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| US11612089B2 |
Component placement systems and methods of operating the same
A component placement system is provided. The component placement system includes: a first bond head array configured for simultaneously carrying a first plurality of electronic components; a second bond head array configured for simultaneously carrying a second plurality of electronic components; a first motion system for simultaneously carrying the first bond head array and the second bond head array along a first motion axis; and a second motion system for carrying the first bond head array independent of the second bond head array. |
| US11612086B2 |
Self-contained electromagnetic tracking unit
An electromagnetic tracking system includes a magnetic transmitter configured to output magnetic fields, a receiver responsive to the magnetic fields, an electronics assembly having conductive elements that cause distortion to the magnetic fields, and an output mechanism configured to output a position of the receiver relative to the magnetic transmitter, wherein the magnetic transmitter has at least one winding disposed around a hollow ferromagnetic core comprised of conductive material through which current is made to flow by the electronics, wherein the electronics assembly is at least partially contained within the hollow portion of the hollow ferromagnetic core. Methods of manufacturing include shaping walls into a hollow shell to surround an electronics assembly, covering the hollow shell with ferromagnetic material, inserting the wrapped hollow shell into a plastic bobbin, and winding the plastic bobbin with coil wire to produce three orthogonal windings. |
| US11612079B2 |
Heatsink for co-packaged optical switch rack package
An optical communication system includes a co-packaged optical module and a heatsink mounted to the co-packaged optical module. The co-packaged optical module includes a processor disposed on a substrate and a plurality of light engines disposed at different locations around the processor on the substrate. The processor and the light engines generating different amounts of heat during operation. The heatsink includes a plurality of heat pipes non-uniformly distributed throughout the heatsink to remove the different amounts of heat generated at a location of the processor and respective locations of the different ones of the light engines. |
| US11612072B2 |
Polyhedral LED display screen
A polyhedral LED display screen is provided and includes multiple cabinet main frames. Each the cabinet main frame is formed with an accommodating cavity. A side of each cabinet main frame is provided with a flexible PCB, an outer side of the flexible PCB facing away from the cabinet main frame is disposed with LED lamp beads, an inner side of the flexible PCB facing towards the cabinet main frame is magnetically connected to the cabinet main frame, and the cabinet main frames are connected to each other to form a regular dodecahedron sphere. The multiple cabinet main frames can be completely covered by the flexible PCBs, a missing display at an end point in the prior art is eliminated, design numbers and complexities of the cabinet main frames and the flexible PCBs are reduced, and an installation of the cabinet main frames becomes more convenient. |
| US11612070B1 |
Television cable management apparatus
A television cable management apparatus including a housing assembly and an internal compartments assembly. The housing assembly includes 3 equally spaced apart holes, a bottom and four lateral walls defining a container with opening atop. The 3 equally spaced holes are in one of the four lateral walls of the housing. The internal compartments assembly includes cutouts, cylindrical members and at least one transversal wall. The at least one transversal wall is placed in the housing defining a left compartment and a right compartment. The left compartment is used to store remote controls and the right compartment is used to organize cables. The cables go through the 3 equally spaced apart holes and rest in the cutouts. The cylindrical members are placed in an interior face of one of the four lateral walls. The cylindrical members are used to wind cables therein. |
| US11612067B2 |
Device having fool-proofing structure and cabinet type device assembly
A device having fool-proofing structure is configured to be inserted into a cabinet along a first direction and includes a case and an elastic sheet module. The elastic sheet module is disposed on a side of the case and includes a first end disposed on the case, a second end opposite to the first end, a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion. The first protrusion portion is adjacent to the second end, protrudes from the case and is configured to abut against the cabinet. The second protrusion portion is farther from the second end than the first protrusion portion, protrudes from the case, and is configured to make the second end and the first protrusion portion move toward the interior of the case as being pressed by a force. |
| US11612063B2 |
Method of making interconnect substrate and insulating sheet
An insulating sheet for use in forming an insulating layer of an interconnect substrate includes a semi-cured insulating resin layer, a semi-cured protective resin layer laminated on an upper surface of the insulating resin layer, and a cover layer laminated on an upper surface of the protective resin layer, wherein the protective resin layer has lower resistance to a predetermined solution than the insulating resin layer has, the predetermined solution being capable of dissolving the insulating resin layer and/or the protective resin layer. |
| US11612056B2 |
Substrate for mounting electronic element, electronic device, and electronic module
A first substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A second substrate includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. A third substrate includes a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface. The first substrate is made of an insulator, and includes a mounting portion for mounting an electronic element at the first surface, and the mounting portion for mounting the electronic element is a rectangular shape. The third substrate is made of a carbon material, and the fifth surface is connected to at least the second surface at location overlapped with the mounting portion for mounting the electronic element in plan view. The third substrate has a larger heat conduction in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the mounting portion than heat conduction in the longitudinal direction of the mounting portion in plan view. |
| US11612054B2 |
Wiring board and method for manufacturing wiring board
A substrate that is stretchable; wiring positioned on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section including peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The substrate has a component region and a wiring region adjacent to the component region. The component region includes a component-fixing region overlapping an electronic component mounted on the wiring board when viewed along the normal direction of the first surface of the substrate and a component-surrounding region positioned around the component-fixing region. The stretching control mechanism is positioned in the component-surrounding region and at least includes a stretching control part that spreads to the border between the component-surrounding region and the component-fixing region. |
| US11612053B2 |
Circuit board and electronic device
A circuit board includes a first circuit board portion and a second circuit board portion. The first circuit board portion is provided with a first transmission line for a low-frequency signal or a low-speed signal, and the second circuit board portion is provided with a second transmission line for a high-frequency signal or a high-speed signal. The second circuit board portion is located on the first circuit board portion in a positional relationship in which the first transmission line and the second transmission line are side-by-side with each other. With this structure, signal leakage and interference between different signals are reduced or prevented in a line that transmits signals with different frequencies and different transmission speeds. |
| US11612050B2 |
Heat dissipation device
A heat dissipation device includes a heat conductor. The heat conductor includes a heat dissipation side and a heat absorption side opposite to each other. The heat absorption side is formed by at least two contact planes. The at least two contact planes are arranged in parallel to each other, and a height difference exists between the at least two contact planes. |
| US11612049B2 |
Modified split structure particle accelerators
A particle accelerator can include a first waveguide portion and a second waveguide portion. The first waveguide portion can include a first plurality of cell portions and a first iris portion that is disposed between two of the first plurality of cell portions. The first iris portion can include a first portion of an aperture such that the aperture is configured to be disposed about a beam axis. The first waveguide portion can further include a first bonding surface. The second waveguide portion can include a second plurality of cell portions and a second iris portion that is disposed between two of the second plurality of cell portions. The second iris portion can include a second portion of the aperture. The second waveguide portion can include a second bonding surface. |
| US11612040B2 |
Dynamic light control method for controlling at least one illumination parameter
A dynamic light control method for controlling at least one adjustable illumination parameter at a target location has been suggested. The method comprises setting the value of at least one adjustable illumination parameter at a first predetermined level, maintaining the value of the at least one adjustable illumination parameter at the first predetermined level for a first predetermined time period, varying the value of the at least one adjustable illumination parameter from the first predetermined level to a second predetermined level, maintaining the value of the at least one adjustable illumination parameter at the second level for a second predetermined time period, and varying the value of the at least one adjustable illumination parameter from the second level to a third predetermined level, wherein the varying the at least one adjustable illumination parameter comprises monotonously varying the at least one adjustable illumination parameter with a predefined maximum variation rate. |
| US11612035B2 |
Energy source backup charging power supply that adapts to a variable input voltage
A power supply that senses the variable voltage on LED devices and uses this voltage to force current into a storage device such as a battery to charge it. When power fails, a DC-DC boost converter supplies the necessary voltage taking current from the battery to maintain the LEDs at percentage nominal current level. |
| US11612024B2 |
Systems and methods for daylight harvesting
A method of determining a drive signal provided to a light-emitting diode (LED). The method including sensing, via a first sensor, a first light intensity corresponding to a natural light in a room, sensing, via a second sensor, a second light intensity for a zone of the room, determining, via the controller, an expected light intensity, and determining, via the controller, whether the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity. The method further including, in response to determining that the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity, determining, via the controller, an artificial light intensity, determining, via the controller, the drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone of the room, the artificial light intensity, the first light intensity, and the second light intensity, and controlling, via the controller, the driver to provide the drive signal to the LED array. |
| US11612017B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, including: a substrate holding/rotating part configured to hold a substrate on a mounting table and rotate the substrate; a laser irradiation head configured to irradiate a laser beam toward a lower surface of the mounting table; and a controller configured to control at least the rotation of the substrate holding/rotating part and the irradiation of the laser beam. The laser irradiation head is fixed below the mounting table so as to be spaced apart from the mounting table. The controller controls the laser irradiation head to irradiate the laser beam when the mounting table is rotated by the substrate holding/rotating part. |
| US11612015B2 |
Macro cell-influenced access to private networks
A controller of a macro wireless network provisions a user device for access to local private networks based on the cell that the user device uses to attach to the macro wireless network. The controller obtains information on private networks operating within a coverage area of the macro wireless network. The controller associates a particular cell of the macro wireless network with one or more private networks operating within the particular cell. The controller detects a user device in the particular cell and provisions the user device with access to the one or more private networks. |
| US11612007B2 |
Low power dissipation Bluetooth mesh network system and communication method
The present invention discloses a low power dissipation Bluetooth mesh network system and a communication method thereof. The Bluetooth mesh network system includes a friend node and a lower power node. The friend node operates as a proxy server terminal to perform a proxy server broadcast. The lower power node operates as a proxy client and establishes a connection with the friend node based on a proxy protocol when the proxy server broadcast is received and identified. The friend node further filters out an invalid packet unrelated to the low power node and stores a valid packet related to the low power node so as to transmit the valid packet to the low power node when the low power node switches from a sleep status to a wakeup status. |
| US11612002B2 |
System and method for synchronous independent channel access in a wireless network
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for synchronous independent channel access in a wireless network. The synchronous independent channel access can be performed by a wireless station having multiple transceivers for simultaneous communication over multiple wireless bands. A wireless station can connect wirelessly to a wireless access point to access a first primary wireless band during a transmission opportunity, and can use early access on a second primary wireless band without receiving a transmission opportunity. The transmission and reception of data frames over the different primary channels are synchronized to prevent or mitigate inter-channel interference. According to some embodiments, the channels are synchronized using back-off procedures and/or padding to align the ending time of transmitted and received data frames, for example. |
| US11612001B2 |
Distributed control in wireless systems
Systems, procedures, and instrumentalities are disclosed for distributed control in wireless systems, such as 5G flexible radio access technology (RAT) (5gFLEX). Example procedures are provided for WTRU and network operation associated with a distributed control plane architecture, connectionless data transfer and dedicated system information acquisition. Distributed control may be provided, for example, by replicating a plurality of access control functions (ACFs) using a plurality of instances in a plurality of different transmission/reception points (TRPs) with multi-connectivity. The plurality of TRPs may concurrently provide control services to a WTRU. Centralized control functions may manage core network connectivity and/or a plurality of user plane instances for the WTRU and/or may facilitate coordination between the plurality of ACF instances for the WTRU in the plurality of different TRPs of the WTRU's configuration. |
| US11612000B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for requesting system information
A method for requesting system information, includes: sending a first random access request, wherein the first random access request carries at least one pilot code for identifying system information to be requested; monitoring a response message corresponding to the first random access request within a preset time period, wherein the response message carries information for responding to the at least one pilot code; and when the response message is detected, based on a pilot code identifier included in the response message, monitoring and receiving system information corresponding to the pilot code identifier within a transmission window of the system information corresponding to the pilot code identifier. |
| US11611998B2 |
Apparatus and method of random access procedure
A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. |
| US11611993B2 |
Detecting random access response (RAR) via random access channel (RACH) procedure
Embodiments herein relate to e.g. a method performed by a radio network node for handling communication of a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The radio network node receives, from the wireless device, a preamble of a random access procedure on a first carrier or a second carrier. The radio network node further transmits, to the wireless device, a random access response (RAR), wherein the RAR or transmission of the RAR indicates the carrier out of the first carrier and the second carrier the preamble was received on. |
| US11611988B2 |
Random access method and apparatus
This application provides a random access method and apparatus. The method may include determining, by a terminal, a service attribute of to-be-transmitted data, where the service attribute includes one or more of the following: a service type attribute, a service packet attribute, and a service latency attribute. The method may also include sending, by the terminal when the service attribute meets a preset condition for early data transmission, a random access request to a network device using a dedicated resource for the early data transmission. In this way, the early data transmission is initiated after the service attribute meets the preset condition for the early data transmission, so that a quantity of times for which the early data transmission is initiated is reduced, thereby saving resources. In addition, a success rate of the early data transmission can be improved. |
| US11611987B2 |
Method and device for detecting partial discontinuous transmission (DTX) using soft bits correlation
Described is a method and device for detecting a discontinuous transmission (DTX) state or a partial DTX state at an uplink control information (UCI) receiver in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving a linear block encoded signal on an uplink (UL) at said UCI receiver and processing said signal after resource element (RE) demapping to obtain a soft bit sequence. The soft bit sequence is then transformed into multiple sub-sequences. Correlation metrics are determined for two or more of the multiple sub-sequences or two or more sub-sequence groups derived from the multiple sub-sequences or sequence segments derived from the sub-sequence groups. Then, a determination is made if a DTX state has occurred by evaluating the determined correlation metrics. |
| US11611986B2 |
Control and data multiplexing for resources
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A set of user equipments (UEs) may communicate with each other on communication links using data resources from a pool of shared resources. The UEs may be configured to multiplex control resources with data resources of a shared resource pool. In some cases, a UE may communicate, in control resources, control signaling to reserve data resources of a shared resource pool. After transmitting the request, the UE may communicate data in one or more data resources. The UE may communicate the data using transmission components while concurrently processing control signaling using other components. |
| US11611984B2 |
System and method for preserving wireless transmissions
Various aspects include a method for preserving a msg3 transmission. The method may include receiving, by a UE device, from a base station, a CI that overlaps with the msg3 transmission. Responsive to receiving the CI, the msg3 transmission is not canceled. Another method disclosed herein includes continuing an RA procedure. The method may include encoding a first part of the msgB. The method may include encoding a second part of the msgB. The method may include attempting to decode, by the UE device, the first part of the msgB. The method may include attempting to decode, by the UE device, the second part of the msgB. Based on successfully decoding of the first part of the msgB, and unsuccessfully decoding of the second part of the msgB, the method may include continuing the RA procedure. |
| US11611983B2 |
Acknowledgement feedback for multi-component carrier scheduling
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) to provide hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for multiple physical channels (e.g., multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH)) scheduled via cross component carrier. The UE may monitor control channel occasions, to receive wireless communications from a base station. For example, the UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) messages that may schedule multiple PDSCH over different component carriers. The DCI messages may include an indication of a timing offset for HARQ feedback for the multiple PDSCH. In some examples, the UE may be configured to receive multiple DCI messages and order the DCI messages based on component carrier indices or a PDCCH occasion, or both. The UE may then determine a slot to transmit HARQ feedback for the multiple PDSCH based on an indication in a latest DCI message identified according to the ordering. |
| US11611981B2 |
UE feedback of content processing time for bi-directional traffic
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for reporting content processing times to a base station to allow the base station to efficiently schedule bi-directional communications one or more UEs. A content processing time may correspond to the time taken by a UE to process one or more downlink signals received in one or more downlink transmissions. In some examples, the UE may report a content processing time for each downlink transmission. In some examples, the UE may report one or more content processing times for multiple downlink transmissions. The base station may use the content processing times to configure an appropriate gap between downlink and uplink transmissions such that the UE may have sufficient time to process downlink signals before transmitting one or more uplink transmissions in response to the one or more downlink transmissions. |
| US11611978B2 |
Reference modulation and coding scheme table in sidelink signaling
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A receiving device (e.g., a base station and/or a user equipment) may receive, over a control channel, a first control signal identifying first scheduling information for a data transmission to the receiving device. The receiving device may determine a number of resource elements of a shared channel for a second control signal based at least in part on a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) table associated with the second control signal. The receiving device may receive, over the resource elements of the shared channel and based at least in part on the first control signal, the second control signal identifying second scheduling information for the data transmission. The receiving device may decode the second control signal based at least in part on the first MCS table. |
| US11611976B2 |
Method by which terminal transmits uplink control information in unlicensed band, and device using method
A method by which a terminal transmits uplink control information (UCI) in an unlicensed band and a device using the method are provided. The method generates data and first UCI including information necessary to decode the data, and transmits, to a base station, the data and the first UCI through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in an unlicensed band, wherein the first UCI further includes information necessary to decode the second UCI when second UCI is transmitted to the base station together with the data and the first UCI through the PUSCH. |
| US11611970B2 |
Adaptive resource allocation for media streams over wireless
A method is provided in a wireless access point in a wireless communications network. The method includes obtaining information characterizing a first wireless stream and the second wireless stream transmitted or received by the wireless access point. The information includes at least a wireless channel quality for each of the first wireless stream and the second wireless stream. The method further includes allocating transmission resources to the first wireless stream and the second wireless stream based on the obtained information. In response to a change in quality of the first wireless stream, the method further includes revising the allocation of transmission resources for the first wireless stream based on at least one of a target bit-rate and a target level of smoothness. |
| US11611968B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink signal and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, the method for receiving a downlink signal comprises the steps of: receiving first time offset information and second time offset information from a base station, wherein the first time offset information and the second time offset information each indicate the time offset between the reception time of a specific signal and the reception time of a specific channel associated with the specific signal, and the first time offset information is set to have a length shorter than that of the second time offset information; and monitoring the specific signal at a time position determined on the basis of one of the first time offset information and the second time offset information, wherein the one offset information is determined on the basis of the capability of a user device. |
| US11611967B2 |
Scrambling-based data transmission method
This application provides example scrambling-based data transmission methods and apparatuses. A scrambling manner is determined based on a sending waveform. The scrambling manner can include frequency domain scrambling, time domain scrambling, or time-frequency domain scrambling. To-be-scrambled data can be scrambled based on the scrambling manner, to obtain scrambled output data. The scrambled output data can be sent. The sending waveform can be a discrete Fourier transform spreading orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform or a cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) waveform. |
| US11611965B2 |
System and method for beam management in high frequency multi-carrier operations with spatial quasi co-location
When spatial quasi co-location is established between component carriers, beam management, e.g., beam configuration or reference signal configuration, of one component carrier may be performed based at least in part on beam management information of the other. Information specifying that component carriers or reference signals cross component carriers are spatially quasi co-located, or information about a SQCL group including spatially quasi co-located carriers, may be transmitted to a UE, e.g., using broadcast signaling, radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a media access control-control element (MAC-CE), downlink control information (DCI) signaling, or a combination thereof. |
| US11611959B2 |
Method and apparatus of receiving downlink channel and/or downlink reference signal
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method of receiving downlink channel and/or downlink reference signal on an unlicensed band. An LTE user equipment (UE) receives control information of a cell operating on an unlicensed band, and receives downlink channel and/or downlink reference signal transmitted in the cell according to the control information. According to the present disclosure, data can be properly received on an unlicensed band. |
| US11611958B2 |
Method, user equipment and base station for initializing secondary cell in cellular communication system
Embodiments provide a method for initializing a secondary cell in a cellular communication system. The method may comprise: receiving from a base station a Radio Resource Control RRC configuration request for the secondary cell to perform a RRC configuration; and in response to receiving the RRC configuration request, performing uplink synchronization with the base station in the secondary cell. |
| US11611954B2 |
System and method for physical downlink control channel monitoring based on user equipment capability
Methods and apparatuses are provided for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A user equipment (UE) reports capability information indicating one or more tuples. Each tuple indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring that the UE is capable of supporting. An indication is received in response to the capability information. A pair of values is determined based on the indication. A first value is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-slot monitoring, and a second value is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-span monitoring. A monitored candidate limit per slot is determined based on the first value. A monitored candidate limit per span is determined based on the second value. |
| US11611952B2 |
Uplink transmission power allocation
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink transmission power allocation. One method includes receiving a configuration of two uplink carriers. The method includes determining whether a configuration parameter corresponding to at least one of a first uplink carrier and a second uplink carrier for a serving cell is configured. The method includes determining whether a power headroom report is based on an actual sounding reference signal (“SRS”) transmission or a reference SRS transmission. The method includes, in response to determining that the power headroom report is based on a reference SRS transmission, selecting an uplink carrier for power headroom computation from the two uplink carriers based on whether the configuration parameter for the two uplink carriers. The method includes computing the power headroom report for the serving cell based on a reference SRS transmission on the uplink carrier. |
| US11611946B2 |
Sampling synchronization through GPS signals
A method uses a distributed data acquisition system with multiple, physically unconnected, data acquisition units, that can be in wireless communication with a remote host, to timestamp measurement data with sub-microsecond time base accuracy of sampling clock relative to an absolute timeframe. A current absolute time is derived from messages received from a satellite radio beacon positioning system (GPS). Measurement data is sampled by each unit at a specified sampling rate. Using hardware logic, batches of sampled data are associated with corresponding timestamps representing the absolute time at which the data was sampled. Data and timestamps may be transmitted to the host. A time offset bias is compensated by comparing timestamps against a nominal time based on start time and nominal sampling rate. The sampling clock rate may be disciplined using time pulses from the GPS receiver. An initial start of data sampling by all units can also be synchronized. |
| US11611942B2 |
High-frequency signal processing apparatus and wireless communication apparatus
A high-frequency signal processing apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus can achieve a decrease in power consumption. For example, when an indicated power level to a high-frequency power amplifier is equal to or greater than a second reference value, envelope tracking is performed by causing a source voltage control circuit to control a high-speed DCDC converter using a detection result of an envelope detecting circuit and causing a bias control circuit to indicate a fixed bias value. The source voltage control circuit and the bias control circuit indicate a source voltage and a bias value decreasing in proportion to a decrease in the indicated power level when the indicated power level is in a range of the second reference value to the first reference value, and indicate a fixed source voltage and a fixed bias value when the indicated power level is less than the first reference value. |
| US11611939B2 |
Techniques for determining power offsets of a physical downlink shared channel
Examples include techniques for determining power offsets of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). In some examples higher and physical layer signaling may be provided to user equipment (UE) by a base station such as an evolved Node B to enable the UE to determine power offset values for a multiplexed PDSCH having a serving PDSCH and a co-scheduled PDSCH transmitted via use of same time and frequency resources. The determined power offset values for use by the UE to demodulate the serving PDSCH and mitigate possible interference caused by the co-scheduled PDSCH. Both the UE and the eNB may operate in compliance with one or more 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards. |
| US11611936B2 |
Extended battery lifetime for NB-IoT devices via coverage class specific paging configuration
A method for optimizing power consumption for Narrowband Internet of Things devices, UEs, in idle mode using a coverage class specific paging configuration, where carriers for paging are partitioned by coverage class, whereas the coverage class specific paging configuration, broadcasted by a system information exchanged between the base station and the UE, is extended by an additional NRSRP rsrp-ThresholdPcch threshold, whereas the UE selects one carrier for paging with a Narrowband Reference signal received power (NRSRP) smaller than the rsrp-ThresholdPcch threshold or if a UE is not reachable the eNodeB expands a paging area for the considered UE stepwise into other paging coverage classes in order to reach the UE. |
| US11611935B2 |
Group-addressed frames transmitted via multiple WLAN communication links
A first communication device determines whether a group-addressed frame is to be transmitted via multiple WLAN communication links. In response to determining that the group-addressed frame is to be transmitted via the multiple WLAN communication links, the first communication device i) transmits a first instance of the group-addressed frame via a first WLAN communication link, the first instance of the group-addressed frame having a sequence number set to a value, and ii) transmits a second instance of the group-addressed frame via a second WLAN communication link, the second instance of the group-addressed frame having a sequence number set to the value. In response to determining that the group-addressed frame is to be transmitted via only a single WLAN communication link, the first communication device transmits the group-addressed frame only via the single WLAN communication link. |
| US11611933B2 |
Managing station connectivity in microcell Wi-Fi environment on a data communication network
In a microcell environment, access points with a probe-if-assigned setting configured to delay probe responses to probe requests is registered and managed by a Wi-Fi controller. Probe requests are received and forwarded from at least two of the plurality of access points from a specific station attempting to connect to the Wi-Fi communication network. A Wi-Fi assignment module receives RSSI measurements from the at least two access points with respect to the specific access point, during a delay from the probe-if-assigned setting. A specific access point is assigned to the specific station for sending a probe response once a delay period expires. |
| US11611931B2 |
WI-FI hotspot recommendation method, terminal, and graphical user interface
A WI-FI hotspot recommendation method includes scanning a WI-FI hotspot, determining an Internet-accessible hotspot in WI-FI hotspots that are obtained by means of scanning, determining network quality obtained when the terminal accesses a network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot, and displaying an identifier of the Internet-accessible hotspot and an identifier that indicates the network quality obtained when the terminal accesses the network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot. |
| US11611926B2 |
Access control for data transmission
A method and apparatus for access control for data transmission in idle mode and/or inactive mode in a wireless communication system is provided. An allowed timer is defined, and the allowed timer is started based on a result of access barring check. While the allowed timer is running, the wireless device can perform an uplink (UL) transmission without further access barring check. |
| US11611925B2 |
Switching processing method, terminal device and network device
Disclosed herein are a switching processing method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method includes initiating a connection to a first target network device. The method also includes maintaining a connection with a source network device. when the connection with the first target network device fails, the method further includes returning to the connection with the source network device and initiating a connection to a second target network device. |
| US11611924B2 |
Communications device, infrastructure equipment, wireless communications network and methods
A method of performing cell reselection by a wireless communications device comprises measuring a signal strength of radio signals received from a serving cell, determining whether the signal strength of the signals received from the serving cell is lower than a first predetermined signal strength threshold, if the signal strength is lower than the first predetermined signal strength threshold measuring a signal strength of a neighbor cell operating on the same frequency as the serving cell to generate signal strength measurements at a first rate, and in accordance with the signal strength measurements of the neighbor cell generated at the first rate determining whether to reselect to the neighbor cell. |
| US11611915B2 |
Control method for reporting information, control device for reporting information and storage medium thereof
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a control method for reporting information, a control device for reporting information, and a storage medium. The method can include recording, in response to an action of network reselection of a terminal device, reselection information of the network reselection, and determining whether the reselection information meets a preset condition, and disabling the function of the terminal device to report the reselection information if it is determined that the reselection information meets the preset condition. In this way, the power consumption caused by the reporting of the reselection information when the terminal device performs over network reselection may be prevented, thereby saving the power of the battery of the terminal device. |
| US11611913B2 |
Technique for preparing user equipment mobility
A technique for preparing User Equipment, UE, mobility to a 2G/3G network for a UE moving from a 5G network, optionally via a 4G network, to the 2G/3G network is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by a network node of the 5G network and comprises triggering (S304) providing one or more 2G/3G Quality of Service, QoS, parameters to the UE required to hand over at least one QoS flow established between the UE and the 5G network to the 2G/3G network when the UE moves to the 2G/3G network. |
| US11611908B2 |
System information transmission method, base station, and terminal
Disclosed in the present invention are a system information transmission method, a base station, and a terminal, which can improve the flexibility of resource allocation. The method comprises: a base station obtains at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, each of the at least two wireless configuration parameter sets comprising at least one wireless configuration parameter, and values of the at least one wireless configuration parameter in any two wireless configuration parameter sets being different; among at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, the base station determines at least one wireless configuration parameter set for transmitting first system information in a first time period; and the base station sends, according to the at least one wireless configuration parameter set, the first system information in the first time period by means of at least one frequency-domain resource, the at least one frequency-domain resource being in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least one wireless configuration parameter set in the first time period, and frequencies corresponding to any two frequency-domain resources among the at least one frequency-domain resource being different. |
| US11611905B2 |
User-plane apparatus for edge computing
There is disclosed in one example a radio access network (RAN) user plane processing entity (UPPE) for a mobile data network, including: a hardware platform; a virtual switch to operate on the hardware platform; a network interface to communicatively couple to a local server; and a software defined networking controller, including a radio access network (RAN) control plane (CP) sniffer, and configured to: receive a control plane traffic offloading rule via a northbound interface, the traffic offloading rule configured to offload a class of traffic to the local server; operate the RAN CP sniffer to build a user-plane flow control message according to the offloading rule; and send the flow control message to the virtual switch. |
| US11611901B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices of amplifying wireless signals of less congested network access points utilizing a repeater
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first network parameter associated with a first network device and obtaining a second network parameter associated with a second network device. Further embodiments include determining that the first network device is less congested than the second network device based on the first network parameter and the second network parameter resulting in a first determination. Additional embodiments include amplifying a first wireless signal based on the first determination and in response to receiving the first wireless signal from the first network device resulting in a first amplified wireless signal, and transmitting the first amplified wireless signal Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11611886B2 |
Narrowband communications in unlicensed frequency band
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for narrowband communications using frequency hopping in an unlicensed frequency band. In some aspects, a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) may communicate with one another over a sequence of unique frequency sub-bands of a frequency hopping pattern. In some instances, the BS and the UE may switch from a current frequency sub-band to another frequency sub-band based on a number of unsuccessful attempts to gain access to the current frequency sub-band. In some other instances, the BS and the UE may communicate data using configured grant (CG) resources based on a number of unsuccessful attempts to gain access to the current frequency sub-band. |
| US11611885B2 |
Radio communication device and radio communication method
Provided is a radio communication device capable of reducing interference, caused by non-SR transmission, with a basic service set (BSS) performing spatial reuse (SR) transmission. An SR transmission resource control unit (107) of the radio communication device (SR initiator) (100) determines transmission resources for an SR signal to be transmitted by means of SR to a second BSS other than a first BSS to which the radio communication device (100) belongs on the basis of radio quality information transmitted from other radio communication devices (SR responders) in the first BSS. A radio transmission/reception unit (101) transmits the SR signal by using the determined transmission resources. |
| US11611882B2 |
Automatically integrating security policy in mobile applications at build-time
A mobile application development environment may be maintained in association with a computing platform. A request to produce a first mobile application with a first security policy may be processed. The first mobile application may be automatically produced. The first security policy may be integrated with the first mobile application during creation of the first mobile application. The first mobile application may be provided to a mobile application provider. The first security policy may be included in the first mobile application when the first mobile application is downloaded from the mobile application provider. |
| US11611879B2 |
5G new radio—avoiding redundant as security checks
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for improvements to security checks in a fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) network, including mechanisms to avoid redundant access stratum (AS) security checks. The wireless device may determine that an on-demand system information block (SIB) request is pending transmission and may buffer the on-demand SIB in response to determining that a connection establishment procedure will be initiated within a specified time period. The wireless device may then perform a unified security procedure for the on-demand SIB request and the connection establishment procedure, including confirming connection security. Further, in response to confirming connection security, the wireless device may use an on-demand SIB received from the network without confirming a corresponding on-demand SIB signature. |
| US11611877B2 |
User authentication
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for user authentication are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a request to access a streaming service on an electronic device. The actions further include, in response to receiving the request to access the streaming service on the electronic device, determining, by the computing device, that a subscriber device is in a vicinity of the electronic device. The actions further include, based on determining that the subscriber device is in the vicinity of the electronic device, determining, by the computing device, a user identifier associated with the subscriber device. The actions further include determining that the user identifier is associated with a valid subscription to the streaming service. The actions further include providing data to access the streaming service. |
| US11611875B2 |
Optimized simultaneous authentication of equals (SAE) authentication in wireless networks
Authentication with security in wireless networks may be provided. A first confirm message comprising a first send-confirm element and a first confirm element may be received. Next, an Authenticator Number Used Once (ANonce) may be generated and a second confirm message may be sent comprising the ANonce, a second send-confirm element, and a second confirm element. Then an association request may be received comprising a Supplicant Number Used Once (SNonce) and a Message Integrity Code (MIC). An association response may be sent comprising an encrypted Group Temporal Key (GTK), an encrypted Integrity Group Temporal Key (IGTK), the ANonce, and the MIC. An acknowledgment may be received comprising the MIC in an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LAN (EAPoL) key frame and a controller port may be unblocked in response to receiving the acknowledgment. |
