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US11695376B2	Phase-synchronized RF power generator A phase-synchronized RF power generator includes: an RF power amplifier for amplifying an RF power signal; a first directional coupler; an isolator for adjusting impedance mismatch generated by the first directional coupler, and transferring the RF power signal transferred by the first directional coupler to the output terminal; a second directional coupler for transferring part of the feedback signal transferred by the first directional coupler to be compared with a frequency of a reference signal provided by a crystal oscillator, and transferring rest of the feedback signal to a feedback loop; a digital phase shifter for adjusting a phase of the feedback signal transferred by the second directional coupler at predetermined intervals; an analog phase shifter for continuously adjusting the phase of the feedback signal discretely adjusted by the digital phase shifter; and a frequency comparator.
US11695370B2	Locking assembly for a solar photovoltaic array tracker Solar tracker systems include a torque tube, a column supporting the torque tube, a solar panel connected to the torque tube, and a locking assembly. The locking assembly includes a first end pivotably connected to the torque tube and a second end pivotably connected to the column. A shell defines a fluid chamber and a piston is positioned within the shell. The piston includes a seal and defines compression and extension portions of the fluid chamber. A flow path extends between the compression portion and the extension portions. A first valve assembly controls fluid flow in a first direction through the flow path and a second valve assembly controls fluid flow in a second direction through the flow path. The valve assemblies are each passively moveable from an unlocked state to a locked state in response to movement of the piston.
US11695369B1	Surface mount assemblies for a solar panel system Surface mount assembly for mounting to a solar panel frame to an installation surface is disclosed. In some embodiments, a surface mount assembly includes a base and an enclosure. The base includes a lower member and an upper member. The lower member could include a brace, a center aperture extending through the lower and upper members for receiving a fastener to facilitate the mounting to a solar panel frame; the upper member could include a hub from which a plurality of arms may extend. The mount enclosure could include a chamber with a chamber aperture for receiving a fastener from the surface mount, a post support extending upward from the chamber and forming a post aperture for receiving a post, and a horizontal member with one or more sealant grooves extending horizontal outward from the chamber.
US11695360B2	Method and apparatus for estimating rotor position of motor, and motor control system A method and apparatus for estimating a rotor position of a motor, and a motor control system. The method includes: obtaining a position error signal by injecting a high-frequency signal into a stator winding of the motor; obtaining a load parameter indicating a load of the motor, obtaining a direct-current component disturbance value according to the load parameter and a first preset relationship, obtaining a harmonic component disturbance value according to the load parameter and a second preset relationship, and obtaining an observer parameter value according to the load parameter and a third preset relationship; compensating the position error signal according to the direct-current component disturbance value and the harmonic component disturbance value to obtain a compensated position error signal; adjusting an observer parameter according to the observer parameter value, and adjusting the compensated position error signal through an adjusted observer to obtain the rotor position and a rotor speed.
US11695356B2	Split gain transfer function for smart motor actuators The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling the operation of a motor actuator for positioning a moveable element. Operational characteristics of the movable element over its operational range are determined. A first PWM signal to control the actuator over a first portion of the operational range of the movable element is generated. A second PWM signal to control the actuator over a second portion of the operational range of the movable element is generated. The first PWM signal is based on a linear transfer function having a first gain level and the second PWM signal is based on a linear transfer function having a second gain level. An output position of the moveable element is executed based the first PWM signal or the second PWM signal.
US11695355B2	Motor system and motor driving method The present disclosure relates to a motor driving method, which includes the following steps: detecting a detected voltage value between a first switch and a second switch in a driving circuit, wherein the driving circuit is configured to control the first switch and the second switch according to a switching frequency to provide a driving current to a motor device; determining a driving current according to the detected voltage value; when the driving current is less than a predetermined value, the first switch and the second switch are turned off for a detection period, wherein the length of the detection period is a fixed value; during the detection period, detecting a back electromotive force to calculate a zero crossing time of the back electromotive force; and adjusting the switching frequency according to the zero crossing time.
US11695354B2	Motor control apparatus, optical apparatus, and robot manipulator apparatus A motor control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an actual rotation position of a motor, a control unit configured to provide position feedback control on the motor so that the detected actual rotation position sequentially approaches a plurality of target rotation positions, and a processing unit configured to perform, before the position feedback control starts, processing to make an initial position deviation fall within a predetermined range, the initial position deviation being a difference between the actual rotation position and a first target rotation position of the plurality of target rotation positions.
US11695349B2	Method for controlling a power converter A method for controlling a power converter, which in particular has partial power converters connected in parallel, is provided. The method includes determining a nominal voltage for the power converter; and dividing an output voltage for the power converter into a number of, in particular equal, voltage ranges. The voltage ranges are limited by a discrete upper voltage limit and a discrete lower voltage limit and the voltage ranges can be adjusted by switching the power converter, in particular the partial power converters. The method includes allocating the nominal voltage a voltage range with a discrete upper and lower voltage limits; allocating a first switch setting to the lower voltage limit; allocating a second switch setting to the upper voltage limit; and switching between the first switch setting and the second switch setting so that the power converter generates an actual voltage corresponding to the nominal voltage.
US11695345B2	Power converter magnetic configurations Disclosed herein is an improved flyback converter that separates the magnetic components of the converter into a transformer and a separate, discrete energy storage inductor. This arrangement can improve the operating efficiency of the converter by reducing the commutation losses as compared to a conventional flyback converter. The magnetic components may be constructed on separate magnetic cores or may be constructed on magnetic cores having at least one common element, thereby allowing for at least partial magnetic flux cancellation in a portion of the core, reducing core losses.
US11695341B2	Method for operating a DC-DC voltage converter apparatus and control device for operating a DC-DC voltage converter apparatus A method for operating a DC-DC voltage converter apparatus having a plurality of DC-DC voltage converter units connected in parallel in an electrical network is provided. The DC-DC voltage converter units are operated in a master/slave configuration based on current mode control in order to set a desired output voltage. Here, a reference voltage, to which the output voltage is intended to be adjusted, for the slave converters is determined by way of a preconditioning function according to a predetermined calculation specification from a master reference voltage prescribed by the master converter. Stable control can therefore be ensured even in the case of fluctuating loading at the respective DC-DC voltage converter units.
US11695340B2	Electronic device performing direct voltage to direct voltage conversion converting an input voltage to a fixed output voltage and operating method of electronic device Disclosed is an electronic device, which includes a direct voltage to direct voltage converter, and a controller that receives first current information, second current information, an input voltage, and a feedback voltage from the direct voltage to direct voltage converter, controls the direct voltage to direct voltage converter based on the input voltage in one of a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode, controls the direct voltage to direct voltage converter based on the first current information and an output voltage such that buck conversion is performed in the first mode and the second mode, and controls the direct voltage to direct voltage converter based on the second current information and the output voltage such that boost conversion is performed in the second mode and the third mode.
US11695337B2	Current control for a boost converter with dual anti-wound inductor A system may include a power converter comprising at least one stage having a dual anti-wound inductor having a first winding and a second winding constructed such that its windings generate opposing magnetic fields in its magnetic core and constructed such that a coupling coefficient between the first winding and the second winding is less than approximately 0.95 and a current control subsystem for controlling an electrical current through the dual anti-wound inductor, the current control subsystem configured to minimize a magnitude of a magnetizing electrical current of the dual anti-wound inductor to prevent core saturation of the dual anti-wound inductor and regulate an amount of output electrical current delivered by the power converter to the load in accordance with a reference input signal.
US11695331B2	Converter arrangement A converter apparatus includes a string of electrically interconnected modules that includes a first group of modules comprising a first module and a second group of modules comprising a second module. A first screen is connected to a first defined electric potential and is located adjacent the first group of modules and a second screen is connected to a second defined electric potential and is located adjacent the second group of modules. During operation of the converter apparatus a resonance loop is created from the first module via the first and second screens and the second module back to the first module. A damping unit is located in the resonance loop and is set to dampen electromagnetic noise.
US11695330B2	Method to reduce the common-mode EMI of a full bridge converter using sampling common-mode feedback A switched power circuit to control a common-mode signal. The switched power circuit includes a first switch and a second switch configured to generate switch mode voltage between a first node and a second node. The switched power circuit further includes a feedback circuit that is configured to detect common-mode voltage generated between the first node and the second node by a first signal generated by the first switch and a second signal generated by the second switch, and incrementally adjust a timing parameter of the first signal to adjust the common-mode signal.
US11695329B2	Switched mode power supply with power factor control A circuit for use in a switched mode power supply includes a dual-boost power-factor correction converter having an active rectifier stage with first and second rectifier transistors and first and second boost stages each with an inductor and transistor. An active rectifier controller circuit generates control signals for driving the rectifier transistors, respectively, on and off in accordance with an AC input voltage. A PFC controller circuit generates a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) control signal that is based on an output voltage of the boost stages and which is further based on a current sense signal representing the current passing through the active rectifier stage. A logic circuit generates a control signal for the transistor of the first boost stage and a control signal for the transistor of the second boost stage, based on the PWM control signal and at least one of the control signals for the rectifier transistors.
US11695327B2	Power converter control using current reconstruction of power factor correction inductor current Embodiments of a power converter are disclosed. In an embodiment, the power converter comprises a power factor correction (PFC) stage circuit, an emulation circuit and a controller. The PFC stage circuit is configured to produce an output signal on an output terminal. The PFC stage circuit includes an inductor coupled between a rectifier and the output terminal and a switch coupled to the inductor. The emulation circuit is connected to the PFC stage circuit to generate an emulated current that corresponds to current through the inductor of the PFC stage circuit. The emulated current is generated based on a voltage signal at a node between the inductor and the output terminal and a sensed current at a sense resistor connected to the rectifier. The controller is connected to the emulation circuit to receive the emulated current and generate a control signal for the switch of the PFC stage circuit based on the emulated current.
US11695320B2	Adaptive gain and bandwidth ramp generator In some examples, a circuit includes a resistor network, a filter, a current generator, and a capacitor. The resistor network has a resistor network output and is adapted to be coupled between a switch terminal of a power converter (104) and a ground terminal. The filter has a filter input and a filter output, the filter input coupled to the resistor network output. The current generator has a current generator output and first and second current generator inputs, the first current generator input configured to receive an input voltage and the second current generator input coupled to the filter output. The capacitor is coupled between the current generator output and the ground terminal.
US11695315B2	Magnetic transmission Magnetic transmissions and related methods are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic screw comprising an elongate body, a nut selectively magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw, and a potential energy storage system and/or a resistive force component. The nut is configured to be displaced relative to the elongate body in a first direction in response to manipulation of a magnetic field between the magnetic screw and the nut when the nut is magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw. In embodiments including a potential energy storage system, the potential energy storage system may store potential energy when the nut is displaced in the first direction. In embodiments including a resistive force component, the resistive force component may resist motion of the nut in the first direction by applying a resistive force to the nut at least partially in an opposing second direction.
US11695309B2	Coil substrate and motor coil substrate A coil substrate includes a flexible substrate, and coils formed on the flexible substrate such that the coils are positioned substantially in a raw and that each coil has a center space and wirings surrounding the center space. The coils are formed such that each coil includes first wirings on a first surface of the flexible substrate, second wirings on a second surface of the flexible substrate on the opposite side with respect to the first surface, and via conductors penetrating through the flexible substrate and connecting the first and second wirings, and the coils are positioned such that a m-th coil has the second wirings positioned below the center space of a (m+1)-th coil and that a (m+2)-th coil has the first coils positioned on the center space of a (m+1)-th coil, where in is an integer equal to or greater than 1.
US11695308B2	Stator and manufacturing method of the same A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core, a stator winding, and a sensor unit. The stator has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The stator winding includes segment conductors respectively inserted in the slots. The sensor unit includes a sensor holding conductor, and a temperature sensor. The sensor holding conductor is welded to first and second segment conductors among the segment conductors. The temperature sensor is held by the sensor holding conductor. The sensor holding conductor includes first and second end portions, and a bent portion. The first end portion is welded to an end portion of the first segment conductor. The second end portion is welded to an end portion of the second segment conductor. The bent portion couples the first end portion and the second end portion to each other. The temperature sensor is held at an inner side of the bent portion.
US11695307B2	Rotary electric machine with rotor having permanent magnets and stator with teeth having flange portion, expanding portion and base portion A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. Teeth portions of the stator each include a base portion that protrudes in a radially inward direction of a yoke portion, a flange portion that is wider than the base portion, and an expanding portion interposed between the base portion and the flange portion. An angle of intersection between the base portion and the expanding portion is 108° to 130°. A distance (thickness) from an inner circumferential side end part to an outer circumferential side end part of the flange portion is 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm.
US11695301B2	Wireless charging method and device, foldable-screen electronic device and storage medium A wireless charging method includes: acquiring a charging type supported by a wireless charging device after handshake communication with the wireless charging device; and selecting a first receiving assembly and/or a second receiving assembly to charge batteries of a foldable-screen electronic device based on the charging type. By arranging the first receiving assembly and the second receiving assembly on the foldable-screen electronic device, at least one of the receiving assemblies can be selected for wireless charging the batteries of the electronic device when one side surface of the foldable-screen electronic device is proximal to the wireless charging device, thereby improving charging efficiency and shortening charging time. User experience can be improved as the users do not need to select a specified side surface for charging.
US11695296B2	Uninterruptible power supply An uninterruptible power supply includes a plurality of uninterruptible power supply modules each including a power converter, an input/output module that outputs power converted by the power converter to an outside of the uninterruptible power supply, and a disconnection module including a housing that houses disconnection switches that electrically disconnect each of the plurality of uninterruptible power supply modules individually.
US11695294B1	Power regulation apparatus, dual-battery charging apparatus and charging current regulation method A power regulation apparatus includes a first switch and a switch control signal generation unit including a first transconductance unit including a first input terminal for receiving a first voltage from a first terminal of the first switch, a second input terminal for receiving a second voltage from a second terminal of the first switch, and an output terminal for being connected to a first node, a node voltage generation unit connected to the first node and configured to generate a node voltage signal at the first node, and a second transconductance unit including a first input terminal for receiving a current characterization signal characterizing a current flowing through the first switch, a second input terminal for being connected to the first node so as to receive the node voltage signal, and an output terminal for being connected to a control terminal of the first switch.
US11695293B2	Power system A power system provides power from a power source to a load via a distribution bus, and includes a DC-DC converter coupled in parallel with a network of switching elements coupled between an output terminal of the power source and the distribution bus. A controller is configured to selectively activate or deactivate the DC-DC converter and each of the switching elements to enable the power source to power the load via the distribution bus. The switching elements may be transistors, and the diodes may be parasitic body diodes of the transistors. The power source may be a battery, such as a rechargeable battery. An output voltage level from the battery may be regulated by the controller as a function of operation of the DC-DC converter and a number of the activated or deactivated transistors.
US11695291B2	Method to charge battery and electronic device including battery Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a battery, a charging part configured to be connectable to an external charging device to charge the battery, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the charging part and the memory. The processor may determine whether the charging part is connected to the external charging device, determine whether the electronic device moves and/or electronic device usage time information of a user, and reduce a voltage at which the battery enters supplementary charging to a second voltage lower than a first voltage which corresponds to a value stored in the memory, based on whether the electronic device moves and/or the electronic device usage time information. In addition, it is possible to implement various other embodiments understood through the disclosure.
US11695290B2	Power supply method, control method, power source, and detection apparatus Embodiments of this application disclose a power supply method, a control method, a power source, and a detection apparatus, to improve power supply efficiency of a power supply system. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: converting a voltage input into a power source into a first voltage, and supplying power to an energy-consuming component based on the first voltage; obtaining status information obtained after the energy-consuming component is powered on, where the status information includes identification information of the energy-consuming component or current working status information of the energy-consuming component; determining a second voltage based on the status information; and converting the voltage input into the power source into the second voltage, and supplying power to the energy-consuming component based on the second voltage.
US11695289B2	Adapter and power tool system An adapter comprises an input port being coupleable with a single-voltage output interface of a single-voltage battery pack or a multi-voltage output interface of a multi-voltage battery pack, an output port electrically connected to the input port and being coupleable with a single-voltage input interface of a first power tool or a multi-voltage input interface of a second power tool, a switching mechanism being switchable between a first state and a second state. When the switching mechanism is in the first state, the input port is coupled with the single-voltage output interface and the output port is coupled with the multi-voltage input interface of the second power tool, when the switching mechanism is in the second state, the input port is coupled with the multi-voltage output interface and the output port is coupled with the single-voltage input interface of the first power tool.
US11695287B2	Apparatus, system, and method for charging artificial-reality displays A disclosed system may include (1) an artificial-reality display dimensioned to be worn by a user, the artificial-reality display comprising (A) a battery and (B) at least one recipient charging element, and (2) a charging case dimensioned to accommodate the artificial-reality display, the charging case comprising (A) at least one source charging element configured to interface with the recipient charging element of the artificial-reality display to facilitate charging the battery of the artificial-reality display and (B) at least one alignment guide that forces the recipient charging element of the artificial-reality display to energizingly couple with the source charging element of the charging case. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11695285B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery includes a protection module package including a tab bridge, an input/output terminal, and an insulating body that includes a middle block and side block, the middle block having the input/output terminal therein, the side block being spaced apart from the middle block, and the tab bridge connecting the middle block to the side block; and a bare cell including an electrode that is electrically connected to the tab bridge.
US11695282B2	Battery device A battery device includes a battery pack, a circuit substrate which acquires battery information on the battery pack or controls charge and discharge of the battery pack, a switch including a first power element or a second power element, and a heat radiator. The switch is a device controlling input and output of electric power to and from the battery pack, and an exterior part of the switch is arranged away from the circuit substrate. The heat radiator is a member made of a material having thermal conductivity, and is in direct contact with or indirect contact via a heat conductor with the exterior part of the switch so that heat of the switch can be transferred.
US11695281B2	Battery overcharging prevention device and battery overcharging prevention method using same A battery overcharge preventing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a voltage distribution unit connected to both ends of at least one battery cell in a battery module including multiple battery cells, the voltage distribution unit being configured to distribute a voltage of the at least one battery cell according to a preset ratio; a voltage sensing unit operating so as to allow a control current to flow when the voltage distributed by the voltage distribution unit is greater than a preset reference voltage; and a second relay configured to block, by operation of the voltage sensing unit, operation of a first relay that establishes an electrical connection between the battery module and a charging module.
US11695275B2	Prioritized power delivery for facilitating transport climate control Technologies are described herein to prioritize delivery of power to electrical components associated with a vehicle and an electrically powered accessory. A power distribution unit may assess real-time power needs for the electrical storage system associated with the vehicle and electrical storage device of the electrically powered accessory and direct incoming power to the electrical storage system associated with the vehicle and the electrical storage device of the electrically powered accessory based on a prioritization of various factors.
US11695274B1	Aggregation platform for intelligent local energy management system Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a local energy management system (LEMS) at local mixed power generating sites for providing grid services and grid service applications. The LEMS generally serves as a local power control agent for facilitating energy management at the local site level by controlling and leveraging a plurality of local assets deployed at the local site, and combining a plurality of generated power from each site which acts as its own virtual power plant for delivering grid services to the grid. In addition, the LEMS has the ability to effectively handle and fulfill energy and electrical objectives of the grid services, including regulation or demand response objectives from the grid, by conveying operational set points that control the power charge and discharge at each local asset in order to meet those objectives.
US11695273B2	Power trading management apparatus and power trading system A power trading management apparatus receives power supply application data including the amount of supplied power and a supply period from a supply-side computer, and receives power demand application data including the amount of requested power and a request period from a demand-side computer, determines whether or not a first trading condition in which the supply period is a period earlier than the request period is satisfied, decides the amount of transmitted power for a power demand apparatus based on an amount of power of the amount of supplied power or the amount of requested power when the first trading condition is satisfied, and stores the amount of supplied power in a power storage and discharge apparatus from a power supply apparatus in the supply period and discharges the amount of transmitted power decided by the decision processing to the power demand apparatus from the power storage and discharge apparatus.
US11695271B2	Protection circuits for wireless power receivers Exemplary protection circuitry for wireless power systems can include a battery disconnect circuit, a load dump protection circuit, and/or a coil disconnect circuit. One or more of these protection circuits may be employed by a wireless power receiver. Further, one or more of these protection circuits may enable a wireless power receiver to be able to protect itself independently from a wireless power transmitter, thereby increasing safety of the wireless power system.
US11695270B2	Systems and methods for auxiliary power dropout protection The disclosure features circuits and methods for protecting transistors of a wireless power receiver, which can be controlled by gate drivers powered by an auxiliary power source. The circuit can include a comparator configured to generate a signal indicating a comparison of a value of the auxiliary power source to a predetermined threshold, and a fault latch coupled to the comparator. The fault latch can be configured to trigger based on the generated signal and transmit a signal to respective inputs of the gate drivers to cause a latched-on state of respective gates of the transistors. Switches respectively coupled to the gate drivers can be configured to disconnect respective outputs of the gate drivers from the respective transistor gates. Gate hold-up circuits respectively coupled to the respective transistor gates can be configured to maintain the latched-on state of the respective transistor gates for a period of time.
US11695267B2	Protective relay and method for detecting disconnection of protective relay The present disclosure relates to a protective relay detecting disconnection in a circuit comprising a disconnection detection unit including a plurality of nodes connected to both ends of an output of a transformation unit, a reference voltage generation unit forming a reference voltage, and a plurality of resistors forming a voltage dividing resistor and connecting the plurality of nodes and the reference voltage generation unit; a sensing voltage generation unit applying a voltage for forming a predetermined voltage difference with respect to the reference voltage; and a disconnection determination unit connected to a first node, in which the magnitude of a voltage signal applied by the voltage dividing resistor varies depending on whether at least one of the transformation unit and the circuit connected to the transformation unit is disconnected, and detecting whether at least one of the transformation unit and the circuit connected to the transformation unit is disconnected.
US11695258B2	Spark plug This spark plug includes a cap portion covering a center electrode and an end of a ground electrode from a front side. In a cross section including an axial line, where a pitch of an external thread of a metal shell is X (mm), an axial-line-direction distance between a crest of a rear-end ridge of a full thread portion of an external thread and a rear end of a contact portion of an insulator with which the metal shell contacts directly or via another member is A (mm), an axial-line-direction distance between the rear end of the contact portion and a front end of the insulator is B (mm), and an axial-line-direction distance between the rear end of the contact portion and a seating surface of the metal shell is C (mm), 0
US11695255B2	Light emitting device including base and base cap A light emitting device includes: a base comprising a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring; a first semiconductor laser element electrically connected to the first wiring and the second wiring, at an upper surface side of the base; a second semiconductor laser element electrically connected to the second wiring and the third wiring, at the upper surface side of the base; and a base cap fixed to the base such that the first semiconductor laser element and the second semiconductor laser element are enclosed in a space defined by the base and the base cap. The first semiconductor laser element and the second semiconductor laser element are connected in series. A portion of each of the first, second, and third wirings is exposed at the upper surface of the base at locations outside of the space defined by the base and the base cap.
US11695244B2	Preformed solder-in-pin system A preformed solder-in-pin system for use with electrical connectors. The preformed solder-in-pin system generally includes a connector pin having an open cavity at one end, into which a preformed solder member can be first inserted and then pressed, rather than melted, in place, such that voids and air spaces within the cavity are eliminated. The preformed solder-in-pin system can be assembled in high quantities, where the preformed solder members are placed in a fixture and the fixture is placed on a shaker table, so that large numbers of connector pins, pre-installed in connector grommets, can be inserted largely simultaneously.
US11695242B2	Connector assembly An embodiment connector assembly includes a housing including an inner space formed therein, wherein ends of a main-line terminal and a sub-line terminal are inserted into a first side of the inner space, a main-line port inserted into and fixed to the inner space of the housing and electrically connected to the end of the main-line terminal inserted into the inner space, a sub-line port inserted into and fixed to the inner space of the housing and electrically connected to the end of the sub-line terminal inserted into the inner space, and a noise filter disposed between the main-line port and the sub-line port and electrically connected to each of the main-line port and the sub-line port, wherein the noise filter is configured to reduce a noise in a signal transmitted between the main-line port and the sub-line port.
US11695235B2	Wire end connector and connector assembly A wire end connector and a connector assembly with the wire end connector are provided. The wire end connector comprises a wire end connector body, a wire end housing, and an unlocking member. The wire end housing comprises a wire end accommodating part and two buckling bumps. An end surface of the wire end accommodating part in a first direction comprises a wire end opening. An outer surface of the two buckling bumps in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and away from the wire end accommodating part respectively comprises a buckling recess. The unlocking member comprises two opposite unlocking arms. An outer side edge of the two unlocking arms comprises a wire end buckling part and an unlocking part. The unlocking member is configured to cause the unlocking parts to releases the wire end buckling part to a release position.
US11695232B2	Adapter with an elastic component Provided is an adapter. The adapter includes a housing and an elastic component. The elastic component is configured to connect the housing with an installation frame. The elastic component includes an installation body, a blocking portion and a clamping elastic piece, the blocking portion and the clamping elastic piece are disposed on the installation body. The installation body is configured to be detachably connected to the housing. A first clamping gap capable of accommodating the installation frame is provided between the blocking portion and the clamping elastic piece.
US11695230B2	Connector including a terminal with a pair of sub-terminals A connector includes a pair of terminals. Each of the terminals includes a first sub-terminal having a first fixation part and a plurality of first elastic arms extending from the first fixation part, and a second sub-terminal having a second fixation part and a plurality of second elastic arms extending from the second fixation part. The first fixation part of the first sub-terminal is laminated on the second fixation part of the second sub-terminal, and the plurality of first elastic arms and the plurality of second elastic arms are alternately arranged in a row for electrically contacting with a shared bus bar.
US11695227B2	Connector with tolerance module A connector with a tolerance module includes a socket and a plug adapted to the socket, wherein the socket includes a first housing, the plug includes a tolerance module and a third housing, the tolerance module includes a second housing, the second housing includes second contact members, the second housing is movably arranged on the third housing in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the connector, and the second contact members are floatingly assembled in the second housing to enable displacement in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the connector. The second housing only generates translational motion without displacement when the connector is inserted. The tolerance of the plug and the socket is realized by the floating assembly of the second contact members in the second housing.
US11695226B2	Magnetic connector and group of magnetic connectors A magnetic connector for connecting an electrical unit to an electrical consumer unit includes at least one magnet, a conductive metal part secured to this magnet, a connecting cable fixed to the conductive metal part, and a cap made of plastic material overmoulded on the connecting cable, the conductive metal part and the magnet, except for a contact surface of the magnet intended to make contact with a metal part of the electrical consumer unit.
US11695225B2	Electrical connector and bonding system An electrical connection system includes a mounting stud having a base configured for mounting to a conductive surface. One or more one ring-shaped lugs, formed of an electrically conductive material, are configured for being positioned on the mounting stud for surrounding the mounting stud. The ring-shaped lug includes one or a plurality of interior channels extending around the inside diameter thereof. A contact spring is seated within a respective interior channel and is electrically conductive and dimensioned to extend radially inwardly from the channel and contact the mounting stud when the ring-shaped lug is positioned thereon. The contact spring is configured to at least partially collapse in the radial direction and to provide a spring bias against the mounting stud for providing an electrical connection between the ring-shaped lug and mounting stud. A locking cap is positioned on the mounting stud over the at least one ring-shaped lug for locking with the mounting stud and securing the ring-shaped lugs on the mounting stud for a secure electrical connection.
US11695224B1	Lever connector for electrical conductors A lever connector for contacting electrical conductors includes features and improvements over other lever connectors. The lever connector includes a housing, a busbar located within the housing, one or more lever mechanisms, and one or more resilient members that connect the lever mechanisms to the busbar. The lever mechanism includes a lever located on a near side of the busbar bridge and a lifting mechanism located on a far side of the busbar bridge opposite the near side of the busbar bridge. When the lever is actuated and lifted upwards and away from the housing, the lifting mechanism moves the resilient member to release away from the busbar. When the lever is closed and pushed downward toward the housing, the lifting mechanism moves the resilient member downward to push the electrical conductor against the busbar, thereby making electrical contact between the electrical conductor and the busbar.
US11695222B2	Antenna aperture in phased array antenna systems In some embodiments, a phased array antenna includes a carrier; a first plurality of antenna elements carried by the carrier and configured to transmit and/or receive signals at a first value of a parameter, and a second plurality of antenna elements carried by the carrier and configured to transmit and/or receive signals at a second value of the parameter different from the first value of the parameter. The antenna elements of the first plurality of antenna elements and the second plurality of antenna elements are located within a common aperture of the phased array antenna.
US11695218B2	Antenna arrangement An antenna arrangement is provided that includes a patch radiator, a feed arrangement, for the patch radiator and a cavity for the feed arrangement. The feed arrangement includes a slot in a conductive layer located between the patch radiator and the cavity.
US11695217B2	Radio frequency device and display device having the same A display device includes a display panel, a conductive layer disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of first patterns and a plurality of second patterns having a shape different from the first patterns, and an antenna element spaced from the conductive layer and operating in each of a first frequency band and a second frequency band. A first signal within the first frequency band constructively interferes with a first reflected signal corresponding to the first signal reflected at least partially by the first patterns, and a second signal within the second frequency band constructively interferes with a second reflected signal corresponding to the second signal reflected at least partially by the second patterns.
US11695215B2	Lens antenna array system with multiple near-field communication links A lens antenna array system for wireless communication is provided that includes a lens antenna array transmitter having a first lens and a lens antenna array receiver having a second lens. The lens antenna array transmitter transmits a plurality of RF signals across a plurality of near-field communication links to the lens antenna array receiver.
US11695212B2	Electrically coupled bowtie antenna Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an antenna assembly having a first conductive element having a bowtie shape, the first conductive element on a dielectric material at a first layer; a feed point within the bowtie; a second conductive element as a feed line, at a second layer, wherein the second conductive element is electrically coupled to the first conductive element at least at the feed point, independently of direct electrical contact between the first conductive element and the second conductive element; and a ground plane. In some implementations, the second conductive element has no direct electrical contact with the first conductive element, and electrical coupling of the conductive elements comprises electric fields within the dielectric. This reduces the risk of electrical performance degradation caused by mechanical damage at the feed point, such as when the antenna assembly is installed to conform to a non-planar surface.
US11695210B2	Terminal device A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes a feed, a metal frame, and a radiating patch. At least two grooves are disposed on an outer surface of the metal frame, two through-holes are disposed in each groove, the radiating patch is disposed in each groove, the metal frame is grounded, two antenna feeding points are disposed on each radiating patch, the feed is connected to one feeding point through one through-hole, the antenna feeding points in each groove are in a one-to-one correspondence with the through-holes, and each radiating patch is insulated from the groove by using a non-conducting material.
US11695206B2	Monolithic decade-bandwidth ultra-wideband antenna array module A phased array antenna system having radiating units unitarily formed and arranged in an array by direct metal sintering avoiding assembly requirements. Each radiating unit includes a free-space impedance transformer having first, second and third radiator elements. Each radiating unit includes an embedded balun having first, second, and third impedance transition elements located generally concentric with the first, the second, and the third radiator elements and distally connected respectively to form a first integrated coaxial interface, a second integrated coaxial interface, and an integrated ground interface. Each radiating unit includes a ground plane electrically coupled to the integrated ground interface.
US11695202B2	Controlling radiating elements An apparatus, method and computer program product is disclosed. The apparatus may comprise means for receiving a performance metric for an antenna array comprised of a plurality of radiating elements, the performance metric being based on performance data associated with the antenna array, the antenna array having a radiating configuration represented by configuration parameters. The apparatus may also comprise means for updating the configuration parameters dependent on the received performance metric by means of estimating new configuration parameters for moving the performance metric towards a target value. The apparatus may also comprise means for re-configuring the radiating configuration of the antenna array based on the updated configuration parameters such that the physical geometry of the antenna array is changed.
US11695201B2	Radio frequency systems with tunable filter Radio frequency (RF) systems with tunable filters are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an RF system includes a first RF processing circuit configured to process a first frequency band of a first communication standard and a second frequency band of a second communication standard. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are close in frequency and/or partially overlapping in frequency. The first RF processing circuit includes a tunable filter for changing the bandwidth of the first RF processing circuit to enhance the robustness of the first RF processing circuit to blocker or jammer signals of a third frequency band.
US11695198B1	Distributed semi-autonomous phased arrays for subsurface VLF transmission A system for subsurface transmission includes an array of very low frequency (VLF) transmitter nodes supported by semi-autonomous maritime, airborne, or space platforms spaced at regular intervals from their nearest neighbors and phased to localize VLF coverage to some desired area on a body of water.
US11695197B2	Radiating element, antenna assembly and base station antenna Radiating elements, antenna assemblies, and base station antennas including the same. For example, a radiating element is provided that includes a feed stalk and a radiator mounted on the feed stalk. The feed stalk includes a dielectric substrate, a first metal pattern printed on a first major surface of the dielectric substrate, and a second metal pattern printed on a second major surface of the dielectric substrate that is opposite the first major surface. The first metal pattern includes a first feed transmission line and a first feed welding region electrically connected to the first feed transmission line. The second metal pattern includes a second feed welding region electrically connected to the first feed welding region.
US11695196B2	Antenna device for timepiece An antenna device intended to be used in a communication system of a timepiece, including a substrate; a first antenna circuit made on the substrate and having first and second strands which are connected and having a proximal end and a distal end, extending in parallel, a second antenna circuit made on the substrate and having third and fourth strands which are connected and having a proximal end and a distal end, and extending in parallel, an electrical junction link joining the proximal ends of the first and third strands; a connection portion configured to be bent relative to the electrical junction link, and including a conductive connection which is connected to the electrical junction link and including an electromagnetic shielding of the conductive connection.
