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US11515903B2	Signal level indicators and antenna assemblies including the same Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of signal level indicators and antenna assemblies including the same. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna assembly includes an antenna configured to be operable for receiving signals, a signal level indicator for indicating a strength of signals received by the antenna, and an amplifier coupled for communication with the antenna, the signal level indicator, and a signal output. The amplifier is configured to be operable for amplifying signals received by the antenna.
US11515902B2	Method and apparatus for phase error compensation having tolerance to cyclic slip Disclosed is a method and apparatus for phase error compensation having tolerance to a cyclic slip. The method includes determining first phase error candidates based on symbol phases of a first block of a received signal, determining an initial estimation error according to the first phase error candidates, determining second phase error candidates based on symbol phases of a second block of the received signal, determining a final estimation error according to the initial estimation error and the second phase error candidates, and compensating for a phase of the received signal according to the final estimation error.
US11515901B1	Integrated high speed wireless transceiver A direct digital radio having a high-speed RF front end in communication with an antenna, and a radio subsystem that can be configured to form a programmable multi-standard transceiver system. The high-speed RF front including RF inputs configured to receive a plurality of radio frequencies (e.g., frequencies between 400 MHz to 7.2 GHz, millimeter wave frequency signals, etc.) and wideband low noise amplifiers provides amplified signals to RF data converters, analog interfaces, digital interfaces, component interfaces, etc. The programmable multi-standard transceiver is operable in frequencies compatible with multiple networks such as private LTE and 5G networks as well as other wireless IoT standards and WiFi in multi-standard network access equipment. The programmable multi-standard transceiver can greatly reduce complexity for the baseband processing, lower the cost of the overall transceiver system, reduce power consumption, and at the same time, benefit from improvements on the digital functions through integration.
US11515899B2	Calibration of an RF attenuator The present disclosure relates to a circuit including an input terminal configured to receive a first signal at a first frequency; a demodulation chain connected to the input terminal and including a low-noise amplifier having an input coupled to the terminal; a controllable variable impedance connected between a first node and a node configured to receive a reference potential, the first node being connected to the input terminal and/or to the amplifier input; and a current source configured to deliver a current at the first frequency to the first node.
US11515892B2	Transmitter and parity permutation method thereof A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes: a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder configured to encode input bits to generate parity bits; a parity permutator configured to perform parity permutation by interleaving the parity bits and group-wise interleaving a plurality of bit groups including the interleaved parity bits; and a puncturer configured to puncture some of the parity bits in the group-wise interleaved bit groups, wherein the parity permutator group-wise interleaves the bit groups such that some of the bit groups are positioned at predetermined positions, respectively, and a remainder of the bit groups are positioned without an order within the group-wise interleaved bit groups.
US11515889B2	Uplink control information segmentation for polar codes Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for segmenting uplink control information prior for encoding using a polar code prior to transmission. An exemplary method that may be performed by a wireless device generally includes iteratively segmenting a group of K information bits into a plurality of segments, encoding the information bits of each of the plurality of segments using a polar code to generate a plurality of encoded segments, and transmitting the plurality of encoded segments.
US11515884B2	Noise reducing capacitance driver A circuit having a capacitance driver circuit can allow for reduction of thermal noise to an application circuit. An output of the capacitance driver circuit can drive a capacitor for use by the application circuit coupled to the capacitor at the output of the capacitance driver circuit. The capacitance driver circuit can be structured to operate over a bandwidth of interest. With an input signal, received at the capacitance driver circuit, associated with a target voltage, an output voltage can be provided at the output of the capacitance driver circuit as a bandlimited filtered voltage value of the target voltage, where a root-mean-square voltage deviation of the output voltage from the target voltage, due to thermal noise, is less than a square root of (kT/C). The term k is Boltzmann's constant, T is Kelvin temperature of the capacitance driver circuit, and C is the capacitance of the driven capacitor.
US11515883B2	Configuration of ADC data rates across multiple physical channels An integrated circuit includes a set of N unit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) having a common architecture, and which provide an aggregate data rate. Moreover, the integrated circuit includes control logic that selects subsets of the set of N unit ADCs in order to realize sub-ADCs of different data rates that can each be an arbitrary integer multiple of an inverse of N times the aggregate data rate of the N unit ADCs. Furthermore, the control logic may dynamically select the subsets on the fly or on a frame-by-frame basis. This dynamically selection may occur at boot time and/or a runtime. Additionally, the given different data rate may correspond to one or more phases of a multi-phase clock in the integrated circuit, where the multiphase clock may include a number of phases corresponding to a number of possible subsets, and given selected subsets may not use all of the available phases.
US11515878B1	Fast response level shifter for clamp gate control Various embodiments relate to a level shifter circuit configured to generate a voltage output, including: a first charging path circuit; a second charging path circuit; and an enable circuit configured to enable the first charging path circuit and the second charging path circuit, wherein the voltage output is a combination of the voltage from the first charging path circuit and the second charging path circuit, the first charging path circuit charges up to a voltage limit, and the first charging path circuit charges the voltage output faster than the second charging path circuit.
US11515876B2	Driver for a shared bus, in particular a LIN bus A driver for a shared bus, such as a LIN bus, having a supply node (Vbat), a bus node (LIN), a transmit data input node (TX) and a receive data output node (RX), said driver comprising: a pull-up circuitry between the supply node and the bus node, driver circuitry (100) having a control input connected to the transmit data input node, feedback circuitry (200) configured to provide feedback from the shared bus to the control input of the driver circuitry; said feedback circuitry comprising copy circuitry (210) configured to obtain at least one copy signal representative for a signal on the bus node, filter circuitry (220) configured to low-pass filter the at least one copy signal, derivative circuitry (230) configured to obtain at least one derivative signal representative for the speed at which the signal on the bus node varies.
US11515872B1	Active gate driver optimisation with environmental variables A method for active gate driving a switching circuit, wherein: a characteristic of a waveform controlled by the switching circuit is represented by a function mapping an input variable to an output metric, and wherein: the input variable comprises: a design variable having a first set of possible values; and an environmental variable having a second set of possible values, wherein the environmental variable is observable but not controllable. The method comprising: performing Bayesian optimisation on the function to generate a model of the function, wherein a next value of the design variable for evaluating the function is selected based on values of an acquisition function associated with a predicted value of the environmental variable; determining a first value of the design variable that optimises the model of the function; and controlling the switching circuit according to the first value of the design variable.
US11515870B2	Linear switch circuits and methods A system includes an output terminal and a linear switch circuit coupled to the output terminal. The linear switch circuit includes a first power field-effect transistor (FET) having: a first channel width; a control terminal; a first current terminal; and a second current terminal, wherein the second current terminal is coupled to the output terminal. The linear switch circuit also includes a second power FET having: a second channel width smaller than the first channel width; a control terminal; a first current terminal coupled to the first current terminal of the first power FET; and a second current terminal coupled to the output terminal. The system also comprises a control circuit coupled to the control terminal of the first power FET and to the control terminal of the second power FET. The control circuit detects a drain-to-source voltage (VDS) saturation condition and controls the first and second power FETs accordingly.
US11515867B2	Device for detecting the wiring at a safety input A device for hooking up a signal-outputting mechanism with two potential sensors each of which has allocated to it two evaluation terminals, wherein the potentials of the evaluation terminals depend inversely on the resistances between the respective evaluation terminals.
US11515861B2	Electronic apparatus comprising a switching-type output stage, corresponding circuit arrangement and method An embodiment apparatus comprises a switching-type output power stage, a modulator circuit configured for carrying out a pulse-width modulation and converting an electrical input signal into an input signal pulsed between two electrical levels, having a mean value proportional to the amplitude of the input signal, and a circuit arrangement for controlling saturation of an output signal supplied by the switching-type output power stage. The circuit arrangement comprises a pulse-remodulator circuit, between the output of the modulator circuit and the input of the switching-type output power stage, that is configured for supplying, as a driving signal to the switching-type output power stage, a respective modulated signal pulsed between two electrical levels, measuring a pulse width as pulse time interval elapsing between two consecutive pulsed-signal edges of the pulsed input signal, and, if the measurement indicates that the latter is below a given minimum value, remodulating the pulsed input signal.
US11515857B2	Piezoelectric resonator device A third through hole is formed in a crystal resonator plate of a crystal resonator to penetrate between a first main surface and a second main surface. A through electrode of the third through hole is conducted to a first excitation electrode. A seventh through hole is formed in a first sealing member of the crystal resonator to penetrate between a first main surface and a second main surface. The through electrode of the third through hole is conducted to the through electrode of the seventh through hole. The third through hole is not superimposed to the seventh through hole in plan view.
US11515854B2	LC composite component An LC composite component includes a magnetic substrate with magnetism, a magnetic layer with magnetism, inductors, capacitors, and core parts with magnetism. The magnetic substrate includes a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface. The magnetic layer is disposed to face the first surface of the magnetic substrate. The inductors and the capacitors are disposed between the first surface of the magnetic substrate and the magnetic layer. The core parts are disposed between the first surface of the magnetic substrate and the magnetic layer and connected to the magnetic layer. The thickness of the core part is 1.0 or more times the thickness of the magnetic layer, the thickness of the magnetic substrate is 1.0 or more times the thickness of the magnetic layer.
US11515847B2	Power amplifiers and unmatched power amplifier devices with low baseband impedance terminations A packaged RF amplifier device includes input and output leads and a transistor die. The transistor die includes a transistor with a drain-source capacitance below 0.1 picofarads per watt. The device also includes a conductive connection between the transistor output terminal and the output lead, and a baseband termination circuit between the transistor output terminal and a ground reference node. The baseband termination circuit presents a low impedance to signal energy at envelope frequencies and a high impedance to signal energy at RF frequencies. The baseband termination circuit includes an inductive element, a resistor, and a capacitor connected in series between the transistor output terminal and the ground reference node. Except for a minimal impedance transformation associated with the conductive connection, the device is unmatched between the transistor output terminal and the output lead by being devoid of impedance matching circuitry between the transistor output terminal and the output lead.
US11515842B2	Doherty power amplifiers and devices with low voltage driver stage in carrier-path and high voltage driver stage in peaking-path Doherty power amplifiers and devices are described with a low voltage driver stage in a carrier-path and a high voltage driver stage in a peaking-path. In an embodiment a Doherty power amplifier has a carrier-path driver stage transistor configured to operate using a first bias voltage at the driver stage output, and a final stage transistor configured to operate using a second bias voltage at the final stage output. A peaking-path driver stage transistor is configured to operate using a third bias voltage at the driver stage output, and a final stage transistor electrically coupled to the driver stage output of the peaking-path driver stage transistor is configured to operate using a fourth bias voltage at the final stage output, wherein the third bias voltage is at least twice as large as the first bias voltage.
US11515840B2	Power amplifier The present disclosure is to improve the power added efficiency of a power amplifier at high output power. The power amplifier includes: a first capacitor with a radio frequency signal input to one end thereof; a first transistor whose base is connected to the other end of the first capacitor to amplify the radio frequency signal; a bias circuit for supplying bias to the base of the first transistor; and a second capacitor with one end connected to the base of the first transistor and the other end connected to the emitter of the first transistor.
US11515837B2	Solar power system commissioning Commissioning a solar power monitoring system includes imaging a plurality of labels, wherein each label of the plurality of labels is associated with an electronic component. Further, commissioning the solar power monitoring system includes discovering each electronic component at the same time based on the imaging of the plurality of labels, displaying a list of the discovered electronic components, and commissioning a solar power monitoring system including the discovered electronic components for use.
US11515833B1	Portable solar carport system A solar carport system has a framework comprising metal tubing and connection fittings, the framework having a length, a width and a height and rectangular faces on top, ends and sides, a plurality of wheel assemblies at a lowermost location on the framework, enabling the framework to be moved on the wheels on a supporting surface, a plurality of solar panels assembled to the framework in the top rectangular face, such that an active surface of each solar panel faces upward, and circuitry and wiring connecting the solar panels to a cable ending in a connector compatible with and connected to an inverter.
US11515829B1	Flashing and L-bracket assembly for rack mounting of solar panels on roof The invention herein disclosed and claimed is an L-bracket and flashing assembly used to mount a rack for supporting a solar-panel array. It uses fewer sub-assemblies and is simpler and faster to install than prior art L-bracket and flashing assemblies.
US11515826B2	Motor drive control device, motor system, and air blowing device A motor drive control device controls driving of a motor by performing PWM control of turning on-off of an arm switching element of a PWM inverter outputting a three-phase AC voltage to the motor, and detects current values of respective phases of the three-phase AC voltage. The motor drive control device turns off a lower arm switching element for a largest phase by causing a first PWM pulse based on a largest phase voltage command and a carrier signal throughout an entire first period during which the carrier signal rises or falls to be at a low level. The motor drive control device turns on a lower arm switching element for a smallest phase by causing a second PWM pulse based on a smallest phase voltage command and the carrier signal throughout an entire second period during which the carrier signal rises or falls to be at a high level.
US11515825B2	Systems and methods for a dual-supply variable speed drive In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a refrigerant loop and a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop. The compressor is configured to circulate refrigerant through the refrigerant loop. The HVAC&R system also includes a motor configured to drive the compressor and a variable speed drive (VSD) configured to supply power to the motor. The VSD further includes a first power pod configured to supply a first power to the motor and a second power pod configured to supply a second power to the motor.
US11515815B2	Active gate driver An active gate driver suitable for activating an electronic switch of an electric motor. The active gate driver includes a pull up branch, a pull down branch and a current and voltage feedback from an output of the active gate driver to at least one input of the active gate driver, wherein the current and voltage feedback is common to both the pull up branch and the pull down branch.
US11515812B2	Control method for piezoelectric drive device, piezoelectric drive device, and robot A control method for a piezoelectric drive device includes a first step of executing first control to decrease a frequency of a drive voltage applied to a piezoelectric vibrator from a predetermined first frequency while acquiring a pickup voltage representing vibration amplitude of the piezoelectric vibrator, and a second step of executing second control to increase the frequency of the drive voltage applied to the piezoelectric vibrator to a second frequency as a frequency of the drive voltage applied before a second time when the pickup voltage is higher from a first time to the second time and the pickup voltage is lower from the second time to a third time.
US11515807B1	Line frequency commutated voltage source converters for multiphase modular multilevel converters Aspects are described for line frequency commutated voltage source converters for multiphase modular multilevel converters. A voltage source converter (VSC) capacitor voltage of a multiphase VSC of a multiphase power converter can be identified. The multiphase VSC can include a half-bridge circuit for each phase of the multiphase power converter. A circuit parameter can be identified and utilized to determine an arm voltage of an arm of a branch of the multiphase converter. Switch control signals can be generated to insert or bypass the VSC capacitor for the arm of the branch of the multiphase converter device, based at least in part on a comparison between the arm voltage and the VSC capacitor voltage.
US11515806B2	Conversion device having reduced common-mode current A conversion device includes: an inductor connected to the AC power grid; a first-stage converter configured to output a bus voltage based on the AC power grid; a second-stage converter configured to convert the bus voltage into an output voltage to the load; and a filtering network, wherein a first resistance-capacitance circuit is disposed between the first and third terminals of the filtering network, a second resistance-capacitance circuit is disposed between the second and third terminals of the filtering network, the first terminal of the filtering network is connected to the AC power grid, the second terminal of the filtering network is connected to the bus or the second terminal of the second-stage converter, and the third terminal of the filtering network is grounded through a first capacitor.
US11515801B2	Shield in a power conversion device A power conversion device which is premised on converting electric power supplied from a power source with use of a magnetic component, includes: a plurality of bus bars configured to supply electric power to a load; current sensor elements which are respectively provided for the plurality of bus bars, and are configured to detect magnetic fluxes generated when electric currents flow through the plurality of bus bars; and a plate-like magnetic shield plate which is arranged on a straight line connecting the magnetic component and the current sensor element, and is configured to shield magnetic fluxes directed from the magnetic component to one or more current sensor elements.
US11515796B2	Current balancing for interleaved power converters Current balancing for interleaved power converters. One example is a method of operating a power converter comprising: operating, at a switching frequency, a first power converter defining a first resonant primary, the first power converter provides a first portion of a total power provided to a load; operating, at the switching frequency, a second power converter defining a second resonant primary, the second power converter provides a second portion of the total power provided to the load; and limiting a resonant voltage of the first resonant primary by controlling energy in the first resonant primary, the controlling during periods of time when the first portion is larger than the second portion.
US11515795B2	Power apparatus applied in solid state transformer structure and three-phase power system having the same A power apparatus applied in a solid state transformer structure includes an AC-to-DC conversion unit, a first DC bus, and a plurality of bi-directional DC conversion units. First sides of the bi-directional DC conversion units are coupled to the first DC bus. Second sides of the bi-directional DC conversion units are configured to form at least one second DC bus, and the number of the at least one second DC bus is a bus number. The bi-directional DC conversion units receive a bus voltage of the first DC bus and convert the bus voltage into at least one DC voltage, or the bi-directional DC conversion units receive at least one external DC voltage and convert the at least one external DC voltage into the bus voltage.
US11515794B2	Current estimation in a power supply An apparatus includes a current emulator and a controller. The emulator receives a reference output current value representing a measured average amount of output current delivered by the voltage converter to the load for a first portion of a power delivery cycle during which high side switch circuitry and low side switch circuitry in the voltage converter are activated at different times to produce the output current. The power delivery cycle includes a second portion during which the high side switch circuitry and the low side switch circuitry of the voltage converter are deactivated. Via trial and error, the emulator derives an average output current value delivered to the load for the power delivery cycle based on the reference output current value and repeated adjustments to the estimation of the average output current. The controller controls operation of the voltage converter based on the derived average output current value.
US11515787B2	Reference voltage control in a power supply A power supply includes a reference voltage generator, a power supply phase, and an adjustor. During operation, the reference voltage generator produces a reference voltage. The power supply phase produces an output voltage to power a load as a function of an output voltage feedback signal derived from the output voltage and the reference voltage. The adjustor adjusts a magnitude of the reference voltage to maintain regulation of the output voltage with respect to a desired voltage setpoint.
US11515786B2	Techniques for current sensing for single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) regulators Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for continuous current sensing for a single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) regulator. One example method includes operating a plurality of switches of the SIMO regulator, via a plurality of control signals, according to a plurality of switching states using a switching controller, sensing currents associated with at least a portion of the plurality of switches of the SIMO regulator using a plurality of current sense circuits, and selectively outputting a sense current from one of the plurality of current sense circuits based on a change in the plurality of controls signals occurring between a transition from a first switching state to a second switching state of the plurality of switching states.
US11515784B2	Circuits for switched capacitor voltage converters A circuit comprising: a first switch having: a first side connected to a first node; and a second side connected to a second capacitor's first side (2C1S); a second switch having: a first side connected to a second capacitor's second side (2C2S); and a second side connected to a first capacitor's first side (1C1S); a third switch having: a first side connected to a first capacitor's second side (1C2S); and a second side connected to a second node (2VN); a fourth switch having: a first side connected to 2C2S; and a second side connected to a third node (3VN); a fifth switch having: a first side connected to 2C1S; and a second side connected to 1C1S; a sixth switch having: a first side connected to 1C2S; and a second side connected to 3VN; a seventh switch having: a first side connected to 1C1S; and a second side connected to 2VN.
US11515775B2	Vibration actuator and electronic equipment A vibration actuator has a movable body including: a disk-shaped magnet; disk-shaped cores fixed on front and rear surfaces of the magnet and each having an opening at a center thereof; leaf springs having a substantially circular shape; and spring stopper weight parts each having one end positioned by joining the opening to be joined with one of the cores and having another end connected to a central part of one of the leaf springs; and a fixing body including an annular coil having a larger inner diameter than the magnet, the cores and the spring stopper weight parts. The fixing body supports an outer periphery part of the leaf springs and accommodates therein the movable body such that the magnet, the cores and the spring stopper weight parts are capable of moving upwardly and downwardly inside the coil.
US11515774B2	Vibration motor with magnetic steel assembly and elastic support between pillars The present disclosure discloses a vibration motor including a fixing frame, a suspending frame, an iron core, a drive coil, an elastic support and a magnetic steel assembly. The magnetic steel assembly includes a first magnetic steel, a second magnetic steel and a third magnetic steel that are superimposed in order. Polarity directions of the first magnetic steel and third magnetic steel are parallel with a central axis of the drive coil. A side of the first magnetic steel that the side facing the second magnetic steel has the same polarity with a side of the third magnetic steel that the side facing the second magnetic steel. The vibration motor can generate two magnetic loops whose magnetic forces increases drive force of the vibration motor.
US11515772B2	Generator device of electrical energy with permanent magnets, particularly for the supply of electrical loads and/or batteries of vehicles The generator device of electrical energy with permanent magnets, particularly for the supply of electrical loads and/or batteries of vehicles, connectable to at least a driving shaft of a motor, comprises: a rotor element rotating around an axis of rotation; a stator element contained inside the rotor element, or containing the rotor element, and coaxial to the rotor element, the stator element having a plurality of stator slots; a plurality of stator windings of a conductive material arranged at each of the stator slots and connected to a power supply line; a plurality of permanent magnets having a first side associated with the rotor element and a second side facing the stator element; wherein the permanent magnets are associated with the rotor element in a configuration of the Halbach array type to define a magnetic coupling to the stator windings wherein the magnetic field flow at the second side of each of the permanent magnets is substantially greater than the flow of the magnetic field at the first side of each of the permanent magnets.
US11515770B2	Device for manufacturing rotor core and method for manufacturing rotor core Provided is a manufacturing device for a rotor core and a manufacturing method for a rotor core in which it is possible to suitably fit a columnar core rod into a center hole of a laminated iron core, when fitting and installing the laminated iron core into a fitting recess of a first mold. A device for manufacturing a rotor core includes: a first mold; a second mold that engages with the first mold and clamps and seals the laminated iron core together with the first mold; a resin injection unit that is provided to the second mold and injects a resin material in the magnet insertion hole by using a molding machine; and a guide plate that has a through hole into which the core rod is inserted and is mounted at one end of the laminated iron core in such a manner that the through hole is in communication with the center hole of the laminated iron core, in which the guide plate has an opening diameter of the through hole on one surface side of one end side of the laminated iron core that is substantially the same as an opening diameter of the center hole, and an opening diameter of the through hole on the other side on the side of the first mold is larger than an opening diameter on the one surface side.
US11515769B2	Method and apparatus for compact insertion of multiphase pseudo helical wave winding into electrical machine A method and an apparatus for compact insertion of thick wire multiphase pseudo helical wave winding into a ferromagnetic core of an electrical machine, achieving high fill factor of the core slots, resulting in better heat transfer between the winding and the core, low mass and volume, and overall higher efficiency of electrical machine. An apparatus being fully programmable and physically adaptable to wide range of electric machine dimensions, where process is automated, simple, accurate, reliable and quick, while being suitable for mass production.
US11515767B2	Apparatus and method for pre-assembling winding sets of a winding bar for electric machine stator or rotor An apparatus for pre-assembling a winding for an electric machine stator or rotor includes a plurality of hairpins with two legs having non-circular cross-section, a ring including a plurality of slots and an outer containment ring acting in containment along the perimeter of the ring. An inner cam block and an outer cam block, surrounding and radially facing the inner cam block, are arranged opposite to the exit face of the ring. The cams are adapted to be crossed, in use, by the two legs when they cross the ring at the same time; the cams open into a free circular space between the two cam blocks. A method for pre-assembling a winding set for an electric machine stator or rotor is also provided. Hairpins are inserted in sequence in the slots of the apparatus. A finished winding set positioned in the free circular space is obtained by successive rotations of the ring.
US11515766B2	Manufacturing method of electric pump A manufacturing method of an electric pump includes engaging and welding first and second extended portions with first and second hooks, respectively, and cutting a plurality of connecting portions after the engaging and welding.
US11515763B2	Method for operating a motor vehicle with a permanently-excited synchronous machine, and motor vehicle A method for operating a motor vehicle is provided, having, as a prime mover, a permanently-excited synchronous machine with windings. The synchronous machine is connected to a vehicle electrical system of the motor vehicle via a converter having a switching arrangement and a capacitor in an intermediate circuit. The switching arrangement can be controlled via a control device connected to the vehicle electrical system. The permanently-excited synchronous machine is operated as a generator while being driven by external means. Energy generated by the synchronous machine and stored in the capacitor for operating the control device and the switching arrangement is provided when a first threshold value for the voltage in the intermediate circuit is exceeded. When a second threshold value for the voltage in the intermediate circuit is exceeded, the switching arrangement is activated for short-circuiting the windings of the synchronous machine.
US11515762B2	Transport unit for a long stator linear motor In order to provide a transport unit for a long stator linear motor, wherein the orientation thereof can be easily determined on the long stator linear motor during operational use, according to the invention, the transport unit (1) has a first guide side (FS1) on which a first guide group (G1) is arranged and a second guide side (FS2) on which a second guide group (G2) is arranged. A first magnetic side (S1) positioned laterally relative to the longitudinal direction (x) is opposite a second magnetic side (S2), wherein the first magnetic side (S1) has a magnetic variable with a first value (w1) at a first test distance (a1) from the center of the first longitudinal extension (I1) in the direction of the first end (I1e), and on the first magnetic side (S1), a magnetic variable with a second value (w2), corresponding to the first value (w1), at the first test distance (a1) from the center of the first longitudinal extension (I1) in the direction of the first start (I1a). On the second magnetic side (S2), the transport unit (1) has a magnetic variable with a third value (w3) at a second test distance (a2) from the center of the second longitudinal extension (I2) in the direction of the second end (I2e), and a magnetic variable with a fourth value (w4), corresponding to the third value (w3), at the second test distance (a2) from the center of the second longitudinal extension (I2) in the direction of the second start (I2a), wherein the first and second values (w1, w2) differ from the third and fourth values (w3, w4).
US11515760B2	Rotating electric machine for vehicle A rotating electric machine for a vehicle includes a rectifier fixed to an outer side of the frame member and constituting a rectification circuit which rectifies the alternating current generated by the stator; a battery terminal protruding from the rectifier and configured to be connected with a battery cable; an insulating member having a through hole in which the battery terminal is inserted; and a waterproof cap attached to the insulating member so as to cover a connection part of the battery terminal with the battery cable in a waterproof state. The insulating member includes an annular protruding part protruding inward from an inner peripheral surface of the through hole. The protruding part is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the battery terminal in such a state that the protruding part is elastically deformed.
US11515759B2	Brush device, motor, and method for manufacturing brush device A brush device includes a holder, a brush, a choke coil, and a terminal member. The holder includes a base extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of an armature. The choke coil includes a core and a winding. The core extends in the axial direction of the armature and includes a first end surface in a longitudinal direction faced toward the base of the holder and a second end surface in the longitudinal direction located at a side opposite to the first end surface. The terminal member is coupled to the holder and connected to the winding. The terminal member includes a contact portion that is in contact with the second end surface of the core.
US11515755B2	Stator housing for an electric machine, electric machine for a vehicle and vehicle Stator housing for an electric machine, includes a plurality of axially extending main channels, wherein pairs of adjacent main channels are connected by deflection channels to form a meandering cooling path for a coolant, and a plurality of connection channels that connect each pair of adjacent main channels in a fluid conductive manner at an axial position between the deflection channels.
US11515754B2	Motor One embodiment relates to a motor comprising: a hollow first shaft; a rotor coupled to the first shaft; a stator arranged outside the rotor; a hollow second shaft arranged inside the first shaft; a first planetary gear part which comes in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the first shaft; a second planetary gear part which comes in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the second shaft; and a third shaft for connecting the first planetary gear part and the second planetary gear part, wherein the rotation of the first shaft is decelerated by the first planetary gear part and the second planetary gear part and then delivered to the second shaft. Accordingly, an RPM that is lower than the RPM generated by the output of the motor can be applied to an output shaft of a steering shaft.
US11515751B2	Housing arrangement for a blower motor A housing arrangement has a blower motor including a rotation shaft that traverses through an underside and a topside of the blower motor, the rotation shaft being configured to mount a fan impeller thereupon, a first housing part that receives the blower motor, a second housing part that covers the blower motor received in the first housing part, a first decoupling unit arranged circumferentially between the underside of the blower motor and an inner bottom of the first housing part, and a second decoupling unit arranged circumferentially between the topside of the blower motor and an inner surface of the second housing part. Here, the spring stiffness of the first and the second decoupling units are substantially constant in an axial direction, a radial direction, or a normal direction.
US11515750B2	Permanent magnet machine stator A permanent magnet machine includes a machine housing and a stator disposed within the machine housing. The machine housing has an inner surface that extends between a first housing end and a second housing end along a central longitudinal axis. The stator has a stator core having an exterior surface and an interior surface, each extending between a first face and a second face along the central longitudinal axis. The stator core defines a plurality of openings that extend from the first face towards the second face.
US11515742B2	Methods, systems, and apparatus for reducing cogging torque in an electric machine An interior permanent magnet machine is described. The machine includes a rotor rotatable about a central machine axis. The rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnet openings and a plurality of permanent magnets disposed therein. The permanent magnet openings are separated by rotor webs configured to facilitate reducing leakage flux through the rotor webs. The machine also includes a stator disposed coaxially with the rotor and separated from the rotor by a circumferential air gap. The stator includes a plurality of stator teeth that define a plurality of stator slots therebetween. The stator teeth include a stator tooth tip configured to facilitate reducing cogging torque and torque ripple.
US11515741B2	Wireless energy transfer to transport based on route data An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route, routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on one or more traffic conditions, aligning, by the transport, a position of the transport at the location to wirelessly receive an energy transfer, and receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.
US11515739B2	FOD and wireless power transfer calibration In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power using a transmitter LC tank to a wireless power receiver having a receiver LC tank; receiving a first received power packet from the wireless power receiver, the first received power packet including a received power value field indicative of a power level; determining a first power difference between transmitted power and received power based on the first received power packet; calculating a first received power compensation factor based on the first power difference; interrupting wirelessly transmitting power for a first slot period after receiving the first received power packet; performing a first measurement of a first signal associated with the transmitter LC tank during the first slot period; determining a first Q factor value based on the first measurement; comparing the first Q factor value with a reference Q factor value; and detecting a metallic object based on the comparison.
US11515735B2	Wireless charging system with object detection A wireless power transmitting device transmits wireless power signals to a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power receiving device has a wireless power receiving coil in a resonant circuit that resonates at a wireless power receiving circuit resonant frequency. The wireless power transmitting device has coils. The coils are supplied with a drive signal in bursts to detect external objects. Measurement circuitry includes an oscillator for supplying the drive signals and a peak detector and analog-to-digital converter for gathering measurements on the coils to which the drive signals have been supplied. Rate-based-filtering is applied to output signals from the analog-to-digital converter to distinguish between temperature drift effects and object placement effects. The frequency of the drive signals is slightly greater than the wireless power receiving circuit resonant frequency.
US11515733B2	Integrated energy harvesting transceivers and transmitters with dual-antenna architecture for miniaturized implants and electrochemical sensors Systems and methods for utilizing a small form-factor, wirelessly powered transceiver are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless powered transceiver includes a receive antenna configured to receive a receive signal, a transmit antenna configured to transmit a transmit signal, a power harvesting system including a rectifier circuit configured convert radio frequency energy from the receive signal into DC (direct current) voltage, and a power management unit (PMU) configured to set the operating mode and biasing condition of the receive and transmit circuitry blocks and provide DC voltage from the receive circuitry block to the transmit circuitry block to maintain a minimum voltage, a receiver circuitry block configured to provide energy from the receive signal to the power harvesting system, and a transmitter circuitry block including a data modulator circuit, the data modulator circuit configured to generate the transmit signal using DC voltage received from the power management unit.
US11515732B2	Power wave transmission techniques to focus wirelessly delivered power at a receiving device An example method performed by a wireless-power-transmitting device that includes an antenna array is provided. The method includes radiating electromagnetic waves that form a maximum power level at a first distance away from the antenna array. Moreover, a power level of the radiated electromagnetic waves decreases, relative to the maximum power level, by at least a predefined amount at a predefined radial distance away from the maximum power level. In some embodiments, the method also includes detecting a location of a wireless-power-receiving device, whereby the location of the wireless-power-receiving device is further from the antenna array than a location of the maximum power level.
US11515725B2	Autonomous topology validation for electrical supply network A system for autonomously validating the topology information of an electrical power distribution system is provided. For example, the system includes a group of meters previously determined to be connected to the same transformer of an electrical power distribution system. The group of meters is configured to perform family check periodically or upon request and to identify orphan meters in the group. The identified orphan meter can contact a community device communicatively connected to meters in more than one group to request a community check. The community device performs the community check by contacting meters in other groups of meters and obtain their family signature data. The community device further determines whether the orphan meter belongs to a new family based on the voltage data of the orphan meter and the family signature data of other groups. The orphan meter can report the community check results to a headend system.
US11515722B2	Redundant power management for modular IVD analyzer vessel mover subsystem A modular in vitro diagnostics (IVD) vessel mover system providing redundant power management includes a plurality of modules which are configured to provide storage to one or more IVD samples. Each module comprising a power failover switch which is configured to receive internal power from an internal primary power source and transmit backup power to one or more of the plurality of modules.
US11515720B2	Information processing apparatus and charging method therefor An information processing apparatus is provided with a real-time clock (RTC), a battery that supplies power to the RTC, a power source unit that charges the battery, a display unit that displays a screen for setting date and time of the RTC, on a basis of an output voltage of the battery, and a control unit that performs control so as to charge the battery on the basis of the setting of the date and time of the RTC via the screen.
US11515717B2	Self-charging power source The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in at least one aspect thereof, comprises continuously charging a cell phone while the user utilizes the cellular phone for ordinary activities (e.g. posting to social media sites, texting, talking, etc.). The signals from routine cellular phone operations will send signals to a photocoupler or other dedicated sensor. The dedicated sensor will output current to drive a magnet mechanism which will in turn drive a fan that generates current to charge to a super/ultra-capacitor.
US11515716B2	Wireless charging device A wireless charging device capable of changing an inclination angle of a mobile phone during charging comprises a supporting body and a rotating body. A charging surface is disposed on one end of the rotating body. The supporting body supplies power to the charging surface. The supporting body is rotatably connected with the other end of the rotating body. The inclination angle of the charging surface changes with the rotation of the rotating body. The wireless charging device is provided with the rotating body rotatably connected with the supporting body, which in turn changes the inclination angle of the charging surface conveniently.
