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| US11716172B2 |
Method, receiver and network apparatus for delivering payloads through an interface
A method for delivering payloads through an interface includes receiving an out-of-sequence data transfer unit, DTU; segmenting the out-of-sequence DTU into at least one data unit; determining at least one priority level of the at least one data unit; and for any particular data unit among the at least one data unit, (1) selectively forwarding a payload of the particular data unit to the interface in response to priority level thereof satisfying a priority condition; or (2) holding the particular data unit in response to the priority level thereof not satisfying the priority condition. |
| US11716170B2 |
Messaging via low energy wireless transmissions
A protocol layer on top of the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) system of paired devices to provide transmission that allows arbitrary sizes of data to be sent. To guarantee transmissions, the transmissions may be validated and, if required, resent to replace data that was lost or corrupted. The protocol layer also supports Remote Procedure Calls to allow functions on either of two connected devices to be executed on one device on behalf of the other. A further protocol layer also allows high priority, short messages to temporarily interrupt the transmission of low priority, long messages. |
| US11716169B2 |
Method for error handling of an interconnection protocol, controller, and storage device
A method for error handling of an interconnection protocol, a controller and a storage device are provided. The method for error handling of an interconnection protocol is for use in a first device that is linkable to a second device according to the interconnection protocol, the method comprising: during or after a power mode change of a link between the first device and the second device: a) triggering, by the first device, a first line reset signal to the second device; b) performing, by the first device, suppression of detected rate overlap errors; and c) stopping the suppression of detected rate overlap errors after the first device receives a second line reset signal from the second device. |
| US11716163B2 |
Inter-cell interference mitigation method in dynamic time division duplex environment, and electronic device for same
The present invention provides an electronic device for mitigating inter-cell interference in a dynamic TDD environment, the electronic device including: at least one antenna array including antenna elements; and a processor configured to use the antenna array and form a plurality of reception beams having mutually different directions, wherein at least one processor may enable: a first beam pair link to be formed with a first transmission beam emitted from a first base station by using a first reception beam having a first direction; information about a first TDD pattern indicating a TDD sequence set in a serving cell formed by the first base station and information about a second TDD pattern indicating a TDD sequence set in an adjacent cell adjacent to a serving cell formed by a second base station to be acquired; a first portion of the first TDD pattern to be selected on the basis of the information about the first TDD pattern and the information about the second TDD pattern; the detection of whether interference has occurred in the first portion; and a second beam pair link to be formed with one among transmission beams emitted from the second base station by using a second reception beam having a second direction different from the first direction, when the interference is determined to have occurred. |
| US11716160B2 |
Vehicle remote instruction system
A vehicle remote instruction system 100 transmits a remote instruction request from an autonomous driving vehicle 2 to a remote instruction apparatus 1, and controls travel of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 based on a remote instruction transmitted from the remote instruction apparatus 1 in response to the remote instruction request. The vehicle remote instruction system 100 includes a delay determination unit 39 configured to determine whether or not a communication delay occurs between the remote instruction apparatus 1 and the autonomous driving vehicle 2, and a rejection unit 40 configured to reject the remote instruction transmitted in response to the remote instruction request if it is determined by the delay determination unit 39 that the communication delay occurs. |
| US11716155B2 |
Method for testing in-vehicle radio broadcast receiver device
The method includes splitting a radio signal received at an in-vehicle antenna into two RF streams, and at the device under test, converting the first RF stream into a demodulated audio signal and transmitting it to the tester and recorder device. The tester and recorder device also receives the demodulated audio signal, determines a spectrum of frequencies over time, inputs the spectrum of frequencies into an artificial intelligence (AI) module of audio abnormality detection. The device also receives the second RF stream, converts it into a data signal, and records the data signal into a temporary storage memory. Then, when the AI module outputs of a positive detection of audio abnormality, the device transfers data from the temporary storage memory into a permanent storage memory, where the transferred data corresponds to a time window including the detected audio abnormality. |
| US11716154B2 |
Near zero intermediate frequency (NZIF) compensation of local oscillator leakage
In an embodiment, a communications system includes a first transmitter including a digital beamforming baseband section configured to receive an input signal to be transmitted, the input signal at a baseband frequency, and a modulation section electrically coupled to the digital beamforming baseband section and a first antenna of a phased array antenna. The modulation section is configured to receive a local oscillator signal at a first local oscillator frequency and apply a baseband frequency shift to the input signal to generate a baseband frequency shifted input signal. The modulation section generates a modulated signal based on the input signal. The communication system includes a second transmitter included in a second IC chip of the plurality of IC chips electrically coupled to a second antenna and configured to provide a second modulated signal at the carrier frequency and a second LO leakage signal at a second local oscillator frequency. |
| US11716149B2 |
Optical receiving apparatus and coefficient optimization method
An optical reception device includes a nonlinear optical compensation section which performs compensation of wavelength dispersion of a received signal obtained by receiving an optical signal according to a coherent detection method and compensation of a nonlinear optical effect of the received signal N (N is an integer of at least 1) step(s), and a coefficient update section which updates a coefficient so as to optimize the coefficient used in each step of the nonlinear optical compensation section based on a signal having been subjected to the compensation by the nonlinear optical compensation section and a predetermined training signal. |
| US11716148B2 |
Linearized optical digital-to-analog modulator
In a system for converting digital data into a modulated optical signal, an electrically controllable device, including a modulator having one or more actuating electrodes, provides an analog-modulated optical signal that is modulated in response to output data bits of a digital-to-digital mapping. A digital-to-digital conversion provides the mapping of input data words to the output data bits. The mapping enables adjustments to correct for non-linearities and other undesirable characteristics, thereby improving signal quality. |
| US11716145B2 |
DAS for multi-frequency band and multi-carrier based on O-RAN standard
Provided is a distributed antenna system (DAS) for multi-frequency band and multi-carrier equipped with an open radio access network (O-RAN) remote unit (RU) according to an O-RAN technology standard for building a next-generation radio infrastructure. To this end, the DAS for multi-carrier and multi-frequency band based on an O-RAN standard includes an O-RAN RU connected to a fronthaul network according to an O-RAN split option specification of base station transceiver systems (BTSs), and including a plurality of O-RAN RUs to accommodate a plurality of carriers and a plurality of frequency bands; and a channel combiner to which outputs of the plurality of O-RAN RUs are combined. |
| US11716133B2 |
Method and apparatus for changing beam of terminal in wireless communication system
An operating method of a base station in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a terminal, information related to a first beam switching time for transmission of an uplink signal, determining a second beam switching time for transmission of the uplink signal, based on configuration information related to the uplink signal and the first beam switching time, transmitting the configuration information related to the uplink signal and the second beam switching time to the terminal, and receiving the uplink signal from the terminal, wherein the uplink signal includes at least one of a sounding reference signal (SRS), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). |
| US11716132B2 |
Method and apparatus for beam failure detection regarding multiple transmission/reception points in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE maintains a first counter and a second counter, wherein the first counter and the second counter are associated with a Special Cell (SpCell) and are for counting beam failure instance indications. The UE initiates a first beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure based on the first counter being equal to or larger than a value, wherein the first BFR procedure includes initiating a random access procedure for SpCell BFR associated with the SpCell. The UE sets the first counter and the second counter to a defined value in response to completion of the first BFR procedure. |
| US11716124B2 |
Dynamic spectrum sharing with spatial division multiplexing
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station to communicate with a set of user equipments (UEs) in a spatial division multiplexing (SDM) configuration for dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) communications. One or more first UEs of the set of UEs may communicate via a first radio access technology (RAT), and one or more second UEs may communicate via a second RAT in a multiple-user multiple-input multiple output (MU-MIMO) configuration. The base station may indicate the SDM configuration to one or more of the set of UEs. In some examples, the base station may transmit an indication to the set of UEs which may indicate a set of resources to be used for DSS communications. In some examples, the SDM configuration may specify one or more reference signal patterns for communicating in the set of resources. |
| US11716123B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for recovering data symbols in multiple-input, multiple-output receivers
Mechanisms for recovering data symbols in multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) receivers, the mechanisms comprising receiving, at Na antennas that each have an output: first signals corresponding to Np pilot symbols transmitted from each of K transmitters for a total of Np*K transmitted pilot symbols; and second signals corresponding to a plurality of transmitted data symbols transmitted from the K transmitters, wherein Np is less than Na, and wherein K is less than Na; receiving, at a hardware processor, first digital signals representing the Np*K transmitted pilot symbols; receiving, at the hardware processor, second digital signals representing the plurality of transmitted data symbols; and recovering the plurality of transmitted data symbols using the second digital signals and no more pilot symbols than the Np*K transmitted pilot symbols represented by the first digital signals using the hardware processor. |
| US11716121B2 |
NDPA for multi-AP coordinated beamforming (CBF) and multi-AP joint transmission (JT) in EHT
An access point (AP) configured for multi-AP coordinated beamforming (CBF) and multi-AP joint transmission (JT) in an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) wireless local area network (WLAN), when operating as a master AP (AP1) in a multi-AP network, is configured to encode a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame for multi-AP channel sounding. The NDPA is configured for transmission to a second AP (AP2) and a plurality of stations (STAs) of an EHT group. The NDPA may be encoded to have an information field indicating whether a sounding sequence type is for JT channel sounding or CBF channel sounding. The NDPA may further be encoded to include fields identifying the APs participating in the channel sounding. In these embodiments, the channel sounding sequence for JT can be reused for the channel sounding on CBF. |
| US11716113B2 |
Frequency pre-compensation for high-speed train single frequency networks
Wireless communication devices, systems, and methods related to mechanisms for transmitting and receiving reference signals in a high-speed train (HST) single frequency network (SFN). A base station (BS) determines a first frequency pre-compensation value for a reference signal transmitted via a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and a second frequency pre-compensation value for a reference signal via a second TRP. The BS notifies a user equipment (UE) of the first and second pre-compensation values through at least one of the TRPs. The BS applies the first pre-compensation value to the reference signal via the first TRP and the second pre-compensation value to the reference signal via the second TRP. The UE adjusts its tracking loop for the reference signal based on the pre-compensation values, reducing estimation and/or search overhead at the UE. |
| US11716098B2 |
Transmitting apparatus and mapping method thereof
A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme. |
| US11716093B2 |
Delta-sigmal modulator-based multi-rate digital-to-analog converter with digital pre-distortion
A method of applying digital pre-distortion includes: outputting, by a look-up table, a first table value based on an input digital signal; adding the first table value and the input digital signal to generate a first combined signal comprising a first combined value having a first integer coefficient and a first fractional coefficient; separating the first integer coefficient from the first fractional coefficient to generate a first integer signal representing the first integer coefficient and a first fractional signal representing the first fractional coefficient; generating a delta-sigma modulated signal based on the first fractional signal; converting, by a first digital-to-analog, a first digital signal into a first analog signal, wherein the first digital signal is representative of the first integer signal; and converting, by a second DAC, a second digital signal into a second analog signal, wherein the second digital signal is representative of the delta-sigma modulated signal. |
| US11716091B2 |
Multi-bit resolution sub-pipeline structure for measuring jump magnitude of transmission curve
A multi-bit resolution sub-pipeline structure for measuring a jump magnitude of a transmission curve, comprising: a sub-analog-to-digital converter having n-bit resolution configured to quantize input analog voltage signals and output digital voltage signals; a sub-digital-to-analog converter having n-bit resolution configured to convert the digital voltage signals output by the sub-analog-to-digital converter into corresponding analog voltage signals; a decoder having n-bit resolution configured to decode an n-bit binary input signal; and a switched-capacitor amplification unit configured to, when in a normal mode, perform sampling and residue amplification on the input analog voltage signals; and when in a test mode, measure the jump magnitude of the transmission curve corresponding to each decision level. Magnitude measurement of a transmission curve is performed within 2n clock periods, th and a measurement result is sent to a back-end digital domain of the A/D converter for correction. |
| US11716089B1 |
Delay-tracking biasing for voltage-to-time conversion
A biasing scheme for a voltage-to-time converter (VTC). An example biasing circuit generally includes a reference current source; a feedback loop current source; an amplifier having a first input coupled to a target voltage node, having a second input, and having an output coupled to a control input of the reference current source and to a control input of the feedback loop current source; a first capacitive element; a first switch coupled in parallel with the first capacitive element; a second switch coupled between the feedback loop current source and the first capacitive element; and a third switch coupled between the first capacitive element and the second input of the amplifier. |
| US11716087B1 |
Calibration loop for differential sub-sampling phase detector in sub-sampling phase locked loop
Presented herein are techniques for implementing a differential sub-sampling phase locked loop (PLL). A method includes detecting a common-mode voltage on an output of a differential sub-sampling phase detector operating in the differential sub-sampling phase locked loop, and controlling, based on the common-mode voltage, a duty cycle of a feedback signal of the differential sub-sampling phase locked loop that is fed back to the differential sub-sampling phase detector. |
| US11716083B1 |
Asynchronous circuit with threshold logic
Asynchronous circuits implemented using threshold gate(s) and/or majority gate(s) (or minority gate(s)) are described. The new class of asynchronous circuits can operate at lower power supply levels (e.g., less than 1V on advanced technology nodes) because stack of devices between a supply node and ground are significantly reduced compared to traditional asynchronous circuits. The asynchronous circuits here result in area reduction (e.g., 3× reduction compared to traditional asynchronous circuits) and provide higher throughput/mm2 (e.g., 2× higher throughput compared to traditional asynchronous circuits). The threshold gate(s), majority/minority gate(s) can be implemented using capacitive input circuits. The capacitors can have linear dielectric or non-linear polar material as dielectric. |
| US11716080B2 |
Smart switch apparatus
A smart switch apparatus is coupled between a live wire of an indoor power and two output terminals of a SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) switch. Two ends of a load are respectively connected to a neutral wire of the indoor power and an input terminal of the SPDT switch. The smart switch apparatus includes an on-off status detector, a switch position detector, a controller, an on-off controller and a power circuit. The on-off status detector is coupled to the live wire of the indoor power for generating an on-off status signal. The switch position detector is coupled to the two output terminals of the SPDT switch for generating a switch position signal. The controller is coupled to the on-off status detector and the switch position detector for receiving the on-off status signal and the switch position signal. The on-off controller is coupled to the two output terminals of the SPDT switch and the live wire of the indoor power to selectively turn on or turn off the target power loop according to the on-off control signal. |
| US11716074B2 |
Comparator with negative capacitance compensation
A high-speed comparator circuit is provided. The circuit includes an amplifier portion, a latch portion, and a negative capacitance portion. The amplifier portion includes an input coupled to receive an analog signal and an output. The latch portion is coupled to the amplifier portion. The latch portion is configured to provide at the output a digital value based on the analog signal. The negative capacitance portion is coupled to the output. The negative capacitance portion is configured to cancel parasitic capacitance coupled at the first output. |
| US11716072B1 |
Time multiplexing voltage clamping in coil driving circuit for a contactor during quick turn off
Examples of contactor controllers, systems and methods time-modulate levels of high-side (HS) and low-side (LS) clamp voltages in a contactor controller to switch a path through which current flows during quick-turn-off (QTO) of the contactor controller. One of the clamp voltages is at a high level and the other is at a low level. The output voltage of the contactor controller is held at the low level. The path switching may be a function of one or more parameters. In a configuration, the level of a supply voltage of the contactor controller is monitored and used to control the path switching. In a configuration, temperatures of HS and LS transistors of the contactor controller are monitored and used to control the path switching. Control of the path switching may be performed to dissipate power in a larger area to increase thermal performance of the contactor controller. Both clamps may remain active throughout the QTO process, providing redundancy and safety. |
| US11716067B2 |
Matching circuits for phase change material switches
Circuits and methods that provide wider bandwidth and smaller IM inductances for phase change material (PCM) based RF switch networks. The present invention recognizes that it is beneficial to consider the total high parasitic capacitance to ground of the various PCM switches in an RF switch network as constituting two or more separate capacitive contributions. This leads to several “split capacitance” concepts, including signal-path splitting, switch-block splitting, stacked-switch splitting, and splitting parasitic capacitances due to layout discontinuities, in which compensating impedance matching inductances are inserted between additive capacitances. |
| US11716064B1 |
Wideband distributed gain equalization circuit
Distributed gain equalization circuits for use with radio frequency (RF) devices are provided. The distributed gain equalization circuits include a substrate layer, multiple transverse electromagnetic (TEM) line circuits disposed on the substrate layer and multiple traces disposed on the substrate layer, each trace connected to one or more of the TEM line circuits. The traces and TEM line circuits are configured to provide resistances, inductances and capacitances to eliminate the need for lumped or packaged resistors, inductors and capacitors. The distributed gain equalization circuit operates at millimeter wave frequencies and provides a compensating gain slope to counteract a negative gain slope of the RF device. Methods of manufacturing distributed gain equalization circuits are also provided. |
| US11716063B2 |
Method and apparatus for playing audio, and computer-readable storage
The present application relates to the field of audio technology, and provides a method, a device, and an apparatus for playing audio, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method for playing audio includes: obtaining an ambient atmospheric pressure value and audio data to be played; obtaining multiple target frequency points contained in the audio data to be played when the ambient atmospheric pressure value meets a preset condition, and determining equal-loudness multiples corresponding to the target frequency points according to the ambient atmospheric pressure value and a preset calibration atmospheric pressure value; and sending the audio data to be played and the equal-loudness multiples of the target frequency points to a power amplifying module, such that the power amplifying module amplifies the audio data to be played according to the equal-loudness multiples corresponding to the target frequency points. |
| US11716062B2 |
Multi-channel common-mode coupled AC gain amplifier
Devices, systems, and methods for multi-channel common-mode coupled alternating current (AC) gain amplifiers (MC-CM-AC Amp) are disclosed. The MC-CM-AC Amp can comprise a first operational amplifier including: a first non-inverting input port configured to be coupled to a first input signal, and a first inverting input port configured to be coupled to a first capacitor. The MC-CM-AC Amp can comprise a second operational amplifier including a second non-inverting input port configured to be coupled to a second input signal, and a second inverting input port configured to be coupled to a second capacitor. The MC-CM-AC Amp can comprise one or more gain-setting resistors configured to be coupled between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. |
| US11716059B2 |
High gain resonant amplifier for resistive output impedance
In some implementations, there is provided an apparatus comprising a resonant amplifier circuit including a first inductor having a first inductive input and a first inductive output; a second inductor having a second inductive input and a second inductive output; a first switch coupled to the first inductive output; and a second switch coupled to the second inductive output, wherein the first switch and the second switched are driven out of phase, wherein the first inductor is configured to be resonant with a first capacitance associated with the first switch, and wherein the second inductor is configured to be resonant with a second capacitance associated with the second switch. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided. |
| US11716056B2 |
Power amplifier with series transformer combiners and harmonic tuning
A system includes a first differential amplifier and a first transformer with a primary coil coupled to an output of the first differential amplifier and with a secondary coil coupled to a load. The system also includes a second differential amplifier and a second transformer with a primary coil coupled to an output of the second differential amplifier and with a secondary coil coupled in series with the secondary coil of the first transformer. The system also includes a tuning network coupled to a center tap node between the secondary coil of the first transformer and the secondary coil of the second transformer. |
| US11716055B1 |
Low allan-deviation oscillator
An oscillator includes a resonator, sustaining circuit and detector circuit. The sustaining circuit receives a sense signal indicative of mechanically resonant motion of the resonator generates an amplified output signal in response. The detector circuit asserts, at a predetermined phase of the amplified output signal, one or more control signals that enable an offset-reducing operation with respect to the sustaining amplifier circuit. |
| US11716047B2 |
System and method for trajectory shaping for feasible motion commands
A system and method for shaping the trajectory of a motion command to reduce the effects of a load on performance of a motor dynamically modifies the motion profile in real time to limit the reference signals in the motion profile to feasible commands. A load observer determines an estimated disturbance acceleration. The estimated disturbance acceleration includes the dynamics of the controlled load and is used to modify a maximum and a minimum limit for the acceleration reference. The acceleration limits are, in turn, used to determine velocity limits. The motion profile and modified acceleration and velocity limits are provided to a state filter which determines a new motion profile for use by the motor drive to control operation of a motor and to control the load connected to the motor. |
| US11716046B2 |
Control unit for closed-loop pressure control
A control unit for controlling a motor of an oil pump. The control unit includes a receiving unit configured to receive a target pressure, a first determination unit configured to determine a torque from the target pressure and a speed of the motor via a first characteristic map, a second determination unit configured to determine a motor phase current from the determined torque via a second characteristic map, and an output unit configured to output the determined motor phase current. |
| US11716045B2 |
Motor controller, motor system and method for controlling motor