US11695194B2	Rear glass A rear glass according to the invention is for attachment to a lift-up backdoor that closes an opening in a rear portion of a vehicle, and includes a glass plate, a defogger disposed in a vicinity of a center of the glass plate in an up-down direction, and a shared antenna installed on the glass plate upward or downward of the defogger, the shared antenna including a power supply unit, an AM antenna connected to the power supply unit, and an FM antenna connected to the power supply unit, and a relationship between an element length LAM of the AM antenna, a center wavelength λFM-C corresponding to a reception frequency band of the FM antenna and a wavelength shortening coefficient α of the glass plate satisfying 0.49×α×λFM-C≤LAM≤0.67×α×λFM-C.
US11695193B2	Wilkinson power combiner, communication unit and method therefor A Wilkinson power combiner (202) is described that includes a high-pass, HP, frequency circuit (500, 550), wherein the HP frequency circuit (500, 550) comprises at least one of: (i) one input port (510) coupled to at least two output ports (512, 514) via at least two paths; and an input shunt inductor (520) coupling the input port (510) to ground; wherein the one input port (510) is coupled to the at least two output ports (512, 514) via respective series capacitances (230, 238) on the at least two paths, which in cooperation with the input shunt inductor (520) forms a first HP frequency circuit; and (ii) at least one resistor (554, 528)-inductor (552, 524), R-L isolation circuit (500, 550) configured to couple the at least two output ports (512, 514) that forms a second HP frequency circuit.
US11695191B2	Dual-band polariser Apparatus for dual-band antenna and communications tower comprising such apparatus are provided. The apparatus comprises a first part (202) comprising first and second propagation paths configured to selectively propagate signals of a first frequency with either a first polarization state or a second polarization state, a transition part (204) rotatable between first and second transition positions to selectively propagate signals of a second frequency along the second signal path with the first polarisation state when in the first transition position and with the second polarisation state when in the second transition position and a rotator part rotatable between first and second rotator positions. Wherein, the rotator part is configured to orientate the polarisation of signals in the second signal path in order to couple the second signal path to an interface, and allow propagation of signals in the first signal path in either the first or second rotator positions.
US11695187B2	Functionalized separator having zwitterionic coating and method of fabricating thereof Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a functionalized separator having a zwitterionic coating thereon. The method includes preparing a porous separator; coating a linker on a surface of the porous separator; and chemically reacting zwitterions with the linker such the zwitterions are grafted to the linker on the surface of the separator. The zwitterions grafted to the linker acts as a monolayer to functionalize the surface of the separator. The functionalized separator may disallow elution of polysulfide compound in a lithium-sulfur battery. Further, the functionalized separator may increase ion conductivity of electrolyte of the lithium-sulfur battery and thus ensure high output characteristics.
US11695186B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator which improves a long-term battery characteristic of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. According to the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an absolute value of a difference between (i) a standard deviation of whiteness index in one outermost layer and (ii) a standard deviation of whiteness index of the other outermost layer is greater than 0.01 and is 0.60 or less, and a greater one of the two standard deviation values of whiteness index is 0.06 or more and 0.91 or less.
US11695185B2	Separator including porous substrate layer, metal oxide intermediate layer, and ceramic coating layer, method of preparing the same and lithium-ion battery including the same A separator including a porous substrate layer, an intermediate layer, and a ceramic coating layer is provided. The ceramic coating layer is disposed on a side of the intermediate layer away from the porous substrate layer. The intermediate layer includes a metal oxide powder. The particle diameter of the metal oxide powder is less than the pore diameter of the porous substrate layer, and at least a portion of the metal oxide powder is embedded in the porous substrate layer. A method of preparing the separator and a lithium-ion battery including the separator are also provided.
US11695184B2	Portable modular energy storage In certain embodiments, a system includes a belt for mechanically linking multiple energy storage cells together, wherein the multiple energy storage cells are grouped into at least first and second energy storage packs, each energy storage pack including at least one energy storage cell, the at least one energy storage cell of the first energy storage pack having a different energy storage characteristic from the at least one energy storage cell of the second energy storage pack. The system further includes an operational zone for receiving an energy storage pack and establishing an electrical connection between the received energy storage pack and an electrical device, and an actuator operable to move the multiple energy storage cells together to thereby dispose the first energy storage pack in the operational zone to establish the electrical connection with the electrical device.
US11695181B2	Power storage module A power storage module including: a stacked body that includes electrodes stacked along a first direction; a sealing body that includes a first sealing portion joined to an edge portion of each of the electrodes, forms an inner space between the electrodes adjacent to each other, and seals the inner space; and an electrolytic solution that is stored in the inner space and includes an alkali solution. The electrodes include bipolar electrodes, and a negative terminal electrode. The power storage module includes surplus spaces different from the inner space on a route of an alkali creep phenomenon in which the electrolytic solution reaches the outside from the inner space through the negative terminal electrode.
US11695180B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; a case including an inner space accommodating the electrode assembly, and an opening; a cap plate coupled to the case at the opening and including a terminal hole exposing the inner space; an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly through the terminal hole and overlapping the cap plate; electrode tabs respectively connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electrolyte solution in the inner space, and at least one electrode tab of the electrode tabs has an inclined portion that is inclined at a first angle with respect to a surface of the electrode assembly facing the at least one electrode tab.
US11695175B2	Sheet-type air cell, method for manufacturing the same, and patch One aspect of the sheet-like air cell of the present invention includes a positive electrode having a catalyst layer, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution that are housed in a sheet-like outer case. The electrolyte solution is an aqueous solution that contains an electrolyte salt and has a pH of 3 or more and less than 12. The electrolyte solution contains a water-soluble high-boiling solvent with a boiling point of 150° C. or more in an amount of 3 to 30% by mass of the total solvent. Another aspect of the sheet-like air cell of the present invention includes a positive electrode having a catalyst layer, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte that are housed in a sheet-like outer case. The electrolyte is obtained by blending an electrolyte solution and a thickening agent. The electrolyte solution is an aqueous solution that contains an electrolyte salt and has a pH of 3 or more and less than 12.
US11695174B2	Battery-cell tab direct cooling using a multi-material cooling module Systems, methods and a cooling module are described. The cooling module is configured to directly cool the plurality of battery cell tabs. The cooling module includes a generally prismatic isolation sheet contacting the battery cell tabs along a common plane and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a metallic portion defining an open cavity and a lightweight portion joined to the metallic portion to define a unitary flow assembly. The metallic portion includes an outer planar surface engaging the second planar surface. The lightweight portion is formed from a thermally conductive plastic material and includes baffles integrally formed with and extending therefrom. The plurality of baffles engage an interior surface of the metallic portion to thereby define a serpentine path for the cooling fluid.
US11695173B2	Fluid-temperature-controllable traction battery and battery housing assembly having a feed-through for a heat transmission device A battery housing arrangement, in particular a battery housing assembly of a vehicle traction battery which can be temperature-controlled by a fluid, comprises a battery housing which encloses an interior space for receiving battery cells, and a heat transmission device which has an inlet tube, an outlet tube and a heat exchanger element arranged fluidically therebetween. The fluid is able to flow through the heat transmission device from the inlet tube via the heat exchanger element to the outlet tube. The heat exchanger element can be accommodated in the battery housing. The battery housing has at least one through-opening for feeding through the inlet tube and the outlet tube, and the battery housing has at least one closure element which is inserted into the at least one through-opening and forms a closure between the inlet tube and/or the outlet tube and the at least one through-opening.
US11695171B2	Battery assembly with multi-function structural assembly A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first cell stack including a plurality of battery cells and a structural assembly including a first pocket sized and shaped to receive the first cell stack. The structural assembly is configured to assert a compressive load on the first cell stack and at least partially enclose the first cell stack.
US11695170B2	Battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution and preparation method for battery-level Mn solution Provided are a battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution and a preparation method for a battery-level Mn solution, the steps thereof comprising: acid dissolution (S1), alkalization to remove impurities (S2), synchronous precipitation of calcium, magnesium, and lithium (S3), deep ageing to remove impurities (S4), synergistic extraction (S5), and refining extraction (S6). The steps of deep ageing to remove impurities (S4) and synergistic extraction (S5) comprise: performing deep ageing on a filtrate obtained from the step of synchronous precipitation of calcium, magnesium, and lithium (S3), and after performing filtration to remove impurities, obtaining an aged filtrate; using P204 to extract the aged filtrate and obtain a loaded organic phase, and subjecting the loaded organic phase to staged back-extraction to obtain the battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution and a Mn-containing solution. By means of the cooperation between the multiple process steps of synchronous precipitation of calcium, magnesium, and lithium (S3), deep ageing to remove impurities (S4), and synergistic extraction (S5), the impurity content of the obtained battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution is significantly lowered, and the battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution can be directly used to prepare a lithium battery ternary precursor material. At the same time, the battery-level Mn solution can also be obtained, which is favorable for large-scale applications of the process and increasing economic benefits.
US11695169B2	Process for the preparation of precursor compounds for lithium battery cathodes The present disclosure concerns the production of precursor compounds for lithium battery cathodes.Batteries or their scrap are smelted in reducing conditions, thereby forming an alloy suitable for further hydrometallurgical refining, and a slag. The alloy is leached in acidic conditions, producing a Ni- and Co-bearing solution, which is refined.The refining steps are greatly simplified as most elements susceptible to interfere with the refining steps concentrate in the slag. Metals such as Co, Ni and Mn are then precipitated from the solution, forming a suitable starting product for the synthesis of new battery precursor compounds.
US11695167B2	Optimization of electrochemical cell A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
US11695166B2	Optimization of electrochemical cell A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
US11695165B2	Battery system A battery system includes: first and second battery modules connected between first and second system terminals in parallel; and a controller controlling the first and second battery modules. The first battery module includes a first battery and a first main switch, and a first balancing switch and a first balancing resistor, which are connected to the first main switch in parallel. The second battery module includes a second battery and a second main switch, and a second balancing switch and a second balancing resistor, which are connected to the second main switch in parallel. The controller is configured to detect a first battery voltage and a second battery voltage, and when an absolute value of a difference between the first and second battery voltages is greater than a first reference value, to open the first and second main switches and to close the first and second balancing switches.
US11695164B2	Battery pack management device A battery pack management device capable of reducing power consumption while transmitting and receiving data between a master BMS and a slave BMS by using a wireless communication method. The battery pack management device according to the present disclosure includes: a master BMS including an external communicator, an internal communicator, and a master controller and a slave BMS including a power supply, a state measurement sensor, a slave wireless communicator, and a slave controller.
US11695163B1	Hierachical structure of transition metal cyanide coordination compounds A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.
US11695160B2	Electrochemical device The present application relates to an electrochemical device. Specifically, the present application provides a cell, wherein the cell is formed by winding or stacking a first electrode and a second electrode which are arranged at an interval, and a separator is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Wherein the first electrode includes a first current collector, and the first current collector includes a coated region coated with a first active material and an uncoated region without the first active material; the uncoated region is at least partially provided with an insulating layer. The adhesion between the insulating layer and the first current collector is not less than about 0.5 N/m. The electrochemical device provided by the present application has improved safety performance.
US11695157B2	Lithium-ion battery and apparatus This application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. A positive active material of the positive electrode plate includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1, where 0.5≤x1≤1.2, 0.8≤y1≤1.0, 0≤z1≤0.1, M is selected from one or more of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolyte contains an additive A that is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
US11695156B2	Additives for lithium batteries and methods Lithium tetrafluoro(malonato)phosphate compounds are useful as additives in lithium ion battery applications. The compounds are represented by Formula (I): MPF4[—O(C═O)—(CX′X″)—(C═O)O—]; wherein M is Li or Na; each X′ and X″ independently is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, fluoro-substituted alkyl, and F; or wherein the X′ and X″ together are —CR2—(CR′2)m—CR″2—; each R, R′ and R″ independently is selected from the group consisting of H methyl, trifluoromethyl, and F; and in is 0 or 1. These compounds can be prepared in high purity and a high yield by reaction of a metal hexafluorophosphate with a bis-silyl malonate compound. A similar oxalato compound, lithium tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate), can be made in the same manner, but using a bis-silyl oxalate in place of the bis-silyl malonate. Advantageously, the compounds can be formed, in situ, in a LiPF6-containing electrolyte solution.
US11695155B2	Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same A task is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution exhibiting excellent cycle capacity maintaining ratio and excellent low-temperature resistance characteristics and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same. An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which improves the cycle capacity maintaining ratio and low-temperature resistance characteristics, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The present invention is a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte and a non-aqueous solvent dissolving therein the electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a compound represented by formula (1) (wherein X represents an organic group containing a heteroatom, Y represents a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, or a carbon atom, n represents an integer of 1 or 2, m represents an integer of 2 to 4, l represents an integer of 1 or 2, and Z represents an organic group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally having a heteroatom), and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolytic solution.
US11695152B2	Case and method for manufacturing the same, method for inserting stacked body, and cell stack A case having elasticity corresponding to expansion and contraction of a stacked body housed therein and a method for manufacturing the same, a method for inserting the stacked body into the case, and a cell stack using the case are provided. A case configured to house a stacked body includes two opposed contact parts in contact with the stacked body, and two spring structures connecting the two contact parts with each other.
US11695148B2	Fuel cell system Provided is a fuel cell system including a plurality of fuel cell stacks, in which with a simple configuration, air retention is unlikely to occur in cooling water and a flow rate of the cooling water to each fuel cell stack can be uniformized. In a fuel cell system including a plurality of fuel cell stacks provided with a coolant flow path through which a coolant flows, the plurality of fuel cell stacks are juxtaposed in a horizontal direction, and include a supply pipeline that distributes and supplies the coolant to the coolant flow path, and a discharge pipeline that collects and discharges the coolant that has flowed through the coolant flow path, and the supply pipeline and the discharge pipeline are provided within a formation range where the coolant flow path is formed in the plurality of fuel cell stacks, in a direction of gravity.
US11695146B2	Air supply system for fuel cell and method of controlling same Disclosed is a method of controlling an air supply system for a fuel cell. The air supply system includes a fuel cell stack, an air channel to supply air to an inlet of the fuel cell stack, a gas adsorption unit disposed on the air channel and configured to adsorb oxygen contained in air introduced into the air channel. In particular, the method includes: determining whether a power generation operation of the fuel cell stack is resumed; when the power generation operation of the fuel cell stack is resumed, controlling a voltage source to apply a voltage to the gas adsorption unit; and supplying air to the fuel cell stack through the air channel in a state in which the voltage is applied to the gas adsorption unit.
US11695137B2	Fuel cell vehicle and method of stopping the same When a time point of occurrence of a stop state of a fuel cell system is predicted during traveling, a drying state control that causes a fuel cell stack to transition to a dry state is started a predetermined time (a required drying time) before the predicted time point of occurrence of the stop state.
US11695136B2	Fuel cell system and control method for fuel cell system The control device is configured so that when a temperature of the fuel cell at the time of start of power generation of the fuel cell is less than a standard temperature, it makes the fuel cell generate power so that the amount of heat generation of the fuel cell accompanying the power generation loss becomes a first amount of heat generation and so that when a cumulative value of current of a time period during which the fuel cell is made to generate power so that the amount of heat generation becomes the first amount of heat generation is equal to or greater than a predetermined cumulative value, it makes the fuel cell generate power so that the amount of heat generation becomes a second amount of heat generation larger than the first amount of heat generation.
US11695134B2	Method for humidifying a reactant, and fuel cell system for carrying out the method A method for humidifying a reactant in a fuel cell system is provided having a fuel cell stack, which is fluidically connected to a humidifier, wherein the humidifier comprises a membrane, on whose surface channels are formed. At least one of the channels is associated with a storage element for temporary storing of liquid water, the method involving the following steps: extracting the liquid water from the fuel cell stack and feeding the liquid water to the humidifier, admitting at least part of the liquid water into the storage element and temporarily storing the part therein, at least partially emptying the storage element by evaporating of the liquid water and humidifying of the reactant being supplied to the fuel cell stack by means of the evaporated liquid water, wherein the liquid water is extracted from the fuel cell stack both at the anode side and at the cathode side. A fuel cell system for carrying out the method is also provided.
US11695127B2	Bipolar plate for use in a fuel cell stack A bipolar plate for use in a fuel cell stack includes a first delimiting surface and a second delimiting surface that is arranged parallel to the first delimiting surface, wherein the delimiting surfaces are arranged spaced apart from one another and define an intermediate space, wherein the bipolar plate includes at least one fuel cell section having a flow field that has depressions that protrude into the intermediate space and is provided so as to make direct contact with a fuel cell, and the bipolar plate includes at least one cooling section that extends therefrom along the delimiting surfaces, wherein at least one heat pipe is arranged in the intermediate space and extends so as to transfer heat from the fuel cell section into the cooling section.
US11695124B2	Device and method for producing flow field plates A method and a device for producing bipolar plates for fuel cells. A bipolar plate is formed by joining an anode plate to a cathode plate, wherein the anode plate and the cathode plate are formed by forming a substrate plate.In order to provide a cost-effective and automated method, it is proposed that a plate already provided with a reactive coating or catalyst coating, which is transported, automatically driven, via a transport device from the forming device to the joining device, is used as substrate plate.
US11695122B2	Layered cathode for molten carbonate fuel cell A layered cathode structure for a molten carbonate fuel cell is provided, along with methods of forming a layered cathode and operating a fuel cell including a layered cathode. The layered cathode can include at least a first cathode layer and a second cathode layer. The first cathode layer can correspond to a layer that is adjacent to the molten carbonate electrolyte during operation, while the second cathode layer can correspond to a layer that is adjacent to the cathode collector of the fuel cell. The first cathode layer can be formed by sintering a layer that includes a conventional precursor material for forming a cathode, such as nickel particles. The second cathode layer can be formed by sintering a layer that includes a mixture of particles of a conventional precursor material and 1.0 vol % to 30 vol % of particles of a lithium pore-forming compound. The resulting layered cathode structure can have an increased pore size adjacent to the cathode collector to facilitate diffusion of CO2 into the electrolyte interface, while also having a smaller pore size adjacent to the electrolyte to allow for improved electrical contact and/or reduced polarization at the interface between the electrolyte and the cathode.
US11695121B2	Electrode sheet, battery incorporating the electrode sheet, method for manufacturing the electrode sheet, method for manufacturing the battery incorporating the electrode sheet, and die head A strip-shaped electrode sheet includes an electrode foil including a strip-shaped foil exposed portion in which the electrode foil is exposed, a strip-shaped active material layer extending in a longitudinal direction, and a strip-shaped insulator layer containing insulating resin and formed on an insulator-layer support portion along a one-side layer edge portion of the active material layer and between the foil exposed portion of the electrode foil and an active-material-layer support portion. The insulator layer is located lower than a top face of the active material layer toward the electrode foil and includes a slant coating portion covering at least a lower portion of a one-side slant portion of the active material layer and a foil coating portion extending from the slant coating portion in a width-direction one side and covering the insulator-layer support portion of the electrode foil.
US11695120B2	Electrode sheet, battery incorporating the electrode sheet, method for manufacturing the electrode sheet, method for manufacturing the battery incorporating the electrode sheet, and die head A strip-shaped electrode sheet includes an electrode foil including a strip-shaped foil exposed portion in which the electrode foil is exposed, a strip-shaped active material layer extending in a longitudinal direction, and a strip-shaped insulator layer containing insulating resin and formed on an insulator-layer support portion along a one-side layer edge portion of the active material layer and between the foil exposed portion of the electrode foil and an active-material-layer support portion. The insulator layer is located lower than a top face of the active material layer toward the electrode foil and includes a slant coating portion covering at least a lower portion of a one-side slant portion of the active material layer and a foil coating portion extending from the slant coating portion in a width-direction one side and covering the insulator-layer support portion of the electrode foil.
US11695118B2	Modified cathodes for solid-state lithium sulfur batteries and methods of manufacturing thereof A lithium-sulfur battery includes: a substrate; a composite cathode disposed on the substrate; a solid-state electrolyte disposed on the composite cathode; and a lithium anode disposed on the solid-state electrolyte, such that the composite cathode comprises: active elemental sulfur, conductive carbon, sulfide electrolyte, and ionic liquid.
US11695115B2	Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to a configuration includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing nickel (Ni) in an amount of greater than or equal to 80 mol %, in which boron (B) is present at least on a particle surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide. In the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, when particles having a larger particle size than a volume-based 70% particle size (D70) are first particles and particles having a smaller particle size than a volume-based 30% particle size (D30) are second particles, a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the second particle is larger than a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the first particle by 5% or greater.
US11695112B2	Negative electrode active material, process for preparing the same, and secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and apparatus related to the same The present application provides a negative electrode active material, a process for preparing the same, and a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an apparatus related the same. The negative electrode active material comprises a core material and a polymer-modified coating layer on at least a part of a surface of the core material, the core material is one or more of a silicon-based negative electrode material and a tin-based negative electrode material, the polymer-modified coating layer comprises sulfur element and carbon element, the sulfur element has a mass percentage of from 0.2% to 4% in the negative electrode active material, the carbon element has a mass percentage of from 0.5% to 4% in the negative electrode active material, and the polymer-modified coating layer comprises a —S—C— bond.
US11695108B2	Oxide mixture and complex oxide coatings for cathode materials Cathode active materials are provided. The cathode active material can include a plurality of cathode active compound particles. A coating is disposed over each of the cathode active compound particles. The coating can include at least one of ZrO2, La2O3, a mixture of Al2O3 and ZrO2 or a mixture of Al2O3 and La2O3. The battery cells that include the cathode active material are also provided.
US11695104B2	Method and system for improved performance of silicon anode containing cells through formation Systems and methods for improved performance of silicon anode containing cells through formation may include a cathode, electrolyte, and silicon containing anode. The battery may be subjected to a formation process comprising one or more cycles of: charging the battery at a 1 C rate to 3.8 volts or greater until a current in the battery reaches C/20, and discharging the battery to 2.5 volts or less. The battery may comprise a lithium ion battery. The electrolyte may comprise a liquid, solid, or gel. The anode may comprise greater than 70% silicon. The battery may be discharged until the current reaches 0.2 C. The battery may be discharged at a 1 C rate or at a 0.2 C rate. The battery may be in a rest period between the charge and discharge.
US11695103B2	Rechargeable battery and catalyst materials and the means of production thereof A process for producing a cathode or anode material adapted for use in the manufacture of fast rechargeable ion batteries. The process may include the steps of Selecting an precursor material that, upon heating in a gas stream, releases volatile compounds to create porous materials to generate a material compound suitable for an electrode in an ion battery. Grinding the precursor material to produce a powder of particles with a first predetermined particle size distribution to form a precursor powder. Calcining the precursor powder in a flash calciner reactor segment with a first process gas at a first temperature to produce a porous particle material suitable for an electrode in an ion battery, and having the pore properties, surface area and nanoscale structures for applications in such batteries. Processing the hot precursor powder in a second calciner reactor segment with a second process gas to complete the calcination reaction, to anneal the material to optimise the particle strength, and to modify the oxidation state of the product for maximising the charge density when the particle is activated in a battery cell to form a second precursor powder. Quenching the second precursor powder. Activating the particles of the second precursor powder in an electrolytic cell by the initial charging steps to intercalate electrolyte ions in the particles.
US11695101B2	Display panel, method for manufacturing the display panel, and display device A display panel includes a substrate; first electrodes and an auxiliary electrode disposed on a top side of the substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on first electrodes and an auxiliary electrode, a second electrode, and a conductive barrier. The first pole of one light-emitting element is connected to one of the first electrodes. The second electrode is disposed on the light-emitting elements and connected to a second pole of one of the light-emitting elements. The conductive barrier is disposed between two adjacent light-emitting elements and electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode and the second electrode. Each of the two sidewalls of the conductive barrier includes a reflective electrode for reflecting light emitted by an adjacent light-emitting element.
US11695100B2	Light emitting diode containing a grating and methods of making the same A light emitting diode (LED) includes a n-doped semiconductor material layer, a p-doped semiconductor material layer, an active region disposed between the n-doped semiconductor layer and the p-doped semiconductor layer, and a photonic crystal grating configured to increase the light extraction efficiency of the LED.
US11695099B2	Contact for a semiconductor light emitting device Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor structure comprising a III-nitride light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. A contact disposed on the p-type region includes a transparent conductive material in direct contact with the p-type region, a reflective metal layer, and a transparent insulating material disposed between the transparent conductive layer and the reflective metal layer. In a plurality of openings in the transparent insulating material, the transparent conductive material is in direct contact with the reflective metal layer.
US11695097B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device according to the present invention comprises, an electrode unit including a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other, with electrical signals having different polarity applying the first and second electrode, respectively; a first stimulation unit disposed on one surface of the electrode unit and having a first stimulation reaction layer expressing variable luminance according to a first stimulation; and a second stimulation unit disposed on the other surface facing the one surface of the electrode unit, and having a second stimulation reaction layer expressing a variable luminance according to a second stimulation different from the first stimulation.
US11695095B2	Integration of III-Nitride nanowire on transparent conductive substrates for optoelectronic and electronic devices A dislocation-free GaN/InGaN-based nanowires-LED epitaxially grown on a transparent, electrically conductive template substrate. The simultaneous transparency and conductivity are provided by a thin, translucent metal contact integrated with a quartz substrate. The light transmission properties of the translucent metal contact are tunable during epitaxial growth of the nanowires LED. Transparent light emitting diodes (LED) devices, optical circuits, solar cells, touch screen displays, and integrated photonic circuits can be implemented using the current platform.
US11695093B2	Superlattice photodetector/light emitting diode A device emitting mid-infrared light that comprises a semiconductor substrate of GaSb or closely related material. The device can also comprise epitaxial heterostructures of InAs, GaAs, AlSb, and related alloys forming light emitting structures cascaded by tunnel junctions. Further, the device can comprise light emission from the front, epitaxial side of the substrate.
US11695092B2	Micro LED transfer device and micro LED transferring method using the same A micro light emitting diode (LED) transfer device includes a transfer part configured to transfer a relay substrate having at least one micro LED; a mask having openings corresponding to a position of the at least one micro LED; a first laser configured to irradiate a first laser light having a first wavelength to the mask; a second laser configured to irradiate a second laser light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength to the mask; and a processor configured to: control the at least one micro LED to contact a coupling layer of a target substrate, and based on the coupling layer contacting the at least one micro LED, control the first laser to irradiate the first laser light toward the at least one micro LED, and subsequently control the second laser to irradiate the second laser light toward the at least one micro LED.
US11695083B2	Power diode and method of manufacturing a power diode A method of processing a power diode includes: creating an anode region and a drift region in a semiconductor body; and forming, by a single ion implantation processing step, each of an anode contact zone and an anode damage zone in the anode region. Power diodes manufactured by the method are also described.
US11695080B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same By using a conductive layer including Cu as a long lead wiring, increase in wiring resistance is suppressed. Further, the conductive layer including Cu is provided in such a manner that it does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor layer in which a channel region of a TFT is formed, and is surrounded by insulating layers including silicon nitride, whereby diffusion of Cu can be prevented; thus, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be manufactured. Specifically, a display device which is one embodiment of a semiconductor device can have high display quality and operate stably even when the size or definition thereof is increased.
US11695078B2	Semiconductor device and display device including semiconductor device The reliability of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor can be improved by suppressing a change in electrical characteristics. A transistor included in a semiconductor device includes a first oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film, a gate insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, and a second insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film includes a channel region in contact with the gate insulating film, a source region in contact with the second insulating film, and a drain region in contact with the second insulating film. The second oxide semiconductor film has a higher carrier density than the first oxide semiconductor film.
US11695075B2	Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate and display device The disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor, an array substrate and a display device, belongs to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem that an existing thin film transistor is prone to cracking or breaking due to bending. The thin film transistor of the present disclosure includes a substrate and an active layer arranged on the substrate, and at least one groove is arranged on a surface of the active layer distal to the substrate.
US11695072B2	Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having first and second pillars of semiconductor material laterally offset from one another. The pillars have source/drain regions and channel regions vertically offset from the source/drain regions. Gating structures pass across the channel regions, and extend along a first direction. An insulative structure is over regions of the first and second pillars, and extends along a second direction which is crosses the first direction. Bottom electrodes are coupled with the source/drain regions. Leaker-device-structures extend upwardly from the bottom electrodes. Ferroelectric-insulative-material is laterally adjacent to the leaker-device-structures and over the regions of the bottom electrodes. Top-electrode-material is over the ferroelectric-insulative-material and is directly against the leaker-device-structures. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11695071B2	Transistor and methods of forming transistors A transistor comprises a top source/drain region, a bottom source/drain region, and a channel region vertically between the top and bottom source/drain regions. A gate is operatively laterally-adjacent the channel region. The top source/drain region, the bottom source/drain region, and the channel region respectively have crystal grains and grain boundaries between immediately-adjacent of the crystal grains. At least one of the bottom source/drain region and the channel region has an internal interface there-within between the crystal grains that are above the internal interface and the crystal grains that are below the internal interface. At least some of the crystal grains that are immediately-above the internal interface physically contact at least some of the crystal grains that are immediately-below the internal interface. All of the grain boundaries that are between immediately-adjacent of the physically-contacting crystal grains that are immediately-above and that are immediately-below the interface align relative one another. The internal interface comprises at least one of (a) and (b), where (a): conductivity-modifying dopant concentration immediately-above the internal interface is lower than immediately-below the internal interface and (b): a laterally-discontinuous insulative oxide. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US11695068B2	Greyscale lithography for double-slanted gate connected field plate Methods for manufacturing double-slanted gate connected field plates that allow for the simultaneous optimization of electric field distributions between gate and drain terminals and gate and source terminals are described. A technical benefit of manufacturing the double-slanted gate connected field plate using greyscale lithography is that fabrication costs may be substantially reduced by reducing the number of process steps required to form the double-slanted gate connected field plate. The source-side slope and the drain-side slope of the double-slanted gate connected field plate may be concurrently formed with two different slopes or two different step profiles.
US11695063B2	Method of forming shaped source/drain epitaxial layers of a semiconductor device In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, an isolation insulating layer is formed over a fin structure. A first portion of the fin structure is exposed from and a second portion of the fin structure is embedded in the isolation insulating layer. A dielectric layer is formed over sidewalls of the first portion of the fin structure. The first portion of the fin structure and a part of the second portion of the fin structure in a source/drain region are removed, thereby forming a trench. A source/drain epitaxial structure is formed in the trench using one of a first process or a second process. The first process comprises an enhanced epitaxial growth process having an enhanced growth rate for a preferred crystallographic facet, and the second process comprises using a modified etch process to reduce a width of the source/drain epitaxial structure.
US11695060B2	Ion implantation to form trench-bottom oxide of MOSFET Disclosed herein are methods for forming MOSFETs. In some embodiments, a method may include providing a device structure including a plurality of trenches, and forming a mask over the device structure including within each of the plurality of trenches and over a top surface of the device structure. The method may further include removing the mask from within the trenches, wherein the mask remains along the top surface of the device structure, and implanting the device structure to form a treated layer along a bottom of the trenches. In some embodiments, the method may further include forming a gate oxide layer along a sidewall of each of the trenches and along the bottom of the trenches, wherein a thickness of the oxide along the bottom of the trenches is greater than a thickness of the oxide along the sidewall of each of the trenches.
US11695059B2	Bottom source/drain etch with fin-cut-last-VTFET A technique relates to a semiconductor device. A first epitaxial material is formed under a bottom surface of a set of fins, the first epitaxial material being under fin channel regions of the set of fins. A second epitaxial material is formed adjacent to the first epitaxial material and remote from the fin channel regions, a combination of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material forming a bottom source or drain (source/drain) layer. A top source/drain layer is formed on an upper portion of the set of fins, gate material being disposed around the set of fins between the top source/drain layer and the bottom source/drain layer.
US11695058B2	Method of expanding 3D device architectural designs for enhanced performance Aspects of the present disclosure provide a vertical channel 3D semiconductor device sand a method for fabricating the same. The 3D semiconductor devices may have vertical channels of the same or different epitaxially grown doped materials. Sidewall structures are formed around each vertical channel by masking and etching material between the vertical channels. A dielectric layer in each of the sidewalls is etched down to the vertical channel and a gate electrode structure is formed in the opening. The gate electrode structure may include an interfacial oxide, a high-K layer and alternating metal layers. Local interconnects connect to the metal of the gate structure.
US11695053B2	Atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters Energy bands of a thin film containing molecular clusters are tuned by controlling the size and the charge of the clusters during thin film deposition. Using atomic layer deposition, an ionic cluster film is formed in the gate region of a nanometer-scale transistor to adjust the threshold voltage, and a neutral cluster film is formed in the source and drain regions to adjust contact resistance. A work function semiconductor material such as a silver bromide or a lanthanum oxide is deposited so as to include clusters of different sizes such as dimers, trimers, and tetramers, formed from isolated monomers. A type of Atomic Layer Deposition system is used to deposit on semiconductor wafers molecular clusters to form thin film junctions having selected energy gaps. A beam of ions contains different ionic clusters which are then selected for deposition by passing the beam through a filter in which different apertures select clusters based on size and orientation.
US11695050B2	Assemblies which include ruthenium-containing conductive gates Some embodiments include a memory cell having a conductive gate comprising ruthenium. A charge-blocking region is adjacent the conductive gate, a charge-storage region is adjacent the charge-blocking region, a tunneling material is adjacent the charge-storage region, and a channel material is adjacent the tunneling material. Some embodiments include an assembly having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. The wordline levels contain conductive wordline material which includes ruthenium. Semiconductor material extends through the stack as a channel structure. Charge-storage regions are between the conductive wordline material and the channel structure. Charge-blocking regions are between the charge-storage regions and the conductive wordline material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11695049B2	High electron mobility transistor and method for forming the same A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) and method for forming the same are disclosed. The high electron mobility transistor includes a substrate, a mesa structure disposed on the substrate, a passivation layer disposed on the mesa structure, and at least a contact structure disposed in the passivation and the mesa structure. The mesa structure includes a channel layer and a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer. The contact structure includes a body portion and a plurality of protruding portions. The body portion is through the passivation layer. The protruding portions connect to a bottom surface of the body portion and through the barrier layer and a portion of the channel layer.