US11515715B2	Electronic device for receiving wireless power and method for wireless charging thereof According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a battery; a charging circuit; a wireless power reception circuit configured to acquire transmission power wirelessly output from an external electronic device; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to charge the battery through the charging circuit by using reception power acquired through the wireless power reception circuit, obtain status information related to the charging operation during the charging operation, and transmit a specified signal, corresponding to pausing of the transmission power, to the external electronic device such that the external electronic device pauses outputting of the transmission power, at least on the basis of the status information. In addition to the various embodiments according, other various embodiments are also possible.
US11515713B2	Monitoring and balancing capacity in lithium sulfur cells arranged in series Apparatus for monitoring relative capacity and state of charge between at least two cells, or cell modules, A and B of a plurality of Lithium Sulfur cells arranged in series, comprising: a timer; a voltage monitoring module configured to monitor a voltage drop across each of the Lithium Sulfur cells or cell modules arranged in series based on signals received from a voltage monitoring circuit; and a cell monitoring module coupled to the timer and the voltage monitoring module and configured to, during a charging cycle in which the cells are charged at a constant current: record a time stamp T1(Cell A) at which the monitored voltage of the first cell, cell A, leading the charging reaches a first voltage V1(cell A) set to be near top of charge as the rate of change of the monitored voltage measurably increases; record a time stamp T1(Cell B) at which the monitored voltage of the cell B following the charging reaches the first voltage V1(Cell A); record a time stamp T2(Cell A) at which the monitored voltage of the leading cell A reaches a second voltage V2(Cell A) set to be substantially at a deemed top of charge; record a monitored voltage V2(Cell B) of the following cell B at T2(Cell A); and determine, based on at least T1(Cell A), T1(Cell B), V2(Cell A) and V2(Cell B), a metric indicative of a relative capacity difference between cell A and cell B.
US11515712B2	Battery including battery sub packs for increasing battery capacity A battery module including a plurality of battery sub packs and an electronic device including the battery module is provided. The battery module comprises a battery pack including a plurality of battery sub packs, a power delivery circuit connectable to the plurality of battery sub packs, a plurality of switches connected between the plurality of battery sub packs and the power delivery circuit, and at least one processor configured to control the plurality of switches to transmit power stored in a first battery sub pack to the power delivery circuit during a first time interval and transmit power stored in the power delivery circuit to a second battery sub pack during a second time interval. Other various embodiments are also provided herein.
US11515711B2	Grid interconnection device and server It is desirable to improve the accuracy of voltage control in the grid interconnection device for supplying the power generated by the distributed power source to the interconnection point. Provided is a grid interconnection device for supplying power generated by a distributed power source to an interconnection point, comprising: a calculation unit for calculating voltage at the interconnection point based on output voltage of the grid interconnection device, output current of the grid interconnection device, and an impedance component between the grid interconnection device and the interconnection point; and a control unit for controlling output power from the grid interconnection device, based on voltage at the interconnection point calculated by the calculation unit.
US11515709B2	System and device for exporting power, and method of configuring thereof System, device and method for exporting power are provided including at least one AC optimizer with plurality of DC inputs each connecting with respective one of plurality of DC sources, and independent maximum power point tracking (MPPT) performed for each respective DC source to extract power from each DC source for output and coupling to AC grid. When multiple AC optimizers are employed, with each AC optimizer having multiple DC inputs, each DC input can be connected to PV module with independent MPPT function. Since, each AC optimizer can serve multiple PV modules, significant cost saving and efficiencies can be achieved. Optionally, on PV sub-module level, each of the multiple DC inputs can be used as an independent MPPT channel for a PV sub-module cell string.
US11515708B2	Microgrid system controller for creating and maintaining a microgrid A microgrid system controller includes a regulated bus, a variable-frequency drive (VFD) inverter, a generator coupled to a rotatable flywheel, a resistive load; and a plurality of actuatable switches. The microgrid system controller may also include a battery and charge controller or a battery storage device. The plurality of actuatable switches couple some of the various components.
US11515705B2	Smart charging scheduling apparatus and method for electric vehicle The present disclosure provides a new and improved method and apparatus of scheduling for a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles. A computer-implemented method for scheduling a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles is provided, in which a prediction for a usage pattern of the charging infrastructure is made with a context based on historical usage patterns of the charging infrastructure and the contexts of the historical usage patterns, and a schedule scheme for deciding a distribution of charging spots of the charging infrastructure among the electric vehicles is determined based on the predicted usage pattern.
US11515704B2	Using distributed power electronics-based devices to improve the voltage and frequency stability of distribution systems Methods include, in response to a line frequency variation of a power grid, adjusting a voltage setpoint of a voltage regulator coupled to the power grid at a grid edge to maintain a voltage at the grid edge, wherein the adjusting the regulated voltage setpoint is configured to reduce the line frequency variation to stabilize the line frequency of the power grid. Apparatus include a voltage regulator configured to couple to a power grid at a grid edge and to maintain a voltage at the grid edge, wherein the voltage regulator is further configured to adjust a voltage setpoint of a voltage regulator in response to a line frequency variation of the power grid to reduce the line frequency variation and stabilize the line frequency of the power grid.
US11515703B2	Electronic barrier device for intrinsically safe systems An electronic barrier device, includes an Isolating Barrier or a Zener Barrier, with a voltage limiter or voltage shunt such as at least one zener device for voltage limitation in a circuit during a fault condition. The barrier device includes a crowbar device arranged to latch across the at least one voltage shunt device to reduce power dissipation in the at least one voltage shunt device in the circuit fault condition. The crowbar device is arranged to latch responsive to a change in a current flowing in the barrier device.
US11515702B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for protecting and controlling a microgrid with a dynamic boundary Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for protecting and controlling a microgrid with a dynamic boundary are disclosed. One method includes detecting a fault in a microgrid that includes a dynamic point-of-common-coupling (PCC), in response to determining that the microgrid is operating in a grid-connected mode, isolating the fault by tripping a microgrid side smart switch and a grid side smart switch that are located immediately adjacent to the fault, initiating the reclosing of the grid side smart switch, and initiating the reclosing for the microgrid side smart switch via resynchronization if the grid side smart switch is successfully reclosed, and in response to determining that the microgrid is operating in an islanded mode, isolating the fault by tripping a microgrid side smart switch that is located immediately adjacent to the fault, and initiating the reclosing of the microgrid side smart switch.
US11515700B2	Drive circuit of voltage-controlled power semiconductor element A drive circuit of a voltage-controlled power semiconductor element, including first to fourth switching elements, first and second delay circuits, an overcurrent detection circuit, a slow shutdown detection circuit and a flip-flop. The first switching element turns on upon receiving an off signal. The second switching element is turned on by the first delayed signal generated by the first delay circuit. The third switching element turns on upon receiving a second delayed signal generated by the second delay circuit through the flip-flop. The fourth switching element is turned on by the slow shutdown detection signal generated by the slow shutdown detection circuit. The first to fourth switching elements extract electric charges from the gate terminal of the voltage-controlled power semiconductor element, with first to fourth extracting capabilities, respectively. The first and fourth extracting capabilities are larger than the third extracting capability and smaller than the second extracting capability.
US11515698B2	Energy storage system having arc monitoring function Disclosed is an energy storage system having an arc monitoring function. The system includes: an outer casing storing an energy storage unit and a PCS therein; a sound sensor installed outside the outer casing to detect sound generated from an inside of the outer casing; a temperature and humidity sensor installed outside the outer casing to detect humidity and temperature of the outer casing; and an arc detection device analyzing a frequency of a sound generated in the energy storage unit and the PCS based on correlation between temperature and humidity to detect an arc signal included in the sound and monitoring an arc based on the detected arc signal.
US11515697B2	Sealing end for high-voltage cables A high-voltage cable sealing end (100) has a primary volume (102) and a secondary volume (104) fluidically connected thereto, which are filled with an insulating fluid. The primary volume (102) and the secondary volume (104) are sealed with respect to the atmosphere surrounding the high-voltage cable sealing end (100). The secondary volume (104) can be disconnected from the primary volume (102) via a separable connection (106) which can be cut off in a fluid-tight manner. A drying agent, which draws moisture out of the insulating fluid, is introduced into the secondary volume (104).
US11515696B2	Electrical component enclosure with injected seal and method An enclosure and method for an electrical component having a base portion and a cover portion. The base portion has a first channel which extends about at least a portion of a periphery of the base portion. The cover portion has a second channel which extends about at least a portion of a periphery of the cover portion. The second channel is aligned with the first channel to form a sealant receiving channel. A sealant is provided in the sealant receiving channel. The cover portion has at least one inlet opening configured to receive the sealant as the sealant is injected into the sealant receiving channel. The cover portion has at least one outlet opening configured to allow excess sealant of the sealant to escape from the sealant receiving channel as the sealant is injected into the sealant receiving channel.
US11515694B2	Stiffening member and protective housing assembly A stiffening member for a protective housing assembly which defines a bore for receiving a utility line. The housing assembly includes a first body member, and a second body member arranged adjacent to one another to define immediately adjacent sections of the bore which surrounds the utility line. The stiffening member includes a first side for engagement with the first body member, and a second side for engagement with the second body member wherein pedestals extend from the first side of the stiffening member in a first direction away from the second side.
US11515689B2	Semiconductor laser module and method of manufacturing semiconductor laser module A semiconductor laser module includes: an optical fiber that outputs a first laser beam to an exterior of the semiconductor laser module; semiconductor laser devices each including an emission portion that emits a second laser beam, an electrically conductive portion that supplies electric power to the emission portion, and a mount on which the emission portion and the electrically conductive portion are disposed; a mount base including mount surfaces that form steps; and an optical system that optically couples the second laser beams from the emission portions to an incident end face of the optical fiber. The mounts of the semiconductor laser devices are disposed on the mount surfaces. The semiconductor laser devices include an upper semiconductor laser device and a lower semiconductor laser device adjacent to each other in a step direction of the mount base.
US11515688B2	Lasers or LEDs based on nanowires grown on graphene type substrates A device, such as a light-emitting device, e.g. a laser device, comprising: a plurality of group III-V semiconductor NWs grown on one side of a graphitic substrate, preferably through the holes of an optional hole-patterned mask on said graphitic substrate; a first distributed Bragg reflector or metal mirror positioned substantially parallel to said graphitic substrate and positioned on the opposite side of said graphitic substrate to said NWs; optionally a second distributed Bragg reflector or metal mirror in contact with the top of at least a portion of said NWs; and wherein said NWs comprise aim-type doped region and a p-type doped region and optionally an intrinsic region there between.
US11515685B2	Confining features for mode shaping of lasers and coupling with silicon photonic components A laser structure, including: a dielectric matrix formed of a first material; a laser source formed within the dielectric matrix and formed of a semiconductor material; and a plurality of side confining features formed within the dielectric matrix and extending parallel to and along a length of the laser source. The plurality of side confining features are formed of the semiconductor material.
US11515684B2	Devices to generate light There is provided a device to generate an output light. The device comprises a substrate, a quantum well structure (QWS) disposed on the substrate, and a waveguide disposed on the substrate and in contact with the QWS. The QWS has a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The second layer is disposed and quantum-confined between the first layer and the third layer. In addition, the second layer is to emit an input light when electrically biased. The input light has an optical field extending outside the QWS and into the waveguide, to optically couple the waveguide with the QWS. The waveguide is to provide an optical resonance cavity for the input light. Moreover, the waveguide has an optical outlet to transmit at least some of the input light out of the waveguide to generate the output light.
US11515682B2	Incoherently combining lasers Incoherently combining light from different lasers while maintaining high brightness is challenging using conventional fiber bundling techniques, where fibers from different lasers are bundled adjacently in a tight-packed arrangement. The brightness can be increased by tapering the tips of the bundled fibers to match a single, multi-mode output fiber, e.g., one whose core that is just wide enough to fit the input cores. This increases the brightness of the beam combining. In addition, reducing the outer diameters of the signal fiber claddings allows the signal fibers to be bundled closer together, making it possible to couple more signal fiber cores to the core of a multi-mode output fiber. Similarly, reducing the outer diameter of the pump fiber cladding and/or etching away corresponding portions of the signal fiber cladding in a pump/signal combiner makes it possible to couple more pump light into the signal fiber cladding, again increasing brightness.
US11515676B2	Thermal mitigation for USB power delivery Thermal mitigation features may be included in a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable assembly or in the USB receptacle portion of a device. In one aspect, one or both ends of a USB cable jacket may have greater thermal conductivity than the portion between them. The portion having the greater thermal conductivity may dissipate excess heat from the cable into the environment. In another aspect, a USB cable connector or the USB receptacle portion of a device may include a thermoelectric heat pump. The thermoelectric heat pump may move excess heat from the cable assembly or receptacle into a portion of the cable assembly or device that dissipates the heat into the environment.
US11515673B2	Electrical connector module with shielding members engaging upon connection to a mating connector Provided is a connector module that is highly durable and that also allows easy position alignment with a connection target instrument while maintaining high shielding performance. The connector module includes a connector case and a connector inserted in the connector case. The connector includes a contact, a holder, a conductive tubular shell, a housing and a conductive shield case. The shield case includes a first member having an elastic portion and a second member in the form of a bottomed tube. The first member forms an elastic piece contactable with the second member. Fixing of the connector case to a main body case via a fastener member causes, in the connector, elastic deformation of the elastic piece, resulting in decrease in a gap between the first member and the second member, consequently in establishment of electrical connection between the first member and the second member.
US11515670B2	Connector A connector includes a connector body and a terminal attached to the connector body, the connector being fitted with a counterpart connector, the connector body includes a recess being fitted with a counterpart connector body of the counterpart connector and side walls extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector body, the side walls defining both sides of the recess. The terminal includes a plurality of terminals disposed along each of the side walls, and the plurality of terminals disposed along each of the side walls include one high frequency terminal and ground terminals disposed on both sides of the high frequency terminal. In plan view, a straight line connecting high frequency terminals disposed along both the side walls is inclined with respect to a center line of the connector body in a width direction, and a shield plate of the counterpart connector is extends along the center line.
US11515665B2	Pin and sleeve device with features to facilitate easier assembly An electrical pin and sleeve device is disclosed. The pin and sleeve device incorporating one or more features to facilitate easier assembly. For example, the pin and sleeve device may include an interrupted thread or a multi-start thread for coupling a first or main housing portion to a second or front housing portion of the device. In this manner, the outer housing can be assembled together with minimal number of turns to facilitate easier and faster assembly. Additionally, and/or alternatively, the front housing portion and the main housing portion may include a key such as, for example, a releasable lock (e.g., a spring plunger assembly) for indexing/indicating the proper rotational position of the front housing relative to the main housing to limit or prevent over-rotation. Additionally, and/or alternatively, a hollow O-ring may be positioned between the first and second housing portions.
US11515661B2	Plug assembly for data cables A plug arrangement for use with cables (K) having cable plugs (S) comprises a housing (1) for receiving the cable plug (S), a clamping element (5) encompassing the cable (K) and accommodated in the housing (1), which clamping element (5) clamps, in a compressed state, the cable (K), and a clamping sleeve (3) for establishing a threaded connection with the housing (1). When the threaded connection is tightened, the clamping element (5) is braced in the housing (1) and the cable (K) is clamped in the clamping element (5). The front end of the clamping element (5) facing the cable plug (S) is configured for receiving and positioning the cable plug (S) in a predetermined position at the front end of the clamping element (5) or is provided with at least one stop for the cable plug (S). Thus, when the threaded connection is tightened, the cable plug (S) is also positioned with respect to the housing (1) and the clamping element (5) so as not to rotate and fixed.
US11515657B2	Electrical connector and method for manufacturing same An electrical connector includes at least one conductive terminal mounted to a housing. The conductive terminal has a body, two elastic arms formed by extending upward from the body, a conducting portion connected below the body and having a strip connecting portion to be connected to a first strip, and a connecting portion provided at an upper end of the body to be connected to a second strip to assist mounting and located between the two elastic arms. A method for manufacturing the electrical connector includes: forming at least one conductive terminal and a first strip connected thereto; connecting a second strip to the connecting portion of the conductive terminal; disconnecting the conducting portion of the conductive terminal and the first strip; operating the second strip to control the conductive terminal to be mounted to a housing; and releasing a control force of the second strip onto the conductive terminal.
US11515653B2	Switchable lens antenna with integrated frequency selective structure The disclosed structures and methods are directed to antenna systems configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal in and from different directions. A switchable lens antenna has excitation ports radiating radio-frequency (RF) wave into a parallel-plate waveguide structure, and a frequency selective structure (FSS). The antenna presented herein is configured to operate in two modes depending on an initial steering angle of the RF wave propagating in the parallel-plate waveguide structure. When the initial steering angle is about or less than a threshold steering angle, FSS is OFF due to its stubs being electrically disconnected from the parallel-plate waveguide structure. When the initial steering angle is higher than the threshold, FSS is ON with stubs being electrically connected to the parallel-plate waveguide structure. When ON, FSS provides phase variance to the RF wave propagating in the parallel-plate waveguide structure and increases steering angle of the RF wave.
US11515651B1	Low loss tunable matching network for pattern reconfigurable array antennas An array antenna system having an RF-port with individually controlled radiating elements.
US11515650B2	Antenna system An antenna system including a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna. The antenna system includes a feed for feeding a first common signal to radiator elements of one of the second antenna or third, with a first phase difference between the radiator elements configured for a first polarization and the radiator elements being configured for a second polarization, to create a virtual polarization, wherein the virtual polarization is aligned with one of the first polarization or the second polarization in a first frequency band.
US11515647B2	Multiple layer printed circuit board that includes multiple antennas and supports satellite communications Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a printed circuit board that includes multiple antennas, and operates to support satellite communications, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a first flat panel element. The first flat panel element includes a multilayer PCB (printed circuit board). The multilayer PCB includes a first exterior layer comprising N antenna elements, and a second exterior layer comprising N RF (radio frequency) chains operative to process the RF signals, each of the N RF chains electrically connected to a one of the N antenna elements, and N metal patches arranged in a square, wherein an air gap is located between the N metal patches and the N antenna elements, wherein dimensions, orientation, and spacing between the N metal patches and the N antenna elements are selected based on a carrier frequency, bandwidth, and directionality of the propagated RF signals.
US11515645B2	Antenna module The present disclosure provides an antenna module including a substrate, a first antenna disposed on the substrate and a second antenna disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first antenna. The first antenna is configured to have a first operating frequency and the second antenna is configured to have a second operating frequency different from the first operating frequency. The antenna module further includes an element configured to focus an electromagnetic wave transmitted or received by the first antenna and the second antenna. A semiconductor device package is also disclosed.
US11515643B2	Electromagnetic-wave-absorbing sheet An electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet is provided that can adequately absorb electromagnetic waves at high frequencies in and above the millimeter wave band, can have excellent flexibility, and can easily be placed in any desired portion.The electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet includes an electromagnetic wave absorbing layer 1 containing a magnetic iron oxide 1a that magnetically resonates at frequencies in and above the millimeter wave band and a resin binder 1b. The electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet absorbs radiated electromagnetic waves by magnetic resonance of the magnetic iron oxide. The electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet has a flexibility evaluation value F (g/mm2) of more than 0 and 6 or less, which is determined by measuring an applied weight (g) that is required to bend a ribbon-like electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet in the elastic deformation region so that a distance d between the inner surfaces of the ribbon-like sheet at a position L spaced 10 mm from the bent portion of the ribbon-like sheet is 10 mm, and dividing the applied weight (g) by a cross-sectional area D (mm2) of the ribbon-like sheet.
US11515642B2	Antenna cover with integrated static lens An electronic device that communicates a packet or a frame is described. This electronic device includes: at least an antenna having an antenna radiation pattern; an interface circuit; and an antenna cover that includes an integrated static lens, where the antenna cover is selected from a set of antenna covers that includes different integrated static lenses. During operation, the interface circuit may transmit, from the antenna, wireless signals corresponding to the packet or the frame, where the integrated static lens modifies the antenna radiation pattern of the antenna. For example, the integrated static lens may cause the wireless signals to converge or diverge. Alternatively, the integrated static lens may change an angular elevation of the antenna radiation pattern and/or may provide a correction for pathloss as a function of angle. Note that the integrated static lens may be a stepwise approximation to a predefined function.
US11515638B2	Square aperture frequency selective surfaces in Fabry-Perot cavity antenna systems In some examples, an antenna system includes a source antenna and a frequency selective surface (FSS) comprising a first section including a first set of horizontally oriented unit cells, a second section including a second set of horizontally oriented unit cells, and a third section between the first section and the second section, the third section including a set of vertically oriented unit cells, wherein the first section is substantially square in shape, and wherein the second section is substantially square in shape. The source antenna is configured to emit one or more electromagnetic signals through the FSS, wherein the FSS causes the one or more signals to form at least a first beam corresponding to the first section, and wherein the FSS causes the one or more signals to form at least a second beam corresponding to the second section.
US11515635B2	Antenna structure and electronic device An antenna structure includes an antenna radiator, a microstrip line, a flexible board, and a coaxial cable. The antenna radiator is used to receive and transmit wireless signals. The wireless signals include radio frequency signals. The microstrip line is coupled to the antenna radiator and is used to transmit the radio frequency signals. The flexible board is coupled to the microstrip line and is used to transmit the radio frequency signals. The coaxial cable is coupled to the flexible board and is used to transmit the radio frequency signals to a processor.
US11515634B1	Wideband low visibility antenna An antenna is provided with a wire loop having a tapered end with the antenna perpendicular to a base plate. Insulating rods extend from the plate to lock the loop. Wire radials are directed horizontally and circumferentially from the metal base plate to metal stakes secured in a terrain. The base plate is part of a transmission line assembly that also includes a clamp, an S-shaped plate, an input jack and an L-shaped standoff insulator. The antenna is powered from the input jack to the loop. A beam pattern is generated by the loop section, base plate, wire radials and the Earth. Deviation of the beam pattern depends on soil properties of the terrain. To transfer power when the antenna is mounted on a terrain with unknown dielectric properties; a compensation network is provided.
US11515631B2	Wideband antenna A wideband/broadband antenna is described, comprising a dielectric substrate with a first surface with an antenna feed with two conductors, comprising a first feed connection and a second feed connection, wherein the second feed connection is or acts as the ground. A first conductive layer extends from the antenna feed in a first direction and is electrically connected to the first feed connection, wherein the first conductive layer extends in a direction away from the antenna feed, and to a first end edge. A second conductive layer extends in a second direction, away from the first conductive layer, and is electrically connected to the second feed connection. A non-conductive zone separates the first and second conductive layers. On a second surface of the substrate there is a third conductive layer which extends from a second end edge in the direction towards the antenna feed, the extent of which at least in part coincides with that of the first conducting layer at the first surface. The first end edge of the first conducting layer and the second end edge of the third conducting layer substantially coincides, and the first and third electrical layers are electrically connected with each other at or near said end edges. Apart from said electrical interconnection at the edges, the layers are electrically separated from each other.
US11515630B2	Dynamic supply modulation power amplifier architecture for millimeter wave applications Examples disclosed herein relate to a dynamic supply modulation power amplifier architecture for millimeter wave applications. The architecture includes phase shifters coupled to a power input port, power amplifiers coupled to respective power output ports, variable gain amplifiers coupled to the phase shifters and to the power amplifiers and are configured to supply dynamically varying input power to the power amplifiers. The architecture includes a first look-up table coupled to the variable gain amplifiers to control the variable gain amplifiers. The architecture also includes a second look-up table coupled to the power amplifiers, where each of the power amplifiers is supply modulated by active drain voltage modulation controlled by the second look-up table and variable input power from the variable gain amplifiers. Other examples disclosed herein include a radar system for use in an autonomous driving vehicle and an analog beamforming antenna for millimeter wave applications.
US11515628B2	Control system and method for training a reconfigurable antenna An information handling system operating a reconfigurable antenna training control system may comprise a configurable antenna system in one of a plurality of available configurations transceiving a radio frequency signal, and a radio frequency system measuring performance metrics for the signal transceived according to each available configuration over a training time period preset based on historical performance and stability of each available configuration. An antenna front end system may execute instructions of the reconfigurable antenna training control system to determine a weighted performance metric based on the measured performance metrics and on historical performance metrics for each candidate configuration, to compare the weighted performance metrics for each configuration, and to identify one of the configurations having a highest weighted performance metric as an optimal configuration. The configurable antenna may then establish a wireless link using the optimal configuration.
US11515625B2	Beam-steering antenna According to an embodiment, an antenna includes a conductive antenna element, a voltage-bias conductor, and a polarization-compensation conductor. The conductive antenna element is configured to radiate a first signal having a first polarization, and the voltage-bias conductor is coupled to a side of the antenna element and is configured to radiate a second signal having a second polarization that is different from the first polarization. And the polarization-compensating conductor is coupled to an opposite side of the antenna element and is configured to radiate third a signal having a third polarization that is approximately the same as the second polarization and that destructively interferes with the second signal. Such an antenna can be configured to reduce cross-polarization of the signals that its antenna elements radiate.
US11515622B2	Base station antennas having multiband beam-former arrays and related methods of operation Base station antennas are provided herein. A base station antenna includes a multiband beam-former array having a plurality of vertical columns of radiating elements. In some embodiments, at least two of the vertical columns are commonly fed for a first frequency band of the multiband beam-former array that is lower than a second frequency band of the multiband beam-former array. Related methods of operation are also provided.
US11515618B2	Semiconductor packages and manufacturing methods thereof A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip and a redistribution layer structure. The redistribution layer structure is arranged to form an antenna transmitter structure and an antenna receiver structure over the semiconductor chip, wherein patterns of the antenna receiver structure are located at different levels of the redistribution layer structure, and at least one pattern of the antenna transmitter structure is at the same level of the topmost patterns of the antenna receiver structure.
US11515616B2	System and method for integration of an antenna element and front-end module co-located into a speaker chamber An information handling system to wirelessly transmit and receive data may include a base chassis including a metal C-cover and a D-cover, the metal C-cover to house a speaker grill, the speaker grill covering a speaker to emit audio waves; a speaker grill platform antenna formed within the C-cover from a portion of the speaker grill to emit a target radio frequency (RF), including: a slot formed around the portion of the speaker grill to form a peninsula on the speaker grill that is physically separated from the C-cover; a cavity formed behind the peninsula between the C-cover and the D-cover, the cavity including walls formed around the back side of the peninsula to electrically isolate the cavity; a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) including: an antenna front end circuit operatively coupled to the speaker grill to excite the speaker grill and dynamically switch frequencies based on the target frequency to be emitted by the speaker grill platform antenna; and a contact pin directly coupling an excitation signal to excite the speaker grill platform antenna.
US11515610B2	Laminated body having a substrate with an electrical conductor thereon that associated with a functional layer The present invention relates to a laminated body with electric conductor including a substrate; a functional layer having at least an adhesive layer; an electric conductor; and a protective material, wherein the substrate, the functional layer having at least the adhesive layer, the electric conductor, and the protective material are sequentially laminated in a thickness direction, and wherein a thickness of the functional layer is less than or equal to 0.300 mm.
US11515605B2	Battery module Provided is a battery module. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells each including an electrode terminal; and a bus bar connected to the electrode terminals of the battery cells neighboring each other to electrically connect the battery cells, the bus bar including a first bus bar and a second bus bar that are superposed on each other and include different metals, each of the first and second bus bars making conductive contact with the electrode terminals. Therefore, the thermal and electrical characteristics of the bus bar electrically connecting the neighboring battery cells to each other may be improved while improving weldability between the bus bar and electrode terminals.
US11515599B2	Lithium ion battery module having a compartmentalized housing A lithium-ion battery module includes a housing having a plurality of partitions configured to define a plurality of compartments within a housing. The battery module also includes a lithium-ion cell element provided in each of the compartments of the housing. The battery module further includes a cover coupled to the housing and configured to route electrolyte into each of the compartments. The cover is also configured to seal the compartments of the housing.
US11515598B2	Battery pack Provided is a battery pack including: a plurality of battery cells; a first conductive plate arranged over the plurality of battery cells and electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells; a second conductive plate arranged over the first conductive plate to overlap a portion of the first conductive plate and electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells; and an insulating layer arranged between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.
US11515596B2	Electricity-storage module manufacturing method and electricity-storage module A method for manufacturing an electricity-storage module includes: preparing a stacked body and first sealing portions; processing an extension portion of one or more first sealing portions included in an outer edge portion in a stacking direction of the stacked body so that an extension portion length of the one or more of first sealing portions becomes shorter than a length of the extension portions of the first sealing portions which are not included in the outer edge portion; and forming a second sealing portion that is provided at the periphery of the first sealing portions when viewed from the stacking direction and covers at least parts of outer surfaces of the first sealing portions located at stacking ends of the stacked body in the stacking direction by injection molding in which a resin material is caused to circulate in a mold frame.
US11515589B2	Temperature equalization and heat dissipation container structure of lithium battery and combination module thereof A temperature equalization and heat dissipation container structure of a lithium battery and a combination module thereof are disclosed. The temperature equalization and heat dissipation container structure of lithium battery includes a base and a housing frame erected on the base. The housing frame includes a pair of first heat conducting walls spaced apart from each other and a pair of second heat conducting walls spaced apart from each other. The base, the first heat conducting walls and the second heat conducting walls are enclosed to form a hollow accommodating area, and the pair of first heat conducting walls are erected with a pitch gradually widening from bottom to top.
US11515585B2	Accurate battery temperature measurement by compensating self heating A method for accurately measuring a battery temperature using a temperature sensor embodied in a battery monitoring integrated circuit is disclosed. The method includes performing calibration to estimate a thermal resistance between the battery monitoring integrated circuit and a terminal of a battery, measuring a temperature using the temperature sensor, measuring a voltage at the terminal or at a supply pin of the battery monitoring integrated circuit while a current is being used to charge or discharge the battery, calculating a power by multiplying the voltage and the current, and calculating a self-heating temperature adjustment to the temperature by multiplying the power and the thermal resistance.
US11515582B2	Vehicular battery charger, charging system, and method displaying total cost A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
US11515580B2	Energy storage system including an energy store that is switchable into a passive state An energy store is described. The energy store includes at least one storage cell and one storage cell management system, which includes a charge distribution circuit for monitoring the charging and discharging of the storage cell, the energy store being shiftable by the storage cell management system into an active state or into a passive state, the storage cell management system including a logic circuit, including a switch for switching between the active state and the passive state and the switch being switchable by inserting the energy store into a guide. An energy storage system including such an energy store and a guide, is also described.
US11515574B2	Method for producing an electrolyte for a metal air battery This invention provides a system and a method for safe production of electrolyte at required concentration on site on demand where occasionally only water is needed to be filled up. The system includes two main units: a saturated electrolyte unit and a diluted electrolyte unit.
US11515570B2	Secondary battery Provided is a secondary battery including: a positive electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a positive electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 μm or more; a negative electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a negative electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 μm or more; and an inorganic solid electrolyte, the secondary battery being charged and discharged at a temperature of 100° C. or higher.
US11515569B2	Method for manufacturing flexible battery, and flexible battery manufactured thereby A method for manufacturing a flexible battery includes the steps of: preparing an electrode current collector having a current collecting portion provided with at least one through-hole; carrying out electrospinning of electrode slurry including an electrode active material, a binder, a conductive material and a solvent on at least one surface of an edge of the current collecting portion and over the through-hole to form an electrode active material layer on at least one surface of the electrode current collector; and forming a battery provided with the electrode current collector having the electrode active material layer formed thereon as an electrode. A flexible battery obtained from the method is also provided.
US11515568B2	Laminated battery and manufacturing method of laminated battery The disclosure provides a laminated battery that can realize a laminated structure in which electrode composite material portions are not displaced, can simplify the manufacturing process, and has improved production yield, and provides a manufacturing method thereof. A positive electrode structure and a negative electrode structure in comb shapes are respectively produced with electrode composite material layers positioned in advance, and these are fitted to produce a laminate serving as a battery.
US11515567B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte solution, non-aqueous secondary battery, cell pack, and hybrid power system To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, a non-aqueous secondary battery, a cell pack, and a hybrid power system, capable of improving desired battery performance using acetonitrile, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains acetonitrile, lithium salt, and cyclic acid anhydride.
US11515566B2	Liquid cathode formulation for rechargeable metal halide battery A rechargeable metal halide battery with an optimized active cathode electrolyte solution has high energy density and does not require charging following fabrication. The optimized active cathode electrolyte solution includes (i) a mixture of a metal halide and its corresponding halogen dissolved in an organic solvent at a concentration ratio greater than 0.5 and (ii) an oxidizing gas. The organic solvent is a nitrile-based compound and/or a heterocyclic compound. Glyme may be added to the organic solvent to improve battery performance.
US11515564B2	Surface treatment of a solid electrolyte to lower the interfacial resistance between the solid electrolyte and an electrode Disclosed are electrochemical devices, such as sodium ion conducting solid state electrolytes, sodium battery electrodes, and solid-state sodium metal batteries including these electrodes and solid state electrolytes. One example method for preparing a sodium/sodium-β″-alumina interface with low interfacial resistance and capable of achieving high current density in an electrochemical cell includes the steps of: (a) providing a precursor electrolyte having a resistive surface region, wherein the precursor electrolyte comprises sodium-β″-alumina; (b) removing at least a portion of the resistive surface region; (c) heating the precursor electrolyte thereby forming a solid state electrolyte, and (d) placing a side of the solid state electrolyte in contact with a sodium anode.
US11515560B2	Progressive pressing device and manufacturing apparatus for fuel cell separators In a progressive pressing device, a first state of a lifting part is a state not sandwiching an elongated metal plate between a lifting plate and an upper plate in a state in which a positioning pin and a positioning hole are not engaged, a second state is a state not sandwiching an elongated metal plate between a lifting plate and an upper plate in a state in which a positioning pin and a positioning hole are engaged, and a third state is a state sandwiching an elongated metal plate between a lifting plate and an upper plate in a state in which a positioning pin and a positioning hole are engaged.