A motor controller 100-1 includes an inverter, a current detection unit, a current detector, and a PWM signal generator. Upon occurrence of a condition in which a first energization time period, which has an energization width in which a phase current for a first phase is detectable by the current detector, and a second energization time period, which has an energization width in which a phase current for a second phase is difficult to be detected by the current detector, are present, the PWM signal generator extracts a portion of a zero vector period for a first PWM signal, a second PWM signal, and a third PWM signal, to assign an energization width corresponding to the extracted zero vector period, to a period, other than the zero vector period, for a given PWM signal among the first PWM signal, the second PWM signal, and the third PWM signal, so that the second energization time period is adjusted to have an energization width in which the phase current for the second phase is detectable by the current detector. |
| US11716043B2 |
Motor control device
A motor control device including a PWM control part is provided. The PWM control part has a two-phase complementary PWM control part, and when driving opening and closing of an opening/closing body, PWM-controls upper switching elements and lower switching elements of three phases in a three-phase inverter circuit based on an energization mode that sequentially switches among energized phases, which are two of the three phases, and a non-energized phase, which is a remaining one phase. The two-phase complementary PWM control part, in one of the energized phases, controls one of the upper switching element and the lower switching element by a PWM signal, and controls the other by a complementary PWM signal having a polarity opposite to the PWM signal, and, in the non-energized phase, controls one of the upper switching element and the lower switching element to be off, and controls the other by the complementary PWM signal. |
| US11716041B2 |
Motor control apparatus and method of operating the same
A motor control apparatus receives a DC power source through a DC terminal and is coupled to a motor. The motor control apparatus includes a brake, an inverter, and a controller. The brake is coupled to the inverter. The brake includes an energy-consuming component and a switch component. The controller controls the inverter to convert the DC power source to drive the motor. When the controller determines that the DC power source is interrupted, the controller stops controlling the inverter, and the switch component is self-driven turned on so that a back electromotive force generated by the motor is consumed through the energy-consuming component. |
| US11716040B2 |
Hybrid drive circuit for variable speed induction motor system and methods of control
Controllers for controlling hybrid motor drive circuits configured to drive a motor are provided herein. A controller is configured to drive the motor using an inverter when a motor commanded frequency is not within a predetermined range of line input power frequencies, and couple line input power to an output of the inverter using a first switch device when the motor commanded frequency is within the predetermined range of line input power frequencies. |
| US11716039B2 |
Winding switching device and rotating electrical machine drive system using the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a winding switching device capable of enhancing the reliability of electrical contact between a movable unit and a fixed unit, and a rotating electrical machine drive system including such a winding switching device. A winding switching device switches a connection state of a plurality of windings, and includes a plurality of electrodes to which the plurality of windings are connected; a movable unit that includes a plurality of conductor portions in contact with the plurality of electrodes, and that is driven in a predetermined direction in which the plurality of electrodes are arranged; and a fixed unit including a regulating portion that regulates movement of the movable unit in the predetermined direction; where the connection states of the plurality of windings are switched according to the position of the movable unit; and when the movable unit moves in the predetermined direction, the plurality of conductors are displaced in a direction of moving away from the plurality of electrodes by the regulating portion. |
| US11716038B2 |
Motor control device, motor unit, and motor control method
A motor control device includes: a plurality of sensors detecting a rotation position of a rotor and outputting a position detection signal; a rotational speed determination part determining whether a rotational speed of a brushless motor is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value based on the position detection signal; and a motor control part. An energization control part included in the motor control part uses, between a first mode and a second mode, different sensor signals serving as a trigger for an energization timing of each phase. In the first mode, an energization timing to a second phase is advanced relative to a timing at which the position detection signal of a first sensor turns on. In the second mode, an energization timing to the second phase is retarded relative to a timing at which the position detection signal of the first sensor turns on. |
| US11716032B2 |
Multi-level inverter clamping modulation method and apparatus, and inverter
Embodiments of the present application disclose a multi-level inverter clamping modulation method and apparatus, and an inverter. Switching elements of an inverter are controlled when an output voltage of the inverter crosses zero, and switching elements in each inverter bridge arm of an active clamp multi-level inverter include an internal tube, an external tube, and a clamping tube. The internal tube and the external tube are connected in series between a positive bus and a negative bus, the clamping tube is connected between a common terminal of the internal tube and the external tube and a bus, the internal tube is a low-frequency switching element, and the external tube and the clamping tube are high-frequency switching elements. |
| US11716027B2 |
Dual polarity power supply device
A power supply device includes a switching converter, an inductor, and a linear voltage regulator. The inductor is electrically connected between a first switching node and a second switching node of the switching converter. The power supply device is configured such that when the switching converter is in an ON state the inductor is charged with a charging current. The power supply device is further configured such that when the switching converter is in an OFF state, the switching converter modulates an input voltage to generate a positive-bias output voltage at a positive-bias output node, the charging current flows from the inductor such that a negative input voltage is generated at a linear voltage regulator input node, and the linear voltage regulator regulates the negative input voltage to generate a negative-bias output voltage at a negative-bias output node. |
| US11716026B2 |
Stacked power supply topologies and inductor devices
According to one configuration, an inductor device comprises: core material and one or more electrically conductive paths. The core material is magnetically permeable and surrounds (envelops) the one or more electrically conductive paths. Each of the electrically conductive paths extends through the core material of the inductor device from a first end of the inductor device to a second end of the inductor device. The magnetically permeable core material is operative to confine (guide, carry, convey, localize, etc.) respective magnetic flux generated from current flowing through a respective electrically conductive path. The core material stores the magnetic flux energy (i.e., first magnetic flux) generated from the current flowing through the first electrically conductive path. One configuration herein includes a power converter assembly comprising a stack of components including the inductor device as previously described as well as a first power interface, a second power interface, and one or more switches. |
| US11716019B2 |
Power supply circuit
A power supply circuit sets a precharge current flowing through a first load device and a precharge current flowing through a second load device during charging to a first allowable current or less, thereafter sets the precharge current flowing through the first load device to the first allowable current or less, sets the precharge current flowing through the second load device to the second allowable current or less, and sets a maximum value of the precharge current flowing through the second load device to be larger than the first allowable current. |
| US11716018B2 |
Low weight isolated integrated single-stage AC-DC LED driver
An integrated single stage ac-dc driver for powering LED loads includes a boost converter operating in a Discontinuous Conduction Mode, DCM, comprising a half-bridge, and a Zeta Asymmetrical Half Bridge, ZAHB, integrated with the boost converter such that the boost converter and the ZAHB share the half-bridge to perform power factor control, PFC, with a fixed duty cycle and control an output voltage. |
| US11716015B2 |
Low quiescent current startup circuit
A switch mode power supply includes a bootstrap circuit, control circuits, and an auxiliary winding coupled to the bootstrap circuit and configured to supply power to the control circuits after startup of the power supply. The bootstrap circuit is configured to supply power to the control circuits during startup and includes an isolation circuit to limit current flow between the starting capacitor and the control circuits while the starting capacitor is charged to a starting voltage by the high voltage input. During the initial charge of the starting capacitor, the control circuits do not have power to provide the initial functionality of the power supply. Once the starting capacitor is charged to the starting voltage, the isolation circuit is activated to allow current flow that powers the control circuits during the remainder of the startup until the auxiliary winding is able to power the control circuits. |
| US11716014B2 |
Method for detecting early degradation within the inverter module
A diagnostic system for an inverter module includes a motor control module configured to determine operating characteristics of the inverter module. The operating characteristics include of at least one of a voltage, a current, and a switching frequency associated with operation of the inverter module. A diagnostic module is configured to receive the operating characteristics of the inverter module, estimate at least one junction temperature of a component of the inverter module based on the operating characteristics, calculate a health indicator of the inverter module based on the estimated junction temperature, and selectively output an alert based on the calculated health indicator. |
| US11716012B2 |
Controlling an electronic switching unit for supplying power to an inductive power load
A method for controlling an electronic switching unit for supplying electric power to an inductive power load, includes the following steps: activating an initial filter capacitor by connecting it between the electric power supply of the electronic unit and ground, and deactivating the other capacitors of the bank of filter capacitors; measuring the current flowing through this initial filter capacitor; if this current is above a predetermined nominal current threshold, activating an additional filter capacitor by connecting it between the electric power supply of the electronic unit and ground, in parallel with the initial filter capacitor. |
| US11716009B2 |
Three-level converter
A three-level converter includes a switch circuit including first to fourth switch groups with n switches. A boot diode connected to a drive circuit to drive a switch on a lowest voltage side of a second switch group includes a cathode to which an anode of another boot diode of the second switch group is connected. A boot diode connected to a drive circuit to drive a switch element on a lowest voltage side of a third switch group includes a cathode to which an anode of another boot diode of the third switch group is connected. A boot diode connected to a drive circuit to drive a switch on a lowest voltage side of a fourth switch group includes a cathode to which an anode of another boot diode of the fourth switch group is connected. |
| US11716008B2 |
Power conversion device
A power supply includes a second capacitor, an overcharge suppression circuit, a power supply circuit, and a controller. The controller includes: an overcharge suppression control circuit that controls the overcharge suppression circuit in accordance with a magnitude of a voltage of the second capacitor; and a resistance switching circuit that changes a resistance value of the current-limiting resistance circuit depending on whether a gate block state occurs or not and in accordance with a magnitude of the voltage of the first capacitor. In the gate block state, each of the switching elements is fixed in a non-conductive state. |
| US11715998B2 |
Switching device for switching an electric motor
A geared motor is provided, including an electric motor, a transmission, a drive shaft and a switching device arranged on the drive shaft. The switching device includes a single housing that is distinct and separate from an electric motor housing and a transmission housing. The switching device also includes a contactless, absolute position-measuring device and an evaluation unit, each provided within the single housing, a gear wheel coupled to the drive shaft, and an output unit. The switching device is coupled to the position-measuring device by a pinion, which rotates about the same rotational axis as the drive shaft. |
| US11715997B2 |
DC motor
An object of the present invention is to provide a structure capable of stably removing noise. A DC motor includes: a brush in sliding contact with a commutator; a brush holder base holding the brush; a flexible wiring connected to the brush; and a choke coil connected to the brush via the wiring, wherein the brush holder base has a clamping portion restraining the wiring to extend along a direction parallel to a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the choke coil. |
| US11715995B2 |
Power tool
A power tool (1; 90) includes a motor (17) having a stator (18) and a rotor (19). The stator (18) includes front and rear insulators (21, 22) respectively disposed forward and rearward of a stator core (20) in an axial direction thereof. At least six coils (23) are respectively wound on the stator (18) such that the coils (23) are wound through the front and rear insulators (21, 22). Winding wires (23a) respectively electrically connect circumferentially-adjacent pairs of the coils (23). A short circuiting device (25) short circuits respective pairs of windings (23a) that are located diagonally or diametrically across from one another. |
| US11715984B2 |
Circuitry arrangement for an electric motor/machine
An electric machine has a plurality of phases. A winding is associated with each phase. An interconnection arrangement includes an annular carrier element with a plurality of axial cutouts, each for passage of a portion of a winding and a plurality of concentrically arranged, hollow-cylindrical switching rings. Each switching ring is adapted to contact a winding. The carrier element and the switching rings are adapted to radially positively engage one inside the other in an axial contact zone. |
| US11715982B2 |
Wireless power transmission method and device therefor
A wireless power transmission method executed by a power transmitter comprising multi-coils, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: detecting a second power receiver while transmitting power to a first power receiver; determining at least one primary coil adequate for power transmission; by using the determined at least one primary coil, determining whether the second power receiver supports a shared mode protocol; and if the second power receiver supports the shared mode protocol, transmitting power to the first and second power receivers according to the shared mode protocol, wherein the shared mode protocol may be a protocol for simultaneously managing information exchanges between the power transmitter and multiple power receivers. |
| US11715980B2 |
Classifying and detecting foreign objects using a power amplifier controller integrated circuit in wireless power transmission systems
A wireless power transmitting system includes a power amplifier comprising a plurality of measurement points and a power amplifier controller integrated circuit (IC). In some embodiments, the power amplifier controller IC performs synchronization of the various components of the power amplifier, conducts impedance and temperature measurements at the measurements points, determines if a foreign object is within the transmission range of the wireless power transmitter, and decides if a shutdown of the power amplifier is needed. In some embodiments, the power amplifier controller IC determines through a transmitter controller IC, the presence of a foreign object within the transmission range and adjusts the power transmission to one or more receivers. |
| US11715978B2 |
Coil arrangement and device for the wireless electromagnetic transmission of energy
A coil arrangement for the wireless electromagnetic transmission of energy includes a carrier which forms a main direction of extent. On the carrier element, are attached in succession in the main direction of extent and connected to one another. The carrier element comprises a ferrite material and at least one desired parting location which is designed as a perforation and/or notch arrangement. The coil arrangement can be easily adapted in a flexible way to a rotatable component and attached thereto. This makes easy wireless electromagnetic transmission of energy possible. |
| US11715977B2 |
Method and system for contactless power transfer in a linear drive system
A system and method for providing power to independent movers traveling along a track in a motion control system without requiring a fixed connection between the mover and a power source external to the mover. In one embodiment, a sliding transformer transfers power between the track and each mover. In another embodiment, an optical transmitter transfers power between the track and an optical receiver mounted on each mover. In yet another embodiment, a generator includes a drive wheel engaging the track as each mover travels along the track. A power converter on the mover receives the power generated on and/or transmitted to the mover to control an actuator or a sensor mounted on the mover or to activate drive coils mounted on the mover to interact with magnets mounted along the track and, thereby, control motion of each mover. |
| US11715976B2 |
Coil component
Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a first coil pattern wound in a planar spiral shape. At least one turn constituting the first coil pattern is divided into a plurality of lines by a spiral slit, and a space width between the plurality of lines differs depending on a planar position. |
| US11715971B1 |
Solar powered smartphone case
A solar powered smartphone case includes an enclosure for housing a smartphone, an internal battery, an overlying solar panel, an underlying solar panel, and a flip-out solar panel. The overlying solar panel and the flip out solar panel are carried back-to-back by a flip-out door, which articulates between a folded position and an extended position. A hinge pivotably attaches the flip-out door to the enclosure. An inductive battery charger is operative for charging the internal battery with electric power generated by the overlying solar panel, the underlying solar panel, and the flip-out solar panel. The case may also include an input port for receiving a first auxiliary power cord connecting one or more auxiliary solar panels to the inductive charger, and an output port for connecting a second auxiliary power cord connecting one or more piggy-back smartphones to be charged by the internal battery of the solar powered smartphone case. |
| US11715969B2 |
Co-charging system by a solar panel and (AC adaptor or mobile battery)
By using the co-charging system of this invention, a 12V battery such as a lead storage battery is not required, so that depreciation cost can be suppressed. In order to realize above, power should be always supplied to the power supply node of the control circuit by following. (1) Connect the diode so that current flows from the power supply supplied from the solar cell, the power supply supplied from the AC adapter, the power supply supplied from the mobile battery, to the power supply node of the control circuit. (2) Connect a large-capacity capacitor such as an electric double layer capacitor to the power supply of the control circuit. (3) The inverter has an nMOS field-effect transistor+resistor configuration, and the inverter has an nMOS field-effect transistor+resistor+pMOS field-effect transistor configuration. |
| US11715960B2 |
Dual-battery charging and discharging method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium
A dual-battery charging and discharging method is described to be used for a dual-screen terminal. The method includes: obtaining a state identifier of the first display screen and a state identifier of the second display screen; determining whether the dual-screen terminal is in a charging state; in response to determining that the dual-screen terminal is in a charging state, controlling the first battery and the second battery to be charged according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen; and in response to determining that the dual-screen terminal is not in a charging state, controlling whether the first battery and the second battery supply power to the dual-screen terminal according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen. |
| US11715959B2 |
Voltage conversion circuit and power supply system
A voltage conversion circuit includes: an inductor, a first switch module, N second switch modules connected in series, N third switch modules connected in series, and N−1 flying capacitors. One terminal of the first switch module is separately connected to one terminal of the N second switch modules connected in series and one terminal of the N third switch modules connected in series. The other terminal of the N third switch modules connected in series is connected to a positive electrode of a high-voltage power supply. The other terminal of the first switch module and the other terminal of the N second switch modules connected in series are connected to a negative electrode of the high-voltage power supply. A low-voltage power supply is connected to the two terminals of the first switch module through the inductor. |
| US11715957B2 |
Power amount measurement system, power amount measurement method, and power amount measurement device
When a baseline is in a certain state, a server executes a process including: a step of calculating an amount of power exchanged between a battery and a power grid during the first charging control; a step of calculating an amount of power exchanged between the battery and the power grid during the second charging control; a step of calculating an amount of power exchanged between the battery and the power grid during the first power feeding control; a step of calculating an amount of power exchanged between the battery and the power grid during the second power feeding control; and a step of setting a calibration line for the amount of power. |
| US11715956B2 |
Building management and appliance control system
The present disclosure is directed to energy storage and supply management system. The system may include one or more of a control unit, which is in communication with the power grid, and an energy storage unit that stores power for use at a later time. The system may be used with traditional utility provided power as well as locally generated solar, wind, and any other types of power generation technology. In some embodiments, the energy storage unit and the control unit are housed in the same chassis. In other embodiments, the energy storage unit and the control unit are separate. In another embodiment, the energy storage unit is integrated into the chassis of an appliance itself. |
| US11715954B2 |
Scalable rules-based object-oriented power system control scheme
Systems and apparatuses include a non-transitory computer readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by a circuit of a power system, causes the power system to perform functions to activate and deactivate routes. The functions include determining a plurality of source objects, each including source functions and being assigned a position on a one-line topology; determining one or more switch objects, each including switch functions and being assigned a position on the one-line topology; determining one or more bus objects, each including bus functions and being assigned a position on the one-line topology; determining one or more load objects, each including load functions and being assigned a position on the one-line topology; and allocating each object to one of a plurality of controllers, each of the controllers structured to cooperatively perform the source functions, the switch functions, the bus functions, and the load functions to provide operation of the system. |
| US11715953B2 |
Method for load flow analysis of a power distribution system
A power distribution system configured as a radial network includes buses having respective voltages, and distribution lines having respective currents. The radial network interconnects the buses with the distribution lines in a tree-like manner. A bus has a link to at least two distribution lines. The bus voltages and distribution line currents are determined by a processing circuitry configured to receive a Branch Matrix (BM), iteratively determine currents for the distribution lines and voltages for each of the buses until a difference is below a predetermined tolerance, and output final bus voltages and final distribution line currents. The circuitry iteratively determines the currents by determining a current matrix (CM) using the BM, and by determining the currents for the plurality of distribution lines in a zig zag manner over the matrix elements in the CM. The system finds a solution using fewer iterations than the backward forward sweep method. |
| US11715951B2 |
Grid power for hydrocarbon service applications
A grid power configuration may provide a reliable, efficient, inexpensive and environmentally conscious power source to a site, for example, a remote site such as a well services environment. Grid power may be provided for one or more operations at the site by coupling a main breaker to a switchgear unit coupled to one or more loads. The switchgear unit may be coupled to the main breaker via a main power distribution unit and may also be coupled to one or more loads. At least one of a grid power unit and a switchgear unit may be coupled to the main breaker via the main power distribution unit and may also be coupled to one or more additional loads. A control center may be communicatively coupled to the main breaker or any one or more other components to control one or more operations of the grid power configuration. |
| US11715948B2 |
Fault-tolerant power distribution in a vehicle
A vehicle is provided that includes a basic structure; and coupled to the basic structure, power sources, a propulsion system and power distribution circuitry. The propulsion system includes a plurality of electric motors configured to power propulsors to generate propulsive forces that cause the vehicle to move. The power distribution circuitry is configured to deliver DC electric power from the power sources to the electric motors, the power distribution circuitry including a plurality of DC-to-DC converter assemblies configured to input the DC electric power from the power sources and deliver voltage-regulated outputs to the electric motors, a DC-to-DC converter assembly operatively coupled to multiple ones of the power sources and multiple ones of the electric motors, and the DC-to-DC converter assembly including a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transformer with a single transformer core. |
| US11715946B2 |
Electronic device and electrostatic discharge protection circuit
