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| US11418149B2 |
Re-configurable passive mixer for wireless receivers
A configurable passive mixer is described herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, a passive mixer for a wireless receiver comprises a plurality of passive mixer cores coupled in parallel with each mixer core configured to receive a same set of radio frequency input signals and a separately driven set of local oscillator input signals. Further, each mixer core is configured to be separately enabled or disabled so that the passive mixer can be selectively configured during operation to convert the same set of radio frequency input signals to a set of downconverted output signals that satisfy a certain performance requirement or performance parameter of the passive mixer. |
| US11418145B2 |
Photovoltaic module having an external electrical connector
A photovoltaic module having an external electrical connector is described. For example, the photovoltaic module may include a plug receptacle mounted on a module laminate, and a contact may extend from a photovoltaic cell within the module laminate into a plug channel of the plug receptacle. The plug receptacle may receive a mating electrical connector, e.g., an electrical plug, of off-panel electronics. Accordingly, the contact may be removably connected to the mating electrical connector, and the photovoltaic cell may be placed in electrical connection with the off-panel electronics. |
| US11418138B2 |
Driving circuit and driving method of stepping motor and electronic machine using the same
The task of the present invention is to provide a driving circuit capable of outputting information useful to design or control of a system to outside. The present invention relates to a driving circuit and a driving method of a stepping motor, and an electronic machine using the driving circuit of a stepping motor. A counter electromotive force detection circuit detects a counter EMF generated in a coil. A revolution count detection circuit acquires the revolution count of the stepping motor. A load angle estimating portion calculates a load angle according to the counter EMF and the revolution count. An interface circuit is configured to be capable of outputting angle information associated with the load angle to outside, or accessing the angle information from the outside. |
| US11418137B1 |
Motor driver current sensing
A motor driver includes a low-side drive transistor, a comparator, a sense transistor, first switch, and a second switch. The low-side drive transistor is adapted to be coupled to a motor. The comparator is configured to determine a direction of a drive current flowing in the low-side drive transistor. The sense transistor is coupled to the low-side side drive transistor and is configured to pass a replica of the drive current. The first switch is configured to couple the sense transistor to the low-side drive transistor responsive to the drive current flowing in a first direction through the low-side drive transistor. The second switch is configured to couple the sense transistor to a ground responsive to the drive current flowing in a second direction, that is opposite the first direction, through the low-side drive transistor. |
| US11418135B2 |
Control apparatus and control method
A control apparatus includes a drive instruction value generator configured to generate a first drive instruction value that is greater than or equal to 0, which corresponds to torque in a first rotation direction, for driving a first motor that applies the torque in the first rotation direction to a shaft, and a second drive instruction value that is less than or equal to 0, which corresponds to torque in a second rotation direction, for driving a second motor, which is different from the first motor, that applies the torque in the second rotation direction, which is an opposite direction to the first rotation direction, to the shaft. |
| US11418134B2 |
Vibration type motor for guiding movement of a friction member, and lens apparatus and electronic apparatus including said motor
A vibration type motor includes first and second vibrators, a friction member configured to contact the first and second vibrators, a pressure member configured to press the first and second vibrators against the friction member, and first and second guide members configured to guide a relative movement between the first and second vibrators and the friction member. The first and second vibrators are spaced in a direction different from a relative movement direction between the first and second vibrators and the friction member. The first and the second guide member are provided between the first vibrator and the second vibrator in a direction different from the relative movement direction. A pressure center of a pressure applied to the first vibrator and the second vibrator by the pressure member is located between the first guide member and the second guide member. |
| US11418131B2 |
Voltage balance control method for flying-capacitor multilevel converter
A voltage balance control method for a flying-capacitor multilevel converter is provided. If the amplitude of the resultant current of the inductor currents from a plurality of output inductors is lower than or equal to a threshold current value, the flowing direction of the inductor current of at least one flying-capacitor multilevel branch circuit is controlled to be changed. Consequently, the problem of erroneously judging the current direction is avoided. Moreover, when the inductor current is low, the voltage of the flying capacitor is correspondingly controlled. Consequently, the voltage balance of the flying capacitor of the flying-capacitor multilevel converter can be achieved more easily. |
| US11418130B2 |
System and method for variable DC bus voltage coupled to inverters
A voltage command estimator is configured to estimate a minimum required variable DC bus voltage based on the first direct-axis current/voltage command, the first quadrature-axis current/voltage command, the second direct-axis current/voltage command, and the second quadrature-axis current/voltage command for a respective time interval. The voltage command estimator is configured to provide the estimated minimum required variable DC bus voltage to a voltage regulator to adjust the observed voltage level of the variable DC voltage bus to the estimated minimum required variable DC bus voltage to maintain the operation, as commanded by the voltage/current commands, of the first electric machine under the first variable load and the second electric machine under the second variable load at the time interval. |
| US11418128B2 |
Control apparatus for electric power conversion apparatus
A control apparatus is provided for controlling an electric power conversion apparatus. The electric power conversion apparatus includes a reactor and a drive switch and is configured to convert one of an AC voltage and a DC voltage into the other of the AC voltage and the DC voltage. The control apparatus is configured to: acquire a current detection value that is a detected value of reactor current flowing through the reactor; acquire the AC voltage; calculate, based on the AC voltage, a command value of the reactor current; set a correction value based on the AC voltage; calculate a post-correction current detection value by subtracting the correction value from the current detection value; and operate the drive switch through peak current mode control, thereby controlling the post-correction current detection value to be in agreement with the command value. |
| US11418124B2 |
Circuit for switching an AC voltage
The present invention relates to a circuit for switching an AC voltage. It contains an input terminal able to be connected to an AC voltage source, an output terminal able to be connected to a load impedance, and a first series circuit. This series circuit comprises a diode and a circuit for storing electrical charges. The series circuit has a first end connection that is connected to the input terminal and a second end connection that is connected to the output terminal. The circuit for switching an AC voltage furthermore contains a DC voltage source, which is connected to an electrical connection between the diode and the input terminal or to an electrical connection between the diode and the output terminal and is designed to impress a DC current in the diode. The circuit for switching an AC voltage finally contains a first switch that is connected to an electrical connection between the diode and the circuit for storing electrical charges at one terminal. The first switch is designed to switch between a switching state in which a potential dependent on a reference potential is present at the electrical connection between the diode and the circuit for storing electrical charges, and a switching state in which an electrical floating potential is present in the electrical connection between the diode and the circuit for storing electrical charges. |
| US11418123B2 |
Power supply apparatus suppressing transient voltage
A power supply apparatus (10) suppressing a transient voltage is applied to an input voltage (50). The power supply apparatus (10) includes a power supply circuit (20), a feedback signal generation circuit (30) and a feedback signal control circuit (40). If the power supply circuit (20) stops receiving the input voltage (50), the feedback signal control circuit (40) controls the feedback signal generation circuit (30) to discharge so that the feedback signal generation circuit (30) controls the power supply circuit (20) to decrease an output voltage (60), so that when the power supply circuit (20) receives the input voltage (50) again, the power supply circuit (20) avoids generating an output overvoltage condition for the output voltage (60). |
| US11418121B2 |
Auxiliary converter to provide operating power for a controller
An auxiliary converter coupled to an output of a main power converter comprising an auxiliary switch, a timing circuit, and an energy transfer element. The auxiliary switch coupled to the output of the main power converter. A timing circuit coupled to receive a control signal from a controller of the main power converter, wherein the controller regulates the output of the main power converter, the timing circuit configured to output an auxiliary drive signal to control switching of the auxiliary switch in response to the control signal. The energy transfer element coupled to the auxiliary switch, wherein the energy transfer element is configured to transfer energy from the output of the main power converter to a supply of the controller, the supply provides operational power for the controller of the main power converter. |
| US11418120B2 |
Deeply integrated voltage regulator architectures
A system is disclosed. The system includes a substrate, and a first chip on the substrate, where a load circuit is integrated on the first chip. The system also includes a second chip on the substrate, where a power delivery circuit is configured to deliver current to the load circuit according to a regulated voltage at a node. The power delivery circuit includes a first circuit configured to generate an error signal based at least in part on the regulated voltage, and a voltage generator including power switches configured to modify the regulated voltage according to the error signal, where the first circuit of the power delivery circuit is integrated on the first chip, and where at least a portion of the power switches of the power delivery circuit are integrated on the second chip. |
| US11418118B1 |
Regulation loop control for voltage regulation in a switch mode power supply
One or more embodiments relate to a regulation loop control circuit for regulation of a parameter such as an input voltage or output voltage for a buck-boost converter. In these and other embodiments, the regulation loop control circuit is configured to select between an input voltage loop for regulation of the input voltage or an output voltage loop for regulation of the output voltage in response to an input voltage error, an output voltage error, and a threshold detector to protect the converter without sacrificing output voltage regulation and transient response. |
| US11418117B2 |
Single inductor multi-output buck-boost converter and control method thereof
A converter can include: (i) a first switch having a first terminal for receiving an input voltage, and a second terminal coupled to a first terminal of a second switch; (ii) an inductor having a first terminal coupled to a common node of the first and second switches, and a second terminal coupled to a first terminal of a third switch, where second terminals of the second and third switches are coupled to ground; and (iii) a plurality of output channels coupled to a common node of the inductor and the third switch, where the converter operates in a buck-boost mode, a buck mode, or a boost mode based on the relationship between the input voltage and output voltages of the plurality of output channels. |
| US11418116B2 |
DC-DC converter for photovoltaic-linked energy storage system and control method therefor
According to one embodiment, a DC-DC converter for compensating a ripple in a photovoltaic-linked energy storage system and a control method thereof are disclosed. Particularly, a DC-DC converter for compensating for a ripple generated in a DC link connecting a single-phase inverter to a converter is disclosed. The DC-DC converter can compensate a ripple by using an active power component or the average voltage of a DC link voltage acquired from the DC link. |
| US11418115B2 |
Controller for on-vehicle inverter
A controller for an on-vehicle inverter includes an arm circuit and a driver. The driver includes a high-side drive circuit, a low-side drive circuit, and a bootstrap capacitor. The on-vehicle inverter includes a smoothing capacitor. The smoothing capacitor is supplied with leak current by an internal power supply via the bootstrap capacitor and a high-side semiconductor device. The controller further includes a voltage detector and an insertion-removal determination unit. The insertion-removal determination unit is configured to determine whether a connector has been inserted or removed from a change in voltage at ends of a smoothing capacitor detected by a voltage detector. |
| US11418113B2 |
Inductor current emulator circuit and inductor current emulation method
An inductor current emulator circuit includes a ramp signal generation circuit and an emulator control circuit. The inductor emulator circuit generates a ramp signal for emulating an inductor current flowing through an inductor of a power stage circuit. The ramp signal generation circuit generates the ramp signal according to a first signal and a second signal. A current sense signal is related a high side switch current flowing through the high side switch or a low side switch current flowing through the low side switch. The emulator control circuit obtains a first difference integration value and a second difference integration value of differences between the current sense signal and the ramp signal during a first duration and a second duration, respectively, to generate the first signal and the second signal, respectively. Center time points of the first duration and the second duration are different from each other. |
| US11418112B2 |
Power converter
A power converter includes: capacitors; switches coupled to the corresponding capacitors, wherein the switches switch electrical connection relationships of corresponding capacitors according to operation signals; one or more charging inductors connected in series to one or more corresponding capacitors; one or more discharging inductors connected in series to one or more corresponding capacitors. In a charging process, by switching the switches, a series connection of the capacitors and the corresponding charging inductor(s) is formed between the input voltage and the output voltage, so as to form a charging path. In a discharging process, by switching the switches, each capacitor and one of the corresponding discharging inductors are connected in series between the output voltage and ground voltage level, so as to form plural discharging paths. The charging process and the discharging process are arranged in alternating and repetitive manner, to convert the input voltage to the output voltage. |
| US11418110B2 |
Power converter and related power factor correction circuit capable of improving zero-crossing distortion
A power factor calibration circuit includes a multiplier, a boost inductor, an auxiliary winding, a detection resistor, a compensation capacitor, a comparator, and an auxiliary switch. The comparator is configured to detect inductor current flowing through the boost inductor. When the detected inductor current is too small, the energy stored in the compensation capacitor is transmitted to the auxiliary winding for generating compensation current, thereby enhancing the level of the inductor current. |
| US11418107B2 |
Brown-out protection circuit for a switching converter and method for controlling a switching converter
In an embodiment, a brown-out protection circuit includes: a monitoring terminal; a threshold generator supplying a threshold voltage; a comparator to compare a monitoring voltage at the monitoring terminal and the threshold voltage; and a logic module supplying an enable signal having a brown-in logic value and a brown-out logic value. When the enable signal is at the brown-out logic value, the logic module checks transition conditions, relating to a number of usable transitions of the monitoring voltage from lower to greater than the threshold voltage, and time conditions, relating to permanence of the monitoring voltage above the threshold voltage after a usable transition or in an aggregated manner after a plurality of consecutive usable transitions. The logic module sets the enable signal to the brown-in logic value when the transition conditions or the time conditions are met. |
| US11418103B2 |
Turbofan jet engine, powered by an electric motor with power from a high efficiency electric generator
A power system for an aircraft engine provides rotational drive to propeller driven and turbofan jet engine powered aircraft by use of a propeller or fan drive motor. Electrical power is provided to the drive motor by a high efficiency electrical power generator with reduced electromagnetic drag or reverse torque. The electric generator utilizes a solid state rotor that does not rotate which allows for power generation without reverse torque or the usual energy required to rotate the rotor inside the stator of the generator. Only the magnetic poles of the disclosed rotor rotate to generate the power. The fan blades of the turbofan jet engine are driven by the electric drive motor in which the rotor is a part of the fan as well as the drive from the high pressure turbine. |
| US11418102B2 |
Coil actuator
An actuator is introduced that utilizes the forces that result from placing a current carrying coil in a magnetic field to rotate a connected object about at least one axis. In some embodiments, the introduced coil actuator includes a coil of conductor coupled to an arm or other type of structural element that extends radially from an axis of rotation. The introduced coil actuator can be utilized to provide motion control in a variety of different applications such as gimbal mechanisms. In some embodiments, the introduced coil actuator can be implemented in a gimbal mechanism for adjusting an orientation of a device such as a camera relative to a connected platform such as the body of an aerial vehicle. |
| US11418099B2 |
Vibration actuator and electronic equipment
A vibration actuator has: a fixing body; a movable body; and first and second elastic support parts disposed to sandwich the movable body in the vibration direction and configured to movably support the movable body with respect to the fixing body by elastic deformation, wherein the movable body includes: a core provided to both sides of a magnet of the movable body and having an opening; and spring stoppers disposed between the magnet and the first elastic support part and between the magnet and the second elastic support part; and wherein the spring stoppers are each fixed such that one end is fixed to one of the first or second elastic support part and such that another end is fixed by insertion into the opening and abutment on a surface of the movable body core facing the one of the first or second elastic support part. |
| US11418098B2 |
Rotor, motor, and driving apparatus
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a rotor, a motor, and a driving apparatus. The rotor is defined by laminated electromagnetic steel plates. The electromagnetic steel plate includes a plurality of through hole groups running through the electromagnetic steel plate, and each through hole group includes a plurality of through holes. A central axis of a magnetic pole of the rotor is used as a d axis, and an axis that is 45 degrees from the d axis is used as a q axis, where an outer peripheral surface of the rotor that is between the d axis and the q axis is recessed radially inward relative to an outer peripheral surface of another portion of the rotor, so that the rotor is noncircular when observed in an axial direction. |
| US11418097B2 |
External winding controlled, two-degree-of-freedom, bearingless, switched reluctance motor
An external winding controlled two-degree-of-freedom bearing-free switched reluctance motor includes a stator and a rotor. An edge portion of the rotor includes rotor teeth. The stator includes an external winding and a stator core. The stator core includes four suspension teeth distributed in x and y directions on the same circumference of the radial outer side of the rotor and magnetism isolating bodies connected to two adjacent suspension teeth, each suspension tooth includes, along the axial direction of the rotor, a permanent magnet sheet and magnetically conductive sheets symmetrically connected to two sides of the permanent magnet sheet, torque teeth are connected to the inner walls of the magnetism isolating bodies, and torque windings are wound around the torque teeth. The external winding includes x-direction control cores connecting two suspension teeth in the x direction to form two x-direction symmetrical closed paths. |
| US11418096B2 |
Electric machine, in particular for a motor vehicle
An electric machine has a stator, which has at least one first magnet and at least one second magnet, and a rotor, which can be driven by the magnets and can rotate about an axis of rotation relative to the stator. The first magnet is held on a first ring and the second magnet is held on a second ring following the first ring in the axial direction of the electric machine. The second ring can, together with the second magnet, rotate about the axis of rotation relative to the first ring and the first magnet. |
| US11418095B2 |
Motor assembling method, centering jig, and electric motor
A motor assembling method for an electric motor includes inserting a stator of the motor into a first housing of the motor through an opening of the first housing; fitting a shaft portion of a centering jig to an inner peripheral surface of the stator and a mounting portion of a first bearing of the motor in the first housing, and fitting a flange portion to the opening; fixing the stator on which centering is performed using the centering jig to the first housing; removing the centering jig from the first housing; and inserting a rotary shaft of the motor, the first bearing, and a second bearing of the motor into the first housing, and fixing a second housing of the motor to the opening. |
| US11418091B2 |
Cooling device for rotary electric machine
A rotary electric machine includes a stator extending along an axis and having teeth arranged about the axis. The teeth are circumferentially spaced apart by slots. Conductors extend around the teeth and through the slots. The conductors are electrically connected to one another to form phases. A cooling device is provided in at least one winding slot. The cooling device includes an outer tube and an inner tube provided in the outer tube such that cooling fluid flows in a first axial direction within the inner tube and a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction within the outer tube. |
| US11418080B2 |
Rotary electric machine
A rotary electric machine includes a rotor having a rotor core, an end plate disposed on a rotor core end surface, and a stator including a stator core disposed at a gap from the rotor, and a coil provided to the stator core. The stator core includes a stator yoke portion having a substantially annular shape, stator teeth portions provided along a circumferential direction and protruding radially from the stator yoke portion, and slot portions formed between adjacent stator teeth portions. The coil is inserted into each slot portion of the stator core and includes a coil end portion protruding in an axial direction from a stator core end surface. A refrigerant is discharged radially outward of the rotor. A refrigerant guide unit for guiding the refrigerant discharged radially outward in a protruding direction of the coil end portion is disposed on the stator core end surface. |
| US11418075B2 |
Rotor, motor, and electric power steering device
A rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core, magnets on a radial outside surface of the rotor core, and sheet-shaped magnetic portions provided on radial outside surfaces of some of the magnets. The magnets include first magnets in which the magnetic portions are on a circumferential portion in a radial outside surface of the first magnets and second magnets in which the magnetic portions are not on a radial outside surface of the second magnets. The first magnets and the second magnets are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction in each of a first portion and a second portion along the axial direction in the radial outside surface of the rotor core. The first magnets of the first portion and the second magnets of the second portion overlap each other, and the second magnets of the first portion and the first magnets of the second portion overlap each other. |
| US11418067B2 |
Enhanced foreign object detection with coil current sensing in wireless power transfer systems
Embodiments described herein provide foreign object detection based on coil current sensing. The transmitter power loss is computed directly based on the coil current, in conjunction with, or in place of the conventional computation based on transmitter input current. The enhanced precision of the computer power loss can be used to more accurately detect a foreign object near the transmitter coil during a wireless power transfer. |
| US11418066B2 |
Techniques for charging and/or discharging a battery using frequency modulation
Described herein are techniques that increase the charging and/or discharging rate of a rechargeable battery, at least in part, by using frequency modulated (FM) signals having a frequency in the megahertz (MHz) frequency range. In some embodiments, the MHz frequency range may include any frequency between 0.1 MHz and 1 gigahertz (GHz). In some embodiments, a battery charger described herein may be configured to generate and transmit, to a battery, an FM signal modulated over a frequency range during a period of time, the FM signal having a frequency of at least 0.5 MHz during at least a first portion of the period of time. In some embodiments, a method described herein includes transmitting an FM signal modulated over a frequency range during a period of time and having a frequency of at least 0.5 MHz during at least a first portion of the period of time to a battery. |
| US11418060B2 |
Phase modulated wireless charger
Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging device has a resonant circuit comprising one or more transmitting coils, a driver circuit configured to provide a charging current to the resonant circuit, a zero-crossing detector configured to provide a zero-crossing signal that includes edges corresponding to transitions of a voltage measured across the resonant circuit through a zero volt level or corresponding to transitions of a current in the resonant circuit through a zero ampere level and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause the driver circuit to provide the charging current to the resonant circuit when a receiving device is present on a surface of the charging device, and control a level of power that is wirelessly transferred to the receiving device by phase-aligning the charging current with a phase-modulation signal generated from the zero-crossing signal. |
| US11418057B2 |
Computer-implemented methods and systems for avoiding divergence in multi-area power grid state estimation
Divergence of state estimation solutions for multi-area power grids typically occurs due to a single anomaly in the measurement set or network model, yet will cause failure of the state estimator to provide the solution for the entire system. Disclosed herein are methods and systems that allow detection, identification and isolation of the anomaly during the state estimation solution so that a large percentage of the system states can still be estimated, while isolating the anomaly that is causing the divergence for the estimator. |
| US11418053B2 |
Method and devices for optimizing backup power control using machine learning
Methods and devices optimize backup power management for network devices connected to backup power sources including two different batteries. Machine learning techniques are used to predict upcoming power outages affecting the network device based on power-related historic information and current conditions. A backup-power operation plan prescribing usage of the backup power sources during the predicted power outages is then generated. The backup-power operation plan schedules a battery among the backup power devices to be used at least twice without being recharged. |
| US11418049B2 |
Wireless charging/discharging method and wireless charging and discharging device
Example charging methods are described. One example method includes determining that a second electronic device is wirelessly connected with a first electronic device. The first electronic device is charged using the second electronic device, in a wireless charging receiving mode of the first electronic device, when the second electronic device is a wireless charging cradle device. Charging current is provided to the second electronic device, in a wireless charging cradle mode of the first electronic device, when the second electronic device is a wireless charging receiving device. The first electronic device can be used both as a wireless charging receiving device to receive electric energy provided by a wireless charging cradle device, and as a wireless charging cradle device to provide charging current to a second electronic device. |
| US11418048B2 |
System and method for providing reverse boost mode in battery charger application
The present embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for operating a battery charger in computing systems having certain system load requirements, battery configurations and external device power supply support. According to some aspects, the present embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for providing a reverse boost mode of operation when the battery charger is providing system power from a battery, such as when an adapter is not connected. The reverse boost mode of operation according to embodiments provides a regulated output voltage, thereby allowing a load such as a CPU to operate at maximum performance, even when the battery has discharged below a threshold discharge level. |
| US11418044B1 |
Method and apparatus for a battery charging station infrastructure including individual battery chargers
A charger system comprising a charging station including a plurality of nests for chargers is described. Each of the plurality of nests is designed to partially eject the charger when instructed to do so, and further comprises a nest lock to lock in the charger into the nest when not ejecting. The charger system interacting with a user account, enabling a user to request the charger, wherein the charger is ejected from the nest for a valid request. |
| US11418043B2 |
AC charging control
The device (10) is connected to AC supply (12). The device (10) is also connected to a charger that may charge a battery. The device (10) detects an AC current and AC voltage when the charging operation is ongoing and/or interrupted. Based on the detected AC voltage and AC current, the device (10) determines an active power. The device (10) may also obtain electrical characteristics of the charger. Based on the active power, the device (10) may determine a DC charging current taking place at the charger charging the battery. The characteristics of the charger may be utilized when determining this. Consequently, the device (10) can determine a currently used DC charging current of the charger. The device (10) uses an algorithm to determine an appropriate point of time for disconnecting the AC output for disconnecting the charging operation. The device (10) inspects the charging current in a stepwise procedure. The device (10) detects a maximum value of the charging current and compares this to a value determined after a predetermined time. When the difference between these meets a threshold, the device (10) proceeds to check another threshold by checking a difference between a current value at that point of time and another a value determined after a certain time. When another threshold is met, the device (10) disconnects the AC output (12) and the charging operation stops. |
| US11418039B2 |
Apparatus and methods for reducing generator frequency variation
A system includes a generator configured to be electrically coupled to a grid, an engine configured to drive the generator, and a solid state generator coupled between the grid and an energy storage device. The system further includes a bias controller configured to detect a frequency of the grid and to responsively provide a bias signal to a speed controller of the engine. The bias controller may include a frequency bias controller configured to generate a frequency bias load sharing signal responsive to the detected frequency of the grid and a load sharing controller that receives the frequency bias load sharing signal and that generates the bias signal responsive to the load sharing signal. |
| US11418038B2 |
Power generation plant and method for operating power generation plant
A power generation plant includes a plant device, an AC motor for starting the plant device, at least one DC power source, and an inverter disposed between the at least one DC power source and the AC motor and between the at least one DC power source and an electrical power grid. The inverter is configured to convert DC power from the at least one DC power source to AC power and is capable of selectively supplying the AC power to the AC motor or the electrical power grid. |
| US11418037B2 |
Systems and methods for generating and consuming power from natural gas
Systems and methods are provided to mitigate flaring of natural gas. A natural gas processing system may process raw natural gas into a fuel gas stream that may be used to power any number of on-site power generation modules. In turn, the power generation modules may convert the fuel gas stream into an electrical output, which may be employed to power any number of distributed computing units housed within one or more mobile data centers. In certain embodiments, the distributed computing units may be adapted to mine cryptocurrency or perform other distributed computing tasks to generate revenue. |
| US11418035B2 |
Hybrid energy storage modules for pulsed power effectors with medium voltage direct current (MVDC) power distribution
A system includes a power source configured to provide constant-current power to a medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) bus. The system also includes a first rotating electrical machine configured to receive the power from the MVDC bus. The system further includes a plurality of second rotating electrical machines connected in series with the first rotating electrical machine, with a long distance transmission line between adjacent rotating electrical machines. In addition, the system includes a flywheel energy storage coupled to each of the rotating electrical machines, where each flywheel energy storage is configured to store inertial energy. Each of the rotating electrical machines is electrically connected to a battery or ultra-capacitor subsystem and a pulse forming network (PFN). |
| US11418032B2 |
Energy monitoring system
An energy monitoring system is provided including a device such as an inductive clamp associated with an electric circuit and configured to measure current load of the electric circuit and an energy monitoring device. The energy monitoring device comprises a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer programming code configured to, with the processor, cause the monitoring device to receive circuit data including the measured current from the inductive clamp, determine a Power Set for one or more intermittent loads associated with the electric circuit based at least in part on the circuit data, determine a solution for the circuit data based on determined Solution Sets of the Power Set, and determine an energy usage for an appliance based on the solution. |
| US11418031B2 |
Actively-controlled power transformer and method for controlling
A transformer includes a magnetic core having multiple limbs. The transformer also includes a direct current (DC) bias winding wound around a specified one of the limbs. The transformer further includes a DC amplifier electrically connected to the DC bias winding. The DC amplifier is configured to receive a first signal associated with a load output current or voltage. The DC amplifier is also configured to determine an amount of a current for the DC bias winding based on the first signal. The DC amplifier is further configured to send the determined amount of current through the DC bias winding. |
| US11418030B2 |
Fast simultaneous feasibility testing and applications for electrical power grids
Fast simultaneous feasibility testing (SFT) for management of an electrical power grid is achieved through various innovations. The computation problem relates to evaluation of candidate solutions for external power flows into a power grid, with respect to predetermined constraints and contingencies. Storage and computations are reduced by formulating the problem in terms of transactional nodes (e.g. third party connections for generators and loads) instead of the larger number of bus nodes. Further advantages are achieved by precomputing matrices that can be reused across multiple SFT invocations, organizing matrices and operations to reduce storage and computation, and eliminating branches that have no contingency violations. The fast SFT further enables new applications for integrating SFT with a Security-Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) optimizer for efficient single pass solutions; operating SFT as a service to multiple SCUC solvers; or integration with Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) optimization. |
| US11418029B2 |
Method for recognizing contingencies in a power supply network
A monitoring system includes in-field measurement devices adapted to generate measurement data of a power supply network, and a processing unit adapted to process the measurement data using a local network state estimation model to calculate local network state profiles used to generate a global network state profile. The processing unit is adapted to process the measurement data to provide a relevance profile comprising, for the in-field measurement devices, a relevance distribution indicating a probability where an origin of a contingency within the power supply network resides. The processing unit is adapted to compute a similarity between a candidate contingency profile formed by the generated global network state profile and by the calculated relevance profile and reference contingency profiles stored in a reference contingency database of the monitoring system to identify a reference contingency profile having a highest computed similarity as a recognized contingency within the power supply network. |
| US11418027B1 |
Electrostatic discharge protection circuit
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit including a silicon controlled rectifier and a transistor is provided. The silicon controlled rectifier includes a first end, a second end, and a third end. The first end of the silicon controlled rectifier is coupled to a first pad. The second end of the silicon controlled rectifier is coupled to a second pad. The transistor includes a first end, a second end, and a control end. The first end of the transistor is coupled to the first pad. The second end of the transistor is coupled to the second pad. The control end of the transistor is coupled to the third end of the silicon controlled rectifier. |
| US11418021B2 |
Device circuit breaker having intelligent limit value determination and method therefor
The invention relates to a device circuit breaker having intelligent limit value determination. In a training phase, the device circuit breaker is adjusted to a specific device and its load behavior. In a subsequent monitoring phase—based on the values determined in the training phase—present values or values derived from those are compared and, if necessary, the current flow is interrupted. |
| US11418020B2 |
Testing device, overcurrent protector, and method of testing an overcurrent protector
Testing device for testing an overcurrent protector, and method of operating the same. First and second switches are provided for connecting the first and second terminals of the overcurrent protector to first and second capacitors, respectively. The first and second capacitors are pre-charged to first and second voltages, where the second voltage is lower than the first. A controller switches the first and second switches to their test positions, which establishes a current path from the first capacitor to the second capacitor through the overcurrent protector. The first and second voltages are selected so that the peak current that would be generated in the current path is greater than the overcurrent threshold of the overcurrent protector. |
| US11418019B2 |
Method and device for detecting an electric arc in an electrical system
The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting an electric arc in an electrical system (100), comprising the following steps: a) acquiring a signal (104) coming from at least one sensor (102) detecting acoustic waves in the system (100); b) calculating, using an electronic processing device (106), a first value representative of the error between the signal and a first projection of the signal in a first representation space defined by a first dictionary matrix; b) calculating, using the electronic processing device (106), a second value representative of the error between the signal and a second projection of the signal in a second representation space defined by a second dictionary matrix; and d) determining, from the first and second values, whether an electric arc has been produced in the system. |
| US11418018B2 |
Arc detection circuit, switch system, power conditioner system and arc detection method
An arc detection circuit includes: a current detector that detects a current supplied from a power supply apparatus via a transmission path; a voltage detector that detects a voltage applied to the transmission path; and an arc determination unit configured to determine whether an arc has occurred in the transmission path based on the voltage, when one or more particular frequency components of the current exceed a first threshold. |
| US11418017B1 |
Multi-axis adjustable rough-in box
A multi-axis adjustable rough-in box for flushing electrical plugs and fixtures with walls includes a mounting bracket with a plurality of attachment apertures to receive hardware to attach to a wall stud. The bracket inner edge has a set of three screw notches. An adjustment frame is coupled to the mounting bracket. A set of three adjustment screws is coupled to the mounting bracket and extends through the adjustment frame. Each adjustment screw has a gear. A plurality of clips is coupled to the adjustment frame. A rough-in box has a box inner side with a plurality of adjustment apertures selectively engageable with the plurality of clips. The box inner side has a plurality of channels in operational communication with the gear of each of the three adjustment screws such that rotation of the adjustment screws causes movement of the rough-in box relative to the adjustment frame. |
| US11418016B2 |
Pull-in head assembly
A pull-in head assembly (8) for releasably connecting a pulling arrangement (112) to an elongate flexible structure (4, 6). The pull-in head assembly (8) comprises a body (30) which defines a pulling axis X of the pull-in head and a retaining member (32) which is configured to secure the pull-in head assembly (8) to an elongate flexible structure (4, 6) such that a pulling force exerted on the body (30) along the pulling axis X is transferred to the elongate flexible structure (4, 6). The pull-in head assembly (8) is configured such that, in use, the body (30) and the elongate flexible structure (4, 6) are rotatable with respect to each other about the pulling axis X. |
| US11418009B2 |
Light emission device comprising at least one VCSEL and a spread lens
A light-emitting device includes a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, the resonant cavity of which is transverse multimode supporting transverse modes having rotational symmetry of order two about a main optical axis, and an index-contrast grating including a plurality of pads. The pads include: a central pad, a plurality of peripheral pads, which are periodically arranged along one or more lines that are concentric with respect to the central pad, and which are arranged so that the grating has, with respect to the main optical axis, a rotational symmetry of uneven order higher than or equal to three. |
| US11417999B2 |
Femtosecond fiber oscillator
An optical assembly provides dispersion control, modelocking, spectral filtering, and/or the like in a laser cavity. For example, the optical assembly may comprise a diffraction grating pair arranged to temporally and spatially disperse a beam on a forward pass through the optical assembly, a reflective device at an end of the optical assembly, and a focusing optic arranged to create a beam waist at the reflective device. The beam waist created at the reflective device may cause the beam to be inverted on a reverse pass through the optical assembly, and a temporal dispersion and a spatial dispersion of the beam may be doubled on the reverse pass through the optical assembly to form a temporally and spatially dispersed output from the optical assembly. |
| US11417997B2 |
Multi-output chirped amplification chain
An M-output, where M>1, chirped pulse amplification chain that includes a stretcher of stretching factor tx_stretch, M amplifiers in cascade, M output compressors respectively placed at the output of each amplifier, wherein it comprises: a partially compressing device placed between the stretcher and the first amplifier, this partially compressing device having at least one partial compression factor, the one (or more than one) partial compression factor(s) being lower than tx_stretch, and an optical switch configured to receive a beam output from the stretcher and to direct it directly to the first amplifier of the cascade or to the partially compressing device depending on the output compressor chosen among the output compressors. |
| US11417989B2 |
Galley insert power connector assembly with spring assemblies
A system may include an aircraft galley insert configured to be installed within an aircraft galley insert bay, a mounting plate attached to a rear of the aircraft galley insert, and a power connector assembly attached to the mounting plate. The power connector assembly may include compressible spring assemblies that compress as the power connector assembly is mated with a corresponding power connector assembly of the aircraft galley insert bay. The power connector assembly may self-align with the corresponding power connector assembly of the aircraft galley insert bay when the aircraft galley insert is installed within the aircraft galley insert bay. |
| US11417987B2 |
Magnetic matrix connector for high density, soft neural interface