US11515557B2	Redox flow cell for storing electrical energy and use thereof The redox flow cell comprises a reaction cell having two electrode chambers for catholyte and anolyte, which are each connected to at least one store for liquid and are separated by an ion-conducting membrane, and which are equipped with electrodes, wherein the electrode chambers are each filled with electrolyte solutions comprising redox-active components dissolved or dispersed in an electrolyte solvent, as well as optionally conducting salts dissolved therein and optionally further additives. The redox flow cell is characterized by the anolyte comprising a redox-active component having one to six residues of formula I in the molecule or having one to six residues of formula II in the molecule and by the catholyte comprising a redox-active component having one to six residues of formula III in the molecule or having iron salts or by the anolyte and the catholyte having a redox-active component comprising one to six residues of formula I or of formula II in combination with one to six residues of formula III in the molecule wherein R1 is a covalent C—C-bond or a divalent bridge group, R2 and R3 independently of one another represent alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclyl, halogen, hydroxy, amino, nitro or cyano, X is a q-valent inorganic or organic anion, b and c independently of one another are integers from 0 to 4, q is an integer from 1 to 3, a is a number of value 2/q, and R4, R5, R6 and R7 independently of one another represent alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl.
US11515552B2	Catalyst laminate, membrane electrode assembly, electrochemical cell, stack, water electrolyzer, and hydrogen utilizing system A catalyst laminate includes a plurality of catalyst layers containing at least one of a noble metal and an oxide of the noble metal and at least one of a non-noble metal and an oxide of the non-noble metal, including: two or more first catalyst layers and two or more second catalyst layers. In an atomic percent of the noble metal obtained by using a line analysis by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in a thickness direction of the catalyst laminate. The first catalyst layer is less than an average of a highest value and a lowest value of the atomic percent of the noble metal. The second catalyst layer has an atomic percent of the noble metal equal to or greater than the average of the highest value and the lowest value thereof. The second catalyst layer is present between the first catalyst layers.
US11515547B2	Fuel cell separator precursor, and fuel cell separator Provided is a fuel cell separator precursor that is obtained by impregnating a porous sheet, which contains a conductive filler, with a resin composition that contains a thermoplastic resin and a conductive filler.
US11515546B2	Membrane electrode assembly of electrochemical device, membrane electrode assembly of fuel cell, fuel cell, membrane electrode assembly of electrochemical hydrogen pump, electrochemical hydrogen pump, membrane electrode assembly of hydrogen sensor, and hydrogen sensor A membrane electrode assembly of an electrochemical device includes a proton conductive solid electrolyte membrane and an electrode including Ni and an electrolyte material which contains as a primary component, at least one of a first compound having a composition represented by BaZr1-x1M1x1O3 (M1 represents at least one element selected from trivalent elements each having an ion radius of more than 0.720 A° to less than 0.880 A°, and 0
US11515545B2	Air electrode material powder for solid oxide fuel cells The invention provides an air electrode material powder for solid oxide fuel cells, comprising particles of a perovskite composite oxide represented by the general formula ABO3, and comprising La and Sr as the A-site elements, and Co and Fe as the B-site elements.
US11515544B2	Method of manufacturing solid oxide fuel cell using calendaring process Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell using a calendering process. The method includes preparing a stack including an anode support layer (ASL) and an anode functional layer (AFL), calendering the stack to obtain an anode, stacking an electrolyte layer on the anode to obtain an assembly, calendering the assembly to obtain an electrolyte substrate, sintering the electrolyte substrate, and forming a cathode on the electrolyte layer of the electrolyte substrate.
US11515543B1	Aqueous fuel cell system component ink compositions and methods of forming fuel cell system components using the same A method of forming a fuel cell system component includes dispensing an ink onto a substrate to form an ink layer, the ink containing a fuel cell system component powder, an aqueous carrier, and an emulsion comprising a water-insoluble binder and a water soluble co-solvent, and solidifying the ink layer to form the fuel cell system component.
US11515536B2	Multivalent metal ion battery having a cathode of recompressed graphite worms and manufacturing method Provided is a multivalent metal-ion battery comprising an anode, a cathode, a porous separator electronically separating the anode and the cathode, and an electrolyte in ionic contact with the anode and the cathode to support reversible deposition and dissolution of a multivalent metal, selected from Ni, Zn, Be, Mg, Ca, Ba, La, Ti, Ta, Zr, Nb, Mn, V, Co, Fe, Cd, Cr, Ga, In, or a combination thereof, at the anode, wherein the anode contains the multivalent metal or its alloy as an anode active material and the cathode comprises a cathode layer of an exfoliated graphite or carbon material recompressed to form an active layer that is oriented in such a manner that the active layer has a graphite edge plane in direct contact with the electrolyte and facing or contacting the separator.
US11515535B2	Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing the same and rechargeable lithium battery including the same A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second compound having a smaller particle diameter than the first compound and represented by Chemical Formula 2, wherein the first compound and the second compound have a Ni content of about 50 at % to about 60 at % based on a total amount of metal elements excluding Li. A rechargeable lithium battery including the first compound and the second compound satisfies Relation 1: Vs
US11515533B2	Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and production method thereof Provided is a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the active material including a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese, having a layered structure, having a ratio D50/DSEM of from 1 to 4, and having a ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium of greater than 0.8 and less than 1, a ratio of a number of moles of cobalt to the total number of moles of metals other than lithium of less than 0.2, a ratio of a number of moles of manganese to the total number of moles of metals other than lithium of less than 0.2, and a ratio of the number of moles of manganese to a sum of the number of moles of cobalt and the number of moles of manganese of less than 0.58.
US11515532B2	Electrode, nonaqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack According to an embodiment, there is provided an electrode including an active material-containing layer. A logarithmic differential pore volume distribution curve of the active material-containing layer by a mercury intrusion method includes first and second peaks. The first peak is a local maximum value in a range where a pore size is from 0.1 μm or more to 0.5 μm or less. The second peak is a local maximum value in a range where the pore size is from 0.5 μm or more to 1.0 μm or less. An intensity A1 of the first peak and an intensity A2 of the second peak satisfy 0.1≤A2/A1≤0.3. A density of the active material-containing layer is from 2.9 g/cm3 or more to 3.3 g/cm3 or less.
US11515530B2	Silicon-based negative electrode material, preparation method therefor and use thereof in lithium-ion battery A silicon-based negative electrode material, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof in a lithium-ion battery. The silicon-based negative electrode material comprises a silicon-based active material and a composite layer that coats the surface of the silicon-based active material and composes a flexible polymer, flake graphite and a conductive material. The method comprises: 1) dissolving the flexible polymer in a solvent; 2) adding the flake graphite and the conductive material into the flexible polymer solution obtained in step 1) while stirring; 3) adding an anti-solvent to the mixed coating solution obtained in step 2) and stirring; 4) adding the silicon-based active material to the supersaturated mixed coating solution obtained in step 3) while stirring, and then stirring and separating; and 5) carrying out thermal treatment to obtain the silicon-based negative electrode material.
US11515529B2	Core-shell electrochemically active particles with modified microstructure and use for secondary battery electrodes Provided are electrochemically active materials capable of absorbing and desorbing an ion suitable for use in secondary cells. The provided materials include a core consisting of a plurality of silicon particulates of a particle size less than 1 micrometer, the particulates intermixed with and surrounded by a silicon metal alloy composite, and an electrochemically active buffering shell layer enveloping at least a portion of the core such that the resulting electrochemically active material has an overall particle size with a maximum linear dimension of greater than one micrometer.
US11515528B2	Electrodes, lithium-ion batteries, and methods of making and using same Described herein are improved composite anodes and lithium-ion batteries made therefrom. Further described are methods of making and using the improved anodes and batteries. In general, the anodes include a porous composite having a plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites. At least one of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites is formed from a dendritic particle, which is a three-dimensional, randomly-ordered assembly of nanoparticles of an electrically conducting material and a plurality of discrete non-porous nanoparticles of a non-carbon Group 4A element or mixture thereof disposed on a surface of the dendritic particle. At least one nanocomposite of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites has at least a portion of its dendritic particle in electrical communication with at least a portion of a dendritic particle of an adjacent nanocomposite in the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites.
US11515527B2	Positive electrode of secondary battery, and secondary battery using same A positive electrode imparts secondary battery with low temperature output characteristics, high temperature cycle characteristics and durability against high voltage. A positive electrode of secondary battery includes positive electrode current collector and positive electrode active substance layer on positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active substance layer contains positive electrode active substance particles and oxide particles which are dispersed in positive electrode active substance layer as separate particles from positive electrode active substance particles. The positive electrode active substance particles each include coating of titanium-containing compound at the surface. The titanium-containing compound in coating is at least one compound selected from group consisting of TiO2, TinO2n−1, wherein n is integer of 3 or more, and oxides containing Li and Ti. The oxide particles include at least one oxide selected from group consisting of TiO2, TimO2m−1, wherein m is integer of 3 or more, and oxides containing Li and Ti.
US11515522B2	Positive electrode active material for secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode active material A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, wherein an average particle diameter (D50) of the first positive electrode active material is twice or more than an average particle diameter (D50) of the second positive electrode active material, and the second positive electrode active material has a crystallite size of 200 nm or more.
US11515518B2	Immobilized selenium, a method of making, and uses of immobilized selenium in a rechargeable battery An immobilized selenium body, made from carbon and selenium and optionally sulfur, makes selenium more stable, requiring a higher temperature or an increase in kinetic energy for selenium to escape from the immobilized selenium body and enter a gas system, as compared to selenium alone. Immobilized selenium localized in a carbon skeleton can be utilized in a rechargeable battery. Immobilization of the selenium can impart compression stress on both the carbon skeleton and the selenium. Such compression stress enhances the electrical conductivity in the carbon skeleton and among the selenium particles and creates an interface for electrons to be delivered and or harvested in use of the battery. A rechargeable battery made from immobilized selenium can be charged or discharged at a faster rate over conventional batteries and can demonstrate excellent cycling stability.
US11515516B2	Method of preparing cathode matertal for a battery Disclosed is a method for producing polymer-encapsulated Li2Sx (where 1≤x≤2) nanoparticles. The method comprises the step of forming a mixture of a polymer and sulfur. The method further comprises vulcanizing the mixture at a vulcanization temperature attained at a heating rate, in a vulcanization atmosphere, and electrochemically reducing a vulcanized product at a reduction potential. Also disclosed is a method for producing a battery component, the component comprising a cathode and a separator.
US11515510B2	Light emission element and display device including recessed or dome-shaped portions A light emission element of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least: a base; a recessed portion provided at a surface of the base; a first electrode layer formed at least partially along a shape of a top surface of the recessed portion; an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer at least partially along a shape of a top surface of the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer along a shape of a top surface of the organic layer; and a planarization layer formed on the second electrode layer, in which light from the organic layer is emitted to an outside via the second electrode layer and the planarization layer.
US11515509B2	Virtual image display device and head-mounted device A virtual image display device including a display panel including a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image, a window disposed on the display panel, and a multi-viewpoint layer provided between the display panel and the window, and including a plurality of lenses.
US11515507B2	Electroluminescent device having light transmitting region of non-through-hole structure An electroluminescent device including a lower substrate; a lower structure including an inorganic multilayer; and an upper encapsulation structure, in which the lower structure includes a display region inside an outline of the inorganic multilayer, and a light transmitting region having a non-through-hole structure having at least a portion surrounded by the display region; the lower structure has an inorganic surface portion surrounding the display and light transmitting regions, the upper encapsulation structure has an inorganic lower surface forming an inorganic-inorganic encapsulation contact region; the electroluminescent device does not have a hole formed through both the lower substrate and the lower structure, a portion of the upper encapsulation structure corresponding to the light transmitting region is not removed, and the portion of the upper encapsulation structure is surrounded by the inorganic-inorganic encapsulation contact region; and a portion of the semi-transparent electrode corresponding to the light transmitting region is not present.
US11515505B2	Display device having a transmission area According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel having a first area and a second area, the first area including a first pixel area and a first surrounding area surrounding the first pixel area, and the second area including a second pixel area, a transmission area, and a second surrounding area surrounding the second pixel area and the transmission area, an encapsulation structure on the display panel and including at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer, a color filter on the encapsulation structure and overlapping the first pixel area and the second pixel area, a black matrix on the encapsulation structure and overlapping the first surrounding area and the second surrounding area, and a functional module on a rear surface of the display panel and overlapping the second area.
US11515503B2	Flexible display device According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a flexible display device includes: a display panel which includes a display area and a bending area extending from one side of the display area to be bent; a first back plate disposed on a rear surface of the display area; a first cushion tape disposed on a rear surface of the first back plate; a heat radiation sheet disposed on a rear surface of the first cushion tape; a second cushion tape which is disposed below the heat radiation sheet and absorbs a damage from the outside; and a bottom hole which passes through the first cushion tape, the heat radiation sheet, and the second cushion tape.
US11515493B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices Novel organic metal complexes containing fused isoquinoline type ligands useful as emitters for near infrared OLED devices are disclosed. Such a compound has a first ligand LA having the Formula:
US11515492B2	Compound, display panel, and display apparatus The present disclosure provides a boron-heterocyclic compound having a structure represented by Chemical Formula 1, in which L1 and L2 are each independently selected from a single bond, C6-C30 aryl, C6-C30 fused aryl, C4-C30 heteroaryl, or C4-C30 fused heteroaryl; and R1 and R2 are each independently selected from carbazolyl and derivative groups thereof, acridinyl and derivative groups thereof, and diarylamino and derivative groups thereof. In an embodiment, the boron-heterocyclic structure is suitable for use not only as an electron acceptor group but also as a linking group. By linking a group having a large steric hindrance to the boron atom of the boron-heterocyclic ring, the compound molecules are prevented or limited from aggregating, and thus a π-aggregation or excimer formed by direct accumulation of conjugate planes is avoided or reduced, thereby improving luminous efficiency. The present disclosure further provides a display panel and a display apparatus containing the compound.
US11515484B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting element comprising same The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US11515483B2	Organic compound and organic electroluminescent device using the same The present disclosure relates to a novel organic compound which has excellent thermal stability, electron transporting ability, and light emitting ability, and to an organic EL device containing the same. As the organic compound is used in an organic material layer of the organic EL device, the thermal stability, luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and life of the device can be improved.
US11515482B2	Deep HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) emitter device structures Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having an anode, a cathode, an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole blocking layer disposed between the emissive and the cathode. The emissive layer may include a phosphorescent dopant, where the phosphorescent dopant has an emission in 0.5% doped PMMA (Poly(methyl methacrylate)) thin film with a peak maximum wavelength that is greater than or equal to 600 nm at room temperature. The energy of a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the phosphorescent dopant may be lower than or equal to −5.1 eV, and the energy of the HOMO of the hole blocking layer is at least 0.1 eV lower than the energy of the HOMO of the phosphorescent dopant.
US11515481B2	Composition for forming organic film, display device using the composition, and method of manufacturing the display device A composition for forming organic film, a display device utilizing the composition, and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided. The composition for forming an organic film includes a solvent; and a compound of Formula 1: ArR)k. Formula 1
US11515470B2	Method for producing piezoelectric element Provided is a method for producing a piezoelectric element in which a piezoelectric body substrate piece is subjected to polarization treatment and a piezoelectric element is produced. The method includes a first step in which the piezoelectric body substrate piece is held on a flat plate-shaped slightly adhesive sheet and a second step in which voltage is applied to the piezoelectric body substrate piece held on the slightly adhesive sheet and the piezoelectric body substrate piece is subjected to polarization treatment.
US11515467B2	Semiconductor stress sensor A piezo-resistor sensor includes a diffusion of a first conductivity type in a well of an opposite second type, contacts with islands in the diffusion, interconnects with the contacts, and a shield covers the diffusion between the contacts and extends over side walls of the diffusion between the contacts. Each interconnect covers the diffusion at the corresponding contact and extends over edges of the diffusion, and each island is at a side covered by its interconnect. A guard ring of the second type is around the diffusion. The shield covers the well between the diffusion and the ring and the edge of the ring facing the diffusion. If a gap between the shield and the interconnect is present, the ring bridges this gap, and/or the edges of the diffusion are completely covered by the combination of the shield and the interconnects.
US11515465B2	EMI reduction in piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer array A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) array may comprise PMUT devices with respective piezoelectric layers and electrode layers. Parasitic capacitance can be reduced when an electrode layer is not shared across PMUT devices but may expose the devices to electromagnetic interference (EMI). A conductive layer located within the structural layer or on a shared plane with the electrode layers may reduce EMI affecting the PMUT array operation.
US11515462B2	Finished conductor arrangement for an NB3SN superconductor wire and method for producing a subelement for an NB3SN superconductor wire For producing an Nb3Sn superconductor wire, restack rod process (RRP) subelements (1a; 60a) are grouped to form a bundle having an approximately circular cross section and are arranged together with filling elements (18a-18c) in an internally and externally round outer tube (19; 52). To the inside the filling elements form a serrated profile (25) for abutment against the hexagonal subelements, and to the outside they form a round profile (24) for direct or indirect abutment in the outer tube. In fabricating the RRP subelements, and before a reshaping with a reduction in cross section, an externally hexagonal and internally round casing structure (9) is provided, into which the remaining parts of the subelements are inserted, in particular, an annular arrangement of hexagonal Nb-containing rod elements (4), which are surrounded externally by an outer matrix (7, 61) and internally by an inner matrix (3).
US11515457B2	Light-emitting device and light-emitting apparatus comprising the same The present application discloses a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting unit and a flexible carrier supporting the light-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit comprises a LED chip, a first reflective layer on the LED chip and an optical diffusion layer formed between the first reflective layer and the LED chip.
US11515455B2	Photon extraction from ultraviolet light-emitting devices In various embodiments, a layer of organic encapsulant is provided over a surface of an ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting semiconductor die, and at least a portion of the encapsulant is exposed to UV light to convert at least some of said portion of the encapsulant into non-stoichiometric silica material. The non-stoichiometric silica material includes silicon, oxygen, and carbon, and a carbon content of the non-stoichiometric silica material is greater than 1 ppm and less than 40 atomic percent.
US11515452B2	LED chip, LED array and LED packaging method The disclosure relates to an LED chip, an LED array and an LED packaging method. By adding a reflecting layer on the periphery of the LED, the reflecting layer adjusts the emission direction of light emitted by a light-emitting layer of the LED, so that the adjusted emission direction is more concentrated to a certain required illumination direction, and the light emitted by the light-emitting layer is prevented from irradiating adjacent LEDs and thereby causing interference to the adjacent LEDs. Therefore, according to the method provided by the disclosure, the light field directivity of the emitted light beam is improved, the embodiment is easy to operate with convenient implementation and improved LED performance, providing convenience for a user to use an LED lamp.
US11515451B2	Light emitting device A light emitting diode chip having improved light extraction efficiency is provided. The light emitting diode chip includes a substrate, a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a mesa, a side coating layer, and a reflection structure. The first conductivity type semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The mesa includes an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The mesa is disposed on a partial region of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer to expose an upper surface of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer along an edge of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer. The side coating layer(s) covers a side surface of the mesa. The reflection structure is spaced apart from the side coating layer(s) and disposed on the exposed first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
US11515449B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method of fabricating the same Semiconductor light emitting devices and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure, a first electrode, a first dielectric layer, a second electrode, and a vertical conductive pattern. The light emitting structure includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are sequentially stacked, and includes a first opening that penetrates the second semiconductor layer and the active layer, the first opening exposing the first semiconductor layer. The first electrode fills at least a portion of the first opening. The first dielectric layer is on the first electrode. The second electrode is on the light emitting structure and covers the first dielectric layer, the second electrode being electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The vertical conductive pattern surrounds outer lateral surfaces of the light emitting structure and is electrically connected to the first electrode.
US11515445B2	Core-shell type quantum dots and method of forming the same Provided is a core-shell type light-emitting quantum dot, including an alloy type core consisting of Cd, Se, Zn, and S, and a shell layer having a zinc blende structure and being coated on the surface of the alloy core, wherein the element ratio of each of Zn and S accounts for 30 to 50% of the overall core, and the content of Cd and Se gradually decreases outward from the core center. Also provided is a method for preparing the core-shell type light-emitting quantum dot. By having the alloy core and the shell layer with a zinc blende structure, the core-shell type quantum dot can achieve quantum efficiency of 95%, and have high temperature resistance and excellent water- and oxygen-barrier performance.
US11515443B2	Tandem solar cell manufacturing method Discussed is a tandem solar cell manufacturing method including etching a crystalline silicon substrate, whereby a solar cell can be obtained which does not have a pyramid-shaped defect on a surface of the substrate, inhibits the generation of a shunt through the substrate having excellent surface roughness properties, and can secure fill factor properties, the solar cell being capable of being obtained through the tandem solar cell manufacturing method. The method includes preparing a crystalline silicon substrate; performing an isotropic etching process of the substrate; and removing a saw damage on a surface of the substrate by performing an anisotropic etching process of the isotropically etched substrate.
US11515440B2	Semitransparent thin-film solar module A thin-film solar module with a substrate and a layer structure applied thereon comprising a rear electrode layer, a front electrode layer, and an absorber layer arranged between the back electrode layer and the front electrode layer. Serially connected solar cells are formed in the layer region by patterning zones, having a rear electrode layer section. The layer region has at least one linear decoating region. The decoating region has an alternating sequence of optically transparent zones and electrode zones. The optically transparent zones are rear-electrode-layer-free and the electrode zones are absorber-layer-free and have a rear electrode layer section. The rear-electrode-layer-sections of at least one pair made up of one solar cell of one solar cell string and one solar cell of the other solar cell string are areally connected to one another by the rear-electrode-layer-section of at least one electrode zone.
US11515438B2	Solar cell A solar cell including: a silicon substrate; a back electrode; a doped silicon layer; an upper electrode, wherein the upper electrode includes a plurality of three-dimensional nanostructures extending along a same direction; an electrode lead, wherein a direction of the electrode lead intersects with the direction of the plurality of three-dimensional nanostructures; wherein the three-dimensional nanostructures includes a first rectangular structure, a second rectangular structure, and a triangular prism structure; the first rectangular structure, the second rectangular structure, and the triangular prism structure are stacked, a first width of a bottom surface of the triangular prism structure is equal to a second width of a top surface of the second rectangular structure, and is greater than a third width of a top surface of the first rectangular structure, materials of the first rectangular structure and the triangular prism structure are metal.
US11515437B2	Light sensing system and light sensor with polarizer A light sensor includes a photodiode, interlayer dielectric layer and plurality of metal layers. A polarizer is disposed in the plurality of metal layers. The photodiode is coupled to generate charge in response to incident light directed through a first side of the semiconductor layer. The polarizer includes a first metal grid formed with a first metal layer and a second metal grid formed with a third metal layer. The second metal grid is stacked with the first metal grid such that the first and second metal grids are disposed above and aligned with the photodiode. The photodiode is optically coupled to receive incident light through the first and second metal grids of the polarizer and through the first side of the semiconductor layer.
US11515431B2	Enabling residue free gap fill between nanosheets A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor structure includes at least a first channel region and a second channel region. The first channel region and the second channel region each include metal gate structures surrounding a different nanosheet channel layer. The metal gate structures of the first and second channel regions are respectively separated from each other by an unfilled gap. The method includes forming a gap fill layer between and in contact with gate structures surrounding nanosheet channel layers in multiple channel regions. Then, after the gap fill layer has been formed for each nanosheet stack, a masking layer is formed over the gate structures and the gap fill layer in at least a first channel region. The gate structures and the gap fill layer in at least a second channel region remain exposed.
US11515430B2	Tilted nanowire transistor A tilted nanowire structure is provided which has an increased gate length as compared with a horizontally oriented semiconductor nanowire at the same pitch. Such a structure avoids complexity required for vertical transistors and can be fabricated on a bulk semiconductor substrate without significantly changing/modifying standard transistor fabrication processing.
US11515425B2	Thin film transistor array substrate and electronic device including the same Provided are a thin film transistor array substrate and an electronic device including the same. The thin film transistor array substrate includes a first active layer disposed on a substrate, a first gate insulating film disposed on the first active layer, a first gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating film to overlap a part of the first active layer, a first insulating film disposed on the first gate electrode, a second active layer disposed on the first insulating film to overlap the first active layer and the first gate electrode, a second gate insulating film disposed on the second active layer, and a second gate electrode disposed on the second gate insulating film to overlap a part of the second active layer. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode overlap each other, and thus it is possible to reduce an area occupied by transistors.
US11515424B2	Field-effect transistors with asymmetric gate stacks Disclosed herein are field-effect transistors with asymmetric gate stacks. An example transistor includes a channel material and an asymmetric gate stack, provided over a portion of the channel material between source and drain (S/D) regions. The gate stack is asymmetric in that a thickness of a gate dielectric of a portion of the gate stack closer to one of the S/D regions is different from that of a portion of the gate stack closer to the other S/D region, and in that a work function (WF) material of a portion of the gate stack closer to one of the S/D regions is different from a WF material of a portion of the gate stack closer to the other S/D region. Transistors as described herein exploit asymmetry in the gate stacks to improve the transistor performance in terms of high breakdown voltage, high gain, and/or high output resistance.
US11515420B2	Contacts to n-type transistors with X-valley layer over L-valley channels An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first region over a substrate, wherein the first region comprises a first semiconductor material having a L-valley transport energy band structure, a second region in contact with the first region at a junction, wherein the second region comprises a second semiconductor material having a X-valley transport energy band structure, wherein a <111> crystal direction of one or more crystals of the first and second semiconductor materials are substantially orthogonal to the junction, and a metal adjacent to the second region, the metal conductively coupled to the first region through the junction. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11515413B2	3D semiconductor device and structure with memory A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including a plurality of first transistors and at least one metal layer, where the at least one metal layer overlays the first single crystal layer, and where the at least one metal layer includes interconnects between the plurality of first transistors, the interconnects between the plurality of first transistors include forming first control circuits; a second level overlaying the at least one metal layer, the second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level overlaying the second level, the third level including a plurality of third transistors, where the second level includes a plurality of first memory cells, the first memory cells each including at least one of the plurality of second transistors, where the third level includes a plurality of second memory cells, the second memory cells each including at least one of the plurality of third transistors, where at least one of the plurality of second memory cells is at least partially atop of the first control circuits, where the first control circuits are adapted to control data written to at least one of the plurality of second memory cells; and where the plurality of second transistors are horizontally oriented transistors.
US11515407B2	High breakdown voltage structure for high performance GaN-based HEMT and MOS devices to enable GaN C-MOS An integrated circuit structure comprises a relaxed buffer stack that includes a channel region, wherein the relaxed buffer stack and the channel region include a group III-N semiconductor material, wherein the relaxed buffer stack comprises a plurality of AlGaN material layers and a buffer stack is located over over the plurality of AlGaN material layers, wherein the buffer stack comprises the group III-N semiconductor material and has a thickness of less than approximately 25 nm. A back barrier is in the relaxed buffer stack between the plurality of AlGaN material layers and the buffer stack, wherein the back barrier comprises an AlGaN material of approximately 2-10% Al. A polarization stack over the relaxed buffer stack.
US11515406B2	Heterojunction bipolar transistor with field plates Aspects generally relate to a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT), and method of manufacturing the same. The HBT including an emitter a first, a first side of a base coupled to a second side of the emitter opposite the first side of the emitter. A collector coupled to the base on a second side of the base opposite the emitter, wherein an area of a junction between the base and the collector is less than or equal to an area of a junction between the base and the emitter. A dielectric coupled to the collector. A first conductive base contact coupled to the base and adjacent to the collector and extending over a base-collector junction, the conductive base contact operative as a field plate.
US11515404B2	Semiconductor structure comprising regions having an isolation trench with a stepped bottom surface therebetween and method of forming the same A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first region and a second region around the first region. A first fin structure is disposed within the first region. A second fin structure is disposed within the second region. A first isolation trench is disposed within the first region and situated adjacent to the first fin structure. A first trench isolation layer is disposed in the first isolation trench. A second isolation trench is disposed around the first region and situated between the first fin structure and the second fin structure. The bottom surface of the second isolation trench has a step height. A second isolation layer is disposed in the second isolation trench.
US11515399B2	Self-aligned contacts for walled nanosheet and forksheet field effect transistor devices In one aspect, a method of forming a semiconductor device can comprise forming a first transistor structure and a second transistor structure separated by a first trench which comprises a first dielectric wall protruding above a top surface of the transistor structures. The first and the second transistor structures each can comprise a plurality of stacked nanosheets forming a channel structure, and a source portion and a drain portion horizontally separated by the channel structure. The method further can comprise depositing a contact material over the transistor structures and the first dielectric wall, thereby filling the first trench and contacting a first source/drain portion of the first transistor structure and a first source/drain portion of the second transistor structure. Further, the method can comprise etching back the contact material layer below a top surface of the first dielectric wall, thereby forming a first contact contacting the first source/drain portion of the first transistor structure, and a second contact contacting the first source/drain portion of the second transistor structure.
US11515398B2	Thin poly field plate design The present disclosure relates to a transistor device having source and drain regions within a substrate. A gate electrode is between the source and drain regions. A spacer has a lower lateral portion along an upper surface of the substrate between the gate electrode and the drain region, a vertical portion extending along a sidewall of the gate electrode, and an upper lateral portion extending from the vertical portion to an outermost sidewall directly over the gate electrode. A field plate is disposed along an upper surface and a sidewall of the spacer and is separated from the gate electrode and the substrate by the spacer. A first ILD layer overlies the substrate, the gate electrode, and the field plate. A first conductive contact has opposing outermost sidewalls intersecting a first horizontally extending surface of the field plate between the gate electrode and the drain region.
US11515396B2	Ferroelectric assemblies and methods of forming ferroelectric assemblies Some embodiments include ferroelectric assemblies. Some embodiments include a capacitor which has ferroelectric insulative material between a first electrode and a second electrode. The capacitor also has a metal oxide between the second electrode and the ferroelectric insulative material. The metal oxide has a thickness of less than or equal to about 30 Å. Some embodiments include a method of forming an assembly. A first capacitor electrode is formed over a semiconductor-containing base. Ferroelectric insulative material is formed over the first electrode. A metal-containing material is formed over the ferroelectric insulative material. The metal-containing material is oxidized to form a metal oxide from the metal-containing material. A second electrode is formed over the metal oxide.
US11515390B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a plurality of active fins defined by an isolation layer on a substrate, a gate structure on the active fins and the isolation layer, and a gate spacer structure covering a sidewall of the gate structure. A sidewall of the gate structure includes first, second, and third regions having first, second, and third slopes, respectively. The second slope increases from a bottom toward a top of the second region. The second slope has a value at the bottom of the second region less than the first slope. The third slope is greater than the second slope.
US11515384B2	Display device with organic layer A display device includes a display region including a plurality of first regions, and a plurality of second regions arranged with a certain gap between the plurality of first regions, wherein each of the plurality of first regions includes a transistor, a first organic layer, a wiring, a first organic insulating layer on the wiring and the transistor, a display element on the first organic insulating layer, a first sealing layer on the display element and stacked in order with a first inorganic insulating layer, a second organic insulating layer and a second inorganic insulating layer, each of the plurality of second regions includes the wiring, a second organic layer on the wiring, a second sealing layer stacked in order with the first inorganic insulating layer and the second inorganic insulating layer, and a thickness of the second organic layer is smaller than the thickness of the first organic layer.
US11515382B2	Flexible display panel and display device A flexible display panel and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes a non-bending zone and at least one bending zone. A shape of the non-bending zone is a first rectangle, and a shape of the at least one bending zone is a second rectangle. The bending zone is arranged around the non-bending zone and is connected to the non-bending zone. A side of the second rectangle is connected to a straight side of the first rectangle. At least one of two rounded corners corresponding to the straight side of the non-bending zone connected to the at least one bending zone includes a concave wave shape.
US11515381B2	Display device with side surface electrode and method of manufacturing the same A display device including a display panel, a side surface electrode, and a flexible film. The display panel includes a display area, a non-display area defined outside the display area, a pixel disposed in the display area, a signal line connected to the pixel, and a connection pad extending from the signal line and disposed in the non-display area. The side surface electrode is disposed on one side surface of the display panel and contacts one side surface of the connection pad. The flexible film includes a driving pad that contacts the side surface electrode. The connection pad includes a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrodes and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer have different rigidities.
US11515379B2	Display substrate including configuration of insulation layers covering contact pads in bonding region, and manufacturing method thereof A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels at least one group of contact pads, and a first insulation layer. The base substrate includes a display region and a bonding region located at one side of the display region. The least one group of contact pads includes a plurality of contact pads, at least one of the plurality of contact pads includes a first contact pad metal layer and a second contact pad metal layer, the second contact pad metal layer covers an edge of the first contact pad metal layer. The first insulation layer is located in gaps between the plurality of contact pads and covers edges of the plurality of contact pads, and is configured to expose surfaces of the plurality of contact pads facing away from the base substrate.
US11515378B2	Display device having a light shielding layer disposed on a second insulation layer covering an upper surface and sidewalls of the second insulation layer According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a display device includes a base substrate provided with light emitting elements, an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting elements, a first conductive layer disposed on the encapsulation layer and comprising first conductive patterns, a first insulation layer disposed on the encapsulation layer to cover the first conductive patterns, a second conductive layer disposed on the first insulation layer and comprising first sensing patterns, second conductive patterns electrically connecting the first sensing patterns, and second sensing patterns electrically connected by the first conductive patterns, a second insulation layer disposed on the first insulation layer and the second conductive layer without overlapping the light emitting elements to cover the second conductive layer, and a light shielding layer covering the second insulation layer. The light shielding layer and the second insulation layer are in contact with the first insulation layer.
US11515376B2	Display panel and method of fabricating the same A display panel includes a base layer having a first region and a bent second region. An inorganic layer is disposed on the base layer. A lower groove is formed within the inorganic layer and overlaps the second region. A first thin-film transistor is disposed on the inorganic layer and includes a silicon semiconductor pattern overlapping the first region. A second thin-film transistor is disposed on the inorganic layer and includes an oxide semiconductor pattern overlapping the first region. Insulating layers overlap the first and second regions. An upper groove is formed within the insulating layers. A signal line electrically connects the second thin-film transistor. An organic layer overlaps the first and second regions and is disposed in the lower and upper grooves. A luminescent device is disposed on the organic layer and overlaps the first region.
