophilic; a manufacturing method of said organic EL light-emitting element is also provided. The coated film 25 is formed by dropwise injection of a liquid composition containing an organic material oligomer. |
| US11101430B2 |
Storage element
A phase-change storage element including, in a first portion, a stack of amorphous layers, the thickness of each layer in the stack being smaller than or equal to 5 nm. |
| US11101421B2 |
Nano-scale energy conversion device
Embodiments relate to an apparatus for a nano-scale energy converter and an electric power generator. The apparatus includes two electrodes separated by a distance. The first electrode is manufactured to have a first work function value and the second electrode is manufactured to have a second work function value, with the first and second work function values being different. A cavity is formed by the distance between the first and second electrodes, and a nanofluid is disposed in the cavity. The nanofluid includes nanoparticles suspended in a dielectric medium. The nanoparticles have a third work function value that is greater than the first and second work function values. The relationship of the work function values of the nanoparticles to the work function values of the electrodes optimizes the transfer of electrons to the nanoparticles through Brownian motion and electron hopping. |
| US11101410B2 |
LED systems, apparatuses, and methods
Light emitting diode (LED) devices and systems include a superstrate (e.g., a light-transmissive layer), at least one region of wavelength-conversion material in the light-transmissive layer, and LEDs attached to the superstrate at the location of the wavelength-conversion material. An encapsulant layer is formed over and/or around the LEDs with an opaque or clear material. Additional color filter layers are optionally applied to the light-transmissive layer. A method for producing LED devices and systems includes providing a superstrate with a wavelength-conversion material region formed therein, attaching LEDs to the superstrate at the die-attach layer, forming conductive surfaces on a side of the LED opposite the die-attach layer, dispensing an encapsulant layer to at least partially encapsulate the LEDs, and forming one or more electrical traces to electrically interconnect the conductive surfaces of at least some of the LEDs with each other. |
| US11101409B2 |
Phosphor converted LED
The invention provides a lighting device configured to provide white lighting device light, the lighting device comprising (i) a light source, configured to provide blue light source light, and (ii) a luminescent material element, configured to absorb at least part of the blue light source light and to convert into luminescent material light, wherein the luminescent material element comprises a luminescent material which consists for at least 80 wt. % of a M2-2xEu2xSi5-yAlyOyN8-y phosphor, wherein M comprises one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, with a molar ratio of (Mg+Ca+Sr)/(Ba)≤0.1, wherein x is in the range of 0.001-0.02, wherein y is in the range of ≤0.2, and wherein the white lighting device light comprises said blue light source light and said luminescent material light. |
| US11101406B2 |
Efficient wide bandgap GaN-based LED chip based on surface plasmon effect and manufacturing method therefor
An efficient wide bandgap GaN-based LED chip based on a surface plasmon effect and a manufacturing method therefor. The efficient wide bandgap GaN-based LED chip is of a flip-chip structure, and comprises, from bottom to top in sequence, a substrate, a buffer layer, an unintentionally doped GaN layer, an n-GaN layer, a quantum well layer, an electron blocking layer, a p-GaN layer, a metallic reflecting mirror layer, a passivation layer, a p-electrode layer, an n-electrode layer; and a position of a bottom surface of the metallic reflecting mirror layer connected to a surface of the p-GaN layer is provided with a micro-nano composite metal structure. A micro metal structure comprises alternating protrusion portions and recess portions; and a nano metal structure is distributed on an interface of the micro metal structure and the p-GaN layer. |
| US11101402B2 |
Method of manufacturing light emitting diodes and light emitting diode
A method for manufacturing light emitting diodes and a light emitting diode are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a light emitting diode chip with a growth substrate and with a semiconductor layer sequence for generating radiation, soldering chip contact surfaces located on a chip underside of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the growth substrate to carrier contact surfaces of a carrier, applying a liquid connector transparent to the radiation to a substrate upper side of the growth substrate facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence, fastening a fluorescent body to the substrate upper side, the connector being partially displaced by the fluorescent body from the substrate upper side so that chip side faces are predominantly covered by the connector and generating a reflector on outer faces of the connector facing away from the light emitting diode chip on the chip side faces, the outer faces pointing in a direction away from the carrier. |
| US11101401B2 |
Roll-to-roll metallization of solar cells
Disclosed herein are approaches to fabricating solar cells, solar cell strings and solar modules using roll-to-roll foil-based metallization approaches. Methods disclosed herein can comprise the steps of providing at least one solar cell wafer on a first roll unit and conveying a metal foil to the first roll unit. The metal foil can be coupled to the solar cell wafer on the first roll unit to produce a unified pairing of the metal foil and the solar cell wafer. We disclose solar energy collection devices and manufacturing methods thereof enabling reduction of manufacturing costs due to simplification of the manufacturing process by a high throughput foil metallization process. |
| US11101396B2 |
Complementary conjugated polyelectrolyte complexes as electronic energy relays
The present invention generally relates to artificial photosystems and methods of their use, for example in artificial photosynthesis, wherein the artificial photosystems comprise one or more light-harvesting antenna (LHA) comprising a conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) complex (CPEC) comprising a donor CPE and an acceptor CPE, wherein the donor CPE and acceptor CPE are an electronic energy transfer (EET) donor/acceptor pair. |
| US11101394B2 |
Method of transferring tin sulfide film and photoelectric device using the method
Provided are a method of transferring a tin sulfide film and a photoelectric device using the tin sulfide film. The method includes: forming a first tin sulfide film on a first substrate; placing a second substrate on the first tin sulfide film; and forming a second tin sulfide film bonded to a surface of the second substrate by transferring a portion of the first tin sulfide film to the second substrate through a rapid thermal process (RTP). |
| US11101392B2 |
Solar cell element and method for manufacturing solar cell element
A solar cell element is provided with a semiconductor substrate, a passivation layer, and an electrode. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface and a second surface that is positioned on a back side of the first surface. The passivation layer is positioned on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The electrode is positioned on the passivation layer and positioned in the state of being electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate. The electrode includes a linear electrode part that is positioned along a peripheral edge of the semiconductor substrate when the semiconductor substrate is seen from the second surface side in plane perspective view, and is positioned in the state of penetrating the passivation layer in a thickness direction. |
| US11101390B2 |
Manufacturing method of sensing module for optical fingerprint sensor
A manufacturing method of a sensing module for an optical fingerprint sensor is provided. A plurality of photo detectors are formed in a light sensing layer. The photo detectors are arranged in a sensing array. A plurality of collimators are formed in a light filter layer. The collimators are divided into a plurality of collimator groups corresponding to the photo detectors. The collimator groups are arranged in a collimator group array. The light sensing layer is attached to the light filter layer so that the light filter layer is disposed on the light sensing layer and the collimator group array of the light filter layer is aligned with the sensing array of the light sensing layer. Each of the collimator groups corresponds to one of the photo detectors, and aligned with and disposed above the corresponding photo detector. Each of the collimator groups comprises the same number of collimators arranged in a specific pattern. |
| US11101389B2 |
Dual-use semiconductor device for solar power and data storage
The present disclosure describes aspects of a dual-use semiconductor device for solar power and data storage. In some aspects, a dual-use semiconductor device is selectively configured to generate power by coupling regions having a same type of doping to form a PN junction by which power is generated in response to light. The generated power may be provided to a load coupled to contacts (e.g., front and backside contacts) of the dual-use semiconductor device. The dual-use semiconductor device is also selectively configurable for data storage by decoupling the regions of the same type of doping to provide respective data storage access terminals for accessing (e.g., writing or reading) a bit value that is stored as a level of charge by a floating-gate structure of the dual-use semiconductor device. By so doing, solar power arrays implemented with dual-use semiconductor devices may also provide data storage functionality. |
| US11101386B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor over the oxide; a third conductor over the oxide; a first insulator provided between the oxide and the third conductor and covering a side surface of the third conductor; a second insulator over the third conductor and the first insulator; a third insulator positioned over the first conductor and at a side surface of the second insulator; a fourth insulator positioned over the second conductor and at a side surface of the second insulator; a fourth conductor being in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the third insulator and electrically connected to the first conductor; and a fifth conductor being in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the fourth insulator and electrically connected to the second conductor. The first insulator is between the third insulator and the third conductor, and between the fourth insulator and the third conductor. |
| US11101381B2 |
Structure of high voltage transistor and method for fabricating the same
A structure of a high voltage transistor includes a substrate. A gate insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. A shallow trench isolation structure is formed in the substrate adjacent to the gate insulating layer. The shallow trench isolation structure includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A top portion of the first sidewall merges with a side region of the gate insulating layer. A bottom surface of the shallow trench isolation structure is gradually decreasing in depth from the second sidewall to the first sidewall. A source/drain region is formed in the substrate at a side of the gate insulating layer and surrounding the shallow trench isolation structure. |
| US11101369B2 |
FinFET device with controlled channel stop layer depth
A fin-type semiconductor device includes a semiconductor structure having a plurality of fins formed in a substrate and a plurality of trenches each disposed between two adjacent fins, a spacer in each of the trenches, and an etch stop layer disposed below an upper surface of the spacer. |
| US11101367B2 |
Contact-first field-effect transistors
A method for forming a device structure provides for forming a fin of a semiconductor material. A first contact is formed on the fin. A second contact is formed on the fin and spaced along a length of the fin from the first contact. A self-aligned gate electrode is formed on the fin that is positioned along the length of the fin between the first contact and the second contact. |
| US11101363B2 |
HEMT transistor of the normally off type including a trench containing a gate region and forming at least one step, and corresponding manufacturing method
A method forms an HEMT transistor of the normally off type, including: a semiconductor heterostructure, which comprises at least one first layer and one second layer, the second layer being set on top of the first layer; a trench, which extends through the second layer and a portion of the first layer; a gate region of conductive material, which extends in the trench; and a dielectric region, which extends in the trench, coats the gate region, and contacts the semiconductor heterostructure. A part of the trench is delimited laterally by a lateral structure that forms at least one first step. The semiconductor heterostructure forms a first edge and a second edge of the first step, the first edge being formed by the first layer. |
| US11101354B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device structure with metal silicide layer
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming an isolation structure in the semiconductor substrate. The isolation structure surrounds a first active region of the semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming a semiconductor strip structure over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor strip structure extends across the first active region and extends over the isolation structure, the semiconductor strip structure has a first doped region and a spacing region connected to the first doped region, the first doped region extends across the first active region, the spacing region is over the isolation structure, and the spacing region is an undoped region. The method includes performing an implantation process over the spacing region. The method includes forming a metal silicide layer over the semiconductor strip structure to continuously cover the first doped region and the spacing region. |
| US11101351B2 |
Group III nitride semiconductor device and method of manufacturing group III nitride semiconductor substrate
A method of manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor substrate may comprise introducing group III element vacancies to a first region of the group III nitride semiconductor substrate. The method may comprise introducing an acceptor element to a second region of the group III nitride semiconductor substrate. The second region may contact the first region at least in part. The method may comprise performing annealing to activate the acceptor element in the second region. |
| US11101349B2 |
Lateral power device with reduced on-resistance
A lateral power semiconductor device with a metal interconnect layout for low on-resistance. The metal interconnect layout includes first, second, and third metal layers, each of which include source bars and drain bars. Source bars in the first, second, and third metal layers are electrically connected. Drain bars in the first, second, and third metal layers are electrically connected. In one embodiment, the first and second metal layers are parallel, and the third metal layer is perpendicular to the first and second metal layers. In another embodiment, the first and third metal layer are parallel, and the second metal layer is perpendicular to the first and third metal layers. A nonconductive layer ensures solder bumps electrically connect to only source bars or only drain bars. As a result, a plurality of available pathways exists and enables current to take any of the plurality of available pathways. |
| US11101348B2 |
Nanosheet field effect transistor with spacers between sheets
Methods form devices by creating openings in sacrificial gates between nanosheet stacks (alternating layers of a first material and channel structures), forming spacers in the openings, and removing the sacrificial gates to leave the spacers. The first material is then removed from between the channel structures. A first work function metal is formed around and between the channel structures. Next, first stacks (of the stacks) are protected with a mask to leave second stacks (of the stacks) exposed. Then, the first work function metal is removed from the second stacks while the first stacks are protected by the mask and the spacers. Subsequently, a second work function metal is formed around and between the channel structures of the second stacks. A gate material is then formed over the first work function metal and the second work function metal. |
| US11101346B2 |
Edge termination designs for semiconductor power devices
This invention discloses a semiconductor power device formed on a semiconductor substrate comprises an active cell area and a termination area disposed near edges of the semiconductor substrate. The termination area comprises a plurality of duplicated units wherein each unit includes at least two trenches filled with a conductive trench material having a mesa area between adjacent trenches wherein the trenches and the mesa areas within each of the duplicated units are electrically shunt together. In the termination area each of the trenches in the duplicated units has a buried guard ring dopant region disposed below a bottom surface of the trenches. |
| US11101345B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer that has a main surface and that includes an active region, a first-conductivity-type first impurity region formed at a surface layer portion of the main surface of the semiconductor layer, a second-conductivity-type field limit region formed along a peripheral edge of the active region in a surface layer portion of the first impurity region, and a second-conductivity-type low concentration region that has a second-conductivity-type impurity concentration lower than a second-conductivity-type impurity concentration of the field limit region and that is formed along a peripheral edge of the field limit region in a region on a side opposite to the active region with respect to the field limit region in the surface layer portion of the first impurity region. |
| US11101344B2 |
Structure and formation method of semiconductor device structure with gate stack
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate stack over the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer and a work function layer. The gate dielectric layer is between the semiconductor substrate and the work function layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a halogen source layer. The gate dielectric layer is between the semiconductor substrate and the halogen source layer. |
| US11101339B2 |
Flexible display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A flexible display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes a flexible base substrate, a conductive layer arranged in display area of the flexible base substrate, a plurality of wires arranged in an edge bending area of the substrate, and inorganic insulating layer, the inorganic insulating layer is arranged between the conductive layer and the flexible base substrate, and between the plurality of wires and the flexible base substrate. The conductive layer is electrically connected with the plurality of wires. The panel further includes: first organic insulating layer which is at least arranged in the edge bending area of the flexible base substrate, and located between the plurality of wires and the inorganic insulating layer. The first organic insulating layer may prevent crack caused in the inorganic insulating laver from extending to a plurality of wires, the display failure is avoided. |
| US11101336B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device and a method for manufacturing a display device, the device including a semiconductor layer on a substrate; a gate insulation layer and an interlayer insulation layer that overlap the semiconductor layer; contact holes that penetrate the gate insulation layer and the interlayer insulation layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode that are electrically connected with the semiconductor layer through the contact holes; a light emitting diode that is connected with the drain electrode; and first spacers and second spacers between the source electrode and the interlayer insulation layer and between the drain electrode and the interlayer insulation layer in the contact holes. |
| US11101335B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display apparatus including a substrate; a pixel electrode on the substrate; a pixel-defining layer including an opening exposing at least a portion of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer including a center area on the pixel electrode and a side area extending from the center area and arranged on the pixel-defining layer, the intermediate layer including one or more common layers and an emission layer; a protective layer covering top surfaces of the center area and the side area of the intermediate layer and exposing at least a portion of the pixel-defining layer; and an opposite electrode spaced apart from the intermediate layer by the protective layer and arranged on the protective layer and portions of the pixel-defining layer, the portions being exposed by the protective layer. |
| US11101332B2 |
OLED display panel and display device
An OLED display panel and a display device are provided. The OLED display panel includes an array substrate, a circular polarizing plate disposed on one side of the array substrate, a first stack structure disposed between the array substrate and the circular polarizing plate, and at least one touch-control electrode layer disposed on one side of the first stack structure facing towards and/or facing away the circular polarizing plate. The first stack structure comprising at least one touch-control electrode substrate and at least one compensation film. A sum of phase retardation of the at least one touch-control electrode substrate and the at least one compensation film with respect to a beam of light at a same frequency is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value. |
| US11101331B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a display panel including a base layer in which an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area are defined, and a plurality of pixels, and a cover panel including a window layer, an optical filter layer disposed on a rear surface of the window layer, and a color filter layer disposed on the optical filter layer and including quantum dots. The optical filter layer includes a partition layer in which an opening is defined and which includes an organic material, a light blocking layer disposed on the partition layer, and a reflective layer disposed in the opening. The light blocking layer includes a metal. |
| US11101329B2 |
Display device
A display device may include a display panel including a substrate that includes a display area and a pad area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad and a second pad on the pad area of the substrate, and a chip-on-film package over the pad area of the substrate with the first pad and the second pad in between, the chip-on-film package including an insulation layer, a first wiring on an upper surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the first pad, and a second wiring on a lower surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the second pad. A first signal having alternating voltage levels may be applied to the first wiring, and a second signal having a constant voltage level may be applied to the second wiring. |
| US11101327B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor includes a color filter on a substrate, first and second organic photodiodes on the color filter, and first and second capacitors connected to the first and second organic photodiodes, respectively. The color filter is spaced apart from a first surface of the substrate. Each of the first and second organic photodiodes face an upper surface of the color filter. The first capacitor includes a first conductive pattern and a first insulating space. The first conductive pattern extends through the substrate, and the first insulating spacer surrounds a sidewall of the first conductive pattern and has a first thickness. The second capacitor includes a second conductive pattern and a second insulating spacer. The second conductive pattern extends through the substrate, and the second insulating spacer surrounds a sidewall of the second conductive pattern and has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. |
| US11101326B2 |
Methods of forming a phase change memory with vertical cross-point structure
A non-volatile memory uses phase change memory (PCM) cells in a three dimensional vertical cross-point structure, in which multiple layers of word lines run in a horizontal direction and bit lines run in a vertical direction. The memory cells are located in a recessed region of the word lines and are separated from the bit line by an ovonic threshold switch. A surfactant lining of the word line recess in which the phase change memory material is placed improves stability of the resistance state of the memory cells, allowing for improved multi-state operation. |
| US11101324B2 |
Memory cell and forming method thereof
A memory cell includes a first conductive line, a lower electrode, a carbon nano-tube (CNT) layer, a middle electrode, a resistive layer, a top electrode and a second conductive line. The first conductive line is disposed over a substrate. The lower electrode is disposed over the first conductive line. The carbon nano-tube (CNT) layer is disposed over the lower electrode. The middle electrode is disposed over the carbon nano-tube layer, thereby the lower electrode, the carbon nano-tube (CNT) layer and the middle electrode constituting a nanotube memory part. The resistive layer is disposed over the middle electrode. The top electrode is disposed over the resistive layer, thereby the middle electrode, the resistive layer and the top electrode constituting a resistive memory part. The second conductive line is disposed over the top electrode. |
| US11101319B2 |
Semiconductor storage device including variable resistance elements
A semiconductor storage device includes first and second wirings that are in a first layer above the substrate, extend along a first direction, and are adjacent to each other along a second direction, third and fourth wirings that are in a second layer above the first layer, extend along the second direction, and are adjacent to each other along the first direction, first and second memory cells on the first wiring, and a third memory cell on the second wiring. The first to third memory cells each include a variable resistance element and a switching element. The switching element of the first memory cell includes a gate coupled to the third wiring. The switching elements of the second and third memory cells each include a gate coupled to the fourth wiring. The variable resistance elements of the first to third memory cells are formed with equal distances from each other. |
| US11101316B2 |
Optical pressure touch device, manufacturing method thereof, and touch display apparatus
An optical pressure touch device, a manufacturing method thereof, and a touch display apparatus, so as to reduce the influence on the display effect while realizing the touch function. The optical pressure touch device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a light source, and a photodetector array and a touch scanning circuit located on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, the touch scanning circuit being electrically connected to a photodetector in the photodetector array. A gap exists between the touch scanning circuit and the second substrate, and the light source is used to generate a light field within the gap. |
| US11101315B2 |
Detector, PET system and X-ray CT system
Each semiconductor chip of a detector comprises a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of photodetector units, an insulating layer formed on a front face of the semiconductor substrate, a common electrode arranged on the insulating layer, a readout line for electrically connecting a quenching resistance of each photodetector unit and the common electrode to each other, and a through electrode extending from the common electrode to a rear face of the semiconductor substrate through a through hole of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US11101314B2 |
Back side illumination image sensors and electronic device including the same
In some example embodiments, a back side illumination (BSI) image sensor may include a pixel configured to generate electrical signals in response to light incident on a back side of a substrate. In some example embodiments, the pixel includes, a photodiode, a device isolation film adjacent to the photodiode, a dark current suppression layer above the photodiode, a light shield grid above the photodiode and including an opening area of 1 to 15% of an area of the pixel, a light shielding filter layer above the light shield grid, a planarization layer above the light shielding filter layer, a lens above the planarization layer, and/or an anti-reflective film between the photodiode and the lens. |
| US11101312B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus and equipment
A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a first semiconductor component including a first semiconductor layer and a first insulation film; and a second semiconductor component including a second semiconductor layer and a second insulation film, wherein the first semiconductor component and the second semiconductor component are bonded to each other by each of a plurality of first electric conductor portions provided in the first insulation film and each of a plurality of second electric conductor portions provided in the second insulation film, each of the plurality of first electric conductor portions is constituted by one pad surrounded by the first insulation film and N vias bonded to the one pad so as to be positioned between the one pad and the first semiconductor layer, and a volume VTR of the one pad and a total volume VTH of the N vias satisfy VTR/VTH≥N. |
| US11101311B2 |
Photodetector and fabrication method, and imaging sensor
Photodetectors and fabrication methods thereof and imaging sensors are provided. An exemplary photodetector includes a first substrate formed with pixel circuits and common electrode connection members and first wiring boards electrically connected to the corresponding pixel circuits; and a second substrate formed with pixel units and isolation wall members isolating pixel units. Each isolation wall member includes a conductive member and a sidewall; second wiring boards are formed on a front surface of the second substrate; the second wiring boards are electrically connected to first terminals of the pixel units; a transparent electrode layer is formed on a back surface of the second substrate; and a second terminal of each pixel unit is electrically connected to the transparent electrode layer. The second wiring boards are bonded and electrically connected to the first wiring boards and the transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to the common electrode connection members. |
| US11101304B2 |
Diode and fabrication method thereof, array substrate and display panel
A diode and its fabrication method are provided. The diode includes a substrate, a buffer layer on a side of the substrate, a first film layer, a second film layer and a third film layer. The first film layer is a polycrystalline silicon film layer; the second film layer is an amorphous silicon film layer; and the third film layer is one of the polycrystalline silicon film layer and the amorphous silicon film layer. The diode at least includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first portion is located in the first film layer; the second portion is located in the second film layer; and the third portion is located in the third film layer. The first electrode is electrically connected to the first portion, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the third portion. |
| US11101302B2 |
Imaging device and electronic device
An imaging device capable of image processing is provided.The imaging device can retain analog data (image data) obtained by an image-capturing operation in a pixel and perform a product-sum operation of the analog data and a predetermined weight coefficient in the pixel to convert the data into binary data. When the binary data is taken in a neural network or the like, processing such as image recognition can be performed. Since enormous volumes of image data can be retained in pixels in the state of analog data, processing can be performed efficiently. |
| US11101301B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method therefor, display panel and display apparatus
Disclosed are an array substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, a display panel and a display apparatus. The array substrate comprises several pixel units located on a base substrate and arranged in an array, with each of the pixel units comprising a thin-film transistor, and the thin-film transistor comprising a polycrystalline silicon active layer, wherein a length extension direction of a channel of the thin-film transistor is parallel to a pre-set direction; and the pre-set direction is a scanning direction of an excimer laser beam used when forming the polycrystalline silicon active layer. |
| US11101300B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor device enabling high integration is provided. The semiconductor device includes a plug, two capacitors, and two transistors sharing one oxide semiconductor. Each of the transistors includes a stacked-layer structure of a gate insulator and a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor and an insulator in contact with a side surface of the gate electrode. An opening between the two gate electrodes exposes the insulators in contact with the side surfaces of the gate electrodes, and the plug is in the opening. The capacitor is directly provided over the oxide semiconductor. The side surface area of the capacitor is larger than the projected area of the capacitor. |
| US11101297B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first transparent substrate, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a thin film transistor (TFT) array. The first transparent substrate includes a body and a protruding portion which are connected to each other. The protruding portion has an outer surface facing away from the body. The first circuit board is adjacent to the protruding portion, and the first circuit board and the protruding portion are located on the same side of the body together. The first circuit board has an inner surface facing the body, and a vertical projection of the inner surface on the protruding portion is located between the outer surface and the body. The second circuit board is disposed on the protruding portion and extends to the first circuit board. The TFT array is disposed on the body. |
| US11101293B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device
First to third insulators are successively formed in this order over a first conductor over a semiconductor substrate; a hard mask with a first opening is formed thereover; a resist mask with a second opening is formed thereover; a third opening is formed in the third insulator; a fourth opening is formed in the second insulator; the resist mask is removed; a fifth opening is formed in the first to third insulators; a second conductor is formed to cover an inner wall and a bottom surface of the fifth opening; a third conductor is formed thereover; polishing treatment is performed so that the hard mask is removed, and that levels of top surfaces of the second and third conductors and the third insulator are substantially equal to each other; and an oxide semiconductor is formed thereover. The second insulator is less permeable to hydrogen than the first and third insulators, the second conductor is less permeable to hydrogen than the third conductor. |
| US11101292B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
A semiconductor integrated circuit device including a plurality of rows of IO cells has a configuration capable of avoiding a latchup error without causing an increase in area. The device includes a first IO cell row placed closest to an edge of a chip and a second IO cell row placed adjacent to a core region side of the first IO cell row. Each of the IO cells of the first and second IO cell rows has a high power supply voltage region and a low power supply voltage region provided separately in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the IO cells are lined up. The IO cell rows are placed so that the high power supply voltage regions of these rows are mutually opposed. |
| US11101290B2 |
Cross-point multilayer stackable ferroelectric field-effect transistor random access memory
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming a first polysilicon layer on a conductive layer, forming a second polysilicon layer stacked on the first polysilicon layer, and forming a third polysilicon layer stacked on the second polysilicon layer. In the method, a stacked structure of the first, second and third polysilicon layers is patterned into a plurality of stacked structures spaced apart from each other on the conductive layer. Ferroelectric dielectric layers are formed on respective second polysilicon layers of the plurality of stacked structures, and metal layers are formed on the ferroelectric dielectric layers. |
| US11101285B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array; a first insulating layer; and a passivation film. The memory cell array includes first interconnect layers and a first memory pillar. The first interconnect layers extend in a first direction substantially parallel to a semiconductor substrate. The first memory pillar passes through the first interconnect layers and extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate. The first insulating layer is provided above the memory cell array. The passivation film is provided on the first insulating layer, and includes a protrusion at least above the memory cell array and between the passivation film and the first insulating layer. |
| US11101276B2 |
Word line contact structure for three-dimensional memory devices and fabrication methods thereof
Embodiments of semiconductor structures including word line contact structures for three-dimensional memory devices and fabrication methods for forming word line contact structures are disclosed. The semiconductor structures include a staircase structure having a plurality of steps, and each step includes a conductive layer disposed over a dielectric layer. The semiconductor structures further include a barrier layer disposed over a portion of the conductive layer of each step. The semiconductor structures also include an etch-stop layer disposed on the barrier layer and an insulating layer disposed on the etch-stop layer. The semiconductor structures also include a plurality of conductive structures formed in the insulating layer and each conductive structure is formed on the conductive layer of each step. |
| US11101275B2 |
Ferroelectric memory array surrounded by ferroelectric dummy capacitors