A soft neural interface connector apparatus includes a PCB having a two-dimensional array of solder balls, a transparent top board, a cushioning layer on one side of the transparent top board, and a soft neural interface including a flexible and/or stretchable microelectrode array (MEA) through which neural signals are obtained or delivered. The MEA includes a two-dimensional array of contact pads corresponding to the array of solder balls. The PCB, the transparent top board, the cushioning layer, and the MEA are stacked together such that the MEA is between the cushioning layer and the PCB, and the contact pads are aligned with and in electrical contact with associated solder balls. A magnetic connector system having at least one magnetic connector component on the transparent top board is magnetically connected with at least one magnetic connector component on the PCB to press the contact pads and associated solder balls together. |
| US11417986B2 |
Electrical connector group provided with integrated vent valve and related making and assembling method, in particular in the automotive field
An electrical connector group comprising a connector body shaped to allow electrical connection with external components. The connector body delimits an inner volume. A plurality of electrical contacts are housed in the inner volume and connected to the connector body and to at least one internal electrical/electronic circuit or component. At least one closing lid of the connector body covers and hermetically seals the inner volume. At least one vent valve is fluidically connected to the inner volume, so as to allow only the exit of fluids from the inner volume to the outside. The vent valve comprises a valve head, integral with the connector body and coupled with a seat of the closing lid using a shape coupling, in order to perform a fixing and a centering of the closing lid with respect to the connector body. |
| US11417976B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the connector housing. The plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of ground terminals and a plurality of signal terminals. The ground terminals and the signal terminals are each made of a lossy metal. A surface of each of the signal terminals is coated with a low lossy metal. |
| US11417972B2 |
Fixing structure of connector
A fixing structure of a connector is disclosed. The connector includes an insert portion and multiple wires connected to the insert portion. The fixing structure includes a wire binding block, a lower shell and an upper shell disposed with multiple first engaging structures. The lower shell is disposed with multiple second engaging structures separately corresponding to the first engaging structures and connected with the upper shell to form a chamber for receiving the connector and form a wiring hole for being passed by the wires. The wires are extended from the insert portion toward the wiring hole to form a bend section and a curve section in the chamber. The wire binding block is fixed on the curve section of the wires and clamped by the upper shell and the lower shell through engagement of the first engaging structures and the second engaging structures. |
| US11417969B2 |
Body clamp connector
A coaxial cable connector includes a shoe that is movable in a sidewall of a body of the connector and/or a continuity bus. |
| US11417966B2 |
Electrical crimp connector with a tail
A glazing panel which comprises an electrical connector with a tail to avoid a wicking effect. The glazing panel is particularly suitable for a vehicle glazing comprising an electrically conductive connector connected to electrically conductive structure such as a heat-able coating or an antenna. |
| US11417965B2 |
Planar inverted F-antenna integrated with ground plane frequency agile defected ground structure
An antenna system, an apparatus, and a method for configuring an antenna system are provided. The antenna system includes a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The antenna system also includes a first planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) radiating element and a second PIFA radiating element disposed on the top surface of the dielectric substrate, each of the PIFA radiating elements having a F-head portion. The antenna system also includes at least two defected ground structures (DGSs) disposed on the bottom surface of the dielectric substrate and configured to provide isolation between the first and the second PIFA radiating element. Each DGS includes a varactor diode. The antenna system also includes a bias circuit corresponding to each of the at least two DGSs. |
| US11417963B2 |
Radio frequency system for wearable device
A radio frequency (RF) system includes an RF integrated circuit (IC) die, and an antenna coupled to the RF IC die. The RF system further includes a reflector layer over the RF IC die, the reflector layer extending over at least a portion of the antenna, a combination of the antenna and the reflector layer having a radiation pattern that comprises a main lobe in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the reflector layer. |
| US11417962B2 |
Tower based antenna including multiple sets of elongate antenna elements and related methods
An antenna may include a tower extending vertically upward from a ground location, a first set of elongate antenna elements extending outwardly from the tower at a first height above the ground location, and a second set of elongate antenna elements extending outwardly from the tower at a second height above the ground location and below the first height. In some embodiments, at least one elongate antenna element of the first and second sets of elongate antenna elements may be electrically coupled to the ground location. A radio frequency (RF) feed may be electrically coupled to the first and second sets of elongate antenna elements. |
| US11417958B2 |
Omnidirectional quad-loop antenna for enhancing Wi-Fi signals
An omnidirectional quad-loop antenna has four open circular wire loops, each being the same length as the wavelength of a wireless signal. The loops are joined at their tops and each lies in a distinct plane that is rotated 45 degrees with respect to each adjoining wire loop. The bottom terminal ends of the loops are configured to connect to the outer conductor of a coaxial cable. A helical wire coil may be connected at one end to the loops at the connection point, or insulated from the loops, and the other end is configured to connect to the inner conductor of the cable. With the antenna and cable connected to a device, the wireless signal is much stronger, in any direction, than without. The compact antenna fits within the volume of a sphere with a circumference corresponding to the wavelength. |
| US11417957B2 |
Antenna
An antenna comprises a split ring resonator. The antenna has a main portion which forms a split ring with a split portion. The main portion has an upper surface portion, a first fixed portion, a second fixed portion, a third fixed portion, a first reinforcing portion, a second reinforcing portion, a feed portion, a first end portion and a second end portion. Each of the first fixed portion, the second fixed portion and the third fixed portion is fixed on a circuit board when the antenna is mounted on the circuit board. Lower ends of the first fixed portion, the second fixed portion and the third fixed portion define an imaginary plane perpendicular to an up-down direction. Each of lower ends of the first reinforcing portion, the second reinforcing portion and the feed portion is positioned between the upper surface portion and the imaginary plane in the up-down direction. |
| US11417952B2 |
Antenna device and electrostatic discharge protection method thereof
An antenna device with an electrostatic discharge protection function and an electrostatic discharge protection method thereof are provided. The antenna device includes a first and a second antennae, and a voltage level, a switching, and a radio frequency (RF) front end circuits. The switching circuit is selectively coupled to the first or second antenna. The RF front end circuit is coupled to the switching circuit and controls the switching circuit to couple to one of the first and second antennae for communication transmission. The voltage level circuit detects a voltage level of the one of the first and second antennae. When determining that the voltage level is greater than a threshold voltage, the voltage level circuit transmits a control signal to the RF front end circuit to control the switching circuit to couple to another one of the first and second antennae to continue the communication transmission. |
| US11417951B2 |
Electronic devices having antennas that radiate through three-dimensionally curved cover layers
An electronic device may have a cover layer and an antenna. A dielectric adapter may have a first surface coupled to the antenna and a second surface pressed against the cover layer. The cover layer may have a three-dimensional curvature. The second surface may have a curvature that matches the curvature of the cover layer. Biasing structures may exert a biasing force that presses the antenna against the dielectric adapter and that presses the dielectric adapter against the cover layer. The biasing force may be oriented in a direction normal to the cover layer at each point across dielectric adapter. This may serve to ensure that a uniform and reliable impedance transition is provided between the antenna and free space through the cover layer over time, thereby maximizing the efficiency of the antenna. |
| US11417946B2 |
Electronic timepiece
An electronic timepiece includes a cylindrical case body, a rear cover that covers an opening of the case body, a patch antenna, and an antenna holder that presses the antenna against the main plate in a direction from the rear cover to the main plate, in which the patch antenna has a radiation element provided on an antenna radiation surface located on an opposite side to a surface facing the rear cover and a first step provided on the antenna radiation surface, and the main plate has a second step provided at a position corresponding to the first step. |
| US11417945B2 |
Base station antennas having low cost sheet metal cross-dipole radiating elements
A cross-dipole radiating element includes a first dipole radiator that has a first dipole arm assembly that includes a first stalk and a first dipole arm that extends from the first stalk and a second dipole arm assembly that includes a second stalk and a second dipole arm that extends from the second stalk, as well as a second dipole radiator that has a third dipole arm assembly that includes a third stalk and a third dipole arm that extends from the third stalk and a fourth dipole arm assembly that includes a fourth stalk and a fourth dipole arm that extends from the fourth stalk. The first and second stalks form a first microstrip transmission line and the third and fourth stalks form a second microstrip transmission line. The first and second microstrip transmission lines directly feed the respective first and second dipole radiators. |
| US11417944B2 |
Antenna assembly and base station antenna including the antenna assembly
An antenna assembly includes a first interface for receiving a first RF signal, a second interface for receiving a second RF signal, and an antenna array including a first array and a second array that extend vertically. The first array includes a first radiating element and a second radiating element, and the second array includes a third radiating element and a fourth radiating element. A power coupling circuit is provided, which is configured to feed a first sub-component of the first RF signal and a first sub-component of the second RF signal to the first radiating element and/or the third radiating element in a power-reduced coupling manner. A plurality of radiating elements in the first array are electrically connected to the first interface, and a plurality of radiating elements in the second array are electrically connected to the second interface, respectively. |
| US11417940B2 |
Antenna module and communication device
A first antenna element (1111) and a second antenna element (1121) are formed on a first dielectric substrate (131). The first antenna element (1111) is supplied with power from a first radio frequency element (191). The second antenna element (1121) is supplied with power from a second radio frequency element (192). The first dielectric substrate (131), the first radio frequency element (191) and the second radio frequency element (192), and a first heat dissipation member (120) are laminated in this order in a Z-axis direction that is a normal direction of the first dielectric substrate (131). When viewed in plan from the Z-axis direction, the first heat dissipation member (120) overlaps at least a part of the first radio frequency element (191) and at least a part of the second radio frequency element (192). |
| US11417939B2 |
Antenna for a portable communication device
An antenna for a portable communication device is provided. The antenna comprises an antenna body having an upper section and a lower section with a connection point therebetween. The connection point being configured to: couple the upper and lower sections during normal antenna operation; decouple the upper and lower sections in response to an impact event; and recouple the upper and lower sections after the impact event. |
| US11417933B2 |
Nonaqueous secondary battery functional layer composition, nonaqueous secondary battery functional layer, and nonaqueous secondary battery
A composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer including a particulate polymer, wherein the particulate polymer is a copolymer containing 20% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less of an aromatic monovinyl monomer unit; and 0.01% by weight or more and 2% by weight or less of a polyvalent ethylenically unsaturated crosslinkable monomer unit, a volume-average particle diameter D of the particulate polymer is 0.5 μm or more and 5 μm or less, and a swelling degree of the particulate polymer to an electrolyte solution is more than 1 time and 3 times or less; and a non-aqueous secondary battery including the same. |
| US11417929B2 |
Battery compartment
The Invention Relates To A Battery Compartment For An Electric Or Hybrid Vehicle, Characterised In That It Consists Of A Composition Comprising: —20 To 80 Wt % Of Reinforcement Fibres Relative To The Total Weight Of The Composition; —0 To 20 Wt % Of At Least One Impact Modifier Relative To The Total Weight Of The Composition; —0 To 20 Wt % Of Additives Relative To The Total Weight Of The Composition; —The Remainder Being A Matrix Comprising: —Mainly At Least One Polyamide And—At Least One Flame Retardant. |
| US11417926B2 |
Feedthroughs for thin battery cells
The disclosed technology relates to electrical feedthroughs for thin battery cells. A battery cell enclosure includes a terraced portion having a reduced thickness relative to another portion of the enclosure. The enclosure includes an opening disposed on a horizontal surface of the terraced portion for receiving the electrical feedthrough. Because the feedthrough is disposed on the horizontal surface of the terraced portion, the feedthrough may be over-sized thereby reducing the resistance and impedance of the feedthrough without increasing the height or thickness of the enclosure. |
| US11417924B1 |
Refuelable electrochemical battery
A refuelable electrochemical battery or cell is provided that features three phases of operation that repeat cyclically. In an intake phase, electrochemically active particles that are at least partially magnetic and a suitable electrolyte are admitted or fed into a cell cavity. In a power phase, oxidation and reduction reactions produce electrical energy while an electromagnet and/or permanent magnet attract the particles toward one electrode. A gas-diffusion membrane permeable by oxygen operates in conjunction with another electrode. During the exhaust phase, a piston forces residue of the reaction from the cavity to prepare for the next cycle of operation. |
| US11417912B2 |
Secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same
A secondary battery that includes a partial electrode assembly having a planar stacking structure in which a plurality of electrode constituting layers are stacked, the plurality of electrode constituting layers each include a pair of electrodes and a separator therebetween, and at least one of the pair of electrodes includes a double-sided electrode having an electrode material layer on opposed main surfaces of a current collector; and an outermost layer electrode surrounding the partial electrode assembly along at least a portion of a contour of the partial electrode assembly in a cross-sectional view thereof, the outermost layer electrode including a single-sided electrode having an outermost electrode material layer on one main surface of an outermost current collector. |
| US11417910B2 |
Method of producing laminate for non-aqueous secondary battery and method of producing non-aqueous secondary battery
Provided is a method of efficiently producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent process adhesiveness. The method of producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery is a method of producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery including an electrode and a separator that are affixed to each other and includes: a step (A) of supplying, to at least one of an affixing surface of the electrode and an affixing surface of the separator, a substance that can plasticize a polymer contained in a surface layer part at an affixing surface side of at least one of the electrode and the separator; and a step (B) of affixing the electrode and the separator to each other after step (A). |
| US11417908B2 |
Solid electrolyte composition, solid electrolyte-containing sheet and manufacturing method therefor, all-solid state secondary battery and manufacturing method therefor, polymer and non-aqueous solvent dispersion thereof, and diol compound
Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having a conductivity of an ion of a metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and a binder having a specific constituent component, a solid electrolyte-containing sheet in which the same solid electrolyte composition is used and a manufacturing method therefor, an all-solid state secondary battery and a manufacturing method therefor, a polymer having a specific constituent component, a non-aqueous solvent dispersion thereof, and a diol compound. |
| US11417904B2 |
Bipolar ionomer membrane
Provided are membranes useful for electrochemical or fuel cells. A membrane may be formed of or include a sulfonated polymer whereby the sulfonated polymer is covalently or ionically associated with a multi-nitrogen containing heterocyclic molecule. The resulting membranes possess excellent ion conductivity and selectivity. |
| US11417903B2 |
Electrode-based reformer for solid oxide electrochemical devices
An anode layer for a solid oxide electrochemical device comprises a metal support structure having an electrolyte-facing surface and a gas distribution-facing surface, the metal support structure defining pores having a pore diameter, anode catalyst supported within the metal support structure, channels formed within the gas distribution-facing surface of the metal support structure, and a first reformer catalyst deposited onto surfaces of the metal support structure defining the channels, the first reformer catalyst having a diameter greater than the pore diameter. The anode layer can further comprise a second reformer catalyst, with the first reformer catalyst reforming a first fuel and the second reformer catalyst reforming a second fuel. |
| US11417902B2 |
Fuel cell system
A controller of a fuel cell system detects catalytic layer deterioration and drainage malfunction by the following inspection process. The controller may: execute drainage of water from a fuel cell, and acquire first/second output voltages of the fuel cell when an output current density of the fuel cell is a first reference current density A1/A2 (A2>A1). When the first output voltage is lower than a first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is higher than a second threshold voltage, the controller may output a first determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is deteriorated and the drainage is executed without malfunction. When the first output voltage is higher than the first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is lower than the second threshold voltage, the controller may output a second determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is not deteriorated and the drainage is executed with malfunction. |
| US11417900B2 |
Redox flow battery
The present invention relates to a redox flow battery comprising: a battery module including a battery cell, an electrolyte tank, an electrolyte flow path, and an electrolyte transfer part; and an electrolyte control unit for controlling electrolyte flow of the battery module, wherein the redox flow battery comprises one or more battery modules, and is charged or discharged by an electrolyte independently circulated through every battery module or every predetermined number of battery modules by the electrolyte control unit. |
| US11417899B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system to be mounted on a vehicle includes a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through chemical reaction of reactive gases, a gas-liquid separator configured to separate water from an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell and store the separated water, a discharge valve configured to drain the water flowing out through an opening at a bottom of the gas-liquid separator, an attitude control device configured to control an attitude of the gas-liquid separator relative to the vehicle, and an instruction device configured to send an instruction for a control target of the attitude of the gas-liquid separator to the attitude control device. |
| US11417895B2 |
Fuel cell and manufacturing method thereof
A single cell includes a linear sealing portion bonded to a pair of gas separators, the sealing portion being provided between the gas separators. A fuel cell in which a plurality of single cells is laminated includes: a gasket provided between the single cells adjacent to each other; a first manifold communicating with an inside-cell gas passage; and a second manifold communicating with an inter-cell refrigerant passage. The gasket includes a first gasket placed to surround the outer periphery of the first manifold and configured to seal the first manifold, and a second gasket configured to seal the second manifold and an inter-cell refrigerant passage. When the fuel cell is viewed from the laminating direction, the first gasket, the sealing portion, and the second gasket are placed in this order from the first manifold toward the second manifold between the first manifold and the second manifold. |
| US11417893B2 |
Method for recycling used or discarded portable electric batteries
A method for upgrading used or rejected electric battery cells, which include upgradable compounds, such as iron, zinc, manganese, copper, and fixed and volatile carbon, and heavy metals and dangerous compounds. The used or rejected battery cells are introduced as a load into a furnace for melting metal, such as a cupola furnace, a free arc furnace, or an induction furnace. A device for purifying gases produced by the furnace and for capturing and removing noxious elements, such as mercury, chlorides, and fluorides, and heavy molecules such as dioxins, furans, and aromatic substances, is provided in a discharge route of the hot gases, downstream from the melting furnace. |
| US11417882B2 |
Lithium battery electrodes
Electrode materials for electrochemical cells and batteries and methods of producing such materials are disclosed herein. The electrode materials comprise an active lithium metal oxide material prepared by: (a) contacting the lithium metal oxide material with an aqueous acidic solution containing one or more metal cations; and (b) heating the so-contacted lithium metal oxide from step (a) to dryness at a temperature below 200° C. The metal cations in the aqueous acidic solution comprise one or more metal cations selected from the group consisting of an alkaline earth metal ion, a transition metal ion, and a main group metal ion. |
| US11417881B2 |
Lithium-manganese complex oxide and method for producing same
A lithium-manganese composite oxide represented by formula (1): Li1+x[(FeyNi1−y)zMn1−z]1−xO2 (1) wherein x, y, and z satisfy the following: 0 |
| US11417877B1 |
Carbon quantum dot/carbon coated VSe2 composite material (VSe2@CQD) for potassium ion battery and preparation method thereof
The present invention relates to a preparation method of a carbon quantum dot/carbon coated VSe2 composite material (VSe2@CQD), and belongs to the technical field of electrode material of a potassium ion battery and preparation thereof. By compositing the carbon, carbon quantum dots and vanadium diselenide (VSe2), the three components generate a synergistic effect. The carbon quantum dot/carbon coating can improve the electronic conductivity and lithium ion diffusion rate of the material, and also can inhibit the agglomeration of the vanadium diselenide (VSe2). Therefore, the prepared carbon quantum dot/carbon coated VSe2 composite material (VSe2@CQD) has excellent electrochemical performance and excellent rate performance and cycle stability. The method is simple in process, low in cost, environment-friendly, and suitable for large-scale industrial production. |
| US11417871B2 |
Producing electrodes for lead acid batteries
A system for producing electrodes for lead-acid batteries is disclosed. An electrode that has been produced comprises at least one upper and/or one lower frame element as well as a lattice-shaped region that extends away from said upper or lower frame element and has a plurality of openings, the upper and/or lower frame element being of a greater thickness than the lattice-shaped region. Said system comprises the steps of: a) producing a profiled strip-shaped blank using a casting method in which the strip-shaped blank is formed, solely by means of said casting method, to have a greater thickness on one side in at least one of the regions which should eventually form the upper or lower frame element, than the thickness in regions which should eventually form the lattice-shaped region, and b) producing said lattice-shaped region with the openings in a subsequent expanded metal process. |
| US11417869B2 |
Lithium ion secondary battery
The present application relates to a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, a separator and an electrolyte; wherein the cathode comprises a positive current collector and a positive material layer, wherein the positive material layer comprises a positive active material with a formula LixNiaCobMcO2, M is at least one selected from Mn and Al, 0.95x1.2, 0 |
| US11417865B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device including an emission layer that is adjacent to a hole blocking layer or an electron blocking layer and includes a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emission dopant. |
| US11417863B2 |
Display device and production method therefor
A display device includes a TFT substrate including a flattening layer on a surface, a sealing film including a resin film that is an ink-jet resin film, and a first bank that surrounds the flattening layer, is covered with the resin film on an inner side, and has a frame shape. The flattening layer includes, on an entire periphery of a circumferential end portion thereof, a recessed and protruding portion provided with recesses and protrusions having sizes different on a first side and a second side in a plan view. |
| US11417860B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device
An organic light-emitting display device includes an anti-peeling pattern. An organic light-emitting element including a pixel electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, and a common electrode is disposed on a substrate. A bank layer is disposed on the pixel electrode so as to expose at least a portion of the pixel electrode. The anti-peeling pattern having at least one delta-shaped space is disposed on the bank layer. The anti-peeling pattern, disposed on the bank layer, minimizes peeling of the encapsulation layer that can be caused by either compressive or tensile stress generated by bending in a flexing environment in which the organic light-emitting display device is used. |
| US11417856B2 |
Light-emitting device
It is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting device where periphery deterioration can be prevented from occurring even when an organic insulating film is used as an insulating film for the light-emitting device. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting device where reliability for a long period of time can be improved. A structure of an inorganic film, an organic film, and an inorganic film is not continuously provided from under a sealing material under a cathode for a light-emitting element. In addition, penetration of water is suppressed by defining the shape of the inorganic film that is formed over the organic film even when a structure of an inorganic film, an organic film, and an inorganic film is continuously provided under a cathode for a light-emitting element. |
| US11417854B2 |
Light-emitting device and light-emitting module
A plurality of light-emitting devices (10) include a plurality of light-emitting devices (10a), a plurality of light-emitting devices (10b), and a plurality of light-emitting devices (10c). The plurality of light-emitting devices (10) are aligned on a reflecting member (20). Six light-emitting devices (10c) are aligned in a straight line along one direction. Four light-emitting devices (10b) are aligned surrounding a region facing one ends of the six light-emitting devices (10c). Each of four light-emitting devices (10a) are aligned with each of the four light-emitting devices (10b) outside the four light-emitting devices (10b). |
| US11417852B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device is provided, including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes a host and a dopant, wherein the host includes at least one selected from a phosphine oxide-based compound, a pyrimidine-containing compound, a triazine-containing compound, and a cyano group-containing compound, and the dopant satisfies Equation 1, wherein, in Equation 1, ED, S1 refers to a singlet state energy level (eV) of the dopant; and ED, T1 refers to a triplet state energy level (eV) of the dopant: |ED,S1−ED,T1|≤0.2 eV. Equation 1 |
| US11417850B2 |
Quantum-dot light emitting diode, method of fabricating the quantum-dot light emitting diode and quantum-dot light emitting display device
The present disclosure provides a quantum dot (QD) light emitting diode including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a QD emitting material layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a QD and an organic material; a hole auxiliary layer positioned between the first electrode and the QD emitting material layer; and an electron auxiliary layer positioned between the QD emitting material layer and the second electrode, wherein the organic material has a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level higher than a material of the hole auxiliary layer. |
| US11417840B2 |
Protective sealant for chalcogenide material and methods for forming the same
Techniques are described to form a liner to protect a material, such as a storage element material, from damage during subsequent operations or phases of a manufacturing process. The liner may be bonded to the material (e.g., a chalcogenide material) using a strong bond or a weak bond. In some cases, a sealant material may be deposited during an etching phase of the manufacturing process to prevent subsequent etching operations from damaging a material that has just been etched. |
| US11417836B2 |
Magnetic memory element incorporating dual perpendicular enhancement layers
The present invention is directed to a magnetic memory element including a magnetic free layer structure incorporating three magnetic free layers separated by two perpendicular enhancement layers (PELs) and having a variable magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to layer planes thereof; an insulating tunnel junction layer formed adjacent to the magnetic free layer structure; a first magnetic reference layer formed adjacent to the insulating tunnel junction layer opposite the magnetic free layer structure; a second magnetic reference layer separated from the first magnetic reference layer by a third perpendicular enhancement layer; an anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer formed adjacent to the second magnetic reference layer; and a magnetic fixed layer formed adjacent to the anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer. The first and second magnetic reference layers have a first invariable magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to layer planes thereof. The magnetic fixed layer has a second invariable magnetization direction substantially opposite to the first invariable magnetization direction. |
| US11417833B2 |
Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive random access memory device
A MRAM device includes a first insulating interlayer on a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region, lower electrode contacts extending through the first insulating interlayer of the cell region, a first structure on each of the lower electrode contacts, the first structure including a lower electrode, a magnetic tunnel junction structure, and an upper electrode sequentially stacked, and a capping layer covering surfaces of the first insulating interlayer and the first structure in the cell and peripheral regions, wherein an upper surface of the capping layer on the first insulating interlayer in the peripheral region is higher than an upper surface of the capping layer on the first insulating interlayer between the first structures in the cell region. |
| US11417832B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate, including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) over the first region, a spacer on a sidewall of the MTJ, a hard mask over the MTJ, a first dielectric layer laterally surrounding the spacer and the hard mask, a top electrode over the hard mask, and an etch stop stack laterally surrounding the top electrode. |
| US11417830B2 |
Magnetically doped spin orbit torque electrode for perpendicular magnetic random access memory
Embodiments herein relate to magnetically doping a spin orbit torque electrode (SOT) in a magnetic random access memory apparatus. In particular, the apparatus may include a free layer of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) coupled to a SOT electrode that is magnetically doped to apply an effective magnetic field on the free layer, where the free layer has a magnetic polarization in a first direction and where current flowing through the magnetically doped SOT electrode is to cause the magnetic polarization of the free layer to change to a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction. |
| US11417827B2 |
MEMS piezoelectric device and corresponding manufacturing process
A MEMS piezoelectric device includes a monolithic semiconductor body having first and second main surfaces extending parallel to a horizontal plane formed by first and second horizontal axes. A housing cavity is arranged within the monolithic semiconductor body. A membrane is suspended above the housing cavity at the first main surface. A piezoelectric material layer is arranged above a first surface of the membrane with a proof mass coupled to a second surface, opposite to the first surface, along the vertical axis. An electrode arrangement is provided in contact with the piezoelectric material layer. The proof mass causes deformation of the piezoelectric material layer in response to environmental mechanical vibrations. The proof mass is coupled to the membrane by a connection element arranged, in a central position, between the membrane and the proof mass in the direction of the vertical axis. |
| US11417826B2 |
Ultrasonic sensor, manufacturing method thereof and display device
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an ultrasonic sensor, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The ultrasonic sensor includes a substrate and at least one sensor component located on the substrate. The sensor component includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The substrate is provided with a groove on a side close to the sensor component, and the orthographic projection of the piezoelectric layer on the substrate has a portion overlapping with a region of the groove in the substrate. |
| US11417820B2 |
Oxide superconductor and method for manufacturing the same
An oxide superconductor includes: REBa2Cu3O7-x (RE being one element selected from a “RE element group” of Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Y, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu). The RE includes at least three types of metallic elements (M1, M2, and M3), and the three types of metallic elements are any element of the RE element group selected in order. In an oxide system satisfying R(M1)≤20 mol % and R(M2)≥60 mol % and R(M3)≤20 mol %, R(M1) being an average metallic element ratio of M1 in M1+M2+M3, SD(Ms)>0.15 is satisfied at a position at 50% of an average film thickness of a cross section including the c-axis, Ms being the metallic element of not larger of R(M1) and R(M3), SD(Ms) being a standard deviation/average value of a concentration of Ms. |
| US11417818B2 |
Thermoelectric conversion element
The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to ensure a strength that allows thermoelectric evaluation to be performed even when sintering is carried out at a temperature lower than the minimum sintering temperature of a power generation layer, in a thermoelectric conversion element. For this purpose, this thermoelectric conversion element is characterized by being provided with a power generation layer and support layers including a sintered body, wherein the power generation layer is provided with a metal-magnetic insulator composite structure in which metal is formed in a net shape around a granulated magnetic body, the support layers are formed so as to be in contact with the top and bottom or the right and left of the power generation layer, and the minimum sintering temperature of the support layers is lower than the minimum sintering temperature of the power generation layer. |
| US11417813B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a support body, a wiring substrate, a light emitting element, and a light receiving element. The support body includes first and second planar portions facing each other, a connecting portion connecting basal ends of the planar portions, and a receptacle. The wiring substrate is attached along an outer peripheral surface of the support body, folded at a distal end of each planar portion, and attached along an inner peripheral surface of the planar portion. The light emitting element is mounted on a first surface of the wiring substrate at a portion attached along the inner peripheral surface of the first planar portion. The light receiving element is mounted on the first surface of the wiring substrate at a portion attached along the inner peripheral surface of the second planar portion so that the light receiving element faces the light emitting element. |
| US11417811B2 |
Light emitting element, light emitting device, and method for manufacturing light emitting element
A light emitting element includes a semiconductor stacked body, an insulating film, first and second electrodes, a second external connection portion, and first external connection portions. The first semiconductor layer is exposed at a plurality of exposed portions disposed in a plurality of rows in plan view. The first external connection portions include at least one smaller-size first external connection portion disposed between adjacent ones of the rows other than the outermost one of the rows, and at least one larger-size first external connection portion extending from the end region, in which a spacing between a first outer edge of a second semiconductor layer and the exposed portions in the outermost one of the rows is narrower than a spacing between the exposed portions in adjacent ones of the rows, to at least a position between the outermost one of the rows and an adjacent one of the rows. |
| US11417808B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes: a resin package including first and second leads, and a resin part defining a recess defined by a lateral wall and an upward-facing surface, which includes an upper surface of a portion of each of the first lead, the second lead, and the resin part; and a light emitting element on the first lead. The resin part includes a holding resin portion between the first and second leads at the upward-facing surface, and a covering resin portion that covers a portion of the upper surface of the holding resin portion and a portion of an upper surface of at least one of the first and second leads. A portion of an upper surface of the holding resin portion is exposed from the covering resin portion, and is located on the same plane as the upper surfaces of the first and second leads. |
| US11417803B2 |
Backplate manufacturing method
The present invention provides a backplate manufacturing method including: manufacturing a second metal layer on an underlay substrate; patterning the second metal layer to form an anode and a cathode; forming a first passivation layer on the second metal layer, patterning the first passivation layer to form an aperture region, wherein the aperture region is configured to expose out the anode and the cathode; manufacturing a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer, the anode, and the cathode; manufacturing a light shielding layer on the second passivation layer, patterning the light shielding layer to remove a part of the light shielding layer in a position corresponding to the aperture region; and removing a part of the second passivation layer above the anode and the cathode. The method of the present invention can provide a soldering effect of the light emitting device and a yield rate of a backplate. |
| US11417799B2 |
Method for fabricating (LED) dice using laser lift-off from a substrate to a receiving plate
A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate. |
| US11417796B2 |
Light-emitting apparatus including a reflective cavity
A light-emitting apparatus can include a reflective cavity that can reflect visible light within the reflective cavity. The reflective cavity can allow the reflected visible light to exit the reflective cavity only at one or more specified emission locations. A visible light-emitting diode can emit visible light into the reflective cavity. An infrared light-emitting diode can emit infrared light into the reflective cavity. A lens can angularly redirect infrared light and visible light that exit the cavity through the one or more emission locations. The reflective cavity can be formed by surfaces at least partially coated with a coating that is reflective for visible light. The coated surfaces can include a circuit board that supports the light-emitting diodes, an incident surface of the lens, and an extension portion of the lens that extends from a flange to the incident surface of the lens. |
| US11417793B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor optical device and semiconductor optical device
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor optical device, which makes it possible to reduce the thickness of a semiconductor optical device including InGaAsP-based III-V compound semiconductor layers containing at least In and P to a thickness smaller than that of conventional devices, and provide a semiconductor optical device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor optical device includes a step of forming a semiconductor laminate on the InP growth substrate; a step of bonding the semiconductor laminate to the support substrate formed from a Si substrate, with at least the metal bonding layer therebetween; and a step of removing the InP growth substrate. |
| US11417777B2 |
Enlargement of GAA nanostructure
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a fin of alternating layers of semiconductor nanostructures and sacrificial layers, laterally etching sidewall portions of the sacrificial layers, and depositing additional semiconductor material over the sidewalls of the semiconductor nanostructures and sacrificial layers. Following deposition of a dielectric material over the additional semiconductor material and additional etching, the remaining portions of the semiconductor structures and additional semiconductor material collectively form a hammer shape at each opposing side of the fin. Epitaxial source/drain regions formed on the opposing sides of the fin will contact the heads of the hammer shapes. |
| US11417770B2 |
Vertical thin-film transistors between metal layers
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a thin-film transistor (TFT), which may include a substrate oriented in a horizontal direction and a transistor above the substrate. The transistor includes a gate electrode above the substrate, a gate dielectric layer around the gate electrode, and a channel layer around the gate dielectric layer, all oriented in a vertical direction substantially orthogonal to the horizontal direction. Furthermore, a first metal electrode located in a first metal layer is coupled to a first portion of the channel layer by a first short via, and a second metal electrode located in a second metal layer is coupled to a second portion of the channel layer by a second short via. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US11417769B2 |
Thin film transistor and method for manufacturing same, array substrate, display panel and display device
Provided are a thin film transistor and method for manufacturing the same, array substrate, display panel and display device. The thin film transistor includes: a gate pattern, a gate insulating layer, an active layer pattern, a source pattern and a drain pattern sequentially stacked. At least one of a surface of the source pattern facing the gate insulating layer, a surface of the drain pattern facing the gate insulating layer, and a surface of the gate pattern facing the gate insulating layer is a target surface which can diffusely reflect lights entering the target surface, to prevent part of the lights from entering the active layer pattern. The display device solves the problem of volt-ampere characteristic curve of the active layer pattern being deflected and a normal operation of the thin film transistor being affected, thereby weakening the influence of lights on the normal operation of the thin film transistor. |
| US11417760B2 |
Vertical semiconductor device with improved ruggedness
A vertical semiconductor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer over the substrate, and a drift layer over the buffer layer. The substrate has a first doping type and a first doping concentration. The buffer layer has the first doping type and a second doping concentration that is less than the first doping concentration. The drift layer has the first doping type and a third doping concentration that is less than the second doping concentration. |
| US11417753B2 |
Method of making semiconductor device comprising flash memory and resulting device
A semiconductor device and method for making the semiconductor device comprising a flash memory cell is provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes: patterning a first gate material layer and a gate insulating film over a substrate, the first gate material layer comprising a first gate material, the gate insulating film disposed on the first gate material layer; forming a second gate material layer over the substrate, the gate insulating film, and side walls of the first gate material layer, the second gate material layer comprising a second gate material; etching the second gate material layer to expose the substrate and the gate insulating film and provide a portion of the second gate material layer along each of the side walls of the first gate material layer; and etching the gate insulating film and the first gate material layer so as to form a plurality of gate structures. |
| US11417749B2 |
Semiconductor arrangement with airgap and method of forming
A semiconductor arrangement includes a gate structure disposed between a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region and a first contact disposed over the first source/drain region. The semiconductor arrangement includes a second contact disposed over the second source/drain region and an airgap disposed between the first contact and the second contact and over the gate structure. |
| US11417746B2 |
High power transistor with interior-fed fingers
A transistor device includes a gate finger and a drain finger extending on a semiconductor structure, a gate bond pad coupled to the gate finger, and a drain bond pad coupled to the drain finger. The gate bond pad extends on the gate finger and/or the drain bond pad extends on the drain finger. |
| US11417744B2 |