An electronic device includes a first group III nitride transistor and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. an electronic device may include a first group III nitride transistor and an ESD protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit may include a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The first transistor may have a source and a gate connected to each other and electrically connected to a gate of the first group III nitride transistor. The second transistor may have a source and a gate connected to each other and electrically connected to a source of the first group III nitride transistor. The third transistor may have a drain electrically connected to the gate of the first group III nitride transistor, a gate electrically connected to a drain of the first transistor and to a drain of the second transistor, and a source electrically connected to the source of the first group III nitride transistor. |
| US11715943B2 |
Faceplate for multi-sensor control device
A control device and face plate is described, where the faceplate includes a first region formed from a first material that is non-conductive, a second region that is formed a second material that is transparent to infrared radiation, and where the first region and the second region are seamlessly joined to form a unitary structure. |
| US11715938B2 |
Mounting device with fastener receiving structure
A mounting device includes a panel portion, and a fastener receiving structure provided within a perimeter of the panel portion. The fastener receiving structure can include a flexure mechanism to enable at least a portion of the fastener receiving structure to flex with insertion of a fastener into the flexure mechanism that attaches the panel portion against an underlying surface. |
| US11715936B2 |
Circuit interrupters with electronically controlled lock out tag out systems and related electrical distribution systems and methods
Circuit breakers with a housing with a line side and a load side and an electronically controlled lock-out lock member coupled to the housing configured to electronically controllably travel between a first position and a second position. In the second position, the lock member is in a lock-out position and prevents the handle from moving to an ON position associated with electrical current conduction and in the first position the lock member is translated to a position that allows the handle to move to the ON position. |
| US11715935B2 |
Traveling spark igniter
An igniter having at least two electrodes spaced from each other by an insulating member having a substantially continuous surface along a path between the electrodes. The electrodes extend substantially parallel to each other for a distance both above and below said surface. The insulating member has a channel (recess) for receiving at least a portion of a length of at least one of said electrodes below and to said surface of the insulating member. The surface of the insulating member may preferably be augmented with a conductivity enhancing agent. The insulating member and electrodes are configured so that an electric field between the electrodes at said surface does not have abrupt field intensity changes, whereby when a potential is applied to the electrodes sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, discharge occurs at said surface of the insulating member to define a plasma initiation region. |
| US11715932B2 |
Internal combustion engine spark plug and method of manufacturing the same
A spark plug includes a plug cover provided at a tip end portion of a housing to cover an auxiliary combustion chamber where an electrical discharge gap is located. The plug cover has a curved surface portion. The curved surface portion includes an outer curved surface convexly curved outward. The curved surface portion has an inclined injection hole formed therein to allow communication between the auxiliary combustion chamber and an outside. The inclined injection hole is opened to be inclined, relative to a plug axial direction, outward in a plug radial direction toward a tip end side. In a cross section including a central axis of the inclined injection hole and along the plug axial direction, a tangent line of a portion of the outer curved surface that overlaps an extended line of the central axis of the inclined injection hole is orthogonal to the extended line. |
| US11715931B1 |
Strained and strain control regions in optical devices
An optical device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate including a surface region and a strain control region, the strain control region being configured to maintain a quantum well region within a predetermined strain state. The device also has a plurality of quantum well regions overlying the strain control region. |
| US11715929B2 |
System and apparatus for sequential transient liquid phase bonding
Embodiments of the present disclosure include method for sequentially mounting multiple semiconductor devices onto a substrate having a composite metal structure on both the semiconductor devices and the substrate for improved process tolerance and reduced device distances without thermal interference. The mounting process causes “selective” intermixing between the metal layers on the devices and the substrate and increases the melting point of the resulting alloy materials. |
| US11715928B2 |
Decoupling layer to reduce underfill stress in semiconductor devices
An integrated circuit assembly includes a support (e.g., package substrate or circuit board) and a semiconductor die including a device. The semiconductor die is mounted to the support with the device facing the support. The device can be, for example, a quantum well laser device or a photonics device. A layer of decoupling material is on the device. An underfill material is between the semiconductor die and the support, where the decoupling material is between the device and the underfill material. The decoupling layer decouples stress from transferring from the underfill material into the device. For example, the decoupling material forms only weak bonds with the underfill material and/or a passivation layer on the device, in an embodiment. Weak bonds include non-covalent bonds and non-ionic bonds, for example. The decoupling material can be, for instance, a PTFE film, a poly(p-xylylene) film, a fluorocarbon, or a compound lacking free hydroxyl groups. |
| US11715922B2 |
I/O connector configured for cabled connection to the midboard
An I/O connector assembly configured for making a cabled connection to an interior portion of a printed circuit board for at least some signals passing through the I/O connector. The I/O connector assembly may be assembled by mounting a cage to a printed circuit board. A receptacle connector, including cables extending from a rear of the connector, may be inserted through an opening in the top or rear of the cage. The receptacle connector may be positioned in the cage by at least one retention member on the cage. A plug, mating to the receptacle connector, also may be positioned by a retention member on the cage. Positioning both the plug and receptacle relative to the cage reduces the tolerance stackup of the assembly and enables the connectors to be designed with shorter wipe length, which enables higher frequency operation. |
| US11715921B2 |
Quick meter connect electric automobile charging system
An electrical meter quick connect device has a housing with open faces. A first face is configured with connectors to mate to a electrical service panel in a meter connection manner, and a second face is configured with connectors to mate to a meter in an electrical service panel connection manner. First and second set of lines are within the housing, connected from the first face to the second face. A breaker switch is on the housing and coupled to at least one of the first and second set of lines. A third set of lines is connected to the breaker switch and exits a side of the housing, the third set including a ground line. An electrical vehicle charging line is coupled to the third set of lines. The device can be inserted between a meter and electrical service panel to provide an electric vehicle power connection. |
| US11715920B2 |
Single pair ethernet connector system
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a connector plug for attachment to a single pair Ethernet cable comprising a pair of conductors, and configured for being received in a connector receptacle. The connector plug includes a first end for receiving the single pair Ethernet cable and a second end having a pair of contacts, each of the contacts comprising a receptacle contact interface, a conductor interface, and an extension to provide an increased width between conductor gripping prongs at the conductor interface while maintaining a consistent spacing between the pair of contacts at the receptacle contact interface with connector plugs configured to mate with different gauge cables. The connector plug comprises a latch for secure attachment to the receptacle and a pull cord connected to the latch and accessible when the connector plug is inserted into the receptacle with other connector plugs for release of the connector plug. |
| US11715919B2 |
Coupling mechanism and connector with the same
A connector that has a conductive shell that supports at least one signal contact therein. The shell comprises a front end for mating with a mating connector and a back end opposite the front end for connecting to a power or data transmission cable. A coupling member is configured to engage the conductive shell and engage a corresponding component associated with the mating connector to mechanically couple the connector and the mating connector together. A plurality of ground connections are provided at the front end of the conductive shell and the front section of the coupling member for grounding. |
| US11715918B1 |
Powered wall plate with plug prongs
A powered wall plate comprising a wall plate, at least two electrical plug prongs, an electrical circuit, and an electrical feature. The wall plate has a front surface opposite a rear surface and at least one opening sized to expose a first electrical receptacle of an electrical device. The at least two electrical plug prongs originate within the wall plate and extend rearward from the rear surface, and are configured to removably mate with a second electrical receptacle of the electrical device. The electrical circuit is located between the front surface and the rear surface. The electrical feature is exposed on the wall plate and is configured to receive power from the at least two electrical plug prongs through the electrical circuit. The wall plate may have a profile with a first thickness and a second thickness. The second thickness may be less than three times the first thickness. |
| US11715915B2 |
Electrical plug-in connector for a multicore electrical cable
An electrical connector for a multi-wire electrical cable includes two cable-side electrical contact elements including associated terminals to each of which is to be connected a wire of the electrical cable, and two output-side electrical contact elements which are spaced apart from the cable-side electrical contact elements and from each of which projects an electrical connector element via which an electrical connection can be established to a mating connector. An active electrical device is disposed between the cable-side contact elements and the output-side contact elements. The active electrical device is placed on the contact elements, such that the active electrical device is in electrical contact with each of the contact elements, and such that the cable-side contact elements and the output-side contact elements are electrically connected to each other. The output-side contact elements are separated and axially spaced apart from the cable-side contact elements. |
| US11715912B2 |
Interposer having shielded contacts and traces
A separable and reconnectable connector for semiconductor devices is provided that is scalable for devices having very small contact pitch. Connectors of the present disclosure include signal pins shielded by pins electrically-coupled to ground. Embodiments provide one or more signal pins in a contact array electrically-shielded by at least one ground pin coupled to a ground plane. Embodiments thereby provide signal pins, either single-ended or a differential pair, usable to transmit signals with reduced noise or cross-talk and thus improved signal integrity. Embodiments further provide inner ground planes coupled to connector ground pins to shield pairs of differential signal pins without increasing the size of the connector. Inner grounding layers can be formed within isolation substrates incorporated into connector embodiments between adjacent pairs of signal pins. These buried ground layers provide additional crosstalk isolation in close proximity to signal pins, resulting in improved signal integrity in a significantly reduced space. |
| US11715911B2 |
Contact assembly with ground structure
A contact assembly for an electrical connector signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts are interspersed with the pairs of the signal contacts. Each signal contact includes a signal contact body having first and second sides extending between a signal mating end and a signal terminating end. Each ground contact includes a ground contact body having first and second sides extending between a ground mating end and a ground terminating end. The contact assembly includes a ground shield assembly including a ground shield spanning across the contacts and ground connective elements electrically connected to the ground shield and the corresponding ground contacts. The ground connective elements are compressible. |
| US11715909B2 |
Card edge connector with improved grounding/shielding plate
A card edge connector includes an insulative housing defining a front face, a rear face, and a card slot opening forward through the front face, a row of first terminals retained in the insulative housing from the front face, a row of second terminals retained in the insulative housing from the rear face, and a grounding and shielding plate. The row of second terminals includes signal terminals and grounding terminals, each second terminal including an upright portion, an elastic portion extending from the upright portion with a contacting portion exposed upon the card slot, and a leg portion. The grounding and shielding plate covers the rear face of the insulative housing and electrical connects to all the grounding terminals of the row of second terminals. |
| US11715905B2 |
Angled housing part and angled housing assembly
An angled housing part for an electrical connector includes a first section having a first flange surface, a second section having a second flange surface, and a bellows section arranged between the first section and the second section. The first flange surface is angled with respect to the second section. The first section and the second section are movable relative to one another upon elastic deformation of the bellows section. |
| US11715904B2 |
Wire harness and grommet detachment preventing structure
A wire harness includes a connector, a grommet assembled to the connector and being in close contact with one opening edge portion of an attachment hole of a panel, and a plurality of electric wires that are inserted into the grommet. The connector includes terminal fittings provided at end portions of the plurality of electric wires, a connector housing that accommodates the terminal fittings, and an inner member having an annular plate-shaped flange disposed outside the connector housing. The grommet includes a flange assembly portion that is assembled to the flange, and an electric wire accommodating dome portion that accommodates drawn-out portions of the plurality of electric wires being drawn out from the connector housing. The inner member includes two deformation preventing walls that prevent the electric wire accommodating dome portion from being deformed inward. |
| US11715900B2 |
Electrical connector system with internal spring component and applications thereof
An electrical connector system for electrically and mechanically connecting with a component in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The connector system includes a motor vehicle component and a male connector assembly with a male housing that receives a male terminal. This terminal includes a receiver and side walls with a contact arm that extends across an aperture in the side wall. An internal spring member with at least one spring arm resides within the male terminal receiver. A female connector assembly includes a female terminal with a receptacle that receives both the male terminal and the spring member. A female housing receives the female terminal and an extent of the male connector assembly. When the connector system moves from the partially assembled state to a connected position for connection of the vehicle component, the male connector assembly is inserted into female housing, the contact arm is brought into sliding engagement with an angled internal segment of the female housing, and the contact arm is inwardly displaced as the contact arm slidingly engages with the angled internal segment. |
| US11715894B2 |
Contacting device for the resilient contacting of a printed circuit board with a contact element for a solenoid or a sensor for a vehicle system, vehicle system with a contacting device and method for producing a contacting device
A contacting device for resiliently contacting a printed circuit board with a contact element for a solenoid or a sensor for a vehicle system, including a contacting apparatus, including: a helical spring element, which is formed such that it can be clamped in between the printed circuit board and the contact element; and a printed-circuit-board fastening element with a fastening surface and a centering surface opposite the fastening surface, wherein the fastening surface is formed such that it is fastened or can be fastened on the printed circuit board and, in an operating state of the contacting device, at least one portion of the centering surface is arranged so as to protrude into an interior-space portion of an interior space of the spring element in order to guide and/or to center the spring element. Also described are a related vehicle system, a method, a device, and a storage medium. |
| US11715893B2 |
Structure of electrical connection
A structure of electrical connection is a structure of mutual electrical connection between a first power supply unit, a second power supply unit, and electric wires. The first power supply unit is provided with a first columnar terminal, and the second power supply unit is provided with a second columnar terminal. A tubular terminal is connected to an end of the electric wire. A first tubular terminal fitted to the first columnar terminal, a second tubular terminal fitted to the second columnar terminal, and a columnar terminal fitted to the tubular terminal are joined to a conductive connection plate. The entirety of the connection plate and the ends of the electric wires are covered with a cover. |
| US11715891B2 |
Communication device
A communication device includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a third antenna element, a fourth antenna element, a fifth antenna element, a sixth antenna element, a seventh antenna element, an eighth antenna element, and a PCB (Printed Circuit Board). The PCB has a first side and a second side positioned opposite to each other. At least one of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the third antenna element, the fourth antenna element, the fifth antenna element, the sixth antenna element, the seventh antenna element, and the eighth antenna element is adjacent to the first side of the PCB. The other(s) of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the third antenna element, the fourth antenna element, the fifth antenna element, the sixth antenna element, the seventh antenna element, and the eighth antenna element is/are adjacent to the second side of the PCB. |
| US11715888B1 |
Reconfigurable intelligent metasurface with adjustable 3-bit dual-polarization phases
A reconfigurable intelligent metasurface with adjustable 3-bit dual-polarization phases may include a plurality of reconfigurable intelligent metasurface units with adjustable 3-bit dual-polarization phases. Each of the plurality of reconfigurable intelligent metasurface units may include: a first layer including four fan-shaped metal patches and four Y-shaped metal patches symmetrical about a center, a second layer being a feeding layer along the x-axis direction, a third layer being a feeding layer along the y-axis direction, and a fourth layer being a metal ground layer. By changing a voltage value at two ends of each of the varactors in an orthogonal polarization direction, the reconfigurable intelligent metasurface unit may be enabled to independently implement dual-polarization 3-bit phase modulation in two orthogonal polarization directions, thereby implementing decoupling in the orthogonal polarization directions. |
| US11715887B2 |
Antenna array device and antenna unit thereof
An antenna array device and an antenna unit thereof are provided. The antenna unit includes a support and an antenna structure. The support is integrally formed as a single one-piece structure, and has a substrate, a first stand, and a second stand. The first stand and the second stand extend from two opposite sides of the substrate, respectively. The substrate and at least one of the first stand and the second stand jointly define a plurality of cavities. The antenna structure includes a plurality of patches that are formed on the substrate and that are arranged in the cavities. |
| US11715884B2 |
Lens-enhanced communication device
A communication device includes a system board that includes a plurality of chips. Each chip in plurality of chips includes a plurality of antennas. A system cover coupled to system board includes a plurality of lenses. Each lens is configured to cover an antenna of plurality of antennas as a radome enclosure. Each lens includes a base, and a first tubular membrane coupled to base. A second membrane coupled to first tubular membrane. First tubular membrane and Second membrane cause the lens to have a bell shape. A support structure coupled to first tubular membrane. Support structure facilitates coupling of plurality of lenses to system cover. Each chip comprises a feeder array that further comprises a plurality of antenna elements that are positioned at a proximal distance from base of a lens, A distribution of a gain of input RF signals is substantially equalized across plurality of antenna elements. |
| US11715882B2 |
Low-profile magnetic antenna assemblies
An antenna assembly includes a first magnetic substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. One or more antenna elements are disposed on the first surface of the first magnetic substrate. A microstrip feed line is disposed on the second surface of the first magnetic substrate. A second magnetic substrate is secured to the first magnetic substrate. The second magnetic substrate includes one or more cavities aligned with the one or more antenna elements and the microstrip feed line. |
| US11715879B1 |
Multi-layer low-profile four-arm spiral antenna
Disclosed is a multi-layer low-profile four-arm spiral antenna, including a metal grounding plate, and a top surface of the metal grounding plate is fixedly connected with three layers of cylindrical dielectric substrates; the three layers of dielectric substrates are coaxially arranged, and the three layers of dielectric substrates are coaxially arranged with the metal grounding plate, and a gap is set between two adjacent layers of dielectric substrates; four spiral metal strips with a same rotation direction are respectively arranged on each layer of dielectric substrate, the four spiral metal strips on each layer of dielectric substrate form spiral radial arms, and a phase difference of the four spiral metal strips on each layer of dielectric substrate is 90°; the corresponding spiral metal strips on the two adjacent layers of dielectric substrates are connected by connecting bridges, the connecting bridges are arranged in the gap. |
| US11715874B2 |
Dielectric antenna array and system
An example antenna system includes a plurality of dielectric rod stacks and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a plurality of independently controlled output circuit boards. Each independently controlled output circuit board includes a respective dielectric rod stack. The respective dielectric rod stack includes a plurality of respective dielectric rods. The control circuit selects: (i) the dielectric rod stacks, and (ii) the respective dielectric rods of the respective dielectric rod stack to adjust a beam of emitted or received radio frequency (RF) waves. |
| US11715873B2 |
Straddle type vehicle
The straddle type vehicle comprises an antenna that can receive a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency band, and a sensing unit for sensing a situation in front of the vehicle. A constituent component of the vehicle is arranged between the antenna and the sensing unit. |
| US11715870B2 |
Waveguide structure comprising first and second carrier and conductive components fixed by convex and concave components and method of manufacturing
A waveguide structure and a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a control module, an antenna module and a waveguide structure connected between the control module and the antenna module. The waveguide structure includes an insulating carrier component and a conductive metal component. The insulating carrier component includes a first insulating carrier and a second insulating carrier matching with the first insulating carrier. The first insulating carrier includes a first groove, and the second insulating carrier includes a second groove in communication with the first groove. The conductive metal component includes a first conductive body accommodated in the first groove of the first insulating carrier and a second conductive body accommodated in the second groove of the second insulating carrier, and the conductive metal component includes a penetrating channel passing therethrough. |
| US11715869B2 |
Low temperature co-fireable dielectric materials
Disclosed herein are embodiments of low temperature co-fireable dielectric materials which can be used in conjunction with high dielectric materials to form composite structures, in particular for isolators and circulators for radiofrequency components. Embodiments of the low temperature co-fireable dielectric materials can be scheelite or garnet structures, for example barium tungstate. Adhesives and/or glue is not necessary for the formation of the isolators and circulators. |
| US11715868B2 |
Electrochemical cell casing having an electrolyte fill port with an embossed rim lid design
A miniature electrochemical cell of a primary or secondary chemistry with a total volume that is less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell has a casing comprising an annular sidewall supported on a lower plate opposite an upper lid. The lid has a sealed electrolyte fill port that is axially aligned with an annulus residing between the inner surface of the annular sidewall and the electrode assembly. The fill port axially aligned with the annulus between the electrode assembly and the casing sidewall allows the casing to be filled with electrolyte using a vacuum filling process so that activating electrolyte readily wets the anode and cathode active materials and the intermediate separator. |
| US11715866B2 |
Method of forming edge materials on electrochemical cell component
A method of forming edge materials on an electrochemical cell component having a metallic foil substrate including a conductive coating on top and bottom surfaces and first and second edge portions extending laterally outward beyond the conductive coating, includes pulling the metallic foil substrate from a roll, feeding the metallic foil substrate through a profile machine and forming notches within the first and second edge portions that extend inwardly from outermost edges of the first and second edge portions a distance less than a distance between the outermost edges and the conductive coating, and define a plurality of electrode tabs, feeding the strip of metallic foil substrate sequentially through a plurality of 3-dimensional printing machines and printing edge materials onto the electrode tabs and the first and second edge portions between the plurality of electrode tabs, and rolling the strip of metallic foil substrate onto a roll. |