US11695046B2	Semiconductor device with reduced contact resistance A semiconductor device includes an active region on a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate and intersecting the active region, a source/drain region on the active region on both sides of the gate structure and including silicon (Si), and a contact structure on the source/drain region. The source/drain region includes a shallow doping region doped with germanium (Ge) and is in an upper region including an upper surface of the source/drain region. A concentration of germanium (Ge) in the shallow doping region gradually decreases from the upper surface of the source/drain region toward an upper surface of the substrate in a direction that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate.
US11695045B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device and silicon carbide semiconductor circuit device In a silicon carbide semiconductor device and a silicon carbide semiconductor circuit device equipped with the silicon carbide semiconductor device, a gate leak current that flows when negative voltage with respect to the potential of a source electrode is applied to the gate electrode is limited to less than 2×10−11 A and the gate leak current is limited to less than 3.7×10−6 A/m2.
US11695043B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a first metal portion, a third semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a first electrode, a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, and a second electrode. The first semiconductor region includes a first portion and a second portion. The second semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is provided on part of the second semiconductor region. The first metal portion is provided in the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is positioned on the first portion. The fourth semiconductor region is provided on another part of the second semiconductor region. The fourth semiconductor region is separated from the third semiconductor region. The fourth semiconductor region is positioned on the second portion.
US11695042B2	Transistor contacts and methods of forming the same In an embodiment, a device includes: a gate structure on a channel region of a substrate; a gate mask on the gate structure, the gate mask including a first dielectric material and an impurity, a concentration of the impurity in the gate mask decreasing in a direction extending from an upper region of the gate mask to a lower region of the gate mask; a gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate mask and the gate structure, the gate spacer including the first dielectric material and the impurity, a concentration of the impurity in the gate spacer decreasing in a direction extending from an upper region of the gate spacer to a lower region of the gate spacer; and a source/drain region adjoining the gate spacer and the channel region.
US11695035B2	Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a dummy gate structure on the substrate. The substrate contains source-drain openings on both sides of the dummy gate structure. The semiconductor structure also includes a first stress layer formed on a sidewall of a source-drain opening of the source-drain openings. Further, the semiconductor structure includes a second stress layer formed at a bottom of the source-drain opening and on the first stress layer. The second stress layer fully fills the source-drain opening, and stress of the first stress layer is less than stress of the second stress layer.
US11695033B2	Microelectronic devices A microelectronic device comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode located vertically below said first electrode and separated by a dielectric material; and a connection wire electrically connected to said second electrode; wherein said first electrode comprises a notch located vertically above said connection wire.
US11695029B2	Pixel formation method A method for forming a pixel includes forming, in a semiconductor substrate, a wide trench having an upper depth with respect to a planar top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes ion-implanting a floating-diffusion region between the planar top surface and a junction depth in the semiconductor substrate. In a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the planar top surface, the floating-diffusion region has (i) an upper width between the planar top surface and the upper depth, and (ii) between the upper depth and the junction depth, a lower width that exceeds the upper width. Part of the floating-diffusion region is beneath the wide trench and between the upper depth and the junction depth.
US11695028B2	Low-noise wide dynamic range image sensor A semiconductor image sensor includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel of the sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having opposite front and back sides and laterally delimited by a first insulating wall including a first conductive core insulated from the substrate, electron-hole pairs being capable of forming in the substrate due to a back-side illumination. A circuit is configured to maintain, during a first phase in a first operating mode, the first conductive core at a first potential and to maintain, during at least a portion of the first phase in a second operating mode, the first conductive core at a second potential different from the first potential.
US11695027B2	Semiconductor structure and the manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a semiconductor structure for forming a CMOS image sensor. The semiconductor structure includes at least a photodiode formed in the substrate for collecting photoelectrons, and the photodiode has a pinning layer, a first doped region and a second doped region in order from top to bottom in a height direction of the substrate. The semiconductor structure further includes a third doped region located in the substrate corresponding to a laterally extending region of the second doped region. The first doped region has an ion doping concentration greater than the ion doping concentration of the second doped region, the ion doping concentration of the second doped region is greater than the ion doping concentration of the third doped region, and the third doped region is in contact with the second doped region after diffusion. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing the above-described semiconductor structure.
US11695023B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus and imaging system An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of microlenses. Each of the pixels has a first conversion unit and a second conversion unit surrounding the first conversion unit. The first conversion unit and the second conversion unit each have a light portion to receive light from a corresponding microlens. The first conversion unit and the second conversion unit are under the corresponding microlens. The pixels includes two or more pixels varying in an area ratio between an area of the light *portion of the first conversion unit and an area of the light portion of the second conversion unit.
US11695021B2	Display panel A display panel and an electronic device are provided by the present disclosure, wherein the display panel includes a first area, a second area and a third area. The first area includes a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of first signal lines electrically connected with the plurality of first pixels. The second area includes a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of second signal lines electrically connected with the plurality of second pixels. The third area includes a plurality of third pixels and a plurality of third signal lines electrically connected with the plurality of third pixels. The first area, the second area, and the third area have different transmittances.
US11695017B2	Array substrate, display panel, and display device An array substrate includes a base substrate including a first surface, a plurality of first wirings disposed on the first surface of the base substrate and extending in a first direction, and at least one first light-shielding strip disposed above the first surface of the base substrate. Wirings passing through the sensing component region in the plurality of first wirings are selected first wirings, the selected first wirings are divided into at least one group, each group includes at least two adjacent selected first wirings, and selected first wirings in each group are gathered in the sensing component region to form a first gathering portion. An orthographic projection of each first gathering portion on the first surface of the base substrate is within a range of an orthographic projection of a corresponding first light-shielding strip on the first surface of the base substrate.
US11695015B2	Array substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and display panel An array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate and an array functional layer. The array substrate is provided with a through hole area including a through hole, a buffer area provided around the through hole area, and a display area provided around the buffer area. The buffer area includes part of the substrate and an inorganic film layer provided by the array functional layer. At least a groove is formed in the inorganic film layer around the through hole area, and the groove has a closed ring shape or a non-closed ring shape.
US11695014B2	Semiconductor device and method for controlling semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device having a thin-film BOX-SOI structure and capable of realizing a high-speed operation of a logic circuit and a stable operation of a memory circuit. A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor support substrate, an insulation layer having a thickness of at most 10 nm, and a semiconductor layer. In an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a first field-effect transistor including a first gate electrode and constituting a logic circuit is formed. Further, in the upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a second field-effect transistor including a second gate electrode and constituting a memory circuit is formed. At least three well regions having different conductivity types are formed in the semiconductor support substrate. In the presence of the well regions, a region of the semiconductor support substrate below the first gate electrode and a region of the semiconductor support substrate below the second gate electrode are electrically separated from each other.
US11695010B2	Semiconductor device Wells formed in a semiconductor device can be discharged faster in a transition from a stand-by state to an active state. The semiconductor device includes an n-type well applied, in an active state, with a power supply voltage and, in a stand-by state, with a voltage higher than the power supply voltage, a p-type well applied, in the active state, with a ground voltage and, in the stand-by state, with a voltage lower than the ground voltage, and a path which, in a transition from the stand-by state to the active state, electrically couples the n-type well and the p-type well.
US11695009B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer on a substrate, a channel region on the insulating layer, a gate structure on the insulating layer, the gate structure crossing the channel region, source/drain regions on the insulating layer, the source/drain regions being spaced apart from each other with the gate structure interposed therebetween, the channel region connecting the source/drain regions to each other, and contact plugs connected to the source/drain regions, respectively. The channel region includes a plurality of semiconductor patterns that are vertically spaced apart from each other on the insulating layer, the insulating layer includes first recess regions that are adjacent to the source/drain regions, respectively, and the contact plugs include lower portions provided into the first recess regions, respectively.
US11695007B2	Guard ring capacitor method and structure A method of biasing a guard ring structure includes biasing a gate of a MOS transistor to a first bias voltage level, biasing first and second S/D regions of the MOS transistor to a power domain voltage level, biasing a gate of the guard ring structure to a second bias voltage level, and biasing first and second heavily doped regions of the guard ring structure to the power domain voltage level. Each of the first and second S/D regions has a first doping type, each of the first and second heavily doped regions has a second doping type different from the first doping type, and each of the first and second S/D regions and the first and second heavily doped regions is positioned in a substrate region having the second doping type.
US11695006B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device In a method of forming a FinFET, a first sacrificial layer is formed over a source/drain structure of a FinFET structure and an isolation insulating layer. The first sacrificial layer is recessed so that a remaining layer of the first sacrificial layer is formed on the isolation insulating layer and an upper portion of the source/drain structure is exposed. A second sacrificial layer is formed on the remaining layer and the exposed source/drain structure. The second sacrificial layer and the remaining layer are patterned, thereby forming an opening. A dielectric layer is formed in the opening. After the dielectric layer is formed, the patterned first and second sacrificial layers are removed to form a contact opening over the source/drain structure. A conductive layer is formed in the contact opening.
US11695002B2	Integrated circuit including integrated standard cell structure An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions, first and second standard cells on the first active region and the second active region, and a filler cell between the first and second standard cells and including first and second insulating isolations. The filler cell has a one-pitch dimension. The first and second insulating isolations are spaced the one-pitch dimension apart from each other. The first insulating isolation of the filler cell is disposed at a first boundary between the first standard cell and the filler cell. The second insulating isolation of the filler cell is disposed at a second boundary between the second standard cell and the filler cell. The first and second insulating isolations separate at least a part of the first active region, and at least a part of the second active region.
US11694999B2	Electronic device and fabrication method thereof An electronic device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a circuit structure layer, a package structure, an electronic element, and a plurality of function elements. The circuit structure layer has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The package structure is disposed on the first side of the circuit structure layer. The electronic element is embedded or encapsulated in the package structure. The function elements are disposed on the second side of the circuit structure layer. The function elements are electrically connected to the electronic element through the circuit structure layer. The electronic device provided by the disclosure exhibits borderless design or has a large function region.
US11694994B2	Semiconductor chip stack structure, semiconductor package, and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor chip stack includes first and second semiconductor chips. The first chip includes a first semiconductor substrate having an active surface and an inactive surface, a first insulating layer formed on the inactive surface, and first pads formed in the first insulating layer. The second semiconductor chip includes a second semiconductor substrate having an active surface and an inactive surface, a second insulating layer formed on the active surface, second pads formed in the second insulating layer, a polymer layer formed on the second insulating layer, UBM patterns buried in the polymer layer; and buried solders formed on the UBM patterns, respectively, and buried in the polymer layer. A lower surface of the buried solders is coplanar with that of the polymer layer, the buried solders contact the first pads, respectively, at a contact surface, and a cross-sectional area of the buried solders is greatest on the contact surface.
US11694992B2	Near tier decoupling capacitors An integrated circuit package structure is provided that includes a chip carrier substrate, at least one processor die provided on the chip carrier substrate, a plurality of lateral escape wiring lines connected to and extending away from the at least one processor die, and a plurality of chips at least partially surrounding the processor die, at least one of the chips overlapping with at least one of the lateral escape wiring lines in a plan view. An interconnect structure of the chips includes at least one vertical power feed structure that is configured and positioned not to intersect with the lateral escape wiring lines in the plan view.
US11694990B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area defined therein and including a plurality of signal pads overlapping the non-display area, an electronic component including a base layer with an upper surface and a lower surface, a plurality of driving pads disposed on the lower surface of the base layer, and a plurality of driving bumps respectively disposed on the plurality of driving pads, the plurality of driving bumps being respectively connected to the signal pads, and a filler disposed between the display panel and the electronic component. A first hole is defined in the upper surface of the base layer, and the first hole does not overlap the plurality of driving bumps in a plan view.
US11694973B2	Electromagnetic shielding metal-insulator-metal capacitor structure The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method, and more particularly to a semiconductor interposer device. The semiconductor interposer device includes a substrate and a first metallization layer formed on the substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed on the first metallization layer and a second metallization layer is formed on the substrate. A first conducting line is formed in the first metallization layer and second and third conducting lines are formed in the second metallization layer. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is formed in the first dielectric layer and over the first conducting line. The MIM capacitor includes (i) a top capacitor electrode in the first dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the second conducting line; (ii) a bottom capacitor electrode in the first dielectric layer and above the first conducting line, wherein the bottom capacitor electrode is configured to be electrically floating; and (iii) a second dielectric layer between the top and bottom capacitor electrodes.
US11694971B1	Electro-optic package featuring sputtered EMI shield Embodiments relate to a die package featuring a sputtered metal shield to reduce Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI). According to a particular embodiment, a die featuring a top surface exposed by surrounding Molded Underfill (MUF) material, is subjected to metal sputtering. The resulting sputtered metal shield is in direct physical and thermal contact with the die, and is in electrical contact with a substrate supporting the die (e.g., to provide shield grounding). Specific embodiments may be particularly suited to reducing the EMI of a package containing an electro-optic die, to between 3-15 dB. The conformal nature and small thickness of the sputtered metal shield desirably conserves space and reduces package footprint. Direct physical contact between the shield and the die surface exposed by the MUF, enhances thermal communication (e.g., reducing junction temperature). According to certain embodiments, the sputtered metal shield comprises a stainless steel liner, copper, and a stainless steel coating.
US11694970B2	Plated pillar dies having integrated electromagnetic shield layers Wafer processing techniques, or methods for forming semiconductor rides, are disclosed for fabricating plated pillar dies having die-level electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield layers. In embodiments, the method includes depositing a metallic seed layer over a semiconductor wafer and contacting die pads thereon. An electroplating process is then performed to compile plated pillars on the metallic seed layer and across the semiconductor wafer. Following electroplating, selected regions of the metallic seed layer are removed to produce electrical isolation gaps around a first pillar type, while leaving intact portions of the metallic seed layer to yield a wafer-level EMI shield layer. The semiconductor wafer is separated into singulated plated pillar dies, each including a die-level EMI shield layer and plated pillars of the first pillar type electrically isolated from the EMI shield layer.
US11694968B2	Three dimensional integrated semiconductor architecture having alignment marks provided in a carrier substrate Provided is a semiconductor architecture including a carrier substrate, alignment marks provided in the carrier substrate, the alignment marks being provided from a first surface of the carrier substrate to a second surface of the carrier substrate, a first semiconductor device provided on the first surface of the carrier substrate based on the alignment marks, a second semiconductor device provided on the second surface of the carrier substrate based on the alignment marks and aligned with the first semiconductor device.
US11694961B2	Semiconductor package having an interposer and method of manufacturing semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a package substrate. An interposer is disposed on the package substrate. The interposer in a semiconductor substrate, a wiring layer disposed on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a plurality of wirings therein, redistribution wiring pads disposed on the wiring layer and electrically connected to the wirings, bonding pads disposed on the redistribution wiring pads, and an insulation layer pattern disposed on the wiring layer and exposing at least a portion of the bonding pad, and first and second semiconductor devices disposed on the interposer. The first and second semiconductor devices are spaced apart from each other and are electrically connected to each other by at least one of the wirings.
US11694951B2	Zero-misalignment two-via structures A device package and a method of forming a device package are described. The device package includes an interposer with interconnects on an interconnect package layer and a conductive layer on the interposer. The device package has dies on the conductive layer, where the package layer includes a zero-misalignment two-via stack (ZM2VS) and a dielectric. The ZM2VS is directly coupled to the interconnect. The ZM2VS may further include the dielectric on a conductive pad, a first via on a first seed, and the first seed on a top surface of the conductive pad, where the first via extends through dielectric. The ZM2VS may also have a conductive trace on dielectric, and a second via on a second seed, the second seed is on the dielectric, where the conductive trace connects to first and second vias, where second via connects to an edge of conductive trace opposite from first via.
US11694950B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package has a substrate, a chip and an encapsulation. The substrate has a dielectric layer, a copper wiring layer and a solder resist layer formed thereon. The copper wiring layer is formed on the dielectric layer and is covered by the solder resist layer. The solder resist layer has a chip area defined thereon and an annular opening formed thereon. The annular opening surrounds the chip area and exposes part of the copper wiring layer. The chip is mounted on the chip area and is encapsulated by the encapsulation. Therefore, the semiconductor package with the annular opening makes the solder resist layer discontinuous, and the concentration stress is decreased to avoid a crack formed on the solder resist layer or the copper wiring layer when doing thermal-cycle test.
US11694943B2	Semiconductor device including heat dissipation structure and fabricating method of the same A semiconductor device includes a chip package comprising a semiconductor die laterally encapsulated by an insulating encapsulant, the semiconductor die having an active surface, a back surface opposite to the active surface, and a thermal enhancement pattern on the back surface; and a heat dissipation structure connected to the chip package, the heat dissipation structure comprising a heat spreader having a flow channel for a cooling liquid, and the cooling liquid in the flow channel being in contact with the thermal enhancement pattern.
US11694938B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a case enclosing a region filled with a sealing material. The case is made of resin. An electrode is fixed to the case. A section, which is a part of the electrode, is provided with a cutout that allows a part of the resin making the case to be exposed to the region.
US11694937B2	Semiconductor wafer and method of probe testing Implementations of methods of making a semiconductor device may include: providing a partial semiconductor wafer. The method may also include providing a wafer holder including a tape portion with one or more openings through the tape portion. The method may include mounting the partial semiconductor wafer over the one or more openings in the tape portion of the wafer holder and providing an electrical connection to the partial semiconductor wafer through the one or more openings in the tape portion during probe test.
US11694934B2	FIB delayering endpoint detection by monitoring sputtered materials using RGA A method of milling a sample that includes a first layer formed over a second layer, where the first and second layers are different materials, the method comprising: milling the region of the sample by scanning a focused ion beam over the region a plurality of iterations in which, for each iteration, the focused ion beam removes material from the sample generating byproducts from the milled region; detecting, during the milling, the partial pressures of one or more byproducts with a residual gas analyzer positioned to have a direct line of sight to the milled region; generating, in real-time, an output detection signal from the residual gas analyzer indicative of an amount of the one or more byproducts detected; and stopping the milling based on the output signal.
US11694931B2	Metal gate structure cutting process A semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second fins protruding from the substrate, and first and second source/drain (S/D) features over the first and second fins respectively. The semiconductor device further includes an isolation feature over the substrate and disposed between the first and second S/D features, and a dielectric layer disposed on sidewalls of the first and second S/D features and on sidewalls of the isolation feature. A top portion of the isolation feature extends above the dielectric layer.
US11694926B2	Barrier free interface between beol interconnects The present disclosure relates an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a first interconnect disposed within an inter-level dielectric (ILD) structure over a substrate. A barrier layer is disposed along sidewalls of the ILD structure. The barrier layer has sidewalls defining an opening over the first interconnect. A second interconnect is disposed on the barrier layer. The second interconnect extends through the opening in the barrier layer and to the first interconnect.
US11694923B2	Method for preparing semiconductor device with air spacer The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a semiconductor device with air spacer for decreasing electrical coupling. The method comprises: forming a plurality of composite pillars over a substrate, wherein the composite pillars include conductive pillars and dielectric caps over the conductive pillars; transforming a sidewall portion of the conductive pillar into a first transformed portion; removing the first transformed portion such that a width of the dielectric cap is greater than a width of a remaining portion of the conductive pillar; forming a supporting pillar between adjacent two of the plurality of composite pillars; and forming a sealing layer at least contacts a top portion of the supporting pillar and a top of the dielectric cap, and air spacers are formed between the sealing layer, the supporting pillar and the remaining portions of the conductive pillars.
US11694920B2	Substrate support device, thermal processing apparatus, substrate support method, and thermal processing method A substrate support device relating to technology disclosed in the description of the present application includes: a holding plate for opposing a substrate bowable by being heated by irradiation with flash light; and a plurality of substrate support pins provided on the holding plate and being for supporting the substrate, wherein the plurality of substrate support pins are arranged at locations where a volume of a space between the holding plate and the substrate in an unbowed state and a volume of a space between the holding plate and the substrate in a bowed state are equal to each other. Breakage of the substrate can be suppressed in a case where the substrate is bowed by flash light.
US11694914B2	Systems for integrated decomposition and scanning of a semiconducting wafer Systems and methods are described for integrated decomposition and scanning of a semiconducting wafer, where a single chamber is utilized for decomposition and scanning of the wafer of interest.
US11694903B2	Area selective organic material removal Aspects of this disclosure relate to selective removal of material of a layer, such as a carbon-containing layer. The layer can be over a patterned structure of two different materials. Treating the layer to cause the removal agent to be catalytically activated by a first area of the patterned structure to remove material of the organic material over the first area at a greater rate than over a second area of the patterned structure having a different composition from the first area.
US11694900B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes an n-type semiconductor layer; a first metal layer provided on the n-type semiconductor layer, the first metal layer including first atoms capable of being n-type impurities in the n-type semiconductor layer; a second metal layer provided on the first metal layer, the second metal layer including titanium atoms; a third metal layer provided on the second metal layer; and a second atom capable of being a p-type impurity in the n-type semiconductor layer. The second atom and a part of the titanium atoms are included in a vicinity of an interface between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
US11694899B2	Interconnect structures and methods and apparatuses for forming the same Interconnect structures and methods and apparatuses for forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes supplying a process gas to a process chamber; igniting the process gas into a plasma in the process chamber; reducing a pressure of the process chamber to less than 0.3 mTorr; and after reducing the pressure of the process chamber, depositing a conductive layer on a substrate in the process chamber.
US11694895B2	Method and use for low-temperature epitaxy and film texturing between a two-dimensional crystalline layer and metal film A method of making a crystallographically-oriented metallic film with a two-dimensional crystal layer, comprising the steps of providing a metal film on a substrate, transferring a two-dimensional crystal layer onto the metal film and forming a two-dimensional crystal layer on metal film complex, heating the two-dimensional crystal layer on metal film complex, and forming a crystallographically-oriented metallic film with a two-dimensional crystal layer. A crystallographically-oriented metallic film with a two-dimensional crystal layer, comprising a substrate, a metal film on the substrate, a two-dimensional crystal layer on the metal film on the substrate, and a tunable microstructure within the porous metal/two-dimensional crystal layer on the substrate, wherein the metal film has crystallographic registry to the two-dimensional crystal layer.
US11694893B2	Semiconductor manufacturing parts comprising SiC deposition layer, and manufacturing method therefor The present invention relates to semiconductor manufacturing parts used in a dry etching process. Semiconductor manufacturing parts comprising a SiC deposition layer, of the present invention, comprises: a base material; and a SiC deposition layer formed on the surface of the base material, wherein the thickness ratio of the base material and the SiC deposition layer is 2:1 to 100:1.
US11694882B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus that processes a substrate using particles, includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the substrate along a conveyance surface, a particle source configured to emit particles, a rotation mechanism configured to make the particle source pivot about a rotation axis, and a movement mechanism configured to move the particle source such that a distance between the particle source and the conveyance surface is changed.
US11694881B2	Stage and plasma processing apparatus A stage according to an exemplary embodiment has an electrostatic chuck. The electrostatic chuck has a base and a chuck main body. The chuck main body is provided on the base and configured to hold a substrate with electrostatic attractive force. The chuck main body has a plurality of first heaters and a plurality of second heaters. The number of second heaters is larger than the number of first heaters. The first heater controller drives the plurality of first heaters by an alternating current output or a direct current output from a first power source. The second heater controller drives the plurality of second heaters by an alternating current output or a direct current output from a second power source which has electric power lower than electric power of the output from the first power source.
US11694880B2	Lift thimble system, reaction chamber, and semiconductor processing equipment The present disclosure discloses a lift thimble system, a reaction chamber, and semiconductor processing equipment, including a wafer thimble device configured to lift a wafer from a base by rising or drop the wafer onto the base by descending, and a focus ring thimble device configured to lift a focus ring from an initial position of the focus ring by rising to cause an inner ring area of an upper surface of the focus ring to lift an edge area of the wafer, or cause the focus ring to return to the initial position by descending. The technical solutions of the system, the reaction chamber, and the equipment of the present disclosure improve maintenance efficiency of an abnormal situation, and double the service lifetime of the focus ring. Moreover, the technical solutions may further realize replacement of the focus ring without damaging reaction chamber vacuum to improve efficiency.
US11694869B2	Evaluating a contact between a wafer and an electrostatic chuck A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a device. The method may include (a) introducing a voltage difference between an absolute value of a negative pole of the electrostatic chuck and an absolute value of a positive pole of the electrostatic chuck, the introducing occurs while the wafer is supported by the electrostatic chuck and is contacted by one or more conductive contact pins of the electrostatic chuck; (b) monitoring, by an electrostatic sensor that comprises a sensing element, a charge at a point of measurement located at a front side of the wafer, at different points of time that follow a start of the introducing of the voltage difference, to provide monitoring results; and (c) determining an electrical parameter of the contact between the wafer and the electrostatic chuck, based on the monitoring results.
US11694865B2	Tilt ball switch A tilt ball switch has a chamber space, and includes a first terminal, a second terminal including two outer terminal members and an inner terminal member, and a conductive ball movably disposed in the chamber space and convertible between a conducting state, in which the conductive ball is in contact with the first terminal and the inner terminal member so that the first terminal is conductively connected to the outer terminal members, and a non-conducting state, in which the conductive ball is prevented from being in contact with one of the first terminal and the inner terminal member so that the first terminal is prevented from being conductively connected to the outer terminal members.
US11694864B2	Vacuum interrupter with trap for running cathode tracks A vacuum interrupter having a structure to trap running cathode tracks is disclosed. The interrupter includes a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly, at least one of which is moveable. The interrupter also includes a sidewall having a longitudinal axis. One or more trench structures are formed in at least one of the electrode assemblies. Each trench structure has an opening that faces the other electrode assembly in a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal axis, to trap the running cathode tracks to prevent them from getting close to the sidewall.
US11694861B2	Low-force button design A button for use with an image capture device in an underwater environment that includes a movable plunger configured to cause actuation of the image capture device and upper and lower components collectively defining an internal cavity that is configured to receive the plunger. The upper and lower components are configured and connected such that actuation of the image capture device is prevented until a threshold pressure is applied to the upper component that is greater than external water pressure applied in the underwater environment. The upper component includes at least one opening that is configured to allow water to enter the internal cavity to modify an internal pressure within the internal cavity so as to reduce the threshold pressure required to actuate the image capture device in the underwater environment.
US11694857B2	Household appliance with a user interface A user interface for a home appliance comprises a circuit board having at least one mechanically actuated switch having a first area. The user interface further comprises an input interface having at least one button defining a second area, greater than the first area, and having an actuator corresponding to the switch. The button is coupled to at least one of the circuit board or the input interface for relative movement between an actuation position, where the actuator actuates the switch, and a non-actuation position, where the actuator does not actuate the switch.
US11694856B2	High voltage relay resistant to instantaneous high-current impact A high voltage relay resistant to instantaneous high-current impact is disclosed, and includes an electromagnet system, a control system, a contact system, and a base support. In the present solution, an electromagnetic force generated by the contact system is used to resolve a problem of contact separation caused by an electric repulsion force generated by an instantaneous high-current.
US11694851B2	Capacitors with improved power cycling An improved electrolytic capacitor, and method of making the electrolytic capacitor, is provided. The electrolytic capacitor comprises an anode comprising a dielectric layer on the anode. A primary conductive polymer layer is on dielectric and a mordant layer on the primary conductive layer wherein the mordant layer comprises a mordant compound of Formula A; wherein: each of R1-R6 is independently selected from H and —PO(OR7)2 wherein each R7 is independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl of 1-20 carbons, substituted or unsubstituted aryl of 6-20 carbons or an alkylaryl of 7-21 carbons; with the proviso that at least one of R1-R6 is —PO(OH)2. A secondary conductive polymer layer is on the mordant layer.
US11694848B2	Multilayered ceramic capacitor, mounting structure of circuit board having thereon multilayered ceramic capacitor, packing unit for multilayered ceramic capacitor There is provided a multilayered ceramic capacitor, including: a ceramic body; an active layer including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes; an upper cover layer; a lower cover layer formed below the active layer, the lower cover layer being thicker than the upper cover layer; first and second external electrodes; at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes repeatedly formed inside the lower cover layer, wherein, when A is defined as ½ of an overall thickness of the ceramic body, B is defined as a thickness of the lower cover layer, C is defined as ½ of an overall thickness of the active layer, and D is defined as a thickness of the upper cover layer, a ratio of deviation between a center of the active layer and a center of the ceramic body, (B+C)/A, satisfies 1.063≤(B+C)/A≤1.745.
US11694847B2	Multilayer capacitor and board having the same mounted thereon A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes, the capacitor body having first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed through the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces, and the second internal electrode being exposed through the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a first side portion and a second side portion, respectively disposed on the fifth surface and the sixth surface of the capacitor body, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode, respectively be connected to the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode. The first and second side portions comprise an acicular second phase including a glass comprising aluminum (Al) and silicon (Si), manganese (Mn), and phosphorus (P), and a volume of the second phase is 30% or more with respect to the entire first and second side portions.
US11694844B2	Multilayer electronic component A multilayer electronic component includes a body including first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to fourth surfaces and opposing each other in a third direction and including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in the first direction, and external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces, wherein the external electrodes include an electrode layer disposed on the body and a conductive resin layer disposed on the electrode layer, and the conductive resin layer includes a conductive metal, an epoxy resin, and an acrylic resin.
US11694840B2	Transformer arrangement Provided is a transformer arrangement wherein active and/or reactive power can be injected in an alternating current link using a current regulator and a voltage regulator portion, wherein at least one winding with which the current regulator is connected in parallel is at least one tertiary winding, and wherein the current regulator includes a number of current regulator sections, each connected to a corresponding voltage regular section of a voltage regulator portion via a corresponding dc link.
US11694839B2	Base configured as an electronic component or a circuit board A base includes a main body and a multilayer metal film disposed on the main body. The multilayer metal film includes a first metal film disposed on the main body, the first metal film having conductivity, second metal film on the first metal film and above the main body, the second metal film having resistance to solder leaching, and a third metal film on the second metal film, the third metal film having wettability. The third metal film includes an inwardly extended portion extending between the second metal film and the main body.
US11694838B2	Coil electronic component A coil electronic component includes an insulating substrate, a coil portion disposed on at least one surface of the insulating substrate, a body in which the insulating substrate and the coil portion are embedded, a lead-out portion connected to the coil portion and exposed from a surface of the body, and a connection portion including a plurality of connecting conductors each having a bent portion to increase lengths of the plurality of connecting conductors embedded in the body, the plurality of connecting conductors being spaced apart from each other, the connection portion connecting an end of the coil portion to the lead-out portion to each other.
US11694833B2	Inductor component and DC/DC converter using the same Disclosed herein is an inductor component that includes a magnetic core having magnetic thin ribbons laminated in a z-direction, a first coil conductor inserted into first and second through holes penetrating the magnetic core in the z-direction, and a second coil conductor inserted into third and fourth through holes penetrating the magnetic core in the z-direction. Each of the magnetic thin ribbons is divided into a plurality of small pieces by net-shaped cracks. A periphery of each of the first to fourth through holes is surrounded by the plurality of small pieces without being circumferentially divided by a slit having a size larger than the crack.
US11694832B2	High voltage high frequency transformer A transformer includes a closed loop core having a first leg and a second leg. The transformer also includes a first primary winding surrounding the first and second legs, a second primary winding surrounding the first and second legs, and first and second secondary windings surrounding the first and second legs, respectively, and disposed between the first and second primary windings. A first turn of the first and second secondary windings are disposed on a first interlayer winding layer, and other turns of the first and second secondary windings are disposed on a first layer that is further from the first primary winding than the first interlayer winding layer.
US11694831B2	Haptic actuator including outwardly extending terminals from first and second housing shells and related methods A haptic actuator may include a housing that includes first and second shells coupled together. The first shell may include a first body and first terminals extending outwardly therefrom. The second shell may include a second body and second terminals extending outwardly therefrom with each of the second terminals being secured with a respective one of the first terminals defining pairs of first and second secured-together terminals. The haptic actuator may also include at least one coil carried by the housing and a field member movable within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. A respective flexure may be between adjacent end portions of the housing and the field member.
US11694826B2	Method of preparing bonded magnet and bonded magnet The present disclosure aims to provide a bonded magnet having good magnetic properties and a method of preparing the bonded magnet. The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a bonded magnet, including: a first compression step of compressing a magnetic powder having an average particle size of 10 μm or less while magnetically orienting it to obtain a first molded article; a second compression step of bringing the first molded article into contact with a thermosetting resin having a viscosity of 200 mPa·s or less, followed by compression to obtain a second molded article; and a heat treatment step of heat treating the second molded article.
US11694825B2	Radial-leaded over-current protection device A radial-leaded over-current protection device comprises a PTC element, a first electrode lead, a second electrode lead and an electrically insulating encapsulation layer. The PTC element comprises a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a PTC material layer laminated therebetween. The PTC material layer comprises crystalline polymer and conductive filler dispersed therein. The first electrode lead has an end connecting to the first conductive layer, whereas the second electrode lead has an end connecting to the second conductive layer. The electrically insulating encapsulation layer includes a fluorine-containing polymer, and wraps around an entire outer surface of the PTC element and the ends of the first and second electrodes connecting to the PTC element. The electrically insulating encapsulation layer has a thickness of 102˜105 nm, and the radial-leaded over-current protection device has an initial resistance Rbf of 0.0017˜0.0027Ω.
US11694824B2	MGB2 superconducting wire material and manufacturing method therefor The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for causing sufficient deformation in precursor particles even when a soft high-purity metal is used for an outer layer material in mechanical milling, and manufacturing an MgB2 superconducting wire. A method for manufacturing an MgB2 superconducting wire in which an MgB2 filament is covered by an outer layer material, the method comprising: subjecting magnesium powder and boron powder to a shock that is insufficient for MgB2 to be clearly produced, and producing precursor particles in which boron particles are dispersed inside a magnesium matrix; filling a metal tub with the precursor particles; processing the metal tube filled with precursor particles to form a wire; and heat-treating the wire to synthesize the MgB2; wherein the method is characterized in that a portion of the wire-drawing step includes swaging.