Semiconductor structure having buried gate electrode with protruding member and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure comprises a substrate comprising a first top surface; an isolation region disposed in the substrate; an active region surrounded by the isolation region; a gate trench disposed in the active region; a first barrier layer disposed on a portion of a sidewall of the gate trench; a first gate material disposed in the gate trench, wherein the first gate material comprises a first member surrounded by the first barrier layer and a second member extending from the first member toward the first top surface; a second barrier layer disposed on the first barrier layer and the first gate material; a second gate material disposed on the second barrier layer; and a gate insulating material disposed on the second gate material. |
| US11417741B2 |
Integrated chip with a gate structure over a recess
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip comprising a substrate having a first top surface disposed at a first height, a second top surface disposed at a second height that is less than the first height, and a connecting surface extending from the first top surface to the second top surface. A first source/drain region is disposed along the first top surface of the substrate. A second source/drain region is disposed along the second top surface of the substrate and is laterally separated from the first source/drain region by a channel region of the substrate. A gate structure is arranged between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The gate structure extends from over the first top surface of the substrate to over the connecting surface of the substrate. The gate structure also extends below the first top surface of the substrate. |
| US11417736B2 |
Dual shield oxide damage control
A method (200) of fabricating a semiconductor device includes etching (205) a group of trenches in a semiconductor surface layer of a substrate. The group of trenches includes an outermost trench that has a first width and remaining trenches of the group of trenches have a second width that is less than the first width. The outermost trench is formed at an edge of the group of trenches. A dielectric liner is formed (210) in the group of trenches and the dielectric liner is etched (215) in an upper portion of the group of trenches to remove a partial thickness of the dielectric liner. A full thickness of the dielectric liner is maintained in a lower portion of the group of trenches. The group of trenches is filled (220) with a polysilicon layer. |
| US11417735B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes providing a substrate, having a cell region and a logic region and including a first conductive layer as a top layer, wherein shallow trench isolation (STI) structures are disposed in the substrate at cell region and the logic region. A first dry etching process is performed to preliminarily etch the first conductive layer and the STI structures at the cell region. A wet etching process is performed over the substrate to etch the STI structures down to a preserved height. A control gate stack is formed on the first conductive layer at the cell region. A second dry etching process is performed on a portion of the first conductive layer to form a floating gate under the control gate stack at the cell region and remove the first conductive layer at the logic region. |
| US11417732B2 |
Semiconductor transistor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor transistor device is described that has a source region, a body region including a vertical channel region, a drain region, a gate region laterally aside the channel region, a body contact region formed by doping, a diffusion barrier layer, and a conductive region formed of a conductive material. The body contact region electrically contacts the body region, the diffusion barrier layer being arranged in between. The doping of the body contact region is of the same conductivity type but of higher concentration than a doping of the body region. The conductive region has a contact area that forms an electrical contact to the body contact region, the contact area of the conductive region being arranged vertically above an upper end of the channel region. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor transistor device is also described. |
| US11417729B2 |
Transistors with channels formed of low-dimensional materials and method forming same
A method includes forming a first low-dimensional layer over an isolation layer, forming a first insulator over the first low-dimensional layer, forming a second low-dimensional layer over the first insulator, forming a second insulator over the second low-dimensional layer, and patterning the first low-dimensional layer, the first insulator, the second low-dimensional layer, and the second insulator into a protruding fin. Remaining portions of the first low-dimensional layer, the first insulator, the second low-dimensional layer, and the second insulator form a first low-dimensional strip, a first insulator strip, a second low-dimensional strip, and a second insulator strip, respectively. A transistor is then formed based on the protruding fin. |
| US11417726B2 |
Semiconductor structure having air gap dielectric
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure having an air gap dielectric and a method for preparing the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate; a plurality of conductive pillars disposed over the substrate; a plurality of dielectric pillars, disposed over the substrate, separated from the conductive pillars; a plurality of dielectric caps disposed over the conductive pillars, separated from the dielectric pillars; and a sealing layer disposed over the dielectric pillars and the dielectric caps. |
| US11417724B2 |
Capacitor including perovskite material, semiconductor device including the capacitor, and method of manufacturing the capacitor
A capacitor includes a lower electrode, a first dielectric layer provided on the lower electrode including a perovskite structure, an upper electrode including a perovskite structure, a first dielectric layer between provided on the lower electrode and the upper electrode; and a second dielectric layer, having a band gap energy greater than that of the first dielectric layer, provided between on the first dielectric layer and the upper electrode, the capacitor may have a low leakage current density and stable crystallinity, thereby suppressing a decrease in a dielectric constant. |
| US11417723B2 |
Metal-insulator metal structure and method of forming the same
A method for producing a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) type structure is provided, including producing, on a first substrate, first and second separation layers arranged one against the other; producing, on the second separation layer, an insulator layer including a perovskite structure material; producing a first gold and/or copper layer on the insulator layer, forming at least one part of a first electrode; making the first gold and/or copper layer integral with a second substrate; and forming a mechanical separation at an interface between the first and the second separation layers, the first separation layer remaining integral with the first substrate and the second separation layer remaining integral with the insulator layer, the insulator layer being arranged between the first electrode and a second electrode including at least one metal layer. |
| US11417717B2 |
Partial transparent display device including transparent emission area and driving emission area
A partial transparent display device has a light transmitting function and a light emitting function in one area. The partial transparent display device includes a substrate, a transparent emission area, a driving emission area, and a pad part. The transparent emission area is disposed to be adjacent to one side of the substrate. The driving emission area is disposed to be adjacent to the transparent emission area and to be closer to the other side opposite to the one side. The pad part extends from the driving emission area and is disposed on the other side. The driving emission area includes driving emission pixels which are defined by scan lines, data lines, and pixel driving power supply lines. The transparent emission area includes transparent emission pixels which are defined without the scan lines, the data lines, and the pixel driving power supply lines. |
| US11417713B2 |
Substrate and manufacturing method therefor, and electronic apparatus
A substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic device are provided. The substrate includes: a base substrate including a working region, and a non-working region outside of the working region, the non-working region including a peripheral circuit region near the working region and a non-circuit region away from the working region; a peripheral circuit in the peripheral circuit region; a common electrode lead in the non-working region; a common electrode; and a bridging conductive layer made of opaque conductive material in the non-working region and electrically connects the common electrode and the common electrode lead. An orthographic projection of the bridging conductive layer on the base substrate at least partially coincides with an orthographic projection of the peripheral circuit region on the base substrate, and bridging conductive layer is insulated from the peripheral circuit. |
| US11417712B2 |
Array substrate and display panel including capacitor layer configured to diffusely reflect external light, and method of manufacturing thereof
An array substrate, a display panel, and a method of manufacturing the array substrate are provided. The display panel includes the array substrate. The array substrate is provided with a light transmitting region and a capacitor region, and includes a substrate, a driving circuit layer, a second conductive layer, a passivation layer, a color filter, an anode layer, light emitting layer, and cathode layer, which are sequentially disposed from bottom to top. |
| US11417711B2 |
Electronic apparatus with improved reliability
An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a base substrate, a pixel definition layer to define openings, light-emitting devices including light-emitting patterns in the openings, and an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting device, a cover panel including a window layer, a color filter layer, and a color control layer, the color filter layer being on the window layer, the color control layer being on the color filter layer and including a quantum dot, and a refraction control layer including first refraction patterns, overlapping the light-emitting patterns, respectively, and having a first refractive index, and a second refraction pattern adjacent to the first refraction patterns and having a second refractive index that is lower than the first refractive index, wherein, when measured in a first direction, a largest width of each of the first refraction patterns is larger than a width of each of the light-emitting patterns. |
| US11417709B2 |
Display with array of light-transmitting windows
A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diodes may each have an anode that is coupled to a thin-film transistor pixel circuit for controlling the anode. Transparent windows may be formed in the display. The windows may be formed by replacing data storage capacitors and other pixel circuit structures in a subset of the pixels with transparent window structures, by selectively removing portions of light-emitting diode anodes, and by shifting anodes. An array of electrical components such as an array of light sensors may be aligned with the transparent windows and may be used to measure light passing through the transparent windows. |
| US11417708B2 |
Light emitting element and display device
A light emitting element and display device are disclosed. In one example, a light emitting element includes a first electrode formed on a base body. A first insulation layer is formed on the base body and the first electrode and has an aperture portion in which a part of the first electrode is exposed. A second insulation layer is formed on the first insulation layer and has a protruding end portion protruding from the aperture portion. A third insulation layer is formed on the second insulation layer and has an end portion recessed from the protruding end portion. A charge injection/transport layer is formed over the second insulation layer and the third insulation layer. An organic layer includes a light emitting layer, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. At least a part of the charge injection/transport layer is discontinuous at the protruding end portion. |
| US11417702B2 |
Semiconductor detector and method of manufacturing the same
A technique capable of improving a performance of a semiconductor detector is provided. The semiconductor detector is made based on injection of an underfill into a gap between a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip in a flip-chip connection state, but the underfill is not formed in periphery of a connection structure connecting a reading electrode pad and a gate terminal through a bump electrode. |
| US11417701B2 |
Image sensor with vertical transfer gate and square reset and source follower layout
A CMOS image sensor has an array of photodiode cells, the photodiode cells each include four buried photodiodes coupled by vertical transfer gate transistors to a single floating node diffusion. Each cell also has a reset transistor coupled to the floating node diffusion, a source follower transistor having gate coupled to the floating node diffusion, and a read select transistor coupled to the source follower transistor. The reset transistor, source follower transistor, and read select transistor have predominately gate and shape edges oriented at an angle greater than 30-degrees and less than 60-degrees from a line extending along an entire horizontal row of photodiodes of a photodiode array of the image sensor and are formed vertically above, and in the same integrated circuit as, the photodiodes of the photodiode array. |
| US11417700B2 |
Image sensing device and manufacturing method thereof
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor. The back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor includes a semiconductive substrate and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a front side of the semiconductive substrate. The ILD layer includes a dielectric layer over the semiconductive substrate and a contact partially buried inside the semiconductive substrate. The contact includes a silicide layer including a predetermined thickness proximately in a range from about 600 angstroms to about 1200 angstroms. |
| US11417699B2 |
Image sensor and method of fabricating the same
An image sensor includes a substrate, first and second insulating structures, a first wiring structure, a through via, and first and second connection patterns. The substrate includes a sensor array region and a pad region. The first insulating structure is disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The first wiring structure is formed in the first insulating structure and includes first conductive layers and first vias. The through via passes through the substrate in the pad region and connects to the first wiring structure. The first connection pattern is connected to the first wiring structure. The second insulating structure is disposed on a fourth surface of the first insulating structure. The second connection pattern is connected to the first connection pattern. The first conductive layers include a first wiring, and a second wiring spaced farther from the substrate than the first wiring. The through via contacts the second wiring. |
| US11417698B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of forming the same
A semiconductor package includes electric integrated circuit dies, photoelectric integrated circuit dies, and an inter-chip waveguide. The electric integrated circuit dies are laterally encapsulated by a first insulating encapsulant. The photoelectric integrated circuit dies are laterally encapsulated by a second insulating encapsulant. Each one of photoelectric integrated circuit dies includes an optical input/output terminal. The inter-chip waveguide is disposed over the second insulating encapsulant, wherein the photoelectric integrated circuit dies are optically communicated with each other through the inter-chip waveguide. |
| US11417693B2 |
Module, method for manufacturing module, and electronic device
Provided is a module including an organic substrate, an image sensor mounted on an upper surface of the organic substrate, a wire connecting the image sensor and the organic substrate, and a wire sealing unit adhered to a side surface of the image sensor while encompassing the wire. A thermal conductivity of the wire sealing unit is higher than a thermal conductivity of the organic substrate. |
| US11417691B2 |
Image sensor including dummy patterns positioned between adjacent transfer gates
An image sensor includes a first transfer gate formed over a substrate, and including a first projection; a second transfer gate formed over the substrate, neighboring the first transfer gate, and including a second projection; and a floating diffusion formed in the substrate, and partially overlapping with the first transfer gate and the second transfer gate, wherein the first projection and the second projection face each other. |
| US11417687B2 |
Display device
A high-definition display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. The display device includes a first transistor and a display element electrically connected to the first transistor. The first transistor includes a first oxide, a second oxide, a first conductor, a second conductor, a third conductor, a first insulator, and a second insulator. The first conductor and the second conductor are positioned over the first oxide to be apart from each other. The first insulator is positioned over the first conductor and the second conductor and includes an opening. The opening overlaps with a portion between the first conductor and the second conductor. The third conductor is positioned in the opening. The second insulator is positioned between the third conductor, and the first oxide, the first conductor, the second conductor, and the first insulator. The second oxide is positioned between the second insulator, and the first oxide, the first conductor, the second conductor, and the first insulator. |
| US11417684B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin. |
| US11417682B2 |
Integrated assemblies having vertically-spaced channel material segments, and methods of forming integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include a NAND memory array having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. The conductive levels include terminal regions, and include nonterminal regions proximate the terminal regions. The terminal regions are vertically thicker than the nonterminal regions, and are configured as segments which are vertically stacked one atop another and which are vertically spaced from one another. Blocks are adjacent to the segments and have approximately a same vertical thickness as the segments. The blocks include high-k dielectric material, charge-blocking material and charge-storage material. Channel material extends vertically along the stack and is adjacent to the blocks. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies. |
| US11417681B2 |
Memory arrays and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells and operative through-array-vias
A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells and operative through-array-vias (TAVs) comprises forming a stack comprising vertically-alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. The stack comprises a TAV region and an operative memory-cell-string region. The TAV region comprises spaced operative TAV areas. Operative channel-material strings are formed in the stack in the operative memory-cell-string region and dummy channel-material strings are formed in the stack in the TAV region laterally outside of and not within the operative TAV areas. Operative TAVs are formed in individual of the spaced operative TAV areas in the TAV region. Other methods and structure independent of method are disclosed. |
| US11417674B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor layer; a gate electrode layer; a first insulating layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode layer, the first insulating layer containing silicon (Si), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F), and the first insulating layer including a first region; a second insulating layer provided between the first insulating layer and the gate electrode layer; and a charge storage layer provided between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, the charge storage layer containing silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N), and the charge storage layer including a second region, in which a second atomic ratio (N/Si) in the second region is larger than a first atomic ratio (N/Si) in the first region, and in which a first fluorine concentration in the first region is higher than a second fluorine concentration in the second region. |
| US11417657B2 |
Memory device having electrically floating body transistor
A semiconductor memory cell includes a floating body region configured to be charged to a level indicative of a state of the memory cell selected from at least first and second states. A first region of the memory cell is in electrical contact with the floating body region. A second region of the memory cell is spaced apart from the first region and is also in electrical contact with the floating body region. A gate is positioned between the first and second regions. A back-bias region is configured to generate impact ionization when the memory cell is in one of the first and second states, and the back-bias region is configured so as not to generate impact ionization when the memory cell is in the other of the first and second states. |
| US11417656B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first and second channel patterns on a substrate, each of the first and second channel patterns including vertically-stacked semiconductor patterns; a first source/drain pattern connected to the first channel pattern; a second source/drain pattern connected to the second channel pattern, the first and second source/drain patterns having different conductivity types from each other; a first contact plug inserted in the first source/drain pattern, and a second contact plug inserted in the second source/drain pattern; a first interface layer interposed between the first source/drain pattern and the first contact plug; and a second interface layer interposed between the second source/drain pattern and the second contact plug, the first and second interface layers including different metallic elements from each other, a bottom portion of the second interface layer being positioned at a level that is lower than a bottom surface of a topmost one of the semiconductor patterns. |
| US11417652B2 |
Semiconductor device with a contact plug adjacent a gate structure
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate, a first etch stop layer, a second etch stop layer, and an interlayer insulation layer that are stacked on the gate structure, and a contact plug penetrating the interlayer insulation layer, the second etch stop layer, and the first etch stop layer and contacting a sidewall of the gate structure. The contact plug includes a lower portion having a first width and an upper portion having a second width. A lower surface of the contact plug has a stepped shape. |
| US11417649B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a transistor. The transistor includes an active region in a substrate, a patterned conductive layer being a portion of an interconnection layer for routing, and an insulating layer extending over the substrate and configured to insulate the active region from the patterned conductive layer. The patterned conductive layer and the insulating layer serve as a gate of the transistor. |
| US11417647B2 |
Semiconductor structure having a semiconducture substrate and an isolation component
A semiconductor structure can include: a semiconductor substrate having a first region, a second region, and an isolation region disposed between the first region and the second region; an isolation component located in the isolation region; and where the isolation component is configured to recombine first carriers flowing from the first region toward the second region, and to extract second carriers flowing from the second region toward the first region. |
| US11417644B2 |
Integration of multiple discrete GaN devices
Examples of integrated semiconductor devices are described. In one example, an integrated device includes first and second transistors formed on a substrate, where the transistors share a terminal metal feature to reduce a size of the integrated device. The terminal metal feature can include a shared source electrode metalization, for example, although other electrode metalizations can be shared. In other aspects, a first width of a gate of the first transistor can be greater than a second width of a gate of the second transistor, and the shared metalization can taper from the first width to the second width. The integrated device can also include a metal ground plane on a backside of the substrate, and the terminal metal feature can also include an in-source via for the shared source electrode metalization. The in-source via can electrically couple the shared source electrode metalization to the metal ground plane. |
| US11417642B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory chips and a circuit chip. The plurality of memory chips and the circuit chip are stacked on each other. Each of the plurality of memory chips has a memory cell array that includes a plurality of memory cells. The circuit chip includes a data latch configured to store page data for writing or reading data into or from the memory cell array of each of the memory chips. |
| US11417641B2 |
Light-emitting diode display panel with micro lens array
A light-emitting diode (LED) display panel includes a substrate, a driver circuit array on the substrate and including a plurality of pixel driver circuits arranged in an array, an LED array including a plurality of LED dies each being coupled to one of the pixel driver circuits, a micro lens array including a plurality of micro lenses each corresponding to and being arranged over at least one of the LED dies, and an optical spacer formed between the LED array and the micro lens array. |
| US11417640B2 |
Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
A display apparatus includes: a transparent substrate; a panel substrate; a light emitting diode disposed between the transparent substrate and the panel substrate; an insulation layer covering side surfaces of the light emitting diode; a first connection electrode electrically connected to the light emitting diode and disposed on the insulation layer between the insulation layer and the panel substrate; a second connection electrode on the panel substrate; and an electrode connector electrically connecting the first connection electrode to the second connection electrode, wherein the first connection electrode has an overlapping portion overlapping with the light emitting diode and a non-overlapping portion laterally extending from the overlapping portion on the insulation layer. |
| US11417639B2 |
Optoelectronic device with an active element
An optoelectronic device is specified, with a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip configured to generate electromagnetic radiation, and an active element configured to change a physical state, wherein the active element is embedded in a component of the component, and the physical change of state comprises the following: temperature change, sound generation, mechanical motion. |
| US11417638B2 |
Semiconductor structures
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor package and a connector. The semiconductor package includes a die and a redistribution structure. The redistribution structure is disposed over the die, and includes a plurality of conductive patterns stacking on one another and electrically connected to the die. The connector is disposed on the redistribution structure, and includes a connecting element. The connecting element penetrates the conductive patterns and is electrically connected to the die. |
| US11417636B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device includes a substrate and a display element layer on the substrate. The display element layer includes: first and second electrodes extending along a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction; and light emitting elements electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The first electrode has a first convex portion convex toward the second electrode and a first concave portion concave in a direction away from the second electrode, and the second electrode has a second convex portion convex toward the first electrode and a second concave portion concave in a direction away from the first electrode. The light emitting elements includes a first and second light emitting elements, respectively close to the first concave portion and the second concave portion based on an imaginary extension line extending in the first direction between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11417634B2 |
Semiconductor module having an N terminal, A P terminal and an output terminal and method of fabricating the semiconductor module
A semiconductor module having a first metal wiring board, a second metal wiring board, a third metal wiring board, and a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element that each include an emitter electrode and a collector electrode. The second metal wiring board is disposed over a principal surface of the first metal wiring board with an insulation material therebetween. The third metal wiring board has a principal surface thereof facing the first metal wiring board. The first and second semiconductor elements are disposed to face directions opposite to each other. The collector electrodes of the first and second semiconductor elements respectively face the principal surfaces of the first and third metal wiring boards. The emitter electrodes of the first and second semiconductor elements are respectively connected to the principal surfaces of the third and second metal wiring boards. |
| US11417631B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes: a first semiconductor package including: a first frame having a first through portion, a first semiconductor chip in the first through portion and having a first surface on which a first connection pad is disposed and a second surface on which a second connection pad is disposed, and a through via connected to the second connection pad, a first connection structure on the first surface and including a first redistribution layer, and a backside redistribution layer on the second surface; and a second semiconductor package on the first semiconductor package and including: a second connection structure including a second redistribution layer, a second frame on the second connection structure and having a second through portion, and a second semiconductor chip in a second through portion and having a third surface on which a third connection pad is disposed. |
| US11417630B2 |
Semiconductor package having passive support wafer
Semiconductor packages including passive support wafers, and methods of fabricating such semiconductor packages, are described. In an example, a semiconductor package includes a passive support wafer mounted on several active dies. The active dies may be attached to an active die wafer, and the passive support wafer may include a monolithic form to stabilize the active dies and active die wafer during processing and use. Furthermore, the passive support wafer may include a monolith of non-polymeric material to transfer and uniformly distribute heat generated by the active dies. |
| US11417628B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structures is provided. The method includes forming a first hybrid bonding layer over a first wafer having a logic structure, forming a second hybrid bonding layer over a second wafer having a first capacitor structure, bonding the first wafer and the second wafer through a hybrid bonding operation to connect the first hybrid bonding layer and the second hybrid bonding layer, thereby obtaining a first bonded wafer, and the first capacitor structure is electrically connected to the logic structure through the first hybrid bonding layer and the second hybrid bonding layer, and singulating the first bonded wafer to obtain a plurality of semiconductor structures. |
| US11417624B2 |
Electronic device having supporting resin and manufacturing method thereof
An electronic device includes: a first resin layer having a first resin layer main surface and a first resin layer inner surface; a columnar conductor having a columnar conductor main surface and a columnar conductor inner surface and penetrating the first resin layer in direction z; a wiring layer connecting the first resin layer main surface and the first conductor main surface; an electronic component being electrically connected and joined to the wiring layer; a second resin layer having a second resin layer main surface facing the same direction as the first resin layer main surface and a second resin layer inner surface being in contact with the first resin layer main surface, covering the wiring layer and the electronic component; and an external electrode closer to the side where the first resin layer inner surface faces than the first resin layer and is electrically connected to the columnar conductor. |
| US11417616B2 |
Package structure and manufacturing method thereof
A package structure includes a chip package and an antenna package. The chip package includes at least one semiconductor die and a first insulating encapsulation encapsulating the at least one semiconductor die. The antenna package is located on and electrically coupled to the chip package. The antenna package includes metallic patterns embedded in a second insulating encapsulation, wherein each of the metallic patterns has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, wherein the first surface and the side surface of each of the metallic patterns are covered by the second insulating encapsulation, and the second surface is levelled and coplanar with a third surface of the second insulating encapsulation. A method of manufacturing a package structure is also provided. |
| US11417615B2 |
Transition circuitry for integrated circuit die
An integrated circuit (IC) die having a first side and a second side opposite the first side is disclosed. The IC die can include a signal via through the IC die. The IC die can include processing circuitry. The IC die can include transition circuitry providing electrical communication between the processing circuitry and the signal via. The transition circuitry can comprise a first transmission line, a second transmission line, and a transition transmission line between the first and second transmission lines. In various embodiments, the first transmission line can comprise a microstrip (MS) line, and the second transmission line can comprise a grounded coplanar waveguide (CPW). |
| US11417614B2 |
Methods to embed magnetic material as first layer on coreless substrates and corresponding structures
Embodiments include an electronic package that includes a first layer that comprises a dielectric material and a second layer over the first layer, where the second layer comprises a magnetic material. In an embodiment, a third layer is formed over the second layer, where the third layer comprises a dielectric material. In an embodiment, the third layer entirely covers a first surface of the second layer. In an embodiment a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer are embedded within the second layer. In an embodiment, sidewalls of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are substantially vertical. |
| US11417609B2 |
Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof
Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric structure and having at least a first region; a plurality of first openings formed in the dielectric structure in the first region; a first barrier member formed in each of the plurality of the first openings; a plurality of second openings formed between adjacent first barrier members and with sidewall surfaces exposing sidewall surfaces of the first barrier members; and a second barrier member formed in each of the plurality second openings. |
| US11417604B2 |
Dense redistribution layers in semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same
A method embodiment includes forming a patterned first photo resist over a seed layer. A first opening in the patterned first photo resist exposes the seed layer. The method further includes plating a first conductive material in the first opening on the seed layer, removing the patterned first photo resist, and after removing the patterned first photo resist, forming a patterned second photo resist over the first conductive material. A second opening in the patterned second photo resist exposes a portion of the first conductive material. The method further includes plating a second conductive material in the second opening on the first conductive material, removing the patterned second photo resist, and after removing the patterned second photo resist, depositing a dielectric layer around the first conductive material and the second conductive material. |
| US11417600B2 |
Manufacturing method of a semiconductor device and method for creating a layout thereof
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of one embodiment of the present invention includes: forming an insulation layer to be processed over a substrate; forming a first sacrificial layer in a first area over the substrate, the first sacrificial layer being patterned to form in the first area a functioning wiring connected to an element; forming a second sacrificial layer in a second area over the substrate, the second sacrificial layer being patterned to form in the second area a dummy wiring; forming a third sacrificial layer at a side wall of the first sacrificial layer and forming a fourth sacrificial layer at a side wall of the second sacrificial layer, the third sacrificial layer and the fourth sacrificial layer being separated; forming a concavity by etching the insulation layer to be processed using the third sacrificial layer and the fourth sacrificial layer as a mask; and filling a conductive material in the concavity. |
| US11417598B2 |
Semiconductor package and related methods
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a prefabricated electrically conductive section; two or more metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET) physically coupled together; and a back metal coupled to the two or more MOSFETs; wherein the electrically conductive section may be coupled to the back metal and may be configured to electrically couple the two or more MOSFETs together during operation of the two or more MOSFETs. |
| US11417596B2 |
Optical routing structure on backside of substrate for photonic devices
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip that includes an insulator layer arranged over a substrate. Further, an upper routing structure is arranged over the insulator layer and is made of a semiconductor material. A lower optical routing structure is arranged below the substrate and is embedded in a lower dielectric structure. The integrated chip further includes an anti-reflective layer that is arranged below the substrate and directly contacts the substrate. |
| US11417593B2 |
Dies with integrated voltage regulators
Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a die, having an active surface and an opposing backside surface, including a plurality of through silicon vias (TSVs); and an inductor including a first conductive pillar with a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end of the first conductive pillar is coupled to the backside surface of a first individual TSV; a second conductive pillar with a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end of the second conductive pillar is coupled to the backside surface of a second individual TSV, wherein the second end of the second conductive pillar is coupled to the second end of the first conductive pillar, and wherein the first and the second conductive pillars are at least partially surrounded in a magnetic material. |
| US11417587B2 |
Package structure and method of fabricating the same
A package structure including a first semiconductor die, a first insulating encapsulation, a bonding enhancement film, a second semiconductor die and a second insulating encapsulation is provided. The first insulating encapsulation laterally encapsulates a first portion of the first semiconductor die. The bonding enhancement film is disposed on a top surface of the first insulating encapsulation and laterally encapsulates a second portion of the first semiconductor die, wherein a top surface of the bonding enhancement film is substantially leveled with a top surface of the semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is disposed on and bonded to the first semiconductor die and the bonding enhancement film. The second insulating encapsulation laterally encapsulates the second semiconductor die. |
| US11417584B2 |
Semiconductor device
The present technology relates to a semiconductor device that makes it possible to enhance a heat dissipation capacity without occurrence of a fluctuation in high frequency characteristics. A glass substrate is adhered to a wiring layer-attached glass substrate, and a heat dissipation part is formed between the wiring layer-attached glass substrate and the glass substrate. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a high-frequency module and a high-speed communication module. |
| US11417580B2 |
Package structures and methods of forming the same
An embodiment is a method including: attaching a first die to a first side of a first component using first electrical connectors, attaching a first side of a second die to first side of the first component using second electrical connectors, attaching a dummy die to the first side of the first component in a scribe line region of the first component, adhering a cover structure to a second side of the second die, and singulating the first component and the dummy die to form a package structure. |
| US11417578B2 |
Semiconductor device, manufacturing apparatus for semiconductor device and manufacturing method for semiconductor device, and semiconductor module
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a frame which has a first surface, holds the semiconductor element on the first surface, and is electrically connected with the semiconductor element; and a seal which has electrical insulation properties and seals the semiconductor element and the frame, wherein a through-hole is formed in the seal, the through-hole has a hole axis which extends in a direction intersecting with the first surface, and an inner peripheral end surface of the seal exposed inside the through-hole is inclined with respect to the hole axis. |
| US11417577B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a semiconductor package including: at least one first substrate including at least one first substrate terminal extended therefrom; at least one second substrate joined to the upper surface of the first substrate using ultrasonic welding; at least one semiconductor chip joined to the upper surface of the second substrate; a package housing covering the at least one semiconductor chip and an area of the second substrate, where ultrasonic welding is performed; and terminals separated from the first substrate, electrically connected to the at least one semiconductor chip through electric signals, and at least one of them is exposed to the outside of the package housing, wherein a thickness of the terminals formed inside the package housing is same as or smaller than a thickness of the first substrate and the second substrate includes at least one embossing groove on the upper surface thereof. |
| US11417575B2 |
Board and semiconductor apparatus
A board in an aspect of the present invention includes a substrate, a first film, a first layer, and a second film. The substrate has a first elastic modulus. The first film is at an upper surface of the substrate. The first layer is at a lower surface of the substrate. The first layer has a second elastic modulus lower than the first elastic modulus and has a first thermal expansion coefficient. The second film is at a lower surface of the first layer. The second film includes the same material as the first film and has a second thermal expansion coefficient lower than the first thermal expansion coefficient. |
| US11417572B2 |
Droplet measurement method, droplet measurement apparatus, and method of manufacturing display device
A droplet measurement method is described. The droplet measurement method may include discharging a droplet on a substrate, scanning the droplet by moving a scanning unit, and calculating a volume of the droplet by using the thicknesses of the portions of the droplet. The scanning unit may include optical scanners arranged in multiple directions, storing thicknesses of portions of the droplet scanned by the scanning unit. |
| US11417569B2 |
Package structure having integrated circuit component with conductive terminals of different dimensions
An integrated circuit component including a semiconductor die, a plurality of conductive vias and a protection layer is provided. The semiconductor die includes an active surface and a plurality of conductive pads disposed on the active surface. The conductive vias are respectively disposed on and in contact with the conductive pads, wherein each conductive via of a first group of the conductive vias has a first maximum size, each conductive via of a second group of the conductive vias has a second maximum size, and the first maximum size is less than the second maximum size in a vertical projection on the active surface. The protection layer covers the active surface and is at least in contact with sidewalls of the conductive vias. |
| US11417568B2 |
Methods for selective deposition of tungsten atop a dielectric layer for bottom up gapfill
Methods and apparatus for selectively depositing a tungsten layer atop a dielectric surface. In embodiments the method includes: depositing a tungsten layer via a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process atop a substrate field and atop a sidewall and a dielectric bottom surface of a feature disposed in a substrate to form a first tungsten portion having a first thickness atop the substrate field, a second tungsten portion having a second thickness atop the sidewall, and a third tungsten portion having a third thickness atop the dielectric bottom surface, wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness and third thickness; oxidizing a top surface of the tungsten layer to form a first oxidized tungsten portion atop the substrate field, a second oxidized tungsten portion atop the side wall, and a third oxidized tungsten portion atop the dielectric bottom surface; removing the first oxidized tungsten portion, the second oxidized tungsten portion and the third oxidized tungsten portion, wherein the second tungsten portion is completely removed from the sidewall; and passivating or completely removing the first tungsten portion from the substrate field. |
| US11417567B2 |
Conductive cap-based approaches for conductive via fabrication and structures resulting therefrom
Conductive cap-based approaches for conductive via fabrication is described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of conductive lines in an ILD layer above a substrate. Each of the conductive lines is recessed relative to an uppermost surface of the ILD layer. A plurality of conductive caps is on corresponding ones of the plurality of conductive lines, in recess regions above each of the plurality of conductive lines. A hardmask layer is on the plurality of conductive caps and on the uppermost surface of the ILD layer. The hardmask layer includes a first hardmask component on and aligned with the plurality of conductive caps, and a second hardmask component on an aligned with regions of the uppermost surface of the ILD layer. A conductive via is in an opening in the hardmask layer and on a conductive cap of one of the plurality of conductive lines. |
| US11417566B2 |
Semiconductor device structure with interconnect structure and method for forming the same
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a first metal layer over a substrate, forming a dielectric layer over the first metal layer. The method includes forming a trench in the dielectric layer, and performing a surface treatment process on a sidewall surface of the trench to form a hydrophobic layer. The hydrophobic layer is formed on a sidewall surface of the dielectric layer. The method further includes depositing a metal material in the trench and over the hydrophobic layer to form a via structure. |
