最新美国发明专利第2022-10-04期 - 专利汇|PatentHub专利检索|专利查询网|发明专利查询分析

Document	Document Title
US11463263B2	Secure emergency vehicular communication Secure emergency vehicular communication is described herein. An example apparatus can include a processing resource, a memory having instructions executable by the processing resource, and an emergency communication component coupled to the processing resource. The emergency communication component can be configured to generate an emergency private key and an emergency public key in response to being within a particular proximity from a vehicular communication component associated with a vehicular entity and in response to receiving a vehicular public key from the vehicular communication component. The emergency communication component can be configured to provide the emergency public key, an emergency signature, and notification data to the vehicular communication component.
US11463262B2	Voltage encoded MAC and bus scrambling Various embodiments are generally directed to providing authentication and confidentiality mechanisms for message communication over an in-vehicle network. For example, authentication data associated with a communicating node may be transmitted over the network by encoding different predefined voltage levels on top of the message bits of the message being communicated. Different voltage levels may represent different encodings, such as a bit-pair or any bit combination of the authentication data. In a further example, messaging confidentiality between at least two communicating nodes may be achieved by pseudo-randomly flipping, or scrambling, the dominant and recessive voltages of the entire message frame at the analog level based on a pseudo-random control bit sequence.
US11463259B2	System and method for managing trust and wearable device for use therewith Disclosed is a system for managing trust. The system comprises at least one wearable device, at least one terminal device and a server arrangement. The server arrangement is configured to determine occurrence of a first type of event between a wearable device and another wearable device or a second type of event between the wearable device and a terminal device; receive a device ID and a class of each of the at least one wearable device and the at least one terminal device; receive a rating and process the rating to generate updated activity information for each of the wearable device, and the other wearable device or the terminal device; update a profile corresponding to each of the at least one wearable device or the at least one terminal device with the updated activity information and allocate an incentive for the profile based on the updated activity information.
US11463253B2	Network timing synchronization Techniques are disclosed relating to time synchronization in a network. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first circuit having a first clock configured to maintain a local time value for a node coupled to a network. The first circuit is configured to send a first message to a second circuit. The first message includes a first nonce. The second circuit has a second clock that maintains a reference time value for the network. The first circuit receives a second message from the second circuit, the second message including a second nonce and is associated with a timestamp identifying the reference time value. The first circuit compares the first nonce to the second nonce to determine whether the timestamp is valid and, in response to determining that the timestamp is valid, uses the timestamp to synchronize the first clock with the second clock.
US11463250B2	Sharing data among different service providers at edge level through collaboration channels A solution is proposed for sharing data among different service providers. A corresponding method comprises establishing (under the control of a collaboration computing system) one or more collaboration channels; each collaboration channel is among one or more producer edge computing systems (providing the data of one or more shared categories) and one or more consumer edge computing systems (authorized to receive the data of one or more shared categories). Each collaboration channel is then used by each producer edge computing system to provide the data of the corresponding shared categories to the consumer edge computing systems that are authorized to receive them.
US11463247B2	Generator of physically unclonable cryptographic keys Generator of physically unclonable cryptographic keys (PUF) has two adjustable speed ring oscillators (GPRS, GPRS′), which outputs (o-GPRS, o-GPRS′) are connected to inputs (i1-DF, i2-DF) of a phase detector (DF), which output (o-DF) is connected to control inputs of the adjustable speed ring oscillators (s-GPRS, s-GPRS′) through a control system (US) and is also connected to a output (o-PUF) of the generator of physically unclonable cryptographic keys (PUF) through a sample and compare circuit (URP). Generator has a initializing input (i-UCH) connected to both initializing inputs of the adjustable speed ring oscillators (i-GPRS, GPRS′) and to the first input of the sample and compare circuit (i-URP), which second input (z-URP) is connected to the output (o-GPRS′) of one of adjustable speed ring oscillators (GPRS′).
US11463241B2	Transmitting or receiving blockchain information In some examples, an electronic device includes a non-transitory storage medium storing blockchain information, a processor to compute a secure representation of the blockchain information based on applying a cryptographic function to the blockchain information, and a transmitter to transmit a beacon comprising the secure representation of the blockchain information.
US11463237B2	Method and system for robust, searchable, symmetrical encrypt ion The present invention relates to a method and a system for robust, searchable, symmetrical encryption, the method comprising: during initialization, having a retrieval server perform retrieval on stored ciphertext information according to a searchable ciphertext and retrieval trapdoor information (Cntupd, K, Locgrp) sent by a client, wherein, the retrieval server acquires a last received first ciphertext set Cnew from a ciphertext database CDB just before the present retrieval according to a retrieval key K and an encryption counter Cntupd sent by the client, acquiring a second ciphertext set Ccache in a retrieval request history from a cache ciphertext database GRP according to a cache ciphertext index Locgrp, and merging the first ciphertext set Cnew and the second ciphertext set Ccache to form a retrieval set , and sending it to the client for decryption. The present invention is able to improve retrieval performance of searchable symmetrical encryption algorithm with robust forward and backward secrecy and to make searchable symmetrical encryption algorithm more practical.
US11463236B2	Programmable block cipher with masked inputs An indication of a mode of operation to be performed with a block cipher may be received. Logic associated with the block cipher may be configured based on the indicated mode of operation to be performed with the block cipher. Furthermore, an input data and a mask data may be received. The input data may be combined with the mask data to generate a masked input data based on the configured logic. The masked input data may be provided to the block cipher based on the configured logic and an output data may be generated with the block cipher based on the provided masked input data.
US11463235B2	Encryption device, encryption method, program, decryption device, and decryption method An encryption device includes an encryption unit that encrypts blocks, obtained by dividing a plaintext, with use of an auxiliary variable, a partial checksum generation unit that generates a plurality of partial checksums on the basis of the blocks obtained by dividing the plaintext, a meta checksum generation unit that generates a meta checksum on the basis of the partial checksums generated by the partial checksum generation unit, and a tag generation unit that generates a tag to be used for detecting tampering, on the basis of the meta checksum generated by the meta checksum generation unit. The encryption device outputs a ciphertext encrypted by the encryption unit and the tag generated by the tag generation unit.
US11463233B2	Unit interval jitter improvement in a C-PHY interface Methods, apparatus, and systems for communication over a C-PHY interface are disclosed. A transmitting device has a driver circuit configured to drive a three-wire bus in accordance with a symbol received at an input of the driver circuit, a pattern detector receives a sequence of symbols to be transmitted over the three-wire bus in a plurality of transmission symbol intervals, and a selection circuit responsive to a select signal provided by the pattern detector and configured to select between delayed and undelayed versions of a current symbol to drive the input of the driver circuit during a corresponding transmission symbol interval. The select signal may select the delayed version of the current symbol when a combination of the current symbol with an immediately preceding symbol cause the pattern detector to indicate a pattern match.
US11463232B2	System and method for generating time reference in duty-cycled wireless communications A system is provided for generating a time reference in duty-cycled wireless communications. The system includes at least one master module including a master transceiver adapted to transmit data packets. The system further includes at least one slave module including a slave transceiver adapted to receive the data packets. The slave module further includes a signal generator adapted to generate a clock signal with a period equal to the time interval of two data packets transmitted by the master module. Moreover, the slave module further includes a slave timer adapted to utilize the clock signal as a time reference in order to perform the sleep/wakeup control for the slave module.
US11463231B2	Synchronized multi-channel communication device and method An apparatus and method to transmit and receive messages within and near the noise floor by pulsed signals that are time synchronized and are not easily intercepted by use of frequency and time slots as well as intermittent transmissions.
US11463229B2	Managing user equipment time division duplex uplink duty cycles A device may receive a signal from a wireless station; and determine a network-permitted Time Division Duplex (TDD) uplink duty cycle based on the signal. If the determined network-permitted TDD uplink duty cycle is greater than a maximum allowable TDD uplink duty cycle for the device, when the device performs TDD uplink transmission after receiving a scheduling grant from the wireless station, the device may decrease the TDD uplink duty cycle of the device or may decrease a time-average transmission power of the device.
US11463224B2	Sounding feedback utilizing shortened frame structures Embodiments provide a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit or receive data in at least one transmission time interval on certain allocated resource elements of a wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to at least partially blank a transmission time interval for a data block to be transmitted or received by the transmitter, wherein the transceiver is configured (a) to signal to another transceiver a transmission grant in a blanked part of the at least partially blanked transmission time interval or (b) to at least partially blank the transmission time interval based on a blanking pattern received from another transceiver.
US11463221B2	Measurement period formulation for positioning reference signal (PRS) processing Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), the PRS configuration including one or more repetitions of one or more PRS resources within a PRS resource set of a PRS instance associated with the TRP, beam sweeps one or more receive beams within the PRS instance based on a number of the one or more repetitions being greater than a number of repetitions of the one or more PRS resources needed to meet an accuracy requirement, and beam sweeps the one or more receive beams across a plurality of PRS instances associated with the TRP based on the number of the one or more repetitions not being greater than the number of repetitions of the one or more PRS resources needed to meet the accuracy requirement.
US11463212B2	Methods of frequency domain intra-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol multi RX-beam measurement and dynamic RX beam sweeping A communication device comprises a receiver including at least two receive antennas and configured to receive at least one reference signal of a plurality of reference signals, each reference signal being transmitted from at least one base station at a predefined reference signal transmission time; a controller configured to switch between at least two receive configurations of the at least two antennas during a reception period of the at least one reference signal; and a signal quality determiner configured to determine a parameter indicative of a first signal quality of the received reference signal for each receive configuration.
US11463211B2	MTC-IWF entity, SCS entity, signaling method, and computer readable medium A Machine Type Communication Inter Working Function (MTC-IWF) entity (1) includes a trigger controller (11) and a notification service controller (12). The trigger controller (11) controls a device trigger of an MTC device (3) requested from an SCS entity (2). The notification service controller (12) is configured to send, to the SCS entity (2), a subscription request for a notification service including providing a PLMN (5) with management information which is collected outside (4) the PLMN (5) regarding the MTC device (3), and receive, from the SCS entity, a message containing the management information (2) when the subscription request has been accepted. Accordingly, it is possible to contribute to, for example, improvement in collaborative and cooperative operations between the PLMN and an M2M service layer.
US11463208B2	Enhancements for multi-TRP modes In one aspect, a method includes determining a first SSB burst set information corresponding to a first PCI; determining a second SSB burst set information corresponding to a second PCI, the second PCI different from the first PCI; and monitoring at least a first SSB from the first SSB burst set and at least a second SSB from the second SSB burst set. In another aspect, a method includes determining a number of RSRP reports to send based a CSI report request; transmitting a first RSRP report for a first beam of a plurality of beams, the first beam associated with a first group of beams of a plurality of groups; and transmitting a second RSRP report for a second beam of the plurality of beams, the second beam associated with a second group of beams of the plurality of groups.
US11463206B2	Method for scheduling retransmissions for configured grants in NR-unlicensed In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving, by a network device, information comprising a multiple transmission time interval uplink grant with cyclic redundancy check bits scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier; determining, by the network device of a communication network, a subset of data transmissions of a previous burst of data transmissions to be retransmitted by the network device; and performing by the network device retransmission of the subset of data transmissions using scheduled resources of the uplink grant. In addition, to perform determining, by a network node of a communication network, information comprising a multiple transmission time interval uplink grant with cyclic redundancy check bits scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier to identify a subset of data transmissions of a previous burst of data transmissions to be retransmitted by a network device; and sending the information towards the network device for use in retransmission of the subset of data transmissions using scheduled resources of the uplink grant.
US11463194B2	Information determination method, terminal apparatus, and network apparatus An information determination method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the first configuration information is used for configuring at least one CSI-RS resource group and used for indicating a first offset for the at least one CSI-RS resource group, each CSI-RS resource group comprises P number of CSI-RS resources, the at least one CSI-RS resource group is used for determining a first signal, and the first signal occupies Q number of slots, P and Q being integers greater than or equal to 2; receiving, by the terminal device, first indication information sent by the network device, wherein the first indication information is used for triggering the terminal device to receive the first signal; and receiving, by the terminal device in response to the first indication information, the first signal according to the first configuration information.
US11463183B2	Signal analysis apparatus and signal analysis method A signal analysis apparatus includes a first frequency conversion unit 10 that generates an intermediate frequency signal SIF2 and a second spurious signal SSP2 from a measured signal SRF of a frequency fRF (center frequency fc), and a second frequency conversion unit 25 that converts the intermediate frequency signal SIF2 and the second spurious signal SSP2 into an intermediate frequency signal SIF2′ of a frequency fIF2′ and a second spurious signal SSP2′ of a frequency fSP2′ by performing frequency shift of the intermediate frequency signal SIF2 and the second spurious signal SSP2 by a frequency shift amount Δf, in which the frequency shift amount Δf is a value that does not establish a relationship of −W/2≤fSP2′−fIF2′≤+W/2.
US11463181B2	Mobile terminal test apparatus, mobile terminal test system, and control method for mobile terminal test apparatus Provided are a mobile terminal test apparatus, a mobile terminal test system, and a control method for the mobile terminal test apparatus, which can reduce burdens on a user for setting parameters according to a specification of a test. A setting screen is displayed with a first operation image 21 for selecting a specification of a test and a second operation image 22 in which parameter operation images 22a to 22e for setting parameters for executing the test according to the specification selected by an operation with respect to the first operation image 21 are arranged based on parameter hierarchies. With an operation of changing one parameter with respect to the parameter operation images 22a to 22e, lower parameter operation images whose parameter hierarchies are lower than the parameter operation image are updated according to the specification selected by the operation with respect to the first operation image 21.
US11463178B2	Sub-band selection activation-based multi-band hyperbolic frequency modulation spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication method Disclosed by the present invention is a sub-band selection activation-based multi-band hyperbolic frequency modulation spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication method. The present invention discloses: dividing the available bandwidth of an underwater acoustic system into a plurality of sub-bands, performing hyperbolic frequency modulation on each of the sub-bands respectively, and performing spread spectrum modulation on the plurality of sub-bands within the same frequency modulation period, thus implementing multi-band parallel transmission. Hence, within each frequency modulation period, the divided plurality of sub-bands is grouped, and each sub-band group activates different sub-bands for transmission according to different options for transmitting data. Compared to other underwater acoustic hyperbolic frequency modulation communication solutions, the present invention further improves the frequency band utilization of the system, and the energy efficiency is also improved.
US11463173B1	Systems and methods for wafer-level testing of transmitter-receiver links An integrated transceiver chip comprising: a plurality of bidirectional ports; a plurality of grating couplers; a receiver having a first and a second input ports, the first input port being optically connected to a first grating coupler of the plurality of grating couplers, and the second input port being optically connected to a first bidirectional port of the plurality of bidirectional ports; and a transmitter having a first and a second input and a first and a second output ports, the first input port being optically connected to a second bidirectional port of the plurality of bidirectional ports and the second input port being optically connected to a second grating coupler, and the first output port being optically connected to a third bidirectional port of the plurality of bidirectional ports and the second output port being optically connected to a third grating coupler of the plurality of grating couplers.
US11463171B2	Bidirectional optical communication and sensing WDM architecture using same fiber transmission band Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures providing bidirectional optical fiber communication and sensing using the same fiber transmission band and bidirectional WDM fiber sharing such that communications channels and optical fiber sensing channel(s) coexist on the same fiber. As a result, nonlinear interaction between communications channels and interrogating pulse(s) of sensing are much reduced or eliminated.
US11463170B2	Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) suppression in an optical communications system Techniques for transmitting an optical signal through optical fiber with an improved cost effective stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) suppression include externally modulating a light beam emitted from a light source with a high frequency signal. The light beam is also modulated externally with an RF information-carrying signal. The high frequency signals are at least twice a highest frequency of the RF signal. The high frequency signals modulating the light source can be gain and phase adjusted by the first set of gain and phase control circuit to achieve a targeted spectrum shape. The adjusted high frequency signals then are split, providing a portion of the split signals to modulate the light source and another portion of the split signals to the second set of phase and gain control circuit for adjusting a phase/gain. The output of second set of phase and gain control circuits can be applied to the external modulator to eliminate intensity modulation caused by the corresponding high frequency signals that modulate the light source. The spread spectrum for SBS suppression or the optical transmitter's SNR is further improved by cancelling a beat between SBS suppression modulation tones and out of band distortion spectrum of information bearing RF signal.
US11463169B2	Wavelength dispersion amount estimation apparatus A wavelength dispersion amount estimation apparatus includes a correlation signal generation unit configured to generate, from a receive signal, a first signal including a main signal of the receive signal and a second signal, which includes an image signal corresponding to the main signal, with a shift by a baud rate of the receive signal relative to the first signal in a frequency domain, a correlation calculation unit configured to calculate a cross correlation of the first signal and the second signal, and a dispersion amount calculation unit configured to calculate a wavelength dispersion amount, based on a position of a peak of the cross correlation.
US11463163B2	Device for measuring optical frequency reflection and measurement method thereof The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for optical frequency domain reflectometry and a method thereof that can measure a reflectance distribution with less spatial resolution degradation due to a phase noise, without using a wideband receiving system even when a long-distance measurement is performed. The device for optical frequency domain reflectometry according to the present invention is provided with a delay optical fiber for delaying a local light by a prescribed time, and obtains information on a relative delay of a backscattered light from an optical fiber under measurement with respect to the local light and information on the positivity and the negativity of a beat frequency by measuring an in-phase component and a quadrature component of a beat signal obtained by multiplexing the backscattered light from the optical fiber under measurement and the local light delayed by the delay optical fiber, so as to obtain a reflectance distribution in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber under measurement based on these pieces of information.
US11463156B2	Repeater communication system with power measurement capability This disclosure generally relates to systems, devices, apparatuses, products, and methods for wireless communication. For example, a communication system may include a repeater having a first communication interface that receives a control message that indicates a measurement configuration for a second communication interface of the repeater that is different than the first communication interface. The repeater receives, via the second communication interface, a first signal at the repeater from a first device. The repeater also measures a power metric associated with the first signal based on the measurement configuration. In some implementations, a base station or another device (e.g., UE), may communicate with the repeater and take one or more actions based on the power metric measured by the repeater.
US11463154B2	Reconfigurable and modular active repeater device An active repeater device includes a primary sector and one or more secondary sectors, receives a first beam of input RF signals. A first set of analog baseband signals, are generated based on received first beam of input RF signals. The first set of analog baseband signals are converted to a first set of coded data signals and control information is extracted from the first set of coded data signals by decoding only a header portion of the first set of coded data signals without demodulation of data portion of the first set of coded data signals. Based on the extracted control information, the first set of coded data signals are transmitted as beams of output RF signals to remote user equipment. The transmission is independent of demodulation of the data portion within the active repeater device to reduce latency for transmission of the first set of coded data signals.
US11463153B2	Millimeterwave repeater and distributed antenna system for power transmission Provided is a distributed antenna system using a millimeterwave repeater. The distributed antenna system includes a donor unit configured to receive a downlink millimeter band radio frequency (RF) signal from a gNodeB base station, sum the received RF signal with a communication signal, and a synchronization signal to generate a summation signal, and transmit the summation signal; a transmission unit configured to transmit the summation signal and a power signal for power supply; and a server unit configured to receive the summation signal, separate and amplify the summation signal to transmit an RF signal to a user terminal. Only one of the donor unit and the server unit includes a power supply unit configured to generate the power signal.
US11463147B2	Method and apparatus for determining physical uplink channel power control parameter values for use after a beam failure recovery A method and apparatus is provided for determining physical uplink channel power control parameter values for use after a beam failure recovery. A physical random access channel with a spatial domain transmission filter associated with a selected downlink reference signal from a set of downlink reference signals configured for a link recovery is transmitted. A determination is made as to whether the selected downlink reference signal is configured for at least one of a set of uplink spatial relation configurations as a reference signal for an uplink spatial relation setting for a physical uplink channel transmission. A power control parameter value for the physical uplink channel transmission is determined. The physical uplink channel is transmitted with the spatial domain transmission filter associated with the selected downlink reference signal and the determined physical uplink channel power control parameter value.
US11463146B2	Methods and apparatuses for selecting the best transmit beams A method for selecting one or more TX beams to identify in a beam report. The method includes a UE obtaining i) a first interference value, 1a, associated with a first antenna arrangement and ii) a second interference value, 1b, associated with a second antenna arrangement. The method also includes the UE obtaining i) a power value, P1a, associated with the first antenna arrangement and with a first TRP TX beam and ii) a power value, P1b, associated with the second antenna arrangement and with the first TRP TX beam. The method further includes the UE determining a first final power value, Pn1, based on 1a and 1b and based on at least one of P1a, and P1b. The method also includes the UE using Pn1 to determine whether or not to include in the beam report an identifier for identifying the first TRP TX beam.
US11463142B2	Method and apparatus for uplink control information omission A method for operating a UE for CSI reporting is provided. The method comprises receiving configuration information for a CSI report, determining the CSI report comprising a first CSI part and a second CSI part, the second CSI part including a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), the PMI comprising a plurality of PMI components, wherein some of the PMI components comprise sub-components, determining priority values for the sub-components of the some of the PMI components, partitioning the second CSI part into Group 0, Group 1, and Group 2 such that the sub-components of the some of the PMI components are divided into Group 1 and Group 2 based on the determined priority values for the sub-components, and transmitting the first CSI part and Group 0 or (Group 0, Group 1) or (Group 0, Group 1, Group 2) of the second CSI part based on a resource allocation for the CSI report.
US11463137B1	Spatial stream configuration encoding for wifi In an embodiment, a method is for communicating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that utilizes multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO). A first communication device determines an allocation of spatial streams for multiple second communication devices that are intended receivers of an multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission by the first communication device. The first communication device generates a subfield that indicates respective numbers of spatial streams allocated to respective second communication devices, the generating the subfield performed according to an encoding that supports allocating up to sixteen spatial streams to up to eight intended receivers. The first communication device generates a multi-user physical layer (PHY) data unit that includes i) a PHY preamble, and ii) a PHY data portion. The PHY preamble is generated to include the subfield, and the PHY data portion is generated to include the MU-MIMO transmission.
US11463135B2	Communication system, terminal, and control method In a communication system that includes an access point, a repeater #1, and a repeater #2 and wirelessly communicates with a terminal, the access point wirelessly communicates with the repeater #1 on at least a first channel included in a first frequency band and wirelessly communicates with the repeater #2 on at least a second channel included in a second frequency band different than the first frequency band, the repeater #1 wirelessly communicates with the terminal on at least a third channel included in the second frequency band, and the repeater #2 wirelessly communicates with the terminal on at least a fourth channel included in the first frequency band.
US11463132B2	Data transmission using a quasi co-location type associated with a type of channel large-scale characteristic parameter A method relating to quasi co-location functionality for wireless communication includes: a radio access network device sending signaling to a terminal device, where the signaling includes a quasi co-location type and at least one set of configuration parameters associated with the quasi co-location type, and the terminal device applying one set of configuration parameters associated with the first quasi co-location type, to learn of at least two quasi co-located antenna ports effective when at least one channel large-scale characteristic parameter associated with the first quasi co-location type is applied.
US11463127B2	Modular customer premises equipment for providing broadband internet An electronic device includes a first housing including a power module and a second housing coupled to the first housing. The second housing includes a first antenna communicatively coupled to the power module, and oriented in a first direction. The second housing further includes a second antenna communicatively coupled to the power module, and oriented in a second direction that is different than the first direction. At least one printed circuit board (PCB) is disposed in the second housing and communicatively coupled to the power module, the first antenna, and the second antenna A modem module resides within the second housing and communicatively couples to the power module, the first antenna, the second antenna, and the at least one PCB. An interface resides within the second housing and communicatively couples to the power module, the first antenna, the second antenna, the at least one PCB, and the modem module.
US11463114B2	Protograph quasi-cyclic polar codes and related low-density generator matrix family Data communications and storage systems require error control techniques to be transferred successfully without failure. Polar coding has been used as a state-of-the-art forward error correction code for such an error control technique. However, the conventional decoding based on successive cancellation has a drawback in its poor performance and long latency to complete. Because the factor graph of polar codes has a lot of short cycles, a parallelizable belief propagation decoding also does not perform well. The method and system of the present invention provide a way to resolve the issues by introducing a protograph lifting expansion for a polar coding family so that highly parallelizable decoding is realized to achieve a high coding gain and high throughput without increasing the computational complexity and latency. The invention enables an iterative message passing to work properly by eliminating short cycles through a hill-climbing optimization of frozen bits allocation and permutation.
US11463111B2	Encoding/decoding method, device, and system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an encoding/decoding method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: encoding information bits to obtain a first-level encoded code word; obtaining a sorting value of each check bit of the first-level encoded code word, and adjusting each check bit to a corresponding position according to the sorting value of each check bit, where the sorting value refers to a value of S when the check bit is related to first S information bits of the information bits in the first-level encoded code word, and S is a non-zero integer; and performing second-level encoding on the first-level encoded code word after positions of the check bits are adjusted, thereby obtaining a second-level encoded code word. The present disclosure is applicable to various communication systems.
US11463106B2	Zero padding apparatus for encoding fixed-length signaling information and zero padding method using same A zero padding apparatus and method for fixed length signaling information are disclosed. A zero padding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor configured to generate a LDPC information bit string by deciding a number of groups whose all bits are to be filled with 0 using a difference between a length of the LDPC information bit string and a length of a BCH-encoded bit string, selecting the groups using a shortening pattern order to fill all the bits of the groups with 0, and filling at least a part of remaining groups, which are not filled with 0, with the BCH-encoded bit string; and memory configured to provide the LDPC information bit string to an LDPC encoder.
US11463103B2	Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method for securing good communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. LDPC coding for information bits with an information length K=N×r is performed on the basis of an extended parity check matrix having rows and columns extended by a predetermined puncture length L with respect to a parity check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a coding rate r of 14/16, so that an extended LDPC code having parity bits with a parity length M=N+L−K is generated. A head of the information bits of the extended LDPC code is punctured by L, so that a punctured LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the coding rate r is generated. The extended parity check matrix includes an A matrix of M1 rows and K columns expressed by a predetermined value M1 and the information length K=N×r, a B matrix of M1 rows and M1 columns, a Z matrix of M1 rows and N+L−K−M1 columns, a C matrix of N+L−K−M1 rows and K+M1 columns, and a D matrix of N+L−K−M1 rows and N+L−K−M1 columns. The present technology can be applied to data transmission and the like using an LDPC code.
US11463102B2	Data compression method, data decompression method, and related apparatus, electronic device, and system In the data compression method, a raw data block in raw data is processed based on a compression algorithm to obtain a standard compressed data block that has a length of L2 and that corresponds to the raw data block, and the raw data is further compressed into one or more standard compressed data blocks that each have the length of L2 and that are to be decompressed in parallel by a decompression apparatus, where the decompression apparatus includes a plurality of decompression engines, and each decompression engine is capable of decompressing one standard compressed data block within one processing cycle. According to the data compression method, a standard compressed data block with a fixed length can be obtained through compression.
US11463100B1	Digital-to-analog converter and digital-to-analog conversion method thereof A digital-to-analog converter and a digital-to-analog conversion method thereof are provided. The digital-to-analog conversion method includes: converting a digital data signal into an analog data signal in a first cycle according to a clock signal, resetting the analog data signal in a second cycle according to the clock signal and a reset signal corresponding to a first reset level, and compensating for a voltage level of the reset analog data signal in the second cycle according to a second reset level, so that the voltage level of the reset analog data signal is the second reset level. The second reset level is higher or lower than the first reset level.
US11463098B2	Method and device for testing successive approximation register analog-to-digital converters An integrated circuit includes a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a bit step selector. During testing of the ADC, the bit step selector selects a number of bits to be tested for a next analog test voltage based on digital values that are within an integer delta value of most recent digital value for a most recent analog test voltage.
US11463094B1	Digital filter for second tap of DFE Various embodiments provide a method or system that implements a two-tap decision feedback equalizer by applying a first tap and a second tap on a first symbol of a data signal, each of the first and second taps having a first and second polarity to generate a first corrected data symbol and a second corrected data symbol. The first corrected data symbol and the second corrected data symbol is provided to a comparator to select a data symbol. The output of the comparator is provided to a clock data recovery circuit along with a previous data symbol of the data signal preceding the first data symbol.
US11463093B1	Reducing non-linearities of a phase rotator Circuits, controllers, and techniques are provided for reducing non-linearities in a phase rotator. A circuit, according to one implementation, includes a single Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) circuit having a main path and a return path forming a feedback loop. The circuit also includes one or more phase rotators connected to an output of the single PLL circuit outside the feedback loop and one or more adaptable Look-Up Tables (LUTs) populated with operating code to be provided to the one or more phase rotators for defining operating characteristics of the one or more phase rotators. Furthermore, the circuit includes a control device configured to receive phase response characteristics from the one or more phase rotators. The control device is further configured to modify the operating code of the one or more adaptable LUTs based on the phase response characteristics to reduce non-linearities of the one or more phase rotators.
US11463091B2	Analog input device, computing system and method for receiving and processing analog input An analog input device including at least one mounting panel and a matrix of analog push button assemblies mounted thereon. Each analog push button assembly including an analog pressure sensor including a pressure reception arrangement having an optical sensing sub-arrangement configured to measure an amount of light varied according to a pressure sensed at the pressure reception arrangement and an output terminal for outputting an analog signal corresponding to the amount of light measured, and a plunger element configured to exert the pressure on the pressure reception arrangement. The analog input device may include a multiplexer including an input side coupled to the push button assemblies and an output side; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the output side of the multiplexer; a processor coupled to the analog-to-digital converter and configured to output a data packet; and a communication interface configured to transmit the data packet to a host computing device.
US11463090B2	Touch keyboard and keyboard touch electrode module A touch keyboard includes a keyboard touch electrode module and keyswitches arranged along lengthwise and widthwise directions. The keyboard touch electrode module includes plural key electrode matrixes one-to-one corresponding to plural key projection areas for the keyswitches. The key electrode matrixes are arranged along the lengthwise direction and the widthwise direction. At least two key electrode matrixes unaligned in the widthwise direction are identical to each other. The key electrode matrix includes plural electrodes arranged alternately at an electrode interval. A size of the electrode in the widthwise direction is defined by a function of the electrode interval, a key pitch between two widthwise-adjacent ones of the key projection areas, and an electrode row number covered within the key pitch.
US11463085B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes multiple termination circuits that correspond to multiple target pins. The multiple termination circuits each include a first resistor and a first transistor coupled in series between the corresponding target pin and the ground. A second resistor is provided between the corresponding target pin and the control electrode of the first transistor. The enable circuit is arranged such that its output node is coupled to the control electrode of the first transistor, and configured such that (i) when the enable pin is set to the first state, the current is sunk from the output node, and (ii) when the enable pin is set to the second state, the output node is set to the low level.
US11463080B2	Power switch circuit A power switch circuit is disclosed. The power switch circuit includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a first switch, a second switch, a sensing switch and an adjusting circuit. The first switch is coupled to the input terminal. The second switch is coupled to the first switch and the output terminal. A first node between the first switch and the second switch has a first node voltage. A breakdown voltage of the second switch is higher than that of the first switch. The sensing switch is coupled to the input terminal and the first switch. The adjusting circuit is coupled to the first node and the sensing switch. A second node between the adjusting circuit and the sensing switch has a second node voltage. The adjusting circuit adjusts the second node voltage according to the first node voltage to make it equal to the first node voltage.
US11463079B2	Power transistor driving method, driving circuit and switching circuit The present disclosure provides a power transistor driving method. When a power transistor is turned off, a drain-source voltage of the power transistor is detected, and when the power transistor is an N-type component, and a change rate of the drain-source voltage of the power transistor along with time is lower than a first slope threshold, the power transistor is pulled down in a first current; when the change rate of the drain-source voltage of the power transistor along with the time is higher than the first slope threshold, a driving pole of the power transistor is pulled down in a second current; and when the change rate of the drain-source voltage of the power transistor along with the time is lower than the first slope threshold again, a pull-down switch is turned on or the driving pole of the power transistor is pulled down in a third current.
US11463059B1	Systems and methods for linear variable gain amplifier The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides variable gain amplifier that includes an impedance ladder and a control circuit. The impedance ladder includes n switches configured in parallel. The control circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter and an amplifier. The control circuit generates n control signals for the n switches. There are other embodiments as well.
US11463052B2	PWM driving circuit and method In an embodiment, a method for shaping a PWM signal includes: receiving an input PWM signal; generating an output PWM signal based on the input PWM signal by: when the input PWM signal transitions with a first edge of the input PWM signal, transitioning the output PWM signal with a first edge of the output PWM signal; and when the input PWM signal transitions with a second edge before the first edge of the output PWM signal transitions, delaying a second edge of the output PWM signal based on the first edge of the output PWM signal.
US11463051B2	Method and apparatus for achieving and maintaining balance in solid-state RF and microwave power amplifiers This application is generally related to methods and systems for improving amplifier performance. For example, the system includes two or more gain and phase modulators. The system also includes two or more component amplifiers operably coupled to, and downstream of, the power splitter, where each of the two or more component amplifiers is operably coupled to a respective one of the two or more gain and phase modulators. The system further includes a power combiner operably coupled to, and downstream of, the two or more component amplifiers, configured to output a power signal. The system even further includes a Walsh generator configured to generate and transmit first and second Walsh codes to each of the two or more gain and phase modulators. The first Walsh code is orthogonal to the second Walsh code. A first set of the first and second Walsh codes is inverted with respect to a second set of the first and second Walsh codes.
US11463050B2	Radio frequency circuit and communication apparatus A radio frequency circuit includes a substrate, a first terminal disposed on a first principal surface of the substrate, a second terminal disposed on the first principal surface, a first-surface mounted component disposed on the first principal surface or inside the substrate, and a second-surface mounted component disposed on a second principal surface of the substrate which is opposite the first principal surface. A radio-frequency signal, which is input to the first terminal, is transmitted, for output from the second terminal, so as to make at least one round trip between the first principal surface and the second-surface mounted component, which is disposed on the second principal surface, through wiring lines disposed in the substrate.
US11463049B1	Digitally modulated polar power amplifier A digitally modulated polar power amplifier uses a thin-oxide amplifying transistor with a protection diode. The polar power includes a driver amplifier in a driver stage that can receive a phase-modulated signal with a constant envelope and amplify the signal for the output stage, which includes only a single thin-oxide transistor, leading to improved efficiency over systems that require a thick-oxide transistor. A protection diode can be added between the output of the polar power amplifier and the supply voltage to limit the output to the sum of the supply voltage plus the forward voltage of the diode. Amplitude modulation can be achieved through dynamically turning on and off the digital power amplifier via an amplitude control word (acw) input signal.