US11694820B2	Radiation source apparatus and method for using the same A radiation source apparatus includes a vessel, a laser source, a collector, and a reflective mirror. The vessel has an exit aperture. The laser source is at one end of the vessel and configured to excite a target material to form a plasma. The collector is disposed in the vessel and configured to collect a radiation emitted by the plasma and to direct the collected radiation to the exit aperture of the vessel. The reflective mirror is in the vessel and configured to reflect the laser beam toward an edge of the vessel.
US11694819B1	Electromagnetic wave-trapping device An electromagnetic wave-trapping device including two surfaces, each disposed in a plane, the two surfaces disposed at a first angle with respect to one another to form an opening, one of the two surfaces is configured to be orientated such that an incident electromagnetic ray through the opening, is disposed at a second angle with respect to the one of the two surfaces.
US11694816B2	Self-powered in-core detector arrangement for measuring flux in a nuclear reactor core A self-powered in-core detector arrangement for measuring flux in a nuclear reactor core includes a first in-core detector and a second in-core detector. The first in-core detector includes a first flux detecting material, a first lead wire extending longitudinally from a first axial end of the first flux detecting material, a first insulating material surrounding outer diameters of the first flux detecting material and the first lead wire and a first sheath surrounding the first insulating material. The first sheath includes a first section surrounding the first flux detecting material and a second section surrounding the first lead wire. The first section of the first sheath has a greater outer diameter than the second section of the first sheath. The second in-core detector includes a second flux detecting material, a second lead wire extending longitudinally from a first axial end of the second flux detecting material, a second insulating material surrounding outer diameters of the second flux detecting material and the second lead wire, and a second sheath surrounding the second insulating material. The second sheath includes a first section surrounding the second flux detecting material and a second section surrounding the second lead wire. The first section of the second sheath has a greater outer diameter than the second section of the second sheath. The first section of the first sheath is axially offset from the first section of the second sheath and radially aligned with the second section of second sheath.
US11694815B2	Intelligent ranking of sections of clinical practical guidelines Embodiments for implementing intelligent ranking of sections of clinical practice guidelines by a processor. One or more clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) may be identified and analyzed. A score may be assigned to one or more sections of the CPGs according evidential data identified in one or more data sources. The one or more sections of the CPGs may be ranked according to the scoring.
US11694813B2	Left ventricular volume and cardiac output estimation using machine learning model Methods and systems are disclosed for creating and using a neural network model to estimate a cardiac parameter of a patient, and using the estimated parameter in providing blood pump support to improve patient cardiac performance and heart health. Particular adaptations include adjusting blood pump parameters and determining whether and how to increase or decrease support, or wean the patient from the blood pump altogether. The model is created based on neural network processing of data from a first patient set and includes measured hemodynamic and pump parameters compared to a cardiac parameter measured in situ, for example the left ventricular volume measured by millar (in animals) or inca (in human) catheter. After development of a model based on the first set of patients, the model is applied to a patient in a second set to estimate the cardiac parameter without use of an additional catheter or direct measurement.
US11694812B2	Method and system for assessing, quantifying, coding and communicating patient's health and perioperative risk A multi-dimensional system for assessing, coding, quantifying, displaying, integrating and communicating information relating to patient health and perioperative risk includes a mechanism for inputting patient information and providing an output relating to the patient health and perioperative risk. The output includes a score for the physical condition of the patient, a score for the degree of expected surgical risk and invasiveness, a score for other vital assessments of perioperative complexity, and alphanumeric codes for other factors that may require special preoperative preparation and planning.
US11694803B2	System and method for detecting neurological disorders and for measuring general cognitive performance Methods and systems useful for detecting neurological disorders and for measuring general cognitive performance, in particular by measuring eye movements and/or pupil diameter during eye-movement tasks.
US11694802B2	Systems and methods for improving diseases diagnosis The present invention relates to systems and methods for improving the accuracy of disease diagnosis and to associated diagnostic tests involving the correlation of measured analytes with binary outcomes (e.g., not-disease or disease), as well as higher-order outcomes (e.g., one of several phases of a disease). Methods of the present invention use biomarker sets, preferably those with orthogonal functionality, to obtain concentration and proximity score values for disease and non-disease states. The biomarker set's proximity scores are graphed on an orthogonal grid, with one dimension for each biomarker. The proximity scores and orthogonal gridding is then used to calculate a disease state or non-disease state diagnosis for the patient.
US11694801B2	Identifying and extracting stimulus-response variables from electronic health records A plurality of events are extracted from a plurality of electronic health records associated with a first patient. The extracted plurality of events are analyzed to identify a plurality of stimulus events and a plurality of response events. An association between a first stimulus event and a first response event is determined. A stimulus-response (SR) variable is generated for the first patient based at least in part on the determined association, and the generated SR variable is integrated into one or more predictive cognitive models.
US11694794B2	System and method for reduction of inadvertent activation of medical device during manipulation Inadvertent activation of a portable medical device such as an ambulatory infusion pump can be reduced by locking a touchscreen of the device when it is indicated that an uninterrupted operation is to be performed. When a processor receives a device operation input from the touchscreen that indicates an uninterrupted operation is to be performed on the portable device, the touchscreen is automatically locked such that touch input at the touchscreen is not processed by the processor to navigate between or among menu screens or set pump parameters. Following completion of the uninterrupted operation, the touchscreen can be unlocked. In one embodiment, the touchscreen can be unlocked by selection of an unlock icon on the touchscreen.
US11694792B2	AI system for predicting reading time and reading complexity for reviewing 2D/3D breast images Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for predicting the reading time and/or reading complexity of a breast image. In aspects, a first set of data relating to the reading time of breast images may be collected from one or more data sources, such as image acquisition workstations, image review workstations, and healthcare professional profile data. The first set of data may be used to train a predictive model to predict/estimate an expected reading time and/or an expected reading complexity for various breast images. Subsequently, a second set of data comprising at least one breast image may be provided as input to the trained predictive model. The trained predictive model may output an estimated reading time and/or reading complexity for the breast image. The output of the trained predictive model may be used to prioritize mammographic studies or optimize the utilization of available time for radiologists.
US11694791B2	On-board apparatus, first information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method A medical treatment server is configured to reduce load on physicians for work other than examination and treatment. The server is configured to send recruiting conditions and in response receive undertaking conditions that are related to a physician who does not belong to the medical facility. A controller decides whether to appoint the physician depending on whether a pickup location included in the received undertaking conditions is apart from a location of the medical facility by a distance equal to or greater than a threshold. Upon deciding to appoint the physician, the controller determines a pickup location included in the undertaking conditions to be a stopover point.
US11694789B2	Medical examination support apparatus A medical examination support apparatus includes: a display screen generation unit that generates a display screen for displaying a medical examination process and identification information of a patient so as to be associated with each other for each of a plurality of patients; and an unread management unit that displays a status, which includes information indicating that the medical examination process has been unread, or information indicating that the medical examination process has been read, or both the pieces of information, on the display screen. In a case where there is a revision in the medical examination process whose status is unread or read, the unread management unit displays the status of the medical examination process, which has been revised, in a display mode different from display modes indicating unread and read.
US11694788B2	Healthcare protocols for use with a distributed ledger Systems and methods may use healthcare protocols for use with distributed ledger technology. The healthcare protocols may be used to, among other things, classify event data items as distributed ledger data items such that record of such classified event data items may be stored in a distributed ledger. Further, the healthcare protocols may be modified over time, and record of such modifications may also be stored in a distributed ledger.
US11694787B2	System and method for generating a cognitive disorder nourishment program A system for generating a cognitive disorder nourishment program comprises a computing device configured to obtain a cognitive indicator element, produce a cognitive appraisal as a function of the cognitive indicator element, wherein producing further comprises identifying a cognitive function as a function of an experience label, and producing the cognitive appraisal as a function of the cognitive function and cognitive indicator element using a cognitive machine-learning model, determine an edible as a function of the cognitive appraisal, and generate a nourishment program as a function of the edible.
US11694786B1	Recommendation methods, systems and devices Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices, and methods for making recommendations to users for, individually or together, goods, services, and information/media (e.g., audio, video, publications), as well as verifying the veracity of data/information, based upon an emotional impact of such goods/services and/or media/information on the user, other users, and/or other individuals, as well some embodiments directed to systems, devices, and methods for treating one or more brain functions, including neurological conditions and episodes associated therewith by determining (and optionally providing) media (e.g., audio, but in some embodiments, any of audio, textual information, and video), which may be referred to as optimal medical media (“OMM”).
US11694784B2	Infusion systems and related personalized bolusing methods Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a patient involves obtaining, by a control system associated with the infusion device, an input meal indication, obtaining historical data for the patient associated with the input meal indication, determining an estimated carbohydrate amount corresponding to the input meal indication based at least in part on the historical data, determining a bolus dosage of the insulin based at least in part on the estimated carbohydrate amount, and operating an actuation arrangement of the infusion device to deliver the bolus dosage of the insulin to the patient.
US11694778B2	Personalized health system, method and device having a nutrition function A personal health system, method and device that maintains a health knowledge base, inputs user characteristics, generates health scores based on the user characteristics and provides recommendations based on the user characteristics, health scores and knowledge base, wherein the recommendations are indicated by the knowledge base to be likely to improve the user's health.
US11694774B1	Platform for perpetual clinical collaboration and innovation with patient communication using anonymized electronic health record data, clinical, and patient reported outcomes and data Described are web-based clinical data stores, mobile clinician applications, web-based patient portals, and aggregated decision engines comprising: a translation module configured to express aggregated electronic medical records in a format that is human-readable and accessible to an inference engine and/or a machine learning algorithm; a notation module configured to express relationships between treatment steps to generate human-readable diagrams and to transmit the diagrams as instructions to the inference engine or the machine learning algorithm; an encryption-based decentralized zero-trust de-identification and anonymization module to protect private patient information when releasing records for research purposes outside the treating physician’s protected network; an inference engine configured to receive inputs from the translated medical records of a patient and a subset of interlinked treatment steps selected by the treating physician to generate outputs comprising predictions and probabilities; and a machine learning algorithm configured to read and aggregate the anonymized, translated medical records of multiple patients from multiple treating physicians and possibly combine them with one or more tumor registries to test hypotheses.
US11694771B2	System and method for populating electronic health records with wireless earpieces A system, method and wireless earpieces for populating an electronic health record utilizing wireless earpieces. Sensor measurements of a user are performed utilizing sensors of the wireless earpieces. The sensor measurements are analyzed. The sensor measurements are associated with the electronic health record of the user. The electronic health record of the user is populated with the sensor measurements. Communications including information from the electronic health record are communicated.
US11694762B2	Memory device with a memory repair mechanism and methods for operating the same Methods, apparatuses and systems related to managing repair assets are described. An apparatus stores a repair segment locator and a repair address for each defect repair. The apparatus may be configured to selectively apply a repair asset to one of multiple sections according to the repair segment locator.
US11694760B2	Uncorrectable ECC Disclosed in some examples are NAND devices, firmware, systems, methods, and devices that apply smart algorithms to process ECC errors by taking advantage of excess overprovisioning. In some examples, when the amount of overprovisioned blocks are above a predetermined threshold, a first ECC block error handling mode may be implemented and when the overprovisioned blocks are equal or less than the predetermined threshold, a second mode of ECC block error handling may be utilized.
US11694747B2	Self-selecting memory cells configured to store more than one bit per memory cell Systems, methods and apparatus to program a memory cell to have a threshold voltage to a level representative of one value among more than two predetermined values. A first voltage pulse is driven across the memory cell to cause a predetermined current to go through the memory cell. The first voltage pulse is sufficient to program the memory cell to a level representative of a first value. To program the memory cell to a level representative of a second value, a second voltage pulse, different from the first voltage pulse, is driven across the memory cell within a time period of residual poling in the memory cell caused by the first voltage pulse.
US11694741B2	Internal voltage generation circuit and semiconductor memory apparatus including the same An internal voltage generation circuit includes an enable control circuit configured to generate a final enable signal by limiting an activation time point of an enable signal to a point in time after a reset time, after the enable signal is inactivated. The internal voltage generation circuit also includes a start-up control circuit configured to perform a reset operation during the reset time and generate a start-up signal based on the final enable signal, a reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate a reference voltage based on the start-up signal, a current generation circuit configured to generate a reference current based on the reference voltage, and a voltage generation circuit configured to generate an internal voltage based on the reference current.
US11694740B2	Memory device, memory system including memory device, and method of operating memory device A memory device, a memory system including the memory device, and a method of operating the memory device are described. The memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of planes, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a read operation including a channel initialization operation on a selected memory block among a plurality of memory blocks included in each of the plurality of planes, and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the read operation including the channel initialization operation, and the control logic sets an activation time of the channel initialization operation based on an read mode of the read operation.
US11694737B1	Write scheme for multi-element gain ferroelectric memory bit-cell with plate-line parallel to word-line to minimize write disturb effects A memory is provided which comprises a capacitor including non-linear polar material. The capacitor may have a first terminal coupled to a node (e.g., a storage node) and a second terminal coupled to a plate-line. The capacitors can be a planar capacitor or non-planar capacitor (also known as pillar capacitor). The memory includes a transistor coupled to the node and a bit-line, wherein the transistor is controllable by a word-line, wherein the plate-line is parallel to the bit-line. The memory includes a refresh circuitry to refresh charge on the capacitor periodically or at a predetermined time. The refresh circuit can utilize one or more of the endurance mechanisms. When the plate-line is parallel to the bit-line, a specific read and write scheme may be used to reduce the disturb voltage for unselected bit-cells. A different scheme is used when the plate-line is parallel to the word-line.
US11694732B2	Active random access memory Systems and methods for processing commands at a random access memory. A series of commands are received to read data from the random access memory or to write data to the random access memory. The random access memory can process commands at a first rate when the series of commands matches a pattern, and at a second, slower, rate when the series of commands does not match the pattern. A determination is made as to whether the series of commands matches the pattern based on at least a current command and a prior command in the series of commands. A ready signal is asserted when said determining determines that the series of commands matches the pattern, where the random access memory is configured to receive and process commands faster than the second rate when the pattern is matched and the ready signal is asserted over a period of multiple commands.
US11694730B2	Memory device, method of operating the memory device, memory module, and method of operating the memory module A method is for operating a nonvolatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM). The NVDIMM includes a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and a nonvolatile memory (NVM) device, the DRAM including a first input/output (I/O) port and a second I/O port, and the second I/O port connected to the NVM device. The method includes receiving an externally supplied command signal denoting a read/write command and a transfer mode, driving a multiplexer to select at least one of the first and second I/O ports according to the transfer mode of the command signal, and reading or writing data according to the read/write command of the command signal in at least one of the DRAM and NVM device using the at least one of the first and second I/O ports selected by driving the multiplexer.
US11694727B2	Memory devices including heaters Memory devices might include an array of memory cells, a plurality of access lines, and a heater. The array of memory cells might include a plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells. Each access line of the plurality of access lines might be connected to a control gate of a respective memory cell of each string of series-connected memory cells of the plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells. The heater might be adjacent to an end of each access line of the plurality of access lines.
US11694726B2	Automatic trailer detection in multimedia content The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing media segments that correspond to respective media items. At least one of the media segments may be divided into discrete video shots. The method may also include matching the discrete video shots in the media segments to corresponding video shots in the corresponding media items according to various matching factors. The method may further include generating a relative similarity score between the matched video shots in the media segments and the corresponding video shots in the media items, and training a machine learning model to automatically identify video shots in the media items according to the generated relative similarity score between matched video shots. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11694723B2	Removing visual content representing a reflection of a screen A screen is manipulated to display content whose reflection is not captured by a sensor. In an embodiment, the screen inserts a black frame between screen content frames, displaying the black frame during a particular time. A sensor captures a video frame during the particular time. The video frame does not include a screen reflection and is considered a clean frame. In another embodiment, the screen displays screen content with a particular polarization during a particular time. A sensor captures a video frame with another polarization during the same time. The polarizations are selected such that the sensor is unable to capture screen reflections. The video frame is considered a clean frame. The clean frame is used to generate a masking frame, which is applied to target video frames to remove screen reflection. A modified target video, including the reflection-removed target video frame, and/or the clean frame itself, is generated.
US11694722B1	Data timestamp and read counter for magnetic recording devices The present disclosure generally relates to using a data timestamp and/or a read counter to prevent data from being re-read and signal that the data has been accessed. The write assist element in the write head can be utilized to degrade the data or an allocated marker after the data has been read. The degradation functions as a read counter to indicate how many times the data has been read. Additionally and/or alternatively, a timestamp can be utilized. The timestamp is updated each time that the data has been accessed. In so doing, it is possible to determine whether data in a data storage device has been accessed.
US11694719B2	Cartridge management device, cartridge management system, method for operating cartridge management device, and program A library controller including a storage executes first registration processing of, in a case where registration completion information indicating registration completion in a cartridge management system is not stored in a cartridge memory provided in a cartridge, registering identification information for identifying the cartridge and the registration completion information in the cartridge memory, overwriting prohibition processing of prohibiting overwriting to the identification information and the registration completion information registered in the cartridge memory, second registration processing of registering the identification information in the storage, and execution processing of executing reading and writing of user data from and to the cartridge in a case where the identification information stored in the storage coincides with the identification information stored in the cartridge memory.
US11694718B2	Substrate for magnetic disk, magnetic disk, and hard disk drive apparatus A substrate for a magnetic disk includes a substrate main body having two main surfaces and an outer circumferential edge surface that has a side wall surface and chamfered surfaces, and a film that is an alloy film containing Ni and P and provided on a surface of the substrate main body. A disk shape of the substrate main body has an outer diameter of 90 mm or more. A thickness T of the substrate that includes the film provided on the main surfaces is 0.520 mm or less. A total thickness D mm of the film on the main surfaces and the thickness T mm satisfy D≥0.0082/T−0.0015. A film thickness of the film on the outer circumferential edge surface is larger than a film thickness of the film on the main surfaces, and is 150% or less of the film thickness of the film on the main surfaces.
US11694712B2	Data storage device pre-biasing write current for energy assisted magnetic recording A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over an energy assisted magnetic media comprising a plurality of data tracks, wherein each data track comprises a plurality of data sectors. A write operation to a first data sector is executed by applying a first current to a write coil of the head while the head is over a second data sector preceding the first data sector, wherein the first current comprises a first amplitude. A second current is applied to the write coil while the head is over the first data sector, wherein the second current comprises a second amplitude lower than the first amplitude.
US11694711B2	Post-processing gains for signal enhancement A method, an apparatus, and logic to post-process raw gains determined by input processing to generate post-processed gains, comprising using one or both of delta gain smoothing and decision-directed gain smoothing. The delta gain smoothing comprises applying a smoothing filter to the raw gain with a smoothing factor that depends on the gain delta: the absolute value of the difference between the raw gain for the current frame and the post-processed gain for a previous frame. The decision-directed gain smoothing comprises converting the raw gain to a signal-to-noise ratio, applying a smoothing filter with a smoothing factor to the signal-to-noise ratio to calculate a smoothed signal-to-noise ratio, and converting the smoothed signal-to-noise ratio to determine the second smoothed gain, with smoothing factor possibly dependent on the gain delta.
US11694710B2	Multi-stream target-speech detection and channel fusion Audio processing systems and methods include an audio sensor array configured to receive a multichannel audio input and generate a corresponding multichannel audio signal and target-speech detection logic and an automatic speech recognition engine or VoIP application. An audio processing device includes a target speech enhancement engine configured to analyze a multichannel audio input signal and generate a plurality of enhanced target streams, a multi-stream target-speech detection generator comprising a plurality of target-speech detector engines each configured to determine a probability of detecting a specific target-speech of interest in the stream, wherein the multi-stream target-speech detection generator is configured to determine a plurality of weights associated with the enhanced target streams, and a fusion subsystem configured to apply the plurality of weights to the enhanced target streams to generate an enhancement output signal.
US11694709B2	Audio signal A computer device (100) for processing audio signals is described. The computer device (100) includes at least a processor and a memory. The computer device (100) is configured to receive a bitstream comprising a combined audio signal, the combined audio signal comprising a first audio signal including speech and a second audio signal. The computer device (100) is configured to compress the combined audio signal to provide a compressed audio signal. The computer device (100) is configured to control a dynamic range of the compressed audio signal to provide an output audio signal. In this way, a quality of the speech included in the output audio signal is improved.
US11694707B2	Online target-speech extraction method based on auxiliary function for robust automatic speech recognition A target speech signal extraction method for robust speech recognition includes: initializing a steering vector for a target speech source and an adaptive vector, setting a real output channel of the target speech source as an output by the adaptive vector, initializing adaptive vectors for a noise and setting a dummy channel as an output by the adaptive vectors for the noise; setting a cost function for minimizing dependency between a real output for the target speech source and a dummy output for the noise; setting an auxiliary function to the cost function, and updating the adaptive vector for the target speech source and the adaptive vectors for the noise by using the auxiliary function and the steering vector; estimating the target speech signal by using the adaptive vector thereby extracting the target speech signal from the input signals; and updating the steering vector for the target speech source.
US11694706B2	Adaptive energy limiting for transient noise suppression The present disclosure describes aspects of adaptive energy limiting for transient noise suppression. In some aspects, an adaptive energy limiter sets a limiter ceiling for an audio signal to full scale and receives a portion of the audio signal. For the portion of the audio signal, the adaptive energy limiter determines a maximum amplitude and evaluates the portion with a neural network to provide a voice likelihood estimate. Based on the maximum amplitude and the voice likelihood estimate, the adaptive energy limiter determines that the portion of the audio signal includes noise. In response to determining that the portion of the audio signal includes noise, the adaptive energy limiter decreases the limiter ceiling and provides the limiter ceiling to a limiter module effective to limit an amount of energy of the audio signal. This may be effective to prevent audio signals from carrying full energy transient noise into conference audio.
US11694704B2	Apparatus and method for processing an audio signal using a harmonic post-filter An apparatus for processing an audio signal having associated therewith a pitch lag information and a gain information, includes a domain converter for converting a first domain representation of the audio signal into a second domain representation of the audio signal; and a harmonic post-filter for filtering the second domain representation of the audio signal, wherein the post-filter is based on a transfer function including a numerator and a denominator, wherein the numerator includes a gain value indicated by the gain information, and wherein the denominator includes an integer part of a pitch lag indicated by the pitch lag information and a multi-tap filter depending on a fractional part of the pitch lag.
US11694703B2	Audio signal encoding and decoding method using learning model, training method of learning model, and encoder and decoder that perform the methods An audio signal encoding and decoding method using a learning model, a training method of the learning model, and an encoder and decoder that perform the method, are disclosed. The audio signal decoding method may include extracting a first residual signal and a first linear prediction coefficient by decoding a bitstream received from an encoder, generating a first audio signal from the first residual signal using the first linear prediction coefficient, generating a second linear prediction coefficients and a second residual signal from the first audio signal, obtaining a third linear prediction coefficient by inputting the second linear prediction coefficient into a trained learning model, and generating a second audio signal from the second residual signal using the third linear prediction coefficient.
US11694702B2	Coding device, decoding device, and method and program thereof A coding method and a decoding method are provided which can use in combination a predictive coding and decoding method which is a coding and decoding method that can accurately express coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients with a small code amount and a coding and decoding method that can obtain correctly, by decoding, coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of the present frame if a linear prediction coefficient code of the present frame is correctly input to a decoding device. A coding device includes: a predictive coding unit that obtains a first code by coding a differential vector formed of differentials between a vector of coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of more than one order of the present frame and a prediction vector containing at least a predicted vector from a past frame, and obtains a quantization differential vector corresponding to the first code; and a non-predictive coding unit that generates a second code by coding a correction vector which is formed of differentials between the vector of the coefficients which are convertible into the linear prediction coefficients of more than one order of the present frame and the quantization differential vector or formed of some of elements of the differentials.
US11694700B2	Method, apparatus and device for processing sound signal The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a device for processing a sound signal, wherein the method comprises: acquiring a transmitted signal spectrum of a target sound signal sent out by a loudspeaker and a received signal spectrum of the target sound signal received by a microphone; detecting whether there is a signal distortion frequency band with signal distortion in the target sound signal according to the transmitted signal spectrum and the received signal spectrum, and when detecting that the signal distortion frequency band exists, performing compression processing on the target sound signal according to the signal distortion frequency band during a current signal processing cycle, and transmitting a compressed target sound signal through the loudspeaker.
US11694696B2	Method and apparatus for implementing speaker identification neural network A method and apparatus for generating a speaker identification neural network include generating a first neural network that is trained to identify a first speaker with respect to a first voice signal in a first environment, generating a second neural network for identifying a second speaker with respect to a second voice signal in a second environment, and generating the speaker identification neural network by training the second neural network based on a teacher-student training model in which the first neural network is set to a teacher neural network and the second neural network is set to a student neural network.
US11694694B2	Detecting deep-fake audio through vocal tract reconstruction A method is provided for identifying synthetic “deep-fake” audio samples versus organic audio samples. Methods may include: generating a model of a vocal tract using one or more organic audio samples from a user; identifying a set of bigram-feature pairs from the one or more audio samples; estimating the cross-sectional area of the vocal tract of the user when speaking the set of bigram-feature pairs; receiving a candidate audio sample; identifying bigram-feature pairs of the candidate audio sample that are in the set of bigram-feature pairs; calculating a cross-sectional area of a theoretical vocal tract of a user when speaking the identified bigram-feature pairs; and identifying the candidate audio sample as a deep-fake audio sample in response to the calculated cross-sectional area of the theoretical vocal tract of a user failing to correspond within a predetermined measure of the estimated cross sectional area of the vocal tract of the user.
US11694689B2	Input detection windowing A device, such as Network Microphone Device or a playback device, detecting an event associated with the device or a system comprising the device. In response, an input detection window is opened for a given time period. During the given time period the device is arranged to receive an input sound data stream representing sound detected by a microphone. The input sound data stream is analyzed for a plurality of keywords and/or a wake-word for a Voice Assistant Service (VAS) and, based on the analysis, it is determined that the input sound data stream includes voice input data comprising a keyword or a wake-word for a VAS. In response, the device takes appropriate action such as causing the media playback system to perform a command corresponding to the keyword or sending at least part of the input sound data stream to the VAS.
US11694687B2	Recommending a dialog act using model-based textual analysis A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, utilizing a processor, textual data associated with a conversation between a first participant and a second participant; receiving, utilizing the processor, an objective of the first participant for the conversation between the first participant and the second participant, where the objective is separate from the conversation; determining, utilizing the processor, a dialog act to be entered by the first participant that meets the objective, utilizing a model, including scoring a plurality of proposed dialog acts based on an amount that each proposed dialog act will change a probability of the objective being achieved during the conversation, and determining the dialog act to be entered, based on the scoring; and returning, utilizing the processor, the dialog act to the first participant.
US11694684B1	Generation of computing functionality using devices Techniques for generating a skill using skill portion deviceskill portion devices are described. A user generates a skill by connecting skill portion deviceskill portion devices in a particular manner. As devices are connected, a speech controllable device or a distributed system may maintain a data structure representing a skill configuration corresponding to the presently connected devices.
US11694682B1	Triggering voice control disambiguation In various embodiments, a voice command is associated with a plurality of processing steps to be performed. The plurality of processing steps may include analysis of audio data using automatic speech recognition, generating and selecting a search query from the utterance text, and conducting a search of database of items using a search query. The plurality of processing steps may include additional or different steps, depending on the type of the request. In performing one or more of these processing steps, an error or ambiguity may be detected. An error or ambiguity may either halt the processing step or create more than one path of actions. A model may be used to determine if and how to request additional user input to attempt to resolve the error or ambiguity. The voice-enabled device or a second client device is then causing to output a request for the additional user input.
US11694681B2	Artificial assistant system notifications Artificial assistant system notification techniques are described that overcome the challenges of conventional search techniques. In one example, a user profile is generated to describe aspects of products or services learned through natural language conversations between a user and an artificial assistant system. These aspects may include price as well as non-price aspects such as color, texture, material, and so forth. To learn the aspects, the artificial assistant system may leverage spoken utterances and text initiated by the user as well as learn the aspects from digital images output as part of the conversation. Once generated, the user profile is then usable by the artificial assistant system to assist in subsequent searches.
US11694676B2	Audio processing in a low-bandwidth networked system The present disclosure is generally directed a system to detect activation phrases within input audio signals transmitted over a low-bandwidth network. The system can use a two-stage activation phrase detection process. First a sensing device, which can include a plurality of microphones for detecting an input audio signal, can detect an input audio signal that includes a candidate activation phrase. Second, the sensing device can transmit the recordings of the input audio signal to a client device for confirmation that the input audio signal includes the activation phrase.
US11694667B2	Motorized pole mount for sonar transducers The present invention is directed to a mounting device for a fish finding apparatus and, more particularly, to a motorized mounting device which includes an adjustable length pole used to mount a sonar transducer or other device an angler may be interested in mounting to the end of the pole that enters the water. The pole is used to spin the transducer or other apparatus in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction with a switch that is adapted to be operated by the angler's foot or a wireless remote. The mounting device is configured to be secured to a boat or mounted on a boat troll motor whereby the adjustable pole is secured and spins independent of the troll motor shaft.
US11694666B2	Electronic cymbal and bell part sensor installation method An electronic cymbal and a bell part sensor installation method are provided. The electronic cymbal includes: a disk-shaped frame; a frame bell part which is configured at a center of the frame in a top view; a bell part sensor which is attached onto the frame bell part in a circumferential direction and detects a hit on the frame bell part; and a cover which covers the frame and the bell part sensor and has a surface formed as a hit surface, wherein the bell part sensor is separated in at least a radial direction of the frame bell part.
US11694661B1	Melodic bend harmonica A harmonica with a repeating major scale configured across the draw reeds and a repeating major scale a half step lower than the draw reeds configured across the blow reeds. This configuration produces a chromatic instrument where all the notes of a major scale can be bent down to the next lower scale tone for musicality. The linear scale configuration provides trill and glissando sections for ease of playability and musicality.
US11694659B2	Display apparatus, image processing apparatus, and control method A display apparatus includes a display screen, and a controller that causes the display screen to display a composite image in which a first image acquired by imaging a space by a camera and a second image representing at least one type of aerosol existing in the space are combined. The position of the at least one type of aerosol as seen in a depth direction in the first image is reflected in the second image.
US11694655B2	Video play system, video play device, and video play method A video play system, a video play device, and a video play method are provided. The video play system includes: a display module and a plurality of play modules electrically connected to the display module. The plurality of play modules individually decode and transcode a video source having first resolution to generate target video data, and simultaneously output the target video data generated themselves to the display module. The display module plays a video image having second resolution according to multiple channels of the target video data.
US11694651B2	Delivery of display symbols to a display source Technology for a display source controller is described. The display source controller can receive display pixel data from a display source. The display source controller can convert the display pixel data to display symbol data that includes a plurality of 32-bit double words (DWords). The display source controller can divide the display symbol data that includes the plurality of 32-bit DWords for a number of unidirectional serial data channels. The display source controller can process, for each unidirectional serial data channel, the display symbol data at a 32-bit DWord granularity level. The display source controller can send the display symbol data for each of the unidirectional serial data channels over a physical serial link to a display panel.
US11694649B2	Method for changing states of electrochromic film The disclosure relates generally to a method of changing an optical state of an electrochromic film. The electrochromic film may have a plurality of optical states. The method may include selecting a desired state of the plurality of optical states; injecting electric charges into the electrochromic film; monitoring an amount of the electric charges injected into the electrochromic film; and stopping injecting the electric charges when the electric charges reaches a pre-set amount corresponding to the desired state.
US11694646B2	Display panel having opening in first electrode and display device thereof The present application provides a display panel. The display panel includes: gate driver on array (GOA) units arranged along a first direction; clock signal lines arranged along a second direction and arranged at one side of the GOA units; the connection lines, each of the connection lines being extended along the second direction and connected between the corresponding clock signal line and the corresponding GOA units; and a first electrode arranged at one side of the GOA units, the clock signal lines, and the connection lines. The first electrode includes an opening, and the opening is arranged corresponding to at least one of the clock signal lines and/or at least one of the connection lines.
US11694645B2	Array substrate and driving method thereof, display panel and display device Disclosed is an array substrate. The array substrate includes a substrate and a pixel unit array. A first side of each row of pixel units is provided with a first scanning line corresponding to the row of pixel units, and the first scanning line is connected to switch elements of first-type pixel units in the row of pixel units; and the second side of each row of pixel units is provided with a second scanning line corresponding to the row of pixel units, and the second scanning line is connected to switch elements of second-type pixel units in the row of pixel units. An active layer structure of the switch element of a second-type pixel unit in an ith row of pixel units has a common region with an active layer structure of the switch element of a first-type pixel unit in an (i+1)th row of pixel units.
US11694643B2	Low latency variable backlight liquid crystal display system In various examples, a low-latency variable backlight liquid crystal display (LCD) system is disclosed. The LCD system may reduce latency and video lag by performing an analysis of peak pixel values within subsets of pixels using a rendering device, prior to transmitting the frame to a display device for display. As a result, the display device may receive the peak pixel value data prior to or concurrently with the frame data, and may begin updating the backlight settings of the display without having to wait for a substantial portion of the frame to be received. In this way, the LCD system may avoid the full frame delay of conventional systems, allowing the LCD system to more reliably support high-performance applications such as gaming.
US11694642B2	Method for driving mini-LED backlight module The present application provides a method for driving a mini-LED backlight module. The method includes dividing the mini-LED backlight module into a plurality of partitions along an extending direction of a data line, dividing a period of each frame used in the mini-LED backlight module into an adjusting sub-field, and adjusting durations of a bright sub-field or a dark sub-field of the adjusting sub-field corresponding to different partitions based on different gray modes. In such a way, the brightness of each partition falls within a configured brightness threshold range.