| US11417564B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped structure on a substrate, a single diffusion break (SDB) structure dividing the fin-shaped structure into a first portion and a second portion as the SDB structure includes a bottom portion in the fin-shaped structure and a top portion on the bottom portion, a spacer around the top portion, a first epitaxial layer adjacent to one side of the top portion, and a second epitaxial layer adjacent to another side of the top portion. |
| US11417562B2 |
Substrate supporting apparatus
One embodiment of a substrate supporting apparatus comprises: a support member for supporting a substrate; and a temperature compensating member disposed at the edge of the support member, and compensating the temperature of the substrate, wherein the support member may be made of a light-transmissive material, the temperature compensating member may be made of an opaque material, and the surface of the temperature compensating member may be made of a material having corrosion resistance against a cleaning gas. |
| US11417559B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor package
To manufacture a semiconductor package, a package intermediate structure having an element area and a dummy area is formed. A carrier substrate including an adhesion layer is formed. The adhesion layer includes a first area with a first adhesion strength and a second area with a second adhesion strength that is different from the first adhesion strength. The package intermediate structure is supported by the carrier substrate so that the element area is adjacent the first area and the dummy area is adjacent the second area. The package intermediate structure is processed while the package intermediate structure is supported by the carrier substrate. |
| US11417556B2 |
Electrostatic chuck and processing apparatus
According to one embodiment, an electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and first and second porous parts. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes first and second major surfaces. The second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. The base plate supports the ceramic dielectric substrate and includes a gas feed channel. The first porous part is provided in the ceramic dielectric substrate and is opposite to the gas feed channel. The second porous part is provided in the base plate and is opposite to the gas feed channel. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes a first hole part positioned between the first major surface and the first porous part. The first porous part includes a first porous region including pores and a first dense region. The second porous part includes a second porous region including pores and a second dense region. |
| US11417552B2 |
Method and device for determining a feature for devices produced on a wafer
A computer-implemented method for inferring a device feature of a device produced on a wafer. The method includes: providing a wafer feature model associating a wafer position indicating a position of a produced device on the wafer to a device feature, wherein the wafer feature model is configured to be trained by one or more wafer feature maps and particularly configured as a Gaussian process model, providing a sample device feature of at least one device at a sample wafer position, and inferring the device feature of at least one other device of the wafer depending on the provided wafer feature model. |
| US11417548B2 |
Component mounting machine
A component mounting machine includes a control device that controls a wafer supply device and a component transfer device. The control device includes a die information storage section storing the position of the dies stored in the wafer supply device associated with a rank of the dies, a block information acquisition section acquiring the condition of the dies to be mounted on a block provided on a board, a rank designation section designating the rank of the die to be picked up by the component transfer device, and a position designation section designating the position of the die to be picked up by the component transfer device. The position designation section designates the position of the die so that the die having the rank designated by the rank designation section is continuously picked up over the multiple wafers stored in the wafer supply device. |
| US11417545B2 |
Radiation shield
A radiation shield and an assembly and a reactor including the radiation shield are disclosed. The radiation shield can be used to control heat flux from a susceptor heater assembly and thereby enable better control of temperatures across a surface of a substrate placed on a surface of the susceptor heater assembly. |
| US11417542B2 |
Semiconductor processing apparatus and method
A semiconductor processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a body portion, which includes at least one semiconductor processing unit. Each semiconductor processing unit includes a recess formed on an upper surface of the body portion, wherein a bottom surface of the recess has at least one location and a peripheral. The bottom surface ascends from the at least one location toward the peripheral against a direction of gravity or descends from the at least one location toward the peripheral following the direction of gravity. Each semiconductor processing unit also includes a first channel that connects to the recess at the at least one location, as well as at least one second channel connecting to the recess at the peripheral. Each of the first channel and the at least one second channel serves as an inlet or an outlet via which a fluid enters or exits the recess. A method according to the present disclosure may control a flowing direction of a fluid flowing across a substrate surface. When the fluid flow as programmed, the fluid may contact the substrate surface and process the surface via various physical and/or chemical reactions. |
| US11417537B2 |
Methods of etching metal-containing layers
A method of removing a metal-containing layer (e.g., tungsten) from a substrate is provided. The method includes generating a first plasma in a process volume of a plasma chamber when a patterned device is disposed on a substrate support in the process volume. The patterned device includes a patterned region and an unpatterned region; a substrate; a tungsten-containing layer formed over the substrate; a supporting layer disposed between the tungsten-containing layer and the substrate. The patterned region includes exposed surfaces of the supporting layer and the unpatterned region does not include any exposed surfaces of the supporting layer. The method further includes depositing a first film over the patterned region of the tungsten-containing layer with the first plasma; and removing portions of the unpatterned region of the tungsten-containing layer with the first plasma without depositing the first film over the unpatterned region. |
| US11417535B2 |
Etching method and plasma processing apparatus
A technique protects a mask in plasma etching of a silicon-containing film. An etching method includes providing a substrate in a chamber included in a plasma processing apparatus. The substrate includes a silicon-containing film and a mask. The mask contains carbon. The etching method further includes etching the silicon-containing film with a chemical species in plasma generated from a process gas in the chamber. The process gas contains a halogen and phosphorus. The etching includes forming a carbon-phosphorus bond on a surface of the mask. |
| US11417531B2 |
Advanced etching technologies for straight, tall and uniform fins across multiple fin pitch structures
Embodiments of the invention describe semiconductor devices with high aspect ratio fins and methods for forming such devices. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises one or more nested fins and one or more isolated fins. According to an embodiment, a patterned hard mask comprising one or more isolated features and one or more nested features is formed with a hard mask etching process. A first substrate etching process forms isolated and nested fins in the substrate by transferring the pattern of the nested and isolated features of the hard mask into the substrate to a first depth. A second etching process is used to etch through the substrate to a second depth. According to embodiments of the invention, the first etching process utilizes an etching chemistry comprising HBr, O2 and CF4, and the second etching process utilizes an etching chemistry comprising Cl2, Ar, and CH4. |
| US11417530B2 |
Etching method
An etching method of an exemplary embodiment involves providing a substrate in a chamber of a plasma treatment system. The substrate includes a silicon-containing film. The method further involves etching the silicon-containing film by a chemical species in plasma generated from a process gas in the chamber. The process gas contains a halogen gas component and phosphorous gas component. |
| US11417529B2 |
Plasma-based edge terminations for gallium nitride power devices
A p-n diode includes a first electrode, a n-GaN layer on the first electrode, a p-GaN layer on the n-GaN layer, and a second electrode on a first portion of the p-GaN layer. A region of the p-GaN layer surrounding the electrode is a passivated region. Treating a GaN power device having a p-GaN layer includes covering a portion of the p-GaN layer with a metal layer, exposing the p-GaN layer to a hydrogen plasma, and thermally annealing the p-GaN layer, thereby passivating a region of the p-GaN layer proximate the metal layer. |
| US11417523B2 |
Amphoteric p-type and n-type doping of group III-VI semiconductors with group-IV atoms
Methods of forming a p-type IV-doped III-VI semiconductor are provided which comprise exposing a substrate to a vapor composition comprising a group III precursor comprising a group III element, a group VI precursor comprising a group VI element, and a group IV precursor comprising a group IV element, under conditions to form a p-type IV-doped III-VI semiconductor via metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on the substrate. Embodiments make use of a flow ratio defined as a flow rate of the group VI precursor to a flow rate of the group III precursor wherein the flow ratio is below an inversion flow ratio value for the IV-doped III-VI semiconductor. |
| US11417519B2 |
High mobility silicon on flexible substrates
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating same is disclosed. Embodiments are directed to a semiconductor device and fabrication of same which include a flexible substrate and a buffer stack overlying the substrate. The buffer stack comprises at least one epitaxial buffer layer. An epitaxial doped layer comprised predominantly of silicon overlies the at least one epitaxial buffer layer. Mobility of the device is greater than 100 cm2/Vs and carrier concentration of the epitaxial doped layer is less than 1016 cm−3. |
| US11417514B2 |
Film forming method and film forming apparatus
There is provided a film forming method, including: forming a film containing silicon, carbon and nitrogen on a substrate in a first process; and oxidizing the film with an oxidizing agent containing a hydroxy group and subsequently supplying a nitriding gas to the substrate in a second process. |
| US11417513B2 |
Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
To dry a substrate formed with a pattern on a front surface satisfactorily and with excellent drying performance, a substrate processing method comprises: a liquid film formation step of forming a liquid film of a processing liquid, in which cyclohexanone oxime is dissolved in a solvent, on a front surface of a substrate formed with a pattern by supplying the processing liquid to the front surface of the substrate; a solidified film formation step of forming a solidified film of the cyclohexanone oxime by solidifying the liquid film of the processing liquid; and a sublimation step of removing the solidified film from the front surface of the substrate by sublimating the solidified film. |
| US11417512B2 |
Method for cleaning semiconductor wafer backside surface by hybrid brush assembly
In accordance with some embodiments, a wafer processing method is provided. The wafer processing method includes placing a semiconductor wafer on a wafer stage with a backside surface of the semiconductor wafer facing downwardly. The wafer processing method further includes positioning a first brush assembly below the backside surface of the semiconductor wafer. The wafer processing method also includes moving a first brush assembly toward the backside surface of the semiconductor wafer to a first position. At the first position, an inner brush member and an outer brush member of the first brush assembly, made of different materials, are in contact with the backside surface of the semiconductor wafer. In addition, the wafer processing method includes rotating the first brush assembly relative to the semiconductor wafer while the first brush assembly is in the first position. |
| US11417508B2 |
Porous membrane enabled mass spectrometry characterization of microfluidic devices
A system for sampling a liquid includes a sample fluid conduit including a membrane having pores. The membrane prevents the passage of the sample liquid through the pores at a first pressure of the sample liquid in the sample fluid conduit. A surface sampling capture probe has a distal end. The capture probe includes a solvent supply conduit and a solvent exhaust conduit. A solvent composition flowing at the distal end of the capture probe establishes a liquid junction with the membrane and establishes a second pressure within the liquid junction at the membrane. The second pressure is lower than the first pressure. Sample liquid will be drawn through the pores of the membrane by the second pressure at the liquid junction. A method for sampling a liquid and for performing chemical analysis on a liquid are also disclosed. |
| US11417505B2 |
Channel electron multiplier and ion detector
A CEM and an ion detector of one embodiment have a structure for enabling ion detection with higher sensitivity than the prior art. A channel electron multiplier includes a channel body, an input-side conductive layer, an output-side conductive layer, and an electrode. The channel body includes a channel, and a resistance layer and an electron emission layer formed on the channel's inner wall surface. The input-side conductive layer is provided on the channel body, and a part thereof extends into the tapered opening. The output-side conductive layer is provided on the tapered opening. The electrode has openings through which charged particles pass, and is disposed on an opposite side of the output end face to the input end face. The electrode and the input-side conductive layer are set to the same potential to eliminate the influence of an external electric field in the tapered opening. |
| US11417504B2 |
Stage device and processing apparatus
A stage device includes a stage configured to hold a target substrate in a vacuum chamber, a cold heat transfer body fixedly disposed below a bottom surface of the stage with a gap between the stage and the cold heat transfer body and cooled to an extremely low temperature by a chiller disposed below the cold heat transfer body, and cooling fluid supplied to the gap to transfer cold heat of the cold heat transfer body to the stage. The stage device further includes a stage support configured to rotatably support the stage and formed in a cylindrical shape to surround an upper part of the cold heat transfer body wherein the stage support has a vacuum insulation structure, and a rotation part configured to support the stage support and rotated by a driving mechanism while being sealed with magnetic fluid. |
| US11417501B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method
The plasma processing apparatus has a plasma processing chamber where plasma processing of the sample is performed, and plasma power supply that supplies radio frequency electric power for generating plasma. The radio frequency electric power is time modulated by a pulse wave having a first period and a second period that are repeated periodically. The pulse wave of the first period has first amplitude and the pulse wave of the second period has second amplitude which is a limited value smaller than the first amplitude. The extinction of the plasma, which is generated during the first period having the first amplitude, is maintained during the second period having the second amplitude with a predetermined dissociation. |
| US11417499B2 |
Imaging device capturing images of a sample including a plurality of sections
An object of the invention is to accurately correct a deviation in position or angle between observation regions in an imaging device that acquires images of a plurality of sample sections. The imaging device according to the invention identifies a correspondence relationship between the observation regions between the sample sections using a feature point on a first image, corrects a deviation between the sample sections using a second image in a narrower range than the first image, and after reflecting a correction result, acquires a third image having a higher resolution than the second image (see FIG. 6B). |
| US11417495B2 |
Multi-charged particle beam irradiation apparatus and multi-charged particle beam inspection apparatus
A multi-charged particle beam irradiation apparatus includes a forming mechanism to form multiple charged particle beams, a multipole deflector array to individually deflect each beam of the multiple charged particle beams so that a center axis trajectory of each beam of the multiple charged particle beams may not converge in a region of the same plane orthogonal to the direction of a central axis of a trajectory of the multiple charged particle beams, and an electron optical system to irradiate a substrate with the multiple charged particle beams while maintaining a state where the multiple charged particle beams are not converged. |
| US11417494B2 |
Incident axis alignment method for electron gun equipped with photocathode, computer program, and electron gun equipped with photocathode
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for automatically adjusting an electron beam emitted from an electron gun equipped with a photocathode to the incident axis of an electron optical system.[Solution] An incident axis alignment method for an electron gun equipped with a photocathode, the electron gun being capable of emitting an electron beam in a first state due to the photocathode being irradiated with excitation light, and the method including at least an excitation light radiation step, a first excitation light irradiation position adjustment step for changing the irradiation position of the excitation light on the photocathode and adjusting the irradiation position of the excitation light, and an electron beam center detection step for detecting whether a center line of the electron beam in the first state coincides with an incident axis of an electron optical system. |
| US11417492B2 |
Light modulated electron source
A light modulated electron source utilizes a photon-beam source to modulate the emission current of an electron beam emitted from a silicon-based field emitter. The field emitter's cathode includes a protrusion fabricated on a silicon substrate and having an emission tip covered by a coating layer. An extractor generates an electric field that attracts free electrons toward the emission tip for emission as part of the electron beam. The photon-beam source generates a photon beam including photons having an energy greater than the bandgap of silicon, and includes optics that direct the photon beam onto the emission tip, whereby each absorbed photon creates a photo-electron that combines with the free electrons to enhance the electron beam's emission current. A controller modulates the emission current by controlling the intensity of the photon beam applied to the emission tip. A monitor measures the electron beam and provides feedback to the controller. |
| US11417491B2 |
Emitter, electron gun in which same is used, electronic device in which same is used, and method for manufacturing same
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an emitter that is made of hafnium carbide (HfC) and that releases electrons in a stable and highly efficient manner, a method for manufacturing the emitter, and an electron gun and electronic device in which the emitter is used. In this nanowire equipped emitter, the nanowires are made of hafnium carbide (HfC) single crystal, the longitudinal direction of the nanowires match the <100> crystal direction of the hafnium carbide single crystal, and the end part of the nanowires through which electrons are to be released comprise the (200) face and the {310} face of the hafnium carbide single crystal, with the (200) face being the center and the {311} faces surrounding the (200) face. |
| US11417489B2 |
Trip unit fixation in a circuit breaker
A circuit breaker with improved trip unit fixation is disclosed. Another circuit breaker and a system also perform the functions of the circuit breaker. A circuit breaker includes a frame and a trip unit mounted in the frame. The trip unit includes a terminal for securing a wire to the trip unit. One of a wall of the frame and the trip unit include a protrusion and the wall of the frame or the trip unit without the protrusion includes an opening. The protrusion conforms to the opening and the protrusion and opening are positioned to oppose movement of the trip unit in a direction of a force resulting from securing the wire in the terminal. |
| US11417488B2 |
Voltage limiting device
The invention relates to a voltage limiting device which has an electromagnetically operable switching device for producing an electrical connection between a first cable terminal and a second cable terminal wherein a first electrical conductor connects the first cable terminal to the one terminal of the switching device and a second electrical conductor electrically connects the second cable terminal to the other terminal of the switching device. The voltage limiting device is characterized in that one of the two electrical conductors comprises an electrically conductive support plate. The expansion of the support plate in the width direction allows, in contrast to an electrical conductor which is characterized by a small width in relation to the length, a current displacement in the width direction. As a result, the forces acting on the conductive parts of the switching device are reduced and the switching contacts are relieved, as a result of which the electrical properties of the voltage limiting device are improved. As an electrical conductor, the support plate improves not only the electrical properties of the voltage limiting device, but as a mounting plate also simplifies the assembly and mounting of the individual components of the voltage limiting device. |
| US11417487B2 |
MEMS RF-switch with near-zero impact landing
The present disclosure generally relates to the design of a MEMS ohmic switch which provides for a low-impact landing of the MEMS device movable plate on the RF contact and a high restoring force for breaking the contacts to improve the lifetime of the switch. The switch has at least one contact electrode disposed off-center of the switch device and also has a secondary landing post disposed near the center of the switch device. The secondary landing post extends to a greater height above the substrate as compared to the RF contact of the contact electrode so that the movable plate contacts the secondary landing post first and then gently lands on the RF contact. Upon release, the movable plate will disengage from the RF contact prior to disengaging from the secondary landing post and have a longer lifetime due to the high restoring force. |
| US11417476B2 |
Steering wheel remote control for vehicle and vehicle including the same
A steering wheel remote control for a vehicle includes: a first button and a second button arranged on a top surface of the remote control and configured to move downward when being pressed; and a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB each of which arranged under the first button and the second button. The first PCB comprises a first switch terminal configured to be pressed downward to perform a first function when the first button moves downward, and the second PCB comprises a second switch terminal configured to be pressed downward to perform a second function when the second button moves downward. The first PCB and the second PCB are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction. |
| US11417474B2 |
High-temperature supercapacitors containing surface active ionic liquids
Disclosed are capacitors containing surface active ionic liquids, and methods of use. The capacitors have high capacitance and function over broad ranges of temperature, and are particularly appropriate for high-temperature (˜200° C.) applications. |
| US11417472B2 |
Electrolytic capacitor and manufacturing method of electrolytic capacitor
An electrolytic capacitor including an anode body having a dielectric layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer contains an electrically conductive material, and an additive. The conductive material contains a π-conjugated polymer, and a polymer dopant doped in the π-conjugated polymer and having a first anionic group. The additive includes a quinone compound having a second anionic group. |
| US11417471B2 |
Solid electrolytic capacitor and production method thereof
Disclosed is a solid electrolytic capacitor 1 including capacitor elements 2A to 2C, an anode terminal 4, and a resin package body enclosing at least the capacitor elements, the capacitor elements 2A to 2C each including an anode body 6 having a porous portion as a surface layer, a dielectric layer 7, and a cathode part 8 covering at least part of the dielectric layer 7. The anode body 9 has a cathode forming portion and an anode thin-thickness portion adjacent to the cathode forming portion. The dielectric layer 7 covers at least part of a surface of the porous portion in the cathode forming portion. The porous portion is removed in the anode thin-thickness portion or is thinner in the anode thin-thickness portion than in the cathode forming portion. The anode body is connected to the anode terminal 4 at the anode thin-thickness portion. |
| US11417470B2 |
Power electronics device
The invention relates to a DC link capacitor module (1, 1′), in which a coil (4, 5) is electrically conductively attached to two mutually opposite electrode plates (2a, 2b), wherein a plurality of first connecting means (6) are provided on each electrode plate (2a, 2b) to produce a detachable or non-detachable plug-in connection to second connecting means (9a, 9b), which correspond thereto and are attached to a bus bar (7a, 7b) of a power electronics module (8). |
| US11417466B2 |
High temperature dielectric materials, method of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
Disclosed herein is a dielectric composite comprising an organic polymer that has a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to about 250° C.; and a dielectric filler present in an amount effective to impart to the dielectric composite a dielectric constant that varies by less than 5% over a temperature range of 25 ° C. to 300° C., with an applied alternating electric field having a frequency of 104 Hz and a maximum operating electric field strength of at least 250 megavolt per meter. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing the dielectric composite and articles that contain the dielectric composite. |
| US11417465B2 |
Electronic component having a plurality of internal electrodes
A multilayer capacitor includes an element body, an external electrode, and a plurality of internal electrodes, and a relationship of R1 |
| US11417460B2 |
Slide-on inductive coupler system
A technique facilitates use of an inductive coupler assembly with casing, e.g. well casing. An inductive coupler is formed as a female inductive coupler with an inductive coil. The inductive coupler is constructed for sliding movement along an exterior of the casing so that it may ultimately be positioned and secured at a suitable location along the casing. The inductive coupler is designed for connection with an electrical device, e.g. a sensor. The inductive coupler facilitates the transfer of sensor data and/or power signals across the casing. Signal transfer across the casing is further enabled by a male inductive coupler positioned within the casing at a location which allows it to cooperate with the exterior, female inductive coupler. |
| US11417457B2 |
Wire wound inductor component
The wire wound inductor component includes a core including a columnar shaft portion extending in a first direction and first and second support portions at both end portions of the shaft portion, first and second terminal electrodes provided respectively on the first and second support portions, and a wire wound around the shaft portion. A distance between an upper surface of the shaft portion and a top surface of the first and second support portions in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is defined as a top surface step, and a distance between a lower surface of the shaft portion and a bottom surface of the first and second support portions in the second direction is defined as a bottom surface step. The top and bottom surface steps are identical with each other, and the top and bottom surface steps are less than or equal to 50 μm. |
| US11417455B2 |
Reactor and magnetic core for reactor
Provided is a reactor including: a coil including two wound portions obtained by winding a winding wire; and a magnetic core in which the wound portions are arranged. The magnetic core includes: inner leg portions arranged inside the inner peripheries of the wound portions; a central leg portion provided between the wound portions; two outer leg portions that are provided outside the outer peripheries of the wound portions and between which the inner leg portions and the central leg portion are provided; and two coupling portions between which the inner leg portions, the central leg portion, and the outer leg portions, which are arranged in parallel, are sandwiched and with which these portions are coupled. |
| US11417451B2 |
Magnetic blocks for thermally coupling cooling component and heat spreader
Example implementations relate to an electronic system providing a thermal management of a removable device when connected to a host device of the electronic system. The host device includes a cooling component having a first surface, and a plurality of first blocks of magnetic materials coupled to the cooling component. The removable device includes a heat spreader having a second surface, a plurality of second blocks of magnetic materials coupled to the heat spreader, and a TIM disposed on the second surface. The removable device is detachably connectable to the host device. When the removable device is connected to the host device, and magnetic forces applied by at least one of the first blocks or second blocks to couple respective blocks to each other, the first blocks is aligned with the second blocks such that the first surface is in thermal communication with the second surface through the TIM. |
| US11417447B2 |
Ferrite magnet
This ferrite magnet has a ferrite phase having a magnetoplumbite structure, and an orthoferrite phase, and is characterized in that the composition ratios of the total of each metal element A, R, Fe and Me is represented by expression (1) A1-xRx(Fe12-yMey)z, (in expression (1), A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba, Ca and Pb; R is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi, and includes at least La, and Me is Co, or Co and Zn) and in that the content (m) of the orthoferrite phase is 0 |
| US11417445B2 |
Fabrication of reinforced superconducting wires
In various embodiments, superconducting wires feature assemblies of clad composite filaments and/or stabilized composite filaments embedded within a wire matrix. The wires may include one or more stabilizing elements for improved mechanical properties. |
| US11417444B2 |
Methods and systems for fabricating high quality superconducting tapes
An MOCVD system fabricates high quality superconductor tapes with variable thicknesses. The MOCVD system can include a gas flow chamber between two parallel channels in a housing. A substrate tape is heated and then passed through the MOCVD housing such that the gas flow is perpendicular to the tape's surface. Precursors are injected into the gas flow for deposition on the substrate tape. In this way, superconductor tapes can be fabricated with variable thicknesses, uniform precursor deposition, and high critical current densities. |
| US11417443B2 |
Quad-shield coaxial cable
A quad-shield coaxial cable includes an insulator portion configured to encircle an inner conductor portion, an inner conductive foil portion configured to encircle the insulator portion, an inner braided shield portion configured to encircle the inner conductive foil layer portion, an outer braided shield portion configured to encircle the inner braided shield portion, an outer conductive foil portion configured to encircle the outer braided shield portion, and a jacket portion configured to encircle the outer conductive foil portion. |
| US11417441B2 |
Method of interconnecting nanowires, nanowire network and transparent conductive electrode
According to embodiments of the present invention, a method of interconnecting nanowires is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nanowires, providing a plurality of nanoparticles, and fusing the plurality of nanoparticles to the plurality of nanowires to interconnect the plurality of nanowires to each other via the plurality of nanoparticles. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a nanowire network and a transparent conductive electrode are also provided. |
| US11417440B2 |
Radiographic imaging apparatus and method of manufacturing radiographic imaging apparatus
A sensor substrate is provided with a plurality of pixels for accumulating electrical charges generated depending on light converted from radiation in a pixel region of a flexible base material. A circuit unit includes at least one of a driving substrate, a signal processing substrate, or a control substrate and is electrically connected to the sensor substrate. A fixing plate fixes the circuit unit. A conversion layer is provided on a first surface opposite to a second surface of the fixing plate on which the circuit unit is fixed, is provided in a state where the second surface opposite to the fixing plate side faces the first surface of the base material on which the pixels are provided, and converts radiation into light. A housing houses the sensor substrate, the circuit unit, the fixing plate, and the conversion layer. |
| US11417434B2 |
Pulsed merging compression in a spherical tokamak reactor
A method of operating a nuclear fusion device. The nuclear fusion device comprises a toroidal plasma chamber and has poloidal field coils configured to form a plasma within the plasma chamber by one of merging compression and double null merging. A varying current is provided to the poloidal field coils. The varying current comprises a plurality of pulses. Each pulse comprises a plasma formation period having a rate of change of current which is opposite in sign to the current; and a merging period following the plasma formation period and having a current sufficiently low in magnitude as to allow plasmas within the chamber to merge into a single plasma. The current during the plasma formation period is varied such that the energy density of the single plasma immediately after merging is sufficient for fusion to occur. |
| US11417429B2 |
System and method for providing wellness recommendation
In one embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a method for providing a recommended wellness behavior. User data is received for different wellness components, the user data including data related to physical health, finances, and psychology. A user's wellness is assessed by, for each wellness component, determining a difference between the current user score and a relevant demographic standard, and determining a predicted future score based thereon. A recommended behavior is determined based on an identification of the wellness components having greatest differences between the predicted future score and the demographic standard. An indicator of the recommended behavior is then output to the user. |
| US11417426B2 |
System for displaying medical monitoring data
A patient monitoring hub can communicate bidirectionally with external devices such as a board-in-cable or a dongle. Medical data can be communicated from the patient monitoring hub to the external devices to cause the external devices to initiate actions. For example, an external device can perform calculations based on data received from the patient monitoring hub, or take other actions (for example, creating a new patient profile, resetting baseline values for algorithms, calibrating algorithms, etc.). The external device can also communicate display characteristics associated with its data to the monitoring hub. The monitoring hub can calculate a set of options for combined layouts corresponding to different external devices or parameters. A display option may be selected for arranging a display screen estate on the monitoring hub. |
| US11417425B2 |
System and method for management of diabetic foot care patients
The present arrangement provides a system for managing diabetic foot care patients that include a communication interface for transmitting diagnostic forms to a doctor device and receiving input from the doctor device. A processor manages the transmissions and received input and a database storing the diagnostic forms and the received input, as well as pre-stored risk assessment guidelines. The system is configured to transmit the diagnostic forms to a doctor device for guiding a comprehensive foot exam, and further, to accept doctor input including at least a plurality of foot examination details and a risk pool assessment. The system compares at least a plurality of foot examination details against the pre-stored risk assessment guidelines and confirms or reject the risk pool assessment input by the doctor if the risk pool assessment is or is not congruent with requirements contained in the pre-stored risk assessment guidelines. |
| US11417419B1 |
Facilitating access to patient medical information
A method includes displaying a window of a first application which includes text corresponding to a patient identifier for a first patient. The method further includes receiving input corresponding to a preconfigured input sequence associated with an electronic health records (EHR) agent, and initiating, by the EHR agent in response to the preconfigured input sequence, a patient information overlay process. The patient information overlay process includes sending a copy command to copy first text from the window of the first application to the clipboard, accessing the first text, searching the accessed first text for an identification of a patient, determining that the patient identifier represents an identification of a patient, accessing patient information for the first patient based on the patient identifier, and displaying an overlay interface overlaid over the window proximate a cursor, the overlay interface including accessed patient information for the first patient. |
| US11417415B2 |
Molecular representation
Production rules that represent molecule structures are generated by generating a hypergraph from each of a plurality of molecule structures, performing a tree decomposition of each hypergraph to obtain a syntax tree corresponding to the hypergraph, and extracting a set of production rules for producing each hypergraph, by using connections of nodes in the corresponding tree decomposition. |
| US11417412B1 |
Cell trace circuit for measuring I-V property of memory cell
A cell trace circuit includes a memory cell, a voltage generator and a measuring circuit. The memory cell has a resistor and a memory layer coupled in series to have a top electrode, a middle electrode and a bottom electrode, wherein the resistor and the memory layer are coupled at the middle electrode. The voltage generator provides a test bias to the memory cell ranging from a negative voltage to a positive voltage in a reset path or ranging from the positive voltage to the negative voltage in a set path. The measuring circuit is to determine a current (I) and a voltage (V) crossing the memory layer by the test bias. |
| US11417411B2 |
Systems and methods for power savings in row repaired memory
A memory device includes a memory bank that includes a first set of memory rows in a first section of the memory bank, a first set of redundant rows in a first section of the memory bank, a second set of memory rows in a second section of the memory bank, and a second set of redundant rows in the second section of the memory bank. The memory bank also includes a repeater blocker circuit that when in operation selectively blocks a signal from transmission to the second section of the memory bank and blocker control circuitry that when in operation transmits a control signal to control the selective blocking of the signal by the repeater blocker circuit. |
| US11417408B2 |
Semiconductor device including defect detection circuit and method of detecting defects in the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a peripheral region surrounding, a defect detection circuit in the peripheral region, the defect detection circuit arranged in an open conduction loop, the defect detection circuit comprising a plurality of latch circuits and a plurality of defect detection conduction paths, each defect detection conduction path of the plurality of defect detection conduction paths connecting two adjacent latch circuits of the plurality of latch circuits, and a test control circuitry configured to perform (a) a test write operation by transferring bits of an input data pattern in a forward direction of the open conduction loop to cause the plurality of latch circuits to store the bits of the input data pattern in the plurality of latch circuits, and (b) a test read operation by transferring bits stored in the plurality of latch circuits in a backward direction of the open conduction loop. |
| US11417407B1 |
Structures and methods of identifying unprogrammed bits for one-time-programmable-memory (OTPM)
The present disclosure relates to integrated circuits, and more particularly, to a method for identifying unprogrammed bits for one-time-programmable memory (OTPM) and a corresponding structure. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a structure including: a read circuit configured to perform at least one read operation at an address for a twin-cell one-time-programmable-memory (OTPM); and a comparison circuit configured to identify whether at least one bit of the address for the twin-cell OTPM has been programmed based on the at least one read operation. |
| US11417406B2 |
Reducing program verifies for multi-level NAND cells
Over time, the number of write cycles required to successfully program a multi-level cell (MLC) is reduced. Since a hard-coded value does not change over the lifetime of the device, the device may perform too many verify steps at one stage of the device lifetime and wait too long to begin verification at another stage of the device lifetime, reducing performance of the device. As discussed herein, verification for higher voltage level programming is delayed until verification for lower voltage level programming reaches at least a threshold level of success instead of using a hard-coded number of verify steps to skip. As a result, the performance drawbacks associated with skipping a hard-coded number of verify cycles may not occur. |
| US11417405B2 |
Scan optimization from stacking multiple reliability specifications
A variety of applications can include systems and/or methods of optimizing results from scanning a memory device, where the memory device has stacked multiple reliability specifications. Information about a block of multiple blocks of a memory device can be logged, where the information is associated with a combination of reliability specifications. A refresh of the block can be triggered based on exceeding a threshold condition for the combination of reliability specifications. |
| US11417404B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell unit which includes memory cell arrays including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit which performs voltage transmission control including a write operation, a read operation, and an erasing operation with respect to the memory cell unit; and signal lines which connect the peripheral circuit to the memory cell unit, and at least a portion of the signal lines is formed in a non-facing region, the non-facing region being a region where the memory cell unit does not face the peripheral circuit, the non-facing region being in a peripheral region formed around a periphery of the memory cell arrays of the memory cell unit. |
| US11417403B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device capable of automatically transitioning from a standby mode to a deep power down (DPD) mode is provided. The semiconductor device includes: internal circuits capable of operating in response to an input signal from an input/output circuit; and a controller capable of controlling operations of the internal circuits. The internal circuit supporting the DPD mode includes: a measurement part, measuring a time since a time point of the semiconductor device entering the standby mode; a transition time detection part, detecting a case where a measurement time of the measurement part has reached a certain time; and a DPD signal generation part, generating a power down enable signal for further reducing power consumption in the standby mode when a transition time is detected. |
| US11417402B2 |
Storage device and operating method thereof
A storage device having an improved operation speed includes memory blocks and a sudden power-off manager. The memory blocks connected to word lines as part of a super block. The sudden power-off manager in communication with the memory blocks and configured to, in response to a sudden power off, 1) select reference word lines among the word lines to group the word lines into word line zones defined using the reference word lines, 2) perform read operations on pages connected to the reference word lines to determine states of the pages connected to the reference word lines, 3) select a first erase page search zone among the word line zones based on results of the read operations, and 4) determine a first erase page located at a boundary between a program page and an erase page in the first erase page search zone. |
| US11417401B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line, a first memory cell electrically connected to the bit line, and a sense amplifier connected to the bit lin. The sense amplifier includes a first capacitor element having an electrode that is connected to a first node electrically connectable to the bit line, a first transistor having a gate connected to the first node and a first end connectable to a second node, a second transistor having a first end connected to the second node and a second end connected to a third node, a second capacitor element having an electrode connected to the third node, and a latch circuit connected to the second node. |
| US11417398B2 |
Memory cells for storing operational data
Methods, systems, and devices for memory cells for storing operational data are described. A memory device may include an array of memory cells with different sets of cells for storing data. A first set of memory cells may store data for operating the memory device, and the associated memory cells may each contain a chalcogenide storage element. A second set of memory cells may store host data. Some memory cells included in the first set may be programmed to store a first logic state and other memory cells in the first set may be left unprogrammed (and may represent a second logic state). Sense circuitry may be coupled with the array and may determine a value of data stored by the first set of memory cells. |
| US11417396B2 |
Sequential voltage ramp-down of access lines of non-volatile memory device
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of operating the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a memory cell string having first, second, third, fourth, and fifth memory cells; access lines including first, second, third, fourth, and fifth access lines coupled to the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth memory cells, respectively, and a module. The first memory cell is between the second and third memory cells. The second memory cell is between the first and fourth memory cells. The third memory cell is between the first and fifth memory cells. The module is to couple the first access line to a ground node at a first time of a memory operation, couple the second and third access lines to the ground node at a second time of the operation after the first time, and couple the fourth and fifth access lines to the ground node at a third time of the operation after the second time. |