| US11715862B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack including a housing having a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The first portion has a first wall and an interface extends from the first wall. The interface includes a plurality of terminal apertures that provide access to electrical terminals within the housing. The second portion has a second wall, and the second wall is positioned opposite the first wall. A first plurality of vents extends through the first wall and a second plurality of vents extends through the second wall. A cumulative surface area of the first plurality of vents is different than a cumulative surface area of the second plurality of vents. |
| US11715860B2 |
Traction battery venting system and venting method
A traction battery venting system includes, among other things, an engine exhaust system that discharges engine exhaust gas to an area outside an electrified vehicle. The engine exhaust gas is emitted from an internal combustion engine of the electrified vehicle. The system further includes a sound deadening device of the engine exhaust system, a traction battery, and a battery vent system that communicates battery vent byproducts to the engine exhaust system at a position that is downstream from the sound deadening device. The battery vent byproducts are emitted from the traction battery of the electrified vehicle. |
| US11715856B2 |
Battery pack
The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a casing and a battery module housed in the casing. The battery module can include a plurality of batteries arranged along a length direction and an end plate located at an end of the plurality of batteries in the length direction. The end plate can include a main body portion and a lug integrally formed with the main body portion, wherein the lug protrudes outwardly from the main body portion along the length direction and is fixedly connected to the casing. The design disclosed herein reduces the number of the components that are fixedly connected between the end plate and the casing, the number of steps in the operating procedure, and the production cost. |
| US11715855B2 |
Battery module
Provided is a battery module including a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another and being capable of effectively preventing damage to the battery cells despite such a configuration. A battery module 1 includes a plurality of battery cells 10 stacked on one another and a battery cell support 2. The battery cells 10 each include a battery 11 and an exterior casing 12 accommodating the battery 11. The battery cell support 2 is disposed between the plurality of battery cells 10. The battery module preferably further includes a fixation film 6 wound around the plurality of battery cells in a stacking direction and fixing the plurality of battery cells. |
| US11715853B2 |
Battery cell mounting apparatus and method therefor
An apparatus mounts a battery cell stack to a frame that includes a base cover and a pair of side covers respectively extending from both ends of the base cover. The apparatus includes a support member to support the battery cell stack, and two films, wherein one side of each of the two films is respectively attachable to one of the pair of side covers of the frame, and another side of each of the two films is respectively attachable to one of two side surfaces of the battery cell stack, wherein, when the support member and the frame move toward each other, the two films are movable into the frame, and the battery cell stack is movable along the two films to be mounted to the frame. |
| US11715848B2 |
Battery sensing module with temperature sensor selective disconnect
A battery pack sensing module includes a temperature sensor input connected with a battery cell temperature sensor, an integrated circuit, and a field effect transistor connected between the temperature sensor input and the integrated circuit, and having a gate that selectively opens based on a voltage on the temperature sensor input. |
| US11715845B2 |
All solid battery
An all solid battery including: a first electrode include a first current collector, and a first active material layer bonded to the first current collector; a first solid electrolyte layer bonded to a surface of the first active material layer opposite the first current collector; a second solid electrolyte layer bonded to a surface of the first solid electrolyte layer opposite the first active material layer; a second electrode including a second current collector, and a second active material layer bonded to the second current collector and a surface of the second solid electrolyte layer opposite the first solid electrolyte layer, wherein the first solid electrolyte layer extends farther than the second current collector in a direction away from a first surface of the all solid battery. |
| US11715839B2 |
Integral composite membrane with a continuous ionomer phase
Embodiments are directed to composite membranes having a microporous polymer structure, and an ion exchange material forming a continuous ionomer phase within the composite membrane. The continuous ionomer phase refers to absence of any internal interfaces in a layer of ionomer or between any number of layers coatings of the ion exchange material provided on top of one another. The composite membrane exhibits a haze change of 0% or less after being subjected to a blister test procedure. No bubbles or blisters are formed on the composite membrane after the blister test procedure. A haze value of the composite membrane is between 5% and 95%, between 10% and 90% or between 20% and 85%. The composite membrane may have a thickness of more than 17 microns at 0% relative humidity. |
| US11715831B2 |
Electrode and electrochemical device
An electrochemical device which is an alkali metal battery or an alkaline earth metal battery, wherein only a positive electrode is an electrode having a perfluoropolyether group-containing compound in a surface thereof. |
| US11715830B2 |
Negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including the same
A negative electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative electrode including a current collector; and a negative active material layer on the current collector, the negative active material including a carbon negative active material; wherein: an electrode density of the negative electrode is in the range of about 1.0 g/cc to about 1.5 g/cc, and a DD (Degree of Divergence) value as defined by the following Equation 1 is about 24 or greater, DD (Degree of Divergence)=(Ia/Itotal)*100 [Equation 1] wherein, in Equation 1, Ia is a sum of peak intensities at non-planar angles measured by XRD using a CuKα ray, and Itotal is a sum of peak intensities at all angles measured by XRD using a CuKα ray. |
| US11715826B2 |
Method for producing electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery
A method for producing an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery is provided, the method includes: mixing a compound containing lithium, a compound containing nickel, and barium titanate to obtain a mixture; heat-treating the mixture to obtain a first composition containing a lithium-transition metal composite oxide; preparing an electrode composition containing the first composition, a conductive aid, and a binder; and applying and compressing the electrode composition on a current collector to form an active material layer with a density of from 2.4 g/cm3 to 3.6 g/cm3 on the current collector. |
| US11715817B2 |
Light-emitting element package and light-emitting element module including same
Disclosed in an embodiment is a light-emitting element package comprising: a body including a cavity; a light-emitting element arranged on the bottom surface of the cavity and including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer and an active layer, which is arranged between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and a light-transmitting member arranged on the upper part of the cavity, wherein the body includes: a lower body including the bottom surface of the cavity; an upper body including the lateral surface of the cavity; and a first insulating layer arranged between the lower body and the upper body, the lower body includes a first conductive body and a second conductive body insulated and arranged together with the first conductive body, the first conductive type semiconductor layer is electrically connected with the first conductive body, the second conductive type semiconductor layer is electrically connected with the second conductive body, and the height from the lower surface of the lower body to the bottom surface of the cavity is less than the height from the lower surface of the lower body to the lower surface of the first insulating layer. |
| US11715811B2 |
Light emitting diode transfer system and control method thereof
A light emitting diode (LED) transfer system includes an alignment apparatus configured to align a plurality of target substrates; a handling robot configured to transport the plurality of target substrates; a transfer stage configured to hold the plurality of target substrates and move the plurality of target substrates; a substrate stage configured to move a relay substrate having a plurality of LEDs with respect to the transfer stage while the plurality of LEDs are facing the transfer stage; a laser configured to emit a laser beam toward the plurality of LEDs of the relay substrate so that the plurality of LEDs are transferred from the relay substrate to the plurality of target substrates; and a processor configured to control the alignment apparatus, the handling robot, the transfer stage, the substrate stage, and the laser to transfer the plurality of LEDs of the relay substrate to the plurality of target substrates. |
| US11715809B2 |
Space charge trap-assisted recombination suppressing layer for low-voltage diode operation
Shockley-Read-Hall (SRH) generation and/or recombination in heterojunction devices is suppressed by unconventional doping at or near the heterointerface. The effect of this doping is to shift SRH generation and/or recombination preferentially into the wider band gap material of the heterojunction. This reduces total SRH generation and/or recombination in the device by decreasing the intrinsic carrier concentration ni at locations where most of the SRH generation and/or recombination occurs. The physical basis for this effect is that the SRH generation and/or recombination rate tends to decrease as ni around the depletion region decreases, so decreasing the effective ni in this manner is a way to decrease SRH recombination. |
| US11715806B2 |
Method for fabricating a solar module of rear contact solar cells using linear ribbon-type connector strips and respective solar module
A solar module and a method for fabricating a solar module comprising a plurality of rear contact solar cells are described. Rear contact solar cells (1) are provided with a large size of e.g. 156×156 mm2. Soldering pad arrangements (13, 15) applied on emitter contacts (5) and base contacts (7) are provided with one or more soldering pads (9, 11) arranged linearly. The soldering pad arrangements (13, 15) are arranged asymmetrically with respect to a longitudinal axis (17). Each solar cell (1) is then separated into first and second cell portions (19, 21) along a line (23) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (17). Due to such cell separation and the asymmetrical design of the soldering pad arrangements (13, 15), the first and second cell portions (19, 21) may then be arranged alternately along a line with each second cell portion (21) arranged in a 180°-orientation with respect to the first cell portions (19) and such that emitter soldering pad arrangements (13) of a first cell portion (19) are aligned with base soldering pad arrangements (15) of neighboring second cell portions (21), and vice versa. Simple linear ribbon-type connector strips (25) may be used for interconnecting the cell portions (19, 21) by soldering onto the underlying aligned emitter and base soldering pad arrangements (13, 15). The interconnection approach enables using standard ribbon-type connector strips (25) while reducing any bow as well as reducing series resistance losses. |
| US11715805B2 |
Semitransparent thin-film solar module
A thin-film solar module with a substrate and a layer structure applied thereon, which comprises a rear electrode layer, a front electrode layer, and an absorber layer arranged between the rear electrode layer and the front electrode layer, wherein serially connected solar cells are formed in the layer structure by patterning zones, wherein at least one solar cell has one or more optically transparent zones that are in each case rear-electrode-layer-free, wherein the one or more optically transparent zones are implemented such that the rear electrode layer of the solar cell is continuous. |
| US11715797B2 |
Ferroelectric transistors and assemblies comprising ferroelectric transistors
Some embodiments include a ferroelectric transistor having a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode is offset from the first electrode by an active region. A transistor gate is along a portion of the active region. The active region includes a first source/drain region adjacent the first electrode, a second source/drain region adjacent the second electrode, and a body region between the first and second source/drain regions. The body region includes a gated channel region adjacent the transistor gate. The active region includes at least one barrier between the second electrode and the gated channel region which is permeable to electrons but not to holes. Ferroelectric material is between the transistor gate and the gated channel region. |
| US11715791B2 |
Group III-Nitride devices on SOI substrates having a compliant layer
A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with a compliant substrate layer advantageous for seeding an epitaxial III-N semiconductor stack upon which III-N devices (e.g., III-N HFETs) may be formed. The compliant layer may be (111) silicon, for example. The SOI substrate may further include another layer that may have one or more of lower electrical resistivity, greater thickness, or a different crystal orientation relative to the compliant substrate layer. A SOI substrate may include a (100) silicon layer advantageous for integrating Group IV devices (e.g., Si FETs), for example. To reduce parasitic coupling between an HFET and a substrate layer of relatively low electrical resistivity, one or more layers of the substrate may be removed within a region below the HFETs. Once removed, the resulting void may be backfilled with another material, or the void may be sealed, for example during back-end-of-line processing. |
| US11715786B2 |
Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same
An integrated circuit device includes: a fin-type active area including a fin top surface on a top portion and an anti-punch-through recess having a lowermost level lower than a level of the fin top surface; a nanosheet stack facing the fin top surface, the nanosheet stack including a plurality of nanosheets having vertical distances different from each other from the fin top surface; a gate structure surrounding each of the plurality of nanosheets; a source/drain region having a side wall facing at least one of the plurality of nanosheets; and an anti-punch-through semiconductor layer including a first portion filling the anti-punch-through recess, and a second portion being in contact with a side wall of a first nanosheet most adjacent to the fin-type active area among the plurality of nanosheets, the anti-punch-through semiconductor layer including a material different from a material of the source/drain region. |
| US11715785B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a gate structure located on a substrate; and a raised source/drain region adjacent to the gate structure. An interface is between the gate structure and the substrate. The raised source/drain region includes a stressor layer providing strain to a channel under the gate structure; and a silicide layer in the stressor layer. The silicide layer extends from a top surface of the raised source/drain region and ends below the interface by a predetermined depth. The predetermined depth allows the stressor layer to maintain the strain of the channel. |
| US11715782B2 |
Method for manufacturing three-dimensional semiconductor diode device
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional semiconductor diode device comprises providing a substrate comprising a silicon substrate and a first oxide layer formed on the silicon substrate; depositing a plurality of stacked structures on the substrate, each of the stacked structures comprising a dielectric layer and a conductive layer; etching the stacked structures through a photoresist layer which is patterned to form at least one trench in the stacked structures, a bottom of the trench exposing the first oxide layer; depositing a second oxide layer on the stacked structures and the trench; depositing a high-resistance layer on the second oxide layer, the high-resistance layer comprising a first polycrystalline silicon layer and a first conductive compound layer; and depositing a low-resistance layer on the high-resistance layer, the low-resistance layer comprising a second polycrystalline silicon layer and a second conductive compound layer. |
| US11715778B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first, second, and third electrodes, and first, second, and third semiconductor regions. The third electrode is between the first electrode and the second electrodes. The first semiconductor region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N and includes first to seventh partial regions. The fourth partial region is between the first partial region and the third partial region. The fifth partial region is between the third partial region and the second partial region. The second semiconductor region includes Alx2Ga1-x2N and includes first and second semiconductor portions. The sixth partial region is between the fourth partial region and the first semiconductor portion. The seventh partial region is between the fifth partial region and the second semiconductor portion. The third semiconductor region includes Alx3Ga1-x3N and includes a first semiconductor film part. The first semiconductor film part is between the sixth partial region and the third electrode. |
| US11715775B2 |
Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures with gate-all-around devices having epitaxial source or drain structures
Self-aligned gate endcap architectures with gate-all-around devices having epitaxial source or drain structures are described. For example, a structure includes first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, the nanowires of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires having a horizontal width greater than a horizontal width of the nanowires of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires. First and second gate stacks are over the first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, respectively. A gate endcap isolation structure is between the first and second gate stacks, respectively. First epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires and have an uppermost surface below an uppermost surface of the gate endcap isolation structure. Second epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires and have an uppermost surface below the uppermost surface of the gate endcap isolation structure. |
| US11715774B2 |
Vertical gallium oxide (GA2O3) power FETs
A vertical gallium oxide (Ga2O3) device having a substrate, an n-type Ga2O3 drift layer on the substrate, an, n-type semiconducting channel extending from the n-type Ga2O3 drift layer, the channel being one of fin-shaped or nanowire shaped, an n-type source layer disposed on the channel; the source layer has a higher doping concentration than the channel, a first dielectric layer on the n-type Ga2O3 drift layer and on sidewalls of the n-type semiconducting channel, a conductive gate layer deposited on the first dielectric layer and insulated from the n-type source layer, n-type semiconducting channel as well as n-type Ga2O3 drift layer, a second dielectric layer deposited over the conductive gate layer, covering completely the conductive gate layer on channel sidewalls and an ohmic source contact deposited over the n-type source layer and over at least a part of the second dielectric layer; the source contact being configured not to be in electrical contact with the conductive gate layer. |
| US11715773B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes first to fourth electrodes, a semiconductor portion, and first and second insulating films. The semiconductor portion includes first to third semiconductor layers. The second electrode is in contact with the third semiconductor layer and is spaced from the second semiconductor layer, the third semiconductor layer, and the second electrode. The first insulating film covers the third electrode. The fourth electrode is connected to the second electrode, and is spaced from the first semiconductor layer and the third electrode. The second insulating film is provided on a side surface of the fourth electrode, faces the first semiconductor layer through an air gap, and increases in thickness toward the first direction. |
| US11715771B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method
Provided is a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a hydrogen containing region including hydrogen, and the hydrogen containing region includes a high concentration region with a higher carrier concentration than a virtual carrier concentration determined based on a concentration of hydrogen included and an activation ratio of hydrogen. The semiconductor substrate includes an N type drift region, an N type emitter region that has a higher carrier concentration than that in the drift region, a P type base region, a P type collector region provided to be in contact with a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, and an N type buffer region that is provided between the collector region and the drift region, and has a higher carrier concentration than that in the drift region, and the hydrogen containing region is included in the buffer region. |
| US11715770B2 |
Forming semiconductor structures with semimetal features
The current disclosure describes semiconductor devices, e.g., transistors including a thin semimetal layer as a channel region over a substrate, which includes bandgap opening and exhibits semiconductor properties. Described semiconductor devices include source/drain regions that include a thicker semimetal layer over the thin semimetal layer serving as the channel region, this thicker semimetal layer exhibiting metal properties. The semimetal used for the source/drain regions include a same or similar semimetal material as the semimetal of the channel region. |
| US11715764B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a substrate, a source/drain contact disposed over the substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed on the source drain contact, an etch stop layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a source/drain conductive layer disposed in the etch stop layer and the first dielectric layer. The structure further includes a spacer structure disposed in the etch stop layer and the first dielectric layer. The spacer structure surrounds a sidewall of the source/drain conductive layer and includes a first spacer layer having a first portion and a second spacer layer adjacent the first portion of the first spacer layer. The first portion of the first spacer layer and the second spacer layer are separated by an air gap. The structure further includes a seal layer. |
| US11715763B2 |
Method of forming metal contact for semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor fin, a first epitaxial layer, a first alloy layer and a contact plug. The first semiconductor fin is on a substrate. The first epitaxial layer is on the first semiconductor fin. The first alloy layer is on the first epitaxial layer. The first alloy layer is made of one or more Group IV elements and one or more metal elements, and the first alloy layer comprises a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending downwardly from a bottom of the first sidewall along a direction non-parallel to the first sidewall. The contact plug is in contact with the first and second sidewalls of the first alloy layer. |
| US11715762B2 |
Transistor gate structures and methods of forming the same
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first nanostructure; a second nanostructure; a gate dielectric around the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, the gate dielectric including dielectric materials; and a gate electrode including: a work function tuning layer on the gate dielectric, the work function tuning layer including a pure work function metal, the pure work function metal of the work function tuning layer and the dielectric materials of the gate dielectric completely filling a region between the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, the pure work function metal having a composition of greater than 95 at. % metals; an adhesion layer on the work function tuning layer; and a fill layer on the adhesion layer. |
| US11715760B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a device isolation layer defining an active region; a first trench in the device isolation layer; a second trench in the active region; a main gate electrode structure filling a portion of the first trench and including a first barrier conductive layer and a main gate electrode; a pass gate electrode structure filling a portion of the second trench and including a second barrier conductive layer and a pass gate electrode; a support structure filling another portion of the second trench above the pass gate electrode; a first capping pattern filling another portion of the first trench above the main gate electrode; and a second gate insulating layer extending along a bottom and sidewall of the second trench, wherein the second barrier conductive layer is between the second gate insulating layer and the pass gate electrode and extends along a bottom and sidewall thereof. |
| US11715757B2 |
Three-dimensional metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor
A three-dimensional metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is formed in an integrated circuit structure. The 3D MIM capacitor may include a bottom conductor including a bottom plate portion (e.g., formed in a metal interconnect layer) and vertically-extending sidewall portions extending from the bottom plate portion. An insulator layer is formed on the bottom plate portion and the vertically extending sidewall portions of the bottom conductor. A top conductor is formed over the insulating layer, such that the top conductor is capacitively coupled to both the bottom plate portion and the vertically extending sidewall portions of the bottom conductor, to thereby define an increased area of capacitive coupling between the top and bottom conductors. The vertically extending sidewall portions of the bottom conductor may be formed in a single metal layer or by components of multiple metal layers. |
| US11715755B2 |
Structure and method for forming integrated high density MIM capacitor
Methods of forming a super high density metal-insulator-metal (SHDMIM) capacitor and semiconductor device are disclosed herein. A method includes depositing a first insulating layer over a semiconductor substrate and a series of conductive layers separated by a series of dielectric layers over the first insulating layer, the series of conductive layers including device electrodes and dummy metal plates. A first set of contact plugs through the series of conductive layers contacts one or more conductive layers of a first portion of the series of conductive layers. A second set of contact plugs through the series of dielectric layers avoids contact of a second portion of the series of conductive layers, the second portion of the series of conductive layers electrically floating. |
| US11715752B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for production of semiconductor device
