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| US11165232B2 |
Method for assembling a housing assembly
A housing assembly is adapted for housing fully pre-wired printed circuit boards populated with diverse electrical components. The housing assembly includes multiple nipples and an optimized geometry for mounting to or mounting within commonly available conduit-related fixtures in a variety of installation configurations. These installation configurations allow for simpler wire routing where voltage separation is required, for greater accessibility to gang junction box cover plates on gang junction boxes to which the housing assembly is mounted, and for more installation options for wide range of common gang junction boxes as compared to existing housings. |
| US11165227B2 |
Power distribution unit, such as a fuse box for a vehicle
The invention relates to a power distribution unit (1), such as a fuse box for a vehicle, for providing a protected electrical connection between a power supply cable and a plurality of distribution cables (7). The unit comprises a housing (2) and, received in said housing: —a bus bar (5) configured to be connected to the power supply cable; —a plurality of fuses (10), each fuse comprising a body (15), a first end portion (11) configured to be connected to the bus bar (5), and a second end portion (12) configured to be connected to a distribution cable (7); —at least one retainer (20) for maintaining the bus bar (5) in position with respect to the housing (2); —at least one positioner (40) for positioning the fuse first end portion (11) relative to the bus bar (5) along directions (X, Y) substantially parallel to the bus bar; —a biasing member (30) configured to urge the fuse first end portion (11) towards the bus bar (5), to cause the fuse first end portion to remain in contact with the bus bar. |
| US11165226B2 |
Spark plug including a multi-step insulator seat
A spark plug is provided, including a housing, an insulator situated within a housing, the insulator having a longitudinal axis, an insulator foot, body, head, and seat. Inside the housing is a housing seat which is in contact with the insulator seat of the insulator. An inner seal is situated between the housing seat and the insulator seat, so that the inner seal, the housing seat, and the insulator seat form a sealing system. The insulator seat includes a step that has a first section and a second section having an angle γ to one another that is greater than 0° and the first section being parallel to the insulator longitudinal axis. The inner seal is in contact with this first section, so that a radial sealing surface is formed at the insulator. |
| US11165225B2 |
Optoelectronic device comprising a central segment tensilely strained along a first axis and electrically biased along a second axis
An optoelectronic device including a semiconductor layer formed from a central segment and at least two lateral segments forming tensioning arms that extend along a longitudinal axis A1. The semiconductor layer furthermore includes at least two lateral segments forming electrical biasing arms that extend along a transverse axis A2 orthogonal to the axis A1. |
| US11165224B2 |
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser layout for high bandwidth output
A layout for a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is provided. In an example embodiment, the layout comprises a VCSEL, an etched shape around a mesa of the VCSEL, a signal contact layer deposited on section of the mesa, and a ground contact layer. The ground contact layer comprises three parts and is positioned around a first section of the etched shape. The first part of the ground contact layer is deposited on a second section of the etched shape. The second and third parts of the ground contact layer comprise two legs off of the first part. The two legs are symmetrically positioned about two sides of the signal contact layer to form a ground-signal-ground configuration. |
| US11165217B2 |
Laser beam irradiation detection device, laser beam irradiation detection method, and laser beam irradiation detection system
A bandpass filter allows a light ray of a predetermined band including a wavelength band of a color of a laser beam, which is a target of detection, among light rays from a subject to pass therethrough. An imaging unit of a video camera captures the light ray passing through the bandpass filter. The controller analyzes a frequency for each brightness level of a video signal generated based on an imaging signal output from the imaging unit and detects a peak at which the frequency protrudes at a specific brightness level. The controller detects a trajectory of a straight light ray in a frame of the video signal. The controller detects that the laser beam is irradiated when the peak exists at a specific brightness level and the trajectory of the light ray exists in the frame. |
| US11165215B2 |
Purging system for a laser system
A purging system for a laser system is described. The purging system comprising a cartridge that houses a desiccant material and which is configured for removable mounting with an enclosure of the laser system. The cartridge comprising a first mesh layer that provides a means for a fluid to flow to the desiccant material housed within the cartridge. The purging system further comprises a membrane located over the first mesh layer. The purging system therefore provides a mean for passively purging the laser system and so its operation does not require the employment of a pump. The employment of the removable cartridge also has the advantage that the downtimes of the laser system with which it is deployed are reduced during periods when it is required to dry or replace the desiccant material. |
| US11165210B2 |
Slip ring and slip ring unit having a slip ring
A slip ring includes a first dielectric carrier body and a second dielectric carrier body, each carrier body having at least one shoulder extending circumferentially along a circle line. In addition, the slip ring includes conductor elements, which have an annular and closed configuration with respect to an axis, at least one conductor element, which is fixed in place on the shoulder of the first dielectric carrier body, and at least one conductor element, which is fixed in place on the shoulder of the second dielectric carrier body. The first dielectric carrier body is arranged at an offset from the second dielectric carrier body in the direction of the axis, so that the shoulder having the at least one conductor element of the first dielectric carrier body and the shoulder having the at least one conductor element of the second dielectric carrier body are located axially across from each other. |
| US11165209B2 |
Assembling structure for a conductive plate of a handheld power tool
An assembling structure for a conductive plate of a handheld power tool has a battery having a casing, a circuit board, an adapter, and multiple conductive plates. The circuit board, the adapter and the conductive plates are all located in the casing. The adapter is mounted on a top surface of the circuit board, and has multiple adapting grooves. The conductive plates are mounted in the adapting grooves of the adapter respectively, and are electrically connected to the circuit board. By mounting the adapter on the top surface of the circuit board and mounting the conductive plates in the adapting grooves of the adapter respectively, the conductive plates and the circuit board are able to be combined and fixed together by the adapter without the welding progress, which reduces the consumable cost, the labor cost, and the time consumption. |
| US11165208B2 |
Electrical contact and connector
An electrical contact includes a longitudinal first body portion, a longitudinal second body portion, a terminal portion, and a contact portion. The longitudinal first body portion has a terminal end, a first transition end opposite the terminal end, and a major surface generally lying in a first plane. The longitudinal second body portion has a contact end, a second transition end opposite the contact end, and a major surface generally lying in a second plane intersecting the first plane. The contact end is distal to the first transition end. The terminal portion extends from the first body portion at the terminal end. The contact portion extends from the second body portion at the contact end. |
| US11165205B2 |
Multi-phase connector for electric powertrain system
A multiphase connector for electric powertrain systems includes a terminal block and a plug member that are, at least in part, made from electrically conductive metal. The terminal block has at least one socket surrounding a retaining spring and the plug member has at least one contact pin configured to be inserted in to the at least one socket. The plug member can be engaged with the terminal block without use of installation tools and includes one or more cable gland assembly in contact with a shield of a shielded cable. |
| US11165204B2 |
Plug and socket having a shield plate to ground plate connection
A connector with enhanced suppression and shieldability of signal interference between signal terminals is provided. A connector includes a ground plate made of conductive metal, the ground plate being placed beside a fitting groove of a socket housing. A plug includes a shield plate made of a conductive plate member beside a plug-side signal terminal, and a surface of the shield plate is opposed to a top end surface of the ground plate. The connector can ensure cooperation between the shield plate and the ground plate and enhance suppression and shieldability of signal interference between the signal terminals. |
| US11165203B2 |
Socket
The present disclosure provides a socket comprising a grounding part, a first shielding part, a plastic core, and a terminal. The grounding part comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The grounding part comprises a first perforation. The first shielding part is disposed in the first perforation. The first shielding part comprises a shielding ring. The first connecting part is disposed on one side of the shielding ring close to the second surface. The plastic core is disposed in the first shielding part. An outer surface of the plastic core is provided with a sleeve and a second connecting part disposed on one side of the sleeve close to the second surface. The shielding ring is disposed on the sleeve. The first connecting part is in contact with the second connecting part. The terminal is disposed in the plastic core. |
| US11165201B2 |
Oblique-insert-proof structure and interface card comprising the same
An interface card is provided with an oblique-insert-proof structure. The interface card has an inserting portion configured to be inserted into a slot of a motherboard. The oblique-insert-proof structure is configured to abut the slot. The oblique-insert-proof structure has a connecting portion and two end blocking portions. The connecting portion has a groove in an inserting direction and extending in a length direction. The end blocking portions are configured to abut two shorter side surfaces of the slot. The oblique-insert-proof structure is securely mounted on the interface card and the inserting portion is mounted through the groove. When the interface card is mounted on the motherboard, the oblique-insert-proof structure can assist in aligning the inserting portion with the slot. Also, the oblique-insert-proof structure can enhance the strength of the connection between the interface card and the motherboard, so the interface card can be disposed with more components and bear more weight. |
| US11165197B2 |
Connector release assist system
A connector release assist system includes a first connector that has at least one first connector securing feature that is configured to engage a second connector to secure the second connector to the first connector, and disengage the second connector when a second connector release member on the second connector is actuated. A subsystem is located adjacent the first connector such that the subsystem inhibits access to the second connector release member when the second connector is secured to the first connector. A connector release assist device is located adjacent the first connector, extends past the subsystem, and is configured to actuate the second connector release member. In specific examples, the first connector is an RJ-45 female connector, and the second connector is an RJ-45 male connector. |
| US11165196B2 |
Connection device comprising a multipolar magnetic circuit
A connection device comprises a male element and a female element capable of being axially inserted one into the other and locking to one another by means of a bayonet mechanism. The male element and the female element each have a primary magnetic circuit comprising a ferromagnetic yoke and a plurality of magnets arranged in a plane transverse to the insertion axis. The magnetic circuits are capable of magnetically coupling to one another when the male element and the female element are in proximity and facing one another, in order to form a multipolar magnetic circuit in which the magnets are arranged between the two yokes in such a way as to generate a magnetic flux closing on the two yokes and generating an attractive axial magnetic force. |
| US11165195B1 |
Connector assembly applied to high-voltage interface
A connector assembly applied to a high-voltage interface includes a first connector and a second connector to be connected to each other. The first connector has an accommodating groove. A socket is provided in the accommodating groove. The socket has an electrical connection hole, an elastic holding portion, and a first engaging portion. The second connector has a plug-in portion corresponding to the accommodating groove. The plug-in portion is provided with a conductive probe corresponding to the electrical connection hole and a second engaging portion corresponding to the first engaging portion. The accommodating groove, the electrical connection hole, the plug-in portion and the conductive probe are all parallel to the same axis, so that the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other in a sliding manner. |
| US11165189B2 |
Waterproof connector and method of assembling same
Provided is a waterproof connector, with which waterproof performance can be improved. The waterproof connector includes a connector main body, which is mounted on a circuit board provided inside a housing, and is to be inserted into a housing connector hole formed in the housing; an annular seal member, which is provided outside the housing, and surrounds the connector main body; a bracket, which is provided to the housing, and is configured to presses the annular seal member against the housing; and fasteners configured to fix the bracket to the housing. The annular seal member is held in contact with a connector main body sealing surface and a housing sealing surface to close a gap between the housing and the connector main body. |
| US11165188B2 |
Electric connector panel to be mounted in a device housing
An electronic connector panel that mounts on a wall of a device housing. The electronic connector panel has at least two integrated electric connectors, the housings of which are interconnected by a common mounting plate. There is at least one contact member for each electric connector as well as at least one contact element per contact member. A flat sealing member with openings for both connectors may be used between the connector panel and the wall of the device. |
| US11165187B2 |
Connector
A connector (10) is to be connected to an end part of a cable (90). The cable (90) is formed by covering outer peripheries of at least two twisted wires (91) by an outer coating (92). The connector includes a conductive tubular portion (32) and an outer housing (60). The wires (91) are inserted into the tubular portion (32). The tubular portion (32) includes a suppressing portion (35) having an outer surface recessed from an outer surface of the tubular portion (32) and an inner surface projecting further toward the wires (91) than an inner surface of the tubular portion (32). The outer housing (60) includes an accommodating portion (62) for accommodating the tubular portion (32). The accommodating portion (62) includes a locking portion (66) to be fit into a recessed part of the suppressing portion (35) in an intersecting direction intersecting a withdrawing direction of the tubular portion (32). |
| US11165181B2 |
Female terminal
It is aimed to provide a female terminal capable of suppressing the rattling of a tab. A female terminal (10) of the present disclosure is fit to a male terminal (20) and includes a bottom wall (26), a resilient contact piece (14) and rattling suppressing portions (18). The resilient contact piece (14) is cantilevered from the bottom wall (26) and resiliently contacts the male terminal 20 by being displaced toward the bottom wall (26). The rattling suppressing portions (18) can contact the male terminal (20) when the male terminal (20) is displaced toward the bottom wall (26). |
| US11165180B2 |
Connection terminal and terminal connection body
A connection terminal for connecting a first conductor and a second conductor, the connection terminal including: a connection configured to be connected to the first conductor; an arc-shaped fitting that extends from the connection, and is configured to be fitted to, while being in surface contact with, a tubular outer circumferential surface of the second conductor over a half of the circumference thereof, with application of restoring force after elastic deformation; and a pair of extensions that extend from two ends, in a circumferential direction, of the arc-shaped fitting, and are curved to a side opposite to a side to which the arc-shaped fitting is curved. |
| US11165178B2 |
Electrical interconnection system and method for electrically interconnecting electrical components of a module
An electrical interconnection system for electrical components of a module includes a hub printed circuit board (PCB) having a first electrically conductive track and a second electrically conductive track. Each of the first and second electrically conductive tracks is configured to electrically connect at least two of the electrical components of the module, wherein the at least two of the electrical components of the module are external to the hub PCB. The system also includes multiple electrical terminals, wherein each of the electrical terminals is configured to electrically connect one of the first and second electrically conductive tracks of the hub PCB to one of the at least two electrical components of the module. |
| US11165177B2 |
Board connector
A board connector (A) has a housing (10) placed on a circuit board (P). The board connector (A) includes a terminal holding portion (11) and a receptacle (13) extending forward from an outer peripheral edge of the terminal holding portion (11). Terminal fittings (25, 26) are mounted while penetrating through the terminal holding portion (11) and are connectable to the circuit board (P) while being placed on the circuit board (P) behind the terminal holding portion (11). Locks (19) are formed on the housing (10) and restrict a forward tiling displacement of the housing (10) by being locked to the circuit board (P). |
| US11165172B2 |
Terminal and wire with terminal
A female terminal (12) to be connected to an end of a wire (11) is provided with a wire connecting portion (19) including a base (22) and first and second pinching portions (14, 15) extending along an extending direction from the base (22) and configured to pinch the wire (11), and a sliding portion (18) movable along the extending direction and including first pressing portions (16A, 16B) and second pressing portions (17A, 17B) for pressing the first and second pinching portions (14, 15) toward the wire (11) by coming into contact with the first and second pinching portions (14, 15). The first pressing portions (16A, 16B) and the second pressing portions (17A, 17B) project toward the first and second pinching portions (14, 15) and are side by side at an interval in a direction intersecting the extending direction. |
| US11165171B2 |
Transparent antenna stack and assembly
An optically transparent antenna stack includes at least two stacked optically transparent antennas. Each antenna includes an electrically conductive metal mesh including a plurality of interconnected electrically conductive metal traces defining a plurality of enclosed open areas. The metal mesh of each antenna and each lead has a percent open area greater than about 50%. The at least two stacked optically transparent antennas includes a first antenna configured to operate over a first, but not a second, frequency band and a second antenna configured to operate over the second, but not the first, frequency band. The optically transparent antenna stack has an optical transmission of at least about 50% for at least one wavelength in a wavelength range from about 450 nm to about 600 nm. |
| US11165169B2 |
Antenna structure and display device including the same
An antenna structure includes an antenna device including a dielectric layer and a plurality of radiation patterns on an upper surface of the dielectric layer, and a flexible circuit board including a feeding wiring electrically connected to the radiation patterns. The feeding wiring includes a plurality of individual wirings, each of which electrically connected to each of the radiation patterns, and lengths of neighboring individual wirings included in at least one pair from the plurality of individual wirings are different from each other. |
| US11165159B2 |
Antennas in frames for display panels
The present subject matter describes an antenna positioned inside a frame for a display panel of an electronic device. In an example implementation, the antenna comprises a cuboidal antenna holder having a first excitation surface and a second excitation surface perpendicular to the first excitation surface. |
| US11165158B2 |
Integrated antenna element, antenna unit, multi-array antenna, transmission method and receiving method of same
An integrated antenna element includes a top PCB and a bottom PCB arranged in a laminate structure. Radiating surface units are arranged between the top PCB and the bottom PCB. A first balun and a second balun set separately set on the top and bottom PCBs respectively, each for different polarization. The integrated antenna element is capable of transmitting signals to a base station and receiving signals from a base station. |
| US11165157B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes a ground plate, a patch portion disposed parallel to the ground plate with a particular spacing, a plurality of short circuit portions that electrically connect the patch portion to the ground plate, and a loop portion which is a loop shaped conductor member at a particular spacing from an outer edge portion of the patch portion. The patch portion has an area which forms an electrostatic capacitance that causes parallel resonance with an inductance provided by the short circuit portions at a particular target frequency. The loop portion is formed with a perimeter length which is an integral multiple of the wavelength of radio waves at the target frequency. A feed point is disposed on the loop portion, and current is supplied to the patch portion through the loop portion. |
| US11165152B2 |
Antenna and electronic device
An antenna structure includes: an antenna array and a radio frequency component; and a radio frequency transfer switch, wherein the radio frequency transfer switch is connected with the antenna array and the radio frequency component, a number of the antenna array connected with the radio frequency transfer switch is greater than a number of the radio frequency component connected with the radio frequency transfer switch, the radio frequency transfer switch is configured to switch a feed object of at least one radio frequency component connected therewith, and the feed object is any antenna array connected therewith. |
| US11165145B2 |
Base station antenna
The present disclosure has disclosed a base station antenna comprising an antenna core provided with an antenna base at the bottom thereof and provided with an antenna bracket at the top thereof; and a radome sleeved over the antenna core. The radome includes a top wall and a side wall that protrudes downward from the top wall. The antenna core and the radome are connected together by a fixed connection portion located near a bottom end of the radome and a floating connection portion located near a top end of the radome. The floating connection portion fixes a position of the radome on the antenna core in a horizontal direction and allows the radome to float relative to the antenna core in a vertical direction by cooperating the antenna bracket with the top wall of the radome or the side wall at the top of the radome. The base station antenna solves the problem of a tensile force between the antenna core and the radome resulting from the temperature change, thereby improving the performance parameters such as PIM of the base station antenna. |
| US11165143B2 |
Antenna module and electronic system including the same
An antenna module includes an antenna substrate, a fan-out package and first electrical connection structures. The antenna substrate includes a pattern layer including antenna and ground patterns, and a feeding layer under the pattern layer including a feeding network that supplies power to the antenna patterns. The fan-out package is under the antenna substrate and includes a semiconductor chip driving the antenna substrate, an encapsulant encapsulating some of the semiconductor chip, a first redistribution layer on the semiconductor chip electrically connecting the semiconductor chip with the antenna substrate, and a second redistribution layer under the semiconductor chip electrically connecting the semiconductor chip with external devices. The first electrical connection structures are between and electrically connect the antenna substrate and the fan-out package. A logic layer including logic patterns electrically connecting the pattern layer with the feeding layer in the antenna substrate in the first redistribution layer in the fan-out package. |
| US11165142B2 |
System and apparatus for driving antenna
Techniques for antenna positioning system having a drive element shared by multiple antennas for positioning about a positioning degree of freedom are described. In some examples, each antenna can be coupled with a rotating spindle, with each antenna spindle being coupled with the shared drive element. By driving a shared drive element, each of the antenna spindles in the system can be rotated via the associated coupling. In some examples, such a coupling may include link arms with an adjustable length to reduce backlash or to apply a preload to the system. In some examples, such a coupling may be configured to position multiple antennas over different orientation ranges in response to the drive element driving over an actuation range, which may include one antenna being idled or otherwise maintained at an orientation while another antenna is driven, or may include different antennas being driven according to different actuation ratios. |
| US11165139B1 |
Electronic devices having antennas that radiate through a display
An electronic device may be provided with a display and a phased array antenna that transmits radio-frequency signals at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The display may include a conductive layer that is used to form pixel circuitry and/or touch sensor electrodes. A filter may be formed from conductive structures within the conductive layer. The conductive structures may include an array of conductive patches separated by slots or may include conductive paths that define an array of slots. The filter may include an additional array of conductive patches stacked under the array of conductive patches to allow the slots to be narrower than would be resolvable to the unaided human eye. The periodicity of the conductive structures and the slots in the filter may be selected to tune a cutoff frequency of the filter to be greater than frequencies handled by the phased antenna array. |
| US11165136B2 |
Flex integrated antenna array
Techniques are discussed herein for improving the form factor of a wideband antenna in a mobile device. An example of a wireless device according to the disclosure includes at least one radio frequency integrated circuit, a flex cable assembly operably coupled to the at least one radio frequency integrated circuit, and at least one radiator operably coupled to the flex cable assembly via at least one conductor in a ball grid array. |
| US11165134B1 |
Biased antenna mount for mounting an antenna on a support member
An antenna mount for supporting an antenna on a support member in a manner which reduces the likelihood of the antenna, antenna mount and support member being damaged by an object making contact with the antenna. The antenna mount has a mounting plate connected to the antenna, a pivot mechanism connecting the mounting plate to the support member and a biasing mechanism interconnecting the pivot mechanism and an anchor associated with the support member. The pivot mechanism allows the antenna to move to a pivoted position in response to contact with an object. The biasing mechanism is configured to hold the antenna in a desired operating position during use and to move the antenna from its pivoted position back to the desired operating position after contact with an object. The antenna mount can be utilized with an upwardly extending tubular support member of a vehicle. |
| US11165133B2 |
Tilt bracket for antenna structure
A tilt bracket comprising a first bracket part and a second bracket part is pivotable between a fully open position, a fully folded position, and intermediate positions. The tilt bracket further comprises a blocking mechanism which allows the first bracket part and the second bracket part to always pivot towards the fully folded position, and which either prevents or allows the first bracket part and the second bracket part to pivot towards the fully open position. |
| US11165132B2 |
Antenna assembly for a vehicle
A heat dissipation system for an antenna assembly for a vehicle is disclosed that provides enhanced heat removal attributes and that provides heat transfer from various components to a heat sink through different heat transfer flow paths to reduce the transfer of heat from high heat producing components to heat sensitive components. Improved heat insulation components can be added to maximize the thermal isolation between heat producing components and to prevent heat transferred from the vehicle into the antenna assembly. |
| US11165131B2 |
Heat structure for thermal mitigation
Implementations for heat structure for thermal mitigation are described. The described heat structures, for instance, provide a multi-layered structure that optimizes heat spreading and dissipation, as well as wireless performance of wireless devices. A heat structure, for instance, is installed internally in a wireless device adjacent various internal components to absorb heat generated by the components, and to dissipate the heat. According to various implementations, a heat structure is implemented as a thermally conductive layer surrounded by layers of electrically conductive material. Electrically conductive vias can be formed that traverse the thermally conductive layer and form an electrical connection between different electrically conductive layers to mitigate current flow in the thermally conductive layer. |
| US11165121B2 |
Additives for improved battery performance, improved additive-containing membranes, improved battery separators, improved batteries, and related methods
Described herein, are battery separators, comprising the following: a microporous polymeric film; and an optional coating layer on at least one side of the microporous polymeric film, wherein at least one of the microporous polymeric film and the optional coating comprises an additive. The additive is selected from the group consisting of a lubricating agent, a plasticizing agent, a nucleating agent, a shrinkage reducing agent, a surfactant, an SEI improving agent, a cathode protection agent, a flame retardant additive, LiPF6 salt stabilizer, an overcharge protector, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a lithium deposition agent or improver, or a solvation enhancer, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a wetting agent, and a viscosity improver. Also, described herein are batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, comprising one or more of the described separators. Methods for making the battery separators are also described. |
| US11165120B1 |
Energy storage module
An energy storage module that includes one or more cells, a body, and a cavity in the body. The body includes a first wall and a second wall arranged transversely to the first wall. The first wall and the second wall run parallel to an axis. The cavity contains the one or more cells and is at least partially defined by the first wall and the second wall. The first wall includes first and second heat conducting layers to form a first heat dissipating path in a first direction which extends transverse to the axis. The second wall includes first and second heat insulating layers to form a heat conduction barrier for preventing heat dissipation in a second direction that extends transverse to the first direction and the axis. |
| US11165117B2 |
Modular battery configured for wire bonding
Aspects of a modular clip for an electric battery module, a battery module comprising multiple such modular clips, and a battery pack comprising multiple battery modules are provided. The modular clip includes a housing configured to receive a plurality of battery cells. The modular clip may further comprise at least one interconnect plate. The modular clip may further comprise a retainer plate including a plurality of top cell recesses, each of the plurality of top cell recesses may comprise an opening to enable wire bonds between electrical terminals of a battery cell and the at least one interconnect plate. The battery module may comprise a plurality of wire bonds between at least one voltage sensing PCB and the at least one interconnect plate. |
| US11165116B2 |
Battery for an industrial truck
A battery for an industrial truck comprises a battery body that comprises a first base body and a second base body. The second base body is positioned adjacent to the first base body. The first base body and the second base body extend a same length in one dimension and the first base body has a greater height than the second base body. |
| US11165113B2 |
Pouch-shaped battery cell having protective film attached thereto
Disclosed herein is a pouch-shaped battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly is received in a pouch-shaped battery case together with an electrolytic solution, wherein the pouch-shaped battery case is made of a laminate sheet including a metal layer and a resin layer, an upper edge of the pouch-shaped battery case, from which electrode terminals protrude outward, and opposite side edges of the pouch-shaped battery case, which are adjacent to the upper edge of the pouch-shaped battery case, are thermally fused to constitute a sealed portion of the pouch-shaped battery case, the opposite side edges of the pouch-shaped battery case being bent perpendicularly from the upper edge of the pouch-shaped battery case toward an electrode assembly receiving unit for receiving the electrode assembly, and a protective film is attached so as to wrap the perpendicularly bent opposite side edges of the pouch-shaped battery case. |
| US11165111B2 |
Thermal barrier, in particular for a battery or batteries thus equipped
A thermal barrier to maintain the temperature of a battery. The barrier includes elements with respectively cold and hot PCM materials, and elements, thermal isolators, arranged at least in case of some between two of the PCM material elements. |
| US11165110B2 |
Stored electrical energy source having cooling plates arranged between the cells for emergency cooling
An energy store has a plurality of electrical energy storage cells, which are connected electrically in series or parallel and are combined to form an energy storage module. Cooling plates are arranged between the energy storage cells and into which coolant or refrigerant can be introduced. Each cooling plate has a support frame, which extends around an elastic insert. The elastic insert forms a channel structure, which guides the coolant or refrigerant through the elastic insert. A method for producing the energy store has the following steps: adhesively bonding a first electrically insulating film to a side of a support frame of a cooling plate; arranging an elastic insert within the support frame, whereby the elastic insert is also adhesively bonded to the first electrically insulating film, and alternately stacking energy storage cells and cooling plates to form an energy storage module. |
| US11165109B2 |
Cooling structure for battery pack
In a cooling structure for a battery pack, a case bottom wall of a first battery case is divided into left and right case bottom walls. A first cooling medium jacket includes left and right first cooling medium jackets formed respectively in the left and right case bottom walls. Left ends of the left first cooling medium jacket and second cooling medium jacket are made to communicate with each other via a left cooling medium passage. Right ends of the right first cooling medium jacket and second cooling medium jacket are made to communicate with each other via a right cooling medium passage. Accordingly, it is possible to simplify the structure of a cooling medium passage for supplying cooling medium to a cooling medium jacket of battery cases on two levels. |
| US11165105B2 |
Power supply device, power storage device, electronic device, and power system
Provided is a power supply device including a rectifier configured to convert an alternating current power from a system into a direct current power and supply the direct current power to a power storage device and a load, and a current sensor configured to detect one or both of a first direct current from the rectifier to the load and a second direct current from the rectifier to the power storage device, in which a measurement result of the current sensor is configured to be fed back to the rectifier to control an output current of the rectifier. |
| US11165100B2 |
Solid battery, battery pack, vehicle, power storage system, power tool, and electronic device
A solid battery including a positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; a current collecting layer; a solid electrolyte layer; and an insulating layer. Each of the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer, the current collecting layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the insulating layer contains a material having a glass transition point of 500° C. or less in an amount of 10 vol % to 60 vol %, and among contents of the material having a glass transition point of 500° C. or less in each of the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer, the current collecting layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the insulating layer, a difference between a maximum content and a minimum content is 30 vol % or less. |
| US11165098B2 |
Substituted isoxazoles for lithium batteries
An electrolyte composition containing at east one compound of formula (I) where R1, R2 and R3 are selected independently from each other from H, C1 to C12 alkyl, C3-C6 (hetero)cycloalkyl, C2 to C12 alkenyl, C2 to C12 alkynyl, CN, NR′R″, CHO, C5 to C12 (hetero)aryl, and C6 to C24 (hetero)aralkyl. Alkyl, (hetero)cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, (hetero)aryl, and (hetero)aralkyl are optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from CN, NR′R″, and CHO. R′ and R″ are selected independently from each other from H and C1 to C6 alkyl. At least one of R1, R2 and R3 is not H or C1 to C12 alkyl. |
| US11165097B2 |
Electrolyte, electrochemical device and electronic device containing the same
The present application relates to an electrolyte, an electrochemical device and an electronic device comprising the same. The electrolyte of the present application includes a cyclic N-containing sulfonyl-compound and at least one of vinylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate or lithium difluorophosphate. The electrolyte of the present application may further include a sulfur-oxygen double bond containing compound and a silicon-containing carbonate. Compared with the prior art, using the electrolyte provided by the present application can effectively improve the high-temperature storage, cycle performance and overcharge performance of an electrochemical device, such as a lithium-ion battery. |
| US11165095B2 |
Solid-state battery, battery pack, electric motor vehicle, power storage system, electric tool, and electronic device
A solid-state battery that includes a cathode layer which occludes and discharges an electrode reactant ion, an anode layer which occludes and discharges the electrode reactant ion and partially faces the cathode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anode layer and including a high ion conductivity portion in a first region in which the cathode layer and the anode layer face each other, and a low ion conductivity portion facing the cathode layer in a second region in which the cathode layer and the anode layer do not face each other. |
| US11165090B2 |
Construction of ultra high capacity performance battery cells
A method of forming a battery electrode includes spraying a suspension of nanoparticle sized metal oxide to create an active layer. |
| US11165088B2 |
Button battery and manufacturing method therefor
A button battery and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The button battery includes a housing with a positive electrode shell and a negative electrode shell, wherein a plurality of positive electrode plates and a plurality of negative electrode plates are provided in the housing. The positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are stacked at intervals to form a columnar cell. The positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates are connected to the positive electrode shell and the negative electrode shell through a current collector respectively. |
| US11165087B2 |
Battery cell including tab and lead having compact joint structure
Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly is received in a battery case together with an electrolytic solution in the state in which the battery case is sealed and in which a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal are located outside the battery case, wherein the electrode assembly is configured to have a structure in which a plurality of first electrode plates and a plurality of second electrode plates are stacked in the state in which separators are interposed respectively between the first electrode plates and the second electrode plates, at least one of the first and second electrode plates includes at least two unit tabs protruding outward from a main body thereof, and unit leads are coupled to the unit tabs in order to form at least one terminal unit. |
| US11165081B2 |
Management system, management method, control apparatus, and power generation apparatus
An energy management system having a fuel cell apparatus (150) as a power generator that generates power using fuel, and an EMS (200) that communicates with the fuel cell apparatus (150). The EMS (200) receives messages that indicate the status of the fuel cell apparatus (150) when normal operation, from the fuel cell apparatus (150). |
| US11165078B2 |
Generator unit having a fuel cell device, vehicle having a generator unit of this type and method for monitoring a generator unit
The present invention relates to a generator unit (1) having a housing (10), a fuel cell device (20), which is arranged in an interior space (10a) of the housing (10), a gas-carrying duct (30) having an upstream opening (30a) and a downstream opening (30b), a valve (40), which is provided, in particular set up, to connect the interior space (10a) to the duct (30) at least at times in a gas-carrying manner, a driving device (50), which moves gas within the duct (30) from the upstream opening (30a) to the downstream opening (30b), and a sensor device (60), which is arranged in a downstream direction of the duct (30) starting from the valve (40) and is designed to detect at least one parameter of the gas. The present invention also relates to a method for monitoring a generator unit. |
| US11165074B2 |
Ion exchanger
An ion exchanger includes a housing and an ion exchange resin filling the housing. The ion exchanger is configured to remove ions in a coolant through ion exchange when the coolant that has flowed into the housing passes through the ion exchange resin. The ion exchanger is also configured to discharge, from the housing, the coolant from which the ions have been removed. The ion exchange resin comprises a cation exchange resin, a strongly basic anion exchange resin, and a weakly basic anion exchange resin. |
| US11165069B2 |
Fuel cell separator, antimony-doped tin oxide, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing fuel cell separator
A fuel cell separator having high corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity is provided. This fuel cell separator includes, on a substrate, an antimony-doped tin oxide film having an alkyl group substituted with at least one fluorine atom, in which an element ratio of fluorine to tin (F/Sn) in the film is 3 or more and 7 or less. |
| US11165067B2 |
Porous current collector and electrode for an electrochemical battery
A component for use in an electrochemical battery, wherein the component includes a self-supporting porous metal substrate capable of acting as both an electrode and a current collector in an electrochemical battery. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of making the components of the present disclosure and electrochemical batteries including at least one component according to the present disclosure. |
| US11165066B2 |
Method for forming electrode, electrode, storage battery, and electric device
An electrode improved for achieving a storage battery having both a high electrode strength and favorable electrode conductivity is provided. The electrode includes graphene and a modified polymer in an active material layer or includes a layer substantially formed of carbon particles and an active material layer including a modified polymer over a current collector. The modified polymer has a poly(vinylidene fluoride) structure and partly has a polyene structure or an aromatic ring structure. The polyene structure or the aromatic ring structure is sandwiched between poly(vinylidene fluoride) structures. |
| US11165065B2 |
High power, extended temperature range-capable, highly abuse overcharge and discharge tolerant rechargeable battery cell and pack
Provided are electrochemical secondary cells that exhibit excellent abuse tolerance, deep discharge and overcharge conditions including at extreme temperatures and remain robust and possess excellent performance. Cells as provided herein include: a cathode a polycrystalline cathode electrochemically active material including the formula Li1+xMO2+y, wherein −0.9≤x≤0.3, −0.3≤y≤0.3, and wherein M includes Ni at 80 atomic percent or higher relative to total M, an anode including an anode electrochemically active material defined by an electrochemical redox potential of 400 mV or greater vs Li/Li+. |
| US11165064B2 |
Li-substituted layered spinel cathode materials for sodium ion batteries
Systems, methods, and compositions are disclosed for a Li-substituted layered-tunneled O3/spinel Na(NixFeyMnz)O2 cathode material, Na0.87Li0.25Ni0.4Fe0.2Mn0.4O2+∂ (LS-NFM) for enhanced sodium ion storage and cycling stability. The LS-NFM electrode is prepared by adjusting the stoichiometric ratio of the Na ion over the sum of Li and transition metal ions below 1. The Rietveld refinement of XRD data indicates that the cathode is composed of 94% layered and 6% spinel components. When cycled at a high current density of 100 mA g−1, LS-NFM cathode exhibited a first-cycle Coulombic efficiency of 88% and reversible discharge capacity of 107 mAh g−1 after 50 cycles with the capacity retention of 95%. |
| US11165062B2 |
Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, method for producing same, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
Provided is a positive electrode active material with which a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery can be obtained that achieves both high energy density and output characteristics and thermal stability at the time of short-circuit owing to low conductivity. A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide containing a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide is represented by General Formula (1): LidNi1-a-b-cMnaMbNbcO2+γ, at least part of niobium is solid-solved in the primary particles, and a maximum niobium concentration within the primary particles is at least one time and up to three times an average niobium concentration within the primary particles. |
| US11165057B2 |
Negative electrode active material for power storage device
Provided is a negative electrode active material for a power storage device that has a low operating potential, can increase the operating voltage of the power storage device, and has excellent cycle characteristics. The negative electrode active material for a power storage device, the negative electrode active material containing as elements at least one selected from Si, B, and P; Nb; and O. |
| US11165056B2 |
Method of producing an electrode material for a battery electrode
The present invention relates to a method for producing an electrode material for a battery electrode, in particular for a lithium-ion battery, wherein said electrode material comprises nanostructured silicon carbide, comprising the steps of: a) providing a mixture including a silicon source, a carbon source and a dopant, wherein at least the silicon source and the carbon source are present in common in particles of a solid granulate; b) treating the mixture provided in step a) at a temperature in the range from ≥1400° C. to ≤2000° C., in particular in a range from ≥1650° C. to ≤1850° C., wherein step b) is carried out in a reactor that has a depositing surface the temperature of which relative to at least one other inner reactor surface is reduced. In summary, a method described above enables to combine a simple and cost-efficient production with a high cycle stability. |