US11515375B2	Display panel and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area, including a first display area. The first display area includes light non-transmissive areas and light transmissive areas, and sub-pixels in the light non-transmissive areas include a first light-shielding layer, a pixel driving circuit, and a light-emitting structure layer. In a direction perpendicular to a substrate, a projection of the first light-shielding layer covers a projection of the light-emitting structure layer and a projection of at least one transistor of the pixel driving circuit.
US11515374B2	Display device including a plurality of layers each including a light emitting layer and having an island shape A display device includes: a base substrate; a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode arranged on the base substrate to be spaced apart from each other; a pixel defining film on the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode and including a first opening exposing the first pixel electrode, a second opening exposing the second pixel electrode and spaced apart from the first opening, and a third opening exposing the third pixel electrode and spaced apart from the first opening and the second opening; a first organic layer on the first pixel electrode exposed by the first opening; a second organic layer on the second pixel electrode exposed by the second opening; and a third organic layer on the third pixel electrode exposed by the third opening.
US11515371B2	Display device with fingerprint recognition sensor and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a display device, a display apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a display device. The display device comprises a mainboard, a display panel disposed on the mainboard, and a fingerprint recognition sensor. The fingerprint recognition sensor is disposed on the mainboard, and the fingerprint recognition sensor is located between the mainboard and the display panel. A groove is formed on a surface of the display panel facing the mainboard, and an orthographic projection of the groove on the mainboard corresponds to a position of the fingerprint recognition sensor. The groove is configured to form an air gap between the fingerprint recognition sensor and the display panel.
US11515369B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate having an active area, a visible region located on the active area, and a non-visible region farther from the active area in a first direction than the visible region is; a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a first via layer disposed on the second conductive layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first via layer; and a third conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer and including touch signal lines. The visible region includes a line area where the second conductive layer is disposed, and a line-free area where the second conductive layer is not disposed. The third conductive layer includes a dummy pattern disposed in the line-free area and has a width greater than the touch signal lines.
US11515367B2	Display apparatus, method for manufacturing display apparatus, and electronic device An electronic device and a method for manufacturing the display apparatus. The electronic device includes a display apparatus and a processor, wherein the display apparatus includes an active-matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel, a touch panel, a chip IC, and a printed circuit board. The touch panel is disposed on an upper surface of the AMOLED panel, and the touch panel and the AMOLED panel each has an outgoing line. The outgoing line of the touch panel and the outgoing line of the AMOLED panel are separately extended to form an outgoing line extension end of the touch panel and an outgoing line extension end of the AMOLED panel. The outgoing line extension end of the AMOLED panel and the outgoing line extension end of the touch panel are electrically connected to the printed circuit board PCB by using the chip IC.
US11515361B2	Light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same, and display device The present disclosure provides a light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting units including a red light emitting unit, a green light emitting unit, and a blue light emitting unit, each light emitting unit including a micro-cavity structure. The light emitting device includes an anode structure, a cathode and a functional layer therebetween. The functional layer includes a light emitting layer including a red light emitting layer at least partially located in the red light emitting unit, an orthographic projection of the red light emitting layer on the backplane not overlapping with that of the blue light emitting unit on the backplane; a green light emitting layer at least partially located in the green light emitting unit; and a blue light emitting layer at least partially located in the blue light emitting unit.
US11515358B2	Semiconductor devices including a passive material between memory cells and conductive access lines A semiconductor device includes first conductive lines extending in a first direction, second conductive lines extending in a second direction, memory cells disposed between the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, each memory cell disposed at an intersection of a first conductive line and a second conductive line, and a passive material between the memory cells and at least one of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines. Related semiconductor devices and electronic devices are disclosed.
US11515352B2	Image-capture element and image capture device Provided is a highly-sensitive image-capture element and an image capture device that can be simply manufactured, have little polarization dependency, and have micro-spectroscopic elements capable of separating incident light into three wavelength ranges integrated facing a pixel array. An image capture element has a transparent layer having a low refractive index made of SiO2 or the like and a plurality of micro-lenses laminated on a pixel array in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are disposed in an array. Inside the transparent layer having the low refractive index, micro-spectroscopic elements composed of a plurality of microstructures having constant thickness (length in a direction perpendicular to the pixel array) formed of a material such as SiN having a higher refractive index than that of the transparent layer is embedded.
US11515347B2	Dam of image sensor module having sawtooth pattern and inclined surface on its inner wall and method of making same An image sensor module comprises an image sensor having a light sensing area, a cover glass for covering the light sensing area, a dam between the image sensor and the cover glass, which surrounds the light sensing area, and has an outer wall and an inner wall, where a cross-section of the inner wall parallel to the surface of the light sensing area of the image sensor forms a sawtooth pattern and/or, where a cross-section of the inner wall orthogonal to the surface of the light sensing area of the image sensor forms an inclined surface.
US11515346B2	Touch screen panel for sensing touch using TFT photodetectors integrated thereon A touch screen panel using a thin film transistor (TFT) photodetector includes a touch panel including a plurality of unit patterns for sensing light reflected by a touch by using a TFT photodetector including an active layer formed of amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon on an amorphous transparent material, and a controller configured to scan the plurality of unit patterns and read touch coordinates as a result of the scanning.
US11515345B2	Image sensor Designs of image sensors by including at least one grid structure extending in rows and columns of a pixel array including a plurality of imaging pixels arranged in rows and columns and structured to separate the imaging pixels from one another, the grid structure including a low-index material or an air to provide optical isolation between two adjacent imaging pixels, and a plurality of holes respectively formed at crossing points of the grid structures.
US11515342B2	Gate unit and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate manufacturing method, and display mechanism A gate unit and a manufacturing method thereof, a method of manufacturing an array substrate, and a display mechanism are provided. The method of manufacturing a gate unit includes: providing a conductive layer on a substrate; forming a photoresist layer on a side of the conductive layer away from the substrate; exposing the photoresist layer, and then developing the photoresist layer to form a groove extending through the photoresist layer on the photoresist layer, so as to form the photoresist layer with a pattern; and electrochemically depositing a functional material on the photoresist layer with the pattern, and then removing the photoresist layer to obtain the conductive layer having a pattern layer formed thereon, so as to obtain the gate unit.
US11515338B2	Display device having light shielding pattern A display device includes: a substrate; an active layer; a first insulating layer on the active layer; a gate electrode; a second insulating layer on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer on the second conductive layer; and a source electrode connected to the source region of the first active pattern through a contact hole passing through the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, and a drain electrode connected to the drain region, wherein the first active pattern, the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode constitute a thin film transistor, the display device further comprising at least one light shielding pattern around the thin film transistor, wherein the light shielding pattern includes a side light shielding pattern such that the third conductive layer passes through at least the third insulating layer.
US11515336B2	Array substrate, display device and method for repairing wire break of array substrate An array substrate, a display device, and a method for repairing a broken wire of an array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of sub-pixel units on the substrate, and a wire and a first conductive light-blocking pattern between two adjacent sub-pixel units of the plurality of sub-pixel units. The first conductive light-blocking pattern is electrically insulated from the wire, and the first conductive light-blocking pattern includes two first regions. Orthographic projections of the two first regions on the substrate overlap with an orthographic projection of the wire on the substrate.
US11515333B2	Ferroelectric material-based three-dimensional flash memory, and manufacture thereof Disclosed are: a three-dimensional flash memory in which the degree of integration in a horizontal direction is improved so as to promote integration; and a manufacturing method therefor. A three-dimensional flash memory according to one embodiment comprises: at least one channel layer extending in one direction; at least one ferroelectric film used as a data storage place while being extended in the one direction so as to encompass the at least one channel layer; and a plurality of electrode layers stacked so as to be vertically connected to the at least one ferroelectric film.
US11515329B2	Three-dimensional memory device and manufacturing method thereof A three-dimensional (3D) memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. An alternating dielectric stack is formed on a substrate. A vertical structure is formed penetrating the alternating dielectric stack in a vertical direction. A bottom dielectric layer of the alternating dielectric stack is removed. An epitaxial layer is formed between the substrate and the alternating dielectric stack after removing the bottom dielectric layer. An insulating layer is formed on the epitaxial layer. The insulating layer is located between the epitaxial layer and the alternating dielectric stack. The influence of the step of forming the vertical structure on the epitaxial layer may be avoided, and defects at the interface between the epitaxial layer and the bottom dielectric layer may be avoided accordingly.
US11515325B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include a peripheral circuit structure including transistors on a first substrate, and a cell array structure on the peripheral circuit structure, the cell array structure including: a first stack structure block comprising first stack structures arranged side by side in a first direction on a second substrate, a second stack structure block comprising second stack structures arranged side by side in the first direction on the second substrate, a separation structure disposed on the second substrate between the first stack structure block and the second stack structure block and comprising first mold layers and second mold layers, and a contact plug penetrating the separation structure. The cell array structure may include a first metal pad and the peripheral circuit structure may include a second metal pad. The first metal pad may be in contact with the second metal pad.
US11515322B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit region including a first substrate and circuit elements on the first substrate; and a memory cell region including a second substrate on an upper portion of the first substrate, gate electrodes spaced apart from each other and vertically stacked on the second substrate, channel structures extending vertically through the gate electrodes to the second substrate, first separation regions penetrating through the gate electrodes between the channel structures and extending in one direction, and a second separation region extending vertically to penetrate through the second substrate from above and having a bent portion due to a change in width.
US11515319B2	Semiconductor memory structure and manufacturing method thereof Methods and apparatus for fabricating memory devices are provided. In one aspect, an intermediate stack of dielectric layers are formed on a first stack of dielectric layers in a first tier. The intermediate stack of dielectric layers is then partially or fully etched and have a landing pad layer deposited thereon. In response to planarizing the landing pad layer to expose a top surface of the intermediate stack of dielectric layers, a second stack of dielectric layers are deposited above the planarized landing pad layer. A staircase is formed by etching through the second stack, the intermediate stack, and the first stack of dielectric layers in the staircase region of the memory device. The staircase is located adjacent to one end of the center landing pad, where steps of the staircase are formed within the thickness of the center landing pad.
US11515318B2	3D floating-gate multiple-input device A multiple input device is disclosed. The multiple input device includes a semiconductor structure extending in a first direction, a first dielectric material surrounding a portion of the semiconductor structure, a floating gate on the first dielectric material and surrounding the portion of the semiconductor structure, and a second dielectric material on the floating gate and surrounding the portion of the semiconductor structure. The multiple input device also includes a plurality of control gates on the second dielectric material. At least one of the control gates extends vertically away from the semiconductor structure in a second direction and at least one of the control gates extends vertically away from the semiconductor structure in a third direction.
US11515317B2	Three-dimensional memory device including through-memory-level via structures and methods of making the same A three-dimensional memory device can include at least one alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a semiconductor material layer, memory stack structures vertically extending through the at least one alternating stack, and a vertical stack of dielectric plates interlaced with laterally extending portions of the insulating layers of the at least one alternating stack. A conductive via structure can vertically extend through each dielectric plate and the insulating layers, and can contact an underlying metal interconnect structure. Additionally or alternatively, support pillar structures can vertically extend through the vertical stack of dielectric plates and into an opening through the semiconductor material layer, and can contact lower-level dielectric material layers embedding the underlying metal interconnect structure to enhance structural support to the three-dimensional memory device during manufacture.
US11515313B2	Gated ferroelectric memory cells for memory cell array and methods of forming the same A gated ferroelectric memory cell includes a dielectric material layer disposed over a substrate, a metallic bottom electrode, a ferroelectric dielectric layer contacting a top surface of the bottom electrode, a pillar semiconductor channel overlying the ferroelectric dielectric layer and capacitively coupled to the metallic bottom electrode through the ferroelectric dielectric layer, a gate dielectric layer including a horizontal gate dielectric portion overlying the ferroelectric dielectric layer and a tubular gate dielectric portion laterally surrounding the pillar semiconductor channel, a gate electrode strip overlying the horizontal gate dielectric portion and laterally surrounding the tubular gate dielectric portion and a metallic top electrode contacting a top surface of the pillar semiconductor channel.
US11515311B2	Semiconductor structure formation at differential depths Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to semiconductor structure formation are described. An example apparatus includes a first trench and a second trench formed in a semiconductor substrate material, where the first and second trenches are adjacent and separated by the semiconductor substrate material. The apparatus includes a metallic material formed to a first height in the first trench that is less than, relative to the semiconductor substrate material, a second height of the metallic material formed in the second trench and a polysilicon material formed over the metallic material in the first trench to a first depth greater than, relative to the semiconductor substrate material, a second depth of the polysilicon material formed over the metallic material in the second trench. The greater first depth of the polysilicon material formed in the first trench reduces transfer of charge by way of the metallic material in the first trench.
US11515302B2	Circuit including configuration terminal and method A circuit includes a switch coupled between a configuration terminal and an internal node. In a method of operation, the configuration terminal of the circuit is coupled to an internal node during a configuration phase and decoupled from the internal node during normal operation.
US11515294B2	LED transfer method and display module manufactured thereby A micro light emitting diode (LED) transfer method includes: preparing a transfer substrate including a plurality of micro LEDs, the plurality of micro LEDs having electrodes disposed in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction on the transfer substrate; sequentially transferring a first set of micro LEDs among the plurality of micro LEDs in block units from the transfer substrate to first regions of a target substrate; and sequentially transferring a second set of micro LEDs among the plurality of micro LEDs in block units from the transfer substrate to second regions of the target substrate, and in the sequential transferring of the second set of micro LEDs, the second set of micro LEDs transferred to the second regions are disposed in the same electrode direction as an electrode direction of the first set of micro LEDs transferred to the first regions.
US11515293B2	Direct transfer of semiconductor devices from a substrate A method includes loading a wafer tape into a first frame, the wafer tape having a first side and a second side, a first semiconductor device die being disposed on the first side of the wafer tape. A substrate is loaded into a second frame, the substrate including a second semiconductor device die onto which the first semiconductor device die is to be transferred. A needle is oriented to a position adjacent to the second side of the wafer tape, the needle extending in a direction toward the wafer tape, and a needle actuator connected to the needle is activated to move the needle to a die transfer position at which the needle contacts the second side of the wafer tape to press the first semiconductor device die into contact with the second semiconductor device die.
US11515289B2	Stacked die integrated with package voltage regulators An integrated circuit (IC) package is described. The IC package includes a first die having a first power delivery network on the first die. The IC package also includes a second die having a second power delivery network on the second die. The first die is stacked on the second die. The IC package further includes package voltage regulators integrated with and coupled to the first die and/or the second die within a package core of the integrated circuit package.
US11515287B2	Device and method for reel-to-reel laser reflow The present invention relates to a reel-to-reel layer reflow method, which emits a uniformized laser beam, which can easily adjust the emission area, and which is for the purpose of improving productivity. An embodiment of the present invention provides a reel-to-reel layer reflow method comprising the steps of: a) transferring a substrate, which has been wound in a roll type, to one side while unwinding the same; b) forming a solder portion on the substrate; c) seating an emission target element on the solder portion and seating a non-emission target element on the substrate; d) surface-emitting a laser beam to the solder portion, on which the emission target element is seated, such that the emission target element is attached to the substrate; e) inspecting the substrate structure manufactured through said step d); and f) winding the substrate structure in a roll type.
US11515285B2	Methods of optimizing clamping of a semiconductor element against a support structure on a wire bonding machine, and related methods A method of adjusting a clamping of a semiconductor element against a support structure on a wire bonding machine is provided. The method includes: (a) detecting an indicia of floating of the semiconductor element with respect to the support structure at a plurality of locations of the semiconductor element; and (b) adjusting the clamping of the semiconductor element against the support structure based on the results of step (a).
US11515282B2	Electromagnetic shields with bonding wires for sub-modules Electromagnetic shields for electronic devices, and particularly electromagnetic shields with bonding wires for sub-modules of electronic devices are disclosed. Electronic modules are disclosed that include multiple sub-modules arranged on a substrate with an electromagnetic shield arranged on or over the sub-modules. Bonding wires are disclosed that form one or more bonding wire walls along the substrate. The one or more bonding wire walls may be located between sub-modules of a module and about peripheral boundaries of the module. The electromagnetic shield may be electrically coupled to ground by way of the one or more bonding wire walls. Portions of the electromagnetic shield and the one or more bonding wire walls may form divider walls that are configured to reduce electromagnetic interference between the sub-modules or from external sources.
US11515281B2	Bonded structure and bonding material There is provided a bonding material which forms a bonding portion between two objects, which material contains (1) first metal particles comprising a first metal and having a median particle diameter in the range of 20 nm to 1 μm, and (2) second metal particles comprising, as a second metal, at least one alloy of Sn and at least one selected from Bi, In and Zn and having a melting point of not higher than 200° C.
US11515279B2	Low temperature bonded structures Devices and techniques including process steps make use of recesses in conductive interconnect structures to form reliable low temperature metallic bonds. A fill layer is deposited into the recesses prior to bonding. First conductive interconnect structures are bonded at ambient temperatures to second metallic interconnect structures using direct bonding techniques, with the fill layers in the recesses in one or both of the first and second interconnect structures.
US11515278B2	Communication interface structure between processing die and memory die A communication interface structure for connection between dies is provided, including a memory die, processing dies and interconnection routings. The memory die includes a first interface edge, wherein the first interface edge is split into a plurality of interface groups. Each of the processing dies includes a second interface edge. Interconnection routings respectively connect the second interface edges of the processing dies to the interface groups of the memory die.
US11515272B2	Semiconductor die contact structure and method A system and method for forming a semiconductor die contact structure is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a top level metal contact, such as copper, with a thickness large enough to act as a buffer for underlying low-k, extremely low-k, or ultra low-k dielectric layers. A contact pad or post-passivation interconnect may be formed over the top level metal contact, and a copper pillar or solder bump may be formed to be in electrical connection with the top level metal contact.
US11515271B2	Electronic device including wire on side surface of substrate and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing an electronic device is provided, wherein the method includes the following steps. A first substrate is provided, wherein the first substrate has a top surface and a side surface. A first wire is formed on the top surface of the first substrate. An auxiliary bonding pad is formed on the top surface of the first substrate, and the auxiliary bonding pad contacts the first wire. A second wire is formed on the side surface of the first substrate, and the second wire contacts the auxiliary bonding pad. The second wire and the auxiliary bonding pad include at least one same material.
US11515269B2	Semiconductor packaging structure having antenna module A semiconductor packaging structure includes: a substrate, a redistribution layer having one conductive plugs, metal bumps disposed on the redistribution layer, and electrically connected with the redistribution layer including the conductive plug; a semiconductor chip over the redistribution layer and aligned to and electrically connected with the conductive plug; an underfill layer filling a gap between the redistribution layer and the semiconductor chip and the conductive plugs; a polymer layer on the redistribution layer, over the plurality of metal bumps, the underfill layer and the semiconductor chip, exposing only top parts of the plurality of metal bumps and top part of the semiconductor chip; and an antenna module disposed on the second surface of the substrate.
US11515264B2	Method for processing a semiconductor wafer, semiconductor composite structure and support structure for semiconductor wafer A method for processing a semiconductor wafer is proposed. The method may include reducing a thickness of the semiconductor wafer. A carrier structure is placed on a first side of the semiconductor wafer, e.g. before or after reducing the thickness of the semiconductor wafer. The method further includes providing a support structure on a second side of the semiconductor wafer opposite to the first side, e.g. after reducing the thickness of the semiconductor wafer. Methods for welding a support structure onto a semiconductor wafer are proposed. Further, semiconductor composite structures with support structures welded onto a semiconductor wafer are proposed.
US11515261B2	Multiple component integration in fanout package with different back side metallization and thicknesses One or more stud bumps may form a conductive column to a component having back side metallization. In an embodiment, the column of stud bumps may be about 130 um vertically (Z-direction). Providing a microelectronics package with a column of stud bumps electrically connected to a component having back side metallization may provide a cost effective electrical interconnect and may enable the incorporation of components of different thicknesses, including that the component thicknesses are independent of each other, in a single fanout package, while providing a thin package profile and back side surface finish integration.
US11515260B2	Method for fabricating a semiconductor package A method for fabricating a semiconductor package includes forming a release layer on a first carrier substrate. An etch stop layer is formed on the release layer. A first redistribution layer is formed on the etch stop layer and includes a plurality of first wires and a first insulation layer surrounding the plurality of first wires. A first semiconductor chip is formed on the first redistribution layer. A solder ball is formed between the first redistribution layer and the first semiconductor chip. A second carrier substrate is formed on the first semiconductor chip. The first carrier substrate, the release layer, and the etch stop layer are removed. The second carrier substrate is removed.
US11515254B2	Semiconductor chip including penetrating electrodes, and semiconductor package including the semiconductor chip A semiconductor chip may include: a body portion including a front surface and a back surface; penetrating electrodes penetrating the body portion; and back connection electrodes disposed over the back surface of the body portion and connected to the penetrating electrodes, wherein the penetrating electrodes include a power penetrating electrode for transmitting a power voltage and a ground penetrating electrode for transmitting a ground voltage, the back connection electrodes include a power back connection electrode connected to the power penetrating electrode and a ground back connection electrode connected to the ground penetrating electrode, and one power back connection electrode is connected with two or more power penetrating electrodes, and one ground back connection electrode is connected with two or more ground penetrating electrodes.
US11515252B2	Layout of wordline and method of forming the same A word line layout includes a substrate, a first word line group, a second word line group, and an I-shaped third word line. The first word line group is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of L-shaped first word lines, and each of the first word lines has a first segment and a second segment connected to each other. The second word line group is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of L-shaped second word lines, and each of the second word lines has a first segment and a second segment connected to each other. The first word line group and the second word line group are arranged in juxtaposition and symmetric to each other. The I-shaped third word line is disposed on the outer side of the first word line group and the second word line group.
US11515247B2	Capacitance fine tuning by fin capacitor design A device includes a main capacitor composed of a first plate of a first back-end-of-line (BEOL) metallization layer, a main insulator layer on the first plate, and a second plate on the main insulator layer. The second plate is composed of a second BEOL metallization layer. The device includes a first tuning capacitor of a first portion of a first BEOL interconnect trace coupled to the first plate of the main capacitor through first BEOL sideline traces. The first tuning capacitor is composed of a first insulator layer on a surface and sidewalls of the first portion of the first BEOL interconnect trace. The first tuning capacitor includes a second BEOL interconnect trace on a surface and sidewalls of the first insulator layer. The device includes a first via capture pad coupled to the second BEOL interconnect trace of the first tuning capacitor.
US11515245B2	Method for manufacturing insulating layer for semiconductor package and insulating layer for semiconductor package using the same The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an insulating layer for a semiconductor package which can improve reliability and have excellent heat resistance by removing pores generated in the insulating layer during manufacture of an insulating layer for a semiconductor package using magnetic characteristics, and an insulating layer for a semiconductor package obtained using the method for manufacturing the insulating layer for a semiconductor package.
US11515244B2	Clip frame assembly, semiconductor package having a lead frame and a clip frame, and method of manufacture A molded semiconductor package includes a lead frame having one or more first leads monolithically formed with a die pad and extending outward from the pad in a first direction. A semiconductor die is attached to the die pad at a first side of the die. A metal clip of a clip frame is attached to a power terminal at a second side of the die. One or more second leads monolithically formed with the metal clip extend outward from the clip in a second direction different than the first direction. A mold compound embeds the die. The first lead(s) and the second lead(s) are exposed at different sides of the mold compound and do not vertically overlap with one another. Within the mold compound, the clip transitions from a first level above the power terminal to a second level in a same plane as the leads.
US11515243B2	Display device and chip-on-film structure thereof A display device and a chip-on-film structure thereof are provided. The chip-on-film structure includes a substrate, multiple first output pads, multiple second output pads, multiple first lead wires, and multiple second lead wires. The substrate has a surface including a bonding zone. The first and output pads are located in the bonding zone. The first lead wires and the first output pads are located on the same surface of the substrate. The first lead wires and the second lead wires are located on two opposite surfaces of the substrate. Each of the first lead wires is connected to one of the first output pads. Each of the second lead wires is connected to one of the second output pads. The second lead wires each have a portion corresponding to the bonding zone and having the terminal sections that are respectively opposite to the first and second output pads.
US11515240B2	Lead frame for a package for a semiconductor device, semiconductor device and process for manufacturing a semiconductor device A lead frame for an integrated electronic device includes a die pad made of a first metallic material. A top coating layer formed by a second metallic material is arranged on a top surface of the die pad. The second metallic material has an oxidation rate lower than the first metallic material. The top coating layer leaves exposed a number of corner portions of the top surface of the die pad. A subsequent heating operation, for example occurring in connection with wirebonding, causes an oxidized layer to form on the corner portions of the top surface of the die pad at a position in contact with the top coating layer.
US11515239B2	Quad flat no-lead package structure A quad flat no-lead (QFN) package structure including a lead frame, a semiconductor die, and an encapsulating material. The lead frame includes a die pad and a plurality of contacts surrounding the die pad. The semiconductor die is disposed on the die pad and electrically connected to the plurality of contacts, wherein a shortest distance between the semiconductor die and a first side of the die pad is shorter than a shortest distance between the semiconductor die to a second side of the die pad, and the first side is opposite to the second side. The encapsulating material encapsulates the lead frame and the semiconductor die and partially exposing the plurality of contacts, wherein an aspect ratio of the QFN package is substantially equal to or greater than 3.
US11515234B2	Semiconductor device package including promoters and method of manufacturing the same The subject application discloses a substrate. The substrate includes a first conductive layer, a first bonding layer, a first dielectric layer, and a conductive via. The first bonding layer is disposed on the first conductive layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the first bonding layer. The conductive via penetrates the first dielectric layer and is electrically connected with the first conductive layer.
US11515232B2	Liquid cooling through conductive interconnect Embodiments include semiconductor packages and cooling semiconductor packaging systems. A semiconductor package includes a second die on a package substrate, first dies on the second die, conductive bumps between the first dies and the second die, a cold plate and a manifold over the first dies, second die, and package substrate, and first openings in the manifold. The first openings are fluidly coupled through the conductive bumps. The semiconductor package may include a first fluid path through the first openings of the manifold, where a first fluid flows through the first fluid path. The semiconductor package may further include a second fluid path through second openings of the cold plate, where a second fluid flows through the second fluid path, and where the first and second fluids of the first and second fluid paths cool heat providing surfaces of the first dies, the second die, or the package substrate.
US11515230B2	Variable pin fin construction to facilitate compliant cold plates A device can comprise a plurality of layers stacked and bonded on one another, wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises: a first active region comprising first pin portions positioned in a first planar arrangement; and a second active region comprising second pin portions positioned in a second planar arrangement, wherein the second planar arrangement is different from the first planar arrangement. The device can also comprise a conformable layer adjacent to at least one of the plurality of layers.
US11515229B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package includes a circuit substrate, a die, a frame structure, a heat sink lid and conductive balls. The die is disposed on a front surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected with the circuit substrate. The die includes two first dies disposed side by side and separate from each other with a gap between two facing sidewalls of the two first dies. The frame structure is disposed on the front surface of the circuit substrate and surrounding the die. The heat sink lid is disposed on the die and the frame structure. The head sink lid has a slit that penetrates through the heat sink lid in a thickness direction and exposes the gap between the two facing sidewalls of the two first dies. The conductive balls are disposed on the opposite surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected with the die through the circuit substrate.
US11515228B2	Double sided semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes an encapsulant body; an upper electrically conductive element having an outwardly exposed metal surface; a lower carrier substrate having an upper electrically conductive layer, a lower electrically conductive layer having an outwardly exposed surface, and an electrical insulation layer; a first electrically conductive spacer between the upper electrically conductive element and the upper electrically conductive layer; a power semiconductor chip between the upper electrically conductive element and the upper electrically conductive layer; and a second electrically conductive spacer between the upper electrically conductive element and the power semiconductor chip, a first carrier region of the upper electrically conductive layer is connected to a first power terminal, a second carrier region of the upper electrically conductive layer is alongside the first carrier region and is connected to a phase terminal, a first region of the upper electrically conductive element is connected to a second power terminal.
US11515227B2	Semiconductor die including edge ring structures and methods for making the same Semiconductor devices laterally surrounded by at least one dielectric material portion are formed over a substrate. At least one edge seal ring structure is formed around the semiconductor devices and the at least one dielectric material portion. One or more of the at least one edge seal ring structure has a horizontal cross-sectional profile that includes laterally-extending regions that extend laterally with a uniform width between an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall, and notch regions connecting neighboring pairs of the laterally-extending regions and having a greater width than the uniform width. Cavities in the laterally-extending regions are connected to cavities in the notch regions to allow outgassing from the material of the at least one edge seal ring structure.
US11515221B2	Housing for an optoelectronic device, and method for producing same, and lid for a housing The invention relates to a housing for an optoelectronic device and to a method for producing such a housing. For producing a lid for the housing, an infrared-transparent material is used, into which at least one glass window is integrated.
US11515215B2	Asymmetric epitaxy regions for landing contact plug A method includes forming isolation regions extending into a semiconductor substrate, and forming a first plurality of protruding fins and a second protruding fin over the isolation regions. The first plurality of protruding fins include an outer fin farthest from the second protruding fin, and an inner fin closest to the second protruding fin. The method further includes etching the first plurality of protruding fins to form first recesses, growing first epitaxy regions from the first recesses, wherein the first epitaxy regions are merged to form a merged epitaxy region, etching the second protruding fin to form a second recess, and growing a second epitaxy region from the second recess. A top surface of the merged epitaxy region is lower on a side facing toward the second epitaxy region than on a side facing away from the second epitaxy region.
US11515211B2	Cut EPI process and structures A method includes etching two source/drain regions over a substrate to form two source/drain trenches; epitaxially growing two source/drain features in the two source/drain trenches respectively; performing a cut process to the two source/drain features; and after the cut process, depositing a contact etch stop layer (CESL) over the two source/drain features.
US11515210B2	Wafer processing method and wafer processing apparatus A wafer processing method includes a liquid layer forming step of forming a layer of a liquid on a supporting face of a wafer table included in a supporting unit, a fixing step of placing a side of an adhesive sheet of the wafer on the wafer table on which the layer of the liquid has been formed, and fixing the wafer to the wafer table through the adhesive sheet, a detecting step of imaging the wafer with an imaging unit which is positioned opposite to the supporting face of the wafer table to thereby detect the division lines formed on the front side of the wafer, and a processing step of processing a portion on a back side of the wafer corresponding to each of the division lines.
US11515195B2	Semiconductor chamber components with high-performance coating Exemplary semiconductor processing chambers may include a chamber body. The chambers may include a showerhead. The chambers may include a substrate support. The substrate support may include a platen characterized by a first surface facing the showerhead. The substrate support may include a shaft coupled with the platen along a second surface of the platen opposite the first surface of the platen. The shaft may extend at least partially through the chamber body. A coating may extend conformally about the first surface of the platen, the second surface of the platen, and about the shaft.
US11515193B2	Etching apparatus An etching apparatus includes a reaction chamber having an internal space; an upper electrode in the reaction chamber; a fixing chuck in the internal space of the reaction chamber and below the upper electrode; an electrostatic chuck above the fixing chuck and on which a wafer is configured to be placed; a focus ring surrounding the electrostatic chuck; and a plurality of sealing members configured to seal cooling gas provided to the focus ring and being in contact with the focus ring. The plurality of sealing members may be formed of a porous material. Each of the plurality of sealing members may include a body portion and an outer surface surrounding the body portion. Only the body portion may include voids and the outer surface may be smooth and free of voids.
US11515186B2	Ceiling conveyance vehicle system and temporary storage method for articles in ceiling conveyance vehicle system An overhead transport vehicle system stores a large number of articles and includes an inclined rail and overhead transport vehicles each including a traveler to travel on the inclined rail, a holder to hold an article, an elevator to raise and lower the holder, a horizontality guide to keep the elevator horizontal or substantially horizontal at the inclined rail, and a controller. Supports are horizontally provided at a same or substantially same height, and the overhead transport vehicles located on the inclined rail are able to transfer the article between them. The overhead transport vehicles transfer the article between the supports and the controller controls the elevator to raise and lower the holder by a raising and lowering amount according to a height distance between the inclined rail and an individual support.
US11515185B2	Automated wafer monitoring In an embodiment, a system includes: a chuck; multiple groove conduits arranged around a circumference of a wafer position on the chuck; a gas source in fluid communication with the multiple groove conduits; and a flow monitor configured to determine an amount of gas flow from the gas source to an individual one of the multiple groove conduits.
US11515182B2	Drying apparatus, substrate processing system, and drying method There is provided a drying apparatus for covering an upper surface of the substrate with an uneven pattern formed thereon with a liquid film and subsequently drying the substrate, including: a first heat transfer part whose temperature is adjusted to a first temperature, wherein a first heat is transferred between the first heat transfer part and the substrate by a first temperature difference; a second heat transfer part whose temperature is adjusted to a second temperature different from the first temperature, wherein a second heat is transferred between the second heat transfer part and the substrate by a second temperature difference; and a controller configured to control the first temperature and the second temperature and to control a surface tension distribution of the liquid film so as to control an agglomeration of the liquid film.
US11515181B2	Device for attaching conductive ball to substrate with plurality of separately controlled plates A device for attaching conductive balls to a substrate includes a first plate, a second plate and a controller. The first plate includes first recesses. Each of the first recesses picks up a corresponding conductive ball to be attached to the semiconductor package. The second plate includes second recesses. Each of the second recesses picks up a corresponding conductive ball to be attached to the semiconductor package. The first plate and the second plate are separated from each other. The controller controls each of the first plate and the second plate to be separately moved up or down so that a lower surface of the first plate and a lower surface of the second plate are positioned differently in a first direction normal the lower surface of the first plate.
US11515180B2	Wafer-heating device In a ceramic heater, a central-zone heating resistor and an outer-peripheral-zone heating resistor are embedded in a disc-like ceramic base having a wafer-mounting surface on one side. The central-zone heating resistor is a wire extending in a single continuous line from one of a pair of terminals to the other. The pair of terminals as a whole form a circular shape in plan view.
US11515178B2	System and methods for wafer drying In one example, a method for wafer drying includes providing a surface of a first wafer, the surface of the first wafer including a liquid to be removed with a drying process. The method further includes replacing the liquid with a first solid film in a first processing chamber, the first solid film covering the surface of the first wafer. The method further includes transferring the first wafer from the first processing chamber to a second processing chamber. The method further includes processing the first wafer in the second processing chamber by flowing a supercritical fluid through the second processing chamber, where the supercritical fluid removes the first solid film.
