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US11496183B2	Method for controlling 5G antenna and electronic device therefor An electronic device including a second wireless communication circuit providing second radio access technology (RAT) and a communication processor controlling the second wireless communication circuit are provided. The communication processor may allocate a detection symbol for detecting an external object, may detect the external object from the allocated symbol, and may control the second wireless communication circuit based on the detected external object.
US11496182B2	Leakage detection for cable TV systems with upstream signals above 118 MHz A method of using customer premise cable modem equipment to generate a signal that can be used for leakage detection. Various signal types are described which are usable for the purposes of leakage detection.
US11496180B2	Systems and methods for ultra wideband impulse radio transceivers Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology exploits modulated coded impulses over a wide frequency spectrum with very low power over a short distance for digital data transmission. Today's leading edge modulated sinusoidal wave wireless communication standards and systems achieve power efficiencies of 50 nJ/bit employing narrowband signaling schemes and traditional RF transceiver architectures. However, such designs severely limit the achievable energy efficiency, especially at lower data rates such as below 1 Mbps. Further, it is important that peak power consumption is supportable by common battery or energy harvesting technologies and long term power consumption neither leads to limited battery lifetimes or an inability for alternate energy sources to sustain them. Accordingly, it would be beneficial for next generation applications to exploit inventive transceiver structures and communication schemes in order to achieve the sub nJ per bit energy efficiencies required by next generation applications.
US11496175B2	Attachment method and system A mobile device capable of being magnetically attached to a surface may include a first attachment module. The first attachment module may be configured to generate a first magnetic field causing the mobile device to be magnetically attached to the surface. The first attachment module, in response to a pick-up signal corresponding to a detected first operation of a user to pick up the mobile device, may perform at least one of reducing a strength of the first magnetic field or reversing a polarity of the first magnetic field.
US11496173B2	Apparatus and method for conversion between analog and digital domains with a time stamp An apparatus and method are disclosed with some embodiments including an analog and time to digital converter (ATDC) including a receiver, the receiver for receiving an analog channel input for conversion to a digital data, the digital data having at least one bit, and a defined absolute reference time stamp, the defined absolute reference time stamp representing an absolute reference time associated with conversion of the analog channel input to the digital data and an analog-to-digital converter, the converter converting the analog channel input to the digital data.
US11496171B1	Multi-stage signal reconstruction Aspects relate to reconstructing a received non-linearly distorted (e.g., clipped) signal. A transmitting device may non-linearly distort a signal to be transmitted (e.g., by clipping peaks of the signal). This non-linear distortion may adversely affect decoding of the signal at a receiving device. To improve decoding performance at the receiving device, the transmitting device provides information regarding some of the non-linear distortion (e.g., information regarding a subset of the peaks that have been clipped) to the receiving device. The receiving device may reconstruct the signal based on this information (e.g., by reconstructing the subset of the peaks and adding the reconstructed peaks to the received clipped signal). In addition, the receiving device estimates the remaining non-linear distortion in the reconstructed signal (e.g., due to clipped peaks that were not indicated in the clipping information) by slicing the reconstructed signal and clipping the sliced signal, and provides a final reconstructed signal.
US11496168B2	Radio frequency circuit, radio frequency module, and communication device A radio frequency circuit includes an amplifier capable of amplifying a first radio frequency signal and a second radio frequency signal that has a frequency different from a frequency of the first radio frequency signal. Here, the amplifier uses a first power-supply voltage to amplify one of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal and uses a second power-supply voltage to amplify both the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal together. A value of the second power-supply voltage is greater than a value of the first power-supply voltage.
US11496163B2	Radio frequency circuit, radio frequency module, and communication device A radio frequency circuit includes: a first power amplifier capable of amplifying a first radio frequency signal and a second radio frequency signal each having a different frequency; and a second power amplifier capable of amplifying the second radio frequency signal. In a case where the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal are simultaneously transmitted, (i) under a condition that a sum of a bandwidth of the first radio frequency signal and a bandwidth of the second radio frequency signal is broader than or equal to a predetermined bandwidth, the first radio frequency signal is amplified by the first power amplifier, and the second radio frequency signal is amplified by the second power amplifier, and (ii) under a condition that the sum is narrower than the predetermined bandwidth, the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal are amplified by the first power amplifier.
US11496161B2	Modular filter/duplexer system A modular filter system includes a front panel, a back panel, and a multiband combiner coupled to the front panel, the combiner including an antenna connector and filter connectors. The modular filter system further includes filter modules separate from the combiner, each filter module including first and second connectors to pass respective frequency bands, and a combiner connector to pass the frequency bands. Each filter module is configured to duplex, combine, or split first signals in the first frequency band and second signals in the second frequency band. The combiner connector of each filter module is coupled to a respective filter connector using a respective cable. The modular filter system further includes a fixing system comprising bars and plates, the bars coupled to the front and back panels using fasteners, wherein the bars and plates are configured to secure the filter modules between the combiner and the back panel.
US11496157B2	Parallel bit interleaver A bit interleaving method involves applying a bit permutation process to a QC-LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks each including Q bits, and dividing the codeword after the permutation process into a plurality of constellation words each including M bits, the codeword being divided into F×N/M folding sections, each of the constellation words being associated with one of the F×N/M folding sections, and the bit permutation process being applied such that each of the constellation words includes F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in a given folding section associated with a given constellation word.
US11496154B2	High performance, flexible, and compact low-density parity-check (LDPC) code Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for puncturing of structured low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for a high-performance, flexible, and compact LDPC code. Certain aspects can enable LDPC code designs to support large ranges of rates, blocklengths, and granularity, while being capable of fine incremental redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) extension while maintaining good floor performance, a high-level of parallelism to deliver high throughout performance, and a low description complexity.
US11496149B2	Bit string conversion invoking bit strings having a particular data pattern Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to bit string conversion are described. A memory resource and/or logic circuitry may be used in performance of bit string conversion operations. The logic circuitry can perform operations on bit strings, such as universal number and/or posit bit strings, to alter a level of precision (e.g., a dynamic range, resolution, etc.) of the bit strings. For instance, the memory resource can receive data comprising a bit string having a first quantity of bits that correspond to a first level of precision. The logic circuitry can determine that the bit string having the first quantity of bits has a particular data pattern and alter the first quantity of bits to a second quantity of bits that correspond to a second level of precision based, at least in part, on the determination that the bit string has the particular data pattern.
US11496147B2	Fractal digital to analog converter systems and methods An electronic device may include digital circuitry to operate via digital signals and analog circuitry to operate via analog signals. The electronic device may also include a fractal digital to analog converter (DAC) to convert a digital signal into an analog signal. The fractal DAC may include a unit cell array having a branching data path and multiple unit cells disposed in a fractal pattern. The fractal DAC may also include multiple decision units disposed within the unit cell array on the branching data path. Each decision unit may receive an incoming signal representative of at least a portion of the digital signal and direct each decision unit output to different branches of the unit cell array. The unit cells may be enabled based at least in part on the decision unit outputs to generate the analog signal.
US11496143B2	Synchronized electric meter having an atomic clock Smart electric meters configured to perform fast, time-synchronized electrical energy measurements at the consumer-level are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a smart electric meter includes circuitry configured to measure an electrical value at a location of an end user in a power system. The smart electric meter can further include an atomic clock configured to output a timing signal, and a controller configured to receive (a) the measured electrical value from the circuitry and (b) the timing signal from the atomic clock. The controller can further (a) process the electrical value to generate meter data and (b) generate a time tag based on the timing signal. Then, the controller can associate the time tag with the meter data to generate time-tagged meter data.
US11496140B2	Oscillator closed loop frequency control An electronic device comprises a regulator, and an oscillator and a resistor coupled to the regulator. The electronic device further comprises a feedback controller that includes a differential amplifier coupled between the oscillator, the resistor, and the regulator. The feedback controller is configured to apply a control voltage to the regulator in response to a resistor voltage upon the resistor and an oscillator voltage upon the oscillator. The feedback controller can be coupled to control a substantially equal voltage upon the resistor and the oscillator.
US11496139B2	Frequency measurement circuit with adaptive accuracy A frequency measurement circuit includes a counter circuit to receive a first digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) clock signal corresponding to a first DCO input codeword and a measurement signal. The counter circuit is responsive to the measurement signal to generate a count representing a measured frequency of the first DCO clock signal. A control circuit is configured to selectively adjust a parameter of the measurement signal for generating a second count of a second DCO clock signal corresponding to a second DCO codeword. The control circuit selectively adjusts the parameter based on a received control signal.
US11496137B2	Automatic frequency calibration and lock detection circuit and phase locked loop including te same An automatic frequency calibration and lock detection circuit includes a frequency error generator circuit, an automatic frequency calibration signal generator circuit, and a lock flag generator circuit. The frequency error generator circuit generates a frequency error signal based on a reference frequency signal and an output frequency signal. The frequency error signal represents a difference between a frequency of the output frequency signal and a target frequency. The automatic frequency calibration signal generator circuit generates an automatic frequency calibration output signal and an automatic frequency calibration done signal based on the frequency error signal and a first clock signal. The lock flag generator circuit generates a lock done signal based on the frequency error signal, the automatic frequency calibration done signal and a second clock signal. The frequency error generator circuit is shared by the automatic frequency calibration signal generator circuit and the lock flag generator circuit.
US11496134B2	Differential activated latch for GaN based level shifter A cross-coupled differential activated latch circuit with circuitry comprising a plurality of n-FETs and inverters that can be implemented completely in GaN. The circuitry prevents the digital latched values on the outputs of the latch from changing unless the digital input values on the inputs are different, thus preventing common-mode voltage on the inputs from corrupting the stored latch values.
US11496133B1	Radiation hardened housekeeping slave node (RH-HKSN) application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) element Embodiments may provide a radiation hardened low-power data acquisition system-on-chip (SOC) suitable for space flight. The various embodiments may provide the radiation hardened low-power data acquisition SOC having a radiation hardened semiconductor die, a radiation hardened multiplexer integrated on the radiation hardened semiconductor die and configured to receive a plurality of analog signals and selectively output an analog signal of the plurality of analog signals, at least one radiation hardened analog to digital converted integrated on the radiation hardened semiconductor die and configured to convert the analog signal to a digital signal, and a radiation hardened serial communication interface integrated on the radiation hardened semiconductor die and configured to output the digital signal. The various embodiments may provide a computing having a processor and the radiation hardened low-power data acquisition SOC electrically coupled to the processor such that the digital signal is output to the processor.
US11496132B2	Drive circuit A drive circuit has a control signal input for receiving a first control signal at a first circuit input, an optocoupler which is connected to the control signal input and which is adapted to generate a galvanically decoupled second control signal in accordance with the first control signal, an output circuit for controlling at least one circuit output terminal of the drive circuit in accordance with a third control signal, and an electronic control circuit comprising an energy supply, an input for receiving the second control signal, and an output for outputting the third control signal in accordance with the second control signal received at the input.
US11496130B2	Radio frequency switch circuit and method for controlling circuit A radio frequency switch circuit includes a negative voltage generating circuit, a notch network, a logic control circuit, and a radio frequency switching circuit. The logic control circuit can be configured to, upon being driven by the negative voltage signal generated by the negative voltage generating circuit, control the operating modes of the radio frequency switching circuit; and the notch network is connected between the negative voltage generating circuit and the logic control circuit. As such, the influence of radio frequency signals generated by the radio frequency switching circuit can be filtered through the notch network, and the interference of radio frequency signals to the negative voltage generating circuit can be reduced, thereby improving the performance of the radio frequency switch circuit, for example in insertion loss, isolation and harmonic suppression.
US11496129B2	Method and system of current sharing among bidirectional double-base bipolar junction transistors Current sharing among bidirectional double-base bipolar junction transistors. One example is a method comprising: conducting current through a first bidirectional double-base bipolar junction transistor (first B-TRAN); conducting current through a second B-TRAN the second B-TRAN coupled in parallel with the first B-TRAN; measuring a value indicative of conduction of the first B-TRAN, and measuring a value indicative of conduction of the second B-TRAN; and adjusting a current flow through the first B-TRAN, the adjusting responsive to the value indicative of conduction of the first B-TRAN being different than the value indicative of conduction of the second B-TRAN.
US11496127B2	Voltage monitoring circuit and method for monitoring a voltage Voltage monitoring circuit having an analog reset signal generator to generate a reset signal and coupled to a voltage to be monitored; first register to store a first state bit and coupled to the voltage to be monitored; second register connected in parallel to the first register, redundant to the first register, to store a second state bit, and coupled to the voltage to be monitored; logic coupled to the first and second registers and to determine a state control signal from the first and second state bits, and a second reset signal; and OR logic to receive the following signals on the input side and process them with one another according to an OR operation: a first reset signal generated by the analog reset signal generator and the second reset signal, so that a reset control signal is generated and fed to reset inputs of the registers.
US11496122B2	Phase rotator calibration apparatus and method therefor A phase rotator calibration system is provided. The phase rotator calibration system includes a phase rotator portion having input for receiving an input signal and an output for providing an output signal. A calibration portion is coupled to the phase rotator portion. The calibration portion is configured to determine a phase error based on a phase estimation. The phase estimation is generated by way of an arccosine function.
US11496117B1	Stable cuckoo filter for data streams A method for updating a stable cuckoo filter used for membership testing of data streams, executed by a processor, is described. The method includes the steps of: performing a first hash on a first element to be inserted into the stable cuckoo filter to determine a first candidate bucket; performing a second hash on a fingerprint of the first element to determine a second candidate bucket; selecting a target candidate bucket from a group consisting of the first candidate bucket and the second candidate bucket; inserting the first element into the target candidate bucket; updating the stable cuckoo filter according to one or more of a random update strategy, an insertion failure update strategy, a scanning strategy, a skip scanning update strategy, a blocked design strategy and a local time-sensitive update strategy; and obtaining an updated stable cuckoo filter.
US11496113B2	XBAR devices with excess piezoelectric material removed A filter device has a substrate with a first cavity and a second cavity on a single die; and a bonding layer formed on the substrate but not spanning the first cavity or the second cavity. A piezoelectric plate is bonded to the bonding layer and spans the first and the second cavity. However, excess portions of piezoelectric plate are removed that extend a certain length past the perimeter of the first cavity and of the second cavity. Excess portions may be piezoelectric material that extends in the length and width direction past the perimeter of a cavity by more than between 2 and 25 percent of the cavity perimeter. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate and having interleaved fingers over the first cavity.
US11496111B2	Methods of plasma dicing bulk acoustic wave components Aspects of this disclosure relate to methods of manufacturing bulk acoustic wave components. Such methods include plasma dicing to singulate individual bulk acoustic wave components. A buffer layer can be formed over a substrate of bulk acoustic wave components such that streets are exposed. The bulk acoustic wave components can be plasma diced along the exposed streets to thereby singulate the bulk acoustic wave components
US11496108B2	RF BAW resonator filter architecture for 6.5GHz Wi-Fi 6E coexistence and other ultra-wideband applications A multi-stage matching network filter circuit device. The device comprises bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator device having an input node, an output node, and a ground node. A first matching network circuit is coupled to the input node. A second matching network circuit is coupled to the output node. A ground connection network circuit coupled to the ground node. The first or second matching network circuit can include an inductive ladder network including a plurality of series inductors in a series configuration and a plurality of grounded inductors wherein each of the plurality of grounded inductors is coupled to the connection between each connected pair of series inductors. The inductive ladder network can include one or more LC tanks, wherein each of the one or more LC tanks is coupled between a connection between a series inductor and a subsequent series inductor, which is also coupled to a grounded inductor.
US11496104B2	Differential amplifier A differential amplifier is provided, in which generation of unnecessary harmonic distortion in the differential output signal is suppressed. A common mode feedback circuit increases or decreases operating points of an inverting output terminal and a non-inverting output terminal such that an intermediate voltage of voltages respectively provided to an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting input terminal is consistent with to a reference voltage. Variations in voltage at the inverting input terminal and the non-inverting input terminal are suppressed, variations in electrical properties of elements connected to the input terminals are suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress generation of harmonic distortion in the output signals from the inverting output terminal and the non-inverting output terminal.
US11496102B2	Amplifier Provided are an input matching circuit, at least one amplifying transistor that receives a signal from the input matching circuit, a first dummy transistor that receives a signal from the input matching circuit, a second dummy transistor that receives a signal from the input matching circuit, and an output matching circuit that outputs an output of the amplifying transistor, the amplifying transistor being arranged between the first dummy transistor and the second dummy transistor, the amplifying transistor, the first dummy transistor, and the second dummy transistor being provided in a row along the input matching circuit.
US11496101B2	RF transceiver front end module with improved linearity A power amplifier system front end measures both forward and reverse power associated with an RF transmit signal. A processor is configured to use measurements derived from the measured forward and reverse power output to adjust the RF transmit signal in order to compensate for one or more memory effects of the power amplifier system.
US11496100B2	Matching network and power amplifier circuit A matching network is a matching network of a power amplifier circuit that outputs a signal obtained by a differential amplifier amplifying power of a high-frequency signal. The matching network includes an input-side winding connected between differential outputs of the differential amplifier; an output-side winding that is coupled to the input-side winding via an electromagnetic field and whose one end is connected to a reference potential; a first LC series resonant circuit including a capacitive element and an inductive element connected in series with each other, and being connected in parallel with the input-side winding; and a second LC series resonant circuit including a capacitive element and an inductive element connected in series with each other, and being connected in parallel with the output-side winding.
US11496095B2	Oscillator An oscillator oscillating a tera hertz wave includes a negative resistive element including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, with a first conductor, a second conductor, and a dielectric disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor constitutes a resonator, wherein the negative resistive element is disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a layer with a higher resistivity than the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer, or an amorphous layer is disposed between the negative resistive element and the dielectric.
US11496094B1	Voltage-controlled oscillator with centertap bias A voltage-controlled oscillator comprises a varactor. A capacitance of the first varactor is dependent upon a control voltage. The voltage-controlled also comprises an inductor. The inductor is connected to a center-tap connection. The voltage-controlled oscillator also comprises a power source. The power source is configured to provide a bias voltage to the inductor through the center-tap connection. The voltage-controlled oscillator also comprises a coupling capacitor. The coupling capacitor is located between the inductor and the varactor. The voltage-controlled oscillator also comprises a coupling resistor. The coupling resistor is located between the coupling capacitor and the center-tap connection. The center-tap connection provides the bias voltage to the coupling capacitor through the coupling resistor.
US11496093B2	Oscillator circuit, oscillator, and method for controlling oscillator circuit An oscillator circuit includes an oscillating circuit coupled to a vibrator, and a control circuit that controls the oscillating circuit. The oscillator circuit has a normal operation mode in which the oscillating circuit oscillates in a state where a negative resistance value is a first value, and a start mode in which the oscillator circuit shifts from a state where oscillation is stopped to the normal operation mode. In the start mode, the control circuit controls the negative resistance value to increase from a second value which is smaller than the first value.
US11496088B2	Photovoltaic module for a roof with continuous fiber tape Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to photovoltaic module for use on a roof. In some embodiments, the photovoltaic module may include a solar cell and a polymeric continuous fiber tape. In some embodiments, the polymeric continuous fiber tape comprises a polymer and glass fiber. In some embodiments, the glass fiber is present in an amount greater than about 50% by weight based on a total weight of the polymeric continuous fiber tape. In some embodiments, the polymeric continuous fiber tape comprises an elastic modulus greater than 1 GPa and an optical transmission greater than 80%.
US11496084B2	Semiconductor device A gate voltage control/gate resistance changing circuit (21) is accommodated in the same package (P1) as a switching element (11), and outputs a driving signal to the switching element (11) to control turning on and off of the switching element (11). When an external signal is input from outside of the package (P1) to a terminal (3c) of the package (P1), a changing unit (221) accommodated in the package (P1) changes the switching speed of the switching element (11) based on the signal.
US11496083B2	Devices and methods for controlling electromechanical actuators Electromechanical actuation systems and related operating methods are provided. A method of controlling an electromechanical actuator in response to an input command signal at an input terminal involves determining a commanded actuation state value based on a characteristic of the input command signal, generating driver command signals based on the commanded actuation state value and an actuator type associated with the electromechanical actuator, and operating driver circuitry in accordance with the driver command signals to provide output signals at output terminals coupled to the electromechanical actuator.
US11496075B2	Using linear synchronous motors for retarding linear motion and conveying systems Provided is a system for reducing velocity of a conveyance. The system may include a conveyance. A first member of a linear motor may be attached to the conveyance. A second member of the linear motor may include stator coils. The second member may be separate from the first member and may be separate from the conveyance. The first member may be moveable relative to the second member. A current-interrupting device may selectively shunt at least two coil wires of the stator coils by shorting the at least two coil wires. A method for reducing velocity of a conveyance and a method for making a system for reducing velocity of a conveyance are also disclosed.
US11496074B2	Motor drive apparatus including power storage device A motor drive apparatus includes a converter; an inverter for drive; a power storage device configured to supply DC power to a direct current link or to store DC power from the direct current link; a power consumption estimation unit configured to acquire a power consumption estimation value which is an estimation value of a total power consumption at a time point later, by a predetermined time, than a value at a present time point, the total power consumption being obtained as a sum of an output of the servomotor for drive, a winding loss in the servomotor for drive, a loss in the converter and a loss in the inverter for drive; and a power storage device control unit configured to control power supply and power storage of the power storage device in accordance with the power consumption estimation value.
US11496071B2	Piezoelectric transducer-based energy harvesting module, in particular for optimized charging of the battery of an implantable medical device such as a leadless autonomous cardiac capsule The module comprises a pendular unit with an elastically deformable piezoelectric beam having a clamped end and an opposite, free end, coupled to an inertial mass. The beam produces an oscillating electrical signal collected by electrodes, which is rectified and regulated to output a voltage for charging a battery. The number and configuration of the electrodes (T1, T2, B1, B2, N) carried by the piezoelectric beam define a plurality of pairs of electrodes between which a corresponding plurality of said oscillating signals can be simultaneously collected. A switching matrix, as a function of an input command, selectively switches the plurality of pairs of electrodes between each other according to a plurality of different series (S), parallel (P) and/or series-parallel (SP) configurations, the selected configuration being that which maximizes the power sent to the battery as a function of the voltage level (VBAT) present at the terminals of the latter.
US11496070B2	Driving apparatus that drives pan head apparatus, control method therefor, vibration-wave motor apparatus, and image pickup apparatus The driving apparatus comprises a vibrating body which includes an electro-mechanical energy conversion device, and drives a vibration-wave motor which moves the vibrating body and a driven body relatively to each other. The electro-mechanical energy conversion device has sensor electrodes that output detecting signals corresponding to vibrations of the vibrating body. Based on the detecting signals, the driving apparatus determines a direction in which the vibrating body and the driven body are to be moved relatively to each other.
US11496067B2	Power conversion apparatus with dual-mode control A power conversion apparatus with dual-mode control includes a bridge arm assembly, a capacitor assembly, and control unit. The bridge arm assembly includes a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm. The control unit selectively controls the first bridge arm to be operated in a voltage source switching mode or a current source switching mode according to the load type of a first load, and controls the second bridge arm to be operated in the voltage source switching mode or the current source switching mode according to the load type of a second load.
US11496066B2	Alternator and rectifier thereof An alternator and a rectifier thereof are provided. The rectifier includes a transistor and a gate voltage control circuit. A control end of the transistor receives a gate voltage. The gate voltage control circuit generates the gate voltage according to a voltage difference between an input voltage and a rectified voltage. The gate voltage control circuit detects a first time point when the voltage difference is less than a first preset threshold voltage, provides the gate voltage during a first time interval after the first time point to turn on the transistor, and sets the voltage difference to a first reference voltage. The gate voltage control circuit regulates the gate voltage to set the voltage difference to a second reference voltage during a second time interval after the first time interval. The first time interval is independent of a cycle of the input voltage.
US11496054B2	High-gain quasi-resonant DC-DC converter based on voltage doubling rectifier circuit The present invention relates to the technical field of high-gain DC-DC converters, and disclosed is a high-gain quasi-resonant DC-DC converter based on a voltage doubling rectifier circuit. On the basis of a half-bridge quasi-resonant high-gain circuit topology and by combining a bidirectional positive and negative voltage doubling rectifier circuit, the present invention provides a high-gain DC-DC converter. The converter can further improve output voltage gain and reduce output voltage ripples, and can improve the system efficiency while reducing the number of turns of a high-frequency transformer; moreover, the converter can achieve soft-switching control, thereby having the advantages of low voltage and current stress, high efficiency, and the like.
US11496048B2	Power supply with duty cycle limiting circuit, duty cycle limiting circuit, and method of operating the same A power supply with duty cycle limiting circuit includes a conversion circuit, a drive circuit, a control unit, and a duty cycle limiting circuit. The duty cycle limiting circuit converts a control signal into a control voltage, and determines whether a power switch of a power supply is turned off according to the control voltage and a threshold voltage to limit a duty cycle of the power switch.
US11496047B2	Power converter with modular stages connected by floating terminals An apparatus for electric power conversion includes a converter having a regulating circuit and switching network. The regulating circuit has magnetic storage elements, and switches connected to the magnetic storage elements and controllable to switch between switching configurations. The regulating circuit maintains an average DC current through a magnetic storage element. The switching network includes charge storage elements connected to switches that are controllable to switch between plural switch configurations. In one configuration, the switches forms an arrangement of charge storage elements in which at least one charge storage element is charged using the magnetic storage element through the network input or output port. In another, the switches form an arrangement of charge storage elements in which an element discharges using the magnetic storage element through one of the input port and output port of the switching network.
US11496046B2	Charge pump stability control An apparatus for power conversion includes a switching network that controls interconnections between pump capacitors in a capacitor network that has a terminal coupled to a current source, and a charge-management subsystem. In operation, the switching network causes the capacitor network to execute charge-pump operating cycles during each of which the capacitor network adopts different configurations in response to different configurations of the switching network. At the start of a first charge-pump operating cycle, each pump capacitor assumes a corresponding initial state. The charge-management subsystem restores each pump capacitor to the initial state by the start of a second charge-pump operating cycle that follows the first charge-pump operating cycle.
US11496044B2	DC/DC converter and neutral-point voltage balance control method thereof The present disclosure provides a control method of a DC/DC converter and a related DC/DC converter. The control method allows for: detecting a difference between a first voltage and a second voltage; if an absolute value of the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is greater than or equal to a preset value, reselecting desired operating states of respective switches in a 1-level state according to the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage and a direction of an average current from a fourth node to a first passive network in the 1-level state; and thus outputting a control signal to enable the voltage difference between the first capacitor and the second capacitor to be reduced, thereby effectively adjusting the neutral-point voltage balance of the DC/DC converter.
US11496043B2	Vehicle on-board charger with snubber circuit An on-board charger is provided with a bulk capacitor adapted to couple to a vehicle traction battery and a relay for receiving electrical power from an external power supply and to pre-charge the bulk capacitor. A power factor correction (PFC) circuit is connected between the bulk capacitor and the relay. The PFC circuit includes a switch that is adjustable between an on-position and an off-position. The switch enables current flow from the relay to the bulk capacitor in the off-position. A snubber circuit is coupled to the switch to damp a transient voltage present at the switch during a transition from the on-position to the off-position. A processor is programmed to control the switch.
US11496041B2	Gate drive device, gate drive method, power semiconductor module, and electric power conversion device The invention provides a gate drive device, a gate drive method, a power semiconductor module, and an electric power conversion device capable of reducing a negative gate surge voltage. The gate drive device drives a semiconductor device constituting an arm in an electric power conversion device. Before a turn-off start of a drive arm, in a counter arm, a voltage between one main terminal of the semiconductor device and a gate terminal of the semiconductor device is charged to a voltage value that is larger, in a positive direction, than a negative voltage of a negative gate power supply and smaller than a gate threshold voltage of the semiconductor device.
US11496037B2	Power supply having bidirectional gate driving impulse transformer and control method thereof A power supply having a bidirectional gate driving impulse transformer. The power supply includes a transformer, a first Buck converter, the bidirectional gate driving impulse transformer, a primary side controller, a secondary side controller, a first optocoupler, and a second optocoupler; the transformer voltage-transforms a power input from a power inlet and generates an output voltage; the first Buck converter bucks the power input from the power inlet and generates a power voltage; the bidirectional gate driving impulse transformer is powered by either the output voltage or the power voltage; the primary side controller is powered by the power voltage, and the secondary side controller is powered by the output voltage; wherein the bidirectional gate driving impulse transformer drives the transformer according to either a primary side control signal from the primary side controller or a secondary side control signal from the secondary side controller.
US11496035B2	Homopolar linear synchronous machine Homopolar linear synchronous machines (200) are provided herein that include a mover device (111). The mover device (111) includes a cold plate with ferromagnetic cores extending through slots in the cold plate. Layers of armature coils are located around the ferromagnetic cores on opposite sides of the cold plate. The mover device (111) further includes at least one field coil.
US11496034B2	Haptic actuator having a double-wound driving coil for temperature-independent velocity sensing A haptic engine includes a linear resonant actuator having a double-wound driving coil which is used for sensing a back electromotive force (EMF) voltage independently of the coil resistance, thus minimizing the back EMF voltage's sensitivity to temperature.
US11496029B2	Laminated core, laminated core manufacturing method, and armature that uses a laminated core A laminated core manufacturing method according to the present invention is a manufacturing method for a laminated core including: a laminated body that is configured by laminating core strips that are made of a magnetic material, the laminated body including: a core back portion; and a tooth portion; and electrically insulating members that are disposed on two side portions of the tooth portion, wherein the laminated core manufacturing method includes a bonding step in which the insulating members are pressed onto each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion of the laminated body so as to integrate the laminated body and also so as to fix the insulating members to the laminated body, by means of at least one of an adhesive and a pressure-sensitive adhesive that is disposed between each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion and the insulating members.
US11496028B2	Hairpin type stator coil forming apparatus A hairpin type of stator coil forming apparatus includes a first forming machine configured to form a vertex in a material coil so that a central portion of the material coil protrudes upward, and to form inclined portions inclined to both sides of the vertex, a second forming machine configured to receive the material coil bent-formed by the first forming machine and to form a front/rear bent portion in the material coil by bending one inclined portion and a portion of the other inclined portion based on the vertex, and a third forming machine configured to receive the material coil bent-formed by the second forming machine and to roundly form the inclined portions in front and rear directions.
US11496020B2	Magnetic flywheel energy management system and method Flywheel based electrical energy management system and device. The device will often comprise at least one shaft mounted flywheel, each flywheel comprising a flywheel mass that contains a plurality of permanent magnets. The flywheel spins within at least one stator comprising a plurality of magnetic pickup coils configured so that the flywheel mass can rotate freely within the stator. The flywheel may be placed in a vacuum chamber and be supported by magnetic bearings. The flywheel shaft(s) are typically connected to one or more axial mounted motor generators, and the system further typically comprises a storage battery and control processor. The system handles a variety of different and not always stable input power sources, and converts this to continuous, efficient and stable electrical power. The system can handle a variety of clients, such as buildings, electric vehicles, and the like, and can operate under a variety of challenging conditions.
US11496017B2	Rotating electric machine, electric power conversion device and method of manufacturing rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine includes a field that includes a magnet unit having a plurality of magnetic poles, an armature including a multi-phase armature coil, and an electric power conversion device that is configured to perform electric power conversion and supply electric power resulting from the electric power conversion to the armature. Moreover, one of the field and the armature is configured as a rotor while the other is configured as a stator. The electric power conversion device includes at least one band-shaped busbar through which electric current flows during the electric power conversion. The at least one busbar has a cross section where a thickness in a lateral direction of the cross section at one end of the cross section in a longitudinal direction of the cross section is smaller than a thickness in the lateral direction at the other end of the cross section in the longitudinal direction.
US11496016B2	Stator, rotary electric machine, and manufacturing method for stator Provided is a rotor capable of improving the reliability of a connection between a lead conductor and a terminal member. A stator includes a winding wound around a stator core and having a lead conductor at an end thereof, and a terminal member having a connection portion to the lead conductor of the winding. The connection portion of the terminal member includes a winding-side connection portion that fixes the lead conductor, and a leading-end-side connection portion that fixes a portion closer to a leading end of the lead conductor than the winding-side connection portion.
US11496012B2	Stator and motor including same An embodiment relates to a stator and a motor including the stator, the stator comprising: a stator core; a coil wound around the stator core; and an insulator disposed between the stator core and the coil, wherein the insulator includes: a body around which the coil is wound; a first guide protruding from the inside of the body; a second guide protruding on the outside of the body a first protrusion protruding outward from the lateral surface of the first guide; and a second protrusion protruding inward from the inner surface of the second guide, and an insulating member radially disposed between the first guide and the second guide is bent in a circumferential direction by means of the first protrusion and the second protrusion. Therefore, the motor can inhibit the movement and separation of insulating paper.
US11496004B2	Device and method for transmitting or receiving data in wireless power transmission system The present invention relates to a device and a method for transmitting or receiving data in a wireless power transmission system. The present specification discloses a wireless power reception device comprising: a power pickup unit configured to receive, from a wireless power transmission device, wireless power generated on the basis of magnetic coupling in a power transmission phase; and a communication/control unit configured to receive, from the wireless power transmission device, information on a first buffer size indicating the size of a first buffer for receiving a data transmission stream. As the buffer size for exchanging the data transmission stream between the wireless power transmission device and reception device becomes clear, wireless power transmission and communication can proceed smoothly.