| US11611873B2 |
Method for monitoring access to a user service intended for monitoring of a home-automation installation
The present invention relates to a method for controlling access to a user service (Svc1) intended to control a home-automation installation (Su) comprising at least one home-automation device (D) and at least one central control unit (U), the method being implemented by a managing unit (Sv) and comprising the following steps: a step (Escv118) of receiving from a maintenance user (Usr2) a request to access the user service (Svc1) as a final user (Usr1), based on an identifier of the final user (Usr1ID) and an authentication token (Tk1D); a step (ESvc119) of verifying the validity of the authentication token (Tk1D) via a repository (SvAuth) for authenticating token validity, in order to authenticate as a final user (Usr1) with a view to access to the user service (Svc1); and a step (ESvc122) of authorising access of the maintenance user (Usr2) to the user service (Svc1) as final user (Usr1) if the identification token (Tk1D) is observed to be valid. |
| US11611872B2 |
Methods and systems for a self-provisioning device
In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for wireless communications for initiating, by a provisioning system, a provisioning procedure to configure and update a device that initiates an initial connection to a wireless network based on a unique identifier of the device; and establishing, by the provisioning system, a secure socket with the device based on the provisioning procedure. |
| US11611871B2 |
Resource configuration method and apparatus
A resource configuration method and an apparatus are disclosed. A method includes: receiving capability information from a terminal device, where the capability information of the terminal device includes information about a first processing capability supported by the terminal device; and determining, based on the capability information of the terminal device, first processing capability configuration information of at least one frequency band used for the terminal device. The terminal device may report the capability information of the terminal device, so that the first processing capability configuration information of the at least one frequency band can be determined based on the capability information of the terminal device. |
| US11611867B2 |
VSIM module for portable apparatus
The present invention provides a vSIM module for a portable apparatus. The portable apparatus at least includes a slot. The vSIM module comprises a radio frequency chip, a baseband processor, a memory, an application processor, and a connector. The radio frequency chip is couple to an antenna. The baseband processor is coupled to the radio frequency chip. The memory is configured to store a vSIM connectivity management program. The application processor is coupled to the memory for executing the vSIM connectivity management program. The connector is configured to connect with the slot of the portable apparatus. When the vSIM connectivity management program is executed by the application processor, a vSIM service is activated. |
| US11611865B2 |
Mobility between areas with heterogeneous network slices
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for handling mobility between areas with heterogeneous network slices in wireless communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. An exemplary method that may be performed by a UE includes receiving an indication that a network slice is not available, entering a connection management idle (CM-IDLE) state, and initiating a registration procedure with an access and mobility management function (AMF) subsequent to entering the CM-IDLE state. |
| US11611864B2 |
Device-registration-operation assisting apparatus
A device-registration-operation assisting apparatus in a device management system including a plurality of devices installed in a building and a management device connected to the devices via a network, assists in an operation to register the devices. The device-registration-operation assisting apparatus includes an emission unit of an electromagnetic wave, and a mobile terminal. The emission unit is integrated into or positioned near one of the plurality of devices. The mobile terminal includes a receiving unit that receives the electromagnetic wave, a display unit that displays information of the device, and an input unit that receives an input of registration information in order to register the device displayed on the display unit in the device management system. The display unit does not display the information of the device for which the registration information is input to the input unit, or changes display of the information. |
| US11611861B2 |
Internet of Things communication service
Disclosed is a method of gathering data from a wireless data device that is not connected to the internet using a mobile device like a phone, laptop, or tablet. The wireless data device signals an device monitoring application on the smartphone to connect. The device monitoring application and the wireless data device trade passwords to establish a secure wireless connection. The data is sent from the wireless data device to the smartphone and stored in memory. The device monitoring application connects wirelessly to the internet through a cell tower. If cell service is not available, the device monitoring application waits till cell service is available to connect to the internet. The device monitoring application on the smartphone establishes a secure connection to a server located on the internet and sends the data to an device monitoring application executing on the server. |
| US11611856B2 |
Image classification-based controlled sharing of visual objects using messaging applications
Messaging devices and related methods for controlled sharing of visual objects using messaging applications are provided. A method includes allowing the user of the messaging device to prepare a message for transmission to a second user of a second messaging device including a visual object. The method includes automatically processing the visual object to determine whether the visual object can be classified as a visual object comprising nudity. The method includes: (1) in response to a first explicit request from the first user to share the visual object comprising nudity with the second user, allowing a transmission of the message including the visual object comprising nudity to the second user, and (2) in response to a second explicit request from the user to not share the visual object with the second user, preventing a transmission of the message including the visual object comprising nudity to the second user. |
| US11611855B2 |
Method of grouping user devices
A grouping method of user devices comprises configuring one or more codes for each of the user devices by a base station wherein each of said one or more codes corresponds to a delay tolerance, performing a grouping task by the base station according to the delay tolerances and a determining result of channel-usage demand corresponding to each of the user devices so as to form one or more first-type groups and one or more second-type groups wherein each first-type group corresponds to a first-group delay tolerance and each second-type group corresponds to a second-group delay tolerance, and performing a selection from user devices in the first-type groups and the second-type groups to form one or more target groups by the base station according to the first-group delay tolerances and the second-group delay tolerances. |
| US11611850B2 |
Systems and methods for PRS muting in a Fifth Generation wireless network
Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation wireless network in which a base station, such as a gNB or ng-eNB, broadcasts a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) in a plurality of different directions and at a plurality of different times. A PRS muting configuration is used in which PRS is muted using a time based and angle based pattern to prevent interference between beams transmitted by other base stations and/or to prevent interference between beams transmitted simultaneously by a single base station. The time based and angle based muting pattern, for example, may provide an indication for each direction in the plurality of different directions and for each time in the plurality of different times and as to whether the PRS is transmitted or muted by the base station. |
| US11611843B2 |
Dynamic positional audio
System and methods for providing dynamic positional audio are disclosed. Methods can comprise determining availability of one or more devices to output audio and determining a location of the one or more available devices. Audio information can be received and at least a portion of the audio information can be configured to generate assigned audio information based on the determined location of the available devices. The assigned audio information can be transmitted to the available devices. |
| US11611842B2 |
Spatial augmentation
An apparatus including circuitry configured for: obtaining media content, wherein the media content includes at least one object data; obtaining priority content information, the priority content information including a priority identification identifying and classifying the at least one object; rendering the at least one object based on the priority content information. |
| US11611839B2 |
Optimization of convolution reverberation
A system for calculating reverberation, comprising a computer that receives a signal input; stores an impulse response signal; reads out the impulse response signal corresponding to the input signal; converts an input signal and an impulse response signal into an input signal in the frequency domain and an impulse response signal in the frequency domain; samples the input signal and in the frequency domain and the impulse response signal in the frequency domain to an input signal and an impulse response signal after sampling; sets one of values of signals included in the impulse response signal after sampling to zero to obtain an impulse response signal after zero-value processing; performs a convolution operation on the impulse response signal after zero-value processing to obtain a reverberant signal in the frequency domain; and converts the reverberant signal in the frequency domain into a reverberant signal in a time domain. |
| US11611838B2 |
System and method for individualized hearing air prescription
Disclosed is a system and method for individualized hearing aid prescription which consists of a test procedure that enables the fitting of an individualized estimation of the SII model to individual listeners efficiently and an optimization process which translates the resulting individualized model to the prescribed gains across frequencies for programming into the user's hearing aids. The test involves the recognition of one or more words presented in background noise, which better approximates the daily listening experiences of hearing-aid users compared to the pure-tone detection in a silent environment task which is commonly utilized during conventional audiometric testing. In the estimated SII model, five parameters describe in a custom fashion the relative weights of speech information across the five frequency bands for a given listener. The results from the speech test is used to determine the desirable amount of gain for each frequency region to optimize the user's aided speech intelligibility. The resulting gains for the individual may then be programmatically applied to the individual's prescribed hearing aid device(s). |
| US11611837B2 |
Systems for bone conduction speaker
Methods and apparatus are described herein related to improving the sound quality of a bone conduction speaker. The sound quality of the bone conduction speaker is adjusted in the sound generation, sound transferring, and sound receiving of the bone conduction speaker by designing vibration generation manners and vibration transfer structures. |
| US11611833B2 |
Bone conduction speaker and compound vibration device thereof
The present invention relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present invention and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader. |
| US11611832B2 |
Systems and methods for improved acousto-haptic speakers
The systems and methods described herein relate to, among other things, a transducer capable of producing acoustic and tactile stimulation. The transducer includes a rigid mass element disposed on the diaphragm of a speaker. The mass element may optionally be removable and may have a mass selected such that the resonant frequency of the transducer falls within the range of frequencies present in an input electrical audio signal. The systems and methods advantageously benefits from both the fidelity and audio performance of a full-range speaker while simultaneously producing high-fidelity, adjustable and palpable haptic vibrations. |
| US11611830B2 |
Audio transducer with forced ventilation of motor and method
An electromechanical transducer (e.g., 200 or 300) includes a motor structure and voice coil winding support structure or former (203 or 303) configured with a vented annular spacer (e.g., 250) and vented distal pole tip member (e.g., 255) having aligned radial channels aimed to transport heat away from a voice coil (202 or 302) during the transducer's reciprocating movement while providing an extended, linear dynamic range and continuous cooling for the voice coil. A dual magnetic gap embodiment has an inside annular spacer member (e.g., 355A) and a co-planar outside annular spacer member (e.g., 350-O), each made of a thermally conductive steel alloy. |
| US11611827B2 |
Speaker audio configuration system
System, method, and various embodiments for providing a speaker audio configuration system are described herein. An embodiment operates by identifying an external speaker connected to an audio device. Second capability information for the external speaker is retrieved and user input indicating a relative position of the external speaker to the internal speaker is received. An audio configuration for the external speaker is calculated based on the second capability information and the relative position of the external speaker. The calculated audio configuration is provided to the external speaker. The external speaker is configured to receive and audibly output audio from the audio device based on the audio configuration. |
| US11611822B2 |
Earbud operation during earbud insertion detection
A method of operating a headphone configured to be removed from and placed in close proximity to a user's ear can include generating an input signal by an input signal generating device. The method can also include determining whether an insertion event has occurred based on the generated input signal and causing the headphone to operate in 5 a low power mode responsive to an absence of an insertion event determination after a first period of time. The method can also include causing the headphone to operate in an ultra-low power mode responsive to the absence of an insertion event determination after a second period of time that occurs after the first period of time, the ultra-low power mode having a lower power consumption than the low power mode. |
| US11611821B1 |
Earphone with proximity sensing function
This invention provides an earphone with a low light transmittance and a non-porous sensor cover. Covering the sensing cover on the proximity sensing device can reduce the interference of most of the ambient light and improve measurement accuracy. |
| US11611819B2 |
Earphone with a vent
An earphone comprising housing, a speaker, a speaker protrusion extending along a protrusion axis and comprising an inner protrusion surface and an outer protrusion surface, a resilient eargel comprising an inner eargel surface and an outer eargel surface. The eargel is detachably attached to the speaker protrusion, such that the outer protrusion surface abuts an abutment part of the inner eargel surface in an abutment zone extending along the protrusion axis. The eargel is adapted to be inserted into the outer ear of a user, such that it abuts the ear canal of a user, whereby a cavity is provided between at least the speaker, the inner protrusion surface, the inner eargel surface and the ear canal. The earphone is provided with a vent channel coupling the cavity and the ambient, wherein the vent channel comprises a groove (8) in the outer protrusion surface or the inner eargel surface. The vent channel is provided between the groove in the outer protrusion surface and the inner eargel surface or between the groove in the inner eargel surface and the outer protrusion surface. The groove comprises a first groove part, that extends in a plane orthogonal to the protrusion axis. |
| US11611813B2 |
Method of removing fixed pattern noise
A method of removing fixed pattern noise, comprising: S01: performing a single-frame segmented exposure on a pixel array; S02: reading a of the pixel array, comprising: S021: performing a soft reset, so as to set the reset signal of the pixel unit to an intermediate voltage, and reading a differential reset signal; S022: performing a hard reset so as to set the reset signal of the pixel unit to a high voltage; S023: turning on a transmission MOS transistor to enable an exposure signal of to photodiode to transmitted to the floating diffusion area, and reading a differential pixel transmission signal; S03: subtracting the differential reset signal from the differential pixel transmission signal to obtain an exposure signal with fixed pattern noise removed. Another method is removing fixed pattern noise and an image sensor are further provided. |
| US11611812B2 |
Method for assessing ambient light during night mode image acquisition
A method for assessing an ambient light level during video acquisition with a video camera is provided. The video camera is operably connected with an IR illuminator, and having a day mode in which an IR-cut filter is arranged in front of an image sensor and a night mode in which the IR-cut filter is not arranged in front of the image sensor. The method comprises: acquiring a stream of images with the video camera in night mode, with the IR illuminator having a first illumination output level, and then reducing an output level of the IR illuminator to a predetermined illumination output level during acquisition of a sequence of a predetermined number of consecutive image frames within the image stream, and then assessing a measure representative of an ambient light level from an evaluation of the sequence of image frames. |
| US11611810B2 |
Providing interactive elements with a live video presentation
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing a call to action in connection with a live video stream. For example, systems and methods described herein enable a broadcaster to configure one or more benefits and one or more calls to action. Systems and methods described herein further provide the one or more calls to action in connection with a live video stream and based on the broadcaster's configurations. In response to a live video stream viewer correctly interacting with a provided call to action, systems and methods described herein provide a benefit to the viewer. |
| US11611807B2 |
Content-based user-preferred trick play
The present disclosure relates to a method for enabling user-preferred trick-play modes. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a method for enabling user-preferred trick-play modes based on content classifications of a content item. In embodiments described herein, methods and systems are provided for varying the user experience with respect to trick-play operation. For example, experience may be varied based on the content being consumed or based on a combination of content being consumed and computing device being used. |
| US11611806B2 |
Systems and methods of image searching
Systems and methods of image searching include receiving content, receiving a request to select an image from content, selecting a plurality of items in the image, retrieving information about the selected item, and providing display data based on the retrieved information. |
| US11611805B2 |
Video streaming apparatus, video editing apparatus, and video delivery system
A video delivery system according to the present disclosure includes: a video streaming apparatus which records and transmits a video data; and a video editing apparatus which receives video data and edits a video based on the video data. The video streaming apparatus includes a streaming processing unit which transmits information which indicates whether a record processing unit has recorded a video file. The video editing apparatus includes range designation means which indicates, to a user, a time range for which the video streaming apparatus has recorded a video file, based on determination by the additional information interpretation means. |
| US11611804B2 |
Publishing disparate live media output streams using live input streams
A live media content switching system inserts, based on one or more events in a first live input stream manifest, information related to a plurality of first media segments and the one or more events from the first live input stream manifest into a first disparate live media output stream manifest, based on a programming schedule. Based on a switching between a first live input stream indicated in the first live input stream manifest from a first regional network and a second live input stream indicated in a second live input stream manifest from a second regional network at scheduled time stamps, an updated first disparate live media output stream manifest is generated. The first live input stream and the second live input stream are switched based on a type of the one or more events. |
| US11611801B2 |
Control method applied to electronic device and associated electronic device and processor
The present invention provides a control method applied to an electronic device is disclosed, wherein the electronic device includes a processor and a wireless network module, and the control method includes the steps of: generating a determination result by determining if the wireless network module needs to transmit a packet; and when the determination result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, reducing a frequency of a clock signal used by the processor during a packet transmission. |
| US11611797B2 |
Providing over-the-air content to any device
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for providing over-the-air (OTA) content to electronic devices. Some embodiments operate by automatically providing program listings of OTA content to the electronic devices, wherein the program listings are displayed in user interfaces of the electronic devices; receiving a user selection of particular OTA content from one of the electronic devices; receiving electronic signals containing OTA content from an antenna; processing, using a tuner, the received electronic signals to extract the particular OTA content therefrom; and transmitting the extracted OTA content to the electronic device for playback. In some embodiments, the extracted OTA content is stored in storage of said the electronic device for future on-demand playback to the user. |
| US11611796B2 |
Voice command integration for local network connected devices
Various arrangements for facilitating smart television content receivers in a local network are provided. A primary television receiver executing a first operating system can receive audio data including human voice from a voice enabled remote control. The primary television receiver can transmit the audio data to a secondary television receiver executing a second operating system and that includes a voice command component. The secondary television receiver can convert the audio data into voice command data and transmit the voice command data to the primary television receiver. The primary television receiver can transmit the voice command data to a voice processing server via the Internet and receive, in response, a command generated based on the voice command data. The primary television receiver can transmit the command to the secondary television receiver. The voice command component can then control an operation of the secondary television receiver based on the command. |
| US11611794B2 |
Systems and methods for minimizing obstruction of a media asset by an overlay by predicting a path of movement of an object of interest of the media asset and avoiding placement of the overlay in the path of movement
Systems and methods are provided herein for minimizing obstruction of a media asset by an overlay by predicting a path of movement of an object of interest of the media asset and avoiding placement of the overlay in the path of movement. To this end, a media guidance application may detect an object of interest in a first frame of a media asset, and may determine a determining a first location of the object in the first frame and a second location of the object of interest in a second frame. The media guidance application may calculate, based on the first location and the second location, a projected location of the object of interest in a third frame of the media asset, and may generate for display an overlay in a location that does not overlap with any of the first location, the second location, and the projected location. |
| US11611790B2 |
RF channel description for multiple frequency networks
Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. An ATSC3.0 service list table (SLT) contains correlations between service IDs and frequencies so that a receiver receiving duplicate services on different frequencies in a boundary between broadcast regions can select the best frequency to tune to in order to present the service, without having to access a database to correlate service IDs to frequencies. |
| US11611788B2 |
Adaptive switching in a whole home entertainment system
Provided herein are various embodiments for synchronizing playback of audio and video. An embodiment operates by determining that a first quality video is being received at a media device. It is determined that a buffer of the media device is not large enough to buffer the first quality video long enough to synchronize an output of the high quality video with the output of the audio by one or more wireless speakers. A second quality of the video that the buffer can hold long enough to synchronize is identified, wherein the second quality of the video is lower than the first quality of the video. The media device outputs the video at the second quality and the corresponding audio to the one or more wireless speakers. |
| US11611787B1 |
Systems and methods for signaling host devices via a broadcast channel with grouping filters
Embodiments include a system, method, and a computer program product for broadcasting a universal message to a plurality subscriber devices. Embodiments include generating a universal message comprising information identifying one or more target subscriber devices from among the plurality of subscriber devices to execute an update or an event, broadcasting the universal message to each subscriber device of the plurality of subscriber devices, receiving a request, from the one or more target subscriber devices, to transmit a payload when the universal message comprises instructions to execute the update, and transmitting the payload to the one or more target subscriber devices. |
| US11611782B2 |
Just in time content conditioning
A device may receive a manifest that identifies a plurality of content fragments associated with a content asset. The device may receive or access instructions for inserting secondary content into a location of the content asset that does not align with the boundaries between the content fragments. Based on the received instructions, the playback device may generate updated manifest information that identifies a first modified content fragment and a second modified content fragment. The location for inserting the secondary content in the updated manifest information may align with a new boundary of the first modified content fragment or the second modified content fragment. The device may share the updated manifest information, and may receive a modified manifest file, or content asset, comprising the modified content fragments. |
| US11611781B2 |
Localized cloud services for privacy-isolated clients
Various arrangements of a local cloud system for providing television services are presented. A facility cloud host system may have a content service provider interface that is used to receive live television channel streams from a television content service provider. The local cloud system may have a transcoder that transcodes the live television channels into a format to be transmitted locally to client devices. The local cloud system may provide access to recorded content from a remote master cloud host. |
| US11611775B2 |
Method and apparatus for point cloud coding
In some examples, an apparatus for point cloud compression/decompression includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines a flag that indicates an enable/disable control for saving coding state in a largest coding unit (LCU) based coding of a point cloud. In some examples, the processing circuitry stores coding state information before a coding of a first LCU; and in response to the flag indicating an enable control, the processing circuitry restores, a coding state according to the stored coding state information before a coding of a second LCU. In some examples, in response to the flag indicating an enable control, the processing circuitry stores the coding state information before the coding of the first LCU. In some examples, in response to the flag indicating a disable control, the processing circuitry skip the storing/restoring of the coding state information. |
| US11611774B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for 3D data compression
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of suppressing a reduction in encoding efficiency. A bit stream is generated which contains: information indicating a correspondence relation between at least one of a geometry image obtained by projecting position information regarding 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure onto a two-dimensional plane or a texture image obtained by projecting attribute information regarding the 3D data onto a two-dimensional plane, and an occupancy map that is map information indicating whether or not data is present at each position; and encoded data regarding the geometry image, encoded data regarding the texture image, and encoded data regarding the occupancy map. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and the like. |
| US11611773B2 |
System of video steganalysis and a method for the detection of covert communications
A system of video steganalyzer is provided. The system includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to generate a motion vector map from a video, extract a morphological feature from the motion vector map, evaluate the morphological feature of the motion vector map, and determine if the video includes embedded information. |
| US11611772B2 |
Method and an apparatus for processing a video signal
The present invention relates to a video signal decoding method for adding an intra prediction mode as a sub-macroblock type to prediction of a macroblock in coding a video signal. Some implementations may include obtaining a macroblock type, when a macroblock includes the intra prediction coded sub-macroblock and the inter prediction coded sub-macroblock based on the macroblock type, obtaining prediction mode flag information indicating whether the sub-macroblock is the intra prediction coded or the inter prediction coded, and obtaining a prediction value of the sub-macroblock. Accordingly, implementations disclosed herein may raise coding efficiency of video signal by adding an intra prediction mode as a sub-macroblock type in predicting a macroblock. |
| US11611769B2 |
Video coding with triangular shape prediction units
A method of constructing a uni-directional motion vector merge list for triangular shape processing units (PUs) in the triangle prediction mode of video coding standards, such as the current Versatile Video Coding (VVC), is performed at a computing device. The computing device constructs the motion vector merge list for the coding unit (CU) containing the triangular shape PUs, and then constructs the uni-directional motion vector merge list for the triangular shape PUs based on the motion vector merge list for the CU. |
| US11611767B2 |
Signaling decoded picture buffer size in multi-loop scalable video coding
A method for encoding a video sequence in a scalable video encoder to generate a scalable bitstream is provided that includes encoding the video sequence in a first layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a first sub-bitstream, encoding the video sequence in a second layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a second sub-bitstream, wherein portions of the video sequence being encoded in the second layer encoder are predicted using reference portions of the video sequence encoded in the first layer encoder, combining the first sub-bitstream and the second sub-bitstream to generate the scalable bitstream, and signaling in the scalable bitstream an indication of a maximum decoded picture buffer (DPB) size needed for decoding the second sub-bitstream and the first sub-bitstream when the second sub-bitstream is a target sub-bitstream for decoding. |
| US11611764B2 |
Method and apparatus of HEVC de-blocking filter
A method of de-blocking filtering a processed video is provided. The processed video includes a plurality of blocks and each block includes a plurality of sub-blocks. A current block of the plurality of blocks includes vertical edges and horizontal edges. The processed video further includes a set of control parameters and reconstructed pixels corresponding to the current block. A boundary strength index is estimated at the vertical edges and at the horizontal edges of the current block. The set of control parameters, the reconstructed pixels corresponding to the current block and partially filtered pixels corresponding to a set of adjacent sub-blocks are loaded. The vertical edges and the horizontal edges of the current block are filtered based on the boundary strength index and the set of control parameters such that a vertical edge of the current block is filtered before filtering at least one horizontal edge of the current block. |
| US11611758B2 |
Image encoder, image decoder, image encoding method, and image decoding method
An image encoder is provided including circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, responds to a size of a block satisfying a size condition by generating a prediction image using a prediction mode selected from a plurality of prediction modes. The plurality of prediction modes include a first prediction mode in which a prediction process uses a motion vector and a reference block in a same picture as the block. The circuitry encodes the block using the prediction image. |
| US11611757B2 |
Position dependent intra prediction combination extended with angular modes
Techniques are described of using Position Dependent Intra Prediction Combination (PDPC). A video coder such as a video encoder or a video decoder utilizes PDPC in cases where a current block intra mode predicted using an angular intra prediction mode. |
| US11611749B2 |
Encoding apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
There is provided an encoding apparatus. A data processing unit generates binary data by performing data processing, including binarization processing, with respect to image data that has been input from an image capturing unit. An arithmetic coding unit generates arithmetic code data by performing arithmetic coding of the binary data. A control unit performs control so as to record the arithmetic code data into a recording unit. When the image data is still image data generated during continuous shooting of still images, the control unit performs control so as to record the binary data into the recording unit without generating the arithmetic code data. |
| US11611747B2 |
Adaptive loop filtering for video coding
Devices, systems and methods for adaptive loop filtering are described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes performing, for a current video block of a video, a filtering process that uses filter coefficients and comprises two or more operations with at least one intermediate result, applying a clipping operation to the at least one intermediate result, and performing, based on the at least one intermediate result, a conversion between the current video block and a bitstream representation of the video, wherein the at least one intermediate result is based on a weighted sum of the filter coefficients and differences between a current sample of the current video block and neighboring samples of the current sample. |
| US11611740B2 |
Signal leakage monitoring based quality control
In some examples, signal leakage monitoring based quality control may include measuring, by a signal leakage level detector, for a signal leak at a specified location, a signal leakage level. The signal leak may include a status of being open. A geo-location value and a time value associated with the measurement of the signal leakage level may be assigned to the signal leakage level. A signal leakage closure quality analyzer may transmit the signal leakage level, the geo-location value, and the time value to a signal leakage analyzer. Further, the signal leakage closure quality analyzer may receive, from the signal leakage analyzer and based on an analysis of the signal leakage level, the geo-location value, and the time value by the signal leakage analyzer, an indication that the status of the signal leak is changed from being open to closed, or the status of the signal leak remains open. |
| US11611739B2 |
Method and apparatus for navigating through panoramic content
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving content that includes a 360-degree video, determining that guidance is enabled with respect to the content, obtaining an input responsive to determining that the guidance is enabled, and obtaining the guidance with respect to a playback of the content, where the obtained guidance is based on the input. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11611733B2 |
Cross-view image optimizing method, apparatus, computer equipment, and readable storage medium
Disclosed is a cross-view image optimizing method and apparatus, and a computer equipment and a readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a sample image and a pre-trained cross-view image generating model; generating an multi-dimensional cross-view image of the sample image by a multi-dimensional feature extracting module of the first generator to obtain dimension features and cross-view initial images at multiple dimensions; obtaining a multi-dimensional feature map with corresponding dimension features by the second generator; inputting the multi-dimensional feature map to a multi-channel attention module of the second generator for feature extraction and calculating a feature weight of each attention channel, obtaining attention feature images, attention images and feature weights in a preset number of the attention channels; and weighting and summing the attention images and the attention feature images of all the channels according to the feature weights, and obtaining a cross-view target image. |
| US11611732B1 |
Method and device for aligning color channels
A method of aligning a plurality of color channels of a projector is provided. The method includes: for each color channel, (i) projecting test pattern on a surface; (ii) capturing image of the test pattern generated on the surface; and (iii) adding the captured image to an image set. Once the captured images for each color channel are added to an image set, identifying a reference position based on the image set. This is followed by processing the image set to estimate a divergence of the respective test patterns for each color channel with respect to the reference position, followed by computing a corrective function for each color channel and applying the respective corrective function to each color channel to align the color channel to the reference position. |
| US11611727B2 |
System and method for displaying high quality images in a dual modulation projection system
A novel high efficiency image projection system includes a beam-steering modulator, an amplitude modulator, and a controller. In a particular embodiment the controller generates beam-steering drive values from image data and uses the beam-steering drive values to drive the beam-steering modulator. Additionally, the controller utilizes the beam-steering drive values to generate a lightfield simulation of a lightfield projected onto the amplitude modulator by the beam-steering modulator. The controller utilizes the lightfield simulation to generate amplitude drive values for driving the amplitude modulator in order to project a high quality version of the image described by the image data. |
| US11611721B2 |
Method and system for providing a visual indication that a video relay service call originates from an inmate at a corrections facility
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for providing a visual indication that a video relay service (VRS) call originates from an inmate at a corrections facility, in which the method includes initiating a video relay service (VRS) call from a corrections facility between a called party and an inmate incarcerated at the corrections facility; and displaying a visual indication on a VRS client used by the called party, the visual indication including at least one of a visual indication that the VRS call is originating from a corrections facility, a visual indication that the VRS call is from an inmate incarcerated at a corrections facility, and a visual indication that the VRS call is being recorded. |
| US11611720B2 |
Display panel and electronic device
The present invention discloses a display device and a manufacturing method thereof, the display device has a camera region and a displaying region surrounding the camera region, and has a cover plate; a transparent release agent layer disposed on the cover plate and is located in the camera region; a display function structural layer disposed on a surface of the cover plate with the transparent release agent layer; a protective adhesive layer disposed on the display function structural layer, and the protective adhesive layer having a first through hole corresponding to a region of the transparent release agent layer; the display function structural layer having a second through hole corresponding to the region of the transparent release agent layer. |
| US11611717B2 |
Image sensing device and operating method thereof
An image sensing device includes at least one unit pixel including a plurality of pixels for generating a plurality of pixel signals based on a plurality of control signals having different phases, and an equalizing circuit suitable for equalizing noise that occurs in the plurality of pixels during a reset operation on the unit pixel. |
| US11611716B2 |
Image sensing device
An image sensing device includes a first substrate configured to include a plurality of unit pixels configured to detect incident light to produce pixel signals carrying image information in the incident light, a second substrate positioned adjacent to the first substrate and including a structure that generates a first magnetic field at the first substrate affecting the plurality of unit pixels and at least one shielding device disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the shielding device includes a sensing circuit configured to detect a first voltage corresponding to the first magnetic field and an offset circuit configured to generate, based on the first voltage, a second magnetic field that counteracts the first magnetic field. |
| US11611713B2 |
Image capturing system
The present invention provides an image capturing system, which includes: a plurality of cameras, a plurality of microphones, an audio processing unit, a video processing unit, and a data processing device. The audio processing unit detects the orientation of the main audio source according to an audio signal received in a space by the microphones. The video processing unit stitches a plurality of images obtained by the cameras into a composite image. The data processing device detects a first object from the composite image according to the orientation of the main audio source. |
| US11611712B2 |
Method consisting in using at least one vehicle camera to check whether certain elements of the vehicle are in a safe condition before starting off
The invention concerns a method consisting in using at least one vehicle camera (8, 10, 12) to automatically check whether certain elements of the vehicle (2) are in a safe condition before starting off and in informing the driver of the check results, for example by displaying the check results on the vehicle dashboard. |
| US11611707B2 |
Auto-focus tracking for remote flying targets
A system for automatically maintaining focus while tracking remote flying objects includes an interface and processor. The interface is configured to receive two or more images. The processor is configured to determine a bounding box for an object in the two or more images; determine an estimated position for the object in a future image; and determine an estimated focus setting and an estimated pointing direction for a lens system. |
| US11611705B1 |
Smart glasses with augmented reality capability for dentistry
The present disclosure describes smart glasses that support variable magnification of an operating field and hands-free operations in dentistry. One or more operations and functions efficiently achieved via the smart glasses comprise: receiving, with smart glasses, a user-initiated request for a specific operation; activating, using the smart glasses, a camera with initial settings; generating a floating image through a micro-projector and a specifically-coated prism coupled to the camera; receiving a user input to adjust a camera setting to adjust the floating image; and dynamically controlling, using the smart glasses, the camera for the specific operation. |
| US11611700B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle with virtual un-zoomed imaging
In some examples, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may control a position of a first camera to cause the first camera to capture a first image of a target. The UAV may receive a plurality of second images from a plurality of second cameras, the plurality of second cameras positioned on the UAV for providing a plurality of different fields of view in a plurality of different directions around the UAV, the first camera having a longer focal length than the second cameras. The UAV may combine at least some of the plurality of second images to generate a composite image corresponding to the first image and having a wider-angle field of view than the first image. The UAV may send the first image and the composite image to a computing device. |
| US11611699B2 |
Image stitching in a multi-camera array