| US11165054B2 |
Electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries
This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials comprising a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous carbon framework including micropores and optional mesopores having a combined total volume of at least 0.7 cm3/g, wherein at least half of the micropore/mesopore volume is in the form of pores having a diameter of no more than 1.5 nm; and (b) an electroactive material located within the micropores and/or mesopores of the porous carbon framework. The D90 particle diameter of the composite particles is no more than 10 nm. |
| US11165047B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device including a display area and a non-display area, a substrate including a through hole in the display area, an element layer including an anode disposed on the substrate, a light emitting layer disposed on the anode, and a cathode disposed on the light emitting layer, and a thin-film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer disposed on the element layer, an organic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer, and a second inorganic layer disposed on the organic layer, in which the first inorganic layer includes a plurality of first refractors having a first inclination angle. |
| US11165044B2 |
Display device
A display device may include a substrate and a light emitting element disposed on the substrate. An encapsulation layer covers the light emitting element. The encapsulation layer includes at least two inorganic encapsulation layers and at least one organic encapsulation layer. The at least one organic encapsulation layer includes a first organic material having a permittivity less than or equal to about 3.0. A low permittivity layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer. The low permittivity layer includes a second organic material and first hollow particles dispersed in the second organic material. An input sensing layer is disposed on the low permittivity layer. |
| US11165043B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display device and method for producing same
A thin film encapsulation structure included in an organic electroluminescent display device includes a first inorganic barrier layer, an organic barrier layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer. The thin film encapsulation structure is formed on an active region and an active region side portion of lead wires. Each lead wire at least partially includes, at least on lowermost portions of two side surfaces thereof in contact with the first inorganic barrier layer, a forward tapering side surface portion having a tapering angle smaller than 90 degrees in a cross-section parallel to a line width direction thereof. The thin film encapsulation structure further includes an inorganic barrier layer joint portion. On portions of the lead wires having the forward tapering side surface portions, the inorganic barrier layer joint portion is formed and the active region is completely enclosed by the inorganic barrier layer joint portion. |
| US11165030B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided, which including a folding area configured to bend the display panel. The display panel further comprising a film layer. The film layer is disposed in the folding area, and the film layer includes a metal layer. A stress balance line is provided in the film layer. When the folding area is bent, the stress balance line is a curve having an upper boundary and a lower boundary. A resultant force of tensile stress and compressive stress at any point on the stress balance line is zero. The metal layer is disposed between the upper boundary and the lower boundary of the stress balance line. |
| US11165027B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device, compound and use thereof
A compound represented by the following formula (1) is an excellent near-infrared emitter. R1 to R6 are H or a substituent and R7 is represented by the following formula (2). Ar11 is an aryl group, R11 is a substituent other than an aryl group and n11 is 1 or more. |
| US11165026B2 |
Heterocyclic compound and organic electroluminescence device including the same
A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic electroluminescence device including the same in an emission layer. In Formula 1, Z is represented by Formula 2-1 or 2-2. In Formula 2-2, X1 to X3 are each independently CR10 or N, and at least one of X1 to X3 is N. |
| US11165025B2 |
Compound and organic electronic element comprising same
The present application relates to a compound and an organic electronic device including the same. |
| US11165022B2 |
Method of manufacturing memory device
A method of manufacturing a memory device is provided. The method includes the steps of forming a plurality of lower conductive lines on a substrate, forming a plurality of memory units on the plurality of lower conductive lines, forming a switch stack that defines a plurality of first lines, the plurality of first lines extending in parallel in a first direction on the plurality of memory units, forming an upper conductive layer on the switch stack, forming an etch mask that defines a plurality of second lines, the plurality of second lines extending in parallel in a second direction on the upper conductive layer, the second direction being different from the first direction, and forming a plurality of upper conductive lines and a plurality of switch units by etching the upper conductive layer and the switch stack using the etch mask. |
| US11165019B2 |
ReRAM structure and method of fabricating the same
An ReRAM structure includes a dielectric layer. A first ReRAM and a second ReRAM are disposed on the dielectric layer. The second ReRAM is at one side of the first ReRAM. A trench is disposed in the dielectric layer between the first ReRAM and the second ReRAM. The first ReRAM includes a bottom electrode, a variable resistive layer and a top electrode. The variable resistive layer is between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. A width of the bottom electrode is smaller than a width of the top electrode. The width of the bottom electrode is smaller than a width of the variable resistive layer. |
| US11165016B2 |
Memory device and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a memory device includes forming a first layer stack and a second layer stack at an interval on a foundation, and forming a first insulator that includes a first portion on a side surface of the first layer stack, a second portion on a side surface of the second layer stack, and a third portion on the foundation between the first and second layer stacks. Part of the first portion of the first insulator and part of the second portion are thinned with an ion beam while leaving the third portion of the first insulator. A second insulator is formed between the first and second portions of the first insulator. |
| US11165015B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction device, magnetoresistive random access memory using same and manufacturing method of magnetic tunnel junction device
A magnetic tunnel junction device includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a tunnel barrier that is in contact with the first ferromagnetic layer, and a synthetic ferrimagnetic reference layer that is in contact with the tunnel barrier while being in the other side of the first ferromagnetic layer, in which the synthetic ferrimagnetic reference layer includes a second ferromagnetic layer that has a first magnetization direction while being in contact with the tunnel barrier, a magnetic layer that has a second magnetization direction which is anti-parallel to the first magnetization direction, and a first nonmagnetic layer that is interposed between the second ferromagnetic layer and the magnetic layer, and lateral dimensions of the magnetic layer of the synthetic ferrimagnetic reference layer are made larger than lateral dimensions of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. |
| US11165013B2 |
Spin-orbit torque magnetic tunnel junction device and method of fabricating same
The disclosed technology generally relates to magnetic devices and more particularly to magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices in which switching can be mediated by spin-orbit torque, and further relates to a method of fabricating such devices. In an aspect, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes a spin-orbit torque (SOT) mediating layer, a hard-mask layer used to define a shape of the SOT layer, a magnetic tunnel junction arranged between the SOT layer and the hard-mask layer. The MTJ includes at least a free layer and a reference layer separated by a non-magnetic barrier layer. The device further includes at least two electrical accesses arranged to contact the SOT layer to pass a write current therethrough. To provide field-free switching of the free layer, the device further includes a ferromagnetic element as at least one of a ferromagnetic sublayer of the hard-mask and a material in the electrical accesses. |
| US11165012B2 |
Magnetic device and magnetic random access memory
A magnetic memory including a first spin-orbital-transfer-spin-torque-transfer (SOT-SIT) hybrid magnetic device disposed over a substrate, a second SOT-STT hybrid magnetic device disposed over the substrate, and a SOT conductive layer connected to the first and second SOT-STT hybrid magnetic devices. Each of the first and second SOT-STT hybrid magnetic devices includes a first magnetic layer, as a magnetic free layer, a spacer layer disposed under the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer, as a magnetic reference layer, disposed under the spacer layer. The SOT conductive layer is disposed over the first magnetic layer of each of the first and second SOT-STT hybrid magnetic devices. |
| US11165009B2 |
Reducing qubit frequency collisions through lattice design
Lattice arrangements for quantum qubits are described. A lattice arrangement can comprise adjacent structures having vertices connected by edges. The qubits can be positioned on the vertices. A qubit in the lattice arrangement directly connects to not more than three other qubits, or connects to another qubit via a coupling qubit on an edge between two qubits on a vertex. The adjacent structures can comprise hexagons, dodecagons or octagons. A superconducting qubit lattice can comprise superconducting target qubits and superconducting control qubits. The superconducting qubit lattice can comprise adjacent structures having vertices connected by edges, with target qubits positioned on the vertices and control qubits positioned on the edges. Logic operations between adjacent superconducting target and control qubits can be implemented by driving the superconducting control qubit at or near the frequency of the superconducting target qubit. |
| US11165002B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device 1 comprises a base 30, a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element 10 flip-chip mounted on the base 30, and an amorphous fluororesin sealing the nitride semiconductor light-emitting element 10. The light-emitting device 1 comprises a deformation-prevention layer 60 for preventing a shape change of an amorphous fluororesin by heat treatment after shipment of the light-emitting device 1, and the deformation-prevention layer 60 is formed of a layer in which a thermosetting resin or an ultraviolet curing resin is cured, and the cured layer directly covers the surface of the amorphous fluororesin. |
| US11165001B2 |
Light emitting display apparatus
A light emitting display apparatus includes an overcoating layer on a substrate and including a base portion and a protrusion portion. The light emitting display apparatus further includes a first electrode disposed to cover the base portion and a side portion of the protrusion portion. The light emitting display apparatus further includes a bank layer on a part of the first electrode. The light emitting display apparatus further includes a light emitting layer on the first electrode and the bank layer. The light emitting display apparatus further includes a second electrode on the light emitting layer. The bank layer includes a first part on the protrusion portion, a second part surrounding the first part and including an inclined upper surface, and a light extraction pattern on the first part adjacent to the second part. |
| US11164998B2 |
Electrode structure, micro light emitting device, and display panel
An electrode structure includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to each other. The first electrode has a first side and a second side. The second side is located between the first side and the second electrode. The first electrode has a maximum vertical length and a minimum vertical length from the first side to the second side, and a ratio of the minimum vertical length to the maximum vertical length is less than 0.8. The second electrode and the first electrode are separated by a first vertical gap and a second vertical gap, and the second vertical gap is greater than the first vertical gap. |
| US11164995B2 |
3-D structure for increasing contact surface area for LEDs
Disclosed herein is an apparatus including a first three-dimensional (3-D) structure and a second 3-D structure. The first 3-D structure may include a first-type doped semiconductor material having semi-polar facets. The second 3-D structure may form a light-emitting diode (LED). The second 3-D structure may include a second-type doped semiconductor material, an active layer, and the first-type doped semiconductor material. The apparatus may also include a conductive layer which at least partially overlays and is in ohmic contact with the semi-polar facets of the first-type doped semiconductor material. The first-type doped semiconductor material of the first 3-D structure and the first-type doped semiconductor material of the second 3-D structure may be etched from a common first-type doped semiconductor epitaxial layer. In some embodiments, the first-type doped semiconductor material may include an N-type doped semiconductor material, and the second-type doped semiconductor material may include a P-type doped semiconductor material. |
| US11164994B2 |
Radiation-emitting semiconductor chip
A radiation-emitting semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment, a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body configured to generate radiation, a first contact layer having a first contact area for external electrical contacting the semiconductor chip and a first contact finger structure connected to the first contact area, a second contact layer having a second contact area for external electrical contacting the semiconductor chip and a second contact finger structure connected to the second contact area, wherein the first contact finger structure and the second contact finger structure overlap in places, a current distribution layer electrically conductively connected to the first contact layer, a connection layer electrically conductively connected to the first contact layer via the current distribution layer and an insulation layer arranged in places between the connection layer and the current distribution layer, wherein the insulation layer has at least one opening. |
| US11164984B2 |
Interconnecting member for solar cell panel and solar cell panel including the same
An interconnecting member of a solar cell panel for connecting a plurality of solar cells, can include a core layer and a solder layer formed on a surface of the core layer, in which the core layer includes a protruding portion having a peak portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the core layer, and a reflection surface having an inclined surface or a rounded portion disposed at opposite sides of the peak portion, and a width of the protruding portion increases from the peak portion towards a center of the core layer. |
| US11164980B2 |
Silicon photonics integration method and structure
Approaches for silicon photonics integration are provided. A method includes: forming at least one encapsulating layer over and around a photodetector; thermally crystallizing the photodetector material after the forming the at least one encapsulating layer; and after the thermally crystallizing the photodetector material, forming a conformal sealing layer on the at least one encapsulating layer and over at least one device. The conformal sealing layer is configured to seal a crack in the at least one encapsulating layer. The photodetector and the at least one device are on a same substrate. The at least one device includes a complementary metal oxide semiconductor device or a passive photonics device. |
| US11164978B2 |
High-voltage diode finFET platform designs
A device includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A first doping well having a first part and a second part is located in the substrate. An undoped moat is in the substrate between the first doping well and a second doping well. A diode includes an anode with an increased first doping concentration region in the first doping well and a cathode with an increased second doping concentration region in the second doping well. An isolation region is in the first doping well having a first portion proximate the top surface and a second portion distal to the top surface. A gap made of an undoped region is in the first doping well between the first part and the second part. The gap is located between the distal portion of the isolation region and the bottom surface of the substrate. |
| US11164974B2 |
Channel layer formed in an art trench
A transistor includes a semiconductor fin with a subfin layer of a subfin material selected from a first group III-V compound a channel layer of a channel material directly on the subfin layer and extending upwardly therefrom, the channel material being a second group III-V compound different from the first group III-V compound. A gate structure is in direct contact with the channel layer of the semiconductor fin, where the gate structure is further in direct contact with one of (i) a top surface of the subfin layer, the top surface being exposed where the channel layer meets the subfin layer because the channel layer is narrower than the subfin layer, or (ii) a liner layer of liner material in direct contact with opposing sidewalls of the subfin layer, the liner material being distinct from the first and second group III-V compounds. |
| US11164973B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor
The present disclosure is directed to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor. In one implementations, a method includes: providing a semiconductor structure, where the semiconductor structure includes: a substrate, and a first fin and a second fin spaced on the substrate; depositing a first interlayer dielectric layer on the semiconductor structure; performing first partial etching on the first interlayer dielectric layer to expose a top of the first fin; after the top of the first fin is exposed, removing a part of the first fin to form a first groove; epitaxially growing a first electrode in the first groove; performing second partial etching on the first interlayer dielectric layer to expose a top of the second fin; after the top of the second fin is exposed, removing a part of the second fin to form a second groove, where the second groove is separated from the first groove; and epitaxially growing a second electrode in the second groove. The present disclosure addresses the problem of bridging of electrode epitaxial bodies of different devices in the prior art. |
| US11164965B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes first and second electrodes; first and second gate electrodes; and semiconductor layer including first and second planes, the semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor region of first conductivity type including first portion, second portion having a carrier concentration higher than the first portion, and third portion having a carrier concentration lower than the second portion; a second semiconductor region of second conductivity type between the first semiconductor region and the first plane and facing the first gate electrode; a third semiconductor region of first conductivity type between the second semiconductor region and the first plane and contacting the first electrode; a fourth semiconductor region of second conductivity type between the first semiconductor region and the second plane and facing the second gate electrode; and a fifth semiconductor region of first conductivity type between the fourth semiconductor region and the second plane. |
| US11164963B2 |
Bipolar transistor and radio-frequency power amplifier module
A bipolar transistor includes a collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer that are formed in this order on a compound semiconductor substrate. The emitter layer is disposed inside an edge of the base layer in plan view. A base electrode is disposed on partial regions of the emitter layer and the base layer so as to extend from an inside of the emitter layer to an outside of the base layer in plan view. An insulating film is disposed between the base electrode and a portion of the base layer, with the portion not overlapping the emitter layer. An alloy layer extends from the base electrode through the emitter layer in a thickness direction and reaches the base layer. The alloy layer contains at least one element constituting the base electrode and elements constituting the emitter layer and the base layer. |
| US11164961B2 |
Epitaxial features confined by dielectric fins and spacers
A method includes receiving a substrate; forming on the substrate a semiconductor fin; an isolation structure surrounding the semiconductor fin; and first and second dielectric fins above the isolation structure and sandwiching the semiconductor fin; depositing a spacer feature filling spaces between the semiconductor fin and the first and second dielectric fins; performing an etching process to recess the semiconductor fin, resulting in a trench between portions of the spacer feature; and epitaxially growing a semiconductor material in the trench. |
| US11164959B2 |
VFET devices with ILD protection
A method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having an etch-resistant interlayer dielectric (ILD) that maintains height during a top epitaxy clean by forming a dielectric layer on a semiconductor structure; wherein the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric material; converting at least a portion of the dielectric layer to a second dielectric material; and exposing the portion of the dielectric layer to an etch material; wherein the etch material includes a first etch characteristic defining a first rate at which the etch material etches the first dielectric material; and wherein the etch material further includes a second etch characteristic defining a second rate at which the etch material etches the portion of the dielectric layer; wherein the first rate is different than the second rate. |
| US11164958B2 |
Nanosheet transistor having a strained channel with strain-preserving multi-segmented source/drain regions
Provided are embodiments of a method for forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a nanosheet stack on a substrate, wherein the nanosheet stack comprises channel layers and nanosheet layers, forming a sacrificial gate over the nanosheet stack, and forming trenches to expose sidewalls of the nanosheet stack. The method also includes forming source/drain (S/D) regions, where forming the S/D regions including forming first portions of the S/D regions on portions of the nano sheet stack, forming second portions of the S/D regions, wherein the first portions are different than the second portions, and replacing the sacrificial gate with a conductive gate material. Also provided are embodiments of a semiconductor device formed by the method described herein. |
| US11164954B2 |
Gate capping layers of semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device is provided, which includes providing an active region, a source region, a drain region, a dielectric layer, a gate structure and a nitrogen-infused dielectric layer. The source region and the drain region are formed in the active region. The dielectric layer is disposed over the source region and the drain region. The gate structure formed in the dielectric layer is positioned between the source region and the drain region. The nitrogen-infused dielectric layer is disposed over the dielectric layer and over the gate structure. |
| US11164952B2 |
Transistor with insulator
A gate all around transistor may be improved to provide better transistor circuits performance. In one example, a transistor circuit may include a dielectric or air gap as an insulator between the channels of the transistors in the circuit. In another example, a transistor may include a first channel surrounded by a first metal, a second channel surrounded by a second metal proximate to the first channel, and an insulator, such as a dielectric or air gap, between the first metal and the second metal. The insulator helps reduce the parasitic capacitance between the source/drain regions and the metal fill regions of the transistor. |
| US11164951B2 |
Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof and display device
The present disclosure relates to a thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof, a flexible display screen and a display device. The thin film transistor is disposed on a substrate. The thin film transistor includes: an active layer, a source-drain conductive layer, and a gate conductive layer. The gate conductive layer includes a gate electrode, and the gate conductive layer is disposed on one side of the active layer away from the substrate and insulated from the active layer. The source-drain conductive layer includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The orthogonal projections of the first electrode, the gate electrode, and the second electrode on the substrate are sequentially nested from inside to outside and separately disposed. The reliability of image display may be improved. |
| US11164950B2 |
Semiconductor device and production method
The present invention provides a Group III nitride semiconductor device in which current concentration at the corners of the trench is suppressed. The semiconductor device has a pattern in which regular hexagonal unit cells are arranged in a honeycomb pattern. The semiconductor layer is sectionalized into regular hexagonal patterns by the trench. The recess has a small regular hexagonal pattern contained in the regular hexagonal pattern of the semiconductor layer sectionalized by the trench, which is obtained by reducing the regular hexagon of the semiconductor layer with the same center. Moreover, the regular hexagonal pattern of the recess is rotated by 30° with respect to the regular hexagon of the semiconductor layer. The Mg activation ratio is lower in the vicinity of corners of the trench than that in other regions in the vicinity of side walls of the trench of the p-type layer. |
| US11164946B2 |
Manufacturing method for flash device
A manufacturing method for a flash device. A manufacturing method for a flash device, comprising: providing a substrate; forming sequentially, on the substrate, a floating gate (FG) oxide layer, an FG polycrystalline layer, and an FG mask layer; etching, at the FG location region, the FG polycrystalline layer and the FG mask layer, forming a window on the FG mask layer, and forming a trench on the FG polycrystalline layer, the window being communicated with the trench; performing second etching of the side wall of the window of the FG mask layer, enabling the width of the trench located on the FG polycrystalline layer to be less than the width of the secondarily-etched window located on the FG mask layer; and oxidizing the FG polycrystalline layer, enabling the oxide to fill the trench to form a field oxide layer; and etching an FG having sharp angles. |
| US11164944B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
A semiconductor device having an improved source/drain region profile and a method for forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes etching a semiconductor fin to form a first recess; and forming a source/drain region in the first recess, forming the source/drain region including epitaxially growing a first semiconductor material in the first recess, the first semiconductor material being silicon; epitaxially growing a second semiconductor material over the first semiconductor material, the second semiconductor material including silicon germanium; and epitaxially growing a third semiconductor material over the second semiconductor material, and the third semiconductor material having a germanium concentration from 60 to 80 atomic percent, the third semiconductor material having a germanium concentration greater than the germanium concentration of the second semiconductor material. |
| US11164943B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first nanowire spaced apart from a first region of the substrate, a first gate electrode surrounding a periphery of the first nanowire, a second nanowire spaced apart from a second region of the substrate and extending in a first direction and having a first width in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a supporting pattern contacting the second nanowire and positioned under the second nanowire, and a second gate electrode extending in the second direction and surrounding the second nanowire and the supporting pattern. |
| US11164942B1 |
Method for forming nanosheet transistor structures
According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for forming a first and a second nanosheet transistor structure, each comprising a source, a drain, and a channel extending between the source and the drain in a first direction, and a gate extending across the channel, wherein the first and second nanosheet transistor structures are spaced apart in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, by an insulating wall extending in the first direction. |
| US11164932B2 |
Backplane for display device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a backplane for a display device includes forming an insulation layer on a substrate, forming a pad electrode layer on the insulation layer, forming a photoresist pattern on the pad electrode layer in the pad region, etching the pad electrode layer and a portion of the insulation layer by the photoresist pattern as an etch-stop layer so as to simultaneously form a pad electrode and a side protection layer, the side protection layer covering a sidewall of the pad electrode, and stripping the photoresist pattern. |
| US11164928B2 |
Flexible organic electroluminescent device and method for fabricating the same
Provided is a flexible organic electroluminescent device and a method for fabricating the same. In the flexible electroluminescent device, line hole patterns are formed on surfaces of a plurality of inorganic layers positioned in a pad region in which a flexible printed circuit board is connected to prevent a path of cracks caused by repeated bending and spreading of the organic electroluminescent device from spreading to the interior of the device. |
| US11164927B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device
The present disclosure is directed to an organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate having an emitting area and a non-emitting area; an overcoating layer on a first surface of the substrate and including a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions, at least one of the plurality of convex portions including a bottom surface portion, a top surface portion and a side surface portion between the bottom and top surface portions; a light emitting diode on the overcoating layer; and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer at a transmission direction of a light emitted from the light emitting diode. |
| US11164922B2 |
Method of fabricating light-emitting display device
A light-emitting display device includes a pixel defining layer with an opening that exposes a first electrode, a hole injection layer on the first electrode, a lyophilic pattern on the hole injection layer in the opening, a hole transport layer on the lyophilic pattern, a light-emitting layer on the hole transport layer, and a second electrode on the light-emitting layer. The lyophilic pattern includes a first part adjacent to a first sidewall of the opening and a second part adjacent to a second sidewall of the opening. A distance from a top surface of the hole injection layer to an edge of a top surface of the second part corresponds to a first height. A distance from the top surface of the hole injection layer to a top surface of the first part corresponds to a second height. The first height is lower than the second height. |
| US11164915B2 |
Display device including an input sensing circuit having dummy patterns
A display device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region, and an input sensing circuit disposed on the display panel. The input sensing circuit includes a plurality of sensors overlapping the display region and including a plurality of first sensors and a plurality of second sensors capacitive-coupled respectively to adjacent first sensors among the plurality of first sensors, a dummy line disposed on a periphery of the plurality of sensors, extending along a part of a boundary between the display region and the non-display region, and insulated from the plurality of sensors, and a plurality of dummy patterns insulated from the plurality of sensors. Each of the plurality of dummy patterns is disposed between two adjacent sensors among the plurality of sensors, and at least a portion of the plurality of dummy patterns is electrically connected to the dummy line. |
| US11164914B2 |
Manufacturing method of a display panel with a display area, display panel with a display area, and display device
A display panel includes a display area, and the display area includes a first display area and a second display area; the first display area and the second display area each include light-emitting areas, and the second display area further includes light transmissive areas. The manufacturing method includes forming, on a side of a substrate, a light-to-heat conversion layer covering at least a second display area; forming, on a side of the light-to-heat conversion layer facing away from the substrate, a light-emitting functional layer and a second electrode layer each covering the display area, where portions of the second electrode layer which are located in at least adjacent two light-emitting areas are connected; and removing, in at least part of the plurality of light transmissive areas, the light-to-heat conversion layer and all film layers located on a side of the light-to-heat conversion layer facing away from the substrate. |
| US11164911B2 |
Displays with white organic light-emitting diodes
A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistor circuitry. The organic light-emitting diodes may be interposed between a substrate (30) and a cover layer (70). The organic light-emitting diodes may be white light-emitting diodes (26) that emit white light that is filtered through a color filter array (76) to produce colored light. The color filter array may be located above or below the array of light-emitting diodes. A microcavity may be formed between the substrate (30) and each light-emitting diode (26). The microcavity may be formed from an anode (36) in the light-emitting diode and first (86) and second layers (78) with different refractive indices. The low-refractive-index layer may be formed from a color filter in the color filter array. Light from the light-emitting diode may resonate within the microcavity beneath each light-emitting diode before exiting the display as colored light. |
| US11164907B2 |
Resistive random access memory integrated with stacked vertical transistors
A method may include forming two vertical transport field effect transistors stacked one atop the other and separated by a resistive random access memory structure. The two vertical transport field effect transistors may include a source, a channel, and a drain, wherein a contact layer of the resistive random access memory structure functions as the drain of the two vertical transport field effect transistors. Forming the two vertical transport field effect transistors may further include forming a first source and a second source. The first source is a bottom source and the second source is a top source. The method may include forming a gate conductor layer surrounding the channel. The resistive random access memory structures may include faceted epitaxy defined by pointed tips. The pointed tips of the faceted epitaxy may extend vertically toward each other. The faceted epitaxy may be between the two vertical transport field effect transistors. |
| US11164902B2 |
Image sensor having isolation structure
A device including a semiconductive substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a light-sensitive element in the semiconductive substrate, an isolation structure extending at least from the second surface of the semiconductive substrate to within the semiconductive substrate, and a color filter over the second surface of the semiconductive substrate. The isolation structure includes a dielectric fill and a first high-k dielectric layer wrapping around the dielectric fill. |
| US11164901B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing image sensor
There is provided an image sensor including: a light polarizing unit configured to transmit light in a specific light polarization direction out of incident light; a pixel configured to generate an image signal corresponding to the light transmitted through the light polarizing unit; and a signal transfer unit formed simultaneously with the light polarizing unit and configured to transfer either of the image signal and a control signal that controls generation of the image signal. |
| US11164895B2 |
Array substrate, method for manufacturing the same, display panel and display device
The present disclosure relates to an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, a display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes: a gate metal layer, disposed on the substrate and the gate metal layer including a grounding wire located in the peripheral region; a gate insulating layer, at least covering the gate metal layer; and a conductive layer structure, disposed over the gate insulating layer and including an auxiliary grounding wire located in the peripheral region, wherein the auxiliary grounding wire is connected to the grounding wire. The present disclosure can prevent ESD more effectively. |
| US11164894B2 |
Display panel and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes a common electrode layer, a pixel definition layer, a light emitting layer, a transparent pixel electrode layer, and an electrode connecting layer which are sequentially stacked. An electrode connecting portion is formed on the electrode connecting layer and electrically connected with the transparent pixel electrode layer and a signal electrode. Because a common electrode is disposed in a light emitting direction away from the light emitting layer, a light transmittance is not required. |
| US11164892B2 |
Semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) device with reduced parasitic capacitance
A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) device including a handle wafer, a buried oxide (BOX), and a top device layer is provided. A plurality of elongated trenches are formed in the handle wafer. Air gaps are formed in the elongated trenches by pinching off each of the elongated trenches. In one approach, prior to the pinching off, a plurality of lateral openings are formed contiguous with the elongated trenches and adjacent to the BOX. The elongated trenches and/or the lateral openings reduce parasitic capacitance between the handle wafer and the top device layer. In another approach, sidewalls of the elongated trenches are implant-damaged so as to further reduce the parasitic capacitance between the handle wafer and the top device layer. |
| US11164883B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device containing aluminum-silicon word lines and methods of manufacturing the same
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures comprises a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel contacting an inner sidewall of the memory film. The electrically conductive layers include aluminum and silicon and provide low resistance electrically conductive paths as word lines of the three-dimensional memory device. The aluminum-based electrically conductive layers can provide low resistivity, low mechanical stress, and thermal stability for use as high performance word lines. |
| US11164879B2 |
Microelectronic device with a memory element utilizing stacked vertical devices
An embodiment may include a method of forming a microelectronic device. The method may include forming a pair of transistors stacked vertically and connected in series, each of the pair of transistors are of the same type. The method may include forming a memory element including a first inverter containing a first inverter transistor and an access transistor. The first inverter transistor is connected to a power supply rail. The access transistor is connected to a bitline. The first inverter transistor is a first transistor of the pair of vertically stacked transistors and the access transistor is a second transistor of the pair of vertically stacked transistors. The pair of transistors are arranged substantially perpendicular to the plurality of layers. |
| US11164876B2 |
Atom implantation for passivation of pillar material
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to atom implantation for passivation of pillar material are described. An example apparatus includes a pillar of a semiconductor device. The pillar may include a first portion (e.g., a passivation material) formed from silicon nitride and an underlying second portion formed from a conductive material. A region of the first portion opposite from an interface between the first portion and the underlying second portion may be implanted with atoms of an element different from silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N) to enhance passivation of the implanted region. |
| US11164874B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the actions of: providing a substrate comprising a preliminary pattern formed thereon; forming an opening through the preliminary pattern to expose a conductive portion in the substrate; forming a dielectric layer on a sidewall of the opening; performing a dry etching process to form a hole in the conductive portion; removing the dielectric layer; and depositing a conductive pattern over the sidewall of the opening and in the hole. |
| US11164870B2 |
Stacked upper fin and lower fin transistor with separate gate
Forming a first opening in a first double stacked fin and forming a second opening in a second double stacked fin, by removing a high silicon germanium layer, forming a low k spacer, removing a dummy gate, and removing portions of the low k spacer from an outer surface of the first double stacked fin, and an outer surface of the second double stacked fin. A structure including an upper fin of a double stacked fin separated from a lower fin of a double stacked fin by a low k spacer and by a p type field effect transistor work function metal layer (PFET WFM), where a horizontal lower surface of the upper fin is coplanar with a horizontal upper surface of the low k spacer and a horizontal lower surface of the low k spacer is coplanar with a horizontal upper surface of the PFET WFM. |
| US11164865B2 |
Bi-directional transistor devices having electrode covering sidewall of the Fin structure
A transistor device includes a substrate a first transistor structure. The first transistor structure includes a first fin structure on the substrate. The first fin structure includes a first doped region, and a second fin structure on the substrate spaced apart from the first fin structure. The second fin structure includes a second doped region and a third doped region spaced apart from the second doped region. The transistor device includes a first electrode on the second fin structure and covering a first end of the second fin structure. |
| US11164858B2 |
Integrated circuits and methods of forming integrated circuits
According to various embodiments, an integrated circuit may include an upper inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer, a lower ILD layer, and an interlayer arranged between the upper ILD layer and the lower ILD layer. The integrated circuit may further include a capacitor device and a resistor device. The capacitor device may include a top plate disposed in a first region of the interlayer and a bottom plate disposed in the lower ILD layer. The resistor device may include a resistive element and a plurality of vias disposed in a second region of the interlayer. The plurality of vias may extend from the resistive element to the lower ILD layer. A distance between the top plate and the lower ILD layer may be at least substantially equal to a height of each via of the plurality of vias. |
| US11164857B2 |
Semiconductor device packages, packaging methods, and packaged semiconductor devices
Semiconductor device packages, packaging methods, and packaged semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a package for a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit die mounting region and a molding material disposed around the integrated circuit die mounting region. An interconnect structure is disposed over the molding material and the integrated circuit die mounting region. A protection pattern is disposed in a perimeter region of the package. The protection pattern includes a conductive feature. |
| US11164854B2 |
Display module and electronic device thereof
A pair of smart glasses including a headset, a frame, and an optical photoelectric conversion unit that can gather and utilize solar energy to supplement the electrical energy of a built-in battery. The smart glasses also include a display module comprising a plurality of display units arranged in a matrix. Each display unit comprises at least one micro LED unit and at least one first optical photoelectric conversion unit. A number of the micro LED units functions as a display, and also being controllable as an infrared light source for retinal scanning of the user. |
| US11164853B1 |
Chip package and manufacturing method thereof
A chip package includes a first chip, a second chip, a first molding compound, and a first distribution line. The second chip vertically or laterally overlaps the first chip. The second chip has a conductive pad. The first molding compound covers the first and second chips, and surrounds the second chip. The first molding compound has a first through hole. The conductive pad is in the first through hole. The first distribution line is located on a surface of the first molding compound facing away from the second chip, and electrically connects the conductive pad in the first through hole. |
| US11164849B2 |
Chip assembly and chip
Embodiments provide a chip assembly and a chip. The chip assembly includes a substrate, a first chip and a second chip stacked on an upper surface of the substrate, and the first chip is arranged above the second chip. At edges of first sides of the first chip and the second chip there is provided with a first pad pair, and at edges of second sides of the first chip and the second chip there is provided with a second pad pair. The second pad pair is arranged between two adjacent functional units at an outermost side of the edge of the second side of the first chip or the second chip, and a lower edge of the second pad pair is not lower than lower edges of the two adjacent functional units. |
| US11164848B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method manufacturing the same
A semiconductor structure includes a stacked structure. The stacked structure includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate having a first active surface and a first back surface opposite to the first active surface. The second semiconductor die is over the first semiconductor die, and includes a second semiconductor substrate having a second active surface and a second back surface opposite to the second active surface. The second semiconductor die is bonded to the first semiconductor die through joining the second active surface to the first back surface at a first hybrid bonding interface along a vertical direction. Along a lateral direction, a first dimension of the first semiconductor die is greater than a second dimension of the second semiconductor die. |
| US11164840B2 |
Chip interconnection structure, wafer interconnection structure and method for manufacturing the same
A chip structure, a wafer structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided in the present disclosure. A first chip and a second chip are bonded by bonding layers of a dielectric material. Top wiring layers are led out through bonding via holes from a back surface of a bonded chip. The bonding via holes are used for bonding and are surrounded by the bonding layers. A top wiring layer of a third chip is led out through bonding pads formed in a bonding layer. The bonding via holes are aligned with and bonded to the bonding pads to achieve bonding of the three chips. The top wiring layer of the third chip is led out from the back surface of the third chip through a lead-out pad. |
| US11164834B2 |
Wafer structure and method for manufacturing the same, and chip structure
A wafer structure, a method for manufacturing the wafer structure, and a chip structure are provided. In a case that two wafers are bonded together, an opening extending through a substrate of one of the wafers is formed at a back surface of the wafer, and a concave-convex structure is formed in the dielectric layer under the opening. At least one of concave portions of the concave-convex structure extends to expose the interconnection layer of the wafer structure. A pad is formed on the concave-convex structure by filling the concave-convex structure, and the pad has the same concave-convex arrangement as the concave-convex structure. In this way, the pad has a concave-convex surface, such that a contact surface area of the pad is effectively increased without increasing a floor space of the pad. |