US11463046B1	Resistor-capacitor oscillator with shared circuit architecture A resistor-capacitor (RC) oscillator with shared circuit architecture includes a current mirror circuit, a comparator circuit, a bias voltage generator, and a clock buffer. The current mirror circuit utilizes a plurality of transistors to perform current control, to adjust a second current on a second current path according to a first current on a first current path. The comparator circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a resistor, and a capacitor, wherein a comparison result signal generated by the comparator circuit corresponds to a voltage of the capacitor. The bias voltage generator generates a bias voltage as a comparator reference voltage between the first transistor and the resistor. The clock buffer buffers the comparison result signal to generate an output signal. The bias voltage generator at least shares the resistor with the comparator circuit, and the RC oscillator may achieve targets of low cost and high performance.
US11463045B2	Oscillator circuit and radio receiver Provided is an oscillator circuit including an LC oscillator circuit, an amplitude detection circuit, and a bias generation circuit, in which the LC oscillator circuit includes an inductor and at least one variable capacitance element, the amplitude detection circuit detects an oscillation amplitude of the LC oscillator circuit and converts the oscillation amplitude into a DC voltage, and the bias generation circuit compares the DC voltage with a voltage for generating a bias signal, the voltage changing on the basis of a temperature fluctuation of the bias generation circuit, calculates a difference between the DC voltage and a voltage after the change, and generates, on the basis of the difference, a bias signal that reduces a fluctuation in the oscillation amplitude, to control the oscillation amplitude.
US11463043B2	Internally reflective solar panel system A solar panel system is assembled into a three-dimensional volume with the solar cell(s) positioned on an inward facing surface to collect sunlight and reflect sunlight from different angles as the sun passes overhead. Embodiments may be mounted into the interior of a building with a top end of the module being positioned on or proximate a roof surface and disposed to collect sunlight into the module interior below the roof line. Some embodiments may be pyramidal shaped. Outdoor mounting of the solar panel module includes embodiments that may be held in a frame and rail mounted system.
US11463039B2	Energy harvester Provided is an energy harvester having excellent portability. The energy harvester includes a flat plate-shaped energy harvesting section and a pair of connectors that are electrically conductive. The energy harvesting section includes an electricity generating region that utilizes energy in the external environment to generate electrical power and metal foils. The metal foils extend from the electricity generating region to a peripheral part of the energy harvesting section. The electrical power of the electricity generating region is supplied to the metal foils. The peripheral part includes a pair of holes that expose part of each of the metal foils. Each of the connectors includes a spring, a terminal part that is electrically connected to the spring and is connectable to an external device, and a flat plate part that overlaps with the energy harvesting section. The springs are electrically connected to the metal foils exposed via the holes.
US11463037B2	Motor control system and method of controlling the same A motor control system is coupled to an input power source and a motor. The motor control system includes an inverter, a brake, and a controller. The inverter includes a plurality of upper-bridge transistors and a plurality of lower-bridge transistors, and the brake includes a plurality of loop switches. Each loop switch includes a first end, a second end, and a third end, and the third ends are respectively coupled to control ends of the lower-bridge transistors. The controller is coupled to the first end, and when the controller detects that the input power source is greater than a low-voltage protection value, the controller controls the third end to be coupled to the first end, and provides an upper-bridge drive signal assembly to operate each upper-bridge transistor, and provides a lower-bridge drive signal assembly to operate each lower-bridge transistor.
US11463033B2	Apparatus, system, and method for controlling motor Disclosed is about an apparatus, a system, and a method aligning a position of a rotor by applying a specific current to align the rotor a plurality of times to reduce vibration and noise when starting an operation of the motor to align the position of the rotor.
US11463032B2	Detecting rotor anomalies by determining vibration trends during transient speed operation An approach for detecting rotor anomalies is disclosed. Vibration data for a vibration sensor(s) and for a transient speed operation is classified into a plurality of rotor speed ranges. A predetermined percentile vibration amplitude is determined for each rotor speed range for the vibration sensor(s). Using historical vibration measurement data obtained from a predetermined number of previous transient speed operations performed by at least the rotor, it is determine whether a vibration measurement obtained during the transient speed operation is indicative of a rotor anomaly by determining whether a trend exists in the predetermined percentile vibration amplitude for at least one of the rotor speed ranges and the vibration sensor(s) over a preset number of previous transient speed operations. A rotor anomaly is indicated where a trend exists.
US11463030B2	Systems and methods for calculating motor position, inertia and rest position in sensorless brushed DC motor control systems, and for determining seat occupant weight based on motor current A system includes a motor control module and an occupant weight classification module. The motor control module is configured to supply power to a motor to move a seat in a first direction from a first position to a second position when the seat is unoccupied and supply power to the motor to move the seat in a second direction from a third position to a fourth position when an occupant is in the seat. The occupant weight classification module is configured to measure a first frequency of ripples in current supplied to the motor as the seat is moved from the first position to the second position, measure a second frequency of ripples in the current supplied to the motor as the seat is moved from the third position to the fourth position, and determine a weight of the occupant based on the first and second frequencies.
US11463026B2	Quantum plasmon fluctuation devices Described herein are devices incorporating plasmon Casimir cavities, which modify the distribution of allowable plasmon modes within the cavities. The plasmon Casimir cavities can drive charge carriers from or to an electronic device adjoining the plasmon Casimir cavity by modifying the distribution of zero-point energy-driven plasmons on one side of the electronic device to be different from the distribution of zero-point energy-driven plasmons on the other side of the electronic device. The electronic device can exhibit a structure that permits transport or capture of carriers in very short time intervals, such as in 1 picosecond or less.
US11463025B2	Piezoelectric electromagnetic composite energy harvester based on parallel mechanism The invention provides a piezoelectric electromagnetic combined energy harvester based on parallel mechanism. The harvester includes fixed bracket, three groups of motion branches and movable bracket. The movable bracket includes bottom platform, the bottom platform support frame and the bottom platform connector. The invention realizes multi-direction telescopic motion, and the magnetic flux of the coil is constantly changing, generating induced electromotive force. The vibration of piezoelectric beam causes the polarization of piezoelectric material and produces the output voltage. The invention uses parallel mechanism to introduce twelve piezoelectric beams, twelve permanent magnets and twenty-four coils in a small working space. The limited working space is fully utilized, and the combined working mode of piezoelectric energy collection technology and electromagnetic energy collection technology is adopted to make the overall power generation effect better, improve the power generation, and broaden the effective working bandwidth.
US11463023B2	Triboelectric generator A triboelectric generator includes first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other, a first charging object on a surface of the first electrode facing the second electrode, a second charging object provided between the first charging object and the second electrode, and a grounding unit configured to intermittently interconnect the second charging object and a charge reservoir due to motion of the second charging object. The first charging object is configured to be positively charged due to contact. The second charging object is configured to be negatively charged due to contact.
US11463021B2	Gas detecting module A gas detecting module is provided. The gas detecting module includes a base, a piezoelectric actuator, a driving circuit board, a laser component, a particulate sensor and an outer cover. A gas-guiding-component loading regain and a laser loading region are separated by the base. By the design of the gas flowing path, the driving circuit board covering the bottom surface of the base, and the outer cover covering the surfaces of the base, an inlet path is collaboratively defined by the gas inlet groove of the base and the driving circuit board, and an outlet path is collaboratively defined by a gas outlet groove of the base, the outer cover and the driving circuit board. Consequently, the thickness of the gas detecting module is drastically reduced.
US11463019B2	Power supply system for optimizing a performance metric using artificial intelligence According to an aspect, a power supply system includes a power stage, a power supply controller configured to control operations of the power stage, a metering circuit configured to sense measured conditions of the power stage, and a system performance controller configured to be coupled to the power supply controller and the metering circuit. The system performance controller is configured to set or adjust a control parameter for the power stage based on energy conversion efficiency of the power stage. The system performance controller includes an efficiency computation circuit configured to compute the energy conversion efficiency of the power stage based on the measured conditions, and a control manipulation module configured to modify the control parameter until the energy conversion efficiency achieves a threshold condition.
US11463014B2	Apparatus and method of operating matrix converter-based rectifier when one phase is disconnected or is short-circuited A power supply circuit includes a matrix converter that converts a first to third input alternating current (AC) phases into a single primary phase, a transformer including a primary side electrically connected to the single primary phase, a rectifier electrically connected to a secondary side of the transformer, and an output voltage terminal electrically connected to the rectifier. The matrix converter includes first through sixth bi-directional switch pairs, and each of the first through sixth bi-directional switch pairs includes first and second uni-directional switches. When the third input AC phase is disconnected or short circuited, the second and the fifth bi-directional switch pairs are turned off, and, in each of the first, third, fourth, and sixth bi-directional switch pairs, one of the first and second uni-directional switches are turned on and the other of the second and first uni-directional switches are operated as a full-bridge phase-shifted converter.
US11463010B2	Apparatus for identifying switch of switching module A switching module includes a switching unit and a determination unit configured to determine a function of the switching unit and an ON/OFF state of the switching unit. The switching unit is provided with a plurality of function determination resistors. The determination unit is configured to determine the function of the switching unit according to a combination of voltages applied to the plurality of function determination resistors corresponding to resistor values of the plurality of function determination resistors.
US11463009B2	Flying capacitor charging method and apparatus This application provides a flying capacitor charging method and apparatus, applied to a multi-level topology circuit, to provide a flying capacitor charging solution with a small occupation area and strong applicability. The circuit is connected to an input power source by using a first switch, and is connected to an output power source by using a second switch. A first end of a first capacitor in flying capacitors in the circuit is connected to a first electrode of a first semiconductor switch transistor, a second end of the first capacitor in the flying capacitors in the circuit is connected to a second electrode of a second semiconductor switch transistor, and a second electrode of the first semiconductor switch transistor is connected to a first electrode of the second semiconductor switch transistor by using a second capacitor. The second capacitor is an input capacitor, an output capacitor, or another flying capacitor.
US11463006B2	Hybrid multi-level power converter with inductor bypass The present document relates to power converters. A power converter has a first stage coupled between an input of the power converter and an intermediate node, and a second stage coupled between the intermediate node and an output of the power converter. The first stage has a capacitive voltage divider with a first flying capacitor, and the second stage has a second flying capacitor and an inductor. On the one hand, the power converter establishes, in a magnetizing state, a magnetizing current path in the second stage from the intermediate node via the inductor to the output of the power converter. On the other hand, the power converter establishes, in a capacitive state, a parallel current path in the second stage from the intermediate node via the second flying capacitor to the output of the power converter.
US11463004B2	Boost converter control method and control apparatus A boost converter control method in one aspect of the present invention is the control method of the boost converter that boosts a voltage input from a power supply and supplies a boosted voltage to a load-side. The control method of the boost converter is securing an output electric power required according to an operation point of a motor connected to the load-side, calculating a lower limit voltage value at which the output voltage of the boost converter does not oscillate, setting a target output voltage of the boost converter to a value equal to or higher than the lower limit voltage, and controlling the boost converter so as to output a voltage according to the target output voltage.
US11463000B2	Power transfer over an isolated capacitive barrier with controlled current Capacitively isolated current-loaded or current-driven charge pump circuits and related methods transfer electrical energy from a primary side to a secondary side over a capacitive isolation boundary, using a controlled current source to charge isolation capacitors with constant current, as opposed to current impulses, while maintaining output voltage within tolerance. The charge pump circuits provide DC-to-DC converters that can be used in isolated power supplies, particularly in low-power applications and in such devices as sensor transmitters that have separate electrical ground planes. The devices and methods transfer electrical energy over an isolated capacitive barrier in a manner that is efficient, inexpensive, and reduces electromagnetic interference (EMI).
US11462997B2	DC to DC converter for a vehicle alternator A direct-current (DC) converter for a permanent-magnet (PM) alternator for a vehicle, the DC converter including one or more pairs of step-down converters that are electrically in parallel operating at a fundamental switching frequency, wherein the two step-down converters in each pair are arranged to be switched out of phase, and wherein the two step-down converters in each pair are arranged adjacent to each other to mitigate conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI).
US11462996B2	Method for reducing electromagnetic disturbances generated during the switching of a transistor into the conducting state Disclosed is a method for reducing the electromagnetic interference produced during the switching to the on state of a transistor for switching a quasi-resonant DC-DC voltage converter. The method includes the steps of: the transistor being initially controlled so as to be in the on state on the basis of a first control current, controlling the driving module by way of the control module so that the driving module switches the transistor to the off state at a first instant; and triggering the timer from the first instant, and, if the timer reaches a predefined duration threshold, controlling, by means of the driving module, the transistor so as to be in the on state on the basis of a second control current the intensity of which is lower than the intensity of the first control current.
US11462993B2	Controller for determining dead times for power electronics half-bridges A controller for controlling a bridge circuit in a vehicle power module, comprising an input interface for receiving an output current from the bridge circuit, an evaluation unit for determining an adaptive dead time based on the output current, wherein the adaptive dead time is coupled to a predetermined commutation time for the bridge circuit and limited by a predetermined minimum value, and a signal unit for generating a control signal for sending the adaptive dead time to the bridge circuit.
US11462992B2	System and method for operating a power generating asset A system and method are provided for operating a power generating asset electrically coupled to a power grid. The power generating asset includes a power converter having a line-side converter operably coupled to the power grid via a converter contactor. Accordingly, a line-side converter of the power converter is decoupled from the power grid and a controller determines the phase angle of the grid voltage. A switching sequence for a plurality switching devices of the line-side converter is then set in order to develop a pre-charge voltage phase angle at a converter-side terminal of the converter contactor which is in phase with the phase angle of the grid voltage. A portion of the charge of the DC link is then discharged through the line-side converter to develop a pre-charge voltage at the converter-side terminal. Once the in-phase, pre-charge voltage is established at the converter-side terminal, the converter contactor is closed to re-couple the line-side converter to the power grid.
US11462987B2	Vibration motor An embodiment of the present invention provides a vibration motor. The vibration motor includes a vibrating component movable along a vibration direction; a fixation component including a housing with an accommodation space; an elastic support part suspending the vibrating component in the accommodation space; and a number of limit blocks fixedly connected with the housing. Each of the limit blocks includes a first horizontal part and a second horizontal part. The second horizontal part extends from the first horizontal part towards the housing along the vibration direction. The vibration motor provided by the present invention can effectively solve the problem that the vibration motor loses function because of the collision between the vibrating component and the housing
US11462985B2	System for generating a linear movement The present invention generally relates to a system for generating a linear movement, comprising an electromagnetically charged body (30, MM) free to move along a main direction, a static field generator (50, Bob), and two buffer elements (20,40; RM,RM; ML, ML; MA,MA; MF,MF). The movement of the electromagnetically charged body (30, MM) along the main direction is controlled by the static field generator (50, Bob) and by the buffer elements (20,40; RM,RM; ML, ML; MA,MA; MF,MF). The static field generator (50, Bob) is alternately supplied with a power profile such as to generate the displacement of the system in either orientation along said main direction with a frequency Ω obtained through the formula (I). ⁢ Ω = A · f ⁡ ( N ) ⁢ with ⁢ ⁢ A ∈ ℕ ⁢ ⁢ 1 ≤ A ≤ 5 ⁢ with ⁢ ⁢ N ∈ ℕ ⁢ ⁢ 1 ≤ N ≤ 100 ⁢ f ⁡ ( N ) = { f 1 ⁡ ( N ) ⁢ ⁢ s ⁢ e ⁢ ⁢ N = 2 ⁢ k + 1 f 2 ⁡ ( N ) ⁢ ⁢ s ⁢ e ⁢ ⁢ N = 2 ⁢ k ⁢ ⁢ ⁢ with ⁢ ⁢ k ∈ ℤ ⁢ ⁢ f 1 ⁡ ( N ) = { ( 2 · N ) + ( V c ⁢ · 10 - 1 ) + [ 0 ⁢ , ⁢ 005 · ( 1 + ⌊ N 2 ⌋ ) ] } ± g 1 ⁡ ( n ) ⁢ ⁢ ⁢ f 2 ⁡ ( N ) = { ( 2 · N ) + ( V c · 10 - 1 ) - [ 0 ⁢ , ⁢ 0 ⁢ 0 ⁢ 4 ⁢ ⁢ ( 1 + N 2 ) ] } ± g 2 ⁡ ( n ) ⁢ ⁢ ⁢ with ⁢ ⁢ V c = costante ⁢ ⁢ di ⁢ ⁢ Viswanath ≅ 1 ⁢ , ⁢ 13198824 ⁢ ⁢ ⁢ g 1 ⁡ ( n ) = n 2 · f 1 ⁡ ( N ) · 10 - 2 ⁢ ⁢ ⁢ with ⁢ ⁢ g 2 ⁡ ( n ) = n 2 · f 2 ⁡ ( N ) · 10 - 2 ⁢ n ∈ ℕ ⁢ ⁢ 0 ≤ n ≤ 3 ⁢ 0 .
US11462979B2	Counter-rotating axial electric motor assembly A counter-rotating (CR) axial electric motor assembly is presented, with two oppositely rotating drive members, that is utilized to power any device that has traditionally employed an electric motor to supply rotational power.
US11462973B2	Encoder and motor An encoder includes: a magnet rotatably supported; a control board including a magnetic field sensor that detects a magnetic field produced by the magnet and outputs a signal, and an arithmetic unit that detects rotation of the magnet on the basis of the output of the magnetic field sensor; a magnetic shielding cover made of a soft magnetic material; an encoder bracket used to fix the magnetic shielding cover; a protective cover fixed with being sandwiched between the magnetic shielding cover and the encoder bracket to cover the magnet and the control board to prevent entry of foreign substances; and a sealing member sandwiched between the protective cover and the encoder bracket. The magnetic shielding cover covers the magnet, the control board, and the protective cover, and the sealing member is compressed between the encoder bracket and the protective cover.
US11462972B2	Sensing apparatus, rotor, and method for determining presence of abnormality in sensor Disclosed is a sensing apparatus, characterized in that: a first sensor unit comprises a first hall sensor and a second hall sensor, wherein the first hall sensor outputs two first output values having different phases from each other, and the second hall sensor outputs two second output values having different phases from each other; a second sensor unit outputs a third position detection value of a rotor; and a control unit compares one of the two first output values with one of the two second output values, compares the two first output values with each other, compares the two second output values with each other, compares a first position detection value of the rotor, which is on the basis of the first output values, with a second position detection value of the rotor, which is on the basis of the second output values, and compares at least one of the first position detection value of the rotor and the second position detection value of the rotor, with the third position detection value of the rotor outputted from the second sensor unit.
US11462971B2	Electric fluid pump for a motor vehicle An electric fluid pump for a motor vehicle includes an electric drive motor which is brushless and electronically commutated. The electric drive motor includes a permanent-magnetic motor rotor having a motor shaft and at least two rotor poles, each of the at least two rotor poles having one permanent magnet embedded therein, a plurality of stator-side magnetic coils, at least two sensor magnets each emitting an axial magnetic field and each having polarities, and at least one Hall sensor which is arranged to lie eccentrically in a transverse plane so that the at least one Hall sensor detects the axial magnetic fields of the at least two sensor magnets. The at least two sensor magnets are magnetized diametrically. The at least one Hall sensor is arranged to detect the polarities of each of the at least two sensor magnets during one revolution of the permanent-magnetic motor rotor.
US11462969B2	Rotary apparatus A rotary apparatus includes a motor including a rotary shaft, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the motor and the plurality of gears. The housing is separable into a first housing and a second housing. The motor includes a first end portion and a second end portion located on an opposite side of the first end portion. The rotary shaft is derived from the first end portion. The second housing includes a first regulating portion regulating a position of a part of the motor on the first end portion. The first housing includes a projecting portion projecting toward the second housing side. The projecting portion urges the second end portion of the motor toward the first regulating portion side directly or via another member.
US11462956B2	Electric motor, compressor, air conditioner, and manufacturing method of electric motor An electric motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a rotor core, a first rotor end and a second rotor end. The stator includes a stator core, a first plate formed in an L shape in a cross section, and a second plate formed in an L shape in a cross section. The first plate includes a first facing part facing the rotor core and a first base part. The second plate includes a second facing part facing the rotor core and a second base part. The first facing part and the second facing part adjoin in a circumferential direction with a gap in between.
US11462955B2	Electric rotating machine, electric rotating machine system, vehicle, power generator, lifting device, and robot An electric rotating machine according to an embodiment includes a stator, and a rotor that is rotatable about a rotational center. The stator includes a winding having an annular shape with the rotational center, a first core, and a second core. The first core surrounds a part of the winding, and has a pole face to which a magnetic flux is input in a first direction, and a pole face from which the magnetic flux is output in the first direction. The second core surrounds a part of the winding, and has a pole face to which a magnetic flux is input in a second direction, and a pole face from which the magnetic flux is output in the second direction. The rotor is positioned spaced from the first core and the second core, and is rotatable about the rotational center, relatively with respect to the stator.
US11462950B2	Wireless charging system with object detection A wireless power transmitting device transmits wireless power signals to a wireless power receiving device using an output circuit that includes a wireless power transmitting coil. Measurement circuitry is coupled to the output circuit to help determine whether the wireless power receiving device is present and ready to accept transmission of wireless power. The measurement circuitry includes a measurement circuit that is coupled to the output circuit and that measures signals while oscillator circuitry supplies the output circuit with signals at a probe frequency. The measurement circuitry also includes a measurement circuit that is coupled to the output circuit and that measures signals while the oscillator circuitry sweeps signals applied to the output circuit between a first frequency and a second frequency to detect sensitive devices such as radio-frequency identification devices. Impulse response circuitry in the measurement circuitry is used to make inductance and Q factor measurements.
US11462949B2	Wireless charging method and system Disclosed herein is a system controller in electronic communication with at least one wireless base charger system coupled to a power source, at least one transmitting antenna, the wireless charging system configured to determine a location of at least one device receiver located within a physical space and to provide wireless energy delivery comprising directing one or more directional electromagnetic energy beams from at least one transmitting antenna to the location of the device receiver at a distance greater than or equal to 50 cm from the transmitting antenna; each device receiver configured to receive and convert one or more of the directional electromagnetic energy beams into electrical energy and store at least a portion of the electrical energy in an intermediary electrical storage device, and to direct electrical energy from the intermediary electrical storage device to a connected electronic device in electrical connection with the device receiver, to charge and/or power the connected electronic device. Methods of using the system are also disclosed.
US11462946B2	Non-contact power supply system and power transmission device A first converter performs power conversion and outputs AC power. The AC power outputted from the first converter is supplied to a first coil. The first coil is magnetically coupled with a second coil, and the AC power is transmitted from the first coil to the second coil. A second converter is connected to the second coil, and converts the AC power transmitted to the second coil to DC power and supplies the DC power to a load. A first control unit controls the first converter so as to alternately switch between a first state of outputting rectangular wave voltage which cyclically changes and a second state of outputting constant reference voltage, on the basis of required power of the load.
US11462945B2	Zero-crossing amplitude shift keying demodulation 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 an Amplitude Shift Keying demodulator. The demodulator may be configured to receive a plurality of samples of voltage or current in the resonant circuit captured at times determined by the edges included in the zero-crossing signal, and demodulate a modulated signal obtained from the charging current using the plurality of samples of voltage or current in the resonant circuit.
US11462938B2	Uninterruptible power supply system A master controller controls a plurality of uninterruptible power supply apparatuses each including a slave controller and detection circuits that detect at least a DC input voltage, an AC output voltage, and an output current of an inverter. The master controller generates a first voltage command value and a second voltage command value common to the plurality of uninterruptible power supply apparatuses based on detection values from the detection circuits transmitted from the slave controller of each of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses. The master controller transmits the generated first and second voltage command values to the slave controller of each of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses. The slave controller generates a first control signal for controlling a converter in accordance with the received first voltage command value. The slave controller generates a second control signal for controlling the inverter in accordance with the received second voltage command value.
US11462936B2	Power supply system with UPS, PCS and circuit diagnosis capabilities A power supply system with UPS, PCS and circuit diagnosis capabilities is disclosed, including: a DC-bus connected to a voltage/current (V/I) meter, a battery energy storage system (ESS) container, a power conditioning system (PCS), at least one current translation unit, and an energy management controller (EMC), wherein, the V/I meter is used to monitor the voltage and current of the DC-bus, and the PCS performs bi-directional conversion between the DC current from the DC-bus and the AC power from an external distribution panel, the current translation unit translate the DC current from the DC-bus into a voltage suitable for at least a critical load, and the EMC controls the operation of the V/I meter, the battery ESS container, the PCS, and the at least one current translation unit, respectively.
US11462935B2	Systems and methods for intelligent power distribution Methods and systems for providing intelligent power distribution. A distribution point unit is connected to a plurality of user units in a telecommunications system. A loss of power to the distribution point unit is detected. It is determined that at least one user unit has backup power. Based on a determination that at least one user unit has backup power, a power mode for the distribution point unit is selected. The power mode is implemented on the distribution point unit.
US11462934B2	Premises security system with power over Ethernet having an uninterruptible power supply and uninterruptible Internet connectivity The mill for spice products, in particular such as cinnamon sticks, houses a reservoir for storing the spice product. The reservoir communicates through a passage, with a grinding mechanism. The reservoir includes a mechanism for fragmenting the spice product. The mechanism for fragmenting are defined by a crusher of the spice product.
US11462932B2	Method and apparatus for charging a battery with AC power based on state of battery related information Technology for charging at least one battery is described. An aspect of the technology involves charging a battery using alternating current (AC) power by periodically stopping (602) charging of a battery of a mobile energy storage and power consumption device (16A) with AC power, and when charging of the battery with AC power is stopped, initiating (604) a direct current (DC) power charging communications cycle for the battery, in which the initiating the DC power charging communications cycle includes obtaining (606) state of battery related information for the battery by transmitting, over a communication link or interface, a request signal to a charging control device at the mobile energy storage and power consumption device indicating DC power charging mode of operation.
US11462928B2	Rechargeable battery jump starting device with depleted or discharged battery pre-conditioning system Provided is a rechargeable battery jump starting device with a discharged battery pre-conditioning system to facilitate boosting or charging a depleted or discharged battery, for example, to jump start a vehicle or equipment engine. The pre-conditioning increases the operating voltage to the depleted or discharged battery during the pre-conditioning phase.
US11462925B2	Storage and charging station system for mobile electronic devices having a unitary support tower cage structure A storage and charging station system for mobile electronic devices includes a support tower cage structure having vertically extending rear and side panels. A plurality of planar support shelves engage horizontal slots on the panel front sides and at least one associated rear channel shelf support surface on the rear panel to support a vertical array of mobile electronic devices. The shelves may include side support shelves extending outward through supporting panel slots in a side wall for supporting additional electrical components. Openings are provided in the cage structure panels for observation of mobile electronic devices, for ventilation, and for facilitating transmission of electrical data to and from the mobile devices. Cable management apertures and slots are provided in at least one panel and shelf portions. A lockable door may be attached to secure the contents of the cage structure. A lockable side cover may also be provided.
US11462921B2	Secondary-battery protection circuit and battery pack A secondary-battery protection circuit is configured to, in response to detecting that a first switching circuit is turned on and a second switching circuit is turned on, supply a first output voltage to a first load between a first terminal and a second terminal; and supply a third output voltage to a second load between the first terminal and a third terminal, the third output voltage indicating the sum of the first output voltage and a second output voltage, the second output voltage corresponding to a voltage across a second secondary battery. In response to detecting that the first switching circuit is turned off and the second switching circuit is turned on, the secondary-battery protection circuit is configured to stop supplying the first output voltage to the first load; and stop supplying the third output voltage via the first terminal and the third terminal.
US11462920B2	Method and system for producing an active short circuit condition in an electric motor of a hybrid electric vehicle A system for producing an active short circuit in an electric motor of a hybrid electric vehicle having a traction battery includes an inverter to be provided in communication with the motor and battery, and an inverter controller to generate driver signals to operate inverter switches to produce three-phase AC for the motor or to produce DC for battery charging. In response to motor speed exceeding a threshold, the controller is configured to generate driver signals to operate the inverter switches to produce an active short circuit in the motor to prevent battery overcharging. A processor and electric circuit are each configured to independently generate an active short circuit control signal operative to effectuate generation of the driver signals, the active short circuit produced based on an active short circuit control signal from the electric circuit in an absence of an active short circuit control signal from the processor.
US11462919B2	Secondary battery system and connection circuit A secondary battery system of connecting secondary batteries includes first output-unit switches, second output-unit switches, series-connection switches, a positive-side discharging output unit connected to second terminals of the first output-unit switches, a negative-side discharging output unit connected to second terminals of the second output-unit switches, a positive-side charging input unit connected between a positive terminal of one of the secondary batteries at one end of the secondary batteries and a first terminal of one of the first output-unit switches associated with the one of the secondary batteries at the one end of the secondary batteries, a negative-side charging input unit connected between a negative terminal of one of the secondary batteries at the other end of the secondary batteries and a first terminal of one of the second output-unit switches associated with the one of the secondary batteries at the other end of the secondary batteries, and a control unit.
US11462911B2	Detection and mitigation of DC injection on the power grid system The presence of injected DC has harmful consequences for a power grid system. A piecewise sinusoidal ripple voltage wave at the line-frequency that rides on the main capacitor bank of the power converter is observed. This observation leads to a new detection method and mitigation method. A two-stage control circuit is added to the operation of a power converter that controls power line impedance in order to mitigate the injected DC and to block DC circulation. This control computes a correction angle to adjust the timing of generated pulsed square waves to counter-balance the ripple. A functional solution and the results of experiments are presented. Furthermore, an extraction method and three elimination methods for this ripple component are presented to allow dissipation of DC energy through heat and/or electronic magnetic wave, or to allow transformation of this energy into usable power that is fed back into the power grid.
US11462904B2	Apparatus for protection against electrostatic discharge and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure discloses an apparatus for protection against electrostatic discharge and a method of manufacturing the same. The apparatus comprises: a first input/output pad electrically connected to an input/output pin and comprising an input/output protection circuit provided between a power source line and a ground line, wherein the input/output protection circuit is configured to release an electrostatic discharge current generated at the input/output pin; and a second input/output pad which is an empty pad electrically connected to the input/output pin and an RF input/output terminal of an internal RF circuit and is configured to receive a signal from the input/output pin and transmit the signal to the internal RF circuit. With the above apparatus, parasitic capacitive load can be minimized while electrostatic protection is performed on the RF circuit.
US11462901B2	Protective circuit, operating method for a protective circuit and computer system A protective circuit includes an input that provides a first supply voltage, a voltage regulator that provides a second supply voltage based on the first supply voltage, a measuring device that identifies an impedance of the voltage regulator, and a self-locking switching element configured to connect the first supply voltage with the voltage regulator if an impedance of the voltage regulator exceeds a predefined impedance value.
US11462900B2	Bus driving device A bus driving device includes at least three high-side output drivers and at least three low-side output drivers. A part of the high-side output drivers and a part of the low-side output drivers are alternately coupled in series, and the remains of the high-side output drivers and the low-side output drivers are alternately coupled in series. The part of the high-side output drivers and the part of the low-side output drivers receive an input digital signal and sequentially drive a first supply bus and a second supply bus based on the input digital signal, and the remains of the high-side output drivers and the low-side output drivers receive the inverted input digital signal and sequentially drive the first supply bus and the second supply bus based on the inverted input digital signal.
US11462897B2	Cable mounting clamps A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and moveably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the support ramp. The cable is inserted through the roller tube and extends through the inner channel, such that the cable is translatable with the roller tube along the longitudinal axis.
US11462892B2	Cable terminal processing apparatus An axial direction moving mechanism has a function of moving the rotary head and the cable holding mechanism relative to each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, positions a blade edge of the peeling cutter and the cutting cutter in the axial direction with respect to the cable by moving and stopping, and peels the coating on a tip end side by moving the rotary head and the cable holding mechanism in a direction away from each other in a state where the blade edge of the peeling cutter is cut into the coating of the terminal portion of the cable.
US11462890B2	Arrangement comprising two switch cabinet racks interconnected by means of a baying connector The invention relates to an arrangement, which comprises two switch cabinet racks interconnected by means of a baying connector, the switch cabinet racks each having a profile web, which lie in a first common plane and by means of which the switch cabinet racks adjoin each other, and wherein the switch cabinet racks each have a mounting side which lie in a second common plane and face an interior space of the interconnected switch cabinet racks each, the first and the second plane extending parallel to one another and being spaced apart from one another, wherein the baying connector is completely arranged between the first and the second plane.
US11462887B2	Laser element A laser element includes a light emitting portion that has at least two or more light emitting points, and a terminal member on which the light emitting portion is mounted. The terminal member includes a base portion that has a mounting surface on which the light emitting portion is mounted, a base that has a front surface where the base portion is provided substantially at a center, and four pins that extend from a rear surface of the base. The light emitting portion is positioned in a range surrounded by the four pins as viewed from the front surface of the base.
US11462882B2	Distributed Raman amplifier systems A smart spool is configured to be optically coupled between a pumping light source and optical point-loss sources in an optical fiber transmission line. The smart spool comprises a probe signal transmitter that transmits an optical probe signal into the transmission line. An optical detector receives probe signals scattered in the transmission line. A loss-measuring device is coupled to the optical detector and operable to measure aggregate losses in the transmission line and report the aggregate losses to a network manager. The spool comprises a fiber of sufficient length to offset the aggregated losses to enable a distributed Raman amplifier to pump the transmission line. The smart spool prevents the distributed Raman amplifier from shutting down and allows the distributed Raman amplifier to achieve entitled gain by pumping the fiber in the spool.
US11462881B2	Method and device for altering repetition rate in a mode-locked laser A mode locking device is disclosed for altering repetition rate in a mode-locked laser. In an example device, laser light is coupled from a fiber into a cavity through a sliding pigtail collimator with a diameter selected such that it is a close tolerance fit with a female snout on a package. A lens focuses laser light to an appropriate spot size onto a SAM or SESAM, such that back-reflection into the fiber is maximized. A piezoelectric transducer is mounted in cooperation with the SAM or SESAM for cavity tuning.
US11462880B2	Distributed pulsed light amplifier based on optical fiber parameter amplification, and amplification and performance characterization method The present invention discloses a distributed pulsed light amplifier based on optical fiber parametric amplification, comprising a pump pulsed light source, a sensing pulsed light source, a synchronization device, a two-in-one optical coupler, an optical circulator, a parametric amplification optical fiber, a first optical filter, a photoelectric detector and a signal acquisition device. According to the distributed pulsed light amplifier, high-power pulsed light is used as pump light to generate an optical fiber parametric amplification effect near a zero-dispersion wavelength of an optical fiber, thereby amplifying a power of another sensing pulsed light. Meanwhile, due to the fact that effective optical fiber parametric amplification cannot be achieved through low-power light leakage outside a duration interval of the pump pulsed light, leaked light from the sensing pulsed light cannot be amplified, and the effect of amplifying a pulse extinction ratio can be achieved at the same time.
US11462879B2	Laser spot contrast enhancement A system and method for enhancing laser contrast on a remote target utilizing an image processor and a laser power controller is provided. An image processor in an imaging device manipulates a laser power controller in a laser system so that a laser beam emitted from a laser system is ultimately synchronized with the imaging device. Firstly, the original laser signal is shifted one time frame relative to the plurality of time frames to create a shifted laser signal. Secondly, the shifted laser signal is subtracted from the original laser signal. Thirdly, the subtracted laser signal is magnified by a frequency band pass filter. The filtered laser signal is added to the original signal to become the finalized laser signal which has better contrast than the original signal.