A nonvolatile logic cell (nonvolatile storage element) 21 includes ferroelectric capacitors 25 and MOSFETs 26. A plurality of ferroelectric dummy capacitors 32 and 33 are formed in a periphery of the nonvolatile logic cell 21. Each of the ferroelectric capacitors 25 and the ferroelectric dummy capacitors 32 and 33 includes a lower electrode 51, a ferroelectric film 52 formed above the lower electrode 51, and an upper electrode 53 formed above the ferroelectric film 52. |
| US11101273B1 |
Semiconductor structure having word line disposed over portion of an oxide-free dielectric material in the non-active region
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: receiving a substrate having an active region and a non-active region adjacent to the active region; forming an etch stop layer over the non-active region of the substrate, in which the etch stop layer is oxide-free; forming an isolation over the etch stop layer; removing a portion of the active region and a portion of the isolation to form a first trench in the active region and a second trench over the etch stop layer, respectively, in which a thickness of the etch stop layer beneath the second trench is greater than a depth difference between the first trench and the second trench; forming a dielectric layer in the first trench; and filling a conductive material on the dielectric layer in the first trench and in the second trench. A semiconductor structure is also provided. |
| US11101270B2 |
Techniques and mechanisms for operation of stacked transistors
Techniques and mechanisms for operating transistors that are in a stacked configuration. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) device includes transistors arranged along a line of direction which is orthogonal to a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure are coupled, respectively, to a first channel structure of a first transistor and a second channel structure of a second transistor. The first epitaxial structure and the second epitaxial structure are at different respective levels relative to the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A dielectric material is disposed between the first epitaxial structure and the second epitaxial structure to facilitate electrical insulation of the channels from each other. In another embodiment, the stacked transistors are coupled to provide a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) inverter circuit. |
| US11101269B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern extending lengthwise along a first direction and a second active pattern extending lengthwise along the first direction and spaced apart from the first active pattern in the first direction. The device also includes a field insulating film between the first active pattern and the second active pattern. An upper surface of the field insulating film is lower than or coplanar with upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns. The device further includes an element isolation structure in an isolation trench in the first active pattern and the field insulating film. An upper surface of the element isolation structure is higher than the upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns. |
| US11101268B2 |
Transistors employing non-selective deposition of source/drain material
Techniques are disclosed for forming transistors employing non-selective deposition of source and drain (S/D) material. Non-selectively depositing S/D material provides a multitude of benefits over only selectively depositing the S/D material, such as being able to attain relatively higher dopant activation, steeper dopant profiles, and better channel strain, for example. To achieve selectively retaining non-selectively deposited S/D material only in the S/D regions of a transistor (and not in other locations that would lead to electrically shorting the device, and thus, device failure), the techniques described herein use a combination of dielectric isolation structures, etchable hardmask material, and selective etching processes (based on differential etch rates between monocrystalline semiconductor material, amorphous semiconductor material, and the hardmask material) to selectively remove the non-selectively deposited S/D material and then selectively remove the hardmask material, thereby achieving selective retention of non-selectively deposited monocrystalline semiconductor material in the S/D regions. |
| US11101262B2 |
Stacked semiconductor die assemblies with support members and associated systems and methods
Stacked semiconductor die assemblies with support members and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die assembly can include a package substrate, a first semiconductor die attached to the package substrate, and a plurality of support members also attached to the package substrate. The plurality of support members can include a first support member and a second support member disposed at opposite sides of the first semiconductor die, and a second semiconductor die can be coupled to the support members such that at least a portion of the second semiconductor die is over the first semiconductor die. |
| US11101260B2 |
Method of forming a dummy die of an integrated circuit having an embedded annular structure
An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes attaching an integrated circuit die to a first substrate. A dummy die is formed. The dummy die is attached to the first substrate adjacent the integrated circuit die. An encapsulant is formed over the first substrate and surrounding the dummy die and the integrated circuit die. The encapsulant, the dummy die and the integrated circuit die are planarized, a topmost surface of the encapsulant being substantially level with a topmost surface of the dummy die and a topmost surface of the integrated circuit die. An interior portion of the dummy die is removed. A remaining portion of the dummy die forms an annular structure. |
| US11101258B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing flexible light-emitting device
According to a flexible light-emitting device production method of the present disclosure, after an intermediate region (30i) and a flexible substrate region (30d) of a plastic film (30) of a multilayer stack (100) are divided, the interface between the plastic film (30) and a glass base (10) is irradiated with lift-off light. The multilayer stack (100) is separated into the first portion (110) and the second portion (120) while the multilayer stack (100) is kept in contact with the stage (212). The first portion (110) includes the intermediate region (30i) and a light-emitting device (1000) which are adhered to the stage (212). The light-emitting device (1000) includes a functional layer region (20) and the flexible substrate region (30d). The second portion (120) includes the glass base (10). The intermediate region (30i) adhered to the stage (212) is removed from the stage while the light-emitting device (1000) is kept adhered to the stage. |
| US11101252B2 |
Package-on-package structure and manufacturing method thereof
A package-on-package structure including a first and second package is provided. The first package includes a semiconductor die, through insulator vias, an insulating encapsulant, conductive terminals and a redistribution layer. The semiconductor die has a die height H1. The plurality of through insulator vias is surrounding the semiconductor die and has a height H2, and H2 |
| US11101245B2 |
Multi-chip modules including stacked semiconductor dice
Multi-chip modules may include stacked semiconductor devices having spacers therebetween. Discrete conductive elements may extend over the active surface of an underlying semiconductor device from respective bond pads of the underlying semiconductor device, through a space formed by the spacers, to respective contact areas on a substrate. Each discrete conductive element extending through two side openings opposite one another may extend from a respective centrally located bond pad proximate to a central portion of the active surface of the underlying semiconductor device. Each discrete conductive element extending through another, perpendicular opening may extend from a respective peripheral bond pad located proximate to a peripheral portion of the active surface of the underlying semiconductor device. |
| US11101243B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package including a circuit substrate including a plurality of interconnections; a first chip on the circuit substrate; a second chip stacked on the first chip; a plurality of first pads on the circuit substrate, the plurality of first pads overlapping the first chip; a plurality of bumps between the circuit substrate and the first chip; a plurality of second pads on an edge portion of a first side of the circuit substrate, the plurality of second pads electrically connected to the second chip through a conductive wire; an underfill that fills a space between the circuit substrate and the first chip; and a first dam on the circuit substrate, the first dam overlapping the first chip. The first dam includes a conductive material and overlaps at least one of the plurality of interconnections. |
| US11101239B2 |
Process for packaging component
A process for packaging at least one component includes the steps of: a) providing a substrate and a packaging material layer, b) forming the packaging material layer into an adhesively semi-cured packaging material layer, c) adhering the adhesively semi-cured packaging material layer to an array, d) providing a packaging unit including at least one eutectic metal bump pair, e) permitting the eutectic metal bump pair to be in contact with at least one electrode pair on the array, f) subjecting the electrode pair to eutectic bonding to the eutectic metal bump pair, g) encapsulating the component by pressing, h) completely curing the adhesively semi-cured packaging material layer, and i) removing the substrate. |
| US11101238B2 |
Surface mounting semiconductor components
A surface mounting semiconductor component includes a semiconductor device, a circuit board, a number of first solder bumps, and a number of second solder bumps. The semiconductor device included a number of die pads. The circuit board includes a number of contact pads. The first solder bumps are configured to bond the semiconductor device and the circuit board. Each of the first solder bumps connects at least two die pads with a corresponding contact pad. Each of the second solder bumps connects a die pad with a corresponding contact pad. |
| US11101232B2 |
Conductive micro pin
A conductive micro pin includes a body having a first end surface, a second end surface, a first side surface connecting the first end surface and the second end surface, and a first corner between the first end surface and the first side surface, in which the first side surface is substantially flat, and the first corner is substantially rounded. |
| US11101231B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a semiconductor package including a semiconductor chip, a molding portion surrounding at least a side surface of the semiconductor chip, a passivation layer including a contact plug connected to the semiconductor chip and having a narrowing width further away from the semiconductor chip in a vertical direction, below the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer portion electrically connecting the semiconductor chip with an external connection terminal, below the passivation layer. The redistribution layer portion includes an upper pad connected to the contact plug and a fine pattern positioned at a same level as the upper pad, a redistribution layer and a via plug, which has a widening width further away from the semiconductor chip in the vertical direction, and a lower pad connected to the external connection terminal and exposed to an outside of the semiconductor package in a lower part of the redistribution layer portion. |
| US11101230B2 |
Array substrate and chip bonding method
The invention provides an array substrate and chip bonding method, the array substrate comprising: an active area, and a bonding area located around the active area, wherein the bonding area is provided with an input terminal group, a first output terminal group and a second output terminal a group; the first output terminal group is located at a side of the input terminal group away from the active area, and the second output terminal group is located between the first output terminal group and the input terminal group; when bonding chips, the first output terminal group or the second output terminal group is selected to cooperate with the input terminal group for chip bonding according to the chip type. By simultaneously providing the first and second output terminal groups, the bonding of the second type chip increases the distance between the chip and the edge of the array substrate. |
| US11101224B2 |
Wrapped signal shielding in a wafer fanout package
Techniques and structures for improving shielding of an integrated circuit package are provided. The integrated circuit package includes a die including a plurality of bump sites and a substrate connected to the die at the plurality of bump sites. The substrate includes at least one layer that implements one or more signal traces and a plurality of shield traces. Each shield trace in the plurality of shield traces is coupled to a ground plane by a plurality of slot vias. |
| US11101219B2 |
Low resistance contacts including intermetallic alloy of nickel, platinum, titanium, aluminum and type IV semiconductor elements
A method of forming a contact to a semiconductor device is provided that forms an alloy composed of nickel (Ni), platinum (Pt), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti) and a semiconductor material. The methods may include forming a nickel and platinum semiconductor alloy at a base of a via. A titanium layer having an angstrom scale thickness is deposited in the via in contact with the nickel platinum semiconductor alloy. An aluminum containing fill is deposited atop the titanium layer. A forming gas anneal including an oxygen containing atmosphere is applied to the structure to provide a contact alloy comprising nickel, platinum, aluminum, titanium and a semiconductor element from the contact surface of the semiconductor device. |
| US11101218B2 |
Integrated assemblies having metal-containing regions coupled with semiconductor regions
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly which has a semiconductor material with a surface. A first layer is over and directly against the surface. The first layer includes oxygen and a first metal. The relative amount of oxygen to the first metal is less than or equal to an amount sufficient to form stoichiometric metal oxide throughout the first layer. A second metal is over and directly against the first layer. A second layer is over and directly against the second metal. The second layer includes nitrogen and a third metal. Some embodiments include an integrated assembly which has a semiconductor material with a surface. A metal is adjacent the surface and is spaced from the surface by a distance of less than or equal to about 10 Å. There is no metal germanide or metal silicide between the metal and the surface. |
| US11101215B2 |
Tapered connectors for superconductor circuits
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and circuits for reducing or minimizing current crowding effects in manufactured superconductors. In some embodiments, a superconducting circuit includes: (1) a first component having a first connection point, the first connection point having a first width; (2) a second component having a second connection point, the second connection point having a second width that is larger than the first width; and (3) a connector electrically connecting the first connection point and the second connection point, the connector including: (a) a first taper having a first slope and a non-linear shape; (b) a second taper having a second slope; and (c) a connecting portion connecting the first taper to the second taper, the connecting portion having a third slope that is less than the first slope and less than the second slope. |
| US11101212B2 |
Thin film resistor with punch-through vias
A device including a thin film resistor (TFR) structure. The TFR structure is accessible by one or more conductive vias that extend vertically from an upper metal layer to completely penetrate a TFR layer positioned thereunder. The conductive vias are coupled to one or more sidewalls of the TFR layer at or near the sites of penetration. The TFR structure can be manufactured by a method that includes etching a via trench completely through the TFR layer and a dielectric layer above the TFR layer, and filling the via trench with a conductor coupled to a sidewall of the TFR layer. |
| US11101203B2 |
Wiring structure comprising intermediate layer including a plurality of sub-layers
A wiring structure includes an upper conductive structure, a lower conductive structure and an intermediate layer. The upper conductive structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The lower conductive structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The intermediate layer is disposed between the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure and bonds the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure together. The upper conductive structure is electrically connected to the lower conductive structure. The intermediate layer includes a plurality of sub-layers. Each of the sub-layers is formed from a polymeric material. A boundary is formed between two adjacent sub-layers. |
| US11101199B2 |
Power semiconductor device
A power semiconductor device is such that a notch provided, along a longitudinal end face of an inner lead, in a region of a lead frame to which the inner lead is bonded. A resistor is disposed, adjacent to the inner lead, on the same side as the notch with respect to the inner lead, and a distance between the inner lead and the notch is set to be smaller than a distance between the inner lead and the resistor, and thereby the inner lead, even when shifted in position, comes into no contact with the resistor. Because of this, it is no more necessary that a space be provided around the inner lead taking into consideration a positional shift of the inner lead, and it is possible to secure the heat release area of power semiconductor chips accordingly, and thus to obtain the small-sized and high-powered power semiconductor device. |
| US11101197B2 |
Leadframe systems and related methods
Leadframe systems and related methods. Specific implementations of leadframe systems may include a die pad, a semiconductor die coupled to the die pad, where the semiconductor die has a perimeter. A leadframe may be coupled over the die pad and the semiconductor die where the leadframe has a solder dam coupled around the semiconductor die and, the solder dam has a perimeter that corresponds with the semiconductor die The die pad may have no groove adjacent to the semiconductor die. |
| US11101195B2 |
Package structure and method for forming the same
A package structure and method for forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a first interconnect structure formed over a first substrate, and the first interconnect structure includes a first metal layer. The package structure further includes a second interconnect structure formed over a second substrate. The package structure includes a bonding structure between the first interconnect structure and the second interconnect structure. The bonding structure includes a first intermetallic compound (IMC) and a second intermetallic compound (IMC), a portion of the first IMC protrudes from the sidewall surfaces of the second IMC, and there could be a grain boundary between the first IMC and the second IMC. |
| US11101194B2 |
Heat sinks and methods for fabricating a heat sink
According to various embodiments, there is provided a heat sink including: a heat conducting surface; a plurality of nozzle arrays arranged such that output ends of nozzles of the plurality of nozzle arrays face the heat conducting surface; and a plurality of fins configured to at least partially surround a respective portion of the heat conducting surface facing a respective nozzle array of the plurality of nozzle arrays. |
| US11101191B2 |
Laminated circuitry cooling for inter-chip bridges
The present invention includes embodiments of a semiconductor package designed to transfer heat from one or more bridges within the package to ambient external to the package in addition to conducting the heat through any semiconductor chips encapsulated within the package. A laminated substrate has one or more horizontal layer heat conduction paths and one or more vertical substrate heat conduction paths. The vertical substrate heat conduction paths collect heat from one or more of the horizontal layer heat conduction paths, and eventually conduct the heat out of the semiconductor package, e.g. into a lid or heat sink. |
| US11101184B2 |
Method and apparatus to determine a patterning process parameter
A method of determining a parameter of a patterning process, the method including: obtaining a detected representation of radiation redirected by a structure having geometric symmetry at a nominal physical configuration, wherein the detected representation of the radiation was obtained by illuminating a substrate with a radiation beam such that a beam spot on the substrate was filled with the structure; and determining, by a hardware computer system, a value of the patterning process parameter based on optical characteristic values from an asymmetric optical characteristic distribution portion of the detected radiation representation with higher weight than another portion of the detected radiation representation, the asymmetric optical characteristic distribution arising from a different physical configuration of the structure than the nominal physical configuration. |
| US11101180B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacture
A nano-crystalline high-k film and methods of forming the same in a semiconductor device are disclosed herein. The nano-crystalline high-k film may be initially deposited as an amorphous matrix layer of dielectric material and self-contained nano-crystallite regions may be formed within and suspended in the amorphous matrix layer. As such, the amorphous matrix layer material separates the self-contained nano-crystallite regions from one another preventing grain boundaries from forming as leakage and/or oxidant paths within the dielectric layer. Dopants may be implanted in the dielectric material and crystal phase of the self-contained nano-crystallite regions maybe modified to change one or more of the permittivity of the high-k dielectric material and/or a ferroelectric property of the dielectric material. |
| US11101177B1 |
Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate; forming a stacked structure on the substrate; forming a barrier layer on a sidewall of the stacked structure; forming a first dielectric layer covering the barrier layer and the stacked structure; removing a portion of the first dielectric layer to expose an upper portion of the stacked structure; forming a metal layer covering the stacked structure and the first dielectric layer; performing an annealing process to react the metal layer with the stacked structure to form a metal silicide layer at the upper portion of the stacked structure; removing an unreacted portion of the metal layer; removing a portion of the barrier layer to form a recess above the barrier layer; and forming a second dielectric layer covering the metal silicide layer and the first dielectric layer to form air gaps on both sides of the stacked structure. |
| US11101176B2 |
Method of fabricating redistribution circuit structure
A method of fabricating a redistribution circuit structure including the following steps is provided. A conductive via is formed. A photosensitive dielectric layer is formed to cover the conductive via. The photosensitive dielectric layer is partially removed to reveal the conductive via at least through an exposure and development process. A redistribution wiring is formed on the photosensitive dielectric layer and the revealed conductive via. |
| US11101175B2 |
Tall trenches for via chamferless and self forming barrier
Chamferless via structures and methods of manufacture are provided. The structures include a conductive line and a set of chamferless wiring vias formed in a dielectric material with at least one of the vias in contact with the conductive line. The set of chamferless wiring vias is formed with at least a first subset of wiring vias of a first height and a second subset of wiring vias of a second height. The method includes filling trenches within a substrate with a conductive material to form a set of wiring vias with a first height. Next, a block mask is used over a capping material layer to expose a portion of the conductive material layer. The capping material and the conductive material of the set of wiring vias defined by the block mask are etched forming a subset of wiring vias of the second height. |
| US11101170B2 |
Dual airgap structure
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a dual airgap structure and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a lower metal line; a plurality of upper metal lines; and a first airgap between the lower metal line and at least one upper metal line of the plurality of upper metal lines. |
| US11101163B2 |
Systems and methods for automated robotic arm sensing
In an embodiment, a system includes: an airlock; a first semiconductor processing chamber, a second semiconductor processing chamber; and a transfer module configured to move a sensor into and out of the first semiconductor processing chamber and the second semiconductor processing chamber, wherein the sensor is configured to: collect sensor data characterizing the first semiconductor processing chamber when within the first semiconductor processing chamber; and collect sensor data characterizing the second semiconductor processing chamber when within the second semiconductor processing chamber, wherein the transfer module, the first semiconductor processing chamber, and the second semiconductor processing chamber are within a controlled internal atmosphere on a first side of the airlock and separated by the airlock from an uncontrolled external atmosphere on a second side of the airlock. |
| US11101161B2 |
Substrate holding member
A substrate holding member includes a base, and a plurality of convex parts formed at an upper surface of the base and configured to hold a substrate at top surfaces thereof. Each convex part has a root portion extending from the upper surface of the base, and a top portion formed on the root portion and including the top surface. In each convex part, a cross-sectional area of the root portion is larger than a cross-sectional area of the top portion. At least a portion including the top surface of the top portion is formed of a holding member made of a material having a greater Young's modulus than a material forming the base. The respective holding members are spaced apart from each other. |
| US11101153B2 |
Parameter-stable misregistration measurement amelioration in semiconductor devices
A parameter-stable misregistration measurement amelioration system and method including providing a wafer, including a plurality of multilayered semiconductor devices formed thereon, selected from a batch wafers intended to be identical, using a misregistration metrology tool to measure misregistration at multiple sites between at least a first layer and a second layer of the wafer, using a plurality of sets of measurement parameters, thereby generating measured misregistration data for each of the sets of measurement parameters, identifying and removing a parameter-dependent portion and a mean error portion from the measured misregistration data for the wafer for each of the sets of measurement parameters, thereby generating ameliorated parameter-stable ameliorated misregistration data for the wafer. |
| US11101149B2 |
Semiconductor fabrication with electrochemical apparatus
A method includes depositing a plurality of first semiconductor layers and a plurality of second semiconductor layers over a substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers are stacked alternately; patterning the first and second semiconductor layers to form a fin structure; supplying a first bias to the substrate after patterning the first and second semiconductor layers; and etching the second semiconductor layers when the semiconductor substrate is supplied with the first bias, wherein etching the second semiconductor layers is performed such that the first semiconductor layers are suspended above the substrate. |
| US11101148B2 |
Semiconductor processing apparatus and method
A semiconductor processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a body portion, which includes at least one semiconductor processing unit that has a recess formed on an upper surface of the body portion, wherein a bottom surface of the recess has at least one location and a peripheral. The bottom surface ascends from the at least one location toward the peripheral against a direction of gravity or descends from the at least one location toward the peripheral following the direction of gravity. Each semiconductor processing unit also includes a first channel that connects to the recess at the at least one location, and at least one second channel connecting to the recess at the peripheral. Each of the first and second channels serves as an inlet or an outlet via which a fluid enters or exits the recess. |
| US11101146B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A protective disk is disposed between a spin base and a substrate W and is capable of being raised and lowered between a separated position which is separated downward from the substrate W and a near position which is nearer to the substrate than the separated position. An upper surface of the protective disk has an inner surface which is provided on an inner side of a plurality of holding pins in a radial direction and a flat surface which is provided on an outer side of the inner surface in the radial direction and is provided above the inner surface. The flat surface faces a lower surface of a part on an inner side of an outer circumferential end in the radial direction, in a circumferential edge portion of the substrate. |
| US11101143B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes an isolation insulating layer disposed over a substrate, a fin structure disposed over the substrate, and extending in a first direction in plan view, an upper portion of the fin structure being exposed from the isolation insulating layer, a gate structure disposed over a part of the fin structure, the gate structure extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a source/drain structure formed on the upper portion of the fin structure, which is not covered by the gate structure and exposed from the isolation insulating layer. The source/drain structure includes a SiP layer, and an upper portion of the source/drain structure includes an alloy layer of Si, Ge and Ti. |
| US11101131B2 |
Film forming method and film forming apparatus
A method of selectively forming a silicon film on an upper portion of each of protruded portions formed on a substrate, which includes: supplying a first silicon-containing gas to the substrate and forming a first silicon film so that a film thickness of the first silicon film becomes thicker in the upper portion rather than in a lower portion of a sidewall of each protruded portion; subsequently, supplying an etching gas to the substrate and removing the first silicon film on the sidewall of each protruded portion while leaving the first silicon film on an upper surface of each protruded portion; and subsequently, supplying a second silicon-containing gas to the substrate and forming a second silicon film so that a film thickness of the second silicon film becomes thicker in the upper portion rather than in the lower portion of a sidewall of each protruded portion. |
| US11101130B2 |
Method of filling grooves and holes in a substrate
A method of forming a pattern of metallic material on a substrate includes providing a plurality of void regions on a surface of the substrate. At a first temperature, a first layer of a first metallic material of a eutectic-forming pair of metallic materials is deposited on the substrate to form a conformal metallic film over the substrate and over the surfaces of the plurality of void regions. The substrate and conformal metallic film are warmed to a second temperature greater than a eutectic-liquid-formation temperature of the eutectic pair of metallic materials. At the second temperature, the second metallic material of the eutectic-forming pair of metallic materials is deposited on the conformal metallic film to initiate a eutectic-liquid-forming reaction, such that the plurality of void regions are filled with a mixture of the first and second metallic materials of the eutectic-forming pair of metallic materials. |
| US11101129B2 |
Ultrathin atomic layer deposition film accuracy thickness control
Methods for depositing films by atomic layer deposition using cyclic siloxane precursors are provided. Methods involve exposing the substrate to a cyclic siloxane precursor during operation of an atomic layer deposition cycle to form silicon oxide. |
| US11101127B2 |
Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
An acceleration voltage generator (7) generates a high-voltage pulse to be applied to an electrode in an orthogonal accelerator by turning on/off a high DC voltage generated by a high-voltage power source through MOSFETs (741) in a switch circuit (74). A controller (6) sends driving pulse signals to the switch circuit (74) through a primary-side driver section (71), transformer (72) and secondary driver section (73). An adjustment circuit (742) formed by a gate resistor (742a) and gate capacitor (742b) is provided between the secondary-side driver section (73) and the MOSFET (741). The resistance value of the resistor (742a) and the capacitance value of the capacitor (742b) are determined so as to suppress an overshoot of the gate voltage due to the resonance while preventing a decrease in steepness of the waveform in its rising and falling phases. |
| US11101122B2 |
Laser desorption/ionization method and mass spectrometry method
A laser desorption/ionization method, includes: a first step of preparing a sample support body including a substrate on which plurality of through holes opening to a first surface and a second surface facing each other are formed, and a conductive layer provided on at least the first surface; a second step of mounting a sample on a mounting surface of a mounting portion, and of disposing the sample support body on the sample such that the second surface is in contact with the sample; a third step of introducing a matrix solution into the plurality of through holes; and a fourth step of ionizing a component of the sample that is mixed with the matrix solution and is moved to the first surface side from the second surface side through the through hole by irradiating the first surface with laser light while a voltage is applied to the conductive layer. |
| US11101115B2 |
Ring removal from processing chamber
A method and apparatus for replacing process kits that include edge rings and/or support rings in processing chambers. In one implementation, a process kit comprises a multi-segment edge ring. The multi-segment edge ring comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a first annular body. The first annular body comprises a first upper surface, a first lower surface opposite the first upper surface, a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first segment and the second segment are connectable to form the first annular body. The first lower surface is operable to be positioned over a substrate support disposed within a processing chamber, and at least a portion of the inner surface, which is positioned between the first upper surface and the first lower surface has a diameter greater than a diameter of a substrate to be processed in the processing chamber. |
| US11101107B2 |
Ceramic layer for electrostatic chuck including embedded faraday cage for RF delivery and associated methods
A ceramic layer is attached to a top surface of a base plate using a bond layer. The ceramic layer has a top surface configured to support a substrate. At least one clamp electrode is positioned within an upper region of the ceramic layer. A primary radiofrequency (RF) power delivery electrode is positioned within the ceramic layer at a location vertically below the at least one clamp electrode such that a region of the ceramic layer between the primary RF power delivery electrode and the at least one clamp electrode is substantially free of other electrically conductive material. A plurality of RF power delivery connection modules is distributed in a substantially uniform manner about a perimeter of the ceramic layer. Each of the RF power delivery connection modules is configured to form an electrical connection from the base plate to the primary RF power delivery electrode at its respective location. |
| US11101106B2 |
Exposure device
A multi-beam exposure device reducing variations of electron beam optical systems for electron beams, and preventing vacuum leakage. An exposure device is provided, including: a body tube depressurized to produce a vacuum state therein; multiple charged particle beam sources provided in the body tube, and emitting multiple charged particle beams in a direction of extension of the body tube; multiple electromagnetic optical elements, each provided corresponding to one of the multiple charged particle beams in the body tube, and controlling the one of the multiple charged particle beams; first and second partition walls arranged separately from each other in the direction of extension in the body tube, and forming a non-vacuum space between at least parts of the first and second partition walls; and a supporting unit provided in the body tube, and supporting the multiple electromagnetic optical elements for positioning of the multiple electromagnetic optical elements. |
| US11101105B1 |
Noise reduction of a high voltage supply voltage
A method, and a high voltage (HV) system that may include a noise reduction unit (MNRU) and a bias setting unit (BSU). The HV system may receive a HV supply signal, over a high voltage supply line from a HV supply unit. The HV supply unit, the MNRU, the BSU and a HV charged particle system may share a ground. At least the MNRU may detect noise in the HV supply signal and send, though the ground, a noise compensation signal. The BSU may receive an indication about a requested value of a bias voltage, and apply the bias voltage to a noise compensated HV signal to provide a biased and noise compensated HV signal to the HV charged particle system. |
| US11101104B2 |
Multi modal cryo compatible GUID grid
Cryo compatible sample grids having multi-modal cryo-EM compatible GUIDs, according to the present disclosure include an outer support structure that defines a region of the grid for holding one or more samples, and a plurality of inner support structures that define a plurality of apertures that are each configured to hold a sample. Cryo compatible sample grids further include a first identifier located on the outer support structure, and a second identifier located within the region of the grid for holding the one or more samples. The first identifier is readable with an optical detector, while the second identifier is readable with an electron detector (e.g., within an electron microscope). Specifically, the second identifier is readable with an electron detector when one or more teeth and/or holes that comprise the second identifier are filled with ice from a vitrification process. |