| US11164833B2 |
Semiconductor device using wires and stacked semiconductor package
Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a stacked semiconductor package. The semiconductor device may include a semiconductor chip and a plurality of chip pads disposed on the semiconductor chip in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to a first horizontal direction. The plurality of chip pads may include: a first chip pad connected to a wire extending in the first horizontal direction, when seen from the top; and a second chip pad connected to a diagonal wire extending in a direction at an angle to the first and second horizontal directions, when seen from the top. The width of the first chip pad in the second horizontal direction may be smaller than the width of the second chip pad in the second horizontal direction. |
| US11164832B2 |
Package with UBM and methods of forming
Package structures and methods of forming package structures are discussed. A package structure, in accordance with some embodiments, includes an integrated circuit die, an encapsulant at least laterally encapsulating the integrated circuit die, a redistribution structure on the integrated circuit die and the encapsulant, a connector support metallization coupled to the redistribution structure, a dummy pattern, a second dielectric layer, and an external connector on the connector support metallization. The redistribution structure comprises a first dielectric layer having a first surface disposed distally from the encapsulant and the integrated circuit die. The dummy pattern is on the first surface of the first dielectric layer and around the connector support metallization. The second dielectric layer is on the first surface of the first dielectric layer and on at least a portion of the dummy pattern. The second dielectric layer does not contact the connector support metallization. |
| US11164826B2 |
Packaged integrated circuit having stacked die and method for making
A packaged integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first IC die, a first layer of adhesive on a first major surface of the first IC die, and an isolation layer over the first layer of adhesive. The isolation layer has a first major surface and a second major surface, and the second major surface of the isolation layer is between the first layer of adhesive and the first major surface. The packaged IC device also includes a first inductor coil on the first major surface of the isolation layer, a second layer of adhesive on the isolation layer, and a second IC die on the second layer of adhesive. |
| US11164822B1 |
Structure of semiconductor device and method for bonding two substrates
A structure of semiconductor device is provided. The structure includes a first bonding pattern, formed on a first substrate. A first grating pattern is disposed on the first substrate, having a plurality of first bars extending along a first direction. A second bonding pattern is formed on a second substrate. A second grating pattern, disposed on the second substrate, having a plurality of second bars extending along the first direction. The first bonding pattern is bonded to the second bonding pattern. One of the first grating pattern and the second grating pattern is stacked over and overlapping at the first direction with another one of the first grating pattern and the second grating pattern. A first gap between adjacent two of the first bars is different from a second gap between adjacent two of the second bars. |
| US11164819B2 |
Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor package includes a first wafer, a second wafer, and an interconnect. The first wafer includes a first die, a first encapsulating material encapsulating the first die, and a first redistribution structure disposed over the first die and the first encapsulating material. The second wafer includes a second die, a second encapsulating material encapsulating the second die, and a second redistribution structure disposed over the second die and the second encapsulating material, wherein the second redistribution structure faces the first redistribution structure. The interconnect is disposed between the first wafer and the second wafer and electrically connecting the first redistribution structure and the second redistribution structure, wherein the interconnect includes a substrate and a plurality of through vias extending through the substrate for connecting the first redistribution structure and the second redistribution structure. |
| US11164818B2 |
Inorganic-based embedded-die layers for modular semiconductive devices
A glass substrate houses an embedded multi-die interconnect bridge that is part of a semiconductor device package. Through-glass vias communicate to a surface for mounting on a semiconductor package substrate. |
| US11164815B2 |
Bottom barrier free interconnects without voids
Techniques to enable bottom barrier free interconnects without voids. In one aspect, a method of forming interconnects includes: forming metal lines embedded in a dielectric; depositing a sacrificial dielectric over the metal lines; patterning vias and trenches in the sacrificial dielectric down to the metal lines, with the trenches positioned over the vias; lining the vias and trenches with a barrier layer; depositing a conductor into the vias and trenches over the barrier layer to form the interconnects; forming a selective capping layer on the interconnects; removing the sacrificial dielectric in its entirety; and depositing an interlayer dielectric (ILD) to replace the sacrificial dielectric. An interconnect structure is also provided. |
| US11164806B2 |
Temperature calculation based on non-uniform leakage power
A system may include determination of a spatial power map associated with an integrated circuit based on an architecture of the circuit, generation of a spatial thermal map associated with the integrated circuit based on the spatial power map, and determination of a spatial leakage power map based on the spatial thermal map. In some aspects, a system includes determination of a temperature of an integrated circuit, comparison of the temperature with a thermal divergence temperature, determination that the temperature of the integrated circuit is primarily due to leakage power, and disabling of power to the integrated circuit. |
| US11164803B2 |
Unit with wiring board, module, and equipment
A unit includes a wiring board having a first face having a mounting portion on which an electronic device is mounted, a second face opposite to the first face, and end faces continuous with the first face and the second face, a resin member provided to cover the end faces and to have protrusions protruding upward from the end faces to face each other across a space above the mounting portion, and an insulating film covering the second face, wherein at least a part of an edge of the insulating film is provided away from an end of the second face on the end face side. |
| US11164802B2 |
Wafer manufacturing method and multilayer device chip manufacturing method
A wafer manufacturing method includes a wafer preparing step of preparing a wafer partitioned into a plurality of separate areas by a plurality of crossing streets, the wafer including a plurality of semiconductor devices respectively formed in the plural separate areas, a removing step of determining whether each semiconductor device formed in the wafer is an acceptable product or a defective product and removing a defective device area including the semiconductor device determined as the defective product, from the wafer, and a fitting step of fitting a device chip adapted to be fitted into a space formed by the removal of the defective device area from the wafer into the space of the wafer, the device chip including an acceptable semiconductor device having the same function as that of the semiconductor device determined as the defective product. |
| US11164801B2 |
Electrically testable integrated circuit packaging
An extension of conventional IC fabrication processes to include some of the concepts of flip-chip assemblies while producing a final “non-flip chip” circuit structure suitable for conventional packaging or for direct usage by customers. Multiple IC dies are fabricated on a semiconductor wafer in a conventional fashion, solder bumped or the like, and singulated. The singulated dies, which may be of different sizes and functionality, are then flip-chip assembled onto a single tile substrate of thin-film material which has been patterned with vias, peripheral connection pads, and one or more ground planes. Once dies are flip-chip mounted to the thin-film tile, all of the dies on the entire tile may be probed using automated testing equipment. Sets of dies of different functionality may be tested as a system or subsystem. Once test probing is complete, the dies (or sets of dies) and tile are singulated into die/tile assemblies. |
| US11164799B2 |
Stacked vertical transport field effect transistor contact formation
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method including epitaxially growing a first source drain on the semiconductor structure between a first lower fin in a first region of the semiconductor structure and a second lower fin in a second region of the semiconductor structure, forming a first spacer layer on the first source drain, where a lower horizontal surface of the first spacer layer is coplanar with an upper horizontal surface of the first source drain, forming a lower gate stack surrounding the first lower fin and surrounding the second lower fin on exposed surfaces of the semiconductor structure, where a lower horizontal surface of the gate stack is coplanar with an upper horizontal surface of the first spacer layer, forming an interlayer dielectric on exposed surfaces of the first spacer layer. |
| US11164788B2 |
FinFETs and methods of forming FinFETs
An embodiment is a method including forming a multi-layer stack over a substrate, the multi-layer stack including alternating first layers and second layers, patterning the multi-layer stack to form a fin, forming an isolation region surrounding the fin, an upper portion of the fin extending above a top surface of the isolation region, forming a gate stack on sidewalls and a top surface of the upper portion of the fin, the gate stack defining a channel region of the fin, and removing the first layers from the fin outside of the gate stack, where after the removing the first layers, the channel region of the fin includes both the first layers and the second layers. |
| US11164787B2 |
Two-stage top source drain epitaxy formation for vertical field effect transistors enabling gate last formation
A semiconductor structure including a bottom source drain region arranged on a substrate, a semiconductor channel region extending vertically upwards from a top surface of the bottom source drain region, a metal gate disposed on and around the semiconductor channel region, and a top source drain region above the semiconductor channel region and comprising a first doped epitaxy region and a second doped epitaxy region. |
| US11164780B2 |
Process integration approach for selective metal via fill
Methods and apparatus for an interconnect formed on a substrate and a method of forming the interconnect thereon. In embodiments, the methods include etching through a hard mask disposed atop a low-k dielectric layer to form a via through the low-k dielectric layer and expose a conductive surface; contacting the conductive surface with dilute hydrofluoric acid to remove contaminants therefrom; removing the hard mask disposed atop the low-k dielectric layer; and applying a remote hydrogen plasma to the conductive surface to form an exposed portion of the conductive surface. |
| US11164776B2 |
Metallic interconnect structure
A method includes forming a metallic interconnect structure on a semiconductor substrate where the metallic interconnect structure comprises a plurality of metal lines with adjacent metal lines separated by a gap therebetween. The method further includes selectively depositing a first low-k dielectric material onto the semiconductor substrate and onto exposed surfaces of the metal lines of the metallic interconnect structure to form a barrier on at least the metal lines. The barrier is configured to minimize oxidation and diffusion of metal of the metal lines. The method also includes depositing a flowable second low-k dielectric material onto the semiconductor substrate to form a dielectric layer encapsulating the barrier and the metallic interconnect structure. |
| US11164773B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device structure with air gap
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure includes the steps of: forming a conductive layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming a first dielectric structure and a second dielectric structure over the conductive layer; forming a first spacer over a sidewall of the first dielectric structure and a second spacer over a sidewall of the second dielectric structure; removing a portion of the conductive layer exposed by the first spacer and the second spacer to form a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure; and growing a third spacer over the first spacer and a fourth spacer over the second spacer such that an air gap is formed between the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure and sealed by the third spacer and the fourth spacer. |
| US11164771B1 |
Wafer transferring device
A wafer transferring device adapted to suck and transfer a first wafer is provided. The wafer transferring device includes an arm and a supporting carrier. The supporting carrier is connected to the arm. The supporting carrier has a single vacuum suction port exposed to an upper surface of the supporting carrier. The supporting carrier is adapted to move to a position below the first wafer. The single vacuum suction port is adapted to suck a first central region of the first wafer so as to lift up and transfer the first wafer. |
| US11164770B1 |
Method for producing a 3D semiconductor memory device and structure
A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method comprising: providing a first level comprising a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits comprising first single crystal transistors, wherein said control circuits comprise at least two metal layers; forming at least one second level above said control circuits; performing a first etch step within said second level; forming at least one third level above said at least one second level; performing a second etch step within said third level; and performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within said second level and a plurality of second memory cells within said third level, wherein said first etch step comprises performing a lithography step aligned to said first alignment marks. |
| US11164767B2 |
Integrated system for semiconductor process
Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatuses for epitaxial deposition on substrate surfaces. More particularly, implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to an integrated system for processing N-type metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) devices. In one implementation, a cluster tool for processing a substrate is provided. The cluster tool includes a pre-clean chamber, an etch chamber, one or more pass through chambers, one or more outgassing chambers, a first transfer chamber, a second transfer chamber, and one or more process chambers. The pre-clean chamber and the etch chamber are coupled to a first transfer chamber. The one or more pass through chambers are coupled to and disposed between the first transfer chamber and the second transfer chamber. The one or more outgassing chambers are coupled to the second transfer chamber. The one or more process chambers are coupled to the second transfer chamber. |
| US11164765B2 |
Modular die handling system
Die handling systems and methods of use for preparing or processing dies from multiple types of pre-expanded wafer materials. The die handling systems are configured in a modular fashion, allowing for concurrent processes to expand the wafers, process the wafers, extract the dies, and inspect the extracted dies without forcing one of the processes of the system to remain idle. Embodiments of the wafer handler module include a mechanism, such as an expander capable of stretching or expanding wafers having one or more different sizes to a pre-expanded state without interrupting the die handler. The pre-expanded wafers are stored as a proprietary cartridge and delivered to the die handler, where a pick head of the die handler removes each die of the pre-expanded wafer and delivers the extracted dies to subsequent machinery, such as a pick and place machine, for further processing. |
| US11164764B2 |
Carrier tape system and methods of using carrier tape system
The current disclosure describes carrier tape systems that include a carrier tape substrate and a cover tape. The carrier tape system includes a plurality of repetitive adhesion areas where the carrier tape substrate and cover tape are attached to each other and non-adhesion areas where the carrier tape substrate and cover tape are not attached to each other. Separating the cover tape and the carrier tape substrate at these repetitive adhesion and non-adhesion areas imparts a vibration to the cover tape which impedes or prevents semiconductor devices carried in pockets of the carrier tape substrate from adhering to adhesive on the cover tape. |
| US11164760B2 |
Etching apparatus and etching method
An etching apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate; a rotation driver configured to rotate the substrate holder around a rotation axis; a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge an etching solution to a peripheral portion of the substrate; and a controller configured to control an operation of the etching apparatus by controlling at least the rotation driver and the liquid discharge unit. The controller controls at least one of a rotational velocity of the substrate, a discharge velocity of the etching solution from the liquid discharge unit or a discharge direction of the etching solution from the liquid discharge unit to etch the substrate under immediate deviation conditions in which the etching solution is deviated from the substrate immediately after the etching solution from the liquid discharge unit lands at a liquid landing point in the peripheral portion of the substrate. |
| US11164759B2 |
Tools and systems for processing one or more semiconductor devices, and related methods
A system for fabricating a semiconductor device structure includes a tool comprising a chamber and a platform within the chamber configured to receive a semiconductor device structure thereon. The tool further includes a heating and cooling system in operable communication with the platform and configured to control a temperature of the platform. The heating and cooling system comprises a cooling system including a cold tank for containing a cold thermal transfer fluid, the cold tank configured to be in fluid communication with the platform, thermal transfer fluid supply piping, and thermal transfer fluid return piping, a heating system including a hot tank for containing a hot thermal transfer fluid having a higher temperature than the cold thermal transfer fluid, the hot tank configured to be in fluid communication with the platform, the thermal transfer fluid supply piping, and the thermal transfer fluid return piping, and at least one temporary storage tank configured to receive at least some of the cold thermal transfer fluid or the hot thermal transfer fluid from at least the thermal transfer fluid return piping after switching a thermal load from the platform from one of the cooling system or the heating system to the other of the cooling system or the heating system. Related methods and tools are disclosed. |
| US11164757B2 |
Substrate cleaning device and substrate cleaning method
A substrate cleaning device includes: a pressing member that cleans a substrate by contacting the substrate; a load measurement unit that measures a pressing load of the cleaning member; and a control unit that repeats an operation of comparing the measurement value of the load measurement unit with the setting load, changing the pressing amount of the cleaning member by a first movement amount so that a difference value decreases, when the difference value is larger than a first threshold value and equal to or smaller than a second threshold value, and changing the pressing amount of the cleaning member by a second movement amount larger than the first movement amount so that the difference value decreases, when the difference value is larger than the second threshold value, until the difference value becomes equal to or smaller than the first threshold value. |
| US11164756B2 |
Semiconductor device package having continously formed tapered protrusions
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device package including a substrate, a semiconductor device and an underfill. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface angled with respect to the first surface. The semiconductor device is mounted on the first surface of the substrate and has a first surface facing the first surface of the substrate and a second surface angled with respect to the first surface of the substrate. The underfill is disposed between the first surface of the semiconductor device and the first surface of the substrate. The second surface of the substrate is located in the substrate and external to a vertical projection of the semiconductor device on the first surface of the substrate. A distance between the second surface of the substrate and an extension of the second surface of the semiconductor device on the first surface of the substrate is less than or equal to twice a distance between the first surface of the semiconductor device and the first surface of the substrate. The second surface of the substrate extends along at least three sides of the semiconductor device. |
| US11164755B1 |
Electronic package and method for fabricating the same
An electronic package and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The electronic package includes a stepped recess formed at a peripheral portion of a packaging module to release stress of the electronic package. |
| US11164750B2 |
Substrate processing device and substrate processing method
A substrate processing method includes a first processing step of processing a substrate using phosphoric acid set to a first temperature in a processing tank, and a second processing step of processing the substrate using phosphoric acid set to a second temperature in the processing tank. |
| US11164748B2 |
Method and device for plating a recess in a substrate
The invention relates to a method for plating a recess in a substrate, a device for plating a recess in a substrate and a system for plating a recess in a substrate comprising the device. The method for plating a recess in a substrate comprises the following steps: a) Providing a substrate with a substrate surface comprising at least one recess, b) applying a replacement gas to the recess to replace an amount of ambient gas in the recess to at least partially clear the recess from the ambient gas, c) applying a processing fluid to the recess, wherein the replacement gas dissolves in the processing fluid to at least partially clear the recess from the replacement gas, and d) plating the recess. |
| US11164743B2 |
Systems and method for integrated devices on an engineered substrate
A method of forming a plurality of devices on an engineered substrate structure includes forming an engineered substrate by providing a polycrystalline ceramic core, encapsulating the polycrystalline ceramic core with a first adhesion shell, encapsulating the first adhesion shell with a barrier layer, forming a bonding layer on the barrier layer, and forming a substantially single crystal layer coupled to the bonding layer. The method further comprises forming a buffer layer coupled to the substantially single crystal layer, forming one or more epitaxial III-V layers on the buffer layer according to requirements associated with the plurality of devices, and forming the plurality of devices on the substrate by removing a portion of the one or more epitaxial III-V layers disposed between the plurality of devices and removing a portion of the buffer layer disposed between the plurality of devices. |
| US11164741B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium
There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate. |
| US11164736B2 |
Electrode for a discharge lamp, discharge lamp and method for producing an electrode
The invention relates to an electrode for a discharge lamp, wherein the electrode has a base body having an electrode plateau providing an end face of the electrode, wherein the base body is delimited by the electrode plateau in a longitudinal extension direction of the electrode. Furthermore, the electrode has a coating, arranged in at least a first region of the base body that is different from the electrode plateau, to increase an emission of heat. In addition, the electrode has an at least partially contiguous free region of the base body extending at least partly in the longitudinal extension direction as far as the electrode plateau, in which the coating for increasing the emission of heat is not arranged, and wherein the first region adjoins at least one section of the free region in the circumferential direction of the electrode. |
| US11164735B2 |
Ion migration rate analysis device and analysis method applied
The invention provides an ion mobility analyzer apparatus and analysis method. The analyzer apparatus includes an ion source, two groups of parallel electrodes, a power supply unit and a detector. The drift region is formed between the two groups of parallel electrodes, and has an ion entrance connected to the ion source and an ion exit. Each group of parallel electrodes is located in a plane respectively, and the two planes are parallel to each other. The power supply unit is configured to apply direct current potentials on the two groups of parallel electrodes to form a direct current electric field that applies an opposing force on ions against the gas flow so that ions with different mobilities are trapped under the combined effect of the gas flow and the direct current electric field. The detector is connected to the ion exit to detect ions. |
| US11164733B2 |
Fabrication of mass spectrometry surface
Disclosed herein are compositions for ionizing a target and methods for making the compositions. In some embodiments, the compositions can include a structured substrate having a plurality of upright surface features, for example, microscale or nanoscale pillars, in contact with an initiator. Also disclosed herein are methods for ionizing targets. |
| US11164732B2 |
Mass spectrometry detection device and mass spectrometer
The mass spectrometer includes an ionizer, a mass separator, a detection device, a storage, and a controller. The detection device includes a detector and an electron introducer. The electrons from the electron introducer are introduced into the detector. In addition to an analysis operation, the mass spectrometer performs an operation to determine a voltage applied to the detector. At this point, electrons are introduced from the electron introducer to the detector. In the case that a detection value from the detector is less than a threshold, the controller can determine that a defect such as aging is generated in the detector. |
| US11164731B2 |
Ionization vacuum measuring cell
The invention relates to an ionization vacuum measuring cell (10) comprising an evacuable housing (12) with a measurement connection for a vacuum to be measured at an end portion; a measurement chamber (14) in the housing (12), said measurement chamber being fluidically connected to the measurement connection, wherein the measurement chamber (14) is designed as a replaceable component; and a first and a second electrode (16, 18) in the measurement chamber (14), said electrodes being substantially coaxial to an axis and being arranged at a distance from each other. The measuring cell further comprises an electrically insulating and vacuum-tight feedthrough (20) for an electric supply to the second electrode (18) and a magnetization assembly which is designed to generate a magnetic field in the ionization chamber. According to the invention, the measurement chamber (14), in particular at least one of the electrodes (16, 18), comprises a magnetic material. |
| US11164727B2 |
Processing of workpieces using hydrogen radicals and ozone gas
Processes for removing photoresist layer(s) from a workpiece, such as a semiconductor are provided. In one example implementation, a method for processing a workpiece can include supporting a workpiece on a workpiece support. The workpiece can have a photoresist layer and a low-k dielectric material layer. The method can include performing a hydrogen radical etch process on the workpiece to remove at least a portion of the photoresist layer. The method can also include exposing the workpiece to an ozone process gas to remove at least a portion of the photoresist layer. |
| US11164725B2 |
Generation of hydrogen reactive species for processing of workpieces
Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating hydrogen radicals for processing a workpiece, such as a semiconductor workpiece, are provided. In one example implementation, a method can include generating one or more species in a plasma chamber from an inert gas by inducing a plasma in the inert gas using a plasma source; mixing hydrogen gas with the one or more species to generate one or more hydrogen radicals; and exposing the workpiece in a processing chamber to the one or more hydrogen radicals. |
| US11164722B2 |
Ion implantation method
A method of tuning an ion implantation apparatus is disclosed. The method includes operations of applying any wafer acceptance test (WAT) recipe to a test sample, calculating a recipe for a direct current (DC) final energy magnet (FEM), calculating a real energy of the DC FEM, verifying the tool energy shift, and obtaining a peak spectrum of the DC FEM. |
| US11164720B2 |
Scanning electron microscope and calculation method for three-dimensional structure depth
To measure a depth of a three-dimensional structure, for example, a hole or a groove, formed in a sample without preparing information in advance, an electron microscope detects, among emitted electrons generated by irradiating a sample with a primary electron beam, an emission angle in a predetermined range, the emission angle being formed between an axial direction of the primary electron beam and an emission direction of the emitted electrons, and outputs a detection signal corresponding to the number of the emitted electrons detected. An emission angle distribution of a detection signal is obtained based on a plurality of detection signals, and an opening angle is obtained based on a change point of the emission angle distribution, the opening angle being based on an optical axis direction of the primary electron beam with respect to the bottom portion of the three-dimensional structure. |
| US11164718B2 |
Electron beam detection element, electron microscope, and transmission electron microscope
An electron beam detection element according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of unit cells. Each of the plurality of unit cells includes a diode of avalanche multiplication type and a plurality of memories. The diode of avalanche multiplication type is configured to detect an electron beam. The plurality of memories store signals of different frames respectively, each of the signals being output from the diode. |
| US11164717B2 |
Electron microscope
An object of the invention is to provide a technique of capturing images at higher speed and higher magnification when acquiring continuous tilted images with an electron microscope. The electron microscope of the invention includes a first spherical receiver fixed to a column of the electron microscope and configured to slide with a spherical fulcrum provided at a tip end of a sample holder; a spherical surface part provided on the column; and a second spherical receiver provided outside the column. The spherical surface part and the second spherical receiver slide on a contact part between the spherical surface part and the second spherical receiver, and a track of the slide is along a spherical surface centered on a central axis of the first spherical receiver, so that a view shift and a focus shift from an observation position of a sample can be reduced. |
| US11164716B2 |
Charged particle beam device
When using a charged particle beam aperture having a ring shape in a charged particle beam device, the charged particle beam with the highest current density immediately above the optical axis, among the charged particle beams is blocked, so that it is difficult to dispose the charged particle beam aperture at the optimal mounting position. Therefore, in addition to the ring-shaped charged particle beam aperture, a hole-shaped charged particle beam aperture is provided, and it is possible to switch between the case where the ring-shaped charged particle beam aperture is disposed on the optical axis of the charged particle beam and the case where the hole-shaped charged particle beam aperture is disposed on the optical axis of the charged particle beam. |
| US11164712B2 |
Fixing and unlocking mechanism for plug-in type circuit breaker
A fixing and unlocking mechanism for a plug-in type circuit breaker includes a housing (1) A button (2) is mounted in a button slot (101) of the housing (1). The fixing and unlocking mechanism is characterized in that the housing (1) is provided with a locking mechanism (3) therein, so that the plug-in type circuit breaker cannot be unplugged from a mounting cabinet, and the housing (1) is further provided with an unlocking mechanism (4) therein, which can unlock the locking mechanism (3) to make the plug-in type circuit breaker is unplugged from the mounting cabinet. |
| US11164706B2 |
Elastomeric keypad
An elastomeric keypad (1) is shown having at least one key (3) having an elastomeric dome (41) defining a chamber (42) and provided inside with an activating means (43), an activation means (44) cooperating with the activating means (43), and at least one compensating channel (48) opening at the chamber (42) to enable for a flow of fluid from the chamber (42), while the elastomeric dome (41) collapses, and to the chamber (42), while the elastomeric dome (41) releases. In order to suppress the sound intensity of the push up event, at least one of the compensating channels (48) includes at least one valve arrangement (5) generating fluid restrictions while the fluid returns to the chamber (42). Preferably the valve arrangement (5) has a form of a Tesla Valve. |
| US11164701B2 |
Ceramic electronic device and manufacturing method of ceramic electronic device
A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip including a multilayer structure and cover layers, the multilayer structure having a structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and are alternately exposed to two edge faces of the multilayer chip, a main component of the plurality of dielectric layers being a ceramic, the cover layers being provided on an upper face and a lower face of the multilayer structure in a stacking direction; and a pair of external electrodes that are formed on the two edge faces, wherein each of the external electrodes has a smaller thickness on a corner portion of the cover layers, has a crook toward the internal electrode layers, and has a larger thickness on an area of the two edge faces where the internal electrode layers are extracted. |
| US11164699B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component includes a body, a pair of external electrodes, disposed on both ends of the body in a first direction, respectively, containing at least one of copper and nickel, while not containing a noble metal, a pair of metal frames connected to the pair of external electrodes, respectively, and a pair of conductive bonding layers, disposed between the external electrode and the metal frame, respectively, containing the same metal component as the external electrode. |
| US11164689B2 |
Increased resonant frequency potassium-doped hexagonal ferrite
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, strontium can be substituted out for a trivalent or tetravalent ion composition including potassium, thereby providing for advantageous properties. |
| US11164688B2 |
Chip resistor
An object is to provide a chip resistor in which hot spots can be dispersed and the adverse effects on performance caused by microcracks can also be reduced. A chip resistor includes an insulating substrate, a resistive element, and electrodes. In the resistive element, a first trimming groove and a second trimming groove are formed. A first vertical groove of the first trimming groove and a second vertical groove of the second trimming groove are formed with a spacing in between in an X1-X2 direction. A first horizontal groove of the first trimming groove and a second horizontal groove of the second trimming groove extend in directions approaching each other, and terminal ends of the first horizontal groove and the second horizontal groove are formed to be separated in the X1-X2 direction such that the first horizontal groove and the second horizontal groove do not overlap in a Y1-Y2 direction. |
| US11164687B2 |
Shunt resistor mount structure
Provided is a shunt resistor mount structure comprising: a shunt resistor including a pair of electrodes and a resistive body; a current detecting substrate having a control circuit mounted thereon, the substrate having a voltage detecting portion to which a pair of voltage detection terminals of the shunt resistor are connected; and a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the electrodes. |
| US11164679B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligent patient interface exam station
Presented are systems and methods for examining patients and generating diagnostic medical data to make automated diagnoses and treatment recommendations to patients and doctors. Various embodiments of the present invention provide patients with diagnostic tools and audio/video guidance to reliably and accurately perform clinical grade diagnostic measurements of key vital signs. In embodiments, this is accomplished by using an automated remote (or local, e.g., in the form of a kiosk) end-to-end medical diagnostic system that monitors equipment usage for accuracy. The diagnostic system analyzes patient responses, measurement data, and patient-related information to generate diagnostic and/or treatment information that may be shared with healthcare professionals and specialists, as needed. Automation provides for timely, hassle-free, and cost-effective health care management that takes the stress out of doctor visits, while delivering personalized health care. The high accuracy of generated diagnostic data improves health care to patients and reduces the risk of medical malpractice for treating physicians. |
| US11164677B1 |
System, method and container delivery system for manipulating the functioning of a target
A system, method, diagnostic and container delivery system for manipulating a target, by manipulating with the quantum coherence of the target. The method includes identifying intrinsic parameters of the target and determining target-tuned design factors based at least partially on the intrinsic parameters. Target-tuned electrons and fields are generated based in part on the target-tuned design factor. The target-tuned electrons and fields are defined by discrete quantized energy levels. The method may include preparing a container to carry the unquantized target-tuned electrons, the container being composed of superconductor quantum dots. The unquantized target-tuned electrons are transferred to the container to form target-tuned artificial atoms having quantized target-tuned electrons, which may be delivered to the target as a manipulating agent. Alternatively, the unquantized target-tuned electrons may be delivered directly to the subject. |
| US11164676B2 |
Computer-aided recognition system for treatment response of rectal cancer, and computer program product
A computer-aided recognition system for treatment response of rectal cancer is provided to predict the probability of a pathological complete response (pCR) of a rectal cancer patient after preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. The system includes a random forest model having several decision trees. Each decision tree has at least a feature node. Each feature node generates two branches according to a feature threshold, wherein each branch connects to another feature node or corresponds to an elementary pCR predicting probability. The random forest model integrates the elementary pCR probability of each decision tree, so as to generate a final pCR probability. |
| US11164672B2 |
System and apparatus for electronic patient care
A system for electronic patient care includes a network, a facility gateway, a device gateway application and a medical device. The facility gateway is configured to provide a publish-subscribe service for an application. The device gateway application is configured for execution by the facility gateway. The device gateway is configured to communicate via the network by providing a web service. The medical device is in operative communication with the network. The medical device is configured to communicate with the device gateway using the web service. |
| US11164671B2 |
Continuous compliance auditing readiness and attestation in healthcare cloud solutions
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions which are executed by the at least one processor and configure the processor to implement a healthcare blockchain framework for continuous compliance auditing readiness and attestation in healthcare cloud solutions. The mechanisms provides a healthcare blockchain framework to create, read, update, and delete elements of a healthcare compliance model supporting a dynamic allocation of cloud resources to a healthcare business network. Compliance with one or more healthcare regulations is built into the blockchain framework. Responsive to an attestation event, a compliance attestation component within the healthcare blockchain framework reviews asset contents, state, and properties of an asset in a compliance repository. The compliance attestation component creates a bottom-up asset manifest for the asset and compares the asset manifest to a test case corresponding to an asset class of the asset. The compliance attestation component validates the asset against evidence rules corresponding to the asset class of the asset based on the comparison. Responsive to the compliance attestation component validating the asset, the mechanism generates a proof-of-validation certification. |
| US11164670B2 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying skin features of interest
Methods and apparatus are disclosed that assist a user such as a doctor in examining large areas of skin quickly and effectively by determining an attribute associated with each of a plurality of skin features included in one or more images of skin; generating a tile image of each of the plurality of skin features; arranging the tile images in accordance with the attribute associated with each of the plurality of skin features; and controlling a display device to display the tile images of the plurality of skin features. Advantageously, systems and methods according to the present disclosure enable the organization and presentation of large sets of visual as well as non-visual data that can be readily navigated and assimilated by the user. |
| US11164666B2 |
System and method for rewarding healthy behaviors and exchanging health related data
The disclosed systems and methods improve on the current landscape surrounding rewards for healthy behaviors, creates a social community around various stakeholders in the healthcare system and implements discussions around preventative medicine and healthy lifestyles. Using either a traditional network or decentralized architecture, the present system creates a community around all stakeholders and facilitates recommendations and rewards in exchange for targeted lifestyle changes, such as modifications to diet, exercise, nutrition, lifestyle, psychology, rest management, hydration, and the inclusion of vitamins and supplements. The present invention further incorporates a third party marketplace that provides incentives to patient communities for accessing information and taking active steps towards living a healthier life. |
| US11164663B2 |
Minimizing errors in prescription medication dispensing
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for minimizing errors in prescription medication dispensing. Aspects include obtaining, by a processor, a prescription of a medication for a patient. Then, aspects include obtaining, by the processor, a patient profile associated with the patient and obtaining, by the processor, medication details for the medication. Aspects also include displaying to the patient, by a first device, the medication details. |
| US11164661B2 |
Integrated system for nucleic acid-based storage and retrieval of digital data using keys
In some embodiments, systems and methods for storing and/or retrieving digital information in a nucleic acid library are provided. In some embodiments, an integrated system comprising a nucleic acid synthesis device, a nucleic acid sequencing device, a computing device, and a nucleic acid library is provided. In some embodiments, a write request that associates a value with a key is received by the system, the system synthesizes nucleic acid molecules associated with the request, and stores the nucleic acid molecules in the nucleic acid library. In some embodiments, a read request for a key is received by the system, and the system sequences nucleic acid molecules from the nucleic acid library that are associated with the key. |
| US11164652B2 |
Two-layer code with low parity cost for memory sub-systems
A memory sub-system configured to encode data using an error correcting code and an erasure code for storing data into memory cells and to decode data retrieved from the memory cells. For example, the data units of a predetermined size are separately encoded using the error correcting code (e.g., a low-density parity-check (LDPC) code) to generate parity data of a first layer. Symbols within the data units are cross encoded using the erasure code. Parity symbols of a second layer are calculated according to the erasure code. A collection of parity symbols having a total size equal to the predetermined size can be further encoded using the error correcting code to generate parity data for the parity symbols. |
| US11164650B2 |
Scrub management in storage class memory
A method and system for collecting diagnostic data from a storage class memory chip is disclosed. The method includes performing a scrub process on at least a portion of the storage class memory by: removing the portion of the storage class memory from use, wherein the portion comprises a plurality of memory locations, executing a first write operation to write a first pattern on each of the plurality of memory locations, executing a first read operation to obtain a first set of data written on each of the plurality of memory locations, analyzing the first set of data written on each of the plurality of memory locations to determine the number of stuck-at faults in the portion, and updating one or more counters in an error rate table (ERT) to indicate the number of stuck-at faults. |
| US11164639B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array; a conversion circuit; a data bus; a first buffer and a second buffer; and a third buffer. The data bus includes a first wiring part extending along a first direction. The first buffer and the second buffer are separate from each other. The first to third buffers are at different positions along the first direction. |
| US11164637B2 |
Methods of erasing data in nonvolatile memory devices and nonvolatile memory devices performing the same
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell region, a peripheral circuit region, a memory block in the memory cell region, and a control circuit in the peripheral circuit region. The memory cell region includes a first metal pad. The peripheral circuit region includes a second metal pad and is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad. The memory block includes a plurality of memory cells disposed in a vertical direction. The control circuit applies an erase voltage to an erase source terminal of the memory block, and applies a first voltage to a first selection line among a plurality of selection lines in the memory block. The first voltage is higher than the erase voltage. The first selection line is disposed closest to the erase source terminal among the plurality of selection lines and is used for selecting the memory block as an erase target block. |
| US11164634B2 |
Non-volatile storage system with fast SLC operation
A storage system comprises a controller connected to blocks of non-volatile memory cells. The memory cells can be operated as single level cell (“SLC”) memory cells or multi-level cell (“MLC”) memory cells. To increase write performance for a subset of memory cells being operated as SLC memory cells, the controller performs a deeper erase process and a weaker program process for the subset of memory cells. The weaker program process results in a programmed threshold voltage distribution that is lower than the “nominal” programmed threshold voltage distribution. Having a lower programmed threshold voltage distribution reduces the magnitude of the programming and sensing voltages needed and, therefore, shortens the time required to generate the programming and sensing voltages, and reduces power consumption. |
| US11164631B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and operating method of the same