US11694637B2	Display device A display device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, respectively, and at least one active circuit; and a data driver supplying a data voltage to the plurality of data lines in a light emitting mode and supplying a neural network input signal to the plurality of data lines in an artificial neural network mode. In the artificial neural network mode, a scan signal is supplied to a scan line connected to at least one pixel block among the plurality of pixel blocks, and the neural network input signal is supplied to a data line connected to the at least one pixel block.
US11694633B2	Display device having a sub pixel column connected to different data lines The display device includes a display panel where sub-pixels are disposed. The display device includes a data driver that supplies a data voltage to the sub-pixels via data lines. The sub-pixels includes first sub-pixels to third sub-pixels. The first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels are alternately disposed on odd-numbered columns and the third sub-pixels are disposed on even-numbered columns. Each of the data lines branches into sub-data lines through a MUX, and the sub-data lines are disposed on both sides of the sub-pixels disposed on a column. Any one third sub-pixel of the third sub-pixels disposed on a row is connected to a sub-data line disposed on one side of the any one of third sub-pixel. Further, another third sub-pixel adjacent to any one third sub-pixel disposed on the row is connected to a sub-data line disposed on another side of the adjacent third sub-pixel. Thus, line dim is reduced.
US11694621B2	Display device and operating method thereof A display device may include a pixel, an emission control driver, and a timing controller. The emission control driver may supply an emission control signal set for controlling emission periods of the pixel. The timing controller may receive a received bit stream that includes a first bit set and a second bit set, may determine a first duty ratio of the emission control signal set using bits of the first bit set without using any bit of the second bit set. The first bit set may include at least two bits. The second bit set may include at least one bit. The emission control signal set may control the pixel to operate according to the first duty ratio for each frame of a first frame group.
US11694620B2	Display device including photosensor units A display device is provided including a substrate. The substrate includes a display region that includes a plurality of pixels and a sensing region provided in at least one region of the display region. A circuit element layer is disposed on the substrate, the circuit element layer includes a plurality of conductive layers. A light emitting element layer is provided on the circuit element layer. The light emitting element layer includes a plurality of light emitting elements. A sensor layer is disposed on the substrate. The sensor layer includes a plurality of photo sensor units each including sensor pixels. The photo sensor units are arranged in an irregular pattern in the sensing region.
US11694618B2	Pixel driving circuit and display panel A pixel driving circuit and a display panel are provided, and adopt a pixel driving circuit of 5T1C structure to effectively compensate the threshold voltage of the driving transistor in each pf the pixels. The pixel driving circuit can effectively reduce leakage power consumption of a pixel driving circuit when extracting a threshold voltage, thereby improving compensation accuracy of the pixel driving circuit.
US11694616B2	Organic light-emitting display panel and driving method Provided is an organic light-emitting display panel. Pixel-driving circuits of subpixels in a same row of pixel units are connected to a same light emission control signal line. The pixel-driving circuits of the subpixels in the same row of pixel units are connected to a same reset control signal line; and an anode of a light-emitting element of each of the subpixels to which the pixel-driving circuits electrically connected to the reset control signal line belong is at a reset voltage. In a display period of each frame of image, in at least part of a period during which an i-th row of pixel units are in a light emission stage, anodes of light-emitting elements of a j-th row of pixel units are at a reset voltage; and the j-th row of pixel units and the i-th row of pixel units are adjacent two rows of pixel units.
US11694612B2	Display device A display device includes: pixel circuits arranged in a first direction on each of a first pixel row and a second pixel row; dummy sensor circuits arranged in a predetermined interval between the pixel circuits on the first pixel row; sensor circuits arranged in the interval between the pixel circuits on the second pixel row; light emitting elements disposed on the pixel circuits and connected to each of the pixel circuits; first light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the first pixel row and the dummy sensor circuits; and second light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the second pixel row and the sensor circuits. One of the sensor circuits is connected to at least two of the first light receiving elements and at least two of the second light receiving elements.
US11694608B1	Calibrating device and method for adjust luminance-chrominance of pixels of LED panels A calibrating device includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store at least one computer readable instruction. The processor is electrically coupled to the memory, and configured to access and execute the at least one computer readable instruction to: analyze an image of a target region which a seam between two LED panels disposed side by side is in, to obtain characteristic data associated with the seam; compare the characteristic data associated with the seam with a predetermined value to generate a comparison result; and adjust grayscale data of pixels which are arranged in two lines of the two LED panels and adjacent to the seam, based on the comparison result, for adjusting luminance-chromaticity of the pixels, wherein the two lines are in a first direction or a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
US11694602B2	Pixel drive circuit and display panel The present disclosure discloses a pixel drive circuit and a display panel. The pixel drive circuit includes a Micro-LED, a cathode of which is grounded; a light-emitting control circuit connected with an anode of the Micro-LED and configured to control an emission time of the Micro-LED; a current control circuit connected with the light-emitting control circuit and configured to output a preset current to the light-emitting control circuit to control the Micro-LED to work under a set current density, and luminance efficiency of the Micro-LED under the set current density is greater than a set threshold value.
US11694597B2	Pixel driving circuit, pixel driving method, display panel and display device The pixel driving circuit includes a current control sub-circuit configured to output a gray scale current signal to an element to be driven, and a gating sub-circuit. The gating sub-circuit is coupled to a scan signal terminal, a reset signal terminal, a gating data signal terminal and a pulse voltage signal terminal; the gating sub-circuit is configured to drive the element to be driven to continuously emit light under the control of a scan signal from the scan signal terminal and a gating data signal from the gating data signal terminal, and to drive the element to be driven to intermittently emit light under the control of a reset signal from the reset signal terminal, the gating data signal from the gating data signal terminal, and a pulse voltage signal from the pulse voltage signal terminal.
US11694596B2	Display driving system and electronic equipment An electronic equipment and a display driving system are provided. The display driving system includes a power management circuit and a timing circuit electrically connected to the power management circuit. The power management circuit receives an input voltage and output a working voltage according to the input voltage. The timing circuit receives the working voltage and output a predetermined command to the power management circuit. The power management circuit is further configured to select a predetermined working mode according to the predetermined command such that the power management circuit works in the predetermined working mode.
US11694586B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel and display device include gate driver on array (GOA) units in a first column, GOA units in a second column, and signal input lines. By adjusting a positional relationship between the signal input line and the GOA units in the first column and the GOA unit in the second column, the GOA units in the first column and the GOA units in the second column may share the signal input line, so as to save a set of signal input lines and reduce a width of the frame area.
US11694578B2	Lung simulator A lung simulator including a lung bladder, a biasing system providing a relaxed expiration force to the lung bladder with a positive end-expiratory pressure and simulating lung compliance, and a frame holding the lung bladder and biasing member in position. The lung bladder may be inflated and deflated between a positive end-expiratory pressure and a peak inspiratory pressure through the means of a ventilator, a bag mask or mouth to mouth ventilation and may produce a pressure-volume curve similar to that of a lung when the lung bladder is connected to a ventilation source.
US11694577B2	Prosthetic abdomen for patient peritoneal dialysis training A prosthetic abdomen for peritoneal dialysis training is provided. The prosthetic abdomen is in the form of a belt having an inner layer of material, an outer layer of material, and a pouch formed between the inner layer of material and the outer layer of material. A belt fastener is provided at one or both ends of the belt. The outer layer of material has an inner surface partially defining the pouch, and an outer surface having a skin tone color. The positioning of the belt and skin tone color can be selected to mimic the actual peritoneum of a patient. The pouch is expandable to hold a bag of liquid having a volume of at least 1000 milliliters (ml). A method of training a patient to carry out a peritoneal dialysis self-treatment, using the prosthetic abdomen, is also provided.
US11694573B1	Augmented reality system for educating drivers of vehicle dimensions An augmented reality system may include a data gathering device configured to collect data regarding an environment exterior to the vehicle. In addition, the system may include a vehicle controller including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions, executable by the processor, for performing the following steps: receiving data from the data gathering device; and transmitting information to a set of augmented reality goggles in order to facilitate a projection of a modified view of an interior of the vehicle based on the data collected regarding the environment exterior to the vehicle.
US11694570B2	Methods and systems for simulated operation of an electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) aircraft Aspects relate to augmented reality (AR) methods and systems for simulated operation of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. An exemplary AR system includes at least an aircraft component of an eVTOL aircraft, a computing device configured to operate a flight simulator to simulate flight in an environment and simulate at least a virtual representation interactive with the flight simulator, where the at least a virtual representation includes an aircraft digital twin of the at least an aircraft component, and a mesh network configured to communicatively connect the at least an aircraft component and the computing device and communicate encrypted data.
US11694568B2	System and method for an electric aircraft simulation network A system for an electric aircraft simulation network includes a plurality of flight simulators, wherein each flight simulator of the plurality of flight simulators is configured to receive an aircraft command, determine a flight modification as a function of the aircraft command, and generate a simulation datum as a function of the flight modification, and a server communicatively coupled to the plurality of flight simulators, wherein the server is configured to receive the simulation datum as a function of each flight simulator of the plurality of flight simulators, and transmit the simulation datum to a pilot interface.
US11694566B2	Method for activity-based learning with optimized delivery According to techniques and systems disclosed herein a pre-assessment profile may be generated for a learner based on a designated activity. The pre-assessment profile may be based on evaluating learner provided inputs or responses to one or more inquiries. A designated activity may be received and a plurality of activity steps to perform the designated activity may be generated and may be based on the pre-assessment profile. A media type may be identified for each activity step of the plurality of activity steps based on the pre-assessment profile for the learner, and may be provided to the learner. A learner's ability to perform the designated activity may be determined, based on applicable feedback information. According to techniques disclosed herein, a trigger event may be learned during learning mode and may include trigger event surrounding data for a behavioral attribute. A response may be generated based on detecting the trigger event.
US11694562B2	Mutually exclusive three dimensional flying spaces Boundary information for a three-dimensional (3D) flying space is obtained. An input associated with steering a vehicle is received from an input device and location information associated with the vehicle is received from a location sensor. A control signal for the vehicle is generated based at least in part on the boundary information, the input, and the location information. In the event the input would cause the vehicle to cross the boundary of the 3D flying space if obeyed, the control signal for the vehicle is generated so that the vehicle is prevented from crossing the boundary of the 3D flying space. In response to receiving an indication associated with the vehicle landing, the boundary information is modified so that the 3D flying space includes a landing pathway.
US11694561B2	Dynamic vertiport configuration A vertiport system dynamically updates configuration of a vertiport based on predicted usage of the vertiport during a given time frame. The vertiport system predicts vertiport usage using flight data and estimated passenger demands and determines a desired number of parking pads and a desired number of final approach and takeoff (FATO) pads for the vertiport during the time frame. Based on the desired number of parking pads and the desired number of FATO pads for the vertiport, the vertiport system determines an updated configuration of the vertiport. According to the updated configuration, the vertiport system updates the configuration of the vertiport for at least a portion of the time frame.
US11694557B2	Integrating air and ground data collection for improved drone operation Disclosed are embodiments for employing off board sensors to augment data used by a ground based autonomous vehicle. In some aspects, the off-board sensors may be positioned on another autonomous vehicle, such as an aerial autonomous vehicle (AAV). The disclosed embodiments determine uncertainty scores associated with ground regions. The uncertainty scores indicate a need to reimage the ground regions. An AAV may be tasked to reimage a region having a relatively high uncertainty score, depending on a cost associated with the tasking.
US11694556B2	Time-space conversion method of flight sequencing information A time-space conversion method of flight sequencing information aims to solve a problem that a flight sequencing suggestion generated by an arrival management system has poor effect in practical application due to abstract characteristics, comprising: generating a sequencing time and a delay suggestion of a flight in each key point in a terminal area and each runway by using a flight sequencing technology; predicting a flight status of the flight according to a current position and 4D trajectory information of the flight, and filtering a delay-consumed flight segment, and on that basis, generating a flight segment delay allocation strategy with reference to an aircraft performance and sequencing information, and obtaining a flight segment delay allocation result; and generating a visual spatial position reference target according to the flight segment delay allocation result and an operation deviation limit.
US11694554B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system A controller of an information processing apparatus disclosed obtains first information about a tendency of move of a user staying in a specific facility. The controller forecasts, on the basis of the first information, an expected destination of move to which the user will move from the specific facility and an expected time slot of move during which the user will start to move from the specific facility to the expected destination of move. The controller calculates the number of users who are expected to move from the specific facility to the expected destination of move in each expected time slot of move on a slot-by-slot basis.
US11694548B2	Mitigation of traffic oscillation on roadway In an example, a method determines a first controllable vehicle traveling along a mitigation road segment of a roadway and determines a control lane in the mitigation road segment. The control lane includes the first controllable vehicle and is impedible by the first controllable vehicle. The method determines a first open lane in the mitigation road segment and applies a target mitigation speed to the first controllable vehicle in the control lane. The first open lane is adjacent to the control lane in the mitigation road segment and the target mitigation speed is based on a traffic state of the first open lane. The target mitigation speed adjusts a traffic stream that flows through the first open lane to mitigate traffic congestion located downstream of the mitigation road segment.
US11694544B2	Traffic safety control method and vehicle-mounted device A traffic safety control method is provided. The method includes determining whether there is an intersection in front of a vehicle. When there is the intersection in front of the vehicle, a driving direction of the vehicle at the intersection is predicted according to a plurality of lane positions of the vehicle that are continuously obtained. A message is transmitted once the predicted driving direction is determined to be conflicting with a traffic rule of the intersection.
US11694538B2	Smart reminder alarm for cars and other devices A reminder device includes a frame-shaped base defining an opening and configured to be mounted over and around an operational button/handle located in a vehicle or in a home; a lid coupled to the frame-shaped base and configured to close over said frame-shaped base, covering said opening and blocking access to said operational button/handle; a circuit configured to product an audible message upon receiving a trigger signal, said circuit being located in at least one of said framed-shaped base and said lid; and a switch including a first component located on said frame-shaped base and a second component located on said lid and so configured that when said first component and second component are separated from each other by a predetermined distance, when the lid is opened, the switch causes the creation of said trigger signal and the production of said audible alarm.
US11694535B2	Mount for a patient monitoring device A mount for a device configured to monitor the movements or other activities of patient. Aspects include a monitoring unit and base, where the base may further include a pad with one or more pins extending into the base. The pad may be positioned inside a garment worn by a patient, the pins passing through the garment and electrically connecting to circuits in the fabric of the garment (e.g. a sock worn by the patient). The circuits may include sensors which are response to changes in pressure caused by patient movement. Output from the sensors may be carried by the circuits in the garment to the pins in the pad, and from there through the garment and into the base and the monitoring unit for processing and reporting to caregivers as needed.
US11694533B2	Predictive based system adjustments based on biomarker trending A computing system and/or a method may be provided for using a risk assessment to provide a notification. The computing system may comprise a processor. The processor may be configured to perform the method. A biomarker may be received for a patient from a sensing system. A data collection that includes pre-surgical data may be received for a patient. A probability of a patient outcome due to a surgery performed on the patient may be determined using the biomarker and the data collection. A notification may be sent to a user. The notification may indicate that the probability of the surgical complication may exceed a threshold.
US11694531B2	Smart gas monitoring device The present invention relates to a smart gas monitoring system configured at a confined space. The smart gas monitoring system measures concentration of hazardous gases at regular intervals and generates an alarm if concentration of a gas increases beyond a pre-defined value. The smart gas monitoring system also generates an alert to a number of laborers on their electronic devices, along with measuring their health conditions.
US11694528B2	Low or medium switchgear monitoring system A low or medium voltage switchgear monitoring system includes: at least one sensor; a processing unit; and an output unit. The at least one sensor acquires sensor data within a compartment of a switchgear. The sensor data includes first sensor data. The sensor data includes second sensor data. The second sensor data is acquired a set time after the first sensor data. The at least one sensor provides the first sensor data and the second sensor data to the processing unit. The processing unit determines status information for a compartment of the switchgear based on a comparison of the second sensor data to the first sensor data. The output unit outputs the status information.
US11694527B2	Systems and methods for protecting retail display merchandise from theft Security systems and methods for protecting retail display merchandise from theft are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to removably engage an input port of an item of merchandise, and a monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor and to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the item of merchandise relative to the monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range, and wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal in response to the sensor being removed from the input port of the item of merchandise.
US11694526B2	Visual feedback system A visual feedback system can include a display panel, an interface unit, and at least one visual feedback device. The at least one visual feedback device can be configured to provide cues for audio generated within a virtual environment.
US11694525B2	Hazard detector with optical status indicator A life safety device includes a housing and a light transmission device disposed within the housing. A first end of the light transmission device is visible at the exterior of the housing. The life safety device additionally includes a transmitter for generating a light. The transmitter is positioned within the housing adjacent the light transmission device. A receiver measures ambient light around the life safety device. The receiver is positioned within the housing adjacent the light transmission device.
US11694524B2	Cassette and automated teller machine including the same An automated teller machine includes a cassette, a strongbox protection wall, an external conveyance path, and a plurality of external branch conveyance paths. The cassette includes a plurality of storage parts configured to store a paper medium, and a case having a plurality of entrances through which the paper medium passes to be accumulated in the storage parts or is withdrawn from the storage parts to pass. The strongbox protection wall covers the cassette and has an external entrance through which the paper medium passes to be loaded into the cassette and is unloaded from the cassette to pass. The external conveyance path extending to penetrate the strongbox protection wall through the external entrance. The plurality of external branch conveyance paths extends between the external conveyance path and the entrances of the case, respectively.
US11694516B2	Controlled return to player in a skill-based wagering game A reel-based electronic gaming system, electronic gaming device, and electronic wagering game in which a player is provided one or more player actions during the course of play. The player actions allow the player to alter an active play area in a variety of ways. The system controls the return to player based on potential user actions and their associated potential outcomes.
US11694511B2	Management system for casino items A management system for a gaming chip is equipped with an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag stores identification information including a tag ID assigned at the time of manufacture of the RFID tag and a chip ID assigned at the time of manufacture of the gaming chip. The management system includes an antenna and a chip tray reader/writer that read identification information from the RFID tag of the gaming chips that exist within a reading range; a table verification device that controls the chip tray reader/writer. The table verification device causes the chip tray reader/writer to repeatedly perform a first reading, in which the chip ID is read without reading the tag ID, and, when a new chip ID was read in the first reading, cases the chip tray reader/writer to perform a second reading in which the tag ID is read.
US11694509B2	Gaming system providing multiple player selectable tournaments Gaming systems and methods that provide multiple player selectable tournaments that can be created by the operator of the gaming system or by one or more players of one or more of the gaming machines of the gaming system.
US11694506B2	Cross channel lottery game promotion A system configured to receive a triggering event occurrence message based on an occurrence of a lottery game promotional message triggering event in association with an electronic gaming machine and a player mobile device of a player, determine whether to communicate a lottery game promotional message to the player mobile device, use player data, player mobile device data, and lottery game data to create the lottery game promotional message, and communicate the lottery game promotional message to the player mobile device.
US11694504B2	System and method for cashless exchange at table games A system includes a smart table. The smart table is configured to use radio-frequency identification (RFID)-enabled chips and includes a table management device and at least one RFID sensor. A dealer scratchpad defines a scratchpad area on the smart table, and the smart table defines a plurality of player positions. The smart table is configured to detect a presence of a player at a first player position of the plurality of player positions, and receive, from the table management device, a request to cash the player out of the wagering game. The processor is configured to determine, using the at least one RFID sensor, a chip cash-out value within the scratchpad area, and receive, from a player computing device of the player, a selection of a digital wallet account accessed from the player computing device. The processor also facilitates a deposit transaction to the digital wallet account.
US11694500B1	Cash counter recycling apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods relating to a counter recycling device are described. The counter recycling device may contain a receiving pocket, a counter mechanism, an escrow section, and an escrow door. The receiving pocket is configured to accept currency and is connected to the counter mechanism. The counter mechanism may be configured to count the currency inserted into the receiving pocket. The counter recycling device may also include an escrow section, which may be configured to collect and hold the currency in a secure area. Additionally, the counter recycling device may include an escrow door configured to enclose the escrow section on a face of the counter recycling device, the escrow door being transparent and allowing currency within the escrow section to be viewable when the escrow door is in a closed position.
US11694498B2	Access control system with virtual card data An access control system includes a mobile library on a mobile device operable to communicate with the credential service, the mobile library operable to receive the credential from the credential service and a credential module for an access control, the credential module operable to receive virtual card data from the credential, the virtual card data usable to operate the access control.
US11694494B2	Automatic emergency door unlock system In some implementations, systems and techniques are described to automatically unlock a front door of a property in response to detecting an alarm signal indicating an emergency at or near a property. Data indicating occurrence of an emergency condition at a property is initially obtained. A lock configuration for an electronic lock of the property is determined. An unlock instruction is generated for the electronic lock based on the determined lock configuration for the electronic lock. The unlock instruction is transmitted to the electronic lock such that, when the unlock instruction is received by the electronic lock, the electronic lock is unlocked according to the unlock instruction.
US11694488B2	Method for determining damage which occurs to a vehicle in the event of an accident between a vehicle and a collision partner A method determines damage which occurs on the vehicle in the event of an accident between a vehicle and a collision partner. The method analyzes information about an acceleration profile of the vehicle provided by an acceleration sensor. The analysis is performed as to whether the acceleration profile exhibits at least one sudden change or jump. The method generates an output signal which includes an item of information about damage which has occurred on the vehicle in the event of the accident, based on a number of changes or jumps which are identified during the analysis of the acceleration profile.
US11694487B1	Vehicle-to-vehicle accident detection One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to analyze driving data, determine driving behaviors, and determine whether a collision is imminent or has occurred using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Determination of whether a collision has occurred may be based on X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis positional data from two vehicles. Driving data from multiple vehicles may be collected by vehicle sensors or other vehicle-based systems, transmitted using V2V communications, and then analyzed and compared to determine various driving behaviors by the drivers of the vehicles.
US11694486B2	Vehicle data sharing with interested parties An example operation may include providing a value to a transport based on sensor data associated the transport.
US11694483B2	Apparatus for alarming of oil dilution and method thereof An apparatus for alarming of oil dilution may include: a control device for predicting oil dilution based on a cold start state of a vehicle, a rapid acceleration state of a vehicle, and a high-speed maintenance time of a vehicle; and an alarming device that guides the driver to check or replace engine oil based on the oil dilution predicted by the control device.
US11694480B2	Method and apparatus with liveness detection A processor-implemented method with liveness detection includes: receiving a plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of preprocessed phase images by performing preprocessing, including edge enhancement processing, on the plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of differential images based on the preprocessed phase images; generating a plurality of low-resolution differential images having lower resolutions than the differential images, based on the differential images; generating a minimum map image based on the low-resolution differential images; and performing a liveness detection on an object in the phase images based on the minimum map image.
US11694477B1	Efficient distributed trainer with gradient accumulation on sampled weight for deep neural networks in facial recognition This disclosure provides a highly scalable training data preparation pipeline for data cleaning and augmentation with the aim of extracting the most meaningful information while keeping the noise level low, as well as a highly efficient distributed trainer for the deep neural networks suitable for facial recognition. The goal is to train deeper and larger neural networks with larger and higher quality facial image datasets iteratively and frequently without incurring prohibitive costs and drastic delays.
US11694469B2	Display device having an initialization line A display device includes a substrate and a pixel layer disposed on the substrate. The pixel layer includes a circuit element layer having an opening. The circuit element layer includes a first semiconductor layer and a first conductive layer that includes a first scan line pattern and an emission control line. A second conductive layer is disposed on the first conductive layer and includes a first initialization line, a second scan line pattern and a third scan line pattern. A second semiconductor layer is disposed on the second conductive layer. A third conductive layer is disposed on the second semiconductor layer and includes fourth and fifth scan line patterns. The first initialization line includes a first portion and a second portion each extending in a first direction, and a third portion disposed therebetween. The second portion extends diagonally with respect to the first direction.
US11694465B2	Methods and apparatus to capture images Methods and apparatus to capture images are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes an image sensor to observe a first image of a face, and a logic circuit to determine whether the face in the first image is in a first orientation with respect to the image sensor, and when the face in the first image is in the first orientation: trigger the image sensor to capture a second image of the face, and perform a facial recognition process on the second image, but not on the first image.
US11694464B2	Vehicle occupancy verification utilizing occupancy confirmation The present invention is a method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards. The present invention uses software and hardware devices with radio-frequency transmitter modules to capture one or more photo images of vehicle occupants and to perform boxed headcounts of humans in any given photo frame. The present invention uses biometric signature detection to confirm the boxed headcounts and a realness algorithm to further confirm the genuineness of any human image. Occupancy compliance can be communicated directly to an appropriate regulatory body.
US11694463B2	Systems and methods for generating document numerical representations Described embodiments relate to a method comprising: determining a candidate document comprising image data and character data and extracting the image data and the character data from the candidate document. The method comprises providing, to an image-based numerical representation generation model, the image data, and generating, by the image-based numerical representation generation model, an image-based numerical representation of the image data. The method comprises providing, to a character-based numerical representation generation model, the character data; and generating, by the character-based numerical representation generation model, a character-based numerical representation of the character data. The method comprises providing, to a consolidated image-character based numerical representation generation model, the image-based numerical representation and the character-based numerical representation; and generating, by the consolidated image-character based numerical representation generation model, a combined image-character based numerical representation of the candidate document.
US11694459B2	On-device partial recognition systems and methods Disclosed is an approach of on-device partial recognition that includes performing partial recognition on an image of a document captured by a mobile device to detect and/or recognize a specific area (e.g., barcodes, non-relevant text, etc.) and filling the recognized area with a solid color. Because the solid color area has a maximum compression ratio, this approach can lead to image size reduction and increased network throughput for client-server based data recognition where further processing such as advanced data extraction is performed at the server side. The approach can be enforced with neural network algorithms to exclude non-relevant information (e.g., logos, phrases, words, etc.).
US11694456B2	Object detection and image cropping using a multi-detector approach Systems, methods and computer program products for detecting objects using a multi-detector are disclosed, according to various embodiments. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes defining an analysis profile comprising an initial number of analysis cycles dedicated to each of a plurality of detectors, where each detector is independently configured to detect objects according to a unique set of analysis parameters and/or a unique detector algorithm. The method also includes: receiving digital video data that depicts at least one object; analyzing the digital video data using some or all of the detectors in accordance with the analysis profile, where the analyzing produces an analysis result for each detector used in the analysis. Further, the method includes updating the analysis profile by adjusting the number of analysis cycles dedicated to at least one of the detectors based on the analysis results.
US11694455B2	Fraud confirmation assisting apparatus and fraud confirmation method including a light source irradiating an object in the invisible wavelength range and read by a reading sensor to output a plurality of pieces of fraud confirmation information A fraud confirmation assisting apparatus includes a light source, a reading sensor, and processing circuitry. The light source irradiates an object to be read with light in at least an invisible wavelength range. The reading sensor has sensitivity at least in the invisible wavelength range. The processing circuitry performs a reading operation on the object to be read by a combination of the light source and the reading sensor, and outputs a plurality of pieces of fraud confirmation information based on read information output from the reading sensor by the reading operation.
US11694453B2	Superresolution metrology methods based on singular distributions and deep learning Methods for determining a value of an intrinsic geometrical parameter of a geometrical feature characterizing a physical object, and for classifying a scene into at least one geometrical shape, each geometrical shape modeling a luminous object. A singular light distribution characterized by a first wavelength and a position of singularity is projected onto the physical object. Light excited by the singular light distribution that has interacted with the geometrical feature and that impinges upon a detector is detected and a return energy distribution is identified and quantified at one or more positions. A deep learning or neural network layer may be employed, using the detected light as direct input of the neural network layer, adapted to classify the scene, as a plurality of shapes, static or dynamic, the shapes being part of a set of shapes predetermined or acquired by learning.
US11694451B2	Reading system, reading method, storage medium, and moving body According to an embodiment, a reading system includes a reader and a calculator. The reader reads, from a character image, a character that is displayed by a segment display. The calculator performs one of first, second, third, or fourth processing. In the first processing, the calculator calculates a first score based on a state of pixels of the character. In the second processing, the calculator calculates a second score based on a match ratio between the pixels and the extracted pixels. In the third processing, the calculator calculates a third score based on a ratio of a length of the character image in first and second direction. In the fourth processing, the calculator calculates a fourth score based on a comparison result between the detected result and preset patterns. The calculator calculates a certainty of the reading by using one of the first, second, third, or fourth score.
US11694448B2	Camera monitoring system for motor vehicles A camera monitoring system for motor vehicles is provided. An image capturing device is provided on a mounting assembly of the vehicle for an exterior field of view (FOV) of the vehicle extending sideward and rearward outside the vehicle and encompassing a portion of the exterior part of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) is connected to the image capturing device to obtain a captured image. An electronic display device is connected to the ECU and is located inside the vehicle and to be used by a driver. A gesture detector is configured to obtain at least one position of at least one part of the driver's body. The ECU is configured to adjust the FOV based on the obtained position and the display device is configured to display the adjusted FOV in a displayed image region, which can be moved within the captured image.
US11694447B2	Closed lane detection Techniques are described for detecting whether a lane of a roadway is open or closed. Detecting a lane as being closed may include detecting an object in or near the lane, which may comprise determining a size, location, and/or classification associated with the object, and dilating the size associated with the object. The lane may be indicated as being closed if a distance between a dilated object detection and another object detection, dilated object detection, or lane extent is less than a threshold distance. The techniques may additionally or alternatively comprise determining an alternative lane shape based at least in part on one or more object detections and/or determining that one or more lanes are closed and/or uploading a lane closure and/or alternative lane shape to a central database for retrieval by/dissemination to other computing devices.
US11694445B2	Obstacle three-dimensional position acquisition method and apparatus for roadside computing device The present application discloses a method and an apparatus of obstacle three-dimensional position acquisition for a roadside computing device, and relates to the fields of intelligent transportation, cooperative vehicle infrastructure, and autonomous driving. The method may include: acquiring pixel coordinates of an obstacle in a to-be-processed image; determining coordinates of a bottom surface center point of the obstacle according to the pixel coordinates; acquiring a homography relationship between a ground surface corresponding to the to-be-processed image and a ground surface corresponding to a template image; transforming the coordinates of the bottom surface center point of the obstacle into coordinates on the template image according to the homography relationship; and determining three-dimensional coordinates of the bottom surface center point of the obstacle according to the coordinates obtained by transformation and a ground equation corresponding to the template image. By use of the solution of the present application, implementation costs can be saved, and the accuracy is better.
US11694441B2	Electronic device correcting meta information of image and operating method thereof Disclosed is an electronic device which includes a processor, and a memory that stores instructions and at least one images. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: classify the at least one images into at least one image group, based on meta information of the at least one image; identify tag information about at least one object of first images in a first image group of the at least one image group; identify place information about the first images, based on the tag information; and correct meta information of the first images, based on the identified place information.
US11694440B2	Image processing techniques to quickly find a desired object among other objects from a captured video scene Techniques are provided for identifying objects (such as products within a physical store) within a captured video scene and indicating which of object in the captured scene matches a desired object requested by a user. The matching object is then displayed in an accentuated manner to the user in real-time (via augmented reality). Object identification is carried out via a multimodal methodology. Objects within the captured video scene are identified using a neural network trained to identify different types of objects. The identified objects can then be compared against a database of pre-stored images of the desired product to determine if a close match is found. Additionally, text on the identified objects is analyzed and compared to the text of the desired object. Based on either or both identification methods, the desired object is indicated to the user on their display, via an augmented reality graphic.
US11694438B2	Scalable extended reality video conferencing Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide for improved telepresence and other virtual sessions dynamic scaling and/or assignment of computing resources. An XR telepresence platform can allow for immersive multi-user video conferencing from within a web browser or other medium. The platform can support spatial audio and/or user video. The platform can scale to hundreds or thousands of users concurrently in a single or multiple virtual environments. Disclosed herein are resource allocation techniques for dynamically allocating client connections across multiple servers.
US11694437B1	Computer vision based safety hazard detection Devices and techniques are generally described for computer vision techniques for safety hazard detection. A frame of image data representing a physical environment is received. In some examples, a first object represented in the frame of image data may be detected. A determination may be made that the first object is of a first class. A first zone represented in the frame of image data may be identified. The first zone may correspond to a ground surface of the physical environment. A determination may be made that the first object at least partially overlaps with the first zone. A first rule associated with the first zone may be determined. The first rule may restrict objects of the first class from being present within the first zone. Output data may be generated indicating that the first object is at least partially within the first zone, in violation of the first rule.
US11694431B2	Systems and methods for skyline prediction for cyber-physical photovoltaic array control Various embodiments of a cyber-physical system for providing cloud prediction for photovoltaic array control are disclosed herein.
US11694426B2	Determining traffic control features based on telemetry patterns within digital image representations of vehicle telemetry data The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for identifying traffic control features based on telemetry patterns within digital image representations of vehicle telemetry information. The disclosed systems can generate a digital image representation based on collected telemetry information to represent the frequency of different speed-location combinations for transportation vehicles passing through a traffic area. The disclosed systems can also apply a convolutional neural network to analyze the digital image representation and generate a predicted classification of a type of traffic control feature that corresponds to the digital image representation of vehicle telemetry information. The disclosed systems further train the convolutional neural network to determine traffic control features based on training data.
US11694416B2	Intuitive editing of three-dimensional models Embodiments of the present invention are directed towards intuitive editing of three-dimensional models. In embodiments, salient geometric features associated with a three-dimensional model defining an object are identified. Thereafter, feature attributes associated with the salient geometric features are identified. A feature set including a plurality of salient geometric features related to one another is generated based on the determined feature attributes (e.g., properties, relationships, distances). An editing handle can then be generated and displayed for the feature set enabling each of the salient geometric features within the feature set to be edited in accordance with a manipulation of the editing handle. The editing handle can be displayed in association with one of the salient geometric features of the feature set.