US11496002B2	System and method for determining Q factor According to a first aspect of the present disclosed subject matter, a method for detecting foreign objects by a host transmitter inductively coupled with a repeater, the method comprising: obtaining a Q-factor from a receiver placed on the repeater; measuring a decay pattern of at least one joint resonance frequency (JRF); determining a Q-factor of the repeater based on the decay pattern; and determining foreign object presence based on the Q-factor of the repeater and a corrected Q-factor obtained from the receiver.
US11496001B2	Detection of foreign object and friendly metal A power transmitter may send a digital ping to a receiver. The power transmitter may transfer power to the receiver. The power transmitter may receive a report from the receiver which may comprise a received power value. The power transmitter may determine a transmitted power parameter value, which may be based on a threshold value subtracted from a transmitter power and based on transmitter losses subtracted from the transmitter power. The power transmitter may determine that the received power value is less than the determined transmitted power parameter value and may send an analog ping to the receiver in response to a determination that the received power value is less than the determined transmitted power parameter value. The power transmitter may measure a decay pattern of the analog ping. The power transmitter may determine that the receiver comprises a friendly foreign object. The power transmitter may update the threshold value.
US11496000B2	Detecting foreign objects in wireless power transfer systems Foreign object detection for a wireless power transmitter can be performed using a reference Q-factor and measured Q-factor. The reference and measured Q-factors are compared to determine where a foreign object is present. The comparison is adjusted based on one or more additional parameters.
US11495998B2	Modular and efficient wireless power transfer systems with a wired charging mode A device comprises a plurality of power converters, a resonator block and a connection block. The plurality of power converters is coupled to a power port having a voltage. Each power converter comprises a plurality of switch networks, and each switch network has a plurality of power switches. The resonator block comprises a plurality of resonators. Each resonator has a resonant capacitor and is coupled to one of the plurality of power converters. The connection block comprises a switching component and is coupled to one of the plurality of resonators, and the connection block and the said resonator are configured such that the device operates in a wireless charging mode with the resonator block activated or a wired charging mode with the connection block activated.
US11495997B2	Method and sensor arrangement for transmitting energy to a sensor A method for transmitting energy to a sensor comprises transferring energy from a primary side having a primary coil to a secondary side having a secondary coil, wherein the sensor is arranged on the secondary side, wherein transfer of energy occurs via the two coils, wherein the two coils are designed to transmit data bidirectionally; acquiring a measured variable using the sensor; transmitting the measured variable from the secondary side to the primary side; requesting an energy pulse from the primary side when an event occurs that requires more energy; interrupting transmission of the measured variable; transmitting an energy pulse from the primary side to the secondary side; and returning to the normal mode upon acquisition of the measured variable; and transmitting to the primary side the measured variable. Also disclosed is a corresponding sensor arrangement for carrying out the method.
US11495989B2	Output control method of parallel battery energy storage device including inverter Provided is an output control method of a parallel battery energy storage device including an inverter. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an output control method, wherein when an external battery is connected in parallel to an inverter equipped with an internal battery and is used, output power is limited depending on a capacity of the external battery, thereby ensuring user safety.
US11495987B2	Wireless recharging devices and methods based on thermal boundary conditions Devices and methods described herein facilitate rapid wireless recharging, while reducing risk of injury, damage, or discomfort caused by heat generated during recharging. The embodiments described herein are useful in a variety of context, including for IoT devices, personal electronics, electric vehicles, and medical devices, among others.
US11495983B2	Electrical power supply system Electrical power supply system having a DC distribution bus; a rechargeable battery module which delivers DC power to the DC distribution bus in a discharge mode, and absorbs DC power from the DC distribution bus in a recharge mode; a DC/DC converter comprising an inductor and plural switches, the DC/DC converter being connected between the DC distribution bus and the rechargeable battery module; and a heat transfer arrangement configured to transfer heat between the DC/DC converter and the rechargeable battery module. The module has an idling mode of operation in which it neither delivers nor absorbs DC power to/from DC distribution bus, wherein the converter is repeatedly switchable between (i) a ramping-up configuration in which a current is withdrawn from a source, and (ii) a freewheeling configuration in which the current from the ramping-up configuration is isolated from the source to flow in a continuous loop within the converter.
US11495974B2	Modular ultracapacitor energy storage/power delivery apparatus and methods A modular integrated ultracapacitor-based energy storage and power delivery apparatus (UCAP module) is described. In some embodiments, the UCAP module comprises: at least one ultracapacitor cell coupled together in a series, parallel, or combination of both series and parallel configuration; an integrated charging unit; conductive hardware electrically coupling the ultracapacitors cells together; at least one UCAP terminal rod extending throughout the UCAP module and used to route power within the UCAP module and in some embodiments to other UCAP modules; and a protective casing. In some embodiments the UCAP terminal rod couples the UCAP module to at least one additional UCAP module in a series, parallel, or a combination of both series and parallel configurations. In other embodiments, the UCAP module further comprises connector rods that electrically and mechanically couple the UCAP module to at least one additional UCAP module.
US11495973B2	Solar panel disconnect and reactivation system A photovoltaic system with an inverter, at least one solar panel for providing electrical power, and electrical wiring for coupling electrical power from the at least one solar panel to the inverter. Also included is a transmitter for transmitting a messaging protocol along the electrical wiring, where the protocol includes a multibit wireline signal. Also included is circuitry for selectively connecting the electrical power from the at least one solar panel along the electrical wiring to the inverter in response to the messaging protocol.
US11495969B2	Method and device for detection of sub-synchronous oscillations in a power system A method for detection of a sub-synchronous oscillation in a power system includes measuring a three-phase measurement signal of an electric system value, analyzing the measurement signal to detect an oscillation component of the measurement signal having an oscillation frequency lower than a system frequency of the power system, deciding whether the detected oscillation component at the oscillation frequency qualifies as a sub-synchronous oscillation, and disconnecting a generator from the power system that might be affected by the sub-synchronous oscillation. To detect sub-synchronous oscillations with low computational effort and good accuracy, an amplitude of each phase of the oscillation component is calculated and compared against a threshold, a sub-synchronous oscillation is detected upon exceeding the threshold during a given time delay, and a fault signal is generated upon detecting a sub-synchronous oscillation. A device having a processing unit is also provided.
US11495964B2	Dual output power system for vehicles A vehicle that has electronic systems including an autonomous vehicle stack includes a dual output power system for powering the electronic systems of the vehicle. The power system includes a battery at a first voltage level for storing energy at the first voltage level, a dual output belt-driven starter generator that is started by a starter receiving power from the battery at the first voltage level and that provides dual outputs at a second voltage level for providing power to the electronics systems, at least one DC-DC converter that converts the dual outputs at the second voltage level to dual outputs at the first voltage level, and first and second power distributors that distribute power from the battery and DC-DC converter(s) to the electronic systems. The power systems may be configured to power safety critical components from respective power distributors and DC-DC converters at the respective voltage levels.
US11495962B2	Electronic device wirelessly receiving power and method of operating same An electronic device includes a reception coil configured to wirelessly receive power based on an externally formed magnetic field, a rectifier configured to rectify power generated from the reception coil, an over-voltage protection circuit connected with the rectifier, and an output capacitor connected with the over-voltage protection circuit, wherein the over-voltage protection circuit includes a negative temperature coefficient thermistor (NTC) selectively connected in parallel with the rectifier and the output capacitor and a switch connecting the NTC to the rectifier and the output capacitor when a voltage at an output terminal of the rectifier exceeds a designated threshold, and disconnecting the NTC from the rectifier and the output capacitor when the voltage at the output terminal of the rectifier is less than or equal to the designated threshold.
US11495961B2	Inrush current limiter and system including the same Provided is an inrush current limiter and a system including the same, the inrush current limiter including first and second input nodes for receiving an input voltage from a power source, a first output node and a second output node for being connected with a load, an inrush-current-limiting portion including a transistor connected between the first input node and the first output node, and for turning on the transistor when a voltage level of the input voltage is higher than a first level, and for limiting an inrush current by controlling time until the transistor is turned on after application of the input voltage, a switch connected between a control terminal of the transistor and the second input node, and a mode controller for turning on the switch when the voltage level of the input voltage is lower than a second level that is lower than the first level.
US11495959B2	System and method for improved detection of interruption of power supplied by an AC mains to a device Provided is a method for monitoring DC electrical power. The method including determining a rate of change of the DC electrical power, determining whether the rate of change of the DC electrical power is greater than a predetermined threshold, when the rate of change of the DC electrical power is greater than the predetermined threshold, determining whether the rate of change of the DC electrical power is greater than the predetermined threshold for a predetermined period of time, and when the rate of change of the DC electrical power is greater than the predetermined threshold for the predetermined period of time, sending a signal indicating an interruption in the DC electrical power.
US11495954B2	Routing apparatus, kit and system for use with an electric charging cable, and methods of using same A cable routing apparatus, for supporting an electric charging cable, includes a mounting plate and a pulley-bracket assembly, which is pivotally attachable to the mounting plate. The pulley-bracket assembly includes a pulley support member having a pulley support plate and at least one pulley support arm extending downwardly from the support plate. The pulley-bracket assembly further includes a pulley wheel for supporting part of the cable thereon, and a pulley axle extending through a central hub of the pulley wheel. A housing may be provided for covering the pulley-bracket member, and parts of the pulley support member may, optionally, be integrated into the housing. A kit including two of the described cable routing apparatus along with an intermediate pulley bracket and other components, as well as a method of installing the kit in a garage to provide a cable routing system are also described.
US11495953B2	Enclosure for cable distribution assembly An enclosure for breaking out a trunk cable includes: a base having a generally flat surface adapted for mounting to a mounting surface; a shell having a front and two side walls extending from opposite sides of the front and two opposed end walls, the side walls of the shell mounted to the base to form a cavity; a plurality of connectors mounted to each of the side walls; and a trunk cable routed into the cavity through one of the end walls, the trunk cable comprising a plurality of power conductors and/or a plurality of optical fibers. The power conductors and the optical fibers are connected with respective ones of the plurality of connectors.
US11495951B2	Waterproof device A sealing device adapted for an object to be disposed through is provided. The sealing device includes a casing, a sealing elastic member, and a pressing member. The casing has an accommodating groove and a penetrating via communicated with the accommodating groove. The sealing elastic member is detachably disposed in the accommodating groove and has a through hole aligned with the penetrating via. The sealing elastic member is adapted to be compressed along an axis. The through hole has a first inner diameter before compression and a second inner diameter after compression. An outer dimension of the object is less than or equal to the first inner diameter and greater than the second inner diameter. The pressing member is detachably disposed at the casing and presses against the sealing elastic member, so that the compressed sealing elastic member is fixed in the accommodating groove.
US11495950B2	Vehicle junction box assembly having a top cover with an offset opening A top cover includes a cover portion and a jump start terminal cover. The cover portion includes a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall includes a side portion that extends along a first plane. The cover portion includes an opening configured to house a jump start terminal. The opening includes a plurality of tabs that are spaced apart from each other so as to define a corresponding slot. One of the slots is a side-slot which extends orthogonal to the side portion of the peripheral wall. The jump start terminal cover is configured to cover the jump start terminal. The jump start terminal cover includes a plurality of prongs corresponding to the number of slots one of the prongs engages the side-slot.
US11495949B2	Cable clamping apparatus A cable clamping apparatus (2) is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a housing (4) defining a first aperture (6) for a cable, an actuator member (24), and clamping members (22). Movement of the clamping members relative to the actuator member in an axial direction of a cable extending through the apparatus causes sliding movement of the clamping members relative to the actuator member between a first condition, in which the cable can move in the axial direction relative to the clamping members, and a one second condition, in which the cable is clamped between the clamping members. A plurality of the clamping members overlap in the axial direction.
US11495945B2	Pressure relief system and a container, building, enclosure or cubicle including a pressure relief system An actively driven pressure relief system for a container, a building, an enclosure, or a cubicle with an electrical installation, the actively driven pressure relief system includes a panel. The system further includes a fault detection device for detecting an arc fault in the electrical installation of the container, the building, the enclosure or the cubicle; and a triggering unit for triggering an opening signal for the panel upon detection of an arc fault by the fault detection device. A panel opening mechanism opens the panel in a destructive manner. Further, a container, building, enclosure or cubicle with an actively operated pressure relief system is described. A method for relieving pressure from a container with a panel and an electrical installation inside the container is also described.
US11495936B2	Optical amplifier assembly and detection method for dynamically executable optical time-domain reflection detection An optical amplifier assembly and a detection method capable of dynamically performing optical time-domain reflection detection. The detection method comprises obtaining signal light intensity detection signals from a first and second photodetectors and sending a control signal to an L-band Raman pump when the signal light intensity in the second photodetector is lower than a first preset threshold, so that the L-band Raman pump enters into an optical time-domain reflection detection mode; sending a control signal to the L-band Raman pump when the signal light intensity in the second photodetector is greater than or equal the first preset threshold, so that the L-band Raman pump enters into an L-Band Raman optical fiber amplifier operation mode.
US11495933B2	Assembly system An assembly system includes a positioning unit adapted to clamp and position a cable, a supply unit adapted to supply a connector, and an insertion unit adapted to insert an end of the cable into the connector by moving the connector. The supply unit includes a conveyor belt having a side to which ends of a plurality of connectors in a row of connectors are connected, a cutting device configured to cut each connector of the row of connectors from the conveyor belt, and a conveyor configured to move the conveyor belt, so as to move the connectors individually to the cutting device.
US11495928B2	Electronically actuated retaining latch for AC-DC adapter removable plug assembly A power adapter has a solenoid actuated retaining latch controlled by an electronic circuit that detects the presence or absence of AC mains voltage. When the assembled AC-DC adapter and plug assembly are removed from the wall, the latch detects removal and unlocks the plug assembly for easy removal without undue force required by the user. The circuit is designed for minimal power consumption, and the solenoid only consumes power when it is engaging or disengaging the latch.
US11495924B2	Ethernet bridge mounting arrangement An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.
US11495923B2	Cable cap with power indicator A cable cap for a heating cable, and a heating cable assembly including a heating cable and a cable cap, in which the cable cap includes a power indicator that illuminates when sufficient power is supplied to the distal end of the heating cable. The indicator gives an installer or a user an indication that the heating cable is functioning properly the entire length of the heating cable. The cable cap may further include a connection feature, such as an aperture, that provides a connection point for a cable pulling device such as a fish tape.
US11495922B2	Multifunctional high-voltage connector and battery product A multifunctional high-voltage connector and a battery product are disclosed. The multifunctional high-voltage connector includes: a fuse, a socket, and a plug. The socket includes a base and a socket terminal. The plug includes a seat and a plug terminal. The base includes: a first main body portion; a first accommodating portion, protruding from the first main body portion; and a second accommodating portion, protruding from the first main body portion and provided to be spaced apart from the first accommodating portion. The fuse is accommodated in the first accommodating portion. At least a part of the socket terminal is accommodated in the second accommodating portion. The seat of the plug is inserted into the second accommodating portion of the base.
US11495918B2	Wafer and backplane connector having the wafer A wafer includes a number of conductive terminals and an insulating frame. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. Each conductive terminal includes a connection portion and a contact portion. The connection portions of the differential signal terminals, the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal are located in a first plane. The first ground terminal includes a first torsion portion and the second ground terminal includes a second torsion portion. The contact portion of the first ground terminal and the contact portion of the second ground terminal are both perpendicular to the first plane. This present disclosure can provide better shielding effect, reduce crosstalk and improve the quality of signal transmission. In addition, the present disclosure also relates to a backplane connector having the wafer.
US11495912B2	Charging connector for oral health devices In one embodiment, a charging connector for charging devices, such as oral health devices, is disclosed. The charging connector may include a cable configured to connect to a power source and a plug in electrical communication with the cable and configured to connect to a device. The plug includes a plug body, a first conductive contact in electrical communication with the cable, a second conductive contact in electrical communication with the cable, a first magnetic element aligned with the first conductive contact and having a first polarity, and a second magnetic element aligned with the second conductive contact and having a second polarity that is different from the first polarity.
US11495907B2	Receptacle connector including electromagneiic compatibility (EMC) shield Provided are a receptacle connector configured to avoid damage to conductors of the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector includes a plurality of connection terminals, a mold structure which comprises a front part exposing each of the connection terminals and a support part disposed on a rear end of the front part and surrounding each of the connection terminals, and a shield which is disposed on the support part and comprises a conductive material, wherein the support part comprises a flat part which includes a surface along which the shield extends and a protruding part which protrudes from the surface of the flat part and is disposed in front of a front end of the shield. The protruding part is configured to avoid damage to conductors of the receptacle when a plug is mated to the receptacle.
US11495895B2	Terminations for electrical wiring devices The present disclosure provides cam activated wire termination assemblies for electrical wiring devices. The electrical wiring devices include a cover and a base. The base has a wire chamber supporting a wire termination assembly. The wire termination assembly includes a wire fastening member and a conductive member. The wire fastening member has a cam surface and is rotatable between an open position and a securing position. The conductive member is positioned in close proximity to the wire fastening member such that a gap is provided between the wire fastening member and the conductive member when the wire fastening member is in the open position. When the wire fastening member is rotated from the open position to the securing position, the cam surface rotates to reduce the size of the gap between the wire fastening member and the conductive member.
US11495894B2	Relay socket A device (1) for accommodating an electrical or electronic component (400), in particular a relay socket for accommodating a relay, comprises a base body (100) with a receptacle (110) for the component (400). The device (1) also comprises at least one pair (300) of connecting terminals connected to the two electronic connections, wherein the pair (300) of connecting terminals comprises a first connecting terminal (310) for a first connecting wire and a second connecting terminal (320) for a second connecting wire. The first connecting terminal (310) is spaced apart from the receptacle (110) by a first distance in a first direction and the second connecting terminal (320) is spaced apart from the receptacle (110) by a second distance in the first direction, wherein the first distance and the second distance are different.
US11495891B2	Microstrip patch antenna with increased bandwidth A microstrip antenna array including: a thin substrate; two or more microstrip radiating patches placed on a first side of the substrate, each radiating patch including: an input port; a radiating patch width (WRP) extending in a longitudinal direction; a radiating patch length (LRP) extending in a transverse direction, wherein the transverse direction is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and wherein the longitudinal and transverse directions are in the plane of the radiating patch; a radiating patch transverse axis (TRP) along the midpoint of the radiating patch width; and a radiating patch longitudinal axis along the midpoint of the radiating patch length, wherein the two or more radiating patches are spaced in the longitudinal direction such that the radiating patch longitudinal axis of each radiating patch is aligned along a common longitudinal axis (C); and one or more parasitic patches placed on the first side of the substrate.
US11495885B2	Sensor module A sensor module includes: a metal member having a recessed portion; a resin portion embedded within the recessed portion; a radiator provided within the resin portion and configured to emit radio waves; a wireless communication portion provided within the resin portion and connected to the radiator; and a sensor connected to the wireless communication portion, wherein the metal member is insulated from the radiator by the resin portion and functions as a parasitic element.
US11495880B2	Stepped radar cover and method of manufacture Two-piece and three-piece radomes and their methods of manufacture involve independently optimizing a thickness profile of each piece to achieve desired radar performance metrics such that an air gap can exist or can be intentionally included between the various pieces without negatively affecting the radar performance of the radomes.
US11495879B2	Nozzle cap assembly A nozzle cap assembly includes a body with a first curved side wall, the body defining a top end and a bottom end positioned opposite from the top end; a nut, the top end of the body positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; a spacer comprising a hollow body, the hollow body defining a curved outer surface, the spacer positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; and an antenna assembly coupled to the curved outer surface.
US11495876B2	Modular eyewear antenna assembly Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a modular eyewear antenna assembly, are disclosed. One modular eyewear antenna assembly includes an eyewear housing including a front frame and a pair of eyewear temple arms, wherein a physical size and shape of each of the temple arms is selectable from a plurality eyewear assembly SKU sizes and shapes, a printed circuit board (PCB) including a controller and a radio, wherein the PCB extends along at least one of the temple arms, wherein the PCB has a fixed size that is adapted for placement within one of the temple arms, and a modular antenna structure including a planar antenna, wherein the modular antenna structure interfaces with the PCB for providing a wireless propagation path for the radio, wherein the modular antenna structure has a fixed size that is adapted for placement along with the PCB within one of the temple arms.
US11495874B2	Antenna module and method for inspecting antenna module An antenna module includes a base member, an antenna that includes a radiating element disposed in or on the base member, first and second feed lines each of which is connected to the radiating element, and a control circuit that is connected to the radiating element via the first feed line and the second feed line. The control circuit includes a signal processing circuit that is connected to the antenna via the first feed line and the second feed line and an antenna inspection circuit that checks an electrical conductivity of an electrical conduction path connecting the first feed line, the radiating element, and the second feed line to one another.
US11495868B2	EMNZ metamaterial configured to form a switch, a multiplexer, and a phase shifter A metamaterial switch. The metamaterial switch includes a first conductive plate, a first loaded conductive plate, and a magneto-dielectric material. The first loaded conductive plate includes a second conductive plate and a first tunable impedance surface set. Each tunable impedance surface in the first tunable impedance surface set includes a respective tunable conductivity. An effective permittivity of the metamaterial switch is configured to be adjusted to a first predetermined value. The effective permittivity of the metamaterial switch is adjusted responsive to tuning a respective tunable conductivity of each respective tunable impedance surface in the first tunable impedance surface set.
US11495867B2	Rust inhibitor for gasket, gasket for secondary battery including same, and secondary battery including gasket for secondary battery A rust inhibitor for a gasket, a gasket for a secondary battery including the same, and a secondary battery are provided. The rust inhibitor includes an anti-rust material and a polymer resin, wherein the polymer resin includes at least one of polyethylene or a copolymer which includes 2 or more derived units selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-derived unit, a propylene-derived unit, a butylene terephthalate-derived unit, an ethylene terephthalate-derived unit, and a methyl acrylate-derived unit.
US11495863B2	Porous polyimide film, secondary battery separator, and secondary battery A porous polyimide film has plural pores, in which an average flattening of the plural pores is within a range of 0.1 to 0.7, a coefficient of variation of a distance between adjacent pores is within a range of 0.10 to 0.40, and a front surface and aback surface communicate with each other through the plural pores.
US11495862B2	Safe transport and storage of energy storage devices A method of transporting at least one energy storage device comprising the step of housing at least one energy storage device in a cassette comprising: a hollow casing for receiving at least one energy storage device; a top cap assembly received at one end of the hollow casing and an end cap assembly received at another end of the hollow casing; electronic circuitry housed within the end cap assembly, the electronic circuitry comprising at least one receptacle associated with each of the at least one energy storage devices, the at least one receptacle being reversibly mateable with at least one plug associated with an external device such that the cassette is received by the external in a first orientation and a second orientation; and electrically isolating the at least one energy storage devices from each other by individually coupling the at least one energy storage device to the electronic circuitry.
US11495860B2	Supercapacitor housing for battery packs A battery housing is configured to encase multiple battery cells comprises a supercapacitor shell. The supercapacitor shell comprises two layers each of carbon fiber reinforced with plastic; an electrode between the two layers, the electrode comprising negative electrode material, positive electrode material, and an electrolyte; a positive electrode terminal connected to the carbon fiber of one of the two layers; and a negative electrode terminal connected to the carbon fiber of another of the two layers. Edges of the two layers are laminated together to contain the electrode with the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal extending external to the laminated edges.
US11495859B2	Battery having a temperature control structure and use of such a battery A battery comprising a first housing element (2) and a second housing element (3) that jointly form an inner chamber (5) for receiving a battery module (10), wherein the second housing element (3) forms a second temperature control structure (102) on a face that is facing the inner chamber (5) and in particular is facing the first housing element (2), and a cover element (100) is connected to the second housing element (3) in such a manner that a temperature-controlling fluid receiving device (112) through which temperature-controlling fluid can flow is delimited by the cover element (100) in a fluid-tight manner with respect to the inner chamber (5) and the second temperature control structure (102) is embodied in such a manner that the temperature-controlling fluid can flow around it.
US11495857B2	Battery and methods for connecting/disconnecting conductive wire to/from battery A battery mounted on a vehicle, the battery including a battery case having an electrically conductive material and configured to be attached to a body of the vehicle so as to electrically connect to the body of the vehicle. The battery case includes a plus terminal to which an electrical conductor is connected to supply electric power to electrical equipment on-board the vehicle, a minus terminal, a ground member that is attached to the minus terminal so as to electrically connect the minus terminal and the battery case, and a plus terminal cover that covers the plus terminal. In a state where the ground member is attached to the minus terminal, the ground member abuts the plus terminal cover so as to restrict a movement of the plus terminal cover from exposing the plus terminal.
US11495856B2	Glasses-type device and charger for glasses-type device A glasses-type device includes a lens support body that supports a pair of lenses, a first temple attached to the lens support body via one or more hinges, the first temple including a power supply unit provided at a position closer to the hinges than to a first ear hook, and a second temple attached to the lens support body via one or more hinges, the second temple including a control unit provided at a position closer to the hinges than to a second ear hook, the control unit having an operating unit operably by a user wearing the glasses-type device. A charger for charging the glasses-type device includes a power-transmitting coil that wirelessly transmits electric power to a power-receiving coil of the power supply unit, and a guide structure having a shape that is fitted into a shape of the temple, when the glasses-type device is engaged with the charger.
US11495854B2	Battery cell having welded battery cap A battery includes a can, a jelly roll contained in the can, a top insulator contained in the can adjacent to and above the jelly roll, and a battery cap. The battery cap is welded to an inner surface of the can adjacent to and above the top insulator and includes an outer conductive ring, an insulator ring, and a conductive top plate, wherein the outer conductive ring, the insulator ring, and the conductive top plate are crimped together. The battery cap further includes a conductive rupture plate electrically connected to the conductive top plate and a cathode electrically connected to the conductive rupture plate and extending into the jelly roll. The battery may further include an opening in a central portion of the conductive top plate and a central portion of the conductive rupture plate cover welded upon the opening in the central portion of the conductive top plate.
US11495853B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery with an exterior body having a novel sealing structure, and a structure of a sealing portion that relaxes a stress of deformation are provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body enclosing at least part of the positive electrode, at least part of the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a first region having a shape with a curve, a shape with a wavy line, a shape with an arc, or a shape with a plurality of inflection points, and a second region having the same shape as the first region. The first region is in contact with the second region. Alternatively, the first region has a shape without a straight line. The secondary battery may be flexible, and the exterior body in a region having flexibility may include the first region.
US11495852B2	Outer case for secondary battery, and secondary battery including same Disclosed are an outer case for a secondary battery, and a secondary battery including the same, the outer case comprising: a first polymer resin layer; a second polymer resin layer positioned on a first surface of the first polymer resin layer, and having a first adhesive layer interposed therebetween so as to be attached thereto; and an inner resin layer positioned on a second surface of the first polymer resin layer, and having a second adhesive layer interposed therebetween so as to be attached thereto, wherein the first polymer resin layer and the second polymer resin layer respectively comprise a fluorine-containing resin.
US11495850B2	Protective housing of a battery pack incorporating channels for transporting a heat-transfer fluid The invention relates to a casing for protecting at least one electric battery module (M), comprising at least one element (9) for thermal regulation of said at least one module (M) in which a heat-transfer fluid flows.According to the invention, the protective housing comprises at least one duct (10), for conveying heat-transfer fluid, that extends in at least one wall of the protective casing (B, 1, 2, 3, 4) and is in fluid connection with said at least one thermal regulation element (9).
US11495849B2	Battery module including a housing floor with integrated cooling A battery module including a plurality of prismatic secondary battery cells, each of the battery cells including a bottom surface, and a housing for accommodating the battery cells and including a housing floor defining integral coolant channels for passage of coolant, the integral coolant channels being in thermal contact with the bottom surfaces of the battery cells.
US11495848B2	Secondary battery module One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module. A secondary battery module includes a plurality of battery cells; and a first frame configured to accommodate and cool the plurality of battery cells, wherein the first frame includes: a housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells; and at least one cooling plate coupled to one surface of the housing, interposed between groups of one or more battery cells among the plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing, and configured to fix the plurality of battery cells and dissipate heat generated from the plurality of battery cells.
US11495847B2	Secondary battery and device including the same A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a negative electrode sheet, a positive electrode sheet, and a separation membrane; and a heat radiation tape disposed at an external circumferential surface of the electrode assembly. The heat radiation tape includes a heat diffusion layer, and the heat diffusion layer includes at least one of graphite and a metal foil.
US11495843B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes: a plurality of secondary battery cells connected to each other in series and/or in parallel; and a housing case that includes a plurality of battery housing spaces for housing the plurality of secondary battery cells. A number of the plurality of battery housing spaces is larger than a number of the plurality of secondary battery cells. A heat absorber is disposed in the battery housing space where the secondary battery cell is not housed.
US11495840B2	Apparatus for providing battery pack cooling A battery pack may include a plurality of battery cells, a cell retainer and a heat exchanger assembly. The cell retainer may define a plurality of cell reception slots configured to retain respective ones of the battery cells. The cell retainer may define an enclosure that fixes the battery cells and is not penetrated by any cooling apparatus. The cell retainer may be in thermal communication with the battery cells to transfer heat away from the battery cells. The heat exchanger assembly may be in thermal communication with the cell retainer and external to the cell retainer to at least passively transfer heat away from the cell retainer while the battery pack is operated in a discharge mode. The cell retainer may include a thermally conductive material capable of transferring heat to the heat exchanger assembly and also storing at least some of the heat.
US11495831B2	Electrochemical cell with TMCCC electrodes in an acetonitrile solvent including a dinitrile additive A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
US11495830B2	Electrochemical cell with TMCCC electrodes in an acetonitrile solvent including a dinitrile additive A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
US11495825B2	Contact surface adjusting material for solid electrolytes and composite electrolyte system thereof The invention provides a contact surface adjusting material for solid electrolytes and composite electrolyte system thereof. The contact surface adjusting material is mainly composed of a polymer base material, which is capable of allowing metal ions to move inside the material, and an additive, which is capable of dissociating metal salts and is served as a plasticizer. The contact surface adjusting material is applied to a surface of the solid electrolytes to construct a face-to-face transmission mode. Therefore, the problems of the high resistances caused by the directly contact of the solid electrolytes are eliminated.
US11495822B2	Stack structure of fuel cell and method of absorbing thermal deformation in fuel cell stack Stacked bodies each formed by alternately stacking power generation cells and separators are fixed to an end plate, the separators each having a flow passage portion, a gas flow-in port, and a gas flow-out port. The end plate includes upper and lower end plates sandwiching the stacked bodies. The stacked bodies are arranged side by side and a first thermal deformation absorbing portion configured to absorb thermal deformation in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction is formed between the stacked bodies. Fixing means for fixing the stacked bodies to the end plate fix at least outer peripheral portions of the stacked bodies arranged side by side to the end plate.
US11495820B2	Fuel battery cell and cell stack device A cell includes a support substrate that is of a flat plate shape that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on an opposite side of the first principal surface and a columnar shape that includes a longitudinal direction and includes a gas flow path in an inside thereof, and a plurality of element parts that are arranged away from one another on the first principal surface and the second principal surface where at least a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte film, and an air electrode are laminated thereon. The cell includes a first portion that is located on a side of the first principal surface with respect to the gas flow path and a second portion that is located on a side of the second principal surface with respect to the gas flow path. Structures of the first portion and the second portion are asymmetric.
US11495819B2	High-performance electrolyte for molten carbonate fuel cell A molten carbonate fuel cell assembly includes a cathode electrode; an anode electrode; an electrolyte matrix disposed between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode; a cathode current collector abutting the cathode electrode; and a first electrolyte composition stored in the cathode electrode, the first electrolyte composition comprising a first mixture of a eutectic Li/Na carbonate electrolyte doped with one or more additive materials, wherein the one or more additive materials comprise one or more of SrO, BaCO3, BaO, SrCO3, and combinations thereof.
US11495818B2	Proton-conducting electrolytes for reversible solid oxide cells Disclosed herein are barium hafnate comprising proton-conducting electrolytes for use in solid oxide fuel cells. The disclosed electrolytes are also useful for electrolysis operations and for carbon dioxide tolerance.
US11495815B2	Electrolyte membrane of a membrane-electrode assembly having improved chemical durability and a manufacturing method thereof An electrolyte membrane of a membrane-electrode assembly is formed by a manufacturing method yielding a membrane with improved chemical durability. The manufacturing method includes preparing an antioxidant solution, mixing the antioxidant solution and a first ionomer dispersion solution, drying the mixture to produce a composite having an antioxidant and a first ionomer surrounding the antioxidant, introducing and mixing the composite with a second ionomer dispersion solution, and applying that mixture to a substrate and drying the mixture to manufacture an electrolyte membrane. The resulting electrolyte membrane includes the composite having an antioxidant in an ionic state and a first ionomer surrounding the antioxidant.