Images captured by multi-camera arrays with overlap regions can be stitched together using image stitching operations. An image stitching operation can be selected for use in stitching images based on a number of factors. An image stitching operation can be selected based on a view window location of a user viewing the images to be stitched together. An image stitching operation can also be selected based on a type, priority, or depth of image features located within an overlap region. Finally, an image stitching operation can be selected based on a likelihood that a particular image stitching operation will produce visible artifacts. Once a stitching operation is selected, the images corresponding to the overlap region can be stitched using the stitching operation, and the stitched image can be stored for subsequent access. |
| US11611698B2 |
Method and apparatus of depth detection, and computer-readable storage medium
Spherical or hemispherical non-visible light depth detection includes projecting a hemispherical non-visible light static structured light pattern, in response to projecting the hemispherical non-visible light static structured light pattern, detecting non-visible light, determining three-dimensional depth information based on the detected non-visible light and the projected hemispherical non-visible light static structured light pattern, and outputting the three-dimensional depth information. |
| US11611697B2 |
Optical image stabilization movement to create a super-resolution image of a scene
The present disclosure describes systems and techniques directed to optical image stabilization movement to create a super-resolution image of a scene. The systems and techniques include a user device (102) introducing (502), through an optical image stabilization system (114), movement to one or more components of a camera system (112) of the user device (102). The user device (102) then captures (504) respective and multiple frames (306) of an image of a scene, where the respective and multiple frames (306) of the image of the scene have respective, sub-pixel offsets of the image of the scene across the multiple frames (306) as a result of the introduced movement to the one or more components of the camera system (112). The user device (102) performs (506), based on the respective, sub-pixel offsets of the image of the scene across the respective, multiple frames (306), super-resolution computations and creates (508) the super-resolution image of the scene based on the super-resolution computations. |
| US11611690B2 |
Methods and apparatus for remote camera control with intention based controls and machine learning vision state management
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an intent command from a control device. The processor is configured to identify, based on the intent command, a first portion of an image captured by a first image capture device and to identify, using video analytics, a second portion of the image captured by the first image capture device. The second portion is included in an image captured by a second image capture device at a first time. The processor is configured to calculate an offset between the first portion and the second portion using the image captured by the first image capture device. The processor is configured to send a signal to adjust using the offset the second image capture device to capture an image including the first portion at a second time after the first time. |
| US11611689B1 |
Thermal mitigation of single photon avalanche diode arrays in head-mounted displays
An image capture module configured for improved heat dissipation includes an image sensor, a first heat spreading element positioned to direct heat from the image sensor along a first heat dissipation path toward a first portion of the image capture module, a processing board in data communication with the image sensor, and a second heat spreading element positioned to dissipate heat from the processing board along a second heat dissipation path toward a second portion of the image capture module. Thermal isolation is used to isolate the different heat paths. The first heat dissipation path does not overlap the second heat dissipation path, the first portion of the image capture module is separate from the second portion of the image capture module. |
| US11611686B2 |
Video signal processing device, video freeze detecting circuit and method of detecting video freeze
A video signal processing device including a video signal dividing unit that divides a video signal into first to k-th division video signals (k is an integer of 2 or more) for each frame; a video change detecting unit that detects, for each of the first to k-th division video signals, whether or not there has occurred a change in the video signal between the frames, and generates first to k-th video change detection signals representing the detection results; and a video no-change determining unit that generates a video no-change signal indicating that there is no change in the video signal when the number of video change detection signals indicating that there is no change among the first to k-th video change detection signals is greater than a predetermined number. |
| US11611685B2 |
Enhanced synchronization framework
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium that provides an enhanced synchronization framework. One of the methods includes a primary and a second device that receive configuration information which identifies one or more actions to be performed by the secondary device when it receives specified pulses of a sequence of pulses from the primary device. The primary device transmits a sequence of pulses. The primary and the secondary device receive a particular pulse from the sequence of pulses. The secondary device determines whether the particular pulse satisfies one or more predetermined criteria and generates an instruction based on the determination. |
| US11611680B2 |
Inspection device, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing inspection program
An inspection device includes a processor configured to use original image data as correct image data, and in a case where a first inspection of determining quality of read image data as an inspection target is performed using the correct image data, the read image data being obtained by reading an image-formed matter obtained by forming the original image data on a recording medium, perform a second inspection on a contour portion included in the read image data as the inspection target, the second inspection using read image data obtained based on the original image data, as the correct image data. |
| US11611673B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming system
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a control unit. After finishing feeding the sheet, if the sheet detection unit does not detect the sheet when the lift plate is positioned at the sheet feeding position, the control unit sets the waiting position to a lowest position. Further, if the sheet detection unit detects the sheet and if the remaining amount detection unit detects that the remaining amount of the sheets is a predetermined amount or less, the control unit sets the waiting position to a height position between the sheet feeding position and the lowest position. Further, if the sheet detection unit detects the sheet and if the remaining amount detection unit detects that the remaining amount of the sheets is more than the predetermined amount, the control unit sets the waiting position to the lowest position. |
| US11611672B2 |
Technique for cooperation between plurality of separate controllers provided in image forming apparatus
In a case where a recording medium is to be stopped on a conveyance path and a length of the recording medium is a first length, a first controller stops a first motor upon a sensor detecting the front end of the recording medium, and a second controller stops a second motor upon the sensor detecting the front end of the recording medium. In a case where the recording medium is to be stopped on the conveyance path and the length of the recording medium is a second length, the first controller stops the first motor upon the sensor detecting the front end of the recording medium, and the second controller continues driving of the second motor even if the sensor detects the front end of the recording medium. |
| US11611669B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus executes a document reading operation at a timing when a button is pressed, and displays a confirmation screen for prompting a user to confirm settings for processing during execution of the document reading operation. |
| US11611668B2 |
Image processing system that generates job setting information based on interaction with user of information processing apparatus using chatbot
In an image processing system, an interactive message is transmitted and received between an information processing apparatus and a chatbot server, job setting information is generated, image data and the job setting information are stored in a storage on a network in association with job identification information, a QR code generated from the job identification information is displayed on a screen of the information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus is caused to read the QR code and to convert the QR code to job identification information, and the image data and the job setting information associated with the job identification information are transmitted from the storage to the image forming apparatus via the management server. |
| US11611667B2 |
Image forming apparatus that manages use status
An image forming apparatus includes a control device. The control device acts, when a built-in processor executes a control program, as a decider that decides whether the image forming apparatus has been used for business, depending on whether the terminal device that has requested a job to the image forming apparatus, or is to receive an output from the image forming apparatus, is registered in advance as a device for business use, or a device for private use, a used time detector that detects a time decided by the decider to have been used for business by the image forming apparatus, with respect to each of operation modes, and a transmitter that transmits information indicating the time used for business, with respect to each of the operation modes, detected by the used time detector, to a management computer installed in an office, through a network I/F. |
| US11611662B2 |
Method for processing messages by a device of a voice over IP network
A method for processing messages by a device of a Voice over IP (VoIP) network. The method includes, following receipt of a message initiating a VoIP call coming from a terminal: determining whether the message contains a public telephone identity allocated to a user by the VoIP network; if so, triggering setting-up the VoIP call with a recipient of the message; otherwise: setting up a VoIP channel between the terminal and a voice server hosted by the device; obtaining, by the server via this channel, an authentication code of a user of the terminal; if the authentication code is associated at VoIP network level with a public telephone identity allocated by the network to a user, providing to the terminal the public telephone identity and authentication data associated at VoIP network level with this identity for making VoIP calls and being authenticated to the VoIP network. |
| US11611656B2 |
Platform for emergency event subscriptions
A data subscription system provides emergency event data to receiving systems. The data subscription system includes an event emitter and a distribution module. The event emitter receives event data describing an event in a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system; the event is related to an emergency call. The event emitter identifies a subscription subscribed to the event based on a tenant identifier identifying a CAD tenant associated with the event, and adds a data message with the event data to a queue for the identified subscription. The distribution module retrieves the data message from the queue, transforms the data message based on one or more filtering or formatting rules, and transmits the transformed data message to a receiving system associated with the subscription. |
| US11611654B1 |
Identifying and processing, for priority, calls in data communications server
Apparatuses and methods concerning routing and processing of calls in a server are disclosed, and involving a processing circuit communicatively coupled to a server that routes calls (e.g., data communications) for a plurality of end-users and generates call event messages for the routed calls. The processing circuit generates call summary data and evaluates the call summary data to identify a set of incoming calls to the server that were missed and have not been returned by the end-users. Certain of the calls are checked relative to a secondary data source and respective priorities for the set of incoming calls are ascribed for further processing, and some having a higher priority. |
| US11611651B2 |
Calling system and method for personal watercraft
A calling system for a personal watercraft includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: obtain a specific state signal indicating that the personal watercraft is in a given specific state; and wirelessly transmit a calling signal based on the specific state signal. |
| US11611649B2 |
Method and system for communication
Provided is a computer implemented method and system for delivering text messages, emails, and messages from a messenger application to a user while the user is engaged in an activity, such as driving, exercising, or working. Typically, the emails and other messages are announced to the user and read aloud without any user input. In Drive Mode, while the user is driving, a clean interface is shown to the user, and the user can hear announcements and messages/emails aloud without looking at the screen of the phone, and use gestures to operate the phone. After a determination is made that a new text message and/or email has arrived, the user is informed aloud of the text message/email/messenger message and in most instances, and if the user takes no further action, the body and/or subject of the text message/email/messenger message is read aloud to the user. All messages can be placed in a single queue, and read to the user in order of receipt. |
| US11611648B2 |
Method and apparatus for contacting emergency services
A personal medical device which may allow for direct connection with emergency medical dispatch services via the emergency wireless network while simultaneously allowing the device to store and automatically contact one or more emergency contact persons utilizing a standard wireless internet connection and/or a connection through an intermediate device. |
| US11611646B2 |
Mobile device sub-application execution in response to host application execution
A method of executing an application on a mobile computing device includes providing a first host application on a mobile computing device. A sub-application is provided on the mobile computing device that is configured to selectively execute in response to execution of the first host application. The first host application is executed by the mobile computing device, including executing the sub-application. The sub-application is configured to execute a method that includes determining a location of the mobile computing device, and if the mobile computing device is determined to be at a location within a predetermined first geographic area, then sending digital content associated with the first geographic area to the mobile computing device and displaying the digital content associated with the first geographic area on the mobile device. |
| US11611641B2 |
Mobile terminal
A mobile terminal includes: a first body, a second body rotatable relative to the first body, a flexible display disposed on the first body and the second body, and a hinge assembly adjusting the first body and the second body to (i) a first state in which the first body and the second body are disposed in parallel to each other or (ii) a second state in which the first body and the second body are disposed to face each other. The hinge assembly includes body rotators spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the first body, a support bridge disposed between the body rotators to connect each of the body rotators, and a display support disposed to overlap with the support bridge in a width direction of the first body and configured to be movable in connection with a movement of the support bridge. |
| US11611638B2 |
Re-assembly middleware in FPGA for processing TCP segments into application layer messages
A method and system of a re-assembly middleware in FPGA for processing TCP segments into application layer messages is disclosed. In recent years, the communication speed in digital systems has increased drastically and thus has brought in a growing need to ensure a good/high performance from the FPGA services. The disclosure proposes a re-assembly middleware in the FPGA for processing TCP segments into application layer messages at a pre-defined frequency for a good/high performance. The pre-defined frequency is a high frequency performance feature of the re-assembly middleware, wherein the FPGA's implementation frequency is at atleast 300 MHz based on a memory optimization technique. The memory optimization technique includes several strategies such registering an output and slicing memories. |
| US11611636B2 |
Quality of service in a distributed system
A method includes identifying a quality of service (QoS) policy associated with a tenant in view of a tenant identifier. The QoS policy includes a threshold value of a performance parameter. The method also includes receiving a service request from the tenant, estimating, in view of a subset of a plurality of historical records, an impact value indicating an impact of the service request on the performance parameter of the distributed storage system, determining, in view of the impact value, an estimated value of the performance parameter to result from servicing the service request of the tenant, and responsive to an evaluation of the estimated value of the performance parameter in view of the threshold value of the performance parameter, allocating computing resources of the multi-tenant distributed storage system to execute an operation associated with the service request. |
| US11611635B1 |
Content creation utilizing micro-services
The disclosure herein pertains to a content creation service utilizing micro-services. The content creation service divides up the tasks for content creation including extracting a start portion, a stop portion, and merging the stop portion, start portion, and segments between the start portion and the stop portion. The content creation service utilizes micro-services in order to perform the tasks. Advantageously, use of micro-services allow for improved scalability and faster processing. |
| US11611630B2 |
Assisted multimedia content enhancement
A method comprises receiving a set of content items comprising a first content item from one or more media devices via a network, transmitting the first content item to a host device for performance of enhancement tasks related to the first content item, receiving a first enhanced content item comprising the first content item and added metadata from the host device, and storing the first content item and the added metadata. |
| US11611624B2 |
Data transfer between application and vehicle management system
A method and system for transferring data is disclosed. The method comprises initiating a handshake between an electronics unit onboard a vehicle and an application via a first communication protocol through an onboard gateway; transferring a data file to the gateway from the application via a second communication protocol; storing the data file in the gateway at a storage location; sending a message from the application to the electronics unit, via the first communication protocol, to inform the electronics unit that the data file is available and the storage location of the data file; and pulling the data file from the storage location, via the second communication protocol, to the electronics unit. |
| US11611620B2 |
Method and system for triggering an online interaction in connection with a physical product
A computer-readable medium is attached to a physical product and triggers an online interaction when communicatively coupled with a computing device having a display to establishes an online connection whereby services or information pertaining to the physical product can be provided to a user of the product. The computer readable medium can be coupled to the computing device alternatively through a Universal Standard Bus (USB), Near Field Communication (NFC), or Matrix Barcode (e.g., QR code) coupling techniques, for example. The established connection uniquely identifies the product to which the medium is attached and calls an Internet service with that identifying information. The Internet service in turn queries a database where each medium was registered prior to product distribution and extracts a dynamic destination where the computing device should connect to. This destination is returned to the displaying computing device and a variety of follow-on actions can ensue. |
| US11611617B2 |
Distributed data store with persistent memory
A method to build a persistent memory (PM)-based data storage system without involving a processor (CPU) at storage nodes is disclosed which includes storing data in one or more storage nodes that only include PM and no CPUs, with data stored in PM in form of link lists, accessing data stored in the one or more storage nodes' PM directly by remote compute nodes through a network, maintaining metadata associated with the data by one or more global controllers (metadata servers), upon request by a user to read or write data, the compute nodes contacting the one or more metadata servers to obtain location of data of interest in form of pointers (shortcuts), and the compute nodes sending network requests directly to the one or more storage nodes' PM to locate latest version of data by tracing the link list from the associated shortcut to corresponding tails. |
| US11611615B1 |
Decentralized edge storage network with flexible file sharding
Methods and systems for decentralized storage are provided. To store a file in a decentralized network, a source node in the decentralized network first divides the file into a plurality of file portions. For each given file portion, a corresponding peer storage node is located in the decentralized network, where a distance between the corresponding peer storage node and the given file portion is below a given threshold, where the distance is computed based on an identifier of the corresponding peer storage node, and an identifier of the given file portion, and where the given threshold is associated with a storage capacity of the corresponding peer storage node. The source node then transmits each given file portion to the corresponding peer storage node, and generates a file identifier for the file, based on the identifiers of the plurality of file portions. |
| US11611614B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling peer to peer connection
A method performed by a computing device for controlling a P2P connection according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes obtaining network information of a current path for transmitting and receiving data, calculating requested data quality of the current path by using the network information, and changing a network path to an alternative path by using previously stored data quality history information of the alternative path when a difference between a predetermined highest data quality and the requested data quality of the current path is equal to or greater than a reference value. |
| US11611608B1 |
On-demand camera sharing over a network
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate a camera sharing session between two or more users. A request for an image depicting an image target is received from a first device associated with a first user. A notification of the request is transmitted to a second device associated with a second user. Image data comprising at least one image generated by a camera communicatively coupled to the second device is received from the second device and the image data is transmitted to the first device. A reward is provided to the second user based on the image data including a depiction of the image target. |
| US11611603B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting multiple on-demand audio streams locally to web-enabled devices
An apparatus and method for transmitting multiple on-demand audio streams locally to web-enabled user devices. Primarily usable for local audio acquisition and instant redistribution in conference halls with translation booths and stadiums with commentators, the technology is scalable and can be tailored to suit any local acquisition and distribution of both digital and analog audio signals. The technology is reliant on the local network configuration and wireless coverage. |
| US11611601B1 |
Event presentation system for hosting panel discussions with remote audience participation
An online event presentation system where remotely located audience members may present questions to a panel of one or more remotely located guest speakers, moderated by one or more remotely located operators, is presented. |
| US11611596B2 |
Publication review user interface and system
Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for managing user reviews of publications within an online user network. Various user interfaces may provide access to view a publication and request a review thereof, solicit and receive reviewing information from the requesting or another user (or multiple users), and provide access to a review generated from the received reviewing information. |
| US11611594B1 |
Enabling resource sharing in a multi-client scenario
Resource sharing can be enabled in a multi-client scenario. A service can be employed on client computing devices to detect when the client computing devices are connected to a display. The service can communicate with a management server to report when the client computing device is connected to a display. The management server can maintain information about the displays to which the client computing devices are connected. When the management server determines that a multi-client scenario exists, such as when multiple client computing devices are connected to the same display, the management server can provide information to the services on the client computing devices to enable the services to configure the client computing devices to share resources. When the management server determines that the multi-client scenario no longer exists, it can interface with the services to cause them to prevent further sharing of resources. |
| US11611591B2 |
Generating unified views of security and compliance for multi-cloud workloads
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to receive, at a user interface of a trust platform configured to manage cloud assets operating in clouds of cloud service providers, a request to view security and compliance risk for a given entity running workloads utilizing the cloud assets. The processing device is also configured to obtain, utilizing application programming interfaces of the trust platform, first and second sets of security and compliance telemetry data generated by first and second pluralities of monitoring tools operating in tenant and management environments of the clouds. The processing device is further configured to generate a unified view of security and compliance for the workloads of the given entity utilizing the first and second sets of security telemetry data, and to provide the unified view of security and compliance for the workloads of the given entity at the user interface of the trust platform. |
| US11611587B2 |
Systems and methods for data privacy and security
Methods and systems are disclosed. At a respective computing system, a request to run a program on first data stored within the respective computing system may be received. In some examples, the first data may be stored in association with a data access policy that defines access restrictions for the first data. In response to receiving the request, whether the request to run the program on the first data satisfies the access restrictions defined by the data access policy may be determined. In response to determining whether the request to run the program satisfies the access restrictions, in accordance with a determination that the access restrictions are satisfied, the program may be run, including performing one or more operations on the first data in an environment within the respective computing system, where a contents of the environment cannot be accessed from outside of the environment. |
| US11611584B2 |
Smart bits
Systems and methods for intelligent data routing based on data type are provided. A proxy installed on a client device receives a data stream and scans the data stream for classification parameters associated with sensitive data. A data stream may be broken down, for example, to data packets, classified using known libraries containing characteristics of a classification, and routed based on applicable policies governing each classification. The routed data packets are constantly monitored and may be re-routed to a network designed to handle highly sensitive data, a network designed to handle data with high security risk, or to another applicable service infrastructure as needed, before reaching the intended recipient. The classification libraries may be updated based on the monitored data and change in classification of the data packet. |
| US11611583B2 |
System and method for detection of malicious interactions in a computer network
System and method of detecting malicious interactions in a computer network, the method including generating, by a processor, at least one decoy segment, broadcasting, by the processor, the generated at least one decoy segment in a public database, monitoring, by the processor, communication within the computer network to identify interactions associated with the generated at least one decoy segment, determining, by the processor, at least one indicator of compromise (IOC) for the identified interactions, and blocking communication between the computer network and any computer associated with the determined at least one IOC. |
| US11611580B1 |
Malware infection detection service for IoT devices
Various embodiments of apparatuses and methods for malware infection detection for edge devices, such as IoT (“Internet of Things”) devices, are described. In some embodiments, a malware infection detection service receives data from a plurality of edge devices of a remote network. It can identify a variety of different detection mechanisms to detect whether an edge device is potentially infected with malware, and determine confidence levels for the different detection mechanisms. Using the detection mechanisms with the received data, it can determine one or more findings that an edge device is potentially infected with malware. It can then determine a confidence level for each finding. It can then determine an accumulated confidence, based on the confidence levels of the detection mechanisms and the findings. The malware infection detection service might then identify one or more of the edge devices as potentially being infected by malware based on the accumulated confidence. |
| US11611577B2 |
Threat mitigation system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: obtaining consolidated platform information for a computing platform to identify one or more deployed security-relevant subsystems; processing the consolidated platform information to identify one or more non-deployed security-relevant subsystems; generating a list of ranked & recommended security-relevant subsystems that ranks the one or more non-deployed security-relevant subsystems; and providing the list of ranked & recommended security-relevant subsystems to a third-party. |
| US11611576B2 |
Methods and systems for securing an imaging system
Various methods and systems for securing imaging systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging system comprises monitoring usage of the imaging system in real-time while a user is controlling the imaging system, detecting that the usage of the imaging system is an abnormal usage, and performing one or more corrective actions based on the abnormal usage. In this way, an imaging system may be secured from cyber-attacks that may attempt to maliciously execute in an abnormal context while appearing legitimate to typical security controls. |
| US11611575B2 |
Attack situation visualization device, attack situation visualization method and recording medium
An attack situation visualization device includes: a memory that stores instructions; and at least one processer configured to process the instructions to: analyze a log in which information about a cyberattack is recorded and specify at least either of a source of a communication related to the cyberattack and a destination of a communication related to the cyberattack; and generate display information allowing display of an image in which an image representing a map, a source image representing the source, and a destination image representing the destination are arranged on the map, wherein, the at least one processer configured to process the instructions to generate the display information including an attack situation image visualizing at least either of a traffic volume and a communication frequency of a communication related to the cyberattack between the source and the destination. |
| US11611574B2 |
User behavior analytics for insider threat detection
Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums for identifying insider threats by determining file system element activity models that correlate to undesirable behavior and then utilizing the determined model to detect insider threats. Events involving file system elements of a client computing device (e.g., a network endpoint) may be monitored by a file system element monitoring application on the client computing device. The values of these signals are aggregated across all events of the same type that have occurred within a predetermined time window (e.g., an hour) for a particular client computing device. Each time an aggregated signal has a value over the threshold, an anomaly is recorded. Anomaly counts for each signal are then calculated as the aggregate number of anomalies for a particular signal over a second time period, the span of which is determined by the generation of first anomaly to the close of an alert by the network monitor. The anomaly counts for the signals are then weighted and summed to produce a risk score. |
| US11611573B1 |
In-cloud and constant time scanners
The technology disclosed relates to in-cloud, constant time content scanning. In particular, it relates to obtaining administrative access to a cloud environment account for bulk content scanning of storage resources, and deploying serverless, containerized scanners to run locally on the cloud environment account, including queuing objects in the cloud environment account, partitioning the objects into a plurality of object chunks, and depending upon a M number of object chunks in the plurality of object chunks, initializing a N number of instances of the serverless, containerized scanners, where M>>N. Each initialized serverless, containerized scanner scans a corresponding object chunk exactly once to detect a multiplicity of different data patterns. |
| US11611572B2 |
System and method of processing information security events to detect cyberattacks
A method for processing information security events of a computer system includes receiving information related to a plurality of information security events occurred in the computer system. Each of the events includes an event related to a possible violation of information security of the computer system. A verdict is determined for each of the events. The verdict includes: i) information security incident or ii) false positive. The verdict is false positive if the probability of a false positive for the corresponding event is greater than a first threshold. Verdicts are changed for a subset of the events from the false positive to the information security incident. A number of events in the subset is lower than a second threshold. An analysis of the events having a verdict of the information security incident is performed to determine if the computer system is under a cyberattack. |
| US11611571B2 |
Detecting suspicious file activity
Systems and techniques for detecting suspicious file activity are described herein. System for identifying anomalous data events is adapted to monitor a networked file system and receive an indication of a suspicious event associated with a user and a file. The system is further adapted to perform a pattern of behavior analysis for the user, perform an adjacency by time analysis based on a set of events before the suspicious event and a set of events after the suspicious event, and perform an adjacency by location analysis using a set of files located in a location of the file. The system is further adapted to determine whether the suspicious event is an anomalous event based on the pattern of behavior analysis, the adjacency by time analysis, and the adjacency by location analysis and display a report for the user including the anomalous event. |
| US11611568B2 |
Communication protocols over internet protocol (IP) networks
A system and methods comprise a gateway that includes a processor coupled to a security system at a premises. A touchscreen at the premises is coupled to the gateway and presents user interfaces. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera is located at the premises and coupled to the gateway via a plurality of interfaces. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the gateway. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the gateway and the security system. |
| US11611567B2 |
Method and system for management and resolution of blockchain-based top-level domain
Embodiments disclosed herein provide a method and system for management and resolution of a blockchain-based top-level domain. The method comprises: a master node receiving request information for operations on top-level domain resource record from a requesting node, and encapsulating master node information and authenticated request information into a pre-preparation message; each normal node verifying the pre-preparation message, and after successful verification, generating a preparation message comprising request information, a request information verification identifier, and current node information; each node verifying the preparation message, when the number of authenticated preparation message sending nodes reaches a consensus threshold, adding an operation result corresponding to the request information to a new block in a local blockchain. The method ensures security of operations on top-level domain resource record stored in the block, resists top-level domain hijacking attacks, and provides consistent processing and storing of operations on top-level domain resource record by multiple nodes. |
| US11611560B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing consensus on read via a consensus on write smart contract trigger for a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform
Described herein are means for implementing consensus on read via a consensus on write smart contract trigger for a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) platform in conjunction with a cloud based computing environment. According to a particular embodiment, there is a system having at least a processor and a memory therein, wherein the system is configurable with means for: operating a blockchain interface to a blockchain on behalf of a plurality of customers of the host organization, in which each of the plurality of customers operate as a participating node on the blockchain; receiving a read request for data stored on the blockchain from a user authenticated with the host organization; issuing a write transaction to the blockchain specifying both (i) the user and (ii) the read request; in which the write transaction automatically triggers execution of a smart contract to enforce access controls for the user; attaining consensus from the participating nodes of the blockchain for the write transaction at the blockchain pursuant to the access controls for the user being validated by the smart contract as allowing the user to read the data identified by the read request, in which the write transaction is added to the blockchain with an indication the user has permission to read the data identified by the read request; retrieving the data from the blockchain identified by the read request; throwing an event indicating the user has permission to read the data identified by the read request and returning as part of the thrown event, the data retrieved from the blockchain; and returning the data retrieved from the blockchain to the user in fulfillment of the read request. Other related embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11611556B2 |
Network connection request method and apparatus
A network apparatus receives a connection request from a client computing device toward a target computing device. Next a target identifier that identifies the target computing device is extracted from the connection request. The connection request is sent to the target computing device and a reputation request with the target identifier is sent to a web resource analyser engine. In response to detecting that a response from the target computing device is received before a response from the web resource analyser engine, the response to the connection request from the target computing device is held by performing a rewrite in a target section of a user-space utility program rule and by using operating system kernel module in user-space memory area of the network apparatus. In response to a receipt of the response from the web resource analyser engine, the response to the connection request is released. |
| US11611553B2 |
Online identity verification platform and process
An online identity verification application may be provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, an online identity verification application may utilize photographic, biometric, and documentation identification protocols. The verification application may use a multi-tier verification process based on identification protocols to verify the owner of a verification account and subsequently verify any linked accounts. |
| US11611552B2 |
Method for verifying an operator in a security system
The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for verifying a computing device and preferably an operator associated with a security system, wherein the security system is specifically adapted for ensuring that the correct security operator is performing the correct task. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding security system and a computer program product. |
| US11611550B1 |
Detecting fake user recognition authentication requests
An authentication system for granting access to an account associated with a user. An authenticator of the authentication system including a processor and a memory, the authenticator configured to: receive a request for authentication that identifies the user; access an authentication account associated with the user, wherein the authentication account indicates a smart device associated with the user; activate a control parameter of the smart device, wherein the control parameter may cause an effect in a media sample from the smart device; receive the media sample from the smart device and determine if the effect corresponding to the control parameter is observed in the media sample; and in response to a determination that the effect is not observed in the media sample, indicate that the request for authentication is a fraudulent request. |
| US11611535B2 |
Dynamically selecting firewall signatures using network traffic
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for selecting one or more firewall rules to apply to a server based at least on identifying a service of the server. A device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a serve may identify a pattern of a firewall to apply to a response from the server to a request from a client of the plurality of clients. The pattern may be to identify a service configured on the server. The device may determine that the response from the server matches the pattern. The device may identify, responsive to the response matching the pattern, that the service is configured on the server. The device may select, based at least on the service, one or more rules for the firewall to apply to responses from the server. |
| US11611534B2 |
Data processing system, data processing method, and program
An agent device transmits certain data, which is used for generating display data, of data relating to a plurality of pieces of operation data collected from an instrument to a computation server device. A service broker device relays certain data transmitted from the agent device to the server device. The server device generates display data on the basis of certain data relayed by the service broker device. |
| US11611531B2 |
Systems and methods for resolving double address faults during the commissioning of a connected system
Systems and methods for resolving double address faults during the commissioning of a connected system are provided. Some methods can include identifying a subset of a plurality of devices in a region with a double address fault, displaying a first list of the subset, receiving user input selecting one of the subset, identifying a current location of a user, generating a map of the region, wherein the map identifies a respective location of each of the subset and includes visual signs to guide the user from the current location of the user to the respective location of the one of the subset, displaying the map, generating a second list of valid addresses assignable to the one of the subset to address the double address fault, and displaying the second list. |
| US11611530B2 |
Address generation for networks
A network includes at least two nodes that employ a routing protocol to communicate across a network. One of the nodes is a parent node and another of the nodes is a child node of the parent node. An address generator assigns a unique network address to the child node by appending an address value of a number of bits to a parent address of the parent node to create the unique network address for the child node. |
| US11611529B1 |
Network address allocation management using prefix allocation trees with asynchronous workflows
Disclosed are various embodiments for managing network address allocations using prefix allocation trees. In one embodiment, a request is received to allocate a particular network address block. The request specifies one or more attributes and at least one of a prefix or a size for the particular network address block. A prefix allocation tree is updated to indicate that the particular network address block corresponding to the prefix is allocated instead of free and to associate the attribute(s) with the particular network address block. An identification of an allocation of the network address block is returned in response to the request to allocate the particular network address block. An attribute index of the prefix allocation tree is updated asynchronously to index the attribute(s) in association with the particular network address block. |
| US11611527B1 |
Systems and methods for multiple channel message handling and routing