US11694415B2	Techniques for training a machine learning model to modify portions of shapes when generating designs for three-dimensional objects In various embodiments, a training application trains a machine learning model to modify portions of shapes when designing 3D objects. The training application converts first structural analysis data having a first resolution to first coarse structural analysis data having a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution. Subsequently, the training application generates one or more training sets based on a first shape, the first coarse structural analysis data, and a second shape that is derived from the first shape. Each training set is associated with a different portion of the first shape. The training application then performs one or more machine learning operations on the machine learning model using the training set(s) to generate a trained machine learning model. The trained machine learning model modifies at least a portion of a shape having the first resolution based on coarse structural analysis data having the second resolution.
US11694403B2	Virtual object positioning in augmented reality applications Systems and methods include determination of a first component of a set of components under assembly in a physical environment, determination of a first physical position of a user with respect to the first component in the physical environment, determination of a second component of the set of components under assembly to be installed at least partially on the first component based on assembly information associated with the set of components, determination of three-dimensional surface data of the second component, determination of a physical relationship in which the second component is to be installed at least partially on the first component based on a model associated with the set of components, determination of a graphical representation of the second component based on the first physical position of the user with respect to the first component, the physical relationship, and the three-dimensional surface data of the second component, and presentation of the graphical representation to the user in a view including the first component in the physical environment, wherein the presented graphical representation appears to the user to be in the physical relationship with respect to the first component.
US11694400B2	Systems and methods for supplementing digital media with three-dimensional (3D) models High-fidelity three-dimensional (3D) models and other high-fidelity digital media that depict objects with a high-level of detail may be computationally demanding to display on some devices. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, digital media may be supplemented with one or more 3D models to improve the overall level of detail provided by the digital media without excessively increasing computational requirements. An example computer-implemented method includes instructing a user device to display digital media depicting an object, receiving an indication selecting a region of the depicted object, and instructing the user device to display a 3D model corresponding to the selected region of the depicted object, where the 3D model is different from the digital media.
US11694399B2	Systems and methods for generating augmented reality environments from two-dimensional drawings Systems and methods for generating augmented reality environments from 2D drawings are provided. The system performs a camera calibration process to determine how a camera transforms images from the real world into a 2D image plane. The system calculates a camera pose and determines an object position and an object orientation relative to a known coordinate system. The system detects and processes a 2D drawing/illustration and generates a 3D model from the 2D drawing/illustration. The system performs a rendering process, wherein the system generates an augmented reality environment which includes the 3D model superimposed on an image of the 2D drawing/illustration. The system can generate the augmented reality environment in real time, allowing the system to provide immediate feedback to the user. The images processed by the system can be from a video, from multiple image photography, etc.
US11694398B1	Systems and methods for editing, animating, and processing point clouds using bounding volume hierarchies Disclosed is a system that receives a point cloud, and that generates a Bounding Volume Hierarchy (“BVH”) based on the point cloud data points. The BVH includes leaf nodes and parent nodes at one or more levels above the leaf nodes. The leaf nodes correspond to the point cloud data points. The system may receive input for adjusting a first set of elements of data points that are identified based on values specified for a second set of elements, and may locate those data points by traversing the BVH to arrive at a particular parent node that encompasses the values specified for the second set of elements. The system may then modify, based on the input, the first set of elements of a set of data points that correspond to a set of leaf nodes from the BVH that are directly or indirectly linked to the particular parent node.
US11694397B2	Method for setting a local coordinate system of a tooth 3D digital model In one aspect of the present application, a computer-implemented method for setting a local coordinate system of a tooth 3D digital model is provided, the method comprises: obtaining a first 3D digital model representing a first tooth, wherein the first 3D digital model is based on a world coordinate system; and setting a local coordinate system for the first 3D digital model using a first artificial neural network based on the first 3D digital model, where the first artificial neural network is a trained deep learning artificial neural network.
US11694394B2	Cross reality system for large scale environment reconstruction Various techniques pertaining to methods, systems, and computer program products identify, for a first portable device at a first location in a three-dimensional (3D) physical environment, a first sparse map, the first portable device connected to a remote computing system for accessing sharable world data of the 3D physical environment that comprises a physical object, wherein the plurality electronic devices include the plurality of portable devices having respective sparse maps installed thereupon. A second sparse map is identified for a second portable device connected to the remote computing system for accessing the sharable world data. The second portable device performs content persistence for a virtual content relative to the physical object at least by using a merged map determined by merging a version of the first sparse map and a version of the second sparse map based at least in part upon one or more persistence coordinate frames.
US11694390B2	Apparatus and method for generating images of a scene An apparatus comprises a store (209) storing a set of anchor poses for a scene, as well as typically 3D image data for the scene. A receiver (201) receives viewer poses for a viewer and a render pose processor (203) determines a render pose in the scene for a current viewer pose of the viewer pose where the render pose is determined relative to a reference anchor pose. A retriever (207) retrieves 3D image data for the reference anchor pose and a synthesizer (205) synthesizes images for the render pose in response to the 3D image data. A selector selects the reference anchor pose from the set of anchor poses and is arranged to switch the reference anchor pose from a first anchor pose of the set of anchor poses to a second anchor pose of the set of anchor poses in response to the viewer poses.
US11694389B2	Avatar output device, terminal device, avatar output method, and program An avatar output device includes an avatar storage unit that stores, for each of two or more avatars, avatar information including first model information for displaying the avatar; a determination unit that determines at least one first avatar displayed using the first model information and at least one second avatar displayed using second model information with a data size smaller than a data size of the first model information from among the two or more avatars; an avatar acquisition unit that acquires an avatar using the second model information for each of the at least one second avatar determined by the determination unit, and acquires an avatar using the first model information for each of the at least one first avatar; and an avatar output unit that outputs the two or more avatars acquired by the avatar acquisition unit.
US11694387B2	Systems and methods for end to end scene reconstruction from multiview images Systems and methods of generating a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a scene or environment surrounding a user of a spatial computing system, such as a virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality system, using only multiview images comprising RGB images, and without the need for depth sensors or depth data from sensors. Features are extracted from a sequence of frames of RGB images and back-projected using known camera intrinsics and extrinsic s into a 3D voxel volume wherein each pixel of the voxel volume is mapped to a ray in the voxel volume. The back-projected features are fused into the 3D voxel volume. The 3D voxel volume is passed through a 3D convolutional neural network to refine the and regress truncated signed distance function values at each voxel of the 3D voxel volume.
US11694385B2	3D microgeometry and reflectance modeling A system and method for three-dimensional (3D) microgeometry and reflectance modeling is provided. The system receives images comprising a first set of images of a face and a second set of images of the face. The faces in the first set of images and the second set of images are exposed to omni-directional lighting and directional lighting, respectively. The system generates a 3D face mesh based on the received images and executes a set of skin-reflectance modeling operations by using the generated 3D face mesh and the second set of images, to estimate a set of texture maps for the face. Based on the estimated set of texture maps, the system texturizes the generated 3D face mesh. The texturization includes an operation in which texture information, including microgeometry skin details and skin reflectance details, of the estimated set of texture maps is mapped onto the generated 3D face mesh.
US11694382B2	System and method for generating character poses using deep learning A method of generating or modifying poses in an animation of a character are disclosed. Variable numbers and types of supplied inputs are combined into a single input. The variable numbers and types of supplied inputs correspond to one or more effector constraints for one or more joints of the character. The single input is transformed into a pose embedding. The pose embedding includes a machine-learned representation of the single input. The pose embedding is expanded into a pose representation output. The pose representation output includes local rotation data and global position data for the one or more joints of the character.
US11694378B2	Timeline system for monitoring a culture media protocol Systems and methods are provided for providing a timeline representing a culture media protocol for a culture medium. Providing a timeline representing a culture media protocol can include receiving the culture media protocol for the culture media generating the timeline on a user interface based on the culture media protocol, monitoring time on the timeline, receiving one or more culture media images related to the culture media protocol, associating each of the one or more culture media images with a position on the timeline that correlates to a time at which the culture media image was captured, and generating a selectable marker for each culture media image associated with the timeline, the selectable marker being aligned with the position on the timeline that correlates to the time at which the culture media image was captured.
US11694375B2	Systems and methods for pixel-based quantum state visualization Systems and methods for pixel-based quantum state visualization are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-based method for generating a visualization of a quantum state may include: (1) receiving, at a computer program executed by a computer processor, quantum input data comprising a plurality of outcomes for a quantum state, each outcome having a phase and a magnitude; (2) for each outcome, translating, by the computer program, the outcome into a pixel having a hue based on the phase and an intensity based on the magnitude; (3) plotting, by the computer program, the pixel on a pixel graph; and (4) outputting, by the computer program, the pixel graph to an output device.
US11694371B2	Controlling interactivity of digital content overlaid onto displayed data via graphics processing circuitry using a frame buffer An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium that access a frame buffer of a graphics processing unit (GPU), analyze, in the frame buffer, a frame representing displayed data, based on the analyzed frame, identify a reference patch that includes an instruction to retrieve content, generate an overlay including an augmentation layer which includes the content, superimpose the overlay onto the displayed data such that the content is viewable while a portion of the base layer is obscured, detect a user input, determine a location of the user input in the augmentation layer, associate the location in the augmentation layer with a target location in the base layer, and associate, within memory, the target location with an operation such that the user input in the augmentation layer activates an input in the base layer.
US11694369B2	Vehicle user interface device and operating method of vehicle user interface device The present invention relates to a vehicle user interface device including a display configured to display a first Augmented Reality (AR) graphic object at a point in a display area corresponding to a first point, and at least one processor configured to obtain distance data between a vehicle and the first point and change the first AR graphic object based on the distance data.
US11694367B2	Compressing texture data on a per-channel basis Sampling circuitry independently accesses channels of texture data that represent a set of pixels. One or more processing units separately compress the channels of the texture data and store compressed data representative of the channels of the texture data for the set of pixels. The channels can include a red channel, a blue channel, and a green channel that represent color values of the set of pixels and an alpha channel that represents degrees of transparency of the set of pixels. Storing the compressed data can include writing the compress data to portions of a cache. The processing units can identify a subset of the set of pixels that share a value of a first channel of the plurality of channels and represent the value of the first channel over the subset of the set of pixels using information representing the value, the first channel, and boundaries of the subset.
US11694366B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium using image processing technique for evaluating colors of a captured object A first obtaining unit obtains two images obtained by capturing images of an inspection target object under different capturing environments with different illumination conditions inputted by a user. A second obtaining unit obtains area information that specifies two types of areas set by the user regarding an area in each image. The two types of areas include a reference area serving as a reference for comparison between the areas and a comparison target area serving as a target of comparison. A converting unit generates color conversion parameters for carrying out color conversion such that a color value of the reference area in one image coincides with a color value of the reference area in the other image. A deriving unit derives a color difference between the reference area and the comparison target area regarding each of the two images.
US11694365B2	Optical sensor device and method used for detecting a color of a specific surface of an object A method of an optical sensor device used for detecting a color of a specific surface of an object includes: providing a sensor array having a plurality of pixel units each for receiving light reflected from the specific surface to generate a sensed pixel value; using the sensor array to generate a specific image formed by a plurality of sensed pixel values; determining whether the specific image is similar to a first solid color image corresponding to a first color according to the plurality of sensed pixel values of the specific image; and determining to execute a distance detection operation to calculate a specific distance from the optical sensor device to the specific surface according to a color saturation value of the first color in the specific image when it is determined that the specific image is similar to the first solid color image corresponding to the first color.
US11694364B2	Systems and methods for approximating a 5-angle color difference model Apparatuses and methods for approximating a 5-angle color difference model are provided, where the 5-angle color difference model utilizes a 5-angle equation. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a storage device for storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The processor(s) are configured to receive 3-angle standard and test color measurements, and enter the 3-angle standard measurement into a neural network empirical model. The neural network empirical model includes a plurality of input nodes, a plurality of hidden nodes connected to the input nodes, and a plurality of output nodes connected to the hidden nodes. The neural network empirical model is configured to output 3-angle tolerance values, and to calculate a 3-angle color difference value using the 5-angle equation for at least one of the 3 color measurement angles using the 3-angle standard and test color measurements and the 3-angle tolerance values.
US11694362B2	Data processing systems for real-time camera parameter estimation Data processing systems are disclosed for determining semantic and person keypoints for an environment and an image and matching the keypoints for the image to the keypoints for the environment. A homography is generated based on the keypoint matching and decomposed into a matrix. Camera parameters are then determined from the matrix. A plurality of random camera poses can be generated and used to project keypoints for an environment using image keypoints. The projected keypoints can be compared to the actual keypoints for the environment to determine an error and weighting for each of the random camera poses.
US11694361B2	Camera auto-calibration system A seed camera disposed a first location is manually calibrated. A second camera, disposed at a second location, detects a physical marker based on predefined characteristics of the physical marker. The physical marker is located within an overlapping field of view between the seed camera and the second camera. The second camera is calibrated based on a combination of the physical location of the physical marker, the first location of the seed camera, the second location of the second camera, a first image of the physical marker generated with the seed camera, and a second image of the physical marker generated with the second camera.
US11694360B2	Calibrating 3D motion capture system for skeletal alignment using x-ray data A processing device receives, from a three-dimensional (3D) motion capture system, initial data representing an initial orientation of a subject user's body in an initial position. The processing device further receives x-ray data representing at least the portion of the subject user's body in the initial position. The processing device determines an actual orientation of at least one bone or joint from the portion of the subject user's body in the initial position as represented in the x-ray data and calibrates the initial orientation of the 3D motion capture system to reflect the actual orientation of the at least one bone or joint in the initial position.
US11694359B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating camera A method and apparatus for calibrating a camera are provided. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring an image-point cloud sequence, the image-point cloud sequence including at least one group of an initial image and point cloud data collected at a same time, the initial image being collected by a camera provided on an autonomous vehicle and the point cloud data being collected by a radar provided on the autonomous vehicle; determining target point cloud data of initial images corresponding to groups of image-point cloud in the image-point cloud sequence; and matching the target point cloud data with the corresponding initial images in the image-point cloud sequence to determine a correction parameter of the camera.
US11694358B2	Computer vision on broadcast video Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide an image processing framework that sub-divides computer vision techniques into three computationally efficient steps: detection, classification and matching. These steps provide an improved image processing framework that can analyze live stream data of a media file, in real-time, in order to identify and track specific digital objects depicted therein. This enables not only image processing detection results, but also the capabilities of augmenting the video stream with additional data related to the detected object.
US11694354B2	Geospatial object geometry extraction from imagery Apparatuses, systems, methods, and medium are disclosed for precise geospatial structure geometry extraction from multi-view imagery, including a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable code that when executed by a processor cause the processor to: receive an image of a structure having an outline, the image having pixels with first pixel values depicting the structure and second pixel values outside of the structure depicting a background of a geographic area surrounding the structure, and image metadata including first geolocation data; and generate a synthetic shape image of the structure from the image using a machine learning algorithm, the synthetic shape image including pixels having pixel values forming a synthetic shape of the outline, the synthetic shape image having second geolocation data derived from the first geolocation data.
US11694345B2	Moving object tracking using object and scene trackers A method of using both object features and scene features to track an object in a scene is provided. In one embodiment, the scene motion is compared with the object motion and if the motions differ greater than a threshold, then the pose from object tracker is used; otherwise, the pose from scene tracker is used. In another embodiment, the pose of an object is tracked by both scene tracker and object tracker and these poses are compared. If these comparison results in a difference greater than a threshold, the pose from object tracker is used; otherwise, the pose from scene tracker is used.
US11694342B2	Apparatus and method for tracking multiple objects Disclosed is a method of tracking multiple objects included in an image using a multi-object tracking apparatus including an integrated similarity neural network, the method including setting a tracking area in an input image, extracting at least one object candidate for a target object from the tracking area; extracting reference features for the target object, the object candidate, and the tracking area, selecting two of the target object, the object candidate, and the tracking area to evaluate similarity based on the reference features; allocating the object candidate to the target object on the basis of the evaluated similarity; and tracking the target object on the basis of a location of the allocated object candidate.
US11694339B2	Method and apparatus for determining blood velocity in X-ray angiography images A method for quantitative flow analysis of a fluid flowing in a conduit from a sequence of consecutive image frames of such a conduit, where such image frames are timely separated by a certain time interval, the method comprising: a) selecting a start image frame and an end image frame from the sequence either automatically or upon user input; b) determining a centerline of the conduit in the start image frame; c) determining a centerline of the conduit in the end image frame; d) selecting a common start point on the centerline of the start image frame and on the centerline of the end image frame either automatically or upon user input; e) selecting an end point on the centerline of the start image frame; f) selecting an end point on the centerline of the end image frame; g) calculating centerline distance between the start point and the end point of the start image frame; h) calculating centerline distance between the start point and the end point of the end image frame; and i) calculating a local flow velocity as a function of the centerline distances of g) and h) and a time interval between the start image frame and the end image frame. A corresponding imaging device and computer program are also disclosed.
US11694338B2	3D modeling method for cementing hydrate sediment based on CT image The present invention belongs to the technical field of petroleum exploitation engineering, and discloses a 3D modeling method for cementing hydrate sediment based on a CT image. Indoor remolding rock cores or in situ site rock cores without hydrate can be scanned by CT; a sediment matrix image stack and a pore image stack are obtained by gray threshold segmentation; then, a series of cementing hydrate image stacks with different saturations are constructed through image morphological processing of the sediment matrix image stack such as dilation, erosion and image subtraction operation; and a series of digital rock core image stacks of the cementing hydrate sediment with different saturations are formed through image subtraction operation and splicing operation to provide a relatively real 3D model for the numerical simulation work of the basic physical properties of a reservoir of natural gas hydrate.
US11694334B2	Segmenting objects in vector graphics images In implementations of segmenting objects in vector graphics images, an object segmentation system can obtain points that identify an object in a vector graphics image, and determine a region of interest in the image that includes the object based on the points that identify the object. The object segmentation system can generate a heat map from the points that identify the object in the image, and a rasterized region from rasterizing the region of interest. The object segmentation system can generate a mask from the rasterized region and the heat map, the mask identifying pixels of the object in the rasterized region, and determine, from the mask, paths of the vector graphics corresponding to the object.
US11694333B1	Performing semantic segmentation of 3D data using deep learning A deep artificial neural network (DNN) for generating a semantically-segmented three-dimensional (3D) point cloud is manufactured by a process including obtaining a 3D point cloud, establishing a DNN topology, training the DNN to output labels by subdividing the point cloud, pre-processing the subdivisions, updating weights, and storing weights. Training a DNN includes obtaining a 3D point cloud, establishing a topology of the DNN, training the DNN to output point labels by subdividing, pre-processing the subdivisions, analyzing the features and respective labels of the point cloud to update DNN weights, and storing the weights. A server includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to obtain a 3D point cloud, establish a DNN topology, train the DNN to output labels by subdividing, pre-process the subdivisions, analyze the features and respective labels of the point cloud to update weights, and store the weights.
US11694331B2	Capture and storage of magnified images An imaging system includes a microscope to generate magnified images of regions of interest of a tissue sample, a camera to capture and store the magnified images, and a controller. The controller is configured to, for each magnification level in a sequence of increasing magnification levels, image one or more regions of interest of the tissue sample at the current magnification level. For each region of interest, data is generated defining one or more refined regions of interest based on the magnified image of the region of interest of the tissue sample at the current magnification level. Each refined region of interest corresponds to a proper subset of the tissue sample, and the refined regions of interest of the tissue sample provide the regions of interest to be imaged at a next magnification level from the sequence of increasing magnification levels.
US11694325B2	System for deriving electrical characteristics and non-transitory computer-readable medium An object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for deriving a type of a defect of a semiconductor element and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The system receives, from the image acquisition tool, image data obtained by sequentially irradiating a plurality of patterns provided on the semiconductor wafer with a beam and extracts characteristics of the plurality of patterns sequentially irradiated with a beam from the received image data, the characteristics being included in the image data, or receives characteristics of the plurality of patterns sequentially irradiated with a beam from the image acquisition tool, the characteristics being extracted from the image data (Step 603), and derives (Step 605) a type of a defect by referring to (Step 604) related information for the characteristics of the plurality of patterns, the related information storing the characteristics of the plurality of patterns and types of defects in association with each other.
US11694322B2	Method and system for imaging three-dimensional feature Methods and systems for milling and imaging a sample based on multiple fiducials at different sample depths include forming a first fiducial on a first sample surface at a first sample depth; milling at least a portion of the sample surface to expose a second sample surface at a second sample depth; forming a second fiducial on the second sample surface; and milling at least a portion of the second sample surface to expose a third sample surface including a region of interest (ROI) at a third sample depth. The location of the ROI at the third sample depth relative to the first fiducial may be calculated based on an image of the ROI and the second fiducial as well as relative position between the first fiducial and the second fiducial.
US11694316B2	Method and apparatus for determining experience quality of VR multimedia A method for determining experience quality of virtual reality (VR) multimedia includes, in a process of playing VR multimedia, obtaining a first sensory parameter, a second sensory parameter, and a third sensory parameter of the VR multimedia, where the first sensory parameter, the second sensory parameter, and the third sensory parameter are obtained by performing sampling separately according to at least two same perceptual dimensions, and are respectively parameters that affect fidelity experience, enjoyment experience, and interaction experience, and determining a mean opinion score (MOS) of the VR multimedia based on the first sensory parameter, the second sensory parameter, and the third sensory parameter of the VR multimedia. Because the third sensory parameter is a parameter that affects the interaction experience, an interaction feature of the VR multimedia is considered.
US11694314B2	Digital foveation for machine vision A machine vision method includes obtaining a first representation of an image captured by an image sensor array, analyzing the first representation for an assessment of whether the first representation is sufficient to support execution of a machine vision task by the processor, if the first representation is not sufficient, determining, based on the first representation, a region of the image of interest for the execution of the machine vision task, reusing the image captured by the image sensor array to obtain a further representation of the image by directing the image sensor array to sample the image captured by the image sensor array in a manner guided by the determined region of the image of interest and by the assessment, and analyzing the further representation to assess whether the further representation is sufficient to support the execution of the machine vision task by implementing a procedure for the execution of the machine vision task in accordance with the further representation.
US11694311B2	Joint rolling shutter image stitching and rectification A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for applying rolling shutter (RS)-aware spatially varying differential homography fields for simultaneous RS distortion removal and image stitching is presented. The method includes inputting two consecutive frames including RS distortions from a video stream, performing keypoint detection and matching to extract correspondences between the two consecutive frames, feeding the correspondences between the two consecutive frames into an RS-aware differential homography estimation component to filter out outlier correspondences, sending inlier correspondences to an RS-aware spatially varying differential homography field estimation component to compute an RS-aware spatially varying differential homography field, and using the RS-aware spatially varying differential homography field in an RS stitching and correction component to produce stitched images with removal of the RS distortions.
US11694308B2	Images for perception modules of autonomous vehicles Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for processing an image. In one aspect a method includes receiving an image from a sensor array including an x-y array of pixels, each pixel in the x-y array of pixels having a value selected from one of three primary colors, based on a corresponding x-y value in a mask pattern. The method may further include generating a preprocessed image by performing preprocessing on the image. The method may further include performing perception on the preprocessed image to determine one or more outlines of physical objects.
US11694307B2	Image enhancement system and method based on generative adversarial network (GAN) model An image enhancement system and method based on a generative adversarial network (GAN) model. The image enhancement system includes an acquiring unit, a training unit and an enhancement unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a first image of a driving environment captured by a camera of a first vehicle and a second image of the driving environment captured by a camera of a second vehicle. The training unit is configured to train a GAN by using the first training image to obtain an image enhancement model. The enhancement unit is configured to enhance the second image by inputting the second image into the image enhancement model.
US11694304B2	Jointly learning visual motion and confidence from local patches in event cameras A method may include obtaining a set of events, of a set of pixels of a dynamic vision sensor, associated with an object; determining a set of voltages of the set of pixels, based on the set of events; generating a set of images, based on the set of voltages of the set of pixels; inputting the set of images into a first neural network configured to output a visual motion estimation of the object; inputting the set of images into a second neural network configured to output a confidence score of the visual motion estimation output by the first neural network; obtaining the visual motion estimation of the object and the confidence score of the visual motion estimation of the object, based on inputting the set of images into the first neural network and the second neural network; and providing the visual motion estimation of the object and the confidence score.
US11694303B2	Method and apparatus for providing 360 stitching workflow and parameter Disclosed herein is a method of creating an image stitching workflow including acquiring 360-degree virtual reality (VR) image parameters necessary to makes a request for image stitching and create the image stitching workflow, acquiring a list of functions applicable to the image stitching workflow, creating the image stitching workflow based on functions selected from the list of functions, determining the number of media processing entities necessary to perform tasks configuring the image stitching workflow and generating a plurality of media processing entities according to the determined number of media processing entities, and allocating the tasks configuring the image stitching workflow to the plurality of media processing entities.
US11694302B2	Dynamic uniformity correction In one embodiment, a computing system may determine, a predicted eye position of a viewer corresponding to a future time moment for displaying a frame. The system may generate a first correction map for the frame based on the predicted eye position of the viewer. The system may retrieve one or more second correction maps used for correcting one or more proceeding frames. The system may generate a third correction map based on the first correction map generated based on the predicted eye position of the viewer and the one or more second correction maps used for correcting the one or more proceeding frames. The system may adjust pixel values of the frame based at least on the third correction map. The system may output the frame with the adjusted pixel values to a display.
US11694301B2	Learning model architecture for image data semantic segmentation A learning model may provide a hierarchy of convolutional layers configured to perform convolutions upon image features, each layer other than a topmost layer convoluting the image features at a lower resolution to a higher layer, and each layer other than a bottommost layer returning the image features to a lower layer. Each layer fuses the lower resolution image features received from a higher layer with same resolution image features convoluted at the layer, so as to combine large-scale and small-scale features of images. Layers of the hierarchy may be substantially equal to a number of lateral convolutions at a bottommost convolutional layer. The bottommost convolutional layer ultimately passes the fused features to an attention mapping module, which utilizes two attention mapping pathways in combination to detect non-local dependencies and interactions between large-scale and small-scale features of images without de-emphasizing local interactions.
US11694299B2	Methods and apparatus to emulate graphics processing unit instructions Embodiments are disclosed for emulation of graphics processing unit instructions. An example method executing an instrumented kernel using a logic circuit, the instrumented kernel including an emulation sequence; saving, in response to determination that the emulation sequence is to be executed, source data to a shared memory; setting an emulation request flag to indicate to processor circuitry separate from the logic circuit that offloaded execution of the emulation sequence is to be executed; monitoring the emulation request flag to determine whether the offloaded execution of the emulation sequence is complete; and accessing resulting data from the shared memory.
US11694297B2	Determining appropriate medical image processing pipeline based on machine learning Mechanisms are provided to implement an automated medical image processing pipeline selection (MIPPS) system. The MIPPS system receives medical image data associated with a patient electronic medical record and analyzes the medical image data to extract evidence data comprising characteristics of one or more medical images in the medical image data indicative of a medical image processing pipeline to select for processing the one or more medical images. The evidence data is provided to a machine learning model of the MIPPS system which selects a medical image processing pipeline based on a machine learning based analysis of the evidence data. The selected medical image processing pipeline processes the medical image data to generate a results output.
US11694294B2	Cargo protection method, device and system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium The present disclosure relates to a cargo protection method, device and system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, relating to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles. The method of the present disclosure includes: determining whether an unmanned aerial vehicle is in a falling state or not according to a current acceleration in a vertical direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a current vertical distance from the unmanned aerial vehicle to the ground; and opening at least one airbag in a cargo hold of the unmanned aerial vehicle in a case where the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the falling state to protect a cargo in the cargo hold.
US11694292B2	Soft segmentation based rules optimization for zero detection loss false positive reduction A system and method includes soft-segment based rules optimization that can mitigate the overall false positives while maintaining 100% true positive detection. The soft clustering allows real-time re-assignment of an account to a dominate archetype behavior, as well as rule optimization based on a logical order with more relaxation on thresholds for the most inefficient rules is performed within each archetype. The rule optimization provides false positive reduction compared to a baseline rule system. The method can be used to reduce false positives for any rule-based detection system in which the same true positive detection is required.
US11694290B2	System and method for adoption tracking and intervention for conversion achievement Methods, systems and computer storage media are disclosed for providing resources to a platform issue. Embodiments describe associating educational resources and an event resource to resolve the platform issue.
US11694288B2	Method of optimizing rider satisfaction A method of optimizing rider satisfaction includes classifying, using a first neural network of a hybrid neural network, social media data sourced from a plurality of social media sources as indicative of an effect on a transportation system. The method further includes predicting, using a second neural network of the hybrid neural network, at least one aspect of rider satisfaction affected by an effect on the transportation system derived from the social media data classified as indicative of an effect on the transportation system. The method still further includes optimizing, using a third neural network of the hybrid neural network, the at least one aspect of rider satisfaction for at least one rider occupying a vehicle in the transportation system.
US11694285B2	Non-sequential restaurant order system and method Systems and restaurant locations for use with a mobile ordering system, and methods thereof, to provide at least more time-efficient pick up of orders by customers than with traditional ordering and pick up windows.
US11694282B2	Computer implemented blockchain-based system for agricultural products A platform built on blockchain that is designed to help increase traceability, efficiency and fairness in agricultural supply chains, such as the coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar, grains and fruit supply chains. The platform includes a Self-Sovereign Identity solution, a new form of digital identity built on distributed ledger technology. Farmers, wholesalers, traders and retailers can interact more efficiently using comprehensive, near real-time access to this data, and consumers can have new insights about the origins of the products they consume. The platform includes a consumer-facing application that pulls information directly from the blockchain and connects the final consumer, e.g. a coffee drinker, to farmers, traders, roasters and brands. The information is presented on an interactive map, allowing each product to tell a story in a simple and scalable way. The app also presents sustainability projects in coffee communities and an opportunity for consumers to directly support them.
US11694280B2	Systems/methods for identifying products for purchase within audio-visual content utilizing QR or other machine-readable visual codes An automated system/method for identifying and enabling viewer selection/purchase of products or services associated with digital content presented on a display device. Products within the digital content are identified and existing product placement data is ascertained. For products that do not include such data, other methodologies, with the assistance of third-party servers, are employed to assess identity and purchase availability. Viewer input designate products to assess or products can be automatically assessed. Viewers initiate purchase of identified products via the display device or other electronic devices controlled by viewers, such as via viewers' smart phones. Various processes for identifying products include use of AI processing, access to data on third-party servers, crowd sourcing and other methodologies. Various techniques for selecting products for purchases are employed including employing 3D codes (e.g., QR codes) alongside presented products to enable other portable electronic devices to facilitate purchase. Other features are described.
US11694275B2	Dynamic automated insurance application architecture An apparatus for generating an application document is provided. The apparatus retrieves a plurality of candidate questions from at least one database, each of the plurality of candidate questions corresponding to one of a plurality of entities, and each of the plurality of entities being different from each other, removes substantively similar candidate questions among the plurality of candidate questions from the different entities; and generates a graphical user interface by aggregating remaining candidate questions among the plurality of candidate questions after the removal of the substantively similar candidate questions as application questions.
US11694274B2	Processing system to facilitate multi-region risk relationships A multi-region risk relationship data store may contain electronic records representing a plurality of multi-region risk relationships and, for each multi-region risk relationship, an electronic record identifier and a set of multi-region attribute values including a plurality of hierarchical local risk relationship attribute values. A back-end application computer server may receive an indication of a selected risk relationship and display at least some of the associated multi-region attribute values. The server may receive adjustments to some of the multi-region or local risk-relationship attribute values, and displayed information may be automatically and dynamically configured based on the received adjustments and a standalone risk calculation unit. At least some local risk relationship attribute values may be replicated for multiple regions. When adjustments have been completed, the server may automatically assemble a multi-region risk relationship document.
US11694272B2	Method and apparatus for insurance management system The system provides a method and apparatus for tracking and managing insurance coverage for an enterprise. In one embodiment, the system provides automated reports that include all types of coverage in a single report with a visual representation that fully informs the reader of status and areas of risk and concern. The reports are fully sortable and can provide a single resource for management of all policies and coverages of an enterprise. In one embodiment the system presents data in a unique grid that provides important information at a glance and enhances management of the system.
US11694267B2	Automation and latency remediation for secure messaging systems Systems and methods for secure messaging and automation are disclosed herein. An example method includes providing a user-facing application secured through use of a security token cached on a web browser, establishing a security protocol or security token utilized between the application server layer and the web services layer that is different from the security token cached on the web browser; and performing asynchronous processing based on user interaction with a goal-based planning application that provides queries that are directed to assessing both risk willingness and goal ability, generates a risk willingness score and a goal ability score, selects a goal-based plan, and generating one or more instructions sets that are used to automatically reconfigure the plurality of user accounts to ensure that a goal is met within a specified time frame.
US11694265B2	System and method for centralized clearing of over the counter foreign exchange instruments The disclosed systems and methods relate to allowing trading of over the counter (“OTC”) foreign exchange (“FX”) contracts on a centralized matching and clearing mechanism, such as that of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (“CME”'s) futures exchange system (the “Exchange”). The disclosed systems and methods allow for anonymous transactions, centralized clearing, efficient settlement and the provision of risk management/credit screening mechanisms to lower risk, reduce transaction costs and improve the liquidity in the FX market place. In particular, the disclosed embodiments increase speed of execution facilitating growing demand for algorithmic trading, increased price transparency, lower cost of trading, customer to customer trading, and automated asset allocations, recurring trades as well as clearing and settlement efficiencies.
US11694264B1	Blockchain instrument for transferable equity Systems and methods for offering and purchasing tokenized securities on a blockchain platform meeting current and future federal, state, and offering and holding entity rules and regulations. Tokenized securities purchased during or after the tokenized securities offering are tradable on a secondary market. The server computer of the tokenized securities provides an automated transfer capability for tokenized securities holders.