| US11101102B2 |
Photoabsorption microscopy using electron analysis
A method for chemical identification of a sample having nanostructures includes the steps of irradiating the surface at wavelengths for each of a first and a second of the nanostructures that are uniquely absorbed by each of the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure such that each is excited to modulate at a first or a second nanostructure frequency, respectively. The method continues with the steps of irradiating the surface with electron beams incident on each of the first and second nanostructure, wherein at least one of secondary electrons, backscattered electrons and transmitted electrons are modulated at the frequency corresponding to each of the first and second nanostructure frequencies. A chemical map of the sample at an atomic scale is then created. A microscope is provided to carry out the method. |
| US11101098B1 |
X-ray generation apparatus with electron passage
An X-ray generation apparatus includes an electron gun having a cathode emitting an electron beam, a first housing accommodating the electron gun, a target on which the electron beam emitted from the electron gun is incident, a second housing accommodating the target, and an electron passage extending between the first housing and the second housing and configured to transfer the electron beam from a first internal space of the first housing to a second internal space of the second housing. The electron passage includes a diameter-reduced end portion decreasing in diameter toward the target. The first housing is provided with a first exhaust flow path for evacuating the first internal space in the first housing. The second housing is provided with a second exhaust flow path for evacuating the second internal space in the second housing. |
| US11101096B2 |
High dose output, through transmission and relective target X-ray system and methods of use
A high dose output, through transmission and reflective target x-ray tube and methods of use includes, in general an x-ray tube for accelerating electrons under a high voltage potential having an evacuated high voltage housing, a hemispherical shaped through and reflective transmission target anode disposed in said housing, a cathode structure to deflect the electrons toward the hemispherical anode disposed in said housing, a filament located in the geometric center of the anode hemisphere disposed in said housing, a power supply connected to said cathode to provide accelerating voltage to the electrons. |
| US11101095B2 |
Devices having an electron emitting structure
Controlling total emission current of an electron emitting construct in an x-ray emitting device by providing a cathode, providing multiple active areas each active area having a gated cone electron source, including multiple emitter tips arranged in an array, a gate electrode, and a gate interconnect lead connected to the gate electrode, providing an x-ray emitting construct comprising an anode, the anode being an x-ray target, situating the x-ray emitting construct facing the active areas face each other, selecting a set of active areas, and activating selected active areas by conductively connecting a voltage source to their associated the gate electrode interconnect lead. |
| US11101094B2 |
Safety system
A device and a system for preventing insertion of a fuse into a fuse holder, and methods for using the same. The device and the system comprise retaining elements that are adapted to engage with a fuse holder. When the device or system is engaged in a fuse holder, it is not possible to insert a fuse into the fuse holder. This allows for safe isolation of electric circuits. |
| US11101087B2 |
Control device for vacuum bottle contacts of an electrical switching device
A control device for a movable contact relative to a fixed contact of a vacuum bottle of an electrical switching device. The control device includes a principal mechanism for disconnection and connection of the contacts, of the mechanical energy accumulation type. The control device further includes an auxiliary disconnection-assistance mechanism arranged such as to accumulate mechanical energy when the movable contact is moved towards the connection position and such as to restore the mechanical energy thus accumulated in such a manner as to exert an additional disconnection force in the form of an impact tending to move the movable contact from the connection position towards the disconnection position when the movable contact is immobilized in the connection position despite the action of the principal disconnection force. |
| US11101086B2 |
Electrical switch
An electrical switch for interrupting a current path. The switch includes a contact point formed from a first and a second contact piece mounted such that it can move about a rotation axis. The contact point is closed when the two contact pieces are in contact and is electrically opened when the two contact pieces are not in contact. The electrical switch includes an actuator unit and an electrically non-conductive separating element which can be moved in a translatory manner by means of the actuator unit and is designed to isolate the two contact pieces and then to keep the two contact pieces apart. The actuator unit includes a movement element mechanically coupled to the separating element, a drive device designed to move the movement element in order to close the contact point, a device for generating and/or storing kinetic energy and an electromagnetic actuator. |
| US11101085B2 |
Key module
What is presented is a key module (100) with a cover element (110) and a tappet (105) having a cam nose (135), wherein the tappet (105) is supported to be movable along a movement axis (200) by the cover element (110), wherein the tappet (105) has a cylindrical keycap supporting portion (160) in a passage area (210) in which it projects through the cover element (110) and has at least one rib (170) on a guiding portion (165) adjacent to the an keycap supporting portion (160) on an outside (167). Furthermore, the key module (100) includes a contactor unit (115) formed and arranged to be taken along by the cam nose (135), and a contact piece (120) formed and arranged for establishing electric contact with the contact nose (140). Moreover, the key module (100) has a housing element (130) for accommodating the contact piece (120), the contactor unit (115) and the tappet (105), wherein the housing element (130) has, for accommodating the guiding portion (165) of the tappet (105), at least one accommodating bowl (175) with at least one recess (1100) for accommodating the at least one rib (170) of the tappet (105). |
| US11101084B2 |
Switching assembly with secure attachment solution for emergency stop device
A switching assembly intended to be joined onto a control assembly provided with an actuation member, the switching assembly comprising a body, an electrical circuit comprising two fixed contacts, the electrical circuit being able to be controlled both by a control switch of a normally-closed type and by a monitoring switch of a normally-open type, linked in series with the control switch. The monitoring switch makes it possible to monitor the correct secure attachment of the switching assembly onto the control assembly by keeping the electrical circuit open as long as the control assembly is mechanically disconnected from the switching assembly. |
| US11101082B2 |
On-chip supercapacitor with silicon nanostructure
An on-chip supercapacitor has an electrode that includes one-dimensional silicon nano structures coated with a first layer of titanium nitride. The on-chip supercapacitor also includes a second layer of manganese dioxide deposited on the first layer. An associated method of providing an on-chip supercapacitor electrode on a silicon substrate includes providing a plurality of one-dimensional silicon nanostructures on a substrate, coating the one-dimensional silicon nanostructures with a first layer of titanium nitride, and coating a second layer of manganese dioxide onto the first layer. |
| US11101081B2 |
Composite photovoltaic structure and manufacturing method thereof
A composite photovoltaic structure having the following components is illustrated. A first photovoltaic unit is disposed on a transparent substrate, and electrically connected to a second photovoltaic unit in parallel, and the second photovoltaic unit is stacked on the first photovoltaic unit. The first photovoltaic unit is disposed on a second transparent electrode layer, and a first transparent conductive layer is disposed on a top of the first photovoltaic unit and electrically connected to a first transparent electrode layer, and the second photovoltaic unit is disposed on the first transparent conductive layer. A second transparent conductive layer is disposed on the second photovoltaic unit and is electrically connected to the second transparent electrode layer. Thus, the composite photovoltaic structure has a photoelectric reaction area of a significantly improved omnidirectional concentration gain, an efficiently induced current and a low manufacturing cost, without affecting the whole structure thickness. |
| US11101080B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element and solar cell
Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including a first electrode, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, a first hole transport layer, and a second electrode, wherein the first hole transport layer includes at least one of basic compounds represented by general formula (1a) and general formula (1b) below: where in the formula (1a) or (1b), R1 and R2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or aromatic hydrocarbon group and may be identical or different, and R1 and R2 may bind with each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group containing a nitrogen atom. |
| US11101075B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes stacked to be alternately exposed to first and second outer surfaces with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second outer surfaces of the ceramic body to be electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The ceramic body further includes a protective layer disposed on at least one of upper and lower portions of the first and second internal electrodes, the protective layer includes a plurality of dummy electrode cells each having the plurality of dummy electrodes stacked thereon, and a thickness from the uppermost dummy electrode to the lowermost dummy electrode of each of the plurality of dummy electrode cells is greater than a length of each of the plurality of dummy electrode cells. |
| US11101074B2 |
Ceramic electronic component
A ceramic electronic component includes a body including dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes and an external electrode including a connection portion and a band portion. The external electrode includes an electrode layer, a conductive resin layer, a nickel plating layer, and a tin plating layer. When an electrode layer thickness, a conductive resin layer thickness, a nickel plating layer thickness, a tin plating layer thickness of the band portion are defined as t3, t4, and t5, respectively, t5 is greater than or equal to 0.5 micrometer and less than 7 micrometer, and t5/(t3+t4) satisfies 1≤t5/(t3+t4)*100<17.5 in the case in which t3+t4 is less than or equal to 100 micrometers and satisfies 0.3≤t5/(t3+t4)*100<4.38 in the case in which t3+t4 is more than 100 micrometers. |
| US11101072B2 |
Capacitor with limited substrate capacitance
A capacitor that prevents generation of a substrate capacitance composed of an upper electrode, a substrate, and a lower electrode. Specifically, the capacitor includes a substrate; a lower electrode disposed on the substrate; a dielectric film disposed on the lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed on a part of the dielectric film; and a first terminal electrode that is connected to the upper electrode. Moreover, the upper electrode and the first terminal electrode are formed in a region for forming the lower electrode in a plan view of the capacitor viewed from the first terminal electrode side. |
| US11101071B2 |
Chip capacitor and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a chip capacitor, including: a first capacitor unit formed over a substrate and including a first lower electrode, first dielectric layer and first upper electrode; a second insulating layer over the first capacitor unit; a second conductive layer over the second insulating layer, and includes a first wiring portion and a second wiring portion, the first wiring portion being connected to the first lower electrode by a first contact via and connected to a first pad by a third contact via, the second wiring portion being connected to the first upper electrode by a second contact via and connected to a second pad by a fourth contact via; a first external electrode connected to the first wiring portion; and a second external electrode connected to the second wiring portion. |
| US11101068B2 |
Integrated barrier for protecting the coil of air core reactor from projectile attack
An air core reactor for use in an electric power transmission and distribution system or in an electric power system of an electrical plant is provided. The air core reactor comprises an electrically insulated support structure, an outer surface of a coil of windings configured to operate at a potential and isolated to ground or other potentials by the electrically insulated support structure and a projectile resistant cylinder that attaches directly to the outer surface of the coil of windings. The projectile resistant cylinder is configured as an integrated barrier to provide a first measure of survivability to the air core reactor such that the integrated barrier enables a continued operation of equipment after a threat has been eliminated. |
| US11101060B2 |
Partially-insulated HTS coils
A high temperature superconducting, HTS, field coil. The HTS field coil comprises a plurality of turns and a partially insulating layer. The plurality of turns comprises HTS material and metallic stabilizer. The partially insulating layer separates the turns, such that current can be shared between turns via the partially insulating layer. The partially insulating layer comprises an electrically conducting layer, and first and second insulating layers. The electrically conducting layer is coated on one side with the first insulating layer and on the other side with the second insulating layer. Each insulating layer has one or more windows through which electrical contact can be made between the turns and the electrically conducting layer. The windows in the first insulating layer are offset in the plane of the electrically conducting strip from the windows in the second insulating layer. |
| US11101059B2 |
Quench detection in superconducting magnets
A high temperature superconductor, HTS, tape (100) for detecting a quench in a superconducting magnet. The HTS tape comprises an HTS layer (101) of HTS material supported by a substrate (102). The HTS layer is divided into a plurality of strips (104,105,107). The strips are connected (106) in series along an open path. |
| US11101058B2 |
Compact, electromagnetic component, and method for producing compact
A compact is provided. When the compact is used for a magnetic core, a magnetic path cross section has a cross-sectional perimeter of more than 20 mm, and at least part of a surface of the compact is covered with an iron-based oxide film having an average thickness of 0.5 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less. Letting the proportion of the surface area of the compact to the volume of the compact be surface area/volume, the content of Fe3O4 present in the iron-based oxide film with respect to 100% by volume of the compact satisfies any one of (1) to (3): (1) less than 0.085% by volume when the (surface area/volume) is 0.40 mm−1 or less, (2) 0.12% or less by volume when the (surface area/volume) is more than 0.40 mm−1 and 0.60 mm−1 or less, and (3) 0.15% or less by volume when the (surface area/volume) is more than 0.60 mm−1. |
| US11101053B1 |
System, composition and method of application of same for reducing the coefficient of friction and required pulling force during installation of wire or cable
A composition and method for reducing the coefficient of friction and required pulling force of a wire or cable are provided. A composition of aqueous emulsion is provided that is environmentally friendly, halogen free and solvent free. The composition is compatible with various types of insulating materials and may be applied after the wire or cable is cooled and also by spraying or submerging the wire or cable in a bath. The composition contains lubricating agents that provide lower coefficient of friction for wire or cable installation and continuous wire or cable surface lubrication thereafter. |
| US11101045B2 |
Spatio-temporal transfer learning between IoT ecosystems
The approach is for cognitively transferring IoT configurations between similar IoT ecosystems based on several factors. The approach scans IoT devices from a first and a second IoT ecosystem and extracts user data from the first and the second IoT ecosystem. The approach compares the first IoT ecosystem against the second IoT ecosystem and determines if the first IoT ecosystem is similar to the second IoT ecosystem. If the first and second IoT ecosystem are similar, then transfer data from the first IoT ecosystem to the second IoT ecosystem. |
| US11101037B2 |
Disambiguation of ambiguous portions of content for processing by automated systems
Mechanisms are provided for implementing a disambiguation engine for disambiguating content. Electronic content is received from a corpus of electronic content, and analyzed to identify an ambiguous portion of content. The ambiguous portion of content is a portion of the electronic content whose meaning is not made explicit in the ambiguous portion of content. A context associated with the ambiguous portion of content is determined and a set of one or more context based ambiguous content interpretation rules associated with the determined context is applied to the ambiguous portion of content to generate an interpretation of the ambiguous portion of content. The ambiguous portion of content is annotated based on the interpretation to generate disambiguated electronic content which is stored for processing as part of a subsequent operation. |
| US11101034B1 |
Object interactions
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an input device of an information handling device, a selection to access interaction data associated with a target, wherein the interaction data corresponds to interactions between the target and at least one entity; receiving, at the information handling device, a designation of an interaction parameter, wherein the designation of the interaction parameter adjusts a defining standard for a direct interaction and an indirect interaction for the interaction data; determining, using a processor and based on the interaction parameter, whether each of the interactions from the interaction data is associated with a direct interaction or an indirect interaction; and performing, based on the determining, at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US11101030B2 |
Blood glucose management for insulin-requiring diabetes without alerts or alarms
Some embodiments include burden-free insulin delivery systems and methods. Some embodiments include a method comprising: receiving previous insulin delivery data at a user device from an insulin pump; receiving estimated glucose data at the user device from a continuous glucose monitor; determining that the estimated glucose value is approaching or has passed a threshold; and in response to determining that the estimated glucose value is approaching or has surpassed the threshold, not providing an indication to the user through a user interface that the estimated glucose value is approaching or surpassed the threshold. |
| US11101022B2 |
Automated clinical documentation system and method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for reactive encounter scanning is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter. A request is received from a user concerning a specific medical condition. In response to receiving the request, the encounter information is processed to determine if the encounter information is indicative of the specific medical condition and to generate a result set. The result set is provided to the user. |
| US11101018B2 |
Encoding and decoding of RNA data
Systems and methods to enable representation of sequence as well as structural information of an RNA molecule in the form of a single encoded string are described. The encoding steps are based on identifying one or more contiguous stretches of ribonucleotide bases having similar structural attributes and base-pairing patterns. In the encoded string, each of the identified contiguous structure stretches is represented by a single character that indicates the corresponding structural attribute. Appending these structural characters to the corresponding contiguous ribonucleotide character stretches, and subsequently eliminating redundant ribonucleotide characters based on standard base-pairing rules results in generating the final encoded string. Such concomitant representation of sequence and structural information of a given RNA molecule in a single encoded string enables efficient storage and easy dissemination of RNA data. |
| US11101017B2 |
Memory system and test system
A memory system includes a memory device including a test region; and a processor configured to write pattern data transferred from a host device to a pattern data region included in the test region, read test data from the test region, and transmit the read test data to the host device. A position of the pattern data region may be adjustable in the test region. |
| US11101015B2 |
Multi-dimensional usage space testing of memory components
A target vector representing a usage parameter corresponding to a test of a memory component is generated. A test sample is assigned to the target vector and a set of path variables are generated for the test sample. A test process of the test is executed using the test sample in accordance with the set of path variables to generate a test result. A failure associated with the test result is identified. |
| US11101005B2 |
Memory device to execute read operation using read target voltage
A memory device includes first and second memory strings, first and second word lines and a controller. The first memory string includes first and second memory cells, a first select transistor, a second select transistor, and a third select transistor between the first and second memory cells. The second memory string includes third and fourth memory cells, a fourth select transistor above the third memory cell, a fifth select transistor below the fourth memory cell, and a sixth select transistor between the third and fourth memory cells. The first word line is electrically connected to gates of the first and third memory cells. The second word line is electrically connected to gates of the second and fourth memory cells. The controller is configured to execute a read operation on one of the memory cells, the read operation including a first phase and a second phase after the first phase. |
| US11101004B1 |
Memory device and reading method
A memory device and a reading method thereof are provided. During a second reading period, a second bit line voltage is provided to a bit line having a read finished memory cell. Thus, a voltage difference between a bit line voltage and a pass voltage of memory cells on unselected word lines is reduced. A data value stored in the memory cells on a selected word line is determined according to whether the memory cells on the selected word line enter a preset state during a first reading period and the second reading period. |
| US11101003B1 |
Clock and data recovery circuit, memory storage device and signal adjustment method
A clock and data recovery circuit, a memory storage device and a signal adjustment method are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a phase difference between a first signal and a clock signal; generating a vote signal according to the phase difference and a first clock frequency; sequentially outputting a plurality of adjustment signals according to the vote signal and a second clock frequency, wherein the first clock frequency is different from the second clock frequency; and generating the clock signal according to the sequentially output adjustment signals. |
| US11101002B2 |
Semiconductor memory device including cache latch circuit
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array; a page buffer circuit including a plurality of page buffers which are coupled to the memory cell array through a plurality of bit lines which extend in a second direction intersecting with a first direction; and a cache latch circuit including a plurality of cache latches which are coupled to the plurality of page buffers. The plurality of cache latches have a two-dimensional arrangement in the first direction and the second direction. Among the plurality of cache latches, an even cache latch and an odd cache latch which share a data line and an inverted data line are disposed adjacent to each other in the first direction. |
| US11101000B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for operating the same
A semiconductor device includes a memory cell formed on a semiconductor substrate. The memory cell includes a first source region and a first drain region that are formed in the semiconductor substrate and a first selection gate, and a first floating gate disposed in series between the first source region and the first drain region. A first floating gate transistor including the first drain region and the first floating gate has a threshold set lower than a threshold of a first selection gate transistor including the first source region and the first selection gate. |
| US11100999B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A controller controls a memory including first and second strings. The first and second strings configure first and second string groups, respectively. In each string group, a set of memory cell transistors each from each string configures a unit. The controller is configured to: sequentially write, in the first string group, data in first units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong; sequentially write, in the second string group, data in first units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong; and sequentially write, in the first string group, data in second units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong. |
| US11100997B2 |
Storage device, controller and method for operating controller for configuring super pages using program timing information
The disclosure relates to a storage device, a controller and a method for operating a controller. The controller described in embodiments of the disclosure may include a word line grouping circuit configured to group a plurality of word lines in a semiconductor memory device into a plurality of word line groups based on program time information on program times of the respective word lines. Also, the controller may include a super page configuration circuit configured to configure a plurality of super pages including some of the word lines, based on word line group information on the word line groups. Embodiments of the disclosure may provide a storage device, a controller and a method for operating a controller, capable of minimizing program performance degradation that may occur due to deviations in program time among word lines. |
| US11100994B2 |
Content addressable memory device having electrically floating body transistor
A content addressable memory cell includes a first floating body transistor and a second floating body transistor. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor are electrically connected in series through a common node. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor store complementary data. |
| US11100986B2 |
Discharge current mitigation in a memory array
Methods, systems, and devices for discharge current mitigation in a memory array are described. Access lines of a memory array may be divided into discrete segments, with each segment coupled with a driver for the access line by one or more vias respective to the segment. For example, a first segment of an access line may be coupled with a first set of memory cells, a second segment of the access line may be coupled with a second set of memory cells, and a driver may be coupled to the first segment by a first via and to the second segment by a second via. To access a memory cell in either the first set or the second, both the first segment of the access line and the second segment of the access line may be activated together by the common driver. |
| US11100985B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a cell array including a plurality of first lines, a plurality of second lines intersecting the plurality of first lines, and a plurality of memory cells arranged in matrix and connected at intersections of the first and second lines between both lines, each memory cell containing a serial circuit of an electrically erasable programmable variable resistive element of which resistance is nonvolatilely stored as data and a non-ohmic element; and a plurality of access circuits operative to simultaneously access the memory cells physically separated from each other in the cell array. |
| US11100984B2 |
Non volatile cross point memory having word line pass transistor with multiple active states
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a cross-point non volatile memory cell array comprised of a first plurality of access lines and a second orthogonal plurality of access lines. Each of the first plurality of access lines are coupled to a first address decoder through a respective pass transistor. The pass transistor is coupled to control circuitry to bias the pass transistor into one of at least two states that include a first active state determined from a second address decoder and a second active state determined from the second address decoder. |
| US11100980B2 |
Orthogonal dual port ram (ORAM)
An Orthogonal Dual Port Ram (ORAM) memory cell may be provided. The ORAM memory cell may comprise a data storage element, a first port bit line, and a second port bit line that may be substantially perpendicular to first port bit line. The ORAM memory cell may further comprise a first word line that may be substantially perpendicular to first port bit line wherein the ORAM memory cell may be configured to read data from the data storage element to the first port bit line when the first word line is enabled. The ORAM memory cell may further comprise a second word line being substantially perpendicular to the second port bit line wherein the ORAM memory cell may be configured to read data from the data storage element to the second port bit line when the second word line is enabled. |
| US11100975B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for adjusting threthold voltage thereof
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cells connected to a word line, a circuit configured to apply a voltage to the word line, a detection circuit configured to detect a first time difference from when a first signal of which a voltage is increased with a first slope is applied to the word line to when a current flows through the memory cells in response to applying the first signal, and a second time difference from when a second signal of which a voltage is increased with a second slope is applied to the word line to when a current flows through the memory cells in response to applying the second signal, the second slope being different from the first slope, and a determination circuit configured to determine a threshold voltage of the memory cells based on a difference between the first time difference and the second time difference. |
| US11100974B2 |
Systems and methods for refreshing a memory bank while accessing another memory bank using a shared address path
A system includes first and second sets of memory banks that store data. The system also includes an address path coupled to the memory banks that provides a row address to the memory banks. The system further includes a command address input circuit coupled to the address path. The command address input circuit includes a counter that stores and increments the row address. The system also includes a flip-flop that stores the row address in response to receiving a command to refresh the first set of memory banks. |
| US11100971B2 |
Ferroelectric domain regulated optical readout mode memory and preparing method thereof
A ferroelectric domain regulated optical readout mode memory and a preparing method thereof. The memory has such a structure that a two-dimensional semiconductor and a ferroelectric film layer are sequentially arranged on a conductive substrate. The method for preparing the memory includes the steps of preparing the two-dimensional semiconductor on the conductive substrate, preparing a ferroelectric film, then writing a periodic positive-reverse domain structure into the ferroelectric film on the two-dimensional semiconductor by using a piezoresponse force microscopy technology, and regulating a photoluminescent intensity of the two-dimensional semiconductor WS2 by using a ferroelectric domain. A fluorescent picture taken by a fluorescent camera shows light and dark areas corresponding to polarization directions, the light and dark areas represent an on state (‘1’) and an off state (‘0’) of the memory respectively, and accordingly the purpose of storage is achieved. |
| US11100968B2 |
Memory systems having a plurality of memory devices and methods of training the memory systems
A memory system includes a representative memory device directly outputting a representative data strobe signal, at least one non-representative memory device outputting a non-representative data strobe signal through the representative memory device, and a controller generating an internal delay clock signal synchronized with the representative data strobe signal. The controller outputs a test mode code defining a delay time using the internal delay clock signal as a reference signal. The at least one non-representative memory device adjusts a phase of the non-representative data strobe signal such that the non-representative data strobe signal has a delay time corresponding to the test mode code. |
| US11100967B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for setting a duty cycle adjuster for improving clock duty cycle
Apparatuses and methods for setting a duty cycler adjuster for improving clock duty cycle are disclosed. The duty cycle adjuster may be adjusted by different amounts, at least one smaller than another. Determining when to use the smaller adjustment may be based on duty cycle results. A duty cycle monitor may have an offset. A duty cycle code for the duty cycle adjuster may be set to an intermediate value of a duty cycle monitor offset. The duty cycle monitor offset may be determined by identifying duty cycle codes for an upper and for a lower boundary of the duty cycle monitor offset. |
| US11100961B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a first word line electrically connected to a first memory cell, a second word line electrically connected to a second memory cell, and a voltage generation circuit configured to supply a first voltage to a first line electrically connected to the first word line and a second voltage to a second line electrically connected to the second word line. The voltage generation circuit includes a first regulator configured to output the first voltage to the first line and output a first signal according to the first voltage, a second regulator configured to output the second voltage to the second line and output a second signal according to the second voltage, and a switch circuit configured to open or close an electrically conductive path between the first line and the second line, based on at least one of the first signal and the second signal. |
| US11100959B2 |
Variable resistance memory device
A variable resistance memory device includes memory cell stacks arranged in a first direction, the memory cell stacks including a first memory cell stack and a second memory cell stack. Each of the memory cell stacks includes a plurality of word lines, each word line of the plurality of word lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions, and a memory cell connected to each of the plurality of word lines. Each of the memory cells includes a switching element and a variable resistance element. Each of the plurality of word lines of the first memory cell stack have a first thickness, in the first direction, of first word lines of the first memory cell stack is less than a second thickness, in the first direction, of each of the plurality of word lines of the second memory cell stack. |
| US11100958B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device comprising a substrate including a cell region, first and second contact regions, and a bit peripheral circuit region disposed between the first and second contact regions. A first stack structure is disposed on the cell region and the first contact region. A second stack structure is disposed on the cell region and the second contact region. A peripheral transistor is disposed on the bit peripheral circuit region and is electrically connected to the first and second stack structures. Each of the first and second stack structures comprises semiconductor patterns vertically stacked on the cell region, and conductive lines having connection with the semiconductor patterns and extending along a first direction from the cell region onto corresponding first and second contact regions. The conductive lines have stepwise structures on the first and second contact regions. |
| US11100952B2 |
Storage apparatus
A storage apparatus includes a disk-shaped recording medium having a surface, a motor configured to drive and rotate the recording medium, a head configured to read information from and write information to the recording medium, a ramp mechanism configured to move the head from a position above the surface of the recording medium to a head receded position, and a ramp retracting mechanism configured to move the ramp mechanism from a position above the surface of the recording medium to a ramp retracted position. Each of the head receded position and the ramp retracted position is outside a range of the recording medium in a plan view viewed from above the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the recording medium. |
| US11100951B2 |
Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser heater for improved laser stability
An apparatus comprises a slider configured to facilitate heat assisted magnetic recording and a submount affixed to the slider. A laser unit is affixed to the submount and comprises a laser operable in a non-lasing state and a lasing state. A heater is embedded in the laser unit or the submount. The heater is configured to generate preheat for heating the laser during the non-lasing state and to generate steering heat for heating the laser during the lasing state. |
| US11100947B1 |
Magnetic disk device and servo gate generation method