US11462876B2	Manufacturing method for electric wire with terminal and manufacturing device for electric wire with terminal A manufacturing method for an electric wire with a terminal includes: a first resin supplying step for discharging a curable resin material for internal use through a discharge port at a nozzle distal end after being caulked and crimped, and infiltrating the curable resin material for internal use into gaps between elemental wires while pressing out air in the gaps; a second resin supplying step for discharging a curable resin material for external use through the discharge port at the nozzle distal end, and covering the core wire exposed part in which the curable resin material for internal use is filled into the gaps, a core wire connection body, and a coating connection body with the curable resin material for external use from the outside; and a resin curing step for curing the curable resin material for internal use and external use by operating a resin curing device.
US11462872B1	Multiple-width plug arrangement for networking connectivity A cage assembly may define a part of a computing appliance. The assembly can include a cage formed by walls and defining a continuous interior volume bounded by a top face, a bottom face, a right face, a left face, a front face, and a rear face. A first edge connector may be within a leftward portion of the interior volume. A second edge connector may be within a rightward portion of the interior volume and positioned laterally from the first edge connector. The arrangement may permit engagement with multiple individual-width plugs (e.g., each bearing an individual paddle card) or a single plug (e.g., bearing multiple paddle cards spaced laterally from one another and aligned for engagement with the first and second edge connectors within the cage).
US11462871B2	Power supply box for use with an architectural-structure covering A power supply unit for use with one or more motorized architectural-structure coverings is disclosed. In one example of an embodiment, the power supply unit includes one or more features to simplify installation. For example, in one embodiment, the power supply unit does not require an installer to access an internal compartment of the power supply unit. In addition, and/or alternatively, in one embodiment, a cable extending between the power supply unit and the motorized architectural-structure covering include same gender connectors for facilitating easier installation and reducing installation errors. In one embodiment, the power supply unit includes a power connector accessible through an outer surface thereof for receiving line-voltage and a plurality of low-voltage connectors accessible through the outer surface for supplying low-voltage to a plurality of motorized architectural-structure coverings.
US11462869B2	Modular solderless connector integration for conformal phased arrays A novel, interlocking, snap-fit connection between an antenna aperture and a ground plane layer that contains coaxial connectors is described herein. The snap-fit design provides a simple and solderless transition from the connectors to elements of the antenna aperture. This design facilitates easy assembly and disassembly, allowing parts to be removed, reinstalled and/or reused.
US11462867B2	Structure for fixing connector A structure for fixing a connector to a fixing portion includes the connector and the fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a bracket and a fitting portion. The bracket is erected on the fixing portion. The connector includes a lock portion configured to, when the bracket is inserted into the lock portion by attaching the connector to the fixing portion, lock the bracket. The fitting portion is configured such that a part of the connector is fitted into the fitting portion when the connector is attached to the fixing portion. The bracket may be integrally molded with the fixing portion molded with a resin. The fitting portion may have a hole portion running along a fitting direction in which the connector is attached to the fixing portion, and a slit may be formed in the fitting portion.
US11462863B2	Plug-in connector element and plug-in connector for high-voltage applications A plug-in connector element includes an electrically conductive contact element, a housing, a contact protection element, and a temperature sensor accommodated at least in part within the contact protection element. The contact protection element is disposed so that, between the housing and the contact protection element, access to the electrically conductive contact element is prevented for an object having a diameter above a defined value. The temperature sensor measures a temperature of the electrically conductive contact element.
US11462862B2	Connector, and device with connector A connector 16 to be disposed on an outer peripheral surface of a valve body 11 having a cylindrical shape is provided with a leg portion 17 projecting radially outward of the valve body 11, a receptacle 18 formed along the outer peripheral surface of the valve body 11 from a tip part of the leg portion 17 and fittable to a mating connector, a plurality of terminals 21A, 21B embedded in the leg portion 17 and disposed along the outer peripheral surface of the valve body 11 in the receptacle 18, and a locking portion 24 disposed between the plurality of terminals 21A, 21B and configured to lock the mating connector.
US11462856B2	Plug connector having a latch retention assist member A plug connector includes a housing holding plug contacts at a mating end for mating with a mating connector. The plug connector includes a latch received in a latch pocket and movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch has a main body and a latch beam extending from the main body. The latch beam includes a latch hook configured to be received in a latch opening of the mating connector in the latched position to secure the plug connector to the mating connector. The plug connector includes a retention assist member engaging the latch having a main body and a ram extending therefrom with a latch retention support positioned rearward of the latch beam. A biasing member drives the retention assist member in a biasing direction into the latch to hold the latch hook in the latching position.
US11462854B2	Electrical connector with a mounting flange and method of assembling same An electrical connector including a mounting flange defining a mounting hole extending therethrough that is configured to receive a threaded fastener and a deformable crush rib extending from the mount flange and surrounding the mounting hole is presented herein. A method of assembling an electrical connector to a panel including the steps of inserting a fastener within a mounting hole of a mounting flange defining the mounting hole extending therethrough and a crush rib surrounding the mounting hole, applying a clamping force to the mounting flange via the fastener, and deforming the crush rib via the clamping force applied by the fastener such that the deformed crush rib at least partially fills a gap between an inner wall of the mounting hole and the fastener is also presented herein.
US11462849B2	Power connector for electrical submersible pump An electrical connector having an electrical conductor member with a first opening and a second opening. Grab rings mounted in the openings have inner diameters containing teeth with crests defining a superimposed inner diameter. The teeth of the grab rings deflect and frictionally engage the outer diameter of the wires to retain them in the openings. A sleeve of insulation material covers an exterior of the conductor member. The sleeve has ends that protrude past the openings and receive an insulation layer of the wires. Resilient electrical contact members are recessed from the grab rings in the openings. The electrical contact members have inner portions biased into contact with the electrical wires and outer portions biased into contact with the conductor member.
US11462847B2	Conductor terminal A conductor terminal with an insulating material housing, the insulating material housing having a conductor insertion opening for receiving an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction, with a conductor rail section, with a clamping spring, wherein the clamping spring has a clamping leg which, with the conductor rail section, forms a clamping point for the electrical conductor, with a retaining element for holding the clamping leg in an open position of the clamping point, wherein a first latching element is arranged on the clamping leg and a second latching element is arranged on the retaining element, wherein the first and second latching elements can be latched together in the open position of the clamping point, the retaining element and the clamping spring being designed as two components which are separate from one another.
US11462846B2	Electronic device including conductive structure connecting electrically ground layer of flexible printed circuit board and ground layer of printed circuit board According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side housing surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate and joined to the second plate or provided integrally with the second plate, a display viewable through at least part of the first plate, a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed between the first plate and the second plate and including at least one first ground layer, a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB) at least partially overlapping the first PCB when viewed from above the first plate and including a first end electrically coupled to the first PCB, a second end, and at least one second ground layer, and a conductive structure comprising a conductive material disposed between the first PCB and the FPCB and electrically coupling the first ground layer and the second ground layer.
US11462840B2	Communication using arbitrary selectable polarization An electronic device that uses an arbitrary transmit polarization is described. This electronic device includes: a first antenna having a first predefined polarization; and a second antenna having a second predefined polarization, where the second predefined polarization is different from the first predefined polarization. During operation, an interface circuit in the electronic device selectively transmits, from the first antenna, first wireless signals corresponding to the packet or the frame. Moreover, the interface circuit selectively transmits, from the second antenna, second wireless signals corresponding to the packet or the frame, where the second wireless signals have a same magnitude as the first wireless signals, and the second wireless signals are transmitted from the second antenna concurrently (or at the same time) as the first wireless signals are transmitted from the first antenna. Note that the interface circuit may dynamically modify the transmit polarization during the communication.
US11462837B2	Array antenna A waveguide branch circuit includes a waveguide, and branches a signal input from an external port into two or more signals. A microstrip line branch circuit includes a microstrip line, and further branches the signal branched by the waveguide branch circuit into two or more signals. A converter converts a signal between the waveguide and the microstrip line. The signals branched by the microstrip line are respectively input to a plurality of antenna elements.
US11462829B2	Antenna module and terminal device An antenna module includes: a first radiator; a conductive sheet connected to the first radiator; a ground feeding point connected to the conductive sheet; a first feeding point connected to the first radiator; and at least one second feeding point apart from the first feeding point and connected to the conductive sheet at a position different from the ground feeding point, wherein the first feeding point, the first radiator, the conductive sheet, and the ground feeding point form a first path for radiating and receiving radio signals in a first frequency band, the second feeding point, the conductive sheet, and the first radiator form a second path for radiating and receiving radio signals in a second frequency band, and a central frequency of the first frequency band is not equal to that of the second frequency band.
US11462826B2	Signal conditioner, antenna device and manufacturing method The present disclosure provides a signal conditioner, an antenna device and a manufacturing method. The signal conditioner includes: a microstrip line including a first portion and a second portion; an insulating layer including a first insulating layer covering the first portion; at least one electrode; a liquid crystal layer covering the microstrip line, the insulating layer, and the at least one electrode; and a common electrode line. A first end of the first portion is connected to a first end of the second portion. A second end of the first portion is connected to a second end of the second portion. The at least one electrode includes a first electrode on a side of the first insulating layer facing away from the first portion. The common electrode line is on a side of the liquid crystal layer facing away from the microstrip line.
US11462823B2	Antenna structure An antenna structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer including a first surface and a second surface which face each other, a first antenna pattern on the first surface of the dielectric layer, the first antenna pattern including a first radiation electrode, and a second antenna pattern on the second surface of the dielectric layer, the second antenna pattern including a second radiation electrode. Radiation gain and efficiency may be improved utilizing both surfaces of the dielectric layer without mutual radiation interruption.
US11462819B2	Small cell antenna assembly and module for same An antenna assembly includes: a plurality of antenna-radio units, each of the antenna-radio units comprising an antenna and a radio transceiver in an integrated unit, each antenna having an external face; and a mounting assembly comprising a foundation, a cap and a spine, the foundation being mounted to a lower end of the spine and the cap mounted to an upper end of the spine. The antenna-radio units are mounted at circumferentially equally spaced locations between the foundation and the cap, with their respective external faces facing radially outwardly. The assembly also includes a plurality of spacers, each spacer located between two adjacent antenna-radio units, and each antenna-radio unit between located between two adjacent spacers, each of the spacers including an arcuate external surface. The external faces of the antennas and the external surfaces of the spacers generally define a cylinder.
US11462815B2	Electronic device and antenna module An electronic device includes a device body, a processing unit, and an antenna module. The antenna module includes an insulating frame and an antenna structure. The insulating frame has a first surface, and a second surface corresponding to the first surface. The antenna structure includes a feeding portion, a first radiation portion, and a first extension portion. The feeding portion includes a first feeding terminal, a second feeding terminal, and a conductive via. The second feeding terminal is coupled to the processing unit, and the conductive via is configured to connect the first feeding terminal to the second feeding terminal. The first radiation portion is connected to the first feeding terminal, the first extension portion is disposed on the second surface and is connected to the first radiation portion, and a first slot is formed between the first extension portion and the second feeding terminal.
US11462812B2	Hybrid coupler A hybrid coupler for dividing an input electrical signal to produce first and second output electrical signals which are substantially out of phase, the hybrid coupler including an input port for receiving the input electrical signal, and an input line for coupling the input electrical signal to a slotline. The hybrid coupler further includes an output line for coupling the first and second output electrical signals to a first output port and a second output port, respectively. The output line has a junction with the slotline. The hybrid coupler further includes a co-planar waveguide electrically connected to said output line and having a first end and an opposing second end, and defining, at the second end, a sum port configured to divert common mode signals received at said first and second output ports to said second end. The slotline transitions into the first end of the co-planar waveguide.
US11462809B1	High-speed high-resolution slide screw tuner A slide screw tuner movement control mechanism uses two horizontal stepper motors driving the ACME lead screw, which controls the horizontal position of the mobile carriage moving the tuning probe along the slabline. Each motor is linked with the ACME using different gear ratio, designed for coarse and fine horizontal increment (step size). This allows making ultra-wideband tuners with Fmax:Fmin>10:1 for optimized tuning speed at low frequencies and high tuning resolution at high frequencies. Appropriate calibration and optimized movement algorithms extract the best compromise between speed and tuning resolution.
US11462806B2	Metal-air battery and method of using the same Provided is a metal-air battery and a method of using the same that make it possible to obtain a high output while also promoting the discharge of product associated with power generation and achieve stable output over time. A metal-air battery according to the present invention comprises a metal-air battery unit provided with a plurality of metal-air battery cells in parallel, each metal-air battery cell being configured to include a metal electrode, air electrodes disposed facing each other on either side of the metal electrode, and a housing that supports the metal electrode and the air electrodes, wherein the air electrodes are exposed on an outer face on either side of the housing, a liquid chamber is formed in each housing, and in the metal-air battery unit, an air chamber that is open on top is formed between the facing air electrodes between each of the metal-air battery cells, and in each metal-air battery cell, a through-hole that communicates to the liquid chamber and is supplies an electrolytic solution to the liquid chamber and can also release a product produced by a reaction between the metal electrode and the air electrodes to the outside of the metal-air battery unit is formed.
US11462796B2	Tracker A tracker includes a tracking device and a battery device. The tracking device has recesses, fixing holes and conductive points. The battery device has a receiving portion and a body portion integrally coupled to the receiving portion. The receiving portion is provided with a receiving groove and has protrusions, through holes and conductive terminals. The body portion has recesses, fixing holes and conductive points. The tracking device is received in the receiving groove. The recesses, fixing holes and conductive points of the tracking device are respectively corresponding to the protrusions, through holes and conductive terminals of the battery device. The shape of the body portion is the same as that of the tracking device, and the recesses, fixing holes and conductive points of the body portion are disposed at the same position as the tracking device.
US11462792B2	Stack frame The disclosure provides a stack frame that is arranged in a front portion of a vehicle and on which a battery stack is mounted. The stack frame includes a body section and a crash box. The body section includes plural members that are welded to each other along a weld line. The weld line between the plural members extends in a front-back direction of the vehicle. The crash box is arranged on a front side of the body section. A lateral wall surface of the crash box is displaced from an extended line of the weld line.
US11462788B2	Method for manufacturing energy storage device Provided is a method for manufacturing an energy storage device. In the method of manufacturing an energy storage device, a lid assembly is formed by integrating a lid plate covering an opening of a case which houses a plate, an external terminal exposed to outside of the lid plate, and a conductive plate portion disposed inside the lid plate in an overlapping manner. The lid assembly is disposed between a vibrating jig and a receiving jig, a tab of the plate is disposed between the conductive plate portion and the vibrating jig, and ultrasonic welding is applied to the tab and the conductive plate portion.
US11462783B2	Electric vehicle Provided is an electric vehicle equipped with a battery mounted on a vehicle and capable of being charged by supplying electric power from outside of the vehicle; a temperature adjuster configured to adjust a temperature of the battery; and an air conditioner configured to control air-conditioning in a passenger compartment by a predetermined schedule, in which, if both an operating condition of the temperature adjuster and an operating condition of the air conditioner are established, the air conditioner operates after the temperature adjuster operates for a predetermined time.
US11462781B2	Battery storage case A battery storage case includes: a temperature adjustment plate having an upper wall portion on which a battery is mounted, a lower wall portion disposed below and spaced apart from the upper wall portion so as to face the upper wall portion, and a connection wall portion connecting the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion to each other, the temperature adjustment plate being integrally formed of an aluminum alloy; and an upper lid connected to the temperature adjustment plate so as to cover the battery mounted on the upper wall portion. The upper wall portion is formed with a flow path forming hole for forming a flow path through which a heat exchange medium for adjusting a temperature of the battery flows.
US11462779B1	Optimization of electrochemical cell A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
US11462773B2	Secondary battery positive electrode and secondary battery A secondary battery positive electrode is provided with: a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode mixture layer; and an intermediate layer disposed between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode mixture layer. The intermediate layer comprises first particles configured from an electrically conductive material, and second particles which are configured from an insulating inorganic material and have an average grain size greater than an average grain size of the first particles. The volume ratio of the first particles in the intermediate layer is not less than 25% and less than 70%. The volume ratio of the second particles in the intermediate layer is not less than 30% and less than 75%. The density of the intermediate layer is greater than 1 g/cm3 and not more than 2.5 g/cm3.
US11462770B2	Complex electrolytes and other compositions for metal-ion batteries Batteries such as Li-ion batteries are provided that comprise anode and cathode electrodes, an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, and a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode. In some designs, the electrolyte may comprise, for example, a mixture of (i) a Li-ion salt with (ii) at least one other metal salt having a metal with a standard reduction potential below −2.3 V vs. Standard Hydrogen Electrode (SHE). In other designs, the electrolyte may be disposed in conjunction with an electrolyte solvent that comprises, for example, about 10 to about 100 wt. % ether. In still other designs, the battery may further comprise anode and cathode interfacial layers (e.g., solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)) disposed between the respective electrode and the electrolyte and having different types of fragments of electrolyte solvent molecules as compared to each other.
US11462769B2	Silicon-based energy storage devices with electrolyte containing a benzoyl peroxide based compound Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising benzoyl peroxide based compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte comprising at least two electrolyte co-solvents, wherein at least one electrolyte co-solvent comprises a benzoyl peroxide based compound.
US11462767B2	Electrochemical device electrode. method for producing electrochemical device electrode and electrochemical device Disclosed is an electrochemical device electrode comprising an electrode current collector and an electrode mixture layer provided on at least one principal surface of the electrode current collector, wherein the electrode mixture layer comprises an electrode active material, a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), at least one electrolyte salt selected from the group consisting of lithium salts, sodium salts, calcium salts, and magnesium salts, and a molten salt having a melting point of 250° C. or less: wherein X− represents a counter anion.
US11462766B2	LiAlC14 derivatives in the space group of Pnma as Li super-ionic conductor, solid electrolyte, and coating layer for Li metal battery and Li-ion battery Solid-state lithium ion electrolytes of lithium aluminum chloride derivative compounds having a crystal morphology in the Pnma space group are provided as materials for conducting lithium ions. An activation energy of the lithium aluminum chloride derivative compounds is from 0.2 to 0.45 eV and conductivities are from 0.01 to 10 mS/cm at 300K. Compounds of specific formulae are provided and methods to alter the materials with inclusion of aliovalent ions shown. Lithium batteries containing the composite lithium ion electrolytes and electrodes containing the lithium aluminum chloride derivative compounds are also provided.
US11462764B2	Double-stack redox flow battery Methods and systems are provided for a redox flow battery system. In one example, the redox flow battery system has a set of pressure plates with a sub-stack separator plate arranged between the first pressure plate and the second pressure plate and a first cell stack positioned between the first pressure plate and the sub-stack separator plate. The redox flow battery system may further include a second cell stack positioned between the second pressure plate and the sub-stack separator plate.
US11462760B2	Scandia-stabilized zirconia powder for solid oxide fuel cells, method for producing same, scandia-stabilized zirconia sintered body for solid oxide fuel cells, method for producing said scandia-stabilized zirconia sintered body for solid oxide fuel cells, and solid oxide fuel cell The present invention provides a scandia-stabilized zirconia powder for solid oxide fuel cells or a scandia-stabilized zirconia sintered body for solid oxide fuel cells, each having high crystal structure stability, low grain-boundary resistivity, and high ionic conductivity; and the production methods of these. The scandia-stabilized zirconia powder for solid oxide fuel cells comprises a compound represented by formula (1): (ZrO2)1-x-a(Sc2O3)x(Al2O3)a. In formula (1), 0.09≤x≤0.11 and 0.002≤a<0.01 are satisfied. The scandia-stabilized zirconia powder has a rhombohedral phase crystal structure. The sintered body of the scandia-stabilized zirconia powder has a cubic phase crystal structure. The sintered body of the scandia-stabilized zirconia powder has a grain-boundary resistivity of 12 Ω·cm or less at 550° C.
US11462758B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: a first fuel cell; a second fuel cell having a greater maximum power output than a maximum power output of the first fuel cell; and a controller configured to cause the first fuel cell to generate greater electric power greater than the second fuel cell when the requested power is smaller than a first threshold, cause the second fuel cell to generate greater electric power than the first fuel cell when the requested power is a second threshold, which is the first threshold or greater, or greater and is smaller than a third threshold that is greater than the second threshold and is greater than 50% of a sum of the maximum power outputs of the first and second fuel cells, and cause both the first and second fuel cells to generate electric power when the requested power is the third threshold or greater.
US11462757B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes first and second fuel cells, first and second coolers cooling coolant, first and second coolant supply path from the coolers to the fuel cells, first and second coolant discharge paths from the fuel cells to the coolers, a detour path connecting the first coolant supply path and the first coolant discharge path bypassing the first cooler, an adjusting device adjusting a flow rate of coolant of the detour path, first and second connection paths connecting the coolant supply paths and the coolant discharge paths, first and second opening/closing valves in the connection paths, and a controller configured to, when there is a possibility of flooding, suspend power generation of the first fuel cell and control the adjusting device or the first cooling device such that a temperature of the coolant of the first fuel cell increases, and open the opening/closing valves.
US11462755B2	Fuel cell system To provide a fuel cell system configured to reduce the drying of the inside of the fuel cell stack and increase the power generation performance of the fuel cell stack by reducing a circulation gas flow rate during high temperature operation. Disclosed is a fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack, an ejector, a first injector which supplies fuel gas to the ejector, a second injector which has a smaller fuel gas injection amount than the first injector and which supplies the fuel gas to the ejector, a third injector which supplies the fuel gas to fuel electrodes of the fuel cell stack, a fuel gas supplier, a first supply flow path, a second supply flow path which enables the supply of the fuel gas from the third injector to the fuel electrodes of the fuel cell stack, a circulation flow path, a temperature detector, and a controller.
US11462754B2	Fuel cell vehicle and method of setting stop time scavenging period of the vehicle A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack including a cathode flow field and an anode flow field, an atmospheric air pressure acquisition unit for obtaining pressure of atmospheric air, and a pump for sucking the atmospheric air and supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the cathode flow field through a supply channel. In the case where the temperature is predicted to be below freezing temperature after the time of stopping operation of the fuel cell stack, a scavenging period for the time of stopping operation is set based on the atmospheric air pressure, in order to perform scavenging of the cathode flow field by the oxygen-containing gas in a manner that the cathode flow field is placed in a predetermined humid state.
US11462752B2	Mobile fuel cell direct current fast charger and portable power supply thermal integration A system for managing heat in a mobile charger configured to provide power to an electric vehicle includes the mobile charger. The mobile charger includes a fuel cell stack, a heat reservoir, and a liquid coolant system including one or more liquid coolant loops configured to transfer heat between the fuel cell stack and the heat reservoir. The mobile charger further includes a computerized processor which is programmed to selectively control the liquid coolant system in one of a plurality of a thermal management modes configured to selectively remove heat from the fuel cell stack and provide heat to the fuel cell stack.
US11462747B2	Hybrid bipolar plate for fuel cell A hybrid bipolar plate assembly for a fuel cell includes a formed cathode half plate and a stamped metal anode half plate. The stamped metal anode half plate is unnested with and affixed to the formed cathode half plate. Each of the half plates has a reactant side and a coolant side, a feed region, and a header with a plurality of header apertures. The coolant side of the formed cathode half plate need not correspond with cathode flow channels formed on the opposite reactant side. The coolant side of the stamped metal anode half plate has lands corresponding with anode channels formed on the opposite oxidant side. The lands define a plurality of coolant channels on the coolant side of the stamped metal anode half plate and abut the coolant side of the formed cathode half plate.
US11462744B2	Scalable roll-to-roll fabrication of high-performance membrane electrode assemblies A manufacturing process includes: depositing a first catalyst on a first gas diffusion layer (GDL) to form a first catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a first ionomer on the first catalyst-coated GDL to form a first gas diffusion electrode (GDE); depositing a second catalyst on a second GDL to form a second catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a second ionomer on the second catalyst-coated GDL to form a second GDE; and laminating the first GDE with the second GDE and with an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDE and the second GDE to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). A MEA includes a first GDL; a second GDL; an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDL and the second GDL; a first catalyst layer disposed between the first GDL and the electrolyte membrane; and a second catalyst layer disposed between the second GDL and the electrolyte membrane, wherein a thickness of the electrolyte membrane is about 15 μm or less.
US11462743B2	Battery comprising a metal interlayer Batteries having a metal interlayer that acts as an ion conductor are provided, as well as methods of forming the same. The metal interlayer can include, for example, palladium, platinum, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, gold, silver, or a combination thereof, and can act as a conductor while also inhibiting the transport of other species that would produce byproduct films and cause capacity degradation in the battery.
US11462740B2	Conductive material paste for electrochemical device, slurry composition for electrochemical device positive electrode and method of producing same, positive electrode for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device A conductive material paste for an electrochemical device contains a conductive material, an imidazole compound represented by the following formula (I), a binder, and an organic solvent. In formula (I), X1 and X2 are each hydrogen or a monovalent organic group that optionally forms a ring structure, and X3 and X4 are each hydrogen or an independent monovalent organic group.
US11462736B2	Surface stabilized cathode material for lithium ion batteries and synthesizing method of the same A compound represented by LiaCo(1-x-2y)Mex(M1M2)yOδ, (Formula (I)) wherein Me, is one or more of Li, Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ru and Sn, and wherein 0≤x≤0.3, 0
US11462734B2	Method for grinding silicon-containing solids The invention relates to methods for producing silicon particles by grinding silicon-containing solids, wherein one or more gases are used, which contain reactive gas at a partial pressure of ≥0.3 bar, wherein reactive gases are selected from the group comprising oxygen, ozone, inorganic peroxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds.
US11462733B2	Ex-situ solid electrolyte interface modification using chalcogenides for lithium metal anode Implementations described herein generally relate to metal electrodes, more specifically lithium-containing anodes, high performance electrochemical devices, such as secondary batteries, including the aforementioned lithium-containing electrodes, and methods for fabricating the same. In one implementation, an anode electrode structure is provided. The anode electrode structure comprises a current collector comprising copper. The anode electrode structure further comprises a lithium metal film formed on the current collector. The anode electrode structure further comprises a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film stack formed on the lithium metal film. The SEI film stack comprises a chalcogenide film formed on the lithium metal film. In one implementation, the SEI film stack further comprises a lithium oxide film formed on the chalcogenide film. In one implementation, the SEI film stack further comprises a lithium carbonate film formed on the lithium oxide film.
US11462731B2	Lithium metal oxide, negative electrode active material for lithium secondary battery comprising the same, and method of preparing the same A method of preparing a lithium metal oxide having a nickel oxide layer formed on a surface thereof includes (1) complexing a nickel precursor onto a surface of a lithium metal oxide; and (2) calcining, through a heat treatment, the lithium metal oxide—the surface of which is complexed with the nickel precursor—obtained in step (1).
US11462727B2	Composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer, functional layer for non-aqueous secondary battery, non-aqueous secondary battery component, and non-aqueous secondary battery Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer that has excellent slurry stability and can form a functional layer for which sufficient heat shrinkage resistance is ensured. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains organic particles, a water-soluble polymer, and water. The organic particles include a polyfunctional monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 95 mass %, and the water-soluble polymer includes a hydroxyl group-containing structural unit in a proportion of not less than 15 mass % and not more than 100 mass %.
US11462726B2	Positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the current collector. The positive electrode mixture layer includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide containing 50 mol % or more Ni relative to the total number of moles of metal element or elements except Li, a conductive carbon material, and an adhesion improver capable of attaching to the lithium transition metal composite oxide and the carbon material. The adhesion improver contains a Lewis acidic group, a Lewis basic group, and an aromatic ring-containing hydrophobic group.
US11462722B2	Apparatuses and processes for forming a semi-solid electrode having high active solids loading and electrochemical cells including the same Embodiments described herein relate generally to apparatuses and processes for forming semi-solid electrodes having high active solids loading by removing excess electrolyte. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be formed by mixing an active material and, optionally, a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte to form a suspension. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be disposed onto a current collector to form an intermediate electrode. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can have a first composition in which the ratio of electrolyte to active material is between about 10:1 and about 1:1. In some embodiments, a method for converting the semi-solid electrode material from the first composition into the second composition includes removing a portion of the electrolyte from the semi-solid electrode material. In some embodiments, the method includes mechanically compressing the intermediate electrode to remove the portion of electrolyte from the semi-solid electrode material.
US11462716B2	Display device A light-emitting element display device includes: a display area which has an organic insulating layer that is made of an organic insulating material; a peripheral circuit area which is disposed around the display area and which has the organic insulating layer; and a blocking area that is formed between the display area and the peripheral circuit area. The blocking area includes: a first blocking area configured by only one or a plurality of inorganic material layers between an insulating base substrate and an electrode layer which covers the display area and is formed continuously from the display area, and which configures one of two electrodes for allowing the light emitting area to emit the light; and a second blocking area including a plurality of layers configuring the first blocking area, and a light emitting organic layer.
US11462708B2	Organic light emitting diode, display panel and display device Disclosed are an organic light emitting diode, a display panel and a display device. The organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a light emitting layer and an electron blocking layer, the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed opposite to each other, the light emitting layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the electron blocking layer is disposed between the light emitting layer and the first electrode. A LUMO level of the electron blocking layer is higher than a LUMO level of a light emitting host material in the light emitting layer, a first level difference between the LUMO level of the electron blocking layer and the LUMO level of the light emitting host material in the light emitting layer is represented by A, where A≥0.4 eV.
US11462704B2	Light-emitting element, lighting device, light-emitting device, and electronic device A light-emitting element whose degree of deterioration with driving time is improved and of which emission colors are easily controlled. A light-emitting emitting element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing an organic compound located between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the layer containing the organic compound at least has, from the second electrode side, a light-emitting layer in which a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer are stacked, and a hole-transporting layer provided in contact with the third layer; the first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound; the second layer contains a third organic compound and a fourth organic compound; and the third layer contains the first organic compound and a fifth organic compound.
US11462697B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound having a first ligand LA of Formula I shown below is disclosed. The compound is useful as emitter materials in organic electroluminescence devices to improve performance.
US11462696B2	Organic compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1) having a dibenzobenzofuroquinoxaline skeleton or a dibenzobenzothienoquinoxaline skeleton. In General Formula (G1), Q represents O or S, at least one of R1 to R12 represents a first group having a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring or condensed heteroaromatic ring having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, and the other or others of R1 to R12 each independently represent any one of hydrogen, a halogeno group, a hydroxy group, an amino group, a nitro group, and a group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms.
US11462695B2	Organic light emitting element Provided is an organic light emitting device including an anode; a cathode; and a light emitting layer provided between the anode and cathode, wherein an electron control layer provided between the light emitting layer and the cathode and including a compound of Chemical Formula 1: is included, and the light emitting layer includes a compound of Chemical Formula 3:
US11462694B2	Imidazole derivative, material and organic light-emitting device comprising the same There is provided an imidazole derivative, wherein the structural formula of the imidazole derivative is as represented by formula I: There is further provided a material containing the imidazole derivative and an organic light-emitting device containing the imidazole derivative. The imidazole derivative has an excellent carrier transport capacity, and the organic light-emitting device produced by using the material has obviously reduced starting voltage and improved luminous efficiency and luminance; and due to the features such as relatively good film-forming performance and simple material synthesis and purification methods which are applicable to mass production, the imidazole derivative is an ideal option for an electron transport material of organic light-emitting devices.
US11462693B2	Organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer includes a first host and a second host different from the first host, thereby achieving high efficiency and a long device life.
US11462686B2	Three-dimensional array architecture for resistive change element arrays and methods for making same A method to fabricate a resistive change element array may include depositing a resistive change material over a substrate and forming a first insulating material over the resistive change material. The method may also include etching a trench in the resistive change material and the first insulating material and forming a cavity in a sidewall of the trench by recessing the resistive change material. The method may further include flowing a conductive material in the cavity and depositing a second insulating material in the trench.
US11462681B2	Magnetic storage element, magnetic head, magnetic storage device, electronic apparatus, and method for manufacturing magnetic storage element Provided is a magnetic storage element including a stack structure which includes a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a storage layer whose magnetization direction is reversible, and a non-magnetic layer sandwiched between the fixed layer and the storage layer. The magnetization direction has a direction along a stack direction of the stack structure, and the fixed layer or the storage layer has a region which contains at least one contained element selected from the element group consisting of B, C, N, Al, Mg, and Si at 30 atm % or more and 80 atm % or less.
US11462679B2	Magnetoresistive random access memory device and method of manufacturing the same In a method of manufacturing an MRAM device, a memory unit including a lower electrode, an MTJ structure and an upper electrode sequentially stacked is formed on a substrate. A protective layer structure including a capping layer, a sacrificial layer and an etch stop layer sequentially stacked is formed on the substrate to cover the memory unit. An insulating interlayer is formed on the protective layer structure. The insulating interlayer is formed to form an opening exposing the protective layer structure. The exposed protective layer structure is partially removed to expose the upper electrode. A wiring is formed on the exposed upper electrode to fill the opening.
US11462676B2	Method for adjusting the stress state of a piezoelectric film and acoustic wave device employing such a film A method for adjusting the stress state of a piezoelectric film having a first stress state at room temperature includes a step of forming an assembly including a carrier having a thermal expansion coefficient, a compliant layer placed on the carrier, and the piezoelectric film placed on the compliant layer, the piezoelectric film having a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the carrier. The method also includes a step of heat treating the assembly, in which the assembly is heated to a treatment temperature above the glass transition temperature of the compliant layer. The present disclosure also relates to a process for fabricating an acoustic wave device comprising the piezoelectric layer the stress state of which was adjusted as described herein.
US11462675B2	Piezoelectric element, piezoelectric device including the same, and vibration module and display apparatus including the piezoelectric device A piezoelectric element comprising a compound represented by Formula 1, a piezoelectric device including the piezoelectric element, a vibration module including the piezoelectric device, and a display apparatus including the piezoelectric device are provided, where (1-x)(LizNa0.5-zK0.5)(Nb1-ySby)O3.xCaZrO3 [Formula 1] where x, y, and z have a range of 0.001≤x≤0.2, a range of 0≤y≤0.5, and a range of 0≤z≤0.2, respectively.
US11462672B2	Variable band for thermoelectric modules A system comprises a thermoelectric device, and a baseplate coupled to a first side of the thermoelectric device. The system also comprises a band coupled to the baseplate and a container. The band may be adjustable in a circumference and configured to thermally couple the baseplate and the container.