US11694262B2	Systems including a hub platform, communication network and memory configured for processing data involving time-stamped/time-sensitive aspects and/or other features Systems involving a hub platform, communication network, and memory configured for processing data involving time-stamped/time-sensitive aspects and other features are disclosed. In one example, an illustrative system may comprise a hub computer platform and associated computing components configured to generate a plurality of portals including at least first and second portals, including aspects such as automatically updating information displayed therein in real-time between portals, automatically attaching and/or processing timestamps and identifier information that are attached to orders upon receipt and acceptance thereof, generating and/or processing information of an order file, generating, updating and/or interactively displaying various tabular and/or graphical information such as order and/or price discovery information that is automatically processed based on timestamps and/or other information, and/or generating other GUI features that, for example, may graphically display and continually update level-of-involvement information.
US11694261B2	Anonymous trading system An anonymous computerized trading system matches orders by conducting auctions at specified times. As well as entering orders, participants assign credit limits for the duration of the auction, thus minimizing the time for which credit is allocated to the system.
US11694260B2	Market data redaction tools and related methods An example method includes receiving, at a first computing device, market data related to a plurality of tradeable objects. The example method includes displaying, via an interface, the received market data via at the first computing device. The interface is based on an interface object model including a plurality of data components corresponding to the received market data. The example method includes receiving an input selection to share the interface with a second computing device and generating a transfer object model based on the interface object model in response to the receipt of the input selection. The example method includes identifying a first group of the plurality of data components included in the transfer object model and redacting the first group of the plurality of data components corresponding to the received market data components. The example method includes transmitting the redacted transfer object model to the second computing device.
US11694259B2	Authorization of a trading strategy algorithm Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for authorizing a trading algorithm prior to execution of the trading algorithm. An example method includes receiving a trading algorithm definition associated with a unique identifier and sending the unique identifier to an algorithm server that is operable to execute programming code representing the trading algorithm. The unique identifier may be associated with a trader authorized to execute the programming code. The algorithm server may check the unique identifier prior to execution of the programming code to ensure that the trading algorithm has been authorized.
US11694258B2	Systems, methods, and devices for generating and trading environmental credits Systems and methods of the present disclosure may collect data associated with a user activity. The data may be transmitted from an app running on a computing device with a user account authenticated by the computer-based system. The system may calculate a carbon footprint of the user activity based on the data associated with the user activity. An amount of carbon credits may be assigned to a user account authenticated with the computer-based system based on the calculated carbon footprint of the user activity. A transaction may be written to a blockchain retiring the amount of carbon credits in response to a request to offset a carbon footprint.
US11694257B2	Utilizing artificial intelligence to make a prediction about an entity based on user sentiment and transaction history A device receives comment information that is associated with users and includes comments provided by the users, about an entity, via social media sources, and receives transaction information that is associated with the users and includes financial transactions of the users with the entity. The device determines correlations between the comment information and the transaction information, where the correlations between the comment information and the transaction information provide weights to the comment information to generate weighted comment information. The device generates a prediction about a future stock price of the entity based on the weighted comment information, the transaction information, and the correlations between the comment information and the transaction information, and provides the prediction about the future stock price of the entity for display.
US11694251B2	Artificial intelligence for recommending a service Disclosed is a method for controlling an intelligent device, the method including: acquiring source data for generating a profile of a user; generating a cluster related to recommendation of a service by using the source data; generating the profile of the user using the cluster; and transmitting the profile of the user to a server, wherein the server recommends the service to the user based on the profile of the user. Accordingly, the present disclosure may automatically recommend an appropriate service to a user. The intelligent device of the present disclosure can be associated with artificial intelligence modules, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G service, etc.
US11694250B2	Labor marketplace exchange and methods thereof A labor marketplace exchange (LME) computing system and method are provided. The LME computing system communicates with communications devices of service providers and service users. The LME computing system receives service provider profile data from the service providers. Service users can submit service queries to the LME computing system. Based on the parameters of the service query, service providers are identified by the LME computing system. A service request is then sent to a service provider identified by the LME computing system and selected by the service user.
US11694248B2	Deep generation of user-customized items The present disclosure relates to a personalized fashion generation system that synthesizes user-customized images using deep learning techniques based on visually-aware user preferences. In particular, the personalized fashion generation system employs an image generative adversarial neural network and a personalized preference network to synthesize new fashion items that are individually customized for a user. Additionally, the personalized fashion generation system can modify existing fashion items to tailor the fashion items to a user's tastes and preferences.
US11694241B1	Multiple data store authentication Systems and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores substantially in real-time are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method may include receipt of a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.
US11694239B2	Method of optimizing patient-related outcomes A medical information navigation engine (“MINE”) is provided. In some embodiments, the system computes a current patient encounter vector for a current patient encounter, and then an optimal patient encounter vector is computed by assuming a best case patient encounter in accordance with the organizational objectives. The system is then able to compute the difference between the best case encounter and the current patient encounter. This difference is used to compute a corresponding payoff using an intelligent matrix.
US11694238B2	Online review generation using a redirection container Implementations of the present disclosure provide techniques to optimize distribution to multiple websites of online reviews associated with a merchant system. The system and method include receiving, from a merchant system associated with a merchant, assignment of a weight value corresponding to each website of a plurality of websites configured to receive a review associated with a merchant. A distribution parameter associated with the plurality of websites is received from the merchant system. A request to provide a review of the merchant is provided to a user system, the request comprising a link. Receiving from the user system, an indication associated with the link. In response to receiving the indication, identifying, by a redirection container, a first website of the plurality of websites based on the weight value corresponding to each website of the plurality of websites and the distribution parameter. The user system is redirected, via the redirection container, to the first website for posting an online review of the merchant.
US11694233B2	Method and apparatus for validation of targeted advertising data A system is configured to receive a product feed including one or more products, receive a plurality of transaction records including one or more transactions, for each transaction, generate an attribution report, wherein the attribution report attributes each transaction to a publisher, associate a publisher with each of the one or more transactions, associate each product of the product feed with the transactions, for each of the one or more products of the product feed, generate a product profile, the product profile including one or more variables, apply a commission rule based on the one or more variables of the product profile and the attribution report, obtain an analytics report including transaction records corresponding to an associated advertisement associated with the advertiser, generate the attribution report based on the analytics report, the attribution report providing an indication associating a publisher with a completed transaction; and validate the analytics report.
US11694230B2	Apparatus, system, and method of providing a three dimensional virtual local presence A virtual local presence display apparatus, system and method is disclosed. Included are an extraction engine capable of automatically disassociating the virtual local presence from its production background; a first data feed of an actual background in which the displaying device resides; a background data feed of a plurality of optional backgrounds including at least the production background of the virtual local presence; a stream subject data feed of an extracted one of the virtual local presence extracted from the production background; an integrated data feed in which the virtual local presence and a background are integrated; a first processing having a receiver capable of receiving the data feeds and assessing a plurality of focal lengths to focal planes for the virtual presence in the production background, and in a selected one of the other backgrounds; and a second processing for causing displaying, on the display device, the virtual presence at a suitable location with regard to the focal planes in a selected one of the other backgrounds.
US11694228B1	System and method for optimizing online marketing based upon relative advertisement placement A method for optimizing target content on a search results webpage includes receiving source code defining the webpage from a search engine server. The method further includes processing the source code to identify a target source code block in the source code, the target source code block defining, at least partially, the target content. The method further includes processing the target source code block to determine a relative metric for the target content with respect to a layout of the search results webpage. Thereafter, the relative metric may be utilized to optimize advertising expenditures in order to improve a relative position of the target content.
US11694227B1	Forming and using master records based on consumer transaction data According to an embodiment, a data processing method comprises obtaining a first record associated with a first computer and a second record associated with a second computer that is different than the first computer; in response to determining that the first record has been obtained from a primary source, determining that at least a first set of key information in the first record matches a second set of key information in the second record, and in response thereto: creating and storing a master record comprising a union of the first record and the second record; using the master record to determine one or more electronic offers to present to any of a user, a computing device, or an account that is associated with the master record.
US11694226B2	Region merging and coding parameter reuse via merging A favorable merging or grouping of simply connected regions into which the array of information samples is sub-divided, is coded with a reduced amount of data. To this end, a predetermined relative locational relationship is defined enabling an identifying, for a predetermined simply connected region, of simply connected regions within the plurality of simply connected regions which have the predetermined relative locational relationship to the predetermined simply connected region. Namely, if the number is zero, a merge indicator for the predetermined simply connected region may be absent within the data stream. In other embodiments, spatial sub-division is performed depending on a first subset of syntax elements, followed by combining spatially neighboring simply connected regions depending on a second subset of syntax elements, to obtain an intermediate sub-division.
US11694219B2	Localized facility-specific presentation of digital temporary offer data With an offer server computer system: receiving a first digital image file; receiving a first mapping of product codes to audience segment identifiers; receiving a temporary price reduction offer dataset; mapping a target identifier for an end user device of a consumer to an audience segment identifier; in response to determining, based on the audience segment identifier, that the TPR offer dataset has a product code and a retailer identifier that map to the audience segment identifier, and an effective date value that includes a current date value, and the retailer identifier corresponds to a retailer location within a specified distance of a then-current location of the end user computing device: creating and storing a digital offer dataset comprising both the first digital image file and a second digital image file that presents data elements of the TPR offer dataset; causing transmission of the dataset to the end user device.
US11694217B2	System and method for crowd management and maintenance operations A crowd management system includes at least one local controller associated with an attraction area of an individual attraction within a theme park. The crowd management system includes a transceiver of the at least one local controller, where the transceiver receives guests data via wireless signals from guest-associated devices within a detection range of the local controller. The crowd management system includes a remote central controller in communication with the at least one local controller and the guest-associated device. The remote central controller receives the guest data from the at least one local controller and determines one or more crowd metrics of the individual attraction based on the guest data. The remote central controller generates an activity command based on the one or more crowd metrics. The remote central controller transmits the activity command to at least one guest-associated device of the guest-associated devices.
US11694216B2	Data driven customer loyalty prediction system and method Systems and methods are provided to predict customer behavior during a digital transaction at a point of sale. The disclosed systems and methods can collect information regarding a merchant and the merchant's business as well as information about the current sales environment in which the merchant is operating. From the collected information, the disclosed systems and methods can process the collected information to generate a prediction of future customer behavior in real-time or near real-time.
US11694212B2	Decentralized governance regulatory compliance (D-GRC) controller The present disclosure describes techniques for dynamically monitoring and collating data associated with an agricultural operation for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with an agricultural compliance plan (ACP). More specifically, a decentralized governance compliance (D-GRC) controller is described that is configured to generate a distributed ledger that dynamically processes compliance of individual actions associated with an ACP. The distributed ledger may be configured to track regulatory compliance associated with a cycle of agricultural activities associated with an agricultural product. Agricultural activities may include an inventory inspection of agricultural products, a facility inspection of a facility used for an agricultural operation, or vehicle inspection of vehicles used to transport agricultural products. Further, the distributed ledger may be configured to automate the governance of an ACP across various entities such that are each compliant or non-compliant response from an entity, automatically triggers an update to the ACP.
US11694207B2	Securing an exchange item associated with fraud A method for execution by a marketplace server includes detecting fraudulent acquisition of an exchange item by a first computing device, where the exchange item has a static identifier (ID) and a dynamic ID that is generated based on exchange item security parameters associated with the exchange item. The method further includes deactivating the dynamic ID and the exchange item security parameters in response to the detecting fraudulent acquisition, where the static ID of the exchange item remains active and valid. The method further includes generating second exchange item security parameters for the exchange item. The method further includes generating a second dynamic ID based on the second exchange item security parameters, where the second dynamic ID establishes the exchange item for utilization in an exchange item marketplace network. The method further includes updating a record in a marketplace database to include the second dynamic ID.
US11694202B2	Transaction certification management system, transaction certification management apparatus, and transaction certification processing method In general, according to one embodiment, a transaction certification system includes a transaction processing apparatus and a server. The transaction processing apparatus outputs encrypted data including transaction certification data for certification of a transaction executed on the transaction processing apparatus. The server receives the encrypted data from a first terminal apparatus that reads the encrypted data that has been output by the transaction processing apparatus. The server acquires a first user identifier identifying a user of the first terminal apparatus sending the encrypted data. The server stores the transaction certification data of the encrypted data in a storage device. The transaction certification data is stored in correlation with the acquired user identifier. The server receives a second user identifier from a user requesting a transaction certification, and then transmits the transaction certification data to a second terminal apparatus associated with the second user identifier.
US11694200B2	Secure account creation In one embodiment, a payment service system-implemented method of assigning payment card numbers for individual user accounts associated with the payment service system includes receiving a request, in the context of an authorization for a payment transaction, to assign a payment card number to a user account associated with a user of the payment service system. The method includes retrieving, from a database associated with the payment service system, an account record associated with the user account. The method includes determining that the user account is not associated with an active payment card number. The method includes identifying an unassigned payment card number and modifying the account record to assign the unassigned payment card number to the user account as an active payment card number. The method includes authorizing the payment transaction using the active payment card number, causing a modification to an account balance of the user account.
US11694198B2	System and method for transferring resources using a blockchain A computer-implemented includes sending a public key associated with a particular node in a cyclically-ordered set of nodes participating in a blockchain network to an initiator node; receiving, by the particular node from a node immediately previous to the particular node in the cyclically-ordered set, a first value based on public keys associated with each node from the particular node through to the initiator node; determining a locking value based on the first value and the public key associated with the particular node; and preparing using the locking value, a transaction arranged to transmit control of a resource from a source address associated with the particular node to a receiving address of a node immediately subsequent to the particular node. The control of the resource is to be transmitted responsive to satisfaction of an execution condition including supply of an unlocking value corresponding to the locking value.
US11694197B2	Object oriented smart contracts for UTXO-based blockchains Disclosed is method and system for turning existing object-oriented programming languages into smart contract languages without introducing new syntactic features. The invented method and system provide a protocol that enables storing a history of computations on a decentralized computer network, such as UTXO-based blockchain system, for any object-oriented computer language. The invented method and system further provide for storing and updating data on blockchains, where such blockchains may be used in cryptocurrency applications and for smart contracts.
US11694195B2	System and method employing virtual ledger with non-fungible token (NFT) generation A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based thereon; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based thereon; an air router device having both low band radio, and internet router channels for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based thereon; a mesh network having node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based thereon; and computing devices connected to each of the respective node devices, and configured to perform non-fungible token (NFT) generation based on the assets, including tracking respective ownership and valuation of the assets, based on the asset information.
US11694188B1	Systems and methods for contactless card activation A method, apparatus, and system of activating and using a contactless card are disclosed. A mobile device includes a wireless chip structured to allow short-range wireless communications (e.g., a near-field communication), a processor, and a memory storing instructions. The mobile device is configured to communicate with a contactless card via a short-range wireless communication and receive a customer-specific uniform resource locator (URL) from the contactless card via a wireless chip. In response, the mobile device is configured to automatically open a web browser and navigate to a website associated with the customer-specific URL. The customer-specific URL identifying the client associated with the contactless card. The mobile device then prompts, via a GUI on the display, a user for authentication information, and based on a verification of the authentication information, display a confirmation page indicating activation of the contactless card.
US11694182B2	Systems and methods for displaying payment device specific functions Some embodiments of the invention provide a convenient system and method of displaying payment device specific functions. In other words, systems and methods are provided that allow different functions to be displayed and used for different payment devices provisioned on a communication device. These embodiments allow users to perform certain allowed functions on one payment device, and other, potentially different functions on another payment device.
US11694177B2	Cash handling system and cash handling method In order to improve efficiency of an operation of a cash handling system and reduce the labor required for the operation, a POS register receives an input of a cash-out amount, and an input of a charge amount. The POS register reads a debit card ID from a debit card, and transmits a settlement request including the debit card ID and a settlement amount to a management server. Upon receiving the settlement request, the management server withdraws the settlement amount from an account, and transmits a settlement permission to the POS register. Upon receiving the settlement permission from the management server, the POS register performs charge of electronic money, and transmits a dispensing instruction for the cash-out amount to a change machine. The change machine receives the dispensing instruction and dispenses cash.
US11694175B2	Identifying consumers in a transaction via facial recognition A merchant and a user register with a payment processing system, which establishes a facial template based on a user image. The user signs into a payment application via a user computing device, which receives an identifier from a merchant beacon device to transmit to the payment processing system. The payment processing system transmits facial templates to the merchant camera device for other users who are also signed in to the payment application in range of the merchant beacon device. The merchant camera device compares a captured facial image against the received facial templates to identify the user. A merchant POS device operator selects an account of the user. The merchant POS device transmits transaction details to the payment processing system, which processes the transaction with an issuer system. The payment processing system receives an approval of the transaction authorization request and transmits a receipt to the merchant POS device.
US11694172B2	Systems and methods for improving error tolerance in processing an input file A computer system including a processor, in communication with a database, programmed to identify a plurality of billers from the database, including biller information, and receive a payee file including payee information identifying a payee which issued a bill to a payor. The processor determines an approximate match score for each of the billers in a first set of billers of the plurality of billers by comparing payee information to biller information and identifies a candidate list of billers from the first set of billers having an approximate match score indicating a likelihood of matching the payee information. The processor adjusts the candidate list of billers by altering the match score of at least one candidate biller by comparing a payee account number of the payee information to an account mask associated with the candidate biller and generates an output file of candidate biller information from the adjusted candidate list.
US11694170B2	Method for processing data and apparatuses for implementing the same A computer-implemented method is provided comprising: generating a digital data block comprising transaction data representing at least one energy transfer transaction corresponding to an exchange of charge between a community member device and a charge source device, randomly selecting, in a group of community member devices, a plurality of block verification devices, wherein the block verification devices form a subgroup of block verification devices, partitioning a block verification computation task for the digital data block into a plurality of block verification computation subtasks, assigning the block verification computation so subtasks to respective selected block verification devices, transmitting the digital data block to each selected block verification device, together with its respective block verification computation subtask over a computer network, determining that the digital data block is verified, based on at least one verification results of a corresponding block verification computation subtask, and adding the verified block to a blockchain-enabled storage system.
US11694168B2	Real-time payment system, method, apparatus, and computer program Tracking account positions in a real-time payments system is provided. Each of a plurality of participants is linked to a funding agent account via an ACH network, thereby creating a plurality of linked participants. Each of the plurality of linked participants is provided access to a current prefunded position of the funding agent through the ACH network. An unsettled financial position of each of the plurality of participants is compared to the current prefunded position of the funding agent. A determination is made whether to perform a financial settlement for a corresponding one of the plurality of participants based on the comparison. The financial settlement for the corresponding participant is performed when it is determined that the unsettled financial position of the corresponding participant is not greater than the current prefunded position of the funding agent.
US11694166B2	Systems and methods for dynamically displaying recipient calendar information in electronic messages Systems and methods for presenting calendar information in electronic messages can include a data processing system receiving a request for calendar information for display in an electronic message responsive to the client device accessing the electronic message. The data processing system can identify, using information in the request, the calendar information of the sender of the electronic message and calendar information of the recipient of the electronic message. The data processing system can retrieve the calendar information of the sender of the electronic message and the calendar information of the recipient of the electronic message. The data processing system can automatically generate an image depicting the calendar information of the sender of the electronic message and the calendar information of the recipient of the electronic message, and send instructions to the client device to cause display of the image within the electronic message accessed by the client device.
US11694165B2	Key-value memory network for predicting time-series metrics of target entities A system implements a key value memory network including a key matrix with key vectors learned from training static feature data and time-series feature data, a value matrix with value vectors representing time-series trends, and an input layer to receive, for a target entity, input data comprising a concatenation of static feature data of the target entity, time-specific feature data, and time-series feature data for the target entity. The key value memory network also includes an entity-embedding layer to generate an input vector from the input data, a key-addressing layer to generate a weight vector indicating similarities between the key vectors and the input vector, a value-reading layer to compute a context vector from the weight and value vectors, and an output layer to generate predicted time-series data for a target metric of the target entity by applying a continuous activation function to the context vector and the input vector.
US11694164B2	Digital mailroom application A digital mailroom application is used by a mail clerk to process incoming physical mail. The digital mailroom application receives a list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings, then processes the incoming physical mail using the list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings. A piece of incoming physical mail can be processed by determining one of the mail recipients as the recipient for the piece of physical mail. The piece of physical mail is then scanned to generate a corresponding digital mail piece, which is routed electronically based on the defined mail delivery settings.
US11694161B2	Platform for investigative analysis A system for investigative analysis.
US11694159B2	Systems and methods for correlating large datasets of electronic data records A computer system is provided that stores reference data records and event data records that each correspond to one of the reference data records. Tokens are generated from the reference data records and sorted into subsets. Each reference data record that has a given token is included in the corresponding subset. A correlation value is calculated between members (e.g., the reference data records) of the subsets. The correlation values are calculated by determining a common time, calculating a reference value, calculating a percentage difference from the reference value, and then determining a correlation value (e.g., a correlation coefficient) using the percentage difference.
US11694158B2	Systems and methods for logical data processing A method includes receiving a data processing request at a computing system. The data processing request identifies data to be compared to sets of criteria according to a predefined sequence of the sets that is defined by a non-variant logic process. The method also includes determining whether the request is to be processed according to a variant logic process that defines a modified sequence of the criteria sets than the non-variant logic process. The method also includes dynamically altering the predefined sequence of the criteria sets to the modified sequence responsive to determining that the request is to be processed using the variant logic process, comparing the data identified by the request with the criteria sets according to the modified sequence, and processing the data according to the criteria sets of criteria in the modified sequence.
US11694156B2	Automated systems for reducing computational loads in the mass execution of analytical models using scale-out computing Disclosed embodiments provide systems and techniques for mass execution of analytical models across multiple dimensions of client, collateral, deal structure, third party, and other data relevant to predicting optimal decisions in real-time. In some embodiments, disclosed systems and techniques increase decisioning speed through the reduction of computational loads on disclosed decisioning systems. Further disclosed systems and techniques may scale-out analytical modeling computations through, among other technological solutions, advanced execution environments that are asynchronous and non-blocking in nature so as to allow the execution of a plurality of analytical models in parallel and optimizing the results.
US11694149B2	Apparatus and method for secure transport using internet of things (IoT) devices A system and method are described for ensuring that a product has been transported in acceptable environmental conditions. For example, one embodiment of the invention comprises: one or more sensors to measure environmental conditions during transport of the IoT device from an origin location to a destination location; a sensor interface coupled to the one or more sensors to communicate environmental values associated with the environmental conditions; a storage device to store monitor application program code; a processor coupled to the sensor interface and storage device, the processor to process the monitor application program code to perform operations based on the environmental values including storing the environmental values on the storage device; and a wireless communication interface to connect to an Internet of Things (IoT) service at one or more intermediate locations between the origin location and the destination location and/or at the destination location, the wireless communication interface to transmit the environmental values and/or event data associated with the environmental values to the IoT service; wherein the IoT service is to provide the environmental values and/or event data associated with the environmental values to one or more apps running on one or more client devices, the one or more apps associated with one or more accounts on the IoT service.
US11694148B2	Systems and methods for delivering items having encoded delivery points Systems and methods for delivering items are disclosed. The systems and methods comprise assigning a unique internal control value to each profile having an identified physical address delivery point. They also receive a request for delivery point information for each of a plurality of items to be distributed and providing a response comprising a list of internal control values thereto. They further receive a plurality of items, each item having printed thereon one of the internal control values on the list. For each of the plurality of items, they scan, by item processing equipment, the item to read the internal control value printed thereon, identifying, in the profile database, the physical address delivery point corresponding to the assigned internal control value, routing, by the item processing equipment, the item according to the identified physical address delivery point, and delivering the item to the identified physical address delivery point.
US11694146B2	System and method for automated laboratory inventory management using RFID technology In one aspect, a computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for graphically developing a connectivity driver is provided. The computer readable memory medium is a non-transitory medium. The program instructions are executable by a processor to generate a purchase order for a laboratory item, transmit the purchase order to a remote computer in order to communicate the purchase order to a vendor, receive an advance shipping notice generated in response to the purchase order, receive item information stored in an RFID tag of a tagged item received at the delivery location, and check the item information against the advance shipping notice in order to verify that the tagged item is the same as the ordered laboratory item. The purchase order specifies a delivery location.
US11694145B2	System and method for universal mapping of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data for application migration in integration processes A system and method of operating an integration application management system comprising a processor executing code instructions for modelling, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a business integration process including a data mapping type visual element and a universal data type mapping pipeline system to classify first application input data via a classification module having a machine learning classifier to determine data classifications in the first application input data and to select, via an inference module, among a plurality of neural network mapping algorithms corresponding to each of the one or more data classifications. The system and method to generate, with the selected neural network mapping algorithm, and present to a user a plurality of sample data mappings for the data mapping type visual element from a first application to a second application in the business integration process.
US11694143B2	Reyada system and method for performance management, communication, strategic planning, and strategy execution Strategic planning and strategy execution is important in organizations of various sizes and types, such as business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. While strategic planning and strategy execution are important, present systems and methods present challenges in providing for a system that links all aspects of strategic planning and strategy execution and communicates strategic planning and strategy execution throughout an organization. The present disclosure provides a system and method with an ability to articulate and align objectives, measures, targets, resources, activities, and outputs with desired outcome(s) and desired impact.
US11694140B2	Systems and methods for generating prioritization models and predicting workflow prioritizations Systems and methods for generating prioritization models and predicting workflow prioritizations are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; effectuate presentation of a series of questions via a first client computing platform associated with the first user; receive user input from the first client computing platform; generate a first prioritization model based on the response information; and determine one or more priorities for the first user based on the first prioritization model such that a primary first unit of work within the first set of units of work is determined to be a higher priority than a secondary first unit of work within the first set of units of work.
US11694139B2	Dynamic assignment of tasks to internet connected devices A method, computer system, and a computer program product for dynamic role assignment is provided. The present invention may include identifying a crisis event based on data collected by one or more internet-connected sensors. The present invention may then include selecting an incident plan based on the identified crisis event. The present invention may then include communicating an incident role to a registered device of a crowd member.
US11694134B2	Optimization method and device of crew replanning for high-speed railway in typical scenarios Provided herein are a method and device of crew replanning for high-speed railway typical scenarios, and an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: building a high-speed railway crew connection network; establishing a model for high-speed railway crew replanning; decomposing the model into a first sub-model for team leaders and a second sub-model for general crew members; and designing a Lagrangian relaxation algorithm to solve the first sub-model and the second sub-model.
US11694132B2	Methods and systems for electronic form identification and population Computer-implemented systems and methods for the sale of consumer services. Predictions are made based on the behaviors, preferences, assets, identifying characteristics, and other attributes associated with customers and merchants. In one implementation, a prediction is made as to whether a customer is likely to request a service and whether a merchant is likely to be selected by the customer to provide the service. In another implementation, the calendars of a merchant and customer are automatically updated to account for the customer's late arrival to an appointment at the merchants location. In yet another implementation, a customer purchases an appointment for a service from another customer that has the appointment scheduled with a merchant providing the service.
US11694130B2	System and method for assigning an agent to execute and fulfill a task request A system and method for assigning an agent to execute and fulfill a task request that include receiving the task request that includes at least one request attribute. The system and method also include determining an agent pool to execute and fulfill the task request in accordance with the at least one request attribute and determining a plurality of candidate locations at which to execute and fulfill the task request in accordance with the at least one request attribute. The system and method additionally include assigning a task execution location and a task fulfillment location from the plurality of candidate locations at which to execute and fulfill the task request. The system and method further include assigning the agent from the agent pool to execute and fulfill the task request.
US11694128B2	Biased ticket offers for actors identified using dynamic assessments of actors' attributes Techniques herein attempt to provide actors with more flexible and satisfactory experiences regarding obtaining tickets for an event. A learning model may identify attributes indicative of whether a particular actor (e.g., attempting to purchase tickets to an event) possesses a desirable characteristic (e.g., is likely to attend the event). Each actor can then be evaluated to estimate whether she is a good actor (possesses the characteristic). If so, favored opportunities may be made available, such as the opportunity to buy high-demand tickets. An actor may further have the opportunity to hold or reserve tickets for a period time, during which other actors cannot purchase them. A fee for holding or reserving tickets (and/or maintaining the hold or reserve) can be dynamically set based on market factors. Opportunities to modify seat assignments to allow a group of friends to sit together may also be provided.
US11694126B2	Information processing apparatus and recording medium An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor which (i) performs learning by a learning data set associated with a correct answer label for a preset problem and creates a machine learning model for estimating a correct answer to the preset problem for input data, (ii) estimates the correct answer to the preset problem for the input data by using the machine learning model, (iii) in response to a user operation, determines a label indicating a result of the estimation as a correct answer label of the input data or corrects the label to determine the corrected label as a correct answer label of the input data, and (iv) additionally registers the determined correct answer label as learning data in association with the input data in the learning data set.
US11694124B2	Artificial intelligence (AI) based predictions and recommendations for equipment An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based attribute prediction system generates predictions for attributes of highly customized equipment in response to received user requests. Processed historical data is initially used to generate feature combinations which are then employed along with a plurality of statistical and machine learning (ML) models in order to identify a best scoring model-feature combination in two selection cycles using multiple selection criteria. The predictions for an attribute are generated by the best scoring model and feature combination. Various insights regarding the features affecting the attribute can be additionally derived to provide recommendations to the user.
US11694122B2	Distributed machine learning systems, apparatus, and methods A distributed, online machine learning system is presented. Contemplated systems include many private data servers, each having local private data. Researchers can request that relevant private data servers train implementations of machine learning algorithms on their local private data without requiring de-identification of the private data or without exposing the private data to unauthorized computing systems. The private data servers also generate synthetic or proxy data according to the data distributions of the actual data. The servers then use the proxy data to train proxy models. When the proxy models are sufficiently similar to the trained actual models, the proxy data, proxy model parameters, or other learned knowledge can be transmitted to one or more non-private computing devices. The learned knowledge from many private data servers can then be aggregated into one or more trained global models without exposing private data.
US11694119B1	Multidimensional machine learning data and user interface segment tagging engine apparatuses, methods and systems The Multidimensional Machine Learning Data and User Interface Segment Tagging Engine Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“MLUI”) transforms ambient condition data, sales data, user interface selections, cognitive intelligence question input inputs via MLUI components into project projections, campaigns, user interface visualizations, cognitive intelligence question output outputs. A category identifier selection is obtained via a category selection interaction interface mechanism. Entity segment identifier selections are obtained via entity segment selection interaction interface mechanisms. A set of visualization cognitive intelligence (CI) datapoint identifiers is determined as CI datapoint identifiers associated with each combination of a selected entity segment identifier and the selected category identifier. CI datapoint values corresponding to the set of visualization CI datapoint identifiers are retrieved from a NoSQL database configured to act as cache for generating visualizations based on metrics calculated using survey data. A visualization is generated using the retrieved CI datapoint values.
US11694118B2	System and method for data visualization using machine learning and automatic insight of outliers associated with a set of data In accordance with various embodiments, described herein are systems and methods for use of computer-implemented machine learning to automatically determine insights of facts, segments, outliers, or other information associated with a set of data, for use in generating visualizations of the data. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can use a machine learning process to automatically determine one or more outliers or findings within the data, based on, for example, determining a plurality of combinations representing pairs of attribute dimensions within a data set, from which a general explanation or pattern can be determined for one or more attributes, and then comparing particular values for attributes, with the determined pattern for those attributes. Information describing such outliers or findings can be graphically displayed at a user interface, as text, graphs, charts, or other types of visualizations, and used as a starting point for further analysis of the data set.
US11694117B2	Waveform generation identification method and computer-readable medium A waveform generation identification method includes: comparing individual waveform data obtained by a plurality of sensors, with at least one piece of characteristic waveform information; determining appearance probability of characteristic waveform information in at least a certain section of the waveform data, based on a degree of correlation between a peak section of the waveform data and the characteristic waveform information; and identifying a time when a section matching with the characteristic waveform information appears and a concerned sensor, based on the appearance probability.
US11694116B2	Vehicle resiliency, driving feedback and risk assessment using machine learning-based vehicle wear scoring A machine learning model is manufactured by a process including retrieving training data, minimizing a loss function, wherein the training data may include labeled or unlabeled data, the machine learning model generating a prediction. A machine learning training/operation server includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to retrieve training data, input a training input, analyze the training input to generate a prediction, generate a loss score, and store the trained machine learning model. A method for training a machine learning model includes receiving training data, inputting a training input, analyzing the training input, generating a loss score, and storing the trained machine learning model.
US11694113B2	Personalized and adaptive learning audio filtering Aspects of the invention include a method including collecting, by a processor, physiological data from a user in an environment and a sound waveform from the user's environment. The method detects and labels as a potential annoyance, by the processor, a set of potential annoyance data based on the collected physiological data and the sound waveform. The method decomposes, by the processor, the sound waveform into a first sound waveform segment associated with the set of potential annoyance data and a second sound waveform segment not associated with the set of potential annoyance data. The method predicts, by the processor, that the potential annoyance is an actual annoyance. The method filters and modifies, by the processor, the first sound waveform segment associated with the actual annoyance and provides, by the processor, the second sound waveform segment not associated with the actual annoyance to the user.
US11694112B2	Machine learning data management system and data management method The data analysis server manages first data configuration information for managing a correspondence of the learned data model, a raw data bucket that stores the raw data for generating the learned data model, and a curated data bucket that stores the curated data for generating the learned data model and second data configuration information for managing correspondences of the learned data model and the first storage area, the curated data bucket and the second storage area, and the raw data bucket and the third storage area, and gives an instruction to acquire snapshots of the second storage area that stores the curated data for generating the learned data model and the third storage area that stores the raw data for generating the learned data model to the data storage via the storage management server when the learned data model is generated.