| US11417395B2 |
Phase change memory system, phase change memory device, and phase change memory device refresh method
A phase change memory system comprises a phase change memory device which includes a plurality of memory units including a plurality of memory cells in units of at least one or more codewords and a phase change memory controller which performs a chip refresh operation for refreshing the entire phase change memory device, wherein the phase change memory device includes a setting circuitry which determines one of the plurality of memory units in a desired manner, a refresh controller which refreshes the decided memory unit, a sensing circuitry which senses data of at least one or more codewords included in the refreshed memory unit, and a request circuitry which requests a host for the chip refresh operation on the basis of a result of the sensing operation. |
| US11417388B2 |
Processing of unassigned row address in a memory
Semiconductor devices that include circuitry to mitigate unstable or metastable states in logic circuits in response to receipt of an unassigned row address. The semiconductor device may include one or more logic circuits that are configured to adjust particular address-based control signals to mitigate processing based on the unassigned row address. For example, the one or more logic circuits may override processing of the unassigned row address to provide control signals that correspond to an assigned row address, which may allow the semiconductor device to operate in a known state, rather than performing operations based on an unassigned row address. |
| US11417385B1 |
Semiconductor memory apparatus
A semiconductor memory apparatus is provided. The semiconductor memory apparatus includes a temperature sensor, a plurality of memory blocks and a refresh controller. The temperature sensor detects a device temperature inside the semiconductor memory apparatus to generate a corresponding temperature signal. Each of the memory blocks includes a memory cell array having a plurality of volatile memory cells, and a plurality of word lines. The refresh controller monitors accesses to the word lines, detects accesses that occur a predetermined number of times within a predetermined period, and assigns a refresh operation corresponding to the refresh operation command to a first refresh operation or a second refresh operation. |
| US11417371B2 |
First order memory-less dynamic element matching technique
A quantizer generates a thermometer coded signal from an analog voltage signal. Data weighted averaging (DWA) of the thermometer coded signal is accomplished by controlling the operation of a crossbar switch controlled by a switch control signal to generate an output DWA signal. The output DWA signal is latched to generate a latched output DWA signal which is processed along with bits of the thermometer coded input signal in feedback loop to generate the switch control signal. The latching of the output DWA signal is performed in an input register of a digital-to-analog converter which operates to convert the latched output DWA signal to a feedback analog voltage from which the analog voltage signal is generated. The switch control signal specifies a bit location for a beginning logic transition of the output DWA signal cycle based on detection of an ending logic transition of the latched DWA signal. |
| US11417369B2 |
Semiconductor device structure with an underground interconnection embedded into a silicon substrate
A semiconductor device structure includes a silicon substrate, a transistor, and an interconnection. The silicon substrate has a silicon surface. The transistor includes a gate structure, a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a channel under the silicon surface. The interconnection is extended beyond the transistor and coupled to the first conductive region of the transistor. The interconnection is disposed under the silicon surface and isolated from the silicon substrate by an isolation region. |
| US11417367B2 |
Systems and methods for reviewing video content
Systems and methods provide techniques for reviewing content, such as reviewing video on a mobile device. A computing device with a touch screen interface, e.g., a tablet computer, executes a reviewing tool, e.g., a computer program, that causes the device to display video content and information about the video content. The tool provides an interface for selecting video, images, and information, for review and for annotation. The tool uses remote and/or local data to display video, images, and information for review. |
| US11417365B1 |
Methods, systems and apparatuses for multi-directional still pictures and/or multi-directional motion pictures
The disclosure is generally directed to methods, systems and apparatuses for multi-directional still pictures and/or multi-directional motion pictures and their applications on mobile, embedded, and other computing devices and applications. |
| US11417364B2 |
System and method for performing a rewind operation with a mobile image capture device
A mobile image capture device is provided that can include an image capture system operable to capture image frames and be configured to: provide a live video stream for display in a viewfinder portion of a user interface that depicts at least a portion of a current field of view of the image capture system; store a video segment from the live video stream in a temporary image buffer that includes a plurality of image frames captured by the image capture system; receive a user input that is directed to the viewfinder portion of the user interface that requests a rewind operation; and, in response to such user input, perform the rewind operation in the viewfinder portion of the user interface with respect to the video segment in which at least two of the image frames of the video segment can be provided for display in the user interface in a reverse chronological order. |
| US11417360B1 |
Tape support system with a load-unload mechanism
The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic recording device having a magnetic recording media guide support system with a load-unload mechanism. The magnetic recording media guide is positioned between the magnetic head assembly and at least one guide roller, and moves a magnetic recording media surface closer to and further from the magnetic head assembly. The magnetic recording media guide is movable in a direction perpendicular to a direction that the magnetic recording media moves past the magnetic head assembly. The magnetic recording media guide is stationary in relation to the magnetic recording media when the magnetic recording media moves past the magnetic head assembly while a magnetic head is positioned to read data from or write data to the magnetic recording media. Additionally, the magnetic recording media guide can planarize the magnetic recording media surface on the magnetic head. |
| US11417357B2 |
Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape apparatus
The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer has a servo pattern, and an absolute value ΔN of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured regarding an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured regarding a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape. |
| US11417355B2 |
Magnetic recording device including magnetic head which includes a stacked body with controlled electrical resistance
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a stacked body provided between the first and second magnetic poles. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic pole and the first magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, a second nonmagnetic layer provided between the second and first magnetic layers, and a third nonmagnetic layer provided between the third and second magnetic layers. The third magnetic layer includes first and second elements. The first and second magnetic layers do not include the second element. Or concentrations of the second element in the first and second magnetic layers are less than in the third magnetic layer. |
| US11417354B2 |
Method and device for voice activity detection
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decision is then created. |
| US11417353B2 |
Method for detecting audio signal and apparatus
A method for detecting an audio signal and an apparatus, where the method includes determining a segmental signal-to-noise ratio (SSNR) of an audio signal in response to the audio signal being an unvoiced signal, reducing a reference voice activity detection (VAD) decision threshold to obtain a reduced VAD decision threshold, and comparing the SSNR with the reduced VAD decision threshold to determine whether the audio signal is an active signal. |
| US11417350B2 |
Decoding audio bitstreams with enhanced spectral band replication metadata in at least one fill element
Embodiments relate to an audio processing unit that includes a bitstream payload deformatter and a decoding subsystem. The decoding subsystem is coupled to the bitstream payload deformatter and configured to decode at least a portion of a block of an encoded audio bitstream. The block includes a fill element with an identifier indicating a start of the fill element and fill data after the identifier. The fill data includes at least one flag identifying whether a base form of spectral band replication or an enhanced form of spectral band replication is to be performed on audio content of the block. The identifier is a three bit unsigned integer transmitted most significant bit first and having a value of 0x6. |
| US11417347B2 |
Binaural room impulse response for spatial audio reproduction
A binaural room impulse response (BRIR) can be generated based on a position of a listener's head, and a plurality of head related impulse responses (HRIRs). Each of the plurality of HRIRs are selected for a respective one of a plurality of acoustic reflections which, when taken together, approximate reverberation of a room. Each of the acoustic reflections have a direction and a delay. The BRIR filter is applied to source audio to generate binaural audio output. |
| US11417344B2 |
Information processing method, information processing device, and recording medium for determining registered speakers as target speakers in speaker recognition
The information processing method in the present disclosure is performed as below. At least one speech segment is detected from speech input to a speech input unit. A first feature quantity is extracted from each speech segment detected, the first feature quantity identifying a speaker whose voice is contained in the speech segment. The first feature quantity extracted is compared with each of second feature quantities stored in storage and identifying the respective voices of registered speakers who are target speakers in speaker recognition. The comparison is performed for each of consecutive speech segments, and under a predetermined condition, among the second feature quantities stored in the storage, at least one second feature quantity whose similarity with the first feature quantity is less than or equal to a threshold is deleted, thereby removing the at least one registered speaker identified by the at least one second feature quantity. |
| US11417342B2 |
Synthesizing patient-specific speech models
An apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the communication interface, a plurality of speech samples {um0}, m=1 . . . M, which were uttered by a subject while in a first state with respect to a disease, and using {um0} and at least one reference discriminator, which is not specific to the subject, synthesize a subject-specific discriminator, which is specific to the subject and is configured to generate, in response to one or more test utterances uttered by the subject, an output indicating a likelihood that the subject is in a second state with respect to the disease. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11417341B2 |
Method and system for processing comment information
Techniques for processing comment information are disclosed herein. The disclosed techniques include collecting first voice information from a user in response to receiving a request for inputting voice information while the user is watching a video comprising a plurality of segments; obtaining a timestamp corresponding to a segment among the plurality of segments of the video; processing the first voice information and obtaining second voice information; and generating bullet screen information based at least in part on the timestamp and the second voice information. |
| US11417337B1 |
Initiating conversation monitoring system action based on conversational content
Techniques for initiating system actions based on conversational content are disclosed. A system identifies a first conversational moment type. The first conversational moment type is defined by a first set of one or more conversational conditions. The system receives a user-selected action to be performed by the system in response to detecting conversational moments of the first conversational moment type. The system stores the user-selected action in association with the first conversational moment type. The system performs the user-selected action in response to detecting the conversational moments of the first conversational moment type. |
| US11417332B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatuses for providing a human-machine interface and assistant for financial trading
The present disclosure is directed towards methods, systems and apparatuses for providing a human-machine interface and assistant that are particularly useful for financial trading and in researching trading opportunities in marketplaces that are otherwise difficult to research while taking into account a broad context of the query including past queries and specific preferences or restrictions of the user issuing the query. The present disclosure provides tools for interpreting voice queries and iteratively improving, through direct and inferred corrections, the translation and execution of queries for information and trading opportunities. |
| US11417330B2 |
Determining conversation analysis indicators for a multiparty conversation
Technology is provided for conversation analysis. The technology includes, receiving multiple utterance representations, where each utterance representation represents a portion of a conversation performed by at least two users, and each utterance representation is associated with video data, acoustic data, and text data. The technology further includes generating a first utterance output by applying video data, acoustic data, and text data of the first utterance representation to a respective video processing part of the machine learning system to generate video, text, and acoustic-based outputs. A second utterance output is further generated for a second user. Conversation analysis indicators are generated by applying, to a sequential machine learning system the combined speaker features and a previous state of the sequential machine learning system. |
| US11417328B1 |
Autonomously motile device with speech commands
An autonomously motile device may be controlled by speech received by a user device. A first speech-processing system associated with the user device may determine that audio data includes a representation of a command; a second speech-processing system associated with the autonomously motile device may determine that the command should be executed by the autonomously motile device. A network connection is established between the user device and the autonomously motile device, and a device manager authorizes execution of the command. |
| US11417320B2 |
Scalable multi-service virtual assistant platform using machine learning
The present invention is a masterbot architecture in a scalable multi-service virtual assistant platform that can construct a fluid and dynamic dialogue by assembling responses to end user utterances from two kinds of agents, information agents and action agents. A plurality of information agents obtain at least one information value from a parsed user input and/or contextual data. A plurality of action agents perform one or more actions in response to the parsed user input, the contextual data, and/or the information value. A masterbot arbitrates an activation of the plurality of information agents and the plurality of action agents. The masterbot comprises access to a machine-learning module to select an appropriate action agent, where one or more information agents are activated based on the selected appropriate action agent. |
| US11417319B2 |
Dialogue system, dialogue method, and storage medium
According to one embodiment, a dialogue system includes a setting apparatus and a processing apparatus. The setting apparatus sets in advance a plurality of words that are in impossible combination relationships to each other. The processing apparatus acquires speech of a user, and when a speech recognition result of an object included in the speech includes a word combination included in the plurality of words that are in impossible combination relationships to each other, output a notification to the user that processing of the object cannot be carried out. |
| US11417318B2 |
Computationally reacting to a multiparty conversation
Technology is provided for causing a computing system to extract conversation features from a multiparty conversation (e.g., between a coach and mentee), apply the conversation features to a machine learning system to generate conversation analysis indicators, and apply a mapping of conversation analysis indicators to actions and inferences to determine actions to take or inferences to make for the multiparty conversation. In various implementations, the actions and inferences can include determining scores for the multiparty conversation such as a score for progress toward a coaching goal, instant scores for various points throughout the conversation, conversation impact score, ownership scores, etc. These scores can be, e.g., surfaced in various user interfaces along with context and benchmark indicators, used to select resources for the coach or mentee, used to update coach/mentee matchings, used to provide real-time alerts to signify how the conversation is going, etc. |
| US11417316B2 |
Speech synthesis method and apparatus and computer readable storage medium using the same
The present disclosure provides a speech synthesis method as well as an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium using the same. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-synthesized text, and extracting to-be-processed Mel spectrum features of the to-be-synthesized text through a preset speech feature extraction algorithm; inputting the to-be-processed Mel spectrum features into a preset ResUnet network model to obtain first intermediate features; performing an average pooling and a first down sampling on the to-be-processed Mel spectrum features to obtain second intermediate features; taking the second intermediate features and the first intermediate features output by the ResUnet network model as an input to perform a deconvolution and a first up sampling so as to obtain target Mel spectrum features corresponding to the to-be-processed Mel spectrum features; and converting the target Mel spectrum features into a target speech corresponding to the to-be-synthesized text. |
| US11417315B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method and computer-readable storage medium
An information processing apparatus and an information processing method as well as a computer readable storage medium are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processing circuitry configured to: select, from a sound, sound elements which are related to scene features during making of the sound; establish a correspondence relationship including a first correspondence relationship between the scene features and the sound elements and between the respective sound elements, and store the scene features and the sound elements as well as the correspondence relationship in association in a correspondence relationship library; and generate, based on a reproduction scene feature and the correspondence relationship library, a sound to be reproduced. |
| US11417314B2 |
Speech synthesis method, speech synthesis device, and electronic apparatus
A speech synthesis method, a speech synthesis device, and an electronic apparatus are provided, which relate to a field of speech synthesis. Specific implementation solution is the following: inputting text information into an encoder of an acoustic model, to output a text feature of a current time step; splicing the text feature of the current time step with a spectral feature of a previous time step to obtain a spliced feature of the current time step, and inputting the spliced feature of the current time step into an decoder of the acoustic model to obtain a spectral feature of the current time step; and inputting the spectral feature of the current time step into a neural network vocoder, to output speech. |
| US11417312B2 |
Keyboard instrument and method performed by computer of keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument includes at least one processor that determines a first pattern of intonation to be applied to a first time segment of a voice data on the basis of a first user operation on a first operation element, causes a first singing voice for the first time segment to be digitally synthesized from the first segment data in accordance with the determined first pattern of intonation, determines a second pattern of intonation to be applied to the second time segment of the voice data on the basis of a second user operation on a second operation element, and causes a second singing voice for the second time segment to be digitally synthesized from the second segment data in accordance with the determined second pattern of intonation. |
| US11417303B2 |
Musical sound data reproduction device and musical sound data reproduction method
In a performance operator group, a partial region including at least one first performance operator and at least one second performance operator is set as a first key region. An allocator allocates musical sound data to the first key region. An operation detector detects an operation using each of the plurality of first and second performance operators of the performance operator group. A reproduction controller carries out first control relating to a reproduction method of the allocated musical sound data in response to detection of an operation using one of the first and second performance operators in the first key region, and carries out second control relating to the reproduction method of the allocated musical sound data and being different from the first control in response to detection of an operation using another one of the first and second performance operators in the first key region. |
| US11417301B2 |
Pedal board and system
The embodiments described herein relates to the field of musical instrumentation and associated equipment. More specifically, the embodiments pertain to a pedal board and system that manages equipment associated with electric guitars as well as other musical instruments, namely foot-controlled and floor-located devices, such as special effect devices and foot pedals. The pedal board of the embodiments provides external viewability of the equipment and can include an illuminated display assembly. |
| US11417297B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus includes a display, a communicator configured to communicate with a server, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the communicator to transmit graphic data to be displayed on the display to the server, control the communicator to receive from the server video data into which the graphic data is converted, and process and display the received video data on the display. |
| US11417287B2 |
Display apparatus and light apparatus thereof
A display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a light apparatus on which the liquid crystal panel is disposed, the light apparatus including: a substrate; a plurality of dimming blocks including a first dimming block and a second dimming block disposed immediately next to the first dimming block, each of the plurality of dimming blocks including at least one respective light source disposed on a first side of the substrate; and a plurality of driving devices disposed on the first side of the substrate and including a first driving device disposed in the first dimming block and a second driving device disposed in the second dimming block, each driving device of the plurality of driving devices being configured to provide a driving current to the at least one respective light source included in a respective one of the plurality of dimming blocks, wherein the first driving device and the second driving device are disposed at relatively different positions respectively within the first dimming block and the second dimming block. |
| US11417279B2 |
Pixel structure and driving method thereof, and display device
The present invention provides a pixel structure and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel structure includes a switch unit, a driving unit, a plurality of thin film transistors, and at least one capacitor. In a driving process, control signals are provided by a same global control signal for realizing simultaneous control of the plurality of thin film transistors within a frame of time, thereby achieving synchronous light emission of a pixel structure circuit, and improving consistency and display quality of display images of larger-size display panels. |
| US11417274B2 |
Display device
A display device according to the disclosure includes a display unit including a plurality of electro-optical elements as display elements, luminance and transmittance of which are controlled by a current, a luminance measurement unit configured to measure luminance of the display elements of the display unit in a blocked state, and a correction value arithmetic operation unit configured to compensate a data signal provided to each of pixels of the display elements on the basis of a measurement result obtained by the luminance measurement unit. This enables accurate compensation in units of pixels. |
| US11417265B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display including scan lines, data lines, light emission control lines, and pixels connected thereto, a scan driver configured to sequentially provide scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the data lines, a light emitting driver configured to provide light emission control signals to the light emission control lines based on a light emission clock signal having pulses, and a timing controller configured to provide the light emission clock signal to the light emitting driver, to output the pulses of the light emission clock signal during a frame in a first mode, to mask at least one pulse of the pulses during a first period of the frame in a second mode, and to output at least another pulse of the pulses during a second period after the first period. |
| US11417264B2 |
Scan driver
A scan driver stage including: a first transistor including a gate connected to a first clock, a first electrode connected to a carry terminal, and a second electrode connected to a first node; a second transistor including a gate connected to a second clock, a first electrode connected to a carry terminal, and a second electrode connected to the first node; a third transistor including a gate connected to the first node and a first electrode connected to a second node; a fourth transistor including a gate connected to the second clock, a first electrode connected to power, and a second electrode connected to the second node; a fifth transistor including a gate connected to the first clock, a first electrode connected to power, and a second electrode connected to the second node; and an output outputting first and second scan signals based on first and second node voltages. |
| US11417259B2 |
Driving method of display device and driving device
Disclosed are a driving method of a display device and a driving device is described. The driving method of a display panel includes that in response to determining that the display device enters a low power consumption state, controlling a light intensity detection component to detect in real time whether the display device is in a strong light environment; in a case where the display device is in the strong light environment, controlling a driver chip to adjust a picture refresh frequency to a first frequency; in a case where the display device is not in the strong light environment, determining a current gray scale of the display device according to a latest user setting instruction, determining an optimal refresh frequency according to the current gray scale and a corresponding relationship between a preset gray scale and the optimal refresh frequency. |
| US11417257B2 |
Display device
The present disclosure relates to display devices, and more specifically, to a display device with a sensor circuit capable of sensing the presence or absence of an abnormality in a signal line located in a bending area. Through these, a display device is provided that enables an accurate check to be performed for the presence or absence of an abnormality, such as a crack, or the like in signal lines located in the bending area, and thus, has a normal bending structure without defects. |
| US11417255B2 |
Driving circuit for display panel and display device
The present invention discloses a driving circuit for a display panel and a display device. The driving circuit includes a driving circuit board configured to carry a driving circuit, and first pads located on the driving circuit. The first pads are connected through a detachable connector. |
| US11417250B2 |
Systems and methods of reducing hysteresis for display component control and improving parameter extraction
A method of adjusting a test gray voltages applied to a component of an electronic display during a test frame between image frames, wherein the adjustment is based at least in part on the control signal to the component during a prior image frame. The method may reduce hysteresis effects on the extraction of sensed currents of the component during the test frame, which may increase the accuracy and/or consistency of determined parameters evaluated from the sensed currents. The determined parameters may include temperature and/or aging of the component. The determined parameters may be used to adjust control signals for the component and other components in a region near the component during the next image frame. |
| US11417243B2 |
Pop-up with lock mechanism
A pop-up structure with a lock mechanism that functions to retain the pop-up structure in an unfolded or fully erect configuration. The lock mechanism contains a base panel, main panel, locking tab and one or more stopper mechanisms. The lock mechanism interacts with the pop-up structure and is mainly contained within a cavity of the pop-up structure. The lock mechanism can be accessed through an opening in a base. Users may move a lock tab clockwise to retain the pop-up structure in an open position and then move the lock tab counterclockwise to close the pop-up structure. |
| US11417240B2 |
Training device for simulating a vascular bed through which flow passes, and associated method
A training device and an associated method for simulating a static, dynamic, statically contrasted, and/or dynamically contrasted fluid motion within a three-dimensional (3D) vascular bed. |
| US11417237B2 |
Rotatable language demonstration device
A rotatable language demonstration device is an apparatus that is used to teach languages easily and efficiently in a dynamic and engaging manner to accommodate different learning styles of the students. The apparatus may include at least one demonstration mechanism, a plurality of display tiles, and an elongated frame. The at least one demonstration mechanism provides multiple surfaces for the user to write on without having to erase and rewrite the already written content. The plurality of display tiles enables the quick editing of the written content on the at least one demonstration mechanism. The elongated frame supports the at least one demonstration mechanism in an upright orientation so that the writable surfaces of the at least one demonstration mechanism are easily reachable by the user. The at least one demonstration mechanism includes a plurality of turnable wheels that enables the easy rearrangement of the writable surfaces. |
| US11417234B2 |
Interactive multisensory learning process and tutorial device
Disclosed is a computer-based multisensory tutorial that collects vocal data and tactile input data from a user related to a target presented by a GUI, the target comprising a phoneme, grapheme, letter, word; determines if the collected data exceeds or fails to meet a threshold value associated with the target; and provides a correction prompt visible or audible to a user if the input does not meet the threshold. A typical user of the tutorial may be a student (child or adult) in an educational setting, but use is not intended to be limited thereto. The multisensory tutorial may be configured for a plurality of languages. A multisensory tutorial configured device comprises one or more tutorial software modules, a GUI lesson screen, and a plurality of integrated lessons based on an Ortin-Gillingham plus program (for example one chosen between lessons 20 and 50), but is not limited thereto. |
| US11417232B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program for operating machine-learning framework
Disclosed is a method of providing user-customized learning content. The method includes: a step a of configuring a question database including one or more multiple-choice questions having one or more choice items and collecting choice item selection data of a user for the questions; a step b of calculating a modeling vector for the user based on the choice item data and generating modeling vectors for the questions according to each choice item; and a step c of calculating choice item selection probabilities of the user based on the modeling vectors of the user and the modeling vectors of the questions. |
| US11417229B2 |
Methods of coordinating remote user engagement and instructional demonstrations
A method for coordinating remote user engagement and instructional demonstrations may include transmitting an instructor video signal from the instructor device, receiving a communication request from the remote audience device, assigning the remote audience device a queue position for a communication queue according to the received communication request, and indexing one or more audience devices automatically into an active speaker role according to the communication queue. The method may further provide for directing display of a countdown or restricting audio from other devices. |
| US11417227B2 |
Aircraft detect and avoid gauge
A method of generating an aircraft display includes receiving data at a device. The data includes information associated with a first aircraft and one or more other aircraft in an airspace associated with the first aircraft. The method includes determining, at the device, estimated flightpaths for the first aircraft and the one or more other aircraft. The method includes generating, at the device, a detect and avoid gauge display based on a current flightpath of the first aircraft and the estimated flightpaths. The method also includes sending, from the device to a display device coupled to the device, the detect and avoid gauge for display. The detect and avoid gauge is configured to display a flightpath indicator to indicate a direction of travel of the first aircraft and is configured to display alert bands related to projected separation violations with respect to the one or more other aircraft. |
| US11417224B1 |
System and method for pilot assistance in an electric aircraft
A system and method for pilot assists of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The system generally includes a pilot control and a flight controller. The pilot control is attached to the eVTOL aircraft. The pilot control is configured to transmit an input relating to the flight path of the aircraft. The flight controller is communicatively connected to the pilot control. The flight controller is configured to receive the input relating to the flight path, generate an output of a recommended flight maneuver as a function of the input, and display the recommended flight maneuver. |
| US11417222B2 |
System and method for enhancing operator situational awareness of traffic diversion patterns and adapting thereto
A system and methods for enhancing operator situational awareness are disclosed. For example, one method includes monitoring a plurality of radio transmissions associated with a plurality of vehicles in a first traffic flow pattern, monitoring a second traffic flow pattern in a vicinity of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, monitoring at least one weather value for a destination site for the plurality of vehicles, proposing a destination approach for the vehicle in response to the monitoring, evaluating an impact of the proposed destination approach on an existing travel path for the vehicle, and generating a second travel path for the vehicle in response to the evaluating. |
| US11417217B2 |
System, method, infrastructure, and vehicle for automated valet parking
A system, method, infrastructure, and vehicle for performing automated valet parking enable an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move to and park at an empty parking space by communicating with a parking infrastructure. The system, method, infrastructure, and vehicle enable an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move from a parking space to a pickup zone by communicating with a parking infrastructure. |
| US11417206B2 |
Switching an operation mode based on the speed of user equipment
User equipment comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate data with infrastructure equipment and controller circuitry configured to: operate in a first mode using a first communication protocol and operate in a second mode using a second communication protocol, wherein the first communication protocol has a higher bandwidth than the second communication protocol; and switch operation from the second mode to the first mode when the user equipment is at or below a threshold speed. |
| US11417205B1 |
Method and system for rapid graduated motor vehicle detection
Methods and systems for a graduated process of increasing bandwidth and increasing complexity to identify and confirm a location of a target vehicle based on information received from motor vehicles are described. In one embodiment, a method for detection of a target vehicle includes requesting, from one or more remote devices in a geographic area, information associated with a target vehicle. The method also includes receiving, from the one or more remote devices, information associated with the target vehicle. The method further includes determining whether the received information associated with the target vehicle matches the requested information. Upon determining that the received information matches the requested information, the method includes increasing at least one of a bandwidth or a complexity level of the requested information associated with the target vehicle and decreasing the geographic area associated with the request. |
| US11417204B2 |
Vehicle identification method and system
A vehicle identification method and system are provided. The method includes: identifying a first vehicle to be a second vehicle based on a first group of data and a second group of data, the first group of data representing information of the first vehicle obtained through at least one sensor, and the second group of data representing information received from the second vehicle through an inter-vehicle communication network. By the method, an identity of the first vehicle in the inter-vehicle communication network can be known, the first group of data may be used to check the accuracy of the second group of data, and the second vehicle may be still tracked even if it is out of sight of the at least one sensor. |
| US11417200B2 |
Door system with active monitoring
During operation of the door system one or more sensors may be utilized in order to monitor the operation of the door assembly (e.g., door system, door, frame, etc.), review the operating parameters, troubleshoot potential issues, schedule and monitor service requests, review and take actions for potential security threats, and/or the like. Consequently, users may determine if the door system operates the door in accordance with the desired operating parameters by reviewing the movement, vibration, speed, acceleration, force, or the like based on the sensor information captured and use the information to adjust the door assembly. Notifications regarding the operation of the door systems may be sent automatically and/or in response to requests from users. The users may utilize one or more applications and interfaces thereof to remotely connect to the door systems in order to review and analyze the sensor information and take the desired actions. |
| US11417197B2 |
Pest control system having event monitoring
Pest control systems and methods are described. The systems comprise a portable electronic device which is configured to identify one or more of multiple PCDs within a range of a portable electric device which have been activated, and to provide an indication to a user corresponding to at least one of the identified activated PCDs. |
| US11417194B2 |
Hand washing supporting device, method and program
A hand washing supporting device according to embodiments is a hand washing supporting device including a processor, in which the processor is configured to perform a detection process that detects, upon detecting the motion of the hand by the user for a predetermined period of time by the detection process, a motion of a hand by a user, a determination process that determines a start of hand washing by the user, and a notification process that notifies, in accordance with a determination of the start of the hand washing by the determination process, the user of a difference between time required from the start to an end of the hand washing by the user and the predetermined period of time. |
| US11417191B2 |
Impact detecting and tracking systems and methods for vehicle crash attenuator systems
An impact tracking system includes a sensor module that mounts to a fixed crash attenuator, sign, guardrail, or other roadway devices installed along a roadway. When the crash attenuator or other asset is impacted by an errant vehicle, the impact tracker, comprising a sensor system, senses and captures the impact data and sends an alert message to a remote receiver. The receiver may comprise known data receiving means, such as computers or phone systems, which may receive emails, text messages, photos, and the like in real or near real time. Received data may be analyzed, stored, and/or re-transmitted to additional receivers, which may include road authorities, such as transportation departments responsible for inspecting and repairing the impact attenuators. |
| US11417190B1 |
Foot wearing device for correcting sitting posture and method for correcting sitting posture
A foot wearing device includes a left wearing unit, configured to be worn on a left foot of a user; a right wearing unit, configured to be worn on a right foot of the user; a signal transmitting unit, arranged on one of a left side of the left wearing unit and a right side of the right wearing unit and configured to transmit signals; a signal detecting unit, arranged on the other of the left side of the left wearing unit and the right side of the right wearing unit and configured to detect signals transmitted by the signal transmitting unit; and a prompt unit, electrically connected to the signal detecting unit and configured to prompt the user if the signal detecting unit detects that there are signals transmitted by the signal transmitting unit. |
| US11417183B1 |
Cable-free gunshot detection
Techniques for cable-free indoor gunshot detection are disclosed. Acoustic information is collected within an indoor environment using a gunshot sensor device which uses cable-free communication to a network. The gunshot sensor device is powered by a battery. Infrared information from the muzzle flash of a firearm is collected using the gunshot sensor device. The infrared information is buffered within the gunshot sensor device. The gunshot sensor device is used to monitor the acoustic information and identify a high-intensity gunshot sound. The gunshot sensor device is used to match the high-intensity gunshot sound to the buffered infrared information. The matching includes making a correspondence between the gunshot sound and an infrared event that occurred in time before the gunshot sound. The gunshot sensor device is used to notify the network of a possible gunshot occurrence, based on an analysis of the high-intensity gunshot sound and the infrared event that was matched. |
| US11417181B2 |
Non-contact sensor for security systems
A security system includes a sensor configured to detect a distance to an object along a direction in an area; an alarm panel in communication with the sensor; at least one of the sensor and the alarm panel configured to determine a state of the object in response to the distance to the object along the direction. |
| US11417178B1 |
No-downtime universal utility cassette for recirculation in multiple systems
A utility device for receiving and dispensing bills is disclosed. The utility device includes a sensor structured to detect a parameter associated with the bills received by the utility device, a cleaning component structured to perform a cleaning operation on one or more of the bills, and memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a utility operation. The utility operation includes receiving quality data from the sensor. The operations also include causing the cleaning component to perform the cleaning operation on one or more of the bills based on at least the quality data. The one or more bills represent a subset of bills available in a cash-bearing cassette, which remains operational throughout the cleaning operation. The operations also include transmitting a notification to a remote computing device in response to completing the utility operation. |
| US11417171B2 |
Artificial intelligence (AI) implementations for providing game recommendations at a gaming device, and related systems, devices, and methods
Systems, devices, and methods for artificial intelligence implementation of providing game recommendations at a gaming device may include receive a plurality of first graphical interface elements of a first wagering game. An artificial-intelligence predictive model may generate a plurality of correlations between the plurality of first graphical interface elements and player data associated with a plurality of second graphical interface elements. Based on the plurality of correlations, one or more recommendation score values are generated for the plurality of first graphical interface elements, which may be used to recommend games to a player, to modify user interface elements of existing games, and/or to create new games based on the recommendation score values. |
| US11417170B2 |
System and method for centralizing funds to a primary gaming establishment account
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a primary or central gaming establishment account to accumulate funds from one or more secondary or peripheral gaming establishment accounts and escrow such funds prior to use. |
| US11417164B2 |
Bucket and vending machine
A power assembly is configured to detachably mate with the power input member of a storage column of a vending machine, to supply power for the power input member. The driving assembly is connected to the power assembly and is configured to drive the power assembly to move reciprocatively in a width direction of the vending machine. Also disclosed is a vending machine. |
| US11417154B1 |
Systems and methods for fleet management
A system for electric aircraft fleet management for at least an electric aircraft is provided. the system includes a computing device communicatively connected to at least an electric aircraft, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a plurality of measured aircraft operation datum from a sensor disposed on the at least an electric aircraft, select a training set as a function of each measured aircraft operation datum of the plurality of measured aircraft operation datum and the at least an electric aircraft, wherein each measured aircraft operation datum of the plurality of measured aircraft operation datum is correlated to an element of modeled aircraft data, and generate, using a machine-learning algorithm, an aircraft performance model output based on the plurality of measured aircraft operation datum and the selected training set, wherein generating an aircraft performance model includes generating a performance alert. |