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk including a servo sector including burst data, a head including a write head which writes data to the disk, and a read head which reads data from the disk, and a controller which generates a first normal servo gate for applying servo read to the servo sector, wherein when a short servo gate for at least applying servo read to the burst data is generated, the controller generates the short servo gate and the first normal servo gate, and when the short servo gate is not generated, the controller generates the first normal servo gate and a second normal servo gate different from the first normal servo gate. |
| US11100946B1 |
SOT differential reader and method of making same
The present disclosure generally relates to spin-orbital torque (SOT) differential reader designs. The SOT differential reader is a multi-terminal device that comprises a first shield, a first spin hall effect layer, a first free layer, a gap layer, a second spin hall effect layer, a second free layer, and a second shield. The gap layer is disposed between the first spin hall effect layer and the second spin hall effect layer. Electrical lead connections are located about the first spin hall effect layer, the second spin hall effect layer, the gap layer, the first shield, and/or the second shield. The electrical lead connections facilitate the flow of current and/or voltage from a negative lead to a positive lead. The positioning of the electrical lead connections and the positioning of the SOT differential layers improves reader resolution without decreasing the shield-to-shield spacing (i.e., read-gap). |
| US11100938B2 |
Periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device, periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation method, periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation program and recording medium
An envelope sequence is provided that can improve approximation accuracy near peaks caused by the pitch period of an audio signal. A periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device according to the present invention takes, as an input audio signal, a time-domain audio digital signal in each frame, which is a predetermined time segment, and generates a periodic combined envelope sequence as an envelope sequence. The periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device according to the present invention comprises at least a spectral-envelope-sequence calculating part and a periodic-combined-envelope generating part. The spectral-envelope-sequence calculating part calculates a spectral envelope sequence of the input audio signal on the basis of time-domain linear prediction of the input audio signal. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part transforms an amplitude spectral envelope sequence to a periodic combined envelope sequence on the basis of a periodic component of the input audio signal in the frequency domain. |
| US11100937B2 |
Harmonic transposition in an audio coding method and system
The present invention relates to transposing signals in time and/or frequency and in particular to coding of audio signals. More particular, the present invention relates to high frequency reconstruction (HFR) methods including a frequency domain harmonic transposer. A method and system for generating a transposed output signal from an input signal using a transposition factor T is described. The system comprises an analysis window of length La, extracting a frame of the input signal, and an analysis transformation unit of order M transforming the samples into M complex coefficients. M is a function of the transposition factor T. The system further comprises a nonlinear processing unit altering the phase of the complex coefficients by using the transposition factor T, a synthesis transformation unit of order M transforming the altered coefficients into M altered samples, and a synthesis window of length Ls, generating a frame of the output signal. |
| US11100935B2 |
Voice assistant device and method thereof
Embodiments of present disclosure relates to a voice assistant device and method for controlling the voice assistant device. The voice assistant device comprising receiver configured to receive at least one voice input from user, when operated in wake-up mode. Intent associated with the at least one voice input from the at least one user. Further, probability of issuance of a subsequent voice input from the at least one user is determined based on at least one of the intent, historic data and one or more contextual factors. An extended wake-up duration of the voice assistant device is estimated, when the probability is greater than a predefined threshold value. Further, duration of the wake-up mode is extended for the extended wake-up duration to receive the subsequent voice input from the at least one user. |
| US11100933B2 |
Collaborative artificial intelligence method and system
A method and system of audibly broadcasting responses to a user based on user queries about a specific patient molecular report, the method comprising receiving an audible query from the user to a microphone coupled to a collaboration device, identifying at least one intent associated with the audible query, identifying at least one data operation associated with the at least one intent, associating each of the at least one data operations with a first set of data presented on the molecular report, executing each of the at least one data operations on a second set of data to generate response data, generating an audible response file associated with the response data and providing the audible response file for broadcasting via a speaker coupled to the collaboration device. |
| US11100932B2 |
Robust start-end point detection algorithm using neural network
An end detector configured to receive the feature data and detect an end point of a keyword, and a start detector configured to receive an indication of the detected end point and process the feature data associated with corresponding input frames to detect a start point of the keyword. The start detector and end detector comprise neural networks trained through a process using a cross-entropy cost function for non-Region of Target (ROT) frames and a One-Spike Connectionist Temporal Classification cost function for ROT frames. |
| US11100931B2 |
Using structured audio output to detect playback and/or to adapt to misaligned playback in wireless speakers
Implementations are directed to determining an audio delay, of a computing device, by causing an audio data stream to be transmitted to the computing device via a wireless communication channel. The computing device causes audio output generated using the audio data stream to be rendered via speaker(s). The rendered audio output is captured via microphone(s), and the audio delay determined by comparing the captured audio output with the audio data stream. A delay audio segment can be appended to an additional audio data stream transmitted to the computing device, where the length of the delay audio segment is determined using the audio delay. A noise reduction technique can additionally or alternatively be adapted based on the audio delay. Implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to determining if an audio data stream transmitted to a computing device for rendering through speaker(s) driven by the computing device—is actually being rendered. |
| US11100927B2 |
Information providing device and information providing method
An information providing device includes circuitry configured to: acquire an uttered word which is uttered by a user and an utterance time at which the Littered word is uttered by the user; control output of offer information associated with the uttered word to the user; and restrict output of the offer information associated with the uttered word within a predetermined masking period from the utterance time of the uttered word. |
| US11100926B2 |
Intelligent voice system and method for controlling projector by using the intelligent voice system
The disclosure provides an intelligent voice system and a method for controlling a projector. The system includes a voice assistant, a cloud service platform, a projector, and a management server. When the voice assistant receives a voice signal for controlling the projector, the voice assistant extracts keywords from the voice signal and transmits the keywords to the cloud service platform, wherein the keywords include an alias corresponding to the projector and a first control command, and the cloud service platform includes second control commands. The cloud service platform analyzes the first control command, retrieves the corresponding second control command according to the first control command, and transmits the alias of the projector and the corresponding second control command to the management server. The management server accesses/controls the projector in response to the alias and adjusts the projector as a first operating state according to the corresponding second control command. |
| US11100922B1 |
System and methods for triggering sequences of operations based on voice commands
This disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and devices related to providing the execution of multi-operation sequences based on a trigger occurring which may be a voice-controlled utterance or execution may be based on a trigger occurring and a condition occurring. In accordance with various principles disclosed herein, multi-operation sequences may be executed based on voice-controlled commands and the identification that a trigger has occurred. The voice-controlled electronic devices can be configured to communicate with, and to directly control the operation of, a wide array of other devices. These devices can include, without limitation, outlets that can be turned ON and OFF remotely such that anything plugged into them can be controlled, turning lights ON and OFF, setting the temperature of a network accessible thermostat, etc. |
| US11100918B2 |
Event sensing system
An event sensing system includes one or more sensor assemblies, each sensor assembly including a housing, a microphone, and an audio signal processor. The audio signal processor is configured to generate one of an event classification, which is indicative of a type of event, and an event characteristic, which is indicative of a severity of an event, from the audio signal. The sensor assembly is configured to transmit event records that contain the generated event data to a cloud infrastructure component. The cloud infrastructure component is configured to calculate the probability of an event occurring at a plurality of locations in a region within a bounded time window based on the event records received from a plurality of sensor assemblies. |
| US11100913B2 |
Information security/privacy via a decoupled security cap to an always listening assistant device
An always-listening-capable decoupled cap for a computing device having a communication module is disclosed, comprising an electronic sensor and a gatekeeping module. All data received by the communications module based on data from the electronic sensor passes through the gatekeeping module while a gatekeeping function is disabled, no data based on data from the electronic sensor passes through the communications module while the gatekeeping function is enabled, all data input to the gatekeeping module is received via an exclusive input lead from the electronic sensor, and all data output from the gatekeeping module is transmitted via an exclusive output lead to a component other than the electronic sensor. The cap interferes with a function of the computing device, determines that user input recorded by the first electronic sensor comprises a first input content, and changes a nature of interference with the function of the computing device. |
| US11100911B1 |
Systems and methods for adapting estimated secondary path
A noise-cancellation system with secondary path adaptation, includes: a noise-cancellation filter configured to receive a reference signal representative of a source of noise within a predefined volume and generating, based at least in part on the reference signal, a noise-cancellation signal that, when transduced by a speaker, produces a noise-cancellation acoustic signal that reduces noise in a cancellation zone within the predefined volume; a secondary path estimation filter configured to receive an input signal and to implement an estimate of secondary path transfer function, the secondary path transfer function being a transfer function between the speaker and a cancellation zone, the secondary path estimation filter outputting an output signal based, at least in part, on the estimate of the secondary path transfer function and the input signal; an adaptive module configured to adjust coefficients of the noise-cancellation filter according to a first adaptive algorithm, based, at least in part, on the estimated output signal; and an secondary path adaptive module configured to adjust coefficients of the secondary path estimation filter according to a second adaptive algorithm, wherein a rate of adaptation of the second adaptive algorithm is based, at least in part, on a coherence between the reference signal and an error signal representative of residual noise within the cancellation zone. |
| US11100910B2 |
Noise amplification control in adaptive noise cancelling systems
Adaptive noise cancellation systems and methods comprise a reference sensor operable to sense environmental noise and generate a corresponding reference signal, an error sensor operable to sense noise in a noise cancellation zone and generate a corresponding error signal, a noise cancellation filter operable to receive the reference signal and generate an anti-noise signal to cancel the environmental noise in the cancellation zone, an adaptation module operable to receive the reference signal and the error signal and adaptively adjust the anti-noise signal. The adaptation module includes a noise amplification control module operable to adaptively control noise amplification in at least one hiss region of the anti-noise signal, while achieving cancellation in non-hiss regions of the anti-noise signal. |
| US11100909B2 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for adaptively providing audio outputs
A wearable audio output device is in a respective physical environment and in communication with an electronic device. While one or more audio properties of the respective physical environment satisfy first audio criteria, the wearable audio output device provides audio output corresponding to the first audio criteria, the audio output including: audio corresponding to audio content from the electronic device at a first device-content audio level; and audio corresponding to ambient sound from the respective physical environment at a first ambient-sound audio level. The wearable audio output device detects a change in the one or more audio properties of the respective physical environment, and in response to detecting the change in the one or more audio properties of the respective physical environment, provides audio corresponding to ambient sound from the respective physical environment at a second ambient-sound audio level that is different from the first ambient-sound audio level. |
| US11100904B2 |
Image drawing apparatus and display apparatus with increased memory efficiency
According to embodiments, an image drawing apparatus includes: an SRAM; and a transaction conversion unit configured to convert a transaction based on a virtual address indicating a pixel position in a storage area of the SRAM into a transaction based on a physical address in the SRAM. When the storage area is divided into a plurality of windows in a row direction and a column direction so that each window includes one or more lines, and an assigned area which is assigned the physical address in the SRAM is set in each of the windows, the transaction conversion unit converts the transaction based on the virtual address into the transaction based on the physical address based on whether the pixel position indicated by the virtual address is in the assigned area. |
| US11100903B2 |
Electronic device and control method for controlling a display range on a display
An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a display controlling unit configured to perform control so as to display a range of a part of a VR content as a display range on a display, and configured to be able to change a position of the display range, wherein the display controlling unit performs control so that, when a part of a VR content that is a display target is a non-video range, a range of a part of the VR content is displayed as a display range and a guide indicating a positional relationship between a video range and the non-video range of the VR content is displayed. |
| US11100898B2 |
System and method of adjusting a device display based on eyewear properties
The present invention provides a system and method of adjusting an electronic device display based on eyewear properties. Eyewear properties such as tint level, tint shade, and polarization are obtained from eyewear, a database, or manual entry. The device display is then adjusted based on the eyewear properties to facilitate viewability of the electronic display for the user while wearing the eyewear. |
| US11100894B1 |
Adjusting signal settings for a display using a light sensor
In some implementations, a mobile computing device may participate in the calibration of an output signal of a media device. This calibration process includes storing device-specific calibration data which is related to properties of a light sensor of the mobile device. The mobile device then detects of properties of light emitted by the display device during a presentation to obtain sensor values related to light emitted by the display device during the presentation. The calibration process may also ensure that the mobile device is proximate to the display device prior to obtaining the sensor values. The collected sensor values are adjusted using device-specific calibration data stored to the mobile device to normalize the sensor values relative to a baseline. These normalized sensor values are sent to the media device for use in adjusting the output signal based on the normalized sensor values. |
| US11100891B2 |
Electronic device using under-display fingerprint identification technology and waking method thereof
An electronic device using an under-display fingerprint identification technology and a waking method of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, a central processing unit and a fingerprint sensing module. The electronic device executes an operating system. When the central processing unit and the operating system are in a power-saving mode, the fingerprint sensing module enters a default operation mode and the display panel enters an always-on display mode. Then, the fingerprint sensing module senses a specified region of the display panel to acquire a first image. If the content of the first image contains an image of a finger, the fingerprint sensing module issues an interrupt signal to the central processing unit. Consequently, the central processing unit is woken up from the power-saving mode and the operating system is woken up. |
| US11100890B1 |
Display calibration in electronic displays
A system calibrates luminance of an electronic display. The system includes an electronic display, a luminance detection device, and a controller. The luminance detection device is configured to measure luminance parameters of active sections of the electronic display. The controller is configured to instruct the electronic display to activate sections in a sparse pattern and in a rolling manner and instruct the luminance detection device to measure luminance parameters for each of the active sections in the sparse pattern. The controller generates calibration data based on the measured luminance parameters of sections in the sparse pattern. |
| US11100889B2 |
Reducing 3D lookup table interpolation error while minimizing on-chip storage
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing three dimensional (3D) lookup table (LUT) interpolation error while minimizing on-chip storage are disclosed. A processor generates a plurality of mappings from a first gamut to a second gamut at locations interspersed throughout a 3D representation of the pixel component space. For example, in one implementation, the processor calculates mappings for 17×17×17 vertices within the 3D representation. Other implementations can include other numbers of vertices. Rather than increasing the number of vertices to reduce interpolation error, the processor calculates mappings for centroids of the sub-cubes defined by the vertices within the 3D representation of the first gamut. This results in a smaller increase to the LUT size as compared to increasing the number of vertices. The centroid mappings are used for performing tetrahedral interpolation to map source pixels in the first gamut into the second gamut with a reduced amount of interpolation error. |
| US11100886B2 |
Smart window, control method thereof, and transport vehicle
The present disclosure provides a smart window, a control method thereof, and a transport vehicle. The smart window may include a detector, a collector, a displayer and a processor. The detector is configured to detect whether a close-range scene exists. The collector is configured to collect position information of a human eye. The processor is connected to the detector and the collector, and configured to calculate coordinates of the close-range scene, calculate coordinates of the human eye according to the position information of the human eye, obtain a frame-extracted area according to the coordinates of the close-range scene and coordinates of the human eye, perform black insertion for pixels in the frame-extracted area in the displayer, and generate a display signal. The displayer is connected to the processor and configured to display according to the display signal. |
| US11100885B2 |
Driving device that monitors a difference between a data signal and a common voltage signal and display device
The driving device includes: a common voltage drive, a source drive, a gate drive, and a control circuit including a sub-control circuit electrically connected to the common voltage drive and the source drive, and a first switch electrically connected to the sub-control circuit and the gate drive. The sub-control circuit controls the first switch to turn off the gate drive to transmit the scan signal to the display panel after the driving device is powered on; and controls the first switch to turn on the gate drive to transmit the scan signal to the display panel when the difference between the data signal and the common voltage signal reaches a predetermined difference. |
| US11100882B1 |
Display device
In a display device that adopts an SSD scheme, a demultiplexer circuit has provided for each source bus line, a compensating transistor whose first conduction terminal is connected to the source bus line and whose second conducting terminal is maintained in a floating state. In such a configuration, for example, at the same timing as a connection control transistor changes from an on state to an off state due to a change from a high level to a low level of a control signal that is supplied to a control terminal of the connection control transistor, a control signal that is supplied to a control terminal of the compensating transistor changes from the low level to the high level. |
| US11100880B2 |
Pixel array with gate driver and matrix sensor array
A pixel array with a gate driver and a matrix sensor array are provided. The pixel array includes at least one pixel unit and a gate driver. The pixel unit includes a pixel circuit and an open area. The pixel circuit includes a thin film transistor (TFT) and a physical quantity conversion device. The TFT includes gate terminal, source terminal, and drain terminals. The source terminal is coupled to a corresponding data line. The physical quantity conversion device is coupled to the drain terminal of the TFT. The gate driver is disposed in a corresponding pixel unit and a scan line outputted by the gate driver is coupled to the gate terminal in the corresponding pixel unit. The gate driver is disposed adjacent to one of the at least one pixel unit. The gate driver is controlled by a gate control signal to drive the at least one pixel unit. |
| US11100876B2 |
Latch circuit based on thin-film transistor, pixel circuit and driving method, display apparatus
The present application discloses a thin-film transistor-based latch circuit for latching a data voltage in a pixel circuit. The latch circuit includes an input terminal; a first node; an inverse node; a positive-feedback terminal coupled to the input terminal; a first control sub-circuit coupled respectively to the input terminal, the first node, a first power-supply port configured to be provided with a first voltage, and a second power-supply port configured to be provided with a second voltage; a second control sub-circuit coupled respectively to the input terminal, the first node, the inverse node, the first power-supply port, and the second power-supply port; and a third control sub-circuit coupled respectively to the inverse node, the positive-feedback terminal, the first power-supply port, and the second power-supply port. |
| US11100874B2 |
Pixel driving method and display device
A pixel driving method includes: dividing blue subpixels on a display panel into multiple blue pixel sets; acquiring original driving data of each of the blue pixel sets an average thereof; acquiring unequal first and second voltage signals corresponding to the original driving data of each blue subpixel according to the average; dividing the blue subpixels of each blue pixel set into sets of blue pixel pairs comprising neighboring first and second blue subpixels; acquiring a first brightness signal according to the first voltage signal of the first blue subpixel and multiple first voltage signals of the neighboring blue subpixels and according to different weighting coefficients, and driving the first blue subpixel; and acquiring a second brightness signal according to the second voltage signal of the second blue subpixel and multiple second voltage signals of the neighboring blue subpixels and according to different weighting coefficients. |
| US11100868B2 |
Display devices, display panels and capacitance compensation method thereof
The present application provides a display device, a display panel and a capacitance compensation method thereof. A standard for performing a capacitance compensation on row scan lines in a first display region having fewer pixel units is that total load capacitance of a row scan line of a row adjacent to a second display region is equal to self-load capacitance of a row scan line of any row in the second display region, and that total load capacitance of each of the row scan lines decreases smoothly from the row adjacent to the second display region to a row away from the second display region. |
| US11100864B2 |
Data driver and display driving circuit including the same
Provided are a data driver and a display driving circuit including the data driver. A data driver configured to drive a display panel including a plurality of subpixels connected to a plurality of sensing lines includes: a plurality of sample-and-hold circuits configured to perform a sampling operation on a plurality of sensing signals received via the plurality of sensing lines; a switching block configured to provide a first sensing signal among the plurality of sensing signals to a first sample-and-hold circuit in a first sensing period, and in a second sensing period, provide the first sensing signal to a second sample-and-hold circuit not being adjacent to the first sample-and-hold circuit in a second sensing period; and a converting circuit configured to generate a plurality of sensing values by amplifying and analog-to-digital converting on outputs of the plurality of sample-and-hold circuits. |
| US11100861B2 |
Light emitting diode display device
Discussed is a light emitting diode display device including a plurality of pixels displaying an image based on a data signal, the plurality of pixels each including: a first and second light emitting diode devices emitting light, a first and second driving transistors electrically connected to the first and second light emitting diode devices respectively, an insulation layer covering the first and second driving transistors and a planarization layer on the insulation layer and an adhesive member between the insulation layer and the first and the second light emitting diode devices, wherein each of the first and second light emitting diode devices includes: a first portion including a first electrode and a second electrode and a second portion opposite to the first portion, and wherein the adhesive member is interposed between the second portion of each of the first and the second light emitting diode devices and the insulation layer. |
| US11100859B2 |
Processing circuit, display device, and processing method for reducing current during luminance change
A processing circuit processes video signals for a display device which includes a display panel including pixels each having a self light emitting element and a current limiting circuit limiting a current to the pixels. The processing circuit includes: a frame memory storing video signals of a previous frame; and a signal processer which: compares a luminance represented by a video signal of the current frame corresponding to a pixel and a luminance represented by a video signal of the previous frame corresponding to the pixel; outputs the video signal of the current frame in a case where the luminance represented by the video signal of the current frame is equal to or smaller than the luminance represented by the video signal of the previous frame or equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and outputs a weighted average of the video signal of the current frame and the video signal of the previous frame in any other case. |
| US11100856B2 |
Stage and organic light emitting display device using the same
A stage including: an output circuit to supply a voltage of a first power source or a second power source to an output terminal based on voltages of a first node and a second node; and a stabilizer circuit connected to the first power source and the first node to maintain the voltage of the second node when the voltage of the first power source is to be output to the output terminal, the output circuit and the stabilizer circuit being commonly connected to a first electrode and a second electrode of a capacitor. |
| US11100854B2 |
Driving method for display substrate, driving circuit and display device
A driving method for a display substrate, a driving circuit and a display device are provided. In the driving method of the display substrate, the display substrate includes an active display region and a notch region embedded in the active display region, a pixel array is arranged at the active display region and the notch region, and a gate line and a data line at the active display region extend to the notch region. The notch region includes a first region and a second region other than the first region, a first side of the first region is not adjacent to the active display region. The driving method includes, when an image is displayed by the display substrate, inputting grayscale data having a grayscale value smaller than 2n−1 and greater than 0 to pixels at at least a part of the first region. The grayscale data is n-bit data. |
| US11100853B2 |
OLED display machine with illumination function
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display machine with an illumination function is provided. The OLED display machine includes a display region, at least one illumination region, and a drive circuit. An organic light-emitting display device is arranged in the display region. Each illumination region is located at one side edge adjacent to the display region. An organic light-emitting illumination device is disposed in the illumination region. The organic light-emitting illumination device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, a planarization layer, an anode electrode, a light-emitting material layer, and a cathode electrode. The drive circuit is electrically connected to the anode electrode and the cathode electrode of the organic light-emitting illumination device to control an ON or OFF state of the organic light-emitting illumination device. Accordingly, the present invention provides not only a display function, but also illumination, so facilitate wide application and development of the OLED display machine. |
| US11100852B2 |
Display device
The present invention relates to a display device of separated type in which a panel and a main board are spaced apart from each other. The display device includes a display body including a panel, a housing spaced apart from the display body to transmit or receive a signal to or from the display body, and a cable configured to connect the display body and the housing, wherein the display body further includes a converter configured to converter power supplied from the housing via the cable into driving power for the panel. |
| US11100851B2 |
Pixel circuit and driving method thereof, display device
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit including: a reset circuit, a threshold compensation circuit, a data writing circuit, a light emitting control circuit and a driving transistor, where the reset circuit, the threshold compensation circuit, the data writing circuit and a control electrode of the driving transistor are coupled to a control node; the reset circuit is configured to write a reset voltage to the control node; the threshold compensation circuit is configured to perform threshold compensation on the driving transistor; the data writing circuit is configured to charge the control node according to a data voltage; the light emitting control circuit is configured to control a second electrode of the driving transistor to be electrically coupled to or decoupled from a first electrode of the light emitting element; the driving transistor is configured to output a corresponding driving current according to a voltage at the control node. |
| US11100847B2 |
Scan driver and display device including the same
A scan driver includes two or more scan signal output circuits (SSOC), each being coupled to a first scan line (FSL) and a second scan line (SSL), and including a driving circuit, a first buffer circuit (FBC), and a second buffer circuit (SBC). The driving circuit applies a first driving signal (DS) to a first driving node (DN) and applies a second DS to a second DN based on an input signal, a clock signal (CS), a display-on signal, and an on-level voltage. The input signal is a scan start signal or a previous scan signal. The FBC outputs a sensing signal to the SSL based on the first DS, the second DS, an off-level voltage, and a sensing CS. The SBC outputs a scan signal to the FSL based on the first DS, the second DS, the off-level voltage, and a scan CS. |
| US11100846B2 |
Display-driving circuit for multi-row pixels in a single column, a display apparatus, and a display method
The present application discloses display-driving circuit for multiple rows of pixels in a column of a display panel. The display-driving circuit includes a compensation sub-circuit comprising a driving transistor, a data-input transistor, a drive-control transistor, a reset transistor, and a capacitor. The compensation sub-circuit is configured to compensate a drift of a threshold voltage of the driving transistor to drive light emission of multiple light-emitting diodes associated with respective multiple rows of pixels in the column. The display-driving circuit further includes multiple first emission-control transistors coupled in parallel between a high-voltage supply and a source electrode of the driving transistor and multiple second emission-control transistors respectively coupled between a drain electrode of the driving transistor and respective anodes of the multiple light-emitting diodes, and respectively turned on in different ones of multiple portions of one cycle time for displaying one frame of image. |
| US11100841B2 |
Shift register, driving method thereof, gate driving circuit, and display device
A shift register, a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit, and a display device. The shift register includes an input sub-circuit, a reset sub-circuit, a node control sub-circuit, a potential maintenance sub-circuit, a first output sub-circuit, and a second output sub-circuit. |
| US11100835B2 |
Shift register unit, method of driving shift register unit, gate driving circuit, and display device
A shift register unit, a method of driving a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit, and a display device are disclosed. The shift register unit includes an input circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit is configured to write an input signal of the input terminal to the first node in response to an input control signal, so as to control a level of the first node. The output circuit is configured to receive a clock signal of the clock signal terminal and output a scanning signal through the pixel signal output terminal under control of the level of the first node. The output circuit includes a variable resistor, and the variable resistor is configured to adjust a level of the scanning signal according to a resistance value of the variable resistor. |
| US11100833B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
The disclosure provides a display device including a stretchable display panel that includes multiple rows and columns of conventional pixels and a controller, a row of compensation pixels are between at least two adjacent rows of conventional pixels, and a column of compensation pixels are between at least two adjacent columns of conventional pixels. The controller is configured to: drive the compensation pixels between two adjacent columns of conventional pixels to emit light, when the stretchable display panel in a display state is stretched in a row direction; drive the compensation pixels between two adjacent rows of conventional pixels to emit light, when the stretchable display panel in the display state is stretched in a column direction; and control the compensation pixels not to emit light when the stretchable display panel is not stretched. The disclosure further provides a driving method of a display device. |
| US11100827B2 |
System and method for monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle
A sign-monitoring system includes at least one electronic sign and a controller comprising a processor and memory. The electronic sign includes a pixel array, the pixel array including a plurality of pixels. The electronic sign further includes an embedded controller coupled to the at least one electronic sign. The embedded controller develops diagnostic information for the at least one electronic sign, the diagnostic information including information related to a number of malfunctioning pixels in the plurality of pixels. The controller is communicably coupled to the embedded controller and receives at least a portion of the diagnostic information from the embedded controller. In addition, the controller assesses the at least a portion of the diagnostic information to develop health information. The assessment involves evaluating the information related to the number of malfunctioning pixels. |
| US11100819B2 |
Display module, manufacturing method, and display device
