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US11362764B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit Provided is a coding unit to determine the number of code block groups, divide an input bit sequence to code block segmentation into code block groups of the number of the code block groups, determine the number of code blocks for each of the code block groups, divide each of the code block groups into code blocks of the number of the code blocks, and apply channel coding to each of the code blocks.
US11362750B2	Synchronization of automotive sensors using communication-link TDM timing An automotive communication system includes multiple communication devices and a processor. The communication devices are configured to be installed in a vehicle and to communicate with one another over point-to-point Ethernet links. In each Ethernet link, a first communication device serves as a link master that is configured to set a clock signal for the link, and a second communication device serves as a slave that is configured to synchronize to the clock signal set by the first communication device. The communication devices are configured to receive data from sensors and to transmit the data over the Ethernet links. The processor is configured to receive the data from the communication devices over the Ethernet links, to synchronize the data originating from the multiple sensors to a common time-base based on link-specific clock-signal synchronization achieved on each of the links by each link master, and to process the synchronized data.
US11362747B2	Vehicle-based media system with audio ad and visual content synchronization feature In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a vehicle-based media system includes (a) receiving audio content; (b) causing one or more speakers to output the received audio content; (c) using a microphone of the vehicle-based media system to capture the output audio content; (d) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; (e) identifying visual content based at least on the identified reference audio content; and (f) outputting, via a user interface of the vehicle-based media system, the identified visual content.
US11362743B1	Systems and methods for TDR using standing waves and an injected test signal Systems and methods provide for a network test that by capturing in-phase values of a reflected signal off a transmission medium or irregularity therein. The in-phase values are converted to time-domain, which is then halved and converted back to the frequency domain to identify calculated quadrature values associated with the measured in-phase values. The measured in-phase values and calculated quadrature values may be used to determine impedance reflection/transmission characteristics of transmission medium or an irregularity therein. The measured in-phase values and calculated quadrature values may be used to determine if the transmission medium is minimum phase.
US11362742B2	Over-the-air calibration of antenna system In an embodiment, an apparatus included in a communications system includes a transmit section including a first baseband section and a first radio frequency (RF) section, wherein the transmit section is configured to receive a calibration signal, the first RF section is configured to generate a RF calibration signal based on the calibration signal, and wherein the calibration signal comprises an orthogonal code based signal; and a receive section configured to receive the RF calibration signal over-the-air, wherein the receive section includes a second RF section and a calibration section, wherein the second RF section is configured to generate a received calibration signal based on the RF calibration signal, and wherein the calibration section is configured to determine one or more of gain, baseband delay, or RF delay compensation values, based on the inputs, to calibrate the transmit section.
US11362736B2	Optical transmitter module, optical transmitter-receiver module, and optical module An optical transmitter module includes a semiconductor laser device, optical modulator, temperature adjusting device which includes a substrate, a first installation part and a second installation part, a package having a bottom surface opposite to a back surface of the substrate, the package housing the semiconductor laser device, the optical modulator, and the temperature adjusting device; and a middle block disposed between a first temperature controlling element a the second temperature controlling element, the middle block having a back surface directly or indirectly fastened to a principal surface of the substrate.
US11362733B2	Optical sensing and communications system An optical system (100) comprising: a transmitter module (102) configured to transmit a sequence of optical pulses (300), each optical pulse in the sequence (300) having a different magnitude to each other optical pulse in the sequence (300); a receiver module (104) comprising one or more optical signal detectors, the receiver module (104) configured to receive the sequence of optical pulses (300) transmitted by the transmitter module (102); and one or more processors (110) configured to process the sequence of optical pulses received by the receiver module (104) to select an optical pulse from the received sequence of optical pulses (400) based on one or more predetermined criteria. The one or more predetermined criteria include a criterion that the selected optical pulse does not saturate the one or more optical signal detectors.
US11362730B2	Repeater and interference cancellation method thereof A method of operating a repeater comprises selecting some of adaptive filter coefficients among a plurality of adaptive filter coefficients of an adaptive filter used for interference cancellation, based on the size of a coefficient, generating a predicted interference signal using the selected adaptive filter coefficients and generating an interference-canceled communication signal from a received signal using the generated predicted interference signal.
US11362728B2	Digital multichannel interface within a radio distribution system A digital multichannel interface for a first unit of a radio distribution system, the digital multichannel interface comprising a first uplink interface and a first downlink interface. The first uplink interface is configured to receive uplink transmit frames from a second unit of the radio distribution system, the uplink transmit frames including frame timing information, the radio distribution system including a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to at least one of the first unit or the second unit. The first downlink interface is configured to: generate a plurality of reformatted wideband downlink I/Q data streams based on the frame timing information extracted from the uplink transmit frames received from the second unit; generate downlink transmit frames including the plurality of reformatted wideband downlink I/Q data streams; and provide the downlink transmit frames to the second unit.
US11362724B2	Receiver circuitry, infrastructure equipment and methods A method of receiving data transmitted by a plurality of communications devices includes receiving at each of a plurality of M antennas reference signals transmitted by each of a plurality of K communications devices, and processing by each of a plurality of antenna modules the reference signals. The processing by each of the antenna module includes estimating for each of the K detected reference signals received from the K communications devices a sample of a radio channel through which the received signals have passed, generating for each of the K samples of the radio channel a K×K partial matrix forming a part of a signal processing matrix for performing zero forcing equalisation of the received signals, and transmitting the partial matrix K×K from each of the M antenna modules to a central processing unit.
US11362720B2	Apparatus, system and method of beam refinement protocol (BRP) transmit (TX) sector sweep (SS) (TXSS) For example, an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) initiator station (STA) of a Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) Transmit (TX) Sector Sweep (SS) (TXSS) may be configured to, during an initiator BRP TXSS, transmit one or more initiator EDMG BRP-TX packets to an EDMG responder STA; during a responder BRP TXSS following the initiator BRP TXSS, to receive one or more responder EDMG BRP-TX packets from the EDMG responder STA; and to transmit to the EDMG responder STA a BRP frame including feedback based on measurements on the one or more responder EDMG BRP-TX packets.
US11362718B2	Sidelink TX power control Sidelink TX power control is disclosed. In a particular implementation, a method of wireless communication includes selecting, by a user equipment (UE), a first access link of multiple access links. Each of the multiple access links available for communication between the UE and a base station. The method also includes determining, by the UE, a sidelink transmission power based on the first access link. The method further includes transmitting, by the UE, data to an electronic device via a sidelink based on the sidelink transmission power.
US11362716B2	Extrapolated CSI report based on a multi-symbol reference signal Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems (e.g., non-beam related channel state information (CSI) reporting), a CSI processing unit (CPU) may process CSI calculations for a CSI report. A user equipment may have a set number of CPUs. In some cases, there may not be enough CPUs available to process a CSI report for each CSI-RS due the CPU capability of the UE. In such cases, the UE may select a subset of the CSI-RSs to generate an extrapolated CSI report. To extrapolate, the UE may measure channel conditions of at least some pre-configured number (e.g., at least two) of CSI-RSs and determine the channel condition of a point later in time and report this extrapolation in a CSI report to the base station. A base station may schedule future data transmissions with the user equipment based on the extrapolated CSI report.
US11362714B2	Method and apparatus for performing beamforming in wireless communication system A first terminal according to an embodiment of the disclosure may obtain information regarding reception power of a reference signal transmitted to a second terminal, obtain information regarding reception power of a source signal transmitted to the second terminal, obtain information regarding reception power of a first combined signal that is transmitted to the second terminal and is a combination of the reference signal and the source signal, obtain information regarding reception power of a second combined signal that is transmitted to the second terminal and is a combination of a modified source signal obtained by shifting a phase of the source signal and the reference signal, and determine a transmission beam of the first terminal, based on the information regarding the reception power of each of the reference signal, the source signal, the first combined signal and the second combined signal.
US11362711B2	Antenna selection method and device An antenna selection method includes selecting M1 antenna sets from CN-L1L2 antenna combinations, where L1 is a quantity of reserved antennas, a sum of L1 and L2 is equal to L, determining an antenna set with a maximum channel capacity, in M2 antenna sets, as a target antenna set to perform a preset-duration data transmission, where the M2 antenna sets are antenna sets formed by the M1 antenna sets and the L1 reserved antennas. The L1 reserved antennas include a maximum SNR in a target antenna set used in previous preset-duration data transmission. Each of the M2 antenna sets includes the L1 reserved antennas.
US11362710B2	Codebook feedback method, terminal device, and network device The present disclosure discloses a codebook feedback method, a terminal device and a network device. The codebook feedback method, comprising: selecting, by a terminal device, M frequency domain Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) vectors from a DFT array; determining, by the terminal device, a first frequency domain DFT vector indication set from a plurality of frequency domain DFT vector indication sets according to the M frequency domain DFT vectors, wherein an indication of the M frequency domain DFT vectors is equivalent to a first frequency domain DFT vector indication in the first frequency domain DFT vector indication set, and M is a positive integer; and sending, by the terminal device, an indication message to the network device, wherein the indication message is used for indicating the first frequency domain DFT vector indication set.
US11362708B2	Gain normalization for a joint transmission This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for wireless communication, and particularly, methods, devices and systems for implementing a joint transmission feature in a wireless communication system. Using the joint transmission feature, multiple access points (APs) may use an aggregated collection of antennas of multiple APs to simultaneously transmit a joint beamformed transmission to one or more stations (STAs). The techniques in this disclosure may prevent or reduce variations in relative gain adjustments by the APs that could otherwise negatively impact the joint transmission. In some implementations, a network device may determine a normalized gain adjustment value based on power parameters associated with each of the multiple APs. In some other implementations, each AP may determine the normalized gain adjustment value based on power parameters shared between the APs.
US11362707B2	Precoding vector indicating and determining method and communications apparatus The present disclosure relates to precoding vector indicating and determining methods and communications apparatus. In one example method, a terminal device generates first indication information, and sends the first indication information to a network device. The first indication information is used to indicate one or more frequency domain vectors and one or more weighting coefficients, where the one or more frequency domain vectors include a frequency domain vector reported for each of R frequency domain unit groups, the one or more weighting coefficients include a weighting coefficient reported for each of the R frequency domain unit groups, and a frequency domain vector and a weighting coefficient that are reported for an rth frequency domain unit group in the R frequency domain unit groups are used to construct a precoding vector corresponding to one or more frequency domain units in the rth frequency domain unit group.
US11362705B2	Method for recovering a frame that failed to be transmitted in a MU-MIMO based wireless communication system A method and apparatus of transmitting in a wireless communication system is provided. A transmitter generates a group management frame including a group information and position information and a data frame including a group control information having a group identifier for each of a plurality of groups. The group information indicates whether the receiver is a member of each of the plurality of groups. The position information indicates a position of at least one stream corresponding to at least one group of which the receiver is a member.
US11362698B2	Low-insertion-loss triple throw switch An electronic switch for switching between signal outputs comprises a 6-way symmetric hybrid ring combiner. Each port within the 6-way symmetric hybrid ring combiner is positioned at λ/4 wavelength increments around a circumference of the 6-way symmetric hybrid ring combiner.
US11362697B2	Multilayer printed circuit board and electronic device including the same A multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of substrate layers formed in stack is provided. The multilayer printed circuit board includes a first substrate layer located on an outer side of the plurality of substrate layers, and a second substrate layer located on another outer side of the plurality of substrate layers that is opposite to the first substrate layer. The multilayer printed circuit board further includes a transmission line, connecting a first point of the first substrate layer and a second point of the second substrate layer, which passes through the first and second substrate layers, and includes a sub-transmission line disposed between and extended along at least two adjacent substrate layers among the plurality of substrate layers.
US11362696B2	Mobile phone case A mobile phone case is provided for two phones that is capable of storing two mobile phones simultaneously. To this end, the mobile phone case for two phones according to the present invention includes a first case having a first support means on which a first mobile phone is mounted, and a second case having a second support means on which a second mobile phone is mounted. A third case is disposed between the first case and the second case. A first connecting portion is configured to connect the first case and the third case, and a second connecting portion is configured to connect the second case and the third case. A vertical width or a horizontal width of at least one of the first support means and the second support means is changeable.
US11362694B1	Signal reconstruction for non-linearly distorted signal Aspects relate to reconstructing a received non-linearly distorted (e.g., clipped) signal. A transmitting device may non-linearly distort a signal to be transmitted (e.g., by clipping peaks of the signal). A receiving device uses a signal reconstruction procedure to reconstruct the original signal. For example, the receiving device may estimate the non-linear distortion (e.g., due to clipped peaks) in the received signal by slicing the received signal, and applying a non-linear distortion to (e.g., clipping) the sliced signal using a threshold that corresponds to a threshold (e.g., a clipping threshold) used by the transmitting device. The receiving device may thereby generate a reconstructed signal based on this estimate of the non-linear distortion.
US11362689B2	Electronic device and method for transmitting and receiving signals The present invention relates to an electronic device and, more particularly, to an electronic device and a method for transmitting and receiving signals. To this end, the electronic device according to the present invention may comprise: a transceiving unit comprising a first group of power amplifiers (PAs) including at least one PA and a second group of PAs including at least one PA; an antenna unit comprising a first antenna selectively coupled to a PA supporting a first frequency range or a second frequency range of the first group of PAs and the second group of the PAs, and a second antenna selectively coupled to a PA supporting the second frequency range or a third frequency range of the first group of PAs and the second group of the PAs; a power supply unit comprising a first power supply modulator connected to the first group of PAs and a second power supply modulator connected to the second group of PAs; and a communication processor for changing an output voltage at least in part on the basis of transmit power of the PA coupled to at least one of the first power supply modulator and the second power supply modulator, wherein at least one of the first group of PAs and at least one of the second group of PAs are capable of transmitting signals simultaneously.
US11362687B2	Wireless communication device A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device includes a housing, a circuit board, a radio frequency module and an antenna. The housing has a frame and a back cover to define a receiving space. The circuit board is disposed in the receiving space, and defines a clearance area from the housing in the receiving space. The circuit board includes a ground terminal, a first feeding point, and a second feeding point. The antenna includes at least one metal conductor coupled to the first feeding point and the second feeding point, respectively, to provide a low frequency resonant path, a first middle frequency resonant path, a second middle frequency resonant path and a high frequency resonant path.
US11362686B2	Multiplexer and communication device A multiplexer includes a common terminal, a first filter configured to be connected to the common terminal, and having a first passband, a second filter configured to be connected to the common terminal, and having a second passband that at least partially overlaps the first passband, and a third filter configured to be connected to the common terminal, and having a third passband that does not overlap both the first passband and the second passband.
US11362684B2	Detection of codewords A method for detecting a code word is proposed, wherein the code word is a code word of one of at least two codes, wherein n states are read from memory cells of a memory, respectively. The n states are determined in a time domain for each of the at least two codes, wherein additionally n states are read from further memory cells and at least one reference value is determined therefrom and wherein the at least one reference value is taken as a basis for determining which of the at least two codes is the correct code. A corresponding device is furthermore specified.
US11362682B2	Encoding method and apparatus using CRC code and polar code An encoding method for encoding input information bits using an encoder implemented with concatenation of a CRC-α coder and a polar coder is provided. The method includes performing Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) coding on as many information bits as a determined number of CRC coding bits among input information bits and performing polar coding on the CRC-coded information bits and other information bits than the CRC-coded information bits.
US11362680B2	Parallel bit interleaver A bit interleaving method applying a bit permutation process to a QC LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks of Q bits each, dividing the processed codeword into constellation words of M bits each, and applying an intra-cyclic-block permutation process to the cyclic blocks, where the codeword is divided into F×N/M folding sections of M/F cyclic blocks each and the constellation words are each associated with one of the folding sections, and the bit permutation process is applied such that the constellation words are each made up of F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in the associated section, after the permutation process.
US11362679B2	Method and apparatus for generating redundant bits for error detection A redundant bit generating device that generates redundant bits for error detection, that are added to a block of information bits, includes: a redundant bit calculation function that generates a predetermined number of redundant bits from the information bits according to a CRC polynomial; and a bit interleaving function that dispersedly arranges the predetermined number of redundant bits within the information bits using a permutation pattern determined based on the CRC polynomial.
US11362678B2	Accelerated erasure coding system and method An accelerated erasure coding system includes a processing core for executing computer instructions and accessing data from a main memory, and a non-volatile storage medium for storing the computer instructions. The processing core, storage medium, and computer instructions are configured to implement an erasure coding system, which includes: a data matrix for holding original data in the main memory; a check matrix for holding check data in the main memory; an encoding matrix for holding first factors in the main memory, the first factors being for encoding the original data into the check data; and a thread for executing on the processing core. The thread includes: a parallel multiplier for concurrently multiplying multiple entries of the data matrix by a single entry of the encoding matrix; and a first sequencer for ordering operations through the data matrix and the encoding matrix using the parallel multiplier to generate the check data.
US11362676B2	Data encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses Embodiments of the application provides a method for encoding. The method includes: receiving a to-be-encoded data block; encoding the data block at an aggregation level of 2L, where a formula used during the encoding is as follows: [ u . 2 ⁢ ⁢ L u . L ] ⁡ [ G LN 0 G LN G LN ] = ⌊ C . 2 ⁢ ⁢ L C . L ⌋ ( I ) u . L = { u L u L - 1 … u 1 } , u . 2 ⁢ ⁢ L = ⁢ { u 2 ⁢ L u 2 ⁢ L - 1 … u L + 1 } , ⁢ c . L = { c L c L - 1 … c 1 } , c . 2 ⁢ ⁢ L = { c 2 ⁢ L c 2 ⁢ L - 1 … c L + 1 } , G LN = G N ⊗ log 2 ( L ) ( II ) L=2n, and n is a natural number greater than or equal to 0; and outputting an encoded data block.
US11362674B2	Method of compression for fixed-length data The disclosure is directed at a method of data compression using inferred data. By determining the number of leading zeroes for each data structure, a general header presenting all leading zeros can be generated and use to compress the data.
US11362670B2	ReLU compression to reduce GPU memory A method is presented for compressing data of a Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) function on a graphical processing unit (GPU) employed in a learning process of a deep neural network. The method includes converting an initial data structure including nonzero data and zero data into a compressed data structure including only the nonzero data of the initial data structure as compressed data by generating a nonzero data bitmap region, generating a nonzero data number table region by employing a parallel reduction algorithm, calculating a nonzero data array index per block region of all blocks from the nonzero data number table region by employing a parallel prefix sum scan algorithm, allocating a buffer for the compressed data; and copying the nonzero data from the initial data structure into a nonzero data array region in a compressed data format in parallel.
US11362669B2	Track and hold circuit Provided is a track-and-hold circuit capable of reducing the power consumption of a differential amplifier circuit while preserving the broadband nature (without narrowing the bandwidth). In the track-and-hold circuit 1 including a differential amplifier circuit 10, a switch circuit 20, and a hold capacitor C21, the differential amplifier circuit 10 includes a first resistor R11 having one end connected to a collector electrode of a first transistor Q11 constituting a differential pair, a second resistor R12 having one end connected to the collector electrode of a second transistor Q12 constituting the differential pair, and a third resistor R13 to which the other end of the first resistor R11 and the other end of the second resistor R12 are connected and which is connected between the other ends and a power supply VCC.
US11362665B2	Low power cryo-CMOS circuits with non-volatile threshold voltage offset compensation Systems and methods related to low power cryo-CMOS circuits with non-volatile threshold voltage offset compensation are provided. A system includes a plurality of devices configured to operate in a cryogenic environment, where a first distribution of a threshold voltage associated with the plurality of devices has a first value indicative of a measure of spread of the threshold voltage. The system further includes control logic, coupled to each of the plurality of devices, configured to modify a threshold voltage associated with each of the plurality of devices such that the first distribution is changed to a second distribution having a second value of the measure of spread of the threshold voltage representing a lower variation among threshold voltages of the plurality of devices.
US11362664B2	Superconducting field-programmable gate array A programmable circuit includes a superconducting component arranged in a multi-dimensional array of alternating narrow and wide portions. The programmable circuit further includes a plurality of heat sources, each heat source configured to selectively provide heat to a respective narrow portion sufficient to transition the respective narrow portion from a superconducting state to a non-superconducting state. The programmable circuit further includes a plurality of electrical terminals, each electrical terminal coupled to a respective wide portion of the multi-dimensional array.
US11362662B2	Field programmable transistor arrays Illustrative embodiments provide a mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit, a method of using the mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit and a method of making the mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit. The mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit includes at least a portion of a programmable transistor array that is programed after fabrication. The programmable transistor array can include at least another portion that is mask programed during fabrication.
US11362657B2	Touch-less switching A light switch network comprises a plurality of light switch units, each comprising a gesture interface to sense a user gesture by receiving at least one gesture signal from a sensing zone, and configured to exchange one or more gesture status signals with at least one other switch unit in the network in relation to the received gesture signal; each switch being enabled, on receiving the gesture signal: in a first mode, to change a designated switch mode and/or state in response to the gesture signal; or in a second mode, to not change the designated switch mode and/or state according to one or more conditions associated with the status signals received from the other switch unit.
US11362653B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor member, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a conductive member, a gate terminal, and a first circuit. The semiconductor member includes a first semiconductor layer including a first partial region and including Alx1Ga1−x1N (0≤x1≤1), and a second semiconductor layer including Alx2Ga1−x2N (0
US11362652B2	Method and apparatus for use in improving linearity of MOSFETs using an accumulated charge sink A method and apparatus for use in improving the linearity characteristics of MOSFET devices using an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to remove, reduce, or otherwise control accumulated charge in SOI MOSFETs, thereby yielding improvements in FET performance characteristics. In one exemplary embodiment, a circuit having at least one SOI MOSFET is configured to operate in an accumulated charge regime. An accumulated charge sink, operatively coupled to the body of the SOI MOSFET, eliminates, removes or otherwise controls accumulated charge when the FET is operated in the accumulated charge regime, thereby reducing the nonlinearity of the parasitic off-state source-to-drain capacitance of the SOI MOSFET. In RF switch circuits implemented with the improved SOI MOSFET devices, harmonic and intermodulation distortion is reduced by removing or otherwise controlling the accumulated charge when the SOI MOSFET operates in an accumulated charge regime.
US11362648B2	Pre-discharging based flip-flop with a negative setup time A pre-discharging based flip-flop having a negative setup time can include a flip-flop with an inverted output QN. The flip-flop includes a master section and a slave section. The master section latches a data input or a scan input signal based on a scan enable signal, and the slave section retains a previous value of the inverted output QN when a clock signal is at a low logic level. The master section retains a previously latched value of the data input or the scan input signal and the slave section fetches the latched value of the master section and provides a new inverted output QN when the clock signal is at a high logic level. Further, the master section includes sub-sections that are operated using a negative clock signal. An output of the master section is discharged to zero for a half of a phase of the clock cycle.
US11362639B2	Acoustic wave device, multiplexer, and communication apparatus An acoustic wave device includes a substrate 3, a multilayer film 5 on the substrate 3, an LT layer 7 which is located on the multilayer film and is configured by a single crystal of LiTaO3, and an IDT electrode 19 on the LT layer 7. In the multilayer film 7, a differential value D obtained by subtracting a total value of values each obtained by multiplying a density and thickness of a film having a slower acoustic velocity than a transverse wave acoustic velocity of the LT layer 7 from a total value of values each obtained by multiplying a density and thickness of a film having a faster acoustic velocity than the transverse wave acoustic velocity of the LT layer 7 is negative, and a thickness of the LT layer 7 is less than 2p where a pitch of electrode fingers in the IDT electrode 19 is “p”.
US11362635B2	Filter, multiplexer and communication module A filter includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a plurality sets of first capacitors that include first ends connected to a plurality sets of first nodes, respectively, at different locations in a path capable of transmitting a high frequency signal from the input terminal to the output terminal, and second ends commonly connected to a second node, a plurality sets of first inductors that include third ends connected to the first nodes, respectively, and the fourth ends commonly connected to a third node, a second inductor that includes a fifth end connected to the second node, and a sixth end grounded, and a third inductor that includes a seventh end connected to the third node, and an eighth end grounded.
US11362633B2	Acoustic wave device and fabrication method thereof An acoustic wave device includes a substrate, as well as a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and a second electrode layer which are sequentially arranged on the substrate. The device further includes a protective layer. The protective layer is at least arranged at a first position above the surface, far away from the substrate, of the second electrode layer. The first position is a position, corresponding to a first overlapping region, above the second electrode layer. The first overlapping region, where an active area of the acoustic wave device is located, is at least a part of a region where the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer and the piezoelectric layer are overlapped. A fabrication method for an acoustic wave device is also provided.
US11362632B2	High-capacity common-mode inductor processing circuit for network signal A high-capacity common-mode inductor processing circuit for network signal is disclosed. Each of high-capacity common-mode inductors is disposed between two adjacent circuit channels to perform signal coupling, and each high-capacity common-mode inductor has parasitic capacitance between primary and secondary sides thereof, each of autotransformers is disposed on a side of corresponding one of the high-capacity common-mode inductors, and center tap lines of the autotransformers are grounded. The high-capacity common-mode inductor includes an iron core post and an iron core cover, the iron core post includes a winding part to be wound by conductive wires, and the conductive wires are wound on the winding part by a preset number of turns, and upwardly stacked and wound on the winding part by a preset layer number. The high-capacity common-mode inductors and the parasitic capacitances can eliminate noise on the circuit channels and perform signal coupling.
US11362631B2	Audio control using auditory event detection In some embodiments, a method for processing an audio signal in an audio processing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio signal and a parameter, the parameter indicating a location of an auditory event boundary. An audio portion between consecutive auditory event boundaries constitutes an auditory event. The method further includes applying a modification to the audio signal based in part on an occurrence of the auditory event. The parameter may be generated by monitoring a characteristic of the audio signal and identifying a change in the characteristic.
US11362629B2	Transimpedance amplifier circuit A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit disclosed includes an input terminal, a first TIA circuit, a second TIA circuit, a field effect transistor (FET), and a gain control circuit. The first TIA circuit outputs a voltage signal from a first output in accordance with an input current received at a first input electrically connected to the input terminal. The second TIA circuit outputs a reference signal from a second output. The FET varies a resistance between a first current terminal and a second current terminal in accordance with a control signal applied to a control terminal. The first current terminal is electrically connected to the input terminal. The second current terminal is electrically connected to the second output of the second TIA circuit. The gain control circuit detects an amplitude of the voltage signal and generates the control signal according to a detection result of the amplitude.
US11362626B2	High frequency amplifier circuit and communication device A high frequency amplifier circuit includes an input terminal and an output terminal, transmission power amplifiers (11L, 11H) that amplify a high frequency signal in first and second frequency bands, each of which is a part of a communication band, at equal to or higher than a prescribed amplification factor, respectively, switches (21, 31) that exclusively switch connection between the input terminal, the transmission power amplifier (11L), and the output terminal, and connection between the input terminal, the transmission power amplifier (11H), and the output terminal, and a transmission filter that is connected between the output terminal and the switch (31) and has a communication band as a pass band, the first frequency band including a frequency band other than the second frequency band, the second frequency band including a frequency band other than the first frequency band.
US11362624B2	Varainductor having ground and floating planes and method of using A varainductor includes a signal line over a substrate. The varainductor further includes a first ground plane over the substrate. The varainductor further includes a first floating plane over the substrate, wherein the first floating plane is between the first ground plane and the signal line, and the first floating plane is a same distance from the substrate as the first ground plane. The varainductor further includes a first transistor configured to selectively electrically connect the first ground plane to the first floating plane. The varainductor further includes a second transistor configured to selectively electrically connect the first ground plane to the first floating plane, wherein a gate of the first transistor is connected to a gate of the second transistor.
US11362622B2	Smart self-feeding fuse with current detection and communication A smart, self-feeding fuse with current detection and communication capabilities for use in overhead medium voltage electrical distribution networks (15 kV to 34 kV). The device is configured to detect transient or permanent electric faults (sensor), and/or to be used as a communication device (gateway) that preserves the main protection function of the fuse element. The device is assembled on a base fuse and is simply installed by using a maneuver pole, similarly to the installation of a conventional fuse tube. The invention is self-fed by a high output current transformer with the help of photovoltaic cells, using a supercapacitor bank as the only power storage element.
US11362620B1	Large scale production of photovoltaic cells and resulting power The present application discloses systems and methods for manufacturing large PV sheets and conveying large PV sheets away from the PV manufacturing site while routing power from the PV sheet to the grid.
US11362618B2	System and method for controlling a solar photovoltaic installation System and method for controlling a photovoltaic installation (1), comprising a plurality of solar trackers (8), comprising a plurality of PV panels (9), rotatable around a rotation axis (5), arranged in several parallel rows at a given distance. Each solar tracker (8) has two antennas (2, 3) and at least one tracker controller. An external control unit (4) is connected to the solar trackers (8) of a central head-tracker row (20), which then communicates through a wireless bidirectional network (7), with the sub-tracker rows (30) using only one of the antennas (2, 3). A processing unit in each tracker controller executes an algorithm to determine which antenna (2, 3) is in an optimal position to transmit data or receive orders, requiring data of at least: an angular position and a strength and quality measurement of a radiofrequency signal, of each antenna for each solar tracker (8).
US11362616B2	Multi-functional solar powered barrier walls and their financing methods Multi-functional barrier walls equipped with solar panels, Structural Solar Panels (SSPs) and/or wind turbines along liner boundaries, farmlands, fire zones, highways, railroads, liner terrains or linearly configured spaces to produce electricity from solar and wind energy. The barrier walls may be used as boundary walls, security barriers, sound attenuating barriers, fire barriers, wind barriers or dust barriers. A method of financing the said barrier walls by the electricity produced by the said solar panels, said Structural Solar Panels (SSPs) and/or wind turbines.
US11362614B2	Power conversion apparatus, drive control system, machine learning apparatus, and motor monitoring method A power conversion apparatus includes a main circuit unit, a control unit, a current sensor, and a half-wave rectifier unit. The control unit includes current frequency calculation units and monitoring units. The current frequency calculation units calculate current frequencies based on at least either the rising timing or falling timing of current detection signals half-wave rectified by the half-wave rectifier unit. The monitoring units monitor the speed of a motor based on the current frequencies calculated by the current frequency calculation units.
US11362608B2	Motor control system and power steering system One aspect of a noise compensation adjustment method includes: a measurement step of driving a motor to measure noise with respect to a coupled system including the motor and a driving body coupled to the motor and driven by the motor; an order identification step of, based on noise measured in the measurement step, identifying an order B of a component contributing to compensation of the noise from a k-th component and a 1/k-th component (k is an integer) in the rotation of the motor; an adjustment step of controlling driving of the motor using a component of the order B identified in the order identification step as a compensation value, and adjusting a component value of the order B to reduce the noise; and a recording step of recording the component value of the order B adjusted in the adjustment step as a compensation value for reducing the noise.
US11362607B1	Motor unit A motor unit comprises a motor controller, a motor, and a Hall sensor, where the motor controller is used for driving the motor. The motor controller comprises a switch circuit, a control unit, a phase signal generating unit, and an operational amplifier. The control unit generates a plurality of control signals to control the switch circuit. The motor comprises a rotor, a silicon steel plate, and a coil. To increase a success rate of starting a forward rotation, the silicon steel plate may have an asymmetrical structure, such that a fan blade is inclined to a forward rotation direction in a still state. When a Hall voltage is zero, the motor controller may start the motor and switch phases.
US11362603B2	Capacitance reductions The disclosure relates to a method for reducing the torque ripple and noise evolution in an EC motor with single-phase feed by buffer-storing electrical energy in the EC motor, which is embodied with a power factor correction circuit (PFC) having a capacitor (Cz) at the power supply system input for a specific power supply system AC voltage UN, wherein the capacitance of the capacitor is dimensioned such that when the power supply system AC voltage UN is applied, a pulsating DC voltage is generated in a link circuit (Z), wherein the pulsating electrical energy generated as a result is stored by means of a primary regulation of the id current component as magnetic energy in the EC motor at least for a predefined time period.
US11362601B2	Device for driving a plurality of motors and electric apparatus including the same A device for driving a plurality of motors, including an inverter connected to a DC terminal; a multi-phase motor connected to the inverter; and a single-phase motor serially connected to the multi-phase motor, wherein a number of frequency of current input to the multi-phase motor when driving the single-phase motor and the multi-phase motor at the same speed is smaller than the number of frequency of current input to the multi-phase motor when driving the single-phase motor and the multi-phase motor at different speeds. Accordingly, a plurality of motors can be simultaneously driven at different speeds, by using a single inverter.
US11362594B1	Radiation tolerant gate drive scheme for active-clamp reset forward topology with active-driven synchronous rectification A radiation tolerant gate driver for power converters with active-clamp reset and active-driven synchronous rectification uses integrated logic drivers for high efficiency and wide input range. A keep alive circuit prevents power train transistors from remaining on for extended durations after a transient or an undervoltage lockout (UVLO) event. Each of the integrated logic drivers includes two gate driver circuits, where one of the gate driver circuits uses the output of the other of the gate driver circuits as input per a logic table of the integrated logic driver, to ensure no shoot-through when the respective power train transistors are turned on and off.
US11362593B2	Dual mode resonant converter, and associated control circuit and control method thereof A control circuit for a resonant converter has a communication interface, a memory, and a primary switching control circuit. The memory provides a frequency setting signal capable of being programmed through a communication interface, the primary switching control circuit provides a first control signal to control a high-side switch and a second control signal to control a low-side switch. When the resonant converter works in an open loop mode, a frequency of the first control signal and the second control signal is determined by the frequency setting signal, an on-time period of the high-side switch equals an on-time period of the low-side switch, less than half of a resonant period.
US11362592B1	AC/DC converter with active capacitor bank An AC-DC power converter can include an AC-DC converter stage, such as a flyback converter, configured to receive an AC input voltage and deliver a DC output voltage. The converter can include an active capacitor bank (ACB) coupled to the output of the AC-DC stage. The ACB can include an energy storage capacitor and a plurality of switching devices operable as a bidirectional converter to alternately charge the capacitor from the DC output or discharge the capacitor to maintain output DC voltage regulation. The converter can also include control circuitry responsive to the AC input voltage to selectively: (1) enable the AC-DC stage and operate the switching devices to charge the capacitor from the DC output voltage; (2) and disable the AC-DC stage and operate the switching devices to discharge the capacitor to maintain DC output voltage regulation.