A semiconductor device with a connection pad in a substrate, the connection pad having an exposed surface made of a metallic material that diffuses less readily into a dielectric layer than does a metal of a wiring layer connected thereto. |
| US11715749B2 |
Image sensing device and operating method thereof
Disclosed is an image sensing device that includes an image sensor including a pixel array, the pixel array including arranged in a predetermined pattern a first group of pixels having a first color filter, a second group of pixels having a second color filter and a third group of pixels having a third color filter, and an image processor suitable for determining, based on pixel values outputted from the image sensor, whether a group having a minimum number of pixels among the first to third groups of pixels are supersaturated and correcting a pixel value of at least one supersaturated pixel according to a determination result. |
| US11715745B2 |
Image sensor and method of controlling image sensor
An image sensor is disclosed. A first thin-film transistor includes a first gate and a second gate. The first gate is supplied with a signal generated by a photoelectric conversion element. The second gate is supplied with a potential different from a potential of a first signal line by a predetermined voltage through a second signal line. The second gate has a smaller capacitance than the first gate. A second thin-film transistor supplies a reset potential received from a reset power line to the photoelectric conversion element. Whether a third thin-film transistor is in a conductive state is controlled by a selection signal. The third thin-film transistor is disposed between the first signal line and the first thin-film transistor and the current from a constant current source flows into the first thin-film transistor via the third thin-film transistor in a conductive state. |
| US11715743B2 |
Display panel and crack detection method, and display device
A display panel, a crack detection method and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a signal wiring disposed over the substrate, and a test wiring insulated from the signal wiring and disposed on a side of the signal wiring facing away from the substrate. An orthographic projection of the test wiring on the substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of the signal wiring on the substrate. The display panel also includes a first test terminal disposed over the substrate and electrically connected with an end of the test wiring, and a second test terminal disposed over the substrate and electrically connected with another end of the test wiring. |
| US11715739B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
An embodiment provides a manufacturing method of a polycrystalline silicon layer, including: forming a first amorphous silicon layer on a substrate; doping an N-type impurity into the first amorphous silicon layer; forming a second amorphous silicon layer on the n-doped first amorphous silicon layer; doping a P-type impurity into the second amorphous silicon layer; and crystalizing the n-doped first amorphous silicon layer and the p-doped second amorphous silicon layer by irradiating a laser beam onto n-doped first amorphous silicon layer and the p-doped second amorphous silicon layer to form a polycrystalline silicon layer. |
| US11715738B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin. |
| US11715737B2 |
Metal fuse and self-aligned gate edge (SAGE) architecture having a metal fuse
Metal fuses and self-aligned gate edge (SAGE) architectures having metal fuses are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of semiconductor fins protruding through a trench isolation region above a substrate. A first gate structure is over a first of the plurality of semiconductor fins. A second gate structure is over a second of the plurality of semiconductor fins. A gate edge isolation structure is laterally between and in contact with the first gate structure and the second gate structure. The gate edge isolation structure is on the trench isolation region and extends above an uppermost surface of the first gate structure and the second gate structure. A metal fuse is on the gate edge isolation structure. |
| US11715734B2 |
Semiconductor device having improved electrostatic discharge protection
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises a source region and a drain region in a substrate and laterally spaced. A gate stack is over the substrate and between the source region and the drain region. The drain region includes two or more first doped regions having a first doping type in the substrate. The drain region further includes one or more second doped regions in the substrate. The first doped regions have a greater concentration of first doping type dopants than the second doped regions, and each of the second doped regions is disposed laterally between two neighboring first doped regions. |
| US11715733B2 |
Integrated circuit device and method
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a substrate, and a cell over the substrate. The cell includes at least one active region and at least one gate region extending across the at least one active region. The cell further includes at least one input/output (IO) pattern configured to electrically couple one or more of the at least one active region and the at least one gate region to external circuitry outside the cell. The at least one IO pattern extends obliquely to both the at least one active region and the at least one gate region. |
| US11715731B2 |
Package structure and method of forming the same
Provided are a package structure and a method of forming the same. The package structure includes a first tier, a second tier, and a third tier. The first tier includes an interposer. The second tier is disposed on the first tier and includes a bottom die. The third tier is disposed on the second tier and includes a plurality of first dies and at least one second die. The at least one second die is disposed between the plurality of first dies. The plurality of first dies are electrically connected to the bottom die by a plurality of first connectors to form a signal path, the plurality of first dies are electrically connected to the interposer by a plurality of second connectors to form a power path, and the plurality of first connectors are closer to the at least one second die than the plurality of second connectors. |
| US11715729B2 |
Display module and method of manufacturing the same
A display module and a method for manufacturing thereof are provided. The display module includes a glass substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) layer provided on a surface of the glass substrate, the TFT layer including a plurality of TFT electrode pads; a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) provided on the TFT layer, each of the plurality of LEDs including LED electrode pads that are electrically connected to respective TFT electrode pads among the plurality of TFT electrode pads; and a light shielding member provided on the TFT layer and between the plurality of LEDs, wherein a height of the light shielding member with respect to the TFT layer is lower than a height of the plurality of LEDs with respect to the TFT layer. |
| US11715727B2 |
Packages and methods of forming packages
Various packages and methods of forming packages are discussed. According to an embodiment, a package includes a processor die at least laterally encapsulated by an encapsulant, a memory die at least laterally encapsulated by the encapsulant, and a redistribution structure on the encapsulant. The processor die is communicatively coupled to the memory die through the redistribution structure. According to further embodiments, the memory die can include memory that is a cache of the processor die, and the memory die can comprise dynamic random access memory (DRAM). |
| US11715726B2 |
Memory device, memory system having the same, and write method thereof
A memory device includes: a first wafer including a first substrate, a plurality of first electrode layers and a plurality of first interlayer dielectric layers alternately stacked along first vertical channels projecting in a vertical direction on a top surface of the first substrate, and a dielectric stack comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and the plurality of first interlayer dielectric layers alternately stacked on the top surface of the first substrate; and a second wafer disposed on the first wafer, and including a second substrate, and a plurality of second electrode layers that are alternately stacked with a plurality of second interlayer dielectric layers along second vertical channels projecting in the vertical direction on a bottom surface of the second substrate and have pad parts overlapping with the dielectric stack in the vertical direction. |
| US11715720B2 |
Integrated half-bridge power converter
An electronic power conversion component includes an electrically conductive package base comprising a source terminal, a drain terminal, at least one I/O terminal and a die-attach pad wherein the source terminal is electrically isolated from the die-attach pad. A GaN-based semiconductor die is secured to the die attach pad and includes a power transistor having a source and a drain, wherein the source is electrically coupled to the source terminal and the drain is electrically coupled to the drain terminal. A plurality of wirebonds electrically couple the source to the source terminal and the drain to the drain terminal. An encapsulant is formed over the GaN-based semiconductor die, the plurality of wirebonds and at least a top surface of the package base. |
| US11715719B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of forming a semiconductor package
A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package may include at least one semiconductor chip including a contact pad configured to conduct a current, a conductor element, wherein the conductor element is arranged laterally overlapping the contact pad and with a distance to the contact pad, at least one electrically conductive spacer, a first adhesive system configured to electrically and mechanically connect the at least one electrically conductive spacer with the contact pad, and a second adhesive system configured to electrically and mechanically connect the at least one electrically conductive spacer with the conductor element, wherein the conductor element is electrically conductively connected to a clip or is at least part of a clip, and wherein the spacer is configured to electrically conductively connect the contact pad with the laterally overlapping portion of the conductor element. |
| US11715718B2 |
Bonding contacts having capping layer and method for forming the same
Embodiments of bonded semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. A first device layer is formed on a first substrate. A first bonding layer including a first bonding contact is formed above the first device layer. A first capping layer is formed at an upper end of the first bonding contact. The first capping layer has a conductive material different from a remainder of the first bonding contact. A second device layer is formed on a second substrate. A second bonding layer including a second bonding contact is formed above the second device layer. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded in a face-to-face manner, so that the first bonding contact is in contact with the second bonding contact by the first capping layer. |
| US11715717B2 |
Methods of forming integrated circuit packages having adhesion layers over through vias
In an embodiment, a device includes: a semiconductor die including a semiconductor material; a through via adjacent the semiconductor die, the through via including a metal; an encapsulant around the through via and the semiconductor die, the encapsulant including a polymer resin; and an adhesion layer between the encapsulant and the through via, the adhesion layer including an adhesive compound having an aromatic compound and an amino group, the amino group bonded to the polymer resin of the encapsulant, the aromatic compound bonded to the metal of the through via, the aromatic compound being chemically inert to the semiconductor material of the semiconductor die. |
| US11715713B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and nonvolatile memory system including the same
The nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface in a first direction; a common source line on the first surface of the substrate; a plurality of word lines stacked on the common source line; a first insulating pattern spaced apart from the plurality of word lines in a second direction crossing the first direction, and in the substrate; an insulating layer on the second surface of the substrate; a first contact plug penetrating the first insulating pattern and extending in the first direction; a second contact plug penetrating the insulating layer, extending in the first direction, and connected to the first contact plug; an upper bonding metal connected to the first contact plug and connected to a circuit element; and a first input/output pad connected to the second contact plug and electrically connected to the circuit element. |
| US11715711B2 |
Memory device including pass transistors
A memory device includes an active region with a drain; a plurality of memory blocks arranged in a first direction; and a plurality of pass transistors formed in the active region and sharing the drain, each one of the plurality of pass transistors configured to transfer an operating voltage from the drain to a corresponding one of the plurality of memory blocks in response to a block select signal. The plurality of pass transistors is divided into first pass transistors and second pass transistors. A channel length direction of the first pass transistors and a channel length direction of the second pass transistors are different from each other. |
| US11715709B2 |
Manufacturing method of radiofrequency device including mold compound layer
A radiofrequency device includes a buried insulation layer, a transistor, a contact structure, a connection bump, an interlayer dielectric layer, and a mold compound layer. The buried insulation layer has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in a thickness direction of the buried insulation layer. The transistor is disposed on the first side of the buried insulation layer. The contact structure penetrates the buried insulation layer and is electrically connected with the transistor. The connection bump is disposed on the second side of the buried insulation layer and electrically connected with the contact structure. The interlayer dielectric layer is disposed on the first side of the buried insulation layer and covers the transistor. The mold compound layer is disposed on the interlayer dielectric layer. The mold compound layer may be used to improve operation performance and reduce manufacturing cost of the radiofrequency device. |
| US11715703B2 |
EMI shielding for flip chip package with exposed die backside
A semiconductor device has a substrate and a semiconductor die disposed over the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and substrate with a surface of the semiconductor die exposed from the encapsulant. A first shielding layer is formed over the semiconductor die. In some embodiments, the first shielding layer includes a stainless steel layer in contact with the surface of the semiconductor die and a copper layer formed over the stainless steel layer. The first shielding layer may further include a protective layer formed over the copper layer. One embodiment has a heatsink bonded to the semiconductor die through a solder layer. A second shielding layer can be formed over a side surface of the semiconductor die. |
| US11715702B2 |
DC and AC magnetic field protection for MRAM device using magnetic-field-shielding structure
In some embodiments, the present application provides a method for manufacture a memory device. The method includes forming a multilayer stack including a first magnetic layer and a first dielectric layer and forming another magnetic layer. The multilayer stack and the another magnetic layer are tailored to meet dimensions of a package structure. The package structure includes a chip having a memory cell and an insulating material enveloping the chip, where an outer surface of the package structure comprises the insulating material. The tailored multilayer stack and the tailored another magnetic layer are attached to the outer surface of the package structure. |
| US11715700B2 |
Reconstituted substrate structure and fabrication methods for heterogeneous packaging integration
The present disclosure relates to thin-form-factor reconstituted substrates and methods for forming the same. The reconstituted substrates described herein may be utilized to fabricate homogeneous or heterogeneous high-density 3D integrated devices. In one embodiment, a silicon substrate is structured by direct laser patterning to include one or more cavities and one or more vias. One or more semiconductor dies of the same or different types may be placed within the cavities and thereafter embedded in the substrate upon formation of an insulating layer thereon. One or more conductive interconnections are formed in the vias and may have contact points redistributed to desired surfaces of the reconstituted substrate. The reconstituted substrate may thereafter be integrated into a stacked 3D device. |
| US11715697B2 |
Semiconductor packages including at least one supporting portion
A semiconductor package may include a lower package including a first substrate, a first semiconductor chip on the first substrate, and a first molding portion on the first substrate to cover the first semiconductor chip, an interposer substrate on the first semiconductor chip, a supporting portion between the interposer substrate and the first substrate to support the interposer substrate, a connection terminal connecting the interposer substrate to the first substrate, and an upper package on the interposer substrate. The upper package may include a second substrate, a second semiconductor chip on the second substrate, and a second molding portion on the second substrate to cover the second semiconductor chip. |
| US11715695B2 |
Size and efficiency of dies
An integrated circuit package is disclosed. The integrated circuit package includes a first integrated circuit die, a second integrated circuit die, an organic substrate, wherein both the first integrated circuit die and the second integrated circuit die are connected to the organic substrate, a multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) embedded within the organic substrate, and a termination resistor associated with a circuit in the first integrated circuit die, wherein the termination resistor is located within the multi-die interconnect bridge embedded within the organic substrate. |
| US11715694B2 |
Embedded component package structure having a magnetically permeable layer
A semiconductor device package includes a magnetically permeable layer having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface. The semiconductor device package further includes a first conductive element in the magnetically permeable layer. The semiconductor device package further includes a first conductive via extending from the top surface of the magnetically permeable layer into the magnetically permeable layer to be electrically connected to the first conductive element. The first conductive via is separated from the magnetically permeable layer. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also disclosed. |
| US11715693B2 |
Dielectric waveguide channel for interconnecting dies in a semiconductor package usable in a computing device and method of manufacture
Embodiments may relate to a semiconductor package that includes a package substrate coupled with a die. The package may further include a waveguide coupled with the first package substrate. The waveguide may include two or more layers of a dielectric material with a waveguide channel positioned between two layers of the two or more layers of the dielectric material. The waveguide channel may convey an electromagnetic signal with a frequency greater than 30 gigahertz (GHz). Other embodiments may be described or claimed. |
| US11715691B2 |
Integrated circuit package with integrated voltage regulator
Various semiconductor chip devices and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided that includes a first redistribution layer (RDL) structure having a first plurality of conductor traces, a first molding layer on the first RDL structure, plural conductive pillars in the first molding layer, each of the conductive pillars including a first end and a second end, a second RDL structure on the first molding layer, the second RDL structure having a second plurality of conductor traces, and wherein some of the conductive pillars are electrically connected between some of the first plurality of conductor traces and some of the second plurality of conductor traces to provide a first inductor coil. |
| US11715688B2 |
Variable dielectric constant materials in same layer of a package
A package substrate has a dielectric layer and a redistribution metal layer. The dielectric layer has a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material. The first dielectric material is different than the second dielectric material. The second dielectric material may have a dielectric constant that is either greater than or less than the dielectric constant of the first dielectric material. The second dielectric may be selected based on a specific target application such as single-ended signal routing or serializer/deserializer (SERDES) routing. |
| US11715684B2 |
Semiconductor device and massive data storage system including the same
A semiconductor device includes lower circuit patterns on a lower substrate; lower bonding patterns on the lower circuit patterns, the lower bonding patterns including a conductive material and being electrically connected to the lower circuit patterns; upper bonding patterns on and contacting the lower bonding patterns, and including a conductive material; a passive device on the upper bonding patterns, and including a conductive material and contacting one of the upper bonding patterns; a gate electrode structure on the passive device, and including gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in a first direction, each of which extends in a second direction, and extension lengths in the second direction of the gate electrodes increasing from a lowermost level toward an uppermost level in a stepwise manner; a channel extending through at least a portion of the gate electrode structure; and an upper substrate on the channel. |
| US11715679B2 |
Power stage package including flexible circuit and stacked die
A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a set of terminals protruding from a first surface of the substrate, a power stage physically and thermally coupled to the first surface of the substrate, and a flexible circuit including at least one circuit layer forming power stage conductors and control circuit conductors disposed on a flexible insulating substrate layer. The power stage is between the flexible circuit and the substrate and is mounted on a first surface of the flexible circuit such that the power stage is electrically connected to the power stage conductors. The package includes a die mounted on a second surface of the flexible circuit opposite the power stage. An output of the die is electrically connected to an input of the power stage via the control circuit conductors. |
| US11715670B2 |
FIN field-effect transistor and method of forming the same
A method includes depositing a first work function layer over a first and second gate trench. The method includes depositing a second work function layer over the first work function layer. The method includes etching the second work function layer in the first gate trench while covering the second work function layer in the second gate trench, causing the first work function layer in the first gate trench to contain metal dopants that are left from the second work function layer etched in the first gate trench. The method includes forming a first active gate structure and second active gate structure, which include the first work function layer and the metal dopants left from the second work function layer in the first gate trench, and the first work function layer and no metal dopants left behind from the second work function layer, respectively. |
| US11715669B2 |
Through silicon via and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a through silicon via (TSV) is provided in the present invention, including steps of forming a TSV sacrificial structure in a substrate, wherein the TSV sacrificial structure contacts a metal interconnect on the front side of the substrate, performing a backside thinning process to expose the TSV sacrificial structure from the back side of the substrate, removing the TSV sacrificial structure to form a through silicon hole, and filling the through silicon hole with conductive material to form a TSV. |
| US11715667B2 |
Thermal process chamber lid with backside pumping
Process chamber lid assemblies and process chambers comprising same are described. The lid assembly has a housing with a gas dispersion channel in fluid communication with a lid plate. A contoured bottom surface of the lid plate defines a gap to a top surface of a gas distribution plate. A pumping channel is formed between an upper outer peripheral contour of the gas distribution plate and the lid plate. |
| US11715666B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the device including a semiconductor substrate that includes a trench defining an active region; a buried dielectric pattern in the trench; a silicon oxide layer between the buried dielectric pattern and an inner wall of the trench; and a polycrystalline silicon layer between the silicon oxide layer and the inner wall of the trench, wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer has a first surface in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a second surface in contact with the silicon oxide layer, and wherein the second surface includes a plurality of silicon grains that are uniformly distributed. |
| US11715665B2 |
Height adjustable semiconductor wafer support
A height adjustable semiconductor wafer support is provided. The height adjustable semiconductor wafer support includes a chuck for supporting a semiconductor wafer, an adjustment mechanism having a top surface for supporting the chuck, and a stage coupled to the adjustment mechanism such that movement of the top surface of the adjustment mechanism relative to the stage changes a distance between the top surface of the adjustment mechanism and a top surface of the stage. |
| US11715662B2 |
Actively clamped carrier assembly for processing tools
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to carrier assemblies that can clamp more than one optical device substrates and methods for forming the carrier assemblies. The carrier assembly includes a carrier, one or more substrates, and a mask. The carrier is magnetically coupled to the mask to retain the one or more substrates. The carrier assembly is used for supporting and transporting the one or more substrates during processing. The carrier assembly is also used for masking the one or more substrates during PVD processing. Methods for assembling the carrier assembly in a build chamber are described herein. |
| US11715654B2 |
Temperature adjusting device
A temperature adjusting device includes a first member and a flow path. The first member has thereon a first surface as a temperature control target. The flow path is formed within the first member along the first surface. A first end of the flow path serves as an inlet opening through which a heat transfer medium is introduced and a second end of the flow path serves as an outlet opening through which the heat transfer medium is discharged. The flow path is formed such that a thermal resistance between the first surface and the flow path increases as the flow path goes from the outlet opening toward the inlet opening. |
| US11715652B2 |