| US11417149B2 |
Face recognition device and face recognition method
A face recognition device and a face recognition method are provided. The face recognition device includes a camera module, a processor and a memory. The camera module obtains a first image of a recognition target and obtains a second image of the recognition target. The processor analyzes whether the first image meets an image condition to determine whether the recognition target is a real face. The memory stores a face database. When the processor determines that the first image meets the image condition, the processor analyzes a plurality of facial features in the second image, and the processor compares whether the second image matches face registration data in the face database according to the facial features to determine whether the second image passes recognition. |
| US11417147B2 |
Angle interference resistant and occlusion interference resistant fast face recognition method
The present invention provides an angle interference resistant and occlusion interference resistant fast face recognition method, comprising: first collecting a training set of images which have been detected and cropped, adjusting and expanding the training set, and conducting standardized pre-processing; inputting the same into a constructed neural network for training, and saving a parametric model; adjusting test data to a suitable size and number of channels, and also conducting standardized pre-processing; inputting the same into a prediction network to obtain feature vectors of face images; and determining whether two faces are from the same person by calculating a distance between the feature vectors of the face images. |
| US11417137B2 |
Fingerprint detection module, electronic device, detection method and apparatus, and storage medium
The fingerprint detection module having at least one fingerprint identification component and an acquisition component. The fingerprint identification component includes a reset unit, a photosensitive unit, and a follower unit. The reset unit switches a voltage at an output end of the photosensitive unit to an initial voltage according to a reset signal. The photosensitive unit receives reflected light of a to-be-detected fingerprint and accumulates charges, outputs a first electrical signal according to a received pulse control signal at a first level, and outputs a second electrical signal according to a next received pulse control signal at the first level. The follower unit receives the first electrical signal and forms a first voltage, and receives the second electrical signal and forms a second voltage. Further, the acquisition component receives the first voltage and the second voltage, and acquires the fingerprint according to a difference between the second and first voltage. |
| US11417135B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can optimize information output in response to an environment in a space, the information processing apparatus including: a recognition unit that recognizes a situation in a space based on sensor data obtained by sensing the space in which a content is output; and a determination unit that determines an output scheme of the content based on a result of the recognition and an analysis result of related information of the content. |
| US11417133B2 |
Drawing management apparatus and system
A drawing management apparatus includes a receiver, a searcher, and a presenter. The receiver receives input of information concerning a specific subject and information concerning a purpose of a design change to be made to the specific subject. The searcher searches for a pair of drawings which have characteristics similar to characteristics of the specific subject and which are constituted by a drawing to which a design change has been made in accordance with the purpose and a drawing to which the design change has not yet been made, on the basis of the information concerning the specific subject and the information concerning the purpose of the design change. The presenter presents the searched pair of drawings to a user. |
| US11417132B2 |
Identification of logical starting location for screen reader
Described herein are systems and methods for determining a logical starting location to start providing (e.g., reading) content to a user. When the user navigates to a particular web page and/or email message, a screen reader can automatically read content associated with the web page and/or email message beginning at the determined logical starting location. A heuristic can be applied in order to determine the logical starting location. The heuristic can analyze information regarding user interface element(s) (e.g., property(ies) and/or attribute(s)) of the particular webpage and/or email message to find a logical location to start reading once the webpage and/or email message have loaded. |
| US11417131B2 |
Techniques for sentiment analysis of data using a convolutional neural network and a co-occurrence network
Techniques are provided for performing sentiment analysis on words in a first data set. An example embodiment includes generating a word embedding model including a first plurality of features. A value indicating sentiment for the words in the first data set can be determined using a convolutional neural network (CNN). A second plurality of features are generated based on bigrams identified in the data set. The bigrams can be generated using a co-occurrence graph. The model is updated to include the second plurality of features, and sentiment analysis can be performed on a second data set using the updated model. |
| US11417129B2 |
Object identification image device, method, and computer program product
According to one embodiment, an image analysis device includes one or more processors configured to receive input of an image; calculate feature amount information indicating a feature of a region of the image; recognize a known object from the image on the basis of the feature amount information, the known object being registered in learning data of image recognition; recognize a generalization object from the image on the basis of the feature amount information, the generalization object being generalizable from the known object; and output output information on an object identified from the image as the known object or the generalization object. |
| US11417128B2 |
Method, device, and system for adaptive training of machine learning models via detected in-field contextual incident timeline entry and associated located and retrieved digital audio and/or video imaging
Receive first context information (FCI) including entered in-field incident timeline information values from an in-field incident timeline application and a time associated with an entry of the FCI values. Access a mapping that maps in-field incident timeline information values to events having a pre-determined threshold confidence of occurring and identify an event associated with the received FCI. Determine a location associated with the entry of the FCI and a time period associated with the entry of the FCI. Access a camera location database and identify cameras that have a field of view including the location during the time period. Retrieve audio and/or video streams captured by the cameras during the time period. And provide the audio and/or video streams to machine learning training modules corresponding to machine learning models for detecting the event in and/or video streams for further training of the machine learning models. |
| US11417121B1 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for classifying digital images
The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for automatically classifying images of occupants inside a vehicle. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for automatically classifying images of occupants inside a vehicle by comparing current image feature data to previously classified image features. |
| US11417120B2 |
Vehicle which indicates passenger movability, and method for controlling the same
A vehicle includes: a camera configured to acquire position information of a passenger of the vehicle by capturing the passenger; an indicator configured to indicate whether the passenger is movable within the vehicle; and a processor. The processor may determine behavioral stability of the passenger based on the acquired position information of the passenger, determine whether the passenger is movable within the vehicle based on the determined behavioral stability and driving environment of the vehicle; and control an indication type of the indicator differently depend on whether the passenger is movable. |
| US11417118B2 |
Lane line data processing method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium
The present disclosure describes methods, device, and storage medium for obtaining lane line data of a road. The method includes obtaining and dividing, by a device, road-image data of a road into at least one segment. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method includes processing, by the device, each segment to obtain a two-dimensional grayscale image of each segment; extracting, by the device using a pre-trained deep neural network model, a lane line area and a lane line attribute in each two-dimensional grayscale image, to obtain a lane line area image of each segment; and splicing, by the device, each lane line area image based on corresponding road-image data and the lane line attribute, to obtain lane line data of the road. |
| US11417112B2 |
Object sensing apparatus
An object sensing apparatus including: an object sensor mounted at a front upper portion of a vehicle; a vertical-tilting mechanism to allow the object sensor to tilt around a horizontal axis; and a horizontal-rotating mechanism to allow the object sensor to rotate around a vertical axis. |
| US11417111B2 |
Method, system and material for detecting objects of high interest with laser scanning systems
Various embodiments include methods and scanning systems for photonically detecting an object of high-interest having selective wavelength reflection. Various embodiments include sequentially scanning the environment by projecting a coherent pulsed electromagnetic beam of light of a first wavelength. Reflected light of the first coherent beam is received onto a photoelectric detector, which outputs digital intensity data. Various embodiments further include sequentially scanning the environment by projecting a coherent pulsed electromagnetic beam of light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. Reflected light of the second coherent beam is received onto a photoelectric detector, which outputs digital intensity data. The intensity of the reflected light of the first wavelength may be compared with the intensity reflected light of the second wavelength, and an alert may be sent to an autonomous vehicle system in response to the intensity difference exceeding a threshold. |
| US11417109B1 |
Network-based vehicle event detection system
An event detection system for detecting events related to vehicles based on sensor data from the vehicles. An event detection service on a network may receive streams of sensor data from vehicles and apply machine learning techniques to train models and to analyze the data to detect vehicle-related events. Supervised and unsupervised techniques may be used to train the models and to detect known as well as anomalous events. Events may be detected based on data from one or from multiple vehicles. The system may respond to events by alerting entities and/or signaling vehicle control systems to respond to the events. Trained models may be downloaded to vehicles; the vehicle computer systems can then locally detect events. The downloaded models can be further trained on the vehicles, uploaded to the network, and integrated into the network-based models to improve the performance of the models. |
| US11417102B1 |
Anomalous path detection within cameras' fields of view
Systems and techniques are provided for anomalous path detection within cameras' fields of view. Video of the field of view of a camera in an environment may be received from the camera. A person may be detected in the video. Motion of the person in the video may be tracked to generate a motion path. Contextual data for the motion path may be received. The motion path and contextual data may be stored in a camera training data set. A camera model for the camera and the field of view may be generated by inputting the camera training data set to a machine learning system. The camera model for the camera and the field of view may be stored. |
| US11417099B1 |
System and method for digital fingerprinting of media content
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for digital fingerprinting of media content. The system does this by normalizing and pre-processing the media content into a standard format, then generating fingerprints for image, audio, and/or video aspects of the media. These fingerprints are mathematical vectors generated using one or more techniques, such as perceptual hashes coupled with machine learning. Once the fingerprints for new content is generated, the system can compare those fingerprints to fingerprints of known content to determine if the new content contains prohibited content. |
| US11417093B1 |
Image capture with context data overlay
Techniques are described for capturing an image of a document or other type of physical object, and presenting the image in a user interface (UI) with an overlay that includes context information regarding the document or other physical object in the image. An application running on a portable computing device receives an image of the document that is captured using a camera of the device. The application may perform an initial analysis to identify one or more data elements present in the document, such as certain words, phrases, paragraphs, and so forth. The data elements can be uploaded to a remote service that analyzes the data elements and returns context data which is presented as an overlay to the image of the document. The context data can then be presented in an overlay to the presented image of the physical object. |
| US11417092B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for image-responsive automated assistants
Techniques described herein enable a user to interact with an automated assistant and obtain relevant output from the automated assistant without requiring arduous typed input to be provided by the user and/or without requiring the user to provide spoken input that could cause privacy concerns (e.g., if other individuals are nearby). The assistant application can operate in multiple different image conversation modes in which the assistant application is responsive to various objects in a field of view of the camera. The image conversation modes can be suggested to the user when a particular object is detected in the field of view of the camera. When the user selects an image conversation mode, the assistant application can thereafter provide output, for presentation, that is based on the selected image conversation mode and that is based on object(s) captured by image(s) of the camera. |
| US11417087B2 |
Image processing system including iteratively biased training model probability distribution function and related methods
An image processing system may include a processor and an associated memory configured to store training data that includes training geospatial images. Each training geospatial image may include pixels. The processor may be configured to operate a training model to identify a given feature from each of the training geospatial images, and to iteratively generate a probability distribution function based upon a number of pixels corresponding to the given feature and also based upon a bias factor being reduced with each iteration. |
| US11417083B2 |
Image processing apparatus
In an image processing apparatus, an image obtaining unit obtains, from a vehicular camera, an image captured by the vehicular camera based on a predetermined imaging condition. An image processing unit executes an image-processing task of the image. A histogram generation unit generates a histogram based on the luminance values of the pixels included in the road-surface region in the image. The histogram graphically represents a frequency of each of the luminance values of the pixels included in the road-surface region in the image. A histogram determination unit determines whether the histogram has first and second separate crests. A change unit changes, upon determination that the histogram has first and second separate crests, at least one of 1. The imaging condition of the vehicular camera 2. The image-processing task to be executed by the image processing unit. |
| US11417080B2 |
Object detection apparatus, object detection method, and computer-readable recording medium
An object detection apparatus 100 is provided with: a fish-eye image acquisition unit 10 configured to acquire a time series fish-eye image; a horizontal panorama image generation unit 20 configured to, for each frame, perform conversion to a horizontal panorama image in which a vertical direction in a real space is expressed in a perpendicular direction of the frame, and an azimuth is expressed equiangularly in a horizontal direction of the frame; an edge pair extraction unit 30 configured to extract a pair of edges in the perpendicular direction from the horizontal panorama image; a change rate extraction unit 40 configured to extract a change rate of an inter-edge distance between the pair of edges; a lower end region extraction unit 50 configured to extract a region of a lower end of an object providing the pair of edges; a distance change rate extraction unit 60 configured to calculate a distance from the object to the fish-eye camera based on the position of the region of the lower end of the object in the horizontal panorama image, and extract a change rate of the distance; and an object detection unit 70 configured to determine whether or not the object exists based on the change rate of the inter-edge distance and the change rate of the distance. |
| US11417079B2 |
Viewfinder assistant for visually impaired
In an approach for guiding a visually impaired user to position a mobile device appropriately in relation to a screen so that dynamic information on the screen can be reliably extracted and conveyed to the visually impaired user, a processor receives an image captured by a camera of a mobile device. A processor performs object recognition on the image to identify a digital screen and a location of the digital screen in the image. A processor retrieves a template of the digital screen. A processor performs angle-sensitive optical character recognition (OCR) on the location of the digital screen in the image. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen can be extracted, a processor conveys the text to a user. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen cannot be extracted, a processor guides the user to re-orient the mobile device to capture a better image. |
| US11417077B2 |
Systems and methods for rapid alignment of digital imagery datasets to models of structures
Systems and methods for aligning digital image datasets to a computer model of a structure. The system receives a plurality of reference images from an input image dataset and identifies common ground control points (“GCPs”) in the reference images. The system then calculates virtual three-dimensional (“3D”) coordinates of the measured GCPs. Next, the system calculates and projects two-dimensional (“2D”) image coordinates of the virtual 3D coordinates into all of the images. Finally, using the projected 2D image coordinates, the system performs spatial resection of all of the images in order to rapidly align all of the images. |
| US11417074B2 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying objects depicted in a video using extracted video frames in combination with a reverse image search engine
Example systems disclosed herein are to process image frames with a reverse image search engine to generate corresponding search results pages, capture screenshots corresponding respectively to the search results pages, generate base query records corresponding to respective ones of the screenshots that have respective textual information that matches a base search term, the respective ones of the base query records including the base search term and at least portions of the respective textual information from the corresponding screenshots, determine an object search term based on a frequency analysis of the textual information included in the base query records, generate object query records corresponding respectively to ones of the base query records that have respective textual information matching the object search term, and identify a first object depicted in the video based on at least one criteria applied to the object query records. |
| US11417072B2 |
Automated fitting of multiple articles of personal protection equipment concurrently worn by a user
A system and method of selecting personal protection equipment (PPE) for a worker. The system identifies sets of PPEs and simulates a fitting of the identified PPE sets to the worker. Fitting includes, for each of the identified PPE sets, selecting a three-dimensional computer model for each article of the PPE set, placing the computer model of each of the PPE articles of the PPE set being fitted on a computer model representing the worker, identifying collisions between the computer models as placed, and taking an action based on the identified collisions. |
| US11417070B2 |
Augmented and virtual reality object creation
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to activate a camera integrated into the information handling device; obtaining, using the activated camera, two-dimensional image data of an object; transforming the two-dimensional image data of the object into three-dimensional image data of the object; and utilizing the three-dimensional image data of the object in at least one of: an augmented reality application and a virtual reality application. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US11417067B1 |
Generating a three-dimensional environment based on an image
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for synthesizing an environment based on an image. In various implementations, a device includes a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. In various implementations, a method includes determining an engagement score that characterizes a level of engagement between a user and a representation of a subject included in an image. In some implementations, the method includes, in response to the engagement score satisfying an engagement threshold, obtaining stored information regarding the subject, and synthesizing an environment based on the image and the stored information regarding the subject. |
| US11417064B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for mapping an incident type to data displayed at an incident scene
A method and apparatus for displaying data at an incident scene is provided herein. During operation an officer will be assigned to a particular incident having an identified “incident type”. Individuals at the incident scene are identified via facial recognition and criminal histories for all recognized individuals are obtained. The incident type will be used to determine criminal histories relevant to the incident type. Only the criminal histories of those individuals at the incident scene that are relevant to the incident type will be displayed (ideally displayed proximate to the identified individuals). |
| US11417062B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and program
In an image including a continuous visual field of 360 degrees, such as a celestial sphere image, in a case where a partial region is displayed as an output target region, transition from a certain output target region to the other output target region is realized smoothly and with natural feeling, without having visually uncomfortable feeling. For this reason, a transition source output target region and a transition destination output target region are specified, in an output target region which is a partial region of the entire image, which is an image having a continuous visual field of 360 degrees in at least one direction. Then, a visual field transition path from the specified transition source output target region to the specified transition destination output target region is automatically determined. |
| US11417061B1 |
Three-dimensional mesh generation
Devices and techniques are generally described for three dimensional mesh generation. In various examples, first two-dimensional (2D) image data representing a human may be received. In various further examples, bounding box data identifying a location of the human in the first 2D image data and joint data identifying locations of joints of the human may be received. Second 2D image data representing a cropped portion of the human may be generated using the bounding box data and the joint data. A three-dimensional (3D) mesh prediction model may be used to determine a pose, a shape, and a projection matrix for the human. The 3D mesh prediction model may be used to determine a transformed projection matrix for the portion of the human represented in the second 2D image data. |
| US11417053B1 |
Methods and systems for forming personalized 3D head and facial models
An electronic apparatus performs a method of customizing a standard face of an avatar in a game using a two-dimensional (2D) facial image of a real-life person that includes: identifying a set of real-life keypoints in the 2D facial image; transforming the set of real-life keypoints into a set of game-style keypoints associated with the avatar in the game; generating a set of control parameters of the standard face of the avatar in the game by applying the set of game-style keypoints to a keypoint to parameter (K2P) neural network model; and deforming the standard face of the avatar in the game based on the set of control parameters, wherein the deformed face of the avatar has the facial features of the 2D facial image. |
| US11417048B2 |
Computer graphics system user interface for obtaining artist inputs for objects specified in frame space and objects specified in scene space
In an image processing system, artist user interface provides for user input of specifications for an inserted object, specified in frame space. The inserted objects can be specified in frame space but can be aligned with object points in a virtual scene space. For other frames, where the object points move in the frame space, the object movements are applied to the inserted object in the frame space. The alignment can be manual by the user or programmatically determined. |
| US11417043B2 |
Method for generating simulations of thin film interfaces for improved animation
A method for generating one or more visual representations of an object colliding with an interface between a simulated fluid and a material. The method includes obtaining shape and movement data of a bulk fluid and an object, identifying an interface where the bulk fluid covers a portion of the object, generating an emitted fluid at the interface, generating shape and movement data of the emitted fluid interacting with the object. |
| US11417035B2 |
X-ray tomosynthesis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and program
An X-ray tomosynthesis apparatus accurately extracts a region of a small high absorber in a subject on 2D measurement projection data. When pieces of the 2D measurement projection data for each of a plurality of projection angles are arranged in a projection angle direction, the 2D measurement projection data is shifted in a 2D plane so that part or all of a range of a high absorber region included in the 2D measurement projection data overlaps at least a range of the high absorber region included in 2D measurement projection data at an adjacent projection angle in an in-plane direction of the 2D plane. The 2D measurement projection data for each of the plurality of projection angles after shifting is arranged in the projection angle direction to obtain 3D measurement projection data, and a 3D region is obtained from a first start point by a region expansion process. |
| US11417033B2 |
Applying colors on textures
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed for extracting colors of an input image and applying such colors to a procedural texture to modify the procedural texture. For instance, the disclosed systems can extract one or more colors from an input image to generate a color palette that represents colors that are generally visually noticeable to human eyes. Furthermore, the disclosed systems can apply colors from the color palette to a target procedural texture to modify the target procedural texture to represent the colors of the color palette. Moreover, the disclosed systems can display generated color palettes and modified procedural textures/materials in a graphical user interface. |
| US11417029B2 |
Method and apparatus for point cloud coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for point cloud compression. In some examples, an apparatus for point cloud compression includes processing circuitry. In some embodiments, the processing circuitry determines one or more original points in a point cloud that are associated with a reconstructed position. Positions of the one or more original points can be reconstructed, according to a geometry quantization, to the reconstructed position. The processing circuitry then determines an attribute value for the reconstructed position based on attribute information of the one or more original points, and encodes texture of the point cloud with the reconstructed position having the determined attribute value. |
| US11417025B2 |
Information processing apparatus, article identification apparatus, and article identification system
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a background image that does not include a detection target, a detection target image that is an image of the detection target, and label information that indicates the detection target of the detection target image. The processor performs trapezoid correction on the background image, generates a composite image by superimposing the detection target image on the background image subjected to the trapezoid correction, and generates learning data based on the composite image and the label information. |
| US11417024B2 |
Systems and methods for hue based encoding of a digital image
A system and method for encoding a digital image may include obtaining image data of the digital image, wherein the image data comprises a plurality of image pixels, selecting a plurality of sample pixels from the plurality of image pixels, clustering the plurality of sample pixels based on an influence function to generate a plurality of hue clusters, classifying the image pixels to the plurality of the hue clusters, and assigning hue values of the hue clusters to the plurality of the image pixels. |
| US11417023B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and program
A comparison area detection unit of image processing circuitry detects an image area of a fading determination object on the basis of an image signal generated by an image capturing unit using a color filter as a comparison area. A color information generation unit generates color information from the image signal of the comparison area and uses the color information as comparison target information. A color information comparison unit compares the color information of the fading determination object as fading determination reference information with the comparison target information. A fading information generation unit generates fading information indicating that a fading level of the color filter exceeds a predetermined level or the fading level of the color filter on the basis of comparison information indicating a comparison result between the fading determination reference information and the comparison target information. The fading state of the color filter can be detected with precision. |
| US11417021B2 |
System and method for color deconvolution of a slide image to assist in the analysis of tissue specimen
A tissue analysis system and method for the spectral deconvolution of a RGB digital image obtained from a stained biological tissue sample, by estimating the stain component images that are obtained from a staining system configuration, where the reference stain vectors are assumed to be sampled from a known color distribution. The prior knowledge of stain variability of the staining system is adopted as initial reference stain vectors and statistical distribution of their variability. Based on the initial reference stain vectors distribution, the tissue analysis system determines both the reference stain vectors and stain component images of the input image. The image is then deconvoluted based on the reference stain vectors and stain component images. |
| US11417020B2 |
Detection of calibration errors
A method includes: obtaining a stereo pair of images from a stereo camera assembly of a mobile computing device, the stereo pair of images depicting a first marker and a second marker each associated with the mobile computing device; determining, from the stereo pair of images, a distance between the first and second markers; comparing a threshold to a difference between the determined distance and a reference distance corresponding to the first and second reference markers; and when the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an alert notification. |
| US11417019B2 |
Detection of a calibration object for modifying image parameters
Implementations provide for automated detection of a calibration object within a recorded image. In some implementations, a system receives an original image from a camera, wherein the original image includes at least a portion of a calibration chart. The system further derives a working image from the original image. The system further determines regions in the working image, wherein the regions include groups of pixels having values within a predetermined criterion. The system further analyzes two or more of the regions to identify a candidate calibration chart in the working image. The system further identifies at least one region within the candidate calibration chart as a patch, where the identifying of the at least one region is based on a color of the patch. The system further predicts a location of one or more additional patches based on at least the identified patch. |
| US11417016B2 |
Article-for-posting management system and non-transitory computer readable medium
An article-for-posting management system includes: a storage unit that stores an article for posting and a position at which the article for posting is to be posted in association with each other; an obtaining unit that obtains the position of the article for posting which is posted; and an output unit that, when there is a difference between information stored by the storage unit and information obtained by the obtaining unit, outputs presence of the difference. |
| US11417015B2 |
Decentralized location determination systems and methods
A mapping system for an environment includes an image sensor configured to generate image data of the environment. The mapping system includes a fixed tag including position indicia, where the position indicia identifies a predefined position coordinate of the fixed tag. The mapping system includes an entity tag including entity indicia, where the entity indicia identifies an entity associated with the entity tag. The mapping system includes a controller configured to determine a position coordinate of the entity tag based on the image data, where the image data includes the position indicia and the entity indicia. |
| US11417014B2 |
Method and apparatus for constructing map
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for constructing a map. The method may include: determining pose information of each panoramic image frame from a panoramic image sequence of a target area, and determining a perspective image sequence from each panoramic image frame; determining a feature track corresponding to the panoramic image sequence based on perspective image sequences corresponding to adjacent panoramic image frames; and constructing a visual map of the target area based on the feature track and the pose information of each panoramic image frame. |
| US11417011B2 |
3D human body pose estimation using a model trained from unlabeled multi-view data
Learning to estimate a 3D body pose, and likewise the pose of any type of object, from a single 2D image is of great interest for many practical graphics applications and generally relies on neural networks that have been trained with sample data which annotates (labels) each sample 2D image with a known 3D pose. Requiring this labeled training data however has various drawbacks, including for example that traditionally used training data sets lack diversity and therefore limit the extent to which neural networks are able to estimate 3D pose. Expanding these training data sets is also difficult since it requires manually provided annotations for 2D images, which is time consuming and prone to errors. The present disclosure overcomes these and other limitations of existing techniques by providing a model that is trained from unlabeled multi-view data for use in 3D pose estimation. |
| US11417010B2 |
Image based metrology of surface deformations
Methods for detecting areas of localized tilt on a sample using imaging reflectometry measurements include obtaining a first image without blocking any light reflected from the sample and obtaining a second image while blocking some light reflected from the sample at the aperture plane. The areas of localized tilt are detected by comparing first reflectance intensity values of pixels in the first image with second reflectance intensity values of corresponding pixels in the second image. |
| US11417008B2 |
Estimating a volume of contents in a container of a work vehicle
A volume of contents in a container of a work vehicle can be estimated in various examples. One example involves a system with a 3D sensor on a work vehicle, where the sensor captures images of a material in a container of the work vehicle. A processor device that is in communication with the 3D sensor determines a volume of the material in the container using the images. |
| US11417005B1 |
Polarized illumination and detection for depth sensing
A depth camera assembly (DCA) for depth sensing of a local area. The DCA includes a polarized light generator, an imaging device, and a controller. The polarized light generator modulates one or more optical beams emitted from an illumination source to generate modulated light, and projects the modulated light into the local area as polarized light having a first polarization. The imaging device receives light from the local area, the received light including ambient light and a portion of the polarized light reflected from the local area. The imaging device reduces an intensity of the received light having polarization different from a second polarization to generate filtered light substantially composed of light of the second polarization, and detects the portion of the polarized light having the second polarization using the filtered light. The controller determines depth information for the local area based on the detected portion of the polarized light. |
| US11417002B2 |
Image recognition system, sensor module, and method for image recognition
An image recognition system includes a processing module, a sensor module, and a database. The sensor module is electrically connected to the processing module. The database is electrically connected to the processing module. The sensor module configured for capturing at least one image. The at least one image is stored in the database. The processing captures a contour of an object from the at least one image and separates the contour of the object into a plurality of portions. A plurality of arrangements is defined between the portions of the contour of the object. The processing module determines a state of the contour of the object based on the arrangements. |
| US11416999B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer programs for segmenting a tooth's pulp region from an image
Methods, systems, and computer programs are disclosed for segmenting, from an image, a tooth's pulp region comprising a pulp chamber and root canals. Curvature-based shape recognition is performed at different spatial scales using smoothed versions of the image. An indication of a point or region is received, located in the pulp chamber and referred to as “seed”. The seed is used as initial segmentation mask. An update procedure, iteratively carried out, comprises: (i) determining candidate image elements for updating the segmentation mask, comprising: (i−1) in the first n iteration(s), a grayscale thresholding taking as reference the current segmentation mask; and, (i−2) in at least one iteration, taking the curvature-based shape recognition into account; (ii) retaining, among the candidate image elements, a region of connected candidate image elements that comprises the seed; and (iii) using the retained region to update the segmentation mask. |
| US11416992B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus, medical image diagnostic apparatus, and non-transitory storage medium
A medical image processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts a plurality of valve leaflets of a heart valve from image data of a subject. The processing circuitry measures, with respect to at least one valve leaflet of the valve leaflets, a length of a region at which the valve leaflet is in contact with another valve leaflet, in a predetermined reference direction. The processing circuitry controls a display to display a distribution of the length at each of a plurality of positions on the valve leaflet. |
| US11416989B2 |
Drug anomaly detection
A portable anomaly drug detection device is disclosed. The device includes at least one light source, a detector to scan or process the subject drug, and a control circuit having a controller. The at least one light source, the camera, and the control circuit are disposed within an enclosure. The controller is configured to process and analyze drug images captured by the camera when the light source emits light, and determines whether a drug is counterfeit upon detection of an anomaly within the captured images relative to a trained counterfeit detecting machine-learning model. |
| US11416987B2 |
Image based screening system for prediction of individual at risk of late age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
An automated screening system using retinal imaging to identify individuals with early-stage Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and identify individuals at risk for developing late AMD. |
| US11416981B2 |
Method and system for detecting damage to a component
A method for detecting damage and determining a type of damage and a degree or severity of damage to a component of a transmission. The method includes providing a first image of a portion of the component in a reference state and detecting a further image of the portion of the component after intended use. The further image of the portion of the component is detected in an installed state of the component. The method further includes determining, by comparing the further image with the first image, that the component is damaged, determining, by matching the further image against data of a damage database, a type of damage, and outputting the determined type of damage and a degree or severity of damage. The first image, the further image, and the data of the damage database are photographs. |
| US11416977B2 |
Self-measurement of semiconductor image using deep learning
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described for automated image measurement for process development and optimization. An example method may include receiving an image of a product associated with a manufacturing process, wherein the product comprises a plurality of structures; identifying, using a trained machine learning model, a segment of the image that comprises a structure of the plurality of structures; determining a plurality of image measurements of the segment that comprises the structure; and storing the plurality of image measurements. |
| US11416971B2 |
Artificial intelligence based image quality assessment system
A system or method may be used to perform image processing. An example method may include extracting a plurality of sub-images corresponding to a plurality of regions of an image. A rating classification may be generated, using a machine learning trained model, for each of the plurality of sub-images, for example including a no-rating classification for at least one sub-image of the plurality of sub-images. The method may include creating, using the rating classification for each of the plurality of sub-images, a color map overlay of a grayscale image corresponding to the image. The color map overlay may include colors corresponding to respective rating classifications for the plurality of regions or a region without a color corresponding to the at least one sub-image having the no-rating classification. The method may include outputting the color map overlaid on the grayscale image. |
| US11416970B2 |
Panoramic image construction based on images captured by rotating imager
Techniques are disclosed for panoramic image construction based on images captured by rotating imagers. In one example, a method includes receiving a first sequence of images associated with a scene and captured during continuous rotation of an image sensor. Each image of the first sequence has a portion that overlaps with another image of the first sequence. The method further includes generating a first panoramic image. The generating includes processing a second sequence of images based on a point-spread function to mitigate blur associated with the continuous rotation to obtain a deblurred sequence of images, and processing the deblurred sequence based on a noise power spectral density to obtain a denoised sequence of images. The point-spread function is associated with the image sensor's rotation speed. The second sequence is based on the first sequence. The first panoramic image is based on the denoised sequence. |
| US11416966B2 |
Method and system for image scaling and enhancement
A system for image scaling and enhancement is provided. The system includes a scaling processing unit, a deep-learning residue network unit and a combination unit. The filter scaling processing unit is configured to upscale a low-resolution image to output a high-resolution image. The deep-learning residue network unit is operated based on a deep-learning result, and configured to output a high-resolution residue image corresponding to the low-resolution image. The combination unit is configured to adjust the high-resolution residue image according to a weighting factor and combine an adjusted high-resolution residue image and the high-resolution image, in order to output an enhanced image, wherein the weighting factor is different from a reference weighting factor being used in a deep-learning procedure for training the deep-learning residue network unit. |
| US11416961B2 |
Variable entry transitional ring storage for efficiently accessing graphics states
A method includes determining that a new draw call is received; comparing a state identity (ID) of a graphics state stored in the ring storage with a state ID of a graphics state associated with the new draw call; determining if the ring storage has available space to store the graphics state associated with the new draw call; storing the graphics state associated with the new draw call in the ring storage, based on determining that the ring storage has available space; determining a location of a first valid and non-default entry and a last valid and non-default entry of the graphics state associated with the new draw call stored in the ring storage; and collecting data from one or more valid entries of the graphics state associated with the new draw call stored in the ring storage to complete a task associated with the new draw call. |
| US11416955B2 |
Model predictive maintenance system with integrated measurement and verification functionality