US11362586B1	Power supply, filter control, and dynamic adaptive voltage positioning An apparatus includes a filter to receive a signal indicating a magnitude of current supplied by an output voltage to power a dynamic load. The filter produces a filtered signal from the received signal. A reference voltage generator generates a target setpoint voltage based on the filtered signal. The target setpoint voltage is used to control (such as regulate) a magnitude of the output voltage. The apparatus further includes a filter controller to dynamically change operational settings of the filter. For example, the filter controller reduces the bandwidth of filtering the signal in response to detecting that: i) the magnitude of the output voltage falls below an output voltage threshold value, and ii) the magnitude of a received VID value is greater than a VID threshold value.
US11362578B2	Power conversion apparatus A power supply circuit is configured to convert a voltage of a second electricity storage element into a power supply voltage for a driving circuit, and a voltage detector is configured to detect the voltage of the second electricity storage element. A unit converter includes a first resistor connected to the second electricity storage element electrically in series between the terminals of a first electricity storage element, and a second resistor and a first switch connected electrically in series between the terminals of the second electricity storage element. The power supply circuit is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the first switch on and off based on the detection value from the voltage detector. The power supply circuit is further configured to sense an overloaded state of the second resistor based on the control signal.
US11362577B2	Bootstrap power supply circuit A GaN half bridge circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a bootstrap power supply voltage generator is configured to supply a first power voltage and includes a switch node. The circuit also includes a bootstrap transistor, a bootstrap transistor drive circuit, and a bootstrap capacitor connected to the switch node and to the bootstrap transistor. The bootstrap capacitor is configured to supply the first power voltage while the voltage at the switch node is equal to the second switch node voltage, the bootstrap transistor is configured to electrically connect the bootstrap capacitor to a power node at a second power voltage while the voltage at the switch node is equal to the first switch node voltage, and the bootstrap power supply voltage generator does not include a separate diode in parallel with the drain and source of the bootstrap transistor.
US11362574B2	Rotor for rotating electric machines having flux barriers arranged among bridges A rotor for a synchronous reluctance machine includes a rotor core having a plurality of magnetically conductive laminations stacked in a rotor axial direction. The magnetically conductive laminations include cut-out portions forming a plurality of flux barriers radially alternated by flux paths portions, where at least one of the flux barriers includes a ridge connecting two flux paths portions adjacent to the at least one flux barrier. The at least one flux barrier has a first barrier mid-line, which is a line that is equidistant from both sides of the at least one flux barrier. The bridge has a second bridge mid-line, which is the line that is equidistant from both sides of the bridge. The first and second mid-lines intersect. The bridge has a first and second symmetry axis and is non-symmetrical with respect to at least one of the first and second symmetry axis.
US11362570B2	Control unit for activating a drive device, motor unit including a drive device and a control unit and method for manufacturing a motor unit A control unit for activating a drive device, the control unit including at least one circuit board to be contacted by at least one connecting element of the drive device, which includes at least one lead-through for the connecting element, and is contactable from a contacting side via the at least one connecting element with the drive device, the contacting side facing away from the drive device. Also described is a corresponding motor unit including a control unit and a drive device, and a manufacturing method for manufacturing a motor unit.
US11362568B2	Liquid cooling structure of rotating electric machine Provided is a liquid cooling structure of a rotating electric machine, which is capable of suppressing the reduction of cooling efficiency even with a coil using a flat lead wire. Guide block walls 12Ac are provided on both sides in the width direction of a bobbin 12 along the axial direction of a stator 10 so as to position each between adjacent teeth portions 11b in the circumferential direction of a stator core 11 of the stator. A gap is formed between the coil 13 and the guide block wall 12Ac, and the guide block walls 12Ac are positioned adjacent to each other so as to make a closing between the guide block walls 12Ac of adjacent bobbins 12.
US11362567B2	Electrical power generation from turbine engines Electrical power generation in turbine engines in provided by a permanent magnet that emits a first magnetic field and is disposed on a first rotor assembly of a turbine engine; an armature winding connected to a second rotor assembly of the turbine engine such that the armature winding is positioned within the first magnetic field; a resonant emitter configured to receive an electrical power input from the armature winding to generate a second magnetic field of at least a predefined frequency when the first rotor assembly rotates relative to the second rotor assembly; and a resonant receiver disposed on an enclosure of the turbine engine, positioned to receive the second magnetic field and convert the second magnetic field into an electrical power output.
US11362566B2	Toroidal continuously variable transmission and integrated drive generator A toroidal continuously variable transmission comprises an input disc and an output disc which are disposed to face each other; a power roller which is tiltably disposed between the input disc and the output disc and transmits a rotational driving force of the input disc to the output disc in a transmission ratio corresponding to a tilt motion angle of the power roller; a trunnion including a base on which the power roller is rotatably mounted, and a pair of side walls provided on both sides of the power roller in an axial direction of a tilt motion shaft of the power roller in such a manner that the pair of side walls extend upward from the base and face a peripheral surface of the power roller, and a beam mounted on the pair of side walls, the beam extending in the axial direction of the tilt motion shaft, on a side opposite to the base when viewed from a position of the power roller, wherein the beam includes a pair of contact portions, each of the contact portions being configured to contact an end surface of a tip end side of each of the pair of side walls, and a pair of restricting portions configured to contact side surfaces of the pair of side walls, respectively, the side surfaces facing each other, to restrict a movement of the pair of side walls in a direction in which the pair of side walls approach each other.
US11362561B2	Stator and stator coil having lead wires arranged to secure interphase insulation performance A stator wherein the lead wire portion includes a root portion connected to the slot housed portion, disposed in a same-phase region which overlaps the coil end portion of the coil of a same phase as seen in the center axis direction, and disposed on an axially inner side with respect to the coil end portion, and a draw-out portion that projects in the center axis direction from a power source portion-side end portion of the root portion toward an axially outer side with respect to the coil end portion in the same-phase region.
US11362559B2	Motor The present invention can provide a motor comprising: a stator; a rotor disposed inside the stator; a shaft coupled to the rotor; and a bus bar disposed at the upper side of the stator, wherein: the bus bar includes a terminal connected to a stator coil, and a body for insulating the terminal; the terminal includes a first terminal and a second terminal of which the circuits are separated; the body includes a first body and a second body, and a bridge part for connecting the separated first body and second body; and the first terminal is disposed at the first body and the second terminal is disposed at the second body.
US11362558B2	Stacked lamination rotor The invention is a flywheel rotor that includes a number of adjacent laminations, stacked one on top of another, where each of the laminations has the same shape and is rotationally symmetric around a center axis, and where the shape is substantially circular and includes a plurality of protrusions on the circumference, and each of the laminations includes at least one hole for at fastening bolts to pass through. The invention typically includes an endplate at each end of stack of laminations and one of the two endplates attaches to a stubshaft.
US11362554B2	Permanent magnets with soft material layers A rotor of an electric machine includes a rotor core with one or more permanent magnets having opposing ends. The rotor core defining a magnet channel extending axially between opposing ends of the rotor core. The permanent magnet is disposed in the channel and extends axially through the rotor core. The magnet includes a planar layer of magnetically hard-phase material that includes rare-earth metal and includes a planar layer of magnetically soft-phase material that does not include rare-earth metal. Both of the hard and soft layers extend between the opposing ends. The soft-phase material has a major face disposed against a major face of the hard phase material.
US11362549B2	Distributed wireless charging system and method A distributed wireless radio frequency-based charging system includes hardware and software platforms. The hardware platform includes adaptive energy harvesters and programmable energy transmitters. The software platform manages the hardware profiles, resources (e.g., energy waveforms and transmission powers), schedules the beams of the energy transmitters, and switches between modes of wireless charging and data access point. This allows the energy transmitters to be configured adaptively based on the ambient energy availability, energy needs and number of energy-requesting devices in the network. Under the software control, the energy transmitters can cooperatively form focused beams of energy and power for transmission to energy harvesters in the energy-receiving devices, such as sensors, Internet of Things (IoT) enabled appliances, and mobile/wearable equipment. The energy harvesters can utilize the energy contained within the transmitted beams, as well as ambient RF sources, for directly powering their operation or charging a battery/capacitor for subsequent use.
US11362546B2	System, method, and unit for controlling charging of a line follower robot The present disclosure is related to field of charging of a line follower robot, disclosing method, system, unit for controlling charging of the line follower robot. The charging control unit includes a line follower robot configured with a charging control system. The line follower robot follows a pre-programmed path for performance of a pre-programmed task. The line follower robot includes a ground contact wheel in connection with the pre-programmed path for an entire duration of performance of the pre-programmed task and a segmented wheel in connection with a power-communication track. The segmented wheel is divided into an equal number of different contact surfaces, and the different contact surfaces comprises a charging contact surface, a transmit contact surface, and a receive contact surface. The charging control unit further includes the power-communication-track constructed parallel to the pre-programmed path.
US11362544B2	Hybrid wireless power transmitting system and method therefor The present disclosure provides a signal processing method performed by a hybrid wireless power transmitting apparatus which is configured to transmit wireless power signals based on magnetic resonance and magnetic induction, the method comprising transmitting a first object detection signal via an inductive power transmitting unit and a second object detection signal via a magnetic resonant power transmitting unit alternatively; operating one of the inductive power transmitting unit and the magnetic resonant power transmitting unit which is selected based on an inductive response signal and a resonant response signal corresponding to the first object detection signal and the second object detection signal respectively; and transmitting wireless power signal via the selected power transmitting unit; and a hybrid wireless power transmitting apparatus using the method.
US11362541B2	Technologies for dynamic forecasting, aggregation, and validation Technologies for dynamic forecasting, aggregation, and validation may include circuitry configured to collect data indicative of power flows at multiple locations in an electrical grid, to receive one or more parameters for generation of a customized forecast indicative of predicted power flows associated with one or more of the multiple locations over a defined time period, to select a subset of the collected data that satisfies the one or more parameters, to produce a model to predict power flows in the electrical grid associated with the one or more locations, to determine whether the model is validated by determining whether a predicted production of power minus predicted losses is within a predefined range of a predicted consumption of power at the one or more locations, and to produce the customized forecast of predicted power flows associated with the one or more locations for the defined time period.
US11362538B2	Uninterruptible power supply component analysis system and method According to certain aspects of the disclosure, an uninterruptible power supply is provided comprising an input, a backup power supply, an output configured to provide output power from the input and/or the backup power supply, a sensor, a relay, and a controller coupled to the sensor and the relay and being configured to determine, based on stored relay specifications, a manufacturer total estimated relay lifetime, receive operational information indicative of operational parameters of operation of the relay from the sensor, the operational information including a current conducted by the relay, determine, based on the operational information, an effective number of relay cycles consumed by the operation of the relay, determine a modified number of remaining relay cycles based on a difference between the manufacturer total estimated lifetime and the effective number of relay cycles consumed, and output remaining relay lifetime information indicative of the modified number of remaining relay cycles.
US11362536B2	Methods and apparatus for detecting open circuit faults in a battery pack containing parallel cells Methods and apparatus for detecting open circuit fault conditions in a battery pack containing parallel cells include providing a first control signal to a close FET in parallel with a resistive element, the resistive element being in series with a first battery cell in a first cell path between the terminals of the battery pack, the first cell path being in parallel with a second cell path including a second battery cell. While the FET is closed, a test load is applied across the terminals and a first voltage measurement is obtained at a test point in the battery pack. The methods include providing a second control signal to open the FET, applying the test load across the terminals, obtaining a second voltage measurement at the test point, and determining whether a difference between the first and second voltage measurements indicates an open circuit fault condition in the battery pack.
US11362530B2	Conical wireless charging station Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for a wireless charging system that includes a charge circuit and a housing configuration having a substantially conical outer profile. Additionally, one or more charge coils may be positioned within the housing configuration and coupled to the charge circuit, wherein the one or more charge coils define a charge field direction that is perpendicular to the substantially conical outer profile. In one example, the housing configuration includes a plurality of segments arranged in a stacked configuration.
US11362525B2	Full direct-current boost/buck power transmission system and method A full DC buck-boost power transmission system comprises at least one DC power supply, at least one boost station, a high-voltage cable and at least one buck station connected in sequence. The boost station includes a first battery pack unit, and the buck station includes a second battery pack unit. The DC power supply, the boost station, the high-voltage cable and the buck station cooperate with each other, and the connection modes of the first battery pack unit and the second battery pack unit can be switched, so that the first battery pack unit and the second battery pack unit undergo the process of charging and discharging in different connection modes, realizing the storage, boost, transmission, buck and supply of the DC power.
US11362524B2	Battery system and a method for use in the battery system A battery system and a method include an auxiliary power module configured to support auxiliary loads. A first contactor switch connected between first and second battery packs, and a second contactor switch is in series with the first contactor switch. A controller determines whether to open or close first and second contactor switches depending on whether the battery packs are being charged in a high voltage mode or a low voltage mode. The contactor switches are both closed when in the high voltage mode and at least one of the contactor switches is opened when in the low voltage mode. At least one of the first and second battery packs operate to power the auxiliary power module while charging at least one of the first and second battery packs regardless of whether the battery packs are in the high voltage mode or the low voltage mode.
US11362521B2	Offline mutual authentication for battery swapping An offline mutual authentication method for battery swapping includes communicating a first authentication request to a battery by a computing device associated with a battery charger. A first authentication response is communicated to the computing device. The first authentication response is verified, and a first challenge request is communicated to the battery. A first challenge response is communicated to the computing device. The first challenge response is verified, and a battery authentication status is communicated to the battery. A second authentication request is communicated to the computing device. A second authentication response is communicated to the battery. The second authentication response is verified, and a second challenge request is communicated to the computing device. A second challenge response is communicated to the battery. The second challenge response is verified, and a charger authentication status is communicated by the battery to the computing device.
US11362519B2	Apparatus and methods for soft grid interconnection of distributed generation assets A system includes a break-before-make automatic transfer switch (ATS) configured to selectively couple a utility grid and at least one distributed generator (e.g., a plurality of paralleled generators) to a load bus such that, in a state transition of the ATS, the utility grid and the at least one distributed generator are both disconnected from the load bus before the utility grid or the at least one distributed generator is connected to the load bus. The system further includes at least one converter configured to be coupled to the load bus and configured to provide power to the load bus during the state transition of the ATS.
US11362518B2	Electrical system for providing electricity In one embodiment, a first electrical network includes one or more first electricity producing elements, and a first conductive path electrically couples at least some of those elements to an end user's electrical wiring, which is coupled by a second conductive path to one or more second electricity producing elements of a public utility electrical network. A switch coupled between the first conductive path and the end user's electrical wiring and between the second conductive path and the end user's electrical wiring electrically isolates the first electrical network from the public utility electrical network. Based on a determination of whether an amount of electricity used by the end user exceeds an amount of electricity the first electrical network is capable of providing to the end user, the switch either draws electricity only from the first electrical network or from both the first electrical network and the public utility electrical network.
US11362517B2	Waveform separator apparatus and method for detecting leakage current in high voltage direct current power systems Determining direct current (DC) leakage current flowing through an insulating structure in a high voltage DC power system wherein the DC leakage current is a composite DC current having one or more high magnitude momentary spikes, and having a DC component and an alternating current (AC) component, wherein the AC component has a first rate of change, and wherein the DC component has a second rate of change less than the first, having (a) providing a waveform separator which is configured to receive the composite DC current flowing through the insulating structure and to separate the composite DC current into the corresponding DC component and AC component, and (i) receive at least one corresponding digital signal and the DC component, ii) analyze the at least one corresponding digital signal and the DC component, (iii) determine a resultant leakage current flowing through the insulating structure, (b) electrically connecting the waveform separator to the insulating structure, (c) separating, in the waveform separator, the composite DC current into the corresponding DC component and AC component, (d) receiving the AC component in at least one comparator and producing at least one corresponding digital signal, (e) counting one or more positive AC components in the at least one positive voltage comparator, (f) counting one or more negative AC components in the at least one negative voltage comparator, (g) producing at least one positive digital signal corresponding to the counted one or more positive components and a negative digital signal corresponding to the counted one or more negative components, (h) processing the positive digital signal and the negative digital signal, and the DC component, and determining a resultant leakage current flowing through the insulating structure.
US11362510B2	Power supply device for eliminating malfunction of overcurrent protection A power supply device for eliminating overcurrent protection malfunctions includes a first transformer, a power switch element, an output stage circuit, a detection circuit, a feedback compensation circuit, a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) IC (Integrated Circuit), a second transformer, and a control circuit. The first transformer generates an induced voltage according to an input voltage. The output stage circuit generates an output current according to the induced voltage. The detection circuit monitors the output current and generates a detection voltage according to the output current. The feedback compensation circuit includes a linear optical coupler and a voltage regulator. The feedback compensation circuit generates a coupling current. The second transformer generates a control voltage according to the coupling current. The control circuit selectively enables or disables the linear optical coupler and the voltage regulator according to the detection voltage and the control voltage.
US11362509B2	Method of power supply line protection, master device, and power supply system A power supply system includes: a battery; a master device supplied with power from the battery; and a slave device supplied with power from the master device via a first power supply line. The slave device supplies power to a load via a second power supply line. The master device estimates a temperature of the second power supply line. When the estimated temperature of the second power supply line is higher than a second cutoff threshold, power supply via the second power supply line is cut off.
US11362508B1	Partial RMS based over-current detection for VDT excitation System and methods for partial RMS calculation of overcurrent in VDT driver circuits are provided. Aspects include sampling, by an FPGA, a set of current values from a sense resistor, wherein the sense resistor is coupled between a driver circuit and a VDT, determining, by the FPGA, an overcurrent event in the driver circuit based on the set of current values, wherein determining the overcurrent event in the driver circuit based on the set of current values includes trimming each current value to create a trimmed current value for each current value, calculating a square value for each trimmed current value and storing the square value in a buffer, calculating a mean for the square values, and determining the overcurrent event based on the mean being outside a predefined range of means, and disabling the driver circuit based on the determination of the overcurrent event.
US11362498B2	Apparatus for producing different sized boxes The present invention provides a base electrical box, and an end portion. The end portion is added to the base electrical box to substantially complete the electrical box. The electrical box also includes at least one intermediate portion that is added to complete the electrical box. The at least one intermediate portion is placed between the base electric box and the end portion.
US11362490B2	Coating stripping device and coating stripping method using the same A coating stripping device includes a rotation driving tool and a coating stripping tool. A rotating disk of the rotation driving tool includes a first rotating disk having a projection, and a second retaining member of the coating stripping tool has a feather-shaped part. The coating stripping tool in the released state is attached to the second rotating disk and the first rotating disk rotates in a predetermined direction to bring the feather-shaped part into contact with the projection, thereby switching the coating stripping tool into the retained state, and when the coating stripping tool is in the retained state, the first rotating disk rotates in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction to bring the feather-shaped part into contact with the projection, thereby switching the coating stripping tool into the released state.
US11362489B2	Substation for medium or high voltage, containing switchgear or controlgear with unmanned operation and maintenance A substation for medium or high voltage includes: switchgear or controlgear with unmanned operation and maintenance; an inner room in which the switchgear or controlgear is located, the inner room being hermetically enclosed by an outer housing, the inner room being locked against the outer housing by an inner, automatically operated door; and a robot system, the robot system being implemented such that an acting area of the robot system is extended from the inner room, partly in an area outside the inner room, but within the substation internal space, where spare parts are stored in a spare parts hand over area, for maintenance.
US11362472B2	Terminal extraction tool A terminal extraction tool includes a handle and an extraction arm extending from the handle. The handle has a bottom extending between a handle front and a handle rear having a handle axis centered between the handle front and the handle rear. The extraction arm has a base at the bottom of the handle and a finger extending from the base. The finger has an elbow between an upper finger member and a lower finger member. The lower finger member is angled non-parallel to the upper finger member. The lower finger member extends from the elbow to a tip configured to engage a latching beam to release the latching beam and allow removal of the terminal from a housing. The handle and the extraction arm are rotated about the elbow to rotate the lower finger member and the tip to engage the latching beam.
US11362463B2	Connectors and contacts for a single twisted pair of conductors An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a connector. The connector is suited to connectorizing exactly two conductors. The connector includes a forward connector body, a rear connector body, a metal frame and exactly two electrical contacts. The rear connector body interfaces with the forward connector body. Further, the metal frame, which includes a shielding interface, surrounds at least a portion of both the forward and rear connector bodies. The electrical contacts extend from the rear connector body into the forward connector body. A first of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a first conductor of a shielded cable and the second of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a second conductor of the shielded cable. The shield interface of the metal frame is electrically coupled to the shield of the shielded cable.
US11362456B2	Wiring arrangement at wall edges and corners with decorative effect Wiring arrangement at wall edges and corners with decorative effect, having at least two elongated wire guiding strips; each wire guiding strip is positioned at a wall edge between a wall and a floor or a wall edge between two adjacent walls; each wall edge between the wall and the floor or each wall edge between two adjacent walls is provided with only one of the wire guiding strips; a corner connector is provided between two ends of two adjacent wire guiding strips to achieve electrical connection and a change in direction of the wiring arrangement; the corner connector has two legs electrically connected to two ends of the two adjacent wire guiding strips respectively; each of the wire guiding strips has a soft PVC wrapping layer and wires wrapped inside. The wiring arrangement has a reasonable structure and is safe and aesthetically pleasing.
US11362454B2	Exterior jump-start battery terminal apparatus The present disclosure relates to an apparatus that includes a vehicle battery terminal having a first terminal and a second terminal. The apparatus also includes a bracket having a first region aligned with the first terminal and a second terminal region aligned with the second terminal. The first and second regions space apart the first terminal and the second terminal. The apparatus also includes a post and a shield. The post extends from the bracket to partially surround the first terminal. The shield has a cover plate and a frame extending outwardly from the cover plate. The frame is provided to protect the first terminal and the second terminal.
US11362450B2	Electronic device having a positioning assembly having a guide bar and an elastic component An electronic device includes a first connection module, a second connection module, and a positioning assembly. The positioning assembly includes a guide pin, a guide post, a guide bar, and an elastic component. The guide pin is fixed on a first surface of the first connection module, and the guide post is fixed on a second surface of the second module. The electronic device includes a positioning assembly which serves to position components during the installation of the electronic device. The positioning assembly provides space for positional adjustment to the first component and the second component and the elasticity of the elastic component avoids crushing or handling damage to the first component and the second component.
US11362445B2	Contact system for contacting a braided shield and a contact element The invention relates to a contact system for contacting an aluminium braid (7) to a contact element (1) comprising—an electrically conducting cable (4); —the aluminium braid (7) comprising a plurality of aluminium wires, which is arranged to run at least in sections between a primary isolation (6) and a secondary isolation (8) of the electrically conducting cable (4); —die contact element (1) which can be pushed onto the electrically conducting cable (4) having an outer sleeve (3) and an inner sleeve (2) which can be inserted therein. To achieve a contact system which makes possible, in a simple fashion, a reliable contacting of an aluminium braid to a contact element without additional soldering systems being required, according to the invention the inner sleeve (2) has a first contact surface (2a) and the outer sleeve (3) has a second contact surface (3a), wherein each contact surface (2a, 3a) has areas of different size of cross-section and the contact surfaces (2a, 3a) are designed in such a manner that the aluminium braid (7) is clamped in a contact position by the inner sleeve (2) being pushed axially inside the outer sleeve (3) and contact is made with the contact element (1).
US11362442B2	Dual antenna support and isolation enhancer Embodiments disclosed herein include an antenna assembly that includes a dual antenna support and isolation enhancer coupled to a first antenna element for isolating the first antenna element relative to a collocated, vertically-polarized antenna element. The dual antenna support and isolation enhancer can include tabs to support the first antenna element and shield a coaxial cable feeding the first antenna element, a base electrically connected to a shield of the coaxial cable for shorting to ground induced current on the shield of the coaxial cable, and, in some embodiments, at least one of a plurality of loading pins that can form a short-circuited LC resonator that can effectively open-circuit a gap of a coplanar strip transmission line that routes to a feed connection point of the first antenna element when vertically-polarized radiation is incident on the antenna assembly.
US11362441B2	Ultra compact ultra broad band dual polarized base station antenna The invention refers to a radiating element comprising a support structure, a first dipole arranged on the support structure, and at least one electrically closed ring arranged on the support structure, wherein the ring surrounds the first dipole and is galvanically isolated from the first dipole, wherein a resonance frequency of the first dipole is higher than a center frequency of an operational bandwidth of the radiating element.
US11362439B2	Wireless transceiver having receive antennas and transmit antennas with orthogonal polarizations in a phased array antenna panel A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip. The wireless communications system may include a second transceiver having vertical-polarization receive antennas and horizontal-polarization transmit antennas in a second phased array antenna panel, where the vertical-polarization receive antennas form a second receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a second master chip, the horizontal-polarization transmit antennas form a second transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the second master chip.
US11362428B2	Multi-band slot antenna According to at least one aspect of the disclosure, an antenna is provided comprising an excitation port, and a conductive medium including a plurality of slots, each slot of the plurality of slots being electrically coupled to the excitation port, and a base portion being electrically coupled to the excitation port.
US11362426B2	Antenna module comprising cavity According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an antenna module and an electronic device including the same are disclosed. The antenna module includes a layer structure that includes a plurality of non-conductive layers, a first layer that is disposed between the plurality of non-conductive layers and that includes at least one first conductive patch, a second layer that is disposed adjacent to the plurality of non-conductive layers in a first direction and that includes a ground, and a feeding line that passes through at least one non-conductive layer located between the first layer and the second layer among the plurality of non-conductive layers and the second layer and that is electrically connected with the at least one first conductive patch, and communication circuitry that is disposed adjacent to the layer structure in the first direction and that supplies electric power to the at least one first conductive patch through the feeding line, and at least one first cavity is formed in at least part of the at least one non-conductive layer through which the feeding line passes. Besides, it may be permissible to prepare various other embodiments speculated through the specification.
US11362424B2	Antenna module and electronic device comprising thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a plate attached to the housing to form an inner space together with the housing and includes a flat portion facing in a first direction and a curved portion extended from an edge of the flat portion and forming an obtuse angle with the first direction, and an antenna module positioned in the inner space. The antenna module includes a first partial layer, a second partial layer that includes a first antenna pattern, and is stacked on the first partial layer, and a third partial layer that includes a second antenna pattern, and is stacked on the second partial layer. When viewed from the first direction, the third partial layer overlaps at least a portion of the flat portion, and at least a portion of the second partial layer overlaps at least a portion of the curved portion.
US11362419B2	Device for testing beam forming processor The present invention relates to a communication technique 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. In addition, the present invention provides a device for testing a beam forming processor, comprising: at least one power determination unit, which is electrically connected to the beam forming processor for performing beam forming, and determines the output power of the beam forming processor; and a control unit, which is connected to the power determination unit by wire and determines whether the beam forming processor is normal on the basis of the output power received from the power determination unit.
US11362418B2	Antenna module An antenna module (100) includes a dielectric substrate (125), antenna groups (123A, 123B) including a plurality of antenna elements (121), RFICs (110A, 110B) configured to supply radio-frequency power to the antenna groups (123A, 123B), a divider (140) configured to divide a radio-frequency signal between the RFICs (110A, 110B), and a ground electrode (GND2). The RFICs (110A, 110B) are mounted at a mounting surface (126) of the dielectric substrate (125). The divider (140) is provided closer to the mounting surface (126) than to the layer in which the antenna groups (123A, 123B) are provided. The divider (140) includes a first path having lower impedance and a second path having higher impedance. When viewed in plan view in a normal-line direction with respect to the mounting surface (126), a cavity (300) is formed at a portion of the ground electrode (GND2), the portion facing the second path.
US11362416B2	Liquid crystal antenna and its manufacturing method A liquid crystal antenna includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystals arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. First protrusions and second protrusions are arranged at a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, a size of each first protrusion in a first direction is substantially greater than a size of each second protrusion in the first direction, and the first direction is a direction perpendicularly from the second substrate to the first substrate. A run-through labyrinth-type gap is defined by the first protrusions at a surface of the second substrate, and each second protrusion is arranged in the labyrinth-type gap.
US11362411B2	Antenna apparatus The invention relates to antenna apparatus comprising: an antenna, a signal conductor and one or more RF MEMS switches, the antenna being conductively connected to the signal conductor, the MEMS switches and at least a portion of the signal conductor being supported by a crystalline MEMS substrate; and a capping substrate comprising a capping portion, wherein an enclosed volume is formed around the said MEMS switches between the capping portion and at least a portion of the crystalline MEMS substrate, and wherein the capping substrate comprises the said antenna.
US11362409B2	Antenna assembly with universal whip mount and method of tuning the same An antenna assembly according to the invention includes a universal whip mount for mounting one of a variety of antenna whips to the antenna assembly, a loading coil inductor and a circuit board having a combination of both fixed and variable capacitors. The antenna assembly of the invention can be tuned to a wide range of frequencies with minimal disassembly and without soldering.
US11362407B2	Directional couplers with DC insulated input and output ports A directional coupler may include a first coupled section comprising a first and a second coupled transmission lines, the first coupled transmission line having a first end coupled to an input port. The directional coupler may also include a second coupled section comprising a first and a second coupled transmission lines. The directional coupler may also include a third coupled section comprising a first and a second coupled transmission lines. The first coupled transmission line of the third coupled section has a first end coupled to a second end of the second coupled transmission line of the second coupled section and a second end coupled to an output port. The directional coupler may further include a delay section. A total electrical length of the first coupled section, the second coupled section, the third coupled section, and the delay section is about 90 degrees.
US11362406B2	Dielectric waveguide filter A dielectric waveguide filter includes at least four dielectric waveguide resonators arranged along a main coupling path for signal propagation, and main coupling portions each of which is provided between the dielectric waveguide resonators that are adjacent to each other along the main coupling path among the at least four dielectric waveguide resonators. The main coupling portions include an inductive coupling portion and a capacitive coupling portion, and the inductive coupling portion and the capacitive coupling portion are alternately and repeatedly arranged along the main coupling path.
US11362404B2	Microwave window including first and second plates with vertical stepped areas configured for pressure sealing a dielectric plate between the first and second plates Apparatus for transmitting microwaves into a process chamber using a microwave pressure window assembly. The microwave pressure window assembly may include a first plate with a first aperture surrounded by a first recess for a first pressure seal, a second plate with a second aperture surrounded by a second recess for a second pressure seal, a dielectric plate configured to transmit microwaves and interposed between the first plate and the second plate and between the first pressure seal and the second pressure seal. The apertures include a first vertical step area on a first vertical side of the apertures and a second vertical step area on a second vertical side of the apertures opposite of the first vertical side. The first vertical step areas and the second vertical step areas may have a thickness of approximately 50% of a thickness of the plates that includes a dielectric plate recess.
US11362402B2	Battery module, battery pack including the same, and method for producing battery module A battery module includes a battery cell stack having a plurality of stacked battery cells and a plurality of bus bars respectively disposed adjacent to electrode leads respectively provided at the plurality of battery cells. The electrode leads respectively provided at the plurality of battery cells are electrically connected to the plurality of bus bars, respectively.
US11362401B2	Separator for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a porous substrate, and a lithium metal layer formed on one side of the porous substrate, wherein the lithium metal layer is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the porous substrate and has a window frame shape with an empty interior, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
US11362400B2	Nano-porous BNNT composite with thermal switching for advanced batteries Thermoresponsive composite switch (TRCS) membranes for ion batteries include a porous scaffolding providing ion channels and a thermoresponsive polymer coating. Boron nitride nanotube (BNNT)/polymer composite TRCS membrane embodiments are preferable due to unique BNNT properties. A BNNT scaffold coated with one or more polymers may form a composite separator with tunable porosity (porosity level and pore size distribution), composition, wettability, and superior electronic isolation, oxidative/reduction resistance, and mechanical strength. The BNNT/polymer composite TRCS membrane optimizes the performance of ion batteries with tunable separator thicknesses that may be under 5 μιη. Nano-scale porosity with thin separator thicknesses improves the charge density of the battery. Nano-scale architecture allows for reversible localized switching on the nano scale, in proximity to thermally stressed ion substrates. Polymer thermal expansion will decrease porosity at temperatures approaching the thermal runaway point. The BNNT polymers composite therefore functions as a TRCS.
US11362394B2	Energy storage apparatus An energy storage apparatus comprising: one or more energy storage devices; and an outer covering which houses the one or more energy storage devices, wherein the outer covering has a discharge portion forming a discharge path which discharges a substance generated in an inside of the energy storage apparatus toward outside of the outer covering in a first direction, and an inner wall surface of the discharge portion includes a first wall surface inclined with respect to the first direction, and the discharge path is formed by the discharge portion such that a cross-sectional area of the discharge path increases towards an outlet side of the discharge portion.
US11362391B2	Battery pack Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, and a heat dissipation member provided in contact with a bus bar at a side surface of the battery module where electrode leads of the battery cells and the bus bar coupled to the electrode leads are disposed.
US11362386B2	Sheath material for secondary battery and secondary battery comprising same The present disclosure relates to a sheath material for secondary battery including a moisture permeation preventing layer, a protective layer disposed on the first surface of the moisture permeation preventing layer wherein the protective layer includes a functional layer having a plurality of patterns and a resin layer disposed on the second surface of the moisture permeation preventing layer, and a secondary battery including the same.
US11362382B2	Simplified hermetic packaging of a micro-battery A micro-battery is provided in which a metallic sealing layer is used to provide a hermetic seal between an anode side of the micro-battery and the cathode side of the micro-battery. In accordance with the present application, the metallic sealing layer is formed around a perimeter of each metallic anode structure located on the anode side and then the metallic sealing layer is bonded to a solderable metal layer of a wall structure present on the cathode side. The wall structure contains a cavity that exposes a metallic current collector structure, the cavity is filled with battery materials.
US11362377B2	Cylindrical secondary battery having piezoelectric element disposed therein A cylindrical secondary battery includes a jelly-roll type electrode assembly having a structure in which a long sheet type positive electrode and a long sheet type negative electrode are wound with a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The cylindrical secondary battery also includes a cylindrical battery case configured to receive the jelly-roll type electrode assembly, and a piezoelectric element configured to generate electrical energy due to the volumetric expansion of the jelly-roll type electrode assembly caused by charging and discharging the jelly-roll type electrode assembly.