The disclosure provides a display module, a manufacturing method, and a display device. The display module includes a display panel, an optical sensor disposed on an opposite side of a light emitting side of the display panel, and a heat dissipation layer disposed between the display panel and the optical sensor, wherein the heat dissipation layer is provided with an array of through holes, through which light passes and reaches an optical identification device in the optical sensor. |
| US11100818B1 |
Flexible display device and display apparatus
A flexible display device and a display apparatus are provided, which include: a first sub-housing and a second sub-housing, the first sub-housing is relatively away from the second sub-housing to adjust the housing to be in an open state, and an opening is formed between the first sub-housing and the second sub-housing. A flexible display panel disposed on a first surface of the housing, and the flexible display panel is spread on a surface of the housing when the housing is in the open state. A support structure includes a support plate, the support plate is received in the housing when the first sub-housing is relatively close to the second sub-housing, and when the housing is in the open state, the support plate abuts against the flexible display panel. |
| US11100817B2 |
Flexible electronic device, manufacturing method thereof and flexible display device
The present disclosure provides a flexible electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof, and a flexible display device. The flexible electronic device includes: a flexible base substrate including a plurality of functional element regions spaced away from each other; at least one thin-film transistor disposed in each of the plurality of functional element regions on the flexible base substrate; and a rigid protective layer disposed at least on a side of the at least one TFT opposite to a side where the flexible base substrate is located in each of the plurality of functional element regions and configured to protect the at least one TFT, and a thickness of a central region of the rigid protective layer in each of the plurality of functional element regions is greater than a thickness of an edge region. |
| US11100815B2 |
Simulated tissue structures and methods
Simulated tissue structures and methods of manufacturing are provided. The simulated tissue structures are particularly useful for placement inside abdominal simulators for practicing laparoscopic surgical techniques. One simulated tissue structure includes a combination of two materials that are attached together wherein one of the materials forms a hollow anatomical structure configured to contain the other material. The two materials are attached in an anatomically advantageous manner such that the inner surface of the outer material closely conforms to the outer surface of the inner material. Another simulated tissue structure includes a plurality of layers wherein at least one layer is applied by printing the layer with at least one stencil to impart one or more functional characteristic to the simulated tissue structure. |
| US11100814B2 |
Haptic and visual communication system for the hearing impaired
A communication method includes providing a speech training device configured to teach a hearing impaired user how to understand spoken language. The method further includes providing a haptic output device to a hearing impaired user, the haptic output device coupled to the hearing impaired user. The haptic output device receives a speech input from a non-hearing impaired person, the speech input directed to the hearing impaired user, and the haptic output device provides a haptic sensation to the hearing impaired user. The communication method also teaches a hearing-impaired person how to speak, and can teach a non-hearing impaired user to speak a foreign language. The communication method includes comparing speech of a user to a model speech, providing feedback to the user regarding the comparison, and repeating until the speech of the user matches the model speech. |
| US11100813B2 |
System and method for managing screen reader announcements on web pages
A system for managing content sent to a screen reader is provided. The system is configured to monitor the context of a window, wherein the window context is minimized or active; and when the window context is minimized: monitor for a received textual message in a dynamic area of the window; generate, for each consecutive time interval of a pre-determined fixed time period, an announcement, for each textual message context, indicating that a textual message of a particular context has been detected responsive to the first textual message of the particular context being detected during the time interval and not for any subsequent textual message of the particular context detected during the time interval; and send one announcement for each textual message context per time interval to the screen reader if at least one textual message for a particular context was received during the time interval. |
| US11100808B2 |
System and method for vehicle convoys
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for use in a non-lead vehicle in a convoy, particularly an off-road convoy. The system comprises an image handling module adapted to obtain non-lead image data of the scene in the vicinity of the non-lead vehicle; a communications module adapted to receive data from a preceding vehicle in the convoy, the data comprising at least lead image data of the scene in the vicinity of the preceding vehicle; a processing module adapted to: obtain pose data of the preceding vehicle and a sparse map, both derived from the lead image data, wherein the sparse map comprises coordinates of a set of identifying features in the scene, and derive pose data of the non-lead vehicle relative to the preceding vehicle from the non-lead image data and the sparse map via visual odometry. |
| US11100802B2 |
Method for signaling a suggestion of a behavior to a vehicle in a traffic lane and associated terminal
A method for signaling a suggestion of a behavior, implemented by a signaling system. The method includes: determining an arrival of a first vehicle at a portion of a traffic route, there being a possibility of a second vehicle crossing paths with the first vehicle at the portion; determining an arrival of the second vehicle at the portion; determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at the portion; sending a signal of the suggestion to the second vehicle; and receiving a notification that the signal has been taken into account by the second vehicle. |
| US11100801B2 |
Utilizing sensors to detect hazard from other vehicle while driving
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a detection system. The hazard detection system includes a first sensor configured to detect or measure first sensor data including driver behavior patterns and a second sensor configured to detect second sensor data including driving patterns of one or more other vehicles. The hazard detection system includes an electronic control unit coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain the first sensor data and the second sensor data and determine that a hazardous condition is present based on the driver behavior patterns or the driving patterns. The electronic control unit is configured to alert a driver of the vehicle, the one or more other vehicles or another entity of the hazardous condition. |
| US11100796B2 |
Systems/methods of improving vehicular safety
Systems and/or methods are disclosed of improving vehicular safety by acquiring data from a transceiver responsive to one or more signals that are received at the transceiver from one or more devices. The transceiver may be in a motor vehicle, and the one or more devices may include a base station and/or another transceiver of another motor vehicle. In some embodiments, the transceiver may transmit a signal responsive to having received a first signal from a first device, and the signal that is transmitted by the transceiver may cause a second device to transmit a second signal. Moreover, the transceiver may transmit data responsive to having received the second signal that is transmitted by the second device. In some embodiments, the transceiver may receive a signal from a first device, receive a signal from a second device, and transmit data responsive to having received both of the signals. |
| US11100790B2 |
Systems and methods for determining projected target location of a handheld object
A projected target location of a handheld object is determined based on applying translation factors, scaling factors, and offsets to a location of a reference element of the handheld object detected by a camera on a two-dimensional plane. The translation factors are determined based on a difference between a calibration location on the plane and an initial location of the reference element corresponding to the calibration location, and serve to shift the location of the reference element to generate the projected target location. The scaling factors are determined based on an estimated length of a user's arm holding the handheld object, and serve to scale the location of the reference element to generate the projected target location. The offsets are determined based on polynomial equations, and serve to extend the distance between the projected target location and the calibration location. |
| US11100788B2 |
Building alarm system with bayesian event classification
An alarm management system includes a plurality of data sources configured to provide data relating to an event at a building and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive the data from the data sources, apply a Bayesian network model to the data to generate a probability score for each of a plurality of possible causes of the event, identify the most probable cause of the event as a first cause of the plurality of possible causes having a highest probability score, execute an action with respect to the identified most probable cause of the event. |
| US11100787B2 |
Device-based notification generation
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for determining a notification based on device properties. A device identification database may associate device identifications with device properties. A device identification associated with a device may be received, and corresponding device properties may be determined. Based on the device properties, a notification may be determined and sent. |
| US11100786B2 |
Sensor bypass
Systems and techniques are provided for sensor bypass. Activation may be received at a bypass input of an entry point sensor of a security system while the entry point sensor is in an armed mode. The entry point sensor may detect that the entry point monitored by the entry point sensor is closed. The entry point sensor may enter into a bypass mode. Detection by the entry point sensor of an opening of the entry point while the entry point sensor is in the bypass mode may not result in the generation of an alarm by the security system. |
| US11100780B2 |
Surveillance system and method for predicting patient falls using motion feature patterns
A method and system for detecting a fall risk condition, the system comprising a surveillance camera configured to generate a plurality of frames showing an area in which a patient at risk of falling is being monitored, and a computer system comprising memory and logic circuitry configured to store motion feature patterns that are extracted from video recordings, the motion feature patterns are representative of motion associated with real alarm cases and false-alarm cases of fall events, receive a fall alert from a classifier, determine motion features of one or more frames from the plurality of frames that correspond to the fall alert; compare the motion features of the one or more frames with the motion feature patterns, and determine whether to confirm the fall alert based on the comparison. |
| US11100778B2 |
Electronic label tag and electronic label tag system
An electronic label tag (100) and electronic label tag system (300) wherein electronic label tag (100) comprises machine readable identifier module, communication module for receiving product related information, attachment means for attaching the electronic label tag (100) to product, and display for displaying product related information. The machine readable identifier module of the electronic label tag (100) is configured to activate the communication module and/or display in response to a command received by the machine readable identifier module. |
| US11100776B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
Provided is an imaging apparatus disposed within a building and wirelessly transmitting a captured image to a plurality of electronic devices. The imaging apparatus includes: a camera; a receiver that receives information regarding a distance between the plurality of electronic devices and the building from each of the plurality of electronic devices; and a controller having a first operation mode in which the camera starts capturing when an object moves and a second operation mode in which the camera does not start capturing video even when the object moves, the controller switching between the first operation mode and the second operation mode based on the information. |
| US11100773B1 |
Locker system for condition-based storing and return of an item
In certain embodiments, condition-based storing and return of an item associated with a user may be facilitated via a locker system. In some embodiments, attribute information indicating attributes of an item placed in the locker system may be obtained, and the attribute information may be processed to determine a categorization of the item. In response to the categorization satisfying one or more categorization conditions, product/service information related to a product or service may be provided for presentation to the user. In response to receiving user acceptance of the product or service, an item return condition may be assigned to the item. In response to the user satisfying the item return condition, access rights to the item may be enabled for the user. |
| US11100766B2 |
Cash drawer detection and control
Systems and methods for cash drawer detection and control are disclosed herein. The systems and methods may include use of an adaptor. The adaptor may connect a cash drawer to a point of sale (POS) terminal. The adaptor may include allow for an input signal to be received from the cash drawer. The type of cash drawer can be identified based on the input signal. An output signal operative to open the cash drawer can be generated and transmitted to the cash drawer to open the cash drawer. |
| US11100765B2 |
System and method for detecting ATM fraud using a force sensor
Systems and methods for ATM fraud detection are presented. ATM fraud detection may be provided in the context of a currency dispenser configured to dispense currency notes and a force sensor configured to detect a force applied to the currency dispenser, and a processor configured for data communication with the currency dispenser and the force sensor. The processor may issue an alert if the force sensor detects the force for longer than a predetermined time period. |
| US11100764B1 |
Intrusion detection systems and methods
An intrusion detection system and method includes an intrusion detection system processor communicatively coupled to multiple environmental change event sensors disposed within an enclosure housing a CPU of an ATM and independent of the CPU of the ATM. In response to receiving an environmental change event notification from one or more of the environmental change event sensors, the intrusion detection system processor commences a predetermined time-out period for entry of valid authentication credentials and deactivates a power supply of the automated teller machine upon expiry of the time-out period without receiving entry of valid authentication credentials. |
| US11100762B2 |
Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller
An electronic gaming system comprises a first video display, a second video display, and a game controller to select a plurality of symbols from a symbol set for display at respective ones of a plurality of symbol display positions on the first video display. Upon a trigger condition being met, the game controller awards one or more wild symbols to be incorporated into the symbol display independently of selection of the symbols from the symbol set, controls the second video display to display a first portion of a wild symbol awarding animation, and controls the first video display to display a second portion of the wild symbol awarding animation during which one or more animated objects shown in the first portion of the wild symbol awarding animation move to the first video display. |
| US11100758B2 |
System and method for implementing a lottery game
The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming device that facilitates user interactions with multiple games. Illustratively, a method of facilitating a lottery game is provided that includes receiving, from a gaming device, an indication of an outcome of a game that was executed by the gaming device, identifying a user of the gaming device when the outcome of the game occurred, then assigning a lottery number to the user of the gaming device for a next execution of the lottery game, where the lottery number is selected based on the outcome of the game. |
| US11100752B2 |
Service lighting continuation for gaming cabinets
A gaming machine is provided having a cabinet with one or more technician accessible and normally locked compartments that include respective compartment service lights. A respective gaming power supply node is provided in at least one of the compartments where power is supplied to that node for a limited time during servicing. In order to allow for long durations of service lighting in the compartment, a service backup battery is added to the compartment. A power selecting circuit is employed to automatically select either the service backup battery or the gaming power supply node for supplying power to service lights in the compartment. |
| US11100746B2 |
Method and system for providing dynamic casino game signage with selectable messaging timed to play of a table game
A methodology and apparatus for providing casino game signage for a casino game which incorporates display information that is dynamically interchangeable between game specific and game non-specific information responsive to automatic detection of game play status at the game table. At least one electronic display is provided at respective casino game tables, and selected display information is wirelessly transmitted, and/or manually delivered, thereto. The display information which is displayed is dynamically selected based upon a sensor automatically detecting the status of play of the game, being game specific during play and selectively game specific and game non-specific during game play inactivity. |
| US11100745B2 |
Settlement processing system, settlement processing device, and settlement processing method
A settlement processing system S is configured to perform a settlement process for a product picked up by a user based on information for settlement of the user, when closing of a door 12 of a vending machine 1 is detected after opening of the door 12 is detected. In addition, the settlement processing system S is configured to perform the settlement process for the product picked up by the user based on the information for settlement of the user, in a state in which the closing of the door 12 of the vending machine 1 is not detected after the opening of the door 12 is detected, when the state in which the user has moved from the vending machine 1 is detected. |
| US11100744B2 |
Mobile commerce platforms and associated systems and methods for converting consumer coins, cash, and/or other forms of value for use with same
Systems and methods for converting consumer coins, cash, and/or other forms of value for use with mobile commerce platforms implemented on, for example, smart phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices. In one embodiment, a method for implementing a mobile commerce account on a mobile device includes receiving coins and/or other funds from a user at a consumer-operated kiosk. The method can further include counting the coins and/or other funds to determine a value, and then communicating at least a portion of the value from the kiosk to the hand-held mobile device for deposit in the mobile commerce account. |
| US11100743B1 |
Blockchain-based election system
A blockchain-based election system includes an owner-controlled blockchain, an election administration server, registrars for authenticating voters and providing instructions for the election, and electronic devices for casting ballots. The administration server interfaces with the blockchain to manage election rules and content. The registrars authenticate each voter's identity and issue ballots to each voter through the blockchain. The voters may cast their ballots using an election polling place device, a wallet app or another electronic device such as a computer. Once cast, the ballots are tabulated and the vote counts revealed using the blockchain. Public key encryption is used to secure each step in the election process. As a result, any authorized person or entity may verify the election results by querying the blockchain. |
| US11100742B2 |
Unified access control system
An amusement park access control system includes an amusement park area having an entrance. A unified access control device is positioned at the entrance and is configured to control guest access into the amusement park area. The unified access control device includes sensor modules and an access control module physically connected to one another to form a unified structure. The sensor modules scan the entrance to determine guest identification data. An access control computer system is communicatively coupled to the unified access control device and includes databases storing guest enrollment data and entitlement data associated with the guest enrollment data. The unified access control device identifies entitlements associated with the guest identification data based on a comparison between the guest identification data, the guest enrollment data, and the entitlement data, and controls guest access through the entrance based on the identified entitlements. |
| US11100737B1 |
Biometric sensor
An access control unit having a novel structure and arrangement, including a first layer comprising an electrostimulation contact interface, a second layer including a biometric sensor coupled to the electrostimulation contact interface, and a third layer including a microprocessor unit in communication with the electrostimulation contact interface. The second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the third layer. The electrostimulation contact interface comprises one or more anode/cathode arrays configured to deliver neurostimulative excitations to the electrostimulation contact interface to elicit behavior modification. |
| US11100734B2 |
Electronic device performing operations based on movement direction of external electronic device and method therefor
Provided are an electronic device and an operation method thereof. The electronic device may include: first and second antennas to receive a signal output by an external electronic device; a communication circuit configured to control the first antenna and the second antenna; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive the signal through the first antenna and the second antenna; measure a first distance between the first antenna and the external electronic device using the signal received by the first antenna; measure a second distance between the second antenna and the external electronic device using the signal received by the second antenna; determine a movement direction of the external electronic device based on a change in a difference between the first distance and the second distance; and perform a preset operation corresponding to the movement direction of the external electronic device. Other embodiments are also possible. |
| US11100733B2 |
Vehicle inspection device and vehicle inspection method
A vehicle inspection device includes an inspection processing section and a communication processing section. The inspection processing section includes an inspection control section that generates a first communication request or a second communication request based on an inspection program, a communication request transmission buffer that stores the first communication request, and a transmission buffer for high-speed communication that stores the second communication request. The communication processing section transmits the first communication request to an ECU to be inspected and transmits the second communication request to an ECU on which writing is to be performed. |
| US11100731B2 |
Vehicle sensor health monitoring
Techniques and examples pertaining to vehicle sensor health monitoring are described. A processor of a road-side station may receive first data from a vehicle and receive second data from one or more sensors associated with the road-side station. The processor may compare the first data and the second data. In response to a result of the comparing indicating a difference between the first data and the second data, the processor may generate a report. |
| US11100723B2 |
System, method, and terminal device for controlling virtual image by selecting user interface element
The present application provides a method of controlling a virtual image. The method may includes acquiring relative spatial position between a terminal device and an interaction device; generating the virtual image based on the relative spatial position, wherein the virtual image includes one or more user interface elements, and a superimposing position of each user interface element in a real space correspond to the interaction device; generating in advance and acquiring a rotational vector corresponding to the interaction device, determining a spatial position of the rotational vector in a virtual space based on the relative spatial position, wherein a direction indicated by the rotational vector may be fixed; and when the spatial position is located with a region corresponding to any user interface element in the virtual space, performing a corresponded control operation based on the user interface element corresponding to the region. |
| US11100715B2 |
Establishment of positional timers in an augmented reality environment
A method, system, and computer program product are provided for establishing positional timers in an environment. A computing device receives an initial position for a timer in an augmented reality environment and an association of a context object with the timer. The position of the timer is fixed with respect to a position of the context object such that the position of the timer moves when the context object is moved. The computing device receives access control information regarding the timer. The access control information specifies one or more users who are permitted to view the timer. The computing device sets an expiration condition for the timer, wherein the expiration condition is provided by the user or derived based on crowdsourced information from feedback provided by multiple users. Upon timer expiration, an indication of the expiration is provided to the one or more users permitted to view the timer. |
| US11100713B2 |
System and method for aligning virtual objects on peripheral devices in low-cost augmented reality/virtual reality slip-in systems
Techniques for aligning a virtual object with a physical object in an Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR) application are described. An electronic peripheral includes a first inertial measurement unit (“IMU”). A head mounted display includes a second IMU. An estimated attitude for the electronic peripheral is generated using data from the first IMU. An estimated attitude for the head mounted display is generated using data from the second IMU. An orientation of a virtual object is determined based on the estimated first and second attitudes, such that the virtual object is aligned with an object in a user's physical environment when the virtual object is displayed to the user. The virtual object is displayed on the head mounted display. |
| US11100703B2 |
Dynamic frontend-driven generation of an HLOD tree
In example embodiments, techniques are provided for frontend-driven, incremental HLOD sub-tree creation and dynamic generation of tiles. An infrastructure modeling frontend module (e.g., a iModel.js Frontend module) of a frontend application may incrementally create a local HLOD sub-tree, beginning with an initial HLOD sub-tree based on initial metadata provided without tile contents, and refined based on metadata provided with tile contents, from an infrastructure modeling backend module (e.g., a iModel.js Backend module) of a backend application. The local HLOD sub-tree of each infrastructure modeling frontend module may differ based on the individual tiles requested and the tile refinement strategies employed. The infrastructure modeling backend module may not maintain an HLOD tree, and simply generates tiles upon request, serving them and storing them in a tile cache incase they are needed again. |
| US11100697B2 |
System for active-focus prediction in 360 video
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, predicting a field of view of a viewer to obtain a predicted field of view based on information about the viewer and a scoring of a point of interest in media content. A line of sight is obtained between the viewer and a presentation of the media content to obtain a viewer line of sight, and the scoring of the point of interest in the media content is updated to obtain an updated scoring based on the viewer line of sight, the predicted field of view being updated according to the updated scoring. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11100696B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for rendering voxel-based 3D content
Systems, methods, and media for rendering voxel-based 3D content are provided. In some embodiments, a system for rendering voxel-based content comprises: a display; and hardware processor programmed to: receive voxel-based data representing an object at multiple different resolutions; perform, for a representation including low-resolution voxels, a first forward-projection ray marching operation with a step size based on the voxel volume; identify a voxel that causes a threshold to be exceeded; perform, for a second representation including higher-resolution voxels each smaller in volume than the first voxels, a second forward-projection ray marching operation; identify a second voxel in the second representation that causes the threshold to be exceeded; determine that the second representation is a highest resolution available; and cause a pixel to present a portion of the object based on a value associated with the second voxel. |
| US11100692B2 |
Periocular test for mixed reality calibration
A wearable device can include an inward-facing imaging system configured to acquire images of a user's periocular region. The wearable device can determine a relative position between the wearable device and the user's face based on the images acquired by the inward-facing imaging system. The relative position may be used to determine whether the user is wearing the wearable device, whether the wearable device fits the user, or whether an adjustment to a rendering location of virtual object should be made to compensate for a deviation of the wearable device from its normal resting position. |
| US11100685B2 |
Method and apparatus for detection and visualization of pulmonary embolism
Detecting a pulmonary embolism (PE) in an image dataset of a blood vessel involves obtaining a volume of interest (VOI) in the blood vessel, generating a plurality of PE candidates within the VOI, generating a set of voxels for each PE candidate, estimating for each PE candidate an orientation of the blood vessel that contains the PE candidate, given the set of voxels for the PE candidate, and generating a visualization of the blood vessel that contains the PE candidate using the estimated orientation of the blood vessel that contains the PE candidate. |
| US11100682B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
To enable proper adjustment of a monitor using a color bar regardless of a difference in transfer functions.Provided is an image processing device including a determination unit configured to determine a transfer function related to conversion between light and an image signal and to be used in a display device among a plurality of transfer functions, and a generation unit configured to generate a color bar signal corresponding to the transfer function determined by the determination unit and output the generated color bar signal to the display device. |
| US11100676B2 |
Dyeing color matching method and system based on preference genetic algorithm
A dyeing color matching method and system based on a preference genetic algorithm includes: obtaining a reflectivity of a color scheme sample and a first color scheme set having N color schemes; initializing the first color scheme set using a preference genetic algorithm to obtain an initialized color scheme set; conducting crossover and mutation on any two color schemes in the initialized set to obtain a second color scheme set having 2N color schemes; substituting the color schemes in the second set into the conventional model to obtain 2N model reflectivities; determining a third color scheme set according to the 2N model reflectivities; determining whether a color scheme that satisfies a customer's requirement exists in the third set; if yes, conducting proofing on the color scheme to obtain a proofing color scheme set; and determining a color scheme with a minimum color difference according to the proof color scheme. |
| US11100670B2 |
Positioning method, positioning device and nonvolatile computer-readable storage medium
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a positioning method, a positioning device. The method may include: acquiring an image from a camera; obtaining a first coordinate of the camera in a world coordinate system from the image based on a deep learning model; obtaining an initial coordinate of the camera in the world coordinate system based on the first coordinate; and determining a real-time coordinate of the camera in the world coordinate system through inter-frame matching based on the initial coordinate of the camera in the world coordinate system. |
| US11100669B1 |
Multimodal three-dimensional object detection
A method includes obtaining surface samples that represent three-dimensional locations of surfaces of an environment; generating a voxelized representation of the surfaces of the environment in three-dimensional space using the surface samples; obtaining an image that shows the surfaces of the environment; associating each of the surface samples with image information that corresponds to a portion of the image that is spatially correlated with a respective one of the surface samples; determining voxel features for voxels from the voxelized representation based on the surface samples and the image information using a first trained machine learning model, wherein the voxel features each describe three-dimensional shapes present within a respective one of the voxels; and detecting objects based on the voxel features. |
| US11100664B2 |
Depth-aware photo editing
The methods and systems described herein provide for depth-aware image editing and interactive features. In particular, a computer application may provide image-related features that utilize a combination of a (a) the depth map, and (b) segmentation data to process one or more images, and generate an edited version of the one or more images. |
| US11100657B2 |
Multiple-scale digital image correlation pattern and measurement
A method and apparatus for digital image correlation. A camera system is used to obtain larger scale images of a larger scale dot pattern on a surface of a workpiece and smaller scale images of a smaller scale dot pattern on the surface of the same workpiece. The smaller scale dot pattern forms a larger dot in the larger scale dot pattern in the larger scale images. The larger scale images and the smaller scale images may be used to determine a measurement of the workpiece. |
| US11100654B1 |
Detection of aliased peak frequencies in video recording
Present embodiments pertain to systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing and reporting the movements in mechanical structures, inanimate physical structures, machinery, and machine components, including automatically detecting aliased frequencies of a component on the structure which exhibits frequencies higher than the maximum frequency of the FFT spectrum calculated from the acquired data. To automatically detect the presence of aliased frequencies, a second virtually identical recording is acquired using a slightly different sampling rate and this provides the basis for detecting frequencies which are greater than the Nyquist sampling rate of the video recording and calculating the true frequency value of the aliased peaks in the frequency spectrum. |
| US11100649B2 |
Fiducial marker patterns, their automatic detection in images, and applications thereof
Fiducial markers are printed patterns detected by algorithms in imagery from image sensors for applications such as automated processes and augmented reality graphics. The present invention sets forth extensions and improvements to detection technology to achieve improved performance, and discloses applications of fiducial markers including multi-camera systems, remote control devices, augmented reality applications for mobile devices, helmet tracking, and weather stations. |
| US11100648B2 |
Detecting crop related row from image
System and techniques for detecting a crop related row from an image are described herein. An image that includes several rows where the several rows including crop rows and furrows can be obtained. The image can be segmented to produce a set of image segments. A filter can be shifted across respective segments of the set of image segments to get a set of positions. A line can be fit members of the set of positions, the line representing a crop row or furrow. |
| US11100643B2 |
Training strategy search using reinforcement learning
In at least one embodiment, a reinforcement-learning-based searching approach is used to produce a training configuration for a machine-learning model. In at least one embodiment, 3D medical image segmentation is performed using learned image preprocessing parameters. |
| US11100641B1 |
Systems and methods for estimating plant age
Methods for estimating plant age are provided. A first dataset comprising a first plurality of images of a first plurality of plants is obtained, including for each plant of the first plurality of plants, one or more first plant features. A second dataset comprising, for each plant of the first plurality of plants, a respective second plant location and plant age is obtained. The one or more first plant features and plant age for plants in the first plurality of plants are used to train a model for plant age determination. A third dataset comprising a second plurality of images of a second agricultural plot is obtained, including for a second plurality of plants in the second agricultural plot one or more corresponding second plant features. Ages for plants in the second plurality of plants are estimated by inputting one or more respective second plant features into the trained model. |
| US11100640B2 |