US11495813B2	Membrane electrode assembly, fuel cell stack, and vehicle comprising such a fuel cell stack Embodiments of the invention relate to a membrane-electrode assembly comprising a membrane structure with an anode layer, a cathode layer, and a membrane layer, wherein the membrane layer is positioned between the anode layer and the cathode layer. The membrane-electrode assembly furthermore comprises an anode-side gas-diffusion layer arranged on the anode layer and a cathode-side gas-diffusion layer arranged on the cathode layer. Furthermore, at least one of the anode-side gas-diffusion and the cathode-side gas-diffusion layers has a structure on the side facing away from the membrane structure. According to some embodiments, the structure comprises a plurality of columns for forming a laterally-open flow field, wherein the columns have support surfaces for supporting a bipolar plate.
US11495809B2	Power management method, power management server, local control apparatus, and power management system A power management method includes a step A of specifying an influence of a distributed power supply on a power demand-supply balance by a power management server, the power management server managing a plurality of facilities and the distributed power supply being individually provided in each of the plurality of facilities; and a step B of transmitting distributed power supply information from a local control apparatus to the power management server, the local control apparatus being individually provided in each of the plurality of facilities and the distributed power supply information including information indicating an operation state of the distributed power supply, wherein the step A includes a step of specifying the influence on the power demand-supply-demand balance based on the distributed power supply information.
US11495806B2	Ultra high efficiency fuel cell power generation system A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell having a cathode and an anode configured to receive a portion of a hhydrocarbon feed and to output an anode exhaust stream comprising carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and water; and an electrolyzer cell having a cathode and an anode. The anode of the electrolyzer cell is configured to receive a first portion of the anode exhaust stream and another portion of the hydrocarbon feed, and to generate a hydrogen stream.
US11495798B1	Materials with extremely durable intercalation of lithium and manufacturing methods thereof Composites of silicon and various porous scaffold materials, such as carbon material comprising micro-, meso- and/or macropores, and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The compositions find utility in various applications, including electrical energy storage electrodes and devices comprising the same.
US11495793B2	Composite carbon materials comprising lithium alloying electrochemical modifiers The present application is generally directed to composites comprising a hard carbon material and an electrochemical modifier. The composite materials find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, in lithium ion batteries. Methods for making the disclosed composite materials are also disclosed.
US11495792B2	Method of manufacturing a lithium secondary battery having a protected high-capacity anode active material Provided is an anode active material layer for a lithium battery. This layer comprises multiple particulates of an anode active material, wherein at least a particulate is composed of one or a plurality of particles of a high-capacity anode active material being encapsulated by a thin layer of elastomeric material that has a lithium ion conductivity no less than 10−7 S/cm (preferably no less than 10−5 S/cm) at room temperature and an encapsulating shell thickness from 1 nm to 10 μm, and wherein the high-capacity anode active material (e.g. Si, Ge, Sn, SnO2, Co3O4, etc.) has a specific capacity of lithium storage greater than 372 mAh/g (the theoretical lithium storage limit of graphite).
US11495791B2	Cathode active material and lithium secondary battery comprising same The present invention relates to a cathode active material, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, the present invention provides a cathode active material, represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein I003/I104 ratio is 1.6 or more, and R-factor value represented by the following Formula 1 is 0.40 to 0.44, and c-axis lattice constant (c) and a-axis lattice constant (a) satisfy 3(a)+5.555≤(c)≤3(a)+5.580: R-factor=(I102+I006)/(I101) Formula 1 wherein I003, I006, I101, I102, and I104 are the intensity of diffraction peaks on the (003), (006), (101), (102), and (104) planes by X-ray diffraction analysis using CuKα-rays, Liα[(NixCoy)1-βAβ]Oz Chemical Formula 1 in the Chemical Formula 1, 0.95≤α≤1.1, 0.75≤x≤0.95, 0.03≤y≤0.25, 0<β≤0.2, and 1.9≤z≤2.1, and A is a dopant metal element, and the average oxidation number N of A is 3.05≤N≤3.35.
US11495789B2	Composite active material According to one embodiment, there is provided a composite. The composite includes active material particles of a titanium composite oxide or oxide of titanium, and a graphene structure including a carbon material. The carbon material has a graphene framework defining a graphene surface. The graphene structure is located in between the active material particles. The graphene structure has at least one side surface in contact with the active material particle. The side surface includes the carbon material whose graphene surface is slanted relative to the side surface.
US11495787B2	Method of preparing electrode using current collector having through-pores or holes A method of preparing an electrode for a secondary battery, including:(i) a process of preparing a current collector in which through-pores or holes are formed and an electrode slurry containing an electrode active material;(ii) a process of bringing a shielding film into close contact with one surface of the current collector to shield pores or holes on the one surface of the current collector;(iii) a process of coating the electrode slurry on the other surface of the current collector to which the shielding film is not attached, and primarily drying to prepare an interim electrode;(iv) a process of removing the shielding film from the interim electrode; and(v) a process of secondarily drying the interim electrode to prepare the electrode.
US11495784B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for the production of electrodes for use in batteries A process for delineating a population of electrode structures in a web is disclosed. The web has a down-web direction, a cross-web direction, an electrochemically active layer, and an electrically conductive layer. The process includes laser machining the web in at least the cross-web direction to delineate members of the electrode structure population in the web without releasing the delineated members from the web and forming an alignment feature in the web that is adapted for locating each delineated member of the electrode structure population in the web.
US11495779B2	Pixel defining layer and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate and display device The present disclosure discloses a pixel defining layer and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of pixel defining structures arranged in an array, wherein the pixel defining structure includes a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface opposite each other, and a side surface located between the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface. Since the side surface is non-planar, the structure between the side surface and the bottom surface close to the base substrate constitutes a capillary structure. During the inkjet printing process, the solution in which the organic light emitting material is dissolved can spread more evenly under the attraction of the capillary structure.
US11495772B2	Display substrate and method for manufacturing same, and display device A display substrate including: a base substrate with a display region, an encapsulation region and an edge region on a periphery of the encapsulation region, the edge region includes a bonding region on at least one side of the base substrate; a plurality of stacked inorganic film layers on a side of the base substrate; a plurality of first grooves, at the edge region, spaced apart from each other in a direction distal from the encapsulation region, and extending along a periphery of the base substrate, at least one of the plurality of first groove runs through at least one inorganic film layer of the plurality of inorganic film layers, and a distance between each first groove and the display region is larger than that between each first groove and an edge of the base substrate; and an organic layer.
US11495768B2	Transparent display device including second connection pattern that is in transparent area and connected to first connection pattern A transparent display device includes a substrate having an emission area and a transparent area, a light-emitting diode provided in the emission area and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode, a first connection pattern provided between the emission area and the transparent area and formed of a same material and on a same layer as the first electrode, and a second connection pattern provided in the transparent area and connected to the first connection pattern, wherein the second electrode overlaps the first and second connection patterns and are electrically connected to the first and second connection patterns.
US11495766B2	Electroluminescent device, and display device comprising thereof An electroluminescent device and a display device including the electroluminescent device. The electroluminescent device includes a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other; a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the light emitting layer including quantum dots; and an electron transport layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, the electron transport layer including inorganic material nanoparticles including an anion dopant including P, N, C, Cl, F, Br, S, or a combination thereof.
US11495760B2	Display device and method for manufacturing display device A display device including a display panel having a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area being disposed at a peripheral portion of the display area and having a bending area; an integrated circuit (IC) disposed in the non-display area to drive the display panel; a first layer formed between the display area and the IC and covering the bending area; and a first member covering the IC and the first layer and overlapping with the bending area.
US11495759B2	Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display apparatus A display substrate includes a supporting material layer having at least one flexible material sub-layer and at least one blocking sub-layer, which can be alternately and successively arranged in layers. One blocking sub-layer is at a topmost sub-layer of the supporting material layer, and is provided with a well, located in a display area and configured for accommodating a display component therewithin. One or more of the at least one flexible material sub-layer or the at least one blocking sub-layer is configured as a target material layer. The target material layer includes a planar portion and a protruding portion over the planar portion. An orthographic projection of the protruding portion on a bottom surface of the supporting material layer forms a ring-like structure having an opening that covers an orthographic projection of a bottom surface of the well on the bottom surface of the supporting material layer.
US11495754B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices Imidazophenanthridine ligands and metal complexes are provided. The compounds exhibit improved stability through a linking substitution that links a nitrogen bonded carbon of an imidizole ring to a carbon on the adjacent fused aryl ring. The compounds may be used in OLEDs, particularly as emissive dopants in the emissive region in the OLEDs, providing devices with improved efficiency, stability, and manufacturing. In particular, the compounds provided herein may be used in blue devices having high efficiency.
US11495750B2	Organic electroluminescent compound and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and/or excellent lifespan characteristics can be provided.
US11495746B2	Indane derivatives and their use in organic electronics The present invention relates to indane derivatives of the formula (I) and mixtures thereof, wherein X is selected from groups of the formula -A-(NAr2), wherein A is a chemical bond or phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from C1-C6-alkyl and C1-C6-alkoxy; Ar is unsubstituted or substituted aryl, wherein two groups Ar bound to the same nitrogen atom may together with the nitrogen atom also form a fused ring system having 3 or more than 3 unsubstituted or substituted rings; and the variables Y, n, m, k and l are as defined in the claims and the description. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds and their use in organic electronics, in particular as hole transport material or electron blocking material.
US11495743B2	Non-volatile memory device and manufacturing technology A memory cell with hard mask insulator and its manufacturing methods are provided. In some embodiments, a memory cell stack is formed over a substrate having a bottom electrode layer, a resistance switching dielectric layer over the bottom electrode layer, and a top electrode layer over the resistance switching dielectric layer. A first insulating layer is formed over the top electrode layer. A first metal hard masking layer is formed over the first insulating layer. Then, a series of etch is performed to pattern the first metal hard masking layer, the first insulating layer, the top electrode layer and the resistance switching dielectric layer to form a first metal hard mask, a hard mask insulator, a top electrode, and a resistance switching dielectric.
US11495731B2	Multilayer PZT electrode configuration for suspension stroke increase A piezoelectric actuator assembly is described. The assembly including a first layer including a top and a bottom surfaces. The assembly including a second layer having a top and a bottom surfaces, the bottom surface of the second layer is disposed over the top surface of the first layer. The assembly including a third layer having a top and a bottom surfaces, the bottom surface of the third layer is disposed over the top surface of the second layer. The assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The third electrode is configured to be shorter than the second electrode such that the active PZT length of the second layer and the third layer is shorter than the active PZT length of the first layer.
US11495726B2	Piezoelectric element, and resonator using piezoelectric element A piezoelectric element that includes a substrate, a lower electrode layer on the substrate, an intermediate layer on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a first piezoelectric layer including an aluminum nitride as a main component thereof and located between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer, a first buffer layer including an aluminum nitride as a main component and located between the first piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode layer, a first intermediate electrode layer located between the first buffer layer and the upper electrode layer, and a second piezoelectric layer located between the first intermediate electrode layer and the upper electrode layer.
US11495722B2	Thermoelectric generation device A thermoelectric generator includes a heat-receiving plate having a heat-receiving surface for receiving flame and high-temperature combustion gas, a thermoelectric generation module disposed at a surface of the heat-receiving plate opposite the heat-receiving surface, a cooling plate disposed at a side of the thermoelectric generation module opposite the heat-receiving plate, a cover disposed to cover the heat-receiving surface and including a heat inlet for introducing the flame and the high-temperature combustion gas and a heat outlet for discharging the temperature-reduced combustion gas introduced through the heat inlet, a heat diffuser provided on the heat-receiving surface at a position corresponding to the heat inlet and configured to diffuse the combustion gas introduced through the heat inlet along the heat-receiving surface, and a heat absorber provided on the heat-receiving surface to surround the heat diffuser and configured to absorb the heat of the high-temperature combustion gas diffused by the heat diffuser.
US11495717B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode extending in a first direction on the substrate, a first partition wall extending in the first direction on a central portion of the first electrode, a second electrode extending in parallel with the first electrode on the substrate, a second partition wall extending in the first direction on a central portion of the second electrode, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11495716B2	Light-emitting device and illumination apparatus A light-emitting device in an aspect of the present invention includes at least one light emitter, a first phosphor, and a second phosphor. The first phosphor emits, in response to light emitted from the at least one light emitter, light having a first peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 400 to 480 nm. The second phosphor emits, in response to light emitted from the at least one light emitter, light having a second peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 480 to 600 nm. The at least one light emitter has a third peak wavelength in a wavelength region of 280 to 315 nm and emits light in the wavelength region of 280 to 315 nm.
US11495710B2	Method for producing a patterned layer of material A method for producing a patterned layer of material includes producing a first substrate having a patterned face, producing, against the patterned face of the first substrate, a stack of layers having an intermediate layer and the layer to be patterned, the intermediate layer being disposed between the layer to be patterned and the first substrate, a first face of the intermediate layer disposed on the first substrate side being patterned in accordance with a design that is the inverse of that of the patterned face of the first substrate, and removing the first substrate. The intermediate layer is anisotropically etched from the first face of the intermediate layer, and at least part of the thickness of the layer to be patterned is etched, patterning a face of the layer to be patterned in accordance with the design of the first face of the intermediate layer.
US11495709B2	Patterned epitaxial substrate and semiconductor structure A patterned epitaxial substrate includes a substrate and a plurality of patterns. The substrate has a first zone and a second zone surrounding the first zone. The first zone is disposed around a center of the substrate. The patterns and the substrate are integrally formed, and the patterns are disposed on the substrate. The patterns include a plurality of first patterns and a plurality of second patterns. The first patterns are disposed in the first zone. The second patterns are disposed in the second zone. Sizes of the first patterns are different from sizes of the second patterns.
US11495706B2	Method for producing an optoelectronic component, optoelectronic component, and IR detector A method for producing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip with a radiation passage surface on a connection carrier, applying a deformable spacer to the radiation passage surface of the semiconductor chip, inserting the connection carrier with the semiconductor chip into a cavity of a tool, deforming, by the tool, the deformable spacer and encapsulating the semiconductor chip with a casting compound.
US11495704B2	Multijunction photovoltaic device There is provided a multi junction photovoltaic device comprising a first sub-cell comprising a photoactive region comprising a layer of perovskite material, a second sub-cell comprising a photoactive silicon absorber. and an intermediate region disposed between and connecting the first sub-cell and the second sub-cell. The intermediate region comprises an interconnect layer, the interconnect layer comprising a two-phase material comprising elongate (i.e. filament like) silicon nanocrystals embedded in a silicon oxide matrix.
US11495703B2	Optical downshifting layer The light conversion efficiency of a solar cell is enhanced by using an optical downshifting layer in cooperation with a photovoltaic material. The optical downshifting layer converts photons having wavelengths in a supplemental light absorption spectrum into photons having a wavelength in the primary light absorption spectrum of the photovoltaic materiaL The cost effectiveness and efficiency of solar cells platforms can be increased by relaxing the range of the primary light absorption spectrum of the photovoltaic materiaL The optical downshifting layer can be applied as a low cost solution processed film composed of highly absorbing and emissive quantum dot heterostructure nanomaterial embedded in an inert matrix to improve the short wavelength response to the photovoltaic materiaL The enhanced efficiency provided by the optical downshifting layer permits advantageous modifications to the solar cell platform that enhances its efficiency as well.
US11495702B2	Multiple layer charge-coupled photovoltaic device A structure composed of multiple layers that consist of 7 stages of photon and electron management, enhancement, and conversion for the purposes of photovoltaic applications is described. The invention consists of one or more layers comprised of: 1) an energy dependent up and down conversion layer optimized for a particular wavelength such as infrared; 2) a layer for multiple implementations of light capturing and trapping; 3) a layer for photonic and plasmonic enhancement of captured and trapped light; 4) a layer for converting photons to electrons; 5) a layer for multiplying electrons; 6) a layer for storing generated electrons; and 7) a layer for using electrons for power. One or more layers may serve simultaneous purposes.
US11495701B2	Conductive interconnect for connecting adjacent solar cells in a solar cell assembly A system of interconnected solar cells is described. The system includes a first solar cell. The system includes a second solar cell adjacent to the first solar cell. The system includes a conductive interconnect configured to conduct electricity between a first terminal of the first solar cell and a second terminal of the second solar cell. The conductive interconnect includes a first end aligned on an axis and configured to conduct electricity at a first terminal on the first solar cell. The conductive interconnect includes a second end aligned on the axis and configured to conduct electricity at a second terminal on the second solar cell. The conductive interconnect includes a center portion connecting the first end to the second end and configured to conduct electricity between the first end and the second end.
US11495700B2	Photodetectors and semiconductor devices The present disclosure generally relates to structures for use in optoelectronic/photonic applications and integrated circuit (IC) chips. The present disclosure also relates to semiconductor devices having a photodetector coupled with a waveguide, more particularly, a photodetector with a butt-end coupled waveguide. The present disclosure provides a structure having a substrate, a photodetector arranged above the substrate, the photodetector having a core body and a coupler that is adjacent to the core body, in which the core body is configured to absorb light received by the coupler, and the coupler including a plurality of grating structures having respective widths that vary as a function of position relative to the core body.
US11495698B2	Reconfigurable photovoltaic laminate(s) and photovoltaic panel(s) Reconfigurable PV panels can have features that include cut lines for separating full panels into smaller subpanels, connector ribbons for assembling several reconfigurable PV panels into a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array and can be stacked upon each other and unstacked by rotating them about a shared connection.
US11495697B2	Optical component packaging structure The instant disclosure provides an optical component packaging structure which includes a far-infrared sensor chip, a first metal layer, a packaging housing and a covering member. The far-infrared sensor chip includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor stack structure. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface, a second surface which is opposite to the first surface, and a cavity. The semiconductor stack structure is disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a part of the semiconductor stack structure is located above the cavity. The first metal layer is disposed on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the packaging housing is used to encapsulate the far-infrared sensor chip and expose at least a part of the far-infrared sensor chip, and the covering member is disposed above the semiconductor stack structure.
US11495692B2	Thin film transistor comprising oxide semiconductor layer and silicon semiconductor layer and display apparatus comprising the same Disclosed are a thin film transistor, a display apparatus comprising the thin film transistor, and a method for manufacturing the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor comprises an active layer, and a gate electrode spaced apart from the active layer and configured to have at least a portion overlapped with the active layer, wherein the active layer includes a silicon semiconductor layer, and an oxide semiconductor layer which contacts the silicon semiconductor layer, wherein at least a portion of the silicon semiconductor layer and at least a portion of the oxide semiconductor layer are overlapped with the gate electrode.
US11495691B2	Semiconductor device The semiconductor device includes a first conductor and a second conductor; a first insulator to a third insulator; and a first oxide to a third oxide. The first conductor is disposed to be exposed from a top surface of the first insulator. The first oxide is disposed over the first insulator and the first conductor. A first opening reaching the first conductor is provided in the first oxide. The second oxide is disposed over the first oxide. The second oxide comprises a first region, a second region, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region. The third oxide is disposed over the second oxide. The second insulator is disposed over the third oxide. The second conductor is disposed over the second insulator. The third insulator is disposed to cover the first region and the second region and to be in contact with the top surface of the first insulator.
US11495689B2	Thin-film transistor and method for producing same A thin film transistor 101 includes: a gate electrode 2, a semiconductor layer 4 disposed on the gate electrode via a gate insulating layer 3, a source electrode 8s disposed on a portion of the semiconductor layer 4 via a first contact layer Cs, and a drain electrode 8d disposed on another portion via a second contact layer Cd. The first and second contact layers have a multilayer structure including N (where N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) two-layer structures S(n) (where n is an integer not smaller than 1 and not greater than N), each two-layer structure S(n) including a first amorphous silicon layer 71 that is directly in contact with the source or drain electrode, a second amorphous silicon layer 72(n), and a third amorphous silicon layer 73(n) that is directly in contact with an upper face thereof. In each two-layer structure S(n), n type impurity concentrations C2(n) and C3(n) of the second amorphous silicon layer and the third amorphous silicon layer and an n type impurity concentration C1 of the first amorphous silicon layer satisfy C2(n)
US11495686B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a gate structure on a substrate, forming a first spacer adjacent to the gate structure, forming a second spacer adjacent to the first spacer, forming an epitaxial layer adjacent to the second spacer, forming a second cap layer on the epitaxial layer, and then forming a first cap layer on the second cap layer. Preferably, a top surface of the first cap layer includes a V-shape and the first cap layer and the second cap layer are made of different materials.
US11495683B2	Multiple strain states in epitaxial transistor channel through the incorporation of stress-relief defects within an underlying seed material Multiple strain states in epitaxial transistor channel material may be achieved through the incorporation of stress-relief defects within a seed material. Selective application of strain may improve channel mobility of one carrier type without hindering channel mobility of the other carrier type. A transistor structure may have a heteroepitaxial fin including a first layer of crystalline material directly on a second layer of crystalline material. Within the second layer, a number of defected regions of a threshold minimum dimension are present, which induces the first layer of crystalline material to relax into a lower-strain state. The defected regions may be introduced selectively, for example a through a masked impurity implantation, so that the defected regions may be absent in some transistor structures where a higher-strain state in the first layer of crystalline material is desired.
US11495680B2	Semiconductor device with integrated current sensor Described herein is a power semiconductor device and corresponding method of production. The semiconductor device includes: a power device region formed in a semiconductor substrate and including first trenches and second trenches extending lengthwise in parallel with one another with semiconductor mesas between adjacent ones of the trenches, each first trench including a gate electrode at a first potential and each second trench including a field plate at a second potential; and a current sense region formed in the semiconductor substrate. A subset of the first trenches, a subset of the second trenches and a subset of the semiconductor mesas are common to both the current sense region and the power device region. The second trenches are interrupted along opposite first and second sides of the current sense region such that the field plates are interrupted between the power device region and the current sense region.
US11495676B2	SOI FinFET transistor with strained channel Stress is introduced into the channel of an SOI FinFET device by transfer directly from a metal gate. In SOI devices in particular, stress transfer efficiency from the metal gate to the channel is nearly 100%. Either tensile or compressive stress can be applied to the fin channel by choosing different materials to be used in the gate stack as the bulk gate material, a gate liner, or a work function material, or by varying processing parameters during deposition of the gate or work function materials. P-gates and N-gates are therefore formed separately. Gate materials suitable for use as stressors include tungsten (W) for NFETs and titanium nitride (TiN) for PFETs. An optical planarization material assists in patterning the stress-inducing metal gates. A simplified process flow is disclosed in which isolation regions are formed without need for a separate mask layer, and gate sidewall spacers are not used.
US11495673B2	Vertical fin field effect transistor with a reduced gate-to-bottom source/drain parasitic capacitance A method of forming a vertical fin field effect device is provided. The method includes, forming a vertical fin on a substrate, forming a masking block on the vertical fin, wherein the masking block extends a distance outward from the vertical fin sidewalls and endwalls, and a portion of the substrate surrounding the masking block is exposed. The method further includes removing at least a portion of the exposed portion of the substrate to form a recess and a fin mesa below the vertical fin, removing a portion of the fin mesa to form an undercut recess below an overhanging portion of the masking block, forming a spacer layer on the masking block and in the undercut recess, and removing a portion of the spacer layer to form an undercut spacer in the undercut recess.
US11495670B2	Integrated epitaxial metal electrodes Systems and methods are described herein to include an epitaxial metal layer between a rare earth oxide and a semiconductor layer. Systems and methods are described to grow a layered structure, comprising a substrate, a first rare earth oxide layer epitaxially grown over the substrate, a first metal layer epitaxially grown over the rare earth oxide layer, and a first semiconductor layer epitaxially grown over the first metal layer. Specifically, the substrate may include a porous portion, which is usually aligned with the metal layer, with or without a rare earth oxide layer in between.
US11495667B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first anode electrode, and a second anode electrode. The first anode electrode is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The second anode electrode is spaced from the first anode electrode on the semiconductor substrate around the first anode electrode. At least any of a first end of the first anode electrode on a second anode electrode side and a second end of the second anode electrode on a first anode electrode side is covered with a SInSiN film.
US11495659B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a capacitor structure, a first contact plug, and a spacer. The capacitor structure is over the semiconductor substrate. The capacitor structure includes a bottom electrode, a capacitor dielectric, and a top electrode. The bottom electrode is over the semiconductor substrate. The capacitor dielectric is over a first portion of the bottom electrode. The top electrode is over the capacitor dielectric. The first contact plug is over and electrically connected to a second portion of the bottom electrode. The spacer is adjacent at least a sidewall of the second portion of the bottom electrode.
US11495648B2	Pixel structure and foldable display panel The present invention provides a pixel structure and a foldable display panel, wherein the pixel structure is applied to a 7-transistors-1-capacitor (7T1C) drive circuit structure, wherein through a new pixel layout, the inorganic insulating layer around the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are all dug out and filled with an organic material, and the organic material further covers the third metal layer, such that the stress can be reduced when the panel is folded.
US11495644B2	Display apparatus, display device and control method thereof, and non-transient computer-readable storage medium A display apparatus, display device and control method thereof, and non-transient computer-readable storage medium are provided. The display apparatus includes a display substrate and an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer includes a receiving electrode layer, which is disposed between two opposite bottom surfaces of the display substrate, and other parts of the ultrasonic transducer are disposed outside the display substrate. The display substrate includes a first pixel circuit and a first light emitting device, and the first light emitting device and the receiving electrode layer are respectively connected with the corresponding output terminals of the first pixel circuit.
US11495641B2	Displaying base plate and fabricating method thereof, and display panel A displaying base plate including multiple pixels. The first sub-pixel includes a first electrode, a first inorganic layer and a first quantum-dot layer sequentially stacked; the first inorganic layer includes a first inorganic material modified by a first group, and the first quantum-dot layer includes a first quantum dot modified by a first ligand; the second sub-pixel includes a second electrode, a second inorganic layer and a second quantum-dot layer sequentially stacked; the second inorganic layer includes a second inorganic material modified by a second group, and the second quantum-dot layer includes a second quantum dot modified by a second ligand; the third sub-pixel includes a third electrode, a third inorganic layer and a third quantum-dot layer sequentially stacked; and the third inorganic layer includes a third inorganic material modified by a third group, and the third quantum-dot layer includes a third quantum dot modified by a third ligand.
US11495638B2	Crossbar array circuits with 2T1R RRAM cells for low voltage operations Technologies relating to crossbar array circuits with a 2T1R RRAM cell that includes at least one NMOS transistor and one PMOS transistor for low voltage operations are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a word line; a bit line; a first NMOS transistor; a second PMOS transistor; and an RRAM device. The first NMOS transistor and the second PMOS transistor are in parallel as a pair, wherein the pair connects in series with the RRAM device. The apparatus may further include an inverter, via which the second gate terminal of the second PMOS transistor is connected to the first gate terminal.
US11495636B2	Nonvolatile memory device having a resistance change memory element and switching element portions serially connected thereto According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of wiring line pairs each including a pair of first and second wiring lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of third wiring lines each extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of memory cells provided between the wiring line pairs and the third wiring lines. Each of the memory cells includes a resistance change memory element connected to the third wiring line, and a switching element structure including a first switching element portion provided between the resistance change memory element and the first wiring line, and a second switching element portion provided between the resistance change memory element and the second wiring line.
US11495626B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device The number of masks and photolithography processes used in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device are reduced. A first conductive film is formed over a substrate; a first insulating film is formed over the first conductive film; a semiconductor film is formed over the first insulating film; a semiconductor film including a channel region is formed by etching part of the semiconductor film; a second insulating film is formed over the semiconductor film; a mask is formed over the second insulating film; a first portion of the second insulating film that overlaps the semiconductor film and second portions of the first insulating film and the second insulating film that do not overlap the semiconductor film are removed with the use of the mask; the mask is removed; and a second conductive film electrically connected to the semiconductor film is formed over at least part of the second insulating film.
US11495616B2	Multi-tier three-dimensional memory device with dielectric support pillars and methods for making the same A semiconductor device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate including a semiconductor material layer, a memory opening and a support opening extending through the alternating stack, a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and including a memory film and a semiconductor material portion in contact with the semiconductor material layer, and a support pillar structure located in the support opening. The support pillar structure lacks a semiconductor material portion which is in contact with the semiconductor material layer.
US11495615B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device Disclosed is a three-dimensional semiconductor memory device comprising a substrate including a cell region and a connection region, a plurality of inter-electrode dielectric layers and a plurality of electrode layers alternately stacked on the substrate, wherein ends of the plurality of electrode layers form a stepwise shape on the connection region, a planarized dielectric layer on the connection region and covering the ends of the plurality of electrode layers, and a first abnormal dummy vertical pattern on the connection region and penetrating the planarized dielectric layer in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. At least one of the plurality of electrode layers is positioned between the first abnormal dummy vertical pattern and the substrate and is insulated from the first abnormal dummy vertical pattern.
US11495614B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device According to one or more embodiments, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor region, a gate electrode, a charge storage layer, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layers, and a conductive layer. The conductive layer contains titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al) and nitrogen (N) and has a structure in which a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers are alternately provided in a thickness direction. Each first layer contains titanium and nitrogen. Each second layer contains aluminum and nitrogen. In the conductive layer, the ratio of aluminum atomic composition to the sum of the titanium atomic composition and the aluminum atomic composition is equal to or less than 50%.
US11495612B2	Three-dimensional memory device including stairless word line contact structures for and method of making the same An alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate. Memory openings and support openings are formed through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures and support pillar structures are formed in the memory openings and in the support openings, respectively. Via cavities extending to each of the sacrificial material layers are formed through the alternating stack without forming any stepped surfaces in the alternating stack. The via cavities may be formed in areas that do not overlap with the support pillar structures, or in areas that include at least one support pillar structure. Sacrificial via fill structures are formed in the via cavies, and the sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers. The sacrificial via fill structures are removed, and a combination of a tubular dielectric spacer and a contact via structure can be formed in the via cavities.
US11495611B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes an electrode structure including a plurality of gate conductive films stacked on a substrate and a channel array in which a plurality of channel columns passing through the electrode structure are arranged in a second direction. The plurality of channel columns may include a first column whose uppermost plane has a first shape and a second column whose uppermost plane has a second shape. N (N is a natural number equal to more than 1) first columns and N second columns are alternately arranged in a first direction different from the second direction.
US11495602B1	Method and device for determining fabrication chamber Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for determining a fabrication chamber. According to a current radio frequency power time of each of the fabrication chambers corresponding to adjacent process steps and service phases divided based on a service period of the fabrication chambers, a service phase is determined for the current radio frequency power time of each of the fabrication chambers. For target objects processed by the fabrication chambers in the current process step, fabrication chambers for the target objects to enter in a next process step are directly determined according to the service phase of the current radio frequency power time of each of the fabrication chambers.
US11495599B2	Semiconductor device with self-aligning contact and method for fabricating the same The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a fin, a gate structure positioned on the fin, impurity regions positioned on two sides of the fin, contacts positioned on the impurity regions, and conductive covering layers positioned on the contacts. The conductive covering layers are formed of copper germanide.
US11495595B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor module The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a switching element which is defined on the semiconductor substrate, and a temperature sense element which is provided on the surface of the semiconductor substrate independently from the switching element and characterized by being dependent on a temperature.
US11495593B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a composite pn-junction structure in a semiconductor substrate, wherein the composite pn-junction structure has a first junction grading coefficient m1, with m1≥0.50. The composite pn-junction structure includes a first partial pn-junction structure and a second partial pn-junction structure, wherein the first partial pn-junction structure has a first partial junction grading coefficient m11, and wherein the second partial pn-junction structure has a second partial junction grading coefficient m12. The first partial junction grading coefficient m11 is different to the second partial junction grading coefficient m12, with m11≠m12. At least one of the first and second partial junction grading coefficients m11, m12 is greater than 0.50, with m11 and/or m12>0.50. The first junction grading coefficient m1 of the composite pn-junction structure is based on a combination of the first and second partial junction grading coefficients m11, m12.
US11495590B2	Multi-chip semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a first die; a first redistribution structure over the first die, the first redistribution structure being conterminous with the first die; a second die over the first die, a first portion of the first die extending beyond a lateral extent of the second die; a conductive pillar over the first portion of the first die and laterally adjacent to the second die, the conductive pillar electrically coupled to first die; a molding material around the first die, the second die, and the conductive pillar; and a second redistribution structure over the molding material, the second redistribution structure electrically coupled to the conductive pillar and the second die.
US11495585B2	Nanoscale LED electrode assembly having improved electrical contact and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a method of manufacturing a nanoscale light-emitting diode (LED) electrode assembly having improved electrical contacts, and more particularly, a nanoscale LED electrode assembly having improved electrical contacts and capable of increasing conductivity between electrodes and nanoscale LED devices and decreasing contact resistance, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US11495581B2	Semiconductor module In a semiconductor module, semiconductor chips are each provided with a drain portion on one of a pair of surfaces facing each other, and a source portion and a gate portion on the other surface. Substrates each include three power supply patterns capable of transmitting power supplied from a power supply, and at least two signal patterns capable of transmitting a control signal. The three power supply patterns and the two signal patterns extend in parallel to each other along a first direction. Among the three power supply patterns, two of them are capable of mounting the semiconductor chips and connectable to the drain portions of the mounted semiconductor chips, and remaining one of them is connectable to the source portions of the semiconductor chips. The two signal patterns are connectable to the gate portions of the semiconductor chips.