US11362375B2	Safety prevention and control system and control method of power battery pack for electric vehicle The present application relates to a safety prevention and control system and control method of a power battery pack for an electric vehicle. The safety prevention and control system of a power battery pack includes a signal acquisition device, a main controller, and a step-by-step prevention and control execution device. The main controller includes a fault diagnosis device, a cell thermal runaway determination device and a battery pack thermal runaway propagation determination device, which are respectively electrically connected to the step-by-step prevention and control execution device to send different control instructions to the step-by-step prevention and control execution device. The step-by-step prevention and control execution device can execute prevention and control actions of different levels according to the different control instructions sent by the fault diagnosis device, the cell thermal runaway determination device and the battery pack thermal runaway propagation determination device. The safety prevention and control system of a power battery pack for an electric vehicle can provide an active prevention and control measure and a passive prevention and control measure, and according to the actual situation of a specific accident and the prevention and control ability of the prevention and control system, accurately start a prevention and control mechanism, maximize a safety protection effect, and ensure the safety of an electric vehicle occupant.
US11362371B2	Method for manufacturing electric vehicle battery cells with polymer frame support A method for manufacturing a battery component includes unrolling a polymer foil from a roll; forming windows into the unrolled polymer foil; and placing a battery cell component over each window. The battery cell component advantageously can be a solid-state electrolyte functioning as a separator, which is thereby well protected for handling and in later use.
US11362363B2	Battery The present application discloses a battery to reduce a height of an edgefold protrusion in a direction perpendicular to a top seal, reduce structural interference between the edgefold protrusion and other components and parts, and improve a structural compactness when a user utilizes the battery. The battery includes a cell, a packaging bag, and an electrode tab. The packaging bag includes a first packaging portion configured to accommodate the cell and a second packaging portion configured to seal the cell. The second packaging portion includes a top seal configured to seal the electrode tab and two side seals intersecting the top seal. A notched structure is formed at an intersection of the top seal and the side seal. The side seal is folded over along an edge of the side seal adjacent to the first packaging portion and fixed to an outer side surface of the first packaging portion.
US11362362B2	Fuel cell apparatus The disclosure relates to a fuel cell apparatus in which a stable installation state may be maintained even when a size thereof is reduced. A fuel cell apparatus according to the present disclosure may include a fuel cell module including fuel cells housed in a housing; a plurality of auxiliary machines which operate the fuel cell module; and an exterior case, shaped in a rectangular prism, which houses the fuel cell module and the auxiliary machines. A gravity center of the fuel cell apparatus may be located below a level equal to half a height of the exterior case.
US11362351B2	Apparatus for determining reactant purity An apparatus (10) configured to determine reactant purity comprising: a first fuel cell (11) configured to generate electrical current from the electrochemical reaction between two reactants, having a first reactant inlet (13) configured to receive a test reactant comprising one of the two reactants from a first reactant source (7, 5, 16); a second fuel cell (12) configured to generate electrical current from the electrochemical reaction between the two reactants, having a second reactant inlet (14) configured to receive the test reactant from a second reactant source (5); a controller (20) configured to apply an electrical load to each fuel cell and determine an electrical output difference, ODt, between an electrical output of the first fuel cell (11) and an electrical output of the second fuel cell (12), and determine a difference between a predicted output difference and the determined electrical output difference, ODt, the predicted output difference determined based on a historical output of difference and a historical rate of change in said output difference determined at an earlier time, said controller (20) configured to provide a purity output indicative of the test reactant purity at least based on the difference between the predicted and determined output difference.
US11362347B2	Advanced electrolyte mixing method for all vanadium flow batteries A flow battery has an electrochemical stack, a positive electrolyte, a negative electrolyte, a positive electrolyte tank, and a negative electrolyte tank. The positive electrolyte and the negative electrolyte are respectively stored in the positive and negative tanks. A positive electrolyte pump, a negative electrolyte pump, a mixing pump is embedded in the bypass pipeline or in a dedicate circuit. The positive and the negative tanks, are mutually connected by means of a connection pipe, said connection pipe is embedded just immediately above the electrolyte levels.
US11362345B2	Cooling module for a fuel cell system and method of detecting flowable coolant in a fuel cell system Disclosed is a cooling module for use in a fuel cell system, the module includes a tank configured to receive a coolant therein, a coolant, a pump in fluid communication with the coolant in the tank and the fuel cell system, the pump being configured to transport the coolant to the fuel cell system, a heating element within the coolant in the tank, the heating element configured to heat the coolant, and at least one sensor in signal communication with a controller and in fluid communication with the tank. The sensor is configured to detect a change corresponding to the presence or absence of sufficient liquid coolant to initiate said pump, and the controller processes sensor data and is configured to actuate the pump.
US11362343B2	Connecting module of a fuel cell stack and a replacement method of the fuel cell stack using the same A connecting module for connecting an opening of a fuel cell stack and a nozzle introduces and discharges a fuel gas or cooling water. The connecting module includes a link part disposed adjacent to the opening of the fuel cell stack and configured to be slid leftwards and rightwards. The link part has a guide in an inclination direction. The connecting module also includes a connection part connected to the guide of the link part to be slid along the guide such that the connection part is moved forwards and rearwards during a leftward and rightward sliding operation of the link part. The connection part is configured to be coupled to the opening of the fuel cell stack when being moved forwards and to deviate from the opening of the fuel cell stack when being moved rearwards.
US11362325B2	Sulfur-carbon composite manufacturing method, sulfur-carbon composite manufactured thereby, cathode comprising same sulfur-carbon composite, and lithium secondary battery comprising same cathode Discussed is a method for preparing a sulfur-carbon composite including the steps of: (a) mixing a carbon-based material with sulfur or a sulfur compound to prepare a sulfur-carbon mixture; (b) placing the sulfur-carbon mixture mixed in step (a) and a liquid which is vaporizable into a sealable container; and (c) heating the sealed container to a temperature of 120 to 200° C. to vaporize the liquid and prepare the sulfur-carbon composite. Also discussed is a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the sulfur-carbon composite prepared by the above method, and a lithium secondary battery including the above positive electrode.
US11362324B2	Compositions and their uses A precursor composition of a negative electrode of a Li-ion battery, a negative electrode comprising or formed from the precursor composition, a Li-ion battery comprising the negative electrode, a device comprising the negative electrode, methods of making the precursor composition, negative electrode and Li-ion battery, and uses of the precursor composition or components thereof for increasing discharge capacity and/or reducing discharge capacity loss and/or improving cycling stability of a Li-ion battery comprising the negative electrode.
US11362323B2	Method for preparing reference electrode and lithium ion battery with reference electrode A method for preparing a reference electrode and a lithium ion battery with a reference electrode. In some embodiments, a method includes the following steps: welding a reference electrode substrate to a lower portion of a current collector metal sheet with a tab-film; melting metal lithium into a liquid state; immersing a lower portion of the reference electrode substrate welded with the current collector metal sheet into the liquid lithium; coating a lower portion of the tab-film with a layer of separator to obtain a reference electrode with a separator coating; inserting the reference electrode between a separator of a core of a lithium ion battery and an anode piece; and packaging in plastic the lithium ion battery implanted with the reference electrode to obtain the lithium ion battery with the reference electrode.
US11362322B2	Lithium secondary battery Provided is a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. A lithium metal is precipitated on a surface of the anode during charge of the lithium secondary battery. The lithium metal is dissolved from the surface of the anode in the non-aqueous electrolyte during discharge of the lithium secondary battery. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a solvent and a lithium salt. The solvent includes a fluorinated ether. The fluorinated ether has a fluorination ratio of more than 0% and not more than 60%.
US11362320B2	Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, method for producing positive electrode active materials for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode active material which predominantly includes lithium transition metal composite oxide particles containing Ni and Al, and which has a low charge transfer resistance and thus allows the battery capacity to be increased. The composite oxide particles contain 5 mol % or more Al relative to the total molar amount of metal elements except Li, include a particle core portion and an Al rich region on or near the surface of the composite oxide particle wherein the Al concentration in the particle core portion is not less than 3 mol % and the Al concentration in the Al rich region is 1.3 times or more greater than the Al concentration in the particle core portion. The composite oxide particles contain 0.04 mol % or more sulfate ions relative to the total molar amount of the particles.
US11362312B2	OLED display screen having opening corresponding to camera module and manufacturing method thereof An OLED display screen and a manufacturing method for the OLED display screen are disclosed. During the whole process of evaporation of EL film layers, the opening preservation area in the display area would not be evaporated by any film layers such as EL function film layers, cathodes, etc., and therefore the reliability of the thin film encapsulation at the opening preservation area can be increased. Also a round opening is made at a position corresponding to the camera in the display area, such that the “forehead” of the mobile intelligent device becomes narrower, full display can be reached more closely than notch design, and a greater screen-to-body ratio can be realized.
US11362311B2	Sub-electrode microlens array for organic light emitting devices Substrates are disclosed that include an embedded or partially-embedded microlens array. Devices are disclosed that include an OLED disposed over a substrate having an embedded or partially embedded micro lens array. Devices as disclosed herein redirect up to 100% of the light that otherwise would be confined in organic and electrode layers toward the substrate and thus provide improved light extraction and device efficiency.
US11362310B2	Organic light-emitting devices using a low refractive index dielectric A device including an organic light emitting diode and a dielectric layer is provided. The dielectric layer provides additional distance between a reflector and the organic emission region, leading to improved reduction in non-emissive modes and enhanced efficiency.
US11362308B2	Display device with open region in touch electrode passivation layer A display device according to embodiments includes: a display panel that includes a display area that includes a partition layer that includes a first opening through which light is emitted from an organic light emitting diode and a peripheral area around the display area; a touch electrode disposed on the display panel a touch electrode passivation layer that covers the touch electrode and includes a second opening that corresponds to the first opening; and a high refractive index layer that covers the touch electrode passivation layer and the second opening. The touch electrode passivation layer includes an open region formed in a portion that corresponds to the peripheral area, and the touch electrode passivation layer is not formed in the open region.
US11362306B2	Light emitting element unit A light emitting element unit includes three light emitting elements. A first light emitting element 10a is obtained by laminating a 1a-th electrode 21a, a first organic layer 23a including a first light emitting layer, a 2a-th electrode 22a, a second organic layer 23b including a second light emitting layer, and a third organic layer 23c including a third light emitting layer. A second light emitting element 10b is obtained by laminating the first organic layer 23a, a 1b-th electrode 21b, the second organic layer 23b, a 2b-th electrode 22b, and the third organic layer 23c. A third light emitting element 10c is obtained by laminating the first organic layer 23a, the second organic layer 23b, a 1c-th electrode 21c, the third organic layer 23c, and a 2c-th electrode 22c.
US11362301B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region, a hole-digging region, and a boundary region disposed between the display region and the hole-digging region. The display panel also includes an array substrate and a light-emitting function layer. The array substrate includes a dam structure disposed between the display region and the boundary region. The light-emitting function layer covers the array substrate, and includes a first light-emitting component disposed over the display region and a second light-emitting component disposed over the boundary region. The array substrate further includes a base substrate and a driving device layer, and the driving device layer includes a first thin-film transistor device layer and a boundary driving circuit layer. The first thin-film transistor device layer is electrically connected to the first light-emitting component, and the boundary driving circuit layer is electrically connected to the second light-emitting component.
US11362293B2	Interlayers and associated systems, devices, and methods Embodiments related to interlayers (e.g., interlayers comprising a transition metal oxide, a transition metal oxynitride, and/or a transition metal nitride) and associated systems, devices (e.g., photovoltaic devices), and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for exciton transfer includes a substrate including an inorganic semiconductor. An interlayer may be disposed on the substrate, and a layer including a material that undergoes singlet exciton fission when exposed to electromagnetic radiation may be disposed on the interlayer. The interlayer may be disposed between the substrate and the layer. In some embodiments, a method for manufacturing a system for exciton transfer involves depositing an interlayer onto a substrate that includes an inorganic semiconductor. The method may also include depositing a layer including a material that undergoes singlet exciton fission when exposed to electromagnetic radiation onto the interlayer.
US11362292B2	Flexible display device A flexible display device of which esthetic appearance is improved by reducing a bezel is disclosed. The flexible display device comprises a substrate including a display area and a non-display area including a bending area; a link line in the non-display area on the substrate; and a bending connection line in the bending area pf the substrate and connected with the link line, and the bending connection line located between a first buffer layer and a second buffer layer of the flexible display device.
US11362289B2	Organic light emitting diode display panel having light emitting layer located on bent and non-bent areas An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel includes a flexible substrate layer including a first area and two second area. A bending stress applied to the first area is greater than a bending stress applied to the second areas. A driver circuit layer is disposed on the second areas and non-bent areas. An organic planarization portion includes a first organic planarization layer disposed on the first area, and a second organic planarization layer disposed on the driver circuit layer and the first organic planarization layer. A light-emitting layer is disposed on the second organic planarization layer and located on the bent area and the non-bent areas.
US11362285B2	Semiconducting material and naphthofurane matrix compound for it The present invention relates to a semiconducting material comprising an electron transport matrix compound comprising at least one electron transporting structural moiety and at least one polar structural moiety; a matrix compound and electronic device utilizing the semiconducting material.
US11362283B2	Organic electroluminescent element The present specification provides an organoluminescent device including a capping layer on one surface of an electrode, wherein the capping layer includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: X, and R1 to R5 are defined therein.
US11362280B2	Organic light-emitting device The present specification relates to an organic light emitting diode.
US11362278B2	Method of forming organic light-emitting display panel An organic light-emitting display panel, a method of forming the same and a display device are provided. The method of forming an organic light-emitting display panel includes: providing a base substrate; forming an auxiliary cathode at a side of the base substrate and forming a pixel defining layer at a side of the auxiliary cathode away from the base substrate; filling a negative thermal expandable ball into the groove; forming a light-emitting layer at the side of the base substrate; performing a heating treatment and a vibrating treatment on the base substrate with the light-emitting layer; and forming a cathode layer at a side of the light-emitting layer away from the base substrate.
US11362277B2	Sidewall protection for PCRAM device A method of forming a phase change random access memory (PCRAM) device includes forming a phase change element over a bottom electrode and a top electrode over the phase change element, forming a protection layer around the phase change element, and forming a nitrogen-containing sidewall spacer layer around the protection layer after forming the protection layer.
US11362263B2	Spin orbit torque (SOT) memory devices and methods of fabrication A perpendicular spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes an electrode having a spin orbit coupling material and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device on a portion of the electrode. The electrode has a first SOC layer and a second SOC layer on a portion of the first SOC layer, where at least a portion of the first SOC layer at an interface with the second SOC layer includes oxygen.
US11362262B1	Mounting pad and method for deterring theft and securing air conditioning units against high winds A mounting pad system and method for an HVAC outdoor unit that includes providing a lightweight fillable pad shell containing a gelling material and having securing slots extending from an underside surface to an upperside surface of the shell. The shell is filled with water through a port at its upper surface. Prior to leveling the filled pad on the soil at the site and installation of the outdoor unit, securing straps are inserted into the slots from the underside surface of the shell so as to extend through an upper surface thereof. The filling port is covered when the HVAC unit is placed on top of the pad. One or more securing anchors can be used to anchor the pad to the ground, which are also covered when the HVAC unit is place on top of the pad and an anti-theft cable can be employed to further prevent theft.
US11362260B2	Actuator and tactile sensation providing apparatus An actuator includes a piezoelectric element, a vibration plate, a support, a holder, and first and second fixing portions. The vibration plate has the piezoelectric element joined thereto and bends and vibrates in accordance with expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric element. The support supports the vibration plate on a base to allow bending and vibration of the vibration plate. The holder holds an object of vibration to the vibration plate. The first fixing portion is coupled to the support and fixes the support to the base. The second fixing portion is coupled to the holder and fixes the object of vibration to the holder. The first and second fixing portions are each displaceable in a direction intersecting the direction of the expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric element.
US11362255B2	Heat flow switching element Provided is a heat flow switching element which has a larger change in a thermal conductivity and has excellent thermal responsiveness. The heat flow switching element includes an N-type semiconductor layer, an insulator layer laminated on the N-type semiconductor layer, a P-type semiconductor layer laminated on the insulator layer, an N-side electrode connected to the N-type semiconductor layer, and a P-side electrode connected to the P-type semiconductor layer. In particular, the insulator layer is formed of a dielectric. Also, a plurality of N-type semiconductor layers and P-type semiconductor layers are laminated alternately with the insulator layer interposed therebetween.
US11362254B2	Thermoelectric power generator and combustion apparatus A small-scale thermoelectric power generator and combustion apparatus, components thereof, methods for making the same, and applications thereof. The thermoelectric power generator can include a burner including a matrix stabilized combustion chamber comprising a catalytically enhanced, porous flame containment portion. The combustion apparatus can include components connected in a loop configuration including a vaporization chamber; a mixing chamber connected to the vaporization chamber; a combustion chamber connected to the vaporization chamber; and a heat exchanger connected to the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber can include a porous combustion material which can include a unique catalytic material.
US11362250B2	Display device A display device includes a first substrate, a wire pad in a pad area, first banks in a display area, electrodes on the first banks, a pad electrode base layer on the wire pad, having a greater width than the wire pad, and covering sides of the wire pad, a first insulating layer covering parts of the electrodes and part of the pad electrode base layer, light-emitting elements on the first insulating layer in the display area, respective ends of the light-emitting elements being on different electrodes, contact electrodes on the electrodes and contacting first ends of the light-emitting elements, and a pad electrode upper layer on the first insulating layer in the pad area and directly contacting the pad electrode base layer, wherein the pad electrode base layer includes the same material as the electrodes, and the pad electrode upper layer includes the same material as the contact electrodes.
US11362249B2	Display module and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a display module includes forming a driving circuit layer on a substrate, the driving circuit layer including a plurality of driving circuits and a plurality of electrode pads electronically connected with the plurality of driving circuits; forming an adhesive layer on the driving circuit layer; transferring each of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) onto a respective area of the adhesive layer corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of electrode pads; and forming a black matrix layer on the adhesive layer, between the plurality of LEDs.
US11362248B2	Method of manufacturing light-emitting device, light-emitting device, element mounting wiring board A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: providing a wiring board that includes: a substrate, and a wiring pattern comprising: a plating base layer disposed on the substrate so as to have a gap portion that surrounds a first region in which a light-emitting element is to be mounted, and a plating layer having a groove that surrounds the first region; mounting the light-emitting element in the first region; supplying a first resin that contains a first reflective material into the groove; forming a first covering member, at least a portion of which is located in the groove and comprises: a reflective material containing layer containing the first reflective material, and a light-transmissive layer formed above the reflective material containing layer; and forming a light-transmissive member on the first covering member and the light-emitting element.
US11362246B2	Method of manufacturing display device with lateral wiring A method of manufacturing a display device 1 includes: providing a substrate including sub-pixel defined therein and a first wiring disposed for the sub-pixel, and light-emitting element having a lower surface and a lateral surface and including a first electrode disposed on the lower surface, and a second electrode disposed on the lateral surface; mounting the light-emitting element and electrically connecting the first electrode to the first wiring; forming a resin member on the substrate and covering the light-emitting element; exposing an upper portion of the light-emitting element from an upper surface of the resin member such that the second electrode is partially exposed by removing an upper portion of the resin member; and forming a second wiring on the upper surface of the resin member excluding a portion of the light-emitting element exposed from the resin member and electrically connecting the second wiring to the second electrode.
US11362242B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a panel substrate, a light-emitting chip, and a light extracting layer. The light-emitting chip is disposed on the panel substrate. The light extracting layer covers the light-emitting chip and the panel substrate, and the light extracting layer has a side portion. Taking the position where the edge of the light-emitting chip is in contact with the panel substrate as the origin, the side portion and the origin define a circle tangential to the surface of the side portion. The circle has a radius c which satisfies the following formula (1): 1 40 ⁢ H ≤ c ≤ H ( 1 ) where H is a height of the light-emitting chip. The light-emitting device disclosed herein has a light extracting layer having a very small thickness, and provides excellent light-emitting efficiency and lifetime of the light-emitting device.
US11362240B2	Light-emitting device and method of producing a light-emitting device The invention refers to a light emitting device including a semiconductor chip having a main radiation surface, which emits UV light in operation, a phosphor, which is arranged in the radiation beam of the UV light, absorbs partially the UV light, wherein the phosphor converts the UV light into visible light so that the device emits mixed light comprising the UV light as well as visible light.
US11362239B2	Micro device A micro device includes an epitaxial structure, an insulating layer, and a light-transmissive layer. The epitaxial structure has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and a peripheral surface connected to the top surface and the bottom surface. The insulating layer covers the peripheral surface and the bottom surface of the epitaxial structure and exposes a portion of the peripheral surface. The light-transmissive layer covers the top surface of the epitaxial structure and is extended over at least a portion of the portion of the peripheral surface.
US11362238B2	Light emitting diode containing oxidized metal contacts A light emitting diode includes a first conductivity type semiconductor material region, an active region located over the first conductivity type semiconductor material region, a second conductivity type semiconductor material layer located over the active region, a first layer containing at least one of nickel or gold located over the second conductivity type semiconductor material layer, a reflective top contact electrode located over the first layer, a dielectric material layer located over the top contact electrode and containing an opening, and a reflector located over the dielectric material layer and contacting the top contact electrode through the opening in the dielectric material layer.
US11362236B2	Quantum dot and manufacturing method for the same and application using the same The present disclosure provides a quantum dot and a manufacturing method for the same, and a luminescent material, a light-emitting element and a display device applying the quantum dot. The quantum dot includes a core and a shell layer. The core is at least one selected from the group consisting of a XII-XV group compound semiconductor nano-crystal, a XII-XVI group compound semiconductor nano-crystal, a XIII-XV group compound semiconductor nano-crystal and a XIII-XVI group compound semiconductor nano-crystal. The core contains a cadmium element and a selenium element. The shell layer contains a zinc element and a sulfur element. The shell layer encloses the core.
US11362233B2	Electrical readout optical sensor An electrical readout optical sensor, includes a back metal electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, and a metal or metalloid layer; wherein the semiconductor layer is a main body portion and is divided into a first surface and a second surface; the first surface is provided with a groove structure, and forms a grating; the back metal electrode layer covers the second surface of the semiconductor layer; the metal or metalloid layer covers the first surface of the semiconductor layer, and forms a phototube for generating a photocurrent signal having a wide wavelength range and high linearity. An optical sensing structure of narrowband light absorption and a photoelectric conversion structure having a wide wavelength range are directly integrated, and the portable high-precision optical sensing ability is implemented by means of an output mode of a photocurrent.
US11362230B1	Multijunction solar cells A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein at least one of the solar subcells has a graded band gap throughout the thickness of at least a portion of the active layer.
US11362229B2	Epitaxy-free nanowire cell process for the manufacture of photovoltaics Photovoltaics configured to be manufactured without epitaxial processes and methods for such manufacture are provided. Methods utilize bulk semiconducting crystal substrates, such as, for example, GaAs and InP such that epitaxy processes are not required. Nanowire etch and exfoliation processes are used allowing the manufacture of large numbers of photovoltaic cells per substrate wafer (e.g., greater than 100). Photovoltaic cells incorporate electron and hole selective contacts such that epitaxial heterojunctions are avoided during manufacture.
US11362228B2	Large-scale space-based solar power station: efficient power generation tiles A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom is provided. Each solar power station includes a plurality of satellite modules. The plurality of satellite modules each include a plurality of modular power generation tiles including a photovoltaic solar radiation collector, a power transmitter and associated control electronics. Numerous embodiments relate to efficient power generation tiles. In one embodiment, an efficient power generation tile includes: at least one photovoltaic material; and at least one concentrator that redirects incident solar radiation towards a photovoltaic material such that the photovoltaic material experiences a greater solar flux relative to the case where the photovoltaic material experiences unaltered solar radiation.
US11362227B2	Horizontal balanced solar tracker In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.
US11362223B2	Method for manufacturing an optical sensor A method for manufacturing an optical sensor is provided. The operations of the method for manufacturing the optical sensor includes providing a semiconductive layer having an electrical circuit area and an optical sensing area; forming a first electrical contact directly over the electrical circuit area; forming a first light guiding part directly over the optical sensing area simultaneously with forming the first electrical contact; forming a first metal layer directly over the first electrical contact; forming a second light guiding part directly over the first light guiding part simultaneously with forming a second electrical contact directly over the first electrical contact; forming a thick metal layer over the electrical circuit area and an optical sensing area; and forming an aperture in the thick metal layer, wherein the aperture aligning with the optical sensing area.
US11362221B2	Doped passivated contacts PolySi:Ga/SiO2 passivated contacts were prepared using ion implantation and dopant inks to introduce Ga into a-Si. Following crystallization anneals these p-type contacts exhibited improved passivation (iVoc of about 730 mV) over B-doped passivated contacts for solar cells.
US11362216B2	Active device substrate and manufacturing method thereof An active device substrate includes a substrate, a first active device, and a second active device. The first active device includes a first gate, a crystallized metal oxide layer, a first insulation layer, a first source, and a first drain. The crystallized metal oxide layer is located on the first gate. The first insulation layer is sandwiched between the crystallized metal oxide layer and the first gate. An area from the top surface of the crystallized metal oxide layer to the bottom surface of the crystallized metal oxide layer is observed via a selected area diffraction mode of a transmission electron microscope, and a diffraction pattern of a crystallized phase can be observed. The second active device includes a second gate, a silicon semiconductor layer, a second source, and a second drain. A manufacturing method of an active device substrate is further provided.
US11362215B2	Top-gate doped thin film transistor Described is a thin film transistor which comprises: a dielectric comprising a dielectric material; a first structure adjacent to the dielectric, the first structure comprising a first material; a second structure adjacent to the first structure, the second structure comprising a second material wherein the second material is doped; a second dielectric adjacent to the second structure; a gate comprising a metal adjacent to the second dielectric; a spacer partially adjacent to the gate and the second dielectric; and a contact adjacent to the spacer.
US11362210B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, first, second, and third semiconductor regions, an insulating part, a conductive part, and a gate electrode. The first semiconductor region is provided on the first electrode and is electrically connected to the first electrode. The second semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is provided on the second semiconductor region. The insulating part is provided on the first electrode. The conductive part is provided in the insulating part and is arranged with the first semiconductor region. The gate electrode is provided in the insulating part. The gate electrode is positioned above the conductive part and is arranged with the second semiconductor region. The second electrode is provided on the third semiconductor region and the insulating part, and is electrically connected to the third semiconductor region.
US11362208B2	Semiconductor device having an insulator between source and drain regions and a gate electrode having a portion that covers the insulator and a portion that does not cover the insulator A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a source region and a drain region, a first insulator between the source region and the drain region, a gate electrode having a first end on a side thereof closer to the source region than the drain region on a portion of the semiconductor substrate that is not covered with the first insulator, and having a second end on the first insulator closer to the drain region than the source region, and a second insulator that is continuous with the second end of the gate electrode and having a portion which is on the first insulator where the first insulator is not covered with the gate electrode, is on an end of the drain region, and is in contact with the gate electrode, the first insulator, and the drain region.
US11362207B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment comprises: a cell portion in which a vertical type MOSFET is formed; and a termination portion arranged adjacent to the cell portion. The termination portion includes a connection trench gate provided along a first direction. The cell portion includes: a plurality of first column regions provided along a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a plurality of trench gates provided along the second direction such that two trench gates are arranged between the two adjacent first column regions. The plurality of trench gates extend from the cell portion to the termination portion and are connected to the connection trench gate. The plurality of first column regions extend from the cell portion to the termination portion, and the termination portion includes a plurality of second column regions different from the plurality of first column regions.
US11362205B2	Group III nitride enhancement-mode HEMT based on composite barrier layer structure and manufacturing method thereof A group III nitride enhancement-mode HEMT based on a composite barrier layer structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The HEMT includes first and second semiconductors respectively serving as a channel layer and a barrier layer, a third semiconductor serving as a p-type layer, a source, a drain and a gate, wherein a recessed structure is formed in the region of the barrier layer corresponding to the gate, which is matched with the third semiconductor and the gate to form a p-type gate, and the second semiconductor includes first and second structure layers successively arranged on the first semiconductor; relative to the selected etching reagent, the first structure layer has higher etching resistance than the second structure layer.
US11362204B2	Vertical thyristor A thyristor is formed from a vertical stack of first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor regions of alternated conductivity types. The fourth semiconductor region is interrupted in a gate area of the thyristor. The fourth semiconductor region is further interrupted in a continuous corridor that extends longitudinally from the gate area towards an outer lateral edge of the fourth semiconductor region. A gate metal layer extends over the gate area of the thyristor. A cathode metal layer extends over the fourth semiconductor region but not over the continuous corridor.
US11362201B1	Heterojunction bipolar transistors with undercut extrinsic base regions Device structures and fabrication methods for heterojunction bipolar transistors. Trench isolation regions are positioned in a semiconductor substrate to define active regions. A base layer includes first sections that are respectively positioned over the active regions and second sections that are respectively positioned over the trench isolation regions. Emitter fingers are respectively positioned on the first sections of the base layer. The first sections of the base layer include single-crystal semiconductor material, and the second sections of the base layer include polycrystalline semiconductor material. The second sections of the base layer are spaced in a vertical direction from the trench isolation regions to define a first cavity that extends about a perimeter of the base layer and second cavities that are connected to the first cavity.
US11362200B2	Enhanced cascade field effect transistor A field-effect transistor (FET) includes a fin, an insulator region, and at least one gate. The fin has a doped first region, a doped second region, and an interior region between the first region and the second region. The interior region is undoped or more lightly doped than the first and second regions. The interior region of the fin is formed as a superlattice of layers of first and second materials alternating vertically. The insulator layer extends around the interior region. The gate is formed on at least a portion of the insulator region. The insulator layer and the gate are configured to generate an inhomogeneous electrostatic potential within the interior region, the inhomogeneous electrostatic potential cooperating with physical properties of the superlattice to cause scattering of charge carriers sufficient to change a quantum property of such charge carriers to change the ability of the charge carriers to move between the first and second materials.
US11362196B2	Semiconductor device having a ring-shaped protection spacer enclosing a source/drain contact plug A semiconductor device includes a gate pattern crossing over a substrate, the gate pattern including a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, and a gate capping pattern sequentially stacked on the substrate, a gate spacer covering a sidewall of the gate pattern, a source/drain pattern on the substrate, the source/drain pattern being adjacent to the sidewall of the gate pattern, a contact pad on the source/drain pattern, a top surface of the contact pad being lower than a top surface of the gate electrode, a source/drain contact plug on the contact pad, and a protection spacer between the gate spacer and the source/drain contact plug, the protection spacer having a ring shape enclosing the source/drain contact plug.
US11362195B2	Semiconductor device and a method for forming a semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method for forming such are provided, the device including: a substrate, a plurality of parallel active semiconductor patterns that extend through a drain-side region and a source-side region, a metal drain contact in the drain-side region, an active gate pattern, a first dummy gate pattern, and a second dummy gate pattern that all extend across the active semiconductor patterns, and a metal interconnect structure located in a region between the first and the second dummy gate patterns. The active semiconductor patterns are doped with a dopant in portions exposed by the dummy gates in dummy gate regions that include the gate cut regions of the first and second dummy gate patterns. The metal interconnect structure connects each of a second subset of the active semiconductor patterns to a respective at least one of a first subset of the active semiconductor patterns.
US11362194B2	Transistor having confined source/drain regions with wrap-around source/drain contacts Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device on an integrated circuit (IC). The method includes forming a containment structure having a non-sacrificial fin-containment region and a sacrificial fin-containment region, wherein the containment structure is configured to define a source or drain (S/D) cavity. A S/D region is formed in the S/D cavity. The S/D region includes a contained S/D region defined by the containment structure. The S/D region further includes a non-contained S/D region positioned above the containment structure. The IC is exposed to an etchant that is selective to the sacrificial fin-containment region, non-selective to the non-sacrificial fin-containment region, and non-selective to a plurality of spacers on the IC. Exposing the IC to the etchant selectively removes the sacrificial fin-containment region and exposes sidewalls of the contained S/D region.
US11362193B2	Inverse T-shaped contact structures having air gap spacers A method of fabricating air gap spacers is provided. The method includes forming gate structures to extend upwardly from a substrate with source or drain (S/D) regions disposed between the gate structures and with contact trenches defined above the S/D regions and between the gate structures. The method further includes disposing contacts in the contact trenches. The method also includes configuring the contacts to define open-ended air gap spacer trenches with the gate structures. In addition, the method includes forming a cap over the open-ended air gap spacer trenches to define the open-ended air gap spacer trenches as air gap spacers. The gate structures have an initial structure prior to and following the disposing and the configuring of the contacts and prior to and following the forming of the cap.
US11362188B2	Field effect transistors with reduced electric field by thickening dielectric on the drain side An apparatus is provided which comprises: a source and a drain with a channel region therebetween, the channel region comprising a semiconductor material, and a gate dielectric layer over at least a portion of the channel region, wherein the gate dielectric layer comprises a first thickness proximate to the source and a second thickness proximate to the drain, wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness, and wherein at least a portion of the gate dielectric layer comprises a linearly varying thickness over the channel region. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11362178B2	Asymmetric source drain structures The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to asymmetric source and drain structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: at least one gate structure; a straight spacer adjacent to the at least one gate structure; and an L-shaped spacer on a side of the at least one gate structure opposing the straight spacer, the L-shaped spacer extending a first diffusion region further away from the at least one gate structure than the straight spacer extends a second diffusion region on a second side away from the at least one gate structure.
US11362175B1	Select gate gate-induced-drain-leakage enhancement A variety of applications can include memory devices designed to provide enhanced gate-induced-drain-leakage (GIDL) current during memory erase operations. The enhanced operation can be provided by enhancing the electric field in the channel structures of the topmost select gate transistors to strings of memory cells upon application of a voltage to the gates of the topmost select gate transistors. This electric field can be provided by using a dissected plug as a contact to the channel structure of the topmost select gate transistor, where the dissected plug has one or more conductive regions contacting the channel structure and one or more non-conductive regions contacting the channel structure. The dissected plug can be part of a contact between the data line and the channel structure. Additional devices, systems, and methods are discussed.