US11515169B2	Method of making a semiconductor device including etching of a metal silicate using sequential and cyclic application of reactive gases A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes: a stage installed inside a processing chamber and holding a semiconductor substrate having a high-k insulating film including silicate; and a gas supply line including a first system supplying reactive gas to the processing chamber and a second system supplying catalytic gas to the processing chamber, wherein mixed gas which includes complex forming gas reacting with a metal element included in the high-k insulating film to form a first volatile organometallic complex and complex stabilizing material gas increasing stability of the first organometallic complex is supplied as the reactive gas, and catalytic gas using a second organometallic complex, which modifies the high-k insulating film and promotes a formation reaction of the first organometallic complex, as a raw material is supplied.
US11515166B2	Cryogenic atomic layer etch with noble gases A method for etching silicon at cryogenic temperatures is provided. The method includes forming an inert layer from condensation of a noble gas at cryogenic temperatures on exposed surfaces such as the sidewalls of a feature to passivate the sidewalls prior to the etching process. The method further includes flowing a fluorine-containing precursor gas into the chamber to form a fluorine-containing layer on the inert layer. The method further includes exposing the fluorine-containing layer and the inert layer to an energy source to form a passivation layer on the exposed portions of the substrate and exposing the substrate to ions to etch the substrate.
US11515161B2	Low defect nuclear transmutation doping in nitride-based semiconductor materials Doped nitride-based semiconductor materials and methods of producing these materials are described herein.
US11515159B2	Forming contact holes using litho-etch-litho-etch approach The present invention further provides a method for forming a semiconductor device, the method including: first, a target layer is provided, an etching stop layer is formed on the target layer, a top oxide layer is formed on the etching stop layer, afterwards, a first photoresist layer is formed on the top oxide layer, and a first etching process is then performed, to form a plurality of first trenches in the top oxide layer. Next, a second photoresist layer is formed on the top oxide layer, portion of the second photoresist layer fills in each first trench, a second etching process is then performed to form a plurality of second trenches in the top oxide layer, and using the remaining etching stop layer as a hard mask, a third etching process is performed to remove parts of the etching stop layer and parts of the target layer.
US11515158B2	Semiconductor structure with semiconductor-on-insulator region and method Disclosed are semiconductor structure embodiments of a semiconductor-on-insulator region on a bulk substrate. The semiconductor-on-insulator region includes an upper semiconductor layer above and physically separated from the substrate by insulator-containing cavities (e.g., by dielectric layer and/or a pocket of trapped air, of trapped gas, or under vacuum) and, optionally, by a lower semiconductor layer. Disclosed method embodiments include forming openings that extend vertically through the upper semiconductor layer, through a sacrificial semiconductor layer and, optionally, through a lower semiconductor layer to the substrate. Then, a selective isotropic etch process is performed to form cavities, which extend laterally off the sides of the openings into the sacrificial semiconductor layer. Depending upon the embodiments, different process steps are further performed to form plugs in at least the upper portions of the openings and insulators (including dielectric layers and/or a pocket of trapped air, of trapped gas or under vacuum) in the cavities.
US11515156B2	Methods for depositing blocking layers on conductive surfaces Methods of selectively depositing blocking layers on conductive surfaces over dielectric surfaces are described. In some embodiments, a carboxylic acid is exposed to a substrate to selectively form a blocking layer. In some embodiments, a hydrazide is exposed to a substrate to selectively form a blocking layer. In some embodiments, an alkyl phosphonic acid is exposed to a substrate to selectively form a blocking layer. In some embodiments, the alkyl phosphonic acid is formed in-situ and exposed to the substrate. In some embodiments, a layer is selectively deposited on the dielectric surface after the blocking layer is formed.
US11515155B2	Methods for enhancing selectivity in SAM-based selective deposition Methods of improved selectively for SAM-based selective depositions are described. Some of the methods include forming a SAM on a second surface and a carbonized layer on the first surface. The substrate is exposed to an oxygenating agent to remove the carbonized layer from the first surface, and a film is deposited on the first surface over the protected second surface. Some of the methods include overdosing a SAM molecule to form a SAM layer and SAM agglomerates, depositing a film, removing the agglomerates, reforming the SAM layer and redepositing the film.
US11515154B2	Selective deposition of a passivation film Selective deposition methods are described. An exemplary method comprises exposing the substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface to an anchor reactant and selectively depositing the anchor reactant on the first surface as a seed layer, wherein the anchor reactant comprises an ethynyl derivative with a headgroup that selectively targets the first surface.
US11515150B2	Hardmask tuning by electrode adjustment Exemplary processing methods may include forming a plasma of a deposition precursor in a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include adjusting a variable capacitor within 20% of a resonance peak. The variable capacitor may be coupled with an electrode incorporated within a substrate support on which a substrate is seated. The methods may include depositing a material on the substrate.
US11515149B2	Deposition of flowable silicon-containing films Methods for seam-less gapfill comprising forming a flowable film by exposing a substrate surface to a silicon-containing precursor and a co-reactant are described. The silicon-containing precursor has at least one akenyl or alkynyl group. The flowable film can be cured by any suitable curing process to form a seam-less gapfill.
US11515147B2	Material deposition systems, and related methods A material deposition system comprises a dopant source containing at least one dopant precursor material, an inert gas source containing at least one noble gas, and a physical vapor deposition apparatus in selective fluid communication with the dopant source and the inert gas source. The physical vapor deposition apparatus comprises a housing structure, a target electrode, and a substrate holder. The housing structure is configured and positioned to receive at least one feed fluid stream comprising the at least one dopant precursor material and the at least one noble gas. The target electrode is within the housing structure and is in electrical communication with a signal generator. The substrate holder is within the housing structure and is spaced apart from the target electrode. A method of forming a microelectronic device, a microelectronic device, a memory device, and an electronic system are also described.
US11515146B2	Method of forming gallium oxide film A method of forming a gallium oxide film is provided, and the method may include supplying mist of a material solution comprising gallium atoms and chlorine atoms to a surface of a substrate while heating the substrate so as to form the gallium oxide film on the surface of the substrate, in which a molar concentration of chlorine in the material solution is equal to or more than 3.0 times and equal to or less than 4.5 times a molar concentration of gallium in the material solution.
US11515145B2	Deposition of silicon boron nitride films Methods for forming a SiBN film comprising depositing a film on a feature on a substrate. The method comprises in a first cycle, depositing a SiB layer on a substrate in a chamber using a chemical vapor deposition process, the substrate having at least one feature thereon, the at least one feature comprising an upper surface, a bottom surface and sidewalls, the SiB layer formed on the upper surface, the bottom surface and the sidewalls. In a second cycle, the SiB layer is treated with a plasma comprising a nitrogen-containing gas to form a conformal SiBN film.
US11515142B2	Method of cleaning substrate processing apparatus, and substrate processing system There is provided a method of cleaning a substrate processing apparatus in which a drying process of drying a substrate whose surface is wet with a liquid is performed by bring the substrate into contact with a supercritical fluid, the method including: diffusing a first cleaning fluid in an interior of the substrate processing apparatus, the first cleaning fluid being obtained by mixing the supercritical fluid with a solvent containing polar molecules and having a lower boiling point than a boiling point of the liquid; and discharging the first cleaning fluid from the interior of the substrate processing apparatus, that occurs after the diffusing the first cleaning fluid.
US11515141B2	Cleaning method in inspection apparatus, and the inspection apparatus A cleaning method in an inspection apparatus that performs an electrical characteristic inspection on a device under test formed in an inspection object, includes: transferring, in a transfer process, a stage on which the inspection object is mounted to a position facing a probe card having probes, the probes being brought into contact with the device under test during the electrical characteristic inspection; subsequently, exhausting and depressurizing a space between the probe card and the stage facing the probe card in a peeling-off preparation process; introducing a gas into the space which has been depressurized and peeling off foreign substances adhering to a front surface of the stage and the probes in a foreign substance peeling-off process; and exhausting the space to discharge the foreign substances while continuously introducing the gas into the space in a foreign substance discharging process.
US11515140B2	Chamfered silicon carbide substrate and method of chamfering The present invention relates to a chamfered silicon carbide substrate which is essentially monocrystalline, and to a corresponding method of chamfering a silicon carbide substrate. A silicon carbide substrate according to the invention comprises a main surface (102), wherein an orientation of said main surface (102) is such that a normal vector ({right arrow over (O)}) of the main surface (102) includes a tilt angle with a normal vector ({right arrow over (N)}) of a basal lattice plane (106) of the substrate, and a chamfered peripheral region (110), wherein a surface of the chamfered peripheral region includes a bevel angle with said main surface, wherein said bevel angle is chosen so that, in more than 75% of the peripheral region, normal vectors ({right arrow over (F)}_i) of the chamfered peripheral region (110) differ from the normal vector of the basal lattice plane by less than a difference between the normal vector of the main surface and the normal vector of the basal lattice plane of the substrate.
US11515138B2	Ion trapping scheme with improved mass range Trapping ions in an ion trapping assembly is described. In one aspect, this is implemented by introducing ions into the ion trapping assembly, applying a first RF trapping amplitude to the ion trapping assembly so as to trap introduced ions which have m/z ratios within a first range of m/z ratios, and cooling the trapped ions. In some aspects, also performed is reducing the RF trapping amplitude from the first RF trapping amplitude to a second, lower, RF trapping amplitude so as to reduce the low mass cut-off of the ion trapping assembly and trapping, at the second, lower RF trapping amplitude, introduced ions having m/z ratios within a second range of m/z ratios. A lower mass limit of the second range of m/z ratios is below the low mass cut-off of the ion trapping assembly when the first RF trapping amplitude is applied.
US11515136B2	Spectrometric analysis A method of spectrometric analysis comprises obtaining one or more sample spectra for an aerosol, smoke or vapour sample. The one or more sample spectra are subjected to pre-processing and then multivariate and/or library based analysis so as to classify the aerosol, smoke or vapour sample. The results of the analysis are used for various surgical or non-surgical applications.
US11515135B1	Systems and methods for indirect detection of a missed sample Systems and methods are described for indirect detection of a missed sample from an autosampler. A method embodiment includes, but is not limited to, drawing a fluid through operation of an autosampler; directing the fluid via a fluid line to a valve of a fluid handling system, the valve including or being adjacent to a sensor to detect a presence or absence of liquid sample; directing the fluid from the valve into a holding line coupled to the valve; determining whether a threshold amount of liquid sample is present in the fluid in the holding line; and when it is determined that liquid sample is present in the fluid in the holding line in an amount less than the threshold amount, transferring a carrier fluid having a marker component to an analytic detector, the marker component present in the carrier fluid in an amount indicative of a missed sample.
US11515133B2	Method of improving a mass spectrometer, module for improving a mass spectrometer and an improved mass spectrometer The present invention relates to a method of improving a mass spectrometer, a module for improving a mass spectrometer and an improved mass spectrometer. The aforementioned method employs a calibration correction module that calibrates the mass spectrometer so timely, more precise and accurate data can be obtained. In particular, real time, accurate mass determinations of low analyte quantity samples can be obtained.
US11515129B2	Radiation shield modification for improving substrate temperature uniformity An example semiconductor processing system may include a chamber body having sidewalls and a base. The processing system may also include a substrate support extending through the base of the chamber body. The substrate support may include a support platen configured to support a semiconductor substrate, and a shaft coupled with the support platen. The processing system may further include a plate coupled with the shaft of the substrate support. The plate may have an emissivity greater than 0.5. In some embodiments, the plate may include a radiation shied disposed proximate the support platen. In some embodiments, the plate may include a pumping plate disposed proximate the base of the chamber body. In some embodiments, the emissivity of the plate may range between about 0.5 and about 0.95.
US11515125B2	Upper electrode and plasma processing apparatus In an exemplary embodiment, an upper electrode is disposed in a processing chamber to face a susceptor and provided with a plate-like member and an electrode part. In an exemplary embodiment, the plate-like member is formed with a gas distribution hole that distributes a processing gas used for a plasma processing. The electrode part is formed in a film shape by thermally spraying silicon onto a surface of the plate-like member where an outlet of the gas distribution hole is formed.
US11515123B2	Apparatus and system for modulated plasma systems Plasma processing systems and methods are disclosed. The plasma processing system includes a high-frequency generator configured to deliver power to a plasma chamber and a low-frequency generator configured to deliver power to the plasma chamber. A filter is coupled between the plasma chamber and the high-frequency generator, and the filter suppresses mixing products of high frequencies produced by the high-frequency generator and low frequencies produced by the low-frequency generator.
US11515122B2	System and methods for VHF plasma processing This disclosure relates to a plasma processing system for VHF plasma processing using a transmission antenna designed to enable a resonant VHF standing wave inside a plasma process chamber used to manufacture semiconductor devices. The system includes a transmission element capable of being electromagnetically coupled to incoming power lines connected to a power source. The transmission element, power transmission lines, and power source form a resonant circuit capable of enabling a VHF standing wave on the transmission element. The transmission element is folded back on itself to reduce the footprint of the antenna, such that the transmission element(s) can be located inside the plasma process chamber. The transmission antenna has three portions, with the first being electromagnetically coupled to the power transmission line, the second being coupled to plasma, and the third being a folded portion that reduces the transmission element's footprint.
US11515121B2	Electron beam device In an electron beam device provided with two columns including an irradiation optical system and an imaging optical system, a photoelectron image for use in adjusting the irradiation optical system is made sharper. The electron beam device includes: an irradiation optical system which irradiates a sample placed on a stage with an electron beam; a light irradiation unit 50 which irradiates the sample with light containing ultraviolet rays; a sample voltage control unit 44 which applies a negative voltage to the sample so that, before the electron beam reaches the sample, the electron orbit inverts; and an imaging optical system which acquires a mirror electron image by forming an image of mirror electrons reflected by application of the negative voltage. In the electron beam device, the imaging optical system includes a sensor 32 which obtains a mirror electron image and a stray light suppression part 27 which is provided between the sensor and the stage 31 and which suppresses reaching the sensor of the light emitted from the light irradiation unit.
US11515117B2	Biased cathode assembly of an X-ray tube with improved thermal management and a method of manufacturing same Various systems and methods are provided for a biased cathode assembly of an X-ray tube with improved thermal management and a method of manufacturing same. In one example, a cathode assembly of an X-ray tube comprises an emitter assembly including an emitter coupled to an emitter support structure, and an electrode assembly including an electrode stack and a plurality of bias electrodes. The emitter assembly including a plurality of independent components that are coupled together. The electrode assembly including a plurality of independent components that are coupled together, and the emitter assembly being coupled to the electrode assembly.
US11515116B2	Monitoring and locating fuse cutouts This disclosure describes techniques implemented at least in part by a fuse-monitoring device to detect when a fuse cutout in an electric power system opens to disconnect a device and/or a load from a power line, and provides an indication of a location of the opened fuse cutout to a utility provider. The fuse-monitoring device may be attached to a fuse holder of the fuse cutout, and may include a movement sensor that detects when the fuse holder swings open due to its fuse melting, or blowing. The fuse-monitoring device may send a notification to the utility provider indicating that the fuse holder has swung open. The fuse-monitoring device may include a GPS sensor to determine the location of the fuse cutout, and may also notify the utility provider of the location of the fuse cutout so a line crew can quickly locate the fuse cutout that requires maintenance.
US11515115B2	Shunt trip assembly A shunt trip assembly is structured to be operatively coupled to a number of circuit breakers. The shunt trip assembly includes a housing assembly and an actuating assembly. The actuating assembly includes a limited number of components. In another embodiment, the shunt trip assembly housing assembly is a substantially sealed housing assembly. In another embodiment, the shunt trip assembly housing assembly includes a single mounting panel.
US11515114B2	Control circuit for switch device, and switch device A control circuit for a switch device including a first switch element including a movable contact and a drive coil that controls the movable contact of the first switch element, the control circuit for returning the movable contact when the drive coil turns off the movable contact after the drive coil turns on the movable contact during supply of a source voltage from a power source, the control circuit includes a second switch element inserted between a rectifier circuit or a surge absorbing element and the first switch element, the second switch element being turned off when the supply of the source voltage is turned off. The rectifier circuit or the surge absorbing element is connected between the power source and the control circuit. The first switch element is turned off the movable contact is returned by turning off the second switch element to turn off the first switch element.
US11515113B2	Contact device A contact device includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, a housing, and an arc extinguishing member. The movable contact moves between a closed position where the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and an open position where the movable contact is separate from fixed contact. The housing houses the fixed contact and the movable contact. The arc extinguishing member is movably disposed in the housing and discharges an arc extinguishing gas. The arc extinguishing member is disposed facing a gap between the fixed contact and the movable contact when the movable contact is in the open position.
US11515109B2	High voltage disconnector A high voltage disconnection unit includes a fixed contact assembly having at least a first fixed main contact and a first fixed auxiliary contact, a movable contact assembly having at least a first movable main contact and a first movable auxiliary contact that rotate with respect to the first fixed main contact and first fixed auxiliary contact from a contacts closed position to a contacts open position. During an opening operation of the disconnection unit the separation of the first movable main contact from the first fixed main contact takes place before the separation of the first movable auxiliary contact from the first fixed auxiliary contact. The relative opening speed V1 between the first movable auxiliary contact and the first fixed auxiliary contact is greater than the relative opening speed V2 between the first movable main contact and the first fixed main contact.
US11515108B2	Backlight module and luminous keyboard using the same A backlight module including a light guide plate, a circuit board, an electronic component, a reflective sheet, a light-shielding sheet, and a light-emitting component is provided. The light guide plate includes an escape opening. The circuit board is disposed under the light guide plate. The electronic component is disposed on the circuit board, and at least a part of the electronic component is located in the escape opening. The reflective sheet is disposed on the rear surface of the light guide plate and between the light guide plate and the circuit board, and the reflective sheet extends into the escape opening. The light-shielding sheet is disposed on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate opposite to the rear surface. The light-emitting component is disposed on the light guide plate. A luminous keyboard using this backlight module is also provided.
US11515107B2	Light-emitting keyboard and backlight module A light-emitting keyboard includes a bracket, a keycap, a circuit layer, a composite light-emitting layer and a spacing layer. The bracket has an opening. The keycap is disposed on the bracket and connected to the bracket via a support assembly. The circuit layer is disposed between the keycap and the bracket. The composite light-emitting layer is disposed under the bracket, and includes a substrate, a circuit disposed on the substrate and a light source located under the keycap and electrically connected to the circuit, wherein light emitted from the light source is transmitted upwardly to the keycap. The spacing layer is disposed between the composite light-emitting layer and the bracket, wherein the spacing layer includes a hole corresponding to the opening of the bracket, and the light source is located in the hole of the spacing layer.
US11515106B2	Electronic device having key assembly comprising pressure sensor, and operating method therefor An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing, a key cover that penetrates at least a part of the housing and exposes at least a part of the key cover to an outside, a key button that is disposed inside the key cover and generates a pressing signal when the key button is pressed, a pressure sensor including a plurality of depressurization points between the key cover and the key button, and at least one processor electrically connected to the pressure sensor and the key button, and the at least one processor obtains a pressure signal corresponding to each of the plurality of depressurization points through the pressure sensor, obtains the pressing signal through the key button, and performs a specified operation based on the pressure signal corresponding to each of the obtained depressurization points and the pressing signal.
US11515098B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of producing solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a valve-action metal substrate including a dielectric layer having pores on at least one main surface thereof, a mask layer made of an insulating material and covering a periphery of the main surface of the valve-action metal substrate, and a cathode layer on the dielectric layer at least within a region surrounded by the mask layer. The cathode layer includes a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer, and the solid electrolyte layer includes a first layer filling the pores of the dielectric layer, a second layer on the dielectric layer and along an outer peripheral portion of the region surrounded by the mask layer, the second layer being made of a material same as or different from that of the first layer, and a third layer covering the second layer and the dielectric layer.
US11515096B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes a capacitor component including a body and an external electrode disposed outside the body; a metal frame connected to the external electrode; and an encapsulant at least partially covering regions of the capacitor component and the metal frame. The metal frame may include a surface unevenness portion disposed on at least a portion of an interface with the encapsulant.
US11515094B2	Multilayer capacitor and board having the same mounted thereon A multilayer capacitor and a board having the multilayer capacitor mounted thereon are provided. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes disposed on both ends of the capacitor body and connected to exposed portions of the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. A/B satisfies 0.0016≤A/B<1 in which A is a thickness of the dielectric layer and B is an average length of margins of the capacitor body in a length direction, and A is 1 μm or less.
US11515091B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body in which a first capacitor portion and a second capacitor portion are disposed to face each other with a connection region disposed therebetween, the connection portion having a predetermined thickness in which an internal electrode is not formed. The first capacitor portion comprises first and second internal electrodes that are alternately disposed with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and the second capacitor portion comprises third and fourth internal electrodes that are alternately disposed with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween. First and second external electrodes connected to the internal electrodes respectively comprise first and second internal layers containing copper (Cu), and first and second external layers containing silver (Ag) or nickel (Ni), and palladium (Pd).
US11515090B2	Ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing ceramic electronic component A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body and an external electrode including an end surface region on an end surface of the ceramic body and a side surface region on a side surface of the ceramic body. The side surface region includes a first end portion electrically connected to the end surface region, and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. At at least a portion where an internal electrode is led out, the end surface region includes a high glass content layer in contact with the ceramic body. At least the second end portion and a vicinity thereof includes a low glass content layer in contact with the ceramic body. At least a portion of the side surface region includes a surface with the low glass content layer exposed.
US11515089B2	Topology to reduce effects of plate misalignment in a capacitive device Apparatuses and methods are provided for a capacitor including two more plates. The capacitor includes one or more teeth cut in an edge of at least one plate of the two or more plates. The one or more teeth extends from the edge of the at least one plate to a point at a length into the at least one plate. Other aspects are described.
US11515086B2	Method for manufacturing sintered magnet A method for manufacturing a sintered magnet includes molding a green compact formed by compacting a magnet powder by press-molding the magnet powder, the green compact forming an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having Nd as the principal component and containing a rare earth element R, sintering the green compact by heating to a sintering temperature, so as to mold a sintered magnet, pressure molding the sintered magnet by heating to a temperature not exceeding the sintering temperature, so as to correct dimensions of the sintered magnet, and adjusting the texture of the sintered magnet by aging heat treatment using heated atmosphere produced when correcting the dimensions of the sintered magnet at a temperature not exceeding the temperature during the pressure molding.
US11515079B2	Laminated coil One object is to suppress thermal shrinkage of a cover resin layer at the time of thermal curing. A laminated coil according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a magnetic substrate formed of a sintered magnetic material, an insulation resin layer formed on the magnetic substrate, a cover resin layer formed on the insulation resin layer, and a coil conductor embedded in the insulation resin layer. In one embodiment of the present invention, said insulation resin layer includes a first resin and first filler particles, and said cover resin layer includes a second resin and second filler particles. A filling factor of the second filler particles in the cover resin layer is higher than a filling factor of the first filler particles in the insulation resin layer.
US11515076B2	Coil device A coil device comprising a pair of coil members annularly assembled at two connecting end portions; each coil member comprising a magnetic core, a resin case substantially entirely surrounding the magnetic core, and a coil wound around the resin case; the resin case having connecting means and guide means in the connecting end portion of each coil member; and the connected coil members being adhered to each other in the connecting end portions.
US11515070B2	Coil component A coil component includes a first alignment winding region in which a second wire is continuously wound so as to have turns such that the turns of the second wire are aligned with turns of a first wire having the same ordinal number outside the first wire in a direction perpendicular to a central axis. The ordinal number is counted from the turn nearest to the first flange portion.
US11515069B2	Multilayer substrate and electronic device A multilayer substrate includes a stacked body, coil conductor patterns, and a connection conductor pattern. The stacked body includes insulating layers. A first coil conductor pattern is provided on the front surface of an insulating layer and has a wound shape including outer and inner end portions. A second coil conductor pattern is provided on the front surface of the insulating layer and includes an end portion. The connection conductor pattern is provided in the stacked body, and connects the coil conductor patterns. The outer end portion is connected to a terminal conductor on a back surface of the stacked body. The end portion of the second coil conductor pattern is connected to the terminal conductor on the back surface of the stacked body. The first coil conductor pattern extends parallel or substantially parallel to the second coil conductor pattern along an outer periphery of the second coil conductor pattern.
US11515066B2	Heat treatable magnets having improved alignment through application of external magnetic field during binder-assisted molding Improved manufacturing processes and resulting anisotropic permanent magnets, such as for example alnico permanent magnets, having highly controlled and aligned microstructure in the solid state are provided. A certain process embodiment involves applying a particular orientation and strength of magnetic field to loose, binder-coated magnet alloy powder particles in a compact-forming device as they are being formed into a compact in order to preferentially align the magnet alloy powder particles in the compact. The preferential alignment of the magnet alloy powder particle is locked in place in the compact by the binder after compact forming is complete. After removal from the device, the compact can be subjected to a subsequent sintering or other heat treating operation.
US11515062B2	Compressed stranded conductor, insulated electric wire, and wire harness A compressed stranded conductor includes an inner layer strand having conductive wires which are twisted together, and an outer layer strand having conductive wires which are arranged around an outer periphery of the inner layer strand and are twisted together. The inner layer strand and the outer layer strand are compressed. An inner layer area reduction rate of one conductive wire of the inner layer strand is 29% or more and 32% or less. An outer layer area reduction rate of one conductive wire of the outer layer strand is 6% or more and 11% or less. A difference between the inner layer area reduction rate and the outer layer area reduction rate is 19% or more and 25% or less.
US11515061B2	Harness assembly A harness assembly may include a cable having a cable shielding around at least a portion of a plurality of wires, a connector with an integrated backshell arranged at an angle with respect to the cable, an external braid disposed around at least a portion of the backshell and the cable, and an overbraid around at least a portion of the external braid, the overbraid having two layers.
US11515060B2	Fluoropolymer insulated communications cable A communications cable is provided that includes a pair of twisted pair of wires, each coated with a fluoropolymer insulator. The twisted pair of wires is configured to carry a differential signal, such as a differential data signal and/or a differential power signal. The fluoropolymers are highly effective insulators and significantly reduce both the effects of internal and external electromagnetic interference while maintaining low cable attenuation, even when operating within a temperature range of −40° C. to 150° C.
US11515059B2	All-weather self-healing stretchable conductive material and preparation method thereof Disclosed is a preparation method of an all-weather self-healing stretchable conductive material, which uses acrylic acid and modified polyglutamic acid as a substrate, adds Fe3+ to form coordination, adjusts the volume ratio of water and glycerin, and heats to generate radical polymerization, so as to obtain a uniform double-layer three-dimensional network structure. The obtained polyacrylic acid and polyglutamic acid composite hydrogel has good mechanical properties and characteristics of rapid self-healing. A composite carbon film is prepared by depositing a metal layer of 20 nm to 80 nm thick on a single-layer aligned carbon film by magnetron sputtering, and then the composite hydrogel is adhered to each of the upper and lower sides of the composite carbon film respectively to form an all-weather self-healing stretchable conductive material of a sandwich structure. The preparation method of the invention is simple, the source of raw materials is plenty, and the obtained materials have good electrical and mechanical properties and have broad application prospects in the fields of flexible stretchable devices, wearable devices, and soft-bodied robots and the like.
US11515055B2	Composite sheet for shielding electromagnetic and radiating heat including graphene sheet A composite sheet for shielding electromagnetic and radiating heat includes: a first layer formed of metal; and a second layer that is a graphene layer formed on one surface of the first layer and including charged chemically modified graphene such that thermal conductivity and electromagnetic shielding ability are improved while securing economic efficiency by using the second layer including the charged chemically modified graphene and the graphene flakes.
US11515054B2	Method of retrofitting a spent nuclear fuel storage system A method of retrofitting a spent nuclear fuel system with a neutron absorbing apparatus. The method includes inserting a neutron absorbing apparatus into a first cell of an array of cells each configured to hold a spent nuclear fuel assembly. The neutron absorbing apparatus includes a first wall and a second wall supported by a corner spine to form a chevron shape and a first locking tab protruding outwardly from the first wall towards a first cell wall of the first cell. The method includes cutting a half-sheared second locking tab in the first cell wall of the first cell adjacent to and above the first locking tab of the neutron absorbing apparatus. Finally, the second locking tab is positioned to locking engage the first locking tab to retain the neutron absorbing apparatus in the first cell during removal of one of the fuel assemblies from the first cell.
US11515053B2	Mobile heat pipe cooled fast reactor system A mobile heat pipe cooled fast nuclear reactor may be configured for transportation to remote locations and may be able to provide 0.5 to 2 megawatts of power. The mobile heat pipe cooled fast reactor may contain a plurality of heat pipes that are proximate to a plurality of fuel pins inside the reactor. The plurality of heat pipes may extend out of the reactor. The reactor may be configured to be placed in a standard shipping container, and may further be configured to be contained within a cask and attached to a skid for easier transportation.
US11515050B1	Mitigating plasma instability A system for reducing plasma instability is disclosed. The system includes: an outer electrode having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end; and an inner electrode disposed inside of a void defined within the outer electrode and arranged coaxial with the outer electrode. The inner electrode includes: a base end defined by the first end of the outer electrode; and an apical end spaced from the base end. The system includes a fiber injector configured to inject a frozen fiber into the void from the apical end of the inner electrode; an electrode power source configured to energize the outer electrode and the inner electrode, and thereby, cause a plasma contained within the outer electrode to flow axially along the frozen fiber; and a frozen fiber power source configured to drive an electrical pulse to the frozen fiber.
US11515043B1	Method and device for hair loss prediction and personalized scalp care In accordance with various embodiments, provided is a scalp management service provision server for providing a hair loss prevention service and scalp care service for a user, including: a DB management unit interlocked with the scalp management service provision server and configured to obtain a scalp image of the user from a scalp care device including a camera; a scalp condition diagnosis unit configured to determine a scalp condition of the user based on the obtained scalp image; a hair condition diagnosis unit configured to determine a hair condition of the user based on the obtained scalp image; a hair loss diagnosis unit configured to provide a current hair loss progress degree of the user and a hair loss prediction simulation of the user based on the scalp condition and the hair condition; a scalp care solution provision unit configured to provide information about a scalp analysis result and hair analysis result of the user through a user terminal of the user and to determine a scalp care product for the user from among a number of scalp care products included in a scalp care product DB; and a remote care device control unit configured to remotely control the scalp care device with a control value determined according to the scalp analysis result and hair analysis result of the user.
US11515036B2	Systems and methods for CGM-based bolus calculator for display and for provision to medicament delivery devices Disclosed are systems and methods for secure and seamless set up and modification of bolus calculator parameters for a bolus calculator tool by a health care provider (HCP). In one aspect, a method for enabling HCP set up of a bolus calculator includes providing a server accessible by both an HCP and a patient; upon login by the HCP, displaying, or transmitting for display, a fillable form, the fillable form including one or more fields for entry of one or more bolus calculator parameters; receiving data from the fillable form, the data corresponding to one or more bolus calculator parameters; and upon login by the patient, transmitting data to a device associated with the patient, the transmitted data based on the received data, where the transmitted data corresponds to one or more of the bolus calculator parameters in a format suitable for entry to a bolus calculator.
US11515030B2	System and method for artificial agent based cognitive operating rooms An artificial agent based cognitive operating room system and a method thereof providing automated assistance for a surgical procedure are disclosed. Data related to the surgical procedure from multiple data sources is fused based on a current context. The data includes medical images of a patient acquired using one or more medical imaging modalities. Real-time quantification of patient measurements based on the data from the multiple data sources is performed based on the current context. Short-term predictions in the surgical procedure are forecasted based on the current context, the fused data, and the real-time quantification of the patient measurements. Suggestions for next steps in the surgical procedure and relevant information in the fused data are determined based on the current context and the short-term predictions. The suggestions for the next steps and the relevant information in the fused data are presented to an operator.
US11515028B2	Method and system for using artificial intelligence and machine learning to create optimal treatment plans based on monetary value amount generated and/or patient outcome A method is disclosed for generating treatment plans for optimizing patient outcome and monetary value amount generated. The method includes receiving a set of treatment plans that, when applied to patients, cause outcomes to be achieved by the patients, receiving a set of monetary value amounts associated with the set of treatment plans, receiving a set of constraints, where the set of constraints comprises rules pertaining to billing codes associated with the set of treatment plans. The method includes generating, by the artificial intelligence engine, optimal treatment plans for a patient, where the generating is based on the set of treatment plans, the set of monetary value amounts, and the set of constraints. Each of the optimal treatment plans complies with the set of constraints and represents a patient outcome and an associated monetary value amount generated. The method includes transmitting the optimal treatment plans to a computing device.
US11515024B2	Blood pressure measurement device, medication management method, and non-transitory storage medium storing medication management program The present invention provides a technology that allows a user to more easily record medication information. A blood pressure measurement device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a prescription information acquisition unit configured to acquire prescription information, a preparatory action determination unit configured to determine whether a preparatory action for blood pressure measurement is performed, a blood pressure measurement operation unit configured to perform a blood pressure measurement operation in a case where an operation button is operated with the preparatory action determined to be performed, and a medication recording and processing unit configured to, in a case where the operation button is operated with the preparatory action determined not to be performed, assess that the operation is a medication confirmation operation, and generate and record medication information on the basis of the prescription information thus acquired.
US11515023B2	Dynamic user interface generation for delivery scheduling optimization A delivery scheduling method includes receiving a bundle request from a user and identifying a first prescription scheduled for delivery within a date range. The method includes setting a scheduled delivery date of the first prescription as a target delivery date, identifying a set of prescriptions scheduled for delivery within a predetermined time of the target delivery date, and selecting one of the set of prescriptions as a candidate prescription. The method includes obtaining prescription parameters of the candidate prescription including a prior fill date of the candidate prescription and determining a required fill date of the candidate prescription. The method includes determining a blackout window for the candidate prescription based on a predetermined window following a prior fill date of the candidate prescription and, in response to the required fill date being after the blackout window, adjusting a delivery date of the candidate prescription to the target delivery date.