US11462671B2	Magnesium-based thermoelectric conversion material, magnesium-based thermoelectric conversion element, and method for producing magnesium-based thermoelectric conversion material A magnesium-based thermoelectric conversion material made of a sintered compact of a magnesium compound, in which, in a cross section of the sintered compact, a Si-rich metallic phase having a higher Si concentration than in magnesium compound grains is unevenly distributed in a crystal grain boundary between the magnesium compound grains, an area ratio of the Si-rich metallic phase is in a range of 2.5% or more and 10% or less, and a number density of the Si-rich metallic phase having an area of 1 μm2 or more is in a range of 1,800/mm2 or more and 14,000/mm2 or less.
US11462669B2	Thermoelectric device structures The present disclosure is related to structures for and methods for producing thermoelectric devices. The thermoelectric devices include multiple stages of thermoelements. Each stage includes alternating n-type and p-type thermoelements. The stages are sandwiched between upper and lower sets of metal links fabricated on a pair of substrate layers. The metal links electrically connect pairs of n-type and p-type thermoelements from each stage. There may be additional sets of metal links between the multiple stages. The individual thermoelements may be sized to handle differing amounts of electric current to optimize performance based on their location within the multistage device.
US11462665B2	Apparatus for detecting electromagnetic touch The disclosure discloses an apparatus for detecting an electromagnetic touch. The apparatus includes: a driving subcircuit configured to control organic light-emitting diodes arranged in an array in an organic light-emitting diode display panel to be lightened row by row; a detecting subcircuit configured to obtain detection current flowing through the lightened organic light-emitting diodes in real time, where the detection current of each of the lightened organic light-emitting diodes comprises inductive current of the organic light-emitting diode, and driving current of the organic light-emitting diode being lightened, and the inductive current is current, generated by the organic light-emitting diode, related to a magnetic induction intensity of a magnetic field emitted by a magnetic field emitting apparatus only when the organic light-emitting diode senses the magnetic field; and a first processing subcircuit configured to determine a position of an electromagnetic touch according to the driving current of each of the organic light-emitting diodes, and the obtained detection current thereof.
US11462661B2	Micro light emitting diode chip and micro light emitting diode wafer A micro light emitting diode chip includes a light emitting layer, a first type semiconductor layer, and a second type semiconductor layer. The light emitting layer includes a metal element and a plurality of non-epitaxial media. The non-epitaxial media are separated from each other to disperse the metal element. A spacing between any two adjacent non-epitaxial media is less than 100 nanometers. The first type semiconductor layer is disposed on one side of the light emitting layer. The second type semiconductor layer is disposed on the other side of the light emitting layer.
US11462658B2	Impact ionization light-emitting diodes Embodiments disclose LEDs that operate using impact ionization. Devices include a first conductivity type layer, an intrinsic layer, and an impact ionization layer. In some embodiments, a charge layer is on the intrinsic layer, where the charge layer comprises a first material and has a net charge. The impact ionization layer comprises a second material. The charge layer forms a barrier for transporting carriers until a bias of at least 1.5 times a bandgap of the second material is applied, and a resulting electric field in the impact ionization layer is greater than or equal to a threshold for the second material. In some embodiments the first intrinsic layer is on the first conductivity type layer and is made of the first material, and a compositional step at an interface between the intrinsic layer and the impact ionization layer creates a barrier for transporting carriers.
US11462642B2	Source/drain epitaxial layer profile The present disclosure describes a method that mitigates the formation of facets in source/drain silicon germanium (SiGe) epitaxial layers. The method includes forming an isolation region around a semiconductor layer and a gate structure partially over the semiconductor layer and the isolation region. Disposing first photoresist structures over the gate structure, a portion of the isolation region, and a portion of the semiconductor layer and doping, with germanium (Ge), exposed portions of the semiconductor layer and exposed portions of the isolation region to form Ge-doped regions that extend from the semiconductor layer to the isolation region. The method further includes disposing second photoresist structures over the isolation region and etching exposed Ge-doped regions in the semiconductor layer to form openings, where the openings include at least one common sidewall with the Ge-doped regions in the isolation region. Finally the method includes growing a SiGe epitaxial stack in the openings.
US11462640B2	LDMOS transistor having vertical floating field plate and manufacture thereof The present application provides a LDMOS transistor having a floating vertical field plate (VFP) and a manufacturing method thereof. The floating VFP comprises a floating field plate polysilicon layer and a laminated structure. The laminated structure comprises a stack of alternate layers of insulating material and ferroelectric material, and in the laminated structure, an outermost layer and an innermost layer are the insulating material. In the present application, the polarization in the ferroelectric material is set in the floating VFP with smaller size, the polarization of the ferroelectric layer enhances the “charge sharing” effect to produce higher breakdown voltage when the transistor is off; and the polarization of the ferroelectric material layer induces more electrons in the drift zone to reduce on resistance when the transistor is on. Accordingly, the increase of breakdown voltage and the reduction of on resistance can be achieved simultaneously.
US11462633B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes first and second electrode, a semiconductor part therebetween, and first and second control electrode. The first control electrode is provided in a first trench between the first electrode and the semiconductor part. The second control electrode is provided in a second trench between the second electrode and the semiconductor part. The semiconductor part includes first, third, fifth and sixth layers of a first conductivity type and second and fourth layers of a second conductivity type. The second layer is provided the first layer and the first electrode. The third layer is provided between the second layer and the first electrode. The fourth layer is provided between the first layer and the second electrode. The sixth layer is provided between the first layer and the second electrode. The second electrode is electrically connected to the first layer via a first-conductivity-region including the sixth layer.
US11462632B2	Lateral bipolar junction transistor device and method of making such a device A non-uniform base width bipolar junction transistor (BJT) device includes: a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having an upper surface; and a BJT device, the BJT device comprising a collector region, a base region, and an emitter region positioned in the semiconductor substrate, the base region being positioned between the collector region and the emitter region; the base region comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein a first width of the top surface of the base region in a base width direction of the BJT device is greater than a second width of the bottom surface of the base region in the base width direction of the BJT device.
US11462624B2	Semiconductor triode A vertical semiconductor triode includes a first layer of semiconductor material, the first layer including first and second surfaces, the first surface being in contact with a first electrode forming a Schottky contact.
US11462623B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a gate trench disposed in the substrate and crossing the active region; a gate dielectric layer disposed in the gate trench; a first gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric layer and including center and edge portions; a second gate electrode disposed on the first gate electrode; a gate capping insulating layer disposed on the second gate electrode and filling the gate trench; and first and second impurity regions disposed in the substrate opposite to each other with respect to the gate trench. A top surface of each of the center and edge portions contacts a bottom surface of the second gate electrode. The top surface of the second gate electrode is concave. The bottom surface of the gate capping insulating layer is convex, and a side surface of the gate capping insulating layer contacts the gate dielectric layer.
US11462620B2	Semiconductor device having a transistor cell region and a termination region with needle-shaped field plate structures A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor cell region formed in the semiconductor substrate and an inner termination region formed in the semiconductor substrate and devoid of transistor cells. The transistor cell region includes a gate structure extending from a first surface into the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of needle-shaped first field plate structures extending from the first surface into the semiconductor substrate, body regions of a second conductivity type, and source regions of a first conductivity type formed between the body regions and the first surface. The inner termination region surrounds the transistor cell region and includes needle-shaped second field plate structures extending from the first surface into the semiconductor substrate. The needle-shaped first field plate structures are arranged in a first pattern and the needle-shaped second field plate structures are arranged in a second pattern.
US11462618B2	Semiconductor device with reduced floating body effects and fabrication method thereof An SOI semiconductor device includes a substrate, a buried oxide layer disposed on the substrate, a top semiconductor layer disposed on the buried oxide layer, a source doping region and a drain doping region in the top semiconductor layer, a channel region between the source doping region and the drain doping region in the top semiconductor layer, a gate electrode on the channel region, and an embedded doping region disposed in the top semiconductor layer and directly under the channel region. The embedded doping region acts as a hole sink to alleviate or avoid floating body effects.
US11462609B2	Capacitor and manufacturing method therefor A capacitor includes: at least one multi-wing structure including N axes and M wings, where the N axes extend along a first direction, and the M wings are a convex structure formed by extending from side walls of the N axes toward a direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first wing of the M wings and the N axes are formed of a first conductive material, and other wings are formed of a second conductive material; a conductive structure cladding the multi-wing structure; a dielectric layer disposed between the multi-wing structure and the conductive structure to isolate the multi-wing structure from the conductive structure; a first external electrode electrically connected to some or all multi-wing structures; and a second external electrode electrically connected to the conductive structure.
US11462608B2	Large panel displays with reduced routing line resistance An electronic device may include a display with pixels formed using light-emitting diodes, thin-film silicon transistors, thin-film semiconducting-oxide transistors, and capacitors. The silicon transistors, semiconducting-transistors, and capacitors may have control terminals that are coupled to gate or routing lines that extend across the face of the display and that are formed in a low resistance source-drain metal routing layer. Forming routing/gate lines using the low resistance source-drain metal routing layer dramatically reduces the resistance of the gate lines, which enables better timing margins for large display panels operating at higher refresh rates.
US11462604B2	Display device A display device includes a first electrode of a first sub pixel of a first pixel, a first electrode of a second sub pixel of the first pixel, a first electrode of a first sub pixel of a second pixel, and a first electrode of a second sub pixel of the second pixel sequentially disposed along a first direction; a 1-1 welding electrode connected to the first electrode of the first sub pixel of the first pixel, a 1-2 welding electrode connected to the first electrode of the second sub pixel of the first pixel, a 2-1 welding electrode connected to the first electrode of the first sub pixel of the second pixel, and a 2-2 welding electrode connected to the first electrode of the second sub pixel of the second pixel; and a first vertical repair line overlapping the 1-1 welding electrode and the 2-1 welding electrode and a second vertical repair line overlapping the 1-2 welding electrode and the 2-2 welding electrode, wherein the first vertical repair line and the second vertical repair line include a transparent conductive material.
US11462603B2	Light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same A light emitting display device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer; a first gate conductor disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first gate conductor; a second gate conductor disposed on the second insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the second gate conductor; a data conductor disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; a passivation layer disposed on the data conductor; a diode first electrode disposed on the passivation layer; a partition wall disposed on the diode first electrode and including an opening overlapping the diode first electrode; a light emitting layer; and a diode second electrode. The data conductor includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, and an area of the first inclined surface is different from an area of the second inclined surface.
US11462601B2	Organic light emitting diode display device An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, a first insulating layer which covers the semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer which covers the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer which covers the second conductive layer, a third conductive layer disposed on the third insulating layer, a first organic layer which covers the third conductive layer, and a fourth conductive layer disposed on the first organic layer, where the fourth conductive layer includes a lower layer, a middle layer, and an upper layer, and the lower layer is disposed between the first organic layer and the middle layer, and includes a transparent conductive oxidization film.
US11462599B2	Display panel with a thermal insulation layer, manufacturing method thereof, and display apparatus A display panel may include a substrate (12), a bank layer (14) on the substrate (12), and a thermal insulation layer on the bank layer(14). The bank layer (14) defines a plurality of pixel areas (PA) on the substrate (12). The thermal insulation layer (20) may have a low thermal conductivity of about 0.01W/mk to about 0.5 W/mK. The thermal insulation layer (20) may be a porous thermal insulation layer.
US11462597B2	Organic light-emitting display device having touch sensor An organic light-emitting display device can include a light-emitting element on a substrate; an encapsulation unit on the light-emitting element and including first and second inorganic encapsulation films, and an organic encapsulation film; a touch insulating film on the second inorganic encapsulation film; a touch sensor including first and second touch electrodes; a routing line; a touch pad; and a plurality of connection electrodes electrically connecting the routing line with the touch pad, in which the first touch electrodes are connected via first bridges, the second touch electrodes are connected via second bridges, and the first and second bridges and the first and second touch electrodes are formed of a same material as each other in a same plane.
US11462596B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel and an infrared sensing module. The display panel includes an active region in which a pixel that emits light based on a data signal is disposed. The infrared sensing module transmits a first infrared light that passes through the active region and receives a second infrared light that passes through the active region to recognize an object. The wavelength of the first infrared light may have a wavelength greater than a predetermined value so that a luminance of light emitted by the pixel is not affected by operation of the infrared sensing module.
US11462595B2	Display panel and method of fabricating the same Disclosed are display panels and methods of fabricating the same. The display panel includes a base substrate having a pixel area and a peripheral area adjacent to the pixel area, a light emitting element on the base substrate to generate a first light and overlapping the pixel area, a light control layer on the light emitting element to convert the first light into a white light, and a color filter layer on the light control layer and includes a first color filter that allows penetration of the first light, a second color filter that allows penetration of a second light different from the first light, and a third color filter that allows penetration of a third light different from the first light and the second light.
US11462594B2	Display apparatus having color converting layers and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area including a first display device, a second display device, and a third display device. The display apparatus includes a first protection layer disposed on the first, second, and third display devices, a first color conversion layer disposed on the first protection layer corresponding to the first display device and including first quantum dots converting incident light into first light, a second color conversion layer disposed on the first protection layer corresponding to the second display device and including second quantum dots converting incident light into second light, and a third color conversion layer disposed on the first protection layer corresponding to the third display device and including light scattering particles converting incident light into third light.
US11462590B2	Display screens and display devices Display screens and display devices are disclosed. The display screen includes: a first display region, a second display region adjacent to the first display region, and a third display region adjacent to the second display region. A sub-pixel density of the first display region is smaller than a sub-pixel density of the second display region. The sub-pixel density of the second display region is smaller than a sub-pixel density of the third display region. The display screens and the display devices according to the present application can improve the user experience.
US11462589B2	Pixel arrangement structure, display method and preparing method of pixel arrangement structure, and display substrate A pixel arrangement structure, a display method and a preparing method of a pixel arrangement structure, and a display substrate are provided. The pixel arrangement structure includes first color sub-pixel blocks, second color sub-pixel blocks, and third color sub-pixel blocks. Each of the plurality of minimum repeating regions has a rectangular shape and includes a first virtual rectangle, and the first virtual rectangle includes one first color sub-pixel block, one second color-sub-pixel block and one-third color sub-pixel block. Any edge of the first virtual rectangle has a non-zero included angle with a first direction, and the first direction is a row direction or a column direction. The first color sub-pixel block is on a perpendicular bisector of the first edge, the second color sub-pixel block and the third color sub-pixel block are on different sides of the perpendicular bisector of the first edge.
US11462586B1	Method to produce 3D semiconductor devices and structures with memory A method for producing a 3D semiconductor device including: providing a first level, the first level including a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits in and/or on the first level, where the control circuits include first single crystal transistors and at least two interconnection metal layers; forming at least one second level disposed above the control circuits; performing a first etch step into the second level; forming at least one third level disposed on top of the second level; performing additional processing steps to form first memory cells within the second level and second memory cells within the third level, where each of the first memory cells include at least one second transistor, where each of the second memory cells include at least one third transistor, and where the additional processing steps include depositing a gate electrode simultaneously for the second and third transistors.
US11462582B2	Solid-state image pickup device, manufacturing method, and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus, which can obtain high charge transfer efficiency from a photoelectric conversion unit to a floating diffusion layer. The floating diffusion layer is arranged in a rectangular shape so as to surround a gate electrode of a vertical transistor whose groove portion is rectangular. A reset drain is formed so as to be adjacent to the floating diffusion layer through a reset gate. A potential of the floating diffusion layer is reset to the same potential as that of the reset drain by applying a predetermined voltage to the reset gate. It is possible to apply the present disclosure to, for example, a CMOS solid-state image pickup device used in an image pickup device such as a camera.
US11462580B2	Image sensor packages and related methods Implementations of image sensor packages may include a plurality of microlenses coupled over a color filter array (CFA), a low refractive index layer directly coupled to and over the plurality of microlenses, an adhesive directly coupled to and over the low refractive index layer, and an optically transmissive cover directly coupled to and over the adhesive. Implementations may include no gap present between the optically transmissive cover and the plurality of microlenses.
US11462576B2	Display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area, and the non-display area has GOA regions. The display panel further includes a first substrate, an array substrate, and an anti-deformation layer. In the present disclosure, the anti-deformation layer is disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate at a position corresponding to the GOA regions. Metal material of the GOA regions is same as metal material of the anti-deformation layer, so that metal expansion coefficient of upper and lower surfaces of the first substrate are same, thereby effectively preventing warpage of the first substrate and the array substrate.
US11462575B2	Integrated circuit on flexible substrate manufacturing process The present invention provides processes for manufacturing a plurality of discrete integrated circuits (ICs) on a carrier, the process comprising the steps of: providing a carrier for a flexible substrate; depositing a flexible substrate of uniform thickness on said carrier; removing at least a portion of the thickness of the flexible substrate from at least a portion of the IC connecting areas to form channels in the flexible substrate and a plurality of IC substrate units spaced apart from one another on the carrier by said channels; forming an integrated circuit on at least one of the IC substrate units.
US11462572B2	Array substrate and display device An array substrate comprises a display area and a periphery area; a common electrode is arranged at the display area, and an electrode bus is arranged at a periphery area and is close to the display area. The array substrate further comprises a first electrode pad, a first conductive portion, a second electrode pad, and a second conductive portion. The first electrode pad is arranged at the side, far away from the display area of the periphery area; the first conductive portion is connected with the first electrode pad and the common electrode; the second electrode pad is arranged at the side, far away from the display area of the periphery area; and the second conductive portion is connected to the second electrode pad, and extends to connect with the electrode bus along the direction far away from the first conductive portion.
US11462571B2	Thin film transistor array panel and a method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate; a plurality of gate lines that are formed on the substrate; a plurality of data lines that intersect the gate lines; a plurality of thin film transistors that are connected to the gate lines and the data lines; a plurality of color filters that are formed on upper parts of the gate lines, the data lines, and the thin film transistors; a common electrode that is formed on the color filters and that includes a transparent conductor; a passivation layer that is formed on an upper part of the common electrode; and a plurality of pixel electrodes that are formed on an upper part of the passivation layer and that are connected to a drain electrode of each of the thin film transistors.
US11462561B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a wiring layer including a first metallic film provided on an oxide film, a second metallic film provided on the first metallic film, and a polysilicon film provided on the second metallic film; and an element layer provided on the wiring layer and including semiconductor elements electrically connected to the first metallic film. Standard Gibbs energy of formation of a first metal included in the first metallic film is lower than that of a second metal included in the second metallic film.
US11462559B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device pertain to a semiconductor device having a channel pattern, wherein the channel pattern includes a pipe channel and vertical channels protruding in a first direction from the pipe channel. The semiconductor device also has interlayer insulating layers disposed over the pipe channel and gate electrodes disposed over the pipe channel, wherein the gate electrodes are alternately stacked with the interlayer insulating layers in the first direction, wherein the stacked interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes surround the vertical channels, and wherein the gate electrodes include a first conductive pattern and second conductive patterns. The semiconductor device further has an etch stop pattern disposed over the first conductive pattern and under the second conductive patterns.
US11462555B2	Semiconductor storage device and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first structural body on a semiconductor material. The first structural body having a plurality of first conductive films and a plurality of first insulating films that are alternately stacked. A first columnar body penetrates the first structural body and includes a first epitaxial layer on an end adjacent to the semiconductor material. A second columnar body also penetrates the first structural body and includes a second epitaxial layer on an end adjacent to the semiconductor material. A portion of the second epitaxial layer is doped with boron.
US11462552B2	Semiconductor devices with memory cells The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to semiconductor devices having memory cells for multi-bit programming and methods of forming the same. The present disclosure also relates to a method of forming such semiconductor devices. The disclosed semiconductor devices may achieve a smaller cell size as compared to conventional devices, and therefore increases the packing density of the disclosed devices.
US11462547B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a semiconductor device. A cell area and a core area is defined in a substrate. A bit line structure disposed in the cell area is provided. A gate structure disposed in the core area is provided, and a core capping film disposed on the gate structure is provided. A height of the core capping film is greater than a height of the bit line structure. A first contact film is formed on the bit line structure. A second contact film is formed on the core capping film. A mask is formed on the first contact film. An upper surface of the core capping film is exposed using the mask. The first contact film is etched until a height of the first contact film becomes less than a height of the bit line structure using an etching process. In the etching process, an etching rate for the first contact film is greater than etching rates for the bit line structure and the core capping film.
US11462546B2	Dynamic random access device including two-dimensional array of fin structures A method may include providing a substrate, the substrate comprising a substrate base and a patterning stack, disposed on the substrate base. The substrate may include first linear structures in the patterning stack, the first linear structures being elongated along a first direction; and second linear structures in the patterning stack, the second linear structures being elongated along a second direction, the second direction forming a non-zero angle with respect to the first direction. The method may also include selectively forming a set of sidewall spacers on one set of sidewalls of the second linear structures.
US11462545B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a transistor in a semiconductor substrate; forming a capacitor including a hydrogen-containing top electrode over the transistor; and performing an annealing process for hydrogen passivation after the capacitor is formed.
US11462544B2	Array of recessed access gate lines An array of recessed access gate lines includes active area regions having dielectric trench isolation material there-between. The trench isolation material comprises dielectric projections extending into opposing ends of individual active area regions under an elevationally outermost surface of material of the active area regions. The active area material is elevationally over the dielectric projections. Recessed access gate lines individually extend transversally across the active area regions and extend between the ends of immediately end-to-end adjacent active area regions within the dielectric trench isolation material. Other arrays are disclosed, as are methods.
US11462537B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first lower pattern and a second lower pattern on the substrate and arranged in a line in a first direction, a first active pattern stack disposed on and spaced apart from the first lower pattern, a second active pattern stack disposed on and spaced apart from the first lower pattern, a fin-cut gate structure disposed on the first lower pattern and overlapping a portion of the first lower pattern, a first gate structure surrounding the first active pattern stack and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second gate structure surrounding the second active pattern stack and extending in the second direction, and a device isolation layer between the first gate structure and the second gate structure and separating the first lower pattern and the second lower pattern.
US11462533B2	Electrostatic discharge protection circuit, array substrate and display device An ESD protection circuit, an array substrate and a display device are disclosed. The ESD protection circuit includes a plurality of first ESD units, each of which includes: a first active layer, a first insulating layer, a first metallic layer, a second insulating layer and a second metallic layer which are disposed on a base substrate; the first active layer includes a plurality of first connection terminals; the first metallic layer includes a plurality of first conductive terminals; the second metallic layer includes a plurality of second conductive terminals an orthographic projection of the first metallic layer and an orthographic projection of the second metallic layer the base substrate are at least partly overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first active layer on the base substrate respectively; and the first conductive terminals and the second conductive terminals are electrically connected with different first connection terminals, respectively.
US11462532B2	Low capacitance bidirectional transient voltage suppressor A bidirectional transient voltage suppressor (TVS) circuit for data pins of electronic devices includes two sets of steering diodes and a diode triggered clamp device in some embodiment. In other embodiments, a bidirectional transient voltage suppressor (TVS) circuit for data pins of electronic devices includes two sets of steering diodes with a clamp device merged with a steering diode in each set. The TVS circuit is constructed to realize low capacitance at the protected nodes and improved clamping voltage for robust protection against surge evens. In some embodiments, the TVS circuit realizes low capacitance at the protected nodes by fully or almost completely depleting the P-N junction connected to the protected nodes in the operating voltage range. In this manner, the TVS circuit does not present undesirable parasitic capacitance to the data pins being protected, especially when the data pins are applied in high speed applications.
US11462520B2	Chip integration module, chip package structure, and chip integration method The present invention provides a chip integration module, including a die, a passive device, and a connecting piece, where the die is provided with a die bonding portion, the passive device is provided with a passive device bonding portion, the die bonding portion of the die and the passive device bonding portion of the passive device are disposed opposite to each other, and the connecting piece is disposed between the die bonding portion and the passive device bonding portion and is connected to the die bonding portion and the passive device bonding portion. The chip integration module of the present invention achieves easy integration and has low costs. Moreover, a path connecting the die to the passive device becomes shorter, which can improve performance of the passive device. The present invention further discloses a chip package structure and a chip integration method.
US11462518B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, and pixels disposed in the display area. The pixels each include first electrodes, second electrodes spaced apart from the first electrodes, and light emitting elements disposed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes each include a closed loop of a polygonal shape in some sections.
US11462516B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of suppressing an electrostatic breakdown in a configuration including a semiconductor element with a sense cell part. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes: bonding each of semiconductor elements 1 and a relay substrate on a conductor plate; connecting each of signal pads of each of the semiconductor elements and each of control pads of the relay substrate by a wire; bonding a first electrode material on each of the semiconductor elements; bonding a second electrode material on the relay substrate; sealing the conductor plate, each of the semiconductor elements, the relay substrate, the first electrode material, and the second electrode material by a sealing resin; and grinding the sealing resin and removing the shorting part to expose part of the second electrode material.
US11462514B2	Memory device with a through hole structure, semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A memory device, a semiconductor device and their manufacturing methods are provided. The method may include: providing a first die and a plurality of second dies, the first die having a first pad, each of the plurality of second dies having a second pad, each of the second pads having a through hole; stacking the plurality of second dies on the first die with the second pads aligned with the first pad. In any two adjacent second dies, the through hole closer to the first die is not larger than the through hole farther away; forming a connecting hole passing through the through holes, exposing the first pad, and comprising a plurality of hole sections; and forming a conductive body in the connecting hole. This method simplifies the manufacturing process, reduces the cost thereof, and improves the production yield.
US11462511B2	Semiconductor package including stacked semiconductor chips A semiconductor package includes a sub semiconductor package disposed over a substrate. The sub semiconductor package includes a sub semiconductor chip with chip pads on its upper surface, a sub molding layer that surrounds the sub semiconductor chip, and a redistribution conductive layer that is connected to each of the chip pads and extends over an upper surface of the sub molding layer. The redistribution conductive layer includes a signal redistribution conductive layer that extends onto an edge of the sub molding layer and has a signal redistribution pad on its end portion and a power redistribution conductive layer with a length that is shorter than a length of the signal redistribution conductive layer. The semiconductor package also includes a sub signal interconnector, sub power interconnector, and at least one main semiconductor chip formed over the sub semiconductor package and electrically connected to the substrate or the sub semiconductor chip.
US11462510B2	Stacked package structure and stacked packaging method for chip A stacked package structure for a chip, can include: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto; a first die having an active and back faces, where the active face of the first die includes pads; a first enclosure that covers the first die; an interlinkage that extends to the first enclosure to electrically couple with the pads; a first redistribution body electrically coupled to the interlinkage, and being partially exposed on a surface of the stacked package structure to provide outer pins for electrically coupling to external circuitry; a penetrating body that penetrates the first enclosure and substrate; a second die having an electrode electrically coupled to a first terminal of the penetrating body; and a second terminal of the penetrating body that is exposed on the surface of the stacked package structure to provide outer pins for electrically coupling to the external circuitry.
US11462508B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, and a bonding layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, the bonding layer including a plurality of silver particles, and the bonding layer including a region containing gold existing between the plurality of silver particles.
US11462507B2	Bonding through multi-shot laser reflow A method includes performing a first laser shot on a first portion of a top surface of a first package component. The first package component is over a second package component, and a first solder region between the first package component and the second package component is reflowed by the first laser shot. After the first laser shot, a second laser shot is performed on a second portion of the top surface of the first package component. A second solder region between the first package component and the second package component is reflowed by the second laser shot.
US11462505B2	Semiconductor device assembly and method therefor A method of forming a packaged semiconductor device includes attaching a backside surface of a semiconductor die to a major surface of a package substrate. A first conductive connector is formed over a portion of an active surface of the semiconductor die and a portion of the major surface of the package substrate. A first conductive connection between a first bond pad of the semiconductor die and a first substrate pad of the package substrate is formed by way of the first conductive connector. A bond wire connects a second bond pad of the semiconductor die to a second substrate pad of the package substrate. The first bond pad located between the second bond pad and an edge of the semiconductor die.
US11462496B2	Semiconductor device In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first chip including a substrate, a first plug on the substrate, and a first pad on the first plug, and a second chip including a second plug and a second pad under the second plug. The second chip includes an electrode layer electrically connected to the second plug, a charge storage layer provided on a side face of the electrode layer via a first insulator, and a semiconductor layer provided on a side face of the charge storage layer via a second insulator. The first and second pads are bonded with each other, and the first and second plugs are disposed so that at least a portion of the first plug and at least a portion of the second plug do not overlap with each other in a first direction that is perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.
US11462495B2	Chiplets 3D SoIC system integration and fabrication methods A method includes forming integrated circuits on a front side of a first chip, performing a backside grinding on the first chip to reveal a plurality of through-vias in the first chip, and forming a first bridge structure on a backside of the first chip using a damascene process. The bridge structure has a first bond pad, a second bond pad, and a conductive trace electrically connecting the first bond pad to the second bond pad. The method further includes bonding a second chip and a third chip to the first chip through face-to-back bonding. A third bond pad of the second chip is bonded to the first bond pad of the first chip. A fourth bond pad of the third chip is bonded to the second bond pad of the first chip.
US11462491B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A plurality of groups of bonding terminals are formed on a substrate, a first electrostatic protection wire is formed on a marginal region of the substrate, and a second electrostatic protection wire is formed to connect the bonding terminals and the first electrostatic protection wire.
US11462488B2	Substrate cores for warpage control According to the various aspects, a package substrate with a heterogeneous substrate core including a first core layer that is coextensive with the package substrate and extends through a first section and a second section of the substrate core, in which the first section is adjacent to and thicker than the second section. The first section having at least a second layer and/or a third layer to provide the difference in thickness with the second section.
US11462487B2	Semiconductor package including photo imageable dielectric and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package includes a frame, a semiconductor chip, a through via, a connection pad, a lower redistribution layer on the bottom surfaces of the frame and the semiconductor chip, a connection terminal on the lower redistribution layer, an encapsulant covering the top surfaces of the frame and the semiconductor chip, and an upper redistribution layer on the encapsulant. The lower redistribution layer includes a lower insulating layer, a lower redistribution pattern, and an under-bump metal (UBM). The upper redistribution layer includes an upper insulating layer, an upper redistribution pattern, an upper via, and an upper connection pad. The lower insulating layer includes an inner insulating pattern surrounding the side surface of the UBM and an outer insulating pattern surrounding the side surface of the inner insulating pattern. The cyclization rate of the inner insulating pattern is higher than the cyclization rate of the outer insulating pattern.
US11462485B2	Electronic package including electromagnetic shielding structure and method of manufacture The present disclosure provides an electronic package. The electronic package includes a substrate, an electronic component, a plurality of conductive elements, a metal sheet and a molding layer. The electronic component is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate. The conductive elements are disposed on the substrate and electrically connected with the grounding circuit on the substrate. The metal sheet is disposed above the electronic component and is in electrical contact with the conductive elements. The molding layer is formed between the substrate and the metal sheet to enclose the electronic component and the conductive elements. The present disclosure further provides a method of manufacturing the above electronic package.
US11462484B2	Electronic package with wettable flank and shielding layer and manufacturing method thereof An electronic package and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electronic package includes a substrate, a first encapsulant, a wettable flank and a shielding layer. The substrate includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface. The first encapsulant is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The wettable flank is exposed from the side surface of the substrate. The shielding layer covers a side surface of the first encapsulant, wherein on the side surface of the substrate, the shielding layer is spaced apart from the wettable flank.
US11462482B2	Method of producing electronic device Provided is a method of producing an electronic device, including a step of preparing a structure which includes an electronic component having a circuit forming surface, and an adhesive laminated film which includes a base material layer, an unevenness-absorptive resin layer, and an adhesive resin layer in this order and in which the adhesive resin layer is attached to the circuit forming surface of the electronic component such that the circuit forming surface is protected; and a step of forming an electromagnetic wave-shielding layer on the electronic component in a state of being attached to the adhesive laminated film.
US11462478B2	Layer for buffer semiconductor device including microelectromechnical system (MEMS) device A semiconductor device includes a first substrate; a dielectric layer disposed over the first substrate and a conductive layer disposed in the dielectric layer; a second substrate bonded to the dielectric layer, wherein the second substrate has a first surface facing the first substrate and a second surface opposite to the first substrate; a connecting structure penetrating the second substrate and a portion of the dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the conductive layer; a vent hole penetrating the second substrate from the second surface to the first surface; a first buffer layer between the connecting structure and the dielectric layer and between the connecting structure and the second substrate; and a second buffer layer covering sidewalls of the vent hole and exposed through the first surface of the second substrate. The first buffer layer and the second buffer layer include a same material and a same thickness.
US11462474B2	Three-dimensional memory devices having a plurality of NAND strings Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the 3D memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a NAND memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of NAND strings on the substrate, one or more peripheral devices above the NAND strings, a single crystalline silicon layer above the peripheral devices, and one or more interconnect layers between the peripheral devices and the NAND strings. In some embodiments, the NAND memory device includes a bonding interface at which an array interconnect layer contacts a peripheral interconnect layer.
US11462472B2	Low cost three-dimensional stacking semiconductor assemblies Semiconductor device package assemblies and associated methods are disclosed herein. The semiconductor device package assembly includes (1) a base component having a front side and a back side, the base component having a first metallization structure at the front side; (2) a semiconductor device package having a first side, a second side with a recess, and a second metallization structure at the first side and a contacting region exposed in the recess at the second side; (3) an interconnect structure at least partially positioned in the recess at the second side of the semiconductor device package; and (4) a thermoset material or structure between the front side of the base component and the second side of the semiconductor device package. The interconnect structure is in the thermoset material and includes discrete conductive particles electrically coupled to one another.
US11462467B2	Lead frame, package structure comprising the same and method for manufacturing the package structure A lead frame includes a die paddle and a plurality of leads. The leads surround the die paddle. Each of the leads includes an inner lead portion and an outer lead portion connecting to the inner lead portion. The inner lead portion is adjacent to and spaced apart from the die paddle. A bottom surface of the inner lead portion is higher than a bottom surface of the outer lead portion. The bottom surface of the inner lead portion includes one or more supporting members disposed thereon. The one or more supporting members have a convex surface facing away from the inner lead portion.
US11462455B2	Semiconductor package device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package device includes a substrate, an electronic component, and a thermal conductive layer. The electronic component is disposed on the substrate and includes a first surface facing away from the substrate. The thermal conductive layer is disposed above the first surface of the electronic component. The thermal conductive layer includes a plurality of portions spaced apart from each other.
US11462453B2	Semiconductor device with protection layers and method for fabricating the same The present application discloses a semiconductor device with protection layers for reducing the metal to silicon leakage and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first die, a first conductive feature positioned in the first die, a second die positioned on the first die, a first mask layer positioned on the second die, a conductive filler layer positioned along the first mask layer and the second die, extending to the first die, and contacting the first conductive feature, isolation layers positioned between the conductive filler layer and the first die and between the conductive filler layer and the second die, and protection layers positioned between the conductive filler layer and the first mask layer and covering upper portions of the isolation layers.