US11362169B2	Capacitor structure and semiconductor structure A capacitor structure includes an insulative layer, a first electrode over the insulative layer, a dielectric layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the dielectric layer. The first electrode includes a first portion extending along a lateral direction of the insulative layer and a second portion connected to the first portion and extending along a depth direction of the insulative layer. The dielectric layer is substantially conformal with respect to a profile of the first electrode. A semiconductor structure thereof and a method for forming the same are also provided.
US11362165B2	Display device In view of the problem that a reduced thickness of an EL film causes a short circuit between an anode and a cathode and malfunction of a transistor, the invention provides a display device that has a light emitting element including an electrode and an electroluminescent layer, a wire electrically connected to the electrode of the light emitting element, a transistor provided with an active layer including a source, a drain and a channel forming region, and a power supply line electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the transistor, wherein the wire is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the transistor, and the width of a part of the electrode in the vicinity of a portion where the electrode is electrically connected to the wire is smaller than that of the electrode in the other portion.
US11362164B2	Method for the production of a semi-transparent display, and a semi-transparent display Provided is a semi-transparent display and a method for producing a semi-transparent display. An SOI wafer is provided, the surface having at least one pixel region and at least one contact region arranged next to the pixel region, the SOI wafer comprising a silicon substrate on the rear side. At least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer is deposited on the front side of the SOI wafer. At least one transparent cover layer is applied above the at least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer. A wiring carrier is fastened to the assembly comprising the SOI wafer, the electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer and the transparent cover layer. Before fastening of the wiring carrier to the assembly, the silicon substrate is removed from the assembly, producing a residual assembly, and electrically conductive connections are formed between the contact region of the SOI wafer and the wiring carrier from the rear side of the SOI wafer.
US11362162B2	Method of manufacturing metal oxide film and display device including metal oxide film A method of manufacturing a metal oxide film includes injecting a reaction gas and metal precursors into a chamber, forming a first metal precursor film on a substrate in a plasma OFF state, forming a first sub-metal oxide film by oxidizing the first metal precursor film in a plasma ON state, and forming a second metal precursor film on the first sub-metal oxide film in the plasma OFF state, where the metal oxide film has an amorphous phase, a thickness of about 20 nanometer (nm) to about 130 nm, and a dielectric constant of about 10 to about 50.
US11362160B2	Organic EL display device A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material including a display region having a plurality of pixels and a frame region; a lower electrode provided in each of the plurality of pixels; an organic material layer arranged on the lower electrode; an upper electrode arranged on the organic material layer and covering the display region; a conductor portion provided in the frame region and connected to the upper electrode; and a rib provided on the conductor portion, wherein the upper electrode is arranged on the conductor portion via the rib, a first contact portion where the upper electrode and the conductor portion contact each other is located in the frame region, the rib has a side surface located at an opposite side of the first contact portion from the display region, and an end portion of the upper electrode faces the side surface.
US11362159B2	Display device having a bending region A display device includes a display substrate including a flat main region including a plurality of pixels, a flat subsidiary region, and a bending region disposed between the flat main region and the flat subsidiary region; a first layer disposed on the display substrate, the first layer including a bending opening portion in the bending region exposing the bending region of the display substrate; a bending organic layer disposed on the bending region exposed by the bending opening portion of the first layer; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the first layer in the pixels, respectively, wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements includes a plurality of color filters, respectively, and wherein the bending organic layer includes the same material as at least one of the color filters.
US11362157B2	Display panel, display device and manufacturing method of the display panel The present disclosure provides a display panel, a display device including the display panel, and a method of manufacturing the display panel. The display panel includes a substrate; a pixel-defining layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel-defining layer defines a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in rows and columns; and an organic light emitting element disposed in at least one of the plurality of sub-pixel regions, wherein a side of the pixel-defining layer away from the substrate is provided with a groove, the groove has a depth less than a thickness of the pixel-defining layer, and the groove is disposed between the organic light emitting elements that are adjacent to each other and emit light of different colors.
US11362142B2	Electronic apparatus with tiered stacks having conductive structures isolated by trenches, and related electronic systems and methods Methods for forming microelectronic devices include forming lower and upper stack structures, each comprising vertically alternating sequences of insulative and other structures arranged in tiers. Lower and upper pillar structures are formed to extend through the lower and upper stack structures, respectively. An opening is formed through the upper stack structure, and at least a portion of the other structures of the upper stack are replaced by (e.g., chemically converted into) conductive structures, which may be configured as select gate structures. Subsequently, a slit is formed, extending through both the upper and lower stack structures, and at least a portion of the other structures of the lower stack structure are replaced by a conductive material within a liner to form additional conductive structures, which may be configured as access lines (e.g., word lines). Microelectronic devices and structures and related electronic systems are also disclosed.
US11362135B2	Light emitting element array and optical transmission device A light emitting element array includes a single semiconductor substrate, a plurality of semiconductor elements, which are formed on the single semiconductor substrate, and each of the semiconductor elements including a first distributed Bragg-reflector, an active layer formed over the first distributed Bragg-reflector, and a second distributed Bragg-reflector formed over the active layer. The array includes an electrode pad formed over the second distributed Bragg-reflector and a wiring formed at least partly over the second distributed Bragg-reflector and extending from the electrode pad toward the semiconductor elements. The semiconductor elements include a first semiconductor element, configured to emit laser light, and a second semiconductor element configured not to emit laser light and disposed at a position which is shorter distance along the wiring from the electrode pad than a distance along the wiring from the electrode pad to a position of the first semiconductor element.
US11362133B2	Multi-color LED pixel unit and micro-LED display panel A multi-color light emitting pixel unit includes a substrate, and a light emitting transistor formed on the substrate. The light emitting transistor includes a bottom conductive layer formed on the substrate and a top conductive layer formed over the bottom conductive layer, an upper light emitting layer formed between the top conductive layer and the bottom conductive layer, at least one lower light emitting layer formed between the upper light emitting layer and the bottom conductive layer, and an electrical connector electrically connecting the at least one lower light emitting layer and the bottom conductive layer.
US11362131B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit, electronic device, solid-state imaging apparatus, and imaging apparatus A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first semiconductor substrate in which a part of an analog circuit is formed between the analog circuit and a digital circuit which subjects an analog output signal output from the analog circuit to digital conversion; a second semiconductor substrate in which the remaining part of the analog circuit and the digital circuit are formed; and a substrate connection portion which connects the first and second semiconductor substrates to each other. The substrate connection portion transmits an analog signal which is generated by a part of the analog circuit of the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate.
US11362125B2	Stacked image sensor and system including the same A stacked image sensor includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a pixel array of rows and columns of pixels, a first column interlayer-connection unit extending in the row direction and disposed adjacent the top or bottom of the pixel array and column routing wires extending in a diagonal direction and connecting the pixel columns and the first column interlayer-connection unit. The second semiconductor die is stacked with the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die includes a second column interlayer-connection unit extending in the row direction and disposed at a location corresponding to the first column interlayer-connection unit and connected to the first column interlayer-connection unit, and a column control circuit connected to the second column interlayer-connection unit.
US11362118B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display panel The present invention provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. Orthographic projections of channel layers of two types of thin film transistors in a design of a driving circuit on the array substrate at least partially overlap, that is, two thin film transistors are stacked on top of each other, thereby facilitating a narrow border design of the display panel. In addition, a channel layer of one of the thin film transistors is an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer, which can reduce node leakage in the driving circuit, which is conducive to improving circuit stability and reducing power consumption.
US11362115B2	Array substrate and preparation method therefor, and display panel and display device The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display. Disclosed are an array substrate and a preparation method therefor, and a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes: a substrate; multiple gate lines, wherein the gate lines are located on the substrate, and extend along a first direction; multiple data lines, wherein the data lines are located on the substrate, and extend along a second direction, and the gate lines and the data lines intersect to define multiple pixel areas; and a touch-control electrode wiring wherein the touch-control electrode wiring has the same direction as that of the gate lines, and is arranged insulated from the gate lines on a different layer, and the orthographic projection of the touch-control electrode wiring on the substrate at least has an overlapping area with the orthographic projection of part of the gate lines on the substrate.
US11362114B2	Array substrate and method for manufacturing the same and display device A method of manufacturing an array substrate includes: forming a first semiconductor pattern and a first insulating layer group sequentially on a base substrate; forming a second semiconductor pattern and a second insulating layer group sequentially on the first insulating layer group; forming two first via holes in the first insulating layer group and the second insulating layer group to expose the first semiconductor pattern, annealing the exposed first semiconductor pattern and then removing an oxide layer on a surface of the first semiconductor pattern; forming connecting wires in the first via holes; forming second via holes in the second insulating layer group to expose the second semiconductor pattern, and forming a first source electrode and a first drain electrode in the second via holes such that the first source electrode or the first drain electrode covers and is connected to one of the connecting wires.
US11362113B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There is provided a technique that enables a reduction in the display failure of a display device and the improvement of the yields of the display device in a display device that adopts a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor. A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor has a drain region, a source region, and a channel region provided between the drain region and the source region. The thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film provided on the channel region, an aluminum oxide film provided on the gate insulating film, an insulating film provided on the aluminum oxide film, and a gate electrode provided on the insulating film.
US11362112B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a display device including a transistor showing extremely low off current. In order to reduce the off current, a semiconductor material whose band gap is greater than that of a silicon semiconductor is used for forming a transistor, and the concentration of an impurity which serves as a carrier donor of the semiconductor material is reduced. Specifically, an oxide semiconductor whose band gap is greater than or equal to 2 eV, preferably greater than or equal to 2.5 eV, more preferably greater than or equal to 3 eV is used for a semiconductor layer of a transistor, and the concentration of an impurity which serves as a carrier donor included is reduced. Consequently, the off current of the transistor per micrometer in channel width can be reduced to lower than 10 zA/μm at room temperature and lower than 100 zA/μm at 85° C.
US11362105B2	Vertical memory device with support layer A vertical memory device includes gate electrode structures, channels, first to third division patterns, and a first support layer. The gate electrode structure includes gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, and extends in a second direction. The gate electrode structures are spaced apart from one another in a third direction. The first division pattern extends in the second direction between the gate electrode structures. The second and third division patterns are alternately disposed in the second direction between the gate electrode structures. The first support layer is on the gate electrode structures at substantially the same height as upper portions of the first and second division patterns, and contacts the upper portions of the first and second division patterns. The upper portions of the first and second division patterns are arranged in a zigzag pattern in the second direction in a plan view.
US11362100B2	FinFET split gate non-volatile memory cells with enhanced floating gate to floating gate capacitive coupling Memory cells formed on upwardly extending fins of a semiconductor substrate, each including source and drain regions with a channel region therebetween, a floating gate extending along the channel region and wrapping around the fin, a word line gate extending along the channel region and wrapping around the fin, a control gate over the floating gate, and an erase gate over the source region. The control gates are a continuous conductive strip of material. First and second fins are spaced apart by a first distance. Third and fourth fins are spaced apart by a second distance. The second and third fins are spaced apart by a third distance greater than the first and second distances. The continuous strip includes a portion disposed between the second and third fins, but no portion of the continuous strip is disposed between the first and second fins nor between the third and fourth fins.
US11362098B2	Method for manufacturing memory device A method for manufacturing a memory device is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a substrate; forming a plurality of first gate structures; forming a lining layer on the substrate; forming a spacer layer on the lining layer; forming a stop layer on the spacer layer; forming a first sacrificial layer on the stop layer; removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer to expose the stop layer on the first gate structures, and to expose the stop layer at the bottoms of the trenches; removing the stop layer at the bottoms of the trenches to expose the spacer layer; removing the remaining first sacrificial layer; forming a second sacrificial layer on the substrate; and removing the second sacrificial layer, and removing the spacer layer and the lining layer at the bottoms of the plurality of trenches to expose the substrate.
US11362095B2	Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary fabrication method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having at least one first region, at least one second region and at least one third region; forming at least one first fin on the at least one first region, at least one second fin on the at least one second region and at least one third fin on the at least one third region; forming a first opening in the first fin; forming a second opening in the second fin; forming a first epitaxial layer in the first opening and the second opening; forming a third opening in the at least one third fin; removing at least a portion of the first epitaxial layer in the at least one second fin to form a fourth opening; and forming a second epitaxial layer in the third opening and the fourth opening.
US11362092B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor device includes: element isolation regions; a projecting semiconductor region; a plurality of first gate electrodes each formed on both side surfaces and a top surface of a portion of the projecting semiconductor region, the plurality of first gate electrodes being formed between a pair of opposed end portions of the element isolation regions and being component elements of a plurality of transistors; at least one second gate electrode formed between the first gate electrodes, in the same layer as a layer where the plurality of first gate electrodes are formed, and applied with a voltage for turning off the transistor.
US11362091B2	Multiple nano layer transistor layers with different transistor architectures for improved circuit layout and performance A semiconductor device includes a plurality of nano-channel field-effect transistor stacks positioned adjacent to each other such that source-drain regions are shared between adjacent nano-channel field-effect transistor stacks, each nano-channel field-effect transistor stack including at least two nano-channel field-effect transistors and corresponding source/drain regions vertically separated from each other.
US11362089B2	Gate structure with additional oxide layer and method for manufacturing the same Semiconductor structures and method for forming the same are provided. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure includes forming a first gate dielectric layer over a substrate and forming a first capping layer over the first gate dielectric layer. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure includes oxidizing the first capping layer to form a first capping oxide layer and forming a first work function metal layer over the first capping oxide layer. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure includes forming a first gate electrode layer over the first work function metal layer.
US11362086B2	Diode connected vertical transistor An electrical device including a vertical transistor device connected to a vertical diode. The vertical diode connected transistor device including a vertically orientated channel. The vertical diode connected transistor device also includes a first diode source/drain region provided by an electrically conductive surface region of a substrate at a first end of the diode vertically orientated channel, and a second diode source/drain region present at a second end of the vertically orientated channel. The vertical diode also includes a diode gate structure in electrical contact with the first diode source/drain region.
US11362085B2	High-voltage semiconductor device A high-voltage semiconductor device includes a substrate, a body region, a well region, a bulk region, a source, a drain, an isolation region, a gate structure, and a resistor. The body region and the well region are disposed in the substrate. The bulk region and the source are disposed in the body region. The drain is disposed in the well region. The isolation region is disposed on the well region. The isolation region is disposed between the drain and the source. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate. The gate structure extends onto a portion of the isolation region. The resistor is disposed on the isolation region. The resistor is electrically connected to the bulk region and the drain, or the resistor is electrically connected to the drain and/or the source.
US11362077B2	Photonic semiconductor device and method A method includes forming multiple photonic devices in a semiconductor wafer, forming a v-shaped groove in a first side of the semiconductor wafer, forming an opening extending through the semiconductor wafer, forming multiple conductive features within the opening, wherein the conductive features extend from the first side of the semiconductor wafer to a second side of the semiconductor wafer, forming a polymer material over the v-shaped groove, depositing a molding material within the opening, wherein the multiple conductive features are separated by the molding material, after depositing the molding material, removing the polymer material to expose the v-shaped groove, and placing an optical fiber within the v-shaped groove.
US11362076B2	Display module and system applications A display module and system applications including a display module are described. The display module may include a display substrate including a front surface, a back surface, and a display area on the front surface. A plurality of interconnects extend through the display substrate from the front surface to the back surface. An array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are in the display area and electrically connected with the plurality of interconnects, and one or more driver circuits are on the back surface of the display substrate. Exemplary system applications include wearable, rollable, and foldable displays.
US11362075B2	Micro light emitting diode display substrate, device and fabrication method thereof Provided are micro light emitting diode display substrate, device and fabrication method thereof. The micro light emitting diode display substrate includes: a first base substrate; micro light emitting diodes on the first base substrate and including first and second electrodes; a common electrode layer on a side of a layer where the first and second electrodes are located away from the first base substrate, and electrically connected to the second electrodes of the micro light emitting diodes and spaced apart from the first electrodes; an interlayer insulating layer on a side of the common electrode layer away from the first base substrate and having via holes exposing the first electrodes of the micro light emitting diodes, respectively; first connection electrodes on a side of the interlayer insulating layer away from the first base substrate, and filling the via holes to be electrically connected to the first electrodes, respectively.
US11362074B2	Light-emitting diode device A light-emitting diode (LED) device includes a substrate, an electrically conductive layer, a first LED chip, and an anti-electrostatic discharge element. The substrate has opposite upper and lower surfaces. The electrically conductive layer is formed on the upper surface of the substrate, and has first and second regions that are electrically separated from each other by a trench structure. The trench structure has a first segment and a second segment which connects and is not collinear with the first segment. The first LED chip is disposed across the first segment, and the anti-electrostatic discharge element is disposed across the second segment, both interconnecting the first and second regions.
US11362073B2	Light emitting device including multiple transparent electrodes for display and display apparatus having the same A light emitting device for a display including first, second, and third LED stacks each including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, first, second, and third transparent electrodes in ohmic contact with a lower surface of the first LED stack, an upper surface of the second LED stack, and an upper surface of the third LED stack, respectively, a first electrode pad disposed on the first semiconductor layer of the third LED stack, a lower second electrode pad disposed on the third transparent electrode, and first, second, and third bump pads disposed on the first LED stack and electrically connected to the LED stacks, respectively, and a common bump pad disposed electrically connected to each LED stack, in which an upper surface of the first electrode pad is located at substantially the same elevation as that of the lower second electrode pad.
US11362071B2	Stacked semiconductor dies for semiconductor device assemblies Stacked semiconductor dies for semiconductor device assemblies and associated methods and systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, the semiconductor die assembly includes a substrate with a first opening in an inner portion and a second opening in an outer portion of the substrate. Further, the semiconductor die assembly can include a master die attached to a front side of the substrate, where the master die includes a first bond pad proximate to the first opening and a second bond pad proximate to the second opening. The first and second bond pads of the master die can be coupled with first and second substrate bond pads on a back side of the substrate, opposite to the front side, using first and second bonding wires extending through the first and second openings, respectively.
US11362069B2	Three-dimensional stacking structure and manufacturing method thereof A stacking structure including a first die, a second die stacked on the first die, and a filling material is provided. The first die has a first bonding structure, and the first bonding structure includes first bonding pads and a first heat dissipating element. The second die has a second bonding structure, and the second bonding structure includes second bonding pads and a second heat dissipating element. The first bonding pads are bonded with the second bonding pads. The first heat dissipating element is connected to one first bonding pad of the first bonding pads and the second heat dissipating element is connected to one second bonding pad of the second bonding pads. The filling material is disposed over the first die and laterally around the second die. The first and second dies are bonded through the first and second bonding structures.
US11362064B2	Semiconductor package with shared barrier layer in redistribution and via A package structure includes a first die, a second die, an insulation structure, a through via, a dielectric layer and a redistribution layer. The second die is electrically bonded to the first die. The insulation structure is disposed on the first die and laterally surrounds the second die. The through via penetrates through the insulation structure to electrically connect to the first die. The through via includes a first barrier layer and a conductive post on the first barrier layer. The dielectric layer is on the second die and the insulation structure. The redistribution layer is embedded in the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the through via. The redistribution layer includes a second barrier layer and a conductive layer on the second barrier layer. The conductive layer of the redistribution layer is in contact with the conductive post of the through via.
US11362058B2	Bonding and indexing apparatus A bonding and indexing apparatus has a first index head to move a substrate in an indexing direction from a first position to a second position and a second index head to move the substrate in an indexing direction from the second position to a third position. The first and/or second index head has a bonding element to effect a bonding process between the substrate and an element disposed against the substrate so that bonding and movement in the indexing direction is implemented simultaneously by the first index head and/or bonding and movement in the indexing direction is implemented simultaneously by the second index head.
US11362052B2	Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package includes a first electronic component having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The semiconductor device package further includes a first pad disposed on the first surface of the first electronic component. The first pad has a first surface facing away from the first surface of the first electronic component, a second surface opposite the first surface of the first pad, and a lateral surface extended between the first surface of the first pad and the second surface of the first pad. The semiconductor device package further includes a second pad disposed on the first surface of the first pad. The second pad has a first surface facing away from the first surface of the first pad, a second surface opposite the first surface of the second pad, and a lateral surface extended between the first surface of the second pad and the second surface of the second pad. A width of the first surface of the second pad is greater than a width of the second surface of the second pad. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also disclosed.
US11362051B2	RF substrate with junctions having an improved layout Making a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate provided with an eddy current blocking structure (20) formed in a segment (22) doped according to doping of a first type, of doped regions (23) periodically distributed on one or more parallel rows and according to a pattern (M2) and an improved arrangement.
US11362049B2	Semiconductor device package A semiconductor device package includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor device package further includes a first supporting structure disposed on the first surface of the substrate and a second supporting structure disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The first supporting structure has a first surface spaced apart from the first surface of the substrate by a first distance. The second supporting structure has a first surface spaced apart from the first surface of the substrate by a second distance. The second distance is different from the first distance. The semiconductor device package further includes a first antenna disposed above the first surface of the substrate. The first antenna is supported by the first surface of the first supporting structure and the first surface of the second supporting structure.
US11362045B2	Chip package structure A chip package structure including a substrate, a redistribution layer (RDL), a chip and an encapsulant is provided. The RDL is disposed on the substrate. The chip is disposed on the RDL and is electrically connected with the RDL. The encapsulant is disposed on the RDL and encapsulates the chip. The chip is located in the high stress region. From a top view, the chip is located in the high stress region, and the low stress region surrounds the high stress region. The RDL includes at least one first device located in the high stress region. From the top view, the extending direction of the at least one first device is parallel to a stress direction at a position thereof.
US11362044B2	Semiconductor package structure A semiconductor package structure is provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a substrate, a frame, a redistribution layer, and a first semiconductor die. The substrate has a wiring structure and is surrounded by a molding material. The frame is disposed in the molding material and surrounds the substrate. The redistribution layer is disposed over the substrate and electrically coupled to the wiring structure. The first semiconductor die is disposed over the redistribution layer.
US11362042B2	Semiconductor device with oxide-nitride stack A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer with opposing first and second main surfaces and a first column extending from the first main surface and having a first concentration of a dopant of the first conductivity type. A trench with a sidewall and bottom extends at least partially through the semiconductor layer from the first main surface. A second column between the trench sidewall and the first column has a second concentration of a dopant of a second conductivity type and is formed in the semiconductor layer and extends from the first main surface. A trench oxide layer is in contact with at least the trench sidewall and the trench bottom. A trench nitride layer covers the trench oxide layer at least on the trench sidewall. A dielectric seal material seals the trench proximate the first main surface of the semiconductor layer such that the trench is air-tight.
US11362041B2	Semiconductor devices including shielding layer and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices In one example, a semiconductor structure or device comprises a substrate comprising a conductive structure having a top side and a first shielding terminal on the top side of the conductive structure, an electronic component on the top side of the conductive structure, a package body on the top side of the conductive structure and contacting a side of the electronic component, a shield on a top side of the package body and a lateral side of the package body, and a shield interconnect coupling the shield to the first shielding terminal of the conductive structure. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11362036B2	Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a first carrier, an encapsulant, a second carrier and one or more supporters. The first carrier has a first surface and a first side contiguous with the first surface. The encapsulant is on the first surface of the first carrier, and the first side of the first carrier is exposed from the encapsulant. The second carrier is disposed over the first carrier. The one or more supporters are spaced apart from the first side of the first carrier and connected between the first carrier and the second carrier. The one or more supporters are arranged asymmetrically with respect to the geographic center of the first carrier. The one or more supporters are fully sealed in the encapsulant.
US11362034B2	Semiconductor device having a laminate contact plug of specified configuration including a conductive metal oxide layer A semiconductor device that is miniaturized and highly integrated is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a first insulator, a second insulator, a first conductor, a second conductor, and a semiconductor layer; the first insulator includes an opening exposing the semiconductor layer; the first conductor is provided in contact with the semiconductor layer at a bottom of the opening; the second insulator is provided in contact with a top surface of the first conductor and a side surface in the opening; the second conductor is provided in contact with the top surface of the first conductor and in the opening with the second insulator therebetween; and the second insulator has a barrier property against oxygen.
US11362029B2	Integrated circuit structure of capacitive device An integrated circuit structure includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate, a plurality of conductive lines, and a plurality of conductive vias. The first conductive plate is disposed in a first layer on a semiconductor substrate. The second conductive plate is disposed in a second layer on the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of conductive lines are disposed in the first layer for surrounding the first conductive plate. The plurality of conductive vias are arranged to couple the plurality of conductive lines to the second conductive plate. The second layer is different from the first layer, and the first conductive plate is physically separated from the second conductive plate, the plurality of conductive lines, and the plurality of conductive vias.
US11362025B2	Tape carrier assemblies having an integrated adhesive film Introduced here are carrier tape assemblies that can improve efficiency and reduce costs when utilized in the handling, transport, or storage of semiconductor components. A carrier tape assembly can include an adhesive film affixed to an elongated and/or extruded carrier tape. For example, the adhesive film may be integrally laminated onto the top surface of the elongate carrier tape as a single continuous (i.e., unbroken) sheet. The adhesive film may substantially conform to the top surface of the elongate carrier tape, including any punched cavities for holding semiconductor components. Proper securement of the semiconductor components to the carrier tape assembly depends on the adhesive property of the constituent material(s) of the adhesive film.
US11362024B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip in which a field effect transistor mainly containing GaN is formed on a surface of a SiC semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a metal base on which a back surface of the semiconductor chip is mounted through a conductive adhesive material containing Ag and a resin mold configured to seal the semiconductor chip. A metal having wettability lower than wettability of Au or Cu with respect to Ag is exposed in a region extending along an edge of the back surface.
US11362017B2	Cooling apparatus, semiconductor module, and vehicle The flow speed distribution of a refrigerant in a cooling apparatus is made uniform. A cooling apparatus provided includes: a top plate; a casing portion having a base plate facing the top plate, and a refrigerant delivery portion arranged between the top plate and the base plate, the casing portion provided with two opening portions to function as an inlet port through which a refrigerant is let into the refrigerant delivery portion and an outlet port through which the refrigerant is let out; a cooling fin portion arranged in the refrigerant delivery portion of the casing portion and between the two opening portions; and a loss adding portion arranged in the refrigerant delivery portion of the casing portion and between the cooling fin portion and at least one of the two opening portions, the loss adding portion generating pressure loss in the refrigerant passing therethrough.
US11362010B2	Structure and formation method of chip package with fan-out feature A package structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes disposing a semiconductor die over a first surface of a redistribution structure. The method also includes forming a first protective layer to surround a portion of the semiconductor die. The method further includes disposing a device element over a second surface of the redistribution structure. The redistribution structure is between the device element and the semiconductor die. In addition, the method includes forming a second protective layer to surround a portion of the device element. The second protective layer is thicker than the first protective layer, and the second protective layer and the first protective layer have different coefficients of thermal expansion.
US11361996B2	Height detecting apparatus and laser processing apparatus A spectral interference height detecting apparatus includes a chuck table for holding a workpiece thereon and a height detecting unit for detecting the height of an upper surface of the workpiece held on the chuck table. The height detecting unit includes a light source for emitting light in a predetermined wavelength band into a first optical path, a condenser disposed in the first optical path for converging light onto the workpiece held on the chuck table, a beam splitter disposed between the light source and the condenser for splitting the light in the first optical path into a second optical path, a mirror disposed in the second optical path to form a basic optical path length, for reflecting light into the second optical path and returning light through the beam splitter to the first optical path.
US11361995B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a via including a first conductive material on an inner wall of a trench on a substrate. The method further includes forming a first insulating interlayer on the substrate. The first insulating interlayer covers the via and partially fills the trench, and the first insulating interlayer has a non-flat upper surface. The method further includes forming a polishing stop layer on the first insulating interlayer, forming a second insulating interlayer on the polishing stop layer, in which the second insulating interlayer fills a remaining portion of the trench, planarizing the second insulating interlayer until the polishing stop layer is exposed, and etching the polishing stop layer and the first and second insulating interlayers using a dry etching process until remaining portions of the polishing stop layer except for a portion of the polishing stop layer in the trench are removed.
US11361994B2	Fully self-aligned interconnect structure The present disclosure provides a method of forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate and forming a patterned metal structure on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the patterned metal structure includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer deposited in a single deposition step. The method further includes etching a portion of the second metal layer thereby forming a metal plug in the second metal layer, the first metal layer of the patterned metal structure having a first metal feature underlying and contacting the metal plug.
US11361993B2	Method for inverse via patterning for back end of line dual damascene structures A process flow is utilized for patterning of dual damascene structures in BEOL process steps. Conductor vias are inversely patterned in the form of pillars that are formed before the final dielectric stack is deposited. The final dielectric stack may include a low-k dielectric and the conductor may be ruthenium. The vias may be formed by forming conductor pillars in patterned voids of a sacrificial layer. After the pillars are formed, certain areas between the pillars can then be backfilled with a dielectric, such as for example, a low-k dielectric material. The trench conductor of the dual damascene structure may then be formed. The sacrificial dielectric may then be removed and an additional layer of low-k dielectric material can then be deposited or coated on the structure to provide the final structure having the dual damascene vias and trenches filled with the conductor surrounded by low-k material.
US11361991B2	Method for Si gap fill by PECVD Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to processes for filling trenches. The process includes depositing a first amorphous silicon layer on a surface of a layer and a second amorphous silicon layer in a portion of a trench formed in the layer, and portions of side walls of the trench are exposed. The first amorphous silicon layer is removed. The process further includes depositing a third amorphous silicon layer on the surface of the layer and a fourth amorphous silicon layer on the second amorphous silicon layer. The third amorphous silicon layer is removed. The deposition/removal cyclic processes may be repeated until the trench is filled with amorphous silicon layers. The amorphous silicon layers form a seamless amorphous silicon gap fill in the trench since the amorphous silicon layers are formed from bottom up.
US11361988B2	Staircase formation in three-dimensional memory device A method for forming a staircase structure of 3D memory, including: forming an alternating layer stack comprising a plurality of dielectric layer pairs disposed over a substrate; forming a first mask stack over the alternating layer stack; patterning the first mask stack to define a staircase region comprising a number of N sub-staircase regions over the alternating layer stack using a lithography process and N is greater than 1; forming a first staircase structure over the staircase region, the first staircase structure has a number of M steps at each of the staircase regions and M is greater than 1; and forming a second staircase structure on the first staircase structure, the second staircase structure has a number of 2NM steps at the staircase region.
US11361986B2	Using a liner layer to enlarge process window for a contact via In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip that includes a substrate, a first contact layer, and a gate electrode. The first contact layer overlies the substrate and the gate electrode overlies the substrate and is laterally spaced from the first contact layer. A first spacer structure surrounds outermost sidewalls of the first contact layer and separates the gate electrode from the first contact layer. A first hard mask structure is arranged over the first contact layer and is between portions of the first spacer structure. A first contact via extends through the first hard mask structure and contacts the first contact layer. A first liner layer is arranged directly between the first hard mask structure and the first spacer structure.
US11361981B2	Batch substrate support with warped substrate capability Methods and apparatus for supporting substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support for supporting a plurality of substrates includes: a plurality of substrate support elements having a ring shape configured to support a plurality of substrates in a vertically spaced apart relation; and a plurality of substrate lift elements interfacing with the plurality of substrate support elements and configured to simultaneously selectively raise or lower substrates off of or onto respective substrate support elements.
US11361980B2	Device for alignment of two substrates A device and method for alignment of a first contact surface of a first substrate with a second contact surface of a second substrate which can be held on a second platform includes first X-Y positions of first alignment keys located along the first contact surface, and second X-Y positions of second alignment keys which correspond to the first alignment keys and which are located along the second contact surface. The first contact surface can be aligned based on the first X-Y positions in the first alignment position and the second contact surface can be aligned based on the second X-Y positions in the second alignment position.
US11361979B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding portion which holds a substrate W. The substrate holding portion includes two movable holding pins and two fixed holding pins which sandwich the substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes two support pins which support the substrate W held by the substrate holding portion from below. Each of the support pins has an inner portion which overlaps the substrate held by the substrate holding portion in a vertical direction. An upper end of the support pin is on a side below an overlapping portion of the substrate which overlaps the inner portion in the vertical direction.
US11361978B2	Gas delivery module The present disclosure relates to high pressure processing apparatus for semiconductor processing. The apparatus described herein include a high pressure process chamber and a containment chamber surrounding the process chamber. A high pressure fluid delivery module is in fluid communication with the high pressure process chamber and is configured to deliver a high pressure fluid to the process chamber.
US11361977B2	Gate structure of semiconductor device and method of manufacture A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In some embodiments a divergent ion beam is utilized to implant ions into a capping layer, wherein the capping layer is located over a first metal layer, a dielectric layer, and an interfacial layer over a semiconductor fin. The ions are then driven from the capping layer into one or more of the first metal layer, the dielectric layer, and the interfacial layer.
US11361976B2	Substrate processing method and plasma processing apparatus A technique improves selectivity in etching of a silicon-containing film over etching of a mask in plasma etching. A substrate processing method includes placing a substrate in a chamber in a plasma processing apparatus. The substrate includes a silicon-containing film and a mask on the silicon-containing film. The substrate processing method further includes generating plasma from a first process gas containing a hydrogen fluoride gas in the chamber. The generating plasma includes etching the silicon-containing film with a chemical species contained in the plasma. A flow rate of the hydrogen fluoride gas is at least 25 vol % of a total flow rate of the non-inert components of the first process gas.
US11361975B2	Method of fabricating integrated circuits A method of fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method of removing excess metal of a metal interconnection layer during integrated circuit fabrication process comprises the steps of: plasma etching an excess metal portion of the metal interconnection layer using plasma comprising a noble gas, for an etch duration. The method further comprises stopping the etch process prior to the excess metal portion being completely removed and thus prior to a dielectric surface upon which the metal interconnection is formed, becoming completely exposed. The remaining excess metal portion comprising excess metal residues is subsequently removed using a second etch step.