US11515022B1	Methods and systems for automatic prescription processing using machine learning algorithm Methods and systems for selecting a machine learning algorithm are described. In one embodiment, one or more factors to be used by a plurality of machine learning algorithms in predicting a value of a required pharmacy element of a prescription are identified, each of the plurality of machine learning algorithms are trained to predict the value of the required pharmacy element using a first subset of previously received prescriptions, respective success rates for each of the plurality of machine learning algorithms at predicting respective known values of respective known required pharmacy elements for each of a second subset of the previously received prescriptions are determined, and a first of the plurality of machine learning algorithms having a highest success rate is selected to predict the value of the required pharmacy element of the prescription for a first predetermined period.
US11515018B2	Systems and methods for patient record matching An AI record matching system includes processors that may compare patient records using one or more rules, criteria, or parameters and determine whether any of the patient records include different demographic information but include same medical information for a same person based on comparing the patient records using the one or more rules, criteria, or parameters. The processors may receive feedback data indicating an overmatching of the patient records to the same person or an undermatching of the patient records to the same person. The processors may be trained by modifying the one or more rules, criteria, or parameters based on the feedback data. The processors may iteratively repeat one or more of examining the patient records, determining whether any of the patient records include the different demographic information but the same medical information for the same person, receiving the feedback data, and training the one or more processors.
US11515016B2	Rule-based low-latency delivery of healthcare data Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for delivering healthcare records with low latency. Healthcare data is collected from various disparate healthcare data sources. The data is filtered in accordance with routing rules to identify healthcare data to deliver to a processing node. The routing rules specify that healthcare data from a particular originating source of a particular data type is to be delivered to a particular processing node. The healthcare data is converted to a local format for use by a computing solution. This system of delivering healthcare data with low latency ensures that the data is delivered to the correct location in the correct format, even if the routing rules change.
US11515014B2	Methods and systems for initiating and conducting a customized computer-enabled brain research study An illustrative research support computing system maintains subject data representative of attributes for research subjects included in a potential subject pool for potential research studies. The system receives, from a client device, an input dataset representative of: 1) a set of parameters defining a research study to be conducted with respect to a research subject group, and 2) a set of criteria for research subjects that are to be included in the research subject group. The system designates a research subject included in the potential subject pool for inclusion in the research subject group based on the set of criteria, and receives research data detected for the research subject in accordance with the set of parameters. The system also provides an output dataset generated based on the research data detected for the research subject in accordance with the set of parameters. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11515009B2	Biomarker quantification in a tissue sample Embodiments of the invention relate to a computer-implemented method for quantifying a biomarker in a tissue sample of an organism. An image analysis system receives images of a stained tissue sample. Each received digital image depicts the tissue sample region at the end of an exposure interval. The system analyzes the intensity values and exposure intervals of the received digital images for determining the time when the intensity values corresponding to the plurality of exposure intervals ordered according to ascending exposure interval lengths reach a plateau (saturation residence time—SRT). The system determines the amount of a biomarker in the tissue sample and/or predicts a tumor stage and/or a treatment recommendation as a function of the SRT.
US11515006B2	Pathogen detection using next generation sequencing Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for pathogen detection using next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis of a sample. Embodiments may apply alignment algorithms (e.g., SNAP and/or RAPSearch alignment algorithms) to align individual sequence reads from a sample in a next-generation sequencing (NGS) dataset against reference genome entries in a classified reference genome database. Embodiments of the present invention may include classifying, filtering, and displaying results to a clinician that can then quickly and easily obtain the results of the sequencing to identify a pathogen or other genetic material in a sample that is being tested. A negative sample and a corresponding database can be used to remove contaminants from a list of candidate pathogens. Thus, embodiments are directed to a system that is configured to filter the results of a sequencing alignment and classify a sample quickly.
US11515004B2	Thermodynamic measures on protein-protein interaction networks for cancer therapy A method to select a protein target for therapeutic application includes accessing genomic information and protein-protein interaction (PPI) data, computing a thermodynamic measure for each protein node within the network of protein nodes, generating an energy landscape data corresponding to the network of protein nodes and the thermodynamic measure, generating a PPI subnetwork by applying a topological filtration to the energy landscape data of the PPI data, computing a first Betti number for the PPI subnetwork, sequentially removing a protein node(s) from the PPI subnetwork while replacing the previously removed node(s), computing a new Betti number for the PPI subnetwork with the protein node(s) removed, computing a change between the Betti numbers, and determining, based on the change between the Beti numbers, a most significant protein target within the PPI subnetwork.
US11515002B2	Methods and systems for 3D structure estimation Disclosed herein are systems and methods for efficient 3D structure estimation from images of a transmissive object, including cryo-EM images. The method generally comprises, receiving a set of 2D images of a target specimen from an electron microscope, carrying out a reconstruction technique to determine a likely molecular structure, and outputting the estimated 3D structure of the specimen. The described reconstruction technique comprises: establishing a probabilistic model of the target structure; optimizing using stochastic optimization to determine which structure is most likely; and, optionally utilizing importance sampling to minimize computational burden.
US11515000B2	Genetic, metabolic and biochemical pathway analysis system and methods Identifying pathways that are significantly impacted in a given condition is a crucial step in the understanding of the underlying biological phenomena. All approaches currently available for this purpose calculate a p-value that aims to quantify the significance of the involvement of each pathway in the given phenotype. These p-values were previously thought to be independent. Here, we show that this is not the case, and that pathways can affect each other's p-values through a “crosstalk” phenomenon that affects all major categories of existing methods. We describe a novel technique able to detect, quantify, and correct crosstalk effects, as well as identify novel independent functional modules. We assessed this technique on data from four real experiments coming from three phenotypes involving two species.
US11514998B2	Electronic device for performing data masking operation An electronic device includes a core circuit configured to store write data and a write parity after outputting read data and a read parity in a data masking operation. The electronic device also includes an error correction circuit configured to correct an error included in the read data, based on the read parity; generate the write parity from the error-corrected read data, input data, and masking data; and generate the write data from the error-uncorrected read data, the input data, and the masking data.
US11514992B2	Method and apparatus for reading a flash memory device A method for reading a flash memory device includes storing configuration files of reliability-state Classification Neural Network (CNN) models and Regression Neural Network (RNN) inference models, and storing reliability-state tags corresponding to reliability states. The current number of P/E cycles is identified and a reliability-state CNN model is selected corresponding to the current number of P/E cycles. A neural network operation of the selected reliability-state CNN model is performed to identify a predicted reliability state. Corresponding reliability-state tags are identified and a corresponding RNN inference model is selected. A neural network operation of the selected RNN inference model is performed, using the reliability-state tags as input, to generate output indicating the shape of a threshold-voltage-shift read-error (TVS-RE) curve. Threshold Voltage Shift Offset (TVSO) values are identified corresponding to a minimum value of the TVS-RE curve and a read is performed using a threshold-voltage-shift read at the identified TVSO values.
US11514990B1	Two way single VREF trim for fully differential CDAC for accurate temperature sensing A temperature sensing circuit of a data storage system includes a temperature sensor, a digital-to-analog circuit, and a reference generation and trimming circuit configured to generate a common mode voltage (VCM), a positive reference voltage (VREFP), and a negative reference voltage (VREFN) using a single band gap reference signal. The trimming circuit is configured to trim the VCM, VREFP, and VREFN by adjusting a VC trim signal to increase the VCM until a VCM error is below a threshold; adjusting a high temperature trim signal to increase the VREFP and decrease the VREFN until a digital temperature signal associated with the digital-to-analog circuit attains a predetermined accuracy level for a first temperature; and adjusting a low temperature trim signal to increase the VREFP, VCM, and VREFN until the digital temperature signal attains a predetermined accuracy level for a second temperature.
US11514989B2	Dynamic adjustment of offset voltages for reading memory cells in a memory device A memory device to manage the assignment of offset voltages for read operations, and to adjust read voltages using the offset voltages. The offset voltages are dynamically adjusted by a controller during operation of the memory device in response to read errors. In one approach, a first bin of offset voltages is assigned to a first region of a storage media. The first offset voltages are used to adjust read voltages for reading a page of first memory cells in the first region. The controller determines that at least one error has occurred in reading the page. In response to determining the error, the controller determines second offset voltages that can be used to read the first memory cell without causing a read error. Based on the second offset voltages, the controller identifies third offset voltages for assigning to the first region. The third offset voltages are used for adjusting read voltages for subsequent reads of pages in the first region. The third offset voltages can be assigned from an existing offset voltage bin, or a new offset voltage bin can be generated for the assignment.
US11514986B2	Memory system and semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a controller. The semiconductor memory device includes a first memory cell configured to store data. The controller is configured to output a first parameter and a first command. The first parameter relates to an erase voltage for a first erase operation with respect to the first memory cell. The first command instructs the first erase operation. The controller outputs the first command after outputting the first parameter to the semiconductor memory device.
US11514981B1	Programming devices and weights in hardware The method includes setting conductances for corresponding non-volatile memory (NVM) devices of a cross-bar array to zero. The method further includes determining a plurality of pulse-widths for the corresponding plurality of NVM devices based on a corresponding plurality of programming errors. Additionally, the method includes programming the NVM devices using the determined pulse-widths. Also, the method includes measuring actual conductances for the corresponding NVM devices. Further, the method includes adjusting scaling factors for the corresponding NVM devices based on the actual conductances and the corresponding programming errors. Additionally, the method includes programming the corresponding NVM devices based on the determined pulse-widths and the scaling factors.
US11514979B2	Wordline driver architecture Various implementations described herein are related to a device with a wordline driver that provides a wordline signal to a wordline based on a row selection signal and a row clock signal. The device may have row selector logic that provides the row selection signal to the wordline driver based on first input signals in a periphery voltage domain. The device may also have level shifter circuitry that provides the row clock signal to the wordline driver in a core voltage domain based on second input signals in the periphery voltage domain.
US11514978B2	Electronic devices mitigating degradation of MOS transistors An electronic device includes a flag generation circuit and a delay circuit. The flag generation circuit is configured to generate a flag signal, wherein a level of the flag signal changes based on a first internal command. The delay circuit is configured to generate a delay signal by delaying one of an operation signal and the flag signal by a predetermined period according to whether a predetermined operation is performed.
US11514976B2	Memory device having planes The present technology includes a memory device which includes a plurality of planes in which data is stored, a peripheral circuit configured to perform operations on the plurality of planes, micro-control circuits configured to control the peripheral circuit so that the operations on the plurality of planes are independently performed, and a memory manager including a control memory in which different control codes for controlling the peripheral circuit are stored, and configured to output the control codes to the micro-control circuits, wherein the memory manager is configured to sequentially output a selected control code among the control codes to the micro-control circuits respectively corresponding to the planes.
US11514975B2	Amplifier and LPDDR3 input buffer An amplifier with an input stage comprising: a first current mirror; a first input differential pair; a first current source; a second current source; a second input differential pair, wherein the first input differential pair and the second input differential pair receive a reference voltage; a second current mirror; and a voltage control transmission circuit. An extra current path in the first current mirror is formed and a current flowing through the extra current path flows through the second current mirror to a ground when the reference voltage is higher than a first predetermined value. Also, an extra current path in the second current mirror is formed and a current flowing through the extra current path in the second current mirror flows to the first current mirror when the reference voltage is lower than a second predetermined value.
US11514970B2	Memory device and method having a control circuit configured to acquire information on a state of a control target, causes the control target to execute a read and write operation based on the state A memory device according to an embodiment includes first and second interconnects, memory cells, and a control circuit. In a first process, the control circuit applies a write voltage of a first direction to a memory cell coupled to selected first and second interconnects, and applies a write voltage of a second direction to a memory cell coupled to the selected first interconnect and a non-selected second interconnect. In second processes of first to m-th trial processes, the control circuit applies the write voltage of the second direction to the memory cell coupled to the selected first and second interconnects, and omits a write operation in which the memory cell coupled to the selected first interconnect and the non-selected second interconnect is targeted.
US11514963B2	SOT MRAM cell and array comprising a plurality of SOT MRAM cells A SOT-MRAM cell, comprising at least one magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) comprising a tunnel barrier layer between a pinned ferromagnetic layer and a free ferromagnetic layer; a SOT line, extending substantially parallel to the plane of the layers and contacting a first end of said at least one MTJ; at least a first source line connected to one end of the SOT line; at least a first bit line and a second bit line, wherein the SOT-MRAM cell comprises one MTJ, each bit line being connected to the other end of the MTJ; or wherein the SOT-MRAM cell comprises two MTJs, each MTJ being connected to one of the first bit line and second bit line.
US11514962B2	Two-bit magnetoresistive random-access memory cell Provided is a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell. The MRAM cell comprises a first heavy metal layer and a first magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) coupled to the first heavy metal layer. The first MTJ has a first area. The MRAM cell further comprises a second MTJ. The second MTJ is connected in series with the first MTJ, and the second MTJ has a second area that is different than the first area. The second MTJ shared a reference layer with the first MTJ. The MRAM cell further comprises a second heavy metal layer that is coupled to the second MTJ.
US11514960B2	Protection circuit of memory in display panel and display apparatus Disclosed is a protection circuit of a memory in a display panel. The circuit includes: a timing controller, for outputting a first control signal; a memory, for storing software data of the timing controller; a power supply circuit, for outputting a power signal; and a monitor circuit, having three input ends and a signal output end, two input ends being respectively connected to the power supply circuit and a control signal output end, and the other one input end being input with a write control signal; the monitor circuit controls the memory to be in a write protection state when in a normal state, and controls the memory to be in a write enable state when a level state collection of the power signal, the first control signal, and the write control signal satisfies a preset level state collection.
US11514953B2	Integrated assemblies, and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a pair of adjacent memory-block-regions, and having a separator structure between the adjacent memory-block-regions. The memory-block-regions include a first stack of alternating conductive levels and first insulative levels. The separator structure includes a second stack of alternating second and third insulative levels. The second insulative levels are substantially horizontally aligned with the conductive levels, and the third insulative levels are substantially horizontally aligned with the first insulative levels. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11514952B2	Memory device with strap cells A device disclosed includes first and second rows of memory cells, a first data line, and a first continuous data line. The first and second rows of memory cells are arranged in a first sub-bank and a second sub-bank, separated from the first sub-bank, respectively. The first data line is arranged across the first sub-bank and coupled to a first memory cell in the first row of memory cells. The first continuous data line includes a first portion arranged across the first sub-bank and a second portion arranged across the second sub-bank. The first continuous data line is coupled to a second memory cell in the second row of memory cells. The first portion of the first continuous data line is disposed in a first metal layer. The first data line and the second portion of the first continuous data line are in a second metal layer.
US11514947B1	Method for real-time video processing involving changing features of an object in the video A method for real-time video processing for changing features of an object in a video, the method comprises: providing an object in the video, the object being at least partially and at least occasionally presented in frames of the video; detecting the object in the video; generating a list of at least one element of the object, the list being based on the object's features to be changed according to a request for modification; detecting the at least one element of the object in the video;tracking the at least one element of the object in the video; and transforming the frames of the video such that the at least one element of the object is modified according to the request for modification.
US11514944B2	Magnetic tape and magnetic tape device The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer has a timing-based servo pattern, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, and an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or greater than 5.5.
US11514941B2	Magnetic recording medium having controlled saturation flux density A magnetic recording medium used on a record/playback device with a minimum recording wavelength or 50 nm or shorter, the magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer that contains a spinel-type ferrite magnetic powder, the magnetic layer having an average thickness of 85 nm or smaller, and the magnetic layer having a saturation flux density of 1600 Gauss or larger and 2000 Gauss or smaller.
US11514935B1	Magnetic read sensors having stabilized upper readers, and related methods Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to magnetic recording heads of magnetic recording devices. A read head includes a first reader, an insulating separation layer, and a second reader disposed above the insulating separation layer. The second reader includes a magnetic seed layer and a cap layer. The second reader includes a first upper free layer disposed between the magnetic seed layer and the cap layer, and a second upper free layer disposed between the first upper free layer and the cap layer. The second reader includes a barrier layer. In one implementation the second reader includes an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer disposed between the magnetic seed layer and the insulating separation layer to pin the magnetic seed layer.
US11514933B1	Method to enhance magnetic strength and robustness of rear hard bias for dual free layer read The present disclosure generally relates to read heads having dual free layer (DFL) sensors. The read head has a sensor disposed between two shields. The sensor is a DFL sensor and has a surface at the media facing surface (MFS). Recessed from the DFL sensor, and from the MFS, is a rear hard bias (RHB) structure. The RHB structure is disposed between the shields as well. In between the DFL sensor and the RHB structure is insulating material. The RHB is disposed on the insulating material. The RHB includes a RHB seed layer as well as a RHB bulk layer. The RHB bulk layer includes a first bulk layer and a second bulk layer, the first bulk layer having a different density relative to the second bulk layer.
US11514930B1	Soft bias side shield stabilized by hard bias for read head design The present disclosure generally relates to magnetic storage devices, such as magnetic tape drives, comprising a read head. The read head comprises a plurality of read sensors disposed between a lower shield and an upper shield. A plurality of soft bias side shields are disposed adjacent to and outwardly of the plurality of read sensors in a cross-track direction. A plurality of hard bias side shields are disposed on and in contact with the soft bias side shields to stabilize the soft bias side shields. Each of the plurality of soft bias side shields are spaced a first distance from the lower shield and each of the hard bias side shields are spaced a second distance from the upper shield, the first distance being substantially equal to the second distance.
US11514928B2	Spatially informed audio signal processing for user speech A device implementing a system for processing speech in an audio signal includes at least one processor configured to receive an audio signal corresponding to at least one microphone of a device, and to determine, using a first model, a first probability that a speech source is present in the audio signal. The at least one processor is further configured to determine, using a second model, a second probability that an estimated location of a source of the audio signal corresponds to an expected position of a user of the device, and to determine a likelihood that the audio signal corresponds to the user of the device based on the first and second probabilities.
US11514926B2	Low power mode for speech capture devices A system configured to enable a Wi-Fi processor to enter a low power mode (LPM) for short periods of time without compromising functionality is provided. A device reduces power consumption by enabling the Wi-Fi processor to enter LPM with scheduled wakeup events to enable specific functionality. In some examples, the Wi-Fi processor toggles between LPM and an active mode based on a first duty cycle to enable new device provisioning. The first duty cycle corresponds to a time required to scan a plurality of wireless channels, waking the Wi-Fi processor at a first frequency to monitor for incoming probe requests. In other examples, the Wi-Fi processor uses a second duty cycle chosen to maintain time synchronicity between a time master device and time follower devices. The device sets the second duty cycle to wake the Wi-Fi processor at a second frequency to exchange data packets with synchronized devices.
US11514923B2	Method and device for processing music file, terminal and storage medium Provided are a method and device for processing a music file, a terminal and a storage medium. The method comprises: in response to a received sound effect adjustment instruction, acquiring a music file, the adjustment of which is indicated by the sound effect adjustment instruction; carrying out vocals and accompaniment separation on the music file to obtain vocal data and accompaniment data in the music file; carrying out first sound effect processing on the vocal data to obtain target vocal data, and carrying out second sound effect processing on the accompaniment data to obtain target accompaniment data; and synthesizing the target vocal data and the target accompaniment data to obtain a target music file.
US11514922B1	Systems and methods for preparing reference signals for an acoustic echo canceler A method for preparing reference signals for an echo cancellation system disposed in a vehicle, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of drive signals, each drive signal being provided to an associated transducer of a plurality of acoustic transducers such that the associated acoustic transducer transduces the drive signal into an acoustic signal, filtering each drive signal with a respective filter of a plurality of filters to produce a plurality of filtered signals, wherein each of the plurality of filters approximates a transfer function from an associated acoustic transducer to a microphone disposed within the vehicle such that the plurality of filtered signals each estimate a respective acoustic signal at the microphone; summing together at least a subset of the plurality of filtered signals to produce a summed reference signal; and outputting the summed reference signal to an echo cancellation system.
US11514917B2	Method, device, and system of selectively using multiple voice data receiving devices for intelligent service An electronic device is provided, which includes a user interface, at least one communication module, a microphone, at least one speaker, at least one processor operatively connected with the user interface, the at least one communication module, the microphone, and the at least one speaker, and at least one memory operatively connected with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions, which when executed, instruct the at least one processor to while the electronic device is wiredly or wirelessly connected with an access point (AP) connected with at least one external electronic device, after receiving, through the microphone, part of a wake-up utterance to invoke a voice-based intelligent assistant service, broadcast identification information about the electronic device and receive identification information broadcast from the external electronic device, after receiving the whole wake-up utterance through the microphone, individually transmit first information related to the wake-up utterance received through the microphone to the at least one external electronic device and individually receive, from the external electronic device, second information related to the wake-up utterance received by the at least one external electronic device, and determine whether to transmit voice information received after the wake-up utterance to an external server based on at least part of the first information and the second information. Other various embodiments are possible as well.
US11514916B2	Server that supports speech recognition of device, and operation method of the server A server for supporting speech recognition of a device and an operation method of the server. The server and method identify a plurality of estimated character strings from the first character string and obtain a second character string, based on the plurality of estimated character strings, and transmit the second character string to the device. The first character string is output from a speech signal input to the device, via speech recognition.
US11514909B2	Third party account linking for voice user interface Methods and systems for adding functionality to an account of a language processing system where the functionality is associated with a second account of a first application system is described herein. In a non-limiting embodiment, an individual may log into a first account of a language processing system and log into a second account of a first application system. While logged into both the first account and the second account, a button included within a webpage provided by the first application may be invoked. A request capable of being serviced using the first functionality may be received by the language processing system from a device associated with the first account. The language processing system may send first account data and the second account data to the first application system to facilitate an action associated with the request, thereby enabling the first functionality for the first account.
US11514908B2	Voice command recognition device and method thereof A voice command recognition device and a method thereof are provided. The voice command recognition device includes a processor that registers one or more voice commands selected by analysis of one or more voice commands repeatedly used by a user or a voice command utterance pattern of the user to generate one package command and a storage storing data or an algorithm for speech recognition by the processor.
US11514907B2	Activation of remote devices in a networked system The present disclosure is generally directed to the generation of voice-activated data flows in interconnected network. The voice-activated data flows can include input audio signals that include a request and are detected at a client device. The client device can transmit the input audio signal to a data processing system, where the input audio signal can be parsed and passed to the data processing system of a service provider to fulfill the request in the input audio signal. The present solution is configured to conserve network resources by reducing the number of network transmissions needed to fulfill a request.
US11514906B2	Voice activated device with integrated heatsink and speaker Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for voice activated devices with integrated heatsinks and speakers. In one embodiment, an example voice activated device may include a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, a speaker housing, a heatsink coupled to the speaker housing, where the heatsink and the speaker housing together form a sealed chamber, a first speaker coupled to the speaker housing and partially disposed within the sealed chamber, where the first speaker is oriented to output audio towards the upper portion of the housing, and a light ring disposed about the lower portion of the housing.
US11514903B2	Information processing device and information processing method The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that make it possible to generate interaction data with less cost.Provided is the information processing device including a processor that generates, on the basis of interaction history information, a coupling context to be coupled to a context of interest to be noticed among a plurality of contexts. This makes it possible to generate interaction data with less cost. The present technology is applicable as server-side service of a voice interaction system, for example.
US11514895B2	Discovering windows in temporal predicates A method and system are provided. The method includes separating a predicate that specifies a set of events into a temporal part and a non-temporal part. The method further includes comparing the temporal part of the predicate against a predicate of a known window type. The method also includes determining whether the temporal part of the predicate matches the predicate of the known window type. The method additionally includes replacing (i) the non-temporal part of the predicate by a filter, and (ii) the temporal part of the predicate by an instance of the known window type, responsive to the temporal part of the temporal predicate matching the predicate of the known window type. The instance is parameterized with substitutions used to match the temporal part of the predicate to the predicate of the known window type.
US11514893B2	Voice context-aware content manipulation Techniques performed by a data processing system for processing voice content received from a user herein include receiving a first audio input from a user comprising spoken content, analyzing the first audio input using one or more natural language processing models to produce a first textual output comprising a textual representation of the first audio input, analyzing the first textual output using one or more machine learning models to determine first context information of the first textual output, and processing the first textual output in the application based on the first context information.
US11514886B2	Emotion classification information-based text-to-speech (TTS) method and apparatus Disclosed are an emotion classification information-based text-to-speech (TTS) method and device. The emotion classification information-based TTS method according to an embodiment of the present invention may, when emotion classification information is set in a received message, transmit metadata corresponding to the set emotion classification information to a speech synthesis engine and, when no emotion classification information is set in the received message, generate new emotion classification information through semantic analysis and context analysis of sentences in the received message and transmit the metadata to the speech synthesis engine. The speech synthesis engine may perform speech synthesis by carrying emotion classification information based on the transmitted metadata.
US11514885B2	Automatic dubbing method and apparatus An automatic dubbing method is disclosed. The method comprises: extracting speeches of a voice from an audio portion of a media content (504); obtaining a voice print model for the extracted speeches of the voice (506); processing the extracted speeches by utilizing the voice print model to generate replacement speeches (508); and replacing the extracted speeches of the voice with the generated replacement speeches in the audio portion of the media content (510).
US11514882B2	Feedforward active noise control Sound reduction includes producing an error signal representative of sound present in a target space, producing a reference signal corresponding to undesired sound present in the target space, and producing, based on the reference signal and the error signal a cancelling output signal representative of the undesired sound present in the target space. The method further includes producing, based on the cancelling output signal, sound to destructively interfere with the undesired sound present in the target space, and limiting the amplitude or power of at least one of the reference signal, the error signal and the cancelling output signal if a first condition is met, the at least one signal under examination is at least one of the reference signal, the error signal and the cancelling output signal, and fully or partially suspending the active noise controller update mechanism if a second condition is met.
US11514881B2	Vehicle and method of controlling the same A vehicle for blocking a virtual engine sound that is introduced into the vehicle includes: a speed sensor configured to detect a travelling speed of the vehicle; a virtual engine sound system (VESS) including a first speaker and a second speaker; and a controller configured to control the VESS based on the travelling speed, wherein the controller is configured to: upon the vehicle being in a stopped state, control the VESS such that the first speaker outputs a virtual engine sound and the second speaker outputs a sound having an inverse phase of the virtual engine sound.
US11514876B2	Learning model generation method, learning model generation device, and automatic musical performance robot Disclosed is a learning model generation method executed by a computer, including: striking a percussion instrument with a striking member to emit a musical sound; and conducting machine learning upon receiving an input of the musical sound emitted from the percussion instrument, and generating, based on the machine learning, a learning model for outputting numerical values for setting musical performance parameters for an automatic musical performance of the percussion instrument that is struck when the striking member is driven.
US11514874B2	Computer having a remote second display A personal computer provides a video signal to dual first and second displays, improvement comprising the second display remote from the computer receiving its video signal by telemetry instead of through video cable. A video signal transmitter connects to the computer through a transmitter cable plugged into a computer display port. The cable from the second display that would otherwise be plugged into the computer video port is instead connected to a video signal receiver. The signal is then transmitted from the computer by the connected transmitter to the receiver connected to the second display. In an alternative embodiment, telemetry between the second display and the computer is achieved through a remote access card, the technology of which is well known in the art. The second display may detachably mount to the back of the first display.
US11514871B2	Liquid crystal display device, driving method of the same, and electronic device including the same It is an object to suppress deterioration of characteristics of a transistor in a driver circuit. A first switch for controlling whether to set a potential state of an output signal by being turned on and off in accordance with the first input signal, and a second switch for controlling whether to set a potential state of an output signal by being turned on and off in accordance with the second input signal are included. A first wiring and a second wiring are brought into electrical continuity by turning on and off the first switch or the second switch.
US11514867B2	Display apparatus and method of driving display panel using the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The display panel is configured to display an image. The driving controller is configured to generate a compensated image data for compensating a decrease of a luminance of an edge portion of the display panel based on input image data. The data driver is configured to output a data voltage to the display panel based on the compensated image data. The driving controller is configured to generate the compensated image data by comparing a maximum value among subpixel grayscale values of the input image data to which a luminance compensating coefficient is applied and a maximum grayscale value of the input image data. The luminance compensating coefficient is configured to be determined according to a location in the display panel.
US11514866B2	Display device and driving method thereof Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel that includes a first display region and a second display region, a data driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit so as to operate the first display region and the second display region at different frequencies when an operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller changes the operation mode to a normal mode when a difference between an image signal of a current frame of the first display region and an image signal of a previous frame of the first display region is equal to or greater than a reference value during the multi-frequency mode.
US11514864B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to data lines and sensing lines, a data driver including a plurality of buffer amplifiers which supplies a first sensing voltage to the data lines during a first sensing period and a sensor which receives a first sensing signal from the pixels through the sensing lines during the first sensing period, and a global amplifier which supplies a second sensing voltage to the data lines during a second sensing period different from the first sensing period. The sensor receives a second sensing signal corresponding to the second sensing voltage from the pixels through the sensing lines during the second sensing period, and generates compensation data based on a difference value between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal.
US11514860B2	Display device having scan signals with adjustable pulse widths A display device includes a display panel including scan lines, first signal lines connected to the scan lines in a first pixel block, second signal lines connected to the scan lines in a second pixel block, third signal lines connected to the scan lines in a third pixel block; a first scan driver supplying a first output signal to the first signal lines based on a first sub-clock signal; a second scan driver supplying a second output signal to the second signal lines based on a second sub-clock signal; a third scan driver supplying a third output signal to the third signal lines based on and a third sub-clock signal; and a timing controller. Changes in pulse widths of the first to third output signals are different in one frame period.
US11514854B2	Organic light emitting diode display device including driving transistor having gate electrode under semiconductor layer An organic light emitting diode display includes a driving transistor and a compensation transistor. The driving transistor includes a fist gate electrode disposed on a substrate, a polycrystalline semiconductor layer disposed on the first gate electrode of the driving transistor and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a second gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the driving transistor. The compensation transistor includes a polycrystalline semiconductor layer including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the compensation transistor.
US11514850B1	Display device which improves ghost images and related driving circuit and method A display device includes a luminescent array and a column driver. The cathodes of the first row of luminescent devices are coupled to a first word line. The anodes of the second row of luminescent devices are coupled to a second word line. In the mth column of luminescent devices, the anode of a first luminescent device in the first row is coupled to the cathode of a second luminescent device in the second row. The column driver includes a switch and two multiplexers. The switch controls the path between input signal and the mth column of luminescent devices. The first multiplexer provides a first driving signal for charging the parasite capacitor in the switch and the first luminescent device during a first period. The second multiplexer provides a second driving signal for charging the second luminescent device and discharging the parasite capacitor in the switch during a second period.
US11514849B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed, and the display device includes a first pixel connected to a first data line, a first scan line, and a first power source line, emitting light in a first period, and not emitting light in a second period following the first period; a second pixel connected to a second data line, the first scan line, and the first power source line, not emitting light in the first period, and emitting light in the second period; a current sensor sensing a current flowing through the first power source line in the first period to provide a first sensing current value, and sensing the current flowing through the first power source line in the second period to provide a second sensing current value; and a memory storing a first block target current value corresponding to the first sensing current value and a second block target current value corresponding to the second sensing current value.
US11514841B2	Visual display unit for processing a double input signal An electroluminescent visual display unit having: a matrix of electroluminescent pixels formed from pixels arranged on a substrate, in a matrix arrangement in lines and columns, each pixel being formed by an elementary emitting zone; a first control block to control a graphic and/or alphanumeric data stream that can be displayed on the matrix of pixels; a second control block to control a video data stream that can be displayed on the matrix of pixels; and a unit for generating a reference voltage, the device being characterized in that: each elementary emitting zone is connected to a static memory, addressed by the first control block, and to a dynamic memory, addressed by the second control block; the first and second control blocks for displaying data alternately or simultaneously on the same matrix of pixels.
US11514837B2	Display device and driving circuit A display device and a driving circuit enable to detect the crack for each display panel block by independently controlling each data driving circuit in case of multi data driving circuit and to provide a display device and a driving circuit enable to detect not only fine cracks but also disconnection by sequentially comparing a voltage of the display panel block with a reference voltage using a plurality of reference resistors.
US11514833B2	Transparent display device and method of driving the same A transparent display device includes a transparent display panel which displays an image, a scan driver which provides a scan signal to the transparent display panel, a data driver which converts image data into a data signal based on an application gamma curve, and which provides the data signal to the transparent display panel, a timing controller which controls the scan driver and the data driver, a luminance value compensator which calculates a perception luminance of the transparent display panel based on a luminance of incident light that is incident on the transparent display panel and a transmittance of the transparent display panel, and a gamma curve adjuster which adjusts the application gamma curve based on a reference gamma value of a reference gamma curve and the perception luminance of the transparent display panel.
US11514832B2	Display apparatus and method of driving the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gamma reference voltage generator and a data driver. The gamma reference voltage generator is configured to generate a gamma reference voltage. The gamma reference voltage includes a gamma amplifier configured to output the gamma reference voltage. The data driver is configured to generate a data voltage based on the gamma reference voltage and to output the data voltage to the display panel. A polarity of an offset voltage of the gamma amplifier is inverted alternately in a unit of one frame and in a unit of two frames.
US11514824B2	Display device A display device includes a table including an upper plate portion and a support portion that supports the upper plate portion; a window member disposed in an upper portion of the upper plate portion; and a display module slidable with respect to the window member, wherein a position of the display module varies from a first position of being accommodated in the upper plate portion to overlap the window member to a second position of protruding from the upper portion of the upper plate portion.
US11514820B2	Greeting card lever and spiral lift An openable structure, such as a greeting card or book, with a body, a cam lift mechanism, and at least one decorative element fixed to tab portions of the cam lift mechanism extending through cam slots in the body. The cam lift mechanism is actuatable by pivoting subpanels of the body away from each other. Pivoting of one of the subpanels causes lateral movement of a cam lever, which then pulls an extended arm portion of a rotating portion of the cam lift mechanism, causing the rotating portion to rotate about a primary axle. The cam slots guide the decorative elements radially outward or radially inward toward the primary axle upon rotation of the cam lift mechanism, causing the decorative elements to pop up or extend outward from the body.
US11514819B2	Surgical training model for laparoscopic procedures A surgical training model that includes a simulated tissue having a tubular shape that is connected to a tissue holder is provided. A portion of the simulated tissue overhangs the distal end of the tissue holder to simulate a cuff-like entry to the vaginal vault or resected intestine suitable for practicing laparoscopic closure of the vaginal vault, intestine or other organ via suturing or stapling. Two concentric tubular structures are also arranged over the same tissue holder. A second model includes two portions of simulated tissue that are held by two holders such that the simulated tissues are adjacent making the model suitable for practicing different types of anastomosis procedures. A third model includes two holders with a single or double tubular simulated tissue structure connected to and spanning a gap between the holders. The model isolates the step of closing a cylindrical opening for the purpose of repeated practice.