US11462451B2	Semiconductor device having terminals including heat dissipation portions, and method of manufacturing thereof An object is to provide a technique capable of improving heat dissipation while maintaining the workability of a product in a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes power chips, control chips configured to control the power chips, power side terminals, control side terminals, and a mold resin covering the power chips, the control chips, one ends side of the power side terminals, and one ends side of the control side terminals. An other ends side of the power side terminals and an other ends side of the control side terminals protrude horizontally from a side surface of the mold resin and bend downward at middle parts thereof. Of the power side terminals and the control side terminals, only on the other ends side of the power side terminals, heat dissipation portions protruding in a direction approaching or away from the mold resin from portions bent downward are formed.
US11462447B2	Sensor package substrate, sensor module including the same, and electronic component embedded substrate A sensor package substrate disclosed in the present specification has a mounting area in which a sensor chip is mounted and a controller chip connected to the sensor chip. A through hole is formed in the sensor package substrate so as to overlap the mounting area in a plan view and to penetrate the substrate from one surface to the other surface thereof. The mounting area and the controller chip overlap each other in a plan view. According to the present invention, by reducing the thickness of an insulating layer, it is possible not only to reduce the distance of a wiring for the sensor chip and controller chip, but also to reduce the area of the substrate.
US11462446B2	Power semiconductor module arrangement and method for producing the same A power semiconductor module arrangement includes a semiconductor substrate arranged in a housing, at least one semiconductor body being arranged on the semiconductor substrate, and a mounting arrangement including a frame or body, a first terminal element, and a second terminal element. The mounting arrangement is inserted in and coupled to the housing. Each terminal element mechanically and electrically contacts the semiconductor substrate with a first end. A middle part of each terminal element extends through the frame or body. A second end of each terminal element extends outside the housing. The first terminal element is dielectrically insulated from the second terminal element by a portion of the frame or body. The first terminal element is injected into and inextricably coupled to the frame or body. The second terminal element is arranged within a hollow space inside the frame or body and is detachably coupled to the frame or body.
US11462442B2	Semiconductor device having work-function metal and method of forming the same In a semiconductor device, a first active area, a second active area, and a third active area are formed on a substrate. A first gate electrode is formed on the first active area, a second gate electrode is formed on the second active area, and a third gate electrode is formed on the third active area. The first gate electrode has a first P-work-function metal layer, a first capping layer, a first N-work-function metal layer, a first barrier metal layer, and a first conductive layer. The second gate electrode has a second capping layer, a second N-work-function metal layer, a second barrier metal layer, and a second conductive layer. The third gate electrode has a second P-work-function metal layer, a third capping layer, a third N-work-function metal layer, and a third barrier metal layer. The third gate electrode does not have the first and second conductive layers.
US11462440B2	Packaging structure A packaging structure is provided. The packaging structure includes a plurality of first chips; and a molding layer between adjacent first chips. The molding layer covers a sidewall of the first chip and exposes a top surface of the first chip.
US11462439B2	Wafer processing method A wafer processing method includes a pattern region detecting step, an evaluation region setting step, and an evaluation region deploying step. The pattern region detecting step is a step of detecting a period and positional information in which a substantially identical image appears in an imaged image and detecting a pattern region corresponding to one period. The evaluation region setting step is a step of detecting a position in which no metallic pattern is formed on planned dividing lines and setting the position as an evaluation region for evaluating quality of a processed groove. The evaluation region deploying step is a step of recording the position of the evaluation region in the pattern region and deploying the evaluation region at similar positions in different pattern regions.
US11462437B2	Customized smart devices and touchscreen devices and cleanspace manufacturing methods to make them The present invention provides various aspects for processing multiple types of substrates within cleanspace fabricators or for processing multiple or single types of substrates in multiple types of cleanspace environments particularly to form hardware based encryption devices and hardware based encryption equipped communication devices. In some embodiments, a collocated composite cleanspace fabricator may be capable of processing semiconductor devices into integrated circuits and then performing assembly operations to result in product in packaged form. Customized smart devices, smart phones and touchscreen devices may be fabricated in examples of a cleanspace fabricator. The assembly processing may include steps to form hardware based encryption.
US11462435B2	Robot system, robot controlling method, and semiconductor manufacturing system A robot includes: a first arm that is a horizontal multi-joint type arm provided with a first base link provided to be rotatable around a pivoting axis, a first intermediate link, and a first hand that holds a workpiece W thereon, and configured to move the first hand along a first diameter direction; a second arm that is a horizontal multi-joint type arm provided with a second base link provided to be independently rotatable from the first base link around the pivoting axis, a second intermediate link, and a second hand that holds the workpiece W thereon, and configured to move the second hand along a second diameter direction, and a pivoting device configured to pivot the first arm and the second arm together in the circumferential direction while maintaining a positional relationship of the first arm and the second arm in the circumferential direction.
US11462428B2	Alignment mechanism, chuck device, and bonder An alignment mechanism comprises a rotary unit 61 with a first rotary axis 61c, three power transmission mechanisms 62, and three alignment action units 63. Each power transmission mechanism 62 comprises a first arm 621 and a second arm 622. The first arm 621 includes a first end 621a pivotably supported at a corresponding one of three different positions P11 to P13, and a second end 621b on the opposite side of the first end 621a. The second arm 622 includes a second rotary axis 622c and is pivotably supported on the second end 621b of the first arm 621 at a position different from the second rotary axis 622c. The alignment action units 63 are connected to corresponding second arms. The second rotary axes 622c are at three positions P21 to P23 separated from the rotary unit 61 toward three different directions centered on the first rotary axis 61c.
US11462425B2	Semiconductor processing station A semiconductor processing station includes first and second chambers, and a cooling stage. The second chamber includes a cooling pipe disposed inside the second chamber, and an external pipe. The cooling pipe includes a first segment disposed along a sidewall of the second chamber, and a second segment disposed perpendicular to the first segment and located above a wafer carrier in the second chamber. An end of the second segment is connected to an end of the first segment. The external pipe is connected to the second segment distal from the end of the second segment to provide a fluid to flow through the cooling pipe from an exterior to an interior of the second chamber. The fluid discharges toward the wafer carrier through the first segment. The first chamber is surrounded by the second chamber and the cooling stage, and communicates between the cooling stage and the second chamber.
US11462424B2	Heating device for heating object material using laser beam and indirect heating method using laser beam The present invention is related to a heating device for heating an object material using a laser beam, the heating device comprising a stage on which the object material is placed; a laser module for generating and outputting a laser beam; an optical module for controlling a path of the laser beam; a polygon mirror rotating around an axis of rotation and having a plurality of reflecting surfaces which reflect the laser beam; and a beam guide module for controlling an incidence range within which the laser beam reflected by the polygon mirror is incident on the object material, and an indirect heating method using a laser beam in a heating device.
US11462419B2	Microelectronic assemblies Various embodiments of fanout packages are disclosed. A method of forming a microelectronic assembly is disclosed. The method can include bonding a first surface of at least one microelectronic substrate to a surface of a carrier using a direct bonding technique without an intervening adhesive, the microelectronic substrate having a plurality of conductive interconnections on at least one surface of the microelectronic substrate. The method can include applying a molding material to an area of the surface of the carrier surrounding the microelectronic substrate to form a reconstituted substrate. The method can include processing the microelectronic substrate. The method can include singulating the reconstituted substrate at the area of the surface of the carrier and at the molding material to form the microelectronic assembly.
US11462413B2	Processing of workpieces using deposition process and etch process Apparatus, systems, and methods for conducting an etch removal process on a workpiece are provided. The method can include generating a plasma from a deposition process gas in a plasma chamber using a plasma source to deposit a passivation layer on certain layers of a high aspect ratio structure. The method can include generating a plasma from an etch process gas in a plasma chamber using a plasma source to remove certain layers from the high aspect ratio structure. The method can include removing silicon nitride layers at a faster etch rate than silicon dioxide layers on the high aspect ratio structure.
US11462408B2	Method of forming an integrated circuit using a patterned mask layer A method of forming an integrated circuit includes forming a patterned mask layer on a material layer, wherein the patterned mask layer has a plurality of first features, and a first distance between adjacent first features of the plurality of first features. The method further includes patterning the material layer to form the first features in the material layer. The method further includes increasing the first distance between adjacent first features of the plurality of first features to a second distance. The method further includes treating portions of the material layer exposed by the patterned mask layer. The method further includes removing the patterned mask layer; and removing non-treated portions of the material layer.
US11462404B2	Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article An imprint apparatus forms a pattern on a substrate by an imprint process which includes a process of bringing an imprint material on the substrate into contact with a mold, a process of curing the imprint material, and a separating process of separating a cured product of the imprint material and the mold. The apparatus includes a substrate holding mechanism which includes a substrate chuck configured to chuck the substrate by sucking the substrate. The substrate chuck has a through hole, and the substrate holding mechanism suppresses a state in which a suction force by which the substrate chuck sucks the substrate is reduced due to the through hole and a gap which is formed between a back surface of the substrate and an upper surface of the substrate chuck in the separating process.
US11462402B2	Suboxide molecular-beam epitaxy and related structures Molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) and more particularly suboxide MBE (S-MBE) and related structures are disclosed. S-MBE is disclosed that includes the use of a molecular beam of a suboxide that may be subsequently oxidized in a single step reaction to form an oxide film. By way of example, for a gallium oxide (Ga2O3) film, a molecular beam including a suboxide of gallium (Ga2O) may be provided. S-MBE may be performed in adsorption-controlled regimes where there is an excess of source material containing species in order to promote high growth rates for oxide films with improved crystallinity. Source mixtures for providing molecular beams of suboxides are disclosed that include mixtures of a particular element and an oxide of the element in ratios that promote such adsorption-controlled growth regimes. Related structures include oxide films having increased thickness with reduced crystal defects, including single polymorph films of gallium oxide.
US11462400B1	Ultrawide bandgap semiconductor devices including magnesium germanium oxides Various forms of MgxGe1-xO2-x are disclosed, where the MgxGe1-xO2-x are epitaxial layers formed on a substrate comprising a substantially single crystal substrate material. The epitaxial layer of MgxGe1-xO2-x has a crystal symmetry compatible with the substrate material. Semiconductor structures and devices comprising the epitaxial layer of MgxGe1-xO2-x are disclosed, along with methods of making the epitaxial layers and semiconductor structures and devices.
US11462399B2	Sputtering target, oxide semiconductor thin film, and method for producing oxide semiconductor thin film A sputtering target including an oxide that includes an indium element (In), a tin element (Sn), a zinc element (Zn) and an aluminum element (Al), and including a homologous structure compound represented by InAlO3(ZnO)m (m is 0.1 to 10), wherein the atomic ratio of the indium element, the tin element, the zinc element and the aluminum element satisfies specific requirements.
US11462398B2	Ligand selection for ternary oxide thin films Embodiments of the present invention are directed to forming a ternary compound using a modified atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a first precursor and a second precursor are selected. The first precursor includes a first metal and a first ligand. The second precursor includes a second metal and a second ligand. The second ligand is selected based on the first ligand to target a second metal uptake. A substrate is exposed to the first precursor during a first pulse of an ALD cycle and the substrate is exposed to the second precursor during a second pulse of the ALD cycle, the second pulse occurring after the first pulse. The substrate is exposed to a third precursor (e.g., an oxidant) during a third pulse of the ALD cycle. The ternary compound can include a ternary oxide film.
US11462394B2	Physical vapor deposition apparatus and method thereof A PVD method includes tilting a first magnetic element over a back side of a target. The first magnetic element is moved about an axis that extends through the target. Then, charged ions are attracted to bombard the target, such that particles are ejected from the target and are deposited over a surface of a wafer. By tilting the magnetic element relative to the target, the distribution of the magnetic fields can be more random and uniform.
US11462393B2	Plasma etching method using faraday cage A plasma etching method using a Faraday cage, including: providing an etch substrate in a Faraday cage, where the etch substrate includes a metal mask provided on one surface thereof, and where an upper surface of the Faraday cage is provided with a mesh portion; a first patterning step of forming a first pattern area on the etch substrate; and a second patterning step of forming a second pattern area on the etch substrate after shielding at least a part of the mesh portion with a shutter. The first pattern area includes a first groove pattern having a depth gradient of 0 to 40 nm per 5 mm, and the second pattern area includes a second groove pattern having a depth gradient of 50 to 300 nm per 5 mm.
US11462391B2	Plasma processing apparatus, plasma processing method, and memory medium A plasma processing apparatus includes an impedance matching circuit, a balun having a first unbalanced terminal connected to the impedance matching circuit, a grounded second unbalanced terminal, a first balanced terminal and a second balanced terminal, a grounded vacuum container, a first electrode electrically connected to the first balanced terminal, a second electrode electrically connected to the second balanced terminal, an adjustment reactance configured to affect a relationship between a first voltage applied to the first electrode and a second voltage applied to the second electrode, a high-frequency power supply configured to supply a high frequency between the first unbalanced terminal and the second unbalanced terminal via the impedance matching circuit, and a controller configured to control an impedance of the impedance matching circuit and a reactance of the adjustment reactance.
US11462390B2	Multi-level parameter and frequency pulsing with a low angular spread Systems and methods for multi-level pulsing of a parameter and multi-level pulsing of a frequency of a radio frequency (RF) signal are described. The parameter is pulsed from a low level to a high level while the frequency is pulsed from a low level to a high level. The parameter and the frequency are simultaneously pulsed to increase a rate of processing a wafer, to increase mask selectivity, and to reduce angular spread of ions within a plasma chamber.
US11462389B2	Pulsed-voltage hardware assembly for use in a plasma processing system Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein include an apparatus and method for the plasma processing of a substrate in a processing chamber. More specifically, embodiments of this disclosure describe a biasing scheme that is configured to provide a radio frequency (RF) generated RF waveform from an RF generator to one or more electrodes within a processing chamber and a pulsed-voltage (PV) waveform delivered from one or more pulsed-voltage (PV) generators to the one or more electrodes within the processing chamber. The plasma process(es) disclosed herein can be used to control the shape of an ion energy distribution function (IEDF) and the interaction of the plasma with a surface of a substrate during plasma processing.
US11462386B2	Electron beam apparatus for optical device fabrication Aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus for the fabrication of waveguides. In one example, an angled ion source is utilized to project ions toward a substrate to form a waveguide which includes angled gratings. In another example, an angled electron beam source is utilized to project electrons toward a substrate to form a waveguide which includes angled gratings. Further aspects of the disclosure provide for methods of forming angled gratings on waveguides utilizing an angled ion beam source and an angled electron beam source.
US11462385B2	Ion beam irradiation apparatus and program therefor An ion beam irradiation apparatus includes modules for generating an ion beam meeting a processing condition, and a machine learning part that generates a learning algorithm using, as an explanatory variable, a processing condition during new processing and a monitored value that indicates a state of a module during a last processing immediately before the new processing, and a basic operation parameter output part that uses the learning algorithm to output an initial value of a basic operation parameter for controlling an operation of the module.
US11462384B2	Method of acquiring dark-field image A method of acquiring a dark-field image for a scanning transmission electron microscope is provided. The scanning transmission electron microscope includes a dark-field detector having an annular detection region which is capable of detecting electrons scattered at a specimen in a predetermined angular range, an objective lens, and an imaging lens group disposed at a stage following the objective lens. The method includes reducing an influence of a geometrical aberration on the electrons scattered in the predetermined angular range by shifting a focus of the imaging lens group from a diffraction plane of the objective lens.
US11462383B2	Method and system for iteratively cross-sectioning a sample to correlatively targeted sites Linear fiducials including notches or chevrons with known angles relative to each other are formed such that each branch of a chevron appears in a cross-sectional face of the sample as a distinct structure. Therefore, when imaging the cross-section face during the cross-sectioning operation, the distance between the identified structures allows unique identification of the position of the cross-section plane along the Z axis. Then a direct measurement of the actual position of each slice can be calculated, allowing for dynamic repositioning to account for drift in the plane of the sample and also dynamic adjustment of the forward advancement rate of the FIB to account for variations in the sample, microscope, microscope environment, etc. that contributes to drift. An additional result of this approach is the ability to dynamically calculate the actual thickness of each acquired slice as it is acquired.
US11462380B2	Multi-beam inspection methods and systems Systems, methods, and programming are described for inspecting a substrate having a pattern imaged thereon, including obtaining a plurality of selected target locations on the substrate, the selected target locations dependent on characteristics of the pattern, scanning the substrate with a plurality of electron beamlets, wherein the scanning includes individually addressing the beamlets to impinge on the selected target locations independently, detecting a reflected or a transmitted portion of the beamlets, and generating images of the selected target locations.
US11462376B2	Vacuum circuit breaker A vacuum circuit breaker includes: a vacuum valve that is insulated and supported inside a grounded tank; a movable-side frame connecting a lower end of a movable-side external conductor to a movable conductor; a stationary-side frame connecting a lower end of a stationary-side external conductor to a stationary conductor; a movable-side insulating support tube that supports the movable-side frame and insulates thereof from the grounded tank; a stationary-side insulating support tube that supports the stationary-side frame and insulates thereof from the grounded tank; a movable-side flange covering a movable-side end of the grounded tank; and a rubber piece on an inner peripheral surface of the movable-side flange. The movable-side insulating support tube is supported, at an end opposite from an end connected to the movable-side frame, by the movable-side flange via the rubber piece and is movable along an axis and a radius of an arc-extinguishing chamber.
US11462374B2	Kinematic linkage arrangement for a switching device A switching device having a pole assembly, a drive unit, and a kinematic linkage arrangement is provided. The pole assembly includes interrupter units operably connected via an interlink arrangement representing a circuit breaker and a grounding switch, respectively. The drive unit operates the interrupter units. The kinematic linkage arrangement includes at least a lever member operably connected to the interlink arrangement and the drive unit, a cam member rigidly connected to the drive unit, and an elastic member adjustably connected to the cam member. The kinematic linkage arrangement transfer a predefined torque to the drive unit to maintain the circuit breaker in an open state.
US11462372B2	Illuminated keyboard including a feedback wire for differentiating key presses, and control method thereof An illuminated keyboard includes a light-emitting diode light string, a controller, a feedback line and a plurality of keys. The light-emitting diode light string includes a plurality of light-emitting diode modules which are connected in series through a serial connection wire. Each light-emitting diode module includes a light-emitting diode chip and a drive circuit. The controller is electrically connected with the light-emitting diode light string. The feedback line is electrically connected between the light-emitting diode modules and the controller. The keys correspond to the light-emitting diode modules and are electrically connected with the feedback line. Each light-emitting diode module emits light according to a received light-emitting signal and outputs a feedback signal. When at least one of the keys is switched to a pressing state, the feedback signal is pulled from a first level to a second level for the controller to differentiate the key in the pressing state.
US11462367B2	Contact material, method of manufacturing same, and vacuum valve Provided is a method of manufacturing a contact material, including the steps of: forming a Ni alloy film having a film thickness of 40 nm or more and 110 nm or less on a surface of WC powder having an average particle diameter of 2 μm or more and 10 μm or less by an electroless Ni plating method; performing heat treatment for degassing at a temperature of 500° C. or more and 860° C. or less; crushing Ni alloy-coated WC powder after the heat treatment; mixing the crushed Ni alloy-coated WC powder and Cu powder having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less; and compressing the resultant mixture, followed by sintering the mixture at a temperature of more than 1,083° C. and less than 1,455° C.
US11462366B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor containing an intrinsically conductive polymer A solid electrolytic capacitor containing a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element contains a sintered porous anode body, a dielectric that overlies the anode body, a solid electrolyte that overlies the dielectric, and an external coating that overlies the solid electrolyte and includes conductive polymer particles. The solid electrolyte includes an intrinsically conductive polymer containing repeating thiophene units of a certain formula.
US11462362B2	High energy density capacitor with micrometer structures and nanometer components A high density energy storage system including a giant-colossal dielectric thin film material electrically insulating between two electrodes configured to have increased overlapping surface area.
US11462361B1	Capacitor assemblies, energy storage modules and assemblies, and methods of making same A capacitor assembly includes a capacitor having ends. A terminal covers less than an area of one end. A wire bond has opposing ends with one end being coupled to the terminal and is configured to break connection with a circuit when an electrical current through the wire bond reaches a fusing current. An energy storage module includes at least two capacitor assemblies. The wire bond of one capacitor is electrically connected to the second terminal of an adjacent capacitor. An energy storage assembly includes two energy storage modules stacked one on top of the other. A pulse forming network includes conductors and at least two energy storage modules. A method of making a module includes charging each of the capacitors, removing each capacitor that fails, connecting one end of a wire bond to one terminal and connecting the other end to an adjacent capacitor or to a conductor.
US11462358B2	Method of tetratenite production and system therefor The invention provides method for making high coercivity magnetic materials based on FeNi alloys having a L10 phase structure, tetratenite, and provides a system for accelerating production of these materials. The FeNi alloy is made by preparing a melt comprising Fe, Ni, and optionally one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Al, B, C, Mo, Ir, and Nb; cooling the melt and applying extensional stress and a magnetic field. This is followed by heating and cooling to form the L10 structure.
US11462354B2	Reactor Provided is a reactor including: a coil having wound portions; and a magnetic core including core pieces having inner core portions arranged inside of the wound portions. The core pieces are molded bodies of a composite material including a magnetic powder and a resin, and the reactor includes: projections that are integrally molded with and protrude from outer peripheral surfaces of the inner core portions, and that position the wound portions in radial directions by coming into contact with inner peripheral surfaces of the wound portions; and inner resin portions that fill spaces between the inner peripheral surfaces of the wound portions and the outer peripheral surfaces of the inner core portions excluding the projections.
US11462353B2	Winding inductor component A winding inductor component includes a core having a columnar shaft portion and a pair of support portions provided at both ends of the shaft portion. The wiring inductor component further includes terminal electrodes provided on the pair of support portions, respectively, and being non-magnetic bodies, and a wire wound around the shaft portion and having both end portions connected to the terminal electrodes of the pair of support portions.
US11462351B2	Coupled inductor and the method to make the same A coupled inductor has two pillars that are aligned in a vertical direction, wherein a first coil and a second coil are respectively wound around one of the two pillars, respectively, wherein the bottom surface of winding turns of the first coil and the bottom surface of winding turns of the second coil are separated by a gap, wherein a magnetic material is disposed in the gap and a straight line that is enclosed by each of the first coil and the second coil passes through the two pillars.
US11462349B2	Resonance damping element and power converter with the same A resonance damping element for a power converter having a positive busbar and a negative busbar, wherein the resonance damping element comprises a magnetic core formed with two openings through which the positive busbar and the negative busbar of the power converter are to be routed, respectively.
US11462343B2	Resistor manufacturing method and resistor An object is to provide a resistor manufacturing method and a resistor capable of suppressing variation in the thickness of a thermally conductive layer intervening between a resistive body and electrode plates. The method of manufacturing the resistor according to the present invention includes a step of forming an uncured first thermally conductive layer on a surface of a resistive body, a step of curing the first thermally conductive layer, a step of laminating an uncured second thermally conductive layer on a surface of the first thermally conductive layer, and a step of bending electrode plates respectively disposed at both sides of the resistive body, curing the second thermally conductive layer, and performing adhesion between the resistive body and the electrode plates via the first thermally conductive layer and the second thermally conductive layer.
US11462342B2	Cable harness assembly with a shielded twisted pair cable A cable harness assembly includes a cable having a pair of wires and a connector assembly including an inner ferrule formed of a conductive material. Each of the wires has a conductor and a insulation disposed around the conductor. The pair of wires have a twisted region and an untwisted region. The inner ferrule has a cable passageway extending through the inner ferrule and a separator disposed within the cable passageway. The untwisted region is disposed in the inner ferrule and the separator is disposed between the wires in the untwisted region.
US11462341B2	Electrically conductive multilayer film including a coating layer An electrically conductive multilayer film is disclosed. The conductive multilayer film may comprise a non-conductive base layer and a transparent layer comprising transparent conductor material provided on the non-conductive base layer, wherein the transparent layer comprising transparent conductor material is at least partly covered with transparent dielectric material forming a coating layer on the transparent layer comprising transparent conductor material such that the transparent layer comprising transparent conductor material is situated between the coating layer and the non-conductive base layer, and wherein the thickness of the coating layer is 10-600 nm in order to enable processing of the transparent layer comprising transparent conductor material through the coating layer. Further is disclosed a method, a touch sensing device, and different uses.
US11462333B1	Telemedical apparatus, system, and method for providing medical services remotely A telemedical apparatus, system, and method for providing medical services to a patient remotely using electronic communications. The apparatus, system, and method includes a primary computer module having data input mechanisms, a secondary computer module including data receiving, interpreting, and diagnosing capabilities remotely located from the primary computer module, electronic communication devices between the primary computer module and the secondary computer module, a mechanism for relaxation connected to the primary computer module and adapted to stabilize a patient's biological vital signs before the biological vital signs information is collected and sent by the primary computer module, at least one medical component adapted to obtain and send biological vital sign information of the patient to the primary computer module; and a mechanism for receiving and printing medical prescriptions connected to the primary computer module, wherein the secondary computer module is capable of sending medical prescriptions and the primary computer module is capable of receiving and printing medical prescriptions.
US11462332B2	Systems and methods for mass testing a population for a contagious infection via pooled sample testing Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the mass testing of a population for an infection. Pooled sampling may be used to reduce the number of tests needed for effective community surveillance. Individual members may be sorted into pools via a probability of infection to minimize the tests needed to identify positive individuals. The detection limits of testing assays may be used to help determine an appropriate pool size. Taxonomy tables characterizing the solution space of the total tests needed based on different variables may be generated and/or used to make testing decisions. Simulations of mass testing schemes may be used to facilitate testing decisions. Systems may be used to coordinate data and/or automate one or more steps of the testing process. Long-term community surveillance strategies may use prevalence testing, periodic mass testing via sample pooling, and/or periodic single sample testing to contain the spread of a contagion.
US11462331B2	Method and system for pressure autoregulation based synthesizing of photoplethysmogram signal The disclosure relates to digital twin of cardiovascular system called as cardiovascular model to generate synthetic Photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal pertaining to disease conditions. The conventional methods are stochastic model capable of generating statistically equivalent PPG signals by utilizing shape parameterization and a nonstationary model of PPG signal time evolution. But these technique generates only patient specific PPG signatures and do not correlate with pathophysiological changes. Further, these techniques like most synthetic data generation techniques lack interpretability. The cardiovascular model of the present disclosure is configured to generate the plurality of synthetic PPG signals corresponding to the plurality of disease conditions. The plurality of synthetic PPG signals can be used to tune Machine Learning algorithms. Further, the plurality of synthetic PPG signals can be utilized to understand, analyze and classify cardiovascular disease progression.
US11462326B2	Method and system for disease quantification modeling of anatomical tree structure A method and system can be used for disease quantification modeling of an anatomical tree structure. The method may include obtaining a centerline of an anatomical tree structure and generating a graph neural network including a plurality of nodes based on a graph. Each node corresponds to a centerline point and edges are defined by the centerline, with an input of each node being a disease related feature or an image patch for the corresponding centerline point and an output of each node being a disease quantification parameter. The method also includes obtaining labeled data of one or more nodes, the number of which is less than a total number of the nodes in the graph neural network. Further, the method includes training the graph neural network by transferring information between the one or more nodes and other nodes based on the labeled data of the one or more nodes.
US11462323B2	Decreased latency wireless communication for use with medicament devices This present disclosure describes a computer-implemented method for updating a plurality of parameters on a medical inhaler sensor via a wireless connection by a client device. The client device stores the plurality of parameters for the medical inhaler sensor on the client device. The client device updates one or more parameters of the plurality of parameters on the client device. The client device receives a plurality of periodic chirps from the medical inhaler sensor, and can establish the wireless connection with the medical inhaler sensor in in response to having received a chirp. Through the wireless connection, the client device transmits the updated one or more parameters of the plurality of parameters to the medical inhaler sensor.
US11462322B1	Methods of determining a state of a dependent user In some examples, a computer-implemented method for determining a state of a dependent user is provided. A flag is generated if a measured first parameter for a dependent user is within a range of values of a respective defined first parameter and a measured second parameter for the dependent user is within a range of values of a respective defined second parameter, and the measured first parameter and the measured second parameter occur within a temporal window.
US11462320B2	Systems and methods for technical support of continuous analyte monitoring and sensor systems Disclosed are systems and methods for providing automated or semi-automated technical support for patients using medical devices, such as continuous glucose monitoring systems. Disclosed embodiments of automated tech support system include collection and storage of copies of streams of medical device data on multiple servers, analysis and comparison of data streams, remote tech support initiation and usage of the automated tech support system for providing improved products and services by storing and analyzing historical tech support data.
US11462316B2	Systems and methods for evaluating medical image The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for evaluating a medical image. The systems and methods may obtain the medical image. The systems and methods may extract a feature of the medical image. The feature may include a histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) feature of the medical image. The systems and methods may determine a degree to which an artifact in the medical image affects recognition of a tissue feature by inputting the feature of the medical image to a determination model.
US11462315B2	Medical scan co-registration and methods for use therewith A medical scan viewing system is conFIG.d to: receive a first medical scan and a second medical scan from a medical picture archive system, the first medical scan associated with a unique patient ID and a first scan date and the second medical scan associated with the unique patient ID and a second scan date; identify locations of anatomical landmarks in the first medical scan; identifying corresponding locations of the anatomical landmarks in the second medical scan; co-register the first medical scan with the second medical scan based on the locations of the anatomical landmarks in the first medical scan with the corresponding locations of the anatomical landmarks in the second medical scan; and present for display, via an interactive user interface, the first medical scan with the second medical scan, wherein the first medical scan and the second medical scan are synchronously presented, based on the co-registering.
US11462306B2	Presenting patient information by body system Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for sorting and presenting a patient's medical information by body system. A selection of a body system filter directed to a body system is received, and the patient's medical information is accessed. The selected body system filter is applied to the patient's medical information to generate a set of body-system specific patient information. The body-system specific patient information is presented on a body system view user interface.
US11462304B2	Artificial intelligence engine architecture for generating candidate drugs An artificial intelligence engine architecture for generating candidate drugs is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating, via a creator module, a candidate drug compound including a sequence of a candidate drug compound, including the candidate drug compound as a node in a knowledge graph; generating, via a descriptor module, a description of the candidate drug compound at the node in the knowledge graph, wherein the description comprises drug compound structural information, drug compound activity information, and drug compound semantic information; based on the description, performing, via a scientist module, a benchmark analysis of a parameter of the creator module; and modifying, based on the benchmark analysis, the creator module to change the parameter in a desired way during a subsequent benchmark analysis.
US11462291B2	Apparatuses and methods for tracking word line accesses Counters may be provided for individual word lines of a memory for tracking word line accesses. In some examples, multiple counters may be provided for individual word lines. In some examples, the counters may be included on the word lines. The counters may be incremented responsive to word line accesses in some examples. In some examples, the counters may be incremented responsive for a time period for which a word line is held open. In some examples, the counters may be incremented responsive to both word line accesses and time periods for which the word line is held open. In some examples, count values for the counters may be written back to the counters after incrementing. In some examples, the count values may be written back prior to receiving a precharge command.
US11462288B2	Memory component provided with a test interface A memory component comprises a memory unit including an array of memory cells, a controller of the memory unit, and a JTAG test interface including a plurality of contact pads adapted to connect the memory component with a host device and/or a test machine, wherein the test interface further comprises a plurality of test registers, which are configured to store the operating instructions for performing the test of the memory component, and wherein those test registers are organized in a matrix configuration, each row of the matrix being associated with a specific address. A related System-On-Chip device and a related method are further disclosed.
US11462282B2	Semiconductor memory structure A semiconductor memory device includes a first word line formed over a first active region. In some embodiments, a first metal line is disposed over and perpendicular to the first word line, where the first metal line is electrically connected to the first word line using a first conductive via, and where the first conductive via is disposed over the first active region. In some examples, the semiconductor memory device further includes a second metal line and a third metal line both parallel to the first metal line and disposed on opposing sides of the first metal line, where the second metal line is electrically connected to a source/drain region of the first active region using a second conductive via, and where the third metal line is electrically connected to the source/drain region of the first active region using a third conductive via.
US11462281B1	Intervallic dynamic start voltage and program verify sampling in a memory sub-system Control logic in a memory device identifies a first group of wordlines associated with a first subset of memory cells of a set of memory cells to be programmed. A first dynamic start voltage operation including a first set of programming pulses and a first set of program verify operations is executed on a first portion of the first subset of memory cells to identify a first dynamic start voltage level, the executing of the first dynamic start voltage operation includes causing the first set of programming pulses to be applied to at least a portion of the first group of wordlines. A second set of programming pulses including at least one programming pulse having the first dynamic start voltage level are caused to be applied to the first group of wordlines to program a second portion of the first subset of memory cells of the set of memory cells. A second group of wordlines associated with a second subset of memory cells to be programmed is identified. A second dynamic start voltage operation including a third set of programming pulses and a second set of program verify operations are executed on a first portion of the second subset of memory cells to identify a second dynamic start voltage level.
US11462276B2	Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof Provided herein may be a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and control logic. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The peripheral circuit performs a read operation on the memory cells. The control logic controls the read operation of the peripheral circuit. During the read operation, the control logic controls the peripheral circuit so that a read voltage is applied to a selected word line among a plurality of word lines coupled to the memory cells, a first pass voltage is applied to an unselected word line disposed adjacent to the selected word line and a second pass voltage is applied to an unselected word line that is not disposed adjacent thereto. The peripheral circuit adjusts a magnitude of the first or second pass voltage based on a temperature of the semiconductor memory device.
US11462274B2	Semiconductor memory device reducing bit line precharge operation time and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device, and a method of operation, include: a memory block coupled with a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines; a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation and a read operation on the memory block; and control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit such that a word line overdrive period overlaps with a bit line overdrive period in a bit line precharge operation during at least one of the program operation and the read operation.
US11462266B1	Mitigating write disturbance errors of phase-change memory module Provided is a phase-change memory (PCM) module including a PCM device including a bit line and a word line, a memory controller configured to output a command related to an operation of the PCM device, and an interference mitigation part located between the memory controller and the PCM device and configured to perform a rewrite operation on the basis of a state transition characteristic of the command output from the memory controller.
US11462265B2	Reading memory cells coarsely programmed via interleaved two-pass data programming techniques A memory system to store multiple bits of data in a memory cell. After receiving the data bits, a memory device coarsely programs a threshold voltage of the memory cell to a first level representative of a combination of values of the data bits according to a mapping between combinations of values of bits and threshold levels. The threshold levels are partitioned into a plurality of groups, each containing a subset of the threshold levels. XOR (or XNOR) is used to combine the data bits into bits of a group identification of a first group, among the plurality of groups, that contains the first level. The memory device reads, using the group identification, the data bits back from the first memory cell to finely program the threshold voltage of the memory cell to represent the data bits.
US11462263B2	Burst-mode memory with column multiplexer A memory is provided that is configured to practice both a normal read operation and also a burst mode read operation. A column multiplexer selects from a plurality of columns using a pair of pass transistor for each column. The column multiplexer drives a true input node and a complement input node of an output data latch.