US11361971B2	High aspect ratio Bosch deep etch In some methods, a first recess is etched in a selected region of a substrate. A first polymer liner is formed on sidewalls and a bottom surface of the first recess. A portion of the first polymer liner is removed from the bottom surface, and a remaining portion of the first polymer liner is left along the sidewalls. The first recess is deepened to establish a second recess while the remaining portion of the first polymer liner is left along the sidewalls. A first oxide liner is formed along the sidewalls and along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the second recess. A portion of the first oxide liner is removed from a bottom surface of the second recess, while a remaining portion of the first oxide liner is left on the sidewalls of the first recess and the sidewalls of the second recess.
US11361964B2	Fabricating a silicon carbide and nitride structures on a carrier substrate A method, apparatus, and system for forming a semiconductor structure. A first oxide layer located on a set of group III nitride layers formed on a silicon carbide substrate is bonded to a second oxide layer located on a carrier substrate to form an oxide layer located between the carrier substrate and the set of group III nitride layers. The silicon carbide substrate has a doped layer. The silicon carbide substrate having the doped layer is etched using a photo-electrochemical etching process, wherein a doping level of the doped layer is such that the doped layer is removed and a silicon carbide layer in the silicon carbide substrate remains unetched. The semiconductor structure is formed using the silicon carbide layer and the set of group III nitride layers.
US11361958B2	Quadrupole devices A method of operating a quadrupole device is disclosed. The method comprises operating the quadrupole device in a first mode of operation, wherein ions within a first mass to charge ratio range are selected and/or transmitted by the quadrupole device, and operating the quadrupole device in a second mode of operation, wherein ions within a second different mass to charge ratio range are selected and/or transmitted by the quadrupole device. In the first mode of operation, the quadrupole device is operated in a normal mode of operation wherein a main drive voltage is applied to the quadrupole device, or in a first X-band or Y-band mode of operation wherein a main drive voltage and two or more auxiliary drive voltages are applied to the quadrupole device. In the second mode of operation, the quadrupole device is operated in a second X-band or Y-band mode of operation wherein a main drive voltage and two or more auxiliary drive voltages are applied to the quadrupole device.
US11361957B2	Time-of-flight mass spectrometer and program A time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a flight tube, an ion introduction unit that is connected to the flight tube, an ion detector that detects an ion flown in the flight tube, and a control unit that controls the ion introduction unit and the flight tube, wherein: the control unit sequentially changes an accumulation state of the ion to be introduced into the flight tube by the ion introduction unit, for a plurality of measurement processes performed repeatedly.
US11361952B2	Method and device for crosstalk compensation There is disclosed a method for eliminating an added crosstalk signal from a measured data signal, which is generated by an image current. There is further disclosed a signal processing unit for carrying out the method. There is still further disclosed a mass spectrometer and a mass analyser comprising the signal processing unit for carrying out the method. There is yet still further disclosed a Fourier transform mass spectrometer configured to eliminate the added crosstalk signal from a measured data signal.
US11361950B2	Multi-cathode processing chamber with dual rotatable shields Embodiments of a process kits for use in a process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process kit for use in a multi-cathode processing chamber includes: a first rotatable shield coupled to a first shaft, wherein the first rotatable shield includes a base, a conical portion extending downward and radially outward from the base, and one or more holes formed through the conical portion, wherein no two holes of the one or more holes are diametrically opposed; and a second rotatable shield coupled to a second shaft concentric with the first shaft, wherein the second rotatable shield is disposed in the first rotatable shield, and wherein the first rotatable shield is configured to rotate independent of the first rotatable shield.
US11361947B2	Apparatus for plasma processing and method of etching In an apparatus for plasma processing according to an exemplary embodiment, a radio frequency power source generates radio frequency power which is supplied for generation of a plasma. A bias power source supplies bias power to a lower electrode of a substrate support. The bias power varies a potential of a substrate within a cycle thereof. The radio frequency power is supplied in at least a part of a first period in the cycle, in which the potential of the substrate is relatively high. A power level of the radio frequency power is lowered in a second period in the cycle, in which the potential of the substrate is relatively low. In the first period and the second period, the sheath adjuster adjusts a position in a vertical direction of an upper end of a sheath above an edge ring.
US11361944B2	Plasma processing method, and element chip manufacturing method A plasma processing method, including: a trenched substrate preparation process of preparing a trenched substrate having trenches having a bottom exposing an oxide film; and an oxide film removal process of exposing the trenched substrate to a plasma, to remove the oxide film. The oxide film removal process includes a plurality of cycles, each cycle including: an oxide film etching step of etching the oxide film; and a cleaning step of removing an attached matter on inner walls of the trenches, after the oxide film etching step.
US11361943B2	Adjustable fastening device for plasma gas injectors An embodiment is an apparatus, such as a plasma chamber. The apparatus includes chamber walls and a chamber window defining an enclosed space. A chamber window is disposed between a plasma antenna and a substrate support. A gas delivery source is mechanically coupled to the chamber window. The gas delivery source comprises a gas injector having a passageway, a window at a first end of the passageway, and a nozzle at a second end of the passageway. The nozzle of the gas delivery source is disposed in the enclosed space. A fastening device is mechanically coupled to the gas delivery source. The fastening device is adjustable to adjust a sealing force against the gas injector.
US11361937B2	System and method for generating and analyzing roughness measurements and their use for process monitoring and control A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving measured linescan information describing a pattern structure of a feature, applying the received measured linescan information to an inverse linescan model that relates measured linescan information to feature geometry information, identifying, based at least in part on the applying the received measured linescan model to the inverse linescan model, feature geometry information that describes a feature that would produce a linescan corresponding to the received measured linescan information, determining, at least in part using the inverse linescan model, feature edge positions of the identified feature, and analyzing the feature edge positions to detect the presence or absence of defects in the pattern structure.
US11361928B2	Piezoelectric vacuum transistor A vacuum transistor includes a substrate and a first terminal formed on the substrate. A piezoelectric element has a second terminal formed on the piezoelectric element, wherein the piezoelectric element is provided over the first terminal to provide a gap between the first terminal and the second terminal. The gap is adjusted in accordance with an electrical field on the piezoelectric element.
US11361926B2	Apparatus, system and method for alarm triggered electrical supply disconnection A system is described herein, including an activation circuit configured to generate a signal indicative of an alarm condition. A residual current device trigger circuit is coupled to the activation circuit and a residual current device. The residual current device trigger circuit is configured to provide a simulated earth leakage current condition to trigger the residual current device on receiving the signal indicative of the alarm condition.
US11361925B2	Relay A relay for assembling in terminal blocks includes an electromagnetic drive arrangement including an armature, an armature bearing spring, and a yoke. The armature is at least partially spaced from the yoke, is movably mounted, and is reduces the distance between the yoke and the armature under an effect of an electromagnetic force. The armature bearing spring applies a spring force counteracting the electromagnetic force. The yoke interacts electromagnetically with the armature to apply the electromagnetic force. A contact spring has a first contact surface and a contact arm, and the contact arm is spaced from the first contact surface and comes into contact with the first contact surface via a pressure force acting to establish an electrical connection between the first contact surface and the contact arm. An insulating element electrically isolates the armature from the contact arm and actuates the contact arm to produce the pressure force.
US11361924B2	Relay unit A relay unit includes: bus bars serving as conductive paths; relays including contact portions for turning on and off energization of the bus bars, and a plurality of terminals connected to the contact portions, the bus bars being fixed to the terminals; and heat dissipation members that are fixed to the terminals of the relays, receive heat of the terminals, and dissipate the heat.
US11361921B2	Breaking device A breaking device for interrupting current, the breaking device including an electrically conducting outer member; an electrically conducting inner member arranged radially inside the outer member with respect to a breaking axis; and an electrically insulating or semiconducting breaking tube arranged radially between the outer member and the inner member with respect to the breaking axis, the breaking tube being arranged to move along the breaking axis from a starting position to a protruding position in which the breaking tube protrudes from a space within the outer member for interrupting a current between the outer member and the inner member by means of the breaking tube.
US11361914B2	Electrical contactor system An electrical contactor system includes a stationary contactor having a stationary contact, a moving contactor having a moving contact, a rotating member, a magnetic blow-out arc quenching device including a permanent magnet, and an isolation arc quenching device. The moving contactor is mounted on the rotating member and is rotatable between a connected position and a disconnected position. The moving contact is in electrical contact with the stationary contact when the moving contactor is rotated to the connected position, the moving contact is separated from the stationary contact when the moving contactor is rotated to the disconnected position. The permanent magnet is statically disposed in a vicinity of the stationary contactor for elongating an arc between the stationary contact and the moving contact by an electromagnetic force so as to extinguish the arc. The isolation arc quenching device pushes the arc toward the permanent magnet so as to force the arc to move to a vicinity of the permanent magnet.
US11361904B2	Multilayer electronic component A multilayer electronic component includes a body, a protrusion disposed on at least one surface of the body, and an external electrode having an electrode layer disposed on a side surface of the body and extending to be in contact with a side surface of the protrusion and a conductive resin layer disposed on the electrode layer and extending to cover a portion of the protrusion.
US11361898B2	Coil component and electronic device A coil component includes: a substrate body having a first resin part formed by a resin that contains magnetic grains, and a second resin part joined to the surface of the first resin part and formed by a material that contains resin, and whose insulation property is higher than that of the first resin part; a coil embedded in the first resin part and formed by a conductor having an insulating film; leader parts formed by the conductor and led out from the coil to the second resin part; and terminal parts connected electrically to the leader parts; wherein covered parts of the leader parts, which are covered with the insulating film, are embedded partially in the second resin part, and the second resin part is disposed between the terminal parts and the first resin part, thereby preventing shorting between the terminal parts.
US11361896B2	Ultra-high coupling factor monolithic transformers for integrated differential radio frequency amplifiers in system-on-chip devices An ultra-high coupling factor transformer has a plurality of conductive layers, a primary winding inductor, and a secondary winding inductor. The primary winding inductor is defined by a plurality of turns and disposed on a first one of the plurality of conductive layers and extends to a second one of the plurality of conductive layers. The secondary winding inductor is defined by a plurality of turns and disposed on the first one of the plurality of conductive layers and extends to the second one of the plurality of conductive layers. The primary winding is vertically and horizontally cross coupled with the secondary winding inductor, and defines a mutual coupling inductance from surrounding directions.
US11361893B2	Soft body robotic device A soft body robotic device includes a body made at least partly from a polylactic-acid-based material, and a magnetic movement mechanism connected to the body. The magnetic movement mechanism is configured to support movement of the soft body robotic device and to interact with an external magnetic control device for movement of the soft body robotic device.
US11361892B2	Multipurpose permanent magnetic system An versatile modular magnetic system, using multipolar magnets with poles aligned on the X, Y and Z axis for holding pieces in alignment, expandable on the X, Y, and Z axis with pieces sandwiched between magnets, magnetic on two faces, magnetically and mechanically holds to surfaces, magnetically and mechanically holds to itself, opens and closes, magnet gaps adjusted to optimize magnet material.
US11361891B2	Coil component One object is to provide a magnetic coupling coil component having an improved coupling coefficient. A coil component according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an insulator body; and first and second coil conductors embedded in the insulator body and wound around a coil axis. A first coil surface of the first coil conductor is opposed to a second coil surface of the second coil conductor. The insulator body includes: an intermediate portion disposed between the first coil surface and the second coil surface; a core portion disposed inside the first and second coil conductors; and an outer peripheral portion disposed outside the first and second coil conductors. A magnetic permeability of the intermediate portion in a direction perpendicular to the coil axis is smaller than those of the core portion and the outer peripheral portion in a direction parallel to the coil axis.
US11361885B2	Method and composition for moisture ingress protection, and electronic device comprising same A method includes coating at least one conductive element of an electronic device with an electrically non-conductive thixotropic liquid. An electronic device includes a first layer including an upper conductive element, a second layer including a lower conductive element, and a spacer positioned between the layers. The first layer, the second layer, and the spacer define a sensing chamber in which the upper and lower conductive elements move to vary the resistance of the electronic device. A non-conductive thixotropic liquid is present within the sensing chamber. Movement of the layers toward each other displaces the thixotropic liquid from an initial state coating at least one of the conductive elements to permit contact between the conductive elements, and movement of the first layer and the second layer away from each other returns the thixotropic liquid to the initial state.
US11361883B2	Reinforced electric wire and methods of making the same The invention relates to reinforced electric wires, particularly reinforced electric wires as used in holiday lighting such as Christmas light strings. In some embodiments, the reinforced electric wire has a conductor, a reinforcing string or one or more reinforcing threads, and an insulator jacket. In some embodiments, the conductor has a single conductor strand. In some embodiments, the conductor has a plurality of conductor strands. In some embodiments, the wire has an insulator jacket having a plurality of channels therein, where a conductor is passed through the center channel, and reinforcing threads are passed through the other channels.
US11361881B2	Irregular-shaped cable and method for manufacturing the cable An irregular-shaped cable and a method for manufacturing the cable. The irregular-shaped cable includes a conductive core formed by at least two conductive core segments having different cross-sectional shapes which are connected end to end. An insulation layer is wrapped over the conductive core segment from the outside, and the profile of the insulation layer fits with the conductive core segments. The cable can be fitted with the vehicle body. The manufacturing method includes a manufacture of the conductive core segments, a connection of the conductive core segments, and a manufacture of the insulation layer.
US11361878B2	Method for manufacturing insulating film and semiconductor package The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an insulating layer which can minimize the degree of warpage caused by polymer shrinkage at the time of curing and secure the stability of a semiconductor chip located therein, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package using an insulating layer obtained from the manufacturing method of the insulating layer.
US11361877B2	Graphene entrainment in a host This is generally a method of producing graphene-containing suspensions of flakes of high quality graphene/graphite oxides and method of producing graphene/graphite oxides. Both the exfoliating graphite into flakes and oxidizing the graphite flakes and the preparation and suspension of the flakes can be done with high volume production and at a low cost.
US11361870B2	Finned strainer The present invention relates to filters used to remove debris from water being sucked into a piping system. It has particular application use in nuclear power plants, which, after a loss of coolant accident, must pump cooling water back into the reactor core from a collection sump. This water may contain various types of debris that must be removed before the water is sent back into the reactor cooling system. There are restrictions on the allowable pressure drop across the strainer and the space available for installing this equipment. The finned strainer of the present invention addresses these issues while maximizing the quantity of debris filtered from the water.
US11361868B2	Abnormal tissue detection via modal upstream data fusion A method for characterizing and locating abnormal tissue in an area of interest in a body is provided. The method may include receiving first and second modality examination data including a plurality of first and second modality examination data segments of the area of interest and determining, by evaluating each first and second modality examination data segment, a set of modality detection candidates based on the first and second modality examination data and a first and second modality feature likelihood model. The method may also include generating a modal or multi-modal correspondence anatomic model of the area of interest by registering the plurality of first and second modality examination data segments, determining one or more modal abnormal tissue detections by fusing the set of modality detection candidates using the modal or multimodal correspondence anatomic model, and providing a modal diagnosis confidence score and a modal anatomic location based on the one or more modal abnormal tissue detections.
US11361865B2	Computer aided medical method and medical system for medical prediction A computer aided medical method includes the following steps. An initial symptom of a patient and context information is collected through an interaction interface. Actions in a series are sequentially generated according to the candidate prediction models and the initial symptom. Each of the actions corresponds to one of the inquiry actions or one of the disease prediction actions. If the latest one of the sequential actions corresponds to one of the disease prediction actions, potential disease predictions are generated in a first ranking evaluated by the candidate prediction models. The first ranking is adjusted into a second ranking according to the context information. A result prediction corresponding to the potential disease predictions is generated in the second ranking.
US11361861B2	Controlling cloud-based image processing by assuring data confidentiality A method and system are a for gesture support system for controlling a cloud-based image processing application. In an embodiment, the system includes an extended touch screen device; a DICOM Appliance including a receiver and an uploader client, adapted for segregating PHI-data and non-confidential image data, and for encrypting PHI-data and sending a data package, including the encrypted PHI-data and non-confidential image data to a cloud server. The cloud server is adapted for processing the medical image data. It receives the data package form the uploader client and decrypts the received data package. A gesture reception unit receives user-specific gesture signals and a mapping unit maps the received user-specific gesture signals to standard gestures and provides the standard gestures to the cloud server for generating control instructions for the image processing.
US11361860B2	System and method for authenticating medical device disposable components A computer-implemented method for approving a medical device disposable component used in a medical procedure comprising providing an identifiable feature on a medical device disposable component, wherein the identifiable feature comprises one or more photo-identifiable entities having a first emission pattern when in an unexcited state and a second emission pattern when in an excited state. The method also comprises illuminating the identifiable feature with an excitation light source to elicit the second emission pattern, detecting the second emission pattern and comparing the second emission pattern against a set of established reference emission patterns, and determining whether the medical device disposable component is approved based on comparison of the second emission pattern to the set of established reference emission patterns.
US11361859B2	Tennis racket sensor system and coaching device Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices, systems, and methods for measuring values obtained from one or more sensors installed on a player's tennis racket and/or worn on the player's body, and using those values to calculate various parameters, such as the physical position and motion of the tennis racket. Embodiments may translate the parameters and derive one or more occurrences corresponding to phases of a tennis point or drill and then generate real-time audible, visual, and/or haptic coaching prompts and other related commands and signals, for the purpose of improving a player's motor skills. Embodiments may also send and receive messages to/from other embodiments, thereby permitting a player to interact with other players, coaches, or devices, such as ball machines and cameras.
US11361856B2	Population-based medication risk stratification and personalized medication risk score Embodiments of the invention relate to a system and method for population-based medication risk stratification and for generating a personalized medication risk score. The system and method may pertain to a software that relates pharmacological characteristics of medications and patient's drug regimen data into algorithms that (1) enable identification and/or prognosis of high-risk patients for adverse drug events within a population distribution, and (2) allow computation of a personalized medication risk score which provides personalized, evidence-based information for safer drug use to mitigate medication risks.
US11361848B2	Methods and systems for determining a correlation between patient actions and symptoms of a disease Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for determining whether particular actions affect or influence medical symptoms of patients. In one example, a plurality of datasets from a corresponding plurality of patients is received, where each patient has a corresponding disease. An individual dataset for an individual patient may include information about at least one disease symptom of the patient and at least one action of the patient. After the datasets are received from the patients, the datasets are stored in a database. Using the datasets stored in the database, a correlation between one or more actions and one or more disease symptoms may be determined based on a statistical analysis of the actions and symptoms stored in the database. The correlation between the one or more actions and the one or more disease symptoms may also be stored in the database.
US11361847B1	System and method for rapidly reporting testing results The invention is directed to a method and system to rapidly provide a clinical reportable result for the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample. The inventive subject matter includes: a method to conduct a rapid assay to provide a clinically reportable result for the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample. A clinically reportable results is one that is automatically validated. Here the testing and quality control steps are automated to avoid delay caused by human review and validation of each assay.
US11361845B2	Methods for rule-based genome design Methods and systems for designing, testing, and validating genome designs based on rules or constraints or conditions or parameters or features and scoring are described herein. A computer-implemented method includes receiving data for a known genome and a list of alleles, identifying and removing occurrences of each allele in the known genome, determining a plurality of allele choices with which to replace occurrences in the known genome, generating a plurality of alternative gene sequences for a genome design based on the known genome, wherein each alternative gene sequence comprises a different allele choice, applying a plurality of rules or constraints or conditions or parameters or features to each alternative gene sequence by assigning a score for each rule or constraint or condition or parameter or feature in each alternative gene sequence, resulting in scores for the applied plurality of rules or constraints or conditions or parameters or features, scoring each alternative gene sequence based on a weighted combination of the scores for the plurality of rules or constraints or conditions or parameters or features, and selecting at least one alternative gene sequence as the genome design based on the scoring.
US11361844B2	Systems, methods, and compositions for viral-associated tumors Contemplated systems and methods employ chimeric reference sequences that include a plurality of viral genome sequences to identify/quantify integration and co-amplification events. Most typically, the viral genome sequences are organized in the chimeric reference sequences as single chromosomes and the chimeric reference sequences are in BAM format.
US11361841B2	High-throughput identification of patient-specific neoepitopes as therapeutic targets for cancer immunotherapies Systems and methods are presented that allow for selection of tumor neoepitopes that are filtered for various criteria. In particularly contemplated aspects, filtering includes a step in which the mutation leading to the neoepitope is ascertained as being located in a cancer driver gene.
US11361840B2	Storage system having a host that manages physical data locations of storage device A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory, a communication interface connectable to a host, and a controller. The controller is configured to carry out writing of data that is received through the communication interface at a physical location of the nonvolatile memory when a write command associated with the data is received through the communication interface, control the communication interface to return a first notification upon determining that the writing of data at the physical location of the nonvolatile memory has completed, and control the communication interface to return a second notification a predetermined period of time after the first notification has been returned.
US11361838B2	Cyclic redundancy check circuit, corresponding device and method A device includes serial cyclic redundancy check (CRC) processing circuitry and parallel CRC processing circuitry. The serial CRS processing circuitry, in operation, generates a set of intermediate CRC bits based on a first set of seed bits and input data. The parallel CRC processing circuitry is coupled to the serial CRC processing circuitry, and, in operation, generates, using the set of intermediate CRC bits as a set of parallel seed bits and using null input bits, a set of output CRC bits corresponding to the input data.
US11361835B1	Countermeasure for reducing peak current during programming by optimizing timing of latch scan operations Apparatuses and techniques are described for avoiding current consumption peaks during a program operation for a memory device. The timing of scan operations of latches is adjusted to avoid overlapping with an increase in word line voltages. The scan operations can include a pre-charge select scan, which identifies memory cells subject to a verify test, and a fill operation for latches of memory cells which fail a verify test in a prior program loop. The pre-charge select scan can occur before the increase in the word line voltages, while the fill operation occurs after the increase in word line voltages. In another approach, the start of the increase in the word line voltages is delayed when a state bit scan is expected to take a relatively long time, e.g., when a verify test is passed in a prior program loop.
US11361828B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same Provided herein may be a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks; a peripheral circuit configured to apply an erase voltage to a source line and a plurality of select lines of a selected memory block among the plurality of memory blocks during an erase operation; and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to form a trap in an area below at least one of a plurality of source select transistors included in the selected memory block, before the erase voltage is applied to the selected memory block.
US11361827B2	Memory devices having source lines directly coupled to body regions and methods Memory devices, memory cell strings and methods of operating memory devices are shown. Configurations described include directly coupling an elongated body region to a source line. Configurations and methods shown should provide a reliable bias to a body region for memory operations such as erasing.
US11361825B2	Dynamic program erase targeting with bit error rate A system includes a memory array with memory cells and a processing device coupled thereto. The processing device performs program targeting operations that include to: determine a set of difference error counts corresponding to programming distributions of the memory array; identify, based on a comparison of the set of difference error counts, valley margins corresponding to the programming distributions; select, based on values of the valley margins, a program targeting rule from a set of rules; perform, based on the program targeting rule, a program targeting operation to adjust a voltage level associated with an erase distribution of the memory array; determine a bit error rate (BER) of the memory array; in response to the BER satisfying a BER control value, reduce the voltage level by a voltage step; and in response to the BER not satisfying the BER control value, increase the voltage level by the voltage step.
US11361822B2	Quantum memory systems and quantum repeater systems comprising doped polycrystalline ceramic optical devices and methods of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device includes mixing a plurality of transition metal complexes and a plurality of rare-earth metal complexes to form a metal salt solution, heating the metal salt solution to form a heated metal salt solution, mixing the heated metal salt solution and an organic precursor to induce a chemical reaction between the heated metal salt solution and the organic precursor to produce a plurality of rare-earth doped crystalline nanoparticles, and sintering the plurality of rare-earth doped nanoparticles to form a doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device having a rare-earth element dopant that is uniformly distributed within a crystal lattice of the doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device.
US11361806B2	Charge sharing between memory cell plates Methods, systems, techniques, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A first ferroelectric memory cell may be used to charge a second ferroelectric memory cell by transferring charge from a plate of first ferroelectric memory cell to a plate of the second ferroelectric memory cell. In some examples, prior to the transfer of charge, the first ferroelectric memory cell may be selected for a first operation in which the first ferroelectric memory cell transitions from a charged state to a discharged state and the second ferroelectric memory cell may be selected for a second operation during which the second ferroelectric memory cell transitions from a discharged state to a charged state. The discharging of the first ferroelectric memory cell may be used to assist in charging the second ferroelectric memory cell.
US11361801B2	Sub-threshold voltage leakage current tracking An apparatus has an array of memory cells and a controller coupled to the array. The controller is configured to track a sub-threshold leakage current through a number of memory cells of the array and determine a threshold voltage based on the sub-threshold leakage current.
US11361799B2	Semiconductor memory device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device including a substrate; an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns on the substrate, each memory cell comprising a vertical pillar-shaped active region having upper and lower source/drain regions and a channel region, and a gate stack formed around the channel region; a plurality of bit lines on the substrate, each bit line located below a column of memory cells and electrically connected to the lower source/drain regions of the memory cells; and a plurality of word lines on the substrate, each word line extending in a row direction and connected to gate conductors of the memory cells in a row of memory cells, each word line comprising first portions extending along peripheries of the memory cells and second portions extending between the first portions, the first portions of the word line extending in a conformal manner with sidewalls of the upper source/drain regions.
US11361788B2	Data path dynamic range optimization Systems and methods are disclosed for full utilization of a data path's dynamic range. In certain embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a circuit including a first filter to digitally filter and output a first signal, a second filter to digitally filter and output a second signal, a summing node, and a first adaptation circuit. The summing node combine the first signal and the second signal to generate a combined signal at a summing node output. The first adaptation circuit may be configured to receive the combined signal, and filter the first signal and the second signal to set a dynamic amplitude range of the combined signal at the summing node output by modifying a first coefficient of the first filter and a second coefficient of the second filter based on the combined signal.
US11361784B2	Detector and method for voice activity detection A signal activity detector (SAD) combines at least three decision signals to generate a combined decision signal as input to a hangover addition circuit of the SAD. Each of the decision signals indicating whether or not activity is detected in the input signal according to respective decision criteria. The SAD sends the combined decision signal to the hangover addition circuit to generate a final decision signal of the SAD as to whether or not activity is detected in the input signal.
US11361778B2	Audio scene encoder, audio scene decoder and related methods using hybrid encoder-decoder spatial analysis An audio scene encoder for encoding an audio scene, the audio scene having at least two component signals, has: a core encoder for core encoding the at least two component signals, wherein the core encoder is configured to generate a first encoded representation for a first portion of the at least two component signals, and to generate a second encoded representation for a second portion of the at least two component signals, a spatial analyzer for analyzing the audio scene to derive one or more spatial parameters or one or more spatial parameter sets for the second portion; and an output interface for forming the encoded audio scene signal, the encoded audio scene signal having the first encoded representation, the second encoded representation, and the one or more spatial parameters or one or more spatial parameter sets for the second portion.
US11361771B2	Method for transmitting/receiving audio data and device therefor A method for processing audio data by an audio processing device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving, from an audio reproduction device, information on reproduction environment of the audio reproduction device; generating an audio signal by processing an audio bitstream on the basis of the information on reproduction environment; generating an InfoFrame including characteristic information of the generated audio signal; and transmitting the generated audio signal and the generated InfoFrame to the audio reproduction device, wherein the audio bitstream includes a virtual reality (VR) audio bitstream or an augmented reality (AR) audio bitstream.
US11361767B2	Method and apparatus for capability-based processing of voice queries in a multi-assistant environment A method and an apparatus for processing audio commands includes receiving an audio command from a user, determining that a proper response to the audio command is unavailable in a first assistant device based on analyzing the audio command, transmitting the audio command to at least one second assistant device, and receiving at least one response to the audio command from the at least one second assistant device.
US11361766B2	Method and apparatus for using hearing assistance device as voice controller A system for communication between one or more remotely controllable devices and a hearing assistance device includes a gateway device. The hearing assistance device detects voice commands issued by its wearer. The gateway device wirelessly communicates with the hearing assistance device, produces one or more control signals based on the voice commands, and routes the one or more control signals to one or more devices selected from the one or more remotely controllable devices according to the voice command.
US11361765B2	Multi-device control system and method and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing component for executing the same Disclosed is a multi-device control method including: performing a voice recognition operation on a voice command generated from a sound source; identifying distances between each of the plurality of devices and the sound source; assigning response rankings to the devices by combining a context-specific correction score of each device corresponding to the voice command and the distances; and selecting a device to respond to the voice command from among the devices according to the response rankings.
US11361763B1	Detecting system-directed speech A speech-processing system capable of receiving and processing audio data to determine if the audio data includes speech that was intended for the system. Non-system directed speech may be filtered out while system-directed speech may be selected for further processing. A system-directed speech detector may use a trained machine learning model (such as a deep neural network or the like) to process a feature vector representing a variety of characteristics of the incoming audio data, including the results of automatic speech recognition and/or other data. Using the feature vector the model may output an indicator as to whether the speech is system-directed. The system may also incorporate other filters such as voice activity detection prior to speech recognition, or the like.
US11361760B2	Variable-speed phonetic pronunciation machine A machine causes a touch-sensitive screen to present a graphical user interface that depicts a slider control aligned with a word that includes a first alphabetic letter and a second alphabetic letter. A first zone of the slider control corresponds to the first alphabetic letter, and a second zone of the slider control corresponds to the second alphabetic letter. The machine detects a touch-and-drag input that begins within the first zone and enters the second zone. In response to the touch-and-drag input beginning within the first zone, the machine presents a first phoneme that corresponds to the first alphabetic letter, and the presenting of the first phoneme may include audio playback of the first phoneme. In response to the touch-and-drag input entering the second zone, the machine presents a second phoneme that corresponds to the second alphabetic letter, which may include audio playback of the second phoneme.
US11361759B2	Methods and systems for automatic generation and convergence of keywords and/or keyphrases from a media Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for automatic generation and convergence of keywords and/or keyphrases from a media. A method disclosed herein includes analyzing at least one source of the media to obtain at least one text, wherein the at least one source includes at least one audio portion and at least one visual portion. The method further includes extracting at least one keyword of a plurality of keywords from the extracted at least one text. The method further includes generating at least one keyphrase of a plurality of keyphrases for the extracted at least one keyword. The method further includes merging at least one of the at least one keyword and the at least one keyphrase to generate a plurality of elements from the media, wherein the plurality of elements includes context dependent set of at least one of the plurality of keywords and the plurality of keyphrases.
US11361758B2	Multi-stage machine learning and recognition A multi-stage machine learning and recognition system comprises multiple individual machine learning systems arranged in multiple stages, where data is passed from a machine learning system in one stage to one or more machine learning systems in a subsequent, higher-level stage of the structure according to the logic of the machine learning system. The multi-stage machine learning system can be arranged in a final stage and one or more non-final stages, where the one or more non-final stages direct data generally towards a selected one or more machine learning systems within the final stage, but less than all of the machine learning systems in the final stage. The multi-stage machine learning system can additionally include a learning coach and data management system, which is configured to control the distribution of data throughout the multi-stage structure of machine learning systems by observing the internal state of the structure.
US11361754B2	Method and system for speech effectiveness evaluation and enhancement An automated training method enhances conversational effectiveness of a system participant interacting with a virtual client. The method operates on received speech input to produce text. A speech effectiveness analysis processor receives both the speech and text and produces quantified metrics measuring speech effectiveness based on the input parameters. Personalized feedback is generated based on the quantified metrics and is transmitted to the system participant. A virtual client dialog is generated using a dynamic simulation processor. The virtual client dialog is based on the quantified metrics, such that the virtual client responds to the speech input using the generated dialog.
US11361752B2	Voice recognition dictionary data construction apparatus and voice recognition apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide a voice recognition technique that can handle wording in other languages. The voice recognition dictionary data construction apparatus includes an attribute setting unit that sets attributes to first words that constitute a first character string representing a place name in the first language, a language conversion unit that creates a second character string by replacing the first words in the first character string with the second words without changing the attributes thereof, an order changing unit that creates a third character string by changing the word order of the second character string based on the attributes of the words of the second character string and the word order rule of place names of the second language, a phoneme data construction unit that constructs the phoneme data of the third character string.
US11361751B2	Speech synthesis method and device In a speech synthesis method, an emotion intensity feature vector is set for a target synthesis text, an acoustic feature vector corresponding to an emotion intensity is generated based on the emotion intensity feature vector by using an acoustic model, and a speech corresponding to the emotion intensity is synthesized based on the acoustic feature vector. The emotion intensity feature vector is continuously adjustable, and emotion speeches of different intensities can be generated based on values of different emotion intensity feature vectors, so that emotion types of a synthesized speech are more diversified. This application may be applied to a human-computer interaction process in the artificial intelligence (AI) field, to perform intelligent emotion speech synthesis.
US11361748B2	Speaker system and noise controlling device A speaker system includes a cushion body with which a person comes into contact when sitting therein, and a speaker, a front of which is covered by the cushion body. The cushion body includes: a three-dimensional mesh-like elastic part that is formed by a three-dimensionally entangled fiber and bears a load of the person; and a cover member that covers surroundings of the three-dimensional mesh-like elastic part. The cover member includes a first cover member that covers the part of the surroundings of the three-dimensional mesh-like elastic part located at the front of the speaker, and a second cover member that is a remainder of the cover member excluding the first cover member. The first cover member has a higher acoustic transmissivity than the second cover member.
US11361743B2	Megaphone having additional lighting or audible features An audio projection device having additional features or elements connected therewith. One or more lights or other illuminating elements may be connected with the audio projection device. The one or more lights or other illuminating elements may be disposed so as to illuminate through a portion of the audio projection device. One or more audible or other moveable elements may be connected or contained within a portion of the audio projection device. The one or more audible or moveable elements may be beads, or other spherical or other shaped components (e.g., rigid components) that are configured to make a sound (e.g., rattle) and/or be visible when they make contact with one another and/or other portions of the audio projection device. The audio projection device may be fully or partially transparent such that the one or more audible or moveable elements are viewable through material(s) of the audio projection device.
US11361741B2	Systems, devices, and methods for harmonic structure in digital representations of music Systems, devices, and methods for encoding the harmonic structure of a musical composition in a digital data structure are described. Tonal and rhythmic commonalities are identified across the musical bars that make up a musical composition. Individual bars of the musical composition are each analyzed to characterize their respective harmonic fingerprints in various forms, and the respective harmonic fingerprints are compared to sort the musical bars into harmonic equivalence categories. Isomorphic mappings between hierarchical data structures that encode the musical composition based on musicality and harmony, respectively, are also described. The systems, devices, and methods for encoding the harmonic structure of a musical composition in a digital data structure have broad applicability in computer-based composition and variation of music.