US11514818B2	System and method for personalized rendering of digitized instances of modeling of user-identified microskills A system and method for characterizing, selecting, ordering and rendering discrete elements of digitized video content to teach communications and pedagogic skills. Each of a plurality of observed or computer-generated instances of modeling of distinguishable teaching skills are recorded as digitized assets. Microskills are identified and deconstructed in the abstract from one or more of the visual and audible recordings of teaching skills modeling moments. Identifiers of microskills are associated by a human editor with recorded modeling instances and/or portions thereof. Modeling presentations are dynamically generated by a user asserting one or more microskill identifiers and a network-enabled selection, ordering and rendering of portions of modeling instances that are associated with the asserted microskill identifiers.
US11514815B1	System, method, and device for generating flight training scheme oriented to individual difference A system, method, and device for generating a flight training scheme oriented to an individual difference are provided to resolve a problem that a differentiated training scheme applicable to a training state of a trainee cannot be generated quickly. The system includes a first apparatus configured to obtain identity information of a user; a second apparatus configured to store training data of the user; a third apparatus configured to read the corresponding training data of the user based on the identity information of the user, obtain a mastery degree of a training item of the user as well as an emotion class and rating of the user corresponding to the training item, configure the training item based on a training scenario, and generate an initial training scheme; and a fourth apparatus configured to configure a flight training simulation environment based on the initial training scheme.
US11514813B2	Smart fitness system Methods, systems, and computer program products for analysis of movement patterns and corrective actions are provided. Aspects include capturing, via a camera, movement data associated with a user, analyzing the movement data to identify a movement pattern of the user, accessing, from a database, a model movement pattern for the movement pattern of the user, comparing the model movement pattern to the movement pattern of the user, determining a fault in the movement pattern of the user, and displaying, via a display screen, video data comprising a corrected movement pattern for the user based at least on the fault in the movement pattern of the user.
US11514812B2	Autonomous physical activity assistance systems and methods thereof The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for automatically assisting physical activities. The system may include a body condition monitoring unit, and an autonomous companion unit. The body condition monitoring unit may obtain body condition data of a user. The autonomous companion unit may be automatically move alongside the user and guide the user. The autonomous companion unit may include a transporting subunit, a plurality of sensors, and a controller subunit. The transporting subunit may be enable the movement of the autonomous companion unit. The plurality of sensors may obtain surroundings data associated with the autonomous companion unit. The controller subunit may control the transporting subunit to move the autonomous companion unit according to a target movement plan. The target movement plan may include a target route and a target speed profile, which are based on a preliminary movement plan, the surroundings data, and the body condition data.
US11514811B2	Method for generating at least one recipe suggestion, kitchen appliance and system for preparing food The invention relates to a method (100) for generating at least one recipe suggestion (230) when using a kitchen appliance (10) for preparing food, comprising the following steps: Detection (102) of food data (210), especially on the kitchen appliance (10), Assigning (103) the food data (210) to a data history (220) of a user profile (200). Furthermore, the invention relates to a kitchen appliance (10) for preparing food and a system (1) for preparing food comprising a kitchen appliance (10).
US11514810B2	Virtual trainer for in vehicle driver coaching and to collect metrics to improve driver performance A method of providing visual feedback to a driver based on data collected during vehicle operation. A processor at the vehicle analyzes vehicle data and determines when predetermined threshold values have been reached for particular parameters. Whenever such a threshold is reached, an audible indication is provided to the driver, indicating that the baseline has been exceeded. Certain parameters have at least two threshold values. When a first threshold value is reached, an alert is presented to the driver, but no data is recorded or reported. When a second threshold value is reached, another alert is presented to the driver, and data is recorded for reporting to a driver manager or supervisor. This approach provides a driver warning, that if they correct the triggering behavior, their supervisor is never notified of that behavior. However, if the behavior escalates, and the second threshold is breached, the behavior is recorded.
US11514807B2	Method and apparatus for assisting persons with disabilities A computer aided instruction system includes a keyboard driver and an instruction renderer. The keyboard driver is configured to retrieve a keyboard input from a user before the application receives the keyboard input, and the instruction renderer is configured to execute a computer aided instruction tutorial to instruct the user to input a specific key or key combination. The keyboard driver is further configured to transmit the keyboard input to the instruction renderer to evaluate whether the one or more keystrokes matches the specific key or key combination.
US11514806B2	Learning session comprehension A method for improving learning comprehension regarding a lesson includes issuing a first learning illustrative model to a set of learner computing entities. The method further includes obtaining a first comprehension evaluation associated with a first learner computing entity for the first learning illustrative model. The method further includes obtaining a second comprehension evaluation associated with a second learner computing entity for the first learning illustrative model. The method further includes modifying the fundamental illustrative model to illustrate a second set of learning assets of a second learning object based on at least one of the first and second comprehension evaluations to produce a second learning illustrative model. The method further includes sending the second learning illustrative model to the set of learner computing entities.
US11514805B2	Education and training sessions Embodiments generally relate to improving education and training sessions. In some embodiments, a method includes determining an attentiveness level associated with a first user during a learning session. The method further includes determining one or more drops in the attentiveness level during the learning session. The method further includes tracking inattentiveness information associated with the one or more drops in the attentiveness level. The method further includes performing one or more corrective actions in response to the one or more drops in the attentiveness level based at least in part on the inattentiveness information.
US11514803B2	Method and apparatus for vehicle to drone interaction A vehicle includes a controller that may be configured to, responsive to receiving a delivery request associated with a drone, periodically transmit a current location, trip route information, and acceleration data of the vehicle to guide the drone to a rendezvous location, and responsive to receiving a proximity notification associated with the drone, open a delivery opening of the vehicle.
US11514802B2	Supervisory safety system for controlling and limiting unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations Systems, devices, and methods for determining, by a processor, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) position relative to at least one flight boundary; and effecting, by the processor, at least one flight limitation of a UAS if the determined UAS position crosses the at least one flight boundary.
US11514800B2	System and methods for monitoring unmanned traffic management infrastructure A system and method for reliably and efficiently monitoring and arbitrating the performance of one or more UTM infrastructure systems are provided herein. The method for monitoring and arbitrating a plurality of UTM infrastructure networks involves monitoring and arbitrating a plurality of unmanned traffic management (UTM) infrastructure networks comprising integrating a UTM arbitration system between the plurality of UTM infrastructure networks, wherein the UTM arbitration system is operably configured to simultaneously monitor the UTM infrastructure networks; monitoring information and/or data associated with one or more UTM systems associated with the UTM infrastructure networks; detecting the presence or absence thereof of one or more inconsistencies in the data and/or information associated with the one or more UTM systems; and initiating a reconciliation activity in response to detecting the presence of at least one inconsistency in the data and/or information associated with the one or more UTM systems.
US11514799B2	Systems and methods for maneuvering an aerial vehicle during adverse weather conditions A machine learning maneuver model can be programmed to generate maneuver data identifying a plurality of flight paths for maneuvering an aerial vehicle through an adverse weather condition and a flight path confidence score for each flight path of the plurality of flight paths based on at least weather sensor data characterizing the adverse weather condition. The flight path confidence score can be indicative of a probability of successfully maneuvering the aerial vehicle through the adverse weather condition according to a respective flight path. A maneuver decision engine can be programmed to evaluate each flight path confidence score for each flight path relative to a flight path confidence threshold to identify a given flight path of the plurality of flight paths through the adverse weather condition that poses a least amount of structural risk to the aerial vehicle.
US11514788B2	Method and system for inter and intra agency communication, tracking and coordination A method is disclosed. A data set including: (a) identifiers of a set of incidents occurring within a defined geographic region to which at least one service provider responded during a first time period and (b) address data identifying a location within the geographic region of each said incident of the set is retrieved over a network. An instruction to generate a heat map of the incidents occurring within the geographic region during the first time period is received from a user via a user interface generated to a display device. In response to the instruction to generate the heat map, the address data is converted to GPS data. A heat map of an aerial view of the geographic region based on the GPS data is generated. The heat map is displayed to the display device in a user interface.
US11514774B2	Audible alert device An audible alert device and method of playing an audible message. The audible alert device includes a motion sensor, a speaker, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to store an audible message, determine whether an activating condition is met in which the activating condition is based on a directionality of movement of the person relative to the motion sensor, and play a corresponding audible message when the activating condition has been met.
US11514766B1	Detecting interactions with storage units based on RFID signals and auxiliary signals Storage units including platforms that are outfitted with RFID antennas and auxiliary sensors detect changes in loading on the platforms based on changes in loading determined by the auxiliary sensors or changes in signals received by the RFID antennas. The platforms include surfaces for receiving items tagged with RFID transmitters thereon, such as items of common types and variable weights. An interaction involving the placement of an item on the platform, or the removal of the item from the platform, is detected by the auxiliary sensors. The energization of an RFID field is triggered in response to the detected interaction, and an item is identified where an RFID signal transmitted by the item is present at one time and absent at another time.
US11514765B2	Systems and methods for spatial sensing and tracking of objects in a space This disclosure is directed to product displays systems. In one aspect, a product display system includes three or more bases spatially distributed in a space. Each base has a wireless transceiver. The system includes a product display assembly comprising a puck assembly and a base assembly. The puck assembly has a surface on which a product is mountable for merchandising of the product to a customer and is untethered to the base assembly. The puck assembly executes machine-readable instructions that determines a coordinate location of the puck assembly within the space based on wireless communications between the puck assembly and the three or more bases. The puck assembly may also generate an alarm sound when the coordinate location is located within an alarm zone or a warning zone of the space.
US11514762B2	Automated teller machine An automated teller machine includes a main body; a customer service unit; a deposit/withdrawal unit to separate and stack medium; a tray unit for transferring the medium while reciprocating between the deposit/withdrawal unit and the customer service unit; and a throat unit providing a transfer path of the tray unit. The tray unit includes: a tray bottom plate forming a bottom surface of the tray unit, and a tray rib protruded from a lower surface of the tray bottom plate. The throat unit includes a throat bottom plate forming a bottom surface of the throat unit, and a support member protruded from the throat bottom plate. The tray rib and the support member are arranged without interferring with each other, and overlapped with each other in at least parts of the tray rib and the support member when viewed from a side of the ATM.
US11514760B2	Method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system An electronic method of gaming comprising an electronic game controller: selecting, for each of at least one display area of a symbol display, a plurality of symbols for display at respective ones of a plurality of display positions arranged in the display area; evaluating the selected symbols to determine whether or not the selected symbols for display at at least two designated display positions are the same; upon determining that the selected symbols for display at at least two designated display positions are the same, applying a modification to each of the selected symbols for display at the at least two designated display positions to form a modified symbol display; and evaluating the modified symbol display to make an award.
US11514759B2	System and method of wagering on a plurality of events A system and method for concurrently wagering on multiple past events such as sports events that may include retrieving data about multiple events that occurred in the past that included multiple participants. The data may include information about the participants as well as pre-event rankings, and final or post-event rankings ordering the results with respect to other participants in the same event. A user may adjust the pre-event rankings or accept them as-is. The user's rankings for the participants of the events may be submitted, and a prize calculated based on the difference between the predicted rankings submitted by the user, and the final rankings of the participants based on actual past events. Various terminals, terminal configurations, and user interface aspects are also disclosed.
US11514758B2	System and method for providing online pulse betting on a game or sports event A system and method is provided for enabling an online user to place bets concerning incidents occurring during a game or sports event. This is done by providing a portal for a user to place a bet predicated on a defined incident occurring during a predetermined time segment of the event. The platform includes a module for calculating odds and prize returns for said incident to occur during said sports event or game in response to a user request, a GUI presentation and a settlement engine.
US11514755B2	System and method for controlling operation of a game device A system, and method of operating a system, including a dealer device and at least one player device located at a gaming device. The dealer device configured to allow a dealer to enter funds received from a player to a respective player account, to allow the dealer to finalize wagers and enter an outcome of a game; to calculate a change in the player account based on the outcome of the game. The player device configured to display a player screen including computer generated graphics; to allow each respective player to enter a wager on the game; to display an outcome of the instance of the game; and to display wager and player account data to the player.
US11514753B2	Distributed side wagering methods and systems Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming network includes a plurality of gaming devices, including a first gaming device. A side wager request may be received for placing a first side wager relating to a first target. An identity of a first player associated with generating the first side wager request may be determined. A first side wager session may be automatically initiated. In at least one embodiment, the placing of the first side wager includes placing first wager on a game play-related event or activity associated with the second person, wherein an outcome of the game play-related event or activity is influenced by a decision or action of the second person. In one embodiment, the first side wager includes first side wager criteria specifying that an outcome of the first side wager is related to at least one event associated with a different player's game play which is associated with the first target.
US11514748B2	System and method for convenience gaming A convenience gaming system is provided. The convenience gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas.
US11514746B2	Individual metamorphic linked jackpots A local electronic gaming device may include a display system, an interface system and a control system that includes one or more processors. The control system may cause the display system to present visual effects corresponding to a metamorphic image, which may correspond to an award. The visual effects may include changes to the metamorphic image in response to local game event data corresponding to one or more games presented on the local gaming device and in response to networked gaming device game event data corresponding to one or more games presented on one or more other gaming devices.
US11514744B2	Coin sorting apparatus Methods and systems are provided for a coin sorting apparatus. In one example, a coin sorting apparatus is configured to receive a coin wrapper without moving a coin tube.
US11514743B2	Systems, methods and devices for coin processing and coin recycling Currency processing systems, coin processing machines, coin sorting and recycling assemblies, and methods of making and methods of using the same are presented herein. A currency processing system is disclosed which includes a housing with a coin input area for receiving coins and coin receptacles for stowing processed coins. A disk-type coin processing unit includes a rotatable disk for imparting motion to input coins, and a sorting head for separating and discharging coins from exit stations. An automated coin chute receives coins from one of the exit stations. The automated coin chute includes a movable diverter plate that selectively transitions between a first position, whereby coins received from the exit station of the disk-type coin processing unit are redirected through a coin-recycling output passage to a coin-recycling receptacle, and a second position, whereby coins received from the exit station are redirected through a coin-depositing output passage to a coin-depositing receptacle.
US11514742B2	System and method for expediting the delivery of food orders to customers Automated food delivery methods and systems using computer-managed delivery to an array of food delivery enclosures and computer-enabled customer access to the food delivered to the enclosures. Customers using the methods and systems may utilize their personal communication device such as a cell phone or tablet to order food and subsequently open an enclosure containing their food order.
US11514740B1	Securing access to restricted areas from visitors A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product secure access to a restricted area. The method includes capturing, by a camera, a first image of a face of a first person and a second image of a face of a second person. The method also includes determining whether the face of the first person is included in a database of persons authorized to access the restricted area. The method further includes determining whether the second person is in proximity to the first person. In addition, the method includes determining whether the second person is authorized to access the restricted area. Finally, the method includes transmitting a signal that the second person is authorized to access the restricted area in response to determining that the second person is in proximity to the first person and the second person is authorized to access the restricted area.
US11514735B2	Systems and techniques for managing biometric data at an electromechanical gun The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating biometric data while protecting user privacy. Aspects of the present disclosure include collecting biometric query data at a biometric sensor of the gun, generating a set of query features from the biometric query data, each query feature of the set of query features including a first number of dimensions, generating a projection matrix, each element of the projection matrix being drawn independently from an identical distribution having zero mean and unit variance, transforming the set of query features into a transformed set of query features according to the projection matrix, retrieving a transformed set of enrollment features from memory of the gun, identifying a data match based on the transformed set of query features and the transformed set of enrollment features satisfying a similarity threshold, and unlocking the gun in response to the identifying the data match.
US11514734B2	Mechanisms, assemblies and electronic locking system Release mechanism (10) for an electronic locking system (156), wherein the release mechanism (10) is configured such that an input member (14) and an output member (16) are locked against relative rotation and can rotate together within a locking ring opening (22) when a locking member (20) is located in an input member recess (42) and in an output member recess (46), and such that the output member (16) is released to rotate relative to the input member (14) when the locking member (20) is located in the output member recess (46) and in a locking ring recess (26). A freewheel mechanism (66) and assemblies (98) for an electronic locking system (156) are also provided.
US11514731B2	Method and system for remote vehicle diagnostics A method and system for remote vehicle diagnostics are provided. The method is applicable to a remote vehicle diagnostic system including a vehicle diagnostic terminal and a vehicle connector. A remote communication connection between the vehicle diagnostic terminal and the vehicle connector is established via a preset programming interface. The vehicle diagnostic terminal receives diagnostic instruction data of a diagnostic application. The vehicle diagnostic terminal transmits the diagnostic instruction data to the vehicle connector via the preset programming interface by way of the remote communication. The vehicle connector converts the diagnostic instruction data into first data in a first data format, and performs a diagnostic operation corresponding to the first data, where the first data format is readable by a vehicle.
US11514727B2	System for conducting maintenance for autonomous vehicles and related methods A method and system for conducting routine maintenance for an autonomous vehicle. The method includes collecting and calculating internal variables of the autonomous vehicle with a processor, evaluating the internal variables of the autonomous vehicle with the processor, and determining if routine maintenance is necessary. External variables are evaluated to determine optimal times for routine maintenance. The vehicle user is informed if routine maintenance is necessary, and a period of time is proposed for performance of the routine maintenance. The vehicle user is requested to confirm that routine maintenance should be attended to at the proposed time.
US11514725B2	Intelligence device and user selection method thereof Disclosed are an intelligence device and a method of selecting a user of the intelligence device. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the intelligence device may analyze the eye blinks and pupil shapes of persons and select the person gazing at the intelligence device as a user. According to an embodiment, the intelligence device may be related to artificial intelligence (AI) modules, robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, and 5G service-related devices.
US11514723B2	Method and apparatus for determining liveness A liveness determining method and apparatus are provided. The liveness determining apparatus includes an optical sensor including at least one optical source; a memory configured to store registered color information; and at least one processor configured to: obtain, from the optical sensor, an input fingerprint image of an object corresponding to the at least one optical source, obtain input color information from the input fingerprint image, compare the input color information and the registered color information, and determine liveness of the object based on a result of the comparing.
US11514717B2	Identifying objects within images from different sources Techniques are disclosed for providing a notification that a person is at a particular location. For example, a resident device may receive from a user device an image that shows a face of a first person, the image being captured by a first camera of the user device. The resident device may also receive, from another device having a second camera, a second image showing a portion of a face of a second person, the second camera having a viewable area showing a particular location. The resident device may determine a score indicating a level of similarity between a first set of characteristics associated with the face of the first person and a second set of characteristics associated with the face of a second person. The resident device may then provide to the user device a notification based on determining the score.
US11514716B2	Face matching method and apparatus, storage medium Examples of the present disclosure provide a face matching method and a face matching apparatus, and a storage medium. The face matching method includes: obtaining a first attribute of first face information which is to be matched; determining one or more preferential matching ranges based on the first attribute; and comparing the first face information with second face information in the one or more preferential matching ranges.
US11514714B1	Enhanced storage and data retrieval for face-related data A method includes generating a first representative vector based on a first vectors, wherein the first representative vector is associated with the first vectors in a collection of representative vectors, and the first vectors comprises a set of vector values within a latent space. The method further includes generating a second representative vector based on a second vectors, wherein the second representative vector is associated with the second vectors in the collection of representative vectors. The method further includes determining a latent space distance based on the first and second vectors. The method further includes determining whether the latent space distance satisfies a threshold. In response to a determination that the latent space distance satisfies the threshold, the method further includes associating a combined representative vector with the first vectors and the second vectors and removing the first and second representative vectors from the collection of representative vectors.
US11514712B2	Fingerprint entry method and apparatus, and system and electronic device A fingerprint input method, apparatus, system and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a fingerprint as a current fingerprint (S101); comparing the current fingerprint with a fingerprint stored in a fingerprint database (S102); storing, when it is determined that there is no fingerprint identical with the current fingerprint in the fingerprint database, the current fingerprint in the fingerprint database. It can be seen that before storing the obtained current fingerprint into the fingerprint database, it is firstly determined whether there is a fingerprint identical with the current fingerprint in the fingerprint database, and when it is determined that there is no fingerprint identical with the current fingerprint in the fingerprint database, the current fingerprint is stored in the fingerprint database, to avoid the occurrence of duplicate fingerprints in the fingerprint database, avoid the input of the duplicate fingerprints, and improve the user experience.
US11514711B2	Fingerprint identification method and apparatus A method and apparatus are provided for fingerprint identification in the field of terminal technology. The method may include: when a touch operation for fingerprint identification is detected on a display screen, determining an acting area and a touch position of the touch operation on the display screen; and determining a fingerprint image corresponding to the touch operation and performing the fingerprint identification, when the acting area is greater than or equal to a first preset area threshold and the touch position is located in a preset identification region on the display screen.
US11514705B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium to allow operation without contact An information processing apparatus is used in contact with a user and includes a processor. In a case where multiple objects as candidates for operation are present in an object image taken by a camera or an object image acquired externally, the processor is configured to detect one or more of the objects present at a center position of the object image as the candidates for operation or detect one or more of the objects superposed on a user image of a part of a body of the user operating the information processing apparatus as the candidates for operation.
US11514702B2	Systems and methods for processing images Systems and methods for identifying landmarks of a document from a digital representation of the document. The method comprises accessing the digital representation of the document and operating a Machine Learning Algorithm (MLA), the MLA having been trained based on a set of training digital representations of documents associated with labels. The operating the MLA comprises down-sampling the digital representation of the document, detecting landmarks, generating fractional pixel coordinates for the detected landmarks. The method further determines the pixel coordinates of the landmarks by upscaling the fractional pixel coordinates from the second resolution to the first resolution and outputs the pixel coordinates of the landmarks.
US11514701B2	System and method for global identification in a collection of documents Techniques for machine-based identification of objects extracted from text documents in natural language are disclosed. An example method may comprise: identifying matching pairs of one or more information objects corresponding to a real world object, one information object from the document and at least one information object from the document storage for a combination of global identification patterns that exist in the document and in the document storage; ascertaining consistency of the matching pairs and determining which of the one or more information objects in the document are suitable for merging into the document storage; and adding the one or more information objects from the document to the document storage to associate information objects corresponding to the real world object.
US11514700B2	Image-processing device, image-processing method, and storage medium on which program is stored An image-processing device includes: a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate reliability of a character recognition result for a document image which is a character recognition target on the basis of a descriptive feature amount of a character string of a specific item included in the document image; and an image output unit configured to output an image of the character recognition result indicating the character string of the specific item in a display mode in accordance with the reliability.
US11514697B2	Probabilistic text index for semi-structured data in columnar analytics storage formats Herein is a probabilistic indexing technique for searching semi-structured text documents in columnar storage formats such as Parquet, using columnar input/output (I/O) avoidance, and needing minimal storage overhead. In an embodiment, a computer associates columns with text strings that occur in semi-structured documents. Text words that occur in the text strings are detected. Respectively for each text word, a bitmap, of a plurality of bitmaps, that contains a respective bit for each column is generated. Based on at least one of the bitmaps, some of the columns or some of the semi-structured documents are accessed.
US11514694B2	Teaching GAN (generative adversarial networks) to generate per-pixel annotation A method and apparatus for joint image and per-pixel annotation synthesis with a generative adversarial network (GAN) are provided. The method includes: by inputting data to a generative adversarial network (GAN), obtaining a first image from the GAN; inputting, to a decoder, a first feature value that is obtained from at least one intermediate layer of the GAN according to the inputting of the data to the GAN; and obtaining a first semantic segmentation mask from the decoder according to the inputting of the first feature value to the decoder.
US11514692B2	Method and apparatus for building image model A method and apparatus for building an image model, where the apparatus generates a target image model that includes layers duplicated from a layers of a reference image model and an additional layer, and trains the additional layer.
US11514691B2	Generating training sets to train machine learning models A computer system trains a machine learning model. A vector representation is generated for each document in a collection of documents. The documents are clustered based on the vector representations of the documents to produce a plurality of clusters. A training set is produced by selecting one or more documents from each cluster, wherein the selected documents represent a sample of the collection of documents to train the machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained by applying the training set to the machine learning model. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for training a machine learning model in substantially the same manner described above.
US11514690B2	Scanning of 3D objects with a second screen device for insertion into a virtual environment A method for inserting a virtual object into a virtual environment is provided, including: generating a scan of a real world object; processing the scan to identify a type of the real world object; based on the identified type of the real world object, generating a virtual object that resembles the real world object; based on the identified type of the real world object, assigning a functionality to the virtual object, the functionality defining an action capable of being performed by the virtual object in a virtual environment; deploying the virtual object in the virtual environment.
US11514682B2	Determining weights of points of a point cloud based on geometric features According to one or more embodiments, operations may comprise obtaining a first point cloud. The operations also comprise performing segmentation of the first point cloud, the segmentation generating one or more clusters of points of the point cloud. The operations also comprise determining, for each respective cluster of the plurality of clusters, a respective geometric feature of a corresponding object that corresponds to the respective cluster. The operations also comprise obtaining a second point cloud. The operations also comprise assigning a plurality of weights that comprises assigning a respective weight to each respective cluster based on the respective geometric feature that corresponds to the respective cluster. The operations also comprise obtaining a second point cloud and aligning the first point cloud with the second point cloud based on the plurality of weights.
US11514677B2	Detection of contacts among event participants Systems and methods are presented for detecting physical contacts effectuated by actions performed by an entity participating in an event. An action, performed by the entity, is detected based on a sequence of pose data associated with the entity's performance in the event. A contact with another entity in the event is detected based on data associated with the detected action. The action and the contact detections are employed by neural-network based detectors.
US11514675B2	Image-based soil characteristic mapping Embodiments of a soil mapping process include the step or process of receiving georeferenced field images of vegetation within an imaged crop field, the georeferenced field images transmitted from a field imaging source to an image-based soil mapping system. The image-based soil mapping system visually analyzes the georeferenced field images to identify and categorize non-crop vegetation distributions present within the imaged crop field; compiles a soil characteristic map for the imaged crop field based, at least in part, on a comparison between the non-crop vegetation distributions and data stored in a first database correlating different categories of non-crop vegetation with variations in one or more soil characteristics; and then provides the soil characteristic map for user viewing on a display device.
US11514673B2	Systems and methods for augmented reality An augmented reality viewer includes components, assemblies, and executable logic to provide a user with the perception of rich augmented reality experiences, including aspects of the aquatic world.
US11514669B2	Search assistant and assistance method for searching for an element in an area Methods and systems are described which relate to the assistance or guidance of a user in the detection of an element in an area. A search assistant for searching for an element in an area may include a direction changer for changing the direction of emission of a visible signal on the basis of detected relative data of an element sought in the area, the relative data detected by at least one sensor such as an audio sensor or a video sensor. Such a search assistant may use a simple visible signal for guidance toward the element sought in the area. The technology used may be easy to implement, cheap and readily accessible, allowing guidance precision that depends solely on the precision of the known or detected location of the sought object.
US11514665B2	Mapping optical-code images to an overview image Images of optical codes are mapped to an overview image to localize optical codes within a space. By localizing optical codes, information about locations of various products can be ascertained. One or more techniques can be used to map the images of optical codes to the overview image. The overview image can be a composite image formed by stitching together several images.
US11514655B1	Method and apparatus of presenting 2D images on a double curved, non-planar display This patent includes a method for displaying a 2D image on a non-planar display with a top portion of said non-planar display curving inwards towards a user's viewing position, a bottom portion of said non-planar display curves inwards towards said user's viewing position, a left portion of said non-planar display curves inward towards said user's viewing position and a right portion of said non-planar display curves inward towards said user's viewing position. This type of display can be used as a virtual display for extended reality head display units including virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality displays. For a virtual display, advanced features can be performed including stereoscopic viewing the screen with a convergence point shifting technique, zooming and rotating to maximize usability. The virtual display can be modified in its horizontal curvature or vertical curvature per user preference. The non-planar display can be a tangible TV, monitor, phone or tablet as discussed in this patent.
US11514654B1	Calibrating focus/defocus operations of a virtual display based on camera settings Methods and systems are presented for determining a virtual focus model for a camera apparatus, the camera apparatus comprising one or more image capture elements and one or more optics device through which light in an optical path passes from a stage environment to at least one of the one or more image capture elements, the stage environment including virtual scene display for displaying a virtual scene.
US11514651B2	Utilizing augmented reality to virtually trace cables Systems and methods for utilizing Augmented Reality (AR) processes to track cables among a tangled bundle of cables are provided. An AR method, according to one implementation, includes a step of obtaining an initial captured image showing a bundle of cables. The AR method also includes the step of processing the initial captured image to distinguish a selected cable from other cables of the bundle of cables. Also, the AR method includes displaying the initial captured image on a display screen while visually augmenting an image of the selected cable to highlight the selected cable with respect to the other cables.
US11514648B2	Aligning input image data with model input data to generate image annotations An image data annotation system automatically annotates a physical object within individual images frames of an image sequence with relevant object annotations based on a three-dimensional (3D) model of the physical object. Annotating the individual image frames with object annotations includes updating individual image frames within image input data to generate annotated image data that is suitable for reliably training a DNN object detection architecture. Exemplary object annotations that the image data annotation system can automatically apply to individual image frames include, inter alia, object pose, image pose, object masks, 3D bounding boxes composited over the physical object, 2D bounding boxes composited over the physical object, and/or depth map information. Annotating the individual image frames may be accomplished by aligning the 3D model of the physical object with a multi-view reconstruction of the physical object that is generated by inputting an image sequence into a Structure-from-Motion and/or Multi-view Stereo pipeline.
US11514647B1	Rotation and translation invariant representation of an object A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that once executed by a computer cause the computer to execute the stages of: calculating a first function that represents an object that is three dimensional; calculating a second function that is a convolution or an approximated convolution of (a) the first function applied on points of the object, and (b) an other function that is the first function composed with a function that sends points of the object to opposite points; wherein the second function is translation invariant; and calculating the translation and rotation invariant features of the query object, based on the second function.
US11514645B2	Electronic device for providing visual localization based on outdoor three-dimension map information and operating method thereof Electronic devices and/or operating methods of the electronic device to provide visual localization based on outdoor three-dimensional (3D) map information may be provided. Such electronic devices may be configured to acquire two-dimensional (2D) image information about an outdoor environment, generate 3D map information about the outdoor environment based on the 2D image information, and determine a position of a point in the 3D map information corresponding to a query image.
US11514641B2	Error concealment in split rendering using shading atlases A client device of a split rendering graphics processing architecture, receives an encoded shading atlas for a current frame. The encoded shading atlas is characterized by slices. The client decodes the received encoded shading atlas and identifies unsuccessfully decoded slices. The client then determines whether each patch of the decoded shading atlas intersects an identified unsuccessfully decoded slice. The client determines, for each intersecting patch, whether a prior valid version of each intersecting patch is stored at the client device. The client error conceals each intersecting patch having a prior valid version stored at the client device with the corresponding prior valid version to create an error concealed atlas. The client renders the current frame using the error concealed atlas.
US11514638B2	3D asset generation from 2D images Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to generate 3D assets from 2D images. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method to generate a 3D asset for an object using a trained machine learning model includes providing a 2D image of the object as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining a template 3D mesh and a representative of a class of objects of interest that includes the object, generating based on the template 3D mesh and the representative of the class, a rigged 3D mesh for the object, deforming and posing the rigged 3D mesh to match the 2D image, and applying a texture extracted from the 2D image to the deformed and posed 3D mesh to create the 3D asset of the object.
US11514635B2	System for generating media content items on demand Method for generating media content items on demand starts with a processor receiving an animation file including a first metadata based on an animation input. The animation file is associated with a media content identification. The processor generates puppets associated with frames in the animation file using the first metadata. The processor causes a puppet matching interface to be displayed on a client device. The puppet matching interface includes one of the puppets in a first pose. The processor receives a puppet posing input associated with a second pose from the client device. The processor causes the one of the puppets to be displayed in the second pose in the puppet matching interface by the client device. The processor can also generate a second metadata based on the puppet posing input. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11514633B1	Systems and methods for automating conversion of drawings to indoor maps and plans Automating conversion of drawings to indoor maps and plans. One example is a computer-implemented method comprising: preprocessing an original CAD drawing to create a modified CAD drawing, a text database, a CAD vector-image, and a CAD raster-image; determining a floor depicted in the CAD drawing by applying the CAD raster-image, the CAD vector-image, and the text database to a floor-level machine-learning algorithm resulting in a floor-level outline; sensing furniture depicted on the floor by applying the floor-level outline, the CAD vector-image, and the text database to a furniture-level machine-learning algorithm resulting in a set of furniture entities; identifying each room depicted in the CAD drawing by applying the floor-level outline, the furniture entities, CAD vector-image, and the text database to room-level machine-learning algorithm resulting in a plurality of room-level outlines; and creating an indoor map by combining the furniture entities and the plurality of room-level outlines.
US11514632B2	Modifying neural networks for synthetic conditional digital content generation utilizing contrastive perceptual loss This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable storage media, and systems that utilize a contrastive perceptual loss to modify neural networks for generating synthetic digital content items. For example, the disclosed systems generate a synthetic digital content item based on a guide input to a generative neural network. The disclosed systems utilize an encoder neural network to generate encoded representations of the synthetic digital content item and a corresponding ground-truth digital content item. Additionally, the disclosed systems sample patches from the encoded representations of the encoded digital content items and then determine a contrastive loss based on the perceptual distances between the patches in the encoded representations. Furthermore, the disclosed systems jointly update the parameters of the generative neural network and the encoder neural network utilizing the contrastive loss.
US11514627B2	Methods and systems for determining and displaying pedigrees The disclosed embodiments concern methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for determining and displaying pedigrees based on IBD data. Some implementations use a probabilistic relationship model to obtain various likelihoods of various potential relationships based on pairwise IBD data and pairwise age data. Some implementations build large pedigrees by combining smaller pedigrees. Some implementations display pedigree graphs with various features that are informative and easy to understand.