A system and method for intelligent message routing is provided. The system and method include a) storing, in one or more storage devices, a plurality of transmission rules for transmitting messages, b) receiving a message to be transmitted to a participant, c) comparing the message to the plurality of transmission rules, d) determining a first channel to transmit the message to a computer device associated with the participant based on the comparison, e) converting the message into a first message for transmission on the first channel, and f) transmitting the first message over the first channel. |
| US11611514B2 |
Flow queueing method and system
A method includes receiving a packet. The method further includes determining whether the packet is part of a responsive connection. The method further includes determining whether a responsive buffer is full in response to a determination that the packet is part of the responsive connection. The method further includes applying a responsive probability to the packet in response to a determination that the responsive buffer is full. The method further includes determining whether to drop the packet based on the responsive probability. The method further includes accepting the packet for processing in response to a determination that the responsive buffer is not full or in response to a determination not to drop the packet. |
| US11611512B2 |
System to dynamically detect and enhance classifiers for low latency traffic
A network device for use with a client device and a cable modem termination system (“CMTS”), the client device being configured to run applications requiring data traffic of a first and second quality of service (“QoS”). The CMTS is configured to provide a first service flow and a second service flow to the network device. The network device provides a local area network (“LAN”) for connection to the client device and a network address translation (“NAT”). The NAT is configured to map the network device IP address to the client device IP address; divide the source ports into a first range and a low latency range; assign the respective data traffic of the applications to at least one port within the first range and to at least one port within the low latency range; and modify the low latency range of source ports based on a change in data traffic. |
| US11611506B2 |
Processing a flow at the egress node in segment routing
This disclosure describes techniques that include determining, at an egress node in an SRm6 network, how to process a packet that may arrive without a segment routing header and/or a compressed routing header. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving, by an egress node of a segment routing network, segment routing advertisements; configuring, by the egress node and based on the segment routing advertisements, information enabling the egress node to recognize encapsulated packets arriving at the egress node without a compressed routing header; receiving, by the egress node, a packet that does not have a compressed routing header; and de-encapsulating, by the egress node and based on the stored information, the packet. |
| US11611503B2 |
Network path selection
A method may include monitoring a network performance metric for multiple paths to a destination through a network, and storing historical performance data for the paths. The method may also include receiving a data flow directed to the destination, where the data flow may be subject to a network performance agreement. The method may additionally include determining aggregate historical performances for the paths, and comparing the aggregate historical performances for the paths. The method may also include, based on the comparison of the aggregate historical performances, routing the data flow through the network. |
| US11611500B2 |
Automated network analysis using a sensor
An example method may include blocks to initiate a network performance analysis on the enterprise network; and receive a translated recording from a backend computing device to be executed as part of the network performance analysis. Additional blocks may add the translated recording to a set of tests in a queue to be executed on the enterprise network; and execute a primary set of low-level instructions of the translated recording using a headless browser. Further blocks may in response to a failed result of the primary set of low-level instructions, execute an alternative set of low-level instructions using the headless browser. Furthermore, blocks may, record, in an activity log, results of executing the translated recording, including at least a total execution time of the executed low-level instructions; and upload the activity log to the backend computing device. |
| US11611499B2 |
Tunable low cost network
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising providing services over a network to a device, and constructing device capability and usage profiles. A level of service quality for the device is adjusted by adjusting a latency criterion regarding connection of the device to the network; adjusting a speed of transmissions to or from the device; and altering a routing of transmissions to or from the device. The network can be partitioned so that the adjusted service quality level is provided by a network portion having a predetermined level of resources. The adjusted service quality level can comprise a first level while the device is active and a second level while the device is inactive; the first level is higher than the second level. The first and second levels are lower than a service quality level provided by another network portion. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11611498B2 |
Round-trip time evaluation system, method, and apparatus
A round-trip time (RTT) evaluation system includes sending, by a first device, a plurality of packets to a second device on a path, where each of the packets carries a timestamp indicating a sending time of a corresponding packet, determining, by the second device based on a statistical value of one-way delays (OWDs) of the packets, timestamps carried in the packets, sending, by the second device, an acknowledgements (ACKs) to the first device, where the ACKs include the timestamps and ACK time information, and determining, by the first device, measurement values of an RTT of the path based on the timestamps, the ACK time information, and times when the ACKs are received. |
| US11611496B2 |
Composite key performance indicators for network health monitoring
A remote server monitors the health of a network of computing devices through hierarchical composite indicators by obtaining performance attributes from computing devices in the network. The server generates a composite indicator associated with one or more of the computing device based on a combination of at least two performance attributes of the computing device(s). The server monitors the composite indicator and, responsive to a determination that the composite indicator indicates an alert condition, generates an alert associated with the computing device(s). Additionally, if the alert condition is subject to remediation, the server causes at least one of the computing devices to execute a command to provide remediation of the alert condition. |
| US11611491B2 |
Edge computing service global validation
An architecture to enable verification, ranking, and identification of respective edge service properties and associated service level agreement (SLA) properties, such as in an edge cloud or other edge computing environment, is disclosed. In an example, management and use of service information for an edge service includes: providing SLA information for an edge service to an operational device, for accessing an edge service hosted in an edge computing environment, with the SLA information providing reputation information for computing functions of the edge service according to an identified SLA; receiving a service request for use of the computing functions of the edge service, under the identified SLA; requesting, from the edge service, performance of the computing functions of the edge service according to the service request; and tracking the performance of the computing functions of the edge service according to the service request and compliance with the identified SLA. |
| US11611490B2 |
System and method of browsing offline and queried content
Embodiments of systems and methods for browsing offline and queried content are presented herein. Specifically, embodiments may receive a request that a content associated with a request be managed at the user cache on a mobile device. Embodiment may also determine that the content associated with the request has been updated and, based on the determination the content associated with the request has been updated, send an instruction with respect to the content associated with the request to the mobile application. |
| US11611487B2 |
Model driven process for automated deployment of domain 2.0 virtualized services and applications on cloud infrastructure
A model-driven system automatically deploys a virtualized service, including multiple service components, on a distributed cloud infrastructure. A master service orchestrator causes a cloud platform orchestrator to retrieve a cloud services archive file, extract a cloud resource configuration template and create cloud resources at appropriate data centers as specified. The master service orchestrator also causes a software defined network controller to retrieve the cloud services archive file, to extract a cloud network configuration template and to configure layer 1 through layer 3 virtual network functions and to set up routes between them. Additionally, the master service orchestrator causes an application controller to retrieve the cloud services archive file, to extract a deployment orchestration plan and to configure and start layer 4 through layer 7 application components and bring them to a state of operational readiness. |
| US11611485B1 |
Shared risk link group-disjoint routing in data communication networks
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining shared risk link group (SRLG) disjoint paths in a communications network. An original graph representing the communications network can be obtained. The original graph can include vertices and edges corresponding to nodes and communication links in the communication network. The vertices can include a source vertex and a target vertex and each edge can be associated with a set of SRLGs A reduced graph can be generated from the original graph. Generation of the reduced graph can include identification of a first edge of the edges as a dominating edge and removal of the first edge. Two SRLG-disjoint paths can then be identified on the reduced graph. |
| US11611483B2 |
Learning-based dynamic determination of synchronous/asynchronous behavior of computing services
Technologies are described for determining between synchronous and asynchronous modes for computing service requests. Computing service requests are received by a computing service from clients. The computing service dynamically determines whether to use synchronous mode or asynchronous mode for processing the computing service requests. The computing service makes the dynamic determination of which mode to use (synchronous or asynchronous) based on various criteria, which can include synchronous/asynchronous mode recommendations generated by machine learning models and/or synchronous/asynchronous mode recommendations generated by static rules. |
| US11611472B2 |
Techniques for activating and deactivating user equipment relays
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may receive, via a communication link between the first UE and a base station, radio resource control (RRC) signaling which configures a relay communication sidelink for communicating message traffic between the first UE and a second UE for relay to the base station. The first UE may receive a control message via layer one (L1) signaling or layer two (L2) signaling which activates the relay communication sidelink configured by the RRC signaling. The first UE may then communicate, via the relay communication sidelink, a message for relay to or from the base station by the first UE or the second UE based on the control message. |
| US11611471B2 |
Virtual gateway control and management
In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure may provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of managing network devices. In particular, a client router may connect to an upstream virtual gateway. The virtual gateway may manage a large number of client devices. Each client router may be represented virtually within the gateway as a virtual router. The virtual gateways may be distributed regionally, in order to manage large numbers of client routers and/or to reduce transmission delays. The virtual gateways may be managed by a gateway controller. The gateway controller may be centralized, and perform various configuration functions, such as configurations for hardware, logical networking, or content access policies. In some instances, messages sent between the gateway controller using a first protocol and the client router using a second protocol may be translated by a protocol agent. |
| US11611470B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
A communication device including a first communication device and a plurality of second communication devices in an optical access system in which a first communication device and the plurality of second communication devices perform communications with each other under a time division multiple access scheme includes an Ethernet controller configured to implement the communications as Ethernet (registered trademark) communications, and a link failure processing unit configured to output, in response to reception of a link failure notification for notifying occurrence of a link failure in the communications from the first communication device, a termination instruction to terminate data transmission when the communication device is performing the data transmission to the first communication device, and a start instruction to start the data transmission after recovery from the link failure when the communication device is not performing the data transmission to the first communication device. |
| US11611466B1 |
Impact-aware mitigation for computer networks
A computing system identifies mitigation actions in response to failures within a computer network. A service level objective is obtained by the computing system for client-resource data flows traversing the computer network between client-side and resource-side nodes. Indication of a failure event at a network location of the computer network is obtained. For each mitigation action of a set of candidate mitigation actions, an estimated impact to a distribution of the service level objective is determined for the mitigation action by applying simulated client-resource data flows to a network topology model of the computer network in combination with the mitigation action and the failure event. One or more target mitigation actions are identified by the computing system from the set of candidate mitigation actions based on a comparison of the estimated impacts of the set of candidate mitigation actions. |
| US11611460B2 |
Carrier frequency error estimator with banked correlators
An apparatus and method for carrier frequency estimation include a carrier frequency estimator having: a frequency input terminal disposed to receive a frequency-domain input signal comprising a plurality of symbols; a plurality of candidate pipelines, each comprising a frequency adder coupled to the frequency input terminal, a bit converter coupled to the frequency adder, a multi-bit buffer coupled to the bit converter; and a correlator coupled to the multi-bit buffer, respectively; and a candidate pipeline selector coupled to the correlators. |
| US11611459B1 |
Symbol configuration for single-carrier for frequency domain equalization waveform
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a wireless device determines a symbol configuration for transmission of SC-FDE waveform with zero gaps arranged between a communication channel part, RS part, and CP part. The SC-FDE waveform is transmitted to another wireless device, which processes the SC-FDE waveform. |
| US11611458B1 |
Decision feed forward equalization for intersymbol interference cancelation
A receiver includes a decision feed forward equalization (DFFE) system coupled to a partial response (PR) system. The partial response system generates, based on a digital signal that includes pre-cursor intersymbol interference (ISI) and post-cursor ISI introduced by a communication channel, a detected signal including a set of detected symbol values. The detected signal is equalized to a partial response. The DFFE system includes a PR inverter to generate a set of estimated transmitted symbol values based on the set of detected symbol values and DFFE circuitry to cancel the pre-cursor ISI and the post-cursor ISI from the detected signal using the set of estimated transmitted symbols and a set of tap coefficients to obtain a compensated signal and a set of compensated symbol values. |
| US11611454B2 |
Distributed network interfaces for application cloaking and spoofing
Systems and methods associated with distributing an application's network interface over nodes of a networking fabric are presented. Nodes of the fabric can operate as interface modules, each taking on a role or responsibility for a portion of the application's network address including IP address, port assignments, or other portions of the network address. Interface modules of the networking nodes can then spoof or cloak the application to provide security against internal or external threats. |
| US11611449B2 |
System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure
A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices. |
| US11611447B2 |
Multicast (P2MP) support for path computation element central controller (PCECC)
Disclosed is a mechanism that provides the extensions of PCEP message and the objects to support PCECC with P2MP capability in downloading the labels for branch node of P2MP TE LSPs. In one implementation, various embodiments provide an apparatus, a system, a node and a method that receives a PCLabelUpd message with all the extensions and the objects to support PCECC with P2MP capability, detects the object and identifies that the label download is for P2MP TE LSP and for this LSP. In those embodiments, the apparatus/the system/the node acts as a branch node, and thereby the apparatus/the system/the node downloads all the labels specified in the object to data plane with respect to any existing branch node download mechanism for a P2MP TE LSP. |
| US11611441B2 |
Decentralized database optimizations
Techniques for managing data stored within a database, such as a decentralized database are provided. Some techniques involve managing some data within a lower-trust database and some other data within a higher-trust database. A higher-trust database may be a decentralize database including a blockchain. A lower-trust database may store references to data within the blockchain, and optionally other data in association with those references. Disclosed techniques include WHERE clause query handling in databases with reference values, replacement of distinct data in a relational database with a distinct reference to that data, number line storing for secure indexing, APIs for databases, and consensus operations for private blockchain networks. |
| US11611440B2 |
Deal room platform using blockchain
A method for managing a deal room using a cryptographic ledger that includes a plurality of blocks that store information relating to a deal being hosted in the deal room, the method comprising: receiving a request to perform an operation with respect to the deal room from a remote computing device, wherein the request indicates a user that is requesting permission to perform the operation and a permission key corresponding to the user; determining a cryptographic hash of the operation specific permission key using a hash function; transmitting the cryptographic hash to a plurality of node computing device, wherein each node computing device stores at least a portion of the cryptographic ledger, and wherein the cryptographic ledger in part stores cryptographic hashes of operation specific permission keys that indicate permissions granted to respective users associated with the deal. |
| US11611439B2 |
Tree structure for byzantine fault tolerance
Systems and techniques are provided for a tree structure for byzantine fault tolerance. A validator computing device may receive a candidate block from a block producer. The block producer may be a second validator computing device of the distributed network. The validator computing device may determine whether or not the candidate block is valid. The validator computing device may sign an indication of whether or not the candidate block is valid to generate a signature. The validator computing device may send the signature to a third validator computing device that is a sibling node to the validator computing device. The validator computing device may receive a second signature from the third validator computing device. The validator computing device may combine the signature and the second signature to generate a combine signature if the signature and the second signature agree. |
| US11611435B2 |
Automatic key exchange
A cryptographic key of a first instance of a group of one or more cloud nodes providing a service is managed. A request to share the cryptographic key with a second instance of a different group of one or more cloud nodes is received. A determination is made whether the second instance is allowed to access the cryptographic key. In response to a determination that the second instance is allowed to access the cryptographic key, the cryptographic key is encrypted with a target key of the second instance and the encrypted cryptographic key is signed using a cryptographic signature of the first instance. The signed encrypted cryptographic key is provided to the second instance. |
| US11611432B2 |
Method and system for device level authentication in electronic transactions
A method for distributing data to a computing device using device level authentication includes: storing, in a memory of a computing device, a single use key encrypted with a first encryption, a server public key, and device data; generating a key pair comprising a device private key and a corresponding device public key; wrapping the device public key using the server public key; transmitting at least the device data, wrapped device public key, and the single use key encrypted with the first encryption to a server; receiving the single use key encrypted with a second encryption from the server; and executing a query on the memory to insert the received single use key encrypted with the second encryption. |
| US11611430B2 |
Arithmetic apparatus, arithmetic system and arithmetic method
An arithmetic apparatus includes an interface and a circuity. The interface is connected to an information processing apparatus that is connected to a client apparatus and that processes data in an encrypted state. The circuitry acquires, from the information processing apparatus, encryption input data or encryption target data encrypted with a first encryption key. The circuitry decrypts the acquired, encryption input data or encryption target data with a first decryption key. Then, the circuitry executes a predetermined arithmetic operation on the decrypted arithmetic operation target data, encrypts data of an arithmetic operation result obtained by the predetermined arithmetic operation with the first encryption to key, and outputs the encrypted data of the arithmetic operation result to the information processing apparatus. |
| US11611429B2 |
Comprehensive framework for protecting intellectual property in the semiconductor industry
Methods and integrated circuit architectures for assuring the protection of intellectual property between third party IP providers, system designers (e.g., SoC designers), fabrication entities, and assembly entities are provided. Novel design flows for the prevention of IP overuse, IP piracy, and IC overproduction are also provided. A comprehensive framework for forward trust between 3PIP vendors, SoC design houses, fabrication entities, and assembly entities can be achieved, and the unwanted modification of IP can be prevented. |
| US11611426B2 |
Multi-lane transmitting apparatus and method of performing a built-in self-test in the multi-lane transmitting apparatus
A multi-lane transmitting apparatus includes lanes, and each lane includes a serializer circuit to convert parallel bits to serial bits. A clock signal generator generates a first clock signal having phases. A deserializer circuit converts serial bits to parallel bits. A Built-In Self-Test (BIST) circuit includes a signal generator circuit for generating a signal having bits in a defined pattern. A comparator circuit compares a pattern of bits of an output signal with the defined pattern. A BIST lane circuit monitors a status of the lanes. A BIST central circuit receives the status and determines if a number of lanes having an unmatched status is less than a threshold value. A phase extrapolator circuit adjusts a phase of the first clock signal when the number of the lanes is less than the threshold value. |
| US11611424B2 |
Slot format indicator (SFI) and beam information exchange in a dynamic time division duplex (TDD) scheme with carrier aggregation across millimeter wave bands
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) configured to operate in a full-duplex mode. The apparatus may include at least one transmit chain configured to operate within a first frequency band and at least one receive chain configured to operate within a second frequency band. The apparatus may receive coordination information that is configured to mitigate the self-interference between the at least one transmit chain of the apparatus and the at least one receive chain of the apparatus. In some examples, the received coordination information includes at least one of subcarrier spacing coordination information, beam coordination information, or slot format index coordination information. In some examples, the apparatus may transmit a first signal while receiving a second signal based on at least the subcarrier spacing coordination information, the beam coordination information, or the slot format index coordination information to mitigate self-interference. |
| US11611423B2 |
Methods and systems for signal interference cancellation
A system for canceling signal interference (SI) includes a transceiver configured to concurrently transmit signals and receive signals within a single frequency band, which causes signal interference between the transmitted and received signals. The SI canceller is configured to use a set of cancellation coefficients to generate a cancellation signal to mitigate the SI. The system is configured to iteratively change the cancellation coefficients by a step factor to produce tuned cancellation coefficients. The step factor is determined by a cancellation error gradient and one or more of: a tunable coefficient step aggressiveness factor; and a time-based forgetting factor; and cause the SI canceller to cancel the SI using the tuned cancellation coefficients. |
| US11611421B2 |
Techniques for in-band repeater control
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may receive, in a bandwidth part that carries a control interface of the repeater, an indication of a repeater configuration for the repeater. The repeater may communicate, based at least in part on the repeater configuration, with at least one of a base station or a user equipment. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11611419B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system
A UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure receives DCI through a PDCCH and transmits a HARQ-ACK report, and, based on DCI indicating a specific type codebook-based HARQ-ACK report for one-shot-based transmission of ACK/NACKs for all HARQ processes of serving cells and a UE being configured to report each new data indicator (NDI) bit through the specific type codebook-based HARQ-ACK report, even though spatial bundling is configured for a UE, may transmit a specific type codebook-based HARQ-ACK report without performing the spatial bundling. |
| US11611414B2 |
Non-legacy preamble for wireless local area networks
Method and apparatus for transmission and reception of a Greenfield preamble are provided. In the method and apparatus, the Greenfield preamble may be a single user (SU) preamble or a multi user (MU) preamble. As an MU preamble, the Greenfield preamble includes a short training field (STF), a first long training field (LTF), a first signal (SIG) field, at least one additional LTF, and a second SIG field. Additionally, the Greenfield preamble may be utilized for efficient transmission and reception of control information to wireless devices, whereby the control information may be indicated using the STF, the first LTF, or the first or second SIG fields. |
| US11611407B2 |
Dynamic switching between different multi-trans mission/reception point schemes
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a network may schedule a user equipment (UE) for multiple transmission/reception point (TRP) communication. The network may transmit a single downlink control information (DCI) message to the UE to dynamically configure multiple transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for the multiple TRPs. In a first example, the DCI message may include a bit field indicating a set of antenna ports and the multi-TRP scheme for transmission. In a second example, the DCI message may include a separate field indicating the multi-TRP scheme (e.g., based on UE capabilities). In a third example, the DCI may indicate redundancy versions (RVs) for different TRPs in an RV field or across multiple fields. In a fourth example, the DCI may include an indication of a precoding resource block group (PRG) size that may be interpreted differently based on the indicated multi-TRP scheme. |
| US11611405B2 |
Efficient spectrum allocation in a multi-node optical network
An optical communications network comprises optical data links interconnected by add-drop nodes, the optical data links comprising data channels. The data channels are allocated into equal-sized bins. In response to a first data channel request between a given source-destination pair, one of the equal-sized bins is assigned to the data channel request. In response to requests for additional bandwidth for the same source-destination data channel request, unused channels within the assigned equal-sized bin are allocated to the data channel request. In response to subsequent data channel requests between different source-destination pairs, additional unallocated equal-sized bins are assigned to the subsequent data channel requests. In response to subsequent data channel requests when resource sharing for one equal-sized bin, data channels in the last equal-sized bin are assigned using the reverse channel assignment process. Reverse channel assignment can also be used for other bins as an option. |
| US11611402B2 |
Communication device, communication relay system, and master station apparatus
A communication device according to an embodiment is capable of communicating with another communication device via a first network and a second network each transmitting radio signal data by different communication methods. The communication device includes: a first communicator capable of communicating with another communication device via the first network; a second communicator capable of communicating with another communication device via the second network; a delay parameter acquirer to acquire a delay parameter of the first network; and a delay parameter reflector to reflect the delay parameter of the first network acquired by the delay parameter acquirer on a delay parameter of the second network. |
| US11611400B2 |
Array antenna system, and calibration method and apparatus thereof
An array antenna system, and a calibration method and apparatus thereof are provided. The calibration method includes measuring a signal loop including mutual coupling between antennas included in an array antenna, calculating a ratio of a reception (RX) signal received by each antenna to an RX signal received by a reference antenna of the array antenna based on a result of the measuring, and performing calibration of the array antenna based on the ratio. |
| US11611392B2 |
Tilted earth-based antenna systems and methods of tilting for communication with a satellite system
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a satellite communication system includes a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous orbit (non-GEO), wherein at least some of the plurality of satellites travel in a first orbital path at a first inclination, and an end point terminal having an earth-based geographic location, the end point terminal having an antenna system defining a field of regard for communicating with the satellite constellation, wherein the field of regard is a limited field of regard, wherein the field of regard is tilted from a non-tilted position to a tilted position, and wherein the tilt angle of the tilted position is a function of the latitude of the geographic location. |
| US11611390B2 |
Enhanced LDACS system having different user classes and associated methods
An enhanced L-band Digital Aeronautical Communications System (LDACS) may include LDACS ground stations; and a LDACS airborne stations, each configured to communicate with the LDACS ground stations at a given class of service from among different classes of service. The enhanced LDACS may also include a network controller configured to operate the LDACS ground stations and LDACS airborne stations at the different user classes of service. |
| US11611389B2 |
Networking with HAPs and additional ground-based nodes
Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining a network configuration. For instance, a system may include a controller including one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive information from each of a plurality of available nodes within a network, the plurality of available nodes including at least one aerial vehicle; determine a plurality of constraints for a future point in time, each one of the plurality of constraints including one or more minimum service requirements for a geographic area; attempt to determine a first network configuration for each of the plurality of available nodes that satisfies all of the constraints; when unable to determine the first network configuration, determine a second network configuration for the plurality of available nodes and at least one additional ground-based node that satisfies all of the constraints; and send instructions in order to affect the second network configuration. |
| US11611384B2 |
Beam training based on sidelink control information and channel state information reference signal in device-to-device communications
A beam training method and a related device are disclosed. The method includes: sending, by a first communications device, sidelink control information (SCI) to a second communications device, where the SCI is used to instruct the first communications device to send at least one channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) to the second communications device; and sending, by the first communications device, the at least one CSI-RS to the second communications device based on the SCI, where the at least one CSI-RS is used by the second communications device to determine that a beam corresponding to a CSI-RS with highest signal strength in the at least one CSI-RS is a beam for communication between the second communications device and the first communications device. The CSI-RS used for beam training is dynamically sent based on the instruction of the SCI. |
| US11611383B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving channel state information in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving a radio signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, a method for performing, by a terminal, channel state information (CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information on a BWP for uplink and/or downlink transmission; receiving, from the base station, reporting configuration information including a reporting configuration for the CSI reporting; and performing the CSI reporting on the basis of the BWP configuration information and the reporting configuration information, wherein the reporting configuration is associated with the BWP, and whether or not the reporting configuration is activated may be determined on the basis of whether or not the BWP is activated. |
| US11611375B2 |
Location-based system information and doppler correction in 5G/6G
A base station of a 5G/6G network can include its location coordinates in the SSB system information message which is broadcast on a standard frequency periodically. A mobile user device can receive the SSB and thereby determine the base station location. Thereafter, the user device can measure its own location, speed, and direction of travel, and thereby calculate a Doppler frequency correction before transmitting a message to the base station, thus causing the base station to receive the message at the expected standard frequency. In addition, the user device can calculate, based on the location of the base station relative to the direction of travel of the mobile user device, a particular frequency at which downlink messages from the base station will be received. In addition, the user device can pre-emptively adjust its transmission frequency when changing speed or direction, thereby avoiding wasteful frequency-correction messages from the base station. |
| US11611374B2 |
Low-frequency detection and ranging
Embodiments are disclosed for a low-frequency detection and ranging. In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises: an open electrode; an alternating current (AC) voltage source configured to supply an excitation voltage to the open electrode at an excitation frequency; a resonant circuit coupled to the open electrode, the resonant circuit configured to oscillate when an object is within a detection distance of the open electrode; one or more processors configured to: obtain time domain samples of an output voltage of the resonant circuit when the resonant circuit is oscillating; convert the time domain samples into frequency domain samples; for each frequency domain sample, determine an amplitude difference and a phase difference as compared to an amplitude and phase of the excitation voltage; and determine a material class of the object based on the amplitude difference and the phase difference. |
| US11611368B2 |
Radio-frequency signal receiver/transmitter circuit
A radio-frequency signal receiver/transmitter circuit includes a power amplifying circuit that amplifies a radio-frequency transmit signal for output, at least one duplexer including a transmit filter for passing the radio-frequency transmit signal and a receive filter for passing a radio-frequency receive signal, a switch that electrically connects between the power amplifying circuit and the transmit filter, and a control circuit that controls enabling/disabling the power amplifying circuit, that controls connection of the switch, and that controls switching the receive filter between first bandpass characteristics and second bandpass characteristics. The receive filter switches between the first bandpass characteristics and the second bandpass characteristics, in which attenuation is relatively less than that in the first bandpass characteristics. The control circuit exerts such control that the receive filter in the duplexer, including the transmit filter through which the radio-frequency transmit signal does not pass, changes to the second bandpass characteristics. |
| US11611366B2 |
Method and apparatus to thermally optimize a protective case for temperature regulation and heat transfer to or from a mobile device
This present invention pertains to a method and apparatus to improve thermal transfer properties of a protective case for a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet computer. The protective mobile device case is optimized for temperature regulation and heat transfer by integrating thermal interface materials into key regions of the protective case where heat transfer to or from heat sensitive components within a mobile device are located. |
| US11611363B2 |
Configurable smart radio module
A radio module is configured to operate within a specialized frequency band, for example a band that has recently become available for use in the public domain. Superheterodyne techniques are used by a transmitter component of the radio module to frequency shift a conventional wireless data signal (e.g., used for WiFi, LTE telecommunications, etc.) into a designated band; a receiver component of the radio module is similarly configured to receive signals transmitted on the designated band and shift back into the conventional RF band (where standard components are able to further process the received signal). |
| US11611362B2 |
Duobinary receiver for receiving a duobinary signal
A duobinary receiver includes a signal dividing circuit configured to output a plurality of data by dividing an input signal according to a plurality of multi-phase sampling clocks signals; a level detecting circuit configured to output a plurality of state signals respectively corresponding to duobinary levels of the plurality of data; and a data converting circuit configured to decode the plurality of state signals to output a corresponding plurality of bits. |
| US11611361B2 |
Communication module
A feed line connects an RFIC and a radiating element. A baseband ground plane (BB ground) is connected to a ground terminal of a BBIC. A radio frequency ground plane (RF ground) is placed in such a manner as to overlap the BB ground. The RF ground serves as a return path of the feed line. A first inter-ground connection circuit connects the BB ground and the RF ground. Furthermore, a second inter-ground connection circuit connects the BB ground and the RF ground. Connecting parts between these grounds and the second inter-ground connection circuit are arranged closer to the edges of these grounds than connecting parts between these grounds and the first inter-ground connection circuit. The connecting part between the ground and the second inter-ground connection circuit is placed on one side of a certain imaginary straight line that passes substantially the geometric center of the ground. |
| US11611359B2 |
Data storage device
A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied. |
| US11611357B2 |
Bit interleaver for low-density parity check codeword having length of 64800 and code rate of 3/15 and 256-symbol mapping, and bit interleaving method using same
A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 3/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for 256-symbol mapping. |
| US11611356B2 |
Method and apparatus for low density parity check channel coding in wireless communication system
A low density parity check (LDPC) channel encoding method is used in a wireless communications system. A communication device encodes an input bit sequence by using an LDPC matrix, to obtain an encoded bit sequence for transmission. The LDPC matrix is obtained based on a lifting factor Z and a base matrix. The base matrix may be one of eight exemplary designs. The encoding method can be used in various communications systems including fifth generation (5G) telecommunication systems, and can support various encoding requirements for information bit sequences with different code lengths. |
| US11611355B2 |
Techniques for parameter set and header design for compressed neural network representation
Systems and methods for encoding and decoding neural network data is provided. A method includes: receiving a neural network representation (NNR) bitstream including a group of NNR units (GON) that represents an independent neural network with a topology, the GON including an NNR model parameter set unit, an NNR layer parameter set unit, an NNR topology unit, an NNR quantization unit, and an NNR compressed data unit; and reconstructing the independent neural network with the topology by decoding the GON. |
| US11611348B2 |
File system format for persistent memory
Techniques are provided for implementing a file system format for persistent memory. A node, with persistent memory, receives an operation associated with a file identifier and file system instance information. A list of file system info objects are evaluated to identify a file system info object matching the file system instance information. An inofile, identified by the file system info object as being associated with inodes of files within an instance of the file system targeted by the operation, is traversed to identify an inode matching the file identifier. If the inode has an indicator that the file is tiered into the persistent memory, then the inode it utilized to facilitate execution of the operation upon the persistent memory. Otherwise, the operation is routed to a storage file system tier for execution by a storage file system upon storage associated with the node. |
| US11611347B2 |
Integrator and analog-to-digital converter
An integrator and an analog-to-digital converter are provided. The analog-to-digital converter includes the integrator, a comparison circuit and a control logic circuit. The integrator includes an operational amplifier, offset capacitors, input capacitors, integral capacitors and controllable switches. The input capacitors and the integral capacitors are connected to the operational amplifier via controllable switches, so that the integrator operates in various operation modes. Operation states of the offset capacitors in a first phase and a second phase of an operation cycle are controlled by switching on or off the controllable switches. Therefore, an offset voltage of the integrator is eliminated, and conversion efficiency and conversion accuracy of the analog-to-digital converter is improved. |
| US11611343B2 |
Solid-state relay with isolator
A solid-state relay circuit includes an isolator circuit, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, and an output switch. The output switch is coupled to the isolator circuit, and includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a diode. The first transistor is coupled to the first output terminal. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor and the second output terminal. The diode is coupled to the first transistor, the second transistor, and ground, and is configured to block current flow from ground to the first transistor and the second transistor. The isolator circuit is coupled to the output switch and is configured to activate the first transistor and the second transistor. |
| US11611337B2 |
Adaptive control of non-overlapping drive signals
An improved circuit or method generates first and second initial pulses that do not overlap. First and second drive pulses are generated based on the first and second initial pulses, respectively. A first transistor is turned on with the first drive pulses. A second transistor is turned on with the second drive pulses. A current flows in response to an on-time state of the first transistor overlapping with an on-time state of the second transistor. A delay of the second drive pulses is decreased based on a time of the current flow overlapping with one of the first initial pulses; and the delay of the second drive pulses is increased based on the time of the current flow overlapping with one of the second initial pulses. |
| US11611333B1 |
Driving circuit and a related electronic device