US11495580B2	Multi-chip module including stacked power devices with metal clip A Multi-Chip Module (MCM) package includes a substrate having a plurality of metal terminals and at least a first die attach area. An encapsulant is around the substrate including on at least a portion of the topside and at least a portion of the bottomside of the package. At least a first device including at least two device terminals is attached face up on the first die attach area. At least a second device including at least two device terminals is flip-chip attached and stacked on the first device. At least one of the first device and second device include a transistor. At least one metal clip is between the first device and second device including a plurality of clip portions isolated from one another connecting at least one device terminal of each of the first device and second device to respective metal terminals of the plurality of metal terminals.
US11495576B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a first die including a signal region and a peripheral region bordering the signal region and having first vias in the peripheral region, a second die stacked on the first die and having second vias at positions corresponding to the first vias in the peripheral region, and first connection terminals between the first die and the second die that are configured to connect the second vias to the first vias, respectively. The peripheral region includes first regions and second regions configured to transmit different signals, which are alternately arranged in a first direction. The first vias are arranged in at least two rows along a second direction intersecting the first direction in each of the first and second regions.
US11495573B2	Package structure and manufacturing method thereof A package structure includes a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a redistribution circuit structure, and a semiconductor device. The redistribution circuit structure has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, where the first surface is in contact with the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die, and the redistribution circuit structure is disposed on and electrically connected to the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die. The redistribution circuit structure includes a recess extending from the second surface toward the first surface. The semiconductor device is located in the recess and electrically connected to the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die through the redistribution circuit structure.
US11495569B2	Metal-dielectric bonding method and structure A metal-dielectric bonding method includes providing a first semiconductor structure including a first semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer, where the first metal layer has a metal bonding surface facing away from the first semiconductor layer; planarizing the metal bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the metal bonding surface; providing a second semiconductor structure including a second semiconductor layer, and a second dielectric layer on the second semiconductor layer, where the second dielectric layer has a dielectric bonding surface facing away from the second semiconductor layer; planarizing the dielectric bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the dielectric bonding surface; and bonding the first semiconductor structure with the second semiconductor structure by bonding the metal bonding surface with the dielectric bonding surface.
US11495565B2	Stacked semiconductor device and multiple chips used therein A stacked semiconductor device encompasses a mother-substrate, rectangular chips mounted on the mother-substrate, and bump-connecting mechanisms connecting the mother-substrate and the chips by a non-provisional joint-process with a height lower than the height of a provisional joint-process jointing the mother-substrate and the chips. The mother-substrate has unit elements arranged in each of unit-element areas assigned to a first lattice defined on a first main surface of the mother-substrate, the first main surface is divided into chip-mounting areas along a second lattice having a smaller number of meshes than the first lattice. The bump-connecting mechanisms are arranged along a third lattice corresponding to the arrangement of the unit elements, and transmit signals from the unit elements independently to each of the circuits merged in the chips. After the provisional joint-process, the bump-connecting mechanisms can be separated into substrate-side and chip-side connection-elements.
US11495564B2	Electronic-part-reinforcing thermosetting resin composition, semiconductor device, and method for fabricating the semiconductor device An electronic-part-reinforcing thermosetting resin composition has: a viscosity of 5 Pa·s or less at 140° C.; a temperature of 150° C. to 170° C. as a temperature corresponding to a maximum peak of an exothermic curve representing a curing reaction; and a difference of 20° C. or less between the temperature corresponding to the maximum peak and a temperature corresponding to one half of the height of the maximum peak in a temperature rising range of the exothermic curve.
US11495563B2	Semiconductor device Two transistor rows are arranged on or in a substrate. Each of the two transistor rows is configured by a plurality of transistors aligned in a first direction, and the two transistor rows are arranged at an interval in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first wiring is arranged between the two transistor rows when seen from above. The first wiring is connected to collectors or drains of the plurality of transistors in the two transistor rows. The first bump overlaps with the first wiring when seen from above, is arranged between the two transistor rows, and is connected to the first wiring.
US11495555B2	Magnetic bilayer structure for a cored or coreless semiconductor package Techniques for fabricating a cored or coreless semiconductor package having one or more magnetic bilayer structures embedded therein are described. A magnetic bilayer structure includes a magnetic layer and a dielectric layer. For one technique, fabricating a cored or coreless semiconductor package includes: depositing a seed layer on a build-up layer; forming a raised pad structure and a trace on the seed layer; removing one or more uncovered portions of the seed layer to uncover top surfaces of one or more portions of the build-up layer; applying a magnetic bilayer structure on the raised pad structure, the trace, any unremoved portion of the seed layer, and the top surfaces of the one or more portions of the build-up layer, the magnetic bilayer structure comprises a magnetic layer and a dielectric layer; and forming a conductive structure on the raised pad structure. Other techniques are also described.
US11495554B2	Configurable capacitor A configurable capacitance device includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of integrally formed capacitors; and a separate interconnect structure coupled to the semiconductor substrate, wherein the separate interconnect structure is configurable to electrically couple two or more of the plurality of integrally formed capacitors together in a parallel configuration.
US11495551B2	Power semiconductor module with integrated surge arrester A power semiconductor module includes a plurality of power semiconductor chips. A housing accommodates the power semiconductor chips. A first module electrode on a first side of the housing electrically is connected to a first chip electrode of the power semiconductor chips. A second module electrode on a second side of the housing electrically is connected to a second chip electrode. A surge arrester arrangement with a surge arrester is accommodated in the housing such that a first electrode of the surge arrester arrangement is provided at the first side of the housing and a second electrode of the surge arrester arrangement is provided at the second side of the housing. The power semiconductor chips are arranged in an annular region in the housing and the surge arrester arrangement is arranged within the annular region.
US11495550B2	Solid-state image sensor including first and second unit pixel groups with different structures To generate a value unique to a device in a more preferable mode.A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels disposed in a two-dimensional array, and a drive control unit that controls a first drive to output signals from the unit pixels included in a first unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels as an image signal, and a second drive to detect variations in respective signals from two or more of the unit pixels included in a second unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels, in which the first unit pixel group and the second unit pixel group have different structures from each other.
US11495544B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture are provided. In embodiments the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first interposer bonded to the substrate, a second interposer bonded to the substrate, a bridge component electrically connecting the first interposer to the second interposer, two or more first dies bonded to the first interposer; and two or more second dies bonded to the second interposer.
US11495541B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include a first stack structure block including first stack structures arranged in a first direction on a substrate, a second stack structure block including second stack structures arranged in the first direction on the substrate, a separation structure disposed on the substrate between the first and second stack structure blocks and including first mold layers and second mold layers, and a contact plug penetrating the separation structure. A bottom surface of the contact plug may contact the substrate.
US11495540B2	Semiconductor apparatus having stacked devices and method of manufacture thereof Aspects of the disclosure provide a semiconductor apparatus including a plurality of structures. A first one of the structures comprises a first stack of transistors that includes a first transistor formed on a substrate and a second transistor stacked on the first transistor along a Z direction substantially perpendicular to a substrate plane of the semiconductor apparatus. The first one of the structures further includes local interconnect structures. The first transistor is sandwiched between two of the local interconnect structures. The first one of the structures further includes vertical conductive structures substantially parallel to the Z direction. The vertical conductive structures are configured to provide at least power supplies for the first one of the structures by electrically coupling with the local interconnect structures. A height of one of the vertical conductive structures along the Z direction is at least a height of the first one of the structures.
US11495537B2	Interconnect structure in semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes transistors over a substrate, and first, second, and third metallization layers over the transistors. The first, second, and third metallization layer includes first, second, and third metal features, respectively. The second metal features are oriented lengthwise substantially perpendicular to the first metal features, and the third metal features are oriented lengthwise substantially parallel to the first metal features. The first, second, and third metal features have a first, second, and third thickness, respectively, along a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The second thickness is smaller than both the first and the third thicknesses.
US11495536B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming thereof A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the semiconductor structure are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first integrated circuit component having a seal ring and a fuse structure, wherein the fuse structure is electrically connected to a ground through the seal ring; receiving a second integrated circuit component having a first capacitor; bonding the second integrated circuit component to the first integrated circuit component; electrically connecting the first capacitor to the fuse structure, wherein the first capacitor is electrically connected to the ground through the fuse structure; and blowing the fuse structure after a treatment.
US11495535B2	Fuses to measure electrostatic discharge during die to substrate or package assembly A system and method for detecting and measuring electrostatic discharge during semiconductor assembly are described. A semiconductor device fabrication process forms a conductor between two metal routes in a series path on a semiconductor die. The series path is between a bump on the die and a substrate tie. The two metal routes have a width greater than a threshold based on a metal width capable of conducting a critical current density caused by an electrostatic discharge event without conductive failure or breakdown. The conductor has a width less than the threshold. When an electrostatic discharge event occurs, if the current exceeds a critical amount of current, the conductor experiences conductive breakdown and current ceases to flow. During later testing, this series path is tested for open connections, which indicate whether the conductor acting as an electrical on-die fuse experienced conductive failure during assembly of a semiconductor chip.
US11495534B2	Semiconductor device with test pad and method for fabricating the same The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a circuit layer positioned on the substrate and including a functional block positioned on the substrate, and a test pad positioned on the substrate and distal from the functional block, a redistribution structure positioned on the circuit layer and including a first conductive portion positioned over the functional block and electrically coupled to the functional block, and a second conductive portion positioned over the test pad and electrically coupled to the test pad, and a through semiconductor via physically and electrically coupled to the test pad.
US11495533B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same The method includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate, forming a via in the first dielectric layer, sequentially forming a first metal pattern, a first metal oxide pattern, a second metal pattern, and an antireflective pattern on the first dielectric layer, and performing an annealing process to react the first metal oxide pattern and the second metal pattern with each other to form a second metal oxide pattern. The forming the second metal oxide pattern includes forming the second metal oxide pattern by a reaction between a metal element of the second metal pattern and an oxygen element of the first metal oxide pattern.
US11495528B2	Method of fabricating device having inductor A device includes an interposer, a plurality of conductive through vias (TVs), a conductive element, and a redistribution line (RDL). The conductive TVs extend from a bottom surface of the interposer to a top surface of the interposer. The conductive element is over the bottom surface of the interposer. The RDL is over the top surface of the interposer. The RDL, the conductive TVs, and the conductive element are connected to form an inductor.
US11495524B2	QFN device having a mechanism that enables an inspectable solder joint when attached to a PWB and method of making same An apparatus and method for providing an artificial standoff to the bottom of leads on a QFN device sufficient to provide a gap that changes the fluid dynamics of solder flow and create a unique capillary effect that drives solder up the of leads of a UN device when it is attached to a printed wiring board (PWB).
US11495523B2	Lead frame having a die pad with a plurality of grooves on an underside A lead frame is made of conductive material, and includes an interconnecting web portion and a plurality of unit lead frames. Each unit lead frame includes a die pad and a plurality of leads. The die pad has a die-attach section disposed below an upper surface of the interconnecting web portion, and a plurality of extension sections bent at an angle from a periphery of the die-attach section and projecting to the interconnecting web portion. The die pad is formed with a plurality of grooves formed at an underside of junctions of the die-attach section and the extension sections. The leads extend from the interconnecting web portion toward and are spaced apart from the die pad.
US11495521B2	Power module and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a power module and a method for manufacturing the power module. The power module includes a chip, a passive element and connection pins. The connection pins are provided on a pin-out surface of the power module, and are electrically connected to at least one of a chip terminal of the chip and the passive element; a projection of the chip on the pin-out surface of the power module does not overlap with a projection of the passive element on the pin-out surface of the power module, and an angle between the terminal-out surface of the chip and the pin-out surface of the power module is greater than 45° and less than 135°.
US11495517B2	Packaging method and joint technology for an electronic device A packaging method for power devices with optimized stacks of layers comprising different thermal expansion coefficients, the method including a stress relieving buffer technology designed to improve the thermal, electrical and mechanical contact between chips and electrodes. We disclose herein a buffer structure to provide stress relief between two layers of an electronic device, the buffer structure comprising: a plurality of discrete pillars closely packed together such that there is substantially no air gap between the plurality of conductive pillars, and wherein a height of each pillar is greater than a thickness of said pillar.
US11495516B2	Semiconductor device with thermal release layer and method for fabricating the same The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first pad positioned above the substrate, and a first redistribution structure including a first redistribution conductive layer positioned on the first pad and a first redistribution thermal release layer positioned on the first redistribution conductive layer. The first redistribution thermal release layer is configured to sustain a thermal resistance between about 0.04° C. cm2/Watt and about 0.25° C. cm2/Watt.
US11495512B2	Flexible transistors with near-junction heat dissipation Flexible transistors and electronic circuits incorporating the transistors are provided. The flexible transistors promote heat dissipation from the active regions of the transistors while preserving their mechanical flexibility and high-frequency performance. The transistor designs utilize thru-substrate vias (TSVs) beneath the active regions of thin-film type transistors on thin flexible substrates. To promote rapid heat dissipation, the TSVs are coated with a material having a high thermal conductivity that transfers heat from the active region of the transistor to a large-area ground.
US11495511B2	Semiconductor package structure and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor package device, a first constraint structure and a second constraint structure. The first constraint structure is connected to the semiconductor package device. The second constraint structure is connected to the semiconductor package device and under a projection of the semiconductor package device.
US11495510B2	Semiconductor device package structure and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device package structure includes a substrate. The substrate has a circuit structure formed in a die region. The die region is defined by a plurality of scribe lines configured on the substrate. A seal ring is disposed in the substrate and located at a periphery region of the die region, and surrounds at least a portion of the circuit structure. A trench ring is disposed in the substrate between the seal ring and the scribe lines. A packaging passivation cap layer covers over the circuit structure and the seal ring, and covers at least the trench ring.
US11495509B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device In a semiconductor device, a semiconductor element includes a semiconductor substrate, a surface electrode and a protective film. The semiconductor substrate has an active region and an outer peripheral region. The surface electrode includes a base electrode disposed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate and a connection electrode disposed on the base electrode. The protective film covers a peripheral end portion of the base electrode and an outer peripheral edge of the connection electrode. The protective film has an opening to expose the connection electrode so as to enable a solder connection. A boundary between the outer peripheral edge of the connection electrode and the protective film is located at a position corresponding to the outer peripheral region in a plan view.
US11495506B2	Semiconductor package with separate electric and thermal paths A semiconductor package includes a first integrated circuit structure, a first encapsulation material laterally encapsulating the first integrated circuit structure, a first redistribution structure, a solder layer, a second integrated circuit structure, a second encapsulation material second laterally encapsulating the second integrated circuit structure and a second redistribution structure. The first integrated circuit structure includes a first metallization layer. The first redistribution structure is disposed over the first integrated circuit structure and first encapsulation material. The first metallization layer faces away from the first redistribution structure and thermally coupled to the first redistribution structure. The solder layer is dispose over the first redistribution structure. The second integrated circuit structure is disposed on the first redistribution structure and includes a second metallization layer in contact with the solder layer. The second redistribution structure is disposed over the second integrated circuit structure and the second encapsulation material.
US11495505B2	Semiconductor devices and related methods In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise a substrate, a device stack, first and second internal interconnects, and an encapsulant. The substrate can comprise a first and second substrate sides opposite each other, a substrate outer sidewall between the first substrate side and the second substrate side, and a substrate inner sidewall defining a cavity between the first substrate side and the second substrate side. The device stack can be in the cavity and can comprise a first electronic device, and a second electronic device stacked on the first electronic device. The first internal interconnect can be coupled to the substrate and the device stack. The encapsulant can cover the substrate inner sidewall and the device stack and can fill the cavity. Other examples and related methods are disclosed herein.
US11495504B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first stack structure; forming first holes penetrating the first stack structure; forming a second stack structure on the first stack structure; forming second holes penetrating the second stack structure; measuring first direction distances between edges of the first holes and edges of the second holes; and correcting a first direction position at which the second holes are to be formed. The second holes may include one of a first shift hole shifted in a positive first direction from a first hole and a second shift hole shifted in a negative first direction from a first hole.
US11495501B2	Fin field-effect transistor devices and methods of forming the same A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first fin and a second fin protruding above a substrate; forming isolation regions on opposing sides of the first fin and the second fin; forming a metal gate over the first fin and over the second fin, the metal gate being surrounded by a first dielectric layer; and forming a recess in the metal gate between the first fin and the second fin, where the recess extends from an upper surface of the metal gate distal the substrate into the metal gate, where the recess has an upper portion distal the substrate and a lower portion between the upper portion and the substrate, where the upper portion has a first width, and the lower portion has a second width larger than the first width, the first width and the second width measured along a longitudinal direction of the metal gate.
US11495496B2	Gate aligned contact and method to fabricate same Gate aligned contacts and methods of forming gate aligned contacts are described. For example, a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of gate structures above an active region formed above a substrate. The gate structures each include a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, and sidewall spacers. A plurality of contact plugs is formed, each contact plug formed directly between the sidewall spacers of two adjacent gate structures of the plurality of gate structures. A plurality of contacts is formed, each contact formed directly between the sidewall spacers of two adjacent gate structures of the plurality of gate structures. The plurality of contacts and the plurality of gate structures are formed subsequent to forming the plurality of contact plugs.
US11495489B2	Method for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a method for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with a thick device layer and a thick insulator layer. In some embodiments, the method includes forming an insulator layer covering a handle substrate, and epitaxially forming a device layer on a sacrificial substrate. The sacrificial substrate is bonded to a handle substrate, such that the device layer and the insulator layer are between the sacrificial and handle substrates, and the sacrificial substrate is removed. The removal includes performing an etch into the sacrificial substrate until the device layer is reached. Because the device layer is formed by epitaxy and transferred to the handle substrate, the device layer may be formed with a large thickness. Further, because the epitaxy is not affected by the thickness of the insulator layer, the insulator layer may be formed with a large thickness.
US11495478B2	Uninhibited cooling path solution for active thermal control in device testing Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficiently performing active thermal control during device testing are disclosed. A device testing system includes a device under test, a thermal structure on top of the device under test, and a controller configured to determine when to apply and remove thermal energy to the device under test through the thermal structure. The thermal structure includes a thermal transfer block that transfers thermal energy to and from the device under test below the thermal transfer block. The thermal structure also includes a coolant block above the thermal transfer block that removes thermal energy from the thermal transfer block. There is no heating element between the coolant block and the thermal transfer block. Rather, the thermal structure includes a heating element in a wall of the thermal transfer block. Therefore, an unobstructed thermal path exists from the device under test to the coolant block.
US11495476B2	Substrate treating apparatus Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus that performs a heat treatment to a substrate. The apparatus includes the following elements: a heat treating plate; a casing that produces a heat treatment atmosphere by the heat treating plate; a movable top board that is movable between a ceiling surface of the casing and the heat treating plate; and a controller that causes the movable top board to be moved to a raised position when the substrate is loaded/unloaded, and causes the movable top board to be moved to a lowered position when the substrate is placed on the heat treating plate for performing the heat treatment, thereby controlling the lowered position for every substrate.
US11495473B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a stacked structure with first material layers and second material layers that are stacked alternately with each other, forming a first slit that passes through the stacked structure, forming a second slit that passes through the stacked structure, forming a contact hole between the first slit and the second slit that passes through the stacked structure, forming a sealing layer that seals the first slit, the second slit and the contact hole, forming first openings that pass through the sealing layer to form first sealing regions and partially expose the first slit to form first exposed regions, forming a first slit insulating layer by filling the first exposed regions and first sealing regions, etching the sealing layer to open the contact hole, and forming a first contact plug in the contact hole.
US11495469B2	Method for processing substrates A method for processing a substrate in a plasma chamber is provided. The method includes providing a substrate on which an underlying layer to be etched and a mask are formed. The method further includes forming a protective film on the mask. The method further includes performing an anisotropic deposition to selectively form a deposition layer on a top portion of the mask.
US11495468B2	Etching method and etching apparatus An etching method includes: preparing a compound in a processing space in which an etching target is accommodated; and etching the etching target with a mask film formed thereon, under an environment where the compound exists. The etching of the etching target includes etching the etching target under an environment where hydrogen (H) and fluorine (F) exist when the etching target contains silicon nitride (SiN), and etching the etching target under an environment where nitrogen (N), hydrogen (H), and fluorine (F) exist when the etching target contains silicon (Si). The compound includes at least one halogen element selected from a group consisting of carbon (C), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I).
US11495467B2	Method and apparatus for etching thin layer Method and apparatus for etching a thin layer including silicon nitride formed on a substrate are disclosed. Etchant including phosphoric acid and water is supplied on the substrate so that a liquid layer is formed on the substrate. The thin layer is etched by reaction between the thin layer and the etchant. Thickness of the liquid layer is measured to detect variation in the thickness of the liquid layer while etching the thin layer. Variation in the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water is calculated based on the variation in the thickness of the liquid layer. Water is supplied on the substrate based on the variation in the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water so that the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water becomes a predetermined value.
US11495466B2	Processing method of wafer A processing method of a wafer includes a resist film coating step of coating either one surface of a front surface and a back surface with a resist film containing an ultraviolet absorber, a laser beam irradiation step of irradiating the side of the one surface with a laser beam absorbed by the wafer and removing part of the wafer and the resist film along planned dividing lines, a plasma etching step of supplying a gas in a plasma state to the side of the one surface and removing an exposed region of the wafer exposed along the planned dividing lines through plasma etching, and a check step of irradiating plural positions on the side of the one surface of the wafer with ultraviolet rays and detecting light emission of the resist film to measure the thickness of the resist film and check a coating state of the resist film.
US11495454B2	Deposition of low-stress boron-containing layers Examples of the present technology include semiconductor processing methods to form boron-containing materials on substrates. Exemplary processing methods may include delivering a deposition precursor that includes a boron-containing precursor to a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. A plasma may be formed from the deposition precursor within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may further include depositing a boron-containing material on a substrate disposed within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber, where the substrate is characterized by a temperature of less than or about 50° C. The as-deposited boron-containing material may be characterized by a surface roughness of less than or about 2 nm, and a stress level of less-than or about −500 MPa. In some embodiments, a layer of the boron-containing material may function as a hardmask.
US11495451B2	Optimal exposure of a bottom surface of a substrate material and/or edges thereof for cleaning in a spin coating device A non-transitory medium includes instructions to control a spin coating device to render a cleaning nozzle of the spin coating device below a base plate and out of optimal exposure to a substrate material placed on a spin chuck when the base plate is engaged with the spin chuck. In response to disengagement of a lid from the base plate, the non-transitory medium also includes instructions to disengage the base plate from the spin chuck to lower the base plate to a locking point whereupon a portion of the cleaning nozzle below the base plate passes through a hole in the base plate and emerges completely out of and above the base plate, and instructions to clean the bottom surface and/or the edges of the substrate material utilizing the cleaning nozzle based on an optimal exposure to the bottom surface and the edges of the substrate material.
US11495450B2	Multiple zone heater A multi-zone heater with a plurality of thermocouples such that different heater zones can be monitored for temperature independently. The independent thermocouples may have their leads routed out from the shaft of the heater in a channel that is closed with a joining process that results in hermetic seal adapted to withstand both the interior atmosphere of the shaft and the process chemicals in the process chamber. The thermocouple and its leads may be enclosed with a joining process in which a channel cover is brazed to the heater plate with aluminum.
US11495448B2	Systems and methods for quantifying an analyte extracted from a sample The invention generally relates to systems and methods for quantifying an analyte extracted from a sample. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods that involve introducing a solvent into a capillary, introducing the capillary into a vessel including a sample such that a portion of the sample is introduced into the capillary, moving the sample and the solvent within the capillary to induce circulation within the sample and the solvent, thereby causing the analyte to be extracted from the sample and into the solvent, analyzing the analyte that has been extracted from the sample, and quantifying the analyte. In certain embodiments, the quantifying step is performed without knowledge of a volume of the sample and/or solvent.
US11495446B2	Film formation device and film formation method A film formation device includes a target holder configured to hold a target for emitting sputtering particles in a processing space inside a processing chamber, a sputtering particle emitting part configured to emit the sputtering particles from the target, a sputtering particle shielding plate having a passage hole through which the emitted sputtering particles pass, a shielding member provided to shield the passage hole, a movement mechanism configured to move the shielding member in the horizontal direction, and a controller. The controller controls the shielding member, which has the placement portion on which a substrate is placed, to be moved in one direction of the horizontal direction, and controls the sputtering particles to be emitted from the target. The sputtering particles passed through the passage hole are deposited on the substrate.
US11495439B2	Plasma processing apparatus An apparatus for plasma processing that performs an etching on a workpiece, includes: a container; a gas supply system for supplying a processing gas into the container; a plasma source for exciting the processing gas; a support for holding the workpiece inside the container; an exhaust system for exhausting an internal space of the container; electrode plates provided on an inner wall of the container; insulators for electrically insulating the electrode plates from each other; a DC power supply for independently applying a DC voltage to each of the electrode plates; and a controller for controlling the gas supply system, the plasma source, and the DC power supply. The controller controls the gas supply system, the plasma source, and the DC power supply such that the DC voltage is supplied to each electrode plate during execution of the etching or after completion of the etching.
US11495438B2	Plasma treating an implant A method is provided for treating an implant in a medical care center prior to using the implant in a medical procedure. The method comprises applying a plasma-generating electromagnetic (EM) field using at least one electrode so as to generate plasma in a vicinity of the implant while displacing the electrode and the implant relative to one another. A portable plasma module and a docking station configured to connect to the portable plasma module, thereby forming a plasma generating system, are also provided. A plasma generating apparatus for treating an implant prior to using the implant in a medical procedure is also provided.
US11495433B1	Charged particle beam apparatus, multi-beamlet assembly, and method of inspecting a specimen A charged particle beam apparatus for inspecting a specimen with a plurality of beamlets is described. The charged particle beam apparatus includes a charged particle beam emitter (105) for generating a charged particle beam (11) propagating along an optical axis (A) and a multi-beamlet generation- and correction-assembly (120), including a first multi-aperture electrode (121) with a first plurality of apertures for creating the plurality of beamlets from the charged particle beam, at least one second multi-aperture electrode (122) with a second plurality of apertures of varying diameters for the plurality of beamlets for providing a field curvature correction, and a plurality of multipoles (123) for individually influencing each of the plurality of beamlets, wherein the multi-beamlet generation- and correction-assembly (120) is configured to focus the plurality of beamlets to provide a plurality of intermediate beamlet crossovers. The charged particle beam apparatus further includes an objective lens (150) for focusing each of the plurality of beamlets to a separate location on the specimen, and a single transfer lens (130) for beamlet collimation arranged between the multi-beamlet generation- and correction-assembly and the objective lens. Further, a method of inspecting a specimen with a charged particle beam apparatus is described.
US11495430B2	Tunable extraction assembly for wide angle ion beam An ion beam processing system including a plasma chamber, a plasma plate, disposed alongside the plasma chamber, the plasma plate defining a first extraction aperture, a beam blocker, disposed within the plasma chamber and facing the extraction aperture, a blocker electrode, disposed on a surface of the beam blocker outside of the plasma chamber, and an extraction electrode disposed on a surface of the plasma plate outside of the plasma chamber.
US11495425B2	Circuit breaker with a monitoring device, and method for it The disclosure relates to a circuit breaker with a monitoring device having an electronic switch and a mechanical changeover switch, where the mechanical changeover switch has a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, where in a neutral position of the mechanical changeover switch the first terminal is connected to the third terminal and where in an operating position of the mechanical changeover switch the second terminal is connected to the third terminal, where the electronic switch is connected to the third terminal of the mechanical changeover switch as a series circuit, where when switching on the circuit breaker in a first switching state, initially the electronic switch is activated, where a measurement is taken at the first terminal using the monitoring device to determine whether essentially the same potential is present at the first terminal as at the third terminal and, it this is the case, the electronic switch is activated and the mechanical changeover switch is in an operating position in a subsequent additional switching state. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to methods for the circuit breaker.
US11495422B2	Control devices having independently suspended buttons for controlled actuation A control device includes a button assembly having one or more buttons and a button carrier that includes a plurality of resilient, independently deflectable spring arms. The control device may be configured as a wall-mounted keypad to control a load control device, or as a thermostat to control a temperature regulation appliance. The button carrier may be configured to prevent interference between the buttons during operation of the control device. The button assembly may be captured between a faceplate of the control device and a housing that is attached to a rear side of the faceplate. The control device may include one or more button retainers that are attached to the buttons and that are configured to align respective outer surfaces of the buttons relative to each other, and relative to the faceplate of the control device, when the buttons are in respective rest positions.
US11495419B2	Switch device A switch device includes two fixed contacts and a movable contact of which position is changed when an operation unit is operated to selectively contact the fixed contacts. The switch device also includes a snap action mechanism that switches a contact state of the movable contact with the fixed contacts by deforming a spring portion in accordance with an operation amount of the operation unit. The switch device also includes a control unit that determines an operation state of the operation unit based on a detection signal received from the fixed contacts and the movable contact.
US11495416B2	Capacitor array and composite electronic component A capacitor array that includes a plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor elements, a sheet-shaped first sealing layer, and a sheet-shaped second sealing layer. The plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor elements include an anode plate, a porous layer, a dielectric layer, and a cathode layer. Each of the solid electrolytic capacitor elements are partitioned from each other by a slit-shaped removal part and have a first main surface and a second main surface.
US11495412B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer main body including an inner layer portion including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately stacked, and outer layer portions on both sides of the inner layer portion in a stacking direction, two external electrodes at two end surfaces of the multilayer body in which side gap portions are provided on both sides of the multilayer main body in the width direction, and an interposer on any of the main surfaces, the side surfaces, and the end surfaces of a capacitor main body including the multilayer and the external electrodes. The difference in location between ends at side surfaces of two adjacent internal electrode layers in the stacking direction is about 0.5 μm or less. In the two side gap portions, a portion in contact with the multilayer main body has a thickness of about 10 μm or less.
US11495411B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body and external electrodes. The multilayer body includes an inner layer portion including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately stacked, and first and second outer layer portions on opposite sides of the inner layer portion in a stacking direction, side gap portions on opposite sides in a width direction, main surfaces on opposite sides in the stacking direction, side surfaces on opposite sides in the width direction, and end surfaces on opposite sides in a length direction. Each external electrode is provided at one end surfaces of the multilayer body, and extends from the end surface to a portion of the main surface. A difference in location between ends at the side surface of two adjacent internal electrode layers is about 0.5 μm or less. The second outer layer portion is thicker than the first outer layer portion.
US11495409B2	Multi-layered ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes having different sizes to each other, and having first and second surfaces of the first and second internal electrodes, opposing each other in a stacking direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and connected to the third and fourth surfaces, and opposing each other; and first and second external electrodes. When a margin of the first internal electrode in a longitudinal direction is b, and a margin of the first internal electrode in a width direction is d, a margin of the second internal electrode in a longitudinal direction is a, and a margin of the second internal electrode in a width direction is c, a ratio (a/b) of the margin (a) of the second internal electrode in the longitudinal direction to the margin (b) of the first internal electrode in the longitudinal direction is 0.33 or more (where, a>0 and b>0) or a ratio (c/d) of the margin (c) of the second internal electrode in the width direction to the margin (d) of the first internal electrode in the width direction is 0.33 or more (where, c>0 and d>0).
US11495406B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor having ultra-broadband performance The present invention is directed to a multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes a plurality of active electrodes and at least one shield electrode that are each arranged within a monolithic body and parallel with a longitudinal direction. The capacitor may exhibit a first insertion loss value at a test frequency, which may be greater than about 2 GHz, in a first orientation relative to the mounting surface. The capacitor may exhibit a second insertion loss value at about the test frequency in a second orientation relative to the mounting surface and the capacitor is rotated 90 degrees or more about the longitudinal direction with respect to the first orientation. The longitudinal direction of the capacitor may be parallel with the mounting surface in each of the first and second orientations. The second insertion loss value may differ from the first insertion loss value by at least about 0.3 dB.
US11495404B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes an internal electrode layer including, on a same ceramic layer, a peripheral internal electrode having a frame shape and an inside internal electrode located inside the peripheral internal electrode. A metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode is different from a metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. The metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode includes more than or equal to about 50% of a metallic species different from the metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. In a width direction, a dimension a of a width of the peripheral internal electrode is about 5 μm
US11495403B2	Ignition coil for internal combustion engine and production method for the same An ignition coil includes a not-illustrated coil, a plate assembly, and a case assembly. The plate assembly and the case assembly are combined with each other by laser welding at a recess and a rib (projection) which are respective abutting portions, thereby forming storage spaces for storing the coil.
US11495401B2	Proximity sensing system for wireless charging pods and charging pod racks for game devices with rechargeable batteries A system automatically detecting that an authorized game device or object with a rechargeable battery is close to or in contact with a wireless charging pod for the gaming device or object, automatically initiating and managing charging operations for authorized game device, and automatically deactivating the charging operations when the rechargeable batteries are fully charged, or when the authorized game device is moved out of wireless charging range.
US11495400B2	Transformer structure A transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding has N2 number turns and having a first terminal and a second terminal. The secondary winding has having N1 fractional portions, which together form a full turn, are in close proximity to the primary winding to establish coupling between the primary winding and the N1 fractional coil portions, the transformer turn ratio from the primary winding to the secondary winding is N2:(N3/N1) where N2 is an integer equal to or greater than 1, N1 is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N3 is an integer greater than or equal to 1. Also disclosed is a stacked integrated transformer having a primary winding and secondary winding of which one or both have a waterfall structure and a portion of which functions as a ground connected shield between the secondary winding and the primary winding.