Systems and methods for lesion analysis
A system for facilitating lesion analysis is configurable to identify a user profile associated with a user accessing the system. The user profile indicates a radiology specialty associated with the user. The system is also configurable to access a plurality of cross-sectional medical images associated with a particular patient and identify a subset of cross-sectional medical images from the plurality of cross-sectional medical images that correspond to the radiology specialty indicated by the user profile. The system is also configurable to present the subset of cross-sectional medical images to the user in navigable form. |
| US11100637B2 |
System and method for calculating focus variation for a digital microscope
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a digital microscope unit that includes a digital microscope. A biological cell sample disposed within a sample carrier, is received into the digital microscope unit. For at least one imaging field of the biological cell sample, it is determined that, within the imaging field, there is a variation in the focal depth of the biological sample with respect to the microscope. At least one image of the imaging field is captured. A characteristic of the biological sample is determined by analyzing the captured image of the imaging field, the analyzing including, in response to determining that there is a variation in the focal depth of the biological sample with respect to the microscope, accounting for the variation in the focal depth of the biological sample with respect to the microscope. Other applications are also described. |
| US11100635B2 |
Automatic pan-tilt-zoom adjustment to improve vital sign acquisition
Techniques disclosed herein relate to automatic pan-tilt-zoom adjustment to improve vital sign acquisition. In various embodiments, a vital sign acquisition camera (176) operable to pan, tilt, and zoom (“PTZ”) may capture (402) an image of a patient (100). The image may be analyzed (404) to detect a depicted position of the patient within an image coordinate space of the image. A desired position of the patient within the image coordinate space of the image may determined (406), and a difference in the image coordinate space between the depicted position and the desired position may be calculated (408). The difference may then be mapped (410) from the image coordinate space to a PTZ space. One or more PTZ parameters of the vital sign acquisition camera may be altered (412) based on the mapping. After altering the one or more PTZ parameters, the vital sign acquisition camera may acquire (414) one or more vital signs from the patient. |
| US11100632B2 |
Image synthesis using adversarial networks such as for radiation therapy
A statistical learning technique that does not rely upon paired imaging information is described herein. The technique may be computer-implemented and may be used in order to train a statistical learning model to perform image synthesis, such as in support of radiation therapy treatment planning. In an example, a trained statistical learning model may include a convolutional neural network established as a generator convolutional network, and the generator may be trained at least in part using a separate convolutional neural network established as a discriminator convolutional network. The generator convolutional network and the discriminator convolutional network may form an adversarial network architecture for use during training. After training, the generator convolutional network may be provided for use in synthesis of images, such as to receive imaging data corresponding to a first imaging modality type, and to synthesize imaging data corresponding to a different, second imaging modality type. |
| US11100630B2 |
Method of defect detection in packaging containers
A method of defect detection in packaging containers for liquid food is disclosed, where packaging containers are produced in a machine. The method comprises capturing image data of the packaging containers, defining image features in the image data representing defects in the packaging containers, associating the image features with different categories of defects, inputting the image features to a machine learning-based model for subsequent detection of categories of defects in packaging containers based on the image features, determining time stamps for the occurrence of defects in said subsequent detection, determining associated production parameters of the packaging containers in the machine for the occurrence of defects based on the time stamps, and correlating said occurrence and category of the defects with said production parameters. A system for defect detection in packaging containers is also disclosed. |
| US11100625B2 |
System for detecting image abnormalities
Image capture systems including a moving platform; an image capture device having a sensor for capturing an image, the image having pixels, mounted on the moving platform; and a detection computer executing an abnormality detection algorithm for detecting an abnormality in the pixels of the image immediately after the image is captured by scanning the image utilizing predetermined parameters indicative of characteristics of the abnormality and then automatically and immediately causing a re-shoot of the image. |
| US11100623B2 |
Real time estimation of indoor lighting conditions
A method of estimating an indoor lighting condition includes acquiring an image from a camera at a location within an indoor space at a selected time, determining the location from which the image is taken, and estimating an outdoor sunlight density based on the location and the selected time. The method also includes collecting a plurality of daylight factors, each daylight factor of the plurality of daylight factors corresponding to a characteristic of the indoor space, calculating an indoor daylight index for the indoor space in real time based on the outdoor sunlight density and the plurality of daylight factors, and presenting the indoor daylight index to a user in real time. |
| US11100622B2 |
Image processing device, image processing program and image processing method, and image transmission/reception system and image transmission/reception method
The image processing device comprises: a filter coefficient storage means in which a filter coefficient is stored; a means for executing filtering processing to subject input image data to filtering and generate a first image data; a means for executing convolution processing to use the filter coefficient stored by the filter coefficient storage means, carry out convolution calculations on the first image data, and generate a second image data; a means for executing division processing to divide the first image data by the second image data to produce a third image data; and means for executing multiplication processing to multiply the first image data by the third image data to produce an output image data. |
| US11100618B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing low-frequency non-uniformity in images
Various techniques are disclosed for separating and removing low-frequency shadow or shading (also referred to herein as “non-uniformity”) from images that have been corrupted by the non-uniformity. A non-uniformity estimate that approximates the non-uniformity effect on the corrupted image may be generated by iteratively adding new blotches of non-uniformity data represented by two-dimensional (2D) functions, such as 2D Gaussian functions, to the non-uniformity estimate and applying filters to smoothen the 2D functions. In each iteration of the non-uniformity estimate generation process, a new non-uniformity update candidate that minimizes a cost function is identified. The corrupted image is processed based on the non-uniformity estimate to generate a corrected image. |
| US11100617B2 |
Deep learning method and apparatus for automatic upright rectification of virtual reality content
Proposed are a deep learning method and apparatus for the automatic upright rectification of VR content. The deep learning method for the automatic upright rectification of VR content according to an embodiment may include inputting a VR image, to a neural network and outputting orientation information of the VR image through a trained neural network. |
| US11100615B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program
A correction process is realized by a simpler method. An imaging apparatus 1 includes an image acquisition unit 51, a template storage unit 62, an adaptive position specifying unit 53, and a distortion correction processing unit 55. The image acquisition unit 51 acquires an image including a predetermined subject. The template storage unit 62 stores a template including correction degrees of respective positions in a shape corresponding to a correction target region of the predetermined subject, the correction degrees being different at the respective positions. The adaptive position specifying unit 53 specifies coordinates adapting to a template in the image. The distortion correction processing unit 55 corrects the image on the basis of coordinates specified by the adaptive position specifying unit 53 and the correction degree included in the template. |
| US11100614B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and camera system
An image processing device includes a transfer function input unit to which each of transfer functions of a plurality of imaging systems is input, a calculation unit that calculates a target resolution value which is a target value of recovery processing that recovers a plurality of captured images to be output from each of the plurality of the imaging systems based on the input transfer functions and a predetermined criterion, a recovery-filter generation unit that generates a recovery-filter used for the recovery processing with respect to each of the plurality of imaging systems based on the transfer functions of the plurality of imaging systems and a target resolution value, and a recovered image generation unit that performs the recovery processing with respect to the captured images acquired from the plurality of imaging systems by using the recovery-filter generated for each of the plurality of imaging systems to generate recovered images. |
| US11100611B2 |
Systems and methods for background noise reduction in magnetic resonance images
Methods and systems are provided for reducing background noise in magnetic resonance (MR) image and parametric map visualization using segmentation and intensity thresholding. An example method includes segmenting the MR image or parametric map into foreground which includes a region of anatomy of interest and background which is outside of the region of anatomy of interest, applying an intensity threshold to the background and not applying the intensity threshold to the foreground of the MR image or parametric map to produce a noise reduced MR image or noise reduced parametric map, and displaying the noise reduced MR image or noise reduced parametric map via a display device. |
| US11100610B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
There is provided an image processing apparatus for enabling noise reduction in which a color deviation is reduced. The image processing apparatus includes a color value calculation circuit configured to calculate color values from an image signal acquired through imaging, an average value calculation circuit configured to calculate average values of the image signal, and a processing circuit configured to perform noise reduction processing on the image signal, with an intensity according to evaluation values including the color values and the average values. |
| US11100608B2 |
Determining display orientations for portable devices
An electronic device can utilize image information to determine a proper orientation with which to render content. In some embodiments, a camera of a computing device can capture one or more images to attempt to determine a relative location (or direction) of a user by identifying a feature of a user or by using objects in the image to determine a likely direction of a user. Based at least in part on this information, as well as information from position and motion sensors of the device in some embodiments, a device can determine a relative position of a user, and can cause content to be rendered by the device with an orientation that is appropriate for that position, where the orientation can also depend upon the type of content or other such factors. Such an approach can determine proper orientations in situations where conventional sensor-based approaches are not sufficient. |
| US11100606B1 |
Method and system for displaying an ultrasound image in response to screen size
Ultrasound images are adjusted according to the size of the display area available to display them, so that image detail is displayed with a large enough physical size to discern comfortably. A translation ratio is determined for translating the physical distance traversed by the ultrasound signals of an ultrasound images to a corresponding physical distance on a screen of the display device. If the ratio is not below a threshold, the image is displayed in full. If the ratio is below the threshold, the image is cropped, optionally scaled, and displayed in the available area. Scaling and cropping may be based on window size and threshold window size. The parameters of the ultrasound scan may be controlled based on the scaling, cropping, or available screen size. User interface features may be displayed on the screen depending on how much area is available when the image is displayed. |
| US11100603B2 |
Controller
A controller is attached to a back face of a display device. The controller includes: a housing; a control unit removably accommodated in a slot formed in the housing and configured to control the display device; a backboard provided inside the housing on the interior side with respect to the direction of insertion of the control unit and connected to the control unit; and a second connector connected to a first connector provided for the display device to establish connection between the backboard and the display device. |
| US11100597B2 |
Systems and methods for computing real-time communication matrices
In some embodiments, a client driven referral management method may include: receiving the credentials of a member through a user device and a remote member through a user device; recording the consent of the member and the remote member to a referral fee agreement; associating a client with the member on the server when the client provides registration data to the server using a user device; recording real estate information browsing data and location data of the client with the user device of the client; assigning the remote member to the client, in which the remote member may be assigned by the server using the real estate information browsing data and location of client with the user device of the client; and notifying the member through a user device of the member of a real estate transaction involving the remote member and the client. |
| US11100592B2 |
System and method for performing concurrent database operations on a database record
A method and system for handling data field tasks, the system comprising a database containing records and data fields associated with real estate ownership expense insurance policies that reimburses for increases in property ownership expenses including increases in maintenance fees and assessments from non-covered losses, an underwriting server communicatively coupled to one or more client devices and data sources over a communications network, the underwriting server comprising a processor that configures processes to the data sources and generates data source connections to receive information from the data sources, and a scheduler that allocates threads within the processes to at least one of the data fields associated with premium for coverage, expenses, and reimbursement of the real estate ownership expense insurance policies, and assigns the threads to tasks for performing operations on the at least one of the data fields based on the information from the data sources. |
| US11100583B2 |
System and method for chart based order entry
Systems and methods for chart-based order entry are described. According to one example method a chart is used to display historical market data corresponding to a tradeable object. An order entry interface is displayed in relation to the chart. The order entry interface includes a plurality of price objects for selecting price levels to be used for trade orders to buy or sell the tradeable object. According to one example method, the price levels corresponding to the price objects depend on a location of the interface in relation to the chart, and as the interface is moved in relation to the chart, the price levels are automatically updated. Upon selection of the price level on the interface, a trade order to buy or sell is submitted to a matching engine at an electronic exchange. |
| US11100578B2 |
Secure deterministic tokens for encrypting electronic communications
A computer implemented method includes generating, by a processor associated with a first client computer, a request message; generating, by the processor, a first public token based on a first private token; augmenting, by the processor, the electronic data transaction request message with the first public token; transmitting, by the processor, the augmented electronic data transaction request message to a second client computer; generating, by the processor, a second public token based on the first public token; identifying, by the processor, from a database of result messages, a result message labeled with the second public token, the identified result message including encrypted confidential information; generating, by the processor, a second private token corresponding to the second public token used to identify the result message; and decrypting, by the processor, the encrypted confidential information with the second private token. |
| US11100568B2 |
System and method for creating and analyzing a low-dimensional representation of webpage sequences
Methods and systems for creating and analyzing low-dimensional representation of webpage sequences are described. Network traffic history data associated with a particular website is retrieved and a word embedding algorithm is applied to the network traffic history data to produce a low dimensional embedding. A prediction model is created based on the low-dimensional embedding. Browsing activity on the particular website is monitored. A set of sessions in the current browsing activity is flagged based on a result of applying the prediction model to the monitored browsing activity. |
| US11100567B2 |
Order clustering and malicious information combating method and apparatus
Order information for an order representing an electronic transaction in the distributed order system for a product or a service is received by one or more processors over a network. A unique order ID and order content based on the received order information are generated. An order vector for the order is created based on the order content. The order is added to an order cluster based on a similarity between the created order vector and a representative order vector corresponding to a representative order in the order cluster. The representative order vector corresponding to the representative order in the order cluster is analyzed to determine if the representative order is malicious. A determination is made as to whether the representative order is malicious. If the representative order is malicious, then malicious order processing is performed on the orders in the order cluster. |
| US11100566B2 |
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for ordering items from an electronic menu, and servicing thereof
Systems and methods for ordering items from an electronic menu and servicing thereof, in a networked computing environment that communicably connects via at least one network at least a plurality of first handheld electronic devices (e.g., wait staff operated devices in a restaurant), a plurality of second handheld electronic devices (e.g., patron operated devices in a restaurant) configured to display the electronic menu, and a venue computer are described. Corresponding apparatuses are also described. |
| US11100565B2 |
Systems and methods for allocating and distributing inventory
Presented herein is an online marketplace for the selling and delivering of items for sale. The online marketplace includes devices and systems as well as their methods of use for the online purchase of goods as well as for the efficient and expedient delivery of the goods purchased. In particular embodiments, the system may include a cloud based database that stores images of the items for purchase, and may further include an associated computing device that is configured for receiving data corresponding with the one or more physical items represented by the images of the goods for sale that are stored in the database. The computing device is further configured for displaying the data corresponding with the one or more physical items for sale, e.g., to a client via a web portal; obtaining order data for an online order for the one or more physical items for sale; assessing geolocation data for the online order for delivery within a defined delivery area, and notifies a client that the online order should be delivered as well as indicates the most efficient manner in which to make the delivery. |
| US11100563B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating gift selection, attribution, and distribution
Systems and methods for gift selection, attribution, and distribution are provided. The systems and methods may detect a gifting signal that is associated with an event corresponding to a recipient. The systems and methods can provide an option to generate a gift for the recipient. If the option is selected, the systems and methods can identify a set of product criteria associated with the event and the recipient. Based on the criteria, the systems and methods can obtain product selection options for the gift and provide these options to a gift sender. In response to a selection from the gift sender, the systems and methods can generate the gift, which includes a redemption option for the selection. |
| US11100558B1 |
Recommendations utilizing noise detection and filtering
A recommendation service that utilizes a machine learning algorithm trained with association vectors is provided. To allow for filtering of unrelated items, a recommendation service generates vectors that represent a quantization of items within a browse node that are considered complementary or a substitute of a selected item. Using an association vector, a machine learning algorithm can be trained to determine whether a particular item recommendation is considered noise, complementary or a substitute. Thereafter, the recommendation service can utilize the trained machine learning algorithm to filter a set of recommendations to remove items considered to be noise or to prioritize items identified as complementary or a substitute. |
| US11100555B1 |
Anticipatory and responsive federated database search
A computer-implemented method of performing product data searches is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a list of search terms for one of a plurality of supplier systems; determining a search schedule for the one supplier system; performing a first search of product data hosted by the one supplier system using the list of search terms according to the search schedule, comprising: simulating, upon receiving product data returned by the one supplier system, a user interaction with a graphical user interface that triggers generation of additional product data by the one supplier system, and retrieving dynamic data generated in response to the triggering; storing a result of the first search in a memory coupled with the processor; receiving a search query from a buyer system; identifying one or more matches of the search query from the result of the first search in the memory. |
| US11100554B1 |
System, method and computer program product for providing thematic landing pages
Techniques for thematic landing pages are disclosed. In some embodiments, a process for providing thematic landing pages includes receiving a user query for a theme; determining products (e.g., using a processor) that are relevant to the theme (e.g., based on a content relevancy); and generating a thematic web page for the theme based on the relevant products. For example, the thematic landing page can be associated with a merchant web site, and the relevant products can be products that are available via the merchant web site. |
| US11100553B2 |
Customized deal generation
A server receives a request for a deal from a client device of a merchant, the request for a deal including a merchant identifier. The server then accesses merchant information based on the merchant identifier, the merchant information including a merchant category and a merchant location. Additionally, the server obtains a set of candidate deals based on the merchant category and merchant location. The server then obtains historical information for each candidate deal, the historical information corresponding to one or more conversion rates of the candidate deal when the candidate deal was previously offered by one or more merchants. Next, the server determines a predicted conversion rate for each candidate deal, based on the historical information for the respective candidate deal and selects a deal based on the predicted conversion rates for the set of candidate deals. Lastly, the server communicates data corresponding to the selected deal to the client device, the data including the predicted conversion rate for the selected deal. |
| US11100552B1 |
Automated stylist for curation of style-conforming outfits
An auto-styler device may provide a style-based or outfit-driven shopping experience. The auto-styler device may select a style definition that defines a style-conforming outfit based on rules that apply to a combination of a first item type and a second item type of the style-conforming outfit, and that defines a customized presentation for the style-conforming outfit. The auto-styler device may generate a style-conforming outfit with a first item of the first item type and a second item of the second item type in response to a collective style produced by the combination satisfying the rules. The auto-styler device may position and size a first image of the first item relative to a second image of the second item in a single interface based on the specified the customized presentation of the style definition, and may present or publish the resulting single interface on a merchant site. |
| US11100549B2 |
Method and system for managing shipment information
A computer program, method, and system for managing shipping transactions provide a graphical user interface that contemporaneously displays a list of shipment requests and one or more interface elements. The shipment requests each display information about a shipment request including a plurality of carriers and associated bid statuses. The interface elements include a create shipment requests interface element that receives a user input. Upon receiving the user input the graphical user interface displays a create shipment request screen that allows a shipper to create multiple shipment requests and send them to at least one carrier. The carrier receives a communication regarding the shipment request and the communication includes a prompt to respond. In response to the prompt a second graphical user interface is displayed to the carrier that allows further communication with the shipper regarding the shipment request. |
| US11100548B1 |
Systems and methods for calling party authentication
Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed to authentication of calling parties. The authentication of calling parties applies to simultaneous voice and/or data communications with multiple parties over multiple electronic mediums including a variety of electronic devices. A user can continue to maintain a data exchange session with a representative of an entity offering the goods or services of interest to the user across more than one user device. In some embodiments, a user can invite other parties in a multi-party call involving the user and the representative. Various embodiments for multi-party and multi-device authentication mechanisms are described herein. In some embodiments, the system calculates an estimated call waiting time for a user to speak with the representative. |
| US11100542B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for providing a self-service interface
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for programmatically generating and/or revising deal offers for a merchant based on one or more merchant self-service indicators. In providing such functionality, the system can be configured to, for example, facilitate registration and verification of merchant identities, monitor and analyze various deal offers for merchants with similar merchant self-service indicators, that enable the system to determine the relative successfulness of a deal offer for a merchant and/or category of merchant. In some embodiments, the system may be further configured to revise the deal offer programmatically and/or upon receiving the merchant's approval of the programmatically generated proposed edits to the deal offer. |
| US11100541B2 |
Distributing and updating advertisement
A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for an advertisement distribution system, include calculating an interest for each advertisement of an advertisement group, assigning each advertisement a user engagement value based on the interest, conducting an auction to determine winning advertisements based on advertiser parameters received from a database and the user engagement value of each of the plurality of advertisements, and dynamically populating an unviewed portion of the web page with the advertisement group of the winning advertisements. |
| US11100540B2 |
System for securely transmitting medical records and for providing a sponsorship opportunity
A system for transmitting information to users via a website or mobile application is described herein. The system includes a database and a server including a processor. The processor is programmed to receive a transmittal request to transmit a communication message to a recipient address, select a recipient type associated with the recipient address, and responsively generate a unique communication identifier including information indicative of the selected recipient type and the communication message. The processor generates and transmits a notification message including the unique communication identifier to the recipient address. The processor also receives a display request to display the communication message in response to a recipient user accessing the unique communication identifier including the selected recipient type. The processor determines promotional information associated with the recipient type and displays the communication message and the associated promotional information to the recipient user via user computing device. |
| US11100538B1 |
Image recognition based content item selection
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for content presentation. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item to be presented to a user; for a collection of content items, identifying one or more candidate content items including using image keywords derived from images associated with the user to identify the one or more candidate content items; selecting a content item responsive to the content request from the candidate content items; and sending the selected content item for presentation to the user. |
| US11100537B2 |
Payment device enrollment in linked offers
A dynamic button object managed by a financial institution that issues a payment device prevents third-party access to sensitive account data when linking the payment device to marketing documents provided by the third party. A payment processing server uses an alias for the sensitive data and configures a dynamic button object with the alias. The object may also include instructions to link the sensitive data to the alias and allow the payment processing server to monitor transactions with the third party. The payment processing server may then mediate communication between the consumer and the third party without exposing sensitive data. |
| US11100536B2 |
Systems and methods for providing advertising services to devices with a customized adaptive user experience based on adaptive algorithms
Methods and systems are described for providing advertising services to devices with a customized adaptive user experience based on adaptive algorithms. In one embodiment, a system includes a storage medium to store one or more software programs and an adaptive decision unit coupled to the storage medium. The adaptive decision unit includes or is coupled to processing logic that is configured to execute instructions of at least one adaptive decision algorithm to obtain data for different variables including at least two of an advertisement (ad) engagement history for a user, application (app) engagement history for the user, and in-app purchase engagement history for the user when making an ad selection decision. The at least one adaptive decision algorithm determines an ad selection decision for at least one relevant ad or ad content served in an engaging manner to a device of the user. |
| US11100534B2 |
Behavioral retargeting system and method for cookie-disabled devices
A system is provided for retargeting advertisements and is based on a database storing user behavior data related to information for a plurality of consumers. An index-lookup processes the user behavior data and translates the user behavior data into a plurality of indices. A data loading module processes the plurality of indices and generates a multi-indexed user behavior cube. An online query module receives a request for an advertisement and processes the request to determine one or more related user attributes and retrieves user behavior data from the multi-indexed user behavior cube using the related user attributes. An ad recommendation module receives the set of user behaviors and generates a list of recommended advertisements using the set of user behaviors data and an advertiser retargeting criterion. |
| US11100531B2 |
Method and apparatus for clustering platform sessions and user accounts associated with the platform sessions
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products that provide for an improved and more efficient system for transmitting content to client devices. The embodiments disclose an apparatus that clusters user behavior based on platform session records. The platform session records comprise stored data associated with a plurality of user inputs received by the system for the duration of a platform session. The apparatus and methods transform the platform session records into data comprising a form that is usable for identifying clusters of platform sessions. As a result of the clustering methodologies, the apparatus is configured to deliver content specifically optimized for users of client devices. The present disclosure thus provides for an improved networked system that reduces the amount of data transferred via the network and allows for a more efficient system that has reduced infrastructure requirements and improved performance. |
| US11100529B1 |
Methods, systems, and media for generating predicted information related to advertisement viewability
In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, methods, systems, and media for generating predicted information related to advertisement viewability are provided. |
| US11100522B2 |
Aircraft motion assessment systems and methods
An aircraft motion assessment system and method includes associating a plurality of polling devices within an internal cabin of an aircraft with passenger seats onboard the aircraft, communicatively coupling a motion assessment control unit to the plurality of polling devices, and receiving, by the motion assessment control unit, passenger-input motion effects data from the plurality of polling devices. |
| US11100520B2 |
Providing insights to a merchant
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to the generation and presentation of merchant insights to a brick-and-mortar merchant. More specifically, one or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to detecting and identifying users visiting a merchant's retail location, determining product preferences of the identified users that relate to the merchant, and providing merchant insights to the merchant based on the determined product preferences. |
| US11100519B1 |
System and methods for quarantining suspect data from integrated data
Embodiments are provided for evaluating information within a master data management (MDM) system. According to certain aspects, a MDM computing device may receive a first transaction member record and a second transaction member record assigned with the same source identifier from the same data source and linked to a composite data entity. The MDM computing device may determine, in response to receiving the second transaction member record, an overlay score between the first transaction member record and the second transaction member record. The MDM computing device may generate a notification indicative of the overlay or create an overlay task for the second transaction member record based on the overlay score by (i) unlinking the second transaction member record from the composite data entity and (ii) storing the second transaction member record in a quarantine queue as a singleton record linked to a dummy composite data entity. |
| US11100510B1 |
Scalable and advanced analytics computing platform for distributed ledger data and custody solutions
Systems and methods disclosed herein are directed to a scalable and advanced analytics computing platform for distributed ledger data for integrating an entity's legacy systems, distributed ledger systems, and crypto-asset transactions, as well as related metadata. The systems and methods further relate to a custody adapter implementation that enables interactions across multiple custody technology providers, sub-custody providers, and internal custody solutions. |
| US11100509B2 |
Authentication and authorization with physical cards
Systems and methods for authentication and authorization using physical computing cards include receiving from the physical computing card an authorization request, where the request includes a card identifier and an entity location. Authorized users associated with the card identifier are determined. Identifications of users with pending transactions at the entity location are obtained. Verification is performed by determining that there is a match between an identification of a user to an identification of one of the authorized users. The user is then authorized to access resources associated with the physical computing card. |
| US11100508B2 |
Multi-party payment card processing systems and methods with foreign exchange transaction detection and chargeback loss mitigation
An electronic payment card processing system and method includes at least one computing device in communication with a multi-party payment processing system and network for processing payment card transactions. The computing device receives transaction data for a plurality of payment card transactions identifies foreign exchange transactions based on the received transaction data, and applies a chargeback loss mitigation rule to filter a chargeback request for a disputed transaction charge that relates to an identified foreign exchange transaction, thereby preventing an unnecessary chargeback for the foreign exchange transaction. |