A nonvolatile memory device includes a first memory stack including first memory cells vertically stacked on each other, a second memory stack including memory cells vertically stacked on each other, and a control logic configured to set a voltage level of a second voltage applied for a second memory operation to one of the second memory cells in the second memory stack based on a first voltage applied to one of the first memory cells in the first memory stack in a first memory operation. The second memory stack is vertically stacked on the first memory stack. Cell characteristics of the one of the first memory cells is determined using the first voltage. |
| US11164629B2 |
3D memory device including shared select gate connections between memory blocks
Some embodiments include apparatuses, and methods of operating the apparatuses. Some of the apparatuses include a data line, a first memory cell string including first memory cells located in different levels of the apparatus, first access lines to access the first memory cells, a first select gate coupled between the data line and the first memory cell string, a first select line to control the first select gate, a second memory cell string including second memory cells located in different levels of the apparatus, second access lines to access the second memory cells, the second access lines being electrically separated from the first access lines, a second select gate coupled between the data line and the second memory cell string, a second select line to control the second select gate, and the first select line being in electrical contact with the second select line. |
| US11164627B2 |
Polarity-written cell architectures for a memory device
Methods, systems, and devices for polarity-written cell architectures for a memory device are described. In an example, the described architectures may include memory cells that each include or are otherwise associated with a material configured to store one of a set of logic states based at least in part on a polarity of a write voltage applied to the material. Each of the memory cells may also include a cell selection component configured to selectively couple the material with an access line. In some examples, the material may include a chalcogenide, and the material may be configured to store each of the set of logic states in an amorphous state of the chalcogenide. In various examples, different logic states may be associated with different compositional distributions of the material of a respective memory cell, different threshold characteristics of the material of a respective memory cell, or other characteristics. |
| US11164625B2 |
Extended memory communication
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to extended memory communication subsystems for performing extended memory operations are described. An example method can include receiving, at a processing unit that is coupled between a host device and a non-volatile memory device, signaling indicative of a plurality of operations to be performed on data written to or read from the non-volatile memory device. The method can further include performing, at the processing unit, at least one operation of the plurality of operations in response to the signaling. The method can further include accessing a portion of a memory array in the non-volatile memory device. The method can further include transmitting additional signaling indicative of a command to perform one or more additional operations of the plurality of operations on the data written to or read from the non-volatile memory device. |
| US11164619B2 |
Distribution-following access operations for a memory device
Methods, systems, and devices for distribution-following access operations for a memory device are described. In an example, the described techniques may include identifying an activation of a first memory cell at a first condition of a biasing operation, and identifying an activation of a second memory cell at a second condition of the biasing operation, and determining a parameter of an access operation based at least in part on a difference between the first condition and the second condition. In some examples, the memory cells may be associated with a configurable material element, such as a chalcogenide material, that stores a logic state based on a material property of the material element. In some examples, the described techniques may at least partially compensate for a change in memory material properties due to aging or other degradation or changes over time. |
| US11164617B1 |
Memory system and operating method thereof
A memory system and an operating method thereof are provided. The memory system includes a plurality of pseudo static random access memory chips and a memory controller. The pseudo static random access memory chips are coupled to each other. When receiving an action command, each of the pseudo static random access memory chips determines whether a refresh collision occurs in itself, and generates a collision signal accordingly. The memory controller controls the pseudo static random access memory chips according to the collision signal. All of the pseudo static random access memory chips share their respective collision signals to perform a same latency synchronously. |
| US11164613B2 |
Processing multi-cycle commands in memory devices, and related methods, devices, and systems
Methods of operating a memory device are disclosed. A method may include receiving, at a first die of a number of dies, a first number of bits including one or more command bits, one or more identification bits, and a first number of address bits associated with a command during a first clock cycle. The method may further include conveying, from the first die to at least one other die, at least some of the first number of bits. Further, the method may include receiving, at the first die, a second number of bits including a second number of address bits associated with the command during a second, subsequent clock cycle. Also, the method may include conveying, from the first die to the at least one other die, at least some of the second number of bits. Memory devices and electronic systems are also disclosed. |
| US11164612B2 |
Marching memory, a bidirectional marching memory, a complex marching memory and a computer system, without the memory bottleneck
A marching memory is disclosed having an array of memory units. Each memory unit has a sequence of bit level cells. Each bit-level cell has a transfer-transistor having a first main-electrode connected to a clock signal supply line through a first delay element, and a control-electrode connected to an output terminal of a first neighboring bit-level cell positioned at an input side of the array of the memory units, through a second delay element. Each bit-level cell also has a reset-transistor having a first main-electrode connected to a second main-electrode of the transfer-transistor, a control-electrode connected to the clock signal supply line, and a second main-electrode connected to the ground potential. Each bit-level cell also has a capacitor connected in parallel with the reset-transistor. |
| US11164611B1 |
Level-shifting transparent window sense amplifier
Techniques are disclosed relating to level-shifting circuitry and time borrowing across voltage domains. In some embodiments, sense amplifier circuitry generates, based on an input signal at a first voltage level, an output signal at a second, different voltage level. Pulse circuitry may generate a pulse signal in response to an active clock edge of a clock signal that is input to the sense amplifier circuitry. Initial resolution circuitry may drive the output signal of the sense amplifier circuitry to match the value of the input signal during the pulse signal. Secondary resolution circuitry may maintain a current value of the output signal after expiration of the pulse signal. This may allow the input signal to change during the pulse, e.g., to enable time borrowing by upstream circuitry. |
| US11164610B1 |
Memory device with built-in flexible double redundancy
A memory device with built-in flexible redundancy is provided according to various aspects of the present disclosure. In certain aspects, a memory device includes a first sense amplifier, a second sense amplifier, a first comparator, a second comparator, a reference circuit, and a logic gate. During a redundant read operation, the first sense amplifier, the first comparator, and the reference circuit are used to read one copy of a redundant bit stored in the memory device, and the second sense amplifier, the second comparator, and the reference circuit are used to read another copy of the redundant bit stored in the memory device. The logic gate may then determine a bit value based on the bit values of the read copies of the redundant bit (e.g., determine a bit value of one if the bit value of at least one of the read copies of the redundant bit is one). |
| US11164609B2 |
Integrated circuit devices having strobe signal transmitters with enhanced drive characteristics
An integrated circuit device includes a read strobe signal transmitter including a main output drive circuit and a victim output drive circuit having an output terminal electrically coupled to an output terminal of the main output drive circuit. The read strobe signal transmitter is configured to: (i) generate a periodic active read strobe signal during a read time interval, in response to a pair of periodic drive signals, which are 180° out-of-phase relative to each other during the read time interval, and (ii) generate a disabled read strobe signal at a fixed logic level during a non-read time interval, in response to an active victim control signal. The main output drive circuit is responsive to the pair of periodic drive signals during the read time interval, and the victim output drive circuit is responsive to the active victim control signal during the non-read time interval. |
| US11164606B2 |
Audio-driven viewport selection
An example device includes a memory device, and a processor coupled to the memory device. The memory is configured to store audio spatial metadata associated with a soundfield and video data. The processor is configured to identify one or more foreground audio objects of the soundfield using the audio spatial metadata stored to the memory device, and to select, based on the identified one or more foreground audio objects, one or more viewports associated with the video data. Display hardware coupled to the processor and the memory device is configured to output a portion of the video data being associated with the one or more viewports selected by the processor. |
| US11164605B2 |
System and method of producing certain video data
A system and method of incorporating additional video objects into source video data to produce output video data. A method includes identifying segments of the source video data, selecting identified segments for the inclusion of additional video objects, creating an intermediate working version of the source video data including video material corresponding to the selected segments, creating metadata which identifies at least one frame within the source video data which corresponds to the selected segments, transmitting the intermediate working version to a remote system for the creation of additional video data including additional video objects to be included in the output video data, receiving video file data associated with the additional video data, obtaining the additional video data based on the video file data, retrieving metadata and incorporating the additional video data with the source video data on the basis of the retrieved metadata to produce the output video data. |
| US11164602B1 |
Detecting loss of attention during playing of media content in a personal electronic device
A method, a mobile device, and a computer program product for detecting loss of attention during play of media content in a mobile device. The method includes, during playback of first media content, receiving first data indicative of whether a consumer of the first media content is actively consuming the first media content. The method further includes evaluating, based on a comparison of the first data with comparative data, whether the first data indicates that the consumer is likely not currently paying attention to playback of the first media content. The method further includes identifying, based on a time of receipt of the first data that indicates that the consumer is not paying attention, a first time within the first media content at which the consumer stopped paying attention during the playback and resetting a playback location of the first media content to continue playback from the first time. |
| US11164599B2 |
Indicating tracks as erased without deleting data for the tracks
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for indicating tracks as erased without deleting data for the tracks. In response to receiving erase commands to erase tracks in the storage, indicating the tracks as erased without performing an erase operation on the tracks subject to the erase command. Data in the storage for the tracks indicated as erased remains in the storage while requests are directed to the tracks indicated as erased. A command is received indicating an operation with respect to a target track. The operation to proceed is permitted with respect to the target track in response to determining that the target track is not indicated as erased. An alternate operation is performed providing a result different from the operation indicated in the command in response to determining that the target track is indicated as erased. |
| US11164594B2 |
Abnormal sound detection system, artificial sound creation system, and artificial sound creating method
Confirmation can be made what sound has been made under a restriction in which transmittable traffic is small. An abnormal sound detection system including an artificial sound creating function is configured, the abnormal sound detection system including a statistic calculation unit configured to calculate a statistic set expressing sizes of a direct current component, an alternating current component, and a noise component in an amplitude time series at each of frequencies of a sound inputted at a terminal, a statistic transmitting unit configured to transmit the statistic set from the terminal to a server, a statistic receiving unit configured to receive the statistic set in the server, and an artificial sound reproducing unit configured to reproduce a cyclostationary artificial sound based on the statistic set received in the server. |
| US11164593B2 |
Hearing device and method with non-intrusive speech intelligibility
A hearing device includes: an input module for provision of a first input signal; a processor configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the first input signal; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator configured to determine a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the first input signal, wherein the controller is configured to control the processor based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the speech intelligibility estimator comprises a decomposition module configured to decompose the first input signal into a first representation of the first input signal in a frequency domain, wherein the first representation comprises one or more elements representative of the first input signal; and wherein the decomposition module comprises one or more characterization blocks for characterizing the one or more elements of the first representation in the frequency domain. |
| US11164590B2 |
Estimation of background noise in audio signals
The disclosure relates to a background noise estimator and a method therein, for supporting sound activity detection in an audio signal segment. The method comprises reducing a current background noise estimate when the audio signal segment is determined to comprise music and the current background noise estimate exceeds a minimum value. This is to be performed when an energy level of an audio signal segment is more than a threshold higher than a long term minimum energy level, lt_min, which is determined over a plurality of preceding audio signal segments, or, when the energy level of the audio signal segment is less than a threshold higher than lt_min, but no pause is detected in the audio signal segment. |
| US11164589B2 |
Periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generating device, encoder, periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generating method, coding method, and recording medium
An encoder and a decoder are provided that are capable of reproducing a frequency-domain envelope sequence that provides high approximation accuracy around peaks caused by the pitch period of an audio signal by using a small amount of code. An encoder of the present invention comprises a periodic-combined-envelope generating part and a variable-length coding part. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part generates a periodic combined envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence based on a spectral envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence corresponding to a linear predictive coefficient code obtained from an input audio signal and on a frequency-domain period. The variable-length coding part encodes a frequency-domain sequence derived from the input audio signal. A decoder of the present invention comprises a periodic-combined-envelope generating part and a variable-length decoding part. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part generates a periodic combined envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence based on a spectral envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence corresponding to a linear predictive coefficient code and on a frequency-domain period. The variable-length decoding part decodes a variable-length code to obtain a frequency-domain sequence. |
| US11164586B2 |
Artificial intelligence apparatus and method for recognizing utterance voice of user
Embodiments provide an artificial intelligence apparatus for recognizing an utterance voice of a user. The artificial intelligence apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external artificial intelligence apparatus which obtains first sound data including the utterance voice of the user to generate a first speech recognition result from the first sound data; a microphone configured to obtain second sound data including the utterance voice; and a processor configured to receive first speech recognition results from each of the at least one external artificial intelligence apparatus, generate a second speech recognition result from the second sound data, generate a final speech recognition result for the utterance voice by using the first speech recognition results and the second speech recognition result, and perform a control corresponding to the final speech recognition result. |
| US11164585B2 |
Systems and methods for virtual assistant routing
Systems, methods and software are disclosed for processing requests from users of an infotainment system. The method includes receiving a request from a user of the infotainment system. The method includes determining a domain for the received request based on information contained in the received request. The domain specifies one or more categories for the request. The method includes routing the received request to a virtual assistant assigned to handle requests for the determined domain. The virtual assistant is one of a plurality of virtual assistants respectively assigned to handle requests for a plurality of respectively assigned domains. The method includes transmitting a response to the request to the user. |
| US11164576B2 |
Multimodal responses
Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information. |
| US11164573B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling page
A method and apparatus for controlling a page are provided. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: receiving voice information sent by a terminal and inputted by a user from the terminal, where the terminal is used for displaying a target page and for receiving the voice information in response to receiving a voice control request for the target page from the user; recognizing voice from the voice information to generate text information; analyzing the text information to generate an operation instruction; and sending the operation instruction to the terminal to enable the terminal to execute an operation indicated by the operation instruction on the target page. The embodiment has realized voice-based page control. |
| US11164560B2 |
Well site noise control
A positionable exhaust apparatus with an exhaust outlet having a first bore extending along a length of the exhaust outlet. The first bore having a longitudinal axis extending the length thereof and an exhaust outlet tip coupled to the exhaust outlet. The exhaust outlet tip having a second bore with at least a portion of the second bore substantially aligned with the first bore of the exhaust outlet. An actuator coupled with the exhaust outlet and the exhaust outlet tip with at least a portion of the exhaust outlet tip to rotate the exhaust outlet tip relative to the exhaust outlet. The exhaust outlet tip rotatable three hundred and sixty degrees about the longitudinal axis of the exhaust outlet. |
| US11164559B2 |
Selective sound transmission and active sound transmission control
Passively controlled acoustic metamaterials allow transmission of low amplitude acoustic (sound) waves having a resonance frequency and reflect waves having a substantially different frequency. Such materials also reflect waves having the resonance frequency when those waves have an amplitude exceeding a threshold. High amplitude resonance waves cause a resonance membrane contained in unit cells of the metamaterial to contact a rigid structure that is positioned at a longitudinal constraint distance from the resonance membrane in each unit cell. Such contact changes the resonance frequency of the membrane, thereby causing reflection of high amplitude waves. Actively controlled acoustic metamaterials include a ferromagnetic layer on the membrane and an electromagnetic positioned in each unit cell. Activation of the electromagnetic displaces the membrane and thereby shifts the resonance frequency of the membrane, on demand. |
| US11164558B2 |
Vehicular air conditioning system
A vehicular air conditioning system includes an air conditioner case, a blower configured to blow an air to an internal air flow path of the air conditioner case, a microphone provided in the internal air flow path on a downstream side of the blower and configured to detect noise, and a speaker configured to output sound waves having a phase opposite to a phase of the noise detected by the microphone. |
| US11164556B2 |
Systems and methods for noise reduction using sub-band noise reduction technique
A noise reduction system is provided. The noise reduction system may include a sub-band noise sensor, a plurality of sub-band noise reduction modules, and an output module. The sub-band noise sensor may be configured to detect a noise and generate a plurality of sub-band noise signals in response to the detected noise. Each of the plurality of sub-band noise signals may have a distinctive sub-band of the frequency band of the noise. Each of the sub-band noise reduction modules may be configured to receive one of the sub-band noise signals from the sub-band noise sensor and generate a sub-band noise correction signal for reducing the received sub-band noise signal. The output module may be configured to receive the sub-band noise correction signals and output a noise correction signal for reducing the noise based on the sub-band noise correction signals. |
| US11164555B2 |
Device for generating acoustic compensation signals
A device for generating acoustic compensation signals, which serve to compensate acoustic signals that result from the operation of a motor-vehicle drive unit. The device includes a signal-generating apparatus designed to generate acoustic compensation signals, which serve to compensate acoustic signals that result from the operation of a motor-vehicle drive unit, and a control apparatus, which is associated with the signal-generating apparatus and which is designed to control the operation of the signal-generating apparatus. The device also includes a determination apparatus, which is associated with the control apparatus and which is designed to determine the propagation direction of acoustic signals and to generate direction information describing the determined propagation direction of the acoustic signals. The control apparatus is further designed to control the operation of the signal-generating apparatus on the basis of corresponding direction information. |
| US11164551B2 |
Amplifier matching in a digital amplifier modeling system
In one example, a method to match a digital amplifier model to a real guitar amplifier comprises obtaining an amplifier output filter and an amplifier input filter for the real guitar amplifier, using the amplifier output filter and a model output filter to obtain a corrective output filter, using the amplifier input filter and a model input filter to obtain a corrective input filter, and applying the corrective input filter and the corrective output filter to the digital amplifier model. The amplifier output filter and the amplifier input filter can be obtained using exponential sine sweep (ESS) and a matched filter. Other examples and related methods and apparatuses are also disclosed herein. |
| US11164548B2 |
Intelligent buffering of large-scale video
In a method and supporting system for intelligent buffering of large scale videos, a video presentation includes a plurality of sub-videos, each associated with a field of view. During presentation of the large scale video, sub-videos within a user's field of view are loaded and presented to the user, and sub-videos in proximate fields of view are loaded for potential presentation. On identifying a change in the user's field of view to one of the proximate fields of view, sub-videos are loaded for presentation within the new field of view. In a method and supporting system for seamless transitions in large scale videos, a video having a plurality of sub-videos is provided for presentation to a user, and distraction levels based on video content and user interactions are tracked. A transition point for the video is identified based on one or both distraction levels, and a sub-video is changed to a different sub-video at the transition point. |
| US11164544B2 |
Display device and operating method thereof
A display device including a housing; a display unit; a rotatable guide bar accommodated in the housing and configured to withdraw the display unit from the housing or insert the display unit into the housing; and a controller configured to display first content in a first region of the display unit withdrawn from the housing, in response to a second-content display command, withdraw the display unit to add a second region, and display second content in the second region. |
| US11164541B2 |
Multi-frame burn-in statistics gathering
An electronic device may include an electronic display to display images during frames based on image data. The electronic display may be divided into multiple regions each having multiple pixels. The electronic device may also include a display pipeline to process the image data and output the processed image data to the electronic display. The display pipeline may also determine a history update corresponding to an estimated burn-in aging effect of the pixels based on usage. A first portion of the history update corresponding to pixels in a first region may be determined during a first frame and a second portion of the history update corresponding to pixels in a second region may be determined during a second frame. |
| US11164538B2 |
Storage medium, expansion base and operation method thereof combined with portable electronic device
The disclosure provides a storage medium, an expansion base and an operation method thereof combined with a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device is pre-installed with an application program and includes a touch screen. The expansion base is paired with the portable electronic device and accommodates the portable electronic device. When the portable electronic device is accommodated inside the expansion base, a touch window on the surface of the expansion base exposes at least a portion of the touch screen, and the portable electronic device executes the application program to automatically adjust a size or a display position of a display image of the touch screen to correspond to the touch window. |
| US11164537B2 |
Booster circuit, shutdown circuit, methods for driving the same, and display apparatus
The embodiments of the present disclosure propose a booster circuit and a method for driving the same, a shutdown circuit and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus. The booster circuit includes a first input sub-circuit coupled to a first input signal terminal, a first voltage signal terminal, and an output signal terminal, and configured to transmit a first voltage signal at the first voltage signal terminal to the output signal terminal under control of a first input signal at the first input signal terminal; a second input sub-circuit coupled to a second input signal terminal, the first voltage signal terminal and a first node, and configured to transmit the first voltage signal at the first voltage signal terminal to the first node under control of a second input signal at the second input signal terminal; and a first storage sub-circuit coupled to the output signal terminal and the first node, and configured to cause a level of an output signal at the output signal terminal to be raised to a level higher than the first voltage signal. |
| US11164532B2 |
Display device including sensing device and driving method thereof
A display device receives a feedback signal for a pulse signal supplied to a display panel, senses a pulse width of a scan signal, and changes one or both of a pulse width of the shift clock and a pulse voltage of the shift clock for each screen position of the display panel in response to a pulse width of the feedback signal. |
| US11164530B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device. A driving voltage line disposed in an active area is disposed to overlap a reference voltage line. The aperture ratio of a display panel is improved, and the transparency of a transparent display device is improved. The width of the driving voltage line disposed in the display panel gradually decreases in a direction away from a driver circuit supplying a driving voltage. Differences in the variation of the driving voltage according to the areas of the display panel are reduced, thereby improving brightness uniformity of the display panel according to the areas of the display panel. |
| US11164527B2 |
Device and method for addressing unintended offset voltage when driving display panel
A processing system comprises a plurality of output terminals connectable to data lines of a display panel and a plurality of output amplifiers configured to output a plurality of drive voltages, respectively. The drive voltages have the same polarity. The processing system further comprises first switch circuitry configured to connect a first output terminal of the plurality of output terminals to a selected one of the plurality of output amplifiers. |
| US11164523B2 |
Compensation method and compensation apparatus for pixel circuit and display apparatus
The present disclosure provides a compensation method and compensation apparatus for a pixel circuit, and a display apparatus. The compensation method for the pixel circuit includes: acquiring a threshold voltage of a driving transistor of the pixel circuit; comparing a source voltage of the driving transistor with the threshold voltage; and adjusting the source voltage of the driving transistor according to a comparison result. |
| US11164518B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a light emitting element. A first transistor transmits a driving current to the light emitting element. A second transistor is connected to a first electrode of the first transistor to transmit a data signal. A third transistor has a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor. An auxiliary transistor is connected between a second electrode of the third transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor to transmit the data signal to the gate electrode of the first transistor. Each of the first transistor, the second transistor and the auxiliary transistor is a first-type transistor, and the third transistor is a second-type transistor different from the first-type transistor. |
| US11164516B2 |
Shift register unit, gate driving circuit, display device and driving method
A shift register unit, a gate driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a first sub-circuit, a second sub-circuit, and a leakage prevention circuit. The first sub-circuit comprises a first input circuit and a first output circuit, the first input circuit is configured to control a level of a first node in response to a first input signal. The second sub-circuit comprises a second input circuit and the second output circuit. The leakage prevention circuit is connected to the first node, and is configured to control a level of the leakage prevention node under control of the level of the first node, so that a circuit connected between the first node and the leakage prevention node is turned off, and a circuit connected between the second node and the leakage prevention node is turned off. |
| US11164515B2 |
Sensing considering image
An electronic device comprises an electronic display having an active area having a pixel. The electronic device also comprises processing circuitry configured to receive image data to send to the pixel and adjust the image data to generate corrected image data based at least in part on a stored correction value for the pixel. The processing circuitry also is configured to generate a test data to send to the pixel subsequent to sending corrected image data to the pixel, wherein the test data is selected based upon a comparison of at least one aspect of the corrected image data with a threshold value. |
| US11164514B2 |
Display device including initialization voltage source extended along data line
A display device includes a substrate including a pixel area including a pixel; a peripheral area adjacent to the pixel area; and a boundary between the pixel area and the peripheral area, the boundary comprising a rounded corner; a data driver in the peripheral area; a data line through which a data signal is provided from the data driver to the pixel; and an initialization voltage source in the peripheral area and connected to the pixel, the initialization voltage source extended along the rounded corner of the boundary between the pixel area and the peripheral area. Along the rounded corner of the boundary, the initialization voltage source overlaps the data line along a thickness direction. |
| US11164511B2 |
Mitigating artifacts associated with long horizontal blank periods in display panels
A display panel includes a first scan driving circuit, a second scan driving circuit, and a third scan driving circuit. The first scan driving circuit is configured to generate a first gate scan signal to control programming of a first display line in a first horizontal sync period that includes a long horizontal blank (LHB) period. The second scan driving circuit is configured to generate a first dummy gate scan signal to control initialization of a second display line in the LHB period of the first horizontal sync period. The third scan driving circuit is configured to generate a second gate scan signal to control programming of the second display line in a second horizontal sync period that follows the first horizontal sync period. |
| US11164509B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a first display panel and a second display panel. The first display panel includes first light-emitting elements, a first edge, and a first left region. The second display panel includes second light-emitting elements, a second edge adjacent to the first edge, and a first right region. The difference between the average brightness of the first light-emitting elements located in the first left region of the first display panel and the average brightness of the second light-emitting elements located in the first right region of the second display panel is from 0% to 20%. |
| US11164508B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display unit, a light sensor, and a processor. The display unit has a brightness value. The light sensor senses an ambient light to generate a light intensity signal. The processor is coupled to the display unit and the light sensor and accesses a program instruction from a memory to perform the following steps: continuously receiving the light intensity signal from the light sensor; smoothing a plurality of light intensity signals to generate a plurality of smoothing signals; and maintaining the brightness value of the display unit for a preset time period and then determining whether to adjust the brightness value when a difference generated by subtracting a previous smoothing signal of a target smoothing signal of the smoothing signals from the target smoothing signal is less than the first threshold or greater than the second threshold. |
| US11164506B2 |
Optoelectronic device
A method of controlling an optoelectronic device including display pixels arranged in rows and in columns. The optoelectronic device further includes first electrodes, each connected to the display pixels of at least one row, second electrodes, each connected to the display pixels of at least one column, and a circuit for controlling the first and second electrodes. The method includes, in a first phase, the activation of the display pixels connected to one of the first electrodes and to one of the second electrodes by the following steps, simultaneously carried out: taking one of the first electrodes to a first potential, the other first electrodes being maintained at a second potential smaller than the first potential; and taking one of the second electrodes to a third potential smaller than the second potential, the other second electrodes being maintained at a fourth potential greater than the third potential and smaller than the second potential. |
| US11164501B2 |
Display panel and display device
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel is configured such that a first luminous intensity of a first sub-pixel is greater than a second luminous intensity of a second sub-pixel at a same driving current. A light blocking structure includes a grid-shaped grid line, the shortest distance between a first orthographic projection of a first sub-pixel onto a substrate and a third orthographic projection of the grid line onto the substrate is D1H along the row direction of an array, the shortest distance between a second orthographic projection of a second sub-pixel onto the substrate and the third orthographic projection of the grid line onto the substrate is D2H along the row direction of the array, where D1H |
| US11164499B2 |
Color temperature adjustment method of display, electronic device, and computer readable storage medium
The present disclosure relates to a color temperature adjustment method of a display. The display is a transparent display. The color temperature adjustment method includes: detecting current color temperature data of a background environment right behind the display, obtaining a color temperature compensation coefficient of the display, calculating a target color temperature of the display according to the color temperature data of the background environment and the color temperature compensation coefficient, obtaining a gamma voltage corresponding to the target color temperature, controlling the display to adjust the color temperature of the display to the target color temperature according to the obtained gamma voltage. The present disclosure further relates to a computer readable storage medium. As such, the color temperature of the transparent display may accurately be adjusted, and the user experience may be improved. |
| US11164498B1 |
Display panel and test method thereof
A display panel and a test method thereof are provided in the preset disclosure. The display panel includes a first test area and a second test area; the display panel also includes an array substrate, a pixel electrode layer, and a light shielding layer, wherein the pixel electrode layer includes a plurality of pixel electrode units, and in a direction perpendicular to the array substrate, an orthographic projection of the light shielding layer covers orthographic projections of each main pixel electrode in the first test area and each sub-pixel electrode in the second test area. |
| US11164493B2 |
Data processing device, data driving device, and system for driving display device
The present embodiment relates to a technique for speeding up data communication in a display device and provides a technique for transmitting and receiving at least some information using a communication line indicating a clock training state and for automatically optimizing the configuration of an equalizer in a receiving device. |
| US11164490B2 |
Sign waving machine platform
A sign waving machine platform for street side promotions that incorporates a base frame, a sign waving apparatus plus an upper web to attach accessories including mannequins and electric signs. The sign waving apparatus includes a motor housing, battery, electric motor and bracket assembly that couples the motor drive shaft to a sign frame which moves relative to the housing as the motor drive shaft rotates. Signs can be attached to all sides of the sign frame. The platform attaches at the top only to posts, carts and other so it can freely swing in many directions with the wind. This rugged, lightweight platform has a primary structure made from 2 aluminum tubes; one slides inside the other and telescopes. Fastening occurs using thumb screws attached to the outer tubes and joints that when twisted, pinches the inside interconnecting tubes. The platform stretches in many directions providing numerous configurations. |
| US11164487B1 |
Display assembly
A display assembly that has a support, a mobile mount, a stationary mount, and a display unit. The display unit is supported by the mobile mount and the mobile mount is supported by the stationary mount which is secured to support. The mobile mount and the stationary mount are rotatable with respect to each other and may include undulating patterns that move the display vertically. The support includes a lighting element for backlighting the display and a locating element for positioning the stationary mount on the support. |
| US11164486B2 |
Micro LED display panel including light-emitting units and method for making same
A micro LED display panel capable of simpler but more precise manufacture by pre-loading micro LEDs onto wafers which are then transferred to a substrate includes the substrate and light-emitting units. Each light-emitting unit includes a wafer unit and at least two micro LEDs on the wafer unit. The display panel includes pixel regions, each pixel region including at least three adjacent sub-pixel regions. Each sub-pixel region has one micro LED therein. Each micro LED of the light-emitting units is located in one sub-pixel region and the micro LEDs in each pixel regions emit light of different colors. |
| US11164482B2 |
Human tissue models, materials, and methods
Devices, systems, and methods appropriate for use in medical training that include materials that better mimic natural human tissue are disclosed. In one aspect, multi-layer tissue simulations are provided. In another aspect, male genitalia models are provided. In another aspect, abdominal surgical wall inserts are provided. Systems and methods associated with these devices are also provided. |
| US11164476B2 |
Heavy equipment simulation system and methods of operating same
A heavy equipment simulation system for simulating an operation of a heavy equipment vehicle in a virtual environment is described herein. The heavy equipment simulation system includes a support frame, an operator input control assembly coupled to the support frame for receiving input from a user, a motion actuation system coupled to the support frame for adjusting an orientation of the support frame with respect to a ground surface, a display device assembly configure to display the virtual environment including the simulated heavy equipment vehicle, a virtual reality (VR) headset unit adapted to be worn by the user, and a control system. |
| US11164472B2 |
Audio learning system and audio learning method
An audio learning system, which is applied to a vehicle and provides a learning content to a user staying in the vehicle in audio manner, includes: a learning element storage unit storing multiple learning elements; an in-vehicle duration estimation unit estimating an in-vehicle duration during which the user is in the vehicle; a learning program generation unit generating one batch of a learning program to be completed within the in-vehicle duration estimated by the in-vehicle duration estimation unit by combining the plurality of learning elements; and an execution unit executing the learning program. When a driving load estimated by a driving load estimation unit is higher than a predetermined load, the learning program generation unit generates the learning program to mainly include the learning elements that have been executed. |
| US11164464B1 |
Optimizing trajectory of unmanned aerial vehicles
The present disclosure is directed toward methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for trajectory optimization in a high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft. For example, the systems described herein can generate an optimized flight plan for an aircraft during active flight of the aircraft by utilizing a greedy algorithm with buffering. In one or more embodiments, the systems described herein identify a plurality of possible states and select a predetermined number of the top possible states (based on energy change associated with transitioning to each possible state) at each incremental time period within a flight time window starting from an initial state to a plurality of possible states for a final incremental time period. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the systems described herein select a final state based on a final energy associated with the final state and determine a flight plan for the aircraft from the initial state to the selected final state. |
| US11164462B2 |
Vehicle dispatch instruction device, vehicle dispatch instruction method, and recording medium
A vehicle dispatch instruction device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: receive, from a plurality of movable bodies, position information of the movable bodies; receive actual demand information from information communication devices; select, from the plurality of movable bodies, a plurality of candidate movable bodies that are able to be dispatched to a plurality of locations included in the actual demand information; calculate expected travel times of the candidate movable bodies from their current positions to the locations; calculate an expected wait time of each user; determine combinations that minimize the sum of the users' expected wait times out of combinations of the locations and the candidate movable bodies; send a dispatch command to each target movable body; and repeat the selection, the calculation, and the determination at predetermined time intervals. |
| US11164452B2 |
Parking space detection method and system
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for managing parking monitoring and enforcement. In one aspect, a method of determining whether a vehicle is present in a parking space includes monitoring the parking space with a first vehicle detection technique utilizing image processing and monitoring the parking space with a second vehicle detection technique that does not utilize image processing. The parking space can be monitored with a third vehicle detection technique that is different than the first and second vehicle detection techniques. A conclusion that a vehicle has entered or left the parking space can be determined upon a agreement of the multiple techniques employed. |
| US11164447B2 |
Method for evacuating persons around autonomous vehicle, apparatus and storage medium thereof
A method, an apparatus and a storage medium for evacuating a person around an autonomous vehicle are proposed. The method includes: obtaining data about surrounding of the autonomous vehicle during the driving of the autonomous vehicle; recognizing a person with onlooker intention within a predetermined range around the autonomous vehicle according to the data obtained; evacuating the person with onlooker intention in a predetermined manner. The technical solution may be applied to ensure normal driving of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US11164437B2 |
Swimming pool monitoring
A computer implemented method including receiving, by a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property and from an electronic pool device that is configured to monitor a swimming pool at the property, sensor data, analyzing, by the monitoring system, the sensor data, based on analyzing the sensor data, generating, by the monitoring system, an instruction to activate a camera of the electronic pool device, providing, by the monitoring system to the electronic pool device, the instruction to activate the camera, receiving, by the monitoring system from the electronic pool device, image data, analyzing, by the monitoring system, the image data, based on analyzing the image data, identifying a monitoring system action to perform, and performing the monitoring system action. |
| US11164432B2 |
System and method for fire sensing and controlling escape path guide signs accordingly
A system for directing an emergency evacuation within a building composed of a plurality of rooms separated by entryways is provided. The system comprising: a plurality of fire detectors configured to detect a fire in each room; and a plurality of signs configured to display evacuation information, each of the signs being in communication each of the fire detectors and configured to determine an evacuation route to an exit located nearest to each sign. |