US11462260B2	Nonvolatile memory devices A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array and a row decoder. The memory cell array includes a plurality of mats. A first cell string of first mat is connected to a plurality of first word-lines, a first bit-line and a first string selection line. A second cell string of second mat is connected to a plurality of second word-lines, a second bit-line and a second string selection line. Each of the first and second cell strings includes a ground selection transistor, memory cells, and a string selection transistor coupled in series. The row decoder applies a first voltage to a third word-line among the plurality of first and second word-lines for a first period of time in a single mat mode and to apply a second voltage to the third word-line for a second period of time longer than the first period of time in a multi-mat mode.
US11462259B2	Apparatuses and methods for providing power responsive to internal power usage Apparatuses and methods for controlling internal current are disclosed herein, An example apparatus includes a semiconductor device including a power node. The semiconductor device receives power as an internal current, and further operates in a first mode and a second mode. The semiconductor device consumes more power in the second mode than in the first mode. The semiconductor device consumes a first portion of the internal current and provides a second portion of the internal current as an external current at the power node during the first mode. The semiconductor device consumes a third portion of the internal current that is greater than the first portion of the internal current during the second mode.
US11462255B2	Memory device, a controller for controlling the same, a memory system including the same, and a method of operating the same A memory device including: a plurality of pins for receiving control signals from an external device; a first bank having first memory cells, wherein the first bank is activated in a first operation mode and a second operation mode; a second bank having second memory cells, wherein the second bank is deactivated in the first operation mode and activated in the second operation mode; a processing unit configured to perform an operation on first data, output from the first memory cells, and second data, output from the second memory cells, in the second operation mode; and a processing-in-memory (PIM) mode controller configured to select mode information, indicating one of the first operation mode and the second operation mode, in response to the control signals and to control at least one memory parameter, at least one mode register set (MRS) value, or a refresh mode according to the mode information.
US11462250B2	Apparatuses and methods for concurrently accessing different memory planes of a memory Apparatuses and methods for performing concurrent memory access operations for different memory planes are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a memory array having a plurality of memory planes. Each of the plurality of memory planes comprises a plurality of memory cells. The apparatus may further include a controller configured to receive a group of memory command and address pairs. Each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs may be associated with a respective memory plane of the plurality of memory planes. The internal controller may be configured to concurrently perform memory access operations associated with each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs regardless of page types associated with the pairs of the group (e.g., even if two or more of the memory command and address pairs may be associated with different page types).
US11462248B1	Uttilizing multiple versions of music for video playback A playback of a video may be generated to include accompaniment of music. For parts of the video that includes voice, an instrumental version of the music may be used. For parts of the video that does not include voice, a singing version of the music may be used.
US11462242B2	Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer and magnetic recording and reproducing device Provided are a magnetic tape comprising a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on a non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer contains an oxide abrasive, an average particle diameter of the oxide abrasive obtained from a secondary ion image acquired by irradiating a surface of the magnetic layer with a focused ion beam is 0.04 μm to 0.08 μm, and an absolute value ΔN of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured with respect to an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured with respect to a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40, and a magnetic recording and reproducing device including the magnetic tape.
US11462239B2	Magnetic head and magnetic recording device having magnetic layers and nonmagnetic layers between shield and magnetic pole According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a shield, a magnetic pole, a first magnetic layer provided between the shield and the magnetic pole, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, a third magnetic layer provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the shield and the first magnetic layer, a second nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, a third nonmagnetic layer provided between the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer, and a fourth nonmagnetic layer provided between the third magnetic layer and the magnetic pole. The first and third nonmagnetic layers include one of Cu, Ag, Au, Al, and Ti. The second and fourth nonmagnetic layers include one of Ta, Pt, Ir, W, Mo, Cr, Tb, Rh, Pd, and Ru.
US11462236B2	Voice recordings using acoustic quality measurement models and actionable acoustic improvement suggestions The disclosure describes one or more embodiments of an acoustic improvement system that accurately and efficiently determines and provides actionable acoustic improvement suggestions to users for digital audio recordings via an interactive graphical user interface. For example, the acoustic improvement system can assist users in creating high-quality digital audio recordings by providing a combination of acoustic quality metrics and actionable acoustic improvement suggestions within the interactive graphical user interface customized to each digital audio recording. In this manner, all users can easily and intuitively utilize the acoustic improvement system to improve the quality of digital audio recordings.
US11462235B2	Surveillance camera system for extracting sound of specific area from visualized object and operating method thereof A camera system for extracting a sound of a specific area includes: a camera device configured to receive video signals and audio signals from an area; at least one memory configured to store information about the area including data corresponding to the video signals and the audio signals from the area; and a processor configured to change an audio zooming point of the camera device from a first point, in an image of the area captured by the camera device, to a second point based on the information about the area, and perform a beam-forming on an audio signal corresponding to the second point.
US11462218B1	Conserving battery while detecting for human voice Described are apparatus, systems, and methods that are operable to periodically detected and record a voice of a user associated with or wearing a wearable device. As described, the wearable device apparatus is configured to transition various components of the device between a low power state and an active state to determine if audio data that includes voice is detected. If voice is not detected, the components are transitioned back to the low power state, thereby conserving power of the wearable device. If voice is detected, the audio data that includes that voice is collected for further processing.
US11462213B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus to realize more natural dialog between users and a system, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit that selects a feedback mode in response to a speech style of a user from among a plurality of modes in accordance with information related to recognition of speech of the user. The plurality of modes include a first mode in which implicit feedback is performed and a second mode in which explicit feedback is performed. Provided is an information processing method including: selecting, by a processor, a feedback mode in response to a speech style of a user from among a plurality of modes in accordance with information related to recognition of speech of the user. The plurality of modes include a first mode in which implicit feedback is performed and a second mode in which explicit feedback is performed.
US11462212B2	Document identification device, document identification method, and program A document identification device that improves class identification precision of multi-stream documents is provided. The document identification device includes: a primary stream expression generation unit that generates a primary stream expression, which is a fixed-length vector of a word sequence corresponding to each speaker's speech recorded in a setting including a plurality of speakers, for each speaker; a primary multi-stream expression generation unit that generates a primary multi-stream expression obtained by integrating the primary stream expression; a secondary stream expression generation unit that generates a secondary stream expression, which is a fixed-length vector generated based on the word sequence of each speaker and the primary multi-stream expression, for each speaker; and a secondary multi-stream expression generation unit that generates a secondary multi-stream expression obtained by integrating the secondary stream expression.
US11462208B2	Implementing a correction model to reduce propagation of automatic speech recognition errors Some techniques described herein determine a correction model for a dialog system, such that the correction model corrects output from an automatic speech recognition (ASR) subsystem in the dialog system. A method described herein includes accessing training data. A first tuple of the training data includes an utterance, where the utterance is a textual representation of speech. The method further includes using an ASR subsystem of a dialog system to convert the utterance to an output utterance. The method further includes storing the output utterance in corrective training data that is based on the training data. The method further includes training a correction model based on the corrective training data, such that the correction model is configured to correct output from the ASR subsystem during operation of the dialog system.
US11462207B1	Method and apparatus for editing audio, electronic device and storage medium Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for editing audio, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a modified text obtained by modifying a known original text of an audio to be edited according to a known text for modification; predicting a duration of an audio corresponding to the text for modification; adjusting a region to be edited of the audio to be edited according to the duration of the audio corresponding to the text for modification, to obtain an adjusted audio to be edited; obtaining, based on a pre-trained audio editing model, an edited audio according to the adjusted audio to be edited and the modified text. In the present disclosure, the edited audio obtained by the audio editing model sounds natural in the context, and supports the function of synthesizing new words that do not appear in the corpus.
US11462199B2	Hybrid actuator and multimedia apparatus having the same A hybrid actuator includes a housing for defining an external appearance, a stator having a coil, a vibrator having a permanent magnet which vibrates due to a mutual electromagnetic force with the stator, an elastic member for elastically supporting the vibrator relative to the housing, and a piezoelectric element attached to one surface of the housing.
US11462197B2	Method, device and software for applying an audio effect The present invention provides a method for processing music audio data, comprising the steps of providing input audio data representing a first piece of music containing a mixture of predetermined musical timbres, decomposing the input audio data to generate at least a first audio track representing a first musical timbre selected from the predetermined musical timbres, and a second audio track representing a second musical timbre selected from the predetermined musical timbres, applying a predetermined first audio effect to the first audio track, applying no audio effect or a predetermined second audio effect, which is different from the first audio effect, to the second audio track, and obtaining recombined audio data by recombining the first audio track with the second audio track.
US11462195B2	Dynamically transitioning between visual media items at a digital-content-display device This disclosure describes a digital-content-transition system that dynamically determines a content-transition type for a visual media transition and converts a display of a digital-content-display device from one visual media item to another visual media item according to the content-transition type. For example, the digital-content-transition system can intelligently determine a type and time of transition from multiple content-transition types and content-transition times for transitioning between visual media items or visual media collections displayed at a digital-content-display device. By intelligently determining a content-transition type and a corresponding content-transition time based on metadata of the visual media items, the digital-content-transition system can transition a display of the digital-content-display device between visual media items or visual media collections according to the content-transition type and content-transition time.
US11462193B2	Privacy display apparatus A control system for a switchable privacy display apparatus comprises an ambient light sensor and a display luminance controller arranged to control the luminance of the display in response to measured illuminance. High image visibility is provided for public mode operation while in privacy mode visual security level above a perceived privacy threshold may be obtained by means of control of image luminance, in response to the output of the ambient light sensor.
US11462187B2	Row drive circuit of array substrate and display device Disclosed are a row drive circuit (100) of an array substrate and a display device. The row drive circuit (100) includes N row drive units (10) arranged in cascade and auxiliary circuit units (20). The Nth row drive unit (10) is configured to output Nth gate driving signal to pre-charge and charge the Nth row of sub-pixels, when its signal input end receives the gate driving signal output by (N−2)th row drive unit (10). The Nth auxiliary circuit unit (20) is configured to control Nth row drive unit (10) skip pre-charging the sub-pixels, when (N−1)th timing control signal received by the first timing signal input end of Nth auxiliary circuit unit (20) and (N+1)th timing control signal received by the second timing signal input end of Nth auxiliary circuit unit (20) are high level. N is positive integer greater than or equal to two. The present disclosure solves the problem that the charging saturation of two adjacent pixels which both share one data line is inconsistent due to the large step voltage of the data voltage, when the data signal is converted. As such bright lines and dark lines may be generated in the display panel. Therefore, the display device has a good displaying effect.
US11462186B2	Display device To reduce power consumption of a display device with the use of a simple structure and a simple operation. The display device includes an input device. Input of an image signal to a driver circuit is controlled in accordance with an image operation signal output from the input device. Specifically, input of image signals at the time when the input device is not operated is less frequent than that at the time when the input device is operated. Accordingly, display degradation (deterioration of display quality) caused when the display device is used can be prevented and power consumed when the display device is not used can be reduced.
US11462175B2	Array substrate, display panel and method for driving pixel-driving circuit An array substrate includes that: a data-writing phase of each row of the pixel-driving circuits is divided into a first phase and a second phase, in the first phase, a data signal of each data line is written into a parasitic capacitor on a data wiring electrically connected to a respective one of the row of the pixel-driving circuits, and in the second phase, the corresponding scan line transmits a scan signal to the row of the pixel-driving circuits, and the parasitic capacitor on each of the data wirings electrically connected to the row of the pixel-driving circuits writes the data signal into a drive control terminal of a respective one of the pixel-driving circuits; and the first phase of each row of the pixel-driving circuits at least partially overlaps with the second phase of a previous row of the pixel-driving circuits.
US11462173B2	Display device A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; pixels connected to first scan lines, second scan lines, third scan lines, and emission control lines; a first scan driver supplying a first scan signal to the first scan lines; a second scan driver supplying a second scan signal to some of the second scan lines and supplying a third scan signal to the third scan lines; an emission driver supplying an emission control signal to the emission control lines; a first pad and a second pad provided in the non-display area; a first power line connected to the first pad, the first power line transferring a first voltage to the first scan driver and the emission driver; and a second power line connected to the second pad, the second power line transferring a second voltage to the second scan driver.
US11462167B2	Display device and method of driving the same A display device and a method of driving the same. The display device may include: a first pixel area including first pixels and first data lines coupled to the first pixels; a second pixel area including second pixels and second data lines coupled to the second pixels; a first non-pixel area disposed on one side of the first pixel area such that the first non-pixel area borders the first and second pixel areas; a data driver configured to output data signals corresponding to the first and second pixels through first and second output lines, respectively; and a switch unit including a first switch unit having a demux configured to alternately couple each of the first output lines to corresponding first data lines, and a second switch unit configured to couple the second output lines to the respective different second data lines.
US11462166B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes first to third demultiplexer circuits respectively providing a data signal, supplied from a data driver, to three data lines. Each of the first to third demultiplexer circuits includes a switching unit providing the data signal to a corresponding data line of the three data lines on the basis of a voltage of a corresponding control line of first to third control lines, a voltage controller controlling the voltage of the corresponding control line in response to a corresponding time division control signal of first to third time division control signals and a corresponding auxiliary signal of first to third auxiliary signals which partially overlap the first to third time division control signals respectively, and a voltage discharger discharging the voltage of the corresponding control line.
US11462162B1	High current active matrix pixel architecture A pixel circuit operates to output a high drive current for high-current display applications by operating the drive transistor in the triode region. To maintain operation of the drive transistor in the triode region in a stable manner, the source-drain voltage dependence of the output current of the drive transistor is compensated with a bias transistor, which keeps the drain voltage of the drive transistor constant at a target drain voltage. The bias transistor is controlled by an operational amplifier (Opamp) running a negative feedback loop to ensure a fixed target voltage occurs at the drain of the drive transistor. To configure the negative feedback loop, the Opamp output terminal is connected to the gate of the bias transistor, with the negative terminal being connected to the drain of the drive transistor and the positive terminal being connected to a voltage supply line that supplies the target voltage.
US11462158B2	Pixel compensation circuit, display panel, driving method and display device The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel compensation circuit, a display panel, a driving method and a display device. The pixel compensation circuit includes a light emitting component; a drive circuit configured to generate a drive current input to a first electrode of the light emitting component; and a light emission control circuit configured to provide a first power signal to a second electrode of the light emitting component in response to a first light emission control signal, and to provide a second power signal to the second electrode of the light emitting component in response to a second light emission control signal, wherein the first power signal and the second power signal have opposite levels.
US11462157B2	Stretchable display panel and stretchable display device including the same A stretchable display device having a pliant substrate and a plurality of rigid substrates positioned on the first substrate spaced a first selected distance apart from each other. The pliant substrate having a having a first modulus of elasticity and the second substrates having a second modulus of elasticity that is greater than first modulus of elasticity. There is a semiconductor circuit have a semiconductor transistor and positioned on each of the rigid substrates. At least some of the rigid substrates also include an organic light emitting diode formed thereon. The pliant substrate is configured to stretch, moving the rigid substrates a second distance apart from each other that is greater than the first selected distance. Electrically conductive lines extend between respective ones of the second substrates, each of the electrically conductive lines being configured to stretch to maintain the rigid substrates electrically connected to each other when spaced the first distance apart from each other and also when they are spaced the second, greater distance from each other.
US11462156B2	Display device and method of driving display device The present disclosure relates to a display device and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a substrate, a display panel including a first display area including first pixels, a second display area including second pixels, and a third display area disposed between the first and second display areas and including third pixels, and a component disposed between the substrate and the display panel so as to overlap the second display area. Transmittance of the second display area is higher than transmittance of the first display area and transmittance of the third display area, and the third pixels are controlled such that a luminance gradually changes according to a distance from the second display area.
US11462155B1	Emissive LED display device The present description concerns an elementary module (100) of a display device enabling to display at least one pixel of an image, the module comprising: a first assembly of N LEDs (101(i,j)) distributed into M groups (G(i)), at least one of the M groups comprising at least two LEDs, where N and M are integers, with M greater than or equal to 2; and a control circuit comprising M bias circuits (103(i)) respectively associated with the M groups of LEDs, each bias circuit (103(i)) being shared by the LEDs of the corresponding group (G(i)) and being adapted to successively controlling the emission of the LEDs of the group.
US11462150B2	Semiconductor apparatus A video input interface of a semiconductor apparatus receives a digital video signal. A decoder extracts a packet command mapped in an RGB data format to a blind area that is included within an active area of the digital video signal and that is not to be displayed on a display panel, and decodes the packet command. A processing unit executes processing according to the packet command.
US11462148B2	Pixel array substrate A pixel array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of sub-pixels, and a first and a second auxiliary lines. The plurality of sub-pixels are arranged into first rows arranged in a first direction and second rows arranged in a second direction. The first auxiliary line and the plurality of scan lines belong to a first conductive layer. The second auxiliary line and the plurality of data lines belong to a second conductive layer. The first auxiliary line is located between two scan lines. A first end of the first auxiliary line is connected to one of the two scan lines. A second end of the first auxiliary line is separated from the other one of the two scan lines. The second auxiliary line is electrically connected to the first auxiliary line at the second end through a conductive via.
US11462144B2	Display device and driving method therefor A display device is implemented that can more efficiently compensate for degradation of drive transistors by promptly determining an average degradation level of the drive transistors on the entire screen. The display device is provided with a total current measuring circuit (50) that measures, as a total current, drive currents flowing through all of a plurality of pixel circuits or two or more pixel circuits in a state where a specific image is displayed; a determination data storage unit (110) that holds determination data used to determine whether to perform characteristics detection monitoring for detecting characteristics of the drive transistors; and a determining unit (120) that determines whether to perform the characteristics detection monitoring, based on the total current and the determination data.
US11462143B2	Area brightness adjusting method and display therefor An information processing method includes obtaining an area brightness adjustment instruction, and adjusting brightness of a first area of a display screen based on the area brightness adjustment instruction, so that the brightness of the first area is same as brightness of a second area of the display screen. The first area corresponds to a collection area of an image collection assembly. The image collection assembly senses light passing through the first area of the display screen to form an image. The first area is a partial area of the display screen. The second area is an area of the display screen excluding the first area.
US11462142B2	Slew rate boosting circuit, source driver chip and display device A slew rate boosting circuit, a source driver chip and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The slew rate boosting circuit comprises: a first latch configured to receive and store first data; a second latch configured to receive and store second data, the second data being next to the first data; a first level shifter; an amplifier; and a slew rate boosting module configured to receive a high voltage data signal as current input data, and adjust a slew rate of an output stage of the amplifier according to a value of a specified bit of the first data, a value of a specified bit of the second data and the current input data.
US11462135B2	Configurable display apparatus and methods Display module mounting apparatus and methods provide mounting features enabling ease of installation and service. The apparatus may have one or more releasable frame couplers and pivoting releasable frame couplers coupled to a display module having a display plane defined in relation to a substrate. One or more adjustable linkages may adjustably define a standoff distance between the display plane and a support frame to which the module may be mounted by the mounting apparatus. Concave and convex adjustments to the display plane may be made. Operation of pivoting action to tilt the display plane enables installation, removal, and serviceability of large displays constructed with a tiled plurality of display modules.
US11462131B2	Information display stand with snap-in locking assembly An information display stand is built up by two panels and two transverse locking inserts by means of which the stand can be expanded from an idle flat state to an expanded state of use. Each locking insert has a tongue member and a tongue receiving member which are in sliding connection. By this sliding, the locking inserts can assume an extended form corresponding to the idle formation of the stand and a retracted form corresponding to the expanded state of the stand. The tongue member and the tongue receiving member have matching engagement means which form a stopping mechanism for the locking assembly.
US11462129B2	Surgical simulator A surgical simulator having at least two holding elements on a support surface, wherein a bore for receiving a bearing pin is present laterally on the holding elements at least one location, and at least one bow is arranged coaxially with respect to the bearing pin which extends on a circular or rectangular line about the support surface, wherein, by a coaxial movement of the bow about the circular or rectangular line, a work field of variable size can be adjusted, and, by the movement of the bow as frame element on the holding elements, the support surface can be spanned in an arc shape, and the use of such a surgical simulator for medical and veterinary training purposes.
US11462126B2	Work support device and work supporting method A control device is provided with: a posture information storage unit that stores posture associated information associated with workability being an evaluation criterion at a time of a posture for each piece of posture information of an operator; a posture information detection unit that acquires posture information of the operator during work as current posture information; a posture information calculation unit that obtains, from the posture associated information, ideal posture information for making improvement on workability of the current posture information, obtained by referring to the posture associated information in the storage unit from the current posture information; and a posture information notification unit that notifies the ideal posture information obtained by the calculation unit as an improvement proposal.
US11462125B2	Empirical expert determination and question routing system and method Systems and methods for empirical expert determination and question and answer routing are provided. They system collects location tracking data about each user and analyzes the location tracking data to empirically determine the level of expertise a particular user has for a specific venue/event or a specific geographic region at a particular scale on a map. The system receives questions about a specific venue/event or about a category of venue/event in a specific geographic region at a particular scale on a map and routes those questions in real time to one or more experts for the specific venue/event or the category of venue/event in the specific geographic region. The system receives a response to the question from at least one of the one or more experts and routes the response back to the requestor, also in real time. The system also efficiently represents the location of a plurality of venues/events and/or users within a specific geographic region on a displayed map at a plurality of scales of the map.
US11462124B2	Welding training system interface Present embodiments include systems and methods for stick welding applications. In certain embodiments, simulation stick welding electrode holders may include stick electrode retraction assemblies configured to mechanically retract a simulation stick electrode toward the stick electrode retraction assembly to simulate consumption of the simulation stick electrode during a simulated stick welding process. In addition, in certain embodiments, stick welding electrode holders may include various input and output elements that enable, for example, control inputs to be input via the stick welding electrode holders, and operational statuses to be output via the stick welding electrode holders. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, a welding training system interface may be used to facilitate communication and cooperation of various stick welding electrode holders with a welding training system.
US11462122B2	Illustration instructor A system and method uses an electronic device with a camera and a viewing device to create an augmented reality environment by superimposing a virtual image onto a surface for a user to trace with a drawing apparatus. The system and method can be used to directly copy a virtual image onto a surface by hand and provides training, step by step drawing tools, and image verification. By looking through a user's device and following step by step lessons, the user is guided to complete an image.
US11462121B2	Visualizing sub-systems of a virtual simulated element in an interactive computer simulation system Method and system for visualizing dynamic virtual sub-systems of a virtual simulated element in an interactive computer simulation system comprising a computer generated environment. One or more tangible instruments control the virtual simulated element in the computer generated environment. A graphical user interface comprising an interactive display portion depicting a rendered view of the virtual simulated element. While an interactive computer simulation of the virtual simulated element is performed in the interactive computer simulation system, a storage system logs dynamic data in relation to the dynamic virtual sub-systems. At least one of the dynamic virtual sub-systems of the virtual simulated element is selected and a subset of dynamic data related to the selected virtual sub-system is loaded from the storage system. The selected virtual sub-system is displayed together with the related dynamic data on the graphical user interface.
US11462119B2	System and methods for adapting lessons to student needs In one embodiment, the invention discloses a method for adapting educational content. The method comprises generating data for each of a plurality of students, the data pertaining to an aspect of the student's interaction with an educational system; combining the generated data to form a combined data set; analyzing the combined data set to identify clusters, each representing similar students according to a mathematical model; and adapting the educational system to provide a customized learning experience for a particular student based on an identified cluster.
US11462115B2	Virtual wall mapping for aerial vehicle navigation An unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) receives location information describing geographic boundaries of a polygonal no-fly zone (“NFZ”), the NFZ having a plurality of virtual walls each associated with a geographic line segment. The UAV identifies a closest and a second closest virtual wall of the plurality of virtual walls of the NFZ to a geographic location of the UAV. The UAV determines a first distance from the location of the UAV to a portion of the closest virtual wall nearest to the location of the UAV and a second distance from the location of the UAV to a portion of the second closest virtual wall nearest to the location of the UAV. In response to the first and/or second determined distances being less than a threshold distance, the UAV modifies a velocity and/or a trajectory of the UAV such that the UAV does not cross the virtual walls.
US11462111B2	Method and apparatus for vehicle maneuver planning and messaging Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a vehicle to utilize vehicle external sensor data, vehicle internal sensor data, vehicle capabilities and external V2X input to determine, send, receive and utilize V2X information and control data, sent between the vehicle and a road side unit (RSU) to determine intersection access and vehicle behavior when approaching the intersection.
US11462106B2	Road screen networking system and vehicle-mounted unit The present disclosure relates to a road screen networking system and a vehicle-mounted unit. The road screen networking system includes a plurality of road screen units; wherein each road screen unit is configured to acquire information of vehicles driving within its communication range and to provide the information to vehicles within the communication range; and wherein the communication range of each road screen unit is a range between the road screen unit and a next road screen unit in a driving direction.
US11462105B2	Sensor and filter configuration to detect specific wavelengths of light A sensor arrangement may include a light sensor, a lens, and a filter. The lens may include a distal end positioned toward an environment and a proximal end that is opposite the distal end and positioned toward the light sensor. The filter may be situated between the light sensor and the proximal end of the lens. The filter may be configured to permit a preconfigured set of wavelengths of light from the environment to be sensed by the light sensor.
US11462102B2	Storage medium, estimation device, and estimation method A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising: calculating parameters of an expression that describes a model that is associated with a traffic system and estimates a traffic volume between a plurality of points, by using a plurality of measurement data measured in the traffic system that connects the plurality of points to each other, by using a method for solving an optimization problem; generating, when an indefinite solution is obtained by the calculating, indefiniteness information related to a range of the indefinite solution in the method for solving the optimization problem; and determining addition of the plurality of measurement data or output of the indefinite solution, depending on the indefiniteness information.
US11462100B2	Traffic surveillance system using error monitoring An error monitoring apparatus and method are provided. The error monitoring method includes collecting an Event-Related Potential (ERP) for at least one passenger in a first mobility for a predetermined amount of time, analyzing the ERP collected for the predetermined amount of time, and transmitting error information of the first mobility to a traffic control server based on a result of analysis. The error information of the first mobility includes at least one of information on a time when the ERP is generated, a waveform of the ERP, position information of the first mobility or operation information of a second mobility, and the second mobility is different from the first mobility and has caused the ERP.
US11462098B2	Infrared light transmit apparatus and mobile terminal This application discloses an infrared light transmit apparatus and a mobile terminal in which the infrared light transmit apparatus is applied. The infrared light transmit apparatus includes an infrared light transmitter and a light cover, where the light cover includes a fixing post and a positioning station that are connected to each other; the fixing post includes a light-in surface and a light-out surface that are disposed opposite to each other and includes a side surface connecting the light-in surface and the light-out surface, the light-in surface is connected to the positioning station, the light-out surface is away from the positioning station, and the side surface is configured to fit a housing of the mobile terminal, so that the light cover is fastened to the housing; and a light concentration surface is formed on a side that is of the positioning station and that is away from the fixing post, the light concentration surface includes a concave curved surface, the light concentration surface faces towards the infrared light transmitter to receive infrared light transmitted by the infrared light transmitter.
US11462096B1	High capability switch movement for automotive modems In an aspect, a method includes determining, by a processor of a vehicle, that an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) subscription of the vehicle is set to a low capability subscription. The method includes determining, by the processor, that the low capability subscription is unable to access a network at a current location of the vehicle based on the low capability subscription. The method also includes determining, by the processor and based on sensor data received from one or more sensors of the vehicle, a probability of an accident occurring to the vehicle. The method further includes determining, by the processor, that the probability satisfies a threshold. The method includes switching, by the processor, the OEM subscription from the low capability subscription to a high capability subscription.
US11462088B2	Smart anti-theft tag with quadruple alarm function Embodiments described herein relate to an anti-theft device. Some embodiments comprise a cover seat which is provided with an acoustomagnetic coil and a circuit board and formed with a guide slot, an arm hook which is a curved hook and has a long arm movably inserted into the guide slot, a plug which is mounted on the cover seat and used to lock the arm hook in a moving state, and a cable which is mounted at one end of the cover seat, penetrates through a YETI® vacuum cup and is electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein a monitoring assembly for protecting the tag against damage is mounted on the tag and comprises a Hall® switch arranged on the circuit board and magnetic steel arranged on a short arm of the arm hook.
US11462084B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can efficiently transmit a tactile signal for a plurality of tactile presentation units. A transmission apparatus breaks up a tactile signal included in content into a base tactile signal group, converts the base tactile signal group into encoded data including parameters defined for each of the broken up base tactile signals, and transmits the encoded data. A reception apparatus restores and combines the base tactile signals based on the parameters included in the encoded data to restore the tactile signal and makes a tactile presentation. The present disclosure can be applied to a content reproduction system including a tactile presentation apparatus.
US11462083B2	Display with integrated cameras A display includes two-integrated cameras. A first camera is situated in a top right corner of a front display surface of the display and a second camera is situated in a top left corner of the front display surface. The display is connected to a transaction terminal with the first camera focused on a bagging area associated with the transaction terminal and with the second camera focused on a staging area associated with the transaction terminal. Each camera captures images of items and the item images are streamed over a high-speed display port directly to the transaction terminal. The transaction terminal performs item recognition, item tracking, and auditing on the items based the item images during transaction processing at the transaction terminal.
US11462078B1	Card-based electronic gaming systems and techniques for table games In one implementation, an electronic gaming system includes: a plurality of physical playing cards that are dealt by an automated or human dealer; a scanner that is configured to identify each physical playing card of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are dealt; a plurality of player computing devices that are configured to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players; and a gaming computing device that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of player computing devices. The gaming computing device may select different sets of dealt cards to provide different types of games to players at different ones of the gaming computing devices.
US11462077B2	Controlling an electronic gaming machine to provide a bonus feature opportunity An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may present first visual effects on a display system, including game play items, corresponding to one or more instances of a base game and determining instances of game play items that correspond to feature credits towards an automatic award of a feature comprising one or more bonus games. The EGM may present second visual effects corresponding to an accumulation of feature credits towards the automatic award of the feature, receive an indication of a player's initiation of an attempt to trigger an award of the feature, at a time during which less than a number of feature credits necessary for an automatic award of the feature has been accumulated, determine whether an award of the feature will be triggered and control the display system to present third visual effects corresponding to whether an award of the feature has been triggered.
US11462076B2	Gaming systems and methods using moveable game elements Systems and methods of operating a wheel are described herein. The wheel includes a plurality of game wedges and a wedge selector. The plurality of game wedges includes a first variable wedge, a second variable wedge, and at least one moveable wedge. Each game wedge is associated with a respective award and a respective probability of selection. The method includes generating, using a random-number generator, a random number representing a selected game wedge of the plurality of game wedges, causing the wedge selector to visibly identify the selected game wedge, and in response to a trigger game wedge of the game wedges being the selected game wedge, shifting the moveable wedge around the wheel to change a visible size of the first variable wedge and the respective probability of selection of the first variable game wedge proportional to the change in visible size.
US11462074B2	Gaming device with dynamically changing reel strips A gaming device, a method of operating a gaming device, and a gaming system, in which a game includes multiple reels of symbols, and in which symbols of one of the reels are dynamically selected depending on the outcome of symbol selection on other reels. In embodiments, symbols of a third reel may be selected in response to a triggering combination on first and second reels. In an example, the third reel strip is changed from a default reel strip of symbols to a guaranteed win reel strip if symbols from the first and second reel strips include one of multiple possible triggering combinations of symbols. In an example, the third to fifth reel strips may have configurable symbols (e.g. cash on reels symbols) and each triggering combination of symbols corresponds the configurable symbols for later reels being configured differently.
US11462072B2	Autonomous food station A novel food station comprises a plurality of cubbies sized to enclose food portion containers, and an externally accessible collection hatch. An internal transport system uses an end effector to temporarily couple to a portion container carrier of a selected cubby, and to controllably move the food portion container carrier within the food station from the selected cubby to the collection hatch. The food station includes heating and cooling systems that selectively provide or remove heat to or from each of the plurality of cubbies independently of the other cubbies, with a heating or cooling rate, or for a heating or cooling duration, that is independently scheduled and controllable for each of the plurality of cubbies.
US11462070B2	System and method for selective encryption of input data during a retail transaction A retail environment having retail terminals with data entry point devices selectively encrypts input received by the data entry point devices and passes the encrypted data to a security module. The selective encryption is based on whether or not sensitive or confidential information, such as a personal identification number (PIN) associated with a debit card, is being input. To prevent hacking of the software of the retail terminal, content destined for display on the retail terminal is authenticated prior to display. In this manner, the retail terminal may be assured that confidential information is input only when desired, and thus may be encrypted only as needed.
US11462068B1	Granting access to a secured area via a door and based on a travel document A system includes a door that selectively grants access to a secured area from a first area and a scanner accessible from the first area that is configured to read a scannable code of a travel document, such as a boarding pass, to identify travel details of a user and user details that are represented by the scannable code. The system also includes a converter in communication with the scanner, with the converter being configured to generate a first access key code based on the identified travel details and the identified user details. The system also includes a control panel in communication with the converter, with the control panel being configured to grant access to the secured area via the door in response to a comparison of the first access key code to a registered access key code.
US11462067B2	In-vehicle transmitter training In an embodiment, an in-vehicle apparatus includes a transmitter operable to transmit radio frequency control signals and communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote computer via a network. The communication circuitry is configured to receive information from the remote computer via the network, the information pertaining to one or more controllable devices of a user account. The apparatus includes a processor configured to: communicate, via the communication circuitry, a transmitter identifier representative of a transmitter code of the transmitter with the remote computer; effect the movable barrier operator to change a state of a movable barrier by causing the transmitter to transmit a first radio frequency control signal to the movable barrier operator system; and effect the movable barrier operator to learn the transmitter by causing the transmitter to transmit a second radio frequency control signal to the movable barrier operator system.
US11462066B2	System and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle A system and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle that includes determining that the electric vehicle is located within a predetermined distance of a charging station and determining when the charging port of an electric vehicle supply equipment of the charging station is attached to the electric vehicle to actively charge the electric vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the charging station accesses a parking citation associated with parking of the electric vehicle if the electric vehicle is not attached to the charging port. The system and method additionally include locking the charging port to the electric vehicle to disallow decoupling of the charging port from the electric vehicle by an unauthorized individual to avoid the parking citation.
US11462064B2	Distance measurement apparatus and distance measurement method A distance measurement apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on phase information acquired by two distance measurement units at least one of which is movable, a distance between the two distance measurement units. One of the two distance measurement units includes an RSSI estimation unit configured to estimate, from respective three receiving signal intensities of three first carrier signals or respective three receiving signal intensities of three second carrier signals, the receiving signal intensity of a frequency having an average value, and a fading correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a fading correction value for the distance from the receiving signal intensity of a lowest frequency and the receiving signal intensity of a highest frequency. The calculation unit calculates the distance using a phase detection result obtained by receiving the three first carrier signals and the three second carrier signals and the fading correction value.