US11361739B2	Precision reed made of wood or Arundo donax The invention relates to a precision reed (100) for single-reed instruments such as the clarinet or saxophone, made of wood or an Arundo donax section, having a vibrating section (120) formed for sound generating by means of an air flow in the single-reed instrument, having a clamping section (110) formed for clamping the reed (100) to the mouthpiece (200) with a reed holder, the clamping section (110) having a support wall (104) for supporting the reed (100) on the mouthpiece (200) and a reed back (111) facing away from of the mouthpiece (200). In this case, the reed back (111) is formed for a fully flat contact with the reed holder.
US11361736B2	Methods and systems for energy or resource management of a human-machine interface A computer implemented method for energy or resource management of a human-machine interface comprises the following steps carried out by computer hardware components of the human-machine interface: determining a level of attention of a user of the human-machine interface to the human-machine interface; and setting an energy and/or resource utilization related setting of the human-machine interface based on the determined level of attention.
US11361734B2	Display driving method and electronic device including the display driver integrated circuit for supporting the same A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) an electronic device including the same, and a display driving method by the same are provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a receive interface that receives image data from a processor at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the image data received at the first frame rate, and a display timing controller that detects a variation of the image data stored in the memory, changes a frame rate for the image data, which is stored in the memory, based on the variation of the image data, and outputs the image data on the display at the changed frame rate.
US11361731B2	Display device and method of driving the same Provided herein may be a display device. The display device may include a display panel including a plurality of unit blocks disposed in a display area, the plurality of unit blocks including a first area displaying a logo or a banner, a second area having largest load value and a third area disposed between the first area and the second area, a display panel driver configured to generate data voltages based on input image data, and a zonal compensator configured to receive the input image data, to calculate load values of the input image data for the plurality of unit blocks, respectively, and to control luminance of each of the first area and the third area based on a location difference between the first area and the second area and a load value difference between the first area and the second area.
US11361727B1	Pixel circuit for improving display of static images in memory-in-pixel (MIP) technology and drive method therefof, display panel, and display device The pixel circuit and its drive method, the display panel, and the display device are provided in the present disclosure. The pixel circuit includes a data write unit, a voltage compensation unit, a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a third switch unit, a liquid crystal capacitor, and a storage capacitor. In a dynamic display stage, the first switch unit and the second switch unit are turned on for conduction; and the data write unit transmits a data voltage signal to the liquid crystal capacitor and the storage capacitor. In a static display stage, the third switch unit is turned on for conduction; the voltage compensation unit is controlled to be in conduction through first and second reference voltage signals and a potential signal of the storage capacitor; and a first voltage signal terminal transmits a first voltage signal to the liquid crystal capacitor.
US11361725B2	GOA circuit and display panel A GOA circuit is provided and includes a plurality of GOA sub circuits which are cascaded. An Nth GOA sub circuit of the GOA sub circuits includes: a cascade control unit configured to generate a first drive signal according to an (N−3)th scan signal and an (N−3)th cascade signal; a cascade signal generation unit connected to the cascade control unit; a first scan drive unit connected to the cascade control unit and a first low voltage level signal; and a second scan drive unit connected to the cascade control unit and the first low voltage level signal.
US11361722B2	Driving method, construction method for compensation table and display decive The present application discloses a driving method, a construction method for a compensation table and a display device. The driving method includes steps of: generating a plurality of first gate drive signals and a plurality of second gate drive signals, driving scanning lines to turn on sequentially or non-sequentially in a group of two, and generating corresponding data driving signals to drive corresponding pixels, where the first gate drive signals are output to the first turned-on scanning lines in each group, the second gate drive signals are output to the last turned-on scanning lines in each group, and the high-level duration of the first gate drive signals is T+Δt.
US11361719B2	Backlight module, display device and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are a backlight module, a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The backlight module includes: a frame, an LED lamp board, and an LED driver chip, where the LED chip is disposed on the border region of the lamp board body and disposed on a side of the lamp board body with the LED array arranged thereon.
US11361717B2	Sensing circuit, data driver integrated circuit, display device and driving method thereof A sensing circuit includes: a current source that outputs a direct current; an integrator that integrates a sensing current and the direct current, which is higher than the sensing current, to output an integrated value composed of the sum of a sensing voltage and a direct current voltage; and a subtractor that takes the sensing voltage from the integrated value outputted from the integrator, but not the direct current voltage.
US11361713B1	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a pixel circuit including a driving module, a first reset module, a compensation module, a light-emitting control module and a light-emitting module. The first reset module includes a first dual-gate transistor, and the compensation module includes a second dual-gate transistor. A first intermediate node of the first dual-gate transistor and a second intermediate node of the second dual-gate transistor are electrically connected to a light-emitting control signal line through a first capacitor and a second capacitor, respectively. The first dual-gate transistor includes a first parasitic capacitor corresponding to the first capacitor, and the second dual-gate transistor includes a second parasitic capacitor corresponding to the second capacitor. A capacitance of at least one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is greater than or equal to a capacitance of the corresponding parasitic capacitor.
US11361709B2	Display device A display device includes pixels divided into blocks, a timing controller to generate image data based on input image data, a data driver to generate a data signal corresponding to the image data and supply the data signal to the pixels, and power supply to supply a power voltage to the pixels. In addition, the display device includes a power controller to calculate a first load value corresponding to the pixels, second load values corresponding to each of the blocks, and first peak grayscale values corresponding to each of the blocks based on the input image data. The power controller generates a power control signal to change a voltage level of the power voltage based on the first load value, the second load values, and the first peak grayscale values.
US11361704B2	Shift register unit, gate drive circuit, display device and method of driving gate drive circuit A shift register unit, a gate drive circuit, a display device and a method of driving a gate drive circuit are provided. The shift register unit includes a shift register circuit and an output control circuit. The shift register circuit is configured to output a valid output level at a first output terminal according to a first input signal received by a first input terminal, and is configured to reset according to a first reset signal received by a first reset terminal. The output control circuit is configured to output an invalid output level at the second output terminal according to a second input signal received by the second input terminal, thereby controlling a level of the first output terminal to the invalid output level, and is configured to reset according to a second reset signal received by the second reset terminal.
US11361701B1	Driving circuit and driving method The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit including a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) circuit and a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit. The PAM circuit includes a first transistor, a first capacitor, and a second transistor. The PWM circuit includes a second capacitor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The first capacitor's first terminal is connected to the first transistor's gate. The second transistor's first terminal is connected to the first capacitor's first terminal, and the second transistor's second terminal is connected to the first transistor's second terminal. The third transistor's gate is connected to the second capacitor's second terminal. The fourth transistor's first terminal is connected to the third transistor's gate, the fourth transistor's second terminal is connected to the third transistor's second terminal, and the fourth transistor's gate is connected to the second transistor's gate and configured to receive a first control signal.
US11361697B2	Display panel, detection method and display device A display panel. The display panel includes a pixel array, a plurality of gate lines arranged in rows, and a plurality of data lines arranged in columns. The gate lines and the data lines are configured to intersect each other at right angles, respectively; each row of pixels is correspondingly connected to two of the gate lines, and any two of the gate lines are parallel to each other; every two columns of subpixels are correspondingly connected to one of the data lines, and any two of the data lines are parallel to each other; and any two of the gate lines arranged in adjacent rows are configured to present a predetermined length difference therebetween. By setting a predetermined length difference, the array detection for display panel is realized to ensure the production yield of the display panel.
US11361695B2	Gate-driver-on-array type display panel A gate-driver-on-array type display panel having a display area includes a plurality of pixel units and a GOA circuit, wherein the pixel units and the GOA circuit are disposed in the display area. The GOA unit set and the GOA trace set are respectively disposed in the pixel units that are in two adjacent rows, and the GOA trace set is electrically connected to two ends of the GOA unit set through a plurality of first signal connecting traces.
US11361693B2	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 provided. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, an output control circuit, and an output circuit. The first input circuit is configured to output a first input signal to a first node in response to a first control signal; the output control circuit is configured to output an output control signal to a second node under control of a level of the first node; and the output circuit includes an output terminal, and the output circuit is configured to output an output signal to the output terminal under control of a level of the second node.
US11361691B2	Drive circuit and display device A drive circuit and a display device are provided. A detection diode is included in a drive chip of the drive circuit. An acquisition circuit may acquire an electrical signal related to a voltage across the detection diode and a current flowing through the detection diode. A detection circuit may obtain an internal temperature of the drive chip based on the electrical signal acquired by the acquisition circuit. A control circuit may control the drive chip based on the internal temperature of the drive chip obtained by the detection circuit. When the detecting circuit detects that the internal temperature of the drive chip is greater than a maximum threshold temperature or less than a minimum threshold temperature, the acquisition circuit controls the drive chip to stop outputting a drive signal.
US11361687B2	Advertisement display device, vehicle, and advertisement display method A control device as an advertisement display device that is mountable on a vehicle includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a time for which an occupant of another vehicle is able to visually recognize a video displayed on a display attached to a host vehicle based on a driving state of the host vehicle, and a display controller configured to display an advertisement edited such that a video time corresponds to the visually recognizable time calculated by the calculation unit on the display.
US11361686B2	Vehicle with context sensitive information presentation Technologies are generally described for context sensitive display of final delivery information on a consumable delivery vehicle with enroute preparation. A controller may manage fulfillment of orders while the vehicle is enroute by controlling an operation of one or more on-board preparation equipment. The controller may also receive order status information and travel information associated with final delivery destinations. Once the vehicle is at its destination to be used as a hub for final deliveries, one or more displays on the vehicle may display final delivery information to final delivery people based on the status information and the travel information.
US11361680B2	Methods and apparatus for organizing items Methods and apparatus for organizing items according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a hanger tag system to convey information relating to an item on a hanger. The hanger tag system may comprise, for example, a mount connected to the hanger and an information medium mounted on the mount, wherein the information medium provides information relating to the item. In various embodiments, the hanger tag system further comprises a connector configured to connect the mount to the hanger. In various embodiments, the information medium comprises a labeling surface.
US11361673B2	Diet management apparatus A diet management apparatus. The apparatus includes a weighing unit including weighing scales and food trays which includes one or more slots to receive corresponding food substances. The weighing scales are configured to calculate weight of food substances corresponding to each slot. The apparatus includes an image acquisition device to capture images of the one or more food substances the one or more slots. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to analyse the captured images to identify a category of each of the one or more food substances, comparing the calculated weight corresponding to identified category of each food substances with a predefined weight and determine calorie count GI/GL count of each food substances based on a compared result. The apparatus includes audio alerts based on food caloric values; GI/GL recommended by health care provider. The apparatus is configured to communicate with the end user computing device.
US11361671B2	Video gaming console that synchronizes digital images with variations in musical tempo The teachings described herein are generally directed to a system, method, and apparatus for separating and mixing tracks within music. The system can have a video that is synchronized with the variations in the musical tempo through a variable timing reference track designed and provided for a user of the preselected performance that was prerecorded, wherein the designing of the variable timing reference track includes creating a tempo map having variable tempos, rhythms, and beats using notes from the preselected performance.
US11361669B2	Method and system for assessing learning experience of a person A method and system is provided for assessing the learning experience of the person by monitoring the mental state of the person. The method involves measuring the brain signal, skin conductance using GSR device, and heart rate variability using the pulse oximeter. These physiological signals are measured when the person is performing an activity such as the modified Stroop test. Once the activity is performed, an offline questionnaire is also filled by the person. Based on the comparison of the offline questionnaire and the physiological signals, a model is generated. This model is used to assess the learning experience of the person. According to another embodiment, a method is also provided for maintaining the steady flow state of a person while performing any activity.
US11361666B2	Drone air traffic control over wireless networks for package pickup and delivery Drone systems and method include, in an air traffic control system configured to manage Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight in a geographic region, communicating to one or more UAVs over one or more wireless networks; selecting a delivery technique for a UAV to drop a package at a delivery location, the delivery technique being selected from a plurality of techniques including a technique of the UAV maneuvering to swing the package; and directing the UAV to deliver the package and communicating delivery instructions to the UAV, the delivery instructions including the delivery technique selected.
US11361665B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle privacy controls Disclosed in this specification are methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on non-transitory computer storage media for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight operation and privacy controls. Based on geofence types, and UAV distance from a geofence, sensors and other devices connected to a UAV are conditionally operational. Image data collected during a UAV flight may be obfuscated by the UAV while in flight, or via a post-flight process using log data generated by the UAV.
US11361662B2	Parking indicator comprising indicator retracting mechanism Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to a parking indicator comprising a vehicle contact body, a pivoting contact body support, an elongated visibility indicator, an indicator actuating mechanism, and an indicator retracting mechanism. The pivoting contact body support is attached to the vehicle contact body and is configured to permit the vehicle contact body to pivot to a horizontally-oriented position when the vehicle contact body is grounded via the pivoting contact body support and is contacted by a vehicle entering a parking space occupied by the parking indicator. The elongated visibility indicator is mechanically coupled to the vehicle contact body via the indicator actuating mechanism such that the indicator actuating mechanism upholds the elongated visibility indicator in an extended position. The indicator retracting mechanism is configured to retract the elongated visibility indicator to a retracted position when the vehicle contact body pivots from the vertically-oriented position to the horizontally-oriented position.
US11361655B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and method and system for holding umbrella using UAV An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to be carried on a vehicle and a method and a system for holding umbrella using the UAV are disclosed. The UAV and the vehicle are communicated with each other wirelessly. The UAV can be used for providing the service of holding umbrella for the occupant getting on/off the vehicle. The occupant does not have to manually hold the umbrella, so as to effectively solve the problem of getting wet when getting on/off the vehicle due to holding umbrella manually.
US11361650B2	Wireless leak alarm camera and sensors, and wireless valve, apparatus, system and method thereof A wireless leak alarm, and wireless valve, apparatus, system, and a method thereof, which may be implemented with leak detectors for any type of fluid, liquid, or gas. The device maybe implemented with any type of sensory detector, such as, for example, a temperature, a moisture, a Carbon Monoxide, a Carbon Dioxide detector. The invention allows the use of a wireless, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi leak detector and monitor. The invention further relates to a system, method, and apparatus for a wireless, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi leak detector, monitor and valve controller. The inventive device includes the ability to communicate via voice message, text message, image, video recording and/or live video, email, and other wireless communication methods as desired by a user responsible for knowing of an event of a fluid or water leak. The Wireless Leak Alarm further has a side camera, side LED, NIR LED, light sensor, and solar panel.
US11361647B2	System and method of wirelessly tracking a walking assistance tool A system and method of wirelessly tracking a walking assistance tool notifies a user from escaping past a safe perimeter and monitors the location of the walking assistance tool with respect to the user. The system includes a wearable device, a locator tag, and a walking assistance tool. The method begins by tracking a current device location with the wearable device, and a current tag location is tracked with the locator tag. The current tag location is relayed from the location tag to the wearable device. A distance difference is calculated between the current device location and the current tag location with the wearable device. A separation alert is outputted with the wearable device, if the distance is greater than or equal to a proximal distance threshold. A desertion alert is outputted with the wearable device, if the current device location is outside of a geofenced area.
US11361646B2	Systems and methods for oilfield drilling operations using computer vision Computer vision drilling systems and methods may be used with a drilling rig. The computer vision systems and methods may be used during drilling of a well to monitor the drilling equipment and personnel on the drilling site to provide safer drilling operations. The results from the computer vision drilling system may be used to cause corrective actions to be performed if a safety condition arises. In addition, computer vision systems and methods are provided to automatically monitor the drilling site and drilling operations, such as by tallying pipe in the drill string and by monitoring equipment for anomalous drilling conditions, and automatically taking corrective action as may be needed.
US11361645B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes a processor is provided. The processor is configured to perform control so that a device that covers user's vision becomes available in a closed space that accommodates at least one user, in a condition that a door of the closed space is closed or locked.
US11361642B2	Building system with sensor-based automated checkout system Example aspects include a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for operating an automated checkout system to be performed by a processing circuit, comprising determining a user account associated with a shopper. The aspects further include receiving, from a sensor, a first indication that an object passed through a location of a building. The first indication having been generated based on a tag coupled with the object. The sensor being configured to detect characteristics of objects. The sensor being located at the location of the building. The aspects further include receiving, from the sensor, a second indication that the shopper associated with the user account passed through the location. Additionally, the aspects further include associating the object with the user account based on the first indication and the second indication.
US11361640B2	Security camera system with multi-directional mount and method of operation A security camera system includes a base unit and sensor modules for generating image data. The base unit includes several mounting sockets arranged at different elevational and azimuthal directions around the base unit, and the sensor modules attach, for example, magnetically, to the mounting sockets. Each mounting socket includes a socket ID, which is read by a reader module of the sensor modules and used to stitch together the image data from different sensor modules. The sensor modules are powered wirelessly via induction and communicate wirelessly with the base unit via wireless transceivers and antennas.
US11361636B2	Gunshot detection system anti-tampering protection A gunshot detection system provides anti-tampering protection for gunshot sensor units and a control panel. The control panel monitors for tampering events, including monitoring for changes to configuration settings. When the settings are changed, even by an authorized user, the control panel generates a tampering alert and sends the alert to an operator of the control panel and/or administrators for the gunshot detection system. A similar notification might also occur when a sensor is taken offline or when an anti-tamper sensor on a housing of the gunshot sensor unit detects manipulation or opening of the housing. The control panel also monitors for tampering using machine certificates associated with the gunshot sensor units. In one example, the gunshot sensor units sign event data using the machine certificates and an arbitrary reference number known to the control panel. The control panel then verifies the signed event data to detect tampering events.
US11361633B2	Audio to haptics waveform generation using onset detection A method includes converting an audio signal of a current time period to a frequency domain to produce a set of frequency coefficients. For each of the frequency coefficients, the method includes computing a gradient of that frequency coefficient's magnitude relative to a magnitude of the same frequency coefficient from a previous time period. The method then includes summing the gradients computed for the set of frequency coefficients to produce a sum value, and then generating a haptic signal based on the sum value.
US11361632B2	Haptic information presentation system A tactile force information presenting system includes: a tactile force presenting device that generates the stimulus; a drive device that drives the tactile force presenting device; and a tactile force non-presenting device that does not generate said stimulus to an operator, and the tactile force presenting device presents the tactile force to the operator.
US11361625B2	Centralized mobile wagering and video presentation Disclosed herein is a system and method for operating a centralized promotional bingo tournament. The promotional bingo tournament is facilitated by a mobile gaming sub-system that communicates with a plurality of authorized mobile devices to provide each authorized mobile device access to participate in a promotional bingo tournament session based upon an association between each authorized mobile device and a ticket granting access to a venue. The system and method also include a video presentation sub-system communicatively coupled to the mobile gaming sub-system and a stationary monitor client. The video presentation sub-system receives bingo tournament results from the mobile gaming sub-system, and generates an integrated broadcast announcement. The integrated broadcast announcement includes the bingo tournament results and commentary about the bingo tournament session. The video presentation sub-system then communicates the integrated broadcast announcement to the stationary monitor client, which displays the integrated broadcast announcement.
US11361622B2	Systems and gaming devices for indicating comp eligibility A system and method include a gaming device having a processor programmed to provide a game of chance to a player, an electronic storage device configured to store gameplay data for the game of chance, a user interface device configured to receive input from the player to enable the player to play the game of chance, at least one wager accepting device configured to receive a physical item representing a monetary value to increase a credit balance maintained at the gaming device, and an output device configured to deliver a physical item having a monetary value. A player comp indicator coupled to the gaming device is configured to receive data representative of gameplay information from the gaming device and provide at least one of a visual, audible, and physical notification of player comp status based on the data representative of gameplay.
US11361621B2	Active mystery feature Game features for at least a base slot game may be selectable according to player input. According to some examples, game features may be selectable without exiting from a graphical user interface used to present the slot game. A first GUI portion may be presented in a first area of a display system. The first GUI portion may include display symbols for presenting the slot game. A second GUI portion may be presented in a second area of the display system while the first GUI portion is being presented in the first area, e.g., while the slot game is being presented in the first area. The second GUI portion may include multiple game feature images. Each game feature image may correspond with a selectable game feature.
US11361620B2	Seamless initiation of primary and secondary games at modified gaming machines Secondary gaming functionality is provided for a casino gaming machine (26) by a secondary controller (200) of the casino gaming machine. The secondary gaming functionality may function to provide a multi-game experience at the gaming machine or remotely at another gaming machine or other device, e.g., a smart phone (28), tablet, personal computer (32), and the like, via the casino gaming machine. The multi-game experience may comprise one or more secondary wager-based games in addition to the one or more primary wager-based game(s) provided by the primary gaming functionality of the gaming machine. The secondary controller functionality may cause the secondary wager-based game to be presented upon a single input player to the gaming machine which also initiates the primary game, whereby primary and secondary games are initiated seamlessly to the player via a single input.
US11361613B2	Skill stop falling element game An amusement game wherein a pointer element attached to a vertically oriented rail is raised to the top of the rail and released by a latch and allowed to fall. A player is provided with a controller that sends a signal to stop the pointer element as it falls from the top of the rail and the player tries to stop the travel of the pointer so it aligns with a selected target region. If the player successfully stops the pointer within a designated target area, a corresponding score is awarded. In embodiments, the location of pointer is detected by an optical sensor and encoder bar, and the system to stop the fall of the pointer includes an electromagnet attached to the pointer. In embodiments, after play, the pointer assembly is returned to the top of the rail by a drive belt that is powered by an electric motor.
US11361610B2	Game of chance display In various embodiments player may participate in gaming related activities using a terminal with multiple display screens.
US11361608B2	Coin separating and detecting device A coin separating and detecting device includes: a separating and feeding rotating body disposed inclinedly and configured to receive and separate coins; a coin separating and feeding device configured to push out the coins that have been separated; and a coin detecting device configured to receive the coins from the coin separating and feeding device, the coin detecting device including: a detecting rotating body configured to move the coins; and a sensor configured to acquire physical information on the coins, wherein the separating and feeding rotating body and the detecting rotating body are positioned adjacent each other in a horizontal direction; and wherein the detecting rotating body is configured to receive the coins; hold the coins; deliver the coins onto the detecting portion introduction guide; and push the coins forward along the detecting portion introduction guide.
US11361602B2	Method for calculating tread frequency of bicycle, wearable device, and storage medium A method for calculating a tread frequency of a bicycle includes obtaining a first state of an acceleration signal in a first time window, determining a feature point set from the acceleration signal when the first state includes a riding state, where time distribution of a feature point in the feature point set meets a preset periodic distribution condition, and amplitude meets a physical rule, determining that the first state is the riding state when a feature point subset in the feature point set meets a preset reasonableness condition, and calculating, based on the feature point subset, a quantity of circles and a tread frequency that are in the first time window.
US11361601B2	Kiosk based vehicle diagnostic system A vehicle diagnostic includes a kiosk a display configured to depict a visual code thereon, with the visual code being readable by a handheld communication device and associated a unique electronic identifier. The kiosk additionally includes a diagnostic tool connectable to a vehicle to retrieve vehicle data therefrom. A remote server is in communication with the kiosk and is disposable in communication with the handheld communication device. The server is capable of: receiving a signal from the handheld communication device including the unique electronic identifier; receiving a signal from the kiosk including the vehicle data; analyzing the vehicle data to determine a diagnostic solution; and storing the diagnostic solution such that the diagnostic solution is retrievable in response to receipt of a subsequent signal including the unique electronic identifier.
US11361597B2	Method and system for monitoring integrity of pedestrian protection system in a vehicle A method and system of diagnosing the integrity of a sealed air tube of a pedestrian protection system of a vehicle is provided. The method provides the sealed air tube having a pressure sensor connected at each end of the air tube. The air tube is constructed and arranged to be located in front fascia of a vehicle. A processor circuit is electrically connected with the pressure sensors and the processor circuit has a Fast Fourier Transform element. Natural frequencies of a frequency spectrum of the air tube are obtained when no leak is known to be present in in the air tube. Signals from the pressure sensors are transformed into the frequency domain with the Fast Fourier Transform element. A leak is determined to be present in the air tube if frequencies other than the natural frequencies exist in the frequency spectrum of the air tube.
US11361593B2	Methods and devices for face anti-spoofing Disclosed are computer-implemented methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for face anti-spoofing. One computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a server and from a user device, a plurality of images of a user face, each of the plurality of images corresponding to a facial expression performed by a user in response to each interaction challenge of a plurality of interaction challenges. The plurality of images are concatenated into a concatenated image. A convolutional neural network (CNN) classifier is used to obtain a confidence score for the concatenated image. A liveness of the user face is determined based on a comparison of the confidence score and a threshold value.
US11361586B2	Method for sending warning information, storage medium and terminal A method for sending early warning information, a storage medium and a terminal are provided. The method includes: calculating a target similarity between a first face image and a target face image when the first face image captured by an imaging device is acquired; and generating and sending early warning information corresponding to the first face image if the target similarity reaches a similarity threshold at the current moment; wherein, the similarity threshold is determined by a fluctuation degree value of a plurality of similarities in a similarity sample, the similarity in the similarity sample is a target similarity corresponding to a generated warning information, and the similarity sample is updated over. As a result, the accuracy in early warning may be improved.
US11361585B2	Method and system for face recognition via deep learning Embodiments of the present application disclose a deep learning-based face identification method and a related product. The method is applied to an electronic apparatus. The method includes: acquiring an aligned face image, and scaling the face image at a preset ratio to obtain a target image; extracting a pixel matrix of the target image, inputting the pixel matrix to the neural network model, and executing multilayer computing to obtain a computing result; and calculating a cosine similarity degree between the computing result and a facial template vector, wherein comparison is successful if the cosine similarity degree is greater than a preset threshold. The embodiments of the present application help improve the identification success rate and the identification speed.
US11361584B2	Fingerprint identification device and method for controlling the same, touch display panel and touch display device A fingerprint identification device, a touch display panel and a method for controlling fingerprint identification are provided in embodiments of the disclosure. The fingerprint identification device includes: a photoelectric sensor; and an optical waveguide, arranged on a touch substrate at another side, and configured to be in touch with a fingerprint, and comprising waveguide material portions and medium material portions, each of the waveguide material portions and each of the medium material portions being spaced apart from each other; and a light irradiating into the waveguide material portions is delivered to the surface(s) of the waveguide material portions facing away from the touch substrate after total reflections at interfaces between the medium material portions and the waveguide material portions. If a portion of valleys of the fingerprint gets in touch with the surface(s), since the portion of valleys is filled with air, then the light returns by total reflection so as to be identified by the photoelectric sensor; if a portion of ridges of the fingerprint gets in touch with the surface(s), the light at the portion of ridges is reflected by diffuse reflection so as not to be reflected back for identification by the photoelectric sensor. The fingerprint identification in embodiments of the disclosure is adapted to various display devices.
US11361583B2	Fingerprint identification apparatus and electronic device A fingerprint identification apparatus and an electronic device. The fingerprint identification apparatus includes: a fingerprint sensor; and the fingerprint sensor including an optical sensing array, wherein a spatial period N of the optical sensing array satisfies N
US11361582B2	Method for an electronic device to receive fingerprint data A method for an electronic device to receive fingerprint data is provided. The electronic device includes a touch unit, a display unit and a sensing unit. The display unit includes a plurality of blue pixels, a plurality of green pixels and a plurality of red pixels. The method includes receiving a finger touch signal through the touch unit. The method also includes determining a finger touch region in the touch unit according to the finger touch signal. The method further includes determining a first region in the display unit according to the finger touch region. In addition, the method includes turning off the plurality of blue pixels in the first region. The method also includes receiving the fingerprint data through the sensing unit.
US11361580B2	Screen module to determine an image using a light reflecting structure and electronic device provided with screen module A screen module includes an external screen, a first light blocking layer, a substrate, and a reflection layer that are disposed from outside to inside. An imaging unit array is disposed on the substrate, the imaging unit array includes a plurality of imaging units), and a photosensitive surface of the imaging unit is opposite to the reflection layer. A first aperture array is disposed on the first light blocking layer, the first aperture array includes a plurality of first apertures, and the first aperture is used to allow light reflected by an object outside the screen to the reflection layer to pass through. The reflection layer is configured to reflect, to the imaging unit, the light passing through the first aperture. Thus, user convenience can be improved.
US11361576B2	Sensor circuit for generating and detecting ultrasonic sensing signal, an ultrasonic sensing display apparatus A circuit for generating and detecting ultrasonic sensing signals is provided. A piezoelectric device having a transmitting electrode and a receiving electrode is coupled to a biasing-and-sampling sub-circuit configured to set different bias voltages to the receiving electrode. The piezoelectric device is configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal upon applying an exciting pulse signal to the transmitting electrode and alternatively to generate a voltage signal at the receiving electrode upon receiving an echo signal based on the ultrasonic signal. A signal-collecting sub-circuit is coupled to the receiving electrode to determine a first sampling voltage based on the voltage signal at the receiving electrode in a first sampling period and a second sampling voltage based on the voltage signal at the receiving electrode in a second sampling period. An output sub-circuit is coupled to the signal-collecting sub-circuit for outputting the first sampling voltage and the second sampling voltage at a same time.
US11361571B1	Term extraction in highly technical domains A language model is fine-tuned by extracting terminology terms from a text document. The method comprises identifying a text snippet, identifying candidate multi-word expressions using part of speech tags, and determining a specificity score value for each of the candidate multi-word expressions. Moreover, the method comprises determining a topic similarity score value for each of the candidate multi-word expressions, selecting remaining expressions from the candidate multi-word expressions using a function of a specificity value and a topic similarity value of each of the candidate multi-word expressions, adding a noun comprised in the text snippet to the remaining expressions depending on a correlation function, labeling the remaining multi-word expressions, and fine-tuning an existing pre-trained transformer-based language model using as training data the identified text snippet marked with the labeled remaining expressions.
US11361570B2	Receipt identification method, apparatus, device and storage medium A receipt identification method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a receipt image; identifying the receipt image by using a region identification model to obtain character regions; utilizing a character identification model to identify the character regions to obtain character contents; and determining receipt information according to the character contents. The step of determining receipt information according to the character contents includes: determining N keyword character regions corresponding to N preset keywords; determining M candidate character regions corresponding to the N keyword character regions; utilizing a scoring model to score based on the distance and the deviation angle between the N keyword character regions and the M candidate character regions in the receipt image, so as to determine Q character contents corresponding to the N preset keywords; and determining target information in the receipt information according to the Q character contents.
US11361568B2	Generating document content by data analysis Systems and methods for generating document content using data analysis. For example, a system may store data representing one or more documents, where a document is associated with a type of user and fields. The system may send the data representing the document to an electronic device. Additionally, the system may receive, from the electronic device, data representing information input into the document. Using the information, the system may select various fields for the document and send, to the electronic device, data representing the fields. Furthermore, the system may analyze the information to determine a score associated with the document. If the score does not satisfy a threshold score, the system may continue to select fields using the information and send, to the electronic device, data representing the fields. However, if the score satisfies the threshold score, the system may determine that the document is complete.
US11361566B2	Systems and methods for augmenting a displayed document In an aspect, a method includes: receiving, via a communications module and from a computing device, a signal comprising image data representing a first document; automatically analyzing text in the first document based on stored classification data to identify a first parameter from the text in the first document; comparing the first parameter to a second parameter, the second parameter being obtained from a data store and being associated with a second document; determining annotation data based on the comparison, the annotation data determined based on the first parameter and the second parameter; and providing a signal that includes an instruction to cause the annotation data to be overlaid on a display of the computing device, the instruction including marker data identifying a location associated with the first document and influencing a location of the annotation in the display.
US11361565B2	Natural language processing (NLP) pipeline for automated attribute extraction A method for training a filter-based text recognition system for cataloging image portions associated with files using text from the image portions, the method comprising: receiving a first set of text represented in a first image portion associated with a first file; classifying the first image portion into a predetermined group, wherein the classifying is based at least in part on the first set of text; extracting a first set of features from the first set of text; harmonizing existing data in the predetermined group with the first set of text to modify the first set of features; categorizing the first set of text; and determining analytics-based rules based at least in part on the first set of features.
US11361562B2	Pathway article authentication The disclosure is directed to an article, such as a pathway article or a sheeting. The article includes a physical surface having a code embodied thereon. The code is associated with pathway information in transaction data stored by a blockchain managed by a consensus network of node. The pathway information indicates one or more characteristics of a vehicle pathway, wherein the pathway information provides at least one of: information descriptive of at least a portion of the vehicle pathway, or vehicle operation instructions associated with the portion of the vehicle pathway.
US11361559B2	System and method for cargo management in a motor vehicle A method for cargo management in a motor vehicle includes identifying the motor vehicle. The method gathers dimensional information of at least one object and gathers internal dimensions of a volume within the motor vehicle. The dimensional information of the at least one object is compared to the internal dimensions of the volume, and feedback is provided to a user. The feedback is one of: yes, the at least one object will fit; or no, the at least one object will not fit.
US11361553B2	Method and apparatus for tracking an at least partially occluded object, vehicle and computer-program product thereof A method for tracking an at least partially occluded object. The method includes recognizing a non-occluded portion of the at least partially occluded object in an input image; generating a simulated image of the at least partially occluded object based on features of the non-occluded portion extracted from the input image; determining first coordinates of the at least partially occluded object in a first coordinate system; and converting the first coordinates of the at least partially occluded object in the first coordinate system into second coordinates in a second coordinate system defined in a display apparatus.
US11361549B2	Scene frame matching for automatic content recognition A method for scene frame matching for automatic content recognition. The method includes receiving fingerprints indicative of frames of a media stream. The method also includes obtaining scene centroids of corresponding scenes of the media stream. Each scene includes fingerprints ranging from an initial frame having a corresponding initial fingerprint and a last frame having a corresponding last fingerprint. Each scene centroid represents a mean of fingerprints corresponding to a respective scene. The mean of fingerprints is determined by an average of pixel values corresponding to the fingerprints of the respective scene. For each scene centroid, the method includes determining a distance between the respective scene centroid and a target fingerprint of a corresponding target frame of the media stream and determining a target scene of the target frame as being the respective scene of the scene centroid having a shortest distance to the target fingerprint of the target frame.