US11495398B2	Coil electronic component A coil electronic component includes a body including an insulator; a coil portion embedded in the body; aggregates dispersed in the insulator, where the aggregates each comprise a plurality of magnetic particles, coating layers formed on surfaces of the aggregates using an insulating material, and external electrodes connected to the coil portion.
US11495397B2	Coil component A coil component includes a multilayer body in which a plurality of resin insulating layers are laminated in a lamination direction and coil conductive layers disposed inside the multilayer body. The plurality of resin insulating layers includes non-photosensitive first resin insulating layers and photosensitive second resin insulating layers. The multilayer body has a section where the first resin insulating layers and the second resin insulating layers are alternately laminated.
US11495395B2	Inductor An inductor includes a body including a support member including a through-hole, an internal coil disposed on the support member, and an encapsulant encapsulating the support member and the internal coil; and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the body and connected to the internal coil. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer and a double conductive layer of a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, disposed between the conductive resin layer and the internal coil.
US11495391B2	Inductor An inductor includes a body including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of coil patterns are disposed on each of the plurality of insulating layers, and first and second external electrodes disposed on an external surface of the body. The plurality of coil patterns are connected to each other by coil connecting portions and both end portions thereof are electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes through coil lead portions, respectively, to form a coil. The plurality of coil patterns include coil patterns disposed on an outer portion of the body and coil patterns disposed on an inner portion of the body, the coil patterns disposed on the inner portion of the body include first coil patterns electrically connected in parallel, and at least one of the first coil patterns includes an internal side portion having a shape different from shapes of remaining coil patterns.
US11495388B2	Reactor A reactor has a coil and a loop-shaped magnetic core disposed extending inside and outside the coil. The coil has two winding portions that are disposed laterally side-by-side, and the magnetic core has two inner core portions that are disposed inside the winding portions, and two outer core portions that are disposed outside the winding portions and connect end portions of the two inner core portions. The reactor includes an inner resin portion obtained by filling a space between inner peripheral faces of the winding portions and the inner core portions, end face intervening members disposed between end faces of the winding portions and the outer core portions, and spacer pieces that are integrated with the end face intervening members and are disposed extending between an entirety of mutually opposing inward faces of the two winding portions.
US11495384B2	Common mode filter for reducing differential mode signal converting to common mode signal A common mode filter for reducing differential mode signal converting to common mode signal comprising: a core-cylinder, a first coil, and a second coil; wherein two ends of the core-cylinder respectively extend and set with a first flange and a second flange; wherein m1, m2, and m3 turns and n1, n2, and n3 turns are respectively and sequentially wound and set on the first winding portion, the second winding portion, and the third winding portion of the first winding area, the second winding area, and the third winding area of the first coil and the second coil. Therefore, the present invention can effectively reduce the mode conversion characteristic (Scd), and can also improve the noise reduction performance of the product; thereby greatly upgrading the practicality of the present invention; and the present invention has a simple process, therefore the product yield can be further upgraded to achieve the effect.
US11495379B2	Manufacturing method of an integrated driving module with energy conversion function A manufacturing method of an integrated driving module with energy conversion function includes providing a carrier board and forming an integrated electromagnetic induction component layer having a first dielectric layer, a plurality of conductive coil layers and a plurality of conductive connecting components on a surface of the carrier board. A patterned conductive circuit layer is formed on the integrated electromagnetic induction component layer, and electrically connecting to each other through the conductive connecting components. An embedded electrical component is patterned on the patterned conductive circuit layer. A conductive component is disposed on the patterned conductive circuit layer. Thereafter, the method forms a second dielectric layer to cover the embedded electrical component and the conductive component and removes the carrier board to form a plurality of integrated driving modules.
US11495374B2	Resistive material, resistor, and manufacturing method of resistive material A resistive material for sensing current contains particles having an electrically insulating property and a metal body having a three-dimensional network enclosing the particles, and a ratio of the metal body to the whole of the resistive material is 30 vol % or more and 80 vol % or less.
US11495365B1	Systems for producing radionuclides using minimal target material Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of systems for producing radioisotopes and improving the specific activity of radioisotopes (e.g., Cu-64 chloride). As described herein, the system includes a target material area or target material shape that matches the proton beam strike area or proton beam strike shape, resulting in optimal thickness with less target material required.
US11495363B2	Small modular mobile fission reactor A mobile modular reactor, in particular, a graphite-moderated fission reactor, has an active core region and at least a portion of control region(s) that are located within an interior volume of a pressure vessel. Flow annulus features located in the flow annulus between an outer surface of the control rod/fuel rod and an inner surface of the cladding of the channel in which the rod is located stabilizes the flow annulus and maintains a reliable concentricity between the inner and outer claddings that envelope the flow annulus. Flow annulus features are equally circumferentially spaced at longitudinally separated locations and the flow annulus features at successive, longitudinally separated locations are rotationally offset relative to each other. For purposes of transportability, the pressure vessel is sized for mobile transport using a ship, train or truck, for example, by fitting within a shipping container.
US11495362B2	Methods, devices and systems for fusion reactions Methods, apparatuses, devices, and systems for creating, controlling, conducting, and optimizing fusion activities of nuclei. The controlled fusion activities cover a spectrum of reactions from aneutronic, fusion reactions that produce essentially no neutrons, to neutronic, fusion reactions that produce substantial numbers of neutrons.
US11495352B2	Population health platform The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and kits for collecting health measurement data and processing the health measurement data to generate alerts and modify patient treatment plans. An example system can be configured to (i) receive data defining a plurality of health sensors; and (ii) generate, based on the data, application logic configured to cause, in response to one user input, a user device to: (a) couple to the plurality of health sensors, thereby establishing communication between the user device and each of the plurality of health sensors, and (b) provide instructions to a user of the user device through an interface of the user device. The instructions can comprise instructions for taking health measurements using the plurality of health sensors.
US11495351B2	Health monitoring system and method thereof A method of calibrating a monitoring device to generate calibrated vital sign data using a calibration device includes positioning the monitoring device in a first position on a patient, generating vital sign data with a sensing assembly of the positioned monitoring device, and processing the vital sign data with the calibration device to determine if the vital sign data is calibrated vital sign data or uncalibrated vital sign data. The method also includes generating a calibrated data signal if the vital sign data is calibrated vital sign data, generating a reposition signal if the vital sign data is uncalibrated vital sign data, and repositioning the monitoring device on the patient until the calibrated data signal is generated.
US11495349B2	Performance visualization methods and diagnostic laboratory systems including same Methods of visualizing performance of a diagnostic laboratory system are provided. The methods include displaying on a display, an image representing a layout of a plurality of laboratory analyzers included within the diagnostic laboratory system, and overlaying the image with a dynamically-changeable color overlay that indicates a performance for the plurality of laboratory analyzers over a period of time via using changeable colors. Systems including color-changeable overlays are provided as are other aspects.
US11495347B2	Blockchain framework for enforcing regulatory compliance in healthcare cloud solutions A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions which are executed by the at least one processor and configure the processor to implement a healthcare blockchain framework for enforcing regulatory compliance in healthcare cloud solutions. The mechanism provides a healthcare blockchain framework to create, read, update, and delete elements of a healthcare compliance model supporting a dynamic allocation of cloud resources to a healthcare business network. Compliance with one or more healthcare regulations is built into the blockchain framework. Responsive to a cloud operations component within the healthcare blockchain framework attaching at least one evidence record to a compliance repository, the blockchain application stores the at least one evidence record in the compliance repository using chaincode within the healthcare blockchain framework. A compliance attestation component within the healthcare blockchain framework reviews the at least one evidence record using business rules to ensure compliance with the one or more healthcare regulations. The compliance attestation component stores a validation certification in the compliance repository responsive to the compliance attestation component approving the at least one evidence record based on the business rules.
US11495345B2	Simulating a target coverage for deep brain stimulation A system is disclosed for determining a coverage of a target anatomical structure by an electric stimulation field. The system includes a computer to acquire patient image data and the atlas data, determine, based on the patient image data and the atlas data, target structure position data describing a position of the target anatomical structure in the medical image of the anatomical body part of the patient. The system also acquires electrode position data and stimulation field data describing an electric stimulation field around the position of the electrode. The system also includes an electrode configuring device for adjusting an emission configuration of the electrode.
US11495343B2	Device, system, and method for determining a reading environment by synthesizing downstream needs A device, system, and method determines a reading environment by synthesizing downstream needs. The method at a workflow server includes receiving a request from a physician device utilized by a referring physician, the request directed to performing an imaging procedure. The method includes determining at least one normalized need from the request, the normalized need corresponding to the referring physician. The method includes generating information to be included in a reading environment based on the at least one normalized need, the information assisting an image interpreter in interpreting the imaging procedure.
US11495337B1	Computing system for full textual search of a patient record A server computing device generates a virtual patient object (VPO) from a patient health record. The server computing device generates documents based upon the VPO. The server computing device causes a term-document index to be generated based upon the documents, the term-document index mapping terms in text of the documents to identifiers for the documents in which the terms are found. Subsequently, responsive to receiving a textual query from a client computing device, the server computing device executes a textual search over the term-document index based upon the textual query. The textual search produces search results that comprise an identifier for a document in the documents that includes a term specified in the textual query. The server computing device identifies a portion of the VPO based upon the search results and transmits the portion of the VPO to the client computing device for display.
US11495335B2	Health care system A health care system includes a server to provide a service to care for a health state of each user, and a terminal of each user. The server registers and manages user information containing at least attribute information of the user, health information, or action information as share information of a group of users in response to an operation from the terminal of the user, checks similarity between the users in the share information, determines a similar user of each of the users, and outputs share information of the similar user of the user to the terminal of the user on the basis of the check information. The health information contains time series data of one element of measurement items containing a body temperature of the user, menstruation, examination results, medication, or symptoms. The action information contains time series data of one of actions or arbitrary texts.
US11495330B2	Neurological data processing The present invention is in the technical field of bioinformatics, and the implementation of bioinformatics. Advances in technology have led to a large increase in the rate at which data, in particular in the medical domain, can be generated (from patient sources, clinical trials, and research campaigns). The researcher is thus confronted with a large amount of information, and it is difficult to discover connections in the data, and thus to improve medical knowledge, even in spite of the amount of data available. The present application proposes to process and to structure medical data using a computer-implemented semantic network, enabling undiscovered connections between experiments and data sources to be made, and to continually add new data to the semantic network. In summary, it is proposed to provide a computer-implemented method and associated system which are able to automatically provide neurological knowledge model data by annotating neural connectivity data with further data sources.
US11495329B2	Apparatus and method for determining validity of bio-information estimation model An apparatus for determining a validity of a bio-information estimation model includes a data acquirer interface configured to acquire an in vivo spectrum of an object, and acquire bio-information and a concentration of a main component which are estimated based on the in vivo spectrum and a bio-information estimation model; and a processor configured to acquire a residual spectrum of the acquired in vivo spectrum based on the acquired in vivo spectrum, the acquired bio-information, and the acquired concentration of the main component, determine a similarity between the acquired residual spectrum and a reference residual spectrum, and determine the validity of the bio-information estimation model based on the determined similarity.
US11495319B2	Memory system, memory controller, and method for operating memory system performing integrity check operation on target code when voltage drop is detected Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system, a memory controller, and a method of operating the memory system. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a memory system may perform an integrity check operation on target code when information indicating whether a supply voltage supplied to a memory system is maintained at or below a first level for a first unit time is received from a voltage drop detector configured to sense a level of the supply voltage. Accordingly, the memory system is capable of minimizing the time of operation in the state in which a bit-flip occurs and preventing a problem in which irrecoverable data is recorded in a memory device due to malfunction of firmware.
US11495312B2	Memory circuit and memory programming method A memory circuit and a memory programming method adapted to program flash memory are provided. The memory circuit includes a charge pumping circuit, a voltage regulator, a voltage sensor, and a plurality of switch circuits. The charge pumping circuit generates a pumping voltage and a pumping current. The voltage regulator is coupled to the charge pumping circuit and generates a programming voltage and a programming current to program the flash memory according to the pumping voltage and the pumping current. The voltage sensor is coupled to the voltage regulator to monitor a voltage value of the programming voltage. Each of the plurality of switch circuits includes a first terminal coupled to the voltage sensor and a second terminal coupled to the flash memory. A quantity of the plurality of switch circuits that are turned on is determined by the voltage value of the programming voltage.
US11495309B2	Initiating media management operation using voltage distribution metrics in memory system Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device can perform operations including determining a voltage distribution metric associated with a at least part of a block of the memory device; determining a threshold value for the voltage distribution metric associated with the block; and responsive to determining that the voltage distribution metric exceeds the threshold value, performing a media management operation with respect to the block.
US11495306B2	Peak current management in a memory array An electronic device comprises a multi-chip package including multiple memory dice that include a memory array, charging circuitry, polling circuitry and a control unit. The charging circuitry is configured to perform one or more memory events in a high current mode using a high current level or in a low current mode using a lower current level. The polling circuitry is configured to poll a power status node common to the multiple memory dice to determine availability of the high current mode. The control unit is configured to operate the charging circuitry in the high current mode to perform the one or more memory events when the polling circuitry indicates that the high current mode is available, and operate the charging circuitry in the low current mode to perform the one or more memory events when the polling circuitry indicates that the high current mode is unavailable.
US11495303B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive layer, a first and a second semiconductor layer opposed to the first conductive layer, a first and a second electric charge accumulating portion disposed between the first conductive layer and the first and the second semiconductor layer, and a first and a second bit line electrically connected to the first and the second semiconductor layer. A distance from a center position of the first conductive layer to the second semiconductor layer is smaller than a distance from the center position of the first conductive layer to the first semiconductor layer. When a read operation is executed on a first memory cell including the first electric charge accumulating portion and a second memory cell including the second electric charge accumulating portion, a voltage of the second bit line is larger than a voltage of the first bit line.
US11495300B2	Method and apparatus for PUF generator characterization Disclosed is a physical unclonable function generator circuit and testing method. In one embodiment, a testing method for physical unclonable function (PUF) generator includes: verifying a functionality of a PUF generator by writing preconfigured logical states to and reading output logical states from a plurality of bit cells in a PUF cell array; determining a first number of first bit cells in the PUF cell array, wherein the output logical states of the first bit cells are different from the preconfigured logical states; when the first number of first bit cells is less than a first predetermined number, generating a first map under a first set of operation conditions using the PUF generator and a masking circuit, generating a second map under a second set of operation conditions using the PUF generator and the masking circuit, determining a second number of second bit cells, wherein the second bit cells are stable in the first map and unstable in the second map; when the second number of second bit cells is determined to be zero, determining a third number of third bit cells, wherein the third bit cells are stable in the first map and stable in the second map; and when the third number of third bit cells are greater than a second preconfigured number, the PUF generator is determined as a qualified PUF generator.
US11495294B2	Hybrid self-tracking reference circuit for RRAM cells The disclosed invention presents a self-tracking reference circuit that compensates for IR drops and achieves the target resistance state at different temperatures after write operations. The disclosed self-tracking reference circuit includes a replica access path, a configurable resistor network, a replica selector mini-array and a step current generator that track PVT variations to provide a PVT tracking level for RRAM verify operation.
US11495284B2	Memory device including bitline sense amplifier and operating method thereof Disclosed are a memory device and an operating method thereof. The memory device includes a bitline sense amplifier connected to a bitline and a complementary bitline connected to a memory cell, and a sense amplifier driver circuit. The bitline sense amplifier senses and amplifies a voltage difference by developing a voltage of the bitline and a voltage of the complementary bitline. The sense amplifier driver circuit includes a pull-up circuit adjusting a level of a bitline low-level voltage developed by the bitline sense amplifier to be higher than a ground voltage in response to a first pull-up pulse, and a pull-down circuit adjusting the level of the bitline low level adjusted by the pull-up circuit to be equal to the ground voltage in response to a pull-down pulse. A pulse generator generates the first pull-up pulse and the pull-down pulse based on a command received from a host.
US11495282B2	Sense amplifier drivers, and related devices, systems, and methods Drivers for sense amplifiers are disclosed. A driver may include two or more drain areas extending in a first direction and two or more source areas extending in the first direction. The driver may also include a drain interconnection including two or more first drain-interconnection portions which extend in the first direction above the two of more drain areas and one or more second drain-interconnection portions extending in a second direction between the two or more first drain-interconnection portions. The driver may also include a source interconnection including two or more first source-interconnection portions extending in the first direction above the two or more source areas and one or more second source-interconnection portions extending in the second direction between the two or more first source-interconnection portions. Associated systems are also disclosed.
US11495278B2	Memory device According to one embodiment, a memory device includes first and second wiring lines, memory cells between first and second wiring lines, first and second common wiring lines, a first selecting circuit between one ends of the first wiring lines and the first common wiring line, and a second selecting circuit between the other ends of the first wiring lines and the first common wiring line. A path between the first wiring line and the first common wiring line through the first selecting circuit and a path between the first wiring line and the first common wiring line through the second selecting circuit are defined as first and second paths, one of the first and second paths is set to an electrically conductive state.
US11495277B2	Apparatus performing read operation An apparatus includes a control clock generation circuit configured to generate a first toggling reference clock from a first internal clock and generate a second toggling reference clock from a first inverted internal clock, when a read operation is performed. The apparatus also includes a strobe signal generation circuit configured to generate a data strobe signal whose level transitions during a toggling period in synchronization with the first and second toggling reference clocks.
US11495276B2	Electronic devices for controlling clock generation An electronic device includes a shifting circuit and a dock repeater. The shifting circuit is configured to generate a write shifting flag that is inactivated when a write signal for a write operation is activated. The clock repeater is configured to block generation of a read repeating dock that is used in a read operation when the write shifting flag is inactivated.
US11495272B2	Electronic device configured to perform an auto-precharge operation An electronic device may include: an input/output control signal generation circuit configured to generate an input control signal and a first output control signal during a write operation, and generate a second output control signal during a write operation with an auto-precharge operation; and a bank address output circuit configured to latch a bank address based on the input control signal, and output the latched bank address as a write bank address for the write operation or a precharge bank address for the auto-precharge operation, based on the first output control signal and the second output control signal.
US11495271B2	Receiver receiving multi-level signal, memory device including the same and method of receiving data using ihe same A receiver that receives a multi-level signal includes a compensation circuit, a sampling circuit, an output circuit and a mode selector. The compensation circuit generates a plurality of data signals and a plurality of reference voltages by compensating intersymbol interference on an input data signal. The sampling circuit generates a plurality of sample signals based on the plurality of data signals and the plurality of reference voltages. The output circuit generates output data based on the plurality of sample signals, and selects a current value of the output data based on a previous value of the output data. The mode selector generates a mode selection signal used to select one of first and second operation modes based on an operating environment. The compensation circuit and the sampling circuit are entirely enabled in the first operation mode, and the compensation circuit and the sampling circuit are partially enabled in the second operation mode.
US11495269B2	Wall mounted isolating system for dampening vibration An isolating system for dampening vibrations to or from audio equipment includes a mounting bracket secured to a support surface and a lower isolator assembly engaged with the mounting bracket. An upper isolator assembly engages the audio equipment and is positioned above the lower isolator assembly. The upper and lower assemblies are engaged with one another via aligned pairs of resilient, vibration-dampening isolators and associated connector members. The connector members extend between the isolators and are long enough to prevent direct contact between the upper and lower isolators. The isolating system is configured to allow a user to pivot the audio equipment about a vertical axis to change the position of the equipment in a horizontal plane. The isolating system is further configured to allow the user to pivot the audio equipment about a horizontal axis to change the position of the equipment in a vertical plane.
US11495267B2	Data storage retainer systems, methods, and devices A retention assembly includes a first retention member with a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs. The first set of ribs are positioned to form slots, which are shaped to receive data storage devices. The first set of ribs are arranged to separate adjacent data storage devices and have a first length. The second set of ribs extend into respective slots to form air channels within the slots, and the second set of ribs have a second length that is shorter than the first length.
US11495266B2	Systems and methods for playing back multimedia files incorporating reduced index structures Playback and distribution systems and methods for multimedia files are provided. The multimedia files are encoded with indexes associated with the content data of the multimedia files. Through the use of the indexes, playback of the content is enhanced without significantly increasing the file size of the multimedia file.
US11495265B1	Change-dependent pre-export for video editing projects Techniques are described for pre-exporting chunks of video content during video editing of a video editing project. For example, the chunks of the video editing project can be monitored for changes. When a change is detected to a chunk, the chunk can be pre-exported as an independent chunk that is combinable with other pre-exported chunks and without encoding or re-encoding the pre-exported chunks. In addition, the monitoring and pre-exporting can be performed while the video editing project is editable by a user of the video editing project. When the video editing project is ready to be finalized, the pre-exported chunks can be combined to generate, at least in part, a media file. The generated media file can then be output.
US11495264B2	Method and system of clipping a video, computing device, and computer storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure describes techniques for clipping a video. The disclosed techniques comprise obtaining a video including a plurality of frames performing object detection on each frame; identifying objects contained in each frame, wherein a region where each object is located is selected through a detection box; classifying and recognizing the objects identified in each frame using a pre-trained classification model; selecting human body region images; determining a similarity between each human body region image selected from the plurality of frames and a target character image; in response to determining that a similarity between a human body region image and the target character image is greater than a predetermined threshold, identifying the human body region image as a clipping image; and synthesizing clipping images identified in the plurality of frames in order of time to obtain a clipping video.
US11495260B1	Storage device that switches detector configuration sets between decoding iterations A plurality of configuration sets are used with a detector coupled to a decoder. A processor is coupled to the memory registers and the detector and operable to load a first one of the configuration sets into the detector. The detector to attempts detection of the bits in the digital stream for a first iteration between the detector and the decoder using the first configuration set. After the first iteration, a second one of the configuration sets is loaded into the detector. The second configuration set is different than the first configuration set. The detector to attempts detection of the bits in the digital stream for a second iteration between the detector and the decoder using the second configuration set.
US11495259B2	Fabrication methods for magnetic recording tape having resilient substrate A method for making a magnetic recording tape, in accordance with one approach, includes coupling an underlayer to a substrate, the substrate comprising a poly ether ether ketone (PEEK). A method for making a magnetic recording tape in accordance with another approach includes coupling an underlayer to a substrate via radiation-induced grafting, the substrate comprising a poly ether ether ketone (PEEK). A recording layer may be coupled to the underlayer.
US11495257B2	Magnetic recording medium The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 3.8.
US11495255B2	Method for manufacturing magnetic disk device According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a magnetic disk device includes: moving a magnetic head such that a read head is located on a first learning position among a plurality of learning positions set in a radial direction of a magnetic disk; and learning RRO correction information related to the first learning position using the read head. The method further includes: moving the magnetic head such that the read head is located on a second learning position among the plurality of learning positions; and executing writing of the RRO correction information related to the first learning position using the write head in parallel while learning RRO correction information related to the second learning position using the read head when the read head is located on the second learning position.
US11495251B1	Manufacturing method for magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including a pair of first side shields and a pair of second side shields A write shield of a magnetic head includes a pair of first side shields and a pair of second side shields. The pair of first side shields each include a first side wall and a second side wall. The pair of second side shields each include a third side wall. The third side wall of one of the pair of second side shields is continuous with the first side wall of one of the pair of first side shields. The third side wall of the other of the pair of second side shields is continuous with the first side wall of the other of the pair of first side shields.
US11495246B2	Magnetic tape cartridge and magnetic tape apparatus The magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape that is accommodated in the magnetic tape cartridge while being wound around a reel hub. The magnetic tape has a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, and includes one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide in a portion on the magnetic layer side on the non-magnetic support, and after the magnetic tape cartridge is stored in an environment of an atmosphere temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 80% for 24 hours, a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface of the magnetic layer in an inner region during winding of the magnetic tape is 45 at % or more.
US11495242B2	Audio processing method, audio processing device, and associated non-transitory computer-readable medium The audio processing method may include: utilizing a first convolution layer circuit and a second convolution layer circuit to perform convolution processing on an audio mixture signal, respectively, in order to generate an input feature map; performing separation processing corresponding to a predetermined neural network model on the input feature map to obtain a first output feature map and a second output feature map respectively corresponding to a first type and a second type; and utilizing a first deconvolution layer circuit and a second deconvolution layer circuit to perform deconvolution processing on different portions of the first output feature map, respectively, and utilizing the first deconvolution layer circuit and the second deconvolution layer circuit to perform deconvolution processing on different portions of the second output feature map, respectively, in order to generate corresponding processing results, for generating multiple audio output signals.
US11495239B2	Parametric joint-coding of audio sources The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
US11495235B2	System for creating speaker model based on vocal sounds for a speaker recognition system, computer program product, and controller, using two neural networks According to one embodiment, a system for creating a speaker model includes one or more processors. The processors change a part of network parameters from an input layer to a predetermined intermediate layer based on a plurality of patterns and inputs a piece of speech into each of neural networks so as to obtain a plurality of outputs from the intermediate layer. The part of network parameters of the each of the neural networks is changed based on one of the plurality of patterns. The processors create a speaker model with respect to one or more words detected from the speech based on the outputs.
US11495233B2	Automated calling system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
US11495232B2	Handling of poor audio quality in a terminal device There is provided mechanisms for handling poor audio quality. A method is performed by a receiving terminal device. The method comprises obtaining an indication of poor audio quality of incoming audio at the receiving terminal device. The incoming audio originates from a transmitting terminal device. The method comprises initiating text conversion of the incoming audio. The method comprises receiving text resulting from automatic speech recognition having been applied to the incoming audio. The method comprises providing a representation of the text to a user interface of the receiving terminal device.
US11495227B2	Artificial intelligence (AI) based user query intent analyzer An Artificial Intelligence (AI) based user intent analyzer system analyzes a received user query to determine an intent of the user query and enables execution of processes on a backend system based on the user intent. The user query is divided into a plurality of portions and the portions with extraneous information are discarded. The remaining portions are parsed with a plurality of parsers. The output from the plurality of parsers is processed for extraction of the entities, entity attributes, verbs, and verb arguments. The entities and verbs are further filtered using knowledge graphs and the remaining entities and verbs are mapped to sub-intents using intent mapping rules retrieved from the knowledge graphs. The sub-intents are mapped to the final intent using process rules associated with the process to be executed by the backend system in response to the user query.
US11495221B2	Verification of wireless communications between a vehicle user and a remote entity A communication system includes a vehicle communication assembly connected to a vehicle, including a transmitter and a receiver, and configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote entity, and a processing device and a memory coupled to the processing device. The memory includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to receive a wireless signal including a speech communication from the remote entity at the receiver, analyze the wireless signal by a speech recognition module to identify the speech communication, and recognize a known directive within the speech communication based on stored contextual information. The instructions also cause the processing device to, based on recognizing the known directive, present a textual representation of the known directive to a user of the vehicle, and determine that the processing device correctly recognized the known directive based on detecting an input from the user verifying the known directive.
US11495218B2	Virtual assistant operation in multi-device environments Systems and processes for providing a virtual assistant service are provided. In accordance with one or more examples, a method includes receiving, from an accessory device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device, a representation of a speech input representing a user request. The method further includes detecting a second electronic device and transmitting, from the first electronic device, a representation of the user request and data associated with the detected second electronic device to a third electronic device. The method further includes receiving, from the third electronic device, a determination of whether a task is to be performed by the second electronic device in accordance with the user request; and in accordance with a determination that a task is to be performed by the second electronic device, requesting the second electronic device to performed the task in accordance with the user request.
US11495214B2	Artificial intelligence device for providing voice recognition service and method of operating the same An artificial intelligence device for providing a voice recognition service includes a microphone configured to receive a voice command, a memory configured to store an error analysis model for inferring an error cause of voice recognition, an output unit, and a processor configured to determine whether voice recognition of the voice command has failed based on the voice command and voice recognition surrounding information, acquire the error cause from the voice recognition surrounding information using the error analysis model, and output the acquired error cause through the output unit.
US11495211B2	Memory deterioration detection and amelioration Memory deterioration detection and evaluation includes capturing human utterances with a voice interface and generating, for a user, a human utterances corpus that comprises human utterances selected from the plurality of human utterances based on meanings of the human utterances as determined by natural language processing by a computer processor. Based on data generated in response to signals sensed by one or more sensing devices operatively coupled with the computer processor, contextual information corresponding to one or more human utterances of the corpus is determined. Patterns among the corpus of human utterances are recognized based on pattern recognition performed by the computer processor using one or more machine learning models. Based on the pattern recognition a change in memory functioning of the user is identified. The identified change is classified, based on the contextual information, as to whether the change is likely due to memory impairment of the user.
US11495210B2	Acoustic based speech analysis using deep learning models A method and system for detecting one or more speech features in speech audio data includes receiving speech audio data, performing preprocessing on the speech audio data to prepare the speech audio data for use as an input into one or more models that detect one or more speech features, providing the preprocessed speech audio data to a stacked machine learning model, and analyzing the preprocessed speech audio data via the stacked ML model to detect the one or more speech features. The stacked ML model includes a feature aggregation model, a sequence to sequence model, and a decision-making model.
US11495208B2	Detecting potential significant errors in speech recognition results In some embodiments, recognition results produced by a speech processing system (which may include two or more recognition results, including a top recognition result and one or more alternative recognition results) based on an analysis of a speech input, are evaluated for indications of potential errors. In some embodiments, the indications of potential errors may include discrepancies between recognition results that are meaningful for a domain, such as medically-meaningful discrepancies. The evaluation of the recognition results may be carried out using any suitable criteria, including one or more criteria that differ from criteria used by an ASR system in determining the top recognition result and the alternative recognition results from the speech input. In some embodiments, a recognition result may additionally or alternatively be processed to determine whether the recognition result includes a word or phrase that is unlikely to appear in a domain to which speech input relates.
US11495203B2	Sound absorber, electronic device with sound absorbing device, and image forming apparatus with sound absorber A sound absorber includes at least one cavity and at least one mouth to communicate the at least one cavity with an outside of the sound absorber. The at least one cavity includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side wall. The top surface includes the mouth. The bottom surface opposes the top surface. The side wall is extended to connect the top surface with the bottom surface. At least one of the top surface and the bottom surface is inclined with respect to the side wall.
US11495201B2	Sound absorption panel In a sound absorption panel formed by stacking a plate perforated with a hole having a hole size smaller than a fiber length such as expanded metal, a honeycomb material, and felt-like fiber between the perforated plate and the honeycomb material, and joining the perforated plate, the felt-like fiber, and the honeycomb material to each other with an adhesive, the adhesive applied to the perforated plate is permeated into a surface of the felt-like fiber exposed from the hole to fix the fiber on the surface.
US11495197B2	Musical instruments configured to help refine playing technique, and method of making same A practice musical instrument configured to mimic implement rebound produced when playing a conventional version of the musical instrument can include a plurality of spaced-apart, rectangular keys. At least two of the keys can have a different length. A strike pad can be attached to a top surface of each key. Each strike pad can be formed of rubber. Each strike pad can be sized to the key to which it is attached. Hitting one of the strike pads with an implement can produce a rebound of the implement that mimics a rebound of the implement when hitting a corresponding key of the conventional version of the instrument. Hitting one of the strike pads with the implement produces a sound that is quieter than when the implement hits a corresponding key of the conventional version of the instrument.
US11495194B1	Display apparatuses and methods incorporating pattern conversion A display apparatus comprising: first light source(s) per eye, scanning mirror(s) per eye, pattern converting element per eye, and processor(s) configured to control first light source(s) to emit a light beam, whilst controlling scanning mirror(s) to draw subframe(s) of first image frame over pattern converting element, wherein subframe(s), when drawn, comprises plurality of light spots arranged in first pattern, wherein pattern converting element is employed to direct light beam incident thereon towards target surface, whilst converting first pattern of plurality of light spots into second pattern, thereby producing on target surface output image having spatially-variable resolution.
US11495193B2	Vehicle display system and vehicle display method A vehicle display system includes a vehicle detection device detecting at least one other vehicle present in surroundings of a host vehicle, a vehicle speed detection device detecting a speed of the host vehicle, a display device displaying the host vehicle and the at least one other vehicle respectively as vehicle icons, and a display control part configured to control a content of display of the display device. When the speed of the host vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the display control part is configured to blank out the display of or display transparently at least a part of a vehicle icon of a following vehicle detected by the vehicle detection device and positioned at a rear of the host vehicle in a driving lane of the host vehicle.
US11495192B2	Display device A display device includes a stacked structure and an outer frame fixedly receiving the stacked structure therein. The stacked structure includes an intelligence light adjustment layer, a display module, and a light-transmitting reflective layer interposed between the display module and the intelligence light adjustment layer. The intelligence light adjustment layer is configured to present one of a first state or a second state, which are different from each other, based on whether electrical power is applied to the intelligence light adjustment layer. The display module projects display images through the intelligence light adjustment layer in the first state. When the intelligence light adjustment layer is in the second state, the color of the outer frame is the same as the color of the intelligence light adjustment layer.