Member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a ceramic plate having an upper surface serving as a wafer mounting surface and incorporating an electrode, a ceramic dense plug disposed adjacent to a lower surface side of the ceramic plate and ceramic-bonded to the ceramic plate by a ring-shaped joint portion, a metal cooling plate joined to the lower surface of the ceramic plate in a portion other than the ring-shaped joint portion, and a gas flow channel. The gas flow channel includes a gas discharge hole that passes completely through the ceramic plate in the thickness direction of the ceramic plate and an internal gas flow channel that passes from the upper surface to the lower surface of the dense plug while winding through the dense plug. The gas flow channel passes inside of an inner periphery of the joint portion. |
| US11715651B2 |
Apparatus for and method of treating substrate
A substrate treatment apparatus includes a substrate support unit, a chemical supply unit supplying a chemical solution onto an upper surface of a substrate supported on the substrate support unit, a laser irradiation unit applying a laser pulse to the substrate to heat the substrate, and a controller controlling the laser irradiation unit to emit the laser pulse such that the substrate is repeatedly heated and cooled to maintain a preset temperature. |
| US11715649B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A processing fluid flows into a processing space SP by way of a flow passage and discharge openings 174, 178 having substantially the same cross-sectional shape as that of a gap space formed in a clearance between a wall surface of the processing space SP and a substrate holder 15. On the other hand, the processing fluid having passed through the processing space SP is discharged to an outside via discharge flow passages 183, 187 after flowing into the buffer space 182, 186 having substantially the same width as the gap space. From these, the processing fluid can be caused to flow into the buffer space 182, 186 while the laminar flow state is maintained in the gap space. Thus, the generation of a turbulence in the processing space SP can be suppressed. |
| US11715645B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor package
A method for fabricating a semiconductor package, the method including: forming a release layer on a first carrier substrate, wherein the release layer includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first thickness, and the second portion has a second thickness thicker than the first thickness; forming a barrier layer on the release layer; forming a redistribution layer on the barrier layer, wherein the redistribution layer includes wirings and an insulating layer; mounting a semiconductor chip on the redistribution layer; forming a molding layer on the redistribution layer to at least partially surround the semiconductor chip; attaching a second carrier substrate onto the molding layer; removing the first carrier substrate and the release layer; removing the barrier layer; and attaching a solder ball onto the redistribution layer exposed by removal of the barrier layer and the second portion of the release layer. |
| US11715644B2 |
Method for packaging integrated circuit chip
A method for packaging an integrated circuit chip includes the steps of: a) providing a plurality of dies and a lead frame which includes a plurality of bonding parts each having a die pad, a plurality of leads each having an end region disposed on and connected to the die pad, and a plurality of bumps each disposed on the end region of a respective one of the leads; b) transferring each of the dies to the die pad of a respective one of the bonding parts to permit each of the dies to be flipped on the respective bonding part; and c) hot pressing each of the dies and the die pad of a respective one of the bonding parts to permit each of the dies to be bonded to the bumps of the respective bonding part. |
| US11715643B2 |
Gas phase etch with controllable etch selectivity of metals
A method for the dry removal of a material on a microelectronic workpiece is described. The method includes receiving a substrate having a working surface exposing a metal layer and having at least one other material exposed or underneath the metal layer; and differentially etching the metal layer relative to the other material by exposing the substrate to a controlled gas-phase environment containing an anhydrous halogen compound. |
| US11715641B2 |
Method and device for etching silicon oxide
The method of dry-etching silicon oxide of the present disclosure includes reacting silicon oxide with any one of the following (A) to (C): (A) a gaseous hydrogen fluoride and a gaseous organic amine compound, (B) a gaseous hydrogen fluoride salt of an organic amine compound, and (C) a gaseous hydrogen fluoride, a gaseous organic amine compound, and a gaseous hydrogen fluoride salt of an organic amine compound in a non-plasma state. |
| US11715640B2 |
Patterning material including silicon-containing layer and method for semiconductor device fabrication
In one exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for lithography patterning. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a target layer over the substrate. A patterning layer is formed by depositing a first layer having an organic composition; depositing a second layer including over 50 atomic percent of silicon; and depositing a photosensitive layer on the second layer. In some implementations, the second layer is deposited by ALD, CVD, or PVD processes. |
| US11715621B2 |
Scanned angled etching apparatus and techniques providing separate co-linear radicals and ions
A system may include a substrate stage, configured to support a substrate, where a main surface of the substrate defines a substrate plane. The system may include an ion source, including an extraction assembly that is oriented to direct an ion beam to the substrate along a trajectory defining a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane. The system may include a radical source oriented to direct a radical beam to the substrate along a trajectory defining the non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane. The substrate stage may be further configured to scan the substrate along a first direction, lying with the substrate plane, while the main surface of the substrate is oriented within the substrate plane. |
| US11715618B2 |
System and method for reducing the charging effect in a transmission electron microscope system
Systems and methods for reducing the buildup of charge during the investigation of samples using charged particle beams, according to the present disclosure include irradiating a first portion of a sample during a first time period, wherein the irradiating the first portion of the sample causes a gradual accumulation of net charge in the first portion of the sample, generating imaging data based on emissions resultant from irradiating the first portion of the sample, and then irradiating a second portion of a sample holder for a second time period. The methods may further includes iteratively repeating the irradiation of the first portion and the second portion during imaging of the sample region. When more than one region of interest on the sample is to be investigated, the method may also include continuing to image additional portions of the sample by iteratively irradiating a region of interest on the sample and a corresponding portion of the sample holder. |
| US11715617B2 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing charged particle pulses with light pulses
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method that includes colliding a laser with an electron beam to produce backscattered x-rays while the electron beam is traversing a circular arc. This backscattering process is inverse Compton scattering (ICS). ICS x-rays are emitted in the same direction as the electrons. Because this ICS direction is changing as a function of time, the position of the x-ray beam on a detector will change depending on the timing of electron/laser collision. This position change is easily detected and converted to a timing measurement sensitive at the femtosecond scale, converting a very difficult timing measurement of laser pulse, electron pulse, and x-ray pulse synchronization into a simple and robust position measurement. |
| US11715616B2 |
Dual low vacuum-ultrahigh vacuum system for large-scale production of micro-channel plate photomultipliers
Systems and methods for the batch production of large numbers of highly uniform multichannel-plate photomultiplier tubes (MCP-PMTs) for large-scale applications are provided. The systems and methods employ dual, nested low-vacuum (LV) and UHV processing in a rapid-cycling, small-footprint, scalable, batch-production facility that is capable of fabricating many MCP-PMTs simultaneously. |
| US11715614B2 |
Remote-controlled mechanism, equipment arrangement having a remote-controlled mechanism, and method
A remote-controlled mechanism according to an embodiment is used for coupling to a protective switching device to use a controllable drive device of the remote-controlled mechanism to actuate the coupled protective switching device. To this end, the remote-controlled mechanism includes: an actuating element operatively connectable to an actuating element of the coupled protective switching device and actuatable either by a remotely controllable drive device of the remote-controlled mechanism or manually; one or more sensor devices for capturing position data relating to a position of the actuating element of the remote-controlled mechanism; and a controller for evaluating the captured position data and for controlling the drive device via control commands. The controller is designed to disable the drive device upon an evaluation of the position data and/or of the control commands revealing that the actuating element of the remote-controlled mechanism has been switched off manually. |
| US11715613B2 |
Medium voltage switching apparatus
Disclosed herein is a switching apparatus for medium voltage electric systems, said switching apparatus including one or more electric poles. For each electric pole, said switching apparatus includes: a first pole terminal, a second pole terminal, and a ground terminal; a first fixed contact member and a first movable contact member, said first fixed contact member being electrically connected to said first pole terminal and including a first fixed contact, said first movable contact member being electrically connected to said second pole terminal and including a first movable contact; a second fixed contact member and a second movable contact member, said second fixed contact member being electrically connected to said first pole terminal and including a second fixed contact, said second movable contact member including a second movable contact; a vacuum chamber, in which said second fixed contact and said second movable contact are enclosed; and a motion transmission mechanism. |
| US11715612B2 |
Low impact auxiliary switch mechanically operated contacts (MOC) mechanism
A crank arm of an auxiliary rotary switch in a circuit breaker changes electrical connections of contacts in the auxiliary rotary switch when the crank-arm is rotated about its axis. An auxiliary switch actuator decouples abrupt forces from being applied to the crank arm resulting from closing main contacts of the circuit breaker. In response to the main contacts starting to close, the crank arm is set into rotation by motion of a connection-state link that is coupled to the main contacts. The rotation of the crank arm continues up to a point at which the rotation is stopped, while the connection-state link continues its motion without being connected to the crank arm. In this manner, the connection-state link is decoupled from the crank arm, to relieve the crank arm from receiving the abrupt forces conducted by the connection-state link resulting from the main circuit breaker contacts closing. |
| US11715610B2 |
Operating mechanism for operating at least one contact
An operating mechanism for operating at least one contact is provided. The operating mechanism includes a base frame and an operating rod that is linearly guided in the base frame for connection with at least one contact. The operating mechanism further includes a contact spring for urging the operating rod to the open position and a rod mechanism having two links, and each link has a first end and a second end. The operating mechanism also includes a cam follower arranged at the middle hinge of the rod mechanism, a cam arranged on a cam shaft, a cam shaft lock for lacking the shaft, and a closing spring. The opening section of the cam is configured such that the cam follower follows the profile of the opening section when the operating rod moves from the closed position towards the open position. |
| US11715609B2 |
Electrical appliance and electrical connection assembly
An electrical connection device is connected between a main body and a draw-out device of an electrical appliance having a draw-out structure. The electrical connection device includes: a draw-out device connection assembly being fixed on the draw-out device and electrically connected to inlet and outlet ends of the draw-out device; a main body connection assembly including contact pieces with a clamping mechanism, wherein the clamping mechanism makes the contact pieces close to and clamp main body busbars; and a flexible assembly connecting the draw-out device connection assembly and the main body connection assembly to form a conductive path. The contact pieces of the main body connection assembly are offset by adapting to the position deviation of the main body busbars. A linked electrical connection assembly is formed by the described electrical connection devices and an electrical appliance using the described electrical connection devices or the electrical connection assembly. |
| US11715603B2 |
Dielectric material having improved DC bias dielectric constant and multilayer ceramic electronic component using the same
A dielectric material includes a main component represented by (Ba1-xCax)(Ti1-yZry)O3, (Ba1-xCax)(Ti1-ySny)O3, or (Ba1-xCax)(Ti1-yHfy)O3 (0≤x≤1 and 0≤y≤0.05) and a subcomponent. When an angle corresponding to a maximum peak is referred to as θ0 and angles corresponding to a full width at half maximum (FWHM) are respectively referred to as θ1 and θ2 (θ1<θ2) in the peaks of (002) and (200) plane of an x-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern using Cu Kα1 radiation (wavelength Δ=1.5406 Å), (θ2−θ0)/(θ0−θ1) is greater than 0.54 to 1.0 or less. |
| US11715600B2 |
Dielectric film with poly(tert) butylstyrene additive, capacitor and method of manufacture
A block copolymer forms a dielectric film with isolated polarizable domains. The block copolymer is a molecule selected to have an ionically functionalized end. The ionically functionalized end is selected to be less soluble in a solvent than another portion of the polymer such that, when a plurality of the block copolymer molecules are dissolved in the solvent, the first ends of the plurality of block copolymers interact with each other and aggregate to form isolated polarizable domains. The block copolymer forms an electrically isolating shell about a core comprised of the ionically functionalized ends. One or more additives may be disposed selectively within the core to increase the dielectric constant of the dielectric film. |
| US11715596B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including first and second surfaces opposing each other, and third and fourth surfaces connecting the first and second surfaces, a plurality of internal electrodes disposed inside the ceramic body, exposed from the first and second surfaces, and having an end exposed from the third surface or the fourth surface, and a first side margin and a second side margin respectively disposed on the first and second surfaces, from which end portions of the plurality of internal electrodes are exposed. The first and second side margins include a base material powder of a barium titanate-based base powder and a subcomponent. The subcomponent includes terbium (Tb) as a first subcomponent including a lanthanide rare earth element, and a content ratio of the terbium (Tb) to a content of the first subcomponent (RE) excluding the terbium (Tb) satisfies 0.110≤Tb/RE≤2.333. |
| US11715595B2 |
Multilayer electronic component
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layers and external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrodes. The one of the internal electrodes includes Ni, Ba, Ti, O, and Tb, and a content of Tb relative to a sum of contents of Ni, Ba, Ti, O, and Tb is 0.45 to 3.0 wt %. |
| US11715594B2 |
Vertically-stacked interdigitated metal-insulator-metal capacitor for sub-20 nm pitch
An interdigitated metal-insulator-metal capacitor structure is formed by a first unitary body of a first conductive material that includes a first metal plate, a first set of interdigitated electrodes protruding upwards from a top surface of the first metal plate, and a first set of connecting vias protruding downwards from a bottom surface of the first metal plate. A second unitary body of a second conductive material is disposed above the first unitary body and electrically separated from the first unitary body by an insulating layer. The second unitary body includes a second metal plate, a second set of interdigitated electrodes protruding downwards from a bottom surface of the second metal plate, and a second set of connecting vias protruding upwards from a top surface of the second metal plate. The first set of interdigitated electrodes are interleaved with the second set of interdigitated electrodes. |
| US11715584B2 |
Coaxial cable and cable assembly
A coaxial cable is composed of a conductor, an insulator around the conductor, a shield layer around the insulator, and a sheath around the shield layer. The shield layer includes a lateral winding shielding portion with metal wires helically wrapped around the insulator, and a batch plating portion covering the lateral winding shielding portion. The shield layer includes a joining portion where adjacent metal wires are joined with each other with the batch plating portion at a gap between the adjacent metal wires, and inner peripheral portions where the metal wires are not being covered with the batch plating portion and plating layers are exposed. The joining portion is provided between adjacent inner peripheral portions. When an elemental analysis is performed in any analysis region having an area of 0.015 mm2 or more and 0.300 mm2 or less in an insulator-side surface of the shield layer which is stripped from the insulator, an area of a chlorine present region where chlorine is present in the analysis region is 5% or less of an area of the analysis region. |
| US11715580B2 |
Seal mold divided structure for combination cable and method for manufacturing the same
A seal mold divided structure for combination cable disclosed comprises the following structures: a first cable and a second cable separated from the combination cable; a connector provided at the end of the first cable; a division molding portion that molds the division part between the first cable and the second cable and keeps the first cable and the second cable separated from each other; a connector molding portion that molds the connection part between the connector and the first cable; and a protect tube, with its ends respectively fixed to the division molding portion and the connector molding portion to protect the first cable and prevent inflow of a molding compound. |
| US11715578B2 |
Liquid metal encapsulates having non-native shells
The present invention relates to core shell liquid metal encapsulates comprising and processes of making and using such encapsulates and networks. The shell(s) of such encapsulates employ a palette of materials having widely varied band structures and/or the desired spin pairing and/or bond polarization. Such encapsulates can be designed to respond to one or more stimuli of choice, including but not limited to electromagnetic, thermal, mechanical, photonic, and/or magnetic and are environmentally robust. |
| US11715573B2 |
Decommissioning method of biodegradable concrete of PWR type nuclear power plant
A decommissioning method of biological shielding concrete of a nuclear power plant according to an exemplary embodiment includes: decommissioning a neutron detector positioning device installed to biological shielding concrete surrounding a nuclear reactor to form a plurality of penetrated parts in the biological shielding concrete; inserting a part of a cutting device into the plurality of penetrated parts; and decomposing the biological shielding concrete into a plurality of sub-concrete parts by using the cutting device. |
| US11715572B2 |
Composite nuclear component, DLI-MOCVD method for producing same, and uses for controlling oxidation/hydridation
Process for manufacturing a composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process.Composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process. The composite nuclear component has improved resistance to oxidation and/or migration of undesired material. The invention also relates to the use of the composite nuclear component for combating oxidation and/or degradation of the ceramic material contained in the substrate. |
| US11715571B2 |
Method for process for producing fully ceramic microencapsulated fuels containing tristructural-isotropic particles with a coating layer having higher shrinkage than matrix
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a fully ceramic capsulated nuclear fuel material containing three-layer-structured isotropic nuclear fuel particles coated with a ceramic having a composition which has a higher shrinkage than a matrix in order to prevent cracking of ceramic nuclear fuel, wherein the three-layer-structured nuclear fuel particles before coating is included in the range of between 5 and 40 fractions by volume based on after sintering. More specifically, the present invention provides a composition for preparing a fully ceramic capsulated nuclear fuel containing three-layer-structured isotropic particles coated with the substance which includes, as a main ingredient, a silicon carbine derived from a precursor of the silicon carbide wherein a condition of ΔLc>ΔLm at normal pressure sintering is created, where the sintering shrinkage of the coating layer of the three-layer-structured isotropic nuclear fuel particles is ΔLc and the sintering shrinkage of the silicon carbide matrix is ΔLm; material produced therefrom; and a method for manufacturing the material. The residual porosity of the fully ceramic capsulated nuclear fuel material is 4% or less. |
| US11715570B1 |
Systems and methods to connect care seekers with care providers for caretaking needs
Systems and methods to connect care seekers with care providers for caretaking needs are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store seeker profiles for care seekers and/or provider profiles for care providers; present a user interface configured to facilitate generation of individual provider profiles; receive care seeker-defined characteristics of potential care providers; generate new individual provider profiles for individual potential care providers; and/or perform other operations. |
| US11715566B2 |
Optimal multi-electrode transcutaneous stimulation with high locality and intensity
Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for optimization techniques and a realistic 3D model to design optimal parameters for transcutaneous stimulation to achieve focalized stimulation of a target tissue such as the spinal cord, brain or other internal organ. The methods, apparatus, and systems include generation of a 3D model from a CT/MRI image, as well as an optimization algorithm that enables stimulation of any target location (e.g., on the dorsal root, or on the dorsal column) with any orientation at high precision. |
| US11715564B2 |
Machine learning-based diagnostic classifier
Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning to generate a trans-diagnostic classifier that is operative to concurrently diagnose a plurality of different mental health disorders using a single trans-diagnostic questionnaire that includes a plurality of questions (e.g., 17 questions). Machine learning techniques are used to process labeled training data to build statistical models that include trans-diagnostic item-level questions as features to create a screen to classify groups of subjects as either healthy or as possibly having a mental health disorder. A subset of questions are selected from the multiple self-administered mental health questionnaires and used to autonomously screen subjects across multiple mental health disorders without physician involvement, optionally remotely and repeatedly, in a short amount of time. |
| US11715563B1 |
Systems and methods for evaluating location data
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an analytic server, which determines user health attributes by tracking the user’s behaviors and activities within a predetermined space. The analytic server receives tracking data from a set of sensors installed in the predetermined space. The sensors track a beacon worn by the user. The analytic server determines micro-locations and user behaviors based on the tracking data. The analytic server determines the coordinates of the sensors based on the sensor identifiers and maps the coordinates to regions by referring to a floor plan map. The analytic server determines the user behaviors and activities by aggregating the micro-locations and regions the user visited at different time. The analytic server determines the user’s health score based on the micro-locations and user behaviors by executing an artificial intelligence model. The analytic server determines a recommendation of premium based on the health score. |
| US11715560B2 |
Computer-based operating room support system
A computer-based surgery support system and method for obtaining information of surgical procedures from networked equipment in an operating room, storing the retrieved information in a database, receiving a request for the stored information from a user terminal, and providing the stored information in accordance with the received request. The networked equipment may be configured for use in cataract surgical procedures, such as a phacoemulsification system. |
| US11715559B2 |
Methods and apparatus of maintenance scheduling in automated testing over a planning period
Methods of scheduling maintenance on a plurality of automated testing apparatus and possibly also on ancillary test processing apparatus are provided. The methods include inputting identification data on the plurality of automated testing apparatus to be maintained, inputting maintenance requirement data for the maintenance of each of the apparatus, inputting demand constraint data, operating on the identification data, maintenance requirement data, and demand constraint data using an optimization program, such as mixed integer linear programming (MILP), subject to demand constraints and at least one objective, and outputting an optimized maintenance schedule for a planning period. Systems and apparatus configured to carry out the methods are also provided, as are other aspects. |
| US11715558B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting defects in medical devices
A detection system is adapted to perform methods for detecting defects in medical devices, during a reprocessing procedure, for example. The detection system may utilize computer-implemented instructions to determine the presence and nature of the defects, whether biological or mechanical, for example. The computer-implemented instructions may be adapted to include artificial intelligence and/or machine learning algorithms, and to process image data from digital inspection camera systems or proprietary camera systems. Upon identification of a defect present in a medical device, the detection system may notify users of the presence of the defect, as well as provide further recommended action to be taken regarding the medical device, if desirable, reducing potential instrument failure, patient injury or death. The disclosed detection system may be integrated into existing disinfection and sterilization systems currently used in medical facilities, such as hospitals and surgery centers, for example. |
| US11715554B1 |
System and method for determining a mismatch between a user sentiment and a polarity of a situation using an AI chatbot