US11361545B1	Monitoring device for detecting object of interest and operation method thereof A monitoring device and an operation method thereof are provided to detect whether an object of interest appears in a video stream. The monitoring device includes a motion calculation circuit, a motion region determination circuit and a computing engine. The motion calculation circuit performs motion calculation on a current frame in the video stream to generate a motion map. The motion region determination circuit determines a motion region in the current frame according to the motion map. The motion region determination circuit notifies the computing engine with the motion region in the current frame. The computing engine performs an object of interest detection on the motion region in the current frame of the video stream to generate a detection result. The motion region determination circuit determines whether to ignore the motion region in a subsequent frame after the current frame according to the detection result.
US11361544B2	Systems and methods for determining building damage A damage assessment (DA) computing device for determining building damage may be provided. The DA computing device may retrieve historical damage data associated with roof damage from a historical damage database, generate a damage model based upon the retrieved historical damage data, identify an building for a roof damage assessment, retrieve damage data associated with the building, compare the damage data associated with the roof to the damage model, and/or determine a damage status of the roof based upon the comparison.
US11361541B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating an estimation result of movement of a predetermined target object in accordance with a history of chronological detection results of positions of the target object and a recognition result of a surrounding environment of the target object, and a control unit that causes display information to be presented in a display mode corresponding to the estimation result.
US11361538B2	Poultry raising system, poultry raising method, and recording medium A poultry raising system includes: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an inside of a poultry house; and a monitoring unit configured to determine a variation in density of chickens present in a particular region in the image captured by the imaging unit, and monitor the variation determined. The particular region is at least part of the image.
US11361536B2	Machine-learning-assisted self-improving object-identification system and method A system and method of identifying and tracking objects comprises registering an identity of a person who visits an area designated for holding objects, capturing an image of the area designated for holding objects, submitting a version of the image to a deep neural network trained to detect and recognize objects in images like those objects held in the designated area, detecting an object in the version of the image, associating the registered identity of the person with the detected object, retraining the deep neural network using the version of the image if the deep neural network is unable to recognize the detected object, and tracking a location of the detected object while the detected object is in the area designated for holding objects.
US11361535B2	Multi-angle object recognition Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling smart devices are described. In one aspect a method includes capturing, by a camera on a user device, a plurality of successive images for display in an application environment of an application executing on the user device, performing an object recognition process on the images, the object recognition process including determining that a plurality of images, each depicting a particular object, are required to perform object recognition on the particular object, and in response to the determination, generating a user interface element that indicates a camera operation to be performed, the camera option capturing two or more images, determining that a user, in response to the user interface element, has caused the indicated camera operation to be performed to capture the two or more images, and in response, determining whether a particular object is positively identified from the plurality of images.
US11361534B2	Method for glass detection in real scenes The invention discloses a method for glass detection in a real scene, which belongs to the field of object detection. The present invention designs a combination method based on LCFI blocks to effectively integrate context features of different scales. Finally, multiple LCFI combination blocks are embedded into the glass detection network GDNet to obtain large-scale context features of different levels, thereby realize reliable and accurate glass detection in various scenarios. The glass detection network GDNet in the present invention can effectively predict the true area of glass in different scenes through this method of fusing context features of different scales, successfully detect glass with different sizes, and effectively handle with glass in different scenes. GDNet has strong adaptability to the various glass area sizes of the images in the glass detection dataset, and has the highest accuracy in the field of the same type of object detection.
US11361533B2	Method for detecting objects Detecting an object in an image of pixels is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a position of a mask covering at least one pixel of an image; obtaining a predefined neighbourhood of pixels around the mask and dividing this neighbourhood into zones; for each zone, calculating a mean and variance of values of the pixels of the zone; calculating, for each possible pair of zones, a difference between the zones; determining whether a background of the mask is multimode or monomode according to the differences; calculating a variance of the values of the neighbourhood pixels using a formula for calculating the variance dependent on the monomode or multimode type of the background; calculating a signal to noise ratio for the mask position using the variance of the values of the pixels of the neighbourhood obtained; and detecting an object when the signal to noise ratio is above a threshold.
US11361532B1	System and method for OCR based object registration Some implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a computer-implemented method that includes: detecting a plurality of characters from a photo of an object; generating a set of character-based features based on the plurality of characters; matching the set of character-based features with a template of feature sets obtained from known objects; based on a matching set of character-based features, establishing a matching transformation between the object in the photo and the template of feature sets; and projecting the matching transformation to the photo such that the object is segmented from the photo.
US11361530B2	System and method for automatic detection of key images A radiology workstation (10) includes a computer (12) connected to receive a stack of radiology images of a portion of a radiology examination subject. The computer includes at least one display component (14) and at least one user input component (16). The computer includes at least one processor (22) programmed to: display selected radiology images of the stack of radiology images on the at least one display component; receive entry of a current radiology report via the at least one user input component and displaying the entered radiology report on the at least one display component; identify a radiology finding by at least one of (i) automated analysis of the stack of radiology images and (ii) detecting textual description of the radiology finding in the radiology report; identify or extract at least one key image from the stack of radiology images depicting the radiology finding; and embed or link the at least one key image with the radiology report.
US11361525B2	Electronic device for performing biometric identification This disclosure describes, in part, devices and techniques for performing biometric identification for an electronic device. For instance, the electronic device may include one or more near-infrared illuminators that output near-infrared light. The one or more near-infrared illuminators may be located in or on a bezel and/or a display of the electronic device. The electronic device may also include an imaging device that generates first image data representing the near-infrared light and visible light. After generating the image data, the electronic device may process the first image data using one or more image processing techniques to generate second image data representing a near-infrared image and third image data representing a visible image. The electronic device may then analyze the second image data and/or the third image data using one or more biometric identification techniques. Based on the analysis, the electronic device may identify a person possessing the electronic device.
US11361521B2	Apparatus and method for providing item according to attribute of avatar An electronic device is provided, which includes a camera; a display; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to: acquire an image of a user of the electronic device using the camera, generate an avatar corresponding to the user using the image, identify attribute information corresponding to the avatar using the image, identify at least one item corresponding to the attribute information among a plurality of items applicable to the avatar, and display the at least one item with the avatar through the display.
US11361519B1	Interactable augmented and virtual reality experience A client device can display various augmented reality and virtual reality images to a user. For example, the client device captures images of an external environment and identifies objects in the environment. If an object satisfies a virtual environment criterion, the client device displays a window to a virtual environment at the location of the object in the environment. In another example, the client device includes a light assembly that can generate light. If the user turns the light assembly on, virtual objects displayed in the environment will gather to a region highlighted by the light from the light assembly. In another example, the client device estimates depth information of an object in the environment. The client device then displays a virtual object in the environment based on the depth information and may also display the virtual object interacting with an object in the external environment.
US11361516B2	Interactive mixed reality system and uses thereof An interactive mixed reality simulator is provided that includes a virtual 3D model of internal or hidden features of an object; a physical model or object being interacted with; and a tracked instrument used to interact with the physical object. The tracked instrument can be used to simulate or visualize interactions with internal features of the physical object represented by the physical model. In certain embodiments, one or more of the internal features can be present in the physical model. In another embodiment, some internal features do not have a physical presence within the physical model.
US11361515B2	Automated generation of self-guided augmented reality session plans from remotely-guided augmented reality sessions Generating a self-guided augmented reality (AR) session plan from a remotely-guided AR session held between a remote user and a local user, by: Receiving data recorded during the remotely-guided AR session. Segmenting the data into temporal segments that correspond to steps performed by the local user during the remotely-guided AR session. The steps are detected using at least one of: a Natural-Language Understanding (NLU) algorithm applied to a conversation included in the data, to detect utterances indicative of step-to-step transitions; location analysis of annotations included in the data, to detect location differences indicative of step-to-step transitions; and analysis of camera pose data included in the data, to detect pose transitions indicative of step-to-step transitions. Generating the self-guided AR session plan based on the segmented data and a 3D representation of the scene, the AR session plan including step-by-step AR guidance on how to perform the various steps.
US11361511B2	Method, mixed reality system and recording medium for detecting real-world light source in mixed reality A method, a mixed reality (MR) system, and a recording medium for detecting a real-world light source in MR are provided. The method is applicable to the MR system having a computing apparatus and a head-mounted display (HMD). In the method, a plurality of light regions of a plurality of continuous images is analyzed, and each of the light regions is projected according to a coordinate position of the HMD corresponding to the plurality of continuous images to generate three-dimensional vectors. Then, the three-dimensional vectors are clustered to predict a directional light in a current image. Finally, a plurality of intersection points between the three-dimensional vectors is calculated, and a point light in the current image is predicted according to the intersection points.
US11361510B2	Optimizing virtual data views using voice commands and defined perspectives A plurality of visualization objects may be provided for representing one or more data sets in a virtual 3D space. The visualization objects may include funnels, containers, name cards, and so forth. The visualization objects can be arranged in a circular carousel that can be rotated around a position of a virtual camera or user in a VR/AR environment. Individual data points in the visualization objects can be rotated, sized, positioned, colored, or otherwise characterized based on attributes of the corresponding data points. Individual data points can also be animated as transitioning between visualization objects in a unified view. Voice commands can be interpreted as part of an interactive environment that can provide views of the visualization objects to multiple devices simultaneously.
US11361508B2	Object scanning using planar segmentation Techniques are provided for generating three-dimensional models of objects from one or more images or frames. For example, at least one frame of an object in a scene can be obtained. A portion of the object is positioned on a plane in the at least one frame. The plane can be detected in the at least one frame and, based on the detected plane, the object can be segmented from the plane in the at least one frame. A three-dimensional (3D) model of the object can be generated based on segmenting the object from the plane. A refined mesh can be generated for a portion of the 3D model corresponding to the portion of the object positioned on the plane.
US11361504B2	Method for generating 3D digital model, physical mold used in hairpiece manufacturing and method for generating the same The present disclosure provides a method for generating a 3D digital model used in hairpiece manufacturing is provided, which comprises: obtaining an initial 3D model of a head; identifying an outline of a target area to be covered by a hairpiece on the initial 3D model; and cutting the initial 3D model based at least partially on the target area to obtain a refined 3D model. A physical mold used in hairpiece manufacturing and a method for generating the same are also provided according to other aspects of the present disclosure.
US11361502B2	Methods and systems for obtaining aerial imagery for use in geospatial surveying Computer-implemented methods and systems are described herein for optimising aerial observation positions for capturing aerial images of a geographical area, in which both the field of view of the camera used to capture the images and the surface terrain is taken into consideration to ensure that all of the geographical area is fully and completely imaged. Aspects may be used for improving the aerial imagery used for geospatial surveying. The pixels of a digital surface model representative of a geographic area are analysed to determine whether they will be visible to a camera when it is located at a number of different observation points located above the same target geographic area. For each observation point at which an image is to be captured, each pixel is analysed to determine whether or not they are within the field of view of the camera when positioned at that given observation point.
US11361500B2	Reconstructing 3D video using particle filtering to aggregate crowd responses A method is disclosed for reconstructing three-dimensional video from two-dimensional video data using particle filtering and thereby generating training data for autonomous vehicles. In one version, the method comprises: receiving a set of annotations associated with a video frame comprising a view of at least a portion of a vehicle, each annotation comprising at least one two-dimensional line; removing at least one outlier from the set of annotations; determining an estimated vehicle model based on the set of annotations; and providing the estimated vehicle model to a driving simulator.
US11361499B2	Post-tessellation blending in a GPU pipeline Implementations of blender hardware perform both domain shading and blending and whilst some vertices may not require blending, all vertices require domain shading. The blender hardware includes a cache and/or a content addressable memory and these data structures are used to reduce duplicate domain shading operations.
US11361494B2	Method for scattering points in a uniform arbitrary distribution across a target mesh for a computer animated creature A programmatic arbitrary distribution of items in a modeling system may be provided. To perform the distribution, a surface may be received, and a point count of application points associated with locations on the surface may be determined. A density map may be applied over the surface to assign a density to portions of the surface for the point count. Application points are then assigned to locations on the surface according to the density map and a scattering function of the point count, where the scattering function is based on one or more repulsion forces between neighboring points. The one or more repulsion forces are treated as pushing each of the neighboring point apart. Thereafter, the surface may be provided having the application points scattered across the surface based on the one or more repulsion forces.
US11361489B2	Dense captioning with joint interference and visual context A dense captioning system and method is provided for analyzing an image to generate proposed bounding regions for a plurality of visual concepts within the image, generating a region feature for each proposed bounding region to generate a plurality of region features of the image, and determining a context feature for the image using a proposed bounding region that is a largest in size of the proposed bounding regions. For each region feature of the plurality of region features of the image, the dense captioning system and method further provides for analyzing the region feature to determine for the region feature a detection score that indicates a likelihood that the region feature comprises an actual object, and generating a caption for a visual concept in the image using the region feature and the context feature when a detection score is above a specified threshold value.
US11361487B2	Apparatus, method and storage medium A method of creating an album. The method includes a setting step of setting a first condition for generating a first page included in a first album and a second condition for generating a second page included in a second album, and a creation step of creating the first album including the first page generated in accordance with the first condition and a common page common to the first album and the second album and creating the second album including the second page generated in accordance with the second condition and the common page. At the creation step, by performing control to make the same a total number of pages of the first album and a total number of pages of the second album, the first album and the second album having the same total number of pages are created.
US11361480B2	System and method for 3D image reconstruction from axial step-and-shoot CT The disclosure relates to system and method for CT image reconstruction. The method may include: obtaining scanning data, wherein the scanning data is generated by at least one detector via a plurality of axial scans; obtaining a scanning parameter wherein the scanning parameter include a detector size; obtaining a requested reconstruction parameter; determining a plurality of requested image locations based on the scanning parameter and the requested reconstruction parameter; determining an intermediate reconstruction parameter based on the requested reconstruction parameter; determining a plurality of intermediate image locations based on the plurality of requested image locations and the intermediate reconstruction parameter; determining a intermediate image volume based on the plurality of intermediate images and the scanning data; determining a final image volume based on the intermediate image volume and a filter; reconstructing an image of the subject based on the final image volume and the requested reconstruction parameters.
US11361478B2	Partial volume correction in multi-modality emission tomography For partial volume correction, the partial volume effect is simulated using patient-specific segmentation. An organ or other object of the patient is segmented using anatomical imaging. For simulation, the locations of the patient-specific object or objects are sub-divided, creating artificial boundaries in the object. A test activity is assigned to each sub-division and forward projected. The difference of the forward projected activity to the test activity provides a location-by-location partial volume correction map. This correction map is used in reconstruction from the measured emissions, resulting in more accurate activity estimation with less partial volume effect.
US11361473B1	Including a physical object based on context The present disclosure relates to techniques for techniques for including a physical object in a computer-generated reality environment. A context associated with the computer-generated reality environment is identified and a physical object located in a real environment is detected. If the detected physical object is associated with the context of the computer-generated reality environment, then the computer-generated reality environment is displayed with a representation of the physical object inserted into the computer-generated reality environment.
US11361469B2	Method and system for calibrating multiple cameras The invention relates to a method for calibrating cameras. In particular, the invention provides a method that estimates the position of interest points such as corners on images of array patterns, and uses such refined positions in an iterative calibration algorithm. The method can be extended to simultaneously process information from a large number of images from a plurality of cameras that are arranged in a fixed position on a mobile robot, wherein the images are representative of different camera poses. The optimization thereby provides a highly accurate estimate of camera calibration parameters.
US11361466B2	Position information acquisition device, position information acquisition method, recording medium, and position information acquisition system A position information acquisition device for acquiring position information of a position acquisition target arranged in a space includes a processor configured to detect light that is based on identification information included in-common in captured images that are images of the space captured from a plurality of shooting directions that are different from each other, acquire a three-dimensional position in the space of the position information acquisition target identified by the identification information, based on detection positions of the detected light in the captured images, and position information of image capturing devices during capturing performed by the image capturing devices, acquire reliability degree information of the acquired three-dimensional position of the position information acquisition target, based on information relating to an imaging state of each image capturing device during capturing of the captured images, and store the acquired the reliability degree information in a storage.
US11361457B2	Annotation cross-labeling for autonomous control systems An annotation system uses annotations for a first set of sensor measurements from a first sensor to identify annotations for a second set of sensor measurements from a second sensor. The annotation system identifies reference annotations in the first set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of a characteristic object in the two-dimensional space. The annotation system determines a spatial region in the three-dimensional space of the second set of sensor measurements that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented in the annotation of the first set of sensor measurements. The annotation system determines annotations within the spatial region of the second set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of the characteristic object in the three-dimensional space.
US11361455B2	Systems and methods for facilitating the identifying of correspondences between images experiencing motion blur A system for facilitating the identifying of correspondences between images experiencing motion blur obtains a reference frame captured by a reference camera at a reference camera and obtains a match frame captured by a match camera at a match camera timepoint. The system identifies a motion attribute that includes (1) a reference camera motion attribute associated with the reference camera at the reference camera timepoint, and/or (2) a match camera motion attribute associated with the match camera at the match camera timepoint. The system determines a downsampling resolution using at least as inputs at least one of: the motion attribute, a camera exposure time, a camera field of view, or a camera angular resolution. The system generates a downsampled reference frame and a downsampled match frame based on the downsampling resolution. The system identifies correspondences between the downsampled reference frame and the downsampled match frame.
US11361454B2	Alignment for wafer images Wafer images and related alignment methods for crystalline wafers are disclosed. Certain aspects relate to accessing and aligning images of a same or similar crystalline wafer captured from different imaging sources. Alignment may include determining spatial differences between shared crystalline features in various wafer images of the same or similar crystalline wafer and transforming at least one of the images according to the determined spatial differences. With sufficient alignment, information may be associated and/or transferred between the various images, thereby providing the capability of forming a combined wafer image and sub-images thereof with high resolution and spatial coordination between different image sources. Certain aspects relate to development of nondestructive, high fidelity defect characterization and/or dislocation counting methods in crystalline materials based on modern deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN).
US11361453B2	Method and apparatus for detecting and tracking target, electronic device and storage media A method and apparatus for detecting and tracking a target, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: cameras, detection modules, tracking modules and storage queues are provided in advance; the numbers of cameras, storage queues and tracking modules are equal, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between the cameras and the storage queues and between the cameras and the tracking modules; distributing data streams collected by the cameras to the plurality of detection modules; detecting, by the detection modules, the received data streams, and sending detection results of the data streams collected by the cameras, to the storage queues corresponding to the cameras; and extracting, by the tracking modules corresponding to the cameras, the detection results from the storage queues corresponding to the cameras, and using the detection results for tracking the target.
US11361452B2	Information processing apparatus, control method, and program An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
US11361451B2	Real-time detection of periodic motion systems and methods Provided are systems and methods for detecting periodic movement in a video stream. A system includes an imaging module configured to capture video of a scene and a logic device configured to communicate with the imaging module. The logic device is configured to receive a video sequence of the scene from the imaging module, where the received video sequence comprises one or more video regions that are pixel-wise consistent between successive frames of the received video sequence. The logic device is configured to determine a periodicity deviation with respect to at least one of the one or more video regions based, at least in part, on the at least one video region. The logic device may issue an alert based, at least in part, on the determined periodicity deviation.
US11361450B2	Method for determining mutually corresponding pixels, SoC for carrying out the method, camera system including the SoC, control unit and vehicle A method for continuously determining mutually corresponding pixels between a first camera image and a second camera image. The method includes recording the first camera image; recording the second camera image; ascertaining at least one first signature matrix element of a first signature matrix as a function of the first camera image; assigning first coordinates to an ascertained signature value of the first signature matrix element in a signature value position table; ascertaining at least one signature value of a second signature matrix element having second coordinates of a second signature matrix as a function of the second camera image; and determining at least one element of a correspondence matrix as a function of the signature value position table, of the cyclically ascertained signature value of the second signature matrix element and of the second coordinates of this second signature matrix element.
US11361449B2	Neural network for object detection and tracking A method for multi-object tracking includes receiving a sequence of images generated at respective times by one or more sensors configured to sense an environment through which objects are moving relative to the one or more sensors, and constructing a message passing graph in which each of a multiplicity of layers corresponds to a respective one in the sequence of images. The method also includes tracking multiple features through the sequence of images, including passing messages in a forward direction and a backward direction through the message passing graph to share information across time.
US11361447B2	Image cropping using pre-generated metadata In operating an ecommerce marketplace, pre-generated metadata is used to transform images after a request is received, in real-time, and with low latency. To accomplish the high-speed image transformation, an offline annotation of relevant image features is obtained using machine learning and metadata is stored based upon the results. The metadata is then used to perform the high-speed image transformation at request time. The transformations can include image cropping, adjustment in saturation, contrast, brightness, extracting portions of the image, etc. In one example, the metadata includes a bounding box giving coordinates of how to crop an image so that the image can be cropped without analyzing content or context of the image. Instead, to obtain the coordinates of the bounding box, content and context of the image are analyzed in pre-request processing. In this way, when the request is received, the more difficult and time-consuming processing is already completed.
US11361446B2	Segmentation system for segmenting an object in an image The invention relates to a segmentation system for segmenting an object in an image. The segmentation system is configured to place a surface model comprising surface elements within the image, to determine for each surface element a respective sub volume (6) of the image and to use a neural network (51) for determining respective distances between the surface elements and the boundary of the object in the image based on the determined subvolumes. The surface model is then adapted in accordance with the determined distances, in order to segment the object. This segmentation, which is based on the subvolumes of the image and the neural network, is improved in comparison to known techniques which rely, (10) for instance, on a sampling of candidate points along lines being perpendicular to the respective surface element and on a determination of likelihoods for the candidate points that they indicate a boundary of the object.
US11361444B2	Information processing device, aerial photography path generating method, aerial photography path generating system, program, and recording medium An information processing device includes a first acquisition member configured to obtain information relating to an aerial photography range for aerial photographing a first aerial photography image, a segmenting member configured to segment the aerial photography range into multiple areas based on a feature of each imaged object existing in the aerial photography range, and a determination member to determine a first imaging mode for aerial photographing the first aerial photography image based on the segmented areas. The information processing device also includes a second acquisition member configured to obtain information of more than one path shape based on information of more than one imaging mode, and information of path shapes representing shapes of more than one aerial photography path, and the first imaging mode. The information processing device further includes a generating member configured to generate the first aerial photography path based on the at least one path shape.
US11361439B2	System and method for detecting trachea Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for detecting a trachea, an exemplary system comprising an imaging device configured to obtain image data and a computing device configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model, identify a potential connected component in a first slice image, identify a potential connected component in a second slice image, label the first slice image as a top slice image, label the connected component in the top slice image as an active object, associate each connected component in a current slice image with a corresponding connected component in a previous slice image based on a connectivity criterion, label each connected component in the current slice image associated with a connected component of the preceding slice image as the active object, and identify the active object as the trachea, based on a length of the active object.
US11361438B2	Techniques for analyzing and detecting executional artifacts in microwell plates In various embodiments, an experiment analysis application detects executional artifacts in experiments involving microwell plates. The experiment analysis application computes one or more sets of spatial features based on one or more heat maps associated with a microwell plate. The experiment analysis application then aggregates the set(s) of spatial features to generate a feature vector. The experiment analysis application inputs the feature vector into a trained classifier. In response, the trained classifier generates a label indicating that the microwell plate is associated with a first executional artifact.
US11361436B2	Systems and methods for metabolite topography of the brain with magnetic resonance imaging Metabolite profiles are generated from magnetic resonance images. These metabolite profiles indicate a topography of the metabolites in one or more anatomical regions. The magnetic resonance images can be metabolite images, such as those obtained using hyperpolarized 13C-MRI. The metabolite profiles can be generated by parcellating the magnetic resonance images into different regions, computing z-scores for those regions, and generating the metabolite profile based on the computed z-scores.
US11361430B2	System and method for medical imaging A system and for determining the presence or absence of myocardial ischemia in a subject, based upon analysis of medical images of at least one region of the heart of a subject of interest, the plurality of medical images being acquired in a consecutive manner by a medical imaging modality and being a plurality of myocardial layers in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the wall of the left ventricular myocardium.
US11361427B2	Auto-dimensioning REVIT models Examples can include a system for auto-dimensioning part assemblies in REVIT or other software. A plugin can receive an identifier of a part assembly that is displayed on a graphical user interface (“GUI”). The plugin can determine a dimensioning rule based on the part identifier and dynamically select first and second reference points based on the dimensioning rule. Based on these rules, the plugin can calculate a dimension represented by the first and second reference points. This can include measuring a distance different than the distance between the first and second reference points. Then, the system can display the dimension outside a boundary of the part assembly.
US11361422B2	Automatic screen state detection robot, method and computer-readable storage medium The application discloses an automatic screen state detection robot, comprising a memory having an automatic screen state detection program stored thereon and a processor, and the automatic screen state detection program being executed by the processor to implement the operations of: controlling the robot to move into a preset area of each of service devices in a self-service branch respectively; detecting whether a service device has a circuit fault or not if the robot moves into the preset area of the service device; and controlling the service device to display an image according to preset display parameters if the display screen has no circuit fault, and analyzing the image displayed on the display screen to find whether the display screen of the service device has an abnormality of a preset type. The application also provides an automatic screen state detection method and a computer-readable storage medium.
US11361416B2	Quantifying encoding comparison metric uncertainty via bootstrapping In various embodiments, an encoding metric comparison application computes a first set of quality scores associated with a test encoding configuration based on a set of bootstrap quality models. Each bootstrap quality model is trained based on a different subset of a training database. The encoding metric comparison application computes a second set of quality scores associated with a reference encoding configuration based on the set of bootstrap quality models. Subsequently, the encoding metric comparison application generates a distribution of bootstrap values for an encoding comparison metric based on the first set of quality scores and the second set of quality scores. The distribution quantifies an accuracy of a baseline value for the encoding comparison metric generated by a baseline quality model.
US11361415B2	Material-selective adaptive blending of volumeiric image data An imaging system (500) includes a data acquisition system (515) configured to produce projection data and at least one memory device with reconstruction algorithms (518) and at least one blending algorithm (524). The imaging system further includes a reconstructor (516) configured to reconstruct the projection data with the reconstruction algorithms and generate at least first spectral volumetric image data corresponding to a first basis material content and second spectral volumetric image data corresponding to a second basis material content, and blend the first spectral volumetric image data and the second spectral volumetric image data with the at least one blending algorithm to produce blended volumetric image data.
US11361413B2	Image transformation system and method An image reproduction system and methods for providing colorant data to an end device. A method includes extracting general HSV value data for each pixel of an image from image data. For each pixel, the general HSV value data is transformed to generate universal perceived brightness, Bp, and universal perceived-chroma, Cp, value data. End-device colorant data associated with the general HSV value data is retrieved for each pixel and scaled using the Bp and Cp value data to obtain scaled end-device colorant data. The scaled end-device colorant data is transmitted to the end device.
US11361411B2	Neighbor influence compensation The invention relates to a method of neighbor influence compensation between a plurality of objects in at least one digital image, wherein the at least one digital image contains image information about a plurality of objects. Each of the plurality of objects is configured to receive at least one molecule comprising genetic information, wherein the at least one molecule is configured to receive a fluorescent compound, and the at least one digital image is taken by an optical imaging system during emission of electromagnetic radiation of the fluorescent compounds received by the at least one molecules.
US11361401B2	GPU-based data join Disclosed are various embodiments for performing a join operation using a graphics processing unit (GPU). The GPU can receive input data including sequences or tuples. The GPU can initialize a histogram in a memory location shared by threads. The GPU can build the histogram of hash values for the sequences. The GPU can reorder the sequences based on the histogram. The GPU can probe partitions and store the results in a buffer pool. The GPU can output the results of the join.
US11361399B2	Multi-thread graphics processing system A graphics processing system comprises at least one memory device storing a plurality of pixel command threads and a plurality of vertex command threads. An arbiter coupled to the at least one memory device is provided that selects a pixel command thread from the plurality of pixel command threads and a vertex command thread from the plurality of vertex command threads. The arbiter further selects a command thread from the previously selected pixel command thread and the vertex command thread, which command thread is provided to a command processing engine capable of processing pixel command threads and vertex command threads.
US11361398B2	Processing received pixel values in an image processing system using pixel value subset groups Data processing systems (e.g. image processing systems) and methods are provided for processing a stream of data values (e.g. pixel values). The image processing system comprises a processing module configured to: receive a plurality of pixel values; and implement processing of a particular pixel value by operating on a particular subset of the received pixel values, by: defining a set of one or more groups into which pixel values within the particular subset can be grouped; classifying each of the pixel values within the particular subset into one of the groups of the set of one or more groups based on the value of that pixel value; processing the particular pixel value using one or more of the pixel values of the particular subset in dependence on the classification of the pixel values of the particular subset into the one or more groups; and outputting the processed particular pixel value.
US11361397B2	Method and apparatus for watermark embedding and extracting Methods and apparatuses for watermark embedding and extracting are provided. A method for watermark extracting includes obtaining a carrier object embedded with a watermark image; determining at least one encoding region that includes watermark information; determining a plurality of template lattices from the at least one encoding region, the plurality of template lattices comprising a plurality of positioning template lattices and one or more encoding template lattices; and obtaining the watermark information according to the plurality of template lattices.
US11361396B2	Computer-implemented systems and methods for centralized logics monitoring Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods related to monitoring logistics. A method for monitoring logistics comprises capturing attendance data and timekeeping data for a first plurality of workers from a first management system, data identifying work performed by a second plurality of workers, the data comprising a location of performed work, an associated scan event, or clock-in information associated with each of a second plurality of workers, from a second management system, and work data related to a third plurality of workers from a third management system. The method further comprises consolidating the captured data on workers having corresponding data in one of the captured sets of data, receiving a request from a user device, for a visualization including analysis of the consolidated data, and providing a visualization to the user device, wherein the visualization is generated by analyzing the consolidated data.
US11361394B1	Prescription stock management system Techniques for automatically tracking, ordering, and replenishing prescription item stock are provided. Based upon a statistical analysis of prescription order transactions, rules may be established to selectively identify which prescription stocked items qualify for automatic stock tracking, ordering, and replenishment. The rules may be based upon metrics such as a daily rate at which each prescription item is dispensed over a specified sampling period as well as the cost of each prescription item. Once qualified, automatic replenishment may be facilitated by calculating stock number minimums and maximums using a statistical analysis of the prescription transaction history for qualifying prescription items. The minimum and maximum stock number values may be used to trigger the generation of purchase orders and to specify how much stock needs to be ordered for each qualifying prescription item as it is replenished.
US11361392B2	Flexible allocation of energy storage in power grids Methods and apparatus provide flexible allocation and regulation of scheduled energy transfers between energy storage devices (“batteries”) and a power grid. Piecewise mappings having at least one sloping segment enable gradual variations in scheduled energy transfers as cleared values of a medium of energy exchange deviate from predicted values of the medium of energy exchange. Thereby deviations from a battery's predicted energy transfer schedule can be reduced, and overall smoother operation of a power grid can be achieved. Two sloping linear segments can be separated by a dead band, a portion of the mapping in which the scheduled energy transfer amount is invariant. A dead zone can increase the likelihood of a battery meeting its predicted schedule.
US11361390B2	Scheduling a payment based on a recommended payment schedule for a business entity The disclosure herein describes scheduling an automatic payment based on a recommended payment schedule that is generated based on a cashflow pattern. Cashflow data associated with a plurality of invoices is received, the cashflow data including data associated with past paid payments, past received payments, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. A cashflow pattern is determined based on the past paid payments and the past received payments. Then, a payment pattern associated with the accounts payable is generated based on the cashflow pattern and the accounts receivable, wherein the payment pattern indicates a pattern of payments that optimizes a net present value of funds associated with the set of accounts payable over an associated period. A recommended payment schedule based on the payment pattern is then provided via a user interface and, based on receiving input in response to the provided recommended payment schedule, at least one automatic payment is scheduled based on the payment pattern.
US11361389B1	Adaptive life advisor system Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for providing automated advising services to a customer of a provider institution, including but not limited to a provider institution computing system determining a goal of the customer based on a user input of the customer, generating a set of sub-goals for the goal, determining a current status of the customer relating to the sub-goals and the goal, determining whether the current status of the customer meets any sub-goals and a projected status of the customer indicating whether the customer is projected to meet the goal, and sending a notification to a user device of the customer notifying the customer of a completion state of the goal based on at least one of the sub-goals met by the current status of the customer and whether the customer is projected to meet the goal.
US11361380B2	Enhanced image capture and analysis of damaged tangible objects Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for the usage of enhanced pictures (e.g., photos) of tangible objects (e.g., property, cars, etc.) damaged in an accident and answers to questions about the accident to better assess the effect of the damage (e.g., repair expenses and accompanying changes to an insurance policy). A pre-FNOL system may receive responses to one or more questions regarding an accident and one or more enhanced pictures of the tangible property damaged in the accident. The pre-FNOL system may use the responses to the one or more questions and the one or more enhanced pictures to determine repair costs associated with the damaged property and accompanying changes to the insurance policy if an insurance claim were to be filed to cover the determined repairs costs.
US11361377B2	System and method for dynamically regulating order entry in an electronic trading environment A system and method are provided for trading a trading strategy defined for at least one tradeable object in an electronic trading environment. More specifically, one example method includes using a first pay-up tick value to determine a first acceptable price level for an order associated with the trading strategy, automatically modifying the first pay-up tick to a second pay-up tick value in response to detecting a predefined condition, and using the second pay-up tick value to determine a second acceptable price level for the order associated with the trading strategy.
US11361375B2	Mortgage acquisition system A method for a mortgage acquisition system is disclosed. A real estate agent invites a home buyer to the mortgage acquisition system. The home buyer submits information to the system through forms and a messaging portal. The system presents this information to potential lenders, and specifically excludes the home buyer's personal identifying information (PII). The lender uses that information to submit information and mortgage terms to the customer. The home buyer decides on a mortgage lender based on the information and terms provided.
US11361374B2	Computerized system having a central process facilitator in communication with safes and operating process thereof A process facilitator in communication with a safe located at a first location of an entity external to the process facilitator and further in communication with a banking institution located at a second location external to the process facilitator and different from the first location, wherein the process facilitator functions as an intermediary between the safe and the banking institution in order to reduce the processing requirements on the safe and the improve the efficiency of electronic communications with the banking institution. A system comprising the process facilitator and one or more safes in communication with the process facilitator and using the process facilitator as the intermediary between the safes and the banking institution is also described.