US11495191B2	Reading extended display identification data (EDID) from display device to get native resolution of display device A display device, an electronic system and a control method are disclosed. The display device includes a memory device. The memory device includes a memory array, an input/output logic circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory array includes a plurality of sub-arrays and each sub-array stores extended display identification data. The input/output logic circuit is configured to receive an identification data request from a host device and determine whether to perform an identification data access process according to the identification data request The control logic circuit is configured to read extended display identification data stored in a target sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays of the memory array according to memory address information in response to determining to perform the identification data access process.
US11495190B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for determining configuration settings for a display apparatus Apparatus for determining configuration settings for a display apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor where the processor is configured to determine configuration settings for a display apparatus in dependence on one or more first input parameters indicative of one or more conditions that affect a user experience when a user views content reproduced on the display apparatus, predict an expected user response as a result of operating the display apparatus according to the determined configuration settings, search for an updated set of configuration settings that are expected to produce a user response closer to an intended result than the predicted user response, and control the display apparatus to operate according to the updated set of configuration settings.
US11495189B1	Source driver and output buffer thereof of liquid crystal display An output buffer is provided, which including an input circuit, output circuits, a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer and a demultiplexer. The input circuit is for generating a first control signal and a second control signal according to a feedback signal and an input signal. Each output circuit is controlled by a first gate signal and a second gate signal to provide a corresponding one of output signals. The first multiplexer is for providing the first control signal and the second control signal to one of the output circuits as the first gate signal and the second gate signal, respectively. The second multiplexer is for providing a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage as the first gate signal and the second gate signal, respectively, to other of the output circuits. The demultiplexer is for providing one of the output signals as the feedback signal.
US11495187B2	Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire image data including color information, acquire color information of a formed image, the formed image being an image formed on a recording medium on a basis of the image data, acquire light transmittance information expressing a degree of light transmittance of an image-carrying medium, the image-carrying medium being the recording medium on which the formed image is formed, and associate first color information, second color information, and the light transmittance information with each other, the first color information being the color information included in the image data and the second color information being the color information of the formed image.
US11495186B2	Synchronizing scanning display with video Examples are disclosed herein related to controlling a scanning mirror system. One example provides a display device, comprising a light source, a scanning mirror system configured to scan light from the light source in a first direction at a first, higher scan rate, and in a second direction at a second, lower scan rate, and a drive circuit configured to control the scanning mirror system to display video image data by providing a control signal to the scanning mirror system to control scanning in the second direction, and for each video image data frame of at least a subset of video image data frames, combining the control signal with an adjustment signal to adjust the scanning in the second direction, the adjustment signal comprising a low pass filtered signal with a cutoff frequency based on a lowest resonant frequency of the scanning mirror system in the second direction.
US11495181B2	Display device and driving method thereof The display device includes a display panel in which a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area are defined, a data driving circuit which drives the plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which receives an image signal and a control signal, and controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit based on an operation mode, where the driving controller includes a luminance deviation compensation unit which compensates for luminance deviation of the first display area and the second display area when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode in which the first display area is driven at a first frequency and the second display area is driven at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
US11495180B2	Display device and method of controlling the same A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, and a monitoring circuit. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor configured to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, and a first switching transistor disposed between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor. The first switching transistor switches between supplying and not supplying the light-emitting element with electric current from the driving transistor. The monitoring circuit monitors a signal at a monitoring point located between the driving transistor and the first switching transistor in the pixel circuit.
US11495174B1	Display device and driving method thereof A method and a display device are provided. The method includes: generating a plurality of timing control signals for controlling a plurality of LED driving circuits, wherein the plurality of timing control signals include a first timing control signal and a second timing control signal; allowing the first LED driving circuit to drive an Nth scan line of a first display region at a first driving timing through the first timing control signal; and allowing the second LED driving circuit to drive an Nth scan line of the second display region at a second driving timing that is different from the first driving timing through the second timing control signal.
US11495172B2	Pixel group and column token display architectures A flat-panel display comprises a display substrate, an array of pixels distributed in rows and columns over the display substrate, the array having a column-control side, and column controller disposed on the column-control side of the array providing column data to the array of pixels through column-data lines. In some embodiments, rows of pixels in the array of pixels form row groups and each column of pixels in a row group receives column data through a separate column-data line. In some embodiments, each pixel in each column of pixels in the array of pixels is serially connected and each pixel in the array of pixels comprises a token-passing circuit for passing a token through the serially connected column of pixels.
US11495166B2	Display device A display device including a substrate, a gate driving circuit, at least one ambient light sensing element and at least one ambient light sensing signal line is provided by the present disclosure. The substrate includes a peripheral region, and the gate driving circuit, the ambient light sensing element and the ambient light sensing signal line are disposed in the peripheral region. The ambient light sensing signal line is electrically connected to the ambient light sensing element, wherein the ambient light sensing signal line at least partially overlaps the gate driving circuit in a top view direction of the substrate.
US11495161B2	System and method for a six-primary wide gamut color system Systems and methods for a six-primary color system for display. A six-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. The six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
US11495154B2	Fan assembly for displaying an image Apparatus and methods for displaying an image by a rotating structure are provided. The rotating structure can comprise blades of a fan. The fan can be a cooling fan for an electronics device such as an augmented reality display. In some embodiments, the rotating structure comprises light sources that emit light to generate the image. The light sources can comprises light-field emitters. In other embodiments, the rotating structure is illuminated by an external (e.g., non-rotating) light source.
US11495153B2	Pixel circuit and driving method therefor, array substrate, display panel, and electronic device A pixel circuit includes: a first driving line, a second driving line, a data line, and a sensing line; a first pixel sub-circuit including a first writing unit, a first sensing unit, and a first driving unit, the first driving unit being configured to drive a first light-emitting unit to emit light; and a second pixel sub-circuit including a second writing unit, a second sensing unit, and a second driving unit, the second driving unit being configured to drive a second light-emitting unit to emit light. The first writing unit and the second sensing unit are connected to the first driving line, so as to be turned on or off synchronously under control of the first driving line. The second writing unit and the first sensing unit are connected to the second driving line, so as to be turned on or off synchronously under control of the second driving line.
US11495152B2	Method for diagnosing display connection and operation A method of diagnosing connectivity and operational problems between a digital parallel RGB video input device and a digital parallel RGB video display includes transmitting control signals from the input device to the display device, executing the control signals on the display device, generating and transmitting diagnostic signals to a diagnostics processor, and determining if the display is functioning correctly.
US11495151B2	Illusion presentation system, and illusion presentation method A feeling is given that a stationary object that actually exists as a physical object is moving. In an illusion showing system including: an object; and a video presentation device that presents video for superimposition that includes a stationary object area having a substantially identical contour as a contour of the object, at least one luminance varying area located along a contour of the stationary object area, and a background area other than the stationary object area and the luminance varying area, and in which luminance of the luminance varying area varies with time in a luminance range based on luminance of the object and luminance of the background area, the object and the video for superimposition are shown so that a contour of the stationary object area of the video for superimposition presented by the video presentation device substantially matches a contour of the object.
US11495147B2	Display device The present disclosure provides a display device including a display panel, a pair of supporting components, a rotating component, a first fixing part and a second fixing part. The display panel comprises: a first side and a second side which are opposite to each other, and the first side is fixedly connected to the first fixing part, and the second side is fixedly connected to the second fixing part. The pair of supporting components comprises: a first supporting component and a second supporting component which are opposite to each other. A first end of the first supporting component is fixedly connected to a first end of the rotating component, and a second end of the first supporting component is fixedly connected to a first end of the second fixing part at the second side of the display panel.
US11495145B2	Method and system for selectively encrypting dataset A method and a system of selective encryption of a test dataset is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method may include determining a relevancy grade associated with each of a plurality of datapoints within a test dataset by comparing the test dataset with a common heat map, wherein the common heat map is generated using a plurality of training datasets. The method may further include calculating, based on the relevancy grade, an encryption level associated with each of the plurality of datapoints. The method may further include selectively encrypting at least one datapoint from the plurality of datapoints based on the encryption level associated with each of the plurality of datapoints. The at least one data point is rendered to a user after being decrypted.
US11495144B2	Apparatus and method for converting input bit sequences A cryptographical apparatus for converting input bit sequences, whose overflow-free arithmetic addition results in a secret, into output bit sequences whose logic XORing results in the secret. The apparatus comprises a data interface for providing a first input bit sequence and a second input bit sequence and a processing circuit configured to a) gate the first input bit sequence and the second input bit sequence to obtain a logic result indicating overflow bit positions at which both the first input bit sequence and the second input bit sequence have a value of one; and to b) change the first and/or second input bit sequence at at least one overflow bit position. The processing circuit is configured to repeatedly perform steps a) and b) by using the respectively changed input bit sequences, until the logic result indicates no further overflow bit position and the output bit sequences are obtained.
US11495143B2	Emergency casualty care trainer Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a wearable device for simulating wounds and injuries received during a trauma event. Aspects of the present disclosure further relate to a medical training device for Trauma Emergency Casualty Care and Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). A wearable device may be worn by a live human (e.g., trauma actor) or simulated body (e.g., full/partial manikin, drag dummy, etc.). The medical trainers disclosed herein may include one or more simulated injuries, which may be operational or merely to provide more realism. The medical trainers disclosed herein may further include features directed toward to internal and/or external trauma injuries.
US11495142B2	Ultrasound trainer with internal optical tracking A training system to teach use of an ultrasound probe, the training system having a chamber defining an orifice, a shaft insertable into the orifice of the chamber, a marker positioned on the shaft at a distal end, a camera positioned to view the marker when inserted inside the chamber, and a processor operatively connected to the camera for processing a position and an orientation of the shaft based on the marker. The system provides a method for visualizing movement of the shaft from inside the chamber.
US11495141B2	Dual channel medical simulator An apparatus for simulating an insertion of an elongated instrument into a subject, comprising: a frame extending between two end walls along a first axis and two lateral walls along a second axis, one of the two end walls being provided with an insertion aperture and one of the two lateral walls being provided an insertion hole, the insertion aperture defining a first passageway and the insertion hole defining a second passageway, the first and second passageways intersecting each other at an intersection point; and a sensing unit contained within the frame and configured for measuring at least one of a displacement of the elongated member and a rotation of the elongated member, the sensing unit being positioned adjacent to the intersection point for performing the measurement of the at least one of the displacement and the rotation at the intersection point.
US11495135B2	Vehicle, and unmanned aerial system and method including the same An unmanned aerial system and a method are disclosed. An unmanned aerial system may include: a telematics service server; an unmanned aerial apparatus; and a vehicle. In particular, the telematics service server obtains a destination of the unmanned aerial apparatus, a movement path of the vehicle, a current location of the unmanned aerial apparatus, and a current location of the vehicle, and also searches for the vehicle with which the unmanned aerial apparatus is able to move in collaboration. The telematics service server controls a collaborative movement between the unmanned aerial apparatus and the vehicle, and the unmanned aerial apparatus transmits and receives information for the collaborative movement from the telematics service server. In addition, the vehicle carries the unmanned aerial apparatus according to a request from the telematics service server, and moves together with the unmanned aerial apparatus.
US11495134B2	System and method for database augmented ground collision avoidance A ground collision avoidance method in an ownship vehicle is disclosed. The method includes: retrieving position measurements for the ownship vehicle and for a dynamic obstacle; retrieving mapping data from an airport map database that includes coordinate data for airport travel pathways; adjusting a position measurement for the ownship vehicle and a position measurement for the dynamic obstacle based on coordinate data retrieved from the airport map database and historical aircraft movement data; predicting a series of future positions for the ownship vehicle that are constrained by airport surface operation rules; predicting a series of future positions for the dynamic obstacle that are constrained by airport surface operation rules; calculating whether a potential collision is imminent; and causing a collision alert to be displayed when the processor has determined that a potential collision between the ownship vehicle and the dynamic obstacle is imminent.
US11495131B2	Vehicle to vehicle safety messaging congestion control for platooning vehicles Various embodiments include methods that may be implementing in a computing system within vehicles for supporting communicating proxy basic safety communications while operating within a platoon of vehicles to control congestion on frequencies used for basic safety communications. In various embodiments, while a vehicle is operating as a designated platoon vehicle, the computing system may generate a proxy basic safety communication including position and dimension information of the platoon as a whole, and broadcast the proxy basic safety communication on behalf of vehicles in the platoon. The proxy basic safety communication may include positions of certain vehicles within and dimensions of the platoon. While in a platoon but not operating as the designated platoon vehicle, the computing system may not broadcast basic safety communications or broadcast such communications at low power.
US11495129B2	Utilizing determined optimized time windows for precomputing optimal path matrices to reduce computer resource usage A method involves accelerating the electronic determination of high quality solutions to routing problems by utilizing determined optimized time windows for precomputing optimal path matrices to reduce computer resource usage. The use of traffic windows defined based on changes in rates of change of speeds for traffic on road segments allows for more rapid determination of a set of one or more high quality solutions as compared to requiring on-demand, in-process determination of a shortest path for a particular time during comparison of paths or routes performed as part of a process for determining high quality solutions to the routing problem.
US11495128B2	In-vehicle information system An in-vehicle information system mounted on a vehicle is provided. The system comprises a registration unit configured to register identification information and a name of each user and a name of a group including a plurality of users; a recognition unit configured to recognize a user who is an occupant of the vehicle based on the identification information; and a control unit configured to cause an output unit to output a name corresponding to the user recognized by the recognition means.
US11495124B2	Traffic pattern detection for creating a simulated traffic zone experience The described technology is generally directed towards generating a simulated virtual experience that represents predicted interaction of a user/vehicle with traffic in a traffic zone. A user who is considering entering a traffic zone (e.g., that charges a fee for usage) can request a simulated virtual experience of what is likely to occur if the user decides to enter. Based on the simulated virtual experience, which can be a graphical visualization in 3D, the user can make an informed decision as to whether to enter and pay, or not enter. User-specific data such as user preferences and other provided criterion can be used with respect to generating the simulated virtual experience. For current users about to enter the zone, current traffic data is used along with historical data in generating the simulated virtual experience.
US11495121B2	Systems and methods for detecting chassis intrusion and/or tampering events in battery-powered information handling systems Systems and methods that may be implemented to employ a programmable integrated circuit within a smart battery pack to detect and/or log occurrence of chassis intrusion and/or tampering events in a battery-powered information handling system within which the smart battery pack is installed. A battery management unit (BMU) or other programmable integrated circuit of the installed smart battery pack may be utilized to detect occurrence of a tampering and/or intrusion event into the chassis of the host information handling system based on a current state of a system present (Sys_Pres) signal at the battery pack that indicates temporary or permanent disconnection of system motherboard circuitry from the smart battery pack of the battery-powered information handling system. Such a detected occurrence of a tampering and/or intrusion event may be reported to a remote human user of remote system and/or to a local human user of the local system.
US11495120B2	Universal programmable optic/acoustic signaling device with self-diagnosis A signaling system includes a universal, programmable, and customizable signaling device. The signaling device includes light indicators, such as a colored light-emitting diode (LED) screen with pixels distributed on an indicating surface of the device facing all directions. A segmented assembly with driver, light, sound, and diagnostic sections allows customization of the device to accommodate different size requirements in different contexts. The signaling device includes both analog and digital inputs for receiving control signals from a monitored system, as well as additional inputs for receiving signaling instructions from a configuration device. Based on the signaling instructions and the control signals, the signaling device presents status information for the monitored system via programmed audible and visual alarms and signaling patterns, including animations. Diagnostic monitors of the signaling device determine a diagnostic status for the device, and a diagnostic indicator presents diagnostic information to ensure that the signaling device is operating normally.
US11495116B2	Home health optimization The present invention comprises a novel Virtual Facilities Manager architecture that optimizes home health by combining multiple prediction engines, fed by continuously monitored and processed sensor-based and environmental data (historical as well as current), with an integrated Homecare Network of homeowners and service and other providers. This enables a continuous feedback process in which abnormal conditions (symptoms of an underlying problem, including suboptimal performance) are detected and addressed by issuing contextual alerts with associated actions (related alert-action pairs) in an iterative manner over time. By maintaining a Home Health Record including Scores (e.g., reliability and energy efficiency) representing the systemic state of one or more homes, the present invention detects not only maintenance issues, but also suboptimal performance “problems,” and addresses them with the same iterative troubleshooting approach until such scores return to an acceptable level.
US11495114B2	Alert similarity and label transfer A method of identifying a historical alert that is similar to an alert associated with a detected deviation from an operational state of a device includes receiving feature data including time series data for multiple sensor devices associated with the device and receiving an alert indicator for the alert. The method includes processing a portion of the feature data that is within a temporal window associated with the alert indicator to generate feature importance data for the alert. The feature importance data includes values indicating relative importance of each of the sensor devices to the alert. The method also includes identifying one or more historical alerts that are most similar, based on the feature importance data and stored feature importance data, to the alert.
US11495110B2	Systems and methods for detecting a medical emergency event A computer-implemented method for detecting medical emergency events may include, via one or more processors, data sensors, and/or transceivers: (1) obtaining sensor data indicative of kinetic actions of a user; (2) analyzing the sensor data to associate the sensor data with a one or more kinetic actions of the user; (3) comparing the one or more kinetic actions of the user with a model of kinetic actions to determine whether the one or more kinetic actions correspond with the model of kinetic actions, with the model being indicative of a medical emergency event; and (4) upon determining that the one or more kinetic actions correspond with the model, contacting medical emergency responders to request medical emergency services for the user. As such, medical emergency events being experienced by a user can be detected, and medical emergency responders may be quickly contacted to provide essential emergency medical services to the individual.
US11495108B2	Private wireless network communications systems, methods and devices An embodiment of a minder device includes a selector and a transceiver. The selector is configurable in one of multiple configurations each corresponding to a respective one of multiple responses. And the transceiver is configured to receive, from a host server via a cellular network, a message from a monitor device associated with the minder device, and to send, to the monitor device via a cellular network and the host server, the one of the responses corresponding to the one of the configurations in which the selector is configured. For example, such a device can be a less-expensive alternative to, and can allow more monitor control, than a smart phone. Furthermore, such a device can be suitable for tracking and locating children too young to have a smart phone, for tracking and locating pets, and for tracking and locating objects.
US11495107B2	Compliance metrics for offender monitoring devices Example techniques of this disclosure are directed determining one or more values that represent a monitoring attribute for one or more body-worn tracking devices (BWTDs). In some instances, the techniques include determining a compliance metric that represents a level of compliance for at least one offender. That is, the compliance metric may be a quantitative value that represents whether a user wearing BWTD is complying with established rules or desired behaviors.
US11495106B2	Alarm device for a fire alarm system An alarm device for a fire alarm system is described herein. One device includes at least one of an audio notification mechanism and a visual notification mechanism, a supercapacitor, and a controller configured to allow the supercapacitor to power the at least one of the audio notification mechanism and the visual notification mechanism upon a short circuit fault occurring on a loop of the fire alarm system while the alarm device is in an alarm state.
US11495103B2	Monitoring apparatus and system Provided is a monitoring apparatus including a communication unit which receives streaming data and metadata of a video from each of a plurality of cameras installed indoors when the cameras obtain videos by capturing specific areas, respectively; a metadata analysis unit which analyzes the received metadata and extracts information about an event that occurred; a video selection unit which selects a video containing an area in which the event occurred from the videos based on the extracted information about the event; and a screen unit which receives the selected video from the video selection unit and immediately displays the received video when the monitoring apparatus is operated.
US11495102B2	Devices, systems, and methods for remote video retrieval Methods and systems provided. A system may include at least one camera at a camera location, wherein the at least one camera is configured to record one or more videos and one or more images. The system may further include a server. The server may be configure to download at least one image of the one or more images captured at the camera location. The server may also be configured to display the one or more downloaded images. Further, the server may also be configured to, in response to a user selecting a displayed image of the one or more displayed images, download a specific portion of the previously recorded one or more videos captured at the camera location.
US11495098B2	Aggregate monitor data in real-time by worker A worker monitoring system. The system comprises a processor, a display, a data store, a non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the non-transitory memory. The application stores definitions of associations of electronic monitors to workers in the data store, receives information from the electronic monitors via a wireless communication link, based on accessing the data store, analyzes information from a plurality of electronic monitors associated with one of the workers, corroborates information from a first electronic monitor associated with the one or the workers using information from a second electronic monitor associated with the one of the workers, and based on the corroboration of the information from the first electronic monitor, and presents an alarm indication on the display.
US11495095B2	Skill-based reel game having sequences of letter display elements A gaming system and method for a skill-based reel game that includes a sequence of letters and a game grid size are described. During a game session, a randomly selected plurality of letters are associated with a plurality of letter display elements. A game processor determines whether any of the plurality of letter display elements form a winning sequence of letter display elements that spell a word stored in a word database. The player then identifies the winning sequence with player input, such as selecting the sequence of letter display elements on a touchscreen. When the player input is received by the game processor within a preset time period, the player is awarded a game session prize.
US11495092B2	System and method for implementing a lottery game The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming device that facilitates user interactions with multiple games. Illustratively, a method of facilitating a lottery game is provided that includes receiving, from a gaming device, an indication of an outcome of a game that was executed by the gaming device, identifying a user of the gaming device when the outcome of the game occurred, then assigning a lottery number to the user of the gaming device for a next execution of the lottery game, where the lottery number is selected based on the outcome of the game.
US11495090B2	Electronic fund transfer for mobile gaming In one embodiment, a system and method to transfer money may include a mobile device associated with a player, a location server designed to: track a device position of the mobile device and track a vessel position, and a mobile gaming management server designed to: receive a fund transfer request from a gaming server for the mobile device, the fund transfer request including a fund amount; determine if the fund amount can be transferred to the mobile device based on the device position and the vessel position; and transfer the fund amount to the mobile device if it is determined that the fund amount can be transferred to the mobile device.
US11495086B2	Detecting cheating in games with machine learning Examples are disclosed that relate to detecting cheating at a game platform level using machine learning techniques. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem. The data-holding subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive notifications related to user progress in a game provided by the game to the online game platform, apply a classifying function to classify the user progress in the game as normal or outlying based upon the notifications, if the progress is classified as outlying then taking an action in response to the outlying classification, and if the progress is not classified as outlying then not taking the action.
US11495074B2	Face recognition unlocking device and operation method thereof A face recognition unlocking device includes a collection device configured to obtain information of a user, a controller configured to determine whether face recognition of the user succeeds, based on the information of the user, and calculate a location of the user for success in the face recognition, and an output device configured to guide the user to move.
US11495069B2	Lock system and method of requesting a lock-event of a network of locks A method of requesting a lock-event utilizing a regional lock-state system is configured to request a lock-event by sending a lock-event request from a mobile device to a control arrangement. Upon receipt, the lock-event request is recorded by the control arrangement. An administrator notification is then sent to an administrator device for alerting an administrator. The lock-event command is initiated by the administrator via the administrator device. A lock event directive is then sent to the mobile device. Upon receipt, a lock-event command is sent from the mobile device to a lock assembly.
US11495067B2	Security system with temperature sensing An access control system includes an identification unit having an infrared (IR) transmitter that transmits IR radiation, an IR detector that receives the reflected IR radiation from one or more body parts of the user, one or more signal processing components to determine a temperature of the user based on the received reflected IR radiation, and an identification device to receive identification information of the user. The access control system also includes a processor that receives the reading of the user, instructs a door lock controller to unlock a door when the temperature is below the threshold temperature or the temperature is within the temperature range. The processor sends an alert when the temperature is above the threshold temperature or the temperature is outside the temperature range, and sends identification information of the user to one or more network devices.
US11495061B2	Systems and methods for data collection from maintenance-prone vehicle components Systems and methods are disclosed for data collection from landing gear components and providing predictive analytics. Example methods include sending a signal to excite wheel assembly sensors located on a vehicle, and receiving a return signal encoded with measurement data. The measurement data is then stored on an RFID card, on an edge node, and/or on a remote server. Upon receipt of the measurement data by a remote server, the remote server analyzes the data to generate predictive maintenance analytics data.
US11495057B2	Person verification device and method and non-transitory computer readable media A weight estimation unit estimates, from a person's image in which a person is included, a weight of a human body part of the person in accordance with an existence probability of the human body part of the person. A feature creation unit creates a feature for verification based on a weight of the person's image and a weight estimated by the weight estimation unit. A verification feature storage unit stores a feature of the person who is the object of verification as a verification feature. A person verification unit compares the feature for verification created by the feature creation unit and the verification feature stored in the verification feature storage unit.
US11495055B1	Pedestrian trajectory prediction method and system based on multi-interaction spatiotemporal graph network The present invention discloses a pedestrian trajectory prediction method and system based on a multi-interaction spatio-temporal graph network, which belong to the field of pedestrian trajectory prediction. The method includes: extracting multi-interaction features of pedestrians in video frames; for each frame in a video sequence, abstracting each pedestrian in the frame as a vertex, connecting the pedestrian(s) with other pedestrians to form an edge(s), where the vertex attribute is the multi-interaction feature of the pedestrian so as to obtain a multi-interaction spatio-temporal graph network; for each multi-interaction spatio-temporal graph, obtaining spatial dependencies of each pedestrian with other pedestrians in the spatio-temporal graph, and optimizing the attribute of each vertex through the spatial dependencies between pedestrians; the vertices of adjacent time points of the pedestrians are connected to obtain time dependencies of the pedestrians, and then infer a trajectory of a future time point(s).
US11495049B2	Biometric feature reconstruction method, storage medium and neural network A method, storage media and neural network for rebuilding biometric feature is provided. The method includes inputting the partial texture image obtained to the neural network and outputting a predictive value of an entire texture image that is output by the neural network. The above technical solution is via the neural network used to process images and the neural network includes the feature value layer. A plurality of the partial texture images is converted to the feature values at the technical level, and the composite calculation of a plurality of partial texture images is avoided on the application level. Because the entire texture image is not synthesized in the end, data leakage and theft are avoided. Thus, the security of the method for analyzing texture image is improved.
US11495041B2	Biometric identification using composite hand images The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes obtaining, by one or more image acquisition devices, a first image of a portion of a human body under illumination by electromagnetic radiation in a first wavelength range, and obtaining a second image of the portion of the human body under illumination by electromagnetic radiation in a second wavelength range. The method also includes generating, by one or more processing devices, a third image or template that combines information from the first image with information from the second image. The method also includes determining that one or more metrics representing a similarity between the third image and a template satisfy a threshold condition, and responsive to determining that the one or more metrics satisfy a threshold condition, providing access to the secure system.
US11495037B2	Artificial intelligence processor and method of performing neural network operation thereof An artificial intelligence (AI) processor includes at least one memory; a plurality of neural network operators comprising circuitry configured to process an image; and a controller configured to control the at least one memory and the plurality of neural network operators. The controller controls input image data of an image to be stored in the at least one memory and controls at least one of the plurality of neural network operators to perform a neural network operation on image data split based on a size of the image and data processing capabilities of the plurality of neural network operators, and output upscaled image data.
US11495033B2	Method and apparatus for controlling unmanned vehicle, electronic device and storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlling an unmanned vehicle, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium. In this method, the computer device of the unmanned vehicle determines occurrence of an event associated with physical discomfort of a passenger in the vehicle. The computer device also determines a severity degree of the physical discomfort of the passenger. The computer device further controls a driving action of the vehicle based on the determined severity degree.
US11495030B1	Systems and methods for creating an occupancy map based on an objective function Described are systems and methods to utilize an objective function of an aerial vehicle in constructing and/or updating an occupancy map. The described systems and methods can determine whether to include, add, and/or remove an object from an occupancy map based on one or more confidence score(s) that can be determined for the presence (or absence) of an object at a given location. The confidence score for an object at a given location can be determined, for example, based on various sources of information, which can each be provided different weights, parameters, thresholds, etc. based on the objective function of the aerial vehicle.
US11495029B2	Estimation device, estimation method, and storage medium An estimation device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a moving object in recognition regions, and an estimation unit configured to estimate a risk for the moving object on the basis of a recognition result from the recognition unit, in which the recognition unit sets a priority region on which a recognition process is preferentially performed among the recognition regions, according to a state of the surrounding environment of the moving object, and sets, as the priority region, a region overlapping a region including at least a part of at least one crosswalk that is present in a vicinity of an intersection region in which a first road on which the moving object is located intersects a second road present in an advancing direction of the moving object.
US11495026B2	Aerial line extraction system and method A technique facilitates selecting and designating an arbitrary one of a plurality of aerial lines. The aerial line extraction system, includes: an area-of-interest cropping unit that crops a region where an aerial line is assumed to exist as an area of interest by setting a support of the aerial line as a reference from a three-dimensional point cloud data; an element segmenting unit that segments the area of interest into a plurality of subdivided areas, obtains a histogram by counting three-dimensional point clouds existing in each of the subdivided areas, and obtains a segmentation plane of the area of interest on the basis of the histogram; and an element display unit that segments the area of interest into a plurality of segmented areas by the segmentation plane and displays the three-dimensional point clouds included in each of the segmented areas in a distinguishable manner.
US11495025B1	Method and apparatus for increasing security at an entrance point A system, method, and apparatus for implementing workflows across multiple differing systems and devices is provided herein. During operation, a security level at an entry point will be increased temporarily when a camera moves its field of view away from the entry point. The security level will return to its original state when the camera moves its field of view back to the entry point.
US11495024B2	Systems and methods for collecting video clip evidence from a plurality of video streams of a video surveillance system A video surveillance system and computer assisted method stores video streams of numerous video cameras installed throughout a facility (e.g., a school, an airport, etc.) and batch searches those video streams for relevant video frames that may show an individual with certain predetermined facial features. In some examples, the search range is limited by a specified time window, by certain designated cameras, and/or by certain predetermined areas of the facility. From those video streams, a collection of video clips containing the relevant video frames are identified and batch exported for later analysis by video surveillance personnel. In some examples, the collected video clips are compiled into a single composite video with the video clips being arranged by time for convenient and efficient viewing. In addition or alternatively, in some examples, the video clips are stored as separate files in a directory for viewing the video clips individually.
US11495023B2	Moving image analysis apparatus, system, and method A moving image analysis apparatus includes at least one of a processor and a circuitry configured to perform operations including acquiring first data and second data used in processing, in which a moving image is compressed and encoded, for a first frame and a second frame, respectively, included in the moving image, detecting first feature data indicating a first feature of the moving image on the basis of the first frame and the first data and detecting second feature data indicating a second feature of the moving image on the basis of the second frame and the second data, and detecting an object included in the first frame on the basis of the first feature data and the second feature data.
US11495022B2	Method for recognizing an object of a mobile unit A method recognizes an object of a mobile unit in a digital image that shows at least one partition of the mobile unit, especially in motion, by using a method for machine learning. To provide an accurate and reliable recognition the method includes using machine learning in a categorization step for categorizing the digital image, which shows the partition of the mobile unit, with a category. By using the machine learning in a detection step the object of the mobile unit in the categorized digital image and a location of the object in the categorized digital image are determined. By using machine learning in a segmentation step positions in the categorized digital image are classified such that it is determined whether at a respective position of the categorized digital image a part of the object is present or not.
US11495018B2	Augmented reality system for facilitating item relocation via augmented reality cues and location based confirmation In certain embodiments, item relocation may be facilitated via augmented reality cues and location-based confirmation. In some embodiments, in response to a detection of a first pattern in a live video stream obtained at a client device, a first location associated with the client device may be obtained, and an augmented reality presentation of a visual directional cue may be presented on a user interface of the client device such that the visual directional cue is overlaid on the live video stream. The visual directional cue may include visual directions from the first location to a destination location. In response to an indication that the item has been relocated to the destination location, a determination may be made as to whether the client device is within a threshold distance from the destination location. A confirmation may be generated in response to the client device being within the threshold distance.
US11495016B2	Systems and methods for predicting crop size and yield A computer system obtains, using a camera, a first plurality of images of a canopy an agricultural plot. For each respective fruit of a plurality of fruit growing in the agricultural plot, the computer system identifies a first respective image in the first plurality of images that comprises the respective fruit. The first respective image has a corresponding first camera location. The computer system also identifies a second respective image in the first plurality of images that comprises the respective fruit. The second respective image has a corresponding second camera location. The computer system uses at least i) the first and second respective images and ii) a distance between the first and second camera locations to determine a corresponding size of the respective fruit.
US11495014B2	Systems and methods for automated document image orientation correction Systems and methods are configured for correcting the orientation of an image data object subject to optical character recognition (OCR) by receiving an original image data object, generating initial machine readable text for the original image data object via OCR, generating an initial quality score for the initial machine readable text via machine-learning models, determining whether the initial quality score satisfies quality criteria, upon determining that the initial quality score does not satisfy the quality criteria, generating a plurality of rotated image data objects each comprising the original image data object rotated to a different rotational position, generating a rotated machine readable text data object for each of the plurality of rotated image data objects and generating a rotated quality score for each of the plurality of rotated machine readable text data objects, and determining that one of the plurality of rotated quality scores satisfies the quality criteria.
US11495008B2	Sensor device and signal processing method A sensor device includes an array sensor having a plurality of detection elements arrayed in one or two dimensional manner, a signal processing unit configured to acquire a detection signal by the array sensor and perform signal processing, and a calculation unit. The calculation unit detects an object from the detection signal by the array sensor, and gives an instruction, to the signal processing unit, on region information generated on the basis of the detection of the object as region information regarding the acquisition of the detection signal from the array sensor or the signal processing for the detection signal.