US11462063B2	Access control system and access control method using the same A sub-reader and a method of controlling the sub-reader are provided. The method of controlling the sub-reader which is connected to a door reader provided in an existing installed door operating device to provide a communication method that is not supported by the door reader includes: obtaining first open request information using a first communication method from a terminal; obtaining second open request information for transmission to the door reader based on the first open request information; and transmitting the second open request information to the door reader using a second communication method different from the first communication method.
US11462059B2	Engine control system A system and method for monitoring vehicle performance and updating engine control parameters, which provides a solution to the problem of tuning engine control parameters for a vehicle. The core components of the invention are an engine controller coupled to an interface device which communicates with a remote device. Generally speaking, the components are configured as follows: the engine controller receives signals from various sensors in a vehicle and the engine controller controls the engine based on engine control parameters and the signals from the sensors. The interface device monitors the engine control and sensor signals and transmits information to the remote device. The remote device receives the information and sends back updated engine control parameters. The interface device receives the updated engine control parameters and communicates with the engine controller to update the engine control parameters using the updated engine control parameters.
US11462058B2	Undercarriage wear prediction based on machine vibration data A system may include a device. The device may be configured to receive machine vibration data identifying a measure of vibration of a machine. The vibration, of the machine, may be caused by a combination of first vibration caused by a motion of components of an undercarriage of the machine and second vibration that is unrelated to the first vibration. The device may be configured to identify a segment, of the machine vibration data, corresponding to the first vibration; transform the segment, using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), into a signal in a frequency domain; and analyze the signal to identify a signature spectrum associated with the motion of components. The device may be configured to predict, based on the signature spectrum, an amount of wear of the components. The device may be configured to cause an action to be performed based on the amount of wear of the components.
US11462055B2	Method of host-directed illumination and system for conducting host-directed illumination A method of host-directed illumination for verifying the validity of biometric data of a user is provided that includes capturing biometric data from a user with an authentication device during authentication and directing illumination of the biometric data from a host authentication system during the capturing operation. Moreover, the method includes comparing illumination characteristics of the captured biometric data against illumination characteristics expected to result from the directing operation, and determining that the user is a live user when the illumination characteristics of the captured biometric data match the illumination characteristics expected to result from the directing operation.
US11462052B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and recording medium An image processing device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations includes: detecting a feature point to be used for authentication of a target object included in an image; calculating a first blur being a blur of a predetermined processing point in the feature point; and estimating, by using the first blur, a second blur being a blur of the target object.
US11462051B2	Method and system for aggregating video content Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, systems and methods aggregating video content and adjusting the aggregate video content according to a training model. The adjusted aggregate video content comprises a first subset of the images and does not comprise a second subset of the images. The first subset of the images is determined by the training model based on a plurality of categories corresponding to a plurality of events. The illustrative embodiments also include presenting the adjusted aggregate video content and receiving identifications for the first subset of the images in the aggregate video content. Further, the illustrative embodiments include adjusting the training model according to the identifications and providing the adjusted training model to a network device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11462047B1	Device having a camera overlaid by display as biometric sensor An electronic device is provided having a camera under a display. The electronic device includes a display screen having display pixels and openings separating the display pixels, and a camera located proximate to the display and configured to obtain image data through the openings separating the display pixels. The image data includes near field image data and far field image data. The camera includes a first lens and an imaging sensor assembly. The imaging sensor assembly is configured to detect near field image data at the display screen and far field image data spaced from the display screen. The electronic device also includes a processor that is configured to capture the near field image data in a first mode, capture the far field image data in a second mode, and identify a user of the electronic device based on the near field image data.
US11462042B2	Neural network-based recognition of trade workers present on industrial sites A computer-implemented method and system for neural network-based recognition of trade workers present on industrial sites is presented. In an embodiment, a method comprises: using a computing device, receiving a plurality of digital images depicting a particular worker; using the computing device, based on the plurality of digital images, determining a plurality of key-point sets of the digital images, each of the plurality of key-point sets comprising location information of key points identified within a depiction of the particular worker in a particular digital image; using the computing device, based on the plurality of key-point sets, determining a plurality of trade-specific activities that appear to be performed by the particular worker; using the computing device, based on the plurality of trade-specific activities, determining a plurality of trade probabilities, each trade probability among the trade probabilities indicating a likelihood that the particular worker belongs to a particular trade from among a plurality of different trades.
US11462041B2	Pedestrians with objects Detecting pedestrians with objects is described (pushing stroller, carts, opening doors, carrying umbrellas, etc.). In an example, a perception component of a vehicle can receive sensor data from sensor(s) associated with the vehicle. The perception component can determine, by a model, observation(s) associated with the sensor data, wherein an observation comprises a first object (e.g., a pedestrian). The perception component can determine whether the first object is associated with a second object (e.g., a pedestrian object), wherein the first object and the second object are associated with a compound object (e.g., a pedestrian/pedestrian object system). The perception component can provide the indication of the first object or an indication of the compound object to at least one of a prediction component or a planning component of the vehicle for controlling the vehicle.
US11462039B2	Method, device, and storage medium for obtaining document layout The disclosure may provide a method for obtaining a document layout, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method may include: obtaining a plurality of characters and character information of each of the plurality of characters in a target document; generating a character fully-connected graph based on the plurality of characters and the character information of each of the plurality of characters; obtaining a spatial semantic feature of each of the plurality of characters; generating types of character vertices based on the character information of each of the plurality of characters; generating types of edges based on the spatial semantic feature of each of the plurality of characters, and the character information of each of the plurality of characters; and obtaining a document layout of the target document based on the types of the character vertices and the types of the edges.
US11462037B2	System and method for automated analysis of electronic travel data Exemplary embodiments relate to systems, methods and computer readable medium for automatically processing and classifying and optimizing travel contracts, travel data, and travel purchase decisions. An example system includes an image processing module, an image segmentation module, a segment filtering module, a classification module, a validation module, an analysis module, and an optimization module.
US11462034B2	Generating images using neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating images using neural networks. One of the methods includes generating the output image pixel by pixel from a sequence of pixels taken from the output image, comprising, for each pixel in the output image, generating a respective score distribution over a discrete set of possible color values for each of the plurality of color channels.
US11462031B2	Systems and methods for performing a 3D match search in a 3D database based on 3D primitives and a connectivity graph The present disclosure proposes a computer implemented of object recognition of an object to be identified using a method for reconstruction of a 3D point cloud. The method comprises the steps of acquiring, by a mobile device, a plurality of pictures of said object, sending the acquired pictures to a cloud server, reconstructing, by the cloud server, a 3D points cloud reconstruction of the object, performing a 3D match search in a 3D database using the 3D points cloud reconstruction, to identify the object, the 3D match search comprising a comparison of the reconstructed 3D points cloud of the object with 3D points clouds of known objects stored in the 3D database.
US11462026B2	Image processing device and method for processing image An image processing device includes an edge detector to detect a portion in which a luminance difference between neighboring pixels changes in a direction that increases equal to or more than a first predetermined value as a positive edge and a portion in which the luminance difference between neighboring pixels changes in a direction that decreases equal to or more than a second predetermined value as a negative edge, a grouping portion configured to group the positive edges that have been detected into a positive edge group and the negative edges that have been detected into a negative edge group, and a boundary line setting portion configured to set, as a boundary line: (i) a line connecting end points between the positive edges in the positive edge group; or (ii) a line connecting end points between the negative edges in the negative edge group.
US11462023B2	Systems and methods for 3D object detection Systems and methods for three-dimensional object detection are disclosed herein. One embodiment inputs, to a neural network, a two-dimensional label associated with an object to produce a Normalized-Object-Coordinate-Space (NOCS) image and a shape vector, the shape vector mapping to a continuously traversable coordinate shape space (CSS); decodes the NOCS image and the shape vector to an object model in the CSS; back-projects, in a frustum, the NOCS image to a LIDAR point cloud; identifies correspondences between the LIDAR point cloud and the object model to estimate an affine transformation between the LIDAR point cloud and the object model; iteratively refines the affine transformation using a differentiable SDF renderer; extracts automatically a three-dimensional label for the object based, at least in part, on the iteratively refined affine transformation; and performs three-dimensional object detection of the object based, at least in part, on the extracted three-dimensional label for the object.
US11462022B2	Traffic signal analysis system A traffic signal analysis system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) can receive image data from one or more cameras, the image data including an upcoming traffic signaling system located at an intersection. The system can determine an action for the AV through the intersection and access a matching signal map specific to the upcoming traffic signaling system. Using the matching signal map, the system can generate a signal template for the upcoming traffic signaling system and determine a first subset and a second subset of the plurality of traffic signal faces that apply to the action. The system can dynamically analyze the first subset and the second subset to determine a state of the upcoming traffic signaling system for the action, and generate an output for the AV indicating the state of the upcoming traffic signaling system for the action.
US11462020B2	Temporal CNN rear impact alert system The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. In an example implantation, the system and the method can receive an image at a first deep neural network, estimate a distance between an object depicted in the image and a vehicle, wherein the first deep neural network estimates the distance, determine whether the estimated distance is greater than a predetermined distance threshold, and generate an alert when the estimated distance is not greater than the predetermined distance threshold.
US11462011B2	System and method for augmenting casted content with augmented reality content In some embodiments, casted content may be augmented with augmented reality content. In some embodiments, a dynamic value of moment related to a content portion of casted content may be obtained. The dynamic value of moment may be based on characteristic information related to the content portion of the casted content. An augmentation package may be generated, based on the dynamic value of moment, for the content portion. Based on a first entity being associated with the augmentation package, augmented reality content associated with the first entity may be selected to be presented with the content portion. In some embodiments, a modified content portion may be caused to be presented such that the augmented reality content associated with the first entity is presented with the content portion.
US11462010B2	Electronic apparatus, and method for controlling same The various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic apparatus, and a method for controlling same. The electronic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display, a communication module, and a processor electrically connected to the display and communication module, wherein the processor controls so that an object detected in an image displayed on the display is recognized, and one or more elements contained in the object are classified and displayed on the display, and can control so that an image similar to the detected object is searched for, by means of the communication module, and displayed on the display.
US11462008B2	Device for collecting breeding data in farm field, device for analyzing feature in breeding, method for collecting breeding data in farm field, program, and recording medium A system acquiring data for phenotyping on a farm field where crops are bred. The device includes: an information storage unit storing farm field information, an imaging condition, and aerial images of the farm field linked with imaging condition; a classification unit classifying the aerial images into a plurality of image groups having different imaging altitude ranges on the basis of an imaging altitude included in the imaging condition; an image processing unit creating image-processed data from at least one of the image groups and imaging condition and analyzes a trait of in the farm field from the image-processed data; a visualization unit visualizing image-processed data obtained in the image processing unit; a processed information storage unit storing, as processed information, data obtained in the image processing unit and visualization unit; and an output unit outputting data obtained in the image processing unit and the visualization unit.
US11462007B2	System for simplified generation of systems for broad area geospatial object detection A system for simplified generation of systems for analysis of satellite images to geolocate one or more objects of interest. A plurality of training images labeled for a study object or objects with irrelevant features loaded into a preexisting feature identification subsystem causes automated generation of models for the study object. This model is used to parameterize pre-engineered machine learning elements that are running a preprogrammed machine learning protocol. Training images with the study are used to train object recognition filters. This filter is used to identify the study object in unanalyzed images. The system reports results in a requestor's preferred format.
US11462002B2	Wallpaper management method, apparatus, mobile terminal, and storage medium Disclosed are a wallpaper management method and apparatus, a mobile terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a wallpaper to be switched; obtaining feature information of the wallpaper to be switched, and comparing the feature information of the wallpaper to be switched with the feature information of wallpapers in a feature database, to determine, in the feature database, a wallpaper matching the wallpaper to be switched; and performing wallpaper switching according to feature information corresponding to the matching wallpaper.
US11462001B2	Textile matching using color and pattern recognition and methods of use Textile matching using color and pattern recognition and methods of use are provided herein. An example method includes analyzing an image (305) of a first article of clothing to obtain color information and pattern information (205-230), comparing the color information and pattern information of the first article of clothing to color information and pattern information for a plurality of other articles of clothing (using Bayesian probability analysis to determine matched pairs, and providing a user with wardrobe suggestions using the matched pairs (705-740).
US11461998B2	System and method for boundary aware semantic segmentation Some aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure relate to using a boundary aware loss function to train a machine learning model for computing semantic segmentation maps from input images. Some aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure relate to deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) for computing semantic segmentation maps from input images, where the DCNNs include a box filtering layer configured to box filter input feature maps computed from the input images before supplying box filtered feature maps to an atrous spatial pyramidal pooling (ASPP) layer. Some aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a selective ASPP layer configured to weight the outputs of an ASPP layer in accordance with attention feature maps.
US11461997B2	Matching method and apparatus, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program Provided are a matching method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-matched image; extracting at least one to-be-matched feature point from the to-be-matched image; for one of at least one reference image, performing matching between the at least one to-be-matched feature point and at least one reference feature point extracted from the reference image to obtain a distance set corresponding to the reference image, the distance set corresponding to the reference image being a distance set composed of distances between the at least one to-be-matched feature point and the at least one reference feature point, the one reference image including an image of a standard sample, and different reference images including different standard samples; and determining, based on the distance set corresponding to each reference image, whether the to-be-matched image matches each reference image.
US11461996B2	Method, apparatus and system for determining feature data of image data, and storage medium Provided in the present disclosure are a method, an apparatus and a system for determining feature data of image data, and a storage medium. Wherein, the method comprises: acquiring features of image data, the features comprising a first feature and a second feature, wherein, the first feature is extracted from the image data using a first model, the first model being trained in a machine learning manner, and the second feature is extracted from the image data using a second model, the second model being constructed based on a pre-configured data processing algorithm; and determining feature data based on the first feature and the second feature. The present disclosure solves the technical problem that features recognized by the AI may not be consistent with human recognized features.
US11461994B2	Methods for in-scene shadow compensation using sunlit and skylit illumination factors Methods are provided for automatically performing atmospheric compensation of a multi or hyper spectral image. One method comprises transforming at least two endmembers extracted from an image into at-ground reflectance. The transformation may be approximate and/or only in certain spectral bands in order to reduce processing time. A matching component is then located in a spectral library for each of the at least two extracted endmembers. Gain and offset values are then calculated using the at least two matched extracted endmember and spectral library component pairs. At least part of the image is then compensated using the calculated gain and offset values. Another method uses at least one endmember extracted from the image and a black level. Methods for atmospheric compensation using water vapor content of pixels are also provided. In addition, methods for shadow correction of hyper and multi spectral images are provided.
US11461992B2	Region of interest selection for object detection An object detection system may generate regions of interest (ROIs) from an input image that can be processed by a wide range of object detectors. According to the techniques described herein, an image is processed by a light-weight neural network (e.g., a heatmap network) that outputs object center and object scale heat-maps. The heatmaps are processed to define ROIs that are likely to include objects. Overlapping ROIs are then merged to reduce the aggregate size of the ROIs, and merged ROIs are downscaled to a reduced set of pre-defined resolutions. Fully-convolutional, high-accuracy object detectors may then operate on the downscaled ROIs to output accurate detections at a fraction of the computations by operating on a reduced image. For example, fully-convolutional, high-accuracy object detectors may operate on a subset of the entire image (e.g., cropped images based on ROIs) thus reducing computations otherwise performed over the entire image.
US11461988B2	Method of transferring data between unconnected computing devices The present invention is directed to a method of transferring a chunk of data between unconnected computing devices. A first chunk of data present in a source computing device can be in a first format that is binary data or nonstandard characters. Encoding, by the source computing device, the first chunk of data to a second chunk of data. The second chunk of data is in a format that is of standard characters. Capturing an image of the second chunk of data by an optical sensor. Receiving of the image by the target computing device. Processing of the image, by the target computing device, to the second chunk of data. Decoding, by the target computing device, the secondary chunk of data to the first chunk of data.
US11461984B2	Method and apparatus for multi-user collaborative creation, and storage medium The present application provides a method and apparatus for multi-user collaborative creation, and a storage medium, where the method includes: obtaining, by a second terminal, a three-dimensional (3D) creation created by a first creator, the 3D creation including at least one creation element, obtaining creation information corresponding to each creation element according to the 3D creation, and determining the first creator corresponding to each creation element according to the creation information corresponding to each creation element. In the technical solution, the second terminal may conveniently and quickly determine the first creator corresponding to each creation element in the 3D creation, which simplifies the communication process for the creation and improves the creation efficiency.
US11461979B2	Animation between visualization objects in a virtual dashboard A plurality of visualization objects may be provided for representing one or more data sets in a virtual 3D space. The visualization objects may include funnels, containers, name cards, and so forth. The visualization objects can be arranged in a circular carousel that can be rotated around a position of a virtual camera or user in a VR/AR environment. Individual data points in the visualization objects can be rotated, sized, positioned, colored, or otherwise characterized based on attributes of the corresponding data points. Individual data points can also be animated as transitioning between visualization objects in a unified view. Voice commands can be interpreted as part of an interactive environment that can provide views of the visualization objects to multiple devices simultaneously.
US11461978B2	Ambient light based mixed reality object rendering Implementations of the subject matter described herein relate to mixed reality object rendering based on ambient light conditions. According to the embodiments of the subject matter described herein, while rendering an object, a wearable computing device acquires light conditions of the real world, thereby increasing the reality of the rendered object. In particular, the wearable computing device is configured to acquire an image of an environment where the wearable computing device is located. The image is adjusted based on a camera parameter used when the image is captured. Subsequently, ambient light information is determined based on the adjusted image. In this way, the wearable computing device can obtain more real and accurate ambient light information, so as to render to the user an object with enhanced reality. Accordingly, the user can have a better interaction experience.
US11461975B2	Method and apparatus for generating guidance among viewpoints in a scene A method for navigating in a simulated environment is disclosed herein. A navigation device determines a search space associated with a plurality of viewpoints other than the current viewpoint in a three-dimensional (3D) space for a current viewpoint. The search space comprises a set of 3D coordinates for each of the plurality of viewpoints. The set of 3D coordinates indicates a position of the corresponding viewpoint in the 3D space. The navigation device determines a field of view at the current viewpoint. The field of view is associated with a viewing angle and a visible distance. The navigation device determines a target viewpoint in the search space of the current viewpoint based on the field of view at the current viewpoint. The navigation device causes display of a guidance user interface (UI) comprising an indicator corresponding to the target viewpoint in the field of view at the current viewpoint.
US11461970B1	Methods and systems for extracting color from facial image An electronic apparatus performs a method of extracting color from a two-dimensional (2D) facial image of a real-life person that includes: identifying a plurality of keypoints in the 2D facial image based on a keypoint prediction model; rotating the 2D facial image until the selected keypoints from the plurality of keypoints are aligned; locating a plurality of parts in the rotated 2D facial image, wherein each part is defined by a respective subset of the plurality of keypoints; extracting, from the pixel values of the 2D facial image, the average color for each of the plurality of the parts defined by a corresponding subset of keypoints; and generating a personalized three-dimensional (3D) model of the real-life person that mimics the respective facial feature color of the 2D facial image using the extracted colors of the plurality of the parts in the 2D facial image.
US11461968B2	Method of inferring microdetail on skin animation A computer-implemented method and system for modeling an outer surface, such as skin. The method includes, under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, defining a plurality of microstructures such as microstructures to be displayed in microstructure locations on a geometric model of a character or inanimate object, and generating a volumetric mesh including the plurality of microstructures. The volumetric mesh is configured to be applied to the geometric model as an outer surface (e.g., skin) covering the geometric model.
US11461967B2	Method and apparatus for simulating clothes A method and apparatus for simulating clothes receive a user setting for an area in which shirring is to be expressed in a two-dimensional (2D) pattern of clothes modeled with a mesh including a plurality of polygons, obtain a first line and a second line parallel to the first line from the area based on the user setting, generate inner lines that are perpendicular to at least one of the first line and the second line of the area between the first line and the second line and that have regular intervals, align polygons included in the area of the 2D pattern based on the inner lines, and perform a draping simulation of three-dimensional (3D) clothes corresponding to the 2D pattern in which the shirring is expressed by the aligned polygons.
US11461965B2	Method for generating splines based on surface intersection constraints in a computer image generation system A representation of a surface in a three-dimensional space is obtained. A first input representing a starting point and a second input representing a next point are obtained. A representation of a surface-aware spline comprising vertices is generated, with the representation of the surface-aware spline including a starting vertex corresponding to the starting point and a next vertex corresponding to the next point. First and second projection points corresponding to projections of a first vertex and a second vertex onto the surface are determined. New points corresponding to equal distance points for the first and second vertices aligned with the first and second projection points are determined, and a rigid transformation is determined from the new points. The representation of the surface-aware spline is adjusted based on a transformation of the new points using the rigid transformation.
US11461961B2	Spatially-resolved dynamic dimming for augmented reality device Techniques are described for operating an optical system. In some embodiments, light associated with a world object is received at the optical system. Virtual image light is projected onto an eyepiece of the optical system. A portion of a system field of view of the optical system to be at least partially dimmed is determined based on information detected by the optical system. A plurality of spatially-resolved dimming values for the portion of the system field of view may be determined based on the detected information. The detected information may include light information, gaze information, and/or image information. A dimmer of the optical system may be adjusted to reduce an intensity of light associated with the world object in the portion of the system field of view according to the plurality of dimming values.
US11461949B2	Electronic device for providing avatar and operating method thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an avatar and an operating method thereof. The electronic device includes a display, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to detect a face in at least one image, determine a user avatar corresponding to the detected face, determine a region of both the face and at least one object related to the face, determine a size of the user avatar based on the determined region, and control the display to display the user avatar on the display by rendering the user avatar based on the determined size of the user avatar.
US11461946B2	Digital makeup artist A digital makeup artist system includes a mobile device, a database system storing cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and user look preferences of a user. The mobile device includes a user interface for interacting with a digital makeup artist. The digital makeup artist performs an interactive dialog with the user in order to provide advice, including requesting a cosmetic consultation, acquiring information including types of makeup look, indoor or outdoor look, skin condition, facial problem areas, favorite facial features. The computation circuitry analyzes the user's face image to determine facial characteristics, and generates image frames to be displayed in synchronization with the interaction with the digital makeup artist to provide the advice, based on the analyzed face image, needs of the user, the stored cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and the user look preferences.
US11461941B2	Method and apparatus for reducing color leakage artefacts during point cloud color processing A method for reducing color leaking artefacts in an image formed by projection processing from a 3D point cloud comprises: receiving an input image comprising the 3D point cloud; classifying the cloud into a plurality of surface patches; projecting the patches onto a plane to form a first 2D image; processing the first 2D image, by coding, transmitting and decoding, to form a final 2D image; and providing the final 2D image as an output. Processing includes independent patch processing to reduce inter-patch color leakage in the final 2D image, the independent patch processing including chroma sub-sampling pixels within each of the projected patches in the first 2D image separately; recombining the chroma sub-sampled patches to form a second 2D image; and compressing the second 2D image.
US11461938B2	Ultrasonic imaging device and image processing device An object of the invention is to provide a user with information that serves as a material for determining whether an image generated by processing including a neural network is valid. A reception signal output by an ultrasonic probe that has received an ultrasonic wave from a subject is received, and an ultrasonic image is generated based on the reception signal. A trained neural network receives the reception signal or the ultrasonic image, and outputs an estimated reception signal or an estimated ultrasonic image. A validity information generation unit generates information indicating validity of the estimated reception signal or the estimated ultrasonic image by using one or more of the reception signal, the ultrasonic image, the estimated reception signal, the estimated ultrasonic image, and output of an intermediate layer of the neural network.
US11461932B2	Method and apparatus for point cloud compression An apparatus for point cloud compression includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry represents points in a point cloud using a spherical coordinate system having a first angular dimension, a second angular dimension and a radial dimension. A point is represented by a first angular coordinate in the first angular dimension, a second angular coordinate in the second angular dimension, a radial coordinate in the radial dimension and at least an attribute value. The processing circuitry forms at least a two-dimensional (2D) matrix with a first dimension corresponding to the first angular dimension and a second dimension corresponding to the second angular dimension. The point is placed as an element in the 2D matrix based on the first angular coordinate and the second angular coordinate. Further, the processing circuitry compresses data of the 2D matrix, and generates a bitstream that includes compressed data of the 2D matrix.
US11461931B2	Machine image colour extraction and machine image construction using an extracted colour Provided are systems and methods to perform colour extraction from swatch images and to define new images using extracted colours. Source images may be classified using a deep learning net (e.g. a CNN) to indicate colour representation strength and drive colour extraction. A clustering classifier is trained to use feature vectors extracted by the net. Separately, pixel clustering is useful when extracting the colour. Cluster count can vary according to classification. In another manner, heuristics (with or without classification) are useful when extracting. Resultant clusters are evaluated against a set of (ordered) expected colours to determine a match. Instances of standardized swatch images may be defined from a template swatch image and respective extracted colours using image processing. The extracted colour may be presented in an augmented reality GUI such as a virtual try-on application and applied to a user image such as a selfie using image processing.
US11461924B1	Long distance QR code decoding Systems and methods are provided for: receiving an image containing a code that has one or more visual qualities that fail to satisfy respective thresholds; applying a trained machine learning model to find a rough location of the code by generating a bounding box and cropping out the portion of the image; applying another trained machine learning model to the portion of the image to estimate key point locations of the code depicted in the portion of the image, aligning the portion of the image that depicts the code based on the estimated key point locations; and decoding, by the other trained machine learning model, the aligned portion of the image that depicts the code.
US11461922B2	Depth estimation in images obtained from an autonomous vehicle camera Image processing techniques are described to receive bounding box information that describes a bounding box located around a detected object in an image, determine one or more positions of one or more reference points on the bounding box, determine, for each reference point, 3D world coordinates of a point of intersection of the reference point and the road surface, and assign the 3D world coordinates of the one or more reference points to a location of the detected object.
US11461918B2	Information processor and detection method for detecting misalignment of a vehicle-mounted imaging device The disclosure includes: a first acquisition section that acquires a first image captured by an imaging device mounted on a vehicle after driving of the vehicle is finished; a second acquisition section that acquires a second image captured by the imaging device when driving of the vehicle is started; and a detection section that detects misalignment between the first image and the second image.
US11461915B2	Object size estimation using camera map and/or radar information Techniques and systems are provided for determining one or more sizes of one or more objects. For example, a bounding region identifying a first object detected in an image can be obtained. A map including map points can also be obtained. The map points correspond to one or more reference locations in a three-dimensional space. The bounding region identifying the first object can be associated with at least one map point of the map points included in the map. Using the bounding region and the at least one map point, an estimated three-dimensional position and an estimated size of the first object detected in the image can be determined. In some examples, other information can be used to estimate the estimated three-dimensional position and an estimated size of the first object, such as radar information and/or other information.
US11461912B2	Gaussian mixture models for temporal depth fusion A method and system provide for temporal fusion of depth maps in an image space representation. A series of depth maps are obtained/acquired from one or more depth sensors at a first time. A first Gaussian mixture model (GMM) is initialized using one of the series of depth maps. A second depth map is obtained from the depth sensors at a second time. An estimate of the motion of the depth sensors, from the first time to the second time, is received. A predictive GMM at the second time is created based on a transform of the first GMM and the estimate of the motion. The predictive GMM is updated based on the second depth map.
US11461899B1	Method for detecting infection stage of anthracnose pathogenic with pre-analysis capacity Disclosed is a method for detecting an infection stage of anthracnose pathogen with pre-analysis capacity, comprising: obtaining a plurality of sample sensing data sequences; obtaining a sample citrus leaf image; obtaining a first prediction result; if the first prediction result is that the sample citrus crop is not infected by anthracnose, obtaining sample Raman spectral data and sample hyperspectral data; obtaining a first judgment result, and obtaining a second judgment result; performing labeling to obtain second training data; training a neural network model to obtain a second anthracnose prediction model; obtaining a plurality of to-be-analyzed sensing data sequences; obtaining a to-be-analyzed citrus leaf image; obtaining a second prediction result; if the second prediction result is that the to-be-analyzed citrus crop is not infected by anthracnose, obtaining a third prediction result.
US11461897B2	Method and analysis devices for classifying tissue samples A method and analysis devices for classifying tissue samples are provided. In the method, annotated training data is generated from a known positive tissue sample and a known negative tissue sample from a patient, and the annotated training data is then used to train an automatic classifier patient-specifically. To delimit an affected tissue region of the patient, then, unknown tissue samples from the same patient are classified by the automatic classifier trained for the patient.
US11461886B2	Monitoring wear of double roll crusher teeth by digital video processing A method, related system and related computer program product are provided for monitoring wear of teeth of a drum of a double roll crusher. A processor receives a digital video capturing rotation of the drum and the teeth. For each frame of the digital video, the processor segments the frame into groups of contiguous pixels, wherein each group is representative of one of the teeth. The processor determines parameter indicative of a geometry of at least one of the teeth based on segmented groups of contiguous pixels in at least one of the frames of the digital video. The processor generates a human-readable report based on the parameter indicative of the geometry of the at least one of the teeth.
US11461884B2	Field management apparatus, field management method, and computer readable recording medium A field management apparatus 10 is provided with a learning model generation unit 11 that generates a learning model 15, to learn feature amounts of the image of the phenomenon that results from the fault in the field equipment, an image acquisition unit 12 that acquires an aerial image of a target region, an image specification unit 13 that applies the aerial image to the learning model 15, and specifies an image of the phenomenon that results from the fault in the field equipment in the aerial image, and a fault location specification unit 14 that specifies a fault location of the field equipment in the target region, based on the image of the phenomenon that results from the fault in the field equipment.
US11461878B2	Method and device for eliminating ring effect A method for eliminating a ring effect is provided. The method includes: capturing, by a camera, a standard ring image generated by light illuminating a standard Fresnel lens; establishing a compensation lookup table according to the standard ring image and obtaining a standard ring center point; capturing, by the camera, a ring image generated by the light illuminating a Fresnel lens to be tested; obtaining a ring center point according to the ring image; obtaining a conversion relationship between the ring center point and the standard ring center point; and performing a compensation procedure on the ring image according to the compensation lookup table and the conversion relationship to eliminate the ring effect in the ring image.
US11461872B1	Method and system for vehicle image repositioning An image readjustment system featuring a communication interface, one or more processors, and a persistent storage. The persistent storage is communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. The persistent storage comprises at least image location logic and image cropping logic. The image location logic is configured to receive and analyze an incoming image, using a machine learning analysis, to determine a location of a particular component within the incoming image and to calculate coordinates of a boundary area surrounding the particular component. The image cropping logic is configured to remove portions of the incoming image outside of the boundary area to generate a modified image to be rendered for display.
US11461871B2	Virtual reality cinema-immersive movie watching for headmounted displays Peripheral-vision expanded images are streamed to a video streaming client. The peripheral-vision expanded images are generated from source images in reference to view directions of the viewer at respective time points. View direction data is collected and received in real time while the viewer is viewing display images derived from the peripheral-vision expanded images. A second peripheral-vision expanded image is generated from a second source image in reference to a second view direction of the viewer at a second time point. The second peripheral-vision expanded image has a focal-vision image portion covering the second view direction of the viewer and a peripheral-vision image portion outside the focal-vision image portion. The second peripheral-vision expanded image is transmitted to the video streaming client.
US11461869B2	Slab based memory management for machine learning training A system and method for machine learning, with a processing circuit executing an operating system, the processing circuit being connected to a first memory and to a second memory. In some embodiments, the method includes: requesting, by a user level process, from the operating system, a first memory allocation from the first memory, the first memory allocation including a plurality of first segments, a first segment of the plurality of first segments having a size sufficient to store a data object of a first kind; determining, by the user level process, that a result of a first calculation will be a data object of the first kind; and in response to determining that the result of the first calculation will be a data object of the first kind: determining, by the user level process, that none of the first segments are unused.
US11461856B1	Comparing financial transactions of a social networking system user to financial transactions of other users A social networking system obtains financial transaction activity for its users and allows its users to obtain reports of their spending compared to various benchmarks. The benchmarks may be for various demographic groups, networks to which the user belongs, groups of users connected to a user, or any other suitable grouping of users. The social networking system may also forecast a user's spending on a category based on the spending of other users who have similar spending profiles in other categories.
US11461855B1	Locational visualization of financial statements Methods and systems for locational visualization of financial statements are described. In an example, a method may receive, in a financial institution system, a request to display a record associated with a financial transaction, determine a location of a merchant associated with the financial transaction using merchant information, request, from an online mapping service, a customizable map interface associated with the location of the merchant, receive the customizable map interface, and display the customizable map interface integrated into the record associated with the financial transaction.
US11461852B1	Systems and methods for impact resistant and photovoltaic windows An impact-resistant, photovoltaic (IRPV) window system is provided. The system may include an IRPV window coupled to a structure, a controller, and an insurance computing device. The IRPV window may include an impact resistant (IR) layer, a photovoltaic (PV) material that may generate an electrical output, and an electrode coupled to the PV material that may receive the electrical output. The IRPV window may permit a portion of visible light to pass through the IRPV window. The controller may monitor the electrical output and generate a solar profile of the structure based upon the electrical output. The insurance computing device may receive the solar profile and determine if an insurance policy associated with the structure is eligible for a policy adjustment and/or an insurance reward or discount offer.
US11461850B1	Determining insurance policy modifications using informatic sensor data A system may include sensors associated with structures, such that the sensors acquire data sets associated with the structures. The processor receives the data sets from the sensors, determines environmental conditions associated with the structures over a period of time, and determines a structural condition associated with one of the structures based on the data sets. The processor also determines a maintenance condition associated with the one of the structures based on one of the data sets, determines operating parameters associated with appliances within the structure based on the one of the data sets, and determines habits of occupants associated with the one of the structures based on the one of the data sets. The processor then adjusts properties of an insurance policy associated with the one of the structures based on the environmental conditions, the structural condition, the maintenance condition, the operating parameters, the habits, or any combination thereof.
US11461846B2	Controlling price cascade movements in an electronic trading system A disclosed system, method and computer readable storage medium includes mechanism for controlling cascade price movements in an electronic trading system. Price limits control the prices at which traders can place orders. An upper price limit prevents traders from placing orders above the upper limit and a lower price limit prevents traders from placing orders below the lower limit. The gap between the upper limit and the indicative marked price as well as the gap between lower limit and the indicative market price is controlled so as to cause a breaking effect on very rapidly changing market price.
US11461839B2	Apparatus to provide liquid funds in the online auction environment A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a lending or cash advance system that can be (but is not required to be) integrated with an online commerce site. Sellers on the online commerce site can click a button or tab in their web browser that is visiting the online commerce site and information known to the online commerce site is automatically shared with a potential cash provider. The information can include sales data related to the seller's business on the online commerce site that can be applied to a formula used by a cash provider to evaluate the risk associated with lending the seller cash. A financial account used by the seller can rapidly receive the cash loan (if approved) and payments received by the seller from buyers would go into this financial account which is then used to automatically pay the cash provider back at agreed upon terms.