The present disclosure discloses a driving circuit and a related chip and electronic device. The driving circuit is configured to drive a load and includes: a control unit, configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal; a first output terminal, coupled to the capacitive touch screen; a mutual capacitive driving circuit, including: a first pull-up unit, configured to selectively pull up the first output terminal coupled to a high voltage level according to the first control signal; a first pull-down unit, configured to selectively couple the first output terminal to a low voltage level according to the second control signal; a first low-pass filter circuit, coupled between the control unit and the first pull-up unit; and a second low-pass filter circuit, coupled between the control unit and the first pull-down unit. |
| US11611331B2 |
Multiplexer, radio-frequency front-end circuit, communication apparatus, and elastic wave filter
A multiplexer includes a first filter located between a common terminal and a first terminal to pass a signal in a first passband, and a second filter located between the common terminal and a second terminal to pass a signal in a second passband. A first series arm circuit included in the first filter includes a first series arm resonator and a second series arm resonator. The first series arm circuit is connected to the common terminal not through a circuit including an elastic wave resonator and a connecting point of the circuit. The first series arm circuit has a first antiresonance frequency and a second antiresonance frequency higher than the first antiresonance frequency. The second antiresonance frequency is higher than a higher edge of the first passband. The first antiresonance frequency is at or lower than a higher edge of the second passband. |
| US11611327B2 |
Acoustic wave device
An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate a reverse-velocity surface of which is convex, an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric substrate, and mass addition films stacked above the interdigital transducer electrode. The interdigital transducer electrode includes a central region, first and second edge regions, first and second gap regions located outside the first and second edge regions, first and second inner busbar regions, and first and second outer busbar regions. The mass addition films are stacked in at least the first and second edge regions and the first and second inner busbar regions. |
| US11611326B2 |
Acoustic wave device and composite filter device
An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode provided on the piezoelectric substrate, and a pair of reflectors provided on both sides of the IDT electrode in a first direction on the piezoelectric substrate, the first direction being a propagation direction of an acoustic wave. The pair of reflectors include a plurality of electrode fingers and a plurality of electrode fingers, respectively, which extend in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. The electrode finger widths of second end portions are greater than the electrode finger widths of first end portions. The electrode finger width at any given position in the electrode fingers is equal to or greater than the electrode finger width at a position closer than the given position to the first end portions. |
| US11611325B2 |
Acoustic wave device
An acoustic wave device includes an interdigital transducer electrode connected to first and second terminals, and a reflector connected to the second terminal. In a group of electrode fingers of the interdigital transducer electrode, the electrode fingers at one end and another end in a second direction are respectively first and second end electrode fingers, the first end electrode finger includes a wide portion at a distal end portion. The first end electrode finger is located between the reflector and the second end electrode finger in the second direction. An inner busbar portion of one of first and second busbars not connected to the first end electrode finger, is located on an inner side in the second direction relative to the wide portion of the first end electrode finger so as not to overlap the wide portion of the first end electrode finger in a first direction. |
| US11611323B2 |
Automatic gain control circuit
An automatic gain control circuit includes a linear-to-log conversion circuit, a current amplifier circuit, and an amplitude sense circuit. The current amplifier circuit includes a current input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the linear-to-log conversion circuit. The amplitude sense circuit includes an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the current amplifier circuit, and an output terminal coupled to a gain control input terminal of the current amplifier circuit. |
| US11611322B2 |
Audio amplifier assemblies, processes, and methods
An amplifier having one or more channels where each channel includes a two half bridges (a master and slave sub-channel). The sub-channels can be connected either in parallel or in a full-bridge configuration via internal switches that route signals to a pair of speaker jacks. One switch in the amplifier has a first position that selectively connects the outputs of the master and slave sub-channel to the same input of the speaker load so that the two sub-channels will drive the speaker load in parallel and a second position where the output of the slave sub-channel is connected to another input of the speaker load so that the master sub-channel and the slave sub-channel will drive the speaker load in a Full-bridge configuration. A second switch has a first position that connects a second input of the speaker load to ground or reference potential of the sub-channels when the speaker load is to be driven in parallel and a second position that is a No-connect position that is used when the speaker load is driven in the Full-bridge configuration and a ground potential is not to be connected to the speaker. |
| US11611316B2 |
Load regulation for LDO with low loop gain
Circuits and methods for maintaining loop stability and good load regulation in low loop gain LDO regulator circuits. Embodiments encompass LDO regulator circuits that include an offset error correction circuit that generates an opposing voltage VOFFSET as a function of load current to substantially cancel out variations in VOUT that would otherwise occur due to load regulation limitations of the LDO regulator circuits. Embodiments use VOFFSET to imbalance currents in differential paths in a last-stage LDO error-amplifier so that an offset is propagated to a pair of inputs to the error-amplifier, thereby altering the output voltage VOUT to a corrected value. Benefits include improved LDO load regulation even when feedback loop gain is low, the available of both digital and analog implementations, high LDO accuracy and less variation of the output voltage VOUT, and suitability for implementation in integrated circuits for applications such as high precision power supplies. |
| US11611314B2 |
Solar panel performance modeling and monitoring
A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property is disclosed. The monitoring system includes a sensor that is configured to generate sensor data that reflects an attribute of the property; a solar panel that is configured to generate and output power; and a monitor control unit. The monitor control unit is configured to: monitor the power outputted by the solar panel; determine that the power outputted by the solar panel has deviated from an expected power range; based on determining that the power outputted by the solar panel has deviated from the expected power range, access the sensor data; based on the power outputted by the solar panel and the sensor data, determine a likely cause of the deviation from the expected power range; and determine an action to perform to remediate the likely cause of the deviation from the expected power range. |
| US11611312B1 |
Solar panel cleaning apparatus
A solar panel cleaning apparatus includes at least two rails in which a fluid pipe moves over the surface of a solar panel and sprays a fluid onto the surface of the solar panel in order to remove dust, dirt, film and debris. Nozzles are part of the fluid pipe which sprays the fluid on the surface of the solar panel. Each rail includes grooves along a surface of the rail and wheels are propelled along the grooves the rail. A fluid conduit is attached to at least one wheel within one of the rails and is in fluid communication with the fluid pipe. A self-aligning bearing is connected to the wheels to keep the fluid conduit from winding around itself or the wheel. Humidity and wind sensors control the start and stop of a pump. |
| US11611310B2 |
Hinged solar mount
A solar mount, for use with a bracket attachment, has an open and a closed state. In the open state, grip flanges on two hinged arms can pass through a slot opening on the bracket attachment. In the closed state, the grip flanges cooperate with respective groves in the bracket attachment to secure the solar mount to the bracket attachment. In the closed state, a fastener attaches a solar accessory, such as a rail, and holds the two hinged arms together. A flexible mount helps hold the two hinged arms together in the open state, and also helps hold the two hinged arms in the closed state. |
| US11611309B2 |
Fixed-tilt solar arrays and related systems
Fixed-tilt solar arrays constructed from screw anchors. In some cases, purlins are attached directly to truss legs. In others, they are attached to truss caps joining the free end of each truss leg. In still further ones, screw anchors are driven in rows and interconnected by a pair of hinged members, one of which provides a mounting plane for solar panels. Each screw anchor may serve as a connection point for the trailing hinged member of the first foundation and the leading hinged member of the next foundation. In still further cases, a hinged truss cap may be used to accommodate different tilt angles with the same foundation. |
| US11611308B2 |
Window inserts comprising ultraviolet-absorbing and visibly transparent photovoltaic devices producing on-board electricity
In one aspect, window inserts are described herein, which can modulate transmission of electromagnetic radiation through a window and can be self-powered. In some embodiments, a window insert comprises a photovoltaic device, the photovoltaic device including a photosensitive layer having peak absorption between 250 nm and 450 nm and an average transmittance of at least 50 percent in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
| US11611307B2 |
Short-circuit fault-tolerant control method based on deadbeat current tracking for five-phase permanent magnet motor with sinusoidal back-electromotive force or trapezoidal back-electromotive force
A short-circuit fault-tolerant control method based on deadbeat current tracking for a five-phase permanent magnet motor with a sinusoidal back-electromotive force or a trapezoidal back-electromotive force (EMF) is provided. By fully utilizing a third harmonic space of a five-phase permanent magnet motor in a fault state, the method proposes a fault-tolerant control strategy for a five-phase permanent magnet motor with a sinusoidal back-EMF or a trapezoidal back-EMF in case of a single-phase short-circuit fault. The method enables the five-phase permanent magnet motor to make full use of the third harmonic space during fault-tolerant operation, thereby improving the torque output of the motor in a fault state and improving the fault-tolerant operation efficiency of the motor. The method achieves desirable fault-tolerant performance and dynamic response of the motor, and expands the speed range of the motor during fault-tolerant operation. |
| US11611303B2 |
Method of detecting connection fault of electric motor
A method of detecting a connection fault of an electric motor, applies to a driving mechanism of an inverter, and includes: measuring a three-phase stator current of the electric motor; transforming the three-phase stator current to acquire dual-axis current components in a stationary coordinate; calculating an angle of rotation of the electric motor according to the dual-axis current components; calculating an angular velocity according to the angle of rotation; comparing a frequency of the angular velocity with a frequency of an output voltage of the inverter; and determining that the electric motor occurs a connection fault if a difference between the frequency of the angular velocity and the frequency of the output voltage is greater than a predetermined frequency difference value. |
| US11611302B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling inducer motor speed
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of systems and methods for controlling inducer motor speed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes changing stator voltage of an inducer motor (e.g., by changing a firing angle of a triac, using a transistor, a silicon controlled rectifier or semiconductor controlled rectifier (SCR), other switching device, etc.); determining actual inducer motor speed (e.g., by using a hall effect sensor or other speed sensor, etc.); and after determining the actual inducer motor speed, changing the motor stator voltage (e.g., by changing the firing angle of the triac, etc.) to a value at which the actual inducer motor speed is controllably regulated and/or maintained substantially at a set speed. |
| US11611299B2 |
Methods and systems for automatic rotation direction determination of electronically commutated motor
A method for determining a direction of rotation for an electronically commutated motor (ECM) is described. The motor is configured to rotate a blower and the method comprises rotating the blower using the ECM and determining if the resulting blower rotation is indicative of the desired direction of rotation for the blower. |
| US11611294B2 |
Vibration driving device, apparatus equipped with vibration driving device, control device and control method for vibration actuator
A vibration driving device that improves controllability in low speed driving. The vibration driving device includes a vibration actuator that includes a vibrator that has an elastic member and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, a contact member that contacts the vibrator, and a control device that controls drive of the vibration actuator. The control device includes a speed detection unit that detects speed information showing relative speed of the vibrator and the contact member, and an adjustment unit that decreases amplitude of vibration excited in the vibrator in a case where the speed detection unit detects that a state where the vibration actuator does not operate approximately and a state where the vibration actuator operates at a speed faster than a target driving speed occur alternately after starting to drive the vibration actuator. |
| US11611291B2 |
Power system and pulse width modulation method therefor
A power system includes a pulse width modulation device. The pulse width modulation device outputs first, second, third and fourth driving signals. The pulse width modulation device receives a control signal. The control signal is divided into a positive periodic signal and a negative periodic signal. A portion of the positive periodic signal higher than or equal to a maximum threshold voltage is clamped as the maximum threshold voltage to generate a first comparison waveform. The positive periodic signal is clamped as the reference voltage level to generate a second comparison waveform. According to the first comparison waveform, a first ramp signal is generated. According to the second comparison waveform, a first pulse width modulation signal is generated. The first, second, third and fourth driving signals are adjusted according to the first ramp signal and the first pulse width modulation signal. |
| US11611289B2 |
Hybrid modular multilevel converter topologies using half-bridge submodules
Aspects are described for hybrid modular multilevel converters that include half-bridge submodules. In some embodiments, a hybrid modular multilevel converter can include a direct current (DC) bus and an alternating current (AC) node. A first arm of the hybrid modular multilevel converter includes a first submodule chain link and a first arm inductor and a second arm includes a second submodule chain link and a second arm inductor. A capacitor connects between a first side of the first arm and a first side of the second arm. |
| US11611288B2 |
Composite switching device with switching device and diode in parallel
The present disclosure discloses a composite switching circuit, including a plurality of first semiconductor devices connected in series; and at least one second semiconductor device each connected in parallel to one of the plurality of first semiconductor devices. The composite switching circuit is connected to an input source. The second semiconductor device is turned off during a preset period to transfer a current flowing through the second semiconductor device to the first semiconductor devices connected in parallel to the second semiconductor device. |
| US11611286B2 |
Method for determining rectifier-stage output current or grid-side currents of a frequency converter
A method for determining rectifier-stage output current and/or grid-side currents (iu, iv, iw) of a frequency converter (1) having a passive rectifier (3), an inverter (4), a DC-link with a DC-link inductor (Ldc) and a DC-link capacitor (Cdc) between the rectification stage (3) and the inverter stage (4) is described. In a frequency converter the current information for the grid-side currents (iu, iv, iw) should be obtained without a current sensor at the grid-side (2). To this end the method comprises the step of calculating a current in the DC-link (5) by using at least a voltage value (Urec) and characteristics of the rectifier (3) in the DC-link (5) and/or grid side currents to form a corrected current using the calculated current and a measured current or currents or a fraction of a measured current or currents, or a fraction of a measured current or currents. |
| US11611283B2 |
Switching power supply unit and electric power supply system
A switching power supply unit includes: a transformer; an inverter circuit including first to fourth switching devices, first to third capacitors, first and second rectifying devices, a resonant inductor, and a resonant capacitor; and a driver. The first to fourth switching devices are coupled in series. The first and second capacitors are coupled in series. The first rectifying device is disposed between a first connection point between the first and second capacitors and a second connection point between the first and second switching devices. The second rectifying device is disposed between the first connection point and a third connection point between the third and fourth switching devices. The third capacitor is disposed between the second and third connection points. The resonant capacitor, the resonant inductor, and a primary winding are coupled in series between a fourth connection point between the second and third switching devices and the first connection point. |
| US11611281B2 |
Multiple output isolated power supply for automated test equipment and a method for providing multiple isolated output voltages
A multiple output isolated power supply for the usage as a floating V/I source in an automated test equipment. The multiple output isolated power supply includes a multi-layer printed circuit board. Furthermore the multiple output isolated power supply includes a planar transformer, which includes a plurality of secondary windings associated with different output channels, arranged on or in the multi-layer PCB. At least two output channels out of the output channels of the multiple output isolated power supply includes a rectifier and a voltage regulator or a current regulator. |
| US11611277B2 |
Soft-start method for a switching regulator
A soft-start method for a switching regulator is provided. In the soft-start method, a first gate drive signal for limiting an inrush current is provided, by a control circuit, to a switching circuit in a first soft-start stage. After the control circuit determines that a mode switching condition is satisfied according to an output voltage and an output current, a second drive signal for increasing a rise rate of an output voltage is provided to the switching circuit so that the output voltage increases with a faster rise rate and reaches a predetermined voltage at a second soft-start stage. |
| US11611274B2 |
Methods and apparatus to start converters into a pre-biased voltage
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to start converter into a pre-biased voltage. The disclosed methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture provide an apparatus comprising: an error amplifier including a feedback network and a differential difference amplifier (DDA), the DDA coupled to a power converter, a voltage generator, and the feedback network coupled to the third input of the DDA, the fourth input of the DDA, and the output of the DDA; a multiplexer coupled to the voltage generator, the second input of the DDA, and the first input of the DDA; a first switch coupled in parallel to the feedback network; a second switch coupled to a delay cell and an oscillator; and a trigger including an output, the trigger coupled to the voltage generator, the power converter, and the output of the trigger coupled to the multiplexer, first switch, and the second switch. |
| US11611273B2 |
Detection of power supply circuit irregularities
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe frequency detection techniques for detecting power irregularities. These irregularities may include variations or abnormalities in switched-mode power supply circuit switching behavior, power spikes, and/or output oscillations. The frequency detection techniques may compare different frequency components of the power signal to detect irregularities. |
| US11611269B2 |
Rotor and rotor manufacturing method
The rotor includes a drive shaft, a first rotor core unit, and a second rotor core unit. The first rotor core unit is configured from a first iron core material having a through-hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and a plurality of first permanent magnets, and includes a first reference surface at which the first iron core material is flush with or protruding further than first permanent magnets. The second rotor core unit is configured from a second iron core material having a through-hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and a plurality of second permanent magnets, and has a second reference surface at which the second iron core material is flush with or protruding further than second permanent magnets, the second rotor core unit being laminated in an axial direction on the first rotor core unit such that the first reference surface and the second reference surface contact each other. |
| US11611268B2 |
Stator device, electric flat motor and method for producing a stator device
Provided is a stator device for an electric flat motor, including a first stator side part and a second stator side part which can be arranged in such a way that a gap is formed between the first stator side part and the second stator side part to accommodate a rotor, the first stator side part includes an electrically insulating carrier substrate with an electrically conductive conductor layer arranged thereon, and wherein coil-like conductor tracks are formed in the conductor layer. The stator device includes a stiffening device for stiffening the first stator side part, wherein the stiffening device is designed as a magnetic inference for the first stator side part. Furthermore, provided is an electric flat motor for a quick adjustment device for a motor vehicle and a method for producing a stator device for an electric flat motor. |
| US11611262B2 |
Dynamic nameplate
A dynamic nameplate is provided, which includes: a base disposed on a circuit board; and a rotating member disposed on the base through a bearing, so that the rotating member can rotate relative to the base. The dynamic nameplate can provide dynamic effects without using a conventional motor. |
| US11611258B2 |
Electric assembly and vehicle having the same
The present disclosure discloses an electric assembly and a vehicle having the same. The electric assembly includes: a box assembly, where an mounting plate is disposed in the box assembly, the mounting plate divides a space within the box assembly into a motor holding cavity and a transmission holding cavity that are arranged along an axial direction of a motor shaft, and the mounting plate has a shaft via-hole making the motor holding cavity and the transmission holding cavity be in communication with each other; a motor, disposed in the motor holding cavity; and a transmission, disposed in the transmission holding cavity, where the motor is power-coupled to the transmission. |
| US11611256B2 |
Electric drive systems
Fault-tolerant electric drive systems including a machine having a rotor and a stator having coils arranged in pairs. Each coil in each pair separated by 180 degrees, a first phase (ϕA) having one of the coil pairs and a phase drive circuit connected therewith, a second phase (ϕB) having a second one of the coil pairs and a second phase drive circuit connected therewith, a third phase (ϕC) having a third one of the coil pairs and a third phase drive circuit connected therewith, and a fourth phase having a fourth one of the coil pairs and a fourth phase drive circuit connected therewith. Further included is a controller connected with the first, second, third and fourth phase drive circuits to control operation thereof. |
| US11611253B2 |
Rotor of motor and automobile
This application provides a rotor of a motor, including: a rotating shaft, provided with at least one first liquid outlet; a first end plate, disposed on an outer wall of the rotating shaft and perpendicular to the rotating shaft, where an inlet of at least one third passageway is provided on the first end plate; a second end plate, disposed on the outer wall of the rotating shaft and perpendicular to the rotating shaft, where an outlet of the at least one third passageway is provided on the second end plate; and a plurality of lamination sheets, disposed between the first end plate (103) and the second end plate, where at least one second through hole on each of the plurality of lamination sheets forms the at least one third passageway. |
| US11611252B2 |
Driving motor with hybrid excitation of electromagnetism and invisible magnetic pole
An driving motor with hybrid excitation of electromagnetism and invisible magnetic pole, wherein each magnetic pole comprises two first magnets, one second magnet and one third magnet; wherein the first magnet is placed along a diameter direction of a rotor core, the second magnet is located at a middle and lower portion of two first magnets of each magnetic pole corresponding to the second magnet at a diameter direction, and a magnetic isolation groove is disposed at an inner end of the first magnet and extends toward two sides of the inner end of the first magnet. The magnetic isolated air gap can adjust a spatial distribution of a magnetic field generated by permanent magnets of each pole to replace the permanent magnets, so as to save the number of the permanent magnets, reduce the weight of the motor, and reduce the cost of the motor. |
| US11611245B2 |
Wirelessly charging mobile phone via notebook touchpad
A mobile device can be used to control a computing device different from the mobile device. The mobile device includes a processor configured to receive user input through a graphical user interface (GUI) of the mobile device. The processor can be configured to generate the GUI after detecting a magnetic field generated by a wireless power transmitter. The GUI includes a simulated button and/or an interface configured to receive tactile input indicative of spatial information. The processor is configured to provide information indicative of user input to the computing device to control the computing device. |
| US11611236B2 |
Methods and apparatus for wireless power delivery and remote sensing using self-capacitances
A self-capacitance based remote power delivery device includes a power source, an energy harvesting device, and a substrate. The power source and the energy harvesting device are configured to be capacitively coupled to a self-capacitive body. The substrate is configured to be capacitively coupled to a portion of the self-capacitive body in contact with the substrate. |
| US11611233B1 |
Power adapter configured to apply power to a device
A power adapter configured to apply power to a device is disclosed. The power adapter comprises a switching module having a recess comprising a first set of contacts for receiving control signals, wherein the switching module comprises a switch for selectively applying power to a device based upon the control signals; and a control module removably coupled to the switching module and having a second set of contacts coupled to the first set of contacts of the switching module when the control module is attached to the switching module; wherein the switching module comprises a user interface element. |
| US11611229B2 |
Techniques for detecting wireless device charging receiver position and maintaining uninterrupted wireless power transfer throughout position changes over an array of transmitter coils
Inductive charging techniques utilize a plurality of transmitter coils arranged in a predetermined configuration and each being configured to, when active, inductively transfer power to a receiver coil of a wireless device and a controller configured to control a charging session during which power is inductively transferred from at least one of the plurality of transmitter coils to the receiver coil of the wireless device, including monitoring electrical parameters of at least two transmitter coils of the plurality of transmitter coils, wherein the at least two monitored transmitter coils comprise at least one active transmitter coil, based on the monitoring, determining a position of the receiver coil relative to the plurality of transmitter coils, and selectively activating and/or deactivating at least one of the plurality of transmitter coils based on the monitoring when the position of the receiver coil changes to provide uninterrupted inductive power transfer. |
| US11611228B2 |
Power cycle modulation control for power converters
Controllers and methods for controlling a resonant power converter output voltage include operating the power converter according to a control period comprising an on cycle operation mode for a duration T_on that produces a first voltage Vo1 and an off cycle operation mode for a duration T_off that produces a second voltage Vo2. Vo1 is produced using a first switching frequency for a first selected number of switching cycles corresponding to the on time T_on. The converter output voltage or the converter input and output voltages may be sensed and used to determine the switching frequency during the on cycle operation mode and the duration of the off cycle operation mode. The final output voltage of the power converter is regulated to a selected value based on a ration of (T_on):(T_on+T_off). The controllers and methods may be used with power converters in power delivery devices to accept wide input voltage ranges compatible with devices such as cell phones, tablet computers, and notebook computers. |
| US11611226B1 |
Marine battery charger and power supply system with status indicator plug end
A marine battery charger system configured to be installed on a marine vessel to charge a marine battery includes a housing, a charging circuit in the housing configured to receive AC power and to output a charge current to the marine battery, and a cord. The cord has a plug end configured to engage an AC power outlet and is configured to transmit the AC power from the AC power outlet to the charging circuit. A controller is configured to control a charging operation mode of the charging circuit and a status indicator is located at the plug end of the cord and configured to be controlled by the controller to indicate the charging operation mode of the charging circuit. |
| US11611223B2 |
Charging adapter for vaporizer device
A charging adapter assembly for charging a vaporizer device is described herein. In some embodiments, the charging adapter may include a housing including a coupling end configured to couple to the vaporizer device. The coupling end of the housing may include a chamber having a base and at least one chamber wall defining a perimeter of the chamber. The base may include at least one charging contact. The charging adapter may include a power adapter extending from the housing. The power adapter may be configured to provide an electrical pathway between a power source and the at least one charging contact. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described. |
| US11611221B2 |
Electronic device and accessory with quick charging and audio transmission functions
The present invention provides an electronic device and an accessory with quick charging and audio transmission functions. The electronic device can be respectively connected to a charger and an audio connector through the accessory. The electronic device includes a quick charging controller and a device Type-C female socket. The quick charging controller is used for performing quick charging protocol communication by utilizing the SBU pins of the device Type-C female socket and the D+ pin and the D− pin of a charger connected to the accessory when the accessory is connected to the device Type-C female socket and the charger is connected to the accessory. The present invention breaks through the usual thought of using the CC pin to perform quick charging protocol communication in the existing quick charging mode. Further, when the accessory with the audio transmission function is used, the quick charging can also be performed. |
| US11611220B2 |
Systems and methods for connecting energy sources to power distribution network
A device includes at least one isolating transformer. An input is coupled to the at least one isolating transformer and configured to receive input from an energy source. At least one power switch is coupled to the isolating transformer. A diode is coupled to the at least one isolating transformer. An energy storage medium is coupled to the diode. An inverter includes one or more inverter switches, an inverter input, and an inverter output. The inverter input is coupled to the diode and the energy storage medium. The inverter output is configured to be coupled to the power network, and the inverter is configured to create AC power for distribution to the power network. A controller is configured to modulate the at least one power switch to control power flow from the input and to modulate the state of the inverter switches to control power flow to the power network. |
| US11611217B1 |
Networked power plants
A method described delivers power to a first load and a second load from networked power plants. The method may include receiving a power delivery profile for the first load, receiving a power delivery profile for a second load, determining a power output capability of a first renewable energy power plant (REPP), and determining a power output capability of a second REPP. The method may also include setting a power output for the first REPP and a power output for the second REPP based on the power delivery profile for the first and second loads and the power output capabilities of the first and second REPPs. The method may also include allocating a combined power output of the first and second REPPs to the first and second loads and delivering the allocated combined power output to the first and second loads. |
| US11611215B1 |
System and method for power distribution optimization
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is method for power distribution optimization. In some embodiments, the method includes determining an efficiency for each power block of a plurality of power blocks of a power distribution optimization system, determining a characteristic for each power block, determining a power to provide, selecting a first percentage of the power that a first power block is to provide and a second percentage of the power that a second power block is to provide at least based on the efficiency for each power block, the characteristic for each power block, and the power to provide, wherein the first percentage of the power is greater than the second percentage of the power, and sending a dispatch command to cause the first power block to provide the first percentage of the power and the second power block to provide the second percentage of the power. |
| US11611209B2 |
System and a method for protecting a regulator rectifier device and a respective protection device
The problem to be solved is to provide a system and a method to protect the regulator rectifiers from the reverse voltage condition and the short circuit condition, and the problem is solved in the present invention by a system and a method that use a protection device including a control unit that receives an input from the circuit based on the reverse voltage condition and the short circuit condition, and based on the existence of at least one of the condition or a combination thereof, the control unit switches a switching unit from an ON state to an OFF state, thereby breaking the circuit between the regulator rectifier device and the load section, thus protecting the regulator rectifier device. |
| US11611205B2 |
Triggering circuit and electronic fuse device incorporating the same
A triggering circuit and an electronic fuse device incorporating the same. The triggering circuit works with a microcontroller to control a load. The microcontroller has a low-power mode and an external interrupt input for triggering wakeup from the low-power mode and initiating an interrupt action related to the load. The triggering circuit comprises a sensor input for receiving a sensor signal related to the load, a threshold input for receiving a threshold reference signal, and a comparator for comparing the sensor signal to the threshold reference signal and for outputting an interrupt signal to the external interrupt input in response to the comparison. |
| US11611200B2 |
Integrated systems facilitating wire and cable installations
Pulling eyes are provided with integrated wiring systems suitable for installing conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may include body portions that define interior cavities that are sized to snugly engage outside portions of the conductors or cables. The body portions are sized to be deformably crimped onto the outside portions of the conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may also include head portions joined to the body portions, with the head portions defining apertures for receiving a strength member for installing the conductors or cables. These apertures place the interior cavities in communication with the exteriors of the pulling eyes. |
| US11611199B2 |
Fixing method of wire harness
A fixing method of a wire harness is provided. A wire harness structure is formed by covering a wire harness with a sheet material in which a thermoplastic adhesive is coated on one surface including a required portion so as to fix the wire harness to the sheet material. The formed wire harness structure is spread on a roof liner. By pressuring the required portion warmed, the wire harness structure is fixed to the roof liner with the thermoplastic adhesive. |
| US11611193B2 |
Low inductance laser driver packaging using lead-frame and thin dielectric layer mask pad definition
A surface mountable laser driver circuit package is configured to mount on a host printed circuit board (PCB). A surface mount circuit package includes a lead-frame. A plurality of laser driver circuit components is mounted on and in electrical communication with the lead-frame of the surface mount circuit package. A dielectric layer is located between the lead-frame and the host PCB and includes portals through the dielectric layer each arranged to accommodate an electrical connection between the lead-frame and the host PCB. The lead-frame and the dielectric layer are arranged such that a first lead-frame portion and a first dielectric layer portal align with a first end of a host PCB trace configured to provide a current return path for the surface mount laser driver, and a second lead-frame portion and a second dielectric layer portal align with a second end of the host PCB trace. |
| US11611192B2 |
Embedded microfluidic distribution apparatus for passively cooling optoelectronic devices
A device and method are provided for more efficient thermal management of optoelectronic devices. A microfluidic distribution apparatus embedded with the optoelectronic device uses a working fluid in phase change to passively remove heat from an optoelectronic device. The working fluid undergoes phase change through various conversions between a liquid state and a two-phase liquid-vapor state to facilitate evaporation and condensation processes as the working fluid is distributed through micro-structures in the embedded microfluidic distribution apparatus. Passive two-phase cooling provides high thermal performance due to the use of the latent heat of a fluid in phase change, as well as the presence of favorable two-phase flow regimes at micro-scale dimensions. |
| US11611187B2 |
Contact bending assembly for electrical connector assembling machine
An electrical connector assembling machine includes a connector strip feed unit including a connector strip feeding device configured to index a connector strip through a feed track in successive feed strokes and a contact loading assembly to load contacts in the connector strip. The electrical connector assembling machine includes a contact bending assembly positioned downstream of the contact loading assembly. The contact bending assembly includes a roller and a bending actuator holding the roller. The bending actuator moves the roller in an actuation direction to engage and bend ends of the contacts. The roller rolling along the contacts to bend the ends of the contacts. |
| US11611186B2 |
Pressing tool with sensor system for automated recognition of a pressing jaw assembly
A pressing tool for plastically deforming a tubular workpiece, and particularly a fitting is described. The pressing tool comprises a pressing jaw receptacle for coupling a pressing jaw assembly to the pressing tool. The pressing tool further comprises a drive which is adapted to drive a coupled pressing jaw assembly in order to apply force to a workpiece, and a sensor system which is adapted to identify a pressing jaw assembly and to provide corresponding sensor data, wherein a control is adapted to control the drive based on the sensor data. Also described are related methods, pressing jaw assemblies, and workpieces. |
| US11611184B2 |
Slip ring assembly
The disclosure relates to a slip ring assembly, which has a slip ring body and at least one slip ring arranged on the slip ring body and a contact module having contact elements. The contact elements contact a slideway of the slip ring. A cleaning device is provided for cleaning the slideway. According to the disclosure, the cleaning device has a cleaning brush having a brush filling contacting the slideway. |
| US11611179B2 |
Connection device
A connection device for connecting an electrical or electronic component, which is accommodated in a thick-walled housing part, through a stepped bore in the wall of the housing part, includes a connection part having a stepped cylindrical body having a first cylindrical portion with a first outer diameter corresponding to the diameter of an inner bore portion of the stepped bore and a second cylindrical portion with a second outer diameter corresponding to the larger diameter of an outer bore portion, and a separate, essentially cylindrical contact carrier part fixed in the base body, which has contact pins protruding from an inner end face located on the inside of the thick-walled housing part. A fastener detachably fastens the connection part inserted in the stepped bore in the bore of the housing part. |
| US11611178B2 |
Electrical connector capable of EMI shielding
An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector capable of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding may include a female connector including a female portion in which a plurality of terminals are disposed; a male connector including a male portion including a plurality of pins electrically connected with the terminals; and a shielding member disposed between the female connector and the male connector, wherein the male portion includes an inner surface forming a space in which the pins are positioned and an end surface connected to the inner surface, the shielding member is formed of a conductive elastic body, a portion of the shielding member is disposed between the inner surface of the male portion and an outer surface of the female portion so as to be in contact with the inner surface of the male portion and the outer surface of the female portion. |
| US11611167B2 |
Plug connector and connector assembly
The present disclosure discloses a plug connector including an insulating housing, a number of plug terminals and a cable. The insulating housing includes a width direction extending along a left-and-right direction. The plug terminals are retained by the insulating housing and arranged in two rows in the width direction of the insulative housing. The plug terminals of each row are arranged in an upper-and-lower direction and spaced away from each other in the upper-and-lower direction. Each plug terminal extends along a front-and-back direction. The cable includes a number of core wires correspondingly and electrically connected with the plug terminals. A connector assembly including the plug connector and the mated socket connector is also disclosed in the present disclosure. |
| US11611166B2 |
Socket connector and connector assembly
The present disclosure discloses a socket connector including an insulating base and a number of socket terminals. The insulating base includes an outer plastic frame defining a receiving channel and an inner plastic block received in the receiving channel. The inner plastic block includes two sidewalls opposite to each other in a left-and-right direction. The socket terminals are arranged in two rows by positioning symmetrically and respectively on the two sidewalls of the inner plastic block. The socket terminals of each row are arranged in an upper-and-lower direction and spaced away from each other in the upper-and-lower direction. Each socket terminal extends along a front-and-back direction perpendicular to both the left-and-right direction and the upper-and-lower direction. A connector assembly including the socket connector and the mated plug connector is also disclosed in the present disclosure. |
| US11611164B2 |
Wideband multi-pin edge connector for radio frequency front end module
A wide bandwidth signal connector plug, comprising a plurality of signal pins having a first anchor portion and a first mating portion, and a plurality of ground pins having a second anchor portion and a second mating portion. The plurality of ground pins is adjacent to the plurality of signal pins. The plurality of signal pins has a first thickness and the plurality of ground pins has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The first anchor portion has a first width and the second anchor portion has a second width that is greater than the first width. |
| US11611155B2 |
Structure, antenna, wireless communication module, and wireless communication device