US11495002B2	Systems and methods for determining the scale of human anatomy from images Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a scaled reconstruction for a consumer product. One method includes receiving digital input comprising a calibration target and an object; defining a three-dimensional coordinate system; positioning the calibration target in the three-dimensional coordinate system; based on the digital input, aligning the object to the calibration target in the three-dimensional coordinate system; and generating a scaled reconstruction of the object based on the alignment of the object to the calibration target in the three-dimensional coordinate system.
US11494995B2	Systems and methods for virtual and augmented reality Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for mixed-reality systems. These methods or systems determine a three-dimensional model for at least a portion of a physical environment in which a user is located; and present, by a spatial computing system, a mixed-reality representation to the user. In addition, these methods or systems determine a first object model for a first object in the mixed-reality representation and update, by the spatial computing system, the mixed-reality representation into an updated mixed-reality representation that reflects an interaction pertaining to the first object.
US11494994B2	Apparatus, method, and system for presentation of multimedia content including augmented reality content The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for presentation of multimedia content. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a method includes receiving, at a processor of a mobile device, a plurality of images from a camera, at least one image of the plurality of images including an object. The method also includes displaying a camera video stream based on the plurality of images, displaying three dimensional (3D) augmented reality content in the camera video content, and displaying video content based on the 3D augmented reality content. The video content is associated with the object.
US11494991B2	Systems, methods and apparatuses of digital assistants in an augmented reality environment and local determination of virtual object placement and apparatuses of single or multi-directional lens as portals between a physical world and a digital world component of the augmented reality environment Systems and methods of digital assistants in an augmented reality environment and local determination of virtual object placement are disclosed. Apparatuses of single or multi-directional lens as portals between a physical world and a digital world component of the augmented reality environment are also disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, to present, a digital assistant to the user. Responsive to receiving a command, the digital assistant can trigger an operation on the augmented reality environment such that the user is able to engage with the augmented reality environment via the user interface. The method can further include training the digital assistant to learn from the activities occurring in the augmented reality environment and/or behaviors of the user from the action or the interaction with the real world environment.
US11494985B2	System and method for mapping an interior space A system and method for modeling an enclosed space involves measuring ranges and angles between a static vantage point and points on surfaces enclosing the space using a single point time of flight distance measuring device. A computer coupled to the distance measuring device generate virtual surfaces and calculates where the virtual surfaces intersect to generate a geometry for a 3D model representing the surfaces enclosing the space.
US11494976B2	Neural rendering for inverse graphics generation Approaches are presented for training an inverse graphics network. An image synthesis network can generate training data for an inverse graphics network. In turn, the inverse graphics network can teach the synthesis network about the physical three-dimensional (3D) controls. Such an approach can provide for accurate 3D reconstruction of objects from 2D images using the trained inverse graphics network, while requiring little annotation of the provided training data. Such an approach can extract and disentangle 3D knowledge learned by generative models by utilizing differentiable renderers, enabling a disentangled generative model to function as a controllable 3D “neural renderer,” complementing traditional graphics renderers.
US11494974B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium An information processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set a plurality of key frames each representing a virtual camera parameter including a position and orientation of a virtual camera used for generating a virtual viewpoint image based upon a plurality of captured images obtained by image capture performed by a plurality of image capture apparatuses; and a determination unit configured to determine, based upon a virtual camera parameter of a first key frame and a virtual camera parameter of a second key frame adjacent to the first key frame among the plurality of key frames, an interpolation method of the virtual camera parameter between the first key frame and the second key frame.
US11494973B2	Generating floor maps for buildings from automated analysis of visual data of the buildings' interiors Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations for analyzing video (or other image sequences) acquired in a defined area, as part of generating mapping information of the defined area for subsequent use (e.g., for controlling navigation of devices, for display on client devices in corresponding GUIs, etc.). The defined area may include an interior of a multi-room building, and the generated information may include a floor map of the building, such as from an analysis of some or all image frames of the video (e.g., 360° image frames from 360° video) using structure-from-motion techniques to identify objects with associated plane and normal orthogonal information, and then clustering detected planes and/or normals from multiple analyzed images to determine likely wall locations. The generating may be further performed without using acquired depth information about distances from the video capture locations to objects in the surrounding building.
US11494972B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing system The disclosure proposes an image processing apparatus for rendering a maximum intensity projection image by extracting, as objects to be rendered, only voxels having a high brightness value in three-dimensional volume data and using the brightness values of these voxels for the corresponding pixels.
US11494970B2	Importance sampling for determining a light map A bounce light map for a scene is determined for use in rendering the scene in a graphics processing system. Initial lighting indications representing lighting within the scene are determined. For a texel position of the bounce light map, the initial lighting indications are sampled using an importance sampling technique to identify positions within the scene. Sampling rays are traced between a position in the scene corresponding to the texel position of the bounce light map and the respective identified positions with the scene. A lighting value is determined for the texel position of the bounce light map using results of the tracing of the sampling rays. By using the importance sampling method described herein, the rays which are traced are more likely to be directed towards more important regions of the scene which contribute more to the lighting of a texel.
US11494966B2	Interactive editing of virtual three-dimensional scenes Techniques are disclosed for interactive editing of virtual three-dimensional scenes. In the disclosed techniques, rendering is divided into (1) an interactive phase during which a user interactively edits a virtual scene while preview image frames are rendered using a modified ray tracing technique, and (2) a refinement phase during which full ray tracing is performed to show the user a final rendered image frame. The modified ray tracing technique may limit the number of bounces of light rays and/or the computations performed at each bounce, thereby reducing computational expense relative to a full ray tracing technique. Further, the modified ray tracing technique may be user-selectable and associated with a particular department within an animation studio.
US11494965B2	Hand drawn animation motion paths Techniques are provided for hand drawing an animation motion path for an object to follow on a graphical user interface (GUI). The motion path may be drawn with a user's finger or drawing device, such as an Apple Pencil®, by selecting a drawing tool (e.g., a freehand tool and/or straight line tool). A new motion path may be added to an existing motion path, such that the new motion path is an extension of the existing motion path. The new motion path may also be added to an end point of an existing motion path, such that the new motion path is a different segment of a motion path and is associated with a new key frame. A motion path segment may be split into additional segments with new key frames, reshaped using editing points, redrawn, and/or deleted from the overall motion path.
US11494960B2	Display that uses a light sensor to generate environmentally matched artificial reality content A display assembly generates environmentally matched virtual content for an electronic display. The display assembly includes a display controller and a display. The display controller is configured to estimate environmental matching information for a target area within a local area based in part on light information received from a light sensor. The target area is a region for placement of a virtual object. The light information describes light values. The display controller generates display instructions for the target area based in part on a human vision model, the estimated environmental matching information, and rendering information associated with the virtual object. The display is configured to present the virtual object as part of artificial reality content in accordance with the display instructions. The color and brightness of the virtual object is environmentally matched to the portion of the local area surrounding the target area.
US11494958B2	Control device, presentation system, and computer readable non-transitory storage medium A control device includes a control unit that controls such that visual information is continuously presented from a first position to a second position, which is different from the first position, when a first state in which an operation target, which is a target to be operated by a user, is operated by an operation executing unit that operates the operation target, instead of the user, is switched to a second state in which the operation target is operated by the user.
US11494953B2	Adaptive user interface palette for augmented reality An augmented reality device comprising a camera, an augmented reality display, and a controller. The augmented reality display is configured to display the real-world environment and one or more virtual augmentations. The controller is configured to measure, via determination of hue, a color profile for a displayed portion of the real-world environment visible via the augmented reality display and imaged via the camera. A complementary palette of user interface colors is selected, each of such user interface colors having at least a predefined difference in hue relative to one or more colors in the color profile. An augmented reality feature is visually presented via the augmented reality display at a render location and with a render color from the complementary palette of user interface colors, the render color having at least the predefined difference in hue relative to a real-world environment color corresponding to the render location.
US11494951B2	Policy definition and enforcement for extended reality media sessions An example method performed by a processing system includes receiving a request from a first user to render an extended reality environment, wherein the request includes a definition of a first policy that governs user behavior within the extended reality environment, rendering the extended reality environment by presenting content contributed by at least one user in the extended reality environment, monitoring the extended reality environment to ensure that the rendering results in a compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy, detecting that a portion of the content contributed by at least one other user of the extended reality environment results in the extended reality environment failing to comply with the first policy, and modifying a presentation of the portion of content in the extended reality environment in response to the detecting, wherein the modifying results in the compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy.
US11494950B2	Experience providing system, experience providing method, and experience providing program An experience providing system includes: a passenger information detector configured to detect information regarding a passenger of a vehicle; an outside information detector configured to detect information outside the vehicle; an output section configured to output sound; a virtual image generator configured to output display; and a provider configured to dynamically provide an interaction to the passenger of the vehicle by causing the sound output from the output section to be synchronized with the display output from the virtual image generator on the basis of detection results of the passenger information detector and the outside information detector.
US11494948B2	Point cloud geometric compression method based on depth auto-encoder The invention discloses a point cloud geometric compression method based on a depth auto-encoder, which comprises the following steps of: (1) point cloud preprocessing: collecting a type of point cloud to be compressed as a training set, and normalizing the training set into a unit circle; (2) point cloud down-sampling: down-sampling the point clouds in the training set so that each point cloud have the same point number m and each point in the point cloud has (x, y, z) three-dimensional coordinates; and adopting a farthest point down-sampling method by randomly selecting a point for the first time and then selecting the point farthest away from the selected point set every time to add into the selected point set until the selected point number meets the requirement; (3) training a compression model: inputting the point cloud sampled in step (2) into a point cloud geometric compression framework based on a depth auto-encoder for training; and (4) geometric compression of the point cloud: applying the trained compression framework to the geometric compression of all the point clouds of the type. The method can not only obtain a good compression effect but also adapt to a new point cloud type more quickly.
US11494941B2	Calibration system for calibrating visual coordinate system and depth coordinate system, calibration method and calibration device The disclosure provides a calibration system, a calibration method, and a calibration device. The calibration method for obtaining a transformation of coordinate systems between a vision sensor and a depth sensor includes the following steps. (a) A first coordinate group of four endpoints of a calibration board in a world coordinate system is created. (b) An image of the calibration board is obtained by the vision sensor, and a second coordinate group of the four endpoints of the calibration board in a two-dimensional coordinate system is created. (c) A third coordinate group of the four endpoints of the calibration board in a three-dimensional coordinate system is created according to the first and second coordinate groups. (d) The third coordinate group is transformed to a fourth coordinate group corresponding to the depth sensor to obtain the transformation of the coordinate systems according to at least three target scanning spots.
US11494940B1	Systems and methods for calibrating distance estimation in image analysis A data acquisition system of a vehicle includes an image capture device, a communication interface, and a controller communicatively coupled to the image capture device and communicatively coupled to the communication interface. Processors of the controller are configured to calibrate an image-distance relationship value of an identified component of a first image captured by the image capture device corresponding to a known feature based on established metrics of the known feature. The processors are also configured to provide control of the vehicle or activation of an alert system of the vehicle via the communication interface based on the image-distance relationship value.
US11494935B2	Scaled human video tracking Methods, systems, an apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for tracking human movement in video images. A method includes obtaining a first image of a scene captured by a camera; identifying a bounding box around a human detected in the first image; determining a scale amount that corresponds to a size of the bounding box; obtaining a second image of the scene captured by the camera after the first image was captured; and detecting the human in the second image based on both the first image scaled by the scale amount and the second image scaled by the scale amount. Detecting the human in the second image can include identifying a second scaled bounding box around the human detected in the second image scaled by the scale amount.
US11494931B2	Drilling calibration method, apparatus, device and medium based on image recognition A drilling calibration method, apparatus, device and medium based on image recognition includes lifting a top drive to a position of a derrick, and receiving and recognizing a target image acquired by an image acquisition apparatus of an operating terminal; calculating a quantity of pixels from the top drive to a rotary table surface in the target image by a data processing unit of the operating terminal; and receiving a height of the top drive measured by a diastimeter by the operating terminal. The height of the top drive is a height from the top drive to the rotary table surface. A pixel relationship table may be established between the quantity of the pixels from the top drive to the rotary table surface and the height of the top drive by a calibration unit of the operating terminal to finish drilling calibration. The pixel relationship table may be determined between the quantity of the pixels from the top drive to the rotary table surface and the height of the top drive by an image recognition technique to finish calibration of drilling, so that influence of a drilling environment to drilling calibration may be reduced greatly.
US11494921B2	Machine-learned model based event detection Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an object-model based event detection system that comprises a plurality of sensor devices, to perform operations that include: generating sensor data at the plurality of sensor devices; accessing the sensor data generated by the plurality of sensor devices; detecting an event, or precursor to an event, based on the sensor data, wherein the detected event corresponds to an event category; accessing an object model associated with the event type in response to detecting the event, wherein the object model defines a procedure to be applied by the event detection system to the sensor data; and streaming at least a portion of a plurality of data streams generated by the plurality of sensor devices to a server system based on the procedure, wherein the server system may perform further analysis or visualization based on the portion of the plurality of data streams.
US11494920B1	Multi-sensor motion analysis to check camera pipeline integrity A method for detecting adverse conditions associated with a device includes receiving, at one or more processing devices at one or more locations, one or more image frames; receiving a set of signals representing outputs of one or more sensors of a device; estimating, based on the one or more image frames, a first set of one or more motion values; estimating, based on the set of signals, a second set of one or more motion values; determining that a degree of correlation between (i) a first motion represented by the first set of one or more motion values and (ii) a second motion represented by the second set of one or more motion values fails to satisfy a threshold condition; and in response to determining that the degree of correlation fails to satisfy the threshold condition, determining presence of an adverse condition associated with the device.
US11494919B2	Mobile device, system, and computerized method for tracking flying objects and displaying tracked flying objects on the mobile device Devices, systems, and methods for tracking a flying object, and displaying the tracked flying object with additional information regarding the flying object on a display. Digital images from a plurality of image sensors identify and track flying objects by the velocity and direction of movement, and can convey flight paths, corresponding collision alarms, warnings, or other information on the display.
US11494915B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and program To simplify a configuration for increasing an amount of information on an observation space, taken image acquisition means of an image processing system acquires taken images that have been taken by image taking means, which is movable in a real space. Observation space information acquisition means acquires, based on changes in position of a feature point cloud in the taken images, observation space information including three-dimensional coordinates of the feature point cloud in an observation space. Machine learning means acquires, based on machine learning data on a feature of an object, additional information on a feature of a photographed object shown in the taken images. Integration means integrates the observation space information and the additional information.
US11494912B1	Human embryo evaluation using AI/ML analysis of real-time frame speed video for predicting male-sex offspring A computer-implemented system and method for predicting male sex human offspring to result from a human embryo by processing video image data of the embryo. The method includes receiving image data derived from video of a target embryo taken at substantially real-time frame speed during an embryo observation period of time. The video contains recorded morphokinetic movement of the target embryo occurring during the embryo observation period of time. The movement is represented in the received image data and the received image data is processed using a model generated utilizing machine learning and correlated embryo outcome data.
US11494910B1	Embryo viability evaluation using AI/ML analysis of short duration video A computer-implemented system and method for predicting an embryo outcome by processing video image data of the embryo. The method includes receiving image data derived from video of a target embryo taken at substantially real-time frame speed during an embryo observation period of time. The video contains recorded morphokinetic movement of the target embryo occurring during the embryo observation period of time. The movement is represented in the received image data and the received image data is processed using a model generated utilizing machine learning and correlated embryo outcome data.
US11494909B2	Cross section views of wounds A non-transitory computer readable medium storing data and computer implementable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for generating cross section views of a wound, the operations including receiving 3D information of a wound based on information captured using an image sensor associated with an image plane substantially parallel to the wound; generating a cross section view of the wound by analyzing the 3D information; and providing data configured to cause a presentation of the generated cross section view of the wound.
US11494906B2	Object detection device, object detection method, and program An object detection device for detecting a target object from an image, includes: a first detection unit configured to detect a plurality of candidate regions in which the target object exists from the image; a region integration unit configured to determine one or more integrated regions based on the plurality of candidate regions detected by the first detection unit; a selection unit configured to select at least a part of the integrated regions; and a second detection unit configured to detect the target object from the selected integrated region using a detection algorithm different from a detection algorithm used by the first detection unit.
US11494903B2	Systems and methods for image data acquisition The present disclosure provides a system and method for image data acquisition. The method may include obtaining image data of a subject including a first type of tissue and a second type of tissue. The method may include determining, based on the image data of the subject, a target portion including at least a portion of at least one of the first type of tissue or the second type of tissue. The method may include determining, based at least in part on the target portion represented in the image data, a scan mode corresponding to the target portion. The method may include causing an imaging device to acquire, based on the scan mode, image data of the target portion.
US11494902B2	Systems and methods for automatic detection and quantification of pathology using dynamic feature classification Methods, devices, and systems are provided for quantifying an extent of various pathology patterns in scanned subject images. The detection and quantification of pathology is performed automatically and unsupervised via a trained system. The methods, devices, and systems described herein generate unique dictionaries of elements based on actual image data scans to automatically identify pathology of new image data scans of subjects. The automatic detection and quantification system can detect a number of pathologies including a usual interstitial pneumonia pattern on computed tomography images, which is subject to high inter-observer variation, in the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
US11494899B2	Apparatus and method for operating a personal grooming appliance or household cleaning appliance A system and method for operating a household cleaning appliance, including: providing a household cleaning appliance including, a powered and electronically controlled cleaning implement, and at least one physical sensor taken from a group consisting of: an orientation sensor, an acceleration sensor, an inertial sensor, a global positioning sensor, a pressure sensor, a load sensor, audio sensor, humidity sensor, and a temperature sensor; providing a camera associated with the household cleaning appliance; deriving an augmented classification using one or more classifiers classifying the physical sensor data and the image data; and modifying operation of the cleaning implement based upon the augmented classification.
US11494896B2	Collation device A collation device includes a processor configured to: acquire plural captured images obtained by capturing an inspection image to be collated, while changing an irradiation direction of light to be emitted; and provide a notification of a collation result between the inspection image included in each of the captured images, and a collation image of which pattern changes depending on the irradiation direction of the light, according to a similarity between plural registered images obtained by capturing in advance the collation image while changing the irradiation direction of the light to be emitted to the collation image, and the inspection image, after adjusting a positional relationship between a camera, a light source, and an image to be identical to a positional relationship between a camera that captures the inspection image at a time of capturing the inspection image, a light source that irradiates the inspection image with light, and the inspection image.
US11494893B2	Systems and methods for managing physical connections of a connector panel A device may receive, from a user device, connector panel information associated with a connector panel. The connector panel may provide a connection, via a port, for a service of a network. The device may receive an image that depicts a physical configuration of the connector panel. The device may process, using a port analysis model, the image to identify a port status of a port of the connector panel. The device may determine, based on the port status, that the port is available for the connection. The device may provide, to the user device, instructions for using the port for the connection. The device may obtain a verification that the connection has been established via the port. The device may perform one or more actions associated with providing the service.
US11494890B2	Image-data-based classification of vacuum seal packages Vacuum seal packages can be classified based on image data. Training image data is received that includes image data about first vacuum seal packages. Labels associated with the first vacuum seal packages are received, where each of the labels includes a state of one of the first vacuum seal packages. A trained classification model is developed based on the training image data and the received labels. Image data representative of a second vacuum seal package is received. The image data is inputted into the trained classification model, where the trained classification model is configured to classify a state of the second vacuum seal package based on the image data. The state of the second vacuum seal package is received from the trained classification model.
US11494887B2	System for characterizing oilfield tools A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium, of which the method includes receiving an image of a tool including a consumable object from a remote device via a network at a processor, decoding the image to identify the consumable object, using the processor, and determining a degradation characteristic, a consumption, or both for the consumable object by providing the decoded image to a neural network. The degradation characteristic represents a mode of degradation and the consumption represents an amount of degradation.
US11494883B1	Image correction In one embodiment, a computing system may render an image to be output by a display which sequentially outputs pixel rows of the image at a row-to-row velocity. The system may predict, based on eye-tracking data, an eye-motion velocity within a timeframe for displaying the image. The system may determine a predicted retina projection displacement for each pixel row based on the row-to-row velocity and eye-motion velocity. The system may determine a first correction displacement for each pixel row based on the predicted retina projection displacement. The system may determine a cumulative correction displacement based on the first correction displacement. The system may determine, for each pixel row, a second correction displacement based on the first correction displacement of that pixel row and the cumulative correction displacement. The system may warp each pixel row using the associated second correction displacement and output the warped pixel rows using the display.
US11494881B2	Global movement image stabilization systems and methods A method of global movement image stabilization may include calculating a global motion group parameter with respect to first and second sequential frames for two or more elementary 2D motion components of a motion group. Each global motion group parameter may be applied to a motion group vector field that corresponds to the elementary 2D motion component to which the respective global motion group parameter applies to generate a global motion group vector field corresponding to each elementary 2D motion component of the motion group. The global motion group vector fields may be summed pointwise to generate a global motion deformation vector field that provides global motion from the second frame to the first frame. The global deformation vector field may be cumulated with a previous cumulative global deformation vector field that provides global movement from the first frame to one or more previous frames to generate a current cumulative global motion deformation vector field. The second frame may be deformed by the current cumulative global motion deformation vector field to generate a stabilized frame having global movement removed.
US11494875B2	Systems and methods for machine learned image conversion A computer system is provided for converting images through use of a trained neural network. A source image is divided into blocks and context data is added to each pixel block. The context blocks are split into channels and each channel from the same context block is added to the same activation matrix. The action matrix is then executed against a trained neural network to produce a changed activation matrix. The changed activation matrix is then used to generate a converted image.
US11494873B2	Automated TFM grid resolution setup tools Examples of the present subject matter provide techniques for calculating amplitude fidelity (AF) for a variety of grid resolutions using a single TFM image of a specified flaw. Thus, the grid resolution may be set so that it yields a desired AF using a calculation process without performing a blind iterative process. Moreover, examples of the present subject matter may measure AF in more than one axis, improving accuracy.
US11494867B2	Asynchronous execution mechanism An apparatus to facilitate asynchronous execution at a processing unit. The apparatus includes one or more processors to detect independent task passes that may be executed out of order in a pipeline of the processing unit, schedule a first set of processing tasks to be executed at a first set of processing elements at the processing unit and schedule a second set of tasks to be executed at a second set of processing elements, wherein execution of the first set of tasks at the first set of processing elements is to be performed simultaneous and in parallel to execution of the second set of tasks at the second set of processing elements.
US11494866B2	Video watermarking A method of embedding a bit or more of watermark data in a video signal to be entropy coded, wherein the video signal may be a block with levels, wherein the method may include: obtaining the watermark data; and obtaining a value of a first watermarked level on the basis of a first level of the block by processing the value of the first watermarked level. There also is a method of detecting a watermark in a video signal, the video signal having been entropy decoded and with a block with a first watermarked level, wherein the method may include: receiving the video signal; obtaining at least one bit of watermark data wi′ on the basis of the first watermarked level; and determining a tampering indicator by verifying whether the obtained watermark data wi′ corresponds with watermark data wi.
US11494862B2	Mobile legal counsel system and method A Mobile Lawyer system includes a 360 degree HD video camera configured for mounting on a vehicle; a display screen configured for mounting inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle; and a Mobile Lawyer App downloaded and installed on a mobile telephone in communication with the video camera and display screen, configured, upon command from a user, to notify an attorney located remotely via a cellular and/or computer network, and to display a video image of the remote attorney on the display screen (or the screen of the mobile telephone), and to live-stream a 360 degree video captured by the video camera to the Internet for viewing by the remote attorney and for cloud storage. The introduction of a lawyer on-demand into a police encounter can help to defuse and de-escalate the situation. The lawyer can serve as a live observer, witness, and intermediary who can provide live legal guidance to the user.
US11494859B2	System and method for implementing customizable rules for associating legal entities or other attributes with applications and deployments An embodiment of the present invention is directed to allowing permissioned legal entity managers to define rules for a legal entity to derive an association of an application with a legal entity. The application manager may then be presented with an option to accept suggested associations or perform an override. Once a legal entity is ready, applications may be published to a system of record. Due to the vast amount of applications and entities available, the solution provides automation while still allowing overrides. The results of the classification may then be stored in a system of record and data quality suggestions sent to the source systems to clean source system data. An embodiment of the present invention may also associate other attributes to applications and deployments.
US11494855B2	Intelligent fuel dispensers In general, intelligent fuel dispensers are provided. In at least some implementations, an intelligent fuel dispenser can determine customer identities and/or other characteristics and provide customized fueling sessions based on the determined customer identities and/or other characteristics. In at least some implementations, the fuel dispenser includes a touchless interface allowing customers to complete fueling sessions with minimal physical contact with the fuel dispenser.
US11494852B2	Dynamic management of critical loads A power controller configured to fit in a circuit breaker panel powering one or more loads. The power controller is further configured to dynamically manage critical loads of the one or more loads each controlled by a component that is capable of being actuated by the power controller and operated from a smartphone via the power controller, wherein the critical loads need not be wired to a dedicated circuit breaker panel.
US11494850B1	Applied artificial intelligence technology for detecting anomalies in payroll data Artificial intelligence techniques for scalably detecting anomalies within payroll data for a plurality of payees are disclosed. The payroll data may comprise a plurality of payroll records that are associated with a plurality of payees, and the inventive computer system can detect anomalies via steps such as (1) processing a history of the payroll records for a payee to generate a payee-specific pay distribution model, (2) comparing the payroll record for a pay period for the payee with the payee-specific pay distribution model, (3) determining whether a payroll anomaly for the payee exists within the payroll record for the pay period for the payee based on the comparing step, (4) in response to a determination that a payroll anomaly for the payee exists, flagging the payroll anomaly for further review or analysis, and (5) performing the processing, comparing, determining, and flagging steps for a plurality of payees.
US11494849B1	Systems and methods for distributed architectures to provide scalable infrastructure in repricing systems A query processing server for providing scalable architectures in repricing is provided. The query processing server includes a gateway platform for processing communications and a repricing engine. The query processing server processor is configured to receive a repricing request from a frontend server. The query processing server processor is also configured to define a set of repricing periods. The query processing server processor is further configured to transmit a creation instruction to the repricing database server to create a repricing status database and queue. The query processing server processor is also configured to determine a set of claims data queries for execution based on the set of scenario data and to query the repricing database server with the set of claims data queries. The query processing server processor is configured to perform a repricing analysis using the set of claims data responses and the set of repricing periods.
US11494847B2	Analysis of transport damage An example operation may include one or more of detecting, by a transport, a potential damage event, recording, by the transport, a first media file via at least one sensor on the transport, accessing, by the transport, a second media file on at least one other transport within a predefined distance of the transport, analyzing, by the transport, the first media file and the second media file to identify portions that correlate to the potential damage event, and determining an actual damage event has occurred based on the analysis.
US11494846B1	System and method to interactively update insurance information based on vehicle modifications A computer system includes a memory configured to store instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor upon execution of the instructions effectuates operations configured to prompt a user to select, via a graphical user interface, at least one selected component of a vehicle and provide a plurality of component types compatible with the selected component, the plurality of component types including a custom component type. The operations are further configured to prompt the user to select a custom component type from the plurality of component types for the selected component, generate a customized image including the custom component type based on an initial image and the custom component type, provide the customized image to a user, determine a premium associated with an insurance policy covering the vehicle, wherein the premium is based on the custom component type, and provide the premium to the user.
US11494844B2	System and method for providing intelligent market data snapshots Systems and methods are provided for processing and distributing market data. Critical data, such as data showing that a market price has changed is distributed without further delay. When the market data does not result in a change in a market price or does not meet another critical criteria, the market data is aggregated with market data for similar events and distributed when the aggregated market data passes a quantity threshold.
US11494839B2	Systems and methods of matching customizable data transaction requests A computer system is provided that allows participants to submit agent data structures for processing. The computer system performs a dual sided evaluation process to determine when contra-sided agents match with one another.
US11494836B2	System and method that varies the terms and conditions of a subsidized loan A system and method that varies the terms and conditions of a subsidized loan includes a data collection circuit structured to receive data related to an item of collateral that provides security for a loan; a valuation circuit structured to determine a value for the item of collateral based on the received data and a valuation model; a smart contract circuit structured to create a smart lending contract, wherein the smart lending contract specifies a covenant defining a required value of the item of collateral; and a loan management circuit comprising: a value comparison circuit structured to compare the value of the item and the specified covenant and determine a collateral satisfaction value, an automated agent circuit structured to automatically implement loan related activities in response to the collateral satisfaction value, wherein the loan related activities comprise: issuing a notice of default or a foreclosure action.
US11494824B2	Systems and methods for user personalization and recommendations Systems and methods for user personalization and recommendation schemes that are matched to a user profile and provide a highly personalized, interactive experience for the user on an entertainment platform are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the highly personalized and interactive experience is facilitated through information from the user profile comprised of user-inputted information, historical data, and outputs from machine learning engines. In another aspect of the invention, the system is capable of outputting the highly-personalized and interactive recommendations onto a viewing screen while media content is continuously streaming on the same viewing screen.
US11494820B2	Augmented reality automotive accessory customer collaborative design and manufacturing through 3D printing Systems and methods are provided that allow customers to collaborate with vehicle accessory manufacturers to design accessories in an augmented reality (AR) environment and manufacture the designed accessories through a rapid manufacturing technique, such as 3D printing. The disclosed systems and methods allow progression from augmented reality-designed accessories to 3D printed designs manufactured either at the dealer or at a regional printing center. The 3D printed designs may be installed on the customer's vehicle, enabling a dealership to provide tailor-made, custom products designed through an AR application.
US11494819B2	Transaction arbiter system and method A transaction arbiter system and method is disclosed which incorporates a merchant function database under control of a transaction arbiter that permits merchants to interact in an automated way with bids generated by other merchants. Rather than utilizing fixed price schedules as taught by the prior art, the present invention permits each merchant to define a set of functions which describe how the merchant will respond to a customer request-for-quote for a given product or service. These merchant functions interact with both the customer request-for-quote and the results of other merchant functions to generate a dynamic real-time bidding system which integrates competition among merchant bidders to achieve an optimal consumer price for a given product or service.
US11494815B2	Customizable state machine and state aggregation technique for processing collaborative and transactional business objects A computer-implemented method is provided for aggregating state information associated with a composite business object representing at least one collaboration between business entities. The method includes retrieving the state information for the composite business object from a computer-readable medium and determining a state for the composite business object based on an assigned priority level for a state in a hierarchy of states associated with the composite business object, each state in the hierarchy of states having a corresponding assigned priority level.
US11494814B2	Predictive modeling techniques for generating ratings forecasts A technique for predictive modeling to generate ratings forecasts in a media network is described. An episode-level programming schedule is imported into a viewership forecasting application to generate episode-level ratings predictions. Episode-level ratings predictions for media content in the episode-level programming schedule are generated by implementing multiple different predictive algorithms in parallel for each instance of specific media content in the programming schedule. In addition, for each such predicted viewership value, an accuracy value is generated that indicates the likely accuracy of that predicted viewership value. The episode-level ratings predictions can be uploaded by a business unit of the media network, and merged with a programming schedule currently employed by the business unit.
US11494812B2	Video augmentation with dynamic web content A system and method for augmenting video displayed via web browser to add interactive functionality is disclosed. Elements are included in a structured media definition to cause the video player to instantiate one or more new elements on a webpage when the media is played, including a first script that includes instructions to generate an interactive menu and second script, such that selection of any option from the interactive menu will call one or more application programming interface (API) functions of the second script. The structured media definition is transmitted to the web browser to cause loading of the video and execution of the instructions. A server backend receives and processes the API calls from the second script and transmits responses to the API calls to be acted upon by the script.
US11494805B2	Recommendations based on private data using a dynamically deployed pre-filter A method for targeted advertisement includes transmitting a pre-filter to the user device, responsive to contextual information from a user device, to determine, using a processor, one or more inferences based on physical browsing information, collected at the user device, in compliance with one or more privacy policies of the user. The method also includes receiving one or more inferences determined by the pre-filter from the user device and transmitting one or more targeted advertisements to the user device based on one or more inferences.
US11494800B2	System and method for capability packages offering based on analysis of edited websites and their use A system for a website building system server, the server having at least one processor and a memory, the system includes: an analyzer and updater to construct a promotional package for a user of the website building system according to at least editing history and/or business intelligence of a website belonging to the user, a channel determiner to determine the best mode of interface to present the promotional package to the user and a marketer to modify the website building system interface for the user according to the best mode of interface.
US11494793B2	Systems and methods for the generation, administration and analysis of click testing Systems and methods for generating, administering and analyzing a click test study are provided. This includes uploading a static image and selecting portions of the static image as answers. The study author also generates a prompt for a participant, which is then presented, along with the static image. The participant then clicks with a cursor, or other selection mechanism, and the selection location(s) are recorded. Delay between the prompt display and the click is measuring in some embodiments. The recorded clicks are used to generate a heat map when aggregated with the results of other users. Likewise, the at least one click location may be compared to the selected portions to generate success metrics. In addition to the regular heat map, a high-contrast negative image heat map may likewise be generated.