| US11100504B2 |
Systems and methods facilitating account access delegation
System and method for facilitating account access delegation are provided. Login credentials are authenticated for a first account of a first funding source of a first user. A request from the first user to delegate, to a second account of a second user, access to the first funding source is received. A redirected login request from a merchant web application is further received. The redirected login request corresponds to the second account. A determination is made, based on the received request, that the second account is permissioned to use the first funding source. In response to the determination, a login of the first user account is caused on the merchant web application. The logging in of the first user account on the merchant web application causes the first funding source to be applied to an electronic transaction performed on the merchant web application under control of the second user. |
| US11100503B2 |
Systems and methods for use in managing digital identities
Systems and methods are provided for managing digital identities associated with users. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a computing device, an encrypted message from a communication device associated with a user where the messaging includes a changed attribute for the user. The method also includes generating a hash of a digital identity for the user with the changed attribute, generating a hash of the digital identity of the user stored in a ledger data structure, and transmitting a request for the user to attest to the changed attribute when the generated hashes do not match. The method then further includes broadcasting a pending status of the digital identity of the user to a relying party for the digital identity, and storing a certification of the changed attribute, received from the relying party in response to the pending status, based on verification of the changed attribute by the relying party. |
| US11100496B1 |
Electronic signature leveraging for consolidated transactions
An order completion system and method are described. In some implementations, the system may execute the method which includes receiving an order from a user that includes a retail component; determining that a profile identification (ID) of the user is associated with prescription information of the user; forming a consolidated order by adding one or more eligible prescriptions associated with the user to the retail component of the order using the prescription information. The method may further include applying transaction rules to the consolidated order to determine whether the consolidated order is eligible for a single input authorized checkout; and responsive to determining whether the consolidated order is eligible for the single input authorized checkout, presenting to the user via a user interface, a prompt for the user to complete the consolidated order using the single input authorized checkout. |
| US11100495B1 |
Payment vehicle with on and off function
A computer system and method for enabling or disabling a payment vehicle at the request of a payment card holder from a remote device. The computer system comprises a computer having memory and a processor for processing input data received from a remote device. The input data comprises an instruction executable by the processor in a form of a text message or electronic mail received from the remote device, with the instruction to enable or disable a payment card of a payment card holder by changing the status of the payment card. An interactive remote interface computer software application is provided to the payment card holder for use on the remote or other device. |
| US11100492B2 |
General purpose re-loadable card aggregation implementation
A method and apparatus is taught wherein a light smartcard may be utilized to make transactions so that a user only has to carry one card and not be encumbered with the multiple cards that now have to deal with. This is accomplished with a third party API service provider. This could also be thought of your own personal cloud that carries only your cards and only your information including virtual currencies as well. Now you only have to carry one and one card only. You can spend from any of your other accounts through this one card. |
| US11100488B2 |
System and method for integrating data from a remote server with a client application
The electronic device may invoke a host application. The device may display a first host user interface on the display, the first host user interface including a first host user interface component associated with a child application. In response, the device may invoke, using the host application, the child application executed at the electronic device. The device may transmit, using the host application, a request for data associated with a child user interface component to the child application. The device may transmit, using the child application, the request for data associated with the child user interface component to a child application server, wherein the data associated with the child user interface component is inaccessible by the host application. The device may receive, using the child application, the data associated with the child user interface component from the child application server. The device may display the child user interface component. |
| US11100484B2 |
Power and frequency regulation meter
A power and frequency regulation meter to which AC power is supplied through an AC power line, including: an AC frequency meter that receives AC power from an AC power line and measures a current AC frequency on the AC power line; an AC power consumption meter that receives AC power from the AC power line and measures a current power consumption on the AC power line over a period of time; an AC power consumption display that receives AC power from the AC power line and displays power consumption; a frequency regulation credits display that displays a frequency regulation credit; and a case that encases the AC frequency meter, the AC power consumption meter, the AC power consumption display, the frequency regulation credits display. A credit or debit is calculated based on a current power consumption, the current AC frequency, and a power consumption moving average. |
| US11100483B2 |
Hierarchical data information
Systems and methods for exchanging digital content in an online layered hierarchical market and exchange network are disclosed. A Buyer utilizes one or more Curry functions that are relevant to content to be acquired thereby developing a Margin Future estimate for the received content. Each e-market layer in the hierarchy adds value to the content for use with one or more other e-market layers. Value is added by executing a Margin Function including a Curry function on the content, as defined in the Margin Future. An embodiment includes data, information, knowledge, and wisdom (DIKW) e-market layers. The Margin Future estimate may be recorded with an escrow agent acting as an intermediary with Investors. Once funded, the Buyer may acquire the content from the Seller and apply value added. Payment may be made when the value added content enters the e-market using electronic wallets. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US11100479B2 |
Banking systems controlled by data bearing records
Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying, configuring, and utilizing cash handling devices to provide dynamic and adaptable operating functions. A cash handling device having at least one processor, a memory, and a communication interface may store a device registration module, a containerized operating module, a non-engagement services module, and a secure communications module. The device registration module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to register with a support server and a plurality of financial institution servers. The containerized operating module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to selectively execute a first operating application or a second operating application. The non-engagement services module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to generate and present one or more non-engagement user interfaces. The secure communications module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to track and securely communicate transaction details information. |
| US11100477B1 |
Electronic capital marketplace systems and methods
A system receives information for a plurality of invoices having invoice amounts owed by a debtor-buyer to a plurality of creditor-suppliers, a cash pool amount for a cash pool available by the debtor-buyer for early payment of at least some of the invoice amounts, and a desired return rate, receives a plurality of offers, each offer from a corresponding creditor-supplier and comprising an offer return rate, determines whether each of the plurality of offers is eligible for acceptance based on each offer return rate from each offer and the desired return rate for the buyer and selects one or more invoices each having an invoice amount, and transmits award information to the debtor-buyer. |
| US11100473B2 |
Mobile payment processing
The present specification relates to a mobile payment method, device, and system. One example method includes enabling, by the payee device, a device authorization function using a third-party server; receiving, by the payee device, identity authentication information from a payor device, wherein the identity authentication information includes an identifier of the payor device, and wherein the payor device does not have a payment application (APP) installed; forwarding, by the payee device, the received identity authentication information to the third-party server; receiving, by the payee device, token information from the third-party server, wherein the token information corresponds to the identifier; receiving, by the payee device, a payment request from the payor device, wherein the payment request includes the identifier of the payor device and the generated token; and sending, by the payee device, payment information including the generated token and the to the third-party server for verification. |
| US11100469B2 |
Cross-domain collaborative data log
A system, method and program product for a computer-based project collaboration system using a data log for cross-domain collaboration. A cognitive log stores log entries based on domain-specific project data sources. An ontology translator includes domain-specific ontologies and a mapping ontology that defines relationships among the domain-specific ontologies. A cross-domain query includes domain parameters from one domain-specific ontology and returns and displays results based on log entries with domain parameters from another domain-specific ontology using the ontology translator. |
| US11100464B1 |
Predictive consolidation system based on sensor data
Techniques for consolidation of items based on sensor data is provided. For example, an amount of an item may be identified using an electronic sensor associated with an automatic replenishment device. When the amount of the item is greater than a first reorder threshold, the item may not be ordered on behalf of the user until the amount of the item reaches the first reorder threshold. However, when an order for a different item is placed, either by accessing a network document to proactively order the different item or through a reorder schedule based on a consumption rate of the different item, the amount of the first item may be compared with a second reorder threshold. When the amount of the first item is less than the second reorder threshold, a notification may be provided to the user for additionally ordering the second item with the first item. |
| US11100462B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating delivery of products ordered over the internet to customers
In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for facilitating delivery of products purchased over the internet by the customers to the customers from a selected product stocking facility of the retailer. The products can be delivered to the customer from the selected product stocking facility of the retailer via a worker of the product stocking facility or an unmanned delivery vehicle. |
| US11100459B2 |
Systems and methods for article inventory transfer
A computer-implemented method of managing an inventory of articles includes receiving, by a transfer processor, article information associated with the articles, and identifying, by the transfer processor, one of the articles based on an article identifier. The method also includes retrieving article information based on the identifier, the article information including care information for the one of the articles, and, when the identified article is an article requiring special care, a special care requirement is included in the care information, and preparing the article for transfer based on the care information. |
| US11100457B2 |
Venue map based security infrastructure management
Systems and methods are provided for identifying an acceptable location for storing an asset in a venue. One or more security requirements for the asset are identified. A plurality of locations in a venue map database that satisfy one or more of the security requirements are identified. One or more security settings of a location are adjusted to satisfy the one or more security requirements. The location for storage of the asset is indicated on a venue map graphical user interface. |
| US11100455B2 |
System for parcel transport and tracking operated responsive to data bearing records
A system for parcel transport and tracking that operates responsive to data bearing records includes a plurality of geographically spaced repositories. The exemplary repositories include a plurality of enclosed compartment spaces. Access to each of the enclosed compartment spaces is controlled by respective door which is in operative connection with the respective lock. Central control circuitry in operative connection with the repositories is operative to control access to the compartment spaces and to cause compartments to be selectively accessible so that selected parcels may be placed therein or removed therefrom. |
| US11100449B1 |
Systems and methods for efficiency management
Systems and methods for efficiency management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for efficiency management may include (1) receiving a complexity level for a project; (2) receiving, from a system of record, a plurality of data points for the project; (3) at least one computer processor calculating a plurality of metrics for the project from the plurality of data points; (4) the at least one computer processor normalizing the plurality of metrics based on the complexity level; and (5) the at least one computer processor displaying, using a plurality of widgets, the normalized metrics on a display. |
| US11100447B1 |
Managing sales opportunities within an organization
Disclosed is a system and method for a consistent scoring system that illustrates the likelihood of successfully closing a sales deal or sales agreement. This allows sales professionals to allocate more time on strategy where it's needed most. It guides sales professionals on eliminating vulnerabilities or weaknesses in closing a sales deal and leveraging strengths to improve the likelihood to successfully close more sales deals. The present invention is computationally efficient in solving a combinatorial optimization algorithm. Being computational efficient enables the present invention to be scalable in order to handle more data and transactions. The results of the present invention provide insights in which a sales organization can act upon by re-using knowledge of previous interactions with a buyer or potential buyer. |
| US11100440B1 |
Just in time inventory process and fulfillment system
An inventory management and purchase order system that provides flexible calculation of reorder quantities, based on bounded time interval sales trends, in which multiple such intervals may be configured (compounded) on a per-SKU basis. |
| US11100436B2 |
Intelligent dynamic entity data control system
Systems for dynamic entity data control are provided. In some examples, a system may receive a request to generate a recommendation for a second region or area for the entity to operate and/or a request for a second entity to house the entity during operating in the second region or area. The system may generate and transmit requests for additional data. The requests for additional data may include requests for data about the entity, as well as requests for data about a plurality of other entities, other regions or areas, and the like. Response data may be received by the system and may be analyzed using machine learning. Once the recommendation has been generated, one or more instructions may be generated and transmitted to an entity computing system, a computing system of the second or temporary entity, or the like. The generated instruction may then be executed to modify data, display additional or new data, or the like. |
| US11100435B2 |
Machine learning artificial intelligence system for predicting hours of operation
An artificial intelligence system for communicating predicted hours of operation to a client device. The system may include a processor in communication with a client device and a database; and a storage medium storing instructions. When executed, the instructions in the storage medium configure the processor to: receive, from the client device, a request for hours of operation of a merchant, the request specifying a day of the week; obtain, from the database in response to the request, a set of credit card authorizations associated with the merchant; determine a selected day authorizations subset by selecting, from the set of credit card authorizations, credit card authorizations issued on the specified day of the week; generate a posted transaction array based on the selected day authorizations subset, the posted transaction array may include a plurality of time intervals and numbers of transactions for the time intervals; generate a predictions list based on the posted transaction array, the predictions list including the time intervals and prediction indications for the time intervals; and communicate the predictions list to the client device. |
| US11100430B1 |
Method for and system for predicting alimentary element ordering based on biological extraction
A system for predicting alimentary element ordering based on biological extraction, the system comprising a computing device configured to receive a biological extraction and alimentary element order chronicle of a user, retrieve an alimentary profile, identify, using the alimentary profile and a predictive machine-learning process, a predicted alimentary element and an alternative alimentary element, determine, using the predictive machine-learning process and the alimentary profile, the predicted alimentary element, select, using the predicted alimentary element, the alternative alimentary element, create a classifier, using a classification machine-learning process as a function of a plurality of alimentary element metrics, generate a plurality of related alimentary elements as a function of the classifier, rank the related alimentary elements as a function of the biological extraction, select the alternative alimentary element as a function of the ranking, and present the predicted alimentary element and the alternative alimentary element via a graphical user interface. |
| US11100426B1 |
Distributed matrix decomposition using gossip
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a distributed matrix decomposition system using gossip. In embodiments, the matrix decomposition system employs a scalable, parallel, and decentralized approach to divide an input matrix into a grid blocks, and individually decompose the blocks into local decomposed matrices by communicating (gossiping) with a limited set of neighboring blocks. In embodiments, the decomposition may be implemented as an iterative process using Stochastic Gradient Descent, where the decomposed matrices are iteratively updated and kept in approximate agreement for neighboring blocks. The division of the input matrix allows the decomposition operation to be easily parallelized among nodes of a distributed computing system and scaled to suit the size of the input matrix. Moreover, the distributed approach eliminates the need for a central server, which in some systems may represent an operational bottle neck, a single point of failure, or a target for attacks. |
| US11100420B2 |
Input processing for machine learning
A record extraction request for a data set is received at a machine learning service. A plan to perform one or more chunk-level operations (such as sampling, shuffling, splitting or partitioning for parallel computation) on chunks of the data set is generated. A set of data transfers that results in a particular chunk being stored in a particular server's memory is initiated to implement the first chunk-level operation of the sequence. A second operation such as another filtering operation or a feature processing operation is performed on a result set of the first chunk-level operation. |
| US11100415B2 |
Architecture and method for providing insights in networks domain
The invention is ontology-based architecture for performing semantic data mining for insights. The major components of the architecture are illustrated using Network Ontology (NO), an ontology generated for the network domain for delivering improved network management. In addition, algorithms for summarizing performance profiles in the form of rank tables and for extracting insight rules (concrete action plan) from the rank tables are presented. By using this approach, an actionable plan for assisting decision maker can be obtained, as domain knowledge is incorporated in the system. Experimental results on a network dataset show that this model provides an optimal action plan for a network to improve its performance by encoding data-driven rules into the ontology and suggesting changes to its current network configuration. |
| US11100412B2 |
Extending question and answer samples
Implementations of the present specification provide a method and an apparatus for extending question and answer samples. According to the method, a random number is generated for each existing sample, a question is blurred for a sample whose random number belongs to sample extension random numbers, to generate an extended sample, so that an overall sample blurring extension rate can be effectively controlled. In addition, for a sample needing blurring extension, a question is extended by deleting a word with a predetermined part of speech in the corresponding question, and then an extended sample is generated based on an extended question, so that more question expression ways are compatible. As such, a question and answer model is trained by using a sample set to which extended samples are added, so that an answer can be provided to a user more effectively. |
| US11100411B2 |
Predicting influence in social networks
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for predicting influence in a social network. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying a set of users of the social network, and identifying a subset of the users as influential users based on defined criteria. A multitude of measures are identified as predictors of which ones of the set of users are the influential users. These measures are aggregated, and a composite predictor model is formed based on this aggregation. This composite predictor model is used to predict which ones of the set of users will have a specified influence in the social network in the future. In one embodiment, the specified influence is based on messages sent from the users, and for example, may be based on the number of the messages sent from each user that are re-sent by other users. |
| US11100408B2 |
System and/or method for generating clean records from imperfect data using model stack(s) including classification model(s) and confidence model(s)
Techniques relating to managing “bad” or “imperfect” data being imported into a database system are described herein. A lifecycle technology solution helps receive data from a variety of different data sources of a variety of known and/or unknown formats, standardize it, fit it to a known taxonomy through model-assisted classification, store it to a database in a manner that is consistent with the taxonomy, and allow it to be queried for a variety of different usages. Auto-classification, enrichment, clustering model and model stacks, and/or other disclosed techniques, may be used in these and/or other regards. |
| US11100406B2 |
Knowledge network platform
An apparatus and method are provided for a managed knowledge network platform (KNP). Model dissimilarity values for model pairs are obtained, each model pair including a first model of a plurality of models in a KNP and a different model in the plurality of models. Path lengths between a first model node of a plurality of model nodes in the KNP and each one of other model nodes are computed, where the first model node represents the first model and the first model node is connected to a first user node of a plurality of user nodes representing users of the KNP. At least one of the different models is selected based on the model dissimilarity values and the path lengths. A recommendation that includes the at least one model is generated for a first user represented by the first user node. |
| US11100405B1 |
Systems and methods for cohort identification and reporting
Systems and methods for defining a custom segment in a set of behavioral data are provided. A described method includes receiving a set of behavioral data associated with a plurality of user devices and identifying multiple cohort groups, each of the cohort groups including one or more of the user devices. The behavioral data includes a behavior metric for each of the user devices and the cohort groups are identified based on the behavior metric for each of the user devices. The method further comprises generating a segmentation interface including a graphical visualization of the multiple cohort groups and causing the segmentation interface to be presented via a user interface device. The method further comprises defining a custom segment of the behavioral data based on a user selection of one or more of the multiple cohort groups via the segmentation interface. |
| US11100402B2 |
Image quality assessment using similar scenes as reference
A system for image quality assessment of non-aligned images includes a first deep path portion of a convolutional neural network having a set of parameters and a second deep path portion of the convolutional neural network sharing a set of parameters with the first deep path convolutional neural network. Weights are shared between the first and second deep path convolutional neural networks to support extraction of a same set of features in each neural network pathway. Non-aligned reference and distorted images are respectively provided to the first and second deep paths of the convolutional neural network for processing. A concatenation layer is connected to both the first and second deep paths convolutional neural network, and a fully connected layer is connected to the concatenation layer to receive input from both the first and second deep paths of the convolutional neural network, generating an image quality assessment as a linear regressor and outputting an image quality score. |
| US11100395B2 |
Analytic system for interactive direct functional principal component analysis
An analytic system provides direct functional principal component analysis. (A) A next group variable value is selected from values of a group variable. (B) Explanatory variable values of observations having the selected next group variable value are sorted in ascending order. (C) The response variable value associated with each sorted explanatory variable value is stored in a next row of a data matrix. (D) (A) through (C) are repeated. (E) An eigenfunction index is incremented. (F) An FPCA is performed using the data matrix to define an eigenfunction for the eigenfunction index. (G) (E) and (F) are repeated. (H) FPCA results from the performed FPCA are presented within a window of a display. The FPCA results include an eigenvalue and an eigenfunction associated with the eigenvalue for each functional principal component identified from the performed FPCA in (F). |
| US11100391B2 |
Power-efficient deep neural network module configured for executing a layer descriptor list
A deep neural network (DNN) processor is configured to execute descriptors in layer descriptor lists. The descriptors define instructions for performing a pass of a DNN by the DNN processor. Several types of descriptors can be utilized: memory-to-memory move (M2M) descriptors; operation descriptors; host communication descriptors; configuration descriptors; branch descriptors; and synchronization descriptors. A DMA engine uses M2M descriptors to perform multi-dimensional strided DMA operations. Operation descriptors define the type of operation to be performed by neurons in the DNN processor and the activation function to be used by the neurons. M2M descriptors are buffered separately from operation descriptors and can be executed at soon as possible, subject to explicitly set dependencies. As a result, latency can be reduced and, consequently, the neurons can complete their processing faster. The DNN module can then be powered down earlier than it otherwise would have, thereby saving power. |
| US11100390B2 |
Power-efficient deep neural network module configured for layer and operation fencing and dependency management
A deep neural network (DNN) processor is configured to execute layer descriptors in layer descriptor lists. The descriptors define instructions for performing a forward pass of a DNN by the DNN processor. The layer descriptors can also be utilized to manage the flow of descriptors through the DNN module. For example, layer descriptors can define dependencies upon other descriptors. Descriptors defining a dependency will not execute until the descriptors upon which they are dependent have completed. Layer descriptors can also define a “fence,” or barrier, function that can be used to prevent the processing of upstream layer descriptors until the processing of all downstream layer descriptors is complete. The fence bit guarantees that there are no other layer descriptors in the DNN processing pipeline before the layer descriptor that has the fence to be asserted is processed. |
| US11100387B2 |
Systems and methods for learning and predicting transactions
Systems and methods for predicting are described herein. A record for each of a plurality of events associated with user transactions can be stored. A sequential plurality of the events can be analyzed using a unidirectional long short term memory (LSTM) and first and second dense neural network layers configured to receive output from the LSTM network. |
| US11100386B2 |
Buffer addressing for a convolutional neural network
Data for layers of a convolutional neural network (CNN) is provided by receiving input data values to be processed in a layer of the CNN and determining addresses in banked memory of a buffer in which the received data values are to be stored based upon format data indicating a format parameter of the input data in the layer and indicating a format parameter of a filter which is to be used to process the input data in the layer. The received input data values are then stored at the determined addresses in the buffer for retrieval for processing in the layer. |
| US11100379B1 |
Multi-purpose smart card with user trusted bond
The present disclosure relates a new generation “smart card” designed to create a severable invisible “bond” between the cardholder and the smart card itself where this trusted bond relationship is used to enhance and simplify the authentication process and during the use of the multi-purpose smart card. This new smart card is initiated and connected to a specific user using biometric information added to the card and the user using biometric information connects via a trusted bond with the card by pairing the biometric information which can be severed in one of multiple ways. The trusted bond with the smart card can be broken in one of multiple ways including disconnection from a network, distancing from the user, impact accelerometers, outside parameters, etc. The multi-function smart card also uses this established trusted bond with the user to simplify the authentication of the user for use of the card in encrypted computer network, ground security, or other retail and payment function. |
| US11100378B2 |
Packaging paperboard and method for manufacturing same
A packaging paperboard is provided that includes two or more layers with an antenna pattern printed on one layer of the two or more layers, and an RFIC element adhered to the other layer of the two or more layers. In a laminate having the layers stuck together, the RFIC element and the antenna pattern are interposed between the layers to configure an RFIC device in which the RFIC element and the antenna pattern are electrically connected. |
| US11100377B2 |
Image recording apparatus, image recording method, and correction information acquisition method
In an image recording apparatus, when an image is recorded on a recording medium, the recording medium passes through a head part only once. Before the image is recorded, a value of a color component of at least some of pixels included in the image is corrected in order to reduce color mixing unevenness. At that time, on the basis of respective values of two reference color components among a plurality of color components of a correction target pixel, a value of one target color component included among the two reference color components is corrected. Alternatively, on the basis of respective values of three reference color components among the plurality of color components, a value of one target color component or respective values of two target color components included among the three reference color components are corrected. |
| US11100372B2 |
Training deep neural networks with synthetic images
The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. The system and the method generate, via a deep neural network, a first synthetic image based on a simulated image, generate a segmentation mask based on the synthetic image, compare the segmentation mask with a ground truth mask of the synthetic image, update the deep neural network based on the comparison, and generate, via the updated deep neural network, a second synthetic image based on the simulated image. |
| US11100370B2 |
Method of using deep discriminate network model for person re-identification in image or video
Disclosed is a deep discriminative network for person re-identification in an image or a video. Concatenation are carried out on different input images on a color channel by constructing a deep discriminative network, and an obtained splicing result is defined as an original difference space of different images. The original difference space is sent into a convolutional network. The network outputs the similarity between two input images by learning difference information in the original difference space, thereby realizing person re-identification. The features of an individual image are not learnt, and concatenation are carried out on input images on a color channel at the beginning, and difference information is learnt on an original space of the images by using a designed network. By introducing an Inception module and embedding the same into a model, the learning ability of a network can be improved, and a better differentiation effect can be achieved. |
| US11100369B2 |
Training method for tag identification network, tag identification apparatus/method and device
The present disclosure provides a training method for a tag identification network, a tag identification apparatus/method and device. The training method for a tag identification network includes: acquiring a first number of first images, each of the first images having its standard tag; adjusting parameters of the tag identification network by utilizing the first number of first images and their standard tags; selecting a second number of first images from the first number of first images as images to be converted, the second number being smaller than the first number; performing a style conversion process on each of images to be converted to generate a second image corresponding thereto, and serving a standard tag of the image to be converted as a standard tag of the second image; and adjusting the parameters of the tag identification network by utilizing the second number of the second images and their standard tags. |
| US11100365B2 |
Apparatus and method for interactively viewing and clustering data segments from long data recordings
A method for operating a data processing system and computer readable medium causing a data processing system to execute that method are disclosed. The method includes causing the data processing system to receive a plurality of first EDSs classified into a plurality of first clusters and a first RDS for each of the plurality of first clusters and displaying, a first display for each of the first clusters and a RDS for each of the first clusters. The data processing system receives information from a user specifying one or more of the first clusters to be further clustered to arrive at a specified number of second clusters into which the specified one or more first clusters are to be classified, and performing a second clustering on the selected clusters. The method also includes displaying a second display that includes a plurality of second EDSs, classified into the second clusters. |
| US11100358B2 |
Method, artificial neural network, device, computer program and machine-readable memory medium for the semantic segmentation of image data
A method for the calculation resource-saving semantic segmentation of image data of an imaging sensor with an artificial neural network, in particular, of a convolutional neural network, the artificial neural network including an encoder path, a decoder path (and a skip component), including: initial connection (merge) of an input tensor to a skip tensor with an initial connection (merge) function/connection instruction to obtain a merged tensor, the input tensor and the skip tensor being dependent on the image data; application of a function of a neural network, in particular, of a convolution to the merged tensor to obtain a proof reader tensor; second connection (merge) of the proof reader tensor to the input tensor with a second connection (merge) function/connection instruction to obtain an output tensor; outputting the output tensor to the decoder path of the artificial neural network. |
| US11100357B2 |
Real-time micro air-quality indexing