The structure includes a first conductor that extends in a second direction; a second conductor, a third conductor, a fourth conductor, and a feeding line. The second conductor faces the first conductor in a first direction and extends along the second direction. The third conductor is configured to capacitively connect the first conductor and the second conductor. The fourth conductor is configured to be electrically connected to the first conductor and the second conductor and extends along a first plane. The feeding line is connected to the third conductor. The feeding line includes a first constituting part that extends along the first direction, and a second constituent part that extends along the second direction. The first constituting part is positioned on an inside of both ends of the fourth conductor in a third direction. |
| US11611154B2 |
Printed impedance transformer for broadband dual-polarized antenna
A broadband dual-polarized antenna integrated high-performance balun. The antenna structure consists of three main parts: radiator, feeding structure and reflector. The radiation element consists of four radiation parts with petal shape, forming two pairs of orthogonal dipole antennas. The feeding structure consists of four circuit boards with separated lines, forming resonant structures corresponding to a balance transformer. The reflector enables to direct the beam, increasing the antenna's orientation. |
| US11611151B2 |
Multiband antenna structure
An active passive antenna arrangement as made up of an array of 5G antennas interleaved with multiband antenna structures that may be low band (LB) passive antennas. The 5G antenna array may be a mMIMO active array. The LB antennas are formed using conductive elements on thin supporting sheets that fit within the space between the 5G antennas. The substrates, and hence the radiating elements of the LB antennas, may be arranged so as to generally appear to form four sides of a rectangular box with the top and bottom surfaces removed. Thus, the LB antennas may be thought of as having been “slipped in” amongst a preexisting array of 5G antennas. Each LB antenna may surround one or more of the 5G antennas and 5G antennas of the array may also be external to an LB antenna. |
| US11611144B2 |
Smart sensor device and antenna structure for use therewith
A sensor device includes a housing, a substrate positioned within the housing, at least one radiative antenna element positioned upon a first surface of the substrate, and a processing section positioned in a stacked arrangement with the substrate, opposite a second surface of the substrate. The substrate includes at least one interruption configured to allow light entering the housing to pass through the substrate from the first surface through the second surface. The antenna elements(s) is positioned upon the substrate so as to avoid the interruption(s). The processing section includes light-responsive circuitry and is configured such that the circuitry is positioned so as to receive light entering the housing through the at least one aperture. The substrate may be generally circular, substantially rigid, have a substantially certain radius between about three-fourths inch and about four inches, and have a substantially certain thickness between about 0.05 inches and about one-half inch. |
| US11611143B2 |
Base station antenna with high performance active antenna system (AAS) integrated therein
A base station antenna includes a first antenna having first and second spaced-apart columns of first radiating elements therein, which are configured to operate within a first frequency band. An active antenna system (AAS) is provided, which is configured to operate within a second, typically higher, frequency band. The AAS includes a second antenna within a space between the first and second columns of first radiating elements. These first radiating elements may include tilted feed stalks which support higher integration by enabling the first radiating elements to overhang at least a portion of the second antenna. |
| US11611140B2 |
Systems and methods for sensing a level of a volume of a liquid in a container using one or more antenna elements
A liquid level sensor system can include a container configured to hold a volume of a liquid and a monopole antenna arranged proximate the volume of the liquid. A radiofrequency circuit may be configured to apply a radio frequency signal to the monopole antenna and provide one or more signals indicative of a level of the volume of the liquid within the container based on a radio frequency characteristic of the monopole antenna. |
| US11611139B2 |
Mounting systems for a wireless network device
A device may include a housing with a plurality of top openings provided in a top portion of the housing and a plurality of bottom openings provided in a bottom portion of the housing. The device may include one or more internal components provided within the housing to provide a wireless service. The device may include a rotation extension connected to the bottom portion of the housing and configured to rotatably attach to a bracket that mounts the device to an object. The device may include a connector connected to the rotation extension and configured to receive a cable that provides communication signals to and from the device. |
| US11611138B2 |
Method of producing a radio frequency member
A method of producing a radio frequency member to construct a radio frequency confinement device based on a waffle iron structure includes providing an intermediate work of a plate shape or a block shape, the intermediate work including a main surface which is shaped as a plane or a curved surface and a plurality of rods extending away from the main surface. An interval between a side surface of one of the plurality of rods and a side surface of another rod that is adjacent to the one rod monotonically increases in a direction away from the main surface. The method also includes forming an electrically-conductive plating layer on the main surface and at least the side surface of the plurality of rods by immersing at least a portion of the intermediate work in plating solution. |
| US11611137B2 |
Loop gap resonators for spin resonance spectroscopy
Improved loop-gap resonators applicable to Electron-Spin Resonance spectroscopy and to quantum computing employ interdigitated capacitor structures to dramatically increase the capacitance of the resonator, along with corresponding decreases in loop size to enable measurements of small-volume samples or individual quantum bits (qubits). The interdigitated-capacitor structures are designed to minimize parasitic inductance. |
| US11611134B2 |
Battery and battery apparatus
The disclosure relates to a technical field of batteries, and a battery and a battery apparatus are provided. The battery includes a cell, and the cell includes a cell body and tab portions. Each of the tab portions extends from one side of the cell body. The battery further includes a housing. The housing is a hollow structure, and the hollow structure is formed inside the housing. The cell is disposed in the housing, and the housing includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first surface is provided with liquid injecting holes, and the liquid injecting holes penetrate the first surface and do not penetrate the second surface. An orthographic projection of the cell body on the first surface does not overlap the liquid injecting holes. |
| US11611130B2 |
Lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) powder
Disclosed herein are embodiments of doped and undoped spherical or spheroidal lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) powder products, and methods of production using microwave plasma processing, which can be incorporated into solid state lithium ion batteries. Advantageously, embodiments of the disclosed LLZO powder display a high quality, high purity stoichiometry, small particle size, narrow size distribution, spherical morphology, and customizable crystalline structure. |
| US11611129B2 |
Battery sub-packing unit and battery module including the same
A battery sub-packing unit includes a plurality of secondary battery cells, a cell support member including a seating portion for accommodating the plurality of secondary battery cells, and a venting inducing portion connecting the seating portion to an external area, and a case member provided to surround the secondary battery cell accommodated in the seating portion and to seal around the secondary battery cell. |
| US11611127B2 |
Supporting base and relief valve
A supporting base and a relief valve. Relief valve includes valve body, restoring component and plug. Valve body includes first cover plate and first side wall. First cover plate and first side wall together form opening. First side wall includes pressure releasing hole. Vent of casing is connected to opening. Pressure releasing hole is connected to opening. Plug includes second cover plate and second side wall. Second side wall and second cover plate together form recession. Recession is connected to accommodation space via vent. Second cover plate is movably disposed in opening via restoring component. When plug is in initial position, pressure releasing hole is disconnected from accommodation space. When plug is in releasing position, pressure releasing hole is connected to accommodation space via vent. |
| US11611124B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack having a battery housing that defines a cavity for receiving a plurality of battery cells. The battery pack cavity is sealed from the air outside the battery pack housing to prevent water and other contaminants from reaching the plurality of battery cells. The battery pack may include a sealing material to create a seal between an upper housing and a lower housing of the battery housing. The battery pack also include a sealing material to create a seal around a terminal block of the battery pack. |
| US11611122B2 |
Electric vehicle battery coolant heater assembly with electrical connection through gasket
A battery coolant heater assembly including a coolant manifold having liquid coolant pathways and a heat transfer surface for transferring heat to liquid coolant flowable within the coolant manifold, an electric heater element thermally contacted to the heat transfer surface of the manifold, and a cover sealably enclosing the heating element between the heat transfer surface and the cover via a gasket. The electric heater element is electrically connected via an electrical connector extending through and formed integrally with the gasket. |
| US11611121B2 |
Motor vehicle traction battery module
A motor vehicle traction battery module includes a rigid battery module housing having at least one battery element. The battery module housing has at least one planar and liquid-cooled housing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has at least one continuously linear coolant cooling channel and at least one continuously linear empty channel, which is parallel thereto and through which there is no liquid flowing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has a contact-making opening, by means of which exclusively the empty channel is interrupted, and wherein an electrical terminal element is arranged in the region of the contact-making opening, with electrical contact being made with at least one battery element by means of said electrical terminal element. |
| US11611120B2 |
Battery module, battery pack comprising battery module, and vehicle comprising battery pack
A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: at least one battery cell; a bus bar assembly connected to an electrode lead of the at least one battery cell and positioned on both side surfaces of the at least one battery cell; and a heatsink assembly positioned in direct contact with both of the at least one battery cell and the bus bar assembly while surrounding both of the at least one battery cell and the bus bar assembly. |
| US11611118B2 |
Method for assembling a traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle
A method for assembling a traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, in which at least one battery module is inserted into a battery housing in a module setting process, with the formation of an air gap between the battery module and a housing base of the battery housing, which is filled with a highly viscous thermal paste, which builds up a viscosity force due to internal friction when it is distributed in the air gap, which acts on the housing base until the thermal paste is distributed in the air gap by the flow of material and the accompanying reduction in the viscosity force. The housing base is supported on its housing base lower side by a counter holder in order to limit a deflection of the housing base due to the viscosity force of the thermal paste. |
| US11611117B2 |
System and method for maintaining thermal control of battery cells
A system includes a cell support having a first opening defined therethrough. The first opening is configured to have a first battery cell positioned at least partially therein. The system also includes a first insulator positioned at least partially within the first opening and at least partially around the first battery cell. The first insulator comprises a first solid diamond-like carbon insert that fills a first gap between the first battery cell and the first opening. |
| US11611110B2 |
All-solid-state battery and production method therefor
A method for producing an all-solid-state battery, comprising the following steps (a) to (d), which are performed in the order of (a), (b), (c), and (d) or in the order of (a), (b), (d), and (c):(a) introducing the all-solid-state battery laminate into the metal case,(b) welding a protruding part of the positive electrode current collector layer or the negative electrode current collector layer and the folding margin part of the metal case,(c) folding the folding margin part, and the protruding part of the positive electrode collector layer or the negative electrode current collector layer, which has been welded to the folding margin part toward the inside of the metal case together, and(d) injecting a sealing resin into the metal case from the opening part of the metal case and then curing the sealing resin to seal the all-solid-state battery laminate in the metal case. |
| US11611108B2 |
Composite electrode assembly and lithium-ion secondary battery including the same
A flexible battery may include: a first electrode assembly including one or more unit cells, each having a pair of electrodes with a separator interposed therebetween; a single electrode; and a second electrode assembly connected to the first electrode assembly or to the single electrode and including a single electrode and a separator covering a top and bottom of the single electrode of the second electrode assembly. |
| US11611105B2 |
Electrolyte solution and lithium-ion battery
An electrolyte solution for a lithium-ion battery is provided. The electrolyte solution contains at least a solvent and a lithium salt. The lithium salt is dissolved in the solvent. The solvent contains acetic anhydride at a concentration not lower than 80 vol %. |
| US11611103B2 |
Solid ion conductor compound, solid electrolyte comprising the same, electrochemical cell comprising the solid ion conductor compound, and preparation method thereof
A solid ion conductor compound includes a compound represented by Formula 1: Li6−wHf2−xMxO7−yZy Formula 1 where, in Formula 1, M is an element having an oxidation number of a and a is 5, 6, or a combination thereof, Z is an element having an oxidation number of −1, and 0 |
| US11611102B2 |
High-efficiency working method for battery energy storage system at low temperature
The present invention discloses a high-efficiency working method for a battery energy storage system at low temperature. In the present invention, combined operation of two kinds of batteries is taken as an example to build an energy storage system framework at low temperature. A lithium iron phosphate battery and a lithium titanate battery are selected for combined operation to achieve complementary advantages of the two kinds of batteries; then, an energy storage system model for combined operation of the two kinds of batteries with the consideration of an impact of temperature on charging/discharging efficiency of the batteries is built; and finally, an optimal dispatching solution for a battery energy storage system composed of the lithium titanate battery and the lithium iron phosphate battery at low temperature is provided. By the above steps, the present invention achieves high-efficiency outputting of electricity of the battery energy storage system at low temperature, achieves complementary advantage of different kinds of batteries, and also ensures low overall cost. |
| US11611096B2 |
Method of producing membrane-electrode assemblies and machine therefore
Method of producing membrane-electrode assemblies (MEA) and a machine therefore, where a quasi-endless strip of a membrane material doped with a liquid electrolyte is laminated with electrodes and edge regions of the strip and spaces between the electrodes are pressed free from surplus electrolyte. |
| US11611083B2 |
Dynamic piezocatalyst system
Methods are provided for tailoring multi-step chemical reactions having competing elementary steps using a strained catalyst. In various aspects, a layered piezo-catalytic system is provided, and may include a metal catalyst overlayer disposed on a piezo-electric substrate. The methods include applying a voltage bias to the piezo-electric substrate of the piezo-catalytic system resulting in a strained catalyst having an altered catalytic activity as a result of one or both of a compressive stress and tensile stress. The methods include exposing reagents for at least one step of the multi-step chemical reaction to the strained catalyst, and catalyzing the at least one step of the multi-step chemical reaction. In various aspects, the methods may include using an oscillating voltage bias applied to the piezo-electric substrate. |
| US11611076B2 |
Positive electrode active material precursor for secondary battery, positive electrode active material, and lithium secondary battery including the same
The present invention provides a positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery which includes primary particles of Co3O4 or CoOOH, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 μm or more, and a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes particles of a lithium cobalt-based oxide, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 2,500 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 μm or more. |
| US11611074B2 |
Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, method for manufacturing same, and lithium secondary battery comprising same
The present invention relates to a positive active material for lithium secondary battery, its manufacturing method, and lithium secondary battery including the same, and it provides that a positive active material for lithium secondary battery, comprising: a core and a coating layer, wherein, the core is lithium metal oxide, the coating layer comprises boron, the boron compound in the coating layer comprises a lithium boron oxide and a boron oxide, the lithium boron oxide is included 70 wt % or more and 99 wt % in the entire coating layer, the lithium boron oxide comprises Li2B4O7, with respect to the lithium boron oxide 100 wt %, the content of Li2B4O7 is 55 wt % or more and 99 wt % or less. |
| US11611070B2 |
Highly efficient manufacturing of silicon-carbon composites materials comprising ultra low Z
Silicon-carbon composite materials and related processes are disclosed that overcome the challenges for providing amorphous nano-sized silicon entrained within porous carbon. Compared to other, inferior materials and processes described in the prior art, the materials and processes disclosed herein find superior utility in various applications, including energy storage devices such as lithium ion batteries. |
| US11611069B2 |
Lead-lead oxide-carbon nanocomposite for energy storage cells and method of preparation
Lead/lead oxide/carbon (“Pb—O—C”) nanocomposite materials are useful as electrode active materials for electrodes in lithium and sodium batteries. A Pb—O—C nanocomposite as described herein comprises Pb and lead oxide nanoparticles homogeneously dispersed in a carbon nanoparticle matrix. In the nanocomposite, the other element or elements (e.g., transition metals, Al, Si, P, Sn, Sb, and Bi) can be alloyed with the Pb nanoparticles, incorporated as a mixed oxide with the lead oxide nanoparticles, or can be present as distinct elemental or oxide nanoparticles within the carbon nanoparticle matrix. In some embodiments, the additional element or elements are present as alloys and mixed oxides with the Pb materials and as distinct elemental and/or oxide nanoparticles. In a preferred embodiment the Pb nanoparticles surface is oxidized to lead oxide thus creating a shell on core nanostructure. |
| US11611067B2 |
Sulfur-carbon composite and lithium-sulfur battery including same
A sulfur-carbon composite and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same, and in particular, to a sulfur-carbon composite including a porous carbon material; a polymer having electrolyte liquid loading capacity; and sulfur. The porous carbon material may be coated with the polymer having electrolyte liquid loading capacity and the coated porous carbon material then mixed with the sulfur. By introducing a coating layer including the polymer having electrolyte liquid loading capacity to a surface of the porous carbon material, it is possible to improve reactivity of the sulfur and an electrolyte liquid and thereby enhance performance and lifetime properties of the lithium-sulfur battery. |
| US11611064B2 |
Electrode plate having relatively thin conductive layer, electrochemical apparatus, and apparatus thereof
This application relates to an electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus thereof. The electrode plate includes a current collector, an electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the current collector, and an electrical connection member electrically connected to the current collector. The electrode active material layer is provided at a zone referred to as a membrane zone on a main body portion of the current collector, the electrical connection member and the current collector are welded and connected at a welding zone referred to as an adapting welding zone at an edge of the current collector, and a transition zone is referred to as an extension zone, where the transition zone is of the current collector between the membrane zone and the adapting welding zone and coated with no electrode active material layer. The current collector is a composite current collector. |
| US11611062B2 |
Electrodepositable battery electrode coating compositions having coated active particles
The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an electrochemically active material comprising a protective coating; an electrodepositable binder; and an aqueous medium. Also disclosed herein is a method of coating a substrate, as well as coated substrates and electrical storage devices. |
| US11611060B2 |
Display panel and display device comprising the same
Disclosed is a display panel and a display device capable of reducing the reflection of external light. The display panel includes a touch sensor, disposed on an encapsulation unit, and an antireflective film disposed in a non-emission area of the touch sensor so as to overlap each other, whereby it is possible to reduce external light from being incident on the touch sensor and a routing line, and therefore it is possible to reduce the reflectance of external light without using an expensive polarizing plate. |
| US11611057B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a window, an anti-reflector disposed under the window, the anti-reflector including: a first area having a first transmittance; and a second area having a second transmittance higher than the first transmittance, and a display panel disposed under the anti-reflector, the display panel including: a first display area having a first resolution; and a second display area having a second resolution lower than the first resolution. The second area overlaps with the second display area in a plan view. |
| US11611053B2 |
Light-emitting device, display panel and driving method of light-emitting device
Disclosed are a light-emitting device, a display panel, and a driving method of the light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes: a base substrate, a first electrode on a side of the base substrate, a second electrode on a side, facing away from the base substrate, of the first electrode, and at least two blue light-emitting layers located between the first electrode and the second electrode. Different blue light-emitting layers emit light with different wavelengths. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to be applied with different voltages. A voltage difference between the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage, and under control of the first threshold voltage, one of the blue light-emitting layers emits light; and under control of the second threshold voltage, another blue light-emitting layer emits light. |
| US11611052B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and lighting apparatus for vehicles using the same
Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device and lighting apparatus for vehicles using the same. The organic light emitting display device includes a first layer including a first organic layer and a first emission layer on a first electrode, a second layer including a second emission layer and a second organic layer on the first layer, a second electrode on the second layer, and a third organic layer between the first layer and the second layer. A thickness of the first emission layer is equal to or greater than a thickness of each of the first organic layer and the second organic layer. |
| US11611049B2 |
Compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer, wherein the compound is of Formula 1, as shown in the equation below: |
| US11611048B2 |
Organometallic compound and organic light emitting device including the same
An organometallic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided. The organometallic compound is represented by Formula 1: M(LA)n1(LB)n2. |
| US11611045B2 |
Organic compound, electronic component containing organic compound, and electronic device
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of organic photoelectric materials, in particular to an organic compound, an electronic component containing the organic compound, and an electronic device. The compound has a structure as shown by chemical formula 1′, wherein one of R1 to R4 is aa, and the other three are selected from substituents such as an alkyl, halogen and cyano; one of R5 to R8 is bb, and the other three are selected from substituents such as an alkyl, halogen and cyano; Y and Y1 are each independently cc; and L and L1 are a single bond, aryl, heteroaryl, etc. By using the organic compound of the present disclosure in an organic component, the driving voltage, luminous efficiency and lifespan of the organic component can be improved. |
| US11611041B2 |
Organic thin film having isomerization generating layer and method for preparing the same, display device and optical device
The present disclosure provides an organic thin film and a method for preparing the same, a display device, and an optical device, in which the method includes: providing a base substrate; forming an isomerization generating layer on the base substrate, the isomerization generating layer including a first region and a second region; adding a precursor solution on a surface of the isomerization generating layer away from the base substrate, and allowing surface energy of the second region to be greater than surface energy of the first region, so as to form the organic thin film from the precursor solution, the precursor solution being at least partially located in the second region. |
| US11611040B2 |
Manufacturing method of display panel using an ink-jet printing and display panel including the same
A manufacturing method of a display panel and a display panel are provided by the application. The manufacturing method of the display panel includes steps of providing a substrate; forming a thin film transistor layer, an anode layer, and a pixel definition layer on the anode layer on the substrate, wherein the pixel definition layer comprises a plurality of pixel definition regions; printing an ink-jet printing ink on the anode layer inside the pixel definition regions to form an ink-jet printing precursor layer; and printing a membrane surface improving solvent on the ink-jet printing precursor layer, wherein after the membrane surface improving solvent volatilizes, an ink-jet printing layer is formed. |
| US11611038B2 |
Method for forming RRAM with a barrier layer
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a resistive random-access memory (RRAM) cell comprising a barrier layer to constrain the movement of metal cations during operation of the RRAM cell. In some embodiments, the RRAM cell further comprises a bottom electrode, a top electrode, a switching layer, and an active metal layer. The switching layer, the barrier layer, and the active metal layer are stacked between the bottom and top electrodes, and the barrier layer is between the switching and active metal layers. The barrier layer is conductive and between has a lattice constant less than that of the active metal layer. |
| US11611036B2 |
Spin-current magnetization rotational element and spin orbit torque type magnetoresistance effect element
A spin-current magnetization rotational element includes a spin orbit torque wiring extending in a first direction and a first ferromagnetic layer disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the spin orbit torque wiring, the spin orbit torque wiring having a first surface positioned on the side where the first ferromagnetic layer is disposed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the spin orbit torque wiring has a second region on the first surface outside a first region in which the first ferromagnetic layer is disposed, the second region being recessed from the first region to the second surface side. |
| US11611035B2 |
Magnetoresistive random access memory having a ring of magnetic tunneling junction region surrounding an array region
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an array region defined thereon, a ring of magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region surrounding the array region, a gap between the array region and the ring of MTJ region, and metal interconnect patterns overlapping part of the ring of MTJ region. Preferably, the array region includes a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) region and a logic region and the ring of MTJ region further includes a first MTJ region and a second MTJ region extending along a first direction and a third MTJ region and a fourth MTJ region extending along a second direction. |
| US11611033B2 |
Piezoelectric jetting system and method
A system and method for jetting a viscous material includes an electronic controller and a jetting dispenser operatively coupled with the electronic controller. The jetting dispenser includes an outlet orifice and a piezoelectric actuator operatively coupled with a movable shaft. The jetting dispenser is under control of the electronic controller for causing said piezoelectric actuator to move the shaft and jet an amount of the viscous material from the outlet orifice. The electronic controller sends a waveform to the piezoelectric actuator to optimize control of the jetting operation. |
| US11611032B2 |
Semiconductor process optimized for quantum structures
A novel and useful modified semiconductor fabrication technique for realizing reliable semiconductor quantum structures. Quantum structures require a minimization of the parasitic capacitance of the control gate and the quantum well. The modified semiconductor process eliminates the fabrication of the metal, contact, and optionally the raised diffusion layers from the quantum wells, thereby resulting in much lower well and gate capacitances and therefore larger Coulomb blockade voltages. This allows easier implementation of the electronic control circuits in that they can have larger intrinsic noise and relaxed analog resolution. Several processes are disclosed including implementations of semiconductor quantum structures with tunneling through an oxide layer as well as tunneling through a local well depleted region. These techniques can be used in both planar semiconductor processes and 3D, e.g., FinFET, semiconductor processes. A dedicated process masking step is used for realizing the raised diffusions. In addition, the edge of the raised diffusion layer may be placed either in the gate region or the active layer region. |
| US11611031B2 |
High temperature superconducting materials
A superconducting composition of matter including overlapping first and second regions. The regions comprise unit cells of a solid, the first region comprises an electrical insulator or semiconductor, and the second region comprises a metallic electrical conductor. The second region extends through the solid and a subset of said second region comprise surface metal unit cells that are adjacent to at least one unit cell from the first region. The ratio of the number of said surface metal unit cells to the total number of unit cells in the second region being at least 20 percent. |
| US11611028B2 |
Thermoelectric device and manufacturing method therefor
A thermoelectric device and a manufacturing method thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention are disclosed. The thermoelectric device includes a plurality of upper electrodes and a plurality of lower electrodes, and an N-type thermoelectric material and a P-type thermoelectric material which are electrically connected, alternately arranged between the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes, and obliquely disposed on the lower electrode. |
| US11611027B2 |
Semiconductor device, method of fabricating the same, and display device including the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region that are arranged in a first direction that is parallel to an upper surface of the substrate; a separation layer provided on the first region of the substrate; a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device overlapping the separation layer in a second direction that is perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate; a light-emitting device provided on the second region of the substrate; and a first insulating pattern covering a side surface of the HEMT device, wherein the first insulating pattern overlaps the separation layer in the second direction. |
| US11611023B2 |
System and method for selected pump LEDs with multiple phosphors
An LED pump light with multiple phosphors is described. LEDs emitting radiation at violet and/or ultraviolet wavelengths are used to pump phosphor materials that emit other colors. The LEDs operating in different wavelength ranges are arranged to reduce light re-absorption and improve light output efficiency. |
| US11611019B2 |
Optoelectronic component having a reflection element with diffuser particles and filler particles embedded therein
An optoelectronic component may include a semiconductor chip configured to emit radiation and a reflection element disposed in the beam path of the semiconductor chip where the reflection element is configured to reflect radiation. The reflection element may include a matrix material having diffuser particles and filler particles embedded therein. The diffuser particles are different from the filler particles. The filler particles may include a matrix having scatter particles embedded therein and/or a ceramic comprising the scatter particles in sintered form. |
| US11611016B2 |
Pixel of micro display having inclined side
Disclosed is a unit pixel of a micro-display capable of minimizing light emitted through a side surface. A side surface of the unit pixel having a vertically stacked pixel structure is etched and has inclination angle. Light directed toward the side surface is reflected by the side surface inclined at an angle, and the light is emitted in a direction perpendicular to the growth surface or the surface of the growth substrate. |
| US11611014B2 |
Light-emitting module
A light-emitting module includes (i) a board provided with: a circuit pattern and a plurality of bottomed holes in each of a set of wiring pads continuous with the circuit pattern on a first surface; electrically conductive paste extending over two or more of the bottomed holes; and an insulating resin covering the electrically conductive paste at a side close to the first surface, and (ii) a plurality of light-emitting segments connected to a second surface of the board with an adhesive sheet interposed therebetween. The light-emitting segments each include a plurality of light-emitting devices that are aligned. The electrically conductive paste includes a portion disposed on a portion of a surface of the wiring pad extending over two or more of the bottomed holes. |
| US11611009B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one or more embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a mounting substrate and a semiconductor element on the mounting substrate. The mounting substrate has a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad. The semiconductor element has a supporting substrate, third and fourth electrode pads, first slits and second slits. The third and fourth electrode pads are provided on a first surface of the supporting substrate facing the mounting substrate. The first slits are provided both in the supporting substrate and in the third electrode pad. The second slits are provided both in the supporting substrate and in the fourth electrode pad. The semiconductor device further includes a first conductive bonding agent that connects the first electrode pad to the third electrode pad and a second conductive bonding agent that connects the second electrode pad to the fourth electrode pad. |
| US11611007B1 |
Special-figure design ribbon for connecting back contact cells
A special-figure design ribbon for connecting back contact cells includes a body, a plurality of first solder joints, and a plurality of second solder joints. The plurality of first solder joints and the plurality of second solder joints are respectively located on two sides of the body in a width direction. Each of the first solder joints stretches outward from a first side of the body. Each of the second solder joints stretches outward from a second side of the body. A shape of each first solder joint is different from a shape of each second solder joint. Center lines of at least one set of the first solder joint and the second solder joint adjacent to each other are staggered from each other in the width direction of the body. |
| US11611006B2 |
Automated reel processes for producing solar modules and solar module reels
This specification describes automated reel processes for producing solar modules and solar module reels. In some examples, a method includes receiving a continuous feed of photovoltaic devices on a photovoltaic device sheet. The method includes locating and bypassing one or more defective photovoltaic devices on the photovoltaic device sheet. The method includes installing bussing for the photovoltaic devices on the photovoltaic device sheet. The method includes feeding the photovoltaic device sheet to an encapsulation system to output a photovoltaic module sheet. |
| US11611002B2 |
Photodiode and/or pin diode structures
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to photodiodes and/or PIN diode structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a spiral fin structure comprising semiconductor substrate material and dielectric material; a photosensitive semiconductor material over sidewalls and a top surface of the spiral fin structure, the photosensitive semiconductor material positioned to capture laterally emitted incident light; a doped semiconductor material above the photosensitive semiconductor material; and contacts electrically contacting the semiconductor substrate material and the doped semiconductor material from a top surface thereof. |
| US11611000B2 |
Nonvolatile storage element and analog circuit provided with same
There is provided a nonvolatile storage element having excellent charge holding characteristics capable of reducing variations in electric characteristics and an analog circuit provided with the same. A nonvolatile storage element is provided with a charge holding region and an insulator surrounding the entire surface of the charge holding region and having halogen distributed in at least one part of a region surrounding the entire surface. |
| US11610999B2 |
Floating-gate devices in high voltage applications
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to floating-gate devices and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure comprising a gate dielectric material and a gate electrode; and a vertically stacked capacitor over and in electrical connection to the gate electrode. |
| US11610994B2 |
Epitaxial source/drain structure and method of forming same
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate stack over an active region and a source/drain region in the active region adjacent the gate stack. The source/drain region includes a first semiconductor layer having a first germanium concentration and a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has a second germanium concentration greater than the first germanium concentration. The source/drain region further includes a third semiconductor layer over the second semiconductor layer and a fourth semiconductor layer over the third semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer has a third germanium concentration greater than the second germanium concentration. The fourth semiconductor layer has a fourth germanium concentration less than the third germanium concentration. |
| US11610992B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type. A well region that is a second conductivity type well region is formed on a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer and has a channel region defined therein. A source region that is a first conductivity type source region is formed on a surface layer portion of the well region. A gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer and has a multilayer structure. A gate electrode is opposed to the channel region of the well region where a channel is formed through the gate insulating film. |
| US11610991B2 |
Gate trench power semiconductor devices having improved deep shield connection patterns
A power semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer structure having a wide band-gap drift region having a first conductivity type, a gate trench having first and second opposed sidewalls that extend in a first direction in an upper portion of the semiconductor layer structure, first and second well regions having a second conductivity type in the upper portion of the semiconductor layer structure, the first well region comprising part of the first sidewall and the second well region comprising part of the second sidewall. A deep shielding region having the second conductivity type is provided underneath the gate trench, and a plurality of deep shielding connection patterns that have the second conductivity type are provided that electrically connect the deep shielding region to the first and second well regions. The deep shielding connection patterns are spaced apart from each other along the first direction. |
| US11610990B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, first semiconductor regions of the first conductivity type, second semiconductor regions of the second conductivity type, gate insulating films, gate electrodes, an insulating film, first electrodes, a second electrode, and trenches. The first semiconductor regions and the second semiconductor regions are periodically disposed apart from one another in a first direction in which the trenches extend in a stripe pattern. |
| US11610985B2 |
Quantum processing system
A quantum processing system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a quantum processing system comprises: a plurality of donor atoms positioned in a silicon crystal substrate, each donor atom positioned at a donor site; and a plurality of conductive control electrodes arranged about the donor atoms to operate the donor atoms as qubits. Where, at least two pairs of nearest neighbour donor atoms of the plurality of donor atoms are arranged along the [110] direction of the silicon crystal substrate and are configured to operate as qubits. |
| US11610982B2 |
Void elimination for gap-filling in high-aspect ratio trenches
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming a dummy gate over a fin, where the fin protrudes above a substrate; surrounding the dummy gate with a dielectric material; and replacing the dummy gate with a replacement gate structure, where replacing the dummy gate includes: forming a gate trench in the dielectric material, where forming the gate trench includes removing the dummy gate; forming a metal-gate stack in the gate trench, where forming the metal-gate stack includes forming a gate dielectric layer, a first work function layer, and a gap-filling material sequentially in the gate trench; and enlarging a volume of the gap-filling material in the gate trench. |
| US11610979B2 |
Profile control in forming epitaxy regions for transistors
A method includes etching a silicon layer in a wafer to form a first trench in a first device region and a second trench in a second device region, performing a pre-clean process on the silicon layer, performing a baking process on the wafer, and performing an epitaxy process to form a first silicon germanium region and a second silicon germanium region in the first trench and the second trench, respectively. The first silicon germanium region and the second silicon germanium region have a loading in a range between about 5 nm and about 30 nm. |
| US11610972B2 |
Technique for reducing gate induced drain leakage in DRAM cells
A method of forming a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor with improved gate-induced drain leakage performance, the method including providing a semiconductor substrate having a gate trench formed therein, performing an ion implantation process on upper portions of sidewalls of the gate trench to make the upper portions more susceptible to oxidation relative to non-implanted lower portions of the sidewalls, and performing an oxidation process on surfaces of the substrate, wherein the implanted upper portions of the sidewalls develop a thicker layer of oxidation relative to the non-implanted lower portions of the sidewalls. |
| US11610966B2 |
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. |
| US11610962B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; a seed layer that is formed on the semiconductor substrate; and wiring that is formed on the seed layer and includes parallel row portions that are arranged at intervals from each other, and in which penetration passages that penetrate the parallel row portions in a direction in which the parallel rows lined up are formed in the parallel row portions. |
| US11610957B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first thin film transistor disposed on a substrate. A first insulating interlayer covers the first thin film transistor. An active pattern is disposed on the first insulating interlayer. The active pattern includes indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) having a thickness in a range of about 150 Å to about 400 Å. A gate insulation layer covers the active pattern. A gate pattern is disposed on the gate insulation layer. A second insulating interlayer covers the gate pattern. |
| US11610950B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus with spacers over pixel defining layer