| US11164431B1 |
Facility security system
The facility security system comprises a central station and a plurality of bracelets. The central station broadcasts a message over a wireless communication signal to the plurality of bracelets. Each message broadcast by the central station identifies an emergency situation within a facility that requires a plurality of previously identified individuals within the facility to respond to. Each of the plurality of bracelets is worn by a previously identified individual selected from the plurality of previously identified individuals. There is a one to one correspondence between the plurality of bracelets and the plurality of previously identified individuals. Each bracelet selected from the plurality of bracelets: a) receives the message broadcast by the central station; and, b) generates a visual, audio, and tactile alert to the previously identified individual to take their specified actions in response to the emergency situation identified by the broadcast message. |
| US11164430B2 |
Electronic device arrangement, method for operating an electronic device arrangement, security device, and automated teller machine
A Universal-Serial-Bus interface communicatively couples a first electronic device and a second electronic device with one another. The Universal-Serial-Bus interface includes an electrical connection structure to electrically connect the first electronic device and the second electronic device with one another and a switch to disconnect the electrical connection structure. A measurement circuit to measure one or more electrical properties is associated with the electrical connection structure and/or the first electronic device. One or more processors configured to control the switch based on the measured one or more electrical properties. |
| US11164425B2 |
Using coded identifiers for adaptive gaming
A gaming system configured to perform operations that include receiving, electronically, a first coded identifier, and providing, for presentation, on a display device of a mobile device, the first coded identifier for detection by a wagering game machine. The operations can further include detecting a second coded identifier presented by the wagering game machine after the detection by the wagering game machine of the first coded identifier. The second coded identifier is captured by an image capture device associated with the gaming system. The operations can further include transmitting, electronically, the second coded identifier. |
| US11164424B2 |
Method and system for a stacked symbol game
A gaming system wherein a first reel strip is selected from a set of reel strips for a first game. The first reel strip has a set of first consecutive symbol positions and a set of second consecutive symbol positions, each associated with a plurality of symbols and the second consecutive symbol positions comprise at least two consecutive identical symbols. The first reel strip is then displayed within at least one reel. If the user desires to play one or more additional games, the system selects and displays at least one additional reel strip from a set of reel strips. The additional reel strip has a set of first consecutive symbol positions and a set of second consecutive symbol positions, each associated with a plurality of symbols, and the second consecutive symbol positions comprise fewer consecutive identical symbols than were present in the previous game. This process is repeated until a reel strip is selected which has no consecutive identical symbols in the second consecutive identical symbol positions. If another request to play an additional game is received from the user, the system may repeat the first selection step and all steps that follow until no further requests to play are received from the user. |
| US11164423B2 |
Gaming system and method providing a class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature
The gaming system and method of the present disclosure provide a Class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature. Generally, for a play of the Class II bingo game and for each player, the gaming system provides that player a bingo card and enables the player to affirmatively designate up to a designated quantity of spots of the bingo card as wild spots. The wild spots are guaranteed marks. The gaming system then draws bingo numbers until a game-winning pattern is marked on one of the players' bingo cards. |
| US11164422B2 |
System and method for high-speed pari-mutuel wagering
This disclosure provides a wagering system associated with a first wagering facility, the system communicably coupled with a network and including a memory operable to store betting odds on a plurality of wagering events hosted by the first wagering facility. The system further includes a processor coupled to the memory and operable to receive a first bet on a particular event via the network, the particular event comprising at least one of the wagering events hosted by the first wagering facility. If a second bet is received within a predetermined period of time after the first bet is received, then the processor recalculates the betting odds on the particular event based upon both of the first bet and the second bet. If a second bet is not received within a predetermined period of time after the first bet is received, then the processor recalculates the betting odds on the particular event based upon the first bet. |
| US11164414B2 |
System and method for providing secure access
Disclosed is a security system including: a first gateway comprising a security access gateway; a first sensor comprising a security sensor, the first sensor engageable to obtain access through the first gateway; a controller operationally connected to the first gateway and the first sensor, the controller being configured for: rending a first determination that the first sensor senses a first security access credential is being presented, and thereafter: rendering a second determining to monitor for compliance with protocols identifying a sequence and a timing scheme for presenting additional security access credentials; rending a further determination including one of: a determination to grant access if the presenting of additional security access credentials complies with the protocols; and a determination to deny access if the presenting of additional security access credentials fails to comply with the protocols. |
| US11164412B2 |
Self-service modular drop safes
Novel modular smart management devices in the form of drop safes include the modular components of a chassis, door and technology cabinet. The drop safes enable retailers to make cash deposits quickly and safely within or near their own facilities. Various technology, including RFID readers, RFID tags, and other equipment allow the drop safes to identify each deposited bag. Employees utilize specialized apps on their mobile devices to facilitate deposit creation and other tasks. Novel methodologies for accessing the drop safes for emptying employ single-use, time-expiration type authorization codes along with other security measures to minimize risk and to provide other benefits. Novel structures along with methodologies for replacing, on-site, modular components with auto-detection of functionality during initialization and re-initialization enables for efficient replacement and upgrading of components, including the upgrading of safes to provide additional functionality. |
| US11164409B2 |
Method and device for authenticating vehicle smart key
Disclosed are a communication method for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technologies. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, a method for authenticating a smart key of an electronic device comprises the steps of: transmitting an authentication request in a predetermined cycle; receiving authentication responses from a smart key device; determining whether there is a relay attack on the basis of the interval of the received authentication responses; and authenticating the smart key device when it is determined that there is no relay attack. However, the disclosure is not delimited to the embodiment above, and other embodiments are possible. |
| US11164405B2 |
Methods to identify missed engine stops and serviceability
The present disclosure provides a method in a vehicle, comprising detecting an engine stop opportunity and recording, in a memory, data corresponding to a first engine stop that occurred in response to detection of the engine stop opportunity. The method further includes detecting an engine stop inhibit, and recording, in a memory, data corresponding to a first missed engine stop wherein the first missed engine stop indicates detection of the engine stop opportunity without an engine stop in response to the detection of the engine stop opportunity. |
| US11164402B2 |
Vehicle data stream displaying method and system, and vehicle diagnostic device
The present disclosure provides a vehicle data stream displaying method and system, and a vehicle diagnostic device. The method includes: numbering at least one vehicle data stream that is displayed out of order; sorting the vehicle data stream, and displaying the vehicle data stream according to a sorting order; selecting at least one target data stream from the vehicle data stream according to a target data stream selection instruction; paging displaying the at least one target data stream; obtaining number data of a target data stream displayed on each page, and establishing a correlation relationship between a display page number and the number data; and paging refreshing a target data stream displayed on a current page, according to the correlation relationship between the display page number and the number data if a refreshing instruction is received. |
| US11164400B2 |
Automatic detection of data for annotation for autonomous vehicle perception
Various technologies described herein pertain to detecting sensor data to be annotated for autonomous vehicle perception algorithm training. A label identifying a type of an object is assigned to an object at a particular location in an environment based on sensor data generated by a sensor system of an autonomous vehicle for a given time. The label is assigned based on a confidence score assigned to the type of the object by a computer-implemented perception algorithm. The computer-implemented perception algorithm assigns the confidence score to the type of the object based on the sensor data corresponding to the particular location in the environment for the given time. An output of a heuristic is generated based on the label and/or the confidence score, and the output of the heuristic is used to control whether to cause the sensor data for the given time to be annotated. |
| US11164399B2 |
Automatic detection of data for annotation for autonomous vehicle perception
Various technologies described herein pertain to detecting sensor data to be annotated for autonomous vehicle perception algorithm training. A label identifying a type of an object is assigned to an object at a particular location in an environment based on sensor data generated by a sensor system of an autonomous vehicle for a given time. The label is assigned based on a confidence score assigned to the type of the object by a computer-implemented perception algorithm. The computer-implemented perception algorithm assigns the confidence score to the type of the object based on the sensor data corresponding to the particular location in the environment for the given time. An output of a heuristic is generated based on the label and/or the confidence score, and the output of the heuristic is used to control whether to cause the sensor data for the given time to be annotated. |
| US11164397B2 |
Method for providing parking service using image grouping-based vehicle identification
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for providing a parking service by a server configured to provide the parking service comprises obtaining a vehicle image from a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera installed on each of both sides of each parking section of a parking lot in a direction facing a vehicle entering to capture an inside of the parking section in a direction perpendicular to an parking orientation of the vehicle, extracting a license plate of the vehicle from at least one frame included in the obtained vehicle image and tracking a trajectory of an XY-coordinate point of each vertex of the extracted license plate, detecting a time when the trajectory of the XY-coordinate point changes from a linear trajectory to a non-linear trajectory and grouping at least one frame obtained before the time into an image for the vehicle, and mapping and storing at least one license plate number recognized from the at least one frame grouped as a license plate number of the vehicle. |
| US11164394B2 |
Employing three-dimensional (3D) data predicted from two-dimensional (2D) images using neural networks for 3D modeling applications and other applications
The disclosed subject matter is directed to employing machine learning models configured to predict 3D data from 2D images using deep learning techniques to derive 3D data for the 2D images. In some embodiments, a method is provided that comprises receiving, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a two-dimensional image, and determining, by the system, auxiliary data for the two-dimensional image, wherein the auxiliary data comprises orientation information regarding a capture orientation of the two-dimensional image. The method further comprises, deriving, by the system, three-dimensional information for the two-dimensional image using one or more neural network models configured to infer the three-dimensional information based on the two-dimensional image and the auxiliary data. |
| US11164392B2 |
Infrastructure design using 3D reality data
In an example embodiment, a design application receives in its graphical user interface (GUI) user input specifying a boundary of a design region of a 3-D reality model of a site. A ground detection process detects a plurality of ground points within the design region that represent ground. A terrain creation process generates a 2.5D terrain mesh for the design region. A clipping process clips around the design region to show the 2.5D terrain mesh within the design region. A CAD modeling process is then used to place one or more 3-D CAD objects that represent planned infrastructure upon the 2.5D terrain mesh within the design region. The design application displays in the GUI the created combined view including the 3-D CAD objects placed upon the 2.5D terrain mesh within the design region, surrounded by a remaining part of the 3-D reality model that provides context. |
| US11164389B2 |
Enhancing monitoring system with augmented reality
A computer-implemented method includes obtaining an image of an area of a property from an augmented reality device, identifying the area of the property based on the image obtained from the augmented reality device, determining that the area of the property corresponds to an event at the property or a configuration of a monitoring system of the property, and providing, in response to determining that the area of the property corresponds to the event or the configuration, information that represents the event or the configuration and that is configured to be displayed on the augmented reality device. |
| US11164380B2 |
System and method for transition boundaries and distance responsive interfaces in augmented and virtual reality
A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. The HMD has a display panel, a depth or distance sensor to measure distances between the HMD and a real object. The HMD device sets a close transition boundary distance (CTBD) between the HMD and a close transition boundary (CTB). A far transition boundary distance (FTBD) is set between the HMD and a far transition boundary (FTB). The CTBD is less than the FTBD. As a real object that has associated near and far virtual content moves nearer to the HMD device and crosses the CTB, the virtual content transitions to near virtual content for viewing on the HMD. As the real object moves away from the HMD and crosses the FTB, the virtual content transitions to the far virtual content for viewing on the HMD. |
| US11164378B1 |
Virtual reality detection and projection system for use with a head mounted display
A Virtual reality system which comprises a head mounted display and positional tracking to determine the position and orientation of the head mounted display. A player wearing the head mounted display would view a virtual world. External physical objects such as a cup can be identified and displayed inside the virtual world displayed inside the head mounted display so that a player can drink out of the cup without having to remove the head mounted display. |
| US11164377B2 |
Motion-controlled portals in virtual reality
Methods and systems of navigating within a virtual environment are described. In an example, a processor may generate a portal that includes a set of portal boundaries. The processor may display the portal within a first scene of the virtual environment being displayed on a device. The processor may display a second scene of the virtual environment within the portal boundaries. The processor may receive sensor data indicating a movement of a motion controller. The processor may reposition the portal and the second scene in the first scene based on the sensor data, wherein the first scene remains stationary on the device during the reposition of the portal and the second scene. The processor may translate a location of the portal within the first scene to move the portal towards a user of the device until the second scene replaces the first scene being displayed on the device. |
| US11164371B2 |
Marking a computerized model of a cardiac surface
Described embodiments include a system that includes an electrical interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the electrical interface, an electrocardiographic signal from an electrode within a heart of a subject, to ascertain a location of the electrode in a coordinate system of a computerized model of a surface of the heart, to select portions of the model responsively to the ascertained location, such that the selected portions are interspersed with other, unselected portions of the model, and to display the model such that the selected portions, but not the unselected portions, are marked to indicate a property of the signal. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11164370B2 |
Information processing apparatus and accumulated images selecting method
An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor configured to: store data of images captured of a structure at positions changed relative to the structure and data of a three-dimensional model indicating a three-dimensional shape of the structure; select an image containing the largest image of a damaged portion in the structure as a first accumulated image in each of which the damaged portion is imaged among the images; and perform a selection process of selecting second accumulated images except the first accumulated image such that regarding an imaging range that is not covered by the first accumulated image in the three-dimensional model, an imaging range which overlaps between the second accumulated images is reduced, and a coverage ratio of the imaging range in the three-dimensional model with the selected second accumulated images and the first accumulated image is equal to or more than a predetermined value. |
| US11164362B1 |
Virtual reality user interface generation
Systems and methods for generating virtual reality user interfaces are described. The virtual reality user interface may include a three-dimensional model that simulates an actual environment. In addition, the virtual reality user interface may include a plurality of cells arranged at a simulated depth and with a simulated curvature. Further, the plurality of cells may be divided into a plurality of subcells. The subcells may be sized based at least in part on aspect ratios of images to be included in each of the subcells. Moreover, supplemental cells may be provided around or within the plurality of cells and subcells, each of the supplemental cells representing a collection of items. The variable sizing of the subcells as well as the incorporation of supplemental cells around or within the plurality of cells and subcells may result in a virtual reality user interface with higher user interest and engagement. |
| US11164359B2 |
Apparatus and method for using alpha values to improve ray tracing efficiency
Apparatus and method for encoding sub-primitives to improve ray tracing efficiency. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a ray generator to generate a plurality of rays in a ray tracing graphics pipeline; a sub-primitive generator to subdivide each primitive of a plurality of primitives into a plurality of sub-primitives; a sub-primitive encoder to identify a first subset of the plurality of sub-primitives as being fully transparent and to identify a second subset of the plurality of sub-primitives as being fully opaque; and wherein the first subset of the plurality of primitives identified as being fully transparent are culled prior to further processing of each respective primitive. |
| US11164356B1 |
Accident re-creation using augmented reality
Systems, devices, and methods provide an augmented reality visualization of a real world accident scene. The system may comprise an augmented reality visualization device in communication with a display interface. The display interface may be configured to present a graphical user interface including an accident scene that corresponds to a real world location. The augmented reality visualization device (and/or system) may comprise one or more data stores configured to store accident scene information corresponding to the real world location, such as vehicles, motorcycles, trees, road objects, etc. Additionally, the one or more data stores may also store participant information corresponding to details about other multiple participants, such as witnesses, other drivers, and/or police officers. |
| US11164355B1 |
Shape aware transformation
Systems and methods for editing an image based on multiple constraints are described. Embodiments of the systems and methods may identify a change to a vector graphics data structure, generate an update for the vector graphics data structure based on strictly enforcing a handle constraint, a binding constraint, and a continuity constraint, adjust the vector graphics data structure sequentially for each of a plurality of sculpting constraints according to a priority ordering of the sculpting constraints, generate an additional update for the vector graphics data structure based on strictly enforcing the binding constraint and the continuity constraint and approximately enforcing the handle constraint and the sculpting constraints, adjust the vector graphics data structure sequentially for each of a plurality of sculpting constraints, and display the vector graphic based on the adjusted vector graphics data structure. |
| US11164350B2 |
Ontology-backed automatic chart creation
Systems and methods for creating filtered data using graphical methodology. Stored data relationally-linked by an ontology are representable in rows and columns format. The system receives a first input selecting a first data source, displays a portion of the first data source in a first chart, receives a second input identifying a portion of the first chart, generates a first filter based on the identified portion, receives a third input selecting a linked object set, displays an indicator of the linked object set in a second sidebar, displays a portion of the linked object set in a second chart depicting information of the linked object set filtered by the first filter, receives a fourth input identifying a portion of the second chart, generates a second filter based on the identified portion, and displays fields of the linked object set, filtered by the first and second filter, in a third chart. |
| US11164344B2 |
PET image reconstruction using TOF data and neural network
A system and method include execution of a first scan to acquire a first PET dataset, back-projection of the first PET dataset to generate a first histo-image, input of the first histo-image to a trained neural network, and reception of a first output image from the trained neural network. |
| US11164341B2 |
Identifying objects of interest in augmented reality
The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for identifying one or more objects of interest in augmented reality. The exemplary embodiments may include detecting one or more cues selected from a group comprising one or more audio cues and one or more visual cues, identifying one or more objects of interest based on the detected one or more cues and a model, and emphasizing the one or more objects of interest within an augmented reality. |
| US11164338B2 |
Method and system for navigation of a vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for navigation of an aerial vehicle. The method (100) comprises providing (110) a sensor image from an aerial vehicle sensor and repeatedly, until at least one predetermined criterion is reached, performing the steps: setting (120) input data comprising information related to pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle; providing (130) at least one two-dimensional perspective view image based on the input data, where the at least one two-dimensional perspective view image is obtained from a database comprising three-dimensional geo-referenced information of the environment, said three-dimensional geo-referenced information comprising texture data; and comparing (140) the sensor image and the at least one two-dimensional perspective view image. |
| US11164337B2 |
Autocalibration for multiple cameras using near-infrared illuminators
This document describes techniques and systems that enable autocalibration for multiple cameras using near-infrared (NIR) illuminators. The techniques and systems include a user device that uses NIR images, including dot images and flood images, captured by the multiple cameras. The user device implements an autocalibration module that normalizes the contrast of each image. Then, the autocalibration module detects dot features in the dot images and detects flood features in the flood images. The autocalibration module uses the flood features to disambiguate the dot features in the dot images. Then, the autocalibration module uses the disambiguated dot features to determine new calibration parameters for recalibration of the multiple cameras. In some aspects, the autocalibration module uses the dot images, rather than the flood images, to detect the flood features for disambiguating the dot features. |
| US11164334B2 |
Detecting pose of 3D objects using a geometry image
There is an apparatus for detecting pose of an object. The apparatus comprises a processor configured to receive captured sensor data depicting the object. It also has a memory storing a parameterized model of a class of 3D shape of which the object is a member, where an instance of the model is given as a mapping from a point in a 2D rectangular grid to a 3D position. The processor is configured to compute values of the parameters of the model by calculating an optimization to fit the model to the captured sensor data, using the parametrized mapping. The processor is configured to output the computed values of the parameters comprising at least global position and global orientation of the object. |
| US11164332B2 |
Stereo machine vision system and method for identifying locations of natural target elements
This document disclose stereo machine vision systems and methods for determining locations of surfaces of natural objects within the field of view of the stereo machine vision system whereby these natural objects are used as the target elements for the vision system. |
| US11164326B2 |
Method and apparatus for calculating depth map
Disclosed is a depth map calculation method and apparatus. The depth map calculation method includes calculating a global sparse depth map corresponding to a current frame using frames including the current frame, calculating a local dense depth map corresponding to the current frame using the current frame, extracting a non-static object region from the current frame by masking a static object region, removing the non-static object region from the global sparse depth map, and generating a global dense depth map corresponding to the current frame by merging the non-static object region-removed global sparse depth map and the local dense depth map. |
| US11164323B2 |
Method for obtaining image tracking points and device and storage medium thereof
The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining image tracking points. The method can be applied to an image tracking point obtaining device, the method includes obtaining, when a current video frame comprises a first image of a target object, a second image of the target object and determining a position of a second feature point on the second image; obtaining, on the first image, a first feature point corresponding to the second feature point; obtaining a first area to which the first feature point belongs in the first image, and obtaining a second area to which the second feature point belongs in the second image; and determining the first feature point as a tracking point of the current video frame when an image similarity between the first area and the second area meets a screening condition. |
| US11164322B2 |
Eyeball movement analysis system and eyeball movement analysis method
Disclosed is an eyeball movement analysis system. The eyeball movement analysis system includes an image capturing unit configured to acquire a first image of an eyeball at a reference location and acquire a second image of the eyeball at a moved location, and an eyeball movement analyzing unit configured to calculate a rotational angle of the eyeball and a translational distance of the eyeball in a process of moving the eyeball from the reference location to the moved location through comparison of the first image and the second image. |
| US11164319B2 |
Machine learning feature vector generator using depth image foreground attributes
Certain aspects provide a method, including: receiving a depth image from a depth sensor; receiving a segmentation mask corresponding to the depth image and segmenting the depth image into a set of foreground pixels and a set of background pixels; determining a set of seed pixels in the depth image; for each respective seed pixel of the set of seed pixels: determining a sampling line in the depth image that starts at the respective seed pixel and passes through a portion of the depth image; for each respective sampling line pixel in the sampling line having a value in the segmentation mask indicating a foreground object in the depth image: determining one or more data attribute values based on a depth value for the respective sampling line pixel in the depth image; and adding the one or more data attribute values to a feature vector. |
| US11164314B2 |
Systems and methods for lesion analysis
A system for facilitating lesion analysis accesses a first data structure comprising a plurality of entries including anatomic location information and annotation information associated with a plurality of lesions represented in a first set of cross-sectional images. The system displays a respective representation of each of the plurality of entries and presents a second set of cross-sectional images. The system receives user input triggering selection of a particular entry of the plurality of entries of the first data structure. In response to the user input, the system (i) presents a particular cross-sectional image and a particular lesion of the first set of cross-sectional images associated with the particular entry, (ii) identifies a predicted matching cross-sectional image from the second set of cross-sectional images, and (iii) presents the predicted matching cross-sectional image simultaneously with the particular cross-sectional image, particular anatomic location information, and particular annotation information. |
| US11164306B2 |
Visualization of inspection results
Methods, systems and computer program products for providing improved visualization of inspection results are provided. Aspects include receiving an image from a connected camera by a computing device and processing the image by a graphics processing unit to divide the image into a plurality of image blocks. Responsive to inputting the processed image into a trained model, a plurality of image areas within the processed image is identified. Each image area is associated with an importance level and includes a unique set of image blocks. A sequence of image blocks is determined based on an importance level associated with each of the plurality of image blocks, wherein the sequence includes a list of image blocks in descending order by the importance level of each image block. The image blocks are stored in order of the sequence of image blocks by the server. |
| US11164305B2 |
Device for inspecting display device and inspecting method thereof
A device for inspecting a display device includes a camera to photograph a substrate and generate image information, a pixel value setter to set pixel values corresponding to respective luminances of a plurality of pixels from the image information, and to detect a crack region based on the pixel values, a stress calculator to calculate a critical stress of a crack included in the crack region, and a determiner to check whether the critical stress is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and to determine whether the substrate has defects. The stress calculator calculates a critical stress of the substrate by using fracture toughness, a shape factor, and a crack depth. The shape factor is set to increase as a compressive stress of the substrate increases. |
| US11164304B2 |
Methods for automatically generating a common measurement across multiple assembly units
A method includes: displaying a first image of a first assembly unit within a user interface; locating a first virtual origin at a first feature on the first assembly unit; displaying a first subregion of the first image within the user interface responsive to a change in a view window of the first image; recording a geometry and a position of the first subregion relative to the first virtual origin; locating a second virtual origin at a second feature—analogous to the first feature—on a second assembly unit represented in the second image; projecting the geometry and the position of the first subregion onto the second image according to the second virtual origin to define a second subregion of the second image; and, in response to receipt of a command to advance from the first image to the second image, displaying the second subregion within the user interface. |
| US11164303B2 |
Inspection system
Provided is an inspection system that can reduce the burden of inspecting a detector provided on a transport vehicle that travels on a preset transport path. An inspection system 1 includes a projection surface 5F that is disposed at a position located within a detection range IE of a detector 3 in a state in which a transport vehicle 2 is present at an inspection location IP set on a transport path R, and onto which detection light IL projected by the detector 3 is projected, an image capturing device C that captures an image of the projection surface 5F, and a determination unit that determines at least one state selected from a position, a shape, and a light intensity of the detection light IL projected onto the projection surface 5F, based on an image captured by the image capturing device C. |
| US11164300B2 |
System and method for automated electronic catalogue management and electronic image quality assessment
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for cataloguing and assessing images. This is performed by a system which receives images of an item, and identifying, within each image, the item. The system performs a structural similarity analysis of the item and for each image applies a plurality of distortions, such that for each image in the images multiple distorted images are generated. The system identifies within the distorted images at least one feature and applies a regression model to the images using the at least one feature and the structural similarity score. |
| US11164298B2 |
Long exposure filter
In one embodiment, a method includes a computer machine reviewing a picture image and an associated video with the associated video including several video frames. The computer machine then statistically analyzes the corresponding areas for each video frame. The computer machine then compares an area in the picture image with an associated area in a video frame image, wherein the video frame image is based in part on the statistical analysis of the corresponding area for each video frame. Next, the computer machine creates an area for a composite image based in part on the comparison of the area in the picture image with the associated area in the video frame image. |
| US11164294B2 |
Dynamic image recognition model updates
A method includes capturing a first image via a camera of an electronic device using a first set of image capture parameters. The method includes identifying a first object in the first image based on an object recognition model. The method includes sending first image data to a server. The first image data includes first information associated with the first object. The method includes capturing a second image via the camera using a second set of image capture parameters. The method includes identifying a second object in the second image based on the object recognition model. The method includes sending second image data to the server. The second image data includes second information associated with the second object. The method also includes receiving location information from the server. The location information is determined by the server based on the first information and the second information. |
| US11164292B2 |
System and method for correcting image through estimation of distortion parameter
Provided are a system and method for correcting an image through estimation of a distortion parameter. The method includes receiving a distorted image including one or more measurement targets, extracting a plurality of feature points from each of the measurement targets, classifying the one or more measurement targets as a distorted target and an undistorted target by comparing distances between the plurality of extracted feature points and a center point of the received distorted image with each other, estimating a distortion parameter on the basis of standard deviations of a plurality of feature points of the classified distorted target and undistorted target, and correcting the received distorted image on the basis of the estimated distortion parameter. |
| US11164291B2 |
Under water image color correction
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for color reconstruction of individual detected objects of an underwater image using a library of reference images. The method includes one or more processors obtaining image data of a computing device that includes an underwater image. The method further includes determining a depth measurement corresponding to the underwater image. The method further includes identifying an object of the underwater image based at least in part on a shape of the object. The method further includes reconstructing one or more colors of the object of the underwater image based at least in part on a reference image. |
| US11164287B2 |
Large LED array with reduced data management
A LED controller includes a power distribution module and an interface to an external data bus. An image frame buffer is connected to the interface to receive image data. A separate logic module is connected to the interface and configured to modify image frame buffer output signals sent to an LED pixel array connected to the image frame buffer. The LED pixel array can project light according to a pattern and intensity defined at least in part by the image held in the image frame buffer. |
| US11164284B1 |
Image adjusting method
An image adjusting method includes steps of displaying an image, wherein the image includes M*N original pixels and M and N are positive integers larger than 2; simplifying the M*N original pixels to be P*Q simplified pixels, wherein P is a positive integer smaller than M and larger than 1, and Q is a positive integer smaller than N and larger than 1; setting an initial pixel and a target pixel within the P*Q simplified pixels; finding a plurality of intermediate pixels between the initial pixel and the target pixel; and adjusting the initial pixel, the intermediate pixels and the target pixel pixel by pixel. |
| US11164282B2 |
Virtual lens simulation for video and photo cropping
In a video capture system, a virtual lens is simulated when applying a crop or zoom effect to an input video. An input video frame is received from the input video that has a first field of view and an input lens distortion caused by a lens used to capture the input video frame. A selection of a sub-frame representing a portion of the input video frame is obtained that has a second field of view smaller than the first field of view. The sub-frame is processed to remap the input lens distortion to a desired lens distortion in the sub-frame. The processed sub-frame is the outputted. |
| US11164281B2 |
Machine learning sparse computation mechanism
An apparatus to facilitate processing of a sparse matrix is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing units each comprising one or more processing elements, including logic to read operands, a multiplication unit to multiply two or more operands and a scheduler to identify operands having a zero value and prevent scheduling of the operands having the zero value at the multiplication unit. |
| US11164280B2 |
Graphics layer processing in a multiple operating systems framework
Graphics layer processing in a multiple operating systems framework is disclosed, including: presenting, at a display, a first composition including a sub-graphics layer object associated with a graphical interface corresponding to an application, wherein the application is executed in a guest subsystem of a system; receiving a content-related compositing request corresponding to a guest server graphics layer object in the guest subsystem; using the guest server graphics layer object to obtain a host server graphics layer object that corresponds to the guest server graphics layer object, wherein the host server graphics layer object is in a host subsystem of the system; obtaining a buffer corresponding to the guest server graphics layer object; and generating a second composition including the sub-graphics layer object, wherein the second composition is to be presented at the display. |
| US11164278B2 |
Screen capture method, terminal, and storage medium employing both parent application program and sub-application program
A screen capture method includes the following steps: obtaining a screenshot instruction for a target page; obtaining, according to the screenshot instruction, a screenshot of an area currently displayed on the target page; covering the area currently displayed on the target page with the screenshot for display; changing an area covered by the screenshot on the target page to a designated area on the target page; obtaining a screenshot of the designated area; and restoring the target page to the area displayed before the target page is changed to the designated area. |
| US11164273B2 |
Method and system for autonomous or semi-autonomous delivery
A delivery method operates in a system with at least one server, at least one robot, and at least one delivery terminal. The method includes communicating a request for at least one delivery from the at least one delivery terminal to the at least one server and/or to the at least one robot; providing instructions from the at least one server to the at least one robot about the at least one delivery, the instructions comprising information about a final delivery location; loading the at least one robot with the at least one delivery to be transported; transporting the at least one delivery in the at least one robot to the final delivery location; and providing access to the at least one delivery in the at least one robot, preferably upon arrival at the delivery location. The present invention further relates to a system comprising at least one server adapted for at least: coordinating communication within the system, receiving/storing/sending data and/or performing computations; at least one robot operating autonomously or semi-autonomously and adapted to communicate with the at least one server in order to facilitate transport of a delivery by the robot to at least one recipient; and at least one delivery terminal communicating with the at least one robot and/or the at least one server. |
| US11164271B2 |
Systems and methods of delayed authentication and billing for on-demand products
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a requestor, a request for an on-demand identity product in relation to an identity of a consumer, the request comprising personally identifying information (PII) of the consumer. The method also includes executing, using the PII, a partial registration of the consumer for the on-demand identity product, the partial registration omitting satisfaction of at least one security requirement. The method additionally includes determining whether delayed authentication is enabled for the on-demand identity product. Moreover, the method includes, responsive to a determination that delayed authentication is enabled for the on-demand identity product: conditionally suspending the at least one security requirement; initiating provision of the on-demand identity product to the requestor; and restricting the requestor's access to determined sensitive data resulting from the initiated provision at least until the at least one security requirement is satisfied. |
| US11164266B2 |
Protection of water providing entities from loss due to environmental events
The protection of water providing entities from loss due to environmental events is disclosed including receiving structured and unstructured data related to a water resource, generating time series for a plurality of index items, generating training data and testing data based on the time series for the plurality of index items, determining correlations between the time series of the index items using the generated training data, determining a classification boundary as a strike level based on the determined correlation, generating a protection strategy based on the strike level, applying the protection strategy to the testing data to generate a resulting data time series, and presenting the resulting data time series via a display of a computing device to at least one user of the computing device. |
| US11164264B2 |
Navigation based on liability constraints
A computing device including interface for receiving from a sensor device sensor data representative of an environment surrounding a host vehicle, and a processor configured to obtain a planned driving action for accomplishing a navigational goal of a host vehicle operating in a first lane of a roadway, identify, from the sensor data, a moving target vehicle located in a second lane of the roadway, identify, based on the target vehicle speed and direction, the target vehicle predicted trajectory indicating a cut-in movement of the target vehicle from the second lane to the first lane, identify an intersection of a planned trajectory for the host vehicle with the predicted trajectory for the target vehicle, and determine a safety action of the host vehicle to respond to the movement of the target vehicle; and cause the safety action to be performed in the host vehicle. |
| US11164262B1 |
Systems and methods for environmental analysis based upon vehicle sensor data
A system for analyzing the environment of a vehicle i) receives a plurality of data from at least one sensor associated with a vehicle, such that the plurality of data includes at least one environmental condition at a location; (ii) analyzes the plurality of data to determine the at least one environmental condition at the location; (iii) determines a condition of a building at the location based upon the at least one environmental condition; (iv) determines an insurance product for the building based upon the determined condition associated with the building; and (v) generates an insurance quote for the insurance product. As a result, the speed and accuracy of insurance providers learning about potential clients and the conditions of the potential client's property and needs is increased. |
| US11164259B2 |
System and method for adverse vehicle event determination
A method for determining an adverse vehicle event, including: sampling sensor data an onboard vehicle system coupled to an ego-vehicle; at the onboard vehicle system, extracting a set of event parameters from the sensor data, wherein the vehicle event data is associated with a vehicle event occurring within the time interval; computing a loss probability based on the set of event parameters in response to the loss probability exceeding a threshold probability, transforming the set of event parameters into insurance claim data; and automatically transmitting the insurance claim data to an endpoint, wherein the endpoint is determined based on the participant identifier. |
| US11164255B1 |
Methods and systems for generating a financial market snapshot
Methods and systems for automatically generating a financial market snapshot are disclosed. A plurality of financial market data elements from a plurality of sources are received. Respective workflows selected from a plurality of workflows in the at least one memory are determined, each respective workflow being selected for processing a separate one of the plurality of financial market data elements. A plurality of dependencies linking the respective workflows with one another are determined, each dependency comprising at least one dependency condition. In response to at least one dependency condition being met, at least one of the respective workflows is linked to the at least one dependency for which the at least one dependency condition is met. The financial market snapshot is generated as a result of the processing of the at least one respective workflow. |