A model predictive maintenance system for building equipment including one or more processing circuits including processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations. The operations include obtaining an objective function that defines a cost of operating the building equipment and performing maintenance on the building equipment as a function of operating decisions and maintenance decisions for the building equipment for time steps within a time period. The operations include performing an optimization of the objective function to generate a maintenance and replacement strategy for the building equipment over a duration of an optimization period. The operations include estimating a savings loss predicted to result from a deviation from the maintenance and replacement strategy. The operations include adjusting an amount of savings expected to be achieved by energy conservation measures for the building equipment based on the savings loss. |
| US11416954B2 |
Traveler tracking system
Systems and methods described herein may include a memory and a computing a system in communication with said memory. The computing system may be configured to receive data from network management systems. In one embodiment, the network management system includes a network gateway. Users at venues may access external network resources using the network management system. Further, the network management systems may extract device identifiers from network packets sent from user devices to request access to external network resources. In some embodiments, the network management system may provide transmission control protocol handshake completion data to user devices. In some embodiments, the computing system also receives one or more attributes associated with the venue, user data associated with the user device, and connection data associated with communication between the user device and said external network resource. |
| US11416953B2 |
Monitoring utility assets using crowd-sourced digital image data
Systems and methods for monitoring of utility assets using crowd-sourced digital image data are disclosed. In embodiments, a method includes: monitoring, by a computing device, incoming real-time utility data; determining, by the computing device, that a triggering event has occurred based on the monitoring; sending, by the computing device, an event message to one or more agent devices comprising a request for digital image collection at a location based on the triggering event, the event message including event information, wherein the one or more agent devices are associated with respective agents in a crowd-sourcing network; receiving, by the computing device, event data from the one or more agent devices, the event data including one or more digital images; and processing, by the computing device, the one or more digital images to determine next steps with respect to the triggering event. |
| US11416952B2 |
Bill comparison apparatus and method
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with controlling a comparison of energy costs for a current and a previous billing cycle are described. In one embodiment, current billing data and previous billing data are received. A variable having a different value for the current billing than for the previous billing data is identified. A value of the variable in the current billing data is modified with a value of the variable in the previous billing data to determine a hypothetical energy cost for the current billing cycle based on the value of the variable in the previous billing data. A cost difference between the total cost of energy for the current billing cycle and the hypothetical energy cost is determined, and a personalized data structure for an energy user is generated. The data structure includes an individual contribution of the modified value of the variable toward the cost difference. |
| US11416950B2 |
Customized cosmetic manufacturing apparatus and method thereof
An apparatus for manufacturing customized cosmetics according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may manufacture customized cosmetics in consideration of an individual skin characteristic and external environment information by combining a dosage form reference component corresponding to a skin state measured by subdividing a face of a user according to each predetermined region and an auxiliary dosage form reference component corresponding to the external environment information. |
| US11416946B1 |
System and method for identifying primary and secondary movement using spectral domain analysis
A computer implemented method for determining a primary movement window from a vehicle trip is presented. A client computing device may be placed in a vehicle, be free to move with respect to movement of the vehicle, and include an accelerometer. A computer network may receive a plurality of telematics data originating from the client computing device. One or more processors may summarize the plurality of telematics data at a specified sample rate, convert the plurality of telematics data from a time domain to a spectral domain, select one or more data points from the converted telematics data, and determine that a total spectral power of the selected data points meets a threshold value. The one or more processors may identify a first primary movement window including the selected data points if the total spectral power of the selected data points does not meet the threshold value. |
| US11416945B2 |
Methods and systems for behavior signal generation and processing
Instances of claim data are received by an apparatus. Each instance of claim data corresponds to an entity. A claim vector is generated for each instance of claim data. The claim vector is added to a group of claim vectors that all correspond to a same entity. Each group of claim vectors is aggregated to generate an entity vector corresponding to the entity. Based at least in part on the entity vector and (a) an entity profile corresponding to the corresponding entity or (b) an entity cluster with which the entity is associated, at least one behavior signal value is determined for the entity. A behavior signal is amended to include the behavior signal value. The behavior signal comprises at least two behavior signal values. Each of the behavior signal values are associated with a different time period. The behavior signal is provided for display via an interactive user interface and/or further processing. |
| US11416942B1 |
Using a distributed ledger to determine fault in subrogation
Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a blockchain for managing the subrogation claim process related to a vehicle accident, in particular, determining fault as part of the subrogation process. An exemplary embodiment may include receiving an electronic notification of a vehicle collision; receiving sensor data (such as telematics, image, audio, vehicle operational, or other sensor data) related to the vehicle collision; determining a percentage of fault of the vehicle collision for one or more vehicles, vehicle systems, and/or drivers based upon, at least in part, analysis of the sensor data collected; and creating a blockchain for the vehicle collision with one or more links to the sensor image data and an indication of the percentage of fault(s) determined to facilitate blockchain-based claim handling. |
| US11416940B1 |
Vehicle with automated insurance payment apparatus
A vehicle with a monitoring device may be used for the adjustment of an insurance policy property by auctioning information obtained about the policy holder and the vehicle. The vehicle monitoring device transmits the information to a marketing provider server that will transform and categorize the information to generate advertisements by third-party businesses directed to the user vehicle. A fee is charged to the third-party business responsible for the advertisement to offset and reduce the insurance premium charged to that policy holder. |
| US11416939B1 |
Financial future visualization and training
A computer-implemented method, device, and system for communicating an impact of a financial decision or an investment strategy to a user through the use of virtual reality are provided. Providing a context for figuratively ‘seeing and feeling’ the results for a proposed financial strategy may assist the user in better understanding the impact of the financial strategy. Information provided in this context may educate the user with regards to the amount of income or savings required to achieve a goal over a time period. A goal for a user may be displayed as an image in a virtual reality scene based on gathered user information. The image representing the goal may be displayed according to a percent of clarity based on the financial amount needed to achieve the goal. The image may be changed based on the amount over a perceived virtual reality time period. |
| US11416931B2 |
Investment fund token ownership
A decentralized investment fund operates according to consensus code on a shared ledger and raises capital by issuing ownership tokens on the shared ledger. The decentralized investment fund may hold digital assets in the consensus code and distribute profits to the token owners according to each owner's dividend preference. A token owner's dividend preference can include digital assets tracked by a different shared ledger, stabletoken digital assets pegged to the value of a digital asset, and cross-chain digital asset swaps. Token issuance may include a proof of accreditation requirement based on cryptographic proof on a shared ledger. The decentralized investment fund may distribute fund documents to the token holders by encrypting the document, first with a symmetric key common to all token holders, and second with an asymmetric key unique to each token holders and based on the token's holder's known public address on the shared ledger. |
| US11416930B2 |
Method for providing united point service in use of unspent transaction output based protocol and server using the same
A method for registering a point distributor and information on an exchange rate for providing a united point service is provided. The method includes steps of: a system managing server (a) verifying a registration transaction TrxA and a confirmation transaction TrxB if at least one of conditions is satisfied which include (i) a condition that the TrxA having (i-1) a public key of a point managing server, and (i-2) a first XEA, an exchange rate of a point A managed by the point distributor to a united point, is acquired from a point distributing server, and (ii) a condition that the TrxB having (ii-1) a public key of the point distributing server, and (ii-2) a second XEA, is acquired from the point managing server; and (b) recording it on a certain blockchain database, and acquiring a transaction ID which locates the TrxA, the TrxB on the certain blockchain database. |
| US11416929B2 |
Pairs trading system and method
A trading platform adapted for pairs trading of unrelated securities from one or more asset classes using a single order approach is provided. |
| US11416921B2 |
Hyperlink functionality for enabling an auctioning platform
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to activate a hyperlink of a set of hyperlinks within a webpage of a source website. The method further includes executing a script to initiate an auction that is performed by an auctioning platform, wherein the auction comprises a bidding process that is associated with a set of third-party websites. The method further includes determining at least one preferred third-party website selected from the set of third-party websites. The method further includes outputting third-party digital content representative of characteristics of the preferred third-party website that are associated with the characteristics of the activated hyperlink. The method further includes outputting the first digital content while outputting a portion of source digital content representative of characteristics of the source website. |
| US11416916B2 |
Managing products at a physical marketplace
In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing products at a physical marketplace is described. A method includes receiving an image and a category of a product for sale by a merchant at a physical marketplace, including the image in a list of images for the category, providing the list of images to customers of the physical marketplace, retrieving additional information regarding the product in response to a request by one of the customers, and generating a listing for the product using the image, the category, and the additional information received from the merchant. |
| US11416914B1 |
Centralized accounting system for invoice generation accessible via computer network
A centralized accounting system for invoice generation is described as a web-based portal accessible by parties of a supply chain finance relationship via one or more computer networks. The centralized system provides a computer-based, network accessible platform in which a customer and a vendor may negotiate and agree upon terms of a purchase order for products. The centralized system then approves the purchase order based on vendor and customer profile information, and sends a notification of the approved purchase order to a bank. The centralized system automatically generates a vendor invoice for the approved purchase order and submit the vendor invoice to the bank for payment according the terms of the supply chain finance relationship. The centralized system ensures that the vendor invoice is accurate for the approved purchase order. The centralized system may also automatically generate and submit a bank invoice to the customer for the approved purchase order. |
| US11416911B2 |
Method and system for personalized and continuously updated maintenance of orders
A method for automatically maintaining orders on a networked computer is described, comprising maintaining, by the networked computer, information on an order including one or more entries, said information being associated with at least one ordering entity, receiving, by the networked computer, data indicative of an update of the order from the at least one ordering entity via a network, processing the data by the networked computer, updating, by the networked computer, a summary of the order, and providing, by the networked computer, the summary to the at least one ordering entity via the network in response to a trigger. Furthermore, a network system enabling automatic maintenance of orders is described. |
| US11416902B2 |
Notification system and methods for use in retail environments
A scan avoidance monitoring system detects instances in which a respective customer in a retail environment fails to properly scan or tally one or more retail items for purchase. To avoid generating false positives, such as flagging of events as scan avoidances when they really are not or likely are not scan avoidances, the scan avoidance system can be configured to require a level of confirmation by one or more other analyzers to flag a particular circumstance as a scan avoidance. |
| US11416898B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatus for financing projects
A method of producing and financing a predetermined project is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of selecting a project and developing a budget for the project, and developing a marketing plan which is comprised of a plurality of advertising buys, each of the plurality of advertising buys being targeted toward a corresponding one of a plurality of advertisers. Further, there is a set of advertising materials that are targeted toward a corresponding one of the plurality of advertisers. The subject matter of the selected project relates to the interests of at least one of the plurality of advertisers, the cost of developing the marketing plan and the set of advertising materials not exceeding the developed budget. The next step presents to at least one of the plurality of advertisers the cost of the budget and the advertising material of at least one of the plurality of advertising buys, each of the plurality of advertising buys may require a predetermined number of impressions to be completed. Further, if the at least one advertising buyer purchases the at least one advertising buy, the advertising materials are produced and placed on a media property. For at least one of the plurality of advertising buys, the number of impressions to which at least one user is exposed on the on media property are counted, thereby completing the one advertising buy when the counted number of impressions equals its buy's predetermined number of impressions. Finally, the revenue from the completed advertising buy is collected and the selected revenue produced by the completed advertising buy is placed into a media production fund. |
| US11416895B2 |
Location-based advertising system for an automobile
A system has a display device attached to an automobile, with a display screen visible outside the automobile. Workstations specify location-based rules regarding image content to be displayed in specified geographic areas at specific times, and further specify a predetermined threshold of a number of automobiles that display a given threshold-limited image. An application server determines from the location-based rules a dynamic content schedule of image content to display at the display device when the automobile is in the given geographic region at a given display time. When the predetermined threshold of the number of automobiles displaying the threshold-limited image in the given geographic region is reached, an update to the dynamic content schedule is generated including a different image in place of the threshold-limited image, and a current image corresponding to the updated dynamic content schedule is displayed. |
| US11416891B2 |
Email-based transactions for e-commerce
An electronic commerce (e-commerce) system may send advertisement emails to customers that are registered with the e-commerce system. The advertisement emails may include mailto hyperlinks. Each mailto hyperlink may be associated with a product that is being offered for sale, and each mailto hyperlink describes an email message that may be generated when that hyperlink is selected. When a mailto hyperlink is selected, the generated email message may include one or more parameters related to the product associated with the hyperlink, such as an identifier of the product. The generated email message may then be transmitted to the e-commerce system. The e-commerce system may receive the message and, based on the parameters in the received message, execute a transaction to purchase the identified product on behalf of the customer. |
| US11416889B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for a micro commerce ad
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for a micro commerce ad. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to display an advertisement in a banner ad that is displayed in a banner ad slot of a publisher webpage. The advertisement includes an offering for a product and/or a service presented to a visitor and receivable by the visitor in response to the visitor providing feedback within the advertisement. The code is executable by the processor to receive the feedback from one or more input fields presented within the banner ad for receiving the contact information. The code is executable by the processor to provide the offering to the visitor within the banner ad in response to receiving the feedback from the visitor without redirecting the visitor away from the publisher webpage. |
| US11416887B1 |
Methods and apparatus for mobile device messaging-based communications using custom-generated deeplinks and based on the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
In some embodiments, a method includes in response to an integration tag included in a webpage at a first user interface being executed at a mobile device, receiving a mobile device identifier and a request to retrieve a purchase identifier. The method includes sending a first signal causing a frame to be provided within the webpage at the first user interface. The method includes in response to a first user input, receiving a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST request and determining a uniform resource identifier (URI). The method includes retrieving purchase information and sending a HTTP response message including the URI of the second user interface and the purchase information to deeplink to the second user interface and to cause the second user interface to be rendered at the mobile device with the purchase information pre-populated in an input field of a text message. |
| US11416883B2 |
Information processing system, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored information processing program therein, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
Information about a plurality of participation rewards to be given upon participation in a game event during each unit period in a period in which the event is held, is presented to a user. An upper limit number of unit periods for giving, and the reward contents, are set in advance. In accordance with event participation, participation rewards corresponding to the unit periods in which the participation timings are included are given to the user. The event advancement status is updated on the basis of the event participation by each user. If an ending condition is satisfied, event advancement is ended. If the number of times the unit period has come until the end of the event since the start thereof is smaller than the upper limit number of unit periods in which the rewards can be given, at least one of non-given participation rewards is given to the user. |
| US11416882B2 |
Computer-implemented method for calculating a reference sales price for a complex industrial product to be manufactured at industrial level
The application relates to a computer-implemented method for calculating a reference sales price for industrial product, in particular a complex industrial product, to be manufactured at industrial level. The method of the present invention is particularly suitable for being implemented in the context of the design activities of an industrial product to be manufactured, in particular once the industrial product to be manufactured has been configured according to the technical specifications provided by a client. |
| US11416879B1 |
Adoption analytic based functionality
A system for triggering based on analytics comprises a storage device and a processor. The storage device is configured to store customer adoption data. A processor is configured to receive the customer adoption data; determine an under-used product feature based at least in part on the customer adoption data, wherein the customer adoption data is stored in the storage device; and determine and set a trigger for training the under-used product feature based at least in part on the customer adoption data. |
| US11416874B1 |
Compliance management system
A compliance management system generates an enterprise data schema based on a compliance regulation. The system monitors interactions over a network with resources subject to the compliance regulation to generate interaction data sets. The system processes the interaction data sets against the enterprise data schema to categorize at least some of the interactions to trigger events associated with the categories, generate corresponding to the events, and track a compliance metric for each of the tasks generated. The system updates the enterprise data schema based on the compliance metric and the interaction data sets. |
| US11416873B2 |
Personal protection equipment system
A method for tracking procedures performed on personal protection equipment (PPE) and actions of individuals includes the following steps. An article of PPE configured with a smart tag is provided to an individual prior to performance of a task. After the individual performs the task, the article of PPE is processed. Information is retrieved from the smart tag during at least one of: before, during and after processing the article of PPE. After the performance of the task, the individual's data is read and the individual enters into a designated area. |
| US11416868B1 |
Methods and systems for third-party approval of secure account fund transfer
A method and system of delegating control to a surrogate for a primary account holder so that the surrogate can control access to funds in a joint account by a secondary account holder when the primary account holder is unavailable. The surrogate's ability to approve or deny the secondary account holder's requests for funds is limited by rules established by the primary account holder. The system includes a secure management account system that implements communications between the surrogate's personal device, the primary account holder's personal device, the secondary account holder's personal device and the financial institution holding the joint account. |
| US11416866B2 |
Systems and methods for data desensitization
Systems and methods are provided to identify payment data and desensitize the data by a secure card reader. Desensitization of the payment data may include replacing sensitive information such as discretionary data with zeroes or other predetermined values. Desensitization may also include replacing sensitive information with fraud detection data such as merchant identifying information. Desensitization of the payment data may leave certain payment data intact for customer tracking or other non-payment related purposes. |
| US11416865B2 |
Authorization of credential on file transactions
A user may establish a relationship with a merchant so that the user can conduct repeated transactions with the merchant. The merchant computer associated with the merchant may store credentials associated with the user's account. The repeated transactions may not occur at regular intervals. The merchant may include an indicator in the authorization request messages for the user's transactions that indicates that the user is part of the established relationship. Hence, other entities that receive the indicator can accordingly identify and process the transaction as low risk, which results in higher approvals of the user's transactions conducted with the merchant. |
| US11416854B2 |
System and method for information protection
A computer-implemented information protection method comprises: obtaining a plurality of encrypted transaction amounts associated with transactions among a plurality of accounts, wherein each of the encrypted transaction amounts is associated with one of the accounts that sends or receives one of the transaction amounts, and the encryption of each of the transaction amounts at least conceals whether the one account sends or receives the one of the transaction amounts; generating a sum proof based on the obtained encrypted transaction amounts, the sum proof at least indicating that the transaction amounts are balanced; and transmitting the encrypted transaction amounts and the sum proof to one or more nodes on a blockchain network for the nodes to verify the transactions. |
| US11416851B2 |
Dynamic currency conversion selection and control processing
A terminal receives card details for a payment card to process payment for a transaction. The card and transaction details are sent to an intermediate server. The card details are identified as being associated with a card issuer associated with a first currency while the terminal is associated with a second different currency from the first currency. A currency conversion entity selection request is sent to the card issuer. The card issuer requests a consumer select a currency conversion entity for payment at the terminal. A mobile device of the consumer generates encoded data representing: a selected currency conversion entity, the card details, and the transaction details. The encoded data is processed to verify and process payment for the transaction with the selected currency conversion entity preventing any override by a merchant to use a different currency conversion entity at the terminal. |
| US11416850B1 |
Peer to peer navigation system and method
A system and method for locating electronic devices and establishing peer to peer communication with electronic devices, such as a currency exchange unit, using a beacon, is disclosed. The method may include determining a location of the currency exchange unit; generating a message indicating a location of the currency exchange unit and the availability of a variety of different currencies; and managing currency exchanges with various mobile devices. |
| US11416837B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for electronically facilitating streaming payments
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for electronically facilitating streaming payments are provided. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to access protected media content hosted by a content provider, determining a minimum currency increment based on a user designated payment type, and establishing a predefined content increment that corresponds to the protected media content. The method further includes determining a minimum session expense ratio based on the minimum currency increment and the predefined content increment, initiating a user session that permits access to the protected media content, and determining a quantification of protected media content that is consumed at a termination of the user session. The method also includes using the minimum session expense ratio and the quantification to determine an on-demand streaming payment amount and utilizing the user designated payment type to determine a manner of routing the on-demand streaming payment amount to a payment processing entity that is configured to facilitate a payment transaction. |
| US11416836B1 |
Provisioning of an individual computing device via ATM
An automated teller machine (ATM) is provided. The ATM includes a network interface. The ATM includes an authentication circuit configured to receive data indicative of an interaction with the ATM by a user, detect that an individual computing device is in proximity to the ATM, determine that the individual computing device is not associated with a financial account, display a prompt comprising instructions to bind the individual computing device of the user to the financial account, receive data comprising a unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, bind the individual computing device to the financial account based at least in part on the received unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, and transmit, to the individual computing device, an application authorization, the application authorization authorizing an application to complete operations associated with the financial account via the bound individual computing device of the user. |
| US11416835B2 |
Automated enterprise bot
An autonomous enterprise bot observes video, audio, and operational real-time data for an enterprise. The real-time data is processed and a predicted activity needed for the enterprise is determined. The bot proactively communicates the predicted activity to a staff member of the enterprise for performing actions associated with the predicted activity. |
| US11416832B2 |
Systems and methods for blockchain-dependent operation sets
Systems and methods for performing a plurality of operations, in which at least one operation comprises a blockchain transaction, are described. A request to perform a plurality of operations is received, where the operations comprise a blockchain transaction and a second transaction of a type other than a block chain transaction. A conversion factor is obtained from a service and a blockchain transaction is recorded based on the conversion factor. The recorded blockchain transaction comprises an amount of a digital asset (e.g., Bitcoin) based on the conversion factor, a generated blockchain address, and an interstitial change address. The second transaction is performed as a result of the blockchain transaction having been validated. |
| US11416831B2 |
Dynamic video layout in video conference meeting
Provided is a method and a system for updating an area allocated for display of video feed based on a determined trigger event. The method is implemented by a central server including one or more processors. The method includes initiating a video conference meeting comprising a plurality of participants. The method includes receiving network information and meeting data associated with each of the plurality of participants. The method includes selectively controlling display of video feed associated with the plurality of participants during the video conference meeting based on network information and meeting data to create an adaptive video layout for the plurality of participants. The method includes determining a trigger event to update the area allocated for display of video feed associated with the plurality of participants represented within the grid format. The method includes updating the area allocated for display of video feed based on the determined trigger event. |
| US11416828B2 |
Systems and methods for optimizing time slot yield rates
Systems and methods discussed herein are related to optimizing time slot yield rates. A method can include: determining that an earlier time slot has become available; identifying a set of users corresponding with preexisting time slots scheduled for a time later than the available earlier time slot; ranking the set of users according to ranking criteria; selecting, based on ranking the set of users, a subset of top ranked users eligible for the available time slot; sending a set of messages to the subset of users indicating that the earlier time slot is available; receiving a message from a first user of the subset of users indicating that the first user is willing to replace their corresponding preexisting time slot with the available earlier time slot; and replacing the first user's corresponding preexisting time slot with the available earlier time slot. |
| US11416824B2 |
Activity stream based interaction
An activity stream based interaction model and systems implementing such a model are disclosed. In various embodiments, a text-based tag is recognized in a received communication stream, such as an activity stream. An action indicated by text included in the tag is determined and performed in response to receiving the tag. In some embodiments, a tag to be inserted into the communication stream may be determined automatically by a machine or a process running on a machine, for example a workflow engine. |
| US11416823B2 |
Resolution and pipelining of helpdesk tickets needing resolutions from multiple groups
A help desk management system uses segment partitioning and matching of each identified segment to a suitable problem and resolver group and then sequencing the partitioned segments based on sentiment analysis and sequence mining on historical tickets and audit logs to actuate effective resolution and pipelining of helpdesk tickets needing resolutions from multiple resolver groups. The helpdesk tickets can be in the form of e-mails. |
| US11416820B2 |
Digital processing systems and methods for third party blocks in automations in collaborative work systems
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for remotely automating changes to third party applications from within a primary application are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve maintaining in the primary application, a table having rows, columns, and cells at intersections of the rows and columns, wherein the primary application is configured to enable the construction of automations defined by conditional rules for altering internal information in the primary application and external information in the third party applications; receiving an automation definition conditional on specific information input into at least one specific cell in the table of the primary application, wherein the automation definition is constructed using internal blocks and external blocks, the external blocks having links to the external third party applications; monitoring the at least one specific cell of the primary application for an occurrence of the specific information. |
| US11416816B1 |
Automated generation of components list to implement code-compliant sequence of operations
A software tool automatically generates a components list (also known as a “solution”, “recipe”, or “bill of materials”) to be used in completing an installation. This components list may include, for example, fixtures and control devices for use in implementing lighting solutions for a building. The system takes as input a sequence of operations table, and identifies components to satisfy the requirements specified in the sequence of operations table. A number of different solutions may be presented, offering different configurations, cost levels, product lines, and/or the like; the different solutions may also indicate different degrees to which controls are embedded in fixtures. The user can then select among the presented solutions, and/or can perform other operations to change the configuration and/or parameters so as to generate new options. |
| US11416814B1 |
Bin content verification
This disclosure describes a device and system for verifying the content of items in a bin within a materials handling facility. In some implementations, a bin content verification apparatus may pass by one or more bins and capture images of those bins. The images may be processed to determine whether the content included in the bins has changed since the last time images of the bins were captured. A determination may also be made as to whether a change to the bin content was expected and, if so, if the determined change corresponds with the expected change. |
| US11416813B2 |
Systems and methods for determining inventory using time-slotted tag communications
Systems and methods for determining an inventory. The methods comprise: placing an RFID tag in a first operational mode in which at least one communication operation or device of the RFID tag is disabled or bypassed; performing first operations by the RFID tag to determine when it is time to begin communications in accordance with the time slotted communications scheme; transitioning an operational mode of the RFID tag from the first operational mode to a second operational mode in which the communication operation(s) or device of the RFID tag is enabled or no longer bypassed, in response to a determination that it is time for the RFID tag to begin communications; and transitioning the operational mode of the RFID tag back into the first operational mode when the RFID tag's communications with a remote tag reader for inventory determination purposes are complete or a time slot has expired. |
| US11416812B2 |
Delivery assistance device, customer terminal, and delivery assistance method
Provided is a delivery assistance device enabling shortening of the time required for delivery in purchase of an item by online shopping. This delivery assistance device is provided with: management means for managing stock information about stock of an item held by each of a plurality of traveling vehicles; first reception means for receiving current position information indicating a current position of the traveling vehicle; first transmission means for transmitting the stock information to a customer terminal; second reception means for receiving order information and delivery address information; specification means for specifying a traveling vehicle arriving earliest at the delivery address; and second transmission means for transmitting the order information to the specified traveling vehicle, wherein the management means updates the stock information about stock of an item held by the specified traveling vehicle, based on the order information. |
| US11416811B2 |
System and apparatus for virtual reality smart inventory management
A system, method, and apparatus for logistics management. Inventory is received for storage at a physical storage location. The inventory is associated with an identifier. The inventory is stored in a location. The inventory is associated with the location. A system is updated with the inventory information including at least the identifier and the location for subsequent utilization. A virtual reality environment is shown to a number of users mirroring the physical storage location and movements of the inventory within the physical storage location. |
| US11416810B2 |
Electronic messaging to distribute items based on adaptive scheduling
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that implements specialized logic to facilitate distribution of items in accordance with an automatically adaptive schedule, for example, via an interface. In some examples, a method may include predicting data representing, for example, a zone of time in which depletion of an item is predicted. The method may monitor whether to replenish the item, and transmit via a network an electronic message including one or more item characteristics associated with the item to be replenished. The method may also include receiving another electronic message, and transmitting a control message to a merchant computing system to initiate adaptive distribution to replenish the item, among other things. |
| US11416808B2 |
Load receiving vehicle
According to the present invention, a load receiving vehicle is provided. The load receiving vehicle comprises a storage unit usable as a receiving place of a delivery article; a lock control unit capable of controlling lock and unlock of a door of the storage unit; and a communication unit, wherein if the communication unit receives delivery schedule information representing a delivery schedule to the load receiving vehicle, information based on the delivery schedule information is provided to a driver. |
| US11416806B1 |
Distributed numeric sequence generation
Various embodiments of a distributed numeric sequence generation system and method are described. In particular, some embodiments provide high-scale, high-availability, low-cost and low-maintenance numeric sequence generation. The distributed numeric sequence generation system comprises one or more hosts, wherein individual hosts implement a cache for caching a plurality of numeric sequences. The hosts receive a maximum gap size limit for a numeric sequence, in some embodiments, and determine a total cache size of the cache associated with the one or more hosts to store the values of the numeric sequence, such that if the values in the cache were lost then the maximum gap size limit would not be exceeded. The hosts limit the number of values of the numeric sequence in the cache associated with the one or more hosts to the determined total cache size for the values of the numeric sequence, in some embodiments. |
| US11416805B1 |
Light-based guidance for package tracking systems
A package tracking system comprises a package room for holding packages intended for delivery to one or more package recipients, an optical sensing device positioned to capture one or more images of each package brought to the package room, one or more light sources, and a computing system including a processor, memory, and executable code stored on the memory. The processor executes the executable code to detect a presence and location of a given package held in the package room based on the one or more images captured by the optical sensing device and on package identification information relating to the given package. The processor further executes the executable code to cause the one or more light sources to shine on or near the given package in the package room to provide light-based guidance specific to the given package. |
| US11416801B2 |
Analyzing value-related data to identify an error in the value-related data and/or a source of the error
A device may receive data related to operations of an organization. The operations of the organization may be associated with a value. The data may be received from two or more systems associated with the organization. The device may process the data using a set of rules to permit an analysis of the data. The device may process the data to identify an error related to the data or a source of the error. The error may negatively impact the value associated with the operations of the organization. The device may perform an action after identifying the error or the source of the error. The action may facilitate fixing the error. |
| US11416800B2 |
System and method for comparing enterprise performance using industry consumer data in a network of distributed computer systems
Systems, method and computer program products for presenting to a user a visualization of a vehicle dealer performance assessment based on dealer location and vehicle sales transaction data, where the assessment is based on geographically normalized metrics. Dealer location data and historical vehicle sales transaction data is collected by a in a vehicle data system from external data sources. Distances from dealers to geographical regions of interest are determined, and differences between these distances are normalized to produce competition zone indices for the geographical regions. The competition zone indices are then used to aggregate the geographical regions into different competition zones in which dealers of interest have corresponding levels of competitive advantage or disadvantage, normalized according to typical distances associated with transactions in the respective geographical regions. |
| US11416797B2 |
Resource management system, information processing device, and resource management method
A resource management system, which manages a resource consumed by a user, includes: a processor that executes a program; and a storage device that stores the program. The processor executes: a resource consumption amount acquisition process of acquiring a resource consumption amount of the user; a user characteristic estimation process of estimating characteristics of the user based on the resource consumption amount; a target calculation process of calculating a target value related to the resource consumption amount for which the user needs to cooperate based on the characteristics of the user estimated by the user characteristic estimation process; a cooperation request generation process of generating cooperation request data related to reduction of the resource consumption amount for the user based on the target value calculated by the target calculation process; and an output process of outputting the cooperation request data generated by the cooperation request generation process. |
| US11416796B2 |
Control system for generating and distributing energy resources and operating building equipment accounting for resource provider contraints
A method for controlling an energy production and distribution system includes identifying sources that supply input resources, subplants that produce output resources using the input resources, and sinks that consume the output resources. The method includes obtaining a cost function including a cost of producing the output resources and generating a transit time constraint that requires the input resources be sent from the sources to the subplants at a first departure time that occurs before a first arrival time at which the input resources are predicted to be used by the subplants. The method includes solving an optimization problem to determine an amount of the output resources to produce at each of multiple time steps within a time period. Solving the optimization problem includes performing an optimization of the cost function subject to the transit time constraint. |
| US11416790B2 |
Method and system for managing business deals
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing business deals. The mechanisms and methods for managing business deals may enable embodiments to provide a dynamic and interactive user-interface including any combination of contacts, accounts, opportunities, allowing users to create tasks, events, leads (e.g., from Data.com), reports, dashboards, instant messenger, external deal spaces, email service (e.g., Outlook), a cloud-based productivity suite for businesses that allows work on any device (e.g., Google apps), mobile access, private messaging, lead management, mass email templates, social media monitoring (e.g., from Radian6), role-based sharing and security, and/or additional storage, for example. In an embodiment, the number of contacts may be unlimited. |
| US11416788B2 |
Method of providing client service
The invention relates to a system for providing location information to a system residing on a network with respect to a service provider providing service for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and the location information is provided to the network with respect to a geofence system located within property. |
| US11416786B2 |
Learning power grid characteristics to anticipate load
Improving the operations of a computer system that is located within a power grid and that is associated with its own power sources. Past operational characteristics of the power grid are analyzed to derive learned characteristics for the power grid. Future operational characteristics of the power grid are also monitored. A prediction regarding a future load event associated with the power grid is then generated using the learned characteristics and the monitored characteristics. In response to this prediction, one or more operations are performed to balance the computer system with the power grid during the future load event, and to ensure a determined availability of services associated with the computer system during the future load event. |