A processor-implemented method for automatically determining a mismatch between a sentiment and a polarity of a life situation using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model during a conversation with an AI chatbot is provided. The method includes (i) determining at least one sentiment of the user using a sentiment detecting AI model, (ii) predicting life situation from the conversation between the AI chatbot and the user using an intent recognition AI model, (ii) determining, a gravity and a polarity of the life situation using a life events scale, (iii) comparing the at least one sentiment of the user to the polarity of the life situation when the life situation is determined to the high gravity, and (iv) automatically determining the mismatch between the at least one sentiment of the user and the polarity of the at least one life situation of the high gravity situation. |
| US11715551B2 |
Systems and methods for evaluating query perturbations
Methods and systems for evaluating a query perturbation, in a cell based assay representing a test state, are provided. Control data points having dimensions representing measurements of different features across control cell aliquots are obtained. Test data points having dimensions representing measurements of different features across test cell aliquots are obtained. A composite test vector is computed between measures of central tendency across the control data points and measures of central tendency across the test data points. Query perturbation data points having dimensions representing measurements of different features across perturbation cell aliquots are obtained. A composite query perturbation vector is computed between measures of central tendency across the control data points and measures of central tendency across the plurality of query perturbation data points. |
| US11715549B2 |
Systems-level analysis of 32 TCGA cancers reveals disease-dependent tRNA fragmentation patterns and very selective associations with messenger RNAs and repeat elements
Methods of treating a disease by leveraging positive and negative correlations between tRNA-derived fragments (tRF) and messenger RNA (mRNA) wherein said correlations can be used to establish a level of granularity that is specific to a disease of interest wherein said disease-specific positive and negative correlations can allow a level of therapeutic intervention that will be unprecedented because it will have been informed by three dimensions: at least one mRNA of interest; at least one tRF that are positively/negatively correlated with it; and, the identity of the disease in which one wishes to modulate the abundance of the at least one mRNA of interest. |
| US11715548B2 |
Repair circuit and memory
A repair circuit includes: a plurality of redundant memory cells, each redundant memory cell being configured with a state signal; and a repair module connected to the plurality of redundant memory cells and configured to determine target memory cells from the redundant memory cells based on the state signals and repair defective memory cells through the target memory cells. The target memory cells are in one-to-one correspondence to the defective memory cells. The repair module can repair, at each of multiple repair stages, different defective memory cells, the plurality of redundant memory cells being shared at the multiple repair stages. |
| US11715545B2 |
In-system test of a memory device
An example system includes a processing resource and a switch board coupled to a system under test (SUT) and the processing resource. The SUT includes a memory device. The switch board can be configured to provide power to the SUT, communicate a first signal from the SUT to the processing resource, and provide a second signal to the SUT that simulates an input to the SUT during operation of the SUT. The processing resource can be configured to receive a function, selected from a library of functions, to execute during a test of the memory device and cause the switch board to provide the second signal during the test of the SUT. |
| US11715544B2 |
System and method for low power memory test
An apparatus includes a first group of memory units and a second group of memory units coupled to a first data path and a second data path coupled to a controller, a first delay element on the first data path coupled to the second group of memory units and configured to send, from the controller to the second group of memory units, signals for write and read operations in a sequence of time cycles delayed by a time cycle with respect to the first group of memory units, and a second delay element on the second data path and coupled to the first group of memory units and configured to send, from the first group of memory units to the controller, test result signals delayed by a time cycle, the delayed test result signals having a matching delay to the delayed write and read operations. |
| US11715542B2 |
Semiconductor device including defect detection circuit and method of detecting defects in the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a peripheral region surrounding, a defect detection circuit in the peripheral region, the defect detection circuit arranged in an open conduction loop, the defect detection circuit comprising a plurality of latch circuits and a plurality of defect detection conduction paths, each defect detection conduction path of the plurality of defect detection conduction paths connecting two adjacent latch circuits of the plurality of latch circuits, and a test control circuitry configured to perform (a) a test write operation by transferring bits of an input data pattern in a forward direction of the open conduction loop to cause the plurality of latch circuits to store the bits of the input data pattern in the plurality of latch circuits, and (b) a test read operation by transferring bits stored in the plurality of latch circuits in a backward direction of the open conduction loop. |
| US11715541B2 |
Workload adaptive scans for memory sub-systems
A method includes associating each block of a plurality of blocks of a memory device with a corresponding frequency access group of a plurality of frequency access groups based on corresponding access frequencies, and performing scan operations on blocks of each of the plurality of frequency access groups using a scan frequency that is different from scan frequencies of other frequency access groups. A scan operation performed on a frequency access group with a higher access frequency uses a higher scan frequency than a scan operation performed on a frequency access group with a lower access frequency. |
| US11715535B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell connected to a word line, and a control circuit configured to execute a write operation that repeats a program loop including a program operation of applying a program voltage to the word line and a verification operation to be executed after the program operation. The control circuit, during the write operation, increases the program voltage by a first amount each time the program loop is repeated, and after the write operation is interrupted and resumed, changes the increase in the program voltage from the first amount to a second amount, which is a positive number smaller than the first amount. |
| US11715531B2 |
Open block management using storage charge loss margin checking
A system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations including identifying an amount of storage charge loss (SCL) that has occurred on an open block of the memory device, the open block having one or more erased pages, determining that the amount of SCL satisfies a threshold criterion corresponding to an acceptable amount of SCL to occur on the open block, and responsive to determining that the amount of SCL satisfies the threshold criterion, keeping the open block open for programming the one or more erased pages. |
| US11715530B2 |
Offset memory component automatic calibration (autocal) error recovery for a memory sub-system
Several embodiments of memory devices and systems with offset memory component automatic calibration error recovery are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes at least one memory region and calibration circuitry. The memory region has memory cells that read out data states in response to application of a current read level signal. The calibration circuitry is operably coupled to the at least one memory region and is configured to determine a read level offset value corresponding to one or more of a plurality of offset read level test signals, including a base offset read level test signal. The base offset read level test signal is offset from the current read level signal by a predetermined value. The calibration circuitry is further configured to output the determined read level offset value. |
| US11715528B2 |
Voltage switching circuit and semiconductor memory device having the same
A voltage switching circuit selectively transfers voltages applied to a first input terminal and a second input terminal to a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The voltage switching circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is formed on a first well on a substrate, and is coupled between the first input terminal and the first output terminal. The second transistor is formed on a second well different from the first well, and is coupled to the second input terminal. In a first mode in which a first voltage applied to the first input terminal is transferred to the first output terminal and the second output terminal, the first transistor is turned on and the second transistor is turned off. |
| US11715527B2 |
Semiconductor storage device having first and second memory strings formed on opposite sides of the same pillar and method of performing a read operation therein
A semiconductor storage device includes a semiconductor pillar, a first string having first memory cells connected in series, first word lines connected to the first memory cells, a second string having second memory cells connected in series, and second word lines connected to the second memory cells. Each of the first memory cells faces, and shares a channel in the semiconductor pillar with, one of the second memory cells. When reading data of the k-th first memory cell, a voltage of the first word line connected to the k-th first memory cell reaches a first voltage at a first timing, and a voltage of the second word line connected to at least one of the second memory cells other than the k-th second memory cell in the second string facing the k-th first memory cell reaches the first voltage at a second timing that is later than the first timing. |
| US11715519B2 |
Bit line and word line connection for memory array
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a method for forming an integrated chip. The method includes forming a dielectric structure over a substrate. A first conductive wire is formed along the dielectric structure. The first conductive wire extends laterally along a first direction. A memory stack is formed on a top surface of the first conductive wire. A second conductive wire is formed over the memory stack. The second conductive wire extends laterally along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. An upper conductive via is formed on the top surface of the first conductive wire. An upper surface of the upper conductive via is above the second conductive wire. |
| US11715518B2 |
Dynamic inhibit voltage to reduce write power for random-access memory
In some aspects of the present disclosure, a memory device is disclosed. In some aspects, the memory device includes a first voltage regulator to receive a word line voltage provided to a memory array; a resistor network coupled to the first voltage regulator to provide an inhibit voltage to the memory array, wherein the resistor network comprises a plurality of resistors and wherein each of the resistors are coupled in series to an adjacent one of the plurality of resistors; and a switch network comprising a plurality of switches, wherein each of the switches are coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of resistors and to the memory array via a second voltage regulator. |
| US11715517B2 |
Linear phase change memory
A phase change (PCM) memory device that includes a PCM and a resistance-capacitance (RC) circuit. The PCM has one or more PCM properties, each PCM property has a plurality of PCM property states. As the PCM property states of a given property are Set or Reset, the PCM property states each produce an incremental change to a property level of the respective/associated PCM property, e.g., PCM conductance. The incremental changes to property level of the PCM memory device are in response to application of one or more of a pulse number of voltage pulses. The RC circuit produces a configuring current that flows through the PCM in response to one or more of the voltage pulses. The configuring current modifies one or more of the incremental changes to one or more of the property levels so that the property level changes lineally with respect to the pulse number. The PCM memory device has use in a synapse connector, e.g., in a memory array. The memory array can be used to store and/or read memory values associated with one or more of the property levels. The memory values can be used as weighting values in a neuromorphic computing application/system, like a neural network. |
| US11715515B2 |
Memory device comprising electrically floating body transistor
A semiconductor memory instance is provided that includes an array of memory cells. The array includes a plurality of semiconductor memory cells arranged in at least one column and at least one row. Each of the semiconductor memory cells includes a floating body region configured to be charged to a level indicative of a state of the memory cell. Further includes are a plurality of buried well regions, wherein each of the buried well regions can be individually selected, and a decoder circuit to select at least one of the buried well regions. |
| US11715514B2 |
Latch bit cells
A bit cell of an SRAM implemented using standard cell design rules includes a write portion and a read portion. The write portion includes a pass gate coupled to an input node of the bit cell and supplies data on the input node to a first node of the bit cell while write word line signals are asserted. An inverter is coupled to the first node and supplies inverted data. A keeper circuit that is coupled to the inverter maintains the data on the first node when the write word line signals are deasserted. The read portion of the bit cell receives read word line signals and the inverted data and is responsive to assertion of the read word line signals to supply an output node of the read portion of the bit cell with output data that corresponds to the data on the first node. |
| US11715512B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for dynamic targeted refresh steals
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses, systems, and methods for dynamic targeted refresh steals. A memory bank may receive access commands and then periodically enter a refresh mode, where auto refresh operations and targeted refresh operations are performed. The memory bank may receive a refresh management command based on a count of access commands directed to the memory bank. Responsive to the refresh management signal, a panic targeted refresh operation may be performed on the memory bank. A number of times the refresh management signal was issued may be counted, and based on that count a next periodic targeted refresh operation may be skipped. |
| US11715510B2 |
Semiconductor memory device having control unit which sets the refresh interval of the memory cell
A semiconductor memory device capable of suppressing an increase in power consumption and avoiding data destruction due to the row hammer problem is provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a refresh control unit (first control unit) that sets a memory cell refresh interval based on information about a memory cell refresh interval included in a predetermined command input from the outside. |
| US11715509B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device that enables lower power consumption and data storage imitating a human brain is provided. The semiconductor device includes a control unit, a memory unit, and a sensor unit. The memory unit includes a memory circuit and a switching circuit. The memory circuit includes a first transistor and a capacitor. The switching circuit includes a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor include a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region with an oxide semiconductor, and a back gate electrode. The control unit has a function of switching a signal supplied to the back gate electrode, in accordance with a signal obtained at the sensor unit. |
| US11715506B2 |
Monotonic counter
A monotonic counter stores N binary words representing a value in N memory cells. When i memory cells of consecutive ranks between k modulo N and k+i modulo N each represent a value complementary to a null value, the counter is incremented by erasing a value of a memory cell of rank k+i+1 modulo N. When i+1 memory cells of consecutive ranks between k+1 modulo N and k+i+1 modulo N each represent the value complementary to the null value, the counter is incremented by incrementing a value of a memory cell of rank k modulo N by two step sizes and storing a result in a memory cell of rank k+1 modulo N, wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to five, k is an integer, and i is an integer between 2 and N−3. |
| US11715505B2 |
Memory circuit and method of operating the same
A memory circuit includes a NAND logic gate configured to receive a first bit line signal and a second bit line signal, and to generate a first signal. The memory circuit further includes a first N-type transistor coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to receive a first pre-charge signal. The memory circuit further includes a second N-type transistor coupled to the first N-type transistor and a reference voltage supply, and configured to receive a first clock signal. The memory circuit further includes a first latch coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to latch the first signal in response to at least the first clock signal or the first pre-charge signal. |
| US11715502B2 |
Voltage generation circuits
Charge pumps of integrated circuit devices might include an input configured to receive an internally-generated first voltage level, an output, and a plurality of stages between its input and output. A particular stage might include a voltage isolation device, a voltage driver, and a capacitance having a first electrode connected to an output of the voltage driver and a second electrode connected to the voltage isolation device. The voltage driver might be responsive to a clock signal and to a voltage level of the output of the voltage driver to selectively connect the output of the voltage driver to either a first voltage node configured to receive the first voltage level, a second voltage node configured to receive a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level, or a third voltage node configured to receive a third voltage level lower than the second voltage level. |
| US11715501B2 |
Header layout design including backside power rail
Header circuitry for a memory device includes multiple backside power rails that form distinct voltage sources for a plurality of switching devices in the header circuitry. The header circuitry includes at least one region of a first conductivity type. A first section in the first region includes one backside power rail (BPR) that forms a first voltage source that provides a first voltage. A second section in the same first region includes another BPR that forms a second voltage source that provides a second voltage that is different from the first voltage. |
| US11715496B2 |
Systems and methods for processing video data
A method includes obtaining video data for a first set of video files, generating processing job data for a first video processing job based on the video data, identifying a first processing server having a capacity for handling the first video processing job, sending, to the first processing server, the processing job data for the first video processing job and a first request to validate the video data, receiving, from the first processing server, validation testing results in connection with the first set of video files, determining first transcoding parameters for the first set of video files based on the validation testing results and output requirements data for the first video processing job, and sending, to the first processing server, a second request to generate an output video based on the first set of video files, the second request including an indication of the first transcoding parameters. |
| US11715494B2 |
Diagnostic system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for recording video information on the computing device during a monitored event. Execution information is recorded on the computing device during the monitored event. The video information and the execution information are temporally synchronized to form temporally-synchronized diagnostic content. |
| US11715493B1 |
Long-term spacing compensation for heat assisted magnetic recording
Example systems, data storage devices, and methods to provide long-term spacing compensation for heat assisted magnetic recording are described. The data storage device includes a storage medium with data tracks and a head that can be positioned for reading and writing those tracks. The head includes a laser for heat assisted magnetic recording and a fly height actuator. Based on the operation of the laser, both a short-term fly height compensation parameter and a long-term fly height compensation parameter are determined based on different temperature state models. The operating power of the fly height actuator is determined, at least in part, based on the short-term and long-term height compensation parameters. |
| US11715477B1 |
Speech model parameter estimation and quantization
Quantizing speech model parameters includes, for each of multiple vectors of quantized excitation strength parameters, determining first and second errors between first and second elements of a vector of excitation strength parameters and, respectively, first and second elements of the vector of quantized excitation strength parameters, and determining a first energy and a second energy associated with, respectively, the first and second errors. First and second weights for, respectively, the first error and the second error, are determined and are used to produce first and second weighted errors, which are combined to produce a total error. The total errors of each of the multiple vectors of quantized excitation strength parameters are compared and the vector of quantized excitation strength parameters that produces the smallest total error is selected to represent the vector of excitation strength parameters. |
| US11715470B2 |
Method and system for tracking in extended reality
A computing system generates an extended reality environment for an end user. The extended reality environment includes a plurality of tasks and a plurality of goals to be achieved by the end user. The computing system receives input data from an extended reality system associated with the end user. The computing system updates a progress of the end user through the plurality of tasks and the plurality of goals based on the input data. The computing system receives a voice command from the end user. The voice command corresponds to a statement uttered by the end user within the extended reality environment. The computing system processes the voice command to generate a response to the voice command. The computing system causes the response to appear within the extended reality environment as an audible, visual or haptic feedback response to the voice command. |
| US11715467B2 |
Collaborative artificial intelligence method and system
A method and system of audibly broadcasting responses to a user based on user queries about a specific patient report, the method comprising receiving an audible query from the user to a microphone coupled to a collaboration device, identifying at least one intent associated with the audible query, identifying at least one data operation associated with the at least one intent, associating each of the at least one data operations with a first set of data presented on the report, executing each of the at least one data operations on a second set of data to generate response data, generating an audible response file associated with the response data and providing the audible response file for broadcasting via a speaker coupled to the collaboration device. |
| US11715465B2 |
System and method for conversational middleware platform
A de-coupled computing infrastructure is described that is adapted to provide domain specific contextual engines based on conversational flow. The computing infrastructure further includes, in some embodiments, a mechanism for directing conversational flow in respect of a backend natural language processing engine. The computing infrastructure is adapted to control or manage conversational flows using a plurality of natural language processing agents. |
| US11715463B1 |
Omni-channel orchestrated conversation system and virtual conversation agent for realtime contextual and orchestrated omni-channel conversation with a human and an omni-channel orchestrated conversation process for conducting realtime contextual and fluid conversation with the human by the virtual conversation agent
An omni-channel orchestrated conversation system and virtual conversation agent for realtime contextual and orchestrated omni-channel conversation with a human and an omni-channel orchestrated conversation process for conducting realtime contextual and fluid conversation with a human by a virtual conversation agent in relation to a particular domain are disclosed. |
| US11715462B2 |
Efficiency adjustable speech recognition system
A computing system is configured to generate a transformer-transducer-based deep neural network. The transformer-transducer-based deep neural network comprises a transformer encoder network and a transducer predictor network. The transformer encoder network has a plurality of layers, each of which includes a multi-head attention network sublayer and a feed-forward network sublayer. The computing system trains an end-to-end (E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) model, using the transformer-transducer-based deep neural network. The E2E ASR model has one or more adjustable hyperparameters that are configured to dynamically adjust an efficiency or a performance of E2E ASR model when the E2E ASR model is deployed onto a device or executed by the device. |
| US11715461B2 |
Transformer-based automatic speech recognition system incorporating time-reduction layer
Computer implemented method and system for automatic speech recognition. A first speech sequence is processed, using a time reduction operation of an encoder NN, into a second speech sequence comprising a second set of speech frame feature vectors that each concatenate information from a respective plurality of speech frame feature vectors included in the first set and includes fewer speech frame feature vectors than the first speech sequence. The second speech sequence is transformed, using a self-attention operation of the encoder NN, into a third speech sequence comprising a third set of speech frame feature vectors. The third speech sequence is processed using a probability operation of the encoder NN, to predict a sequence of first labels corresponding to the third set of speech frame feature vectors, and using a decoder NN to predict a sequence of second labels corresponding to the third set of speech frame feature vectors. |
| US11715458B2 |
Efficient streaming non-recurrent on-device end-to-end model
An ASR model includes a first encoder configured to receive a sequence of acoustic frames and generate a first higher order feature representation for a corresponding acoustic frame in the sequence of acoustic frames. The ASR model also includes a second encoder configured to receive the first higher order feature representation generated by the first encoder at each of the plurality of output steps and generate a second higher order feature representation for a corresponding first higher order feature frame. The ASR model also includes a decoder configured to receive the second higher order feature representation generated by the second encoder at each of the plurality of output steps and generate a first probability distribution over possible speech recognition hypothesis. The ASR model also includes a language model configured to receive the first probability distribution over possible speech hypothesis and generate a rescored probability distribution. |