A first image may be received by a processor. The processor may identify an image quality measure of which to evaluate the first image. The processor may compare the first image to one or more images. The processor may generate a first image quality score for the first image based on the comparing. The processor may convert the first image quality score into a first micro air-quality index. The processor may transmit the first micro air-quality index to a recording device. Additionally, a recording device may capture a first image. The recording device may send the first image to a database that may include a model associated with an image quality measure. The recording device may receive a first micro air-quality index associated with the image quality measure. The recording device may rearrange a display of the first image to display the first micro air-quality index. |
| US11100356B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
An information processing apparatus includes a character recognition section that performs character recognition of an input image to output a character recognition result, a receiving section that receives an input of a character recognition result by a person on the input image, a detection section that detects a strikethrough from the input image, a matching section that matches the character recognition result output by the character recognition section with the character recognition result by the person, which is received by the receiving section, and a control section that performs control for causing the matching section to perform matching so as to obtain a final character recognition result based on a result of the matching, in a case where the detection section detects the strikethrough. |
| US11100352B2 |
Convolutional neural network for object detection
Disclosed is a computer-readable medium including a program code that, when executed by processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to generate a feature map from an input image, to extract a region of interest from the feature map, and to generate a predicted mask based on the region of interest. The processing circuitry may use a predicted mask and a real mask to learn a convolutional neural network system. The real mask includes first pixels corresponding to the real boundary and second pixels corresponding to a fake boundary adjacent to the real boundary. |
| US11100349B2 |
Audio assisted enrollment
The present disclosure generally relates techniques for audio-assisted enrollment of biometric features. In some embodiments, methods and devices for assisting users with enrollment of biometric features, using spatial audio cues, are described. |
| US11100346B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining a location of a shared vehicle park position
An approach is provided for determining a location of a shared vehicle based on fused location data. The approach includes initiating a capture of an image of a shared vehicle using a camera sensor of a device. The approach also includes processing the image to determine an image-based location of the shared vehicle. The approach also includes fusing the image-based location with at least one other source of location data indicating a position of the shared vehicle to determine the location of the shared vehicle. |
| US11100338B2 |
Data recording device
A data recording device includes at least one sensor configured to detect a surrounding environment of a moving object as detection data, a buffer configured to store the detection data in association with a time point, a tracking unit configured to perform tracking of an object being present around the moving object based on the detection data stored in the buffer, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object is lost during the tracking of the object performed by the tracking unit, a period determination unit configured to determine a period during which the object is determined to be lost by the determination unit as a recording period in response to a fact that a predetermined recording condition is satisfied, and a recording unit configured to record the detection data corresponding to the recording period onto a recording medium among the detection data stored in the buffer. |
| US11100337B2 |
Determining a state of the surrounding area of a vehicle, using linked classifiers
A method for determining a state of the surrounding area of a vehicle includes: receiving sensor data of at least one surrounding-area sensor of the vehicle; feeding at least a first portion of the sensor data into at least one first classifier; generating an intermediate probability from the first portion of the sensor data, using the first classifier; feeding at least a second portion of the sensor data and the at least one intermediate probability into a second classifier; generating a final probability of the state of the surrounding area from the second portion of the sensor data and the at least one intermediate probability, using the second classifier. |
| US11100336B2 |
System and method of adaptive traffic management at an intersection
A traffic control system and a method of automatic zone creation for a smart traffic camera to be used in adaptive traffic management at an intersection are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method includes receiving traffic data at an intersection; creating zones at the intersection to be applied to one or more smart traffic cameras installed at the intersection; determining whether the zones are to be validated; validating the zones upon determining that the zones are to be validated; and applying the validated zones to the one or more smart traffic cameras at the intersection. |
| US11100335B2 |
Method for queue time estimation
Embodiments of a method and system described herein enable capture of video data streams from multiple, different video data source devices and the processing of the video data streams. The video data streams are merged such that various data protocols can all be processed with the same worker processors on different types of operating systems, which are typically distributed. In an embodiment the multiple video data sources comprises at least one mobile device executing a video sensing application that produces a video data stream for processing by video analysis worker processes. The processes include estimating a queue wait time. |
| US11100330B1 |
Presenting messages to a user when a client device determines the user is within a field of view of an image capture device of the client device
Various client devices include displays and one or more image capture devices configured to capture video data. Different users of an online system are associated with client devices that exchange information captured by their respective image capture devices. A user of a client device may provide a message to an additional user of an additional client device for asynchronous presentation to the additional user. The message includes information identifying the additional user and one or more privacy settings. When the additional client device identifies the user via captured video data, the online system determines whether the message has previously been presented to the additional user. Subject to the privacy settings included in the message, the additional client device presents the message to the additional user after detecting the additional user and determining the message has not previously been presented to the additional user. |
| US11100324B2 |
Interpreting an image
A method includes obtaining a set of image segment identigens for each image segment of an image to produce sets of image segment identigens. The sets of image segment identigens are possible interpretations of an image segment. The method further includes generating a set of relationships between image segments. The relationships provide a list of one or more ways in which the image segments are related. The method further includes processing different permutations of the sets of image segment identigens in accordance with the set of relationships to generate an entigen group. The entigen group represents a most likely interpretation of the image. |
| US11100322B2 |
Character authenticity determination
A computer-implemented method for assessing if a character in a sample image is formed from a predefined selection of characters, comprising: processing a sample image with an alignment network to form a corrective transformation; applying the corrective transformation to the sample image to form a transformed image; computing a similarity of the transformed image with a corresponding reference image of a character from a predefined selection of characters to form a similarity score; and declaring the sample image not to comprise the character from the predefined selection of characters if the similarity score is less than a threshold. |
| US11100319B2 |
Object detection and image classification based optical character recognition
A system performs optical character recognition (OCR) on an image displaying a portion of an object. An image classification system identifies the object in the image, based on which one or more object detection models identify labels associated with the object within the image. The system determines text of the identified labels using OCR, and analyzes the OCR resultant text for discrepancies and/or inaccuracies. In response to identifying a discrepancy, the system provides a recommendation for improving the accuracy of the OCR resultant text. |
| US11100317B2 |
Drawing device and drawing method
A drawing device draws stroke data including a plurality of control points. The drawing device includes at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing at least one program that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the drawing device to: generate intermediate data formed from movement of the stroke data by moving each of the plurality of control points, and control a display device to sequentially draw at least the generated intermediate data. |
| US11100316B2 |
Activity recognition method using videotubes
An activity recognition device comprises a port configured to receive a video stream from a video source for a first object and a second object; a memory configured to store instructions and image frames of the video stream; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the memory, the one or more processors configured to: select portions of the image frames based on presence of the first object; determine areas within the portions of image frames, wherein locations of the first object in the video frames are bounded by the determined areas; determine motion of the first object and locations of a second object within the areas of the image frames; and identify an activity according to the determined motion and locations of the second object, and generate an alert according to the identified activity. |
| US11100314B2 |
Device, system and method for improving motion estimation using a human motion model
A device, system and method is provided for estimating movement based on a human movement model in a virtual, augmented or mixed reality environment. In an offline phase, a human movement model may be stored that assigns a non-uniform probability of spatiotemporal representations of movements that occur in a human body. In an online phase, a user's movements may be recorded. The user's movements may be estimated by spatiotemporal representations of a plurality of (N) degrees of freedom (DOF) that maximize a joint probability comprising a first probability that the measured movements match the estimated movements and a second probability that the human movement model assigns to the spatiotemporal representations of the estimated movements. A virtual, augmented or mixed reality image may be displayed that is rendered based on the NDOF spatiotemporal representations of the estimated movements. |
| US11100313B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium storing a program
An information processing apparatus comprises a detection unit detecting a moving body around the information processing apparatus and a distance to the moving body; a first image capturing unit having a first image capturing range; and a second image capturing unit having a second image capturing range, and performs authentication of the authentication target person based on captured image data. It controls so as to perform authentication based on image data captured by the first image capturing unit, and if the detected distance becomes shorter than a first distance and the authentication is not possible, it controls so as to perform authentication based on image data captured by the second image capturing unit. |
| US11100311B2 |
Neural networks for facial modeling
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for modeling facial representations using image segmentation with a client device. The systems and methods receive an image depicting a face, detect at least a portion of the face within the image, and identify a set of facial features within the portion of the face. The systems and methods generate a descriptor function representing the set of facial features, fit object functions of the descriptor function, identify an identification probability for each facial feature, and assign an identification to each facial feature. |
| US11100306B1 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display region includes a plurality of fingerprint recognition units. The non-display region includes a drive chip and Q first gate drive circuits, where the drive chip includes a first encoding circuit including M signal output terminals. The non-display region further includes a first decoding circuit and M first signal lines. The first decoding circuit includes M signal input terminals and N signal output terminals, where 1≤M |
| US11100305B2 |
Display arrangement comprising ultrasonic biometric sensing system and method for manufacturing the display arrangement
There is provided a display arrangement comprising an ultrasonic biometric sensing device. The display arrangement comprises: a cover plate having a sensing surface configured to be touched by a finger; a display panel comprising a plurality of sub-layers; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged along the periphery of the display arrangement and outside of an active display area of the display arrangement, each ultrasonic transducer comprising a top and bottom electrode; and ultrasonic transducer control circuitry to control the ultrasonic transducers to determine properties of an object in contact with the sensing surface. One of the sub-layers in the display panel comprises a protruding portion extending outside of an area of any other sub-layer located between the sub-layer comprising the protruding portion and the cover plate, and the plurality of ultrasonic transducers are arranged on the protruding portion between the protruding portion and the cover plate. |
| US11100304B2 |
Display panel, driving method, and display device
Display panel, driving method, and display device are provided. The display panel includes first signal output lines, first signal input lines, fingerprint recognition units arranged in an array, touch-control electrodes arranged in an array, and a driving circuit. One touch-control electrode corresponds to at least two fingerprint recognition units, and is electrically connected to at least one first signal input line. One fingerprint recognition unit includes a photodiode, a first electrode, and a switch module. A first terminal of the photodiode is electrically connected to the switch module, a second terminal of the photodiode is electrically connected to a corresponding touch-control electrode, the switch module is electrically connected to a corresponding first signal output line, and the first electrode is electrically connected to the first terminal of the photodiode. The first signal output lines and the first signal input lines are electrically connected to the driving circuit. |
| US11100302B2 |
System and method for verification of displayed shelf tags using hand-held device
A system and method for verifying price and product information displayed on tags for products on a shelf in a retail store. A retailer management server stores data relating to products including stored prices for the products and planogram information, for example. A hand-held portable terminal is configured to communicate with the server and verify data on a shelf tag. The terminal includes a scanner for scanning barcodes/UPCs/GTINs on a shelf tag associated with a product of a manufacturer, as well as the barcode on the product. The system processes and compares the scanned information of the shelf tag, including price information and optionally location data, with stored information for the product as obtained from the server, and issues an alarm (sound or vibration) from the hand-held device if the compared data is incorrect or inconsistent (i.e., not the same). Further, the system is configured to automatically print a new shelf tag with a barcode and stored price as a result of determining an inconsistency. |
| US11100300B2 |
Systems and methods for tracking items
The present invention provides systems and methods for tracking items (e.g., commodities, goods, containers, boxes, packages, etc.) through transportations to multiple locations within a pre-defined space, to allow the position(s) and movement(s) of such items to be accurately tracked and documented, and to allow such items to be quickly identified and located based on tracking records kept within the tracking system. The system may utilize image sensors, image recognition and processes software, position translation software, and a virtual model of the pre-defined space in order to track objects within the defined space and maintain a record of the movement(s) and position(s) of the object within the pre-defined space. |
| US11100299B2 |
Method for compensating for a phase shift between the signal emitted by an object and that received from a reader equipped with an envelope detector and corresponding object
An operation of calibrating the object using a reference reader is performed, the calibration operation including an operation of placing the reference reader at various distances away from the object that correspond to various values of a parameter within the object that is representative of the intensity of the signal received by the object, and, for each distance, an operation of determining an internal phase-shift compensation in the object with respect to a nominal internal phase shift, making it possible to obtain a load modulation amplitude that is higher, in terms of absolute value, than a threshold, and an operation of storing a lookup table of the various values of the parameter and the corresponding internal phase-shift compensations. |
| US11100293B2 |
Negation scope analysis for negation detection
Negation scope analysis for negation detection is provided. In various embodiments, a phrase is read from a report collection. The phrase is searched for at least one of a predetermined set of negation keywords. A dependency parse tree is generated of the phrase. The dependency parse tree is traversed starting with the at least one of the predetermined set of negation keywords. Based on the traversal, a plurality of words of the phrase are determined that are spanned by the at least one of the predetermined set of negation keywords. |
| US11100292B2 |
Systems and methods for disambiguating a term based on static and temporal knowledge graphs
Systems and methods provided herein for a determining a meaning of an ambiguous term in a text segment based on a context term, a static knowledge graph and a temporal knowledge graph. These systems and methods access a first knowledge graph associated with the context term to determine a potential term that is the meaning of the unknown term. Upon determining that there are multiple potential terms in the first knowledge graph that could be the meaning of the unknown term, the systems and methods take into account the temporal dimension of relationships between entities for disambiguating the meaning of the unknown term. The systems and methods achieve this by determining a time stamp of the text segment and accessing a second knowledge graph associated with the first context term and related to the time stamp to determine the potential term that is the meaning of the first unknown term. |
| US11100288B1 |
Factored neural networks for language modeling
A factored neural network estimates a conditional distribution of token probabilities using two smaller models, a class model and an index model. Every token has a unique class, and a unique index in the class. The two smaller models are trained independently but cooperate at inference time. Factoring with more than two models is possible. Networks can be recurrent. Factored neural networks for statistical language modelling treat words as tokens. In that context, classes capture linguistic regularities. Partitioning of words into classes keeps the number of classes and the maximum size of a class both low. Optimization of partitioning is by iteratively splitting and assembling classes. |
| US11100285B2 |
Systems and methods for configurable messaging with feature extraction
Systems and methods for a configurable response-action engine are provided. Actions are generated for a conversation when an insight is received from a natural language processing system. Industry, segment, client specific instructions, third party data, a state for the lead and lead historical patterns are also received. A decision making action model is tuned using this information. An objective for the conversation may be extracted from the state information for the lead. The tuned model is then applied to the insight and objective to output an action. A response message may be generated for the action. The action is directed to cause a state transition of the lead to a preferred state. In another embodiment, systems and methods are presented for feature extraction from one or more messages. In yet other embodiments, systems and methods for message cadence optimization are provided. |
| US11100283B2 |
Method for detecting deceptive e-commerce reviews based on sentiment-topic joint probability
Provided is a method for detecting deceptive e-commerce reviews based on a sentiment-topic joint probability, which belongs to the fields of natural language processing, data mining and machine learning. In the data of different fields, a STM model is superior to other reference models; compared with other models, the STM model belongs to a completely un-supervised (no label information) statistic learning method and shows great advantages in processing unbalanced large sample dataset. Thus, the STM model is more suitable for application in a real e-commerce environment. |
| US11100281B1 |
System and method for maintaining links and revisions
A method for maintaining links and revisions for a plurality of documents is described. The method is carried out by one or more computing devices. Requests that indicate revisions to be carried out on the plurality of documents are received, at least one of the requests corresponding to revisions for different documents of the plurality of documents. For each request: a workspace revision counter that is shared by the plurality of documents is incremented, the workspace revision counter indicating a revision state of the plurality of documents, the revision is queued in a workspace revision queue that is shared by the plurality of documents, and the revision indicated by the request is caused to be performed on one or more documents of the plurality of documents that correspond to the request. |
| US11100278B2 |
Systems and methods for presentation of a terminal application screen
A method for automatic presentation of a terminal application screen is described. The method includes receiving terminal application screen data from a server. The method also includes selecting a transformation template based on a comparison of text in the terminal application screen data to identification text in the transformation template. The transformation template includes instructions for transforming the terminal application screen data into an HTML page. The method further includes transforming the terminal application screen data into the HTML page using the selected transformation template. The HTML page is displayed in a web interface on a client device. |
| US11100273B2 |
Integrated circuit and method of manufacturing same
A method of forming an integrated circuit includes generating, by a processor, a layout design of the integrated circuit based on a set of design rules and manufacturing the integrated circuit based on the layout design. The generating of the layout design includes generating a set of active region layout patterns extending in a first direction, generating a set of gate layout patterns extending in a second direction, and generating a cut feature layout pattern extending in the first direction, overlapping at least a first gate layout pattern of the set of gate layout patterns, being separated from the set of active region layout patterns in the second direction by at least a first distance. The first distance satisfying a first design rule of the set of design rules. |
| US11100269B2 |
System and method for estimation of chip floorplan activity
Simulation or calculation to estimate activity per unit in a chip design, combined with estimation of the specific location or region in which the unit logic will be finally placed, provides for calculation of an estimation of the activity distribution within the floorplan. Activity distribution estimation can be performed with fine granularity (at a gate level), at coarse granularity (at a macro level), or at an intermediate granularity (at a network-on-chip unit level). The estimation is displayed, visually, to a user of a design tool. Furthermore, the estimation is used to make manual or automatic optimizations of the floorplan and the location and configuration of units within the floorplan. |
| US11100268B1 |
Fast and accurate simulation for power delivery networks with integrated voltage regulators
Embodiments are generally directed to a hierarchical approach for performing simulation for PDNs that have integrated VRMs. According to certain aspects, embodiments include an approach that decouples the simulation for PDN and the simulation for VRM/PKG through PDN macromodeling. In these and other embodiments, the approach includes a SPICE-accurate simulation for the VRM part using a non-linear solver and using a linear solver for the PDN part, with minimal handshaking between them. For example, using a Backward Euler method having a fixed time step, at every simulation time interval, the linear solver sends reduced boundary currents to the non-linear solver. After the non-linear solver converges at the time interval, it sends boundary voltages back to the linear solver for determining voltages in the PDN part at the time interval. |
| US11100265B2 |
Structural design systems and methods for selective simulation of equipment coverage in a floor plan
Systems and methods for selective simulation of equipment coverage in a floor plan are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to access a floor plan demarcating at least one room. Operations may include receiving, via a graphical user interface, information marking an area within the at least one room, wherein the marked area defines an area of interest or disinterest within the at least one room, and wherein the area of interest or disinterest covers an area less than an the area of the at least one room. Operations may include accessing a functional requirement associated with the area of interest or disinterest and accessing technical specifications associated with the functional requirement. Operations may include generatively analyzing the technical specifications to define a solution that at least partially conforms to the functional requirement and outputting the solution. |
| US11100257B2 |
Spool run route finding in CAD systems
A system can receive selection of endpoints for a spool on a graphical user interface (“GUI”) and attempt to assemble a spool based on the endpoints. To do so, a plugin can execute a route-finding process that traverses routes from the endpoints. The routes can be determined by retrieving connectors from the endpoints and, for each connector, determining what parts are connected. For each connected part, the process can repeat so long as the connected part is not one of the endpoints or already in another route or spool. When the routes are complete, the connected parts can be treated as an assembly of the spool. The GUI can generate a spool sheet that uses the assembly as the spool. |
| US11100256B2 |
Multi-user cloud parametric feature-based 3D CAD system with predictive drag
Disclosed is a parametric feature-based 3D CAD system that allows multiple users to simultaneously edit a parametric feature-based 3D CAD model consisting of 3D parts and assemblies of those parts (3D Model). Several CAD users, each using their own computer, phone, or tablet, can edit the same 3D Model at the same time. Editing may be separate and simultaneous—there is no need for users to worry about locking, checking out, or otherwise restricting each other's access to 3D Models. As a result, users see each other's changes occur in real-time, and may also identify what aspects other users are actively modifying through visible Collaboration Cues. |
| US11100255B1 |
Method and apparatus for high voltage protection
Methods and systems are disclosed for protecting a host device from one or more power surges transmitted from a sink device. When a sink device is detected as being connected to the host device, a limited level of power is provided to the sink device over a power transmission line and the sink device is authenticated. A normal level of power is provided to the sink device only if the authentication is successful, otherwise a reduced level of power is provided. |
| US11100248B2 |
Apparatus, method and system for granting priority certificates
A system for awarding priority-certificates and for providing personal-priority-accounts is disclosed. The system may include an apparatus for receiving priority-certificate applications including priority-claims with respect to one or more abstract ideas, discoveries, or other subject matter not covered by any form of intellectual property. The system may include a first-computer-system, a first-storage-unit connected with the first-computer-system, and a second-storage-unit connected with the first-computer-system. The system may further include a personal-priority-account apparatus configured to enable a user to save priority-documents on an account administrated by an independent party keeping said documents in trust for the user. The system may further include an apparatus configured to associate priority-documents to the application. The application may be examined by an examiner to find whether the priority-claims are valid. The system may include a priority-certificate creating apparatus configured to create and issue priority-certificates in the name of the claimants. |
| US11100246B2 |
Computer-implemented methods, systems comprising computer-readable media, and electronic devices for completing queries propagated across a plurality of datasources
A computer-implemented method for completing queries propagated across a plurality of datasources that may include receiving a search query comprising a search string via an application user interface. Identity information regarding an end user associated with the search query may also be received. At least one role of the end user may be automatically determined and authorization metadata corresponding to the at least one role may be automatically appended to the search query. A plurality of adapters corresponding to the datasources may be invoked and the appended search query may be passed to the adapters. The appended search query may be translated by the adapters into a plurality of translated search queries according to the syntax and format configurations of the datasources. The translated search queries may be automatically submitted to the corresponding datasources. Responsive results may be automatically received and presented at an end user computing device. |
| US11100245B1 |
Systems and methods of role-based dynamic cross domain solutions
A system includes a secure storage database maintaining a plurality of secure data, a storage access interface, and an access controller. The storage access interface receives a first request to retrieve a first secure data from the secure storage domain. The access controller receives the first request; determines, using a first access module, if the first request satisfies a first access condition based on the first secure data requested to be retrieved; extracts, from the first request, an indication of a role of a user associated with the first request; initializes, responsive to receiving the first request, a second access module; determines, using the second access module, if the first request satisfies a second access condition based on the indication of the role of the user; and outputs the first secure data responsive to the first request satisfying the first access condition and the second access condition. |
| US11100241B2 |
Virtual trap protection of data elements
To prevent ransomware from encrypting data elements stored in a memory of a computer-based system, the system identifies at least one identifier associated with a data element. The identifiers indicate an attribute(s) of the corresponding data element within the memory. The system then determines an optimal number of virtual traps for the data elements respective of at least one identifier. The system then determines an optimal position for each virtual trap corresponding to the at least one identifier. The system then positions the virtual traps at the determined position within the memory. The system monitors the data elements stored in the memory in order to identify whether changes have occurred, and determines respectively updated optimal number and positions of virtual traps. |
| US11100239B2 |
Open source library security rating
An open source library rating is generated for an open source library based on dependencies of the library, vulnerabilities of the library, an age of the library, a popularity of the library, a history of the library, or any suitable combination thereof. The rating of a specific version of a library may be generated based on a base score for all versions of the library and a version score for the specific version of the library. An authorization system receives a request from a developer to add a library to a software application. In response, the authorization system accesses a rating for the library. Based on the rating, the authorization system approves the request, denies the request, or recommends an alternative library. |
| US11100238B2 |
Systems and methods for generating policy coverage information for security-enhanced information handling systems
An information handling system may include a host system comprising a processor and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor, the management controller comprising firmware having a security module configured to enforce access control in accordance with a security policy. The security module may be further configured to, with respect to a process: (i) with respect to a firmware process, receive a plurality of access requests from the firmware process, wherein such plurality of access requests is generated as a result of at least one test case being applied to the firmware process; (ii) for each particular request of the plurality of requests, determine if the particular request is permitted in accordance with the security policy and if the particular request is permitted in accordance with the security policy, add an entry to a coverage store, the entry comprising information regarding the particular request; and (iii) compare the coverage store to the security policy to generate a policy coverage data file setting forth security rules of the security policy covered by execution of the plurality of requests. |
| US11100237B2 |
Identify and protect sensitive text in graphics data
A computing device includes a processor to generate graphics data that includes text, a display to display the graphics data, and a memory to record the displayed graphics data. A sensitive text handling engine is coupled to the processor, the display and the memory. The sensitive text handling engine is configured to perform certain steps before sensitive text within the graphics data is displayed and recorded. These steps include receive sensitive text identification settings, detect text in the graphics data and store the detected text as text images, translate the text images into text strings, and identify sensitive text within the text strings based on the sensitive text identification settings. |
| US11100236B2 |
Distributed data security
A method includes partitioning a received data chunk into first and second data sectors to be stored in respective first and second store units. The method also includes generating first and second random keys. The method further includes encrypting the first data sector with the second random key, and encrypting the second data sector with the first random key. The first and second random keys are encoded with channel codes. Thereafter, the first encoded random key is appended to the first encrypted data sector to obtain first appended data, and the second encoded random key is appended to the second encrypted data sector to obtain second appended data. |
| US11100232B1 |
Systems and methods to automate networked device security response priority by user role detection
An apparatus includes a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to automatically send queries to client devices, and to receive responses from the client devices in response to the queries. The processor is configured to identify, based on the responses and on role information stored in an Active Directory database, roles of current users of the client devices and identify based on the roles security risks associated with the client devices. The roles can differ among users. The processor is configured to select a remedial action for at least one of the client devices based on the security risk associated with that client device, and is configured to implement the remedial action on that client device. The processor is configured to not select a remedial action for another of the client devices based on the security risk associated with that client device. |
| US11100231B2 |
Methods, systems and computer readable media for providing resilient computing services using systems diversity
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing resilient computer services using systems diversity include a head device for receiving requests from clients and for replicating the requests. Variates each receive a request replicated from the head device, process the request, and generate a response to the request. At least some of the variates are different in configuration from the other. The response processing server receives the responses from the variates, selects one of the responses, and delivers the response to the client via the head device. Configuration or systems diversity and adaptation to threats and failures over time may be achieved using adaptive algorithms. |
| US11100225B2 |
Scanning of encrypted zip files
There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; and one or more mediums including instructions to instruct the processor to provide a security scanner to: determine that an object to be inspected is an archive including a plurality of bundled files; determine that the archive is encrypted; identify unencrypted data within the encrypted archive that can be made visible to an end user after a failed decryption operation; scan the unencrypted data for a pattern that matches password data; and attempt to decrypt the archive according to the password data. |