US11514622B2	System, apparatus, and method for incremental motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging An apparatus for incremental motion correction in medical imaging. The apparatus for motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging includes processing circuitry configured to estimate an intermediate image from a first section of k-space, the first section of the k-space corresponding to acquisition time points within a magnetic resonance scan of a subject, the corresponding acquisition time points within the magnetic resonance scan being associated with shots of the k-space determined to have minimal motion, estimate motion parameters of a second section of the k-space using the estimated intermediate image, combine data from the first section of the k-space with data from the second section of the k-space according to the estimated motion parameters, and reconstruct the combined data of the k-space to generate a final image.
US11514614B2	Image processing apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus comprising, a first processing unit configured to process a first image stored in a first memory and output a first processing result in a first size, a conversion unit configured to, if the first size matches a second size, output the first processing result, and if the first size is different from the second size, convert the first processing result into the second size and output a result of the conversion, and a second processing unit configured to process the first processing result outputted from the conversion unit and a second image of the second size stored in a second memory, and to store a second processing result in the second memory in the second size.
US11514613B2	Point cloud and mesh compression using image/video codecs An decoding device, an encoding device and a method for point cloud encoding is disclosed. The method includes generating, from a three-dimensional point cloud, multiple two-dimensional frames, the two-dimensional frames including at least a first frame representing a geometry of points in the three-dimensional point cloud and a second frame representing texture of points in the three-dimensional point cloud. The method also includes generating an occupancy map indicating locations of pixels in the two-dimensional frames that represent points in the three-dimensional point cloud. The method further includes encoding the two-dimensional frames and the occupancy map to generate a compressed bitstream. The method also includes transmitting the compressed bitstream.
US11514610B2	Method and apparatus for point cloud coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for point cloud compression and decompression. In some examples, an apparatus for point cloud compression/decompression includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines, for each point in a first point cloud, a corresponding point in a second point cloud. The first point cloud is a processed point cloud based on the second point cloud. The processing circuitry determines, for each point in the first point cloud, a corresponding error vector based on the corresponding point in the second point cloud. The processing circuitry determines, for each point in the first point cloud, a corresponding weight factor based on a position of the respective point in the first point cloud. The processing circuitry determines a quality metric for the first point cloud based on the error vectors and the weight factors.
US11514600B2	Information processing device and information processing method An information processing device including an acquiring unit that acquires information related to a feature quantity specifying a predetermined target transmitted from a terminal device held by the target, a specifying unit that specifies the target on the basis of the information related to the feature quantity from among images captured by at least some of a plurality of imaging devices installed at different positions, and a control unit that presents information related to the target to a predetermined output destination in accordance with a specifying result of the target from the image.
US11514599B2	Systems and methods for tracking manufactured articles during transfer operations Disclosed are methods and systems for transferring, inspecting, and tracking dental prosthesis during the manufacturing process. The method for transferring, inspecting, and tracking dental prosthesis includes: detecting a first article being transferred from a first container to a second container using one or more images captured by a camera; determining where the first article is transferred to the second container by tracking where the first article is dropped in the second container using the one or more images; and transmitting the location of the first article in the second container to remote server.
US11514598B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and mobile device Provided is an image processing apparatus that includes a long-time exposure distance image generation unit that captures an image with long-time exposure, calculates a parallax from a first long-time exposure image and a second long-time exposure image from a first long-time exposure camera and a second long-time exposure camera disposed at a predetermined interval, and generates a long-time exposure distance image. The image processing apparatus further includes a short-time exposure distance image generation unit that captures an image with short-time exposure, calculates a parallax from a first short-time exposure image and a second short-time exposure image from a first short-time exposure camera and a second short-time exposure camera disposed at a predetermined interval, and generates a short-time exposure distance image, and a distance image generation unit that combines the long-time exposure distance image with the short-time exposure distance image to generate a distance image.
US11514594B2	Composite imaging systems using a focal plane array with in-pixel analog storage elements Various embodiments of a 3D+imaging system include a focal plane array with in-pixel analog storage elements. In embodiments, an analog pixel circuit is disclosed for use with an array of photodetectors for a sub-frame composite imaging system. In embodiments, a composite imaging system is capable of determining per-pixel depth, white point and black point for a sensor and/or a scene that is stationary or in motion. Examples of applications for the 3D+imaging system include advanced imaging for vehicles, as well as for industrial and smart phone imaging. an extended dynamic range imaging technique is used in imaging to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity.
US11514593B2	Method and device for image processing A method and a device for image processing are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a first image, wherein the first image includes a face; detecting the face and a background region in the first image, establishing a three-dimensional model of the face according to the first image; rotating the three-dimensional model of the face by a first angle; and projecting the three-dimensional model of the face rotated by the first angle to an image coordinate system of the first image and fusing a face region with a processed background region to obtain a second image.
US11514592B2	Control method for projector and projector A first image including a first line segment is projected onto a projection surface to acquire first imaging data of a first projected image. A second image including a first mark and a second mark overlapping the first line segment is projected onto the projection surface to acquire second imaging data of a second projected image. Based on a positional relation between a third mark and a fourth mark located on a second line segment corresponding to the first line segment and a positional relation between the first mark and the second mark located on the first line segment, relation data that associates the first mark and the third mark and associates the second mark and the fourth mark is generated. Correction data is generated based on the relation data. Image data is corrected based on the correction data. A corrected image is projected onto the projection surface.
US11514591B2	Systems and methods related to registration for image guided surgery A system is configured to perform operations includes accessing a set of model points of a model of an anatomic structure of a patient, the model points being associated with a model space. A set of measured points of the anatomic structure of the patient are collected, the measured points being associated with a patient space. The set of model points are registered to the set of measured points using a first set of initial parameters to generate a first transformation. One or more sets of perturbed initial parameters are generated based on the first set of initial parameters. One or more perturbed registration processes are performed to register the set of model points to the set of measured points using the one or more sets of perturbed initial parameters respectively to generate corresponding perturbed transformations. A registration quality indicator is generated based on the first transformation and the one or more perturbed transformations.
US11514589B2	Method for determining at least one mechanical property of at least one object The invention relates to a method and a device for determining at least one mechanical property of at least one object,wherein the at least one object is subjected to at least one interaction which influences a movement state of the at least one object,wherein the at least one interaction is selected such that the movement state effectuated by the interaction is a function of the at least one mechanical property,wherein the at least one object is observed using at least one camera,wherein the movement state is determined from images recorded by the at least one cameraand wherein the at least one mechanical property of the at least one object is determined from the movement state thus determined.
US11514587B2	Selectively identifying data based on motion data from a digital video to provide as input to an image processing model The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for selectively identifying pixel data to provide as an input to an image processing model based on motion data associated with the content of a digital video. For example, systems disclosed herein include receiving a compressed digital video and decompressing the compressed digital video to generate a decompressed digital video. The systems disclosed herein further include extracting or otherwise identifying motion data while decompressing the compressed digital video. The systems disclosed herein also include analyzing the motion data to determine a subset of pixel data from the decompressed digital video to provide as input to an image processing model trained to generate an output based on input pixel data.
US11514586B1	Automated application of drift correction to sample studied under electron microscope Methods and systems for calibrating a transmission electron microscope are disclosed. A fiducial mark on the sample holder is used to identify known reference points so that a current collection area and a through-hole on the sample holder can be located. A plurality of beam current and beam area measurements are taken, and calibration tables are extrapolated from the measurements for a full range of microscope parameters. The calibration tables are then used to determine electron dose of a sample during an experiment at a given configuration.
US11514580B2	Image processing circuit and method An image processing circuit capable of detecting an edge component includes: a selecting circuit acquiring the brightness values of pixels of an image according to the position of a target pixel and a processing region, wherein the pixels include N horizontal lines and M vertical lines; a brightness-variation calculating circuit generating N horizontal-line-brightness-variation values according to brightness variation of the N horizontal lines, and generating M vertical-line-brightness-variation values according to brightness variation of the M vertical lines; a brightness-variation determining circuit choosing a horizontal-line-brightness-variation representative value among the N horizontal-line-brightness-variation values, choosing a vertical-line-brightness-variation representative value among the M vertical-line-brightness-variation values, and choosing a brightness-variation representative value between the two representative values; an energy-variation calculating circuit generating an energy-variation value according to the brightness values of the pixels; and an edge-score calculating circuit generating an edge score of the target pixel according to the brightness-variation representative value and energy-variation value.
US11514578B2	Deriving target data from selected brain data Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining a subset of brain data of a patient. One of the methods comprises providing connectivity data for presentation to a user, the connectivity data characterizing, for each pair of parcellations comprising a first parcellation and a second parcellation from a plurality of parcellations, a degree of correlation between the brain activity of the first parcellation and the brain activity of the second parcellation in the brain of a patient; determining one or more elements of interest in the connectivity data; determining one or more parcellations associated with elements of interest in the connectivity data; obtaining brain atlas data; determining a subset of the brain atlas data associated with the determined parcellations; and providing the subset of the brain atlas data to a user device for rendering the subset to the user.
US11514569B2	Segmentation of histological tissue images into glandular structures for prostate cancer tissue classification The method according to the invention utilizes a color decomposition of histological tissue image data to derive a density map. The density map corresponds to the portion of the image data that contains the stain/tissue combination corresponding to the stroma, and at least one gland is extracted from said density map. The glands are obtained by a combination of a mask and a seed for each gland derived by adaptive morphological operations, and the seed is grown to the boundaries of the mask. The method may also derive an epithelial density map used to remove small objects not corresponding to epithelial tissue. The epithelial density map may further be utilized to improve the identification of glandular regions in the stromal density map. The segmented gland is extracted from the tissue data utilizing the grown seed as a mask. The gland is then classified according to its associated features.
US11514565B2	Securing a monitored zone comprising at least one machine A safe optoelectronic sensor is provided for securing a monitored zone comprising at least one machine, wherein the sensor has at least one light receiver for generating a received signal from received light from the monitored zone and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine distances from objects in the monitored zone from the received signal, and to treat gaps, i.e. safety relevant part regions of the monitored zone in which no reliable distance can be determined, as an object at a predefined distance. The predefined distance here corresponds to a height for securing against reach over.
US11514564B2	System for detecting image abnormalities Image capture systems are disclosed, including an image capture system, comprising: an image capture device mounted on a moving platform, the image capture device having a sensor for capturing an aerial image having pixels; and a detection computer executing an abnormality detection algorithm for detecting an abnormality in the pixels of the aerial image immediately after the aerial image is captured by scanning the aerial image utilizing predetermined parameters indicative of characteristics of the abnormality and then automatically scheduling a re-shoot of the aerial image such that the re-shoot occurs prior to landing of the moving platform, wherein the abnormality detection algorithm causes the detection computer to scan the aerial image using pattern recognition techniques to detect the abnormality in the pixels of the aerial image.
US11514562B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus including a division unit configured to divide first image data having a first dynamic range into a plurality of regions, an obtaining unit configured to obtain distance information indicating a distance from a focal plane in each of the plurality of regions, a determining unit configured to determine a conversion characteristic of each of the plurality of regions based on the distance information, a conversion unit configured to convert each of the plurality of regions into second image data having a second dynamic range smaller than the first dynamic range by using the conversion characteristic determined by the determining unit, and a storage unit configured to store a first conversion characteristic and a second conversion characteristic that can be used for the conversion.
US11514560B2	Method of correcting image latency and apparatus using the same A method of correcting image latency in implementing augmented reality includes receiving a first image including frames, in which a time point and a pose of an electronic apparatus for each frame are recorded, from an external apparatus; rendering the first image; receiving first data corresponding to a first time point of a first frame; receiving second data corresponding to a second time point of a second frame; calculating a respective pose of the electronic apparatus for each scan line of a second image based on the first data and the second data; calculating a pixel shift for each pixel in each scan line based on the respective pose calculated for each scan line; generating the second image by correcting the first image based on the pixel shift; and transmitting the second image to the external apparatus.
US11514555B2	Point cloud denoising method based on deep learning for aircraft part The present disclosure provides a point cloud denoising method based on deep learning for an aircraft part, in which different degrees of Gaussian noise are added based on a theoretical data model of the aircraft part, a heightmap for each point in the theoretical data model is generated, and a deep learning training set is constructed. A deep learning network is trained based on the constructed deep learning training set, to obtain a deep learning network model. A real aircraft part is scanned via a laser scanner to obtain measured point cloud data. The normal information of the measured point cloud is predicted based on the trained deep learning network model. Based on the predicted normal information, a position of each point in the measured point cloud data is further updated, thereby completing denoising of the measured point cloud data.
US11514550B2	Apparatus and method for display virtualization using mapping between virtual and physical display planes An apparatus and method for managing pipes and planes within a virtual graphics processing engine. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processing apparatus comprises: a graphics processor comprising one or more display pipes to render one or more display planes, each of the one or more display pipes comprising a set of graphics processing hardware resources for executing graphics commands and rendering graphics images in the one or more display planes; and pipe and plane management hardware logic to manage pipe and plane assignment, the pipe and plane management hardware logic to associate a first virtual machine (VM) with one or more virtual display planes and to maintain a mapping between the one or more virtual display planes and at least one physical display plane.
US11514547B2	Vision sensor dynamic watermarking via noise characterization Vision sensor dynamic watermarking via noise characterization are disclosed herein. An example device can capture an image by a first device, where the image comprising a pixel group has baseline noise characterization caused by a base noise profile for the first device. The device can produce a noise watermark to create a watermarked image, where the noise watermark can be produced by altering the baseline noise characterization to produce modified noise characterization. The device can also transmit the watermarked image to a receiver.
US11514542B2	Smart containers and systems and methods for shipping and tracking smart containers Systems and methods for tracking a smart container are provided. The methods use sensors of the smart container to detect tampering with the smart container after the container leaves a sender and before the container arrives at a receiver. In particular, the sensors detect when the smart container has been opened by someone other than the receiver (i.e., tampered with) and write the detection of tampering (e.g., the sensor measurement) to a blockchain. Delivery agents use scanners to write their possession or agency over the smart container to the blockchain. Accordingly, the agency of the smart container can be determined if tampering occurs.
US11514541B2	Systems and methods for managing a transportation plan Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer program products are provided. In an example embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving input identifying load information corresponding to a load to be inserted into a transportation plan. The transportation plan comprises a plurality of transportation schedules, each schedule comprising a plurality of transportation movements. The method further comprises identifying an available movement network comprising portions of transportation schedules having open capacity, each portion of a transportation schedule having open capacity being a potential leg of a path from the origin location to the destination location; determining potential solutions for transporting the load from the origin location to the destination location by combining one or more legs to determine a path of open capacity movements from the origin location to at least part way to the destination location; and providing one or more potential solutions for display via a user interface.
US11514539B2	Prioritization and automation of billing disputes investigation using machine learning The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method, which includes receiving a dispute information pertaining to a billing dispute by a processor, from a device associated with a customer. The method includes computing, by the processor, a score based on the dispute information, for determining validity of the billing dispute. The billing dispute is categorized based on the score computed for the dispute information. One or more actions are subsequently presented to one or more parties associated with the dispute information for resolving the billing dispute. The processor is also configured to prioritize the one or more actions based on the score computed. The present disclosure also provides a system capable of implementing the aforesaid method for prioritizing and resolving the billing disputes in an automated manner.
US11514537B2	Decoupled modeling methods and systems A decoupled ETP model processor is configured to store power consumption data retrieved from power systems; convert the power consumption data into power activated time cycles and power non-activated time cycles; derive a thermal resistance (R) parameter and a capacitance (C) parameter for a predetermined heat flow (Q) parameter at each of the outdoor temperatures; compare the converted power activated time cycles to the actual power activated time cycles; compare the converted power non-activated time cycles to the actual power non-activated time cycles; calculate a first improved resistance-capacitance-heat flow (RCQ) parameter set and a respective first outdoor temperature for the compared and converted power activated time cycles to the actual power activated time cycles; calculate the Q parameter at each outdoor temperature during the power activated time cycles; and calculate the R parameter and the C parameter at each outdoor temperature during the power non-activated time cycles.
US11514535B2	Method and apparatus for the optimization of assets and an asset allocation register for personal use, enterprise or business use, and savings and retirement A method and apparatus for the optimization of asset allocation and an asset allocation register using sub-value indicators and designations to optimize the utilization and availability of assets without the transfer of actual assets. The present invention may be used as shown in the following examples to allocate personal and business enterprise finances or to allocate and designate the utilization of valuables such as heirlooms, jewelry and other items. The allocation register of the present invention also provides to a user or business optimization of assets for savings, retirement, special events or purchases of desired tangible items. Importantly, the asset allocation register supports the user in a way that allows them to pay themselves first by embracing the way they may already think about the assets in their account.
US11514534B1	Systems and methods for transaction tracing A method and apparatus is described for performing transaction tracing. The method may include mapping one or more funds flow transactions into each account to one or more funds flow transactions out of said each account based on a first-in-first-out ordering. The method may also include generating an initial graph from the mappings of the transactions for each said account. Furthermore, the method may include transforming the initial graph to a function graph, wherein the functional graph is a directed pseudoforest where each node has an out degree of at most one. Then, the method may include for a node in the functional graph, performing a trace of the transaction generating a set of transactions that contributed to the transaction.
US11514533B2	Systems and methods for identifying a MCC-misclassified merchant A computer system for identifying merchant category code misclassifications includes at least one processor in communication with a transaction database and a high-risk merchant database. The transaction database stores transaction records by a plurality of account holders. The high-risk merchant database stores high-risk merchant records each associated with high-risk merchants. The processor queries the transaction database for transaction records and calculates a high-risk cardholder metric for each of the account numbers. The at least one processor further queries the transaction database for transaction records including (i) the account number of high-risk cardholders, and (ii) a merchant identifier associated with other than the plurality of high-risk merchants, to retrieve a second set of transaction records. The at least one processor further calculates a high-risk merchant metric for each of the merchant identifiers, identifying a MCC misclassified merchant.
US11514532B1	Transaction data transfer management Techniques are described for managing data transfer between an enterprise system and a third-party provider system, through a batch interface of the third-party provider system. A batch of transaction data is uploaded through the batch interface for enrichment, and enrichment data is received in response. The enrichment data provides additional context regarding each of the transactions specified in the uploaded batch. The enrichment data can be sent back to the presented to user(s) through various tools. Prior to uploading, the batch can be filtered to include those records corresponding to users who have opted into a service. Filtering can also exclude records for which enrichment data has already been provided through a real-time process. Reconciliation can be performed to ensure integrity of the communicated data.
US11514526B1	Systems and methods for property damage restoration predictions based upon processed digital images Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting property damage restoration estimates. In one embodiment, a computing entity or apparatus is configured to receive, from a client device, a property damage restoration estimate request comprising one or more digital image files; retrieve policy data associated with a user of the client device, the policy data comprising user identification properties and policy properties; programmatically generate, by fraud detection/prediction circuitry and based on the one or more digital image files, a first predictive value, wherein the first predictive value represents a likelihood that at least one of the digital image files was fraudulently altered; upon identifying that the first predictive value does not exceed a fraud threshold, programmatically generate, by property restoration estimate prediction circuitry and based on the one or more digital image files, a second predictive value, wherein the second predictive value represents a property damage restoration estimate, wherein the second predictive value is based at least on the property properties contained in the policy data and the one or more digital image files; and substantially instantaneously transmit a property damage restoration estimate response comprising the property damage restoration estimate to the client device.
US11514522B2	System for physically delivering virtual currencies Systems and methods are disclosed for settling futures contracts that are based on virtual currencies. A clearing counter-party operates a clearing counter-party computer that may oversee physical delivery of virtual currency between a buyer and seller. The clearing counter-party computer does not take possession of the virtual currency and monitors a publicly viewable ledger to confirm that transactions have taken place.
US11514521B1	Method and system for implementing a consolidated limits repository According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automated computer implemented system maintains and manages limits data relating to restrictions associated with a client, trader, machine or other entity. The system comprises a consolidated repository; an interactive user interface; a trading system interface that communicates approved limit to one or more trading or limit enforcement systems; and a computer processor. The computer processor is programmed to: receive inputs from a plurality of sources; identify one or more authorized users to request and approve the limits; effectuate the one or more limits for the trade request via one or more trading or limit enforcement systems; and provide, via the interactive user interface, a reporting function for data relating to one or more limits.
US11514520B2	Methods and systems for providing personalized, real-time information based on remotely retrieved information This disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing personalized financing information and, more particularly, systems and methods for providing personalized financing information via a dealership website using an API associated with a financial service provider. In one embodiment, a system includes memory hardware storing instructions that configure processing hardware to receive a loan request for a buyer via a real-time API that includes at least buyer identification and financial information and information associated at least one inventory item presented on a dealership website. The system may also determine financing information comprising prospective financing terms for the at least one item based on at least the loan request. The server may also provide, to the dealership server via the real-time API, the determined financing information for presentation on the dealership website, including prospective financing terms information corresponding to each of the at least one item.
US11514518B2	System and method of an automated agent to automatically implement loan activities A system and method of an automated agent to automatically implement loan activities includes a data collection circuit structured to receive data related to at least one of a plurality of parties to a loan; a smart contract circuit structured to create a smart lending contract for the loan; and an automated agent circuit structured to automatically perform a loan-related action in response to the received data, wherein the loan-related action is a change in an interest rate for the loan, and wherein the smart contract circuit is further structured to update the smart lending contract with the changed interest rate.
US11514516B2	Banking operation support system, banking operation support method, and banking operation support program Provided are a system, a method, and a program of banking operation support for supporting execution of accurate and efficient banking operations. A control unit (21) of a support server (20) acquires external state information, a financial transaction condition, customer state information, and a financial transaction state of the same time period, from a back-end system (40); performs machine learning using a data set made up of the acquired pieces of information as learning data, and generates a customer action prediction model which associates the financial transaction condition with the financial transaction state; and calculates, for a current external state and a current customer state, a financial transaction condition corresponding to a target value of a transaction state using the customer action prediction model.
US11514515B2	Generating synthetic data using reject inference processes for modifying lead scoring models Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for using reject inference to generate synthetic data for modifying lead scoring models. For example, the disclosed system identifies an original dataset corresponding to an output of a lead scoring model that generates scores for a plurality of prospects to indicate a likelihood of success of prospects of the plurality of prospects. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed system selects a reject inference model by performing simulations on historical prospect data associated with the original dataset. Additionally, the disclosed system uses the selected reject inference model to generate an imputed dataset by generating synthetic outcome data representing simulated outcomes of rejected prospects in the original dataset. The disclosed system then uses the imputed dataset to modify the lead scoring model by modifying at least one parameter of the lead scoring model using the synthetic outcome data.
US11514509B1	Electronic bid withdrawal and switch requests for computer-based auctioning of basic generation services A system for conducting a computer-based, simultaneous, multiple round, descending clock auction for basic generation services includes a web server for receiving bid data for one or more users for basic generation service products, an application server host application software, which processes the one or more bids according to at least one auction rule, tracks the auction, monitors the auction, and/or determines when to end the auction, and a database server, which stores auction data. A method of conducting a computer-based, simultaneous, multiple round, descending clock auction for basic generation services includes the repeating steps of receiving bids indicating desired tranche units of basic generation service products, calculating next round prices for each product, and sending round results to bidders. The subsequent round price for each of the products and a notice of the number of tranches bid during the immediately previous round of bidding for each of the products and/or the amount of excess supply offered. When the number of tranches bid for the round of bidding are equal to or less than the certain threshold for each of the products such that no further bidding can take place under the auction rules, the auction ends after the round of bidding and awarding winning bidders an ending price for each of the at least one of the plurality of products won by the winning bidders.
US11514505B2	Device, method, and medium for facilitating purchases using peripheral devices A peripheral device, e.g., a headphone, connected to a communication device may have controls that are configured to switch between a regular mode and a purchase mode. When in the purchase mode, the controls of the peripheral device may be configured to facilitate purchase by receiving user input related to making a purchase. The peripheral or the communication device may be configured to receive user instructions, such as a voice command, to switch between the regular mode and the purchase mode. In particular, the controls may include volume buttons configured to adjust volume in the regular mode and configured to adjust purchase price in purchase mode. The controls also may include a start/end button configured to selectively activate or end an application in the regular mode and configured to confirm or select a purchase in the purchase mode.
US11514504B2	Computing techniques to predict locations to obtain products utilizing machine-learning Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques utilizing computers to determine one or more locations for a customer to pickup a product based on a trained models. Embodiments may also include generating a code that may be utilized to obtain the product and perform a verification operation.
US11514495B2	Creating custom objects from a static list of objects and turning the custom objects into trends A method, computer system, and a computer program product for generating a custom object is provided. The present invention may include extracting a plurality of constituent components from a static list of previously determined objects associated with a place of purchase. The present invention may then include receiving, from a user, one or more custom objects based on the extracted plurality of constituent components from the place of purchase. The present invention may also include generating, dynamically, a price for each of the one or more selected custom objects based on the extracted plurality of constituent components. The present invention may further include presenting, to the user, the selected one or more custom objects.
US11514492B1	Network router having service card In general, techniques are disclosed to facilitate communicating within computer networks. For example, a layer three (L3) router including a service card and an interface card may be configured to perform the techniques. The interface card receives a query from a network that sources communications in accordance with a plurality of models. The query may specify a customer device and one of the sourced communications, and request that the service card select one of the models for the specified sourced communication and the specified customer device. The service card further stores data defining a profile for the one of the customer devices. The service card may also, in response to the query, analyze the profile data for the specified customer device to determine the selected one of the models for the specified sourced communication with respect to the specified customer device.
US11514491B2	Multi-format electronic invoicing system According to some embodiments, an invoice data store contains electronic records for invoices associated with customers and an enterprise. An electronic invoicing system computer server may receive invoice data (associated with a customer of the enterprise) from remote invoice platforms, and the server may create invoice documents in first and second formats based on information in the invoice data store. It may be determined that the invoice documents represent “work in process” and, as a result, the system may prevent the invoice documents from being transmitted to a customer device. An adjustment to the invoice document in an intermediate format is received and the invoice document in at least one of the first and second format is automatically updated. When it is later determined that the invoice documents no longer represent “work in process,” the system electronically transmits the invoice documents to the customer device.
US11514487B1	Systems and methods for offline and online vehicle usage for volume-based metrics The disclosed system may include a non-transitory memory and one or more hardware processors configured to execute instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations including determining online data and offline data from a mobile application, wherein the online data is determined based on the mobile application being online and the offline data is determined based on the mobile application being offline, determining travel distance data from a remote device associated with the vehicle, aggregating at least a portion of the online data, at least a portion of the offline data, and at least a portion of the travel distance data, generating data associated with the aggregation of the portion of the online data, the portion of the offline data, and the portion of the travel distance data, and causing the mobile application to display the generated data. Other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed.
US11514482B2	Systems and methods for estimating a remaining value Systems and methods for estimating a remaining value for a host vehicle. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for estimating a remaining value for a vehicle includes receiving sensor data for the vehicle associated with an impact event. For example, the sensor data includes timing data for the impact event. The computer-implemented method also includes determining a damage level based on the sensor data. The computer-implemented method further includes monitoring travel behavior of the vehicle for a predetermined amount of time after the impact event. The computer-implemented method yet further includes estimating a remaining value for the vehicle based on the damage level and the travel behavior of the vehicle.
US11514480B2	System and method for identifying members of a dynamic target segment A campaign server disclosed herein includes a graphic user interface (GUI) and underlying campaign server functionality that together enable a user to build, execute and analyze the results of a campaign with increased ease and accuracy. The campaign server advantageously includes a segmentation engine which operates to dynamically update target segment population data. The campaign server GUI enables the user to construct the campaign content and to launch the campaign towards members of the dynamically updated target segment. The campaign server further operates to collect and present campaign results to the user.
US11514470B2	Integrated internet banking system and method of use As part of an integrated banking platform, an internet banking platform includes a banking server, a processor, and a memory module. The memory module includes stored computer program code. The memory module, the stored computer program code, and the processor are configured to cause the banking server to receive access to a rewards program server associated with a rewards account platform. Further, the server is caused to receive enrollment information associated with a user, and to connect to the rewards program server. The server is also caused to transmit an enrollment request message to the rewards program server. The enrollment request message includes at least a subset of the enrollment information. Additionally, the server is caused to receive an enrollment response message that indicates whether the user has been enrolled in a rewards account maintained by the rewards account platform.
US11514469B2	Method and system for post-transaction rewards A method for managing reward value related to a transaction account is described. The method includes receiving a redemption request; generating a reward cost based on at least a conversion rate and a transaction amount; updating a reward value in an account profile to place a hold on an amount of the reward value equivalent to the reward cost; and deducting a deduction amount from the reward value.
US11514468B2	Market liquidity incentive systems and methods A system and method determine rewards or other incentives for market participants submitting orders for financial instruments on a financial exchange. The system and method determine if orders submitted by one or more market participants are eligible for a reward or other incentive by identifying orders that are at a best bid or offer for a corresponding financial instrument. The system and method determine a number of eligible orders submitted by each of the one or more market participants and applies a reward or other incentive to a particular market participant with the most eligible orders or greatest aggregate size of eligible orders.
US11514465B2	Methods and apparatus to perform multi-level hierarchical demographic classification Methods and apparatus to perform multi-level hierarchical demographic classification are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a neural network structured to process inputs at an input layer to form first outputs at a first output layer representing first possible classifications of an individual according to a demographic classification system at a first hierarchical level, and to process the first outputs to form second outputs at a second output layer representing possible combined classifications of the individual corresponding to combinations of the first possible classifications and second possible classifications of the individual according to the classification system at a second different hierarchical level; and a selector to select one of the second outputs, and associate with the individual a respective one of the first possible classifications and a respective one of the second possible classifications corresponding to a respective one of the possible combined classifications represented by the selected second output.
US11514461B2	Customer service assistance system and customer service assistance method A customer service assistance system includes: storage device that stores an address of an automated response device accumulating knowledge of a provided business in the output screen; and an arithmetic device that, when an inquiry specifying the address is received from a customer terminal, checks identification information of the output screen and an inquiry sentence indicated by the inquiry against questions-and-answers information held for each output screen of the provided business in the automated response device associated with the address, estimates a question matching an intention of the inquiry out of questions in the questions-and-answers information according to whether a screen associated with each question included in the questions-and-answers information matches the output screen and a degree of similarity between a sentence of each question included in the questions-and-answers information and the inquiry sentence, and extracts an answer to the question, and returns the answer to the customer terminal.
US11514460B1	Systems and methods for cross-channel communication management Disclosed herein are systems and methods capable of establishing a communication session between a user and an analyst. The contents of the communication session are analyzed to make recommendations of goods and services to the user. Otherwise, the communication session may be redirected from one channel, for example, chatting to another channel, for example, voice call, to another analyst. The user's information and the communication session details are retained, and provided to another analyst before the user is redirected. Such systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products use real-time machine learning scoring algorithm to determine which analyst the users should be transferred to, and thereby saving a lot of time for both the analysts and the users, and significantly reduce misroutes by eliminating human errors.
US11514458B2	Intelligent automation of self service product identification and delivery Embodiments for implementing intelligent automation of opportunity transaction workflows by a processor. One or more tasks identified in an existing transaction opportunity workflow suitable for automation may be automated in a current transaction opportunity workflow. The automated tasks may be scheduled and executed in the current transaction opportunity workflow. The automated tasks in the current transaction opportunity workflow may be monitored.
US11514455B2	Methods for providing automated collateral eligibility services and devices thereof Method, system and non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions for implementing a method for providing automated collateral eligibility services implemented by one or more collateral management service (CMS) devices between a client and at least one other party. The method includes receiving a collateral eligibility schedule setup request from a client device. The collateral eligibility schedule setup request includes one or more attributes and one or more rules. The method further includes initiating a current collateral eligibility schedule based on the received collateral eligibility schedule setup request; transmitting a notification to the at least one other party to review the current collateral eligibility schedule; receiving approval of the current collateral eligibility schedule from the at least one other party; and activating the approved current collateral eligibility schedule.
US11514452B2	Multi-device point-of-sale system having multiple merchant-facing devices Techniques for conducting transaction(s) between a merchant and customer(s) via a multi-device point-of-sale (POS) system is described. The multi-device POS system can include a customer-facing device having a first processor for processing first instructions for presenting a customer user interface (UI) on a display of the customer-facing device. The customer-facing device can include a payment reader that is accessible by the one or more customers. Further, the multi-device POS system can include a first merchant-facing device having a second processor for processing second instructions for presenting a first merchant UI, which can enable the merchant to perform a first action associated with a first transaction of the one or more transactions. The first merchant-facing device can be coupled to the customer-facing device. The multi-device POS system can further include an application, which can be stored on the customer-facing device, a second merchant-facing device, or a personal device, for presenting a second merchant UI enabling the merchant to perform a second action.
US11514449B2	Pre-authorization of non-activated payment instruments at specific merchants The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for pre-authorizing transactions using unactivated payment instruments at specific merchants. One example method includes receiving a transaction request associated with a no card present (NCP) transaction and a first credit account. In response to determining that the first credit account is associated with an unactivated payment instrument, a determination is made as to whether the credit account is associated with at least one pre-authorization rule for authorizing NCP transactions prior to activation of a payment instrument associated with the corresponding credit account is associated with the first credit account. If it is, a set of pre-authorization criteria associated with the at least one pre-authorization rule is identified, and the set of transaction data associated with the transaction request is compared to the criteria. If the transaction request satisfies the criteria, the transaction request is authorized and an authorization is transmitted.
US11514441B2	System and method for decentralized title recordation and authentication A decentralized property system and method allow ownership rights to be transferred directly from one party to another without requiring a central authority to operate or secure the system. Digital signatures provide a method to issue and transfer titles (“bitmarks”) within the system. Using a blockchain algorithm, distributed consensus on asset ownership can be achieved.
US11514438B1	Document generation with dynamic watermarking Techniques are described for generating and presenting a digital document for a transfer. A check service may generate the digital document based on provided check data. The digital document may be stored on a user device and presented to a recipient, for example through the display of the user device. The digital document may also be provided to the recipient in an email or other type of communication. The check service may generate a digital watermark to include on the digital document. The watermark may be unique to the particular document, and may be algorithmically generated based on data that is associated with the particular document, such as a serial identifier, a transaction identifier, an amount, a user identifier of the sender, etc. The digital watermark may be regenerated when the recipient presents the document for payment, to confirm document validity.

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