| US11164253B1 |
Bond information system and related methods of operation
In various aspects, a computer receives bond market information in digital form via a network cloud from various combinations of a trading computer of an electronic trading platform and an information computer of an information source and the computer then transforms the bond market information into a bond market analysis. Accordingly, the bond market information, which is generally disorganized digital information existing on various combinations of the trading computer and the information computer, is transmitted to the computer via the network cloud and then transformed by the computer into an organized bond market analysis, which is also in digital form, and which may be displayed in various ways. The computer may automatically generate order information in digital form in response to the bond market analysis and the computer may communicate the order via the network cloud to the trading computer for execution. |
| US11164240B2 |
Virtual garment carousel
Embodiments disclosed herein include virtual apparel fitting systems configured to perform methods comprising generating a first virtual garment carousel the includes images of garments. In operation, a user scrolling through the virtual garment carousel causes a graphical user interface to display images of the garments in the carousel superposed over an image of the user, thereby enabling the user to see how the garments would look on him or her, where virtual fit points of each garment image align with virtual fit points on the image of the user. |
| US11164237B2 |
System and method for better fitting shoes
A method includes a processor receiving from a consumer a consumer profile and a plurality of images associated with each foot. The processor determines first data associated with each foot. These steps are repeated for the plurality of consumers. The processor aggregates the first data into a plurality of first aggregated subsets based on a portion of the first data. The processor receives from a shoe source second data associated with a shoe last or a shoe design that correlates to a shoe. This step is repeated for the plurality of shoe sources and a plurality of shoes. The processor aggregates the second data for the plurality of shoes into a plurality of second aggregated subsets based on a portion of the second data. The processor grants the shoe source device associated with the shoe source access to the plurality of first aggregated subsets or the first data. |
| US11164236B1 |
Systems and methods for assessing needs
Systems and methods for assessing the needs of customers using predictive modeling techniques are disclosed in which a server receives, from a computing device, a request to generate a recommendation for a first user, the server further receiving a set of attributes of the first user; identifies at least one missing attribute for the first user and an existing user profile corresponding to a second user having the set of attributes; executes an artificial intelligence model trained based on personas corresponding to a set of existing users, wherein the artificial intelligence model estimates the at least one missing attribute of the first user; updates a user profile of the first user using the estimated at least one missing attribute generated by the artificial intelligence model; generates the recommendation based on the updated user profile; and transmits the recommendation to be displayed on the graphical user interface. |
| US11164235B2 |
Scalable systems and methods for generating and serving recommendations
A scalable recommendation engine includes stateless processors in communication with at least one memory server that stores contextual data. A router is configured to direct a recommendation request to a first stateless processor, which is configured to generate a recommendation using contextual data from the memory server. A controller monitors the available processing bandwidth of the stateless processors and deploys an additional stateless processor if the available processing bandwidth is less than a minimum available processing bandwidth threshold. The controller can remove from deployment a stateless processor if the available processing bandwidth is greater than a maximum pre-determined available processing bandwidth threshold. |
| US11164231B2 |
Driving computer displays with customization options and collecting customization specifications
A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed. |
| US11164228B2 |
Method and medium for determining exchange item compliance in an exchange item marketplace network
A method begins with a server recording conditions for an exchange item. The method continues with the server determining whether a corresponding condition of the exchange item is compliant with one or more rules of an applicable set of rules. When the corresponding condition of the exchange item is compliant with the one or more rules, the method continues with the server establishing a secure communication with a computing device affiliated with a current owner to take control of the exchange item. While having control over the exchange item, the server securely modifies a quantifiable value of the exchange item based on the one or more rules to produce a modified exchange item and prevents the computing device or another computing device from accessing the exchange item. The method continues with the server releasing control of the modified exchange item to the computing device affiliated with the current owner. |
| US11164222B2 |
Electronic book display system, electronic book display method, and program
There is provided an electronic book display system, an electronic book display method, and a program in which an electronic book, evaluation information of a product and purchase information necessary for purchasing the product can be visually recognized in the same display area, and a computer automatically associates product information with its evaluation information and purchase information. An electronic book display system includes a display module 141 that displays an electronic book on which product information is described, and a search module 121 that searches for evaluation information associated with the product information or purchase information for purchasing a product corresponding to the product information. The display module 141 displays at least one of the searched evaluation information and purchase information in association with the product information. |
| US11164219B1 |
Automatic generation of electronic advertising messages
A facility for generating advertising messages is described. The facility receives a feed containing information describing each of a plurality of textual advertising messages. For each of the textual advertising messages described by the information contained by the received feed, irrespective of any user input, the facility identifies a web page associated with the textual advertising message; extracts visual content from the identified web page; and constructs an advertising message that contains the extracted visual content. |
| US11164215B1 |
Context-based voice-related advertisement offers
Methods and systems for providing context-based voice-related advertisement offers are provided. An example method may include receiving, via a sensor of a user device, a voice command of a user; determining, based partially on the voice command, a context; and sending, via the user device, the context to a remote advertisement platform, wherein the remote advertisement platform is configured to determine, based on the context, an advertisement offer for the user and send the advertisement offer to the user device, causing the user device to play back the advertisement offer; determining, via the sensor of the user device, a reaction of the user to the advertisement offer, and in response to the reaction of the user, providing, via the user device to the remote advertisement platform, information concerning the reaction of the user. |
| US11164213B2 |
Systems and methods for remembering held items and finding lost items using wearable camera systems
Apparatuses and methods are provided for storing information related to objects associated with a hand of a user via a wearable camera system. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus for storing the information is provided comprising a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from the environment of the user, and at least one processing device programmed to process the images. The processing device may detect the hand of the user, and an object associated with the user's hand. The processing device may proceed to store information related to the object. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, the stored information may be used for various purposes, such as warning the user of dangers, catering advertising to the user, and helping the user find objects when they are lost. |
| US11164212B2 |
Systems and methods for relevant targeting of online digital advertising
System and methods for selecting and serving a targeted digital advertisement to a user are provided. In one implementation, an advertisement platform server receives an ad transaction pixel from a user device. Based on the ad transaction pixel, the server initiates a discovery process in order to discover the identity of the user device. The server then receives a device targeted ad request from the user device, and sends a device targeted ad response to the user device based on results from the discovery process. |
| US11164211B2 |
System and method for enabling efficient digital marketing on portable wireless devices for parties with low capabilities
A system and method are provided for managing digital marketing to a multiplicity of consumers by way of portable wireless digital devices. The system comprises a simplified human-device interface stored on the portable wireless digital devices. An instrumentation subsystem collects interaction and behavioral data from the simplified human-device interface. A campaign management subsystem permits digital marketing content to be made available and the display of content options to be defined to operate in a controlled way. An analytics subsystem processes the interaction and behavioral data in accordance with a knowledge the states of each of the consumers to permit controlling marketing content and promotions to the consumer. A display subsystem stored on the portable wireless digital device controls the display of marketing content and promotions at specific locations within the human-device interface. A reporting subsystem reports on the display, response, and financial performance of the marketing content and promotions. |
| US11164208B2 |
Presenting options for content delivery
Targeting content to users based on receipt of partial terms may include identifying one or more terms associated with a campaign, the campaign having an associated content item that is presented to users responsive to requests for content, presenting a campaign sponsor with an option to target the content item to users based on receipt of a partial form of one of the one or more terms, receiving from the campaign sponsor a selection of a designation of the partial form of the term for use in targeting, and optionally presenting the content item in a search suggestion control along with search completions in response to receipt of the partial form of the term in a search control. |
| US11164205B2 |
Maintenance of virtual credit card pool for airline passenger vouchers
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for the maintenance of a virtual credit card pool for airline passenger vouchers. An example system includes server(s) that are configured to determine a target distribution of virtual credit cards within the virtual card pool for a current date-and-time. The server(s) are configured to, in response to determining that the current date-and-time corresponds with a predefined restocking time, for each card value: identify a current number of virtual credit cards within the virtual card pool; identify a threshold number of virtual credit cards based on the target distribution; compare the current and threshold numbers; in response to determining that the current number is less than the threshold number, transmit a request for virtual credit cards having the card value to an external server; and add the requested virtual credit cards to the virtual card pool upon receipt. |
| US11164198B2 |
Graphical user interface for visualizing market share analysis
Systems and methods for identifying market share and sales potential are provided. Data is retrieved from databases with sales revenue potential and forecasted sales revenue of a company. Retrieved data is categorized to reflect user input indicating a type of market share analysis to be performed. The categorized data is provided at a graphical representation comprising a bar for each category. A first portion of the bar reflects a total value of the potential sales revenue and a second portion of the bar reflects the forecasted sales revenue such that relative market share may be quickly assessed. |
| US11164197B2 |
Shopping time allocated to product exposure in a shopping environment
A method for evaluating effective product visibility in a physical shopping environment including multiple products is provided. The method includes, in a data capture phase, counting a total number of shoppers for a period of time. For a first sample of shoppers, trip length is monitored to determine an average trip length. A second sample of shoppers is audited, and a viewing vector of audited shoppers is determined at each display visited. Displays visited are assigned at least one product category. In a following product category visibility analysis phase, from a total number of shoppers and the average trip length, the total shopping time for the physical shopping environment is calculated. The total shopping time is allocated to each viewing vector of audited shoppers to determine allocated time. From allocated time and the viewing vectors, an exposure value of the product category is determined. Non-display exposure values are also determinable. |
| US11164196B1 |
Techniques for lead scoring
The described features generally relate to improved methods, systems, and devices for techniques for lead scoring. A provider may identify leads (for example, potential customers) who are likely to purchase the products or services. By identifying which people are more or less likely to purchase the products or services, the provider may be able to more efficiently deploy resources and representatives to increase sales revenue for the products or services. The lead may be assigned a lead score, where the lead score may indicate a probability that the lead will purchase the good, product, or service. |
| US11164192B2 |
Multi-system distributed processing of group goals
Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include incentivizing groups to meet goals. Various other embodiments are described. |
| US11164188B2 |
Methods and apparatus to securely handle chip cards
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to securely handle chip card data are disclosed. An example method includes providing, by executing an instruction with a first processor of a client device, an application programming interface (API) in a web client of the client device, in response to detecting, in the web client at the client device, a query from a server for card data, operating, by executing an instruction with the first processor of the client device, the API in the web client at the client device to obtain the card data stored on a chip of a chip card communicatively coupled to the client device, and sending, by executing an instruction with the first processor of the client device, the card data to the server. |
| US11164177B2 |
Dynamic transaction card for visual impairment and methods thereof
A dynamic transaction card that includes a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer layer, a potting layer, a touch sensor layer, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV chip, an energy storage component, one or more antenna (e.g., Bluetooth antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer. The card includes a secure element to receive visual impairment settings and alert data. A microprocessor can convert the alert data into impairment data based on the visual impairment settings. A display is generated based on the impairment data. |
| US11164175B2 |
Method, device and secure element for conducting a secured financial transaction on a device
A device and a secure element for conducting a secured financial transaction are disclosed. The device comprises a central processing unit; a communication interface for establishing a communication between the device and a financial institution related to a financial account; an interface for acquiring data relating to the financial account; the secure element for processing at least a portion of the data relating to the financial account acquired by the interface; and control logic for acquiring a purchase amount to be debited from the financial account and for obtaining a transaction authorization from the financial institution related to the financial account, the transaction authorization being based, at least partially, on data processed solely by the secure element independently of data processed by the central processing unit. A method of conducting the secured financial transaction, and a computer program product for execution by the secure element are also disclosed. |
| US11164164B2 |
System and method for converting cryptocurrency to virtual assets whose value is substantiated by a reserve of assets
A computer-based system converts cryptocurrency into a virtual asset. The system includes a user account database server configured to store data of a plurality of user accounts. The stored data pertains to each user account and indicates an accounting of obligations of the system to the user. The system also includes a cryptocurrency account server configured to receive, from a networked device of a user, a transfer of crypto currency, from an external cryptocurrency account. In response to receipt of such a transfer, the cryptocurrency account server is configured to update the data pertaining to the obligations of the system to the user. The system also includes a user interface server configured to receive a request from the user for conversion of cryptocurrency to an asset. In response to receipt of the request, the system updates the data pertaining to the user account of the user. |
| US11164163B1 |
Performance optimized automated processing and routing system
Embodiments of a transaction processing system are disclosed that can utilize a transaction processing model to process a transaction request through one or more transaction routes. In some embodiments, the transaction process system may obtain information regarding the characteristics of a set of transaction requests, transaction routes utilized to process those transaction requests, and information regarding whether attempts to process those transaction requests were successful. Using this information, the transaction process system may generate a transaction processing model. After generating the transaction processing model, the transaction process system may receive a transaction request. In response, the transaction process system may determine characteristics of the transaction request and may apply those characteristics to the transaction processing model to determine a set of processing routes. The transaction process system may then utilize the set of processing routes in one or more attempts to process the transaction request. |
| US11164159B2 |
Smart building automation system with digital signage
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive, from a sensor, identifying information associated with an individual, query a database to retrieve context information corresponding to the individual, the database comprising a number of entities corresponding to two or more of spaces, equipment, people, or events and a number of relationships between the entities, the context information determined based on the entities and relationships of the database, determine a purpose of the individual based on the context information, dynamically generate a user interface element for a display based on the purpose of the individual, and control the display to display the user interface element. |
| US11164155B2 |
Management system of veterinary information for pets using dedicated email
The present disclosure relates a management system of veterinary information for pets for automatically uploading, storing, and managing veterinary information for a pet using a dedicated email. The management system of veterinary information for pets of the present embodiment constitutes a network in cooperation with a plurality of veterinarian terminals and a plurality of owner terminals, includes: a dedicated email generating part configured to generate and transmit an owner-dedicated email of an owner in response to a request issued from each of the plurality of owner terminals; a veterinary information receiving part configured to receive the veterinary information transmitted from each of the plurality of veterinarian terminals; a veterinary information transmitting part configured to transmit the received veterinary information to a respective owner terminal of the plurality of owner terminals; a veterinary information registering part configured to encrypt the received veterinary information and register the encrypted veterinary information in a database server, and a veterinary information-sharing part configured to provide, in response to a view request issued from each of the plurality of veterinarian terminals or each of the plurality of owner terminals, the veterinary information registered in the database server to the respective veterinarian terminal or the respective owner terminal. |
| US11164152B2 |
Autonomous procurement system
Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for autonomous procurement. User inputs defining a procurement request are received through a user interface. A pro forma contract is created, including performing a syntax analysis, a semantics analysis, and a pragmatic analysis on the user inputs to create a variables matrix of variables defining the pro forma contract. Bidders for the pro forma contract are selected, including creating a bidder list identifying suppliers who are to be invited to participate in bidding or submitting a quotation. A statement of work (SOW) is created based on the variables defining the pro forma contract. Solicitations of interest including the SOW are issued by the autonomous procurement system to bidders identified in the bidder list. Bidding parties are evaluated to identify qualified bidders. A winning bidder is selected from the bidding parties, and a final contract for the winning bidder is created. |
| US11164151B2 |
System and method for providing job-specific training and employment to residents of a controlled environment facility
The current disclosure relates to a system and method for providing job-specific training material and job-specific employment tasks to an inmate within a controlled environment. In an embodiment, the system authenticates an inmate by receiving at least one authentication request at a control platform from a wireless multifunction device in response to an inmate-initiated action and provides the inmate access to interactive training materials stored on a training database, interactive testing materials stored on a testing database, or an employment subsystem configured to provide an interface for the inmate to perform one or more job-specific tasks upon authenticating the inmate. Access to each of the databases or subsystem is provided to the inmate based on a profile corresponding to the inmate and the tasks are completed using a wireless multifunction device. |
| US11164147B2 |
Computer storage system for generating warehouse management orders
For an enterprise system in which physical items are stored in physical container and in which physical container are stored in other physical containers, a data system has data records identifying logical items and logical containers that correspond to the physical items and physical containers, the data records further reflecting the storage of physical items and physical containers with other physical containers. Some of the items are identified as as high-priority items. Containers to hold the high-priority items in transit are identified. Excess capacity in the containers is identified. Low-priority items to be sent are identified. The high-priority items and the low-priority items are aggregated into a list of items-to-be-moved. A list of tasks includes instructions to move the items-to-be-moved from their respective starting logical locations to the containers is made and distributed. |
| US11164145B2 |
Apparatus and method of identifying and sizing clothing in an inventory management system
The present invention relates to a method of sizing merchandise in a virtual environment, including receiving and storing in a database, measurements from sensors in one of a body covering or from an image capturing device which captures images of a body and creates an avatar with the measurements; processing the measurements to obtain sizing; and utilizing the measurements from the body covering or the avatar, to obtain the merchandise with the sizing. |
| US11164144B2 |
Radio frequency identification system
A multi-tenant, RFID system that may be Cloud based or run on a local area network (LAN) for distributed RFID devices and RFID applications. The RFID system a central abstraction and translation layer between RFID devices installed in geographically diverse locations and applications. RFID devices initiate communication to a Cloud or LAN network over to send events and receive commands. RFID applications can receive RFID tag data, device health, and requested and derived events from the RFID system to automatically run processes based on the provided data. Applications manage RFID devices and settings in the RFID system using command and configuration interfaces. |
| US11164142B2 |
Multi-entity management of a node in a wireless node network
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for multi-entity management of an ID node in a wireless node network. The ID node associates with a first entity user access device, which operates as a master node and communicates directly with a server over a first communication path. The first device separately communicates with the ID node over a second communication path, but the ID node is unable to directly communicate with the server. The ID node provides the first device with access to data collected by the ID node if an initial privilege authorizes it. After associating with a shipping entity master node, the ID node provides the shipping entity master node with the data collected based on a transferred privilege from the server. And then after associating with a second entity user access device, the ID node provides access to this second device if authorized by a destination privilege from the server. |
| US11164138B2 |
Mobile package delivery
Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products method for transferring one or more packages between delivery vehicles. The computer-implemented method includes monitoring, using a processor, a plurality of delivery vehicles. The processor determines that one or more packages should be transferred between a first delivery vehicle and a second delivery vehicle of the plurality of delivery vehicles. The processor further instructs the first delivery vehicle and the second delivery vehicle to meet at a rendezvous location. The processor identifies one or more packages to transfer from the first delivery vehicle to the second delivery vehicle. The processor further transfers the identified one or more packages from the first delivery vehicle to the second delivery vehicle. The processor further stores the identified one or more packages in the second delivery vehicle. |
| US11164137B2 |
Generation of an optimization model
A method, system and computer program product for generating an optimization model. A prescriptive model including a structured set of data and instance(s) of templates of a technical and/or business prescriptive domain is received, where the instances of the templates define goals and/or constraints for the structured set of data. The business prescriptive domain extends the technical prescriptive domain defining a generic optimization problem and the business prescriptive domain defines a more specific business problem. The prescriptive model is translated into a technical prescriptive model using a set of mapping rules to translate the instance(s) of the templates of the business prescriptive domain into instance(s) of the templates of the technical prescriptive domain from which the business prescriptive domain extends. Furthermore, the technical prescriptive model is translated into an optimization model, where the optimization model is solved. An output defining a solution from the solved optimization model is then presented. |
| US11164136B2 |
Recommending personalized job recommendations from automated review of writing samples and resumes
A computer system, method, and computer-readable product for providing data for career advice, such as job or education recommendations, from automated review and analysis of career-related data for an individual, which is at least initially obtained from documents, such as resumes and writing samples. For a designated individual, career-related data is obtained from the documents and an initial personality estimate is created for the designated individual based upon, at least, the obtained career-related data. One or more latent factor models for known career-personality matches are then gathered from a database and a questionnaire is provided to the individual to gather further information and augment the personality estimate. The created personality estimate is integrated with the latent factor model(s) to create career advice data. |
| US11164133B2 |
System and method for a supplier risk index
A method of determining a supplier risk index (SRI) for a supplier. The method includes: determining an inherent risk rating of the supplier based on risk attributes of the supplier; performing a control assessment of the supplier to determine a control assessment result; quantifying other risk attributes; and calculating the SRI, by a processor, based on the inherent risk rating, the assessment result, and the other risk attributes in order for an organization to make better informed supplier selection decisions and reduce supplier risk. |
| US11164132B2 |
Method and system for generating and modifying electronic organizational charts
A method for generating an electronic organizational chart for an organization, comprising: receiving information from a data source relating to the organization; using the information, selecting a template for the organization chart from a template store, wherein the template represents a type of organization; populating the template with the information to generate the electronic organizational chart; and, presenting the electronic organizational chart on a display. |
| US11164129B2 |
Advance medical directives and end-of-life orders with scripted video
A system and method for documenting medical directives of a patient is presented. This comprises identifying the possible paths required to document the medical directives of the patient. For each path, identifying missing information and required user input to complete the path. Then generating a workflow process for a selected path that comprises collection of missing information, manipulation of user provided data, and identification and generation of required documentation necessary for the completion of the selected path. The workflow process is executed for the selected path and a patient specific token is created to memorialize the execution of the workflow process. |
| US11164128B2 |
Optimizing emergency services logistics using data from a smart traffic control system
A method of determining optimal location for reaching destined locations by traversing traffic in a least time of determining is disclosed. Traffic information and incident information may be received using an input device. The traffic information and the incident information may be used to determine traffic and incidents associated with an area, and successively to determine a correlation score. The correlation score is calculated by analyzing the traffic information and the incident information. Further, an optimal location is determined based on the correlation score, for staging a first responder. Thus, the first responders could reach any of the destined locations in least time, when an incident occurs. |
| US11164127B2 |
System and method for on-site purchases at automated storage and retrieval system
A method for an on-site purchase at an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) can include: analyzing likely impulse purchases for customers during a given season, the likely impulse purchases being associated with each customer's profile which comprises preferences, purchase history and search history; stocking items for customers to purchase and pick up at the ASRS, the stocked items comprising general and seasonal items, and supplementary items selected based on an analysis of the likely impulse purchases; receiving a customer's order for purchasing an item; detecting a customer's arrival within a predetermined area around the ASRS; offering a subset of the stocked items for the customer to add to the order, updating the order based on customer's purchase selections or declines; completing a payment transaction of the updated order; automatically updating the items for inclusion in the ASRS based on the customer purchase selections or declines. |
| US11164120B2 |
Behavioral profiling with actionable feedback methodologies and systems
Behavioral profiling with actionable feedback methodologies and systems is provided. Benchmarking of profiles against empirical data can be utilized to determine areas of weakness in profiles or asymmetries relative to a benchmark. Feedback methodologies allow for optimization of individualized profiles and re-evaluation of behavioral profiling based on empirical data, as well as optimal profile grouping. |
| US11164119B2 |
Systems and methods for assigning roles to user profiles for an incident
Systems and methods are described for automatically assigning roles for an incident to user profiles using machine learning techniques to optimize the overall suitability of the automatic role assignments and to adapt to manual role reassignments. One or more roles of a plurality of roles for an incident are automatically assigned to each user profile of a plurality of user profiles by the computer-based system applying a combinatorial optimization routine. An indication is displayed on a screen of a determined relative suitability of a first user profile for each role of the plurality of roles. The computer-based system is configured to receive a manual reassignment selection of a different role of the plurality of roles to be assigned to the first user profile and the combinatorial optimization routine is updated based on the manual reassignment selection. |
| US11164117B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory storage medium
An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure sets a provisional combination of a driver user and fellow passenger users and acquires attribute information of baggage carried by the fellow passenger users included in the provisional combination. The information processing apparatus transmits the baggage attribute information of baggage carried by the fellow passenger user included in the provisional combination and information inquiring whether or not to agree to the provisional combination to a terminal used by the driver user included in the provisional combination. Upon receiving information indicating agreement to the provisional combination from the terminal of the driver user, the information processing apparatus sets the provisional combination as an official combination. |
| US11164114B2 |
System and method for performing detailed planning functions
A system, method and computer program product for performing detailed planning functions for businesses, enterprises and other types of organizations. According to an embodiment, the system comprises a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to define calculations based on data associated with an entity that may have scalar attributes for each entity, and/or a time series, and execution of the defined calculation generates time series result. According to another aspect, a calculation definition may be configured to be adjustable allowing a user to adjust parameter value(s) for each entity associated with the calculation definition. According to another aspect, a calculation definition may be configured to be discretionary allowing a user to attach or assign a calculation to each entity individually. According to another aspect, multiple calculations may be created and have the same name. |
| US11164113B2 |
Time limited image sharing
This system introduces photo imagery, video imagery, animation imagery, graphic interchange format (GIF) imagery, written content imagery, audio wave imagery, audio file imagery, and streaming media imagery, which is subject to an appearing, disappearing, deletion, and expiring time restriction as set by the sender or system administrator. The system primarily facilitates time restricted appearing content such as selfies, standard photos, video, and audio files where end-users can alter, manipulate or replicate the content against a competing clock for a predetermined period of time while the content is still in a server or electrical storage device prior to going live on a social media website or in a private in-house website forum. In addition, a sender or system administrator may grant preferred end-users pre-release authority to replicate the sender's original content within the server so that it may later be compared against the sender's original content sent to a website display or gallery. |
| US11164112B2 |
Leave of absence prediction system, prediction rule learning device, prediction device, leave of absence prediction method, and computer-readable recording medium
Provided are a leave of absence prediction system and the like capable of predicting whether an employees, etc. will take a leave of absence in a predetermined time.A leave of absence prediction system according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with: prediction rule learning means for generating a prediction rule regarding prediction of a likelihood of a leave of absence based on first attendance management information including a time-series factor concerning an employee and on information indicating presence or absence of the leave of absence concerning the employee relating to each piece of the first attendance management information, the likelihood of the leave of absence being a likelihood of the employee taking the leave of absence in a predetermined time; and prediction means for predicting the likelihood of the employee as a target of prediction taking the leave of absence based on second attendance management information including a time-series factor with respect to an employee as the target of prediction and on the prediction rule. |
| US11164111B2 |
Electric power management system for reducing large and rapid change in power received from electricity delivery system
A long-term predictor circuit predicts a long-term predicted power indicating temporal variations in consumed power of a customer, using a long-term prediction model indicating the variations for each moment of clock times. A short-term predictor circuit predicts a short-term predicted power using a short-term prediction model indicating the variations over a time interval before and after a change in a consumed power of each load apparatus, based on the variations over a time interval immediately before a current time, the short-term predicted power indicating the variations over a time interval immediately after the current time. A controller circuit controls charging and discharging of a battery apparatus by setting a charging power or a discharging power based on the long-term predicted power, and controls discharging of the battery apparatus by setting a discharging power based on the short-term predicted power. |
| US11164102B2 |
External port measurement of qubit port responses
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate external port measurement of qubit port responses are provided. According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method can comprise terminating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, one or more qubit ports with different electrical connections. The computer-implemented method can also comprise determining, by the system, one or more qubit port responses from external port responses based on the terminating. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method can further comprise determining, by the system, a multiport admittance function corresponding to at least two of the one or more qubit ports. |
| US11164101B2 |
Dispersive-resistive hybrid attenuator for quantum microwave circuits
A resistive component in a hybrid microwave attenuator circuit is configured to attenuate a plurality of frequencies in an input signal. The hybrid microwave attenuator circuit is further configured with a dispersive component to attenuate a second plurality of frequencies within a frequency range by reflecting off portions of the input signal at those frequencies that are within the frequency range. The resistive component and the dispersive component are arranged in a series configuration relative to one another in the hybrid microwave attenuator circuit. |
| US11164100B2 |
Modular and dynamic digital control in a quantum controller
A quantum controller comprises a quantum control pulse generation circuit and digital signal management circuit. The quantum control pulse generation circuit is operable to generate a quantum control pulse which can be processed by any of a plurality of controlled circuits, and generate a first digital signal which can be routed to any of the plurality of controlled circuits. The digital signal management circuit is operable to detect, during runtime, to which one or more of the plurality of controlled circuits the first digital signal is to be routed, to manipulate the first digital signal based on the one or more of the plurality of controlled circuits to which the first digital signal is to be routed, where the manipulation results in one or more manipulated digital signals, and to route the one or more manipulated digital signals to one or more of the plurality of controlled circuits. |
| US11164099B2 |
Quantum space distance estimation for classifier training using hybrid classical-quantum computing system
Hybrid classical-quantum decision maker training includes receiving a training data set, and selecting, by a first processor, a sampling of objects from the training set, each object represented by at least one vector. A quantum processor applies a quantum feature map to the selected objects to produce one or more output vectors. The first processor determines one or more distance measures between pairs of the output vectors, and determines at least one portion of the quantum feature map to modify the classical feature map. The first processor adds an implementation of the at least one portion of the quantum feature map to the classical feature map to generate an updated classical feature map. |
| US11164097B2 |
Method for preloading application, storage medium, and terminal device
A method for preloading an application, a storage medium, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes the following. Current state feature information of the terminal device is acquired, when an application preloading prediction event is detected to be triggered. The current state feature information is input into a plurality of CART prediction models each corresponding to an application in a preset application set, where each of the CART prediction models is generated based on a usage regularity of an associated application corresponding to historical state feature information of the terminal device. A target application to be initiated is predicted according to output results of the CART prediction models, and then the target application is preloaded. |
| US11164096B1 |
Systems, methods, devices and arrangements for emergency call services and emergency broadcasts
A variety of methods, systems, devices and arrangements are implemented for emergency call centers. According to one such method, a location database is populated from a plurality of endpoint devices. The location database determines locations for nodes in a data transmission route from information received from the endpoint devices. Emergency calls using these nodes are located using the populated database. |
| US11164095B2 |
Fuzzy curve analysis based soft sensor modeling method using time difference Gaussian process regression
The invention provides a fuzzy curve analysis based soft sensor modeling method using time difference Gaussian process regression, it is suitable for application in chemical process with time delay characteristics. This method can extract stable delay information from the historical database of process and introduce more relevant modeling data sequence to the dominant variable sequence. First of all, the method of fuzzy curve analysis (FCA) can intuitively judge the importance of the input sequence to the output sequence, estimate the time-delay parameters of process, and such offline time-delay parameter set can be utilized to restructure the modeling data. For the new input data, based on the historical variable value before a certain time, the current dominant value can be predicted by time difference Gaussian Process Regression (TDGPR) model. This method does not encounter the problem of model updating and can effectively track the drift between input and output data. Compared with steady-state modeling methods, this invention can achieve more accurate predictions of the key variable, thus improving product quality and reducing production costs. |
| US11164091B1 |
Natural language troubleshooting engine
A heuristic engine includes capabilities to collect an unstructured data set and a set of question and answer sets that allow prediction of a subsequent question by a customer. By improving prediction of a subsequent customer question the heuristic engine may improve the efficiency of customer service interactions. The heuristic engine may improve and learn by providing actual interaction sets with correlations associated with the predicted outcomes. |
| US11164087B2 |
Systems and methods for determining semantic roles of arguments in sentences
There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a hardware processor executing the executable code to receive an input sentence including a first predicate and at least a first argument depending from the first predicate, identify the first predicate, identify the first argument based on the first predicate, apply a dependency multiplication to determine a semantic role of the first argument based on the first predicate, and assign the first argument to an argument cluster including one or more similar arguments based on the semantic role of the first argument. |
| US11164085B2 |
System and method for training a neural network system
A computer-implemented method for training a neural network system. The method includes receiving at least a first data vector at a first layer of the neural network system; applying a function to the first data vector to generate at least a second data vector, wherein the function is based on a layer parameter of the first layer that includes at least a weight matrix of the first layer; comparing at least the first data vector and the second data vector to obtain a loss value that represents a difference between the first data vector and the second data vector; updating the layer parameter based on the loss value; and adjusting the layer parameter based on a comparison of the updated layer parameter with a threshold value of the first layer. |
| US11164083B2 |
Techniques to manage training or trained models for deep learning applications
Examples include techniques to manage training or trained models for deep learning applications. Examples include routing commands to configure a training model to be implemented by a training module or configure a trained model to be implemented by an inference module. The commands routed via out-of-band (OOB) link while training data for the training models or input data for the trained models are routed via inband links. |
| US11164077B2 |
Randomized reinforcement learning for control of complex systems
A method of controlling a complex system and a gas turbine being controlled by the method are provided. The method comprises providing training data, which training data represents at least a portion of a state space of the system; setting a generic control objective for the system and a corresponding set point; and exploring the state space, using Reinforcement Learning, for a control policy for the system which maximizes an expected total reward. The expected total reward depends on a randomized deviation of the generic control objective from the corresponding set point. |
| US11164075B2 |
Evaluation method and apparatus based on text analysis, and storage medium
Aspects of the disclosure provide an information processing apparatus that includes interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The interface circuitry is configured to obtain a text authored by a person. The processing circuitry is configured to analyze the text to obtain measurements of language features of the person, input the measurements of the language features into an evaluation model that is trained to predict a score as a function of the language features, determine a specific score for the person based on the evaluation model and output the specific score of the person for predicting a behavior of the person. |