US11694096B2	Foot differentiation scoring Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable medium for foot differentiation scoring pertaining to an individual's differences in their two feet. A method includes receiving, from sensors of a scanning device, pressure and/or other measurement data corresponding to feet of a user. The method further includes preprocessing the pressure and/or measurement data. The method further includes generating, based on the preprocessed pressure and/or measurement data, a foot differentiation score based on differences between a left foot and a right foot of the user. The foot differentiation score may assign or correspond to a numerical rating based on how different the user's left foot and right foot are from each other.
US11694095B2	Integrating geoscience data to predict formation properties A method includes receiving well log data for a plurality of wells. A flag is generated based at least partially on the well log data. The wells are sorted into groups based at least partially on the well log data, the flag, or both. A model is built for each of the wells based at least partially on the well log data, the flag, and the groups.
US11694086B2	Systems and methods for detecting region of interset in image The present disclosure provides a region of interest (ROI) detection system. The system may be configured to acquire a target image and an ROI detection model, and perform ROI detection on the target image by applying the ROI detection model to the target image. The ROI detection model may be a trained cascaded neural network including a plurality of sequentially connected trained models. The plurality of trained models may include a trained first model and at least one trained second model downstream to the trained first model in the trained cascaded neural network. The plurality of trained models may be sequentially trained. Each of the trained second model may be trained using a plurality of training samples determined based on one or more trained models of the plurality of trained models generated before the generation of the trained second model.
US11694085B2	Optimizing supervised generative adversarial networks via latent space regularizations A method of training a generator G of a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) includes receiving, by an encoder E, a target data Y; receiving, by the encoder E, an output G(Z) of the generator G, where the generator G generates the output G(Z) in response to receiving a random sample Z and where a discriminator D of the GAN is trained to distinguish which of the G(Z) and the target data Y; training the encoder E to minimize a difference between a first latent space representation E(G(Z)) of the output G(Z) and a second latent space representation E(Y) of the target data Y, where the output G(Z) and the target data Y are input to the encoder E; and using the first latent space representation E(G(Z)) and the second latent space representation E(Y) to constrain the training of the generator G.
US11694084B2	Self-supervised AI-assisted sound effect recommendation for silent video Sound effect recommendations for visual input are generated by training machine learning models that learn coarse-grained and fine-grained audio-visual correlations from a reference image, a positive audio signals, and a negative audio signal. A positive audio embedding related to the reference image is generated from the positive audio signal and a negative audio embedding is generated from a negative audio signal. A machine learning algorithm uses the reference image, the positive audio embedding and the negative audio embedding as inputs to train a visual-to-audio correlation neural network to output a smaller distance between the positive audio embedding and the reference image than the negative audio embedding and the reference image.
US11694083B2	Signal translation system and signal translation method A signal translating method may include, according to one aspect of the present application, receiving a source signal of a first domain; identifying erroneous features and effective features from the source signal; translating the source signal of the first domain into a first virtual signal of a second domain, the first virtual signal is that in which erroneous features included in the source signal has been removed; and outputting the first virtual signal. Therefore, the virtual signal of the second domain in which the erroneous features removed may be output.
US11694082B2	Devices and methods employing optical-based machine learning using diffractive deep neural networks An all-optical Diffractive Deep Neural Network (D2NN) architecture learns to implement various functions or tasks after deep learning-based design of the passive diffractive or reflective substrate layers that work collectively to perform the desired function or task. This architecture was successfully confirmed experimentally by creating 3D-printed D2NNs that learned to implement handwritten classifications and lens function at the terahertz spectrum. This all-optical deep learning framework can perform, at the speed of light, various complex functions and tasks that computer-based neural networks can implement, and will find applications in all-optical image analysis, feature detection and object classification, also enabling new camera designs and optical components that can learn to perform unique tasks using D2NNs. In alternative embodiments, the all-optical D2NN is used as a front-end in conjunction with a trained, digital neural network back-end.
US11694079B2	Systems and methods for barcode annotations for digital images A content-based image retrieval (CBIR) system and method is presented herein. The CBIR system generates a relatively short vector or array of data, referred to as a barcode, from an input image. The short vector or array data can be used to represent the content of the image for image retrieval purposes. The system obtains the image and applies a transform to the image to generate a plurality of image transform values. The system thresholds the plurality of image transform values to obtain compact image transform values. The system generates a barcode in accordance with the compact image transform values and representative of the image. The system may then transmit the barcode to a database for storage or draw the barcode on a display. The system may also compare barcodes to find and retrieve similar images associated with similar barcodes.
US11694076B2	Memory sub-system with internal logic to perform a machine learning operation A memory component can include memory cells where a first region of the memory cells is to store a machine learning model and a second region of the memory cells is to store input data and output data of a machine learning operation. A controller can be coupled to the memory component with one more internal buses to perform the machine learning operation by applying the machine learning model to the input data to generate the output data.
US11694074B2	Integrated circuit that extracts data, neural network processor including the integrated circuit, and neural network device An integrated circuit included in a device for performing a neural network operation includes a buffer configured to store feature map data in units of cells each including at least one feature, wherein the feature map data is for use in the neural network operation; and a multiplexing circuit configured to receive the feature map data from the buffer, and output extracted data by extracting feature data of one of features that are included within a plurality of cells in the received feature map data, the features each corresponding to an identical coordinate value.
US11694068B2	Methods for processing horizontal stripes of data in an efficient convolutional engine A convolutional engine is configured to process input data that is organized into horizontal stripes. The number of accumulators present in each convolver unit of the convolutional engine may equal a total number of rows of data in each of the horizontal stripes.
US11694067B2	Neuromorphic processor and operating method thereof An operating method of a neuromorphic processor which processes data based on a neural network including a first layer including axons and a second layer including neurons includes receiving synaptic weights between the first layer and the second layer, decomposing the synaptic weights into presynaptic weights, a number of which is identical to a number of the axons, and postsynaptic weights, a number of which is identical to a number of the synaptic weights, and storing the presynaptic weights and the postsynaptic weights. A precision of each of the synaptic weights is a first number of bits, a precision of each of the presynaptic weights is a second number of bits, and a precision of each of the postsynaptic weights is a third number of bits. The third number of the bits is smaller than the first number of the bits.
US11694059B2	Method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium for predicting user attribute The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium for predicting user attribute. The method comprises acquiring an input of demographic-related information; determining features corresponding to the input of the demographic-related information and a weight corresponding to each feature, where the features comprise a single feature corresponding to each input of the demographic-related information, and/or a cross feature between the at least two single features; predicting user attribute according to each feature and its corresponding weight. Based on the solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the accuracy on the prediction of the user attribute can be effectively improved.
US11694054B2	Identifier A computer device (100), configured to encode identifiers by providing audio identifiers therefrom, is described. The computer device (100) is configured to provide a set of audio signals as respective bitstreams. Each audio signal of the set of audio signals is defined based, at least in part, on audio signal information including at least one of a type, a fundamental frequency, a time signature and a time. Each audio signal comprises a set of audio segments. Each audio segment of the set of audio segments is defined based, at least in part, on audio segment information including at least one of a frequency, an amplitude, a transform, a time duration and an envelope. The computer device (100) is configured to receive an identifier and select a subset of audio signals from the set of audio signals according to the received identifier based, at least in part, on the audio signal information and/or the audio segment information. The computer device (100) is configured to process the audio selected subset of audio signals by combining the selected subset of audio signals to provide an audio identifier. The computer device (100) is configured to output the audio identifier in an output audio signal as an output bitstream, wherein the audio identifier encodes the identifier. Also described is a method of encoding identifiers by providing audio identifiers therefrom.
US11694053B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data via NFC for mobile applications including mobile payments and ticketing A mobile device includes a smartcard controller that does not rely on power received from an interrogating RF field. The mobile device also includes a small inductive device capable of inductive coupling with an RFID reader. The smartcard controller includes circuitry to modulate an impedance of a port coupled to the inductive element when in the presence of an interrogating RF field at substantially 13.56 MHz.
US11694052B2	Circuit for a passive radio identification tag operating in a UHF band and method for operating a circuit A circuit, method, and system including the circuit such that the circuit is for a passive radio-identification tag operating in a UHF band and is configured for radio communication with a reader which sends a periodic read signal. A period of the read signal includes an energy recovery phase and a communication phase. The circuit has: a control device configured to accumulate an energy reserve from the radio wave during the energy recovery phase and to communicate with the reader during the communication phase, an interface to connect an external analog sensor. The interface includes: an electrical connection configured to connect and supply the external analog sensor with electricity and to acquire the analog measurement from the sensor, an amplifier configured to amplify the signal of the analog measurement from the sensor, and an analog-digital converter configured to digitize the amplified analog measurement from the sensor.
US11694050B2	Internal voltage generator and smart card including the same An internal voltage generator of a smart card and a smart card including the same. The internal voltage generator may include: a mode detector that generates a mode signal indicating a contact mode or a contactless mode; a low-drop out (LDO) regulator including an error amplifier, where the LDO regulator is responsive to the mode signal to: in the contact mode, drive the error amplifier with a second driving voltage to generate an error voltage, and regulate the second driving voltage based on the error voltage to generate a first output voltage, and in the contactless mode, drive the error amplifier with the first driving voltage to generate the error voltage, and regulate the second driving voltage based on the error voltage to generate the first output voltage.
US11694049B2	Drag and drop alignment function of a multi-part code system A first computing device of a multi-part code system includes one or more optical scanners and a network application associated with a network computing device of the multi-part code system. The network application is operable to obtain a second portion of a code associated with a second computing device. The network computing device generated the code for an interaction between the first and second computing device. The network application is further operable to display the second portion of the code on a display area of an interactive display, receive a first portion of the code, and instruct a user to drag the first portion of the code to the display area to align with the second portion of the code. When the first and second portions of the code are aligned, the network application produces the code and sends a finalized interaction notification to the network computing device.
US11694048B2	Optical information reading device To suppress an increase in processing time due to a load of inference processing while improving reading accuracy by the inference processing of machine learning. An optical information reading device includes a processor including: an inference processing part that inputs a code image to a neural network and executes inference processing of generating an ideal image corresponding to the code image; and a decoding processing part that executes first decoding processing of decoding the code image and second decoding processing of decoding the ideal image generated by the inference processing part. The processor executes the inference processing and the first decoding processing in parallel, and executes the second decoding processing after completion of the inference processing.
US11694046B2	Microcontroller-based code reader and related method and device A microcontroller-based code reader and method of reading a machine-readable indicia may include capturing, by an imager, an image of a machine-readable indicia disposed an object. An image subsample of an image captured by the imager may be read from the imager. The image subsample or partial image data may be stored in an embedded memory of a microcontroller in electrical communication with the imager. The machine-readable indicia may be decoded from the image subsample.
US11694043B2	Animal motion and temperature monitoring A computer system and method for identifying and monitoring animals in a confined space. A tracking apparatus is provided having a plurality of antenna arrays in proximity to a confined space. One or more animals to be disposed in the confined space are associated with a detection component operable to identify and detect a core body temperature of an animal it is associated with when detected by the tracking apparatus. Data is received in a computer monitor system from a detection component when detected by the tracking apparatus in the confined space. The received data identifies an animal in correlation with its motion and temperature data. Real-time position and core body temperature of a detected animal is determined while the animal is disposed in the confined space by analysis of the received data in the computer monitor system.
US11694040B2	Using communicative discourse trees to detect a request for an explanation Systems, devices, and methods of the present invention relate to detecting a request for explanation in text. In an example, a method creates a discourse tree from a subset of text. The discourse tree includes nodes, each nonterminal node representing a rhetorical relationship between two of the fragments and each terminal node of the nodes of the discourse tree is associated with one of the fragments. The method forms a communicative discourse tree from the discourse tree by matching each fragment that has a verb to a verb signature. The method further identifies that the subset of text comprises a request for an explanation by applying a classification model trained to detect a request for an explanation to the communicative discourse tree.
US11694039B1	Intelligent automated order-based customer dialogue system Based on a detection that a customer has arrived at an enterprise location to pick up a previously-placed order, an intelligent automated customer dialogue system generates an interface via which an intelligent customer dialogue application dialogues with the customer. The application generates and initially offers, at the interface using natural language, content which is contextual to one or more items of the order, e.g., by using a specially trained intelligent dialogue machine learning model. The application may intelligently respond to the customer's natural language responses and/or requests to refine, augment, or redirect subsequently-offered content and/or dialogue, e.g., by using the model. Offered content (e.g., product information, services, coupons, suggestions, recommendations, etc.) generally provides value-add to the customer as well as maintains customer engagement. The system may be implemented at least partially by using a chatbot upon curbside pick-up, for example, as well as through other electronic customer facing channels.
US11694036B2	Using natural language constructs for data visualizations A computing device receives user input to specify a natural language command directed to a data source. In accordance with the user input, the device forms an intermediate expression according to a context-free grammar and a semantic model of data fields in the data source. The natural language command includes (i) a first term that specifies an aggregation type in a first aggregation, (ii) a second term that specifies a data field, in the semantic model, to be aggregated for the first aggregation, and (iii) terms that specify data fields, in the semantic model, to determine grouping for the first aggregation. The device translates the intermediate expression into database queries, executes the database queries to retrieve one or more data sets from the data source, aggregated according to the first aggregation, then generates and displays a data visualization of the retrieved data sets.
US11694034B2	Systems and methods for machine-learned prediction of semantic similarity between documents Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method for predicting semantic similarity between documents. The method can include obtaining a first document and a second document. The method can include parsing the first document into a plurality of first textual blocks and the second document into a plurality of second textual blocks. The method can include processing each of the plurality of first textual blocks and the second textual blocks with a machine-learned semantic document encoding model to obtain a first document encoding and a second document encoding. The method can include determining a similarity metric descriptive of a semantic similarity between the first document and the second document based on the first document encoding and the second document encoding.
US11694031B2	Identifying routine communication content Approaches presented herein enable identification of routine communication content. More specifically, a communication between one or more users is received. Words or phrases in the communication that are contained in a database of words or phrases related to misconduct are identified. The identified words or phrases are removed from the communication to create a set of remaining words. The set of remaining words are analyzed to predict the likelihood of the removed words or phrases appearing in the communication, such that a confidence level of the prediction is determined. In response to the determined confidence level being high, the identified words or phrases in the communication are classified as routine.
US11694030B1	System and method for automatic theming of a plurality of thought objects A system and method for automated theming of thought objects is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, an object theming computer creates aggregated text by aggregating text associated with a first thought object, the aggregated text comprising descriptive and important text associated with the first thought object. The object theming computer then tokenizes the aggregated text into tokens. Further, a theme is associated to thought objects using one or more previously themed thought objects. If one or more thought objects have no associated theme, then a theme is generated and associated to the un-themed thought objects using a current plurality of the one or more thought objects.
US11694021B2	Apparatus for generating annotated image information using multimodal input data, apparatus for training an artificial intelligence model using annotated image information, and methods thereof A method for providing a user interface (UI) for generating training data for an artificial intelligence (AI) model may include providing, for display via the UI, image information that depicts an object, a set of operations of the object, and a process associated with the set of operations. The method may include providing, for display via the UI, text information that describes the object, the set of operations of the object, and the process associated with the set of operations. The method may include receiving, via the UI, a user input that associates respective image information of the image information with corresponding text information of the text information. The method may include generating association information that associates the respective image information with the corresponding text information, based on the user input. The method may include generating discourse and semantic information from the text information associated to the image information.
US11694017B2	Temperature-based on board placement of memory devices A quality rating for a memory device to be installed at a memory sub-system is determined, where the quality rating corresponds to a performance of the memory device at one or more operating temperatures. A determination is made whether the quality rating for the memory device satisfies a first quality rating condition associated with a first temperature zone of two or more temperature zones of the memory sub-system. Responsive to the determination that the quality rating for the memory device satisfies the first quality rating condition, the memory device is assigned to be installed at a first memory device socket of the first temperature zone.
US11694009B2	Pattern centric process control Pattern centric process control is disclosed. A layout of a semiconductor chip is decomposed into a plurality of intended circuit layout patterns. For the plurality of intended circuit layout patterns, a corresponding plurality of sets of fabrication risk assessments corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of sources is determined. Determining a set of fabrication risk assessments for an intended circuit layout pattern comprises determining fabrication risk assessments based at least in part on: simulation of the intended circuit layout pattern, statistical analysis of the intended circuit layout pattern, and evaluation of empirical data associated with a printed circuit layout pattern. A scoring formula is applied based at least in part on the sets of fabrication risk assessments to obtain a plurality of overall fabrication risk assessments for respective ones of the plurality of intended circuit layout patterns. The plurality of intended circuit layout patterns is ranked based on their fabrication risk assessments, the corresponding overall fabrication risk assessments, or both. At least a portion of ranking information is outputted to facilitate influence or control over the semiconductor fabrication process.
US11694004B2	Dynamic optimization method and system for procurement specifications of brightness enhancement film (BEF) raw materials A dynamic optimization method for procurement specifications of BEF raw materials includes: obtaining finished product data; obtaining an initial feasible raw material size set; mapping the initial feasible raw material size set in length and width directions to obtain a complete feasible raw material size set; filtering an unreasonable raw material size out of the complete feasible raw material size set to obtain a final feasible raw material size set; and determining whether a scale of the final feasible raw material size set is larger than a threshold, if not, building and solving an integer programming model, and outputting results; and if yes, batchwise processing the final feasible raw material size set to obtain multiple subsets, and building an integer programming model for each subset, and solving the integer programming model, and outputting results. A dynamic optimization system of BEF is further provided.
US11694003B2	Radiation effect shielding calculation method and device based on three-dimensional spacecraft model A radiation effect shielding calculation method based on a three-dimensional spacecraft model is provided. The method includes obtaining the three-dimensional spacecraft model; dividing a 4π space irradiation environment into meshes to obtain space irradiation vectors corresponding to the meshes respectively; setting one or more analysis points at each target model component; inputting the space irradiation vectors to the three-dimensional spacecraft model to obtain a three-dimensional distribution of actual shielding at each analysis point; obtaining a three-dimensional distribution of an equivalent aluminum shielding thicknesses according to equivalent thickness conversion for different materials; calculating residual irradiation effect values of the three-dimensional distribution of the equivalent aluminum shielding thicknesses of each analysis point to obtain corresponding detailed irradiation data; and performing information post processing and integrating in all directions to obtain a corresponding total radiation effect value.
US11694001B2	Method for analyzing electromagnetic characteristic and electronic device A method for analyzing electromagnetic characteristic includes steps as follows. An electromagnetic evaluation model establishing step is performed, which includes establishing an object unit, a power transmitting unit, and a simulating unit. The object unit is an arbitrary geometry shape. The power transmitting unit has an electromagnetic signal. The simulating unit is defined as at least one base point emitting a plurality of beams to form a plurality of projection points. An electromagnetic reference model is provided, wherein the object unit and the power transmitting unit are combined to form the electromagnetic reference model. A comparing step is performed, wherein a radiation pattern data of the electromagnetic reference model and a radiation pattern data of the electromagnetic evaluation model are obtained by the electromagnetic signal, respectively, and the two radiation pattern data are compared to obtain an electromagnetic gain difference value.
US11693999B2	System for automatically inspecting a mold design, and method using such (method and system for checking a press) An inspection method using an automatic inspection system comprises the following: (a) a step of loading a 3D file from which the program has been selected; (b) a step of inputting into the program information on one or more selected components of the mold assembly of the 3D file loaded into the program; (c) a step of checking a setting value of the selected component according to a mode selected from a check list preset in the program; and (d) a step wherein, if the set value of the component selected in step (c) is out of the range of the value set in the selected mode, the color of the component out of the range of the set value among the selected one or more components is changed to a preset color and monitored.
US11693995B2	Method and system to provide an individualized footwear The present invention relates to a method of providing an individualized footwear for a user, operated in a computerized calculation system, the method comprising: obtaining one or more input data relating to the user, allocating the one or more input data to a plurality of attributes relevant to an individualized footwear, each of the attributes being associated with the one or more input data, calculating a parameter for each of the attributes using the one or more input data associated thereto, and providing individualized construction data for manufacture of the individualized footwear based on the calculated parameters of the attributes.
US11693994B2	System and method for securing cache boards of an enterprise network data storage system A system and method for securing data storage devices in an information technology (IT) network storage system is provided. The security system comprises a security control computer and electronic locks, which are mounted in a data center cabinet to slots for holding respective data storage devices. The security protocol implemented by the control computer requires an authorized administrator to execute a lock/unlock command identifying a particular device, and to provide a first part of a combination key. Additionally, an on-site hardware engineer is required to input a second part of the key at a terminal on-site at the data center. Upon verification of the first key, and then the second key, the control computer unlocks or locks the appropriate electronic lock. The control computer also implements a data backup/flushing process prior to allowing removal of an online cache board to avoid data corruption, loss, or system interruption.
US11693993B2	Processor and memory system to selectively enable communication A system including a bus, a processor coupled to the bus, a non-volatile memory coupled to the bus, circuitry for providing a detected condition, and a secure controller. The secure controller is coupled to the circuitry for providing a detected condition and to selectively enable communication of information between the non-volatile memory and the bus in response to the detected condition.
US11693992B2	Remote attestation of system integrity An apparatus and system for remote attestation of a power delivery network is disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure enable remote attestation of the power delivery network by storing a trusted golden reference waveform in secure memory. The trusted golden reference waveform characterizes a power delivery network in response to a load generated on the power delivery network. A remote cloud server generates a server-generated remote attestation of the power delivery network by receiving an attestation packet from the power delivery network and verifying whether the attestation packet is consistent with an expected power delivery network identity.
US11693990B1	Medical data governance A medical data governance system records, secures, and provides appropriate access to all patient data. By concentrating all available relevant medical data into a single source, and providing a subset of data to each receiving subsystem with the correct source and time reference, the medical data governance system becomes the true source of data and guarantees the data consistency through the use of block chain signatures.
US11693987B2	Database security A method includes: obtaining, by a database server, security policies associated with a database hosted by the database server; obtaining, by the database server, first database data associated with the database; creating, by the database server, a knowledge distillation model using the security policies and the first database data; obtaining, by the database server, second database data associated with the database; creating, by the database server, a classification model using the second database data and an output of the knowledge distillation model; receiving, by the database server, a client database request to the database; determining, by the database server, a new security policy rule set using the classification model; and applying, by the database server, the new security policy rule set to the client database request.
US11693982B2	Systems for secure enterprise-wide fine-grained role-based access control of organizational assets The disclosure is directed to systems and methods for enterprise-wide fine-grained role-based access control to a plurality of organizational assets. In various embodiments exemplary methods include receiving, via an authorization service client API, identification of an asset for fine-grained role-based access control; a definition of an asset type of the asset; a definition of an asset value; receiving, a definition of an organizational role with fine-grained role-based access control to at least one of the asset, the asset type, and the asset value. Furthermore, receiving permissions for fine-grained role-based access by the organizational role to at least one of the asset, the asset type, and the asset value. Furthermore, the exemplary method may comprise providing an authorization service user interface (UI) for enabling fine-grained role-based access control to the asset based on the fine-grained role-based access control database schema.
US11693980B2	Offline data storage device Systems, devices, and/or computer-implemented methods for secure offline data storage are provided herein. More particularly, a system is provided that permits access to a data storage device when offline from various components of the system. Furthermore, the disclosed system may permit the re-setting of authentication passwords/PINs for the data storage devices, even when such data storage devices are offline from other components of the system.
US11693976B2	Peer-to-peer confidential document exchange Systems and methods for peer-to-peer secure document exchange are disclosed. The system may allow a document provider to securely transmit a certified document to a document verifier using decentralized storage. The verifier system may generate a session key pair and transmit the session public key to a trusted API provider. The trusted API provider may generate a session nonce. The verifier system may transmit the session nonce to the provider system. The provider system may use the session nonce to retrieve the session public key. The provider system may encrypt a certified document using the session public key and store the encrypted certified document in the decentralized storage. The verifier system may retrieve the encrypted certified document by polling the trusted API provider based on the session nonce. The verifier system may decrypt the encrypted certified document using the session private key.
US11693973B2	File vulnerability detection system and detection method thereof A file vulnerability detection method includes: translating a binary file into an intermediate file; analyzing the intermediate file to obtain multiple functions to be tested; establishing function characteristic data of each of the functions to be tested; and comparing correlations between the function characteristic data of each of the functions to be tested and at least one pair of characteristic data with vulnerability of at least one vulnerability function and characteristic data without vulnerability of the at least one vulnerability function in a vulnerability database based on a characteristic model to determine whether each of the functions to be tested corresponding to each function characteristic data has a vulnerability, wherein the characteristic model has information representing multiple back-end binary files generated by multiple back-end platforms, wherein the characteristic data with vulnerability has the vulnerability, and the characteristic data without vulnerability does not have the vulnerability.
US11693971B2	Bootloader verification extension Device verification extension technology obtains, in response to a request to verify a signature associated with first data, an asymmetric verifier application from off-device storage. The asymmetric verifier application is loaded and executed. The signature associated with the first data is verified using the asymmetric verifier application using asymmetric-key cryptography.
US11693968B2	Embedded controller for updating firmware of another device component In one aspect, an embedded controller (EC) in a device may receive a firmware update for another component in the device and determine whether the firmware update has been previously applied at the component. If the firmware update has not been previously applied, the EC may assign an identifier to the firmware update and digitally sign the identifier. The EC may then provide the firmware update and the digitally-signed identifier to the component so that the component may apply the firmware update.
US11693965B1	Malware detection using federated learning A malware detection method that uses federated learning includes receiving a first malware detection model and a database of known malicious files, labeling each file of a training data set as either malicious or clean by comparing each file of the training data set to the database, where a match causes the file to be labeled as malicious. If a match cannot be found, the file is evaluated using the first malware detection model to predict maliciousness and the file is labeled based on the prediction. The method further includes training the first malware detection model using the labeled training data set; transmitting parameters of the trained first malware detection model to the remote device; and receiving a second malware detection model that is trained by federated learning using the parameters of the trained first malware detection model and additional parameters provided by one or more additional remote devices.
US11693964B2	Cyber security using one or more models trained on a normal behavior Disclosed herein is a method for detection of a cyber-threat to a computer system. The method is arranged to be performed by a processing apparatus. The method comprises receiving input data associated with a first entity associated with the computer system, deriving metrics from the input data, the metrics representative of characteristics of the received input data, analysing the metrics using one or more models, and determining, in accordance with the analysed metrics and a model of normal behavior of the first entity, a cyber-threat risk parameter indicative of a likelihood of a cyber-threat. A computer readable medium, a computer program and a threat detection system are also disclosed.
US11693963B2	Automatic ransomware detection with an on-demand file system lock down and automatic repair function A method and system for detecting ransomware and repairing data following an attack. The method includes, collecting file statistics for files in a file system, identifying an affected file based on collected file statistics, locking down of access to the file system in response to identifying the affected file, undoing of reconcile processing, repairing the affected files, and unlocking access to the file system. The system includes a computer node, a file system, a plurality of disc storage components, a backup client, a backup client, and a hierarchical storage client. The hierarchical storage client is configured to collect file statistics for files in file system, identify affected files based on collected file statistics for the file, lock down of access to the file system in response to an identified affected file, undo reconcile processing, repair the affected file; and unlock access to the file system.
US11693962B2	Malware clustering based on function call graph similarity Techniques are disclosed relating to malware clustering based on function call graph similarity. In some embodiments, a computer system may access information corresponding to a plurality of malware samples and, based on the information, generate a function call graph for each of the malware samples. In some embodiments, generating the function call graph for a given malware sample includes identifying a plurality of function calls included in the information, assigning a label to each of the function calls, identifying relationships between the function calls, and generating the function call graph based on the relationships and the labels. Based on the function call graphs, the computer system may assign each of the plurality of malware samples into one of a plurality of clusters of related malware samples.
US11693961B2	Analysis of historical network traffic to identify network vulnerabilities Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may be used after a computer network has been successfully attacked by new malicious program code. Such methods may include collecting data from computers that have been affected by the new malicious program code and this data may be used to identify a type of damage performed by the new malicious code. The collected data may also include a copy of the new malicious program code. Methods consistent with the present disclosure may also include allowing the new malicious program code to execute at an isolated computer while actions and instructions that cause the damage are identified. Signatures may be generated from the identified instructions after which the signatures or data that describes the damaging actions are provided to computing resources such that those resources can detect the new malware program code.
US11693955B2	Method for remotely monitoring host based on chip-level privacy-preserving computation (PPC) The present disclosure provides a remote host monitoring method based on chip-level privacy-preserving computation (PPC), including: S1: allowing monitoring software in a user-side host to start in a chip-level trusted execution environment (TEE); S2: determining whether the user-side host locally stores valid private data, directly going to step S4 if yes, or otherwise, going to step S3; S3: establishing a secure connection with a supervisor and capturing private data; and S4: allowing monitoring software running in the TEE to execute a related monitoring instruction based on the private data, encrypting and signing a monitoring result, and transmitting the monitoring result to the supervisor. The present disclosure ensures validity, tamper resistance and security of monitoring information of the user with a TEE based on PCC, encrypts and signs the monitoring information based on an encryption key and a signature key of the supervisor, can locally store the monitoring information.
US11693954B2	System and method for controlling inter-application association through contextual policy control A method for controlling the interoperation of a plurality of software applications and resources includes intercepting communications from a first application to a second application or resource, directing the communication to a context management system, generating a candidate list of contexts for the communication, evaluating the candidate list according to at least one policy defined for these contexts to identify the resultant action and namespace for the communication, and performing the action as defined by the policies within the identified namespace. The method further includes tracking one or more versions of the second application, as well as tracking an evolution of application and/or resource names. The method further includes identifying one or more operations associated with a context on the candidate list, and executing the identified operations prior to a further communication.
US11693948B2	Verifiable labels for mandatory access control A computer-implemented method and a computer program product for enforcing verifiable mandatory access control (MAC) labels, and a data processing system. One embodiment may comprise receiving, from an entity, a first verifiable MAC label associated with an object, receiving, from the entity, a second verifiable MAC label associated with a subject requesting to access the object, and determining whether to grant, to the subject, access to the object responsive to the request based on comparing the first verifiable MAC label associated with the object and the second verifiable MAC label associated with the subject to a verifiable MAC policy. Each of the first verifiable MAC label, the second verifiable MAC label, and the verifiable MAC policy in some embodiments may be formatted as a verifiable credential that is machine readable and digitally signed.
US11693941B2	Multi-factor authentication for access control using a wearable device A system and method for providing multi-factor authentication for access through a door, but without the user having to repeat a physical act of providing authentication every time that the door is opened, wherein the first time through the door, multi-factor authentication is provided to the access control system, and wherein each subsequent access through the door, multi-factor authentication is performed automatically and without intervention of the user as long as the user has a wearable device providing at least one factor of the multi-factor authentication, and the user has not removed the wearable device since the multi-factor authentication was last provided to the access control system.
US11693935B2	Automated authentication systems and methods including automated waste management system with automated weight ticket and authentication Disclosed and described herein are systems and methods that bring together edge technologies into a single, streamlined process that automates the tracking and usage of assets (containers, equipment, mobile storage, etc.). These systems and methods include the use of smart beacons, low power cellular, sensors (strain gauges, level, contact, ohm/voltage, etc.), voice, video, microcontroller advancements, and the like. Conventional systems that have electronic service order and/or tickets are still limited in their functionality because of data, communication and processing hurdles. Disclosed are modern electronic data capture systems (IoT sensors) along with algorithms to assist on the tracking of assets and workers, more quickly capture authorized transactions for billing and remove the manual processes.
US11693934B2	Device protection using configuration lockdown mode Techniques are provided for device protection using a configuration lockdown mode. One method comprises receiving a configuration command from a user for a device; determining, responsive to receiving the configuration command, if the device is in a configuration lockdown mode that limits an execution of one or more configuration commands; and performing one or more automated remedial actions in response to determining that the device is in the configuration lockdown mode, such as generating a configuration lockdown alert. A configuration manager associated with the device may (i) determine if a duration of a disabling of the configuration lockdown mode violates one or more duration limits, and/or (ii) determine if the device is in the configuration lockdown mode.
US11693929B2	Electronic device, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system Provided is an electronic device, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing system capable of improving convenience in a case where a floating license is used in an electronic device that does not directly communicate with an information processing apparatus providing the floating license. The information processing apparatus includes a storage control unit that controls a storage unit to store a combination of a device unique key and an installation key, the device unique key being a key unique to an electronic device, and the installation key being a key for installing a license to the electronic device; and a license management unit that updates information regarding a status of the license in a case where a combination of the device unique key corresponding to license return information and the installation key corresponding to installation key information in the license return information coincides with a combination stored in the storage unit, the license return information being information including the installation key information corresponding to the installation key and generated by the electronic device.
US11693926B2	Neuromorphic experiential system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for neuromorphic experiential analysis of sensor data. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining sensor emissions from multiple sensors, generating monotonic data that indicates an orientation of the sensor emissions in respect to time, determining that the monotonic data matches a registered query, and in response to determining that the monotonic data matches a registered query, invoking an executor.
US11693920B2	AI-based input output expansion adapter for a telematics device and methods for updating an AI model thereon Systems and methods by a telematics server are provided. The method includes receiving, over a network, training data including model input data and a known output label corresponding to the model input data from a first device, training a centralized machine-learning model using the training data, determining, by the centralized machine-learning model, an output label prediction certainty based on the model input data, determining an increase in the output label prediction certainty over a prior predicted output label certainty of the centralized machine-learning model, and sending, over the network, a machine-learning model update to a second device in response to determining that the increase in the output label prediction certainty is greater than an output label prediction increase threshold.
US11693914B2	Systems and methods for presenting web application content Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for presenting web application content. For example, a computer-readable medium may include instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations including: executing a parent application using a web browser, the parent application being a single page application configured to display a web page element in the web browser; identifying a child application requested by a user action; obtaining, from a server system, child application code of the identified child application, the child application code defining a micro-frontend in a first programming language; transpiling the child application code from the first programming language to a second programming language executable by the web browser, to obtain a transpiled child application code renderable by the web browser; and rendering the transpiled child application code so that the micro-frontend is displayed in the web browser.

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