| US11416784B2 |
Automated remote transactions between a vehicle and a lodging system
A system and method is disclosed for automated remote transactions between a vehicle and a lodging system. The system may enable the vehicle to initiate an automated remote transaction to the lodging system to book an accommodation and complete a remote payment. The lodging system may transmit available accommodations to the vehicle. The vehicle may respond with a booking request comprising an accommodation selection and vehicle identifying data and the lodging system may communicate the vehicle identifying data to a payment network to authorize the remote transaction. In response to authorizing the remote transaction, the lodging system may complete the booking request with the vehicle. |
| US11416778B2 |
Method and apparatus for hardware-accelerated machine learning
A feature extractor for a convolutional neural network (CNN) is disclosed, wherein the feature extractor is deployed on a member of the group consisting of (1) a reconfigurable logic device, (2) a graphics processing unit (GPU), and (3) a chip multi-processor (CMP). A processing pipeline can be implemented on the member, where the processing pipeline implements a plurality convolution layers for the CNN, wherein each of a plurality of the convolutional layers comprises (1) a convolution stage that convolves first data with second data if activated and (2) a sub-sampling stage that performs a member of the group consisting of (i) a max pooling operation, (ii) an averaging operation, and (iii) a sampling operation on data received thereby if activated. The processing pipeline can be controllable with respect to which of the convolution stages are activated/deactivated and which of the sub-sampling stages are activated/deactivated when processing streaming data through the processing pipeline. The deactivated convolution and sub-sampling stages can remain instantiated within the processing pipeline but act as pass-throughs when deactivated. The processing pipeline performs feature vector extraction on the streaming data using the activated convolution stages and the activated sub-sampling stages. |
| US11416775B2 |
Training robust machine learning models
Techniques for training robust machine learning models for adversarial input data. Training data for a machine learning (ML) model is received. The training data includes a plurality of labels for data elements. First modified training data is generated by modifying one or more of the plurality of labels in the training data using parameterized label smoothing with a first optimization parameter. The ML model is trained using the first modified training data. The training includes updating a first one or more model weights in the ML model, and generating a second optimization parameter suitable for use in future parameterized label smoothing for future training of the ML model |
| US11416774B2 |
Method for video recognition capable of encoding spatial and temporal relationships of concepts using contextual features
The proposed invention aims at encoding contextual information for video analysis and understanding, by encoding spatial and temporal relationships of objects and the main agent in a scene. The main target application of the invention is human activity recognition. The encoding of such spatial and temporal relationships may be crucial to distinguish different categories of human activities and may be important to help in the discrimination of different video categories, aiming at video classification, retrieval, categorization and other video analysis applications. |
| US11416773B2 |
Method and system for determining result for task executed in crowd-sourced environment
A method and system for completing a task executed in a crowd-sourced environment is disclosed. The method comprises, at a training phase: transmitting a training task to a plurality of users; acquiring a plurality of training results responsive to the training task; acquiring a respective user activity history associated with each user; for each of the plurality of training results, assigning a label value; generating a set of triples of training data; and training a machine learning algorithm, the training including, determining for each triples of data a set of features representative of a property of the triples of training data; and generating an inferred function based on the set of features, the inferred function being configured to determine a error parameter of a given result received from a given user to a given task. |
| US11416772B2 |
Integrated bottom-up segmentation for semi-supervised image segmentation
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer-implemented method, a system, and a computer program product for integrating bottom-up segmentation techniques into a semi-supervised image segmentation machine learning model. The computer implemented method includes training a machine learning model with a labeled dataset. The labeled dataset includes ground truth segmentation labels for each sample in the labeled dataset. The computer implemented method also includes generating a pseudo labeled dataset by applying an unlabeled dataset to the machine learning model using a top-down segmentation grouping rule. The computer implemented method further includes evaluating the pseudo labeled dataset using a bottom-up segmentation grouping rule to produce evaluation results, combining the pseudo labeled dataset with the second pseudo labeled dataset into a training dataset, and then retraining the machine learning model with the training dataset. |
| US11416771B2 |
Self-learning peer group analysis for optimizing identity and access management environments
Mechanisms are provided for identifying risky user entitlements in an identity and access management (IAM) computing system. A self-learning peer group analysis (SLPGA) engine receives an IAM data set which specifies user attributes of users of computing resources and entitlements allocated to the users for accessing the computing resources. The SLPGA engine generates a user-entitlement matrix, performs a machine learning matrix decomposition operation on the user-entitlement matrix to identify excessive entitlement allocations, and performs a conditional entropy analysis of the user attributes and entitlements in the IAM data set to identify a set of user attributes for defining peer groups. The SLPGA engine performs a commonality analysis of user attributes and entitlements for each of one or more peer groups defined based on the set of user attributes, and identifies outlier entitlements based on the identification of the excessive entitlement allocations and results of the commonality analysis. |
| US11416767B2 |
Generative adversarial network model training using distributed ledger
Embodiments are directed to the tracking of data in a generative adversarial network (GAN) model using a distributed ledger system, such as a blockchain. A learning platform implementing a classification model receives, from a third party, a set of data examples generated by a generator model. The set of data examples are processed by the classification model, which outputs a prediction for each data example indicating whether each data example is true or false. The distributed ledger keeps a record of data examples submitted to the learning platform, as well as of predictions determined by the classification model on the learning platform. The learning platform analyzes the records of the distributed ledger, and pairs the records corresponding to the submitted data examples and the generated predictions determined by the classification model, and determines if the predictions were correct. The classification model may then be updated based upon the prediction results. |
| US11416765B2 |
Methods and systems for evaluating training objects by a machine learning algorithm
Methods and systems for training a machine learning algorithm (MLA) comprising: acquiring a first set of training samples having a plurality of features, iteratively training a first predictive model based on the plurality of features and generating a respective first prediction error indicator. Analyzing the respective first prediction error indicator for each iteration to determine an overfitting point, and determining at least one evaluation starting point. Acquiring an indication of a new set of training objects, and iteratively retraining the first predictive model with at least one training object from the at least one evaluation starting point to obtain a plurality of retrained first predictive models and generating a respective retrained prediction error indicator. Based on a plurality of retrained prediction error indicators and a plurality of the associated first prediction error indicators, selecting one of the first set of training samples and the at least one training object. |
| US11416764B2 |
Automatic generation and transmission of a status of a user and/or predicted duration of the status
Automatically generating and/or automatically transmitting a status of a user. The status is transmitted for presentation to one or more additional users via corresponding computing device(s) of the additional user(s). Some implementations are directed to determining both: a status of a user, and a predicted duration of that status; and generating a status notification that includes the status and that indicates the predicted duration. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to utilizing at least one trust criterion in determining whether to provide a status notification of a user to an additional user and/or in determining what status notification to provide to the additional user. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to training and/or use of machine learning model(s) in determining a status of a user and/or a predicted duration of that status. |
| US11416763B2 |
Method of training classifier and detecting object
A classifier training method includes detecting error data from training data; and training a classifier configured to detect an object based on the error data. |
| US11416757B2 |
Classifier training using noisy samples
An example system includes a processor to receive input data comprising noisy positive data and clean negative data. The processor is to cluster the input data. The processor is to compute a potential score for each cluster of the clustered input data. The processor is to iteratively refine cluster quality of the clusters using the potential scores of the clusters as weights. The processor is to train a classifier by sampling the negative dataset uniformly and the positive set in a non-uniform manner based on the potential score. |
| US11416756B2 |
Systems and methods for physiological sensing for purposes of detecting persons affective focus state for optimizing productivity and work quality
A system that infers and detects how focused a worker is on work tasks, based on physiological parameters collected using wearable and environmental sensors. The system can identify whether a worker is in a focused state of flow, the affective state in which the worker's mind is fully immersed and actively engaged in their task. The system can also identify whether the worker is anxious (where the task demands/difficulty is too high relative the worker's skills) or bored (where the task is too easy). Once the focus state is detected, the information can be used in various applications for optimizing the worker's tasks and work quality such as monitoring task mastery, interventions to improve worker focus (e.g., recommending breaks, reassigning tasks, clarifying goals), identifying potentially lower quality production lots in a manufacturing environment, measuring the effects of skills training, and personal informatics for improving a worker's own productivity. |
| US11416749B2 |
Execution synchronization and tracking
An integrated circuit includes a processing engine configured to execute instructions that are synchronized using a set of events. The integrated circuit also includes a set of event registers and an age bit register. Each event in the set of events corresponds to a respective event register in the set of event registers. The age bit register includes a set of age bits, where each age bit in the age bit register corresponds to a respective event register in the set of event registers. Each age bit in the age bit register is configured to be set by an external circuit and to be cleared in response to a value change in a corresponding event register in the set of event registers. Executing the instructions by the processing engine changes a value of an event register in the set of event registers. |
| US11416744B2 |
Max pooling processor based on 1T1R memory
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of artificial neural networks, and provides to a max pooling processor based on 1T1R memory, comprising an input module, a max pooling operation module, and an output module; the input module is configured to transmit an operating voltage according to the convolution result in the convolutional neural network; the 1T1R memory in the max pooling operation module is configured to adjust a conductance value of the RRAM according to the gate voltage of the transistor therein to achieve the max pooling operation by using the non-volatile multi-value conductance regulation characteristic of the RRAM, and store a max pooling result; and the output module is configured to read the max pooling result and output it. |
| US11416742B2 |
Audio signal encoding method and apparatus and audio signal decoding method and apparatus using psychoacoustic-based weighted error function
Provided is a training method of a neural network that is applied to an audio signal encoding method using an audio signal encoding apparatus, the training method including generating a masking threshold of a first audio signal before training is performed, calculating a weight matrix to be applied to a frequency component of the first audio signal based on the masking threshold, generating a weighted error function obtained by correcting a preset error function using the weight matrix, and generating a second audio signal by applying a parameter learned using the weighted error function to the first audio signal. |
| US11416740B2 |
Artificial intelligence optimized telecommunications systems
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an artificial intelligence system. In one aspect, a system includes multiple artificial intelligence skill agents that have each been trained to perform different actions in a telecommunications system. The system also includes an orchestrator agent that interacts with each of the artificial intelligence skill agents and coordinates which of the artificial intelligence agents performs actions in response to user inputs. The orchestrator agent receives a user input and determines an intent expressed by the user input. The orchestrator agent transmits an instruction to an artificial intelligence skill agent to perform an action that provides a response to the intent. In response to receiving the instruction from the orchestrator agent, the artificial intelligence skill agent performs the action when the artificial intelligence skill agent is capable of carrying out the action. |
| US11416739B2 |
Optimization control technology for building energy conservation
A simulation processor generates and stores a simulation model based on conditions associated with a physical structure, such as a building. A neural network processor implements a neural network, having an input layer coupled to receive sensor data from the structure and having an output layer coupled to supply control signals to the at least one electrically operable environmental control device. The neural network is trained using the simulation model. A particle swarm optimization processor programmed to receive the simulation results and perform particle swarm optimization, ascertains optimal parameters for controlling the at least one electrically operable environmental control device and supplies these optimal parameters to the neural network processor. The neural network processor uses the optimal parameters supplied by the particle swarm optimization processor to further train the neural network. |
| US11416737B2 |
NPU for generating kernel of artificial neural network model and method thereof
A neural processing unit (NPU), a method for driving an artificial neural network (ANN) model, and an ANN driving apparatus are provided. The NPU includes a semiconductor circuit that includes at least one processing element (PE) configured to process an operation of an artificial neural network (ANN) model; and at least one memory configurable to store a first kernel and a first kernel filter. The NPU is configured to generate a first modulation kernel based on the first kernel and the first kernel filter and to generate second modulation kernel based on the first kernel and a second kernel filter generated by applying a mathematical function to the first kernel filter. Power consumption and memory read time are both reduced by decreasing the data size of a kernel read from a separate memory to an artificial neural network processor and/or by decreasing the number of memory read requests. |
| US11416732B2 |
Simulated human-like affect-driven behavior by a virtual agent
A system for simulating human-like affect-driven behavior includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing software code providing a virtual agent. The hardware processor executes the software code to identify a character assumed by the virtual agent and having a personality, a target state of motivational fulfillment, a baseline mood, and emotions. The software code identifies current physical and motivational fulfillment states, and currently active emotions of the character, and determines a current mood of the character based on the baseline mood and the currently active emotions. The software code further detects an experience by the character and plans multiple behaviors including a first behavior based on the experience and the current physical state, the second behavior based on the experience, the personality, the current mood, and the currently active emotions, and a third behavior based on the target and current states of motivational fulfillment. |
| US11416729B2 |
Metal card manufacturing method
The present invention relates to a metal card manufacturing method including the steps of: preparing a metal sheet having a given size capable of accommodating a plurality of individual cards; forming holes on at least one or more edges of stacked sheets formed by stacking a plurality of sheets inclusive of adhesive sheets and an inlay sheet on which antenna coils are printed, the plurality of sheets having the same size capable of accommodating the plurality of individual cards as each other; fitting the holes formed on the stacked sheets to pins located on a loading plate; placing the metal sheet on top of the stacked sheets; forming a metal card sheet through lamination among the metal sheet and the stacked sheets; and cutting the metal card sheet along individual card outlines of the plurality of individual cards. |
| US11416726B2 |
Power management
A device comprising: an antenna; a power harvesting circuit for harvesting power from a radio frequency field received at the antenna in order to power functions of the device; a communication unit coupled to the antenna for transmitting and receiving signals by means of the antenna, the communication device being configured to communicate according to a protocol in which a party to a communication session deems the session to have timed out if during a predetermined period it does not receive a signal from another party to the session; and a module comprising a processing circuit; the device being configured to interrupt the operation of the module when the communication unit is transmitting a signal by means of the antenna. |
| US11416724B2 |
Toner supply control in image forming apparatus by using linear regression analysis
An example operation method of an image forming apparatus includes obtaining, through a sensor in the image forming apparatus, toner data corresponding to an amount of toner remaining in a developing apparatus, obtaining, based on the toner data in every predetermined period, a linear prediction model predicting the amount of toner remaining in the developing apparatus according to a time at which the toner is supplied to the developing apparatus, predicting, based on the linear prediction model, an expected supply time required for the amount of toner remaining in the developing apparatus to reach a target level, and controlling an operation of supplying the toner to the developing apparatus according to a result of comparing the expected supply time with a predetermined reference supply time. |
| US11416721B2 |
Hand-held printer having a camera for obtaining image data used to notify a user that a position has been reached
An applicator device includes a printing head that applies a material to a target, a camera that captures an image of the target, and a processor. In the case where the applicator device moves relative to the target or the target moves relative to the applicator device and an application area of the target in the image reaches a particular position in the image, the processor performs a notification process to notify that the application area has reached the particular position. |
| US11416719B2 |
Localization method and helmet and computer readable storage medium using the same
The present disclosure provides a localization method as well as a helmet and a computer readable storage medium using the same. The method includes: extracting first feature points from a target image; obtaining inertial information of the carrier, and screening the first feature points based on the inertial information to obtain second feature points; triangulating the second feature points of the target image to generate corresponding initial three-dimensional map points, if the target image is a key frame image; performing a localization error loopback calibration on the initial three-dimensional map points according to at least a predetermined constraint condition to obtain target three-dimensional map points; and determining a positional point of the specific carrier according to the target three-dimensional map points. In this manner, the accuracy of the localization of a dynamic object such as a person when moving can be improved. |
| US11416717B2 |
Classification model building apparatus and classification model building method thereof
A classification model building apparatus and a classification model building method thereof are provided. The classification model building apparatus introduces a clustering algorithm to assist in training a deep learning model for classification and takes a sum of a clustering loss function, a center concentration loss function and a classification loss function multiplied by different weights, respectively, as a total loss function for training the deep learning model. Based on the total loss function, the classification model building apparatus adjusts parameters of the deep learning model through a backpropagation algorithm to build a classification model. |
| US11416713B1 |
Distributed predictive analytics data set
A novel distributed method for machine learning is described, where the algorithm operates on a plurality of data silos, such that the privacy of the data in each silo is maintained. In some embodiments, the attributes of the data and the features themselves are kept private within the data silos. The method includes a distributed learning algorithm whereby a plurality of data spaces are co-populated with artificial, evenly distributed data, and then the data spaces are carved into smaller portions whereupon the number of real and artificial data points are compared. Through an iterative process, clusters having less than evenly distributed real data are discarded. A plurality of final quality control measurements are used to merge clusters that are too similar to be meaningful. These distributed quality control measures are then combined from each of the data silos to derive an overall quality control metric. |
| US11416709B2 |
Method, apparatus, device and computer readable medium for generating VQA training data
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an apparatus, a device and a computer readable medium for generating VQA training data. The method comprises: obtaining a first group of training data of the VQA system, the first group of training data including a first question for an image in the VQA system and a first answer corresponding to the first question; determining a second question associated with the first question in term of semantic; and determining a second answer corresponding to the second question based on the first question and the first answer, to obtain a second group of training data for the image in the VQA system, the second group of training data including the second question and the second answer. |
| US11416707B2 |
Information processing method, information processing system, and information processing apparatus
An information processing method is executed by a computer, and includes: obtaining a first image generated by a multi-pinhole camera; extracting at least one point spread function (PSF) in each of a plurality of regions in the first image; obtaining a second image different from the first image, and reference data used in machine learning for the second image; generating a third image, by convolving each of a plurality of regions in the second image with at least one PSF extracted in a corresponding region of the plurality of regions in the first image; and outputting a pair of the reference data and the third image. |
| US11416706B2 |
Systems and methods for image processing
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for image processing. A trained deep learning model may be determined. An input image may be acquired. A processing result may be generated by processing the input image based on the trained deep learning model. The trained deep learning model may be obtained according to a process including: acquiring a preliminary deep learning model; acquiring a sample image; generating a plurality of sub-images based on the sample image; and training the preliminary deep learning model based on the plurality of sub-images to obtain the trained deep learning model. |
| US11416701B2 |
Device and method for analyzing spatiotemporal data of geographical space
Provided are a device and method for analyzing spatiotemporal data of a geographical space including one or more regions. The method includes imaging spatiotemporally varying data, selecting a representative image according to each transition state based on a spatiotemporal change in the imaged data, grouping pixels in the selected image by clustering the pixels, and performing group-specific data analyses. |
| US11416700B1 |
Computer-based systems configured for machine learning version control of digital objects and methods of use thereof
In some embodiments, a version control system receives a first version of a digital object and a second version of the digital object. The version control system extracts data from the first version of the digital object, and data from the second version of the digital object. The version control system utilizes a categorization machine learning model to generate structured representations of the first digital object and a second digital object. The version control system identifies differences between the two digital objects and utilizes a natural language technique to produce pseudo-instructions representing an update request. The version control system validates differences between the two digital objects and sends an auto-validation report to a client computing device when the differences are compliant with the pseudo-instructions. |
| US11416698B2 |
Method for providing proof of presence
Method for providing proof of presence at a predefined location, comprising: an initialing step (E1) during which initialization data of a digital device (10) are transmitted to a server (20), a computing step (E2) in which the device iteratively computes, at a refresh frequency (FMIN), a time index (INDT), a step (E3) of displaying a validation matrix barcode on the screen of the device, and a step (E4) of validating a presence at the predefined location, comprising a sub step (E41) of scanning the validation matrix barcode displayed on the screen of the device by means of a communication terminal (30). |
| US11416696B2 |
Latch and hinge systems for base stations and handheld devices
A base station or handheld device can be equipped with a latch system or a multi-hinge arrangement for electrical contacts. The latch system can be adjustable between different latching configurations in which the base station and handheld device are retained together by different degrees. The multi-hinge arrangement can provide rotation about multiple axes to provide rolling contact between electrical contacts of the base station and the handheld device. |
| US11416690B2 |
Memory card reader body with protective mesh on both sides
A memory card reader body includes proposed, on an internal face, a receiving recess to receive a memory card connector. The receiving recess has electrically conductive tracks forming a protective mesh for the memory card connector. The conductive tracks are such that they also extend on an external face of the memory card reader body through vias passing through the internal and external faces. |
| US11416689B2 |
System and method for natural language processing with a multinominal topic model
The invention refers to a natural language processing system configured for receiving an input sequence ci of input words (v1, v2, . . . vN) representing a first sequence of words in a natural language of a first text and generating an output sequence of output words (, , . . . ) representing a second sequence of words in a natural language of a second text and modeled by a multinominal topic model, wherein the multinominal topic model is extended by an incorporation of language structures using a deep contextualized Long-Short-Term Memory model. |
| US11416685B2 |
System and method for artificial intelligence driven document analysis, including automated reuse of predictive coding rules based on management and curation of datasets or models
Artificial intelligence based document analysis systems and methods are disclosed. Embodiments of document analysis systems may allow the reuse of coded datasets defined in association with a particular code by allowing these datasets to be bundled to define a dataset for another code, where that code may be associated with a target corpus of documents. A model can then be trained based on that dataset and used to provide predictive scores for the documents of the target corpora with respect to the code. Furthermore, this code can be applied not just to the target corpus of documents, but additionally can be applied against any other corpora. |
| US11416674B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method of processing information and storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire first form definition information defining a positional relationship between one or more items and a respective value of the one or more items stored in a memory, recognize and extract a specific item set with a specific character string and a specific value of the specific item from data of a form image based on the first form definition information as a recognition result, and display, on a display, the recognition result and an input reception section used for receiving an input of second form definition information. |
| US11416669B2 |
System and method of providing layout information for generated images based on a hybrid application
One or more non-transitory computer readable recording mediums configured to store an application program including instructions, which when executed by an information processing device that has a display part, causes the information processing device to transmit, to a server device, identification information of an object when the object displayed on a screen is selected. The information processing device is further configured to receive layout information relating to arrangement of the object from the server device. The information processing device is further configured to display the object on a screen displayed on the display part by executing a native program included in the application program. The information processing device is further configured to display, when the layout information is received, an object based on the layout information instead of the object displayed by the native program, using a web browser embedded in the application program. |
| US11416666B1 |
Integrated circuit and method for forming the same
A method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The method includes obtaining an IC design; generating a layout according to the IC design; calculating a score of a region in the layout based on voltage levels in the region; and fabricating a semiconductor device according to the layout when the score of the region in the layout is equal to or less than a threshold value. |
| US11416658B2 |
System and method for estimating always-on energy load of a building with the aid of a digital computer
Improved energy conservation, including realization of a ZNET (Zero Net Energy including Transportation) paradigm, can be encouraged by providing energy consumers with a holistic view of their overall energy consumption. Current energy consumption in terms of space heating, water heating, other electricity, and personal transportation can be modeled by normalizing the respective energy consumption into the same units of energy. In addition, the passive always-on electricity consumption caused by inactive devices that contributes to the baseload of a building can be identified and addressed by the consumer, as appropriate by expressing baseload as a compound value that combines constant always-on loads and regularly-cycling loads. The baseload is estimated as the peak occurrence in a frequency distribution of net load data, after which the always-on load can be determined by subtracting out any regularly-cycling loads. |
| US11416657B2 |
Method for simulating vertically oriented current in a structure
A computer-implemented method of simulating a vertically-oriented current distribution of current flowing through a plurality of layers of one or more three-dimensional conductors embedded in a shielded multi-layered dielectric includes the steps of dividing portions of the circuit into subsections, the portions containing z-directed current into rectangular prisms; independently modeling a current distribution within each subsection, and, specifically, within the rectangular prisms, independently modeling a basis function of linearly changing or uniform current along the z-axis; independently determining the fields resulting from such assumed basis functions; determining a voltage induced by such determined fields, corresponding to a transfer impedance or transfer admittance of the subsection; and calculating a current distribution in one or more conductors according to the transfer impedance or transfer admittance of each subsection and an assumed voltage across each subsection. |
| US11416654B2 |
Analysis apparatus using learned model and method therefor
An analysis apparatus is provided. The analysis apparatus includes a model deriver configured to generate an analytic model for predicting a result of a numerical analysis performed multiple times iterations for a component by using a plurality of analytic data used for the numerical analysis for the component, and a model analyzer configured to predict the result of the numerical analysis performed multiple times iterations for a design target component by using the analytic model. |
| US11416652B2 |
System and method for predicting a physical and/or chemical phenomenon by means of a shared memory segment
The present invention relates to a system and method for predicting (simulating) at least one of a physical and chemical phenomenon on processors, each having computing cores. The system and method further includes a random-access memory including memory segments. The invention is based on the use of a table of numerical data that is stored in a single random-access memory segment that is “shared” between all of the cores. |
| US11416651B2 |
Dynamically adjustable training simulation
Systems, methods and program products for administering and modifying a simulation that incorporates the use of biometric data collection and computer-based predictive modeling techniques to reliably identify changes in the stress level of simulation participants while predictively adapting the simulation environment to manage each participants' stress levels within a pre-set or desired range. Each participant may have their biometric data collected and continuously monitored by wearing a computing device comprising biometric sensors, camera systems and audio recording devices. As the participants biometric data changes, the system monitors the participant for changes in stress level and maintains a desired stress level in the participant by modifying the adjustable properties of one or more virtual objects or computer-accessible real physical objects of the simulation environment to increase or decrease the stress level of the simulation on participants. |
| US11416650B2 |
Optimized visualization of loads and resistances for wellbore tubular design
System and methods for optimizing wellbore tubular design are provided. Design parameters for a wellbore tubular component are determined based on different types of axial loads expected during a downhole operation. The design parameters include load conditions at load points along the tubular component. An equivalent axial load is calculated for each load point, based on the corresponding load conditions. Design limits for the different types of axial loads are determined based on associated design parameters. A counter-load pressure is determined for at least one load point selected for each type of axial load, based on the corresponding equivalent axial load for each load point and a corresponding design limit for each type of axial load. At least one of the design limits is adjusted for the different types of axial loads, based on the counter-load pressure of the selected load point for each type of axial load. |
| US11416646B2 |
Integrated development environment to establish a digital thread in the lifecycle of a structural product
An apparatus for designing a structural product includes memory to store computer-readable program code for an integrated development environment to establish a digital thread in a lifecycle of the structural product, and processing circuitry to execute the computer-readable program code. The apparatus is thereby caused to generate a graphical user interface from which the integrated development environment is accessible to cause the apparatus to generate an electromagnetic effects (EME) model of the structural product from authoritative data including a solid model of the structural product, and parameterize the EME model with one or more electrical properties. The apparatus is caused to produce a computational electromagnetics (CEM) model of the structural product from the parameterized EME model, perform a CEM analysis from the CEM model to generate a corresponding solution is generated, and post-process the corresponding solution. |
| US11416642B2 |
Preparation of a three-dimensional model for data transmission
Various embodiments include a method for preparing a three-dimensional model for a fabrication component in the context of production for data transmission to different receiving entities comprising: receiving three-dimensional model data via an input interface; providing a detail-state for processing of the three-dimensional model on the respective receiving entity; and executing a reduction algorithm on a reference version of the received three-dimensional model data for automatically calculating and providing a reduced reference version with the provided detail-state. |
| US11416637B2 |
Method of managing privileges in a tamper-proof device comprising several software containers
The invention is a method for managing a tamper-proof device comprising a processor and an operating system able to handle a set of communication protocols with external entities. The operating system accesses a ruling data specifying for each communication protocol of the set whether Card Lock, Card Terminate and Final Application privileges as defined by GlobalPlatform Card Specification (V2.3) are authorized or forbidden. Upon receipt of a command from one of said external entities, the operating system uses the ruling data to deny or to authorize execution of the command based on the communication protocol used to convey the command. |
| US11416633B2 |
Secure, multi-level access to obfuscated data for analytics
In a computer-implemented method for providing obfuscated data to users, first, a user request to access data is received; then, an authorization level associated with the request received is identified. Next, obfuscated data is accessed in a protected enclave, which data corresponds to the request received. The data accessed has been obfuscated with an obfuscation algorithm that yields a level of obfuscation compatible with the authorization level identified. Finally, the obfuscated data accessed is provided to the user, from the protected enclave. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed. |
| US11416628B2 |
User-specific data manipulation system for object storage service based on user-submitted code
Systems and methods are described for modifying input and output (I/O) to an object storage service by implementing one or more owner-specified functions to I/O requests. Different data manipulation functions can be placed in different I/O paths depending on the request method or user access level. For example, a user having full access may be returned the unaltered version of the object, whereas a user having modified or reduced access may be returned a modified or redacted version of the object. In this manner, owners of the object collection are provided with greater control over how the object collection is accessed. |
| US11416627B2 |
Imaging device transmits broadcast ID to user device, and the imaging device receives token to connect to central server and secure an authorized access of the imaging device by user
An example imaging device includes a communication engine to transmit a broadcast message including a broadcast ID corresponding to the imaging device. The communication engine further is to receive a session token from a central server in response to a request for accessing the imaging device received from a user device in receipt of the broadcast ID. The session token is to connect the imaging device to a user session corresponding to a user of the user device. The imaging device further comprises a user authorization engine to obtain preliminary user details from the central server using the session token. The preliminary user details include a login ID and a user-selected authentication mode. The user authorization engine is to set-up a user login session using the preliminary user details for receiving user authentication approval from the central server to allow the user to access the imaging device. |
| US11416626B2 |
Query-aware privacy for access control data analytics
A method comprises: maintaining a database (120, 130) of access control events; dividing a portion (138) of the database into shares (140A, 140B, 140C); passing the respective shares to respective third party servers (44A, 44B, 44C); processing the shares in the respective third party servers; passing output of the processing to a further server (40) in common; and processing the output on the further server. |
| US11416621B2 |
Authenticating software images
Methods, systems, and devices for authenticating software images are described. Software images may include different portions (e.g., different versions, different users) that may be authenticated using hashes associated with an underlying data structure of the portion of the software image. In some examples, hashes (e.g., first hashes) associated with the software image may be generated and stored using a tree structure, such that a previous hash may be used when calculating a hash associated with a new portion of the software image. To authenticate a portion of the software image, a command may be issued, and a second hash may be calculated using the current data structure of the software image. The second hash may be compared to the associated first hash, and the software image may be authenticated based on the hashes matching. |
| US11416618B2 |
Bidirectional trust chaining for trusted boot
A root of trust may include one or more hardware components of an IHS (Information Handling System) that operate using validated hardware instructions. Once a root of trust has been established, it may be extended by validating additional components and the instructions by which these components operate. A chain of trusted boot components may be used to securely initialize a set of components required to support core functions of the IHS. In order to detect components of a trusted boot chain that have been compromised, boot chain components validate their own instructions as well as the instructions to be utilized by the next boot component and the instructions utilized by the prior boot component, thus providing bidirectional validation of trusted boot chain components. |
| US11416615B2 |
Configuring trusted remote management communications using UEFI
Methods and system are provided for remote management of an IHS (Information Handling System). A keypair is generated by a client management application using operating system capabilities of the IHS. The client management application, as a privileged operating system user, writes a public key of the keypair to UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) variables stored within a secured data storage device of the IHS. A BIOS of the IHS retrieves the public key from the UEFI variables and uses it to encrypt a remote management secret. The BIOS writes the encrypted secret back to the UEFI variables. The client management application uses the keypair to recover the remote management secret from the encrypted secret that was written to the UEFI variables by the BIOS. The secret is used to establish a secure remote management session between the client management application and a remote access controller of the IHS. |
| US11416611B2 |
Countering malware detection evasion techniques
An application downloaded from the network onto a target (production) machine can be validated in a sandbox environment. An execution report can be generated during the validation. When the validated application is executed on the target machine, operations performed by the application are limited based on the execution report. |
| US11416609B1 |
Systems and methods for cyber security threat detection and expedited generation of investigation storyboards using intelligent cyber security automations
A system and method for generating a digital cybersecurity artifact includes selectively executing an automated cybersecurity investigation workflow based on a probable cybersecurity threat type of a cybersecurity event, wherein an output of the automated cybersecurity investigation workflow includes one or more corpora of investigation findings data in response to executing the automated cybersecurity investigation workflow; selectively instantiating a digital cybersecurity artifact of a plurality of digital cybersecurity artifacts based on the probable cybersecurity threat type of the cybersecurity event, wherein the digital cybersecurity artifact includes a plurality of distinct regions electronically mapped to one or more threat type-specific content automations that, when executed, install investigation findings data into the plurality of distinct regions of the plurality of distinct regions of the digital cybersecurity artifact with selective subsets of investigation findings data of the one or more corpora of investigation findings data. |
| US11416606B2 |
Agent presence for self-healing
In one or more examples, there is disclosed a system and method of detecting agent presence for self-healing. An out-of-band monitoring process, such as Intel® AMT, or any process in firmware executing on a co-processor, may monitor one or more processes to determine if one goes down or otherwise meets a security criterion. Crashed processes may be reported to an enterprise security controller (ESC). The ESC may notice trends among affected machines and instruct the machines to take appropriate remedial action, such as booting from a remedial image. |