| US11164070B2 |
Content management and delivery system
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for determining user engagement with a content item. A computing device accesses at least one image of eyes of a user that is captured while a client device is presenting a first content item on a display of the client device. The computing device determines, based on using the at least one image as input in a neural network, a gaze of the user. The gaze including coordinates at which the user is looking in relation to the client device. The neural network was trained based on machine generated images of a modeled human user looking at various coordinates. The computing device determines, based on the gaze of the user, an engagement score for the user. The engagement score indicates a level of engagement of the user with the first content item. |
| US11164069B1 |
Controllable formula generation
Techniques to mimic a target food item using artificial intelligence are disclosed. A formula generator learns from open source and proprietary databases of ingredients and recipes. The formula generator is trained using features of the ingredients and using recipes. Given a target food item, the formula generator determines a formula that matches the given target food item and a score for the formula. The formula generator may generate, based on user-provided control definitions, numerous formulas that match the given target food item and may select an optimal formula from the generated formulas based on score. |
| US11164064B2 |
RFIC module and RFID tag
An RFIC module is provided that includes an RFIC and an impedance matching circuit connected to an RFIC side first terminal electrode, an RFIC side second terminal electrode, an antenna side first terminal electrode and an antenna side second terminal electrode. The impedance matching circuit includes a first inductor, a second inductor, a third inductor, and a fourth inductor, and a conductor pattern that configures the first inductor, the second inductor, the third inductor, and the fourth inductor as a single coil-shaped pattern. |
| US11164063B2 |
Multilayer stack including RFID tag
A multilayer stack includes a first stretchable layer having a first length, a first adhesive layer disposed on a top surface of the first stretchable layer and having the first length, a second stretchable layer disposed on a top surface of the first adhesive layer and having a second length smaller than the first length, a radio frequency identification tag including an antenna having a spiral form and disposed on a top surface of the second stretchable layer or on a bottom surface of the second stretchable layer, a second adhesive layer disposed on the second stretchable layer and having a third length less than the first length and greater than the second length where the second adhesive layer encapsulates the second stretchable layer, and a third stretchable layer disposed on a top surface of the second adhesive layer and having the third length. |
| US11164062B2 |
RFID transponder and method of operating an RFID transponder
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder is provided, comprising a modulator and a controller, wherein: the modulator is configured to generate a modulated signal to be transmitted to an external RFID reader; the controller is configured to regulate an input voltage for the modulator, resulting in a regulated input voltage, and to feed said regulated input voltage to the modulator. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder is provided. |
| US11164061B2 |
IC card, portable electronic device, IC card processing method and program
According to an embodiment, an IC card comprises a sensor, a storage, and a processor. The sensor obtains information for authentication. The storage stores an authentication list showing one or more authentication methods which use information from the sensor. The processor determines whether if there is an abnormality exists in the sensor. If it determines that the sensor is indeed abnormal, it updates the authentication list accordingly. |
| US11164060B2 |
Method implemented in an electronic entity and associated electronic entity
A method implemented in an electronic entity capable of implementing a plurality of applications includes the following steps: detecting an electrical signal (D; D′); reading, in a memory of the electronic entity, information relating, among the plurality of applications, to a previously selected application; and transmitting a command (CMD) to deliver an indication associated with the application to which the read information relates. An associated electronic entity is also described. |
| US11164059B2 |
Two-dimensional code image generation method and apparatus, storage medium and electronic device
Disclosed is a two-dimensional code image generation method and apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic device related to the field of two-dimensional code image technology. The method includes obtaining an initial two-dimensional code image and a background image, and performing structured processing on the initial two-dimensional code image according to the background image to obtain a structured two-dimensional code image, performing mode transfer processing on the background image to obtain a background image of a target mode by a mode transfer model, and performing a fusion operation on the structured two-dimensional code image and the background image of the target mode to obtain a target two-dimensional code image. |
| US11164058B2 |
Information recording object
Provided is an information recording object designed such that a read angle of embedded information is easily assessed. An information recording object, which comprises a combined image including an image C1 and an image C2 formed on the image C1, is configured so that the image C1 and the image C2 are different patterns generated according to specific rules and so that the reflected light quantities differ due to respective viewing angles, and the image C1 and/or the image C2 can be recognized in the combined image in accordance with the viewing angle, and the combined image has an angle-specifying area formed using a material having the same reflected light quantity as the image C2. |
| US11164056B2 |
Method and system for applying barcode, and server
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system and server for utilizing barcode. The method includes: a server receiving a decoding request sent by a user terminal, the decoding request comprising a barcode image associated with a smart device, or a code value of a barcode presented in the barcode image associated with the smart device; the barcode server acquiring state information associated with the code value of the barcode; returning operation information associated with the user if the state information is a second state information; or sending configuration address information to the user terminal for configuring the smart device, and changing the state information associated with the code value, if the state information is a first state information. |
| US11164054B2 |
System linked item
An information product or item, such as a for sale sign, can be configured with contact information and/or elements that link the information product to a networked system and related services (with the product being called a for information product or FIP in the description). These services can make available applications such as phone and web application that can be helpful in providing an additional mechanism/electronic media as it relates to the FIP and/or any FIP related product/object/item. These services may aid someone to whom the FIP belongs in fielding, FIP related, viewer inquires while providing the FIP viewer with more options, upon making requests to said system services. The FIP may make available linked application system services to viewers of the FIP, which may belong to someone who does not know how to link such services in other ways. |
| US11164053B2 |
Variable smoothing in printing
Methods, apparatus and systems for printing an image using an array of nozzles are described. In one example aspect, a printer system includes an array of nozzles and a control device coupled to the array of nozzles. The control device is configured to determine a step size for printing a current section of an image based on a set of masks. The set of masks includes one or more masks used for printing previous sections of the image. The control device is also configured to adjust the set of masks based on a printing mode to be used for the current section of the image. The array of nozzles is configured to print the current section of the image using a combination of the adjusted set of masks. |
| US11164052B2 |
Image processing of webpages
A web detection system processes webpage information and performs automated feature extraction of webpages including machine processable information. In an embodiment, the web detection system determines a subset of webpages having a target characteristic by processing markup language. For a webpage of the subset, the web detection system determines that a first image overlaps at least a portion of a second image in the webpage. The web detection system generates an image of the webpage such that the portion of the second image is obscured by the first image. The web detection system determines a graphical feature of the webpage by processing the image, e.g., using optical character recognition. Responsive to determining that the graphical feature corresponds to graphical features of images of a different set of webpages associated with a target entity, the web detection system determines that the webpage is also associated with the target entity. |
| US11164050B2 |
Machine learning systems and methods for training with noisy labels
Machine learning classification models which are robust against label noise are provided. Noise may be modelled explicitly by modelling “label flips”, where incorrect binary labels are “flipped” relative to their ground truth value. Distributions of label flips may be modelled as prior and posterior distributions in a flexible architecture for machine learning systems. An arbitrary classification model may be provided within the system. The classification model is made more robust to label noise by operation of the prior and posterior distributions. Particular prior and approximating posterior distributions are disclosed. |
| US11164048B2 |
Focus-weighted, machine learning disease classifier error prediction for microscope slide images
A method is described for generating a prediction of a disease classification error for a magnified, digital microscope slide image of a tissue sample. The image is composed of a multitude of patches or tiles of pixel image data. An out-of-focus degree per patch is computed using a machine learning out-of-focus classifier. Data representing expected disease classifier error statistics of a machine learning disease classifier for a plurality of out-of-focus degrees is retrieved. A mapping of the expected disease classifier error statistics to each of the patches of the digital microscope slide image based on the computed out-of-focus degree per patch is computed, thereby generating a disease classifier error prediction for each of the patches. The disease classifier error predictions thus generated are aggregated over all of the patches. |
| US11164047B2 |
Object detection optimization
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method, computer system and computer program product for object detection. According to the computer-implemented method, a first object can be classified to be a first category based on detection data acquired in a detection area. Then, a confidence score for the first category can be calculated based on historical detection data of the detection area, wherein the confidence score presents possibility degree of at least one object of the first category existing in the detection area. Whether classification of the first object is abnormal can be determined based on the confidence score. |
| US11164046B1 |
Method for producing labeled image from original image while preventing private information leakage of original image and server using the same
A method for producing a labeled image is provided. The method includes steps of: a labeling server (i) providing an image modifying interface to a user device to generate at least one anonymized image by anonymizing the original image except a specific labeling region among at least one labeling region, or generate at least one cropped image by cropping the labeling region, thus generating at least one transformed image by applying at least one transform function to the anonymized image or the cropped image, (ii) acquiring an obfuscated image by obfuscating the original image, (iii) acquiring at least one partial labeled image by allowing labelers to label the transformed image, and (iv) inversely applying the transform function received from the user device to the partial labeled image, thus generating at least one piece of adjusted partial labeling information and combining thereof with the obfuscated image to generate the labeled image. |
| US11164045B2 |
Complex image data analysis using artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for providing a platform for complex image data analysis using artificial intelligence and/or machine learning algorithms. One or more subsystems allow for the capturing of user input such as eye gaze and dictation for automated generation of findings. Additional features include quality metric tracking and feedback, and worklist management system and communications queueing. |
| US11164043B2 |
Creating device, creating program, and creating method
To create a classifier whose classification accuracy is maintained in consideration of temporal changes in a generation distribution of a sample and a new feature that has not appeared in learning data, a classifier is created in which a feature correlation learning unit learns a correlation between a feature of a sample of labeled learning data, and a feature appearing only in a sample of unlabeled learning data, and a classifier creating unit adds the feature appearing only in the sample of the unlabeled learning data to the feature of the sample of the labeled learning data by using the correlation, and outputs a label associated with an input sample by using the sample of the labeled learning data to which the feature appearing only in the sample of the unlabeled learning data is added. |
| US11164039B2 |
Framework for few-shot temporal action localization
Systems and techniques that facilitate few-shot temporal action localization based on graph convolutional networks are provided. In one or more embodiments, a graph component can generate a graph that models a support set of temporal action classifications. Nodes of the graph can correspond to respective temporal action classifications in the support set. Edges of the graph can correspond to similarities between the respective temporal action classifications. In various embodiments, a convolution component can perform a convolution on the graph, such that the nodes of the graph output respective matching scores indicating levels of match between the respective temporal action classifications and an action to be classified. In various embodiments, an instantiation component can input into the nodes respective input vectors based on a proposed feature vector representing the action to be classified. In various cases, the respective temporal action classifications can correspond to respective example feature vectors, and the respective input vectors can be concatenations of the respective example feature vectors and the proposed feature vector. |
| US11164035B2 |
Neural-network-based optical character recognition using specialized confidence functions
Systems and methods for neural-network-based optical character recognition using specialized confidence functions. An example method comprises: receiving a grapheme image; computing, by a neural network, a feature vector representing the grapheme image in a space of image features; and computing a confidence vector associated with the grapheme image, wherein each element of the confidence vector reflects a distance, in the space of image features, between the feature vector and a center of a class of a set of classes, wherein the class is identified by an index of the element of the confidence vector. |
| US11164034B2 |
Image analysis apparatus and image analysis method
An image analysis apparatus rectifies a first image and a second image to generate a first rectified image and a second rectified image respectively. A first container door in the first rectified image and a second container door in the second rectified image have the same sizes and the same pixel coordinates. The image analysis apparatus divides the first rectified image into a plurality of first blocks and divides the second rectified image into a plurality of second blocks in a same manner. The image analysis apparatus calculates respective correlations between every first block and its corresponding second block. Each of the correlations includes a grayscale correlation and at least one color correlation. The image analysis apparatus determines whether the first container door and the second container door represent the same container door based on the correlations. |
| US11164032B2 |
Method of performing data processing operation
A computer-implemented method of performing a convolution between an input data array and a kernel to generate an output data array includes decomposing the kernel into a plurality of sub-kernels each having a respective position relative to the kernel and respective in-plane dimensions less than or equal to a target kernel dimension, and for each of the plurality sub-kernels: determining a respective portion of the input data array on the basis of the respective in-plane dimensions of the sub-kernel and the respective position of the sub-kernel relative to the kernel; retrieving the respective portion of the input data array; and performing a convolution between the retrieved respective portion of the input data array and the sub-kernel to generate a respective intermediate data array. The method further includes summing the generated intermediate data arrays to generate at least a portion of the output data array. |
| US11164031B2 |
System and method for analyzing an image of a vehicle
A method, system and computer program product are configured to analyze an image of a vehicle to determine a characteristic of the vehicle, such as may be represented by or otherwise at least partially defined by the shadow cast by the vehicle. In the context of a method, information is received identifying a vehicle from a raster image and the pixel values of the raster image are evaluated to identify pixels having pixel values representative of a shadow associated with the vehicle. The method also modifies a representation of the shadow by modifying the pixel values of the pixels based upon a shape of the vehicle such that the representation of the shadow, as modified, has a shape corresponding to the shape of the vehicle. The method additionally determines a characteristic of the vehicle based upon the representation of the shadow, as modified, that is associated with the vehicle. |
| US11164024B2 |
Method, apparatus and storage medium for controlling image acquisition component
A method for controlling an image acquisition component includes: when a terminal including a movable image acquisition component receives an activating instruction for the image acquisition component, acquired data acquired by a Proximity Sensor (P-sensor) is obtained, the image acquisition component being capable of moving in and out of the terminal under driving of a driving component of the terminal; it is determined whether there is an obstacle in a preset range of the terminal based on the acquired data; and when there is the obstacle in the preset range of the terminal, the activating instruction is forbidden to be executed, and the image acquisition component is kept at a first position in the terminal. |
| US11164015B2 |
Simultaneous diagnosis and shape estimation from a perceptual system derived from range sensors
Systems, methods, and devices for estimating a shape of an object based on sensor data and determining a presence of a fault or a failure in a perception system. A method of the disclosure includes receiving sensor data from a range sensor and calculating a current shape reconstruction of an object based on the sensor data. The method includes retrieving from memory a prior shape reconstruction of the object based on prior sensor data. The method includes calculating a quality score for the current shape reconstruction by balancing a function of resulted variances of the current shape reconstruction and a similarity between the current shape reconstruction and the prior shape reconstruction. |
| US11164009B2 |
Control method of control device, control device, and display device
A control method of the control device includes receiving state information representing a state of communication in a first area, determining an image corresponding to a degree of congestion with persons in the first area based on the state information, and making a display section display the image corresponding to the degree of the congestion with the persons. |
| US11164005B1 |
System and method for reducing resources costs in visual recognition of video based on static scene summary
Embodiments may provide techniques that provide identification of images that can provide reduced resource utilization due to reduced sampling of video frames for visual recognition. For example, in an embodiment, a method of visual recognition processing may be implemented in a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the method comprising: coarsely segmenting video frames of video stream into a plurality of clusters based on scenes of the video stream, sampling a plurality of video frames from each cluster; determining a quality of each cluster, re-clustering the video frames of video stream to improve the quality of at least some of the clusters. |
| US11164001B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for automatically annotating a target object in images
Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method for automatically annotating a target object in images. In one embodiment, the method comprises: obtaining an image training sample including a plurality of images, wherein each image of the plurality of images is obtained by photographing a same target object, and the adjacent images share one or more same environmental feature points; using one of the plurality of images as a reference image to determine a reference coordinate system, and create a three-dimensional space model based on the three-dimensional reference coordinate system; determining the position information of the target object in the three-dimensional reference coordinate system upon the three-dimensional space model being moved to the position of the target object in the reference image; and mapping the three-dimensional space model to image planes of each image, respectively, based on respective camera pose information determined based on environmental feature points in each image. |
| US11164000B2 |
Method and mobile terminal for providing information based on image
Disclosed is a mobile terminal for providing information based on an image, wherein the mobile terminal executes at least one of an installed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and a machine learning algorithm, and is capable of communicating with other electronic devices and external servers in a 5G communication environment. The mobile terminal includes a camera, a display, and a processor. Accordingly, since an image capture target can be accurately recognized, various services for improving user convenience can be provided. |
| US11163996B2 |
Vegetation index calculation apparatus, vegetation index calculation method, and computer readable recording medium
A vegetation index calculation apparatus (10) is provided with a learning model generation unit (11) that generates a learning model, by using an image of a crop targeted for calculation of a vegetation index and an image of plants other than the crop to learn a feature amount of the image of the crop, an image acquisition unit (12) that acquires an aerial image of a target region where the crop is being grown, a specification unit (13) that applies the aerial image acquired by the image acquisition unit (12) to the learning model generated by the learning model generation unit (11), and specifies the image of the crop in the aerial image acquired by the image acquisition unit (12), and a vegetation index calculation unit (14) that calculates the vegetation index of the crop, using the image of the crop specified by the specification unit (13). |
| US11163994B2 |
Method and device for determining iris recognition image, terminal apparatus, and storage medium
Provided are a method and a device for determining an iris recognition image, a terminal apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting a line of sight of a user; acquiring a user image based on the line of sight of the user; and if the user image meets a specified condition, determining the user image as the iris recognition image. With the method, the accuracy of iris recognition during iris recognition is improved, and the time for iris recognition is reduced. |
| US11163992B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a first designation unit, a second designation unit, a position acquisition unit, a memory, and an extraction unit. The first designation unit designates an extensive area from a first read image, the extensive area including an output area and an object area. The second designation unit designates the output area from the designated extensive area. The position acquisition unit acquires positional information regarding the extensive area with respect to the first read image and positional information regarding the output area with respect to the extensive area. The memory stores the positional information regarding the extensive area and the positional information regarding the output area. The extraction unit identifies a position of the extensive area in a second read image in a format identical to a format of the first read image on a basis of the positional information regarding the extensive area stored by the memory. The extraction unit also extracts the output area in the second read image on a basis of the position of the extensive area and the positional information regarding the output area stored by the memory. |
| US11163989B2 |
Action localization in images and videos using relational features
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing action localization in images and videos. In one aspect, a system comprises a data processing apparatus; a memory in data communication with the data processing apparatus and storing instructions that cause the data processing apparatus to perform image processing and video processing operations comprising: receiving an input comprising an image depicting a person; identifying a plurality of context positions from the image; determining respective feature representations of each of the context positions; providing a feature representation of the person and the feature representations of each of the context positions to a context neural network to obtain relational features, wherein the relational features represent relationships between the person and the context positions; and determining an action performed by the person using the feature representation of the person and the relational features. |
| US11163985B2 |
Evaluating the security of a facial recognition system using light projections
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and devices for testing the security of a facial recognition system (FRS). A target image depicting a target person enrolled in the FRS and a tester image depicting a tester may be obtained. A plurality of transformed images may be generated from an image of the target person or the tester image. A processed tester image (e.g., one that is likely to cause the FRS to misclassify) may be identified using the plurality of transformed images, the tester image, and the target image. Data representing a light pattern can be generated using the processed tester image and the light pattern can be projected onto a second person. Another image may be captured of the second person with the light pattern as projected. This image may be provided to the FRS and a remedial action may be performed based on the corresponding output. |
| US11163982B2 |
Face verifying method and apparatus
A face verifying method and apparatus. The face verifying method includes detecting a face region from an input image, generating a synthesized face image by combining image information of the face region and reference image information, based on a determined masking region, extracting one or more face features from the face region and the synthesized face image, performing a verification operation with respect to the one or more face features and predetermined registration information, and indicating whether verification of the input image is successful based on a result of the performed verification operation. |
| US11163977B2 |
Capturing camera
A capturing camera has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a subject including a face of a person riding in a vehicle and a license plate of the vehicle, an image sensor that performs a capturing process based on the light from the subject focused by the lens, and a processor that generates a face image of the person riding in the vehicle and a license plate image of the vehicle, corresponding to a same vehicle, based on a captured image of the subject generated by the capturing process. The processor has the image sensor perform the capturing process using a plurality of capturing conditions at a time of capturing based on the light from the subject. |
| US11163975B2 |
Ear insert shape determination
There is provided a method of determining a three-dimensional shape of an insert for insertion into an ear. The method includes receiving image data corresponding to a two-dimensional image of an ear, processing the image data to measure at least one biometric feature of the ear, the at least one biometric feature being indicative of a three-dimensional shape of at least part of the ear, and determining a three-dimensional shape of an insert for insertion into the ear by matching said at least one biometric feature with one of a plurality of pre-stored three-dimensional shapes. Each pre-stored three-dimensional shape corresponds to a respective ear. |
| US11163974B2 |
Image acquisition system and image acquisition method
In an image acquisition system, a distortion distribution is easily measured in a wide range. A standard image of magnetic domain of a sample serving as a standard is acquired by radiation of light using a standard external magnetic field which serves as a standard, a plurality of magnetic domain images are acquired in a state where an external magnetic field is applied while being changed, a plurality of subtraction images obtained by subtracting the standard image of magnetic domain from each of the plurality of magnetic domain images are acquired, a magnetization reversal area in which a magnetic domain is reversed is extracted from each of the plurality of subtraction images, and a composite image having a plurality of magnetization reversal areas is acquired by compositing the plurality of subtraction images each having the magnetization reversal area. |
| US11163970B1 |
Optical fingerprint system with varying integration times across pixels
Described is an optical fingerprint system with varying integration times across pixels. A sensor selects blocks of pixels contacted or covered by an input to a region of a display. While a matcher attempts to authenticate the input with first blocks of pixels captured by the sensor, the sensor captures additional blocks of pixels for subsequent authentication if the first blocks fail. With more time to integrate the light reflected off the input, each additional block of pixels include more detail than previously captured blocks. If authentication fails based on the first blocks, the matcher can reattempt authentication using the additional blocks without delay. Repeating this process enables the system to authenticate input using very large or high-resolution images while minimizing latency and power consumed to authenticate the input. |
| US11163969B2 |
Fingerprint recognition method and apparatus, and mobile terminal
The present disclosure discloses a fingerprint recognition method and apparatus, and a mobile terminal, which are related to the field of information recognition technologies, and are used to reduce power consumption of the mobile terminal while implementing timely fingerprint collection. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the mobile terminal determines a first fingerprint recognition area of a touchscreen according to a first user interface, and detects a touch operation of a user on the touchscreen; activates a fingerprint recognition function of the first fingerprint recognition area when a touch position corresponding to the touch operation is located in the first fingerprint recognition area, and obtains corresponding first fingerprint information according to the touch operation; and executes at least one function when the first fingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information. |
| US11163967B2 |
Chipless RFID tag using hybrid coding
Embodiments described herein include a chipless patterned conductor, comprising one or more glyphs. Each glyph comprises a disk and a ring structure including at least one ring surrounding the disk. One or more of a spacing between the disk and the at least one ring and a width of the at least one ring is configured to determine a characteristic resonant frequency of the glyph. At least one notch is disposed in at least one of the disk and at least one ring of the ring structure. The at least one notch is configured such that the magnitude of resonances in the glyph are dependent on polarization direction. |
| US11163964B2 |
Configurable conversational agent generator
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer-implemented method for generating a configurable conversational agent. A non-limiting example of the computer-implemented method includes providing available conversational agents to a user's computing device. The user uses a graphical user interface to choose desired characteristics of a conversational agent. The conversational agent generating service receives the chosen characteristics to generate a customized conversational agent and integrate the conversational agent into the user's system. |
| US11163958B2 |
Detecting and highlighting insightful comments in a thread of content
Provided are techniques for detecting and highlighting insightful comments in a thread of content. A context is determined for a thread of content including comments. Each of the comments in the thread of content is analyzed to determine which comments are insightful and which comments are not insightful. At least one of highlighting the comments that are insightful and hiding the comments that are not insightful are performed. Semantic relationships are used to provide supporting evidence and cross references to additional information for the comments that are related to the context. |
| US11163956B1 |
System and method for recognizing domain specific named entities using domain specific word embeddings
A natural language processing method and system utilizes a combination of rules-based processes, vector-based processes, and machine learning-based processes to identify the meaning of terms extracted from data management system related text. Once the meaning of the terms has been identified, the method and system can automatically incorporate new forms and text into a data management system. |
| US11163955B2 |
Identifying non-exactly matching text
A computer-implemented method for matching user inputted text to stored text. The user inputted text is compared to each of the text strings stored in a database using a string similarity score determined using a Levenshtein distance algorithm, the n-gram or trigram methods, the Jaro-Winkler algorithm, the Cosine similarity algorithm, the Hamming distance algorithm, the Damerau-Levenshtein distance algorithm, or similar. For each comparison, the string similarity score is analyzed to determine exact matches, non-matches, and probable matches. Probable matches are further analyzed using a keyboard distance algorithm to differentiate between matches and non-matches. |
| US11163953B2 |
Natural language processing and candidate response evaluation
Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to identify and evaluate candidate passages response data in natural language form. A passage is analyzed by applying input tokens against passage tokens. A structure representing the analyzed passage is populated with of matching input and passage tokens. The input and passage tokens are used to assess the structure. First and second counts of token matching criteria are determined, including a first count of matching token entries and a second count of evaluated token entries. An alignment of the passage to a candidate question is calculated and a ratio of the first and second counts is assessed. Data from the passage are returned with the ratio. |
| US11163952B2 |
Linked data seeded multi-lingual lexicon extraction
One embodiment provides a method for relevant language-independent terminology extraction from content, the method including extracting lexicon items from the content based on context extraction patterns using statistical processing. Feedback on the extracted lexicon items is received to automatically tune scores and thresholds for the context extraction patterns. Available Linked Data is leveraged for a bootstrap source. The relevant language-independent terminology extraction is bootstrapped using the bootstrap source. |
| US11163947B2 |
Methods and systems for multi-label classification of text data
There are provided methods and systems for multi-label classification of a sentence. An example method includes obtaining the sentence and generating a first digital representation corresponding to the words of the sentence. The method also includes performing a first classification of the sentence using a classification engine receiving as input the first digital representation. The first classification generates a first set of probabilities each associated with one of the possible labels for the sentence. The classification engine may include a neural network. The method further includes generating an output probability for each given label of the possible labels, which output probability is generated based on a first probability associated with the given label. The first probability is from the first set of probabilities. Moreover, the method includes outputting the output probability for each of the possible labels. |
| US11163943B2 |
Method and system for partial application data collection
Methods and systems for partial application data collection are disclosed. The method stores a network accessible application having a plurality of form fields. One or more processors generate a session identifier (ID) and timestamp for a user accessing the application. The one or more processors determine that a state within a form field of one of the plurality of form fields is in focus, the state of the form field being in focus when the user selects the form field. Additionally, it is determined when the state within the form field is no longer in focus. At that time, a countdown timer is initiated. When the countdown time reaches zero, any data entered into the form field is collected. The collected data and the session ID are then combined into a single user data file. |
| US11163941B1 |
Annotating a collection of media content items
Various embodiments provide for systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for annotating a collection of media items, such as digital images. According to some embodiments, an annotation system automatically determines one or more annotations for a plurality of media content items, and generates a collection of media content items that associates the determined annotations with the plurality of media content items. Depending on the embodiment, annotations that may be determined for the plurality of media content (and associated with the collection for the media content items) can include, without limitation, a caption, a geographic location, a category, a novelty measurement, an event, and a highlight media content item representing the collection. |
| US11163937B1 |
Reducing nonvisual noise byte codes in machine readable format documents
A method may include obtaining a first byte stream from first document code and a second byte stream from second document code. The first document code has a document type and the second document code has the document type. The method may further include identifying, in the first byte stream, nonvisual noise corresponding to a custom byte code defined in a custom character encoding set. The nonvisual noise is invisible when rendering the first document code. The method may further include replacing, in the first byte stream, the custom byte code with at least one standard byte code defined in a standard character encoding set to obtain modified document code. The second document code uses the standard character encoding set. The method may further include comparing the modified document code with the second document code by comparing the first byte stream with the second byte stream. |
| US11163934B2 |
Optical rule checking for detecting at risk structures for overlay issues
A method and system is provided for detecting at risk structures due to mask overlay that occur during lithography processes. The method can be implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to obtain a simulation of a metal layer and a via, and determine a probability that an arbitrary point (x, y) on the metal layer is covered by the via by calculating a statistical coverage area metric followed by mathematical approximations of a summing function. |
| US11163933B2 |
Layout method
A method that includes operations below and at least one of the operations is performed by a processor. Whether at least one condition is present in a signal to be received or transmitted by a terminal of a cell of an integrated circuit is determined. When the at least one condition is present in the signal, a plurality of conductive segments of the integrated circuit is assigned, to transmit the signal to the terminal of the cell. Each conductive segment of a first set of conductive segments of the plurality of conductive segments has a first predetermined width, and a distance between adjacent two conductive segments of the first set of conductive segments is greater than the first predetermined width. |
| US11163929B1 |
Generate clock network using inverting integrated clock gate
Various embodiments provide for clock network generation for a circuit design using an inverting integrated clock gate (ICG). According to some embodiments, a clock network with one or more inverting ICGs is generated, after a topology of the clock network is defined, by applying a non-inverting ICG-to-inverting ICG transform to one or more nodes of the clock network that comprise a non-inverting ICG. Additionally, according to some embodiments, a clock network is generated bottom-up (from the clock sinks to the root clock signal source) using one or more inverting ICGs. |
| US11163928B2 |
Classical optimizer for quantum chemistry circuit synthesis
A computer-implemented method, system and a computer readable medium storing executable instructions for optimizing a quantum circuit are disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving one or more parameters for simulation of evolution of at least one quantum state of a chemical entity to be simulated; generating a quantum circuit for the simulation; performing one or more operations to minimize quantum resources to be used for the generated quantum circuit based on the one or more parameters; and placing quantum resources among one or more elementary logical units (ELUs) based on any one or more of: frequency of occurrence of the quantum resources in the generated quantum circuit, order of occurrence of the quantum resources in the generated quantum circuit, connectivity parameters between one or more quantum resources, efficiency of gates between specific quantum resources, quality of gates between specific quantum resources or a combination thereof. |
| US11163924B2 |
Identification of changes in functional behavior and runtime behavior of a system during maintenance cycles
Identification of changes in functional and runtime behavior of a system during maintenance cycles. The traditional methods provide for viewing the problem of change identification de-coupled from system design, thus making the process further human dependent and increasing the time and probability of errors. Embodiment of the present disclosure provide for identification of changes in the functional behavior and the runtime behavior of the system by acquiring, a design comprising of structures and behaviors of the system, generating a design model and a set of implementation codes based upon the design, updating the set of implementation codes with log statements, constructing a design model based upon log files, constructing an operations model based upon the design model and comparing the operations model and a design table, to identify changes in the functional behavior and the runtime behavior of the system using an operations verification component. |
| US11163923B2 |
Automated upscaling of relative permeability and capillary pressure in multi-porosity systems
A three-dimensional reservoir simulator used for automated upscaling relative permeability and capillary pressure in multi-porosity systems comprising disparate rock-types. A coarse-scale single-porosity model incorporating multi-porosity model properties may be derived from a fine-scale single-porosity model based, at least in part, on simulation of a model comprising data from one or more regions of interest. Real-world and laboratory measurements of the one or more regions of interest may be provided to the fine-scale single-porosity simulation model and the fine-scale single-porosity model may be subjected to one or more fractional flow simulation processes and one or more displacement simulation processes. The fine-scale model properties may be modified based, at least in part, on the results of the one or more fractional flow simulation processes and one or more displacement simulation processes. Coarse scale-model properties may be derived from the fine-scale single-porosity model properties by upscaling the fine-scale single-porosity model. The coarse-scale single-porosity simulation model incorporating multi-porosity model properties may be used to improve operational decision-making, including drilling operations and reservoir management. |
| US11163919B2 |
Method and system for component-based design of physical systems
A method and system for automated design of a physical system are provided. During operation, the system obtains a component library comprising a plurality of physical components, receives design requirements of the physical system, and constructs an initial system model based on physical components in the component library and the design requirements. The system topology associated with the initial system model can include a large number of links that are sufficiently coupled to one another, and a respective link comprises one or more physical components. The system further performs an optimization operation comprising a plurality of iterations, with the system topology being updated at each iteration. Updating the system topology includes removing links and components from the system topology. The system then generates a final system model based on an outcome of the optimization operation and outputs a design solution of the physical system according to the final system model. |
| US11163918B2 |
Assistance system, design assistance apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing design assistance program
A design assistance system includes a component information management server and a design terminal. The component information management server includes an issue/measure information memory and a priority index memory. The issue/measure information memory stores a component to be used in a design assistance tool, an issue on the component, and measures to address the issue in association with each other. Each measure is at least one of addition of an addition target component and removal of a removal target component. The priority index memory stores a priority index in association with the addition target component and the removal target component. The design terminal includes a measure display that displays measures to address an issue on a focused component in a format based on the priority index associated with at least one of the addition target component and the removal target component included in each measure. |
| US11163911B2 |
Secure public cloud with protected guest-verified host control
According to one embodiment, a method comprises executing an untrusted host virtual machine monitor (VMM) to manage execution of at least one guest virtual machine (VM). The VMM receives an encrypted key domain key, an encrypted guest code image, and an encrypted guest control structure. The VM also issues a create command. In response, a processor creates a first key domain comprising a region of memory to be encrypted by a key domain key. The encrypted key domain key is decrypted to produce the key domain key, which is inaccessible to the VMM. The VMM issues a launch command. In response, a first guest VM is launched within the first key domain. In response to a second launch command, a second guest VM is launched within the first key domain. The second guest VM provides an agent to act on behalf of the VMM. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US11163909B2 |
Using multiple signatures on a signed log