In an organic light-emitting display apparatus in which color mixing is reduced, the organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the substrate to be apart from each other, a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate and covering an edge of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes to expose a center portion of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of spacers disposed on the pixel defining layer to be apart from each other, in which a distance between an edge of each of the plurality of spacers in a direction toward a closest pixel electrode and a portion or the closest pixel electrode that is not covered by the pixel defining layer is about 3 μm or less. |
| US11610949B2 |
Organic electroluminescence display panel, method for manufacturing the same, and display apparatus
The present disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescence display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, and a display apparatus. The organic electroluminescence display panel includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to each other; a buffer layer located on the substrate; a first active layer located on the buffer layer in the first region; a first gate located on the first active layer and insulated from the first active layer; a second active layer located on the buffer layer in the second region; a metal electrode located on the first gate and insulated from the first gate; and a second gate located on the second active layer and insulated from the second active layer. |
| US11610947B2 |
Organic light-emitting display panel comprising via hole in non-display area, method for preparing the same and display device
The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting display panel, a method for preparing the same and a display device. The method includes: providing a substrate, where the substrate includes a non-display area and a display area surrounding the non-display area; forming a barrier layer and a pixel circuit on the substrate, where an orthographic projection of the pixel circuit on the substrate and an orthographic projection of the non-display area on the substrate do not overlap; patterning the barrier layer in the non-display area to form at least one via hole penetrating the barrier layer; patterning the substrate by using the barrier layer as a mask in the non-display area to form a groove; forming a light emitting layer on the pixel circuit; and forming a thin film encapsulation layer covering the light emitting layer and the side wall of the draw-in structure on the light emitting layer. |
| US11610946B2 |
Display device
A display device prevents cracks from spreading to an active area. The display device includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area having a bending area, a thin-film transistor disposed in the active area, a light-emitting element disposed in the active area and connected to the thin-film transistor, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element, a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer, a touch pad disposed in the non-active area, a first routing line connecting the touch sensor to the touch pad via a second routing line in the bending area, and a crack prevention layer disposed on the second routing line in the bending area. Thus, the crack prevention layer is capable of preventing the occurrence of cracks in the bending area BA, thus preventing cracks from spreading to the active area AA. |
| US11610944B2 |
Pixel unit, method of manufacturing the pixel unit, display panel and display device comprising plurality of sub pixels with different cathode layer thickness
A pixel unit, comprising a plurality of sub-pixels of different colors, wherein each of the sub-pixels comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and in the plurality of sub-pixels of the different colors, an interference intensity of light emitted by the light-emitting layer of the sub-pixel of a target color is greater than an interference intensity of light emitted by the light-emitting layers of the sub-pixels of other colors; wherein the interference intensity means an interference intensity between reflected light produced when light emitted by the light-emitting layer of the sub-pixel is frequently reflected between the layers of the sub-pixel. |
| US11610938B2 |
Display panel and display device including the same
A display panel includes a base layer having a display area and a non-display area including a pad area; a plurality of transistors on the base layer; a first protective layer covering the plurality of transistors; a conductive layer on the first protective layer; a second protective layer over the conductive layer; a first electrode and a second electrode on the second protective layer, the first and second electrodes being spaced from each other; a plurality of light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first contact electrode on the first electrode, the first contact electrode being in contact with one end portion of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode on the second electrode, the second contact electrode being in contact with the other end portion of the at least one light emitting element; and a first pad in the pad area. |
| US11610937B2 |
Micro LED group substrate, method of manufacturing same, micro LED display panel, and method of manufacturing same
Disclosed are a micro LED group substrate provided with a plurality of micro LEDs, a method of manufacturing the same, a micro LED display panel, and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, disclosed are a micro LED group substrate provided with a plurality of micro LEDs, a method of manufacturing the same, a micro LED display panel, and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the need for a micro LED replacement process is eliminated. |
| US11610935B2 |
Fan-out light-emitting diode (LED) device substrate with embedded backplane, lighting system and method of manufacture
Panels of LED arrays and LED lighting systems are described. A panel includes a substrate having a top and a bottom surface. Multiple backplanes are embedded in the substrate, each having a top and a bottom surface. Multiple first electrically conductive structures extend at least from the top surface of each of the backplanes to the top surface of the substrate. Each of multiple LED arrays is electrically coupled to at least some of the first conductive structures. Multiple second conductive structures extend from each of the backplanes to at least the bottom surface of the substrate. At least some of the second electrically conductive structures are coupled to at least some of the first electrically conductive structures via the backplane. A thermal conductive structure is in contact with the bottom surface of each of the backplanes and extends to at least the bottom surface of the substrate. |
| US11610934B2 |
Light emitting device and manufacturing method of the light emitting device
A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a unit light-emitting area disposed on the substrate; first and second electrodes disposed in the unit light-emitting area to be separated from each other; a plurality of rod-shaped LEDs disposed between the first and second electrodes; a reflective contact electrode disposed on opposite ends of the rod-shaped LEDs to electrically connect the rod-shaped LEDs to the first and second electrodes; and a light-transmitting structure disposed between the first and second electrodes and extending to cross the rod-shaped LEDs. |
| US11610930B2 |
Transmission circuit and electronic device
A transmission circuit includes a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, a first signal line, a second signal line, a third signal line, and a ground line. A differential signal is composed of a first signal and a second signal. The first signal line is configured to connect the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device and used to transmit the first signal. The second signal line is configured to connect the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device and used to transmit the second signal. The second signal line, the first signal line, the ground line, and the third signal line are disposed in this order. A distance between the first signal line and the ground line is larger than a distance between the first signal line and the second signal line. |
| US11610926B2 |
Image sensing device with structural reinforcement layer
An image sensing device that includes a reinforced structure is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate structured to include a pixel region including a plurality of unit pixels and a peripheral region located outside the pixel region, a plurality of microlenses disposed over the semiconductor substrate in the pixel region, a structural reinforcement layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate in the peripheral region, and a lens capping layer structured to cover the microlenses and at least of the structural reinforcement layer. The structural reinforcement layer includes a plurality of fingers each finger vertically structured to have a rounded upper end and laterally extend to have a predetermined length toward the pixel region. The fingers are consecutively arranged and connected to each other in a lateral direction, and side surfaces of fingers are in contact with side surfaces of immediately adjacent fingers. |
| US11610925B2 |
Imaging system and method of creating composite images
An imaging system and a method of creating composite images are provided. The imaging system includes one or more lens assemblies coupled to a sensor. When reflected light from an object enters the imaging system, incident light on the metalens filter systems creates filtered light, which is turned into composite images by the corresponding sensors. Each metalens filter system focuses the light into a specific wavelength, creating the metalens images. The metalens images are sent to the processor, wherein the processor combines the metalens images into one or more composite images. The metalens images are combined into a composite image, and the composite image has reduced chromatic aberrations. |
| US11610920B2 |
Pixel array substrate
A pixel array substrate includes data lines, first gate lines, pixel structures, first common lines, and conductive line sets. The conductive line sets are arranged in a first direction. Each of the conductive line sets includes first conductive line groups and a second conductive line group sequentially arranged in the first direction. Each of the first conductive line groups includes second gate lines and a second common line. The second conductive line group includes first auxiliary lines and a second common line. An arrangement order of the second gate lines and the second common line of each of the first conductive line groups in the first direction are the same as an arrangement order of the first auxiliary lines and the second common line of the second conductive line group in the first direction, respectively. |
| US11610916B2 |
Transfer printing for RF applications
A semiconductor structure for RF applications comprises: a first μTP GaN transistor on an SOI wafer or die; and a first resistor connected to the gate of said first transistor. |
| US11610910B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second semiconductor layers and a first conductive layer. The first and second semiconductor layers extend in a first direction. The second semiconductor layer is stacked above the first semiconductor layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first conductive layer intersects the first and second semiconductor layers and extends in the second direction. The first conductive layer includes first and second portions intersecting the first and second semiconductor layers respectively. A width of the first portion in the first direction is smaller than a width of the second portion in the first direction. A thickness of the first semiconductor layer in the second direction is larger than a thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the second direction. |
| US11610907B2 |
Memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A memory device includes a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. The first transistor is over the substrate and includes a select gate. The second transistor is over the substrate and connected to the first transistor in series, in which the second transistor includes a floating gate. The capacitor is over the substrate and connected to the second transistor, wherein the capacitor includes a top electrode, a bottom electrode in the substrate, and an insulating layer between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The insulating layer includes nitrogen. A nitrogen concentration of the insulating layer increases in a direction from the top electrode to the bottom electrode. |
| US11610905B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, first conductor layers, second conductor layers, a third conductor layer, and an insulator layer. The substrate includes a first region, a second region, and a third region separating the first and second regions. The first conductor layers are above the first region. The second conductor layers are above an uppermost one of the first conductor layers. The third conductor layer is above the second region. The insulator layer is above the second and third regions. The insulator layer includes first and second portions. The first portion is above the third conductor layer at a height from the substrate greater than a height of the uppermost one of the first conductor layers and extends along a substrate surface direction. The second portion extends along a substrate thickness direction and contacts a surface of the substrate in the third region. |
| US11610903B2 |
Capacitive memory structure, functional layer, electronic device, and methods thereof
Various aspects relate to a functional layer and the formation thereof. A method for manufacturing a functional layer of an electronic device may include: forming a plurality of sublayers of the functional layer by a plurality of consecutive sublayer processes, each sublayer process of the plurality of consecutive sublayer processes comprising: forming a sublayer of the plurality of sublayers by vapor deposition, the sublayer comprising one or more materials, and, subsequently, crystallizing the one or more materials comprised in the sublayer. |
| US11610899B2 |
Memory cell, memory array and method for defining active area of memory cell
The present application provides a memory cell, a memory array and a method for preparing the memory cell. The memory cell includes an active area, an isolation structure and a contact enhancement layer. The active area is a surface portion of a semiconductor substrate. A top surface of the active area has a slop part descending toward an edge of the active area within a peripheral region of the active area. The isolation structure is formed in a trench of the semiconductor substrate laterally surrounding the active area. The contact enhancement layer covers the edge of the active area and in lateral contact with the isolation structure. The slope part of the top surface of the active area is covered by the contact enhancement layer, and the contact enhancement layer is formed of a semiconductor material. |
| US11610898B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device using multipe photolithography for patterning
Disclosed are semiconductor devices and their fabrication methods. The method includes forming an etching target on a substrate including cell and key regions, forming lower and upper mask layers on the etching target, performing photolithography to form an upper mask pattern including a hole on the cell region, a preliminary key pattern on the key region, a bar pattern on the key region, and a trench between the preliminary key pattern and the bar pattern, forming pillar and dam patterns filling the hole and the trench, performing photolithography to remove the upper mask pattern except for the bar pattern, using the pillar pattern, the dam pattern, and the bar pattern as an etching mask to form a lower mask pattern, and using the lower mask pattern as an etching mask to form an etching target pattern on the cell region and a key pattern on the key region. |
| US11610896B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming semiconductor devices
Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a stack structure on the substrate. The stack structure includes a first insulating material and a second insulating material that is on the first insulating material. The semiconductor device includes a spacer that extends from a sidewall of the first insulating material of the stack structure to a portion of a sidewall of the second insulating material of the stack structure. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a conductive line that is on the spacer. Methods of forming semiconductor devices are also provided. |
| US11610895B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with self-aligning landing pad
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes providing a substrate with a drain, a source and a gate structure disposed on the substrate between the drain and the source; forming a first inter-layer dielectric covering the substrate and the gate structure; forming a plug in the first inter-layer dielectric, with a first part contacting the source of the substrate. In the next step, a second part of the plug is exposed through the first inter-layer dielectric, and a storage node landing pad is formed on the exposed second part of the plug; a second inter-layer dielectric is formed on the first inter-layer dielectric, covering the storage node landing pad; a bit line is formed, connected to the substrate through the second inter-layer dielectric and the first inter-layer dielectric; a third inter-layer dielectric is formed on the bit line; and, a storage node is formed on the third inter-layer dielectric. |
| US11610886B2 |
Multi-fin FINFET device including epitaxial growth barrier on outside surfaces of outermost fins and related methods
A multi-fin FINFET device may include a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor fins extending upwardly from the substrate and being spaced apart along the substrate. Each semiconductor fin may have opposing first and second ends and a medial portion therebetween, and outermost fins of the plurality of semiconductor fins may comprise an epitaxial growth barrier on outside surfaces thereof. The FINFET may further include at least one gate overlying the medial portions of the semiconductor fins, a plurality of raised epitaxial semiconductor source regions between the semiconductor fins adjacent the first ends thereof, and a plurality of raised epitaxial semiconductor drain regions between the semiconductor fins adjacent the second ends thereof. |
| US11610883B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of unit transistors that are arranged on a surface of a substrate in a first direction. Input capacitive elements are arranged so as to correspond to the unit transistors. An emitter common wiring line is connected to emitter layers of the unit transistors. A via-hole extending from the emitter common wiring line to a back surface of the substrate is disposed at a position overlapping the emitter common wiring line. A collector common wiring line is connected to collector layers of the unit transistors. The input capacitive elements, the emitter common wiring line, the unit transistors, and the collector common wiring line are arranged in this order in a second direction. Base wiring lines that connect the input capacitive elements to base layers of the corresponding unit transistors intersect the emitter common wiring line without physical contact. |
| US11610879B2 |
Power on die discovery in 3D stacked die architectures with varying number of stacked die
A handshake mechanism allows die discovery in a stacked die architecture that keeps inputs isolated until the handshake is complete. Power good indications are used as handshake signals between the die. A die keeps inputs isolated from above until a power good indication from the die above indicates presence of the die above. The die keeps inputs isolated from below until the die detects power is good and receives a power good indication from the die and the die below. In an implementation drivers and receivers, apart from configuration bus drivers and receivers are disabled until a fuse distribution done signal indicates that repairs have been completed. Drivers are then enabled and after a delay to ensure signals are driven, receivers are deisolated. A top die in the die stack never sees a power good indication from a die above and therefore keeps inputs from above isolated. That allows the height of the die stack to be unknown at power on. |
| US11610877B2 |
Functional panel, display device, input/output device, and data processing device
A novel functional panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a light-emitting region including a first element, a first functional layer, and a second functional layer. The first element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing a light-emitting material. The layer containing a light-emitting material contains gallium nitride. The first functional layer includes a region positioned between the light-emitting region and the second functional layer, and includes a first insulating film. The first insulating film includes a first opening and a second opening on the outside of the light-emitting region. The second functional layer includes a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode through the first opening, and the second transistor is electrically connected to the second electrode through the second opening. |
| US11610866B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device including a first integrated circuit component, a second integrated circuit component, a third integrated circuit component, and a dielectric encapsulation is provided. The second integrated circuit component is stacked on and electrically coupled to the first integrated circuit component, and the third integrated circuit component is stacked on and electrically coupled to the second integrated circuit component. The dielectric encapsulation is disposed on the second integrated circuit component and laterally encapsulating the third integrated circuit component, where outer sidewalls of the dielectric encapsulation are substantially aligned with sidewalls of the first and second integrated circuit components. A manufacturing method of the above-mentioned semiconductor device is also provided. |
| US11610863B2 |
RF devices with enhanced performance and methods of forming the same
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate including a porous silicon (PSi) region resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, the PSi region has a porosity between 1% and 80%. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die. |
| US11610862B2 |
Semiconductor packages with chiplets coupled to a memory device
Apparatuses, devices and systems associated with semiconductor packages with chiplet and memory device coupling are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a semiconductor package may include a first chiplet, a second chiplet, and a memory device. The semiconductor package may further include an interconnect structure that couples the first chiplet to a first memory channel of the memory device and the second chiplet to a second memory channel of the memory device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US11610859B2 |
Reflow method and system
A system for reflowing a semiconductor workpiece including a stage, a first vacuum module and a second vacuum module, and an energy source is provided. The stage includes a base and a protrusion connected to the base, the stage is movable along a height direction of the stage relative to the semiconductor workpiece, the protrusion operably holds and heats the semiconductor workpiece, and the protrusion includes a first portion and a second portion surrounded by and spatially separated from the first portion. The first vacuum module and the second vacuum module respectively coupled to the first portion and the second portion of the protrusion, and the first vacuum module and the second vacuum module are operable to respectively apply a pressure to the first portion and the second portion. The energy source is disposed over the stage to heat the semiconductor workpiece held by the protrusion of the stage. |
| US11610858B2 |
Packages with Si-substrate-free interposer and method forming same
A method includes forming a plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of redistribution lines in the plurality of dielectric layers, etching the plurality of dielectric layers to form an opening, filling the opening to form a through-dielectric via penetrating through the plurality of dielectric layers, forming an insulation layer over the through-dielectric via and the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of bond pads in the dielectric layer, and bonding a device to the insulation layer and a portion of the plurality of bond pads through hybrid bonding. |
| US11610856B2 |
Connectivity between integrated circuit dice in a multi-chip package
An integrated circuit package may be formed comprising an interposer with a center die and a plurality of identical integrated circuit dice positioned around the center die and attached to the interposer, wherein the center die is the switch/router for the plurality of identical integrated circuit dice. The interposer comprises a substrate, a central pattern of bond pads formed in or on the substrate for attaching the center die, and substantially identical satellite patterns formed in or on the substrate for attaching identical integrated circuit dice. The central pattern of bond pads has repeating sets of a specific geometric pattern and wherein the identical satellite patterns of bond pads are positioned to form the same geometric pattern as the specific geometric pattern of the central pattern of bond pads. Thus, substantially identical conductive routes may be formed between the center die and each of the identical integrated circuit dice. |
| US11610853B2 |
Semiconductor chip
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor chip including a functional area, a first end, a second end, a third end, and a connecting portion. The functional area has first and second sides opposite to each other. The first end is disposed on the first side and the third end is disposed on the first side, wherein the semiconductor chip is switched on or off according to the drive signal received between the third end and the first end, and the connecting portion is disposed on the first side of the functional area and connected to the first end and the third end, wherein when the temperature rises above the a first temperature, the connecting portion is in a conductive state, and when the temperature drops to be not higher than a third temperature, the connecting portion is in an insulated state. |
| US11610850B2 |
Electronic package and fabrication method thereof
An electronic package is provided and includes at least one protective structure positioned between a first electronic element and a second electronic element on a carrier for reducing stresses generated inside the first electronic element and the second electronic element when a filling material is formed on the carrier, encapsulates the protective structure and comes into contact with the first electronic element and the second electronic element, thereby preventing cracking of the first electronic element and the second electronic element and improving the reliability of the electronic package. |
| US11610849B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices, corresponding apparatus and semiconductor device
A leadframe has a die pad area and an outer layer of a first metal having a first oxidation potential. The leadframe is placed in contact with a solution containing a second metal having a second oxidation potential, the second oxidation potential being more negative than the first oxidation potential. Radiation energy is then applied to the die pad area of the leadframe contacted with the solution to cause a local increase in temperature of the leadframe. As a result of the temperature increase, a layer of said second metal is selectively provided at the die pad area of the leadframe by a galvanic displacement reaction. An oxidation of the outer layer of the leadframe is then performed to provide an enhancing layer which counters device package delamination. |
| US11610843B2 |
Well tap for an integrated circuit product and methods of forming such a well tap
An illustrative device disclosed herein includes a doped well region and a conductive well tap conductively coupled to the doped well region, the conductive well tap including first and second opposing sidewall surfaces. In this example the device also includes a first sidewall spacer that has a first vertical height positioned around the conductive well tap and a second sidewall spacer positioned adjacent the first sidewall spacer along the first and second opposing sidewall surfaces of the conductive well tap, wherein the second sidewall spacer has a second vertical height that is less than the first vertical height. |
| US11610842B2 |
Memory device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a memory device including a substrate, a stack structure, a plurality of pads, and a protective layer. The substrate has an array region and a staircase region. The stack structure is disposed on the substrate. The stack structure includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers stacked alternately. The pads are disposed on the substrate in the staircase region. The pads are respectively connected to the conductive layers, so as to form a staircase structure. The protective layer is disposed on the stack structure to contact a topmost conductive layer. A top surface of the protective layer adjacent to a topmost pad has a curved profile. |
| US11610841B2 |
Interconnect structure for semiconductor device and methods of fabrication thereof
Methods and devices for forming a conductive line disposed over a substrate. A first dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate and coplanar with the conductive line. A second dielectric layer disposed over the conductive line and a third dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer. A via extends through the second dielectric layer and is coupled to the conductive line. The second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer are coplanar and the second and third dielectric layers have a different composition. In some embodiments, the second dielectric layer is selectively deposited on the conductive line. |
| US11610840B2 |
Semiconductor device with air gaps between adjacent conductive lines
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with air gaps between adjacent conductive lines and a method for forming the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device with air gaps between adjacent conductive lines and a method for forming the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate, and a first electrode disposed over the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device also includes a fuse link disposed over the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed over the fuse link. The semiconductor device further includes a third electrode disposed adjacent to the first electrode, and a second dielectric layer separating the first electrode from the first dielectric layer and the third electrode. The first electrode, the fuse link, and the second electrode form a fuse structure, and the first electrode, the third electrode, and a portion of the second dielectric layer between the first electrode and the third electrode form an anti-fuse structure. |
| US11610839B2 |
Dummy fill structures
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to dummy fill structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a passive device formed in interlevel dielectric material; and a plurality of metal dummy fill structures composed of at least one main branch and two extending legs from at least one side of the main branch, the at least two extending legs being positioned and structured to suppress eddy currents of the passive device. |
| US11610837B2 |
Via structures of passive semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a dielectric layer and a via structure. The dielectric layer is arranged over a substrate. The via structure is arranged in the dielectric layer, the via structure having a peripheral portion and a central portion. The peripheral portion of the via structure has a height that is greater than that of the central portion. |
| US11610836B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided and includes the following steps: providing a substrate; forming a lower electrode on the substrate; forming at least one sub-dielectric layer on the lower electrode; patterning the dielectric layer to form an intermediate dielectric layer, where the intermediate dielectric layer exposes a portion of the at least one sub-dielectric layer; forming a hole by etching the portion of the at least one sub-dielectric layer not covered by the intermediate dielectric layer; filling at least one plug into the hole; and forming an upper electrode on the intermediate dielectric layer. |
| US11610830B2 |
Power semiconductor module and method for fabricating the same
A power semiconductor module includes a power semiconductor chip arranged between a first substrate and a second substrate and electrically coupled to the substrates, and a temperature sensor arranged between the substrates and laterally besides the power semiconductor chip such that a first side of the temperature sensor faces the first substrate and a second side of the temperature sensor faces the second substrate. A first electrical contact of the temperature sensor is arranged on the first side and electrically coupled to the first substrate. A second electrical contact of the temperature sensor is arranged on the second side and electrically coupled to the second substrate. |
| US11610826B2 |
Semiconductor module
A semiconductor module is provided with: a case having a frame that surrounds a substrate and a terminal block formed extending inward from an inner wall surface of the frame; a terminal having one end extending outward from the frame, and another end extending inward from the frame and being secured to a top face of the terminal block; a wiring member that electrically connects the terminal and a semiconductor element on the substrate; and an encapsulating resin that encapsulates the other end of the terminal, the wiring member, and the semiconductor element inside the case. A hole is formed in the top face of the terminal block. The hole is filled with the encapsulating resin, and is positioned closer to the inner wall surface of the frame than a bonding part between the terminal and the wiring member. |
| US11610820B2 |
Embedded SONOS and high voltage select gate with a high-K metal gate and manufacturing methods of the same
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor devices may have a memory array having two transistor (2T) memory cells, each including a non-volatile memory (NVM) transistor and a high voltage (HV) field-effect transistor (FET) as a select transistor. The devices further include a logic area in which HV FETs, input/output (I/) FETs, and low voltage (LV)/core FETs are formed thereon. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11610818B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same
A semiconductor structure includes a first metal gate structure and a second metal gate structure. The first metal gate structure includes a first high-k gate dielectric layer, a first work function metal layer over the first high-k gate dielectric layer, and a first intervening layer between the first high-k gate dielectric layer and the first work function metal layer. The second metal gate structure includes a second high-k gate dielectric layer and a second work function metal layer over the second high-k gate dielectric layer. The first work function metal layer and the second work function metal layer include a same material. A thickness of the first work function metal layer is less than a thickness of the second work function metal layer. |
| US11610817B2 |
Method of processing a semiconductor wafer, semiconductor wafer, and semiconductor die produced from a semiconductor wafer
A method of processing a semiconductor wafer includes: forming a first metal layer or metal layer stack on a backside of the semiconductor wafer; forming a plating preventative layer on the first metal layer or metal layer stack, the plating preventative layer being formed at least over a kerf region of the semiconductor wafer and such that part of the first metal layer or metal layer stack is uncovered by the plating preventative layer, wherein the kerf region defines an area for dividing the semiconductor wafer along the kerf region into individual semiconductor dies; and plating a second metal layer or metal layer stack on the part of the first metal layer or metal layer stack uncovered by the plating preventative layer, wherein the plating preventative layer prevents plating of the second metal layer or metal layer stack over the kerf region. |
| US11610815B2 |
Wafer processing method including uniting wafer, ring frame, and polyolefin sheet without using an adhesive layer
A wafer processing method includes a polyolefin sheet providing step of positioning a wafer in an inside opening of a ring frame and providing a polyolefin sheet on a back side or a front side of the wafer and on a back side of the ring frame, a uniting step of heating the polyolefin sheet as applying a pressure to the polyolefin sheet to thereby unite the wafer and the ring frame through the polyolefin sheet by thermocompression bonding, a dividing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer to form shield tunnels in the wafer, thereby dividing the wafer into individual device chips, and a pickup step of heating the polyolefin sheet, pushing up each device chip through the polyolefin sheet, and picking up each device chip from the polyolefin sheet. |
| US11610811B2 |
Semiconductor device with covering liners and method for fabricating the same
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a porous insulating layer positioned above the substrate, a first conductive feature positioned in the porous insulating layer, and covering liners including two top segments and two side segments. The two side segments are positioned on sidewalls of the first conductive feature, and the two top segments are positioned on top surfaces of the porous insulating layer. |
| US11610808B2 |
Semiconductor wafer with low defect count and method for manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor wafer and method for manufacturing thereof are provided. The semiconductor wafer includes a handling substrate and a silicon layer over the handling substrate and having a {111} facet at an edge of a top surface of the silicon layer. The a defect count on the top surface of the silicon layer is less than about 15 each semiconductor wafer. The method includes the following operations: a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate is provided, wherein the SOI substrate has a handling substrate, a silicon layer over the handling substrate, and a silicon germanium layer over the silicon layer; and the silicon germanium layer is etched at a first temperature with hydrochloric acid to expose a first surface of the silicon layer. |
| US11610806B2 |
Multilayer stack of semiconductor-on-insulator type, associated production process, and radio frequency module comprising it
A production method for a semi-conductor-on-insulator type multilayer stack includes ion implantation in a buried portion of a superficial layer of a support substrate, so as to form a layer enriched with at least one gas, intended to form a porous semi-conductive material layer, the thermal oxidation of a superficial portion of the superficial layer to form an oxide layer extending from the surface of the support substrate, the oxidation and the implantation of ions being arranged such that the oxide layer and the enriched layer are juxtaposed, and the assembly of the support substrate and of a donor substrate. |
| US11610805B2 |
Replacement material for backside gate cut feature
A method includes, through a backside of a substrate, removing a portion of a gate structure to form a trench that isolates the gate structure in two portions. The method further includes depositing a sacrificial material within the trench and conformally along sidewalls of the trench, filling a remainder of the trench with a first dielectric material, partially removing the sacrificial material to leave an opening between the first dielectric material and the gate structure, and filling the opening with a work-function metal. |
| US11610800B2 |
Capacitive method of detecting wafer chucking and de-chucking
Exemplary support assemblies may include an electrostatic chuck body defining a support surface that defines a substrate seat. The assemblies may include a support stem coupled with the chuck body. The assemblies may include a heater embedded within the chuck body. The assemblies may include a first bipolar electrode embedded within the electrostatic chuck body between the heater and support surface. The assemblies may include a second bipolar electrode embedded within the chuck body between the heater and support surface. The assemblies may include at least one inner capacitive sensor embedded within the electrostatic chuck body at a position proximate a center of the substrate seat. The assemblies may include at least one outer capacitive sensor embedded within the electrostatic chuck body at a position proximate a peripheral edge of the substrate seat. |
| US11610797B2 |
Wafer stocker
A wafer stocker is capable of further improving an environment around wafers. The wafer stocker includes a housing, a loading device provided on a front surface of the housing, a wafer cassette shelf arranged in the housing, a wafer transfer robot configured to move the wafers from a transfer container mounted on the loading device to a wafer cassette in the wafer cassette shelf, a wafer cassette delivery device configured to move the wafer cassette in the wafer cassette shelf to a stage having a different height, and a fan filter unit configured to generate a laminar flow in a wafer transfer space and in a wafer cassette transfer space. |
| US11610795B2 |
Membrane diffuser for a substrate container
Purge diffusers for use in systems for transporting substrates include: i) a purge diffuser core having an internal purge gas channel, one or more diffuser ports and an outer surface; ii) filter media secured to the outer surface of the purge diffuser core; and iii) a purge port connector for mounting the purge diffuser to a purge port of a substrate container for transporting substrates. The purge diffuser core may be a unitary article, may be formed by injection molding, and may include diverters internal to the internal purge gas channel. |
| US11610793B2 |
Load port module
Substrate loading device including a frame adapted to connect the substrate loading device to a substrate processing apparatus, the frame having a transport opening through which substrates are transported between the substrate loading device and the substrate processing apparatus, a cassette support connected to the frame for holding at least one substrate cassette container for transfer of substrates to and from the at least one substrate cassette container through the transport opening, and selectably variable cassette support purge ports with a variable purge port nozzle outlet, variable between more than one selectable predetermined purge port nozzle characteristics, disposed on the cassette support, each of the more than one purge port nozzle characteristics being configured so that the purge port nozzle outlet with each selected predetermined purge port nozzle characteristic complements and couples to at least one purge port of the at least one substrate cassette container. |
| US11610791B2 |
Time-varying frequency powered heat source
A semiconductor or other substrate can include one or more electrodes, located directly or indirectly on the substrate, separated from each other and coupled to the substrate. At the two or more electrodes, non-zero frequency time-varying electrical energy can be received. The time-varying electrical energy can be coupled via the two or more electrodes to trigger a displacement current to activate free carriers confined within the semiconductor substrate to generate frequency-controlled heat in the semiconductor substrate. |
| US11610790B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A supply flow passage branches into a plurality of upstream flow passages. The plurality of upstream flow passages include a branching upstream flow passage that branches into a plurality of downstream flow passages. A plurality of discharge ports are respectively disposed at a plurality of positions differing in distance from a rotational axis and discharge processing liquids, supplied via the plurality of upstream flow passages, toward an upper surface of a substrate held by a substrate holding unit. |
| US11610788B2 |
Process chamber and substrate processing apparatus including the same
A process chamber and a substrate processing apparatus including the same are disclosed. The process chamber includes a first housing and a second housing on the first housing. The first housing includes a first outer wall, a first partition wall facing the first outer wall, and a first side wall connecting the first outer wall and the first partition wall. The second housing includes a second outer wall, a second partition wall between the second outer wall and the first partition wall, and a second side wall connecting the second outer wall and the second partition wall. Each of the first and second outer walls has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first partition wall and a thickness of the second partition wall. |
| US11610783B2 |
Ultrasonic tank and methods for uniform glass substrate etching
In some embodiments, an ultrasonic tank includes a container, an etching solution tank comprising a working area disposed within the container, and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged about a perimeter of the etching solution tank in a configuration that provides a standard deviation of ultrasonic power within the working area of less than about 0.35. |
| US11610777B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a hard mask on a substrate; forming a first mandrel and a second mandrel on the hard mask; forming a first spacer and a second spacer around the first mandrel and a third spacer and a fourth spacer around the second mandrel; removing the second mandrel; forming a patterned mask on the first mandrel, the first spacer, the second spacer, the third spacer, and the fourth spacer; and using the patterned mask to remove the third spacer and the hard mask. |
| US11610774B2 |
Methods for forming a topographically selective silicon oxide film by a cyclical plasma-enhanced deposition process
Methods for forming a topographically selective silicon oxide film by a cyclical plasma-enhanced deposition process are provided. The methods may include: forming a topographically selective silicon oxide film by a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process or a cyclical plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (cyclical PECVD) process. The methods may also include: forming a silicon oxide film either selectivity over the horizontal surfaces of a non-planar substrate or selectively over the vertical surfaces of a non-planar substrate. |
| US11610773B2 |