US11494792B2	Predictive decision making based on influence identifiers and learned associations Machine logic for causing a computer system to perform the following operations (not necessarily in the following order): (i) receiving, by a historical decisions and opinions data store, decisions and opinions that have been communicated, propagated and/or otherwise espoused by a first entity; (ii) receiving, by an influencer data store, a plurality of influencer data sets, with each influencer data set including information indicative of opinions expressed by a respectively corresponding influencer; (iii) performing, by reverse chain engine, reverse chaining using the following inputs: (a) data of the historical decisions and opinions data store, and (b) the plurality of influencer data sets; and (iv) predicting, by a prediction engine, a likely future decision of the first entity using output of the reverse chaining operation.
US11494786B2	System for third party sellers in online retail environment A third party item listing management system usable for verification of third party items to be included on a retailer website includes an application programming interface and an item verification pipeline. The application programming interface is accessible by a plurality of third parties and is configured to receive item data associated with one or more items. The item verification pipeline is configured to receive the item data and call an item validation pipeline, the item validation pipeline includes a plurality of item validation stages including a field verification. At the field verification stage, data is extracted from at least one of an item image or text associated with the item. The data extracted is compared to item data obtained from an independent verification source to confirm the accuracy of the item data provided by the third party.
US11494777B2	Enriching transaction request data for maintaining location privacy while improving fraud prevention systems on a data communication network with user controls injected to back-end transaction approval requests in real-time with transactions While mobile device location remains, private, user transaction controls are applied to a specific authorization request. The user transaction controls are pre-configured by the user of the mobile account holder device and identified by the enriched merchant data. Location algorithms predict transaction locations used to obtain enriched merchant data responsive to location privacy mode. Responsive to the user transaction controls, a fraud recommendation response is sent to the approval system, in real time with the transaction. The fraud recommendation response prevents a false negative by using an enriched merchant location rather than the raw merchant location.
US11494774B2	Method, apparatus and electronic device for identifying risks pertaining to transactions to be processed A method for identifying a risk pertaining to a transaction to be processed, includes: identifying a risk pertaining to a transaction to be processed via a fast identification layer in a risk control system, thereby obtaining a first identification result; identifying a risk of interference pertaining to the transaction to be processed via a model for identifying transactions susceptible to interference, thereby obtaining a second identification result; and determining a processing manner for the transaction to be processed based on the first identification result and the second identification result, the processing manner including releasing the transaction to be processed, or further identifying the risk pertaining to the transaction to be processed via the in-depth identification layer in the risk control system.
US11494769B2	System, methods and computer program products for identity authentication for electronic payment transactions The disclosure relates to identity authentication in electronic payment transactions. The disclosure comprises (i) receiving an identity authentication request responsive to a request for electronic payment initiated in a network session between a client terminal and a merchant server, (ii) receiving the payor account, the payee account and a payment amount, (iii) receiving session data parameters corresponding to a network communication session, (iv) generating an authentication data record based on the session data parameters, (v) transmitting the generated authentication data record to a terminal device associated with the identified payor account, (vi) retrieving from the client terminal, data record(s) associated with electronic payment transactions involving the client terminal, (vii) comparing the data records retrieved from the client terminal against the generated authentication data record, and (viii) responsive to a match between a data record retrieved from the client terminal against the generated authentication data record, generating an identity confirmation decision.
US11494767B1	Electronic transaction verification system The present disclosure includes systems and methods for facilitating management of information related to electronic transactions. More specifically, the methods and systems discussed herein related to electronic transaction verification techniques that employ distributed computation methods, such as blockchains, to store transactional data for various web-based interactions, and to verify a transaction source and generate customer offers for these transactions.
US11494763B2	Cryptoasset custodial system with custom logic Methods and systems including: receiving a request to take an action in a cryptoasset custodial system for an account holder; authenticating a policy map associated with the action, wherein the policy map defines access control rules governing which actions are allowed under conditions including a threshold number of endorsements needed; and validating endorsement messages for the action by checking digital signatures of the received endorsement messages, wherein at least one of the validated endorsement messages has been generated by digital signing with a first private key of a person, who is associated with the account holder, and at least one of the validated endorsement messages has been generated by digital signing with a second private key of a program, which is associated with the account holder, responsive to the program confirming one or more circumstances specified by the account holder are met at a time when the program is run.
US11494758B2	Wireless communication device and payment system There is provided a wireless communication device that includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication with a connection device, and a control unit that encrypts a wireless communication channel with the connection device on the basis of a digital certificate issued by a certificate authority server. The communication unit receives payment information and a valid type of payment from the connection device via the encrypted wireless communication channel. The control unit determines a payment server on the basis of the valid type of payment and causes the communication unit to transmit a payment request based on the payment information to the payment server.
US11494757B2	Remote commands using network of trust A device may include a processor, a wireless transceiver in communication with the processor, and a non-transitory memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform processing. The processing may include receiving a command configured to be executed by an external user device. The external user device and the user device may be members of a network of trust. The processing may include detecting, by the wireless transceiver, a plurality of member devices of the network of trust in communication range of the device. The processing may include sending, by the wireless transceiver, the command to each of the plurality of member devices.
US11494752B1	System and method for pre-paid services A system and method for payment of services, especially health care services, at fixed prices allows a user to purchase a service card that is accepted by a service provider for full payment of a service. A card manager holds funds from the sale of the card and releases the funds to a service provider when documentation that the service has been provided is received.
US11494750B2	Not-on-file imaging system and processing Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data structures for product identifier not-on-file imaging system and processing. Some such embodiments include solutions that automate capturing and communicating images of imaged items for which an item identifier (e.g., UPC, DIGIMARC) cannot be located to facilitate correction and updating of product lookup databases to remove inefficiencies and sub-optimal experiences and realization at checkout. One such embodiment in the form of a method includes delivering, to a product pricing update location, an image of an item presented to a product scanner for scanning upon an occurrence of an item-not-on-file event indicating an unsuccessful price lookup database query performed with regard to an item identifier read by the product scanner from the presented item.
US11494744B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive an input to select a scheduled maintenance activity for an image forming apparatus, identify an executable date on which the scheduled maintenance activity is executable based on setting information and information of the scheduled maintenance activity including a maintenance executable period, stored in a memory. The circuitry is configured to search the memory for another scheduled maintenance activity for the image forming apparatus, having an executable date identical to the identified executable date, and reschedule, on the identified executable date, the scheduled maintenance activity and another scheduled maintenance activity.
US11494738B2	Re-engineering user login / registration process for job applicants An on-line job application process that encourages participants to provide as much information as possible before drop-offs occur, by requesting access to authentication information such as social network identity, and moving an Applicant Tracking System login step to near the end. If a drop off does occur, a dummy email address can then be associated with the user to enable subsequent follow up.
US11494737B2	Interactive and dynamic digital event program A method for distributing an interactive digital event program to a plurality of user devices comprising: receiving a request for an interactive digital event program from a first user device, the request received in response to scanning a first tag having a machine-readable code with the first user device; determining that the first tag belongs to a first group of tags to which a first version of the interactive digital event program is to be distributed; providing the first user device with the first version of the interactive digital event program, the first version of the interactive digital event program to include at least one dynamic content element that is capable of being updated while an event is in progress; and updating the at least one dynamic content element in the first version of the interactive digital event program in response to a predefined trigger.
US11494733B2	Zero-touch payroll management system A system and method for zero-touch payroll management that enables an employer to automate payroll recording, approval, and disbursement, while giving employees increased flexibility in their working hours and pay scheduling and enabling processing of payroll based on real-time and predicted business cashflow.
US11494726B2	Process of combining multiple carriers for international shipping Disclosed is a method process of online rating for international import and export shipments. The rating combines multiple carriers together in order to provide one cohesive international service. The consumer can obtain a door to port or door to door rate when employing a pick up carrier, such as a trucking company, and an airline or ocean carrier as well as a destination delivery company. The method provide a real time monetary rate costs based upon the closest terminal and determines which terminal to terminal rate to use for the air or ocean portion as well as providing a pick up rate for that service. The process further estimates the multiple ocean and air rate costs from various vendors associated with a shipment and stores these rate costs through a database to be used at a later date for verification.
US11494722B2	System and method for carbon emissions exposure determination A system and method may determine the carbon emissions risk to an institution through its lending and investment activities to a plurality of counterparties by, for example, determining carbon emissions data for a number of counterparties and, for each counterparty, determining the carbon emissions risk to the institution. A system and method may determine the proportion of total capital of a counterparty that is being financed by a bank, and multiply this by a carbon emissions measure for the counterparty. Embodiments may be applied to determine optimal investment strategies for managing an institution's exposures to carbon risk over time.
US11494721B1	Artificial intelligence system for electronically monitoring and analyzing data transmitted through multiple electronic channels to suggest actions for increasing the effectiveness of data transmitted through the channels The disclosure relates to a technology that provides a user customizable interface to select data from different channels and create rules to apply to the data and an analysis engine to automatically obtain and process data from the selected channels, apply the rules, determine a effectiveness score for each data set and the overall data set and generate and present marketing strategy suggestions based on the determined effectiveness. An artificial intelligence system may analyze and increase effectiveness of multi-channel data marketing strategies including computer-implemented program instructions for multi-channel data aggregation from predetermined sources, analysis of the data, reporting functionality and computer-generated user interface the presents results to users, including recommended multi-channel marketing strategy suggestions. Each channel may include a networked electronic channel through data is transmitted to users over a network and from which such data and related information may be aggregated using electronic tools.
US11494718B2	Runbook deployment based on confidence evaluation Runbook deployment based on confidence evaluation. Obtaining a runbook based on commands, where the commands relate to resolving an incident and determining an aggregated skill level of operators for the runbook based on historical resolutions of incidents by the operators. A confidence measure of the runbook is determined according to the aggregated skill level for the runbook. Deployment of the runbook is performed in accordance with the confidence measure.
US11494713B2	Robotic process automation analytics platform Systems and methods for evaluating robotic process automation (RPA) are provided. RPA data from a plurality of RPA related data sources is received. Each of the RPA related data sources is associated with a different RPA product. One or more measures of interest are calculated based on the RPA data. The one or more calculated measures of interest are output.
US11494711B2	Computer-guided corporate relationship management A system is disclosed for organizing, managing, and reporting data relating to a corporate entity, comprising: at least one database configured to store: a first entity record representing a first legal entity; a second entity record representing a second legal entity in a relationship with the first legal entity; a source team associated with the second legal entity and further comprising team members; and a reference to a team stakeholder associated with the first entity record, the team stakeholder further comprising a reference back to the team members of the source team and access rights for the team members within the context of the first entity, thereby enabling team members associated with the second legal entity to be represented in the context of the first legal entity. The represented stakeholder may further comprise a signature, byline, title, and name.
US11494710B1	Optimization constraint adaptation for long-term target achievement Methods and systems of optimization constraint adaptation for long-term target achievement. One system includes an electronic processor configured to divide a multiple time-step optimization problem into a plurality of successive single time-step optimization problems. The processor is configured to determine a first optimal variable value for a first single time-step optimization problem and determine a first resulting value of a secondary quantity based on the first optimal variable value. The processor is configured to determine a first divergence of the first resulting value from a first target value and determine a cumulative target divergence based on the first divergence. The processor is configured to determine a first target value adjustment for a second time-step based on the cumulative target divergence, adjust a first original target value of the secondary quantity for the second time-step using the first target value adjustment, and output the adjusted first original target value for display.
US11494708B2	Resource reservation system, resource reservation method, and information processing apparatus A resource reservation system for processing a resource reservation includes an information processing terminal associated with a resource and be capable of receiving a use start operation of starting using the resource, and the information processing apparatus configured to include reservation information including a use start time of day, transmit the reservation information to the information processing terminal in response to a periodic request from the information processing terminal, and receive a use start notification from the information processing terminal in a case where the information processing terminal receives the use start operation, wherein the information processing apparatus does not perform the cancel of the reservation information if the periodic request from the information processing terminal is not received within the constant time and even if the use start notification is not received within the predetermined time from the use start time of day.
US11494706B2	Socially distant seating arrangement management Socially distant seating arrangement management includes loading a seating chart for a seating area of an event venue into memory of a computer, setting both a social distancing parameter and also a seat width parameter for seats in the seating area and computing a number of successive seats with a combined width according to the seat width parameter minimally exceeding the social distancing parameter. The method further includes enabling for selection in a user interface to the seating chart, available ones of the seats in a selected row of the seating area that are separated from one another by the computed number of the seats and disabling from selection in the user interface, the seats separating the available ones of the seats. Finally, the method includes recording in the memory of the computer, different selections in the seating chart by different end users of the available ones of the seats.
US11494704B2	Information processing method and information processing system An information processing method includes acquiring a first prediction result by inputting evaluation data to a first model; determining an anomaly in the first prediction result based on the first prediction result and reference information; acquiring a second model based on the determination result; acquiring a second prediction result by inputting the evaluation data to the second model; determining an anomaly in the second prediction result based on the second prediction result and the reference information; acquiring a third model based on the determination result; acquiring a third prediction result by inputting the evaluation data to the third model; determining an anomaly in the third prediction result based on the third prediction result and the reference information; and if the anomaly in the third prediction result is recognized as being identical to the anomaly in the first prediction result, outputting information about a training limit of the first model.
US11494701B1	Adversarial user representations in recommender machine learning models A method includes generating recommendations and user structures by applying a recommender machine learning model to training user information and item information, and generating, from the user structures and by applying a demographic machine learning model, demographic predictions of users represented by the user structures. The method further includes generating a first accuracy measure of the demographic machine learning model based on a first comparison of the demographic predictions with demographics of the users. A recommender loss function is generated based on the first accuracy measure and a second comparison of the recommendations with selections of users, where the recommender loss function uses the first accuracy measure to suppress detectability by the demographic machine learning model. The method further includes updating the recommender machine learning model according to the recommender loss function.
US11494698B2	Method and electronic device for selecting influence indicators by using automatic mechanism A method and an electronic device for selecting influence indicators by using an automatic mechanism are provided. The method includes following steps. Raw data is obtained, where the raw data includes a body-related variable and a plurality of to-be-measured indicators corresponding to the body-related variable. The body-related variable is set as a target parameter. The body-related variable and the to-be-measured indicators are input into a plurality of validation models, and the to-be-measured indicators are sorted according an output result of the validation models to obtain ranking data. Importance of the to-be-measured indicators is calculated by using a screening condition according to the ranking data, so as to select a candidate indicator from the to-be-measured indicators. An influence indicator is determined by calculating a correlation between the candidate indicator and the body-related variable.
US11494696B2	Learning apparatus, learning method, and recording medium A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a learning program that causes a computer to execute a process including: generating a shadow image including a shadow according to a state of ultrasound reflection in an ultrasound image; generating a combined image by combining the ultrasound image and the shadow image; inputting, into a first decoder and a second decoder, an output acquired from an encoder in response to inputting the combined image into the encoder; and executing training of the encoder, the first decoder, and the second decoder, based on: reconfigured error between an output image of a coupling function and the combined image, the coupling function being configured to combine a first image output from the first decoder with a second image output from the second decoder, and an error function between an area in the first image and the shadow in the shadow image.
US11494695B2	Training neural networks to generate structured embeddings Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a machine learning model to generate embeddings of inputs to the machine learning model, the machine learning model having an encoder that generates the embeddings from the inputs and a decoder that generates outputs from the generated embeddings, wherein the embedding is partitioned into a sequence of embedding partitions that each includes one or more dimensions of the embedding, the operations comprising: for a first embedding partition in the sequence of embedding partitions: performing initial training to train the encoder and a decoder replica corresponding to the first embedding partition; for each particular embedding partition that is after the first embedding partition in the sequence of embedding partitions: performing incremental training to train the encoder and a decoder replica corresponding to the particular partition.
US11494685B2	Learning system, in-vehicle device, and server At least one device is configured to perform a predetermined process associated with a vehicle using data; and send, to a server system, the data used by the predetermined process as learning data. The server system is configured to obtain the learning data sent from the at least one device, and perform a learning process on at least a factor defining the predetermined process using the obtained learning data to generate update data for updating at least the factor defining the predetermined process. The server system is configured to send the update data to the at least one device. The at least one device is further configured to update at least the factor defining the predetermined process based on the update data sent from the server system.
US11494683B2	Systems and methods for coupling qubits in a quantum processor Josephson junctions (JJ) may replace primary inductance of transformers to realize galvanic coupling between qubits, advantageously reducing size. A long-range symmetric coupler may include a compound JJ (CJJ) positioned at least approximately at a half-way point along the coupler to advantageously provide a higher energy of a first excited state than that of an asymmetric long-range coupler. Quantum processors may include qubits and couplers with a non-stoquastic Hamiltonian to enhance multi-qubit tunneling during annealing. Qubits may include additional shunt capacitances, e.g., to increase overall quality of a total capacitance and improve quantum coherence. A sign and/or magnitude of an effective tunneling amplitude Δeff of a qubit characterized by a double-well potential energy may advantageously be tuned. Sign-tunable electrostatic coupling of qubits may be implemented, e.g., via resonators, and LC-circuits. YY couplings may be incorporated into a quantum anneaier (e.g., quantum processor).
US11494676B2	Architecture for table-based mathematical operations for inference acceleration in machine learning A processing unit to support inference acceleration for machine learning (ML) comprises an inline post processing unit configured to accept and maintain one or more lookup tables for performing each of one or more non-linear mathematical operations. The inline post processing unit is further configured to accept data from a set of registers maintaining output from a processing block instead of streaming the data from an on-chip memory (OCM), perform the one or more non-linear mathematical operations on elements of the data from the processing block via their corresponding lookup tables, and stream post processing result of the one or more non-linear mathematical operations back to the OCM after the one or more non-linear mathematical operations are complete.
US11494672B2	Cross in-database machine learning In some example embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include training a machine learning model in a first database instance using a machine learning algorithm and a training dataset in response to receiving a request to train, serializing the trained machine learning model into a binary file in response to the training of the machine learning model, recreating the trained machine learning model in a second database instance using the binary file in response to receiving a request to apply the machine learning model, and generating an inference result by applying the recreated trained machine learning model on the inference dataset in the second database instance.
US11494667B2	Systems and methods for improved adversarial training of machine-learned models Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods that enable improved adversarial training of machine-learned models. An adversarial training system can generate improved adversarial training examples by optimizing or otherwise tuning one or hyperparameters that guide the process of generating of the adversarial examples. The adversarial training system can determine, solicit, or otherwise obtain a realism score for an adversarial example generated by the system. The realism score can indicate whether the adversarial example appears realistic. The adversarial training system can adjust or otherwise tune the hyperparameters to produce improved adversarial examples (e.g., adversarial examples that are still high-quality and effective while also appearing more realistic). Through creation and use of such improved adversarial examples, a machine-learned model can be trained to be more robust against (e.g., less susceptible to) various adversarial techniques, thereby improving model, device, network, and user security and privacy.
US11494664B2	Computer-implemented, user-controlled method of automatically organizing, storing, and sharing personal information A computer-implemented infrastructure providing a consistent graphical user interface that supports user-controlled organizing, storing, accessing and sharing of heterogeneous personal information of a specific user uses computer processes executed by a server system. The computer processes include receiving a set of items of information from a computing device operated on behalf of the specific user; for each item of information in the received set of items, obtaining, as a result of parsing the received set of items, new information; feeding to an artificial intelligence engine the new information, and other user information stored in association with an internal account of the specific user, in order to produce derived information; and storing the new information and the derived information, in a storage system in communication with the server system, in an encrypted format, and associating such stored item of information with an internal account of the specific user; wherein the stored items of information are made accessible only in accordance with permissions controlled by the specific user.
US11494661B2	Intelligent time-series analytic engine Implementations include receiving two or more time-series data sequences representative of a target process executed within a physical environment, executing automated time-series process segmentation to provide a plurality of subsequence segments for each of the two or more time-series data sequences, each subsequence segment corresponding to a phase of the target process, processing the two or more subsequence segments using at least one time-series transformation to provide a feature data set for each subsequence segment, applying each feature data set to provide time-series models for anomaly detection and forecasting, respectively, each time-series model being provided as one of a recurrent neural network (RNN), a convolution neural network (CNN), and a generative adversarial network (GAN), determining anomaly scores based on the time-series models, and selectively providing an alert to one or more users, each alert indicating at least one anomaly and a respective probability.
US11494655B2	Random matrix hardware for machine learning A computer-implemented method for training a random matrix network is presented. The method includes initializing a random matrix, inputting a plurality of first vectors into the random matrix, and outputting a plurality of second vectors from the random matrix to be fed back into the random matrix for training. The random matrix can include a plurality of two-terminal devices or a plurality of three-terminal devices or a film-based device.
US11494653B2	Neural network and method of neural network training A neural network includes inputs for receiving input signals, synapses connected to the inputs and having corrective weights, and neurons having outputs connected with the inputs via the synapses. Each neuron generates a neuron sum by summing corrective weights selected from the respective synapse. A controller receives a desired output signal, determines a deviation of the neuron sum from the desired output signal value, and modifies respective corrective weights using the determined deviation. Adding up the modified corrective weights to determine the neuron sum minimizes the deviation and trains the network. A structure-forming module rearranges connections between network elements during the training and a signal allocation module distributes the input signals among the network elements during the training. A training module commands and coordinates operation of the structure-forming and the signal allocation modules and the controller to reorganize the network structure during the training to control the training in real time in real-time.
US11494652B2	Method of training a neural network to reflect emotional perception and related system and method for categorizing and finding associated content A property vector representing extractable measurable properties, such as musical properties, of a file is mapped to semantic properties for the file. This is achieved by using artificial neural networks “ANNs” in which weights and biases are trained to align a distance dissimilarity measure in property space for pairwise comparative files back towards a corresponding semantic distance dissimilarity measure in semantic space for those same files. The result is that, once optimised, the ANNs can process any file, parsed with those properties, to identify other files sharing common traits reflective of emotional-perception, thereby rendering a more liable and true-to-life result of similarity/dissimilarity. This contrasts with simply training a neural network to consider extractable measurable properties that, in isolation, do not provide a reliable contextual relationship into the real-world.
US11494649B2	Radio access network control with deep reinforcement learning A processing system including at least one processor may obtain operational data from a radio access network (RAN), format the operational data into state information and reward information for a reinforcement learning agent (RLA), processing the state information and the reward information via the RLA, where the RLA comprises a plurality of sub-agents, each comprising a respective neural network, each of the neural networks encoding a respective policy for selecting at least one setting of at least one parameter of the RAN to increase a respective predicted reward in accordance with the state information, and where each neural network is updated in accordance with the reward information. The processing system may further determine settings for parameters of the RAN via the RLA, where the RLA determines the settings in accordance with selections for the settings via the plurality of sub-agents, and apply the plurality of settings to the RAN.
US11494648B2	Method and system for detecting fake news based on multi-task learning model A method, a system, and a computer program product for detecting fake news based on a multi-task learning model. In an embodiment, a multi-task learning model is used to perform joint training on authenticity detection and topic classification of news to be detected, and authenticity of the news to be detected and a topic of the news to be detected are returned simultaneously. Through the implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, the authenticity of the news and the topic of the news can be detected simultaneously, and the accuracy of fake news detection and topic classification is improved.
US11494647B2	Slot filling with contextual information A system, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for editing images with verbal commands are described. Embodiments of the system, method and non-transitory computer readable medium may include an artificial neural network (ANN) comprising a word embedding component configured to convert text input into a set of word vectors, a feature encoder configured to create a combined feature vector for the text input based on the word vectors, a scoring layer configured to compute labeling scores based on the combined feature vectors, wherein the feature encoder, the scoring layer, or both are trained using multi-task learning with a loss function including a first loss value and an additional loss value based on mutual information, context-based prediction, or sentence-based prediction, and a command component configured to identify a set of image editing word labels based on the labeling scores.
US11494645B2	Convolutional neural network processor and data processing method thereof A convolutional neural network processor includes an information decode unit and a convolutional neural network inference unit. The information decode unit is configured to receive a program input and weight parameter inputs and includes a decoding module and a parallel processing module. The decoding module receives the program input and produces an operational command according to the program input. The parallel processing module is electrically connected to the decoding module, receives the weight parameter inputs and includes a plurality of parallel processing sub-modules for producing a plurality of weight parameter outputs. The convolutional neural network inference unit is electrically connected to the information decode unit and includes a computing module. The computing module is electrically connected to the parallel processing module and produces an output data according to an input data and the weight parameter outputs.
US11494644B2	System, method, and computer program for recommending items using a direct neural network structure The present disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program for recommending products using a neural network architecture that directly learns a user's predicted rating for an item from user and item data. A set of encoding neural networks maps each input source for user and item data to a lower-dimensional vector space. The individual lower-dimensional vector outputs of the encoding neural networks are combined to create a single multidimensional vector representation of user and item data. A prediction neural network is trained to predict a user's rating for an item based on the single multidimensional vector representation of user and item data. The neural network architecture allows for more efficient optimization and faster convergence that recommendations systems that rely on autoencoders. The system recommends items to users based on the users' predicted ratings for items.
US11494640B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program In order to address a conventional problem that there is no information processing apparatus for simulating processing in the brain, an information processing apparatus is configured such that one or more pieces of feature information are transferred between somas, each soma may fire using one or more pieces of accepted feature information, a firing pattern, which is a pattern of firing of one or more somas, is acquired, and output information corresponding to the firing pattern is acquired and output. Accordingly, it is possible to realize information processing for simulating processing in the brain. Also, it is possible to realize information processing for simulating processing in the brain, such as growth processing, apoptosis processing, and learning processing of elements such as somas.
US11494639B2	Bayesian-optimization-based query-efficient black-box adversarial attacks Performing an adversarial attack on a neural network classifier is described. A dataset of input-output pairs is constructed, each input element of the input-output pairs randomly chosen from a search space, each output element of the input-output pairs indicating a prediction output of the neural network classifier for the corresponding input element. A Gaussian process is utilized on the dataset of input-output pairs to optimize an acquisition function to find a best perturbation input element from the dataset. The best perturbation input element is upsampled to generate an upsampled best input element. The upsampled best input element is added to an original input to generate a candidate input. The neural network classifier is queried to determine a classifier prediction for the candidate input. A score for the classifier prediction is computed. The candidate input is accepted as a successful adversarial attack responsive to the classifier prediction being incorrect.
US11494637B2	Layer-wise distillation for protecting pre-trained neural network models Neural network protection mechanisms are provided. The neural network protection engine receives a pre-trained neural network computer model and forward propagates a dataset through layers of the pre-trained neural network computer model to compute, for each layer of the pre-trained neural network computer model, inputs and outputs of the layer. For at least one layer of the pre-trained neural network computer model, a differentially private distillation operation is performed on the inputs and outputs of the at least one layer to generate modified operational parameters of the at least one layer. The modified operational parameters of the at least one layer obfuscate aspects of an original training dataset used to train the pre-trained neural network computer model, present in original operational parameters of the at least one layer. The neural network protection engine generates a privatized trained neural network model based on the modified operational parameters.
US11494635B2	System and method for improving user engagement based on user session analysis A server accesses a plurality of users' sessions with the web server. Each user session indicating a page flow of a corresponding user session for a plurality of web pages provided by the web server. The server generates a learning model using a neural network based on the plurality of users' sessions. The learning model is configured to predict a next user activity based on a current page flow of a current user session. The next user activity indicating one of continuing the current user session by visiting another web page provided by the web server and ending the current user session. The server dynamically adjusts a content of a web page based on the predicted next user activity.
US11494634B2	Optimizing capacity and learning of weighted real-valued logic Maximum expressivity can be received representing a ratio between maximum and minimum input weights to a neuron of a neural network implementing a weighted real-valued logic gate. Operator arity can be received associated with the neuron. Logical constraints associated with the weighted real-valued logic gate can be determined in terms of weights associated with inputs to the neuron, a threshold-of-truth, and a neuron threshold for activation. The threshold-of-truth can be determined as a parameter used in an activation function of the neuron, based on solving an activation optimization formulated based on the logical constraints, the activation optimization maximizing a product of expressivity representing a distribution width of input weights to the neuron and gradient quality for the neuron given the operator arity and the maximum expressivity. The neural network of logical neurons can be trained using the activation function at the neuron, the activation function using the determined threshold-of-truth.
US11494633B2	Techniques to manage training or trained models for deep learning applications Examples include techniques to manage training or trained models for deep learning applications. Examples include routing commands to configure a training model to be implemented by a training module or configure a trained model to be implemented by an inference module. The commands routed via out-of-band (OOB) link while training data for the training models or input data for the trained models are routed via inband links.
US11494632B1	Generating simulated training examples for training of machine learning model used for robot control Implementations are directed to generating simulated training examples for training of a machine learning model, training the machine learning model based at least in part on the simulated training examples, and/or using the trained machine learning model in control of at least one real-world physical robot. Implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to performing one or more iterations of quantifying a “reality gap” for a robotic simulator and adapting parameter(s) for the robotic simulator based on the determined reality gap. The robotic simulator with the adapted parameter(s) can further be utilized to generate simulated training examples when the reality gap of one or more iterations satisfies one or more criteria.
US11494631B2	Smart advanced content retrieval Methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing advanced content retrieval are described. Machine learning methods may be implemented so that a system may predict when a user device may experience network disconnections. The system may also predict the type of content one or more applications on the user device may seek to download during the network disconnection period. Neural networks may be trained based on user activity log data and may implement machine-learning techniques to determine user preferences and settings for advanced content retrieval. The system may predict when a user may want to download content in advance, the type of content the user may be interested in, anticipated network connectivity, and anticipated battery consumption. The system may then generate recommendations for the user device based on the predictions. If a user agrees with the recommendations, the system may obtain and cache the content.
US11494627B1	Dynamic tile parallel neural network accelerator A dynamic-tile neural network accelerator allows for the number and size of computational tiles to be re-configured. Each sub-array of computational cells has edge cells on the left-most column that have an added vector mux that feeds the cell output back to an adder-comparator to allow Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) and pooling operations that combine outputs shifted in from other cells. The edge cells drive external output registers and receive external weights. The weights and outputs are shifted in opposite directions horizontally between cells while control and input data are shifted in a same direction vertically between cells. A column of row data selectors is inserted between sub-arrays to bypass weights and output data around sub-arrays, while a row of column data selectors are inserted between sub-arrays to bypass control and input data. Larger tiles are configured by passing data directly through these selectors without bypassing.
US11494618B2	Anomaly detection using deep learning on time series data Methods and systems for detecting and correcting anomalies include comparing a new time series segment, generated by a sensor in a cyber-physical system, to previous time series segments of the sensor to generate a similarity measure for each previous time series segment. It is determined that the new time series represents anomalous behavior based on the similarity measures. A corrective action is performed on the cyber-physical system to correct the anomalous behavior.
US11494615B2	Systems and methods for deep skip-gram network based text classification Described herein are embodiments for systems and methods to incorporate skip-gram convolution to extract non-consecutive local n-gram patterns for comprehensive information for varying text expressions. In one or more embodiments, one or more recurrent neural networks are employed to extract long-range features from localized level to sequential and global level via a chain-like architecture. Comprehensive experiments on large-scale datasets widely used for the text classification task were conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented deep skip-gram network embodiments. Performance evaluation on various datasets demonstrates that embodiments of the skip-gram network are powerful for general text classification task set. The skip-gram models are robust and may be generalized well on different datasets, even without tuning the hyper-parameters for specific dataset.
US11494614B2	Subsampling training data during artificial neural network training Perplexity scores are computed for training data samples during ANN training. Perplexity scores can be computed as a divergence between data defining a class associated with a current training data sample and a probability vector generated by the ANN model. Perplexity scores can alternately be computed by learning a probability density function (“PDF”) fitting activation maps generated by an ANN model during training. A perplexity score can then be computed for a current training data sample by computing a probability for the current training data sample based on the PDF. If the perplexity score for a training data sample is lower than a threshold, the training data sample is removed from the training data set so that it will not be utilized for training during subsequent epochs. Training of the ANN model continues following the removal of training data samples from the training data set.
US11494612B2	Systems and methods for domain adaptation in neural networks using domain classifier A domain adaptation module is used to optimize a first domain derived from a second domain using respective outputs from respective parallel hidden layers of the domains.
US11494611B2	Metadata-based scientific data characterization driven by a knowledge database at scale A metadata-based scientific data characterization method, system, and computer program product include requesting a user input for a task to specify a rule for the task to determine a quality and a relationship of a data file in a data file database based on metadata associated with the data file, processing a user feedback of results using the rule run on the data file database and tracking the user feedback on the results in order to learn from the user feedback, and based on the learning, creating a modified rule to determine a quality and a relationship of a second data file.
US11494608B2	Methods and apparatus to tile walk a tensor for convolution operations An example apparatus to perform a convolution on an input tensor includes a parameters generator to: generate a horizontal hardware execution parameter for a horizontal dimension of the input tensor based on a kernel parameter and a layer parameter; and generate a vertical hardware execution parameter for a vertical dimension of the input tensor based on the kernel parameter and the layer parameter; an accelerator interface to configure a hardware accelerator circuitry based on the horizontal and vertical hardware execution parameters; a horizontal Iterator controller to determine when the hardware accelerator circuitry completes the first horizontal iteration of the convolution; and a vertical Iterator controller to determine when the hardware accelerator circuitry completes the first vertical iteration of the convolution.

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