US11361373B1	System and method for providing indicia to filtered search results to indicate applied filters A user device such as a tablet may present search results. Filters may be applied to filter the search results. The filtered search results may include indicia that identify that the filtered search results have been filtered and that individual items within the filtered search results correspond to the applied filter. The indicia may fade out over time as the applied filter expires. The filtered search results may also include the individual items that do not correspond to the applied filter. These individual items may have different indicia applied to them, so as to differentiate them from individual items that do correspond to the applied filter. By providing the indicia, a user is provided with a visual confirmation that the search results have been filtered, what filter has been applied, and a differentiation between the individual items that do and do not correspond with the applied filter.
US11361364B2	Shopping recommendation method, client, and server The present disclosure provides a shopping recommendation method, a client, and a server. The method includes: acquiring voice information of a user, and performing voice recognition and keyword extraction on the voice information, to obtain shopping keyword information; transmitting the shopping keyword information to a server, so that the server performs interest prediction according to the shopping keyword information and shopping related information of the user, to generate recommendation information; and receiving the recommendation information, and generating shopping recommendation content according to the recommendation information to be displayed by a display.
US11361363B1	System and method for integrated recommendations A recommendation appliance, system and method are provided for generating and deploying additional web page content or functionality (e.g., retail recommendations) to an existing web page server system. For example, the present invention may be embodied as a reverse proxy server that is inserted as an intermediate network node between a web server and the end users accessing the web server. In this position, the recommendation appliance can introduce recommendation messages to web pages generated by the web server without requiring any modification to the code or architecture of the web server. In addition, the appliance may separately track the transaction activities of end users who receive recommendation messages and the transaction activities of end users who do not receive recommendation messages, so that a comparison of the effectiveness of the recommendations may efficiently be demonstrated without requiring any modification to the code or architecture of the web server.
US11361359B2	Methods systems and computer program products for specification data management and generation of electronic bill of material Computer-implemented methods, computing systems and computer program products for centralized product specification management. A specification management application reads or receives an electronic specification family record stored in a data store. The specification family record includes a data structure of connected product specifications defining product attributes applicable to multiple products. The application also reads or receives a separate or independent product specification that defines product attributes that are not in the electronic specification family record. Electronic bills of material (BOMs) are generated for a user of the specification management application by the application aggregating product specifications of the electronic specification family record and at least one electronic independent product specification such that the electronic BOM includes respective product attributes defined by respective connected and unconnected product specifications. Specification changes are propagated to updated or create new BOMs.
US11361357B2	Method, system, and computer program product for data attribution of items and contextual content creation of coordinating groups for the items A method includes receiving data in an electronic format that describes an item, and assigning a unique identifier to the item. The data is normalized across one or more data sets of data that describe other items. The normalizing includes deriving functional and aesthetic attributes of the item based at least in part on the data that describes the item, where at least one of the derived attributes is not included in the data. The normalizing also includes programmatically mapping the attributes to a defined set of taxonomies for pre-defined attribute types. At least one other item is located in the one or more data sets having attributes that coordinate with the attributes of the item. A user interface that includes a styleboard with an image of the item and an image of the at least one other item having attributes that coordinate with attributes of the item.
US11361352B2	Method, device, and medium for utilizing machine learning and transaction data to match boycotts of merchants to customers A device receives third-party boycott data associated with a merchant, and receives customer preference data associated with a customer of the merchant. The device processes the third-party boycott data and the customer preference data, with a machine learning model, to identify a boycott of the merchant that is predicted to be of interest to the customer. The device provides, to a user device of the customer, information identifying the boycott of the merchant and information that solicits the customer to indicate whether the customer desires to join the boycott, and receives, from the user device, information indicating that the customer desires to join the boycott. The device causes a transaction account associated with the customer to be restricted from a transaction with the merchant when the information indicates that the customer desires to join the boycott.
US11361349B1	Systems and methods for generating efficient iterative recommendation structures Systems and methods are described for generating efficient iterative electronic recommendation structures. In various aspects, one or more processors aggregate a plurality of ratings vectors, where each ratings vector is associated with a vector type and contains one or more content ranking metrics associated with one or more users. The one or more processors generate similarity pairing values from the plurality of ratings vectors, where each similarity pairing value is based on a similarity mapping between a first ratings vector and a second ratings vector. The one or more processors further generate an electronic recommendation structure based on the similarity pairing values, where the electronic recommendation structure includes a bi-directional look-up interface that is configured to return a bi-directional recommendation value after receiving a lookup request for either the vector type of the first ratings vector or the vector type of the second ratings vector.
US11361346B1	Retail and advertising domain collaboration Described herein is a system and techniques for implementing a system that enables exchange of user information between retail and advertising domains while maintaining data security and privacy requirements. In some embodiments, a landing page is generated in response to a user interaction with a user interface element. The landing page is generated within the retail domain while the advertisement is in an advertising domain. The landing page, while in the retail domain, can access stored user information from the retail website and pre-fill forms of the landing page which a user can verify and submit to the advertising, thereby sharing the user information into the advertising domain.
US11361345B2	Targeted advertising system and method for drivers An advertising system and its method of use are disclosed. The advertising system includes at least one sensor coupled to a fixed location, where the at least one sensor is configured to generate an impression based on at least one characteristic of a proximate automobile, at least one processor configured to receive the impression, at least one server, having an advertising database and a user database, and at least one delivery mechanism. Preferably, the advertising database contains information relating to at least one advertisement and the user database is configured to check if the at least one characteristic matches an existing entry for a user, and either associate that impression with a user or create a new entry for the impression.
US11361340B2	Methods and apparatus to identify a type of media presented by a media player Methods and apparatus to identify a type of media presented by a media player are disclosed herein. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a data analyzer to determine whether a user-selectable media application control presented in a user interface was activated in response to a user attempt to activate a user-selectable media application control while a media player application presented media. Disclosed example apparatus also include a media type analyzer to determine at least one of the media is an advertisement or the media includes an advertisement in response to a determination that the user-selectable media application control presented in the user interface was not activated in response to the user attempt to activate the user-selectable media application control while the media player application presented the media.
US11361339B2	System, method, and computer program for providing notification of a cashback reward from a shopping portal using online screen and email analysis The present disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program for providing users with notifications of a cashback rewards from a shopping portal using screen and email analysis. A shopping portal system analyzes the content and characteristics of user emails, as well as screens viewed by the user through a client application (e.g., webpages and mobile application screens), to identify probable order-confirmation emails and screens. In response to identifying an order-confirmation email or an order-confirmation screen, the system determines whether a cashback reward should be credited to the user for the order corresponding to the order-confirmation email/screen. In response to an order-confirmation email or screen satisfying the criteria for a cashback reward, the system credits a user account with the cashback reward and notifies the user of the reward.
US11361334B2	Article estimation method and apparatus A server receives article information of an article to be estimated from a user. The server obtains an actual picture of the article from the user. The server determines a standard picture of the article from a predetermined graphics library based on the article information. The server obtains an actual performance of the article. The server determines a value of the article based on the standard picture, the actual picture, and the actual performance of the article.
US11361332B2	Continual audience synchronization A method and system for continual audience synchronization receives user input corresponding to criteria to create a targeted list of people. The system receives user input corresponding to a request to synchronize the targeted list of people with a corresponding audience on each of a number of content delivery networks. The system processes updates to add or remove entries from the targeted list of people based on the one or more criteria. In response to processing the updates, the system accesses each of the content delivery networks, through appropriate application programming interfaces, to update each corresponding audience. When a visitor who matches an entry in the corresponding audience accesses a webpage associated with one of the content delivery networks, the content delivery network selects content associated with the corresponding audience to be presented to the visitor and presents the selected content to the visitor as part of the webpage.
US11361330B2	Pattern analytics system for document presentment and fulfillment Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for document presentment and fulfillment based on pattern analytics. The present invention is configured to determine one or more resource transfers executed by one or more users, wherein the one or more resource transfers are executed in response to one or more resource transfer requests; retrieve information associated with the one or more resource transfers executed by the one or more users; initiate one or more machine learning algorithms on the retrieved information; determine a pattern associated with the one or more resource transfers executed by the one or more users based on at least the retrieved information; and re-configure the one or more resource transfer requests based on at least the pattern associated with the one or more resource transfers executed by the one or more users.
US11361329B2	Systems and methods for generating optimized market plans Systems and methods for ranking or optimizing market configurations are disclosed. Optimized configurations of stores and formats in a market bounded within a geographic area are produced. The geographic area is divided into cells, and the cell attributes are used to determine which store formats can be present. Market configurations for each cell are provided to forecasters for determining of a first fitness criteria. Market configurations are filtered based on the first fitness criteria. Impacts between market configurations are calculated. A genetic algorithm produces a plurality of market solutions. In embodiments, optimization tasks are performed in parallel.
US11361328B2	Reduced network footprint customer behavior analytics Embodiments of the invention provide for reduced network footprint customer behavior analytics. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for reduced network footprint customer behavior analytics includes executing an analytics server in memory of a host computing system and loading into the memory a table. The table includes a multiplicity of entries, each entry correlating a reference to a DOM with a unique identifier and a Web browser brand. Thereafter, the analytics server performs DOM capture and replay of a Web site by receiving from over a computer communications network instead of a complete DOM, a message encapsulating both a unique identifier for a Web page of the site, and a Web browser brand rendering the page, identifying using the table a particular DOM referenced in correlation to the encapsulated identifier and browser brand, retrieving the particular DOM from a data store and performing replay utilizing the retrieved DOM.
US11361327B2	System event notification The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for distributing notifications to a user. The method can include receiving data encapsulating notifications from a device connected to a network that provide information relating to the device's status. The device can provide a health related treatment. The method can associate each notification with one or more notification categories relating to a function performed by the device or a location of the device. A table of users having one or more subscriptions to these notification categories can be accessed. The subscriptions can be automatically assigned to users based on the users' role. A user can be identified from the table to distribute the one or more notifications to. The user can have a subscription that matches a notification category of the received notifications, and data comprising the notifications can be distributed to the user. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US11361325B2	Dynamic management of a customer life-cycle value Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for identifying customers having associated opportunities for improved growth and/or profitability with respect to product or service offerings and determining investment solutions that enhance the probability that the customers transition to the higher growth/profitability opportunities. Prior customer transactions are segmented based on segmentation criteria and used to generate a transaction graph. The nodes of the transaction graph represent the segmented transactions and client transaction paths between the nodes represent potential customer life-cycle trajectories. The transaction graph can be used to identify high-value penetration opportunities.
US11361324B2	Blockchain-issued verifiable credentials for portable trusted asset claims A processor may register one or more verifiable asset credential schemas. A verifiable asset credential schema may prescribe the format and content of asserting blockchain-backed asset state. The processor may register an issuer policy for the verifiable asset credentials. The issuer policy may be associated with a schema and intended credential holder(s). The processor may subscribe the asset credential issuer to one or more peers on the blockchain. The processor may issue commit notifications to a subscribing asset credential issuer in the form of schema-compliant committing-peer verifiable credentials. The processor may collect the committing-peer verifiable credentials from one or more peers. The processor may validate the committing-peer verifiable credentials satisfy the security policy and schema for a designated intended credential holder. The processor may issue a schema-compliant verifiable asset credential to the policy-designated credential holder(s).
US11361322B2	Dynamic point of sale (‘POS’) transaction processing for networked computing devices Disclosed are various embodiments for improvements in customer relationship management and point of sale payment processing at remote event spaces. The system, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein facilitate the transaction processing of credit cards and other payment vehicles in often remote locations where network connections may be intermittent and suffer from frequent disconnects or interruptions of service. The embodiments disclosed operate to detect network events, dynamically adjust to the event space, and processes the transactions on demand. The apparatuses are equipped to facilitate the event environment and are adapted to execute instructions to facilitate the financial transactions.
US11361321B2	System and method for self-service returns Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for processing a merchandise return transaction. A system for processing a merchandise return transaction comprising: a user interface for allowing direct entry of information by a customer without assistance from a worker; a database; and a control circuit coupled to the user interface and the database, the control circuit configured to execute the return transaction by: obtaining from the customer identifier relating to a purchase transaction in which at least one item was previously purchased; identifying a product item from the purchase transaction to be returned; obtaining from the customer a reason for the product item to be returned; obtaining from the customer a preferred tender for the return transaction; authorizing the return; and providing instructions to the customer for returning the product item to a retail facility.
US11361319B2	Service processing method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a service processing method, apparatus, and system. The method may include: receiving, by a processing server, biological feature information of a user and service settlement information generated according to a service behavior of the user that are sent by a service device. The processing server searches for account information bounded with the biological feature information; performs payment processing on the account information according to the service settlement information, to obtain a processing result; and sends the processing result to the service device and a terminal.
US11361318B2	Methods and system for real-time fraud decisioning based upon user-defined valid activity location data A computer-implemented method for real-time fraudulent activity verification, comprising: displaying, on a user device, a first notification which prompts entry of a user-selected geographic area, the user-selected geographic area defining a valid region for processing of transactions associated with a user; receiving, by the user device, user-defined geographic data, the user-defined geographic data specifying at least one user-selected geographic area and defining the valid region for processing of transactions; transmitting, by the user device, the user-defined geographic data along with user data, the user data identifying the user device or the user; receiving, the user device, a second notification, the second notification being an authentication request message received in response to a proposed transaction associated with a user identifier related to the user; displaying, by the user device, the second notification; receiving, by the user device, user-provided authentication data; and transmitting, by the user device, the user-provided authentication data.
US11361317B2	Validating a customer in an electronic transaction In a method of validating a customer in an electronic transaction, an electronic interface of a vendor requests a first set of personal information to validate a customer. The first set of personal information is requested as a portion of a transaction between the electronic interface and a customer device used by the customer. Responsive to the customer's authorization, the electronic interface receives from the customer device an encrypted token which includes a second set of personal information which identifies the customer and encompasses at least a portion of the first set of personal information. The encrypted token is provided to the customer device from a third-party via an application on the customer device and is configured with the second set of personal information prior to the transaction. The electronic interface completes the transaction using the second set of personal information decrypted from the encrypted token to validate the customer.
US11361315B2	Systems and methods for card authorization Example embodiments of systems, methods, and computer-accessible mediums for transaction authorization are provided. An exemplary system can comprise a card including an input device and a display device in data communication with a server. The server can generate an authorization passcode upon an initiation of a transaction session, and the card can receive an entered passcode through the input device, display the entered passcode on the display device, and transmit the entered passcode to the server for comparison to the authorization passcode. Upon a determination that the entered passcode is a match for the authorization passcode, the server can transmit a match notification indicating the transaction session is valid, and upon a determination that the entered passcode is a mismatch for the authorization passcode, the server can transmit a mismatch notification terminating the transaction session.
US11361312B2	System and methods for point to point encryption and tokenization using a mobile device Mechanisms for providing point to point encryption and tokenization enabling decryption, tokenization and storage of sensitive encrypted data on one system are discussed.
US11361311B2	Service data processing method, apparatus, and electronic device One or more computing devices obtains service data of a user payment service. The one or more computing devices determines whether the service data of the user payment service falls within a service indicator range. In response to determining that the service data does not fall within the service indicator range, the one or more computing devices obtains location information of a target customer corresponding to the service data. The one or more computing devices obtains one or more local events corresponding to the location information. The one or more computing devices determines, based on the one or more local events, whether to output an alarm for the service data. In response to determining to output the alarm for the service data, the one or more computing devices outputs the alarm for the service data.
US11361308B1	Decentralized system for performing blockchain-based token management using a side-blockchain network A decentralized system is provided for using smart contracts executed on a side-blockchain network for performing token management by limiting token withdrawals from restricted wallets until an owner of the restricted wallet has met specified criteria and by permitting recapture of tokens from restricted wallets when the owner of the restricted wallet fails to meet the specified criteria within a specified time limit.
US11361305B2	Systems and methods for multiple account proportional transactions A system has a datastore including a pro-rata digital wallet associated with a cardholder. The pro-rata digital wallet includes two or more payment card accounts. The system includes a processor programmed to receive an authorization request message from a point-of-sale terminal. The authorization request includes an identification number from a transaction device presented by the cardholder. The processor is programmed to determine whether the identification number corresponds to one of the payment card accounts associated with the pro-rata digital wallet and, if so, identify each of the payment card accounts associated with the pro-rata digital wallet. The processor is programmed to determine a pro-rata payment amount for each of the payment card accounts associated with the pro-rata digital wallet. Each pro-rata payment is based on an available balance of each of the payment card accounts relative to a total available balance for a combination of each of the payment card.
US11361304B2	Computing system implementing a network transaction service A computer system can determine a set of merchant locations utilizing a network transaction service within a vicinity of a user based on position information from the computing device of the user. The system can generate a user interface to present the set of locations to the user. The system can receive a transaction request from the user and automatically execute a transaction process using a shared funding account of the network transaction service to fulfill the request.
US11361303B2	Method and system for facilitating secure payment transactions A method for facilitating payment transactions includes receiving, by a server, a flash code request indicative of a transaction amount. A flash code associated with the transaction amount is communicated by the server to the payer device. The flash code is encoded into a flash pattern at the payer device and communicated to a payee device of a payee for executing a payment transaction between the payer and the payee. A first request for the payment transaction is received by the server from the payee device. The first request includes the flash code obtained by decoding the flash pattern at the payee device. The flash code included in the first request is validated by the server. Based on successful validation of the flash code, the transaction amount is deducted from a payer account of the payer and credited to a payee account of the payee.
US11361302B2	Systems and methods for touch screen interface interaction using a card overlay Example embodiments of systems and methods for touch screen interface interaction using a card overlay are provided. In an embodiment, a body may include a first main side and a second main side opposite the first main side, wherein the body is positionable with respect to a touch screen interface. The transaction card may further include indicia on the body, the indicia identifying a plurality of apertures through the body, wherein a user input provided through the plurality of apertures actuates corresponding touch locations on the touch screen interface to authenticate a transaction.
US11361300B1	Mobile wallet bundled features A mobile wallet computing system associated with a mobile wallet database includes a mobile wallet circuit structured to present a mobile wallet interface a mobile wallet user. The mobile wallet interface includes a first portion that includes a graphical depiction of a user payment vehicle associated with a financial institution, the first portion including a first interaction point that enables the user to initiate a sequence to engage in a mobile wallet transaction using the mobile wallet. The interface also includes a second portion that includes a second interaction point and a third interaction point, the second interaction point enabling the user to access a functionality enabling the user to indicate a transaction preference for a transaction with an entity other than the mobile wallet provider or financial institution, the third interaction point enabling the user to indicate a preference to initiate communications with the financial institution.
US11361297B2	Systems and methods for linking high-value tokens using a low-value token Embodiments include methods and systems for linking high-value tokens using a low-value token, comprising receiving, from an electronic data server, a first high-value token and a request for a low-value token, the first high-value token being associated with sensitive data associated with a user, and the low-value token being associated with a subset of the sensitive data associated with the user. The methods and systems further comprise providing the low-value token to the electronic data server, and receiving, from a second electronic data server, the low-value token and a request for a second high-value token, the low-value token having been provided to the second electronic data server by the electronic data server. The methods and systems further comprise generating a second high-value token associated with the sensitive data associated with the user, and providing the second high-value token to the second electronic data server.
US11361295B2	Blaze NFC mobile payments A method and system for receiving digital artifacts from a management server. The method includes sending a request for a digital artifact from a mobile application to the management server for display within a specific mobile application generated screen, receiving the digital artifact from the management server, and displaying the digital artifact with the specific mobile application generated screen.
US11361294B2	Systems and methods for creating and activating a license Systems and methods for creating a license during a purchasing process between a customer and a vendor are provided. In one implementation, a method may be executable by a vendor system in communication with a customer device in a decentralized computing infrastructure. The method may include the steps of receiving a purchase order from a customer to initiate a purchase of a software or hardware product, where the customer is associated with the customer device, and receiving a public key from the customer. Additionally, the method may include the steps of creating a smart contract for controlling a license related to the purchase of the software or hardware product and sending a contract address associated with the smart contract to the customer to enable the customer to activate the software or hardware product.
US11361290B2	System and method for securely registering a recipient to a computer-implemented funds transfer payment network A method including storing a record in an information directory of a computer system. The method also includes receiving a confirmation that a particular identifier of the one or more public identifiers is useable to contact the recipient based on one or more responses to one or more authentication request messages. The method additionally includes receiving, through the computer network, a funds transfer request from a sender having a sender account at a second financial institution. The method further includes determining a private identifier for the recipient account using the information directory based on the particular public identifier of the one or more public identifiers. The method additionally includes sending the private identifier through the computer network to the second financial institution to facilitate, based on the funds transfer request, a transfer of funds from the sender account at the second financial institution to the recipient account at the first financial institution such that the second financial institution associates the transfer of the funds with the private identifier, such that the first financial institution uses the private identifier to determine the account number of the recipient to receive the transfer of the funds, and such that the first financial institution deposits the funds into the recipient account. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are disclosed.
US11361287B2	Automated check encoding error resolution Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhanced check processing systems with improved check validation features and enhanced information security. A computing platform may determine whether a correlation between source data and metadata associated with a check exceeds a predetermined correlation threshold. Based on determining that the correlation does not exceed the predetermined correlation threshold, the computing platform may direct an OCR computing system to perform character recognition on the check. Then, the computing platform may determine whether a discrepancy between the metadata and an OCR output from the OCR computing system exceeds a predetermined resolution threshold. In response to determining that the discrepancy between the OCR output and the metadata does not exceed the predetermined resolution threshold, the computing platform may update stored records associated with the check. Subsequently, the computing platform may direct a DDA computing system to post a corrected payment associated with the check.
US11361283B2	System and method for dynamic discovery and enhancements of diagnostic rules A complex asset analysis operation, comprising: receiving data from a plurality of crowd sourced complex assets; aggregating the data received from the plurality of crowd sourced complex assets; and, performing a complex asset analysis operation based upon the data received from the plurality of crowd sourced devices, the complex asset analysis operation providing an information brokerage function for a community of complex assets by managing shared information from the plurality of crowd sourced complex assets.
US11361282B2	Scalable system for dynamic user audience determination A system may include a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to: receive, from a computing device, a request for a set of content, the request associated with a user identifier; query a cached data store to determine that a set of audiences for the user identifier is stale; in response to the determination that the set of audiences is stale: access user properties for the user identifier; and generate the set of audiences for the user identifier based on the user properties; and serve the set of content according to the generated set of audiences.
US11361279B2	Communication device for vending machine and method of using the same The present application is directed to systems and methods for transmitting vending machine data wirelessly via a reporting device. Each vending machine may connect to a reporting device. The reporting device may communicate with a mobile device wirelessly, where the mobile device may be carried by an operator. The reporting device may transmit vending machine data to the mobile device. The reporting device may transmit maintenance information to the mobile device. The mobile device may upload the vending machine data and maintenance information via a network to a remote device. The reporting device may enable a customer to make purchases with a mobile device. The reporting device may receive a repair-needed notification from a customer's mobile device.
US11361278B2	Optical sensing-based inventory control systems and methods An inventory tracking system includes storage modules that hold one or more items. Each item is positionable at locations within the storage modules independent of physical characteristics of the item. Inventory monitoring modules are included to monitor storage modules for adding an item, retrieving an item, consuming of the item, returning an unused item, discarding at least a portion of a consumed item, or combinations thereof. Each act is used to determine information about items utilized in the act, including the location within the storage modules of the items. Each storage module updates a central inventory database about a location of the storage module, a revised inventory of the items stored within the storage modules, or both. The location of the storage modules, the revised inventory of the items stored within the storage modules, or both, is used to order a replenishment of the items held within the storage modules.
US11361275B1	Token allocation for distributed shipping document processing Systems and methods which provide for allocation of tokens, such as may be used for tracking number dissemination, for shipment document processing are described. Embodiments operate to allocate tokens to the various shipping document processing systems for their use by the respective document processing systems. The various shipping document processing systems may be enabled to independently perform shipping document processing for extended periods of time (e.g., days, weeks, etc.) using their respective allocations of tokens, such as to use the tokens, including reuse of the tokens over time, without overlap (e.g., without introducing overlapping instances of tracking numbers). Logic of shipping document processing systems record use time information (e.g., a date and/or time of use of a token or tokens) in association with their use of tokens of their allotment, wherein the use tokens from the allocations is in accordance with last use time information.
US11361274B2	Trackable postage Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and computer-implemented methods for tracking delivery items associated with a postal tracking product that includes a tracking bar code and a serial number. The tracking bar code can be attached to a delivery item and mailed. The delivery item can be processed by a delivery processing system, which can report information on the location of the delivery item using the tracking number, and an indication of the location can be provided to a user that enters the serial number into a tracking interface. They tracking interface may be for an application that extracts, from a serial barcode associated with the postal tracking product, the serial number and a website associated with the tracking interface, automatically navigates the user to the website, and automatically enters the serial number into the tracking interface.
US11361273B2	Use of geospatial coordinate systems for tracking item delivery A system and method for accurately tracking the delivery of items in an item distribution network using a purpose built confidence event recorder. An item sorter sorts items for delivery based upon route information and preferences for the delivery. Items are tracked while out for delivery through the use of confidence data recorded by a confidence event recorder carried by an item carrier. The confidence data recorder can that can record GPS and time data, as well as scan barcodes, such as a barcode on an item to be delivered. Confidence data can be used to accurately record when and where item carriers deliver items. The system determines if an actual delivery occurred by comparing the confidence data to previously gathered confidence data. An expected delivery window generation system can be used to generate expected delivery windows for the delivery of new items based on the confidence data recorded.
US11361271B2	Method of transmitting electricity A method of transmitting electricity including providing a shippable container configured to transport a liquid electrolyte solution to a first charging station. The first charging station is configured to apply electricity to the liquid electrolyte solution. The first charging station charges the liquid electrolyte solution by applying electricity to the liquid electrolyte solution. The charged liquid electrolyte solution is loaded into the shippable container and transported to a discharging station. The electrolyte solution is electrically discharged at the discharging station and subsequently transported to a second charging station.
US11361269B2	System and method for service modeling A method can include storing information about the business service in one or more template type layers; storing information about an instance of the business service in one or more instance type layers; wherein the template type layers include one or more checkpoints that reference information stored in a content addressable store that defines an expected structure of the business service, wherein at least one checkpoint of the template type layers includes a timestamp and a hash value associated with an entry in the content addressable store; and wherein the instance type layers include one or more checkpoints that reference information stored in the content addressable store that defines attributes of the instance of the business service, wherein at least one checkpoint of the instance type layers includes a timestamp and a hash value associated with an entry in the content addressable store.
US11361265B2	Data center impact assessment post disaster Assessing data center impact post disaster is provided. A data center is divided into hazard segments post disaster based on a combination of hazard type, hazard level, and hazard location identified in time series information from sensors and cameras. A financial value of each identifiable asset in the data center is calculated based on determined operational viability status, estimated soft value, and determined criticality of each identifiable asset. A time cost and an operational cost of impact assessment devices used to assess an impact on the data center and recover assets is calculated. A disaster assessed map is generated by overlaying the time series information, calculated financial values, and calculated time and operational costs on a digital floorplan of the data center. One or more types of impact assessment devices are assigned to each hazard segment at different time periods to rescue and recover financially valuable and operationally viable assets.
US11361264B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for calibrating data using relaxed benchmark constraints Methods, systems, and apparatus for calibrating data using relaxed benchmarks constraints are described. An example apparatus for generating a unique solution when calibrating data via a calibration model having relaxed benchmark constraints includes a calibration engine to execute the calibration model based on a target loss function, a weight loss function, and a budget parameter. The example apparatus further includes a calibrated weights determiner to determine calibrated weights resulting from execution of the calibration model. The example apparatus further includes a calibration model validator to incorporate a stability parameter into the calibration model in response to determining that the calibrated weights do not provide a unique solution for the executed calibration model. The stability parameter is to reduce an influence of the budget parameter on the calibration model to enable the generation of a unique solution.
US11361251B2	Systems and methods of processing diverse data sets with a neural network to generate synthesized data sets for predicting a target metric A computer system receives and stores data sets, a target metric, and a parameter that indicates a desired number of synthesized data sets. A hardware processor performs operations where each processing node of a neural network weights input data set values, determines gating operations to select processing operations, and generates a node output by applying the gating operations to weighted input data set values. The neural network is trained by modifying the gating operations, the input weight values, and the node output weight value until convergence. One or more nodes is selected having a larger magnitude node output weight value. Selected input data set values are processed with selected processing nodes using a selected subset of gating operations to produce the desired number of synthesized data sets. Names are generated for each of the synthesized data sets.
US11361246B2	Methods for automating aspects of machine learning, and related systems and apparatus Various systems and methods provide an intuitive user interface that enables automatic specification of queries and constraints for analysis by ML component. Various implementations provide methodologies for automatically formulating machine learning (“ML”) and optimization queries. The automatic generation of ML and/or optimization queries can be configured to use examples to facilitate formulation of ML and optimization queries. One example method includes accepting input data specifying variables and data values associated with the variables. Within the input data any unspecified data records are identified, and a relationship between the variables specified in the input data and a variable associated with the at least one unspecified data record is automatically determined. The relationship can be automatically determined based on training data contained within the input data. Once a relationship is established a ML problem can be automatically generated.
US11361245B2	Intelligent IOT data split management The disclosure relates to technology that implements flow control for machine learning on data such as Internet of Things (“IoT”) datasets. The system may route outputs of a data splitter function performed on the IoT datasets to a designated target model based on a user specification for routing the outputs. In this manner, the IoT datasets may be dynamically routed to target datasets without reprogramming machine-learning pipelines, which enable rapid training, testing and validation of ML models as well as an ability to concurrently train, validate, and execute ML models.
US11361244B2	Time-factored performance prediction Training query intents are allocated for multiple training entities into training time intervals in a time series based on a corresponding query intent time for each training query intent. Training performance results for the multiple training entities are allocated into the training time intervals in the time series based on a corresponding performance time of each training performance result. A machine learning model for a training milestone of the time series is trained based on the training query intents allocated to a training time interval prior to the training milestone and the training performance results allocated to a training time interval after the training milestone. Target performance for the target entity for an interval after a target milestone in the time series is predicted by inputting to the trained machine learning model target query intents allocated to the target entity in a target time interval before the target milestone.
US11361243B2	Recommending machine learning techniques, features, and feature relevance scores A device may identify, for a first analytics application, a first set of characteristics and obtain, for a second analytics application, a second set of characteristics. The device may determine a measure of similarity between the first analytics application and the second analytics application based on the first set of characteristics and the second set of characteristics. The device may also determine a relevance score for a feature of the first analytics application, the relevance score being based on a relevance score associated with a feature of the second analytics application. In addition, the device may determine a relevance score for a machine learning technique associated with the first analytics application, the relevance score being based on a relevance score associated with a machine learning technique associated with the second analytics application. Based on the first relevance score or the second relevance score, the device may perform an action.
US11361231B2	Explainable and automated decisions in computer-based reasoning systems The techniques herein include using an input context to determine a suggested action. One or more explanations may also be determined and returned along with the suggested action. The one or more explanations may include (i) one or more most similar cases to the suggested case (e.g., the case associated with the suggested action) and, optionally, a conviction score for each nearby cases; (ii) action probabilities, (iii) excluding cases and distances, (iv) archetype and/or counterfactual cases for the suggested action; (v) feature residuals; (vi) regional model complexity; (vii) fractional dimensionality; (viii) prediction conviction; (ix) feature prediction contribution; and/or other measures such as the ones discussed herein, including certainty. In some embodiments, the explanation data may be used to determine whether to perform a suggested action.
US11361229B2	Post-processor for factoid answer conversions into structured relations in a knowledge base A method, computer system, and a computer program product for converting a plurality of factoid answers into a plurality of structured relations for storage in a structured knowledge base is provided. The present invention may include receiving a query from a user. The present invention may also include generating a plurality of possible factoid answers. The present invention may then include determining a plurality of confidence scores for the plurality of possible factoid answers. The present invention may then include generating a plurality of certain factoid answers from the plurality of possible factoid answers. The present invention may then include identifying a plurality of special target items. The present invention may further include generating a plurality of structured relations for each certain factoid answer and the identified plurality of special target items. The present include may also include storing the generated plurality of structured relations into the structured knowledge base.
US11361223B2	Hybrid message-passing-algorithm-based deep learning neural network for a massive beam-forming system A multi-beam transmission method is provided for transmitting using an N-beam transmitter to a receiver having K receive beams. In the transmitter, a non-linear encoder implemented by a machine learning block, and a linear encoder are trained using gradient descent back propagation that relies on feedback from the receiver. For each input to be transmitted the machine learning block is used to process the input to produce N/K sets of L outputs. The linear encoder is used to perform linear encoding on each set of L outputs to produce a respective set of K outputs so as to produce N/K sets of K encoded outputs overall and N encoded outputs overall. One of the N/K sets of K outputs from each set of K beams. In order to allow a generalization to different SNRs, and to allow for time varying channel conditions, the non-linear layers, implemented in the non-linear encoder, are responsible for extracting features and regenerating the features, while the linear layers implemented in the linear encoder, are responsible for more generalization.
US11361218B2	Noise and signal management for RPU array Advanced noise and signal management techniques for RPU arrays during ANN training are provided. In one aspect of the invention, a method for ANN training includes: providing an array of RPU devices with pre-normalizers and post-normalizers; computing and pre-normalizing a mean and standard deviation of all elements of an input vector x to the array that belong to the set group of each of the pre-normalizers; and computing and post-normalizing the mean μ and the standard deviation σ of all elements of an output vector y that belong to the set group of each of the post-normalizers.
US11361217B2	Chip and chip-based data processing method Embodiments of the present specification provide chips and chip-based data processing methods. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining data associated with one or more neural networks transmitted from a server; for each layer of a neural network of the one or more neural networks, configuring, based on the data, a plurality of operator units based on a type of computation each operator unit performs; and invoking the plurality of operator units to perform computations, based on neurons of a layer of the neural network immediately above, of the data for each neuron to produce a value of the neuron.

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