Condenser system for high pressure processing system
Embodiments described herein relate to a high pressure processing system with a condenser and methods for utilizing the same. The processing system includes a process chamber, a boiler, a condenser, and one or more heat exchangers. The boiler generates a fluid, such as a vapor or supercritical fluid, and delivers the fluid to the process chamber where a substrate is processed. After processing the substrate, the system is depressurized and the fluid is delivered to the condenser where the fluid is condensed. |
| US11610770B1 |
UV radiation source assembly
A radiation source assembly comprises a source base, a UV transparent sleeve, and a UV lamp. The source base comprises a sealed electrical connection interface and an opposing sealed sleeve interface. The sealed electrical connection interface comprises a electrical contacts and the sealed sleeve interface comprise a radial sealing element, an outer collar, and a compression ring. The UV transparent sleeve is engaged with the sleeve interface such that the radial sealing element of the sealed sleeve interface is disposed between the UV transparent sleeve and the outer collar of the source base, and the compression ring is positioned over the UV transparent sleeve and engaged with the source base to compress the radial sealing element onto the UV transparent sleeve and the outer collar. The UV lamp is disposed within the UV transparent sleeve and electrically coupled to the electrical contacts of the electrical connection interface. |
| US11610769B2 |
Systems and methods for separating ions at about or above atmospheric pressure
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for separating ions at about or above atmospheric pressure. In certain embodiments, the invention provides systems that include an ionization source that generates ions and an ion trap. The ion trap is maintained at about or above atmospheric pressure and includes a plurality of electrodes and at least one inlet configured to receive a gas flow and at least one outlet. The system is configured such that a combination of a gas flow and one or more electric fields produced by the electrodes separates the ions based on mass-to-charge ratio and sends the separated ions through the at least one outlet of the ion trap. |
| US11610763B2 |
Inter-period control system for plasma power delivery system and method of operating the same
A generator produces output such as delivered power, voltage, current, forward power etc. that follows a prescribed pattern of output versus time where the pattern repeats with a repetition period by controlling sections of the pattern based on measurements taken one or more repetition periods in the past. A variable impedance match network may control the impedance presented to a radio frequency generator while the generator produces the output that follows the prescribed pattern of output versus time where the pattern repeats with a repetition period by controlling variable impedance elements in the match during sections of the pattern based on measurements taken one or more repetition periods in the past. |
| US11610760B2 |
Vacuum arc source
A vacuum arc source for arc evaporation of boride includes: a cathode made of at least 90 at-% of boride, in particular made of more than 98 at-% of boride; an anode, which is preferably in the shape of a disk; a body made of a material which is less preferred by arc discharge compared to the cathode, the body surrounding the cathode in such a way that during operation of the vacuum arc source, movement of an arc on an arc surface of the cathode is limited by the body. At least 90 at-% of the material of the anode is of the same chemical composition as the cathode. |
| US11610759B2 |
Gas splitting by time average injection into different zones by fast gas valves
Disclosed herein is a gas delivery assembly for processing a substrate. In one example, a processing chamber comprises a plurality of walls, a bottom, and a lid to form an interior volume. Gas nozzles provide gas into the interior volume. A substrate support is disposed in the interior volume, having a top surface that supports a substrate. A gas delivery assembly comprises a gas manifold, and is disposed outside of the processing chamber. Gas passageways extend from the gas manifold to the gas nozzles, each gas passageway having similar conductance. A controller is fluidically coupled to each of the gas passageways, and is configured to control the timing at which a first process gas flows from the gas delivery assembly through the controller into the gas manifold, and the timing at which a second process gas is injected into the gas manifold through the gas nozzles. |
| US11610753B2 |
Systems and methods for correction of position of focal point
Systems and methods for determining an offset of a position of a focal point of an X-ray tube is provided. The methods may include obtaining at least one parameter associated with an X-ray tube during a scan of a subject. The methods may further include determining a target offset of a position of a focal point based on the at least one parameter and a target relationship between a plurality of reference parameters associated with the X-ray tube and a plurality of reference offsets of reference positions of the focal point. The methods may further include causing, based on the target offset, a correction on the position of the focal point of the X-ray tube. |
| US11610752B2 |
Fast smart circuit breaker
A circuit breaker system is provided; the circuit breaker system comprises of a transformer, a capacitor, a pulse generator, a EBWF fuse and a VCB, the circuit breaker system can interrupt rated load current, overload current, surge load current and short-circuit load current within 100 microseconds. The on-state voltage drop of the circuit breaker system is below 0.1V. The circuit breaker system interrupts load current by injecting a non-resonant pulse current to reduce the current between the contacts of the VCB, and circuit breaker system interrupts higher load current by detonating the EBWF fuse to force an open-circuit. The EBWF fuse comprises a detonator in the low terminal and a contacting bellows in the upper terminal. The EBWF fuse can be engaged and dis-engaged by a fuse holder system. |
| US11610748B2 |
Control device base that attaches to the paddle actuator of a mechanical switch
A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may be configured to be mounted over an installed mechanical switch having a paddle actuator and may include a base and a control unit that is configured to be removably attached to the base. The base may include a frame, a clamp arm, a screw, and/or a sleeve. The clamp arm may be configured to secure the base to a protruding portion of the paddle actuator. The clamp arm may be attached to the frame at a pivot joint. The clamp arm may be configured to pivot about the pivot joint. The pivot joint may be located proximate to an endpoint or a midpoint of the frame. |
| US11610740B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, the dielectric layer and the first and second internal electrodes arranged to be stacked, and a first cover portion disposed on the capacitance portion, and a second cover portion disposed on the capacitance portion, a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrode, and a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrode. The first cover portion and the second cover portion include a cover reinforcing layer including graphene. |
| US11610737B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including layered ceramic layers and layered inner electrode layers and having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and outer electrodes covering both end surfaces of the multilayer body and extending from both end surfaces to cover at least a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an insulating layer continuously extending from a ceramic layer at the first main surface of the multilayer body so as to cover end edge portions of both the outer electrodes located on the first main surface of the multilayer body, and t2>t1 is satisfied. |
| US11610733B2 |
Multilayer capacitor
A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed on an exterior of the body and connected to the internal electrodes. At least one of the plurality of dielectric layers includes a plurality of grains, and a ratio of grains having dislocations, among the plurality of grains, is 20% or greater. |
| US11610726B2 |
Coil device and pulse transformer
A coil device having high bonding strength and bonding reliability has a core member including a winding core and a flange, wires wound around the winding core and one end being positioned at the flange, and terminal electrodes provided to the flange. Each of the terminal electrodes has a wire connecting part where one ends of the wires are connected, and a mounting part continuously formed with the wire connecting part at the side close to the winding core with respect to the wire connecting part along the axis direction of the winding core. The wire connecting part is provided at a position lower than the mounting part along the height direction of the flange. |
| US11610725B2 |
Coil component
A coil component includes a mold portion having a first surface and the second surface opposing each other, a winding coil disposed in the second surface of the mold portion, a cover portion disposed on the mold portion and the winding coil, and accommodating grooves on the first surface of the mold portion to be spaced apart from each other, and in which both ends of the winding coil are disposed, the accommodating grooves extend from one side of the mold portion in a width direction, and a minimum distance from the accommodating grooves to the second surface of the mold portion increases or decreased in the width direction. |
| US11610722B2 |
Multilayer coil component
A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers on top of one another and that has a coil built thereinto, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by electrically connecting a plurality of coil conductors. A first main surface of the multilayer body is a mounting surface. A stacking direction of the multilayer body is parallel to the mounting surface. The multilayer coil component includes first and second connection conductors. The first and second connection conductors overlap the coil conductors in a plan view from the stacking direction and are located closer to the mounting surface than a center axis of the coil. Distances between adjacent coil conductors are not constant in a side view from a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction. |
| US11610719B2 |
Magnetic core and coil component comprising same
An embodiment provides a magnetic core comprising a first powder and a second powder, wherein the hardness of the first powder is lower than that of the second powder, and the volume of the first powder is 40% to 60% with respect to the combined volume of the first powder and the second powder. |
| US11610715B2 |
Ignition coil and method for the manufacture of an ignition coil
An ignition coil is described for an internal combustion engine, with a housing, a transformer, which is arranged in an interior space of the housing, and potting compound, with which the interior space of the housing is cast. In accordance with this disclosure provision is made for the transformer to be covered by a mat, which is embedded in the potting compound. |
| US11610713B2 |
Coil device
A coil device comprising, the core body having a coil core part and a core bottom face, and a coil part forming spiral conductive pathway around the coil core part. A metal electrode is formed at the core bottom face, and the wire ends which are the conductive pathway of the coil part are formed at the metal electrode, and a part of the surface of the metal electrode is covered by the conductive resin electrode. |
| US11610712B2 |
Inductor component
An inductor component comprising a magnetic layer containing a magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder, a first spiral wiring and a second spiral wiring disposed on the same plane in the magnetic layer and adjacent to each other, and an insulating layer disposed between the first spiral wiring and the second spiral wiring and containing no magnetic substance. The first spiral wiring includes a first side surface facing the second spiral wiring, and at least a portion of the first side surface is in contact with the magnetic layer. |
| US11610708B2 |
Magnetic field application device and magnetic field application system including the same
A magnetic field application device according to an embodiment includes a first coil assembly and a second coil assembly spaced apart in parallel from each other, a power supply configured to apply respective currents to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly, a controller, and a resonator accommodation unit disposed between the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly, wherein each of the first coil assembly and the second coil includes a coil configured to generate a magnetic field, a guide member connected to a terminal of the coil, a magnetic material mount connected to a terminal of the guide member, and a magnetic material fixed to the magnetic material mount, and wherein the controller is configured to control the currents applied from the power supply to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly. |
| US11610706B2 |
Release layer-assisted selective embedding of magnetic material in cored and coreless organic substrates
A substrate for an integrated circuit package, the substrate comprising a dielectric, at least one conductor plane within the dielectric, and a planar magnetic structure comprising an organic magnetic laminate embedded within the dielectric, wherein the planar magnetic structure is integrated within the at least one conductor plane. |
| US11610694B2 |
Nuclear reactor system with lift-out core assembly
A modular nuclear reactor system includes a lift-out, replaceable nuclear reactor core configured for replacement as a singular unit during a single lift-out event, such as rather than lifting and replacing individual fuel assemblies and/or fuel elements. The system includes a reactor vessel and a power generation system configured to convert thermal energy in a high temperature working fluid received from the reactor vessel into electrical energy. The reactor vessel includes: a vessel inlet and an adjacent vessel outlet arranged near a bottom on the vessel; a vessel receptacle configured to receive a unified core assembly; locating datums in the base of the vessel receptacle and configured to constrain a core assembly in multiple degrees of freedom; and an interstitial zone surrounding the vessel receptacle and housing a set of control or moderating drums. |
| US11610693B2 |
Reactor molten core localization device
The invention relates to the field of nuclear energy, in particular, to systems that ensure the safety of nuclear power plants (NPPs), and can be used in severe accidents resulting in molten core, destruction of the reactor vessel and molten metal output into the containment volume of NPP.The technical result of the claimed invention is to increase the reliability of the reactor molten core localization device.The technical result of reactor molten core localization device is achieved due to the lower support consisting of radial supports of a horizontal embedded slab and radial supports installed in the lower part of the molten metal trap casing joined together by clamps, while the radial supports and the fasteners have oval shaped openings. |
| US11610692B2 |
Fast-neutron reactor fuel rod
A fast-neutron nuclear reactor fuel assembly having fuel rods. Each fuel rod has nuclear fuel disposed in a sealed housing in the form of a tubular steel shell and end parts. A steel spacer element is wound in a coil with a specific pitch on the outside surface of the shell and is fastened on the end parts. The spacer element is in the form of a metallic band twisted around its longitudinal axis. The width of said band is approximately equal to the minimum distance between adjacent fuel rods in the fuel assembly. A transverse cross-sectional area of the band is within a range from 0.10 to 0.50 times the area of a circle described around the width of the band. |
| US11610690B2 |
Machine reasoning as a service
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for responding to a query. In some implementations, a computer obtains a query. The computer determines a meaning for each term in the query. The computer determines user data for the user that submitted the query. The computer identifies one or more ontologies based on the meanings for at least some of the terms. The computer identifies a knowledge graph based on the identified ontologies and the user data. The computer generates a response to the query by traversing a path of the identified knowledge graph to identify items in the knowledge graph based on the determined meaning for each of the terms. The computer generates path data that represents the path taken by the computer through the identified knowledge graph. The computer provides the generated response and the path data to the client device. |
| US11610687B2 |
Automated peer review of medical imagery
Automated peer review of medical imagery is provided. In some embodiments, at least one finding is determined for a present study. The present study has a subject anatomy. Based on the at least one finding and the subject anatomy, at least one prior study is selected. The at least one prior study has subject anatomy related to the subject anatomy of the present study and does not include the at least one finding. The at least one prior study is provided to a user for review with respect to the at least one finding. |
| US11610684B2 |
Automated system and method for evaluation and report of passenger pain and trauma in a vehicular crash
A system and method for evaluating and reporting of trauma to organs of passengers in a vehicular crash in real time is provided. The systems and methods include and use one or more in-vehicle sensors, a processor, a server, and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media to analyze a crash and trauma to passengers. The systems and methods may be further configured to optimize operation of a vehicle to minimize trauma. |
| US11610675B1 |
Dynamic and targeted allocation of resources for coaching service
A computer-implemented method for dynamically reallocating resources to users of a coaching service. The method can include initially allocating resources to users of the coaching service, receiving indications of activities of the users relative to their allocated resources, and comparing the activities relative to a reference value to produce an outcome including a likelihood that a target user will benefit from a target resource. Upon identifying the target user, a dynamic reallocation process deallocates the target resource from another user and reallocates the target resource to the target user. |
| US11610670B1 |
System and method of dynamically generating work assignments
Example systems and methods provide dynamic generation and display of workstation assignments in a pharmacy information system. A plurality of electronic workstation displays are in network communication with a workstation assignment engine configured to generate workstation assignments for employees assigned to the workstations displays and store a schedule record. Based on various triggers, workstations identified in the workstation assignments display the workstation assignments on a graphical user interface portion of the workstation displays. Dynamically generated changes to the workstation assignments in the schedule record may be generated and displayed in response to real-time change in coverage events. |
| US11610667B2 |
System and method for automated annotation of radiology findings
A method for the automated annotation of radiology findings includes: receiving a set of inputs, determining a set of outputs based on the set of inputs, assigning labels to the set of inputs, and annotating the set of inputs based on the labels. Additionally, the method can include any or all of: presenting annotated inputs to a user, comparing multiple sets of inputs, transmitting a set of outputs to a radiologist report, or any other suitable processes. |
| US11610666B2 |
Systems and methods of managing treatment of a chronic condition by symptom tracking
Devices, systems, and methods for use in managing treatment of a chronic disorder with pharmaceutical or therapeutic compounds by tracking symptoms associated with the disorder. Methods include inputting patient attributes, factors and various and other data relating to the patient in conjunction with one or more symptoms into a symptom tracking system and outputting a report of the data tracked over time to any of the patient, a medical professional and a drug developer to improve identification of a relapse of the chronic condition and improve management of the treatment regimen for any and all patients. |
| US11610665B2 |
Method and system for preference-driven food personalization
A method for improving food-related personalized for a user including determining food-related preferences associated with a plurality of users to generate a user food preferences database; collecting dietary inputs from a subject matter expert (SME) at an SME interface associated with the user food preferences database; determining personalized food parameters for the user based on the user food-related preferences and the dietary inputs; receiving feedback associated with the personalized food parameters from the user; and updating the user food preferences database based on the feedback. |
| US11610664B2 |
Exercise system and method
A method for displaying archived exercise classes comprising displaying information about archived exercise classes that can be accessed by a first user via a computer network on a display screen at a first location, wherein the first user can select among a plurality of archived classes, outputting digital video and audio content comprising the selected archived class, detecting a performance parameter for the first user at a particular point in the selected class, displaying the performance parameter on the display screen, and displaying performance parameters from a second user at a second location on the display screen such that at least one of the performance parameters from the first user and at least one of the performance parameters from the second user at the same point in the class are presented for comparison. |
| US11610663B2 |
Method and system for remotely identifying and monitoring anomalies in the physical and/or psychological state of an application user using average physical activity data associated with a set of people other than the user
An application user is granted access to one or more applications that provide the user with information and assistance. Altitude and/or motion data is collected from one or more devices associated with the user, and the device altitude and/or motion data is utilized to identify physical activities being performed by the user. The device altitude and/or motion data is further analyzed to determine physical activity count data, physical activity speed, velocity, and/or acceleration data, and physical activity length data. The physical activity data is then analyzed to identify and monitor changes or anomalies in the physical and/or psychological state of the user using average physical activity data. Upon identification of changes or anomalies in the user's physical and/or psychological state, one or more actions are taken to assist the user. |
| US11610661B2 |
Ambulatory medicament pump with safe access control
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for managing access to therapy controls of an ambulatory medicament pump that provides therapy to a subject using safe access levels associated with the therapy controls. The therapy change controls may enable modification of the corresponding therapy control parameters. The disclosed systems and methods can determine the eligibility of a subject receiving therapy from the ambulatory medicament pump or a user of the ambulatory medicament pump, for a safe access level and provide access to the corresponding therapy change controls. The ambulatory medicament pump may provide access to the therapy change controls upon receiving an access signal. In some cases, the ambulatory medicament pump may receive a time-based passcode and provide access to the therapy change controls upon receiving a matching passcode from the user. |
| US11610653B2 |
Systems and methods for improved optical character recognition of health records
Systems and methods to improve the optical character recognition of records, and in particular health records, are provided. An image of a medical record is received, and an initial optical image recognition (OCR) on the image is performed to identify text information. The OCR signal quality may be measured, and areas of insufficient OCR signal quality may be isolated. The signal quality is determined by a weighted average of semantic analysis of the resulting text, and/or OCR accuracy measures. The OCR process may be repeated on the isolated regions of lower signal quality, each time using a different OCR transform, until all regions are completed with a desired degree of signal quality (accuracy). All the regions of the document may then be recompiled into a single document for outputting. |
| US11610652B2 |
Autonomous inorganic material synthesis machine
A synthesis machine for preparation of a targeted inorganic material for recommended synthesis by a computer program that determines optimal solid-state methods for synthesis of an inorganic material. The computational method involves inputting a target inorganic material, querying structural data and thermodynamic data for the target inorganic material, enumerating possible synthetic reactions to construct a synthetic reaction database with a viable subset of the possible synthetic methods. The routine generates a nucleation metric and competition metric that are combined to provide recommended synthetic methods. The output for each of the recommended syntheses are input into a robotic synthesis machine where the delivery of reactants, reaction conditions, and analysis of extent of reaction, and product quality is controlled by a processor. |
| US11610650B2 |
Method and system for designing polynucleotide sequences and polynucleotide sequences obtained thereby
Methods of designing a polynucleotide sequence for expressing a polypeptide-of-interest in a cell are provided. Also provided are artificial transcript sequences generated according to the present teachings. Further provided are methods of estimating the adaptiveness of a transcript sequence encoding a polypeptide-of-interest to a gene expression machinery in a cell. |
| US11610647B2 |
Method and system for generating a unique identifier of a subject from the DNA of said subject
The invention relates to a method for generating a unique identifier of a subject from a genotyped DNA sample from said subject, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a number N≥2 of genomic positions of interest, said obtained genomic positions being such that, in a population of M subjects, these genomic positions exhibit a polymorphism of at least one nucleotide having an allelic frequency of between 25% and 35%, for the minority allele; combining in pairs the obtained genomic positions by means of logical functions so as to obtain a binary code bc. |
| US11610646B2 |
Methods, systems and processes of identifying genetic variation in highly similar genes
Provided herein are novel methods, systems and processes for mapping sequence reads to a modified reference genome and determining the presence or absence of a genetic variation, or the likelihood thereof, in a gene of interest in a subject. |
| US11610643B2 |
GMDAI personalized health formula system and computer storage medium comprising the same
A personalized health formula system which combines genetic and metabolic data to generate personalized intervention plan, termed Genetic and Metabolic Data Associated Intervention (GMDAI), as well as a computer readable medium and device containing the same is disclosed. The GMDAI personalized health formula system includes a pathway decision module and a supplement intervention module. The pathway decision module can make a decision of increasing or decreasing one or more of the markers by weighing detected levels of these markers, and the supplement intervention module can recommend a personalized supplementation formula including the type and dosage of supplement. |
| US11610642B2 |
Storage system with multiple components and method for use therewith
A storage system with several integrated components and method for use therewith are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system comprising: a plurality of non-volatile memory devices; a controller in communication with the plurality of non-volatile memory devices; a plurality of data buffers in communication with the controller and configured to store data sent between the controller and an input/output bus; and a command and address buffer configured to store commands and addresses sent from a host, wherein the command and address buffer is further configured to synchronize data flow into and out of the plurality of data buffer; wherein at least three of the above components are integrated with each other. |
| US11610636B2 |
Memory device and method of generating an internal voltage when an error occurred during standby mode
Provided herein is a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes: a reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate a standby mode reference voltage in a standby mode, and generate and output an active mode reference voltage in an active mode; and an internal voltage generation circuit configured to receive the standby mode reference voltage or the active mode reference voltage from the reference voltage generation circuit, and generate an internal voltage. When an error is detected from the internal voltage generated in the standby mode, the reference voltage generation circuit may generate and output the active mode reference voltage. |
| US11610633B2 |
Low-leakage drain-programmed ROM
A drain programmed read-only memory includes a diffusion region that spans a width of a bitcell and forms a drain of a first transistor and a second transistor. A bit line lead in a metal layer adjacent the diffusion region extends across the width of the bitcell. A first via extends from an upper half of the bit line lead and couples to a drain of the first transistor. Similarly, a second via extends from a lower half of the bit line and couples to a drain of the second transistor. |
| US11610632B2 |
NAND temperature data management
Devices and techniques for NAND temperature data management are disclosed herein. A command to write data to a NAND component in the NAND device is received at a NAND controller of the NAND device. A temperature corresponding to the NAND component is obtained in response to receiving the command. The command is then executed to write data to the NAND component and to write a representation of the temperature. The data is written to a user portion and the representation of the temperature is written to a management portion that is accessible only to the controller and segregated from the user portion. |
| US11610627B2 |
Write masked latch bit cell
A write masked latch bit cell of an SRAM includes a write mask circuit that is responsive to assertion of a first write mask signal to cause a value of a write data node to be a first value and is responsive to assertion of a second write mask signal to cause the value of the write data node to have a second value. A pass gate supplies the data on the write data node to an internal node of the bit cell responsive to write word line signals being asserted. A keeper circuit maintains the value of the first node independently of values of the write word line signals while the first write mask signal and the second write mask signal are deasserted. |
| US11610626B2 |
Arithmetic device and arithmetic method
An arithmetic device includes a first memory cell, a first bit line, a first transistor, a second memory cell, a second bit line, a second transistor, a third bit line, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit and a controller. The controller sets a conduction state between the first memory cell and the first bit line by the first transistor, and sets a conduction state between the second memory cell and the second bit line by the second transistor. The controller sets the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit in a coupled state and sets the conduction state between the first bit line and the third bit line and between the second bit line and the third bit line to transition voltages of the first, second and third bit lines to a first voltage. |
| US11610624B2 |
Memory device skipping refresh operation and operation method thereof
Provided are a memory device skipping a refresh operation and an operating method thereof. The memory device includes a memory cell array including N rows; a refresh controller configured to control a refresh operation for the N rows of the memory cell array based on a refresh command; and an access information storage circuit including a plurality of registers configured to store flag information corresponding to each of the N rows, wherein a first value indicates rows that have been accessed, and a second value indicates rows that have not been accessed. The refresh controller is further configured to control whether the refresh operation is performed for a first row of the N rows at a refresh timing for the first row based on the flag information corresponding to the first row. |
| US11610610B1 |
Audio-video synchronization for non-original audio tracks
Systems and methods are provided for detecting and correcting synchronization errors in multimedia content comprising a video stream and a non-original audio stream. Techniques for directly detecting synchronization of video and audio streams may be inadequate to detect synchronize errors for non-original audio streams, particularly where such non-original audio streams contain audio not reflective of events within the video stream, such as speaking dialog in a different language than the speakers of the video stream. To overcome this problem, the present disclosure enables synchronization of a non-original audio stream to another audio stream, such as an original audio stream, that is synchronized to the video stream. By comparison of signatures, the non-original and other audio stream are aligned to determine an offset that can be used to synchronize the non-original audio stream to the video stream. |
| US11610607B1 |
Video highlights with user viewing, posting, sending and exporting
A server configured to receive video clips from a mobile device, such as eyewear. The server has an electronic processor enabled to execute computer instructions to process the video clips to identify one or more characteristics in the frames of the video clips. The processor selects the video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames and creates a set of the selected video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames. The processor automatically trims, or allows a user of the mobile device to edit and trim the video clips having the identified characteristics to create trimmed video clip segments. The processor enables a user of the mobile device to view, post, send, and export a selected said video clip segment to another user. |
| US11610606B1 |
Retiming digital videos utilizing machine learning and temporally varying speeds
This disclosure describes one or more implementations of systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that generate a temporally remapped video that satisfies a desired target duration while preserving natural video dynamics. In certain instances, the disclosed systems utilize a playback speed prediction machine-learning model that recognizes and localizes temporally varying changes in video playback speed to re-time a digital video with varying frame-change speeds. For instance, to re-time the digital video, the disclosed systems utilize the playback speed prediction machine-learning model to infer the slowness of individual video frames. Subsequently, in certain embodiments, the disclosed systems determine, from frames of a digital video, a temporal frame sub-sampling that is consistent with the slowness predictions and fit within a target video duration. In certain implementations, the disclosed systems utilize the temporal frame sub-sampling to generate a speed varying digital video that preserves natural video dynamics while fitting the target video duration. |
| US11610604B2 |
Magnetic recording medium, cartridge, and recording and reproducing device
A magnetic recording medium is a magnetic recording medium in the form of a tape and includes a substrate, a foundation layer provided on the substrate, and a magnetic layer provided on the foundation layer and containing a magnetic powder. The foundation layer and the magnetic layer each contain a lubricant. A squareness ratio of the magnetic layer in a perpendicular direction is equal to or higher than 65%, an average thickness of the magnetic recording medium is equal to or smaller than 5.6 μm, a plurality of recessed portions each having a depth corresponding to 20% or higher of the average thickness of the magnetic layer is provided on a surface of the magnetic layer, and the number of the recessed portions per unit area of 1,600 μm2 of the surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or greater than 20 and equal to or smaller than 200, and an amount of exudation of the lubricant per unit region of 12.5 μm×9.3 μm on the surface of the magnetic layer in a vacuum is equal to or greater than 3.0 μm2 and equal to or smaller than 6.5 μm2. |
| US11610602B2 |
Magnetic disk device
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, an electric power supply section, a control section, and an address storage section. The control section reads data from the magnetic disk by means of the read head on the basis of the address stored in the address storage section at predetermined timing, and writes the read data to the magnetic disk by means of the write head without suppressing the magnetic field range. |
| US11610600B2 |
Estimating lung volume by speech analysis
Described embodiments include an apparatus that includes a network interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the network interface, a speech signal that represents speech uttered by a subject, the speech including one or more speech segments, divide the speech signal into multiple frames, such that one or more sequences of the frames represent the speech segments, respectively, compute respective estimated total volumes of air exhaled by the subject while the speech segments were uttered, by, for each of the sequences, computing respective estimated flow rates of air exhaled by the subject during the frames belonging to the sequence and, based on the estimated flow rates, computing a respective one of the estimated total volumes of air, and, in response to the estimated total volumes of air, generate an alert. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11610599B2 |
Systems and methods for visually guided audio separation
A system for separating audio based on sound producing objects includes a processor configured to receive video data and audio data. The processor is also configured to perform object detection using the video data to identify a number of sound producing objects in the video data and predict a separation for each sound producing object detected in the video data. The processor is also configured to generate separated audio data for each sound producing object using the separation and the audio data. |
| US11610596B2 |
Adjustment method of sound output and electronic device performing the same
An adjustment method of sound output is disclosed. The adjustment method includes the following steps of: receiving an audio message having a vowel message; determining whether the audio message is a whispered voice message; if the audio message is a whispered voice message, outputting a normal voice message, wherein the spoken content of the normal voice message is the same as that of the audio message, and the normal voice message has a normal voice vowel message, wherein the sound energy of the low-frequency part of the normal voice vowel message is 1.5-1,000,000 times that of the vowel message. |
| US11610590B2 |
ASR training and adaptation
AM and LM parameters to be used for adapting an ASR model are derived for each audio segment of an audio stream comprising multiple audio programs. A set of identifiers, including a speaker identifier, a speaker domain identifier and a program domain identifier, is obtained for each audio segment. The set of identifiers are used to select most suitable AM and LM parameters for the particular audio segment. The embodiments enable provision of maximum constraints on the AMs and LMs and enable adaptation of the ASR model on the fly for audio streams of multiple audio programs, such as broadcast audio. This means that the embodiments enable selecting AM and LM parameters that are most suitable in terms of ASR performance for each audio segment. |
| US11610586B2 |
Learning word-level confidence for subword end-to-end automatic speech recognition
A method includes receiving a speech recognition result, and using a confidence estimation module (CEM), for each sub-word unit in a sequence of hypothesized sub-word units for the speech recognition result: obtaining a respective confidence embedding that represents a set of confidence features; generating, using a first attention mechanism, a confidence feature vector; generating, using a second attention mechanism, an acoustic context vector; and generating, as output from an output layer of the CEM, a respective confidence output score for each corresponding sub-word unit based on the confidence feature vector and the acoustic feature vector received as input by the output layer of the CEM. For each of the one or more words formed by the sequence of hypothesized sub-word units, the method also includes determining a respective word-level confidence score for the word. The method also includes determining an utterance-level confidence score by aggregating the word-level confidence scores. |
| US11610585B2 |
Embedded instructions for voice user interface
Methods and systems for rendering lists of instructions and performing actions associated with those lists are described herein. In some embodiments, an individual may request that a voice activated electronic device associated with their user account assist in performing a task using a list of instructions. The list of instructions may include metadata that indicates actions capable of being performed by additional Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices. When the instructions are rendered, an instructions speechlet may recognize the metadata and may cause one or more of the IoT devices to perform a particular action. Furthermore, the metadata may also correspond to content capable of being rendered by the voice activated electronic device to assist the individual in performing a particular step of the instructions. |
| US11610580B2 |
System and method for determining reasons for anomalies using cross entropy ranking of textual items
A framework for reducing the number of textual items reviewed to determine the source of or reason for an anomaly in a time series that is used to track metrics in textual data is provided. According the framework, textual items in a time window corresponding to the anomaly are ranked according to the cross-entropy as determined by applying a language model to the relevant textual items and ranking textual items that most likely triggered an anomaly in time series data based on the cross-entropy value. In an aspect, a predetermined number of textual items having the highest cross-entropy are provided or all textual items having cross-entropy value higher than predetermine threshold are provided. |
| US11610579B2 |
Processing natural language using machine learning to determine slot values based on slot descriptors
Determining slot value(s) based on received natural language input and based on descriptor(s) for the slot(s). In some implementations, natural language input is received as part of human-to-automated assistant dialog. A natural language input embedding is generated based on token(s) of the natural language input. Further, descriptor embedding(s) are generated (or received), where each of the descriptor embeddings is generated based on descriptor(s) for a corresponding slot that is assigned to a domain indicated by the dialog. The natural language input embedding and the descriptor embedding(s) are applied to layer(s) of a neural network model to determine, for each of the slot(s), which token(s) of the natural language input correspond to the slot. A command is generated that includes slot value(s) for slot(s), where the slot value(s) for one or more of slot(s) are determined based on the token(s) determined to correspond to the slot(s). |
| US11610574B2 |
Sound processing apparatus, system, and method
A sound processing apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive audio signals of one or more sounds acquired by a personal sound device, a processing module configured to use a sound processing model to perform: classification processing in which a type of a scenario where a user of the personal sound device is located is determined based on the audio signals; identification processing in which each of the one or more sounds is determined as a desired sound or an undesired sound based on the determined type of the scenario, and filtering processing in which filtering configuration is performed based on a result of the identification processing. The audio signals are filtered based on the filtering configuration, and an output module is configured to output the filtered audio signals, so as to provide same to the user. |
| US11610571B2 |
Humbucker pickup for string instruments with interposed tone-altering signal processor
A pickup for stringed instruments with an interposed tone-altering signals process is described herein. In one aspect, the pickup can include a first coil wound around a first plurality of pole pieces, where a first end of the first coil is coupled directly to an amplifier output; a second coil wound around a second plurality of pole pieces; and a tone-altering signal processor coupled to an end of the second coil and the amplifier output. |
| US11610564B2 |
Consolidation of data compression using common sectored cache for graphics streams
A mechanism is described for facilitating consolidated compression/de-compression of graphics data streams of varying types at computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes generating a common sector cache relating to a graphics processor. The method may further include performing a consolidated compression of multiple types of graphics data streams associated with the graphics processor using the common sector cache. |
| US11610560B2 |
Output apparatus, output system, and method of changing format information
An output apparatus includes circuitry to receive content data from a transmission source of the content data. The circuitry checks first format information for the content data to be output. The circuitry changes second format information of the content data to the first format information. The second format information is supported by a capture board. The capture board is connected between the transmission source and the output apparatus. The circuitry outputs the content data. |