US11461830B2	Smart recurrent orders In various example embodiments, a system and method for smart recurrent orders are presented. An inventory indicator corresponding to an inventory level of a first item may be received. An order schedule for the first item may be identified. An adjustment to the order schedule based on the inventory indicator may be determined. The adjustment to the order schedule for the first item may be facilitated.
US11461822B2	Methods and apparatus for automatically providing personalized item reviews This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing item reviews to users. In some examples, a computing device obtains review data identifying one or more reviews for each of a plurality of items. The computing device determines keywords for each of the items based on parsing the review data corresponding to each of items. The computing device may obtain data identifying engagement of items for a user during a browsing session, such as items a user has clicked on. The computing device may also obtain data identifying previous purchase transactions, or previous review postings, for the user. The computing device then determines, based on the obtained data, which keywords may be of interest the user. In some examples, the keywords are used to identify reviews of an item for the user. In some examples, summaries of the reviews are generated and displayed to the user.
US11461816B1	Healthcare provider bill validation A system for validation of healthcare provider bills includes obtaining an image of the bill on a mobile device which uses optical character recognition to resolve the patient identity, provider identity and amount due as alphanumeric characters. The system also receives adjudicated claims data from insurance companies in a non-standardized format. A claims conversion server converts the adjudicated claims data to a standardized machine-readable format. The standardized adjudicated claims data and provider bill are validated against each other in real-time so the patient can make payment in an accurate amount without having to first receive and decipher an EOB form.
US11461810B2	Adaptive video advertising using EAS pedestals or similar structure An EAS pedestal system includes a video display device and a video camera supported on an EAS pedestal housing. The video camera is oriented to facilitate capture of video images. The video images include facial images associated with a plurality of human faces under conditions where the human faces are positioned to observe the video display device. The system applies an analytical process to determine when an imaged human face is looking toward the video display device. The system then determines one or more human demographic traits based on the facial images and adaptively selects advertising content to be displayed based on information derived from the analytical process.
US11461809B2	Notifying a user of an instant messaging (IM) service about a modification made to an opportunity Notifying a user of an instant message (IM) service about a modification made to an opportunity includes receiving at least one modification to an opportunity stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the opportunity representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, identifying a first user associated with the modification made to the opportunity stored in the CRM system, determining, from a list of users associated with the opportunity, a second user associated with the first user through an IM service, and sending an alert to the second user on the IM service, the alert indicating to the second user the modification made to the opportunity by the first user.
US11461804B2	Methods, systems, apparatus and articles of manufacture to determine causal effects Methods, systems, apparatus and articles of manufacture to determine causal effects are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a weighting engine to calculate a first set of weights corresponding to a first treatment dataset, a second set of weights corresponding to a second treatment dataset, and a third set of weights corresponding to a control dataset, the weighting engine to increase an operational efficiency of the apparatus by calculating the first set of weights, second set of weights, and third set of weights independently, a weighting response engine to calculate a first weighted response for the first treatment dataset, a second weighted response for the second treatment dataset, and determine a causal effect between the first treatment dataset and the second treatment dataset based on a difference between the first weighted response and the second weighted response, and a report generator to transmit a report to an audience measurement entity.
US11461800B1	Rewards for non-residents associated with controlled-environment facility residents Embodiments of the present systems and methods reward non-residents associated with a controlled-environment facility resident for good behaviors related to electronic communications with a controlled-environment facility resident. One or more controlled-environment facility associated computer systems, or the like, maintain a non-resident electronic communications behavior evaluation system, monitor and/or track a non-resident's behaviors with respect to electronic communications with a controlled-environment facility resident and analyze the non-resident behavior with respect to the electronic communications with the resident. The one or more controlled-environment facility associated computer systems, or the like, may provide rewards to the non-resident for use toward electronic communications with the controlled-environment facility resident, or the like, based on good behavior determined by the analysis of the non-resident behavior with respect to the electronic communications with the resident.
US11461796B1	Systems and methods for multiple offer source aggregator Systems, methods, and apparatuses for aggregating merchant offers include a network interface structured to facilitate data communication via a network, an accounts database structured to store account information associated with accounts held by the provider, including a payment account associated with a customer, and a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory. The processing circuit is structured to receive a pre-filtered offer from an offer vendor, aggregate the pre-filtered offer with other received pre-filtered offers from multiple offer vendors to create an aggregated offer list, filter the aggregated offer list based on the account information for the customer to create a filtered offer list, generate a prioritized offer list based on the account information for the customer, and transmit the prioritized offer list to a customer device of the customer.
US11461794B2	Method and system for verifying accuracy of information associated with digital item A method and server for verifying accuracy of information associated with a digital item. The method includes monitoring user interactions between the plurality of users and a digital item group, receiving an indication of a new value for an item-characteristic associated with a given digital item having been previously provided with an old value, determining a difference between: (i) user interactions of users with the digital items from the digital item group having the old value for the item-characteristic, and (ii) user interactions of users with the digital items from the digital item group having the new value for the item-characteristic, and comparing the difference with a threshold value for determining whether the new value is accurate.
US11461793B2	Identification of behavioral pattern of simulated transaction data Embodiments can provide a method for identifying a behavioral pattern from simulated transaction data, the method including: simulating transaction data using a reinforcement learning model; and identifying a behavioral pattern from the simulated transaction data. The step of simulating transaction data further includes: providing standard customer transaction data representing a group of customers having similar transaction characteristics as a goal; and performing a plurality of iterations to simulate the standard customer transaction data, wherein the plurality of iterations is performed until a degree of similarity of simulated customer transaction data relative to the standard customer transaction data is higher than a first predefined threshold. In each iteration, the method includes conducting an action including a plurality of simulated transactions; comparing the action with the goal; providing feedback associated with the action based on a degree of similarity relative to the goal; and adjusting a policy based on the feedback.
US11461792B1	Method and system for tracking local businesses visited by a user A method and system is provided for identifying local businesses visited by a user. Location and movement data for a user is analyzed to identify points of interest (POIs) visited by a user, and POIs which were not visited while the user travelled to the visited POIs. The POIs are categorized as corresponding to local businesses or national/global businesses, and local business metrics are generated according to frequencies in which the user visits local businesses and/or passes over national/global businesses in favor of local businesses. Then the local business metrics are presented on the user's client computing device along with a heat map indicating frequencies in which the user visited businesses within a geographic area, and/or a cool map indicating frequencies in which the user passed by businesses within the geographic area.
US11461786B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing cross cloud engagement activity visualization without requiring database merge or data replication Described herein are means for implementing cross cloud engagement activity visualization without requiring database merge or data replication. For instance, an exemplary system includes: means for operating a database system communicably interfaced with the system of the host organization; means for operating a virtual entity bridge communicably interfacing the system with a remote cloud platform storing engagement activity data representing interactions of potential customers with a marketing campaign; means for generating a unified GUI to display a plurality of the CRM records at a user computing device; means for surfacing a plurality of related rows from the stored engagement activity data related to one of the plurality of CRM records by automatically querying the remote cloud platform via the virtual entity bridge for the plurality of related rows; means for populating the unified GUI with the surfaced plurality of rows; and means for transmitting the unified GUI to the user computing device for display.
US11461785B2	System and method to identify, classify and monetize information as an intangible asset and a production model based thereon The method and system identifies and classifies and monetizes intangible asset (I.A.) unstructured digital data in a computer system by ownership characterizations and intellectual property (I.P.) classifications. Enterprise and non-enterprise data collections are searched based upon an expanded project specification (of descriptive functions, characteristics and objectives). Primary search terms from the project are expanded by content, contextual and taxonomic analysis to generate a plurality of search string parameters employed to search the data collections. The search engine returns data and documents, ownership characteristics are ascertained by comparison of the returns and I.P. classifications are made based upon the returns. This process also handles unstructured enterprise specific data not otherwise located in the data collections or unstructured data from other I.A. programs such as H.R. performance modules, supply chain modules or CRM modules. Unstructured data matching an organized data set from project and the search returns is integrated into the organized data set.
US11461782B1	Distinguishing humans from computers Systems and methods are provided that distinguish humans from computers. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method selects, from a storage device, a plurality of images. The method further generates a document comprising the plurality of images for the security challenge. At least one image included in the plurality of images is oriented for display in a different direction than the other images. The method further receives a selection of one or more images included in the plurality of images and determines whether the selected one or more images is oriented for display in a different direction than the other images.
US11461778B2	System, method, and article of manufacture to non-invasively authenticate an authorized user of a mobile device and displaying a scanning code over a lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device An article of manufacture has non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code executable by a processor in a mobile device to implement a method, where, when the mobile device is at a business location, a user of the mobile device is authenticated non-invasively (e.g., utilizing the camera of the mobile device, using facial recognition, utilizing the camera of the mobile device and authenticating via facial recognition, etc.). Upon successful authentication, a scanning code is displayed over a lock screen wallpaper of the mobile device, where power is conserved in the mobile device by providing the scanning code without having to unlock the mobile device.
US11461776B2	Method, system, and computer program product for representing an identifier with a sequence of words Provided is a method for representing an identifier (e.g., primary account number (PAN)) of a customer with a sequence of words. The method may include dividing the identifier (e.g., PAN) of a customer into a plurality of subsets of digits. A respective word from a database of words may be determined for each respective subset of digits of the plurality of subsets of digits. The respective words for the plurality of subsets of digits may be combined into a sequence of words. The sequence of words may be provided to a customer device of the customer. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11461773B2	Blockchain-based node management methods and apparatuses Systems and methods for blockchain-based node management. In an aspect, a system receives, by an existing node of a blockchain, a target transaction, wherein the target transaction comprises a certificate of a new node and a unique identifier of the new node; verifies the target transaction by the target transaction passing consensus verification of the blockchain; and after the target transaction passes consensus verification of the blockchain to verify the blockchain, records, in a node identity table that is used to record a certificate of a blockchain node and a unique identifier that is of the blockchain node and that corresponds to the certificate, the unique identifier and the certificate of the new node.
US11461772B2	Digital wallet conversion engine Apparatus and methods are provided for a conversion engine that bridges between incompatible digital currency systems. The conversion engine may include a non-transitory memory of a computer system that includes machine executable instructions, that when executed by a processor on the computer system cause the processor to perform one or more functions of the conversion engine. The conversion engine may receive a request from a source digital wallet application and extract a destination digital wallet from the request. The conversion engine may locate currency referenced by the source digital currency application and verify a transactional integrity of the currency. The conversion engine may transfer the currency from the source digital wallet application to the destination digital wallet application.
US11461771B2	Hybrid digital ledger control with address encoding Disclosed techniques enable hybrid digital ledger control with address encoding. A digital ledger is accessed using a centralized computing platform. The digital ledger comprises a decentralized blockchain. A wallet address for a user is determined, where the wallet address is associated with a digital token in the digital ledger. A digitally mapped value is encoded based on the wallet address. The digitally mapped value includes the wallet address, a transaction amount, and a type of digital currency. Access to the digital token is enabled, where the access is enabled using the encoding, the centralized computing platform, and the digital ledger. A smart contract is updated using the centralized computing platform, where the updating reflects the access enabled to the digital token.
US11461770B2	Active application of secondary transaction instrument tokens for transaction processing systems Systems and methods for active application of secondary transaction instrument tokens in transaction processing systems are provided. A transaction processing server receives a transaction request identifying a request to authorize a transaction using a first transaction instrument and a first token processing engine issues the transaction request with a first transactable token associated with the first transaction instrument for use by a first remote entity to authorize the first transaction instrument. The transaction processing server receives a transaction request failed message and actively routes a non-transactable token from the first token processing engine to a second token processing engine. The second token processing engine reissues the transaction request with a second transactable token associated with the second transaction instrument for use by a second remote entity to authorize the second transaction instrument and receives an indication that the transaction completed successfully using the second transactable token.
US11461768B2	Systems and methods for data file transfer balancing and control on blockchain A balance and control system may write a data file transfer confirmation from a transmitter system to a blockchain in response to the transmitter system transmitting a data file to a receiver system with the confirmation including a transmitter system address, a receiver system address, and a first hash of the data file. The system may also write a data file transfer acknowledgement from a receiver system to the blockchain with the acknowledgement including the transmitter system address, the receiver system address, and a second hash of the data file. The blockchain may execute a smart contract to compare the first hash of the data file to the second hash of the data file to identify an out-of-balance file transfer event. A monitoring device of the B&C system may read the out-of-balance file transfer event from the blockchain.
US11461765B2	Systems and methods for multi-use account system The present disclosure relates to an account system for optimizing transactions for a user. In one implementation, the system may include at least one processor and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, configure the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations may include receiving, from the merchant system, merchant information for the transaction, retrieving, based on the account number, a database record from a database, the database record comprising the plurality of financial accounts associated with the user and user preferences, determining financial account data associated with each of the plurality of financial accounts, determining, using an optimization algorithm, a preferred financial account from the plurality of financial accounts based on the financial account data, the user preferences, and the merchant information, and selecting, based on the determination, the preferred financial account to complete the transaction.
US11461762B2	NFC payment method and apparatus implemented on mobile terminal Disclosed embodiments include an NFC payment method and apparatus implemented on a mobile terminal. In some embodiments, an NFC payment function of a mobile terminal is activated; an NFC connection to a POS terminal is directly established in an inactive-screen state, so as to start the current payment process; payment authentication is performed on a user, so as to instruct the POS terminal to make a payment when the authentication is completed. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provides a more convenient and efficient NFC payment manner. In some embodiments, the system can directly invoke NFC quick payment in an inactive-screen state, which significantly reduces an operation time and operation cost of a user. Moreover, the user may need to be authenticated before the payment, which also guarantees the security of the payment. Therefore, some embodiments of the present disclosure provides better mobile quick payment experience for the user.
US11461761B2	System for conducting transactions independent of point of sale system A method of conducting transactions between a customer device and a merchant device is presented. The method entails receiving login information from the customer device at a merchant venue, assigning a ticket to the customer device, receiving, from a merchant device, a predetermined amount of currency associated with the customer device, associating the predetermined amount of currency with the ticket, receiving, from the customer device, an approval to carry out a financial transaction for at least the predetermined amount of currency using a payment card number, and receiving, from a gateway, a notification that the financial transaction is completed using the payment card number.
US11461760B2	Authentication using application authentication element Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing transactions through mobile communication devices using either telecommunications networks or proximity near-field communications systems are disclosed. A mobile communication device may display an application authentication element. The application authentication element may include a pre-selected authentication element and transaction data associated with a transaction conducted by a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device may obtain the pre-selected authentication element by either transmitting a request to a server computer or retrieving the pre-selected authentication element from a secure memory in the mobile communication device. A user authentication token may be received by the mobile communication device from the user. The mobile communication device may generate a secret token that is derived from the user authentication token. If the secret token is correlated to a secret reference token, then a transaction may be conducted.
US11461758B2	Method for payment with cash card Method for cash card payment in a payment station for debit and credit cards. The invention is characterised in that the cash card (1) comprises a processor and is caused to store a unique identity associated with a money amount, which exists at a money institution (3), such as a central bank, or which is caused to be transferred from a bank account or the corresponding, to the money institution, in that the transferred amount is caused to be stored on the cash card (1), in that the amount lacks a connection to the proprietor of the cash card except via the said identity, in that, at payment using the cash card (1), the amount to be paid is caused to be transferred, together with the said identity, from the cash card (1) to a payment terminal (5) comprising the said payment station, in that the payment terminal (5) is caused to store the paid amount together with the said identity and that a remaining amount after payment is counted down on the cash card and is stored on the cash card, and in that the payment terminal (5) is caused to activate the money institution (3) to transfer, using the identity, the amount to be paid using the cash card (1) to an account (7) belonging to the point of sale where the payment terminal (5) is located.
US11461757B2	Method and system for fare collection and validation on a transportation network The invention provides a system and method for executing payment of a fare for fare collection and validation for a journey on a vehicle in a transportation network. For each journey taken by an individual on the transportation system, a central server receives from a mobile device of the individual an identifier of the mobile device together with data indicative of a station of embarkation of the journey. The mobile device identifier and the station of embarkation are transmitted to the central server over one or more wireless networks. The central server comprises a processor configured to determine a fare for the journey based on the station of embarkation.
US11461756B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, electronic receipt system, and terminal device An information processing system includes hardware, including a processor and a memory, an information processing apparatus and a terminal device. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a storing unit and a controlling unit. The receiving unit is implemented at least by the hardware and that receives, from a store terminal, information on merchandise purchased by a customer. The storing unit is implemented at least by the hardware and that stores at least one of a weight and a volume of the merchandise associated with the customer. The controlling unit is implemented at least by the hardware and that causes information including at least one of the weight and the volume of the merchandise purchased by the customer to be output as output information in response to a request from the external device. The terminal device requests the output information.
US11461755B2	Closed-loop testing of integrated circuit card payment terminals Technologies for closed-looped testing of integrated circuit card payment terminals include loading a test profile onto an integrated circuit payment card. Authorization request and response messages are locally generated and translated to simulate acquirer processor processing and payment network processing. An outcome report indicative of the outcome of the test transaction is generated and transmitted to a remote certification server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11461752B2	Wifi sharing system with mesh network functionality Described is a secure WiFi sharing system for use between neighbors or others in like proximity. The system may include a WiFi signal with an established network connection and a user computing device seeking to access the network connection through the WiFi signal. The system allows the user computing device to rent or share the WiFi signal through the system and establish a secure connection between the user computing device and the WiFi network without the need of sharing the SSID and/or the password. Further, the system automatically changes a user computing device to another WiFi signal on the system and in proximity if the signal strength of the connected WiFi signal drops below a minimum threshold.
US11461750B2	Providing payment options without requiring online shop integration Initiation of a purchase at an online shop or other retailer can be detected. In addition to, or instead of a payment method integrated with the online shop, one or more alternative payment services that are not integrated with the online shop or retailer can be considered for selection. A non-integrated payment service can be selected based on terms offered by the non-integrated payment service. The selected goods or services can be paid for by the non-integrated payment service using a virtual credit card. The user can reimburse the non-integrated payment service under the terms offered by the non-integrated payment service.
US11461749B2	Smart card with active directional indicia and methods of use thereof A smart card includes a plurality of display devices on an outside surface of a housing. Circuitry within the housing includes a processor, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one computing device located within a geographic region around the smart card. The processor is configured to continuously receive a plurality of communication signals from the computing device, to continuously assess a geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device within the geographic region using the plurality of communication signals, to continuously activate or deactivate the plurality of display devices based on the geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device in the geographic region for providing a user with a directional indication, distance indication, or both, to the computing device in the geographic region.
US11461747B1	Cardless ATM authentication Systems and methods for cardless authentication of a user at an automated teller machine are described. The ATM may be operated by a financial institution such as a bank. The method comprises displaying an initial screen on the ATM and authenticating the user at the ATM using authentication information transferred from a mobile device. The method further comprises determining available service options for the user of the ATM based upon the cardless authentication of the user at the ATM using the mobile device.
US11461745B2	Payment method and apparatus, related device, and system A payment method by a processing server to process payment that is independently performed between a user equipment and a payment channel server is provided. The method includes: generating, by the processing server, a payment order bound to a merchant order generated by a merchant device by determining a corresponding item ID, of a service and/or a product for purchase, that is registered with the payment channel server, the merchant order corresponding to the service and/or the product provided by the merchant device; obtaining, by the processing server, a payment voucher corresponding to the payment order; matching, by the processing server, based on the payment voucher, the merchant order bound to the payment order; and transmitting, by the processing server to the merchant device, based on the matched merchant order, a service/product providing notification for providing the service and/or the product to the user equipment.
US11461744B2	Introducing variance to online system access procedures Techniques are disclosed relating to determining characteristics associated with attempts to request access an online system. A security test that changes one or more parameters associated with accessing the online system may be implemented for a determined time interval. The parameters changed may include user interface parameters, security threshold parameters, and addresses of servlets in the online system. Access requests received during the security test may be compared to access requests received before and after the security test to determine characteristics of scripted access requests (e.g., automated attacks by one or more malicious users) and legitimate access requests to the online system. The present techniques enhance computer system security and can bolster network bandwidth by allowing malicious access requests to be more easily identified and filtered out.
US11461741B2	Systems and methods for identifying automotive parts in a salvage yard Systems and methods for identifying automotive parts in a salvage yard are provided. In particular, some embodiments include graphical user interfaces and backend systems that allow users to engage in remote inquiries of available automotive parts in salvage yard and perform a market analysis of those parts. A user makes a request for a type of recyclable assembly by providing the code associated with the parameters of the parts. The code is then compared to a recyclable part database that includes parts from several salvage yards. When a part is identified as being in a particular salvage yard, the user is notified of the location and is connected with on-site parts pullers. This is facilitated through geofencing and location aware sensors. Moreover, the user is provided with a market analysis to indicate the demand for the parts.
US11461739B2	Privacy-sensitive, multi-calendar synchronization A system comprises circuitry configured to operate as a calendar synchronization service and to operate as a database service. The calendar synchronization service is configured to query the domain name system to determine which one or more levels of event information are permitted to be propagated from a first electronic calendar hosted by a first calendar host to a second electronic calendar hosted by a second calendar host. The database service is configured to store rules for propagating events on the first electronic calendar to the second electronic calendar. The calendar synchronization service may be configured to receive, via an application programming interface (API), a notification of a first event on the first electronic calendar, wherein the first event has a start time, duration, summary, description, and one or more attendees. The calendar synchronization service is configured to determine, based on the rules, to-be-propagated other properties of the first event.
US11461738B2	System and methods for improved email security by linking customer domains to outbound sources A method includes receiving, in a computer including a processor and memory, message reporting data indicating source addresses associated with email messages received by at least one receiving organization. Each source address specifies a sender of a selected one of the email messages. In the computer, outbound providers associated with the source addresses are identified. In the computer, the source addresses are classified based on the identified outbound providers. In the computer, the source addresses are aggregated based on the classification. In the computer, a report is generated including the aggregated source addresses.
US11461737B2	Unified parameter and feature access in machine learning models The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a function call for a function that calculates an attribute associated with a machine learning model. For each argument of the function call, the system identifies a parameter type of the argument, wherein the parameter type represents a type of data used with the machine learning model. The system also obtains a value accessor for retrieving features specific to the parameter type and obtains a value represented by the argument using the value accessor. The system then calculates the attribute by applying the function to the value and uses the attribute to execute the machine learning model.
US11461734B2	Sensor based product arrangement A computer-implemented method includes: determining, by a computer device, initial locations of products in a repository; determining, by the computer device, an initial arrangement of the products based on the initial locations; determining, by the computer device, current locations of the products in the repository; determining, by the computer device and based on the initial locations and the current locations, that one of the products is moved away from its home location; determining, by the computer device and based on the determining the one of the products is moved away from its home location, that the one of the products is misplaced based on predefined conditions being satisfied; and generating, by the computer device, an alert based on the determining the one of the products is misplaced.
US11461733B2	Behavior analysis device, behavior analysis system, behavior analysis method, and program A behavior analysis device includes an approach information acquisition unit configured to acquire approach information indicating whether or not a person has approached a shelf on which a plurality of goods are displayed, a determination unit configured to determine as stockout information a position of a stockout item which is out of stock among the plurality of goods displayed on the shelf and a stockout of the stockout item, and an analysis unit configured to perform behavior analysis of the person on the basis of the approach information and the stockout information.
US11461730B2	In-vehicle device, arrival notification system, and arrival notification method An objective of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle device, an arrival notification system and an arrival notification method which can enable an arrival of the vehicle to be easily recognized by a user. The objective is achieved by causing a notification device with a communication function to generate a notification sound when the vehicle arrives at a delivery target, which can enable an arrival of the vehicle to be easily recognized by the user. I.e., this can cause the notification device to generate the notification sound more easily and it can be recognized by users more easily than an arrival notification method by merely sending an electronic mail.
US11461727B2	Plant evaluation system, plant evaluation method, and program A plant evaluation system is configured to calculate performance of a plant while receiving setting of operating conditions of the plant and devices installed in the plant and simulating a secular change occurring in the plant during an evaluation target period included in the operating conditions. At least one of the devices is added, a selection of a component improving performance of a certain device is received, and an improvement of the performance of the device by the component is expected and the performance of the plant is calculated.
US11461724B2	Computer system, program, and method for providing advice on communication The present invention provides a computer system providing an advice on communication. The computer system (100) of the present invention is configured to receive characteristics of a plurality of users (S501), to mutually compare the characteristics of two users out of the plurality of users (S502), and output an advice on communication between the two users on the basis of the comparison of the characteristics of the two users (S503).
US11461723B2	Cloud-based, data-driven artificial intelligence and machine learning financial planning and analysis visualization platform A system for generating financial projections for a business entity and providing a graphical visualization of the financial projections on a display is disclosed herein. The system receives as an input actual financial data of said business entity. The system sorts said actual financial data into predefined categories. The system uploads the sorted actual financial data into a database. The system generates projected financial data comprising projected income, projected balance sheet, and variance between said actual financial data and said projected financial data using a plurality of predefined algorithms in conjunction with inputted user selectable variable parameter values. The system generates graphical visualizations of said actual and projected data. The system transmits the graphical visualizations for display in an interactive manner. The projected financial data visualizations are modified in dependence on a user changing one or more of said selectable variable parameter values.
US11461722B2	Questionnaire response automation for compliance management Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments, are adapted for mapping various questions regarding a data breach from a master questionnaire to a plurality of territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires. The answers to the questions in the master questionnaire are used to populate the territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires and determine whether disclosure is required in territory. The system can automatically notify the appropriate regulatory bodies for each territory where it is determined that data breach disclosure is required.
US11461720B1	Method for imparting sustainability credence attributes for animal source food products A method for imparting sustainability credence attributes for animal source food products is provided. First, at least one animal source food product is produced. The manure associated with that production is collected and treated, and the nitrogen and phosphorus content of the manure is analyzed and time stamped. At least one sustainability outcome from the treated manure is quantified, and an animal source food product, including a product package, animal package lot, individual live animal, or a plurality of live animals, is identified and labeled, and direct and indirect sustainability outcomes are linked with the animal source food product. Sustainability outcomes are demonstrated to buyers or post-processors of animal source food products, first by combining the sustainability outcome data and food animal production data with food animal producer provenance data from the same or a corresponding time interval, and then by providing access to that data.
US11461719B2	Operation management apparatus and operation management method of autonomous travel vehicle A schedule changer executes, as a schedule change process for changing a normal operation schedule, a cut-in change process in which a plurality of operating vehicles are divided into a sequence of an advanced vehicle line group for which a departure target time is advanced from a departure target time determined based on the normal operation schedule, and a sequence of a delayed vehicle line group for which the departure target time is delayed from the departure target time determined based on the normal operation schedule, and an inter-vehicle space between the advanced vehicle line group and the delayed vehicle line group is enlarged for an additional vehicle.
US11461718B2	Direct to store supply chain system and method A system and a method are provided for a direct to store supply chain to bring high volume, bulk space products directly from suppliers, manufacturers, and vendors to retail locations, thereby bypassing retailer distribution centers. The system comprises an order management and invoicing system configured to facilitate demand signals from retail locations to manufacturers and vendors of desired products. A routing optimization system is configured to continually optimize an aggregate of orders so as to produce lowest-cost shipping solutions. A tracking and notification system is configured to provide manufacturers with clear tracking visibility of en-route deliveries once they leave manufacturing facilities.
US11461715B2	Cognitive analysis to generate and evaluate implementation plans Techniques for text evaluation are provided. A curated dataset comprising a plurality of textual documents is received. A tree of classifiers is trained, based on the curated dataset, to identify use cases. A feature graph model is generated, based on the curated dataset, to determine textual similarity. A new document is received, and a plurality of requirements is extracted from the new document. For each requirement, one or more vector scores are generated by evaluating the requirement using the tree of classifiers, one or more feature scores are generated by evaluating the requirement using the feature graph model, and one or more use cases are identified for the new textual document based on the one or more vector scores and the one or more feature scores. An implementation is generated for the new document based on the one or more use cases.
US11461713B1	Machine learning platform for real time occupancy forecasting and resource planning Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine learning for resource planning. A computing platform may detect an occupancy modification event for a physical space. Based on detecting the occupancy modification event, the computing platform may send commands directing display of a data collection prompt to end user devices, which may prompt for work to be performed by users of the end user devices in the physical space during a first day. Using natural language processing, the computing platform may analyze user input information and other occupancy data to determine whether or not the users of the end user devices have permission to occupy the physical space during the first day. The computing platform may cause the end user devices to display a resource management interface indicating whether or not the users of the end user devices have valid permission to physically occupy the physical space during the first day.
US11461709B2	Resource capacity planning system A system is provided that generates a capacity plan for a resource representing supply to meet demand based on minimizing a cost objective. The system generates demand scenarios by applying a stochastic process that factors in historical information, future goals, and uncertainty in demand. The system generates supply scenarios indicating supply over time for the resource by applying a stochastic process that factors in factors relating to quantity of supply units of the resource and uncertainty in supply. The system identifies a supply scenario that minimizes costs relating to delivery of supply at times other than the times at which supply is need to meet demand based on the demand scenarios. The supply scenario represents the capacity plan.
US11461706B2	System to facilitate predictive analytic algorithm deployment in an enterprise According to some embodiments, an analytics computing environment data store may contain a set of electronic data records, each electronic data record being associated with a predictive analytic algorithm and including an algorithm identifier and a set of algorithm characteristic values. An analytics environment computer may receive an adjustment from a user associated with an enterprise, the adjustment changing at least one of the set of algorithm characteristic values for a predictive analytic algorithm. Deployment of the predictive analytic algorithm may then be initiated in an enterprise operations workflow and at least one result may be generated. The deployed predictive analytic algorithm may then monitor the result and generate an alert signal when the result exceeds a boundary condition.
US11461705B2	Data fusion system Provided are methods, systems, devices, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for providing data including vehicle map service data. The disclosed technology can perform operations including receiving vehicle map service data from client systems. The vehicle map service data can include information associated with a geographic area or sensor observations of a vehicle. Two or more portions of the vehicle map service data to which a client system is subscribed can be determined. Fused data based on the two or more portions of the vehicle map service data to which the client system is subscribed can be generated. Furthermore, the client system can be provided with access to the fused data. Access to the fused data can include authorization to send or receive portions of the vehicle map service data associated with the fused data.
US11461703B2	Determinantal reinforced learning in artificial intelligence Methods and systems for selecting and performing group actions include selecting parameters for an approximated action-value function, which determines a reward value associated with a particular group action taken from a particular state, using a determinant of a parameter matrix for the action-value function. A group action is selected using the approximated action-value function and the selected parameters. Agents are triggered to perform respective tasks in the group action.
US11461700B2	Methods and systems for using artificial intelligence to analyze user activity data A system for using artificial intelligence to analyze user activity data, the system comprising a computing device configured to receive from a user, at least a biological extraction and at least a user activity datum, determine a current user location, generate a diagnostic output as a function of the biological extraction, wherein the diagnostic output comprises a condition of the user, retrieve, from a fingerprint database, at least a datum of user fingerprint data, identify a plurality of compatible elements at the current user location as a function of the condition of the user, select at least a compatible element as a function of the fingerprint data, and present, via a graphical user interface, the at least a compatible element to a user device.
US11461698B2	Integrated machine learning audiovisual application for a defined subject Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for utilizing a feedback loop to continuously improve an artificial intelligence (AI) engine's determination of predictive features associated with a topic. An embodiment operates by training an AI engine for a topic using data from a data source, wherein the topic is associated with a geolocation. The embodiments first receives a set of predictive features for the topic from the trained AI engine. The embodiment transmits the set of predictive features for the topic to a set of electronic devices. The embodiment second receives a set of audiovisual content captured by the set of electronic devices. The set of electronic devices capture the set of audiovisual content based on the set of predictive features for the topic. The embodiment finally retrains the AI engine based on the first set of audiovisual content.
US11461697B2	Contextual modeling using application metadata Provided is a system and method for building context from software applications and applying the context to visual settings in a graphical user interface. In one example, the method may include receiving an identification of actions performed by a user with respect to a user interface of a software application, receiving application metadata of the actions from the software application, the application metadata providing context associated with the actions, training one or more predictive models to predict user interface preferences for the user based on the actions and the application metadata, and storing the one or more trained predictive models via a storage device.
US11461696B2	Efficacy measures for unsupervised learning in a cyber security environment A method for performing searches of user information comprises: receiving an initial dataset including the user information; calculating distance metrics between pairs of data in the initial dataset; performing unsupervised learning on the initial dataset to obtain a plurality of total number of clusters, each total number of clusters covering the initial dataset; determining efficacy measures for each total number of clusters using a plurality of distance metric thresholds; determining a desired efficacy measure in the efficacy measures, the desired efficacy measure corresponding to a desired distance metric threshold in the plurality of distance metric thresholds; determining a desired total number of clusters in the plurality of total number of clusters, the desired total number of clusters corresponding to the desired distance metric threshold; and performing unsupervised learning on the initial dataset using the desired total number of clusters to obtain a number of data representations of the user information.
US11461692B2	System and method for single-loop vehicle classification using inductive loop vehicle signatures Single loop inductive sensors are widely deployed in infrastructure for traffic data collection, however, these loops currently provide little more than vehicle detection. A system and method are provided that enable single loop inductive sensors to be used for vehicle classification (e.g., identification as motorcycle, passenger car, bus, etc.). Classification may be done using the Federal Highway Administration's 13 class system. Initially a signature library is built from vehicle signatures with known classifications. Vehicle signature waveforms of unknown classification obtained from inductive loop sensors are analyzed to identify specific features in the waveform including the number of “peaks”, the first peak location and its magnitude. A classifier (e.g., K-nearest neighbor) uses a representation of the vehicle signature and the features to determine from the signature library the classification of the vehicle.
US11461691B2	Performance manager to autonomously evaluate replacement algorithms An algorithm data store may contain information about a pool of available algorithms (e.g., to improve operation of an industrial asset). A deployment platform may be implemented in an edge portion at an industrial site associated with a live environment executing a current algorithm. A lifecycle manager of the deployment platform may manage execution of the current algorithm in the live environment creating source data. A performance manager may receive an indication of a selected at least one potential replacement algorithm from the pool of available algorithms and manage execution of the at least one potential replacement algorithm in a shadow environment using the source data. The performance manager may then report performance information associated with the at least one potential replacement algorithm. When appropriate, the potential replacement algorithm may replace the current algorithm.
US11461687B1	Automated data modeling for abbreviations utilizing fuzzy reasoning logic A system includes a network interface configured to access an enterprise data warehouse and an enterprise abbreviation list that maps enterprise terms to abbreviations. A processing device can communicate with the network interface and a memory device that stores instructions to analyze the enterprise data warehouse to determine name attribute scores based on occurrences of the enterprise terms and the abbreviations in the enterprise data warehouse. Execution of the instructions can also generate a scoring summary of phrases, apply fuzzy reasoning logic to identify one or more relationship patterns and weights for the phrases including at least one shared word to produce training data for a data model associated with the enterprise data warehouse, and update the data model with a new abbreviated field name associated with a new field name based on identifying a closest match of the new field name with the training data.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10