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for validating an event record. The method includes securing, by a processor, a log of one or more events being performed a computer by adding tamper detection to the log. Securing includes generating, by the processor, a first event record in response to an event being performed by the computer and generating, by the processor, a second event record in response to the first event record being generated. The second event record includes a first signature and a second signature corresponding to the first event record. The processor, in response to a request to detect tampering of the first event record, validates the first event record based on the first signature and the second signature in the second event record. |
| US11163906B2 |
Adaptive redaction and data releasability systems using dynamic parameters and user defined rule sets
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided to automate redaction of data and metadata. Without modification of the underlying source code, a user may modify, add or remove rules and/or templates for governing redaction of data and metadata of source artifacts. Additionally, the system may automatically infer relationships between modified metadata parameters from application updates and normalized metadata parameters. In some cases, the system may add metadata to the redacted work products for compliance or other purposes. Additionally, redacted work products may comprise redacted source artifacts and a list of rules and/or templates applied to the source artifacts during redaction. |
| US11163904B2 |
Fine-grained access control to datasets
A method, system and computer program for implementing fine-grained access control (FGAC) of data stored in a dataset. In response to receiving a data query statement from a user, any representational index exclusions that are relevant to the data query statement are identified, wherein each index exclusion specifies an access restriction to the data. It is then determined whether any of the identified representational index exclusions are to be applied to the data query statement, and if ‘yes’ then the data query statement is modified before being processed, so that processing of the query takes place by searching the dataset under restriction of the representational index exclusions. The proposed approach allows for easy creation and modification of FGAC privacy rules without introducing performance gaps in processing the data query statements. |
| US11163901B2 |
Emergency notification system and methods
The present invention is related to systems and methods for identifying and reporting a crisis status. In at least one embodiment, the system comprises a central server; an administrative work station communicably coupled to the central server, wherein the administrative work station is accessible only by an authorized administrator; a database communicably coupled to the central server, the database including a floor plan of the area, wherein the database is accessible and modifiable by the authorized administrator at the administrative work station; and a remote device at a particular location in the area, the remote device communicably coupled to the central server, the remote device capable of communicating securely to the database the particular location of the remote device and the crisis status of the particular location. |
| US11163898B2 |
Sharing artifacts in permission-protected archives
Among other things, we describe techniques for receiving a list of artifacts that are stored in an archive and are responsive to a search query issued by an entity. A set of artifacts are identified that each have a permission attribute indicating that the respective artifact is accessible to the entity when the respective artifact is responsive, above a threshold responsiveness value, to the search query issued by the entity. |
| US11163892B2 |
Buffering data until encrypted destination is unlocked
A computer-implemented method for loading data into a secure storage volume may be provided. The method comprises receiving data to be stored on the secure storage volume, storing the received data in a buffer, and upon determining that the secure storage volume is unlocked, transferring the received data from the buffer to the secure storage volume in encrypted form. |
| US11163887B2 |
Clearance of bare metal resource to trusted state usable in cloud computing
A bare metal resource includes a trusted portion and an untrusted portion. The trusted portion includes trusted hardware, an image repository, and a clearance manager. The clearance manager is executable during bootup of the bare metal resource to perform a clearance process on the untrusted portion, including deleting the BIOS in the untrusted portion and loading a trusted BIOS from the image repository on the untrusted hardware, to place the untrusted portion in a trusted state. The bare metal resource may be provisioned to a tenant of a cloud provider after being placed in the trusted state. |
| US11163884B2 |
Privacy and the adaptive trust profile
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating an adaptive trust profile, comprising: monitoring an electronically-observable action of an entity, the electronically-observable action of the entity corresponding to an event enacted by the entity; converting the electronically-observable action of the entity to electronic information representing the action of the entity; and generating the adaptive trust profile based upon the action of the entity, the adaptive trust profile being privacy enhanced. |
| US11163883B2 |
Enhancing security of a touch screen device
A touch screen device includes a security enforcer that monitors the environment of the touch screen device and sets an appropriate security level for the touch screen device based on the monitored environment. The monitored conditions may include users and devices in physical proximity to the touch screen device. When the touch screen device is in physical proximity to users and/or devices the touch screen device does not recognize, the touch screen device elevates its security level. The touch screen device may include a system and application profiles that defines characteristics for enhancing the security of the touch screen device by changing locations of one or more selectable objects for authentication and by changing location of one or more selectable objects for applications based on one or more defined thresholds, or for making an icon unselectable or hidden based on an elevated security level of the touch screen device. |
| US11163873B2 |
Distributed security introspection
Computer programming code may be executed via look ahead execution in a virtual machine. The computer programming code may include a first instruction to retrieve data stored in an on-demand computing services environment and a second instruction to transmit the data to a recipient. The first instruction, the second instruction, and the data may be evaluated to determine whether the execution of the computer programming code constitutes acceptable use of the on-demand computing services environment. When it is determined that the execution of the computer programming code does not constitute acceptable use of the on-demand computing services environment, further execution of the computer programming code may be halted. |
| US11163870B2 |
Plant-specific, automated certificate management
A method for authenticating devices and/or applications, specifically web applications, in a control system for an industrial plant, wherein the control system includes at least one local registration service and at least one software inventory, where the method includes determining by the at least one local registration service information about which communications protocols and/or applications are supported by the devices and/or applications and/or which communications protocols and/or applications are active, during authentication of the devices and/or applications within the control system, and storing the device-specific information determined by the local registration service in the at least one software inventory of the control system. |
| US11163869B2 |
Identity authentication without entry of password
A method, a system and a computer program product are provided for identity authentication. A personal identity information indicative of an identity is received. A plurality of questions, is presented, each of the questions being related to an aspect of features of the password associated with the personal identity information. The A responsive answer is received to the questions including individual answers to the questions. The identity is authenticated in response to determining that the responsive answer is correct. |
| US11163864B2 |
Detection of unauthorized user assistance of an electronic device based on the detection of spoken words
Methods and systems are provided in this disclosure for operating an electronic device that includes a user interface, a microphone, and an electronic processor. The microphone captures an audio stream and the electronic processor analyzes the audio stream to identify spoken words captured by the microphone. The electronic processor detects a violation of a user assistance restriction for the current functional operation of the electronic device based at least in part on a correlation between one or more of the identified spoken words captured by the microphone and a current functional operation of the electronic device involving a manual text entry through the user interface of the electronic device. The electronic processor adjusts one or more operations of the electronic device in response to detecting the violation of the user assistance restriction. |
| US11163862B2 |
Authentication of users based on snapshots thereof taken in corresponding acquisition conditions
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for authenticating a user in a computing system is provided. A corresponding method comprises validating one or more user snapshots of the user that should have been acquired in corresponding acquisition conditions according to their match with the corresponding acquisition conditions; the user snapshots are then sent (at least in part) to one or more authenticators requesting them to identify the user. A computer program and a computer program product for performing the method are also proposed. Moreover, a corresponding system is proposed. |
| US11163857B2 |
Securing microprocessors against information leakage and physical tampering
A processor system comprising: performing a compilation process on a computer program; encoding an instruction with a selected encoding; encoding the security mutation information in an instruction set architecture of a processor; and executing a compiled computer program in the processor using an added mutation instruction, wherein executing comprises executing a mutation instruction to enable decoding another instruction. A processor system with a random instruction encoding and randomized execution, providing effective defense against offline and runtime security attacks including software and hardware reverse engineering, invasive microprobing, fault injection, and high-order differential and electromagnetic power analysis. |
| US11163856B2 |
Offline license activation for barcode decoders
A system in accordance with the present disclosure may include a plurality of electronic devices that do not have Internet connectivity. Each electronic device may include a barcode decoder and a license activation application. The system may also include a computing device that has an Internet connection. The computing device may include a master program that is executable to obtain a plurality of identifiers from the plurality of electronic devices. The master program may also be executable to send at least one license request to a license server via the Internet connection. The at least one license request may include the plurality of identifiers. The master program may also be executable to receive a plurality of licenses from the license server in response to the at least one license request. The master program may also be executable to provide the plurality of licenses to the plurality of electronic devices. |
| US11163853B2 |
Sensor design support apparatus, sensor design support method and non-transitory computer readable medium
According to one embodiment, a sensor design support apparatus includes: an inter-data feature calculator and a model constructor. The inter-data feature calculator combines any two pieces of data based on first to k-th data acquired from each of a plurality of sensors in response to first to k-th conditions being satisfied to generate a plurality of data pairs for each of sensors, the sensors monitoring a target; and calculates a plurality of inter-data features based on the plurality of data pairs. The model constructor calculates a plurality of coefficients corresponding to the plurality of inter-data features in a classification model based on state data indicating states of the monitoring target at times which the first to k-th conditions are satisfied, wherein the classification model associates the plurality of coefficients and the plurality of inter-data features with a value identifying a state of the monitoring target. |
| US11163850B2 |
System, method and computer program product for data transfer management
According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for managing data transfer includes receiving and storing a plurality of different data patterns anticipated to be encountered by a processor unit of a data processing system corresponding to a particular application being processed. Responsive to receiving a read request for data, the requested data is read from a memory subsystem, and the read data is compared by the memory subsystem to the stored data patterns. Responsive to determining that the read data matches at least one of the stored data patterns, the memory subsystem replaces the matching read data with a pattern tag corresponding to the matching data pattern. The pattern tag is transmitted over a communication link in response to the request. |
| US11163849B2 |
Identification of content in an electronic document
In some embodiments, a method includes receiving an electronic document that comprises a plurality of sections. The method includes marking the plurality of sections as a content section or a non-content section using a visual attribute of the sections that includes at least one of a width of the section, a density of the plurality of hyperlinks in the section, a size of a font of text in the section and whether a title of the electronic document overlaps with text in the section. The method also includes storing the marking of the plurality of sections of the electronic document in a machine-readable medium. |
| US11163847B2 |
Redirection service profiling
A system can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; an input; an output; and one or more modules stored in the memory that include instructions executable by the processor to instruct the system to receive information, via the input, that includes information associated with a target; parse the information; access a profile; and build a link based at least in part on the information and at least in part on the profile. |
| US11163846B1 |
Multi-front procurement recommendation based on query context
An improved electronic procurement system is disclosed. The electronic procurement system (“system”) implements a procurement recommendation framework. The system is configured to learn from past online browsing or transactional activities in a community and cause a display of multiple types of recommendations to a user, who has submitted a query, based on an inferred query context. |
| US11163844B2 |
Network search modification
A method, system, and computer program product for modifying and improving a network search is provided. The method includes receiving a search string associated with a search request of a user. The search string is transmitted to a search system. In response, initial search results associated with the search string are received and analyzed with respect to previous interactions and user preferences. Modified search results are generated from the initial search results and filter software is executed with respect to the modified search results. Digital tags are applied to portions of the modified search results and the modified search results are presented with respect to instructions associated with the digital tags. |
| US11163840B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligent content filtering and persistence
A source content processor receives content from a crawler and calls a text mining engine. The text mining engine mines the content and provides metadata about the content. The source content processor applies a source content filtering rule to the content utilizing the metadata from the text mining engine. The source content filtering rule is previously built based on at least one of a named entity, a category, or a sentiment. The source content processor determines whether to persist the content according to a result from applying the source content filtering rule to the content and either stores the content in a data store or deletes the contents from the data ingestion pipeline such that the content is not persisted anywhere. Embodiments disclosed herein can significantly reduce the amount of irrelevant content through the data ingestion pipeline, prior to data persistence. |
| US11163834B2 |
Filtering collaboration activity
Systems and methods for filtering collaboration activity to present in an activity feed. A cloud-based collaboration system is configured to identify collaboration interactions that users have taken over collaboration objects. Some of the collaboration objects or interactions are subject to access permissions as well as policy-based access rules. When a subject user interacts with a user interface, system components select a first set of user interaction events that in some way pertain to the subject user. A first filtering pass applies a first filter to determine object access permissions. After reducing the first set to a smaller second set, then a second filter corresponding to policy-based access rules is applied to the second set to form a still smaller third set of user interaction events. Characteristics of user interaction events in the third set are used to generate user-specific activity feed entries that are presented in a user interface. |
| US11163829B2 |
Search method, search device, and search system
The present invention searches for, in order of priority, a combination of material property parameters having a significant relationship, from among arbitrary combinations of multiple material property parameters. The present invention comprises a database stored in a storage device, a graph generation step, a graph search step, and a prioritization step, wherein the database stores multiple pairs of material property parameters having mutual relationship; the graph generation step includes generating a graph in which the multiple material property parameters stored in the database are represented as nodes, and inter-node spaces corresponding to the respective material property parameter pairs each being stored as having a relationship therebetween are represented as edges; the graph search step includes searching the graph on the basis of a given search condition and presenting multiple related material properties or inter-material property relationship paths representing relationships between material properties; and the prioritization step includes obtaining, by using information about one or both of the nodes and the edges, priority for the presented multiple related material properties or inter-material property relationship paths, and outputting a result in the descending order of priority. |
| US11163827B2 |
Video processing method, device, terminal and storage medium
The video processing method, device, terminal, and storage medium are provided; the method includes: acquiring a video captured by a user and marking the video with original sound in the case that the video is a video with original sound; performing data separation on the video with original sound according to the mark, and extracting the original audio from the video with original sound; the extracted original sound audio is used for video shooting by other users. |
| US11163820B1 |
Object search service employing an autonomous vehicle fleet
A computing system that can receive an object search request from a user indicating a request to search for a specific object in an area traversed by one or more autonomous vehicle. The object search request can include a set of physical characteristics of the specific object. The computing system can then transmit a signal to an autonomous vehicle indicating a request for the autonomous vehicle to search for the specific object. The signal can cause the autonomous vehicle to transmit an image, selected based on a physical characteristic of the object, to the computing system. The computing system can then generate a score indicative of a difference between one or more physical characteristic of the object in the image and the specific object. The computing system can then selectively transmit the image to a mobile device operated by the user based on the score. |
| US11163818B2 |
Media fingerprinting and identification system
The overall architecture and details of a scalable video fingerprinting and identification system that is robust with respect to many classes of video distortions is described. In this system, a fingerprint for a piece of multimedia content is composed of a number of compact signatures, along with traversal hash signatures and associated metadata. Numerical descriptors are generated for features found in a multimedia clip, signatures are generated from these descriptors, and a reference signature database is constructed from these signatures. Query signatures are also generated for a query multimedia clip. These query signatures are searched against the reference database using a fast similarity search procedure, to produce a candidate list of matching signatures. This candidate list is further analyzed to find the most likely reference matches. Signature correlation is performed between the likely reference matches and the query clip to improve detection accuracy. |
| US11163812B2 |
Classification apparatus and classification method
According to one embodiment, a classification apparatus includes the following elements. The target log extraction unit extracts a set of dialogue logs for a dialogue from dialogue logs for dialogues between a user and an interactive system, the dialogue including a first speech and a second speech of the user, the set of dialogue logs including information indicative of a classification used for a search performed by the interactive system based on the first speech, information indicative of a failure in the first search, and data acquired as a result of a search performed by the interactive system based on the second speech. The classification relation generator generates a classification relation in which the classification is associated with the data. |
| US11163807B2 |
System for data structure clustering based on variation in data attribute performance
The invention provides a comprehensive system, method and computer program product for data structure clustering based on variation in data attribute performance. In general, the invention is configured to link a sub-set of data structures out of a global set of data structures based on identifying stimulus type attributes that are structured to produce a functional performance parameter of the associated data structure, particularly in the field of hospital data analysis. Typically, the invention is configured to receive a request for construction of a peer data cluster for a first functional performance parameter of the first entity data structure. The invention may then determine at least one second entity data structure of a plurality of entity data structures that is a peer entity data structure, and linking the first entity data structure and the second entity data structure to form the peer data cluster. |
| US11163806B2 |
Obtaining candidates for a relationship type and its label
The present invention may be a method, a computer system, and/or a computer program product. An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for obtaining one or more candidates for a relationship type and its label. The method comprises the following steps: analyzing a document annotated with entity types, the analysis comprising counting the number of pairs of co-occurring entity types in each sentence in the document, and judging whether there exists, in the document, a candidate for a label of a relationship type which shows relationship between or among the co-occurring entity types and, if the judgment is positive, storing a candidate for the relationship type and a candidate for its label; and outputting a result of the analysis. The method may further comprise, if the judgment is negative, storing a candidate for the relationship type without a candidate for its label. |
| US11163804B2 |
Corpus management by automatic categorization into functional domains to support faceted querying
Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement an enhanced corpus management system, the method comprising: identifying one or more functional domain categories; ingesting one or more incoming documents to form an open-domain corpus; for each functional domain category, identifying one or more representative documents to establish a seed sub-corpus; calculating a degree of fit score between each of the one or more incoming documents and the one or more established functional domain category seed sub-corpora; and assigning one or more of the incoming documents to one or more of the functional domain categories based upon the degree of fit score to create an enhanced corpus. |
| US11163801B2 |
Execution of queries in relational databases
A learning system is provided to improve the speed of queries in a relational database management system. The learning system may include a query pipeline which utilizes a transform generator and a transform engine to transform uncommitted data corresponding to slow queries, and a query multiplexer to query primary keys of uncommitted data and committed data if the query has been improved by an existing transform. |
| US11163791B2 |
Transformation configuration in instance data replication with bi-directional replication support
Transformation configuration data is set for a consumer replication set on a consumer instance to replicate on the consumer instance data of a source table included in a producer replication set on a producer instance. The transformation configuration data includes configuration data of at least one of: (i) a target table from among a plurality of tables on the consumer instance that is specified in the consumer replication set as a table for loading on the consumer instance, incoming data from the source table; and (ii) a specified mapping of incoming fields of the source table with respective fields of the target table. Replication event data of a data modification event associated with a record on the source table is received. The received replication event data is transformed based on the set transformation configuration data, and loaded on the target table. |
| US11163789B2 |
Method of facilitating contact between mutually interested people
A computer-readable non-transitory physical storage medium having stored thereon machine-executable code for electronically facilitating contact between mutually interested entities, said machine-executable code to be executed by a microprocessor, said machine executable code which when executed by said microprocessor causes the microprocessor to perform operations including suggesting to a first user other users that first user may be interested in, where the suggested other users are filtered based on their location, causing a device to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for the first user to input a rating of the first user's level of interest in one or more respects in at least one other user, accepting the first user's level of interest rating via the GUI while not displaying the first user's rating to the at least one other user, and electronically notifying a pair of users that have rated each other above a threshold level. |
| US11163787B2 |
Content capture across diverse sources
The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to receive a request to capture active application content of a client application running on a client device and generate, based on raw digital data from the client application, an object structure representing the active application content of the client application. The object structure comprises application data including information about the client application, content data including information about the active application content, and a data block including at least a portion of the raw digital data from the active application content. The system may further store the object structure representing the active application content on the client device. |
| US11163784B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying intersections using content metadata
User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. The user-submitted content may be browed and/or searched using the descriptive metadata. Intersection criteria comprising a prevailing timeframe, a location, and/or other metadata criteria may be used to identify an intersection space comprising one or more stories. The stories may be ordered according to relative importance, which may be determined (at least in part) by comparing story metadata to the intersection criteria. |
| US11163782B2 |
Storage of time series data using dynamic schema
Techniques are provided for storing generic time series data using a dynamic schema. One method comprises receiving a request to store a data point into a time series, wherein the data point comprises a key-value pair; in response to the received request, (i) evaluating whether a current dynamic schema supports the data point, and (ii) updating the current dynamic schema to support the data point responsive to the current dynamic schema not supporting the data point, wherein the current dynamic schema supports a plurality of data types; encoding the data point using an encoding technique that depends on the data type of at least one key-value pair of the data point; and storing the data point in a time series storage buffer. |
| US11163781B2 |
Extended storage of text analysis source tables
A database system includes a data server, a disk-based storage system in communication with the data server, a source table including a plurality of columns, where data of the source table is stored in the disk-based storage system in columnar format, a full-text index associated with one of the plurality of columns, and a text analysis result table associated with the one of the plurality of columns, where the data of the text analysis result table is stored in the disk-based storage system in columnar format. |
| US11163777B2 |
Smart content recommendations for content authors
Techniques describes herein include using software tools and feature vector comparisons to analyze and recommend images, text content, and other relevant media content from a content repository. A digital content recommendation tool may communicate with a number of back-end services and content repositories to analyze text and/or visual input, extract keywords or topics from the input, classify and tag the input content, and store the classified/tagged content in one or more content repositories. Input text and/or input images may be converted into vectors within a multi-dimensional vector space, and compared to a plurality of feature vectors within a vector space to identify relevant content items within a content repository. Such comparisons may include exhaustive deep searches and/or efficient tag-based filtered searches. Relevant content items (e.g., images, audio and/or video clips, links to related articles, etc.), may be retrieved and presented to a content author and embedded within original authored content. |
| US11163771B2 |
Database sequence object having a dynamic cache block size
A sequence object manager provides a sequence object with a dynamic cache block size that indicates a block size of values to be added to the sequence object when the cache values are exhausted. The dynamic block size allows the sequence object manager to optimize performance and storage space depending on applications using the sequence object. The dynamically block size is set and maintained by the sequence object manager based on observed performance and historical trends of the applications. A seed value may be provided by the user to initially set the dynamic block size. |
| US11163770B2 |
Enabling editable tables on a cloud-based data warehouse
Enabling editable tables on a cloud-based data warehouse including receiving, by a query manager, a client-provided table; receiving, by the query manager from a query manager client, a request to create a referencing worksheet using, as data sources, the client-provided table and a database table on a cloud-based data warehouse; storing, by the query manager, the client-provided table in the schema storage location on the cloud-based data warehouse, wherein the schema storage location is a storage location on the cloud-based data warehouse to which the query manager has read and write access, and wherein the database table is external to the schema storage location; generating, by the query manager, a database query to create the referencing worksheet, wherein the database query targets the client-provided table in the schema storage location and the database table; and issuing, by the query manager, the database query to the cloud-based data warehouse. |
| US11163769B2 |
Joining two data tables on a join attribute
A computer-implemented method for joining two data tables on a join attribute, where the data tables have at least a first and a second attribute and the second attribute is the join attribute. The method provides a function for associating a computing node to a given record. The function may be used to determine the associated computing node. The records of the two data tables may be distributed to the respective determined computing nodes. The relationship between the values of the first and second attributes may be modelled using a predefined dataset. For each record of the two data tables the values of the first attribute may be re-determined using the corresponding values of the second attribute. The function may be used to re-determine the associated computing node. |
| US11163764B2 |
Predictive data distribution for parallel databases to optimize storage and query performance
A computer-implemented method for balancing storage utilization and query processing in a distributed database. In one embodiment, the method receives a set of queries to perform on a database; determines a uniqueness score and a usage score based on the set of queries for each column of each data table in the database; normalizes the usage score and the uniqueness score to generate a normalized usage score and a normalized uniqueness score; multiplies the normalized uniqueness score by a first weight factor to produce a weighted uniqueness score; multiplies the normalized usage score by a second weight factor to produce a weighted usage score; combines the weighted uniqueness score and the weighted usage score to generate a combined column score; selects a column having a highest combined column score; and recreates the plurality of data tables of the database on the plurality of nodes using the column as a new distribution key. |
| US11163761B2 |
Vector embedding models for relational tables with null or equivalent values
Structured and semi-structured databases and files are processed using natural language processing techniques to impute data for null value tokens in database records from other records that have non-null values for the same attributes. Vector embedding techniques are used, including, in some cases, appropriately tagging null value tokens to reduce or eliminate their undue impact on semantic vectors generating using a neural network. |
| US11163760B2 |
Providing a data query service to a user based on natural language request data
The disclosure herein describes providing a data query service to a user based on natural language request data. The natural language request data is obtained from a user interface and a query structure is populated based on the natural language request data. The query structure is compared to stored queries and, based on identifying a stored query that matches the query structure, the user is prompted to confirm or reject that the identified query be performed. Based on receiving a confirmation of the identified query from the user, the identified query is selected for performance. Alternatively, based on receiving a rejection of the identified query from the user, a query based on the query structure is generated and selected for performance. The selected query is then performed on at least one data source and query output from the performed query is provided to the user. |
| US11163759B2 |
Predicting entities for database query results
Predicting entities for database query results are described. A system receives a query that includes a query term. The system outputs a query result that identifies at least one record that includes the query term. The system identifies a selection of a record that is identified by the query result and that includes the query term. The system stores information that associates the query term with an entity that corresponds to the selected record. The system scales the information that associates the query term with the entity. The system receives another query that includes the query term. The system outputs another query result in response to the other query, the other query result being based on the scaled information that associates the query term with the entity. |
| US11163751B2 |
Resource exploitation management system, method and program product
A resource exploitation management system, method and a computer program product therefor. A description of new geological evidence for a geological resource is received, e.g., as one or more triples describing the evidence. Keywords in the description are matched against keywords in representations in a geological resource database. Geological relations are inferred from the descriptions and matched against predefined geological relations from the geological resource database. Consistent triple matches are merged with the geological resource database. The confidence level for merged matches is updated in the geological resource database. |
| US11163750B2 |
Dynamic, transparent manipulation of content and/or namespaces within data storage systems
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for namespace and content manipulation within a storage system includes: defining policy rule(s), each policy rule dictating: how namespaces within the storage system may be transformed; and/or how content stored within the storage system may be transformed; receiving a request for access to a particular data set stored within the storage system; parsing the request to determine one or more transformations requested therein and/or required thereby; determining whether the particular data set is compliant with the one or more transformations; in response to determining the particular data set is compliant with the one or more transformations, providing access to the particular data set; and in response to determining the particular data set is not compliant with the one or more transformations, performing the one or more transformations to generate a transformed data set, and providing access to the transformed data set. |
| US11163749B2 |
Managing multiple locks for data set members in a data set index
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing multiple locks for data set members in a data set index. The data set index has leaf nodes and internal nodes. In response to determining that a current lock is set at a locked node that prevents a grant to a requested lock, a determination is made as to whether there are different first and second descendant nodes from the locked node at a same level of the tree data structure linked to the requested data set member and the locked data set member, respectively. If so, the requested lock for the requested data set member is set at the first descendant node, the current lock is moved to the second descendant node for the locked data set member and the requested lock is granted. |
| US11163748B1 |
Fingerprint backward compatibility in deduplication backup systems
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to optimize and manage fingerprint backward compatibility in deduplication backup computing systems. A new fingerprint is generated for a segment object stored in a data container based on a new fingerprinting process. A header file is modified by replacing an old fingerprint for the segment object based on an old fingerprinting process with the new fingerprint. An entry including information indicating an association between the old fingerprint and the new fingerprint is created in a fingerprint map file. |
| US11163747B2 |
Time series data forecasting
Time series data is generated and forecasted with a selected forecasting mechanism. Time series data to forecast including a plurality of data points is received. A count of the plurality of data points is determined to meet a threshold. Responsive to that determination, a plurality of test forecasts are generated with respective forecasting mechanisms of a plurality of forecasting mechanisms using a first subset of the plurality of data points. Errors are then determined for the respective forecasting mechanisms, such as based on comparisons of corresponding ones of the plurality of test forecasts and a second subset of the plurality of data points. One of the plurality of forecasting mechanisms is selected based on the errors. An output forecast is then generated with the selected forecasting mechanism using the first and second subsets of the plurality of data points. |
| US11163730B2 |
Hard link operations for files in a file system
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing data operations using hard links (hard link operations) for files in a file system are provided. Accessing files using hard link operations is based on File_Name-to-File_ID mappings and File_ID-to-File_Object mappings stored in hard link data structures. In operation, a file name for file content is received to perform a data operation. The file content is accessed using the file name. The file name is associated with a hard link data structure having a File_Name-to-File_ID mapping and a File_ID-to-File_Object mapping. The file name is also associated with an alternate file name for the file content. The alternate file name is associated with an alternate hard link data structure having an alternate File_Name-to-File mapping and the File_ID-to-File_Object mapping. The alternate file name is received. The file content is accessed using the alternate file name to perform an alternate data operation on the file content. |
| US11163729B2 |
Cloned virtual machine disk replication
One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for replicating virtual machine disk clones. For example, a first storage controller, hosting first storage, may have a synchronous replication relationship with a second storage controller hosting second storage. A virtual machine, within the first storage, may be specified as having synchronous replication protection. Accordingly, virtual machine disk clones of a virtual machine disk of the virtual machine may be replicated from the first storage to the second storage. For example, virtual machine disk clones may be synchronous replicated, replicated by a resync process invoked by a hypervisor agent, and/or stored and replicated from a clone backup directory. |
| US11163726B2 |
Context aware delta algorithm for genomic files
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for compressing at least one delta file for a plurality of genomic data files is provided. The present invention may include receiving the plurality of genomic data files as input. The present invention may also include determining a plurality of rows by traversing the received plurality of genomic data files. The present invention may then include comparing the plurality of rows associated with the traversed plurality of genomic data files. The present invention may further include generating a plurality of resulting delta files based on the compared plurality of rows. The present invention may also include compressing the generated plurality of resulting delta files by utilizing a general purpose file compressor. |
| US11163722B2 |
Methods and apparatus for analyzing a live stream of log entries to detect patterns
A method is implemented by a computing device to analyze a live stream of log entries to determine new patterns and changes in a number of occurrences of previously identified patterns. The method includes receiving a log entry in a live stream of log entries, determining whether the log entry fits a baseline pattern from one or more previously saved baseline patterns, adding to a count of occurrences for a baseline pattern if the log entry fits that baseline pattern, creating a new baseline pattern for the log entry if the log entry does not fit any of the one or more previously saved baseline patterns, saving the new baseline pattern, generating a snapshot of a pattern hierarchy based on the baseline patterns, comparing the new snapshot to a previously saved snapshot of a pattern hierarchy, and causing a report to be displayed based on a result of the comparing. |
| US11163718B2 |
Memory log retrieval and provisioning system
A memory log retrieval and provisioning system includes a server device that is coupled to a support system via a network. The server device includes a memory device having at least one memory log. A memory log retrieval and provisioning subsystem is coupled to the memory device, and determines that a memory log retrieval event has occurred in the server device. In response to determining that the memory log retrieval event has occurred, the memory log retrieval and provisioning subsystem automatically retrieves the at least one memory log from the memory device without receiving user instructions subsequent to detecting the memory log retrieval event. The memory log retrieval and provisioning subsystem then automatically transmits the at least one memory log through the network to the support system without receiving user instructions subsequent to automatically retrieving the at least one memory log. |
| US11163716B2 |
Discovery controller registration of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) elements in an NVMe-over-fabrics (NVMe-oF) system
Presented herein are embodiments for registering elements of a non-volatile memory express (NVMe) entity in an NVMe-over-Fabric (NVMe-oF) environment. In embodiments, a method for registering with a centralized storage fabric service component via a discovery controller (DC) of the centralize service comprises transmitting a DC registration command to the DC. In embodiments, the DC registration command includes a number of registration entries that the NVMe entity will be submitting for registration. In embodiments, the identified number of NVMe registration entries are transmitted to the centralized service and are stored in a registry. The NVMe registration entry may include an entry type for indicating an NVMe registration entry type, an NVMe qualified name (NQN) for identifying the NVMe entity, and a transport address for specifying an address of the element of the NVMe entity. Other NVMe entities may query the registry to obtain information about NVMe elements in the system. |
| US11163714B2 |
Method, apparatus, electronic device and computer readable storage medium for supporting communication among chips
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium for determining connection relationships among a plurality of chips. The method includes determining identity information of a plurality of chips managed by a host, the plurality of chips being connected by respective inter-chip communication interfaces for inter-chip communication. The method further includes allowing one or more of the plurality of chips to acquire identity information of other chips connected to the inter-chip communication interface of the one or more chips. The method further includes reading identity information of the other chips by means of a management interface of the one or more chips with regard to communicating with the host, so as to determine connection relationships among the plurality of chips. |
| US11163712B2 |
Electronic switching device
An electronic switching device includes a USB interface, a multifunctional module, a microprogrammed control module, a recognition program unit and a transient memory. The USB interface is connected with a computer through a USB cable. The multifunctional module includes a UART circuit unit and a power supply. The UART circuit unit and the power supply are disposed in the electronic switching device. The UART circuit unit is connected between the USB interface and the microprogrammed control module. The recognition program unit is disposed in the microprogrammed control module. The transient memory is disposed in the microprogrammed control module. The microprogrammed control module stores an initial value of the UART circuit unit or a start value of the UART circuit unit in the transient memory to dynamically switch UART function statuses of the UART circuit unit. |
| US11163711B2 |
Memory access system, method for controlling the same, computer-readable storage medium, and image forming apparatus
To accomplish this, this memory access system monitors a use-memory-bandwidth which indicates a total of memory bandwidths used between a memory and a plurality of masters, and determines whether the use-memory-bandwidth is equal to or larger than the first threshold. Based on the above-described determination result, this memory access system also restricts access to the memory by a master of low priority out of the plurality of masters. |