| US11715454B2 |
Beamforming device, method of controlling the same, and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
A beamforming device includes a sampler configured to sample a signal reflected from a focal point and received to a transducer array; a mixer configured to separate the sampled signal into an in-phase component signal and a quadrature component signal; a low pass filter configured to perform filtering on the in-phase component signal and the quadrature component signal; a decimator configured to perform decimation on the filtered in-phase component signal and quadrature component signal; a sampling delay compensator configured to compensate a sampling time delay based on a preset time delay resolution for the decimated in-phase component signal and quadrature component signal; a phase rotator configured to compensate a phase delay based on a preset phase resolution for the in-phase component signal and the quadrature component signal for which the sampling time delay is compensated; and a delay calculator configured to calculate a time delay resolution and the phase resolution, and to apply each to the sampling delay compensator and the phase rotator. |
| US11715450B2 |
Acoustic panel core cell with funnel shaped septum
An acoustic panel is provided that includes a perforated first skin, a second skin and a core. The core is connected to the perforated first skin and the second skin. The core includes a plurality of chambers and a plurality of septums respectively arranged with the chambers. The chambers include a first chamber that extends vertically between the perforated first skin and the second skin. The septums include a first septum that extends laterally across the first chamber. The first septum includes a first septum orifice. The first septum tapers laterally inward towards the first septum orifice as the first septum extends vertically towards the second skin. |
| US11715448B2 |
Electronic wind instrument and method for manufacturing electronic wind instrument
The electronic wind instrument (1) includes an instrument body (10) in which a through-hole leading into an internal space (11) opens on an outer surface (12), an operation piece (20) attached to the instrument body (10) at a position of a through-hole (14) and pushed down toward the internal space (11), and an electronic component disposed in the internal space (11). The electronic component includes a push-down sensor (6) that detects that the operation piece (20) is being pushed down, and the outer surface (12) of the instrument body (10) comprises an outer wall (16a) that is provided around the through-hole (14) and that faces toward the through-hole (14), an inner wall (16b) that is provided nearer to the through-hole (14) than the outer wall (16a) and that faces toward the outer wall (16a), and a groove bottom (16c) connecting the outer wall (16a) and the inner wall (16b) together. |
| US11715445B2 |
Display control adjustment method, and terminal, and computer-readable storage medium
Provided are a display control adjustment method, a terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: selecting a display control to be adjusted from a current display interface; generating a control instruction according to a position of the display control to be adjusted with respect to the non-display region; and adjusting, according to the control instruction, the control region of the display control to be adjusted and a content display mode of the display control to be adjusted, so that display content in the display control to be adjusted is displayed in a display region of a display. |
| US11715443B2 |
Display brightness control apparatus and electronic device
The present disclosure relates to display brightness control apparatuses and electronic devices. The display brightness control apparatus can be applied to a display panel. The display panel includes a thin film transistor unit and a light emitting unit. The display brightness control apparatus includes: a detector, which includes a plurality of thin-film transistors in the thin-film transistor unit and is used for outputting a detection current according to the brightness of ambient light; and a controller electrically connected to the detector and used for controlling the luminous brightness of the light-emitting unit according to the detection current. The detector is realized by means of the thin-film transistors, and is arranged inside the thin-film transistor unit of the display panel. The photosensitive characteristic of the thin-film transistors is used to detect the brightness of the ambient light. |
| US11715437B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A light control panel including an image display region including a region corresponding to an image display region in a display panel and a region corresponding to a peripheral circuit region in the display panel is provided between the display panel and a backlight. A pattern image for controlling radiation of light emitted from the backlight to the display panel is displayed in the image display region in the light control panel according to an action state of the peripheral circuit in the display panel. |
| US11715436B2 |
GOA circuit and display panel
In a GOA circuit provided by the present disclosure, a unidirectional feedback circuit is adopted between a first node and a second node of the GOA circuit of the present disclosure, which can reduce complexity of circuit design, make it easier to achieve linear design and in-plane integration, prevent point competition of the first node and the second node, and improve stability of the circuit. |
| US11715435B2 |
Display apparatus and electronic device
A display apparatus capable of improving image quality is provided. In the display apparatus, an adder circuit is provided inside and outside a display region, and the adder circuit has a function of adding a plurality of pieces of data supplied from a source driver. Some components of the adder circuit are separately arranged in a pixel region. Thus, limitation on the size of a component included in the adder circuit can be eased, and data addition can be performed efficiently. In addition, by providing the other components included in the adder circuit outside the display region, the number of wirings in the display region can be reduced and the aperture ratio of the pixel can be increased. |
| US11715434B2 |
Display panel, driving method for display panel, and display apparatus
This application discloses a display panel, a driving method for a display panel, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel groups. Each of the pixel groups includes a first pixel element and a second pixel element that are arranged in a first direction; the first pixel element and the second pixel element respectively include the same quantity of pixels of different colors arranged along a second direction; and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. In a same frame, a polarity of a driving signal corresponding to a pixel of a color in the first pixel element is opposite to a polarity of a driving signal corresponding a pixel of the color in the second pixel element. |
| US11715429B2 |
Light control method of portable device and portable device using the same
There is provided a portable electronic device including a backlight module, an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor and a processing unit. The backlight module illuminates with backlight brightness. The ambient light sensor is configured to detect ambient light intensity. The proximity sensor is configured to detect an object. The processing unit is configured to activate the proximity sensor when the ambient light intensity detected by the ambient light sensor is lower than a predetermined value or decreases more than a predetermined range, and to maintain or reduce the backlight brightness according to a detection result of the proximity sensor. There is further provided an automatic detection method. |
| US11715428B2 |
Pixel circuit and display device including the same
A pixel circuit and a display device including the same are disclosed. The pixel circuit includes: a first driving element including a first electrode connected to a 1-1 th node, a gate electrode connected to a 1-2 th node, and a second electrode connected to a 1-3 th node; and a second driving element including a first electrode connected to a 2-1 th node, a gate electrode connected to a 2-2 th node, and a second electrode connected to a second-third node. A second electrode voltage of the first driving element is transmitted to the gate electrode of the second driving element, and a second electrode voltage of the second driving element is transmitted to the gate electrode of the first driving element. |
| US11715423B2 |
Display device including a stretchable driving circuit
A plurality of package units is on a surface of a substrate, and a driving circuit is on the surface of the substrate. Each package unit includes at least one pixel, and each pixel is provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements. The driving circuit electrically connects to the light-emitting elements and is configured to transmit a plurality of gate driving signals and a plurality of data signals to drive the plurality of light-emitting elements to emit light to display images. The driving circuit is partially in the package units and is partially between adjacent package units. The substrate and a portion of the driving circuit between adjacent package units are made to be stretchable, while the package units are not stretchable. |
| US11715422B2 |
Pixel and display device including pixel
A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode that includes first and second terminals. A driving transistor generates a driving current, and includes a first terminal for a first power supply voltage, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the organic light emitting diode, and a gate terminal for an initialization voltage. The first switching transistor includes a first terminal connected to a first node, a second terminal connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor, and a gate terminal for a data initialization gate signal. The second switching transistor includes a first terminal for the initialization voltage, a second terminal connected to the first node, a first gate terminal for the data initialization gate signal, and a second gate terminal for a light emitting element initialization signal. The first terminal of the organic light emitting diode is connected to the first node. |
| US11715421B2 |
Pixel and display device including pixel
A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode that is configured to output light based on a driving current, and includes a first terminal and a second terminal. A driving transistor is configured to generate the driving current, and includes a first terminal to which a first power supply voltage and a bias power supply voltage are applied, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the organic light emitting diode, and a gate terminal to which a first initialization voltage is applied. The first dual gate transistor is connected between the gate terminal of the driving transistor and the second terminal of the driving transistor. The first switching transistor includes a first terminal to which the bias power supply voltage is applied, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the driving transistor, and a gate terminal to which a light emitting diode initialization signal is applied. |
| US11715418B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area including a display element, a first thin film transistor disposed in the display area, the first thin film transistor including a first semiconductor layer including a silicon semiconductor and a first gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer, a second thin film transistor disposed in the display area, the second thin film transistor including a second semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor and a second gate electrode insulated from the second semiconductor layer, a first signal line extending at a side of the first thin film transistor in a first direction, a second signal line extending at an opposite side of the first thin film transistor in the first direction, and a shielding pattern extending in the first direction, the shielding pattern at least partially overlapping the first signal line. |
| US11715415B2 |
Display device
A display device includes pixels which are connected to first scan lines, second scan lines, third scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines; a scan driver which supplies a bias scan signal to each of the third scan lines at a first frequency and supplies a scan signal to each of the first scan line and the second scan line at a second frequency which corresponds to an image refresh rate of each of the pixels; an emission driver which supplies an emission control signal to each of the emission control lines at the first frequency; a data driver which supplies a data signal to each of the data lines at the second frequency; and a timing controller which controls driving of the scan driver, the emission driver, and the data driver. |
| US11715414B2 |
Display device having gate input voltage compensation
A display device includes: a display panel including pixels, first to N-th gate integrated circuits (GICs) embedded in gate circuit boards and configured to output gate signals to the pixels, a first gate input power line and a first gate input signal line formed to pass through the gate circuit boards and connected to the GICs, a first feedback power line connected to the first gate input power line, a power supply configured to output a first gate input voltage to the first gate input power line, a first compensator configured to output a first compensation signal in response to a first feedback voltage from the first feedback power line, and a controller configured to output a first gate control signal to the first gate input signal line and output a power control signal to the power supply in response to the first compensation signal. |
| US11715410B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display panel configured to drive a frame of a first resolution at a first frame rate, a communication interface comprising circuitry configured to receive content, and a processor configured to, based on a frame rate of the received content being greater than the first frame rate, adjust the received content to a second resolution, and to control the display panel to display a content of the second resolution at a second frame rate, the second frame rate being greater than the first frame rate. |
| US11715408B1 |
Driving circuit, driving method, and display panel with improved control of voltage output by shift register
A driving circuit includes at least two shift registers in cascade. In each shift register, a first output control module is configured to transmit a voltage of a first voltage terminal to an output terminal in response to a turn-on level of a first node. A second output control module is configured to transmit a voltage of a second voltage terminal to an output terminal in response to a turn-on level of a second node. A first node control module is configured to transmit a voltage of the input terminal to the first node in response to a turn-on level of a first clock signal terminal and transmit a voltage of the second voltage terminal to the first node in response to turn-on levels of the second clock signal terminal and the third node or in response to the turn-on level of the second node. |
| US11715407B2 |
Image display apparatus
A control section according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to: set, as a first temperature, a temperature obtained from a thermal image at a first position contained in a first infrared image corresponding to a surrounding environment in the thermal image, and set, as a second temperature, a temperature obtained from the thermal image at a second position contained in a second infrared image corresponding to a duct or the like in the thermal image; calculate an upper limit and a lower limit of a temperature range by using the first temperature and the second temperature; and control a display section to display the thermal image such that temperature distribution on the subject is represented by colors within the temperature range having the upper limit and the lower limit that have been calculated. |
| US11715404B2 |
Color modification based on perception tolerance
In an example display system, a range of colors around a region may be identified and compared to a color of the region with respect to a perception threshold. In that example, a modification of the color within the region may be determined based on the range of colors around the region and a display may be caused to present the region in a modified color based on the range of colors around the region with respect to the perception threshold. |
| US11715403B2 |
Level conversion circuit, and display panel
A level conversion circuit and a display panel are provided. The level conversion circuit includes a signal generation circuit configured to output driving signals through a plurality of signal output terminals, a first operational amplification circuit configured to level-convert a voltage of an input terminal and output the voltage through an output terminal, and signal output terminals of the signal generation circuit are in one-to-one correspondence with input terminals of the first operational amplification circuit; a plurality of switching circuits connected between the signal output terminal and the input terminal, connected to a control signal terminal, and configured to communicate the signal output terminal with the input terminal in response to a signal of the control signal terminal. At least part of the switching circuits are connected to different control signal terminals. |
| US11715397B2 |
Vehicle display device that performs blur processing or widening processing on a display image
Provided is a vehicle display device that includes: an image display unit that emits display light of an image; an optical system that projects the display light emitted from the image display unit toward a reflection face in front of a driver; and a controller that controls the image display unit. The image has a first region that is a region viewed by both eyes of the driver and a second region that is a region of the image on an end part side in an image lateral direction relative to the first region. In a case where a graphic image included in the image is across a boundary between the first region and the second region, the controller executes blur processing on the graphic image. |
| US11715393B2 |
Label for wet applications
A label for a bottle where the label is comprised of a laminate where an outer layer (3) is a material susceptible to losing opaqueness when made wet, and an inner layer (5) behind this first layer which is a material that is opaque, and such that it will maintain such opaqueness when wet. |
| US11715390B2 |
Training device for an inhaler, and an inhaler
According to an aspect, there is provided a training device for use in an inhaler, the training device comprising a body that is configured to be received at a first position in a housing of an inhaler, wherein the body comprises an interface arranged to connect to a canister interface in the housing of the inhaler; an electrical circuit configured to perform one or more functions; and a circuit triggering mechanism that comprises a switch for enabling the electrical circuit to perform the one or more functions when the switch is closed, wherein the circuit triggering mechanism is configured such that the switch is closed when the body is pressed from the first position towards the canister interface and into a second position in the housing of the inhaler. |
| US11715388B2 |
Importing and analyzing external data using a virtual reality welding system
A real-time virtual reality welding system including a programmable processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem, at least one mock welding tool capable of being spatially tracked by the spatial tracker, and at least one display device operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem. The system is capable of simulating, in virtual reality space, a weld puddle having real-time molten metal fluidity and heat dissipation characteristics. The system is further capable of importing data into the virtual reality welding system and analyzing the data to characterize a student welder's progress and to provide training. |
| US11715384B2 |
Automated personalization of a user experience
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system a computer program product, and a computer implemented method. Embodiments of the present invention can identify at least one user in a plurality of users using a plurality of indicative markers. Embodiments of the present invention can then dynamically analyze input data stored on a computing device associated with the identified user and generate an automated personalized walkthrough by tailoring a plurality of steps within the input data to the at least one identified user. Certain embodiments of the present invention can then, in response to generating the automated personalized walkthrough, generate an automated personalized tutorial by aggregating the generated walkthrough and the at least one identified user based on a predetermined threshold of assessment. |
| US11715381B1 |
Method for identifying aircraft that exceed a specified noise condition in a defined geographical area
The invention is a method for identifying aircraft, flying at supersonic speeds, that exceed a specified noise condition in a defined geographical area that may be employed once restrictions to supersonic aircraft flights over the United States are lifted. |
| US11715380B2 |
Aircraft status determination based on aircraft transponder signals
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving aircraft transponder signals. Identifying, from among the aircraft transponder signals, a first aircraft transponders signal based on an identifier, wherein the identifier indicates that the first aircraft transponder signal is associated with an aircraft on which the computing system is located. Identifying first location data within the first aircraft transponder signal. Generating second location data by converting the first location data to a format recognizable by a geographic mapping application, where the second location data is readable by the geographic mapping application to permit the geographic mapping application to present a graphical representation of a geographical location of the aircraft as represented by the first location data. Providing the second location data to the geographic mapping application for presentation to a user. |
| US11715379B2 |
Method for assigning control right for autonomous vehicle, and computer and recording medium for executing such method
A method for controlling rights of an autonomous vehicle includes acquiring, via a network, identification information for identifying a user or a terminal of the user, and dispatching request information that indicates a dispatch request for the autonomous vehicle issued by the user. The method further includes selecting the autonomous vehicle to be dispatched to the user from among multiple autonomous vehicles based on the dispatch request information, and assigning a control right for the selected autonomous vehicle, to the user or the terminal, based on the identification information. |
| US11715378B2 |
System and method for reacting to signals
Provided herein is a system and method of a vehicle that detects a signal and reacts to the signal. The system comprises one or more sensors; one or more processors; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform detecting a signal from a source; determining an intended action of the vehicle based on the detected signal; sending, to the source, a response signal indicative of the intended action; determining whether the source has sent a response to the response signal; and in response to determining that the source has sent a response to the response signal, taking the intended action based on the response to the response signal. |
| US11715376B2 |
Improving operation of wireless communication networks for detecting vulnerable road users
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising determining that a first mobile terminal is a personal device, receiving, from the first mobile terminal, information about a status of the first mobile terminal, determining whether the first mobile terminal is a Vulnerable Road User, VRU, with respect to a vehicle based at least partly on the received information about the status of the first mobile terminal, detecting a potential collision between the first mobile terminal and the vehicle when the first mobile terminal is determined as a VRU and transmitting at least one warning message to the first mobile terminal in case that the first mobile terminal is determined as a VRU and the potential collision is detected. |
| US11715375B2 |
Parking assisting method, device and system for motor vehicle and motor vehicle
A parking assisting method, device and system for a motor vehicle are provided. The parking assisting method includes the following steps: obtaining a relative position of an available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle; outputting a display instruction to the digital projector according to the relative position of the available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle; and projecting a projection image to the available parking spot by the digital projector according to the display instruction. The projection image is provided for indicating the available parking spot area will be occupied. The display instruction includes an image position for the projection image, so as to change the position of the projection image in the projection range, so that the position of the projection image in the available parking spot is substantially kept unchanged. |
| US11715374B2 |
Vehicle parking position notification system
When a start condition determined in advance is satisfied while a vehicle is parked, a controller controls an aircraft such that the aircraft takes off from the vehicle, a photographing unit captures a position notification image including at least the vehicle and notifying a parking position of the vehicle, and the position notification image is transmitted to a mobile terminal having a display unit and carried by a user outside the vehicle. |
| US11715370B2 |
Managing a driving condition anomaly
Embodiments include methods performed by a processor of a vehicle control unit for managing a driving condition anomaly. In some embodiments, the vehicle may receive a first driving condition based on data from a first vehicle sensor, receive a second driving condition based on data from another data source, determine a driving condition anomaly based on the first driving condition and the second driving condition, send a request for information to a driving condition database, receive the requested information from the driving condition database, and resolve the driving condition anomaly based on the requested information from the driving condition database. |
| US11715366B2 |
Systems and methods for alarm processing
System and method for alarm processing are provided. The system may include a plurality of security devices. The plurality of security devices may be divided into at least one group. One group of the at least one group may include a first security device and one or more second security devices. The first security device may receive, from the one or more second security devices, one or more first alarms generated by the one or more second security devices. The first security device may determine that an alarm condition is satisfied based at least on one of the one or more first alarms and one or more second alarms generated by the first security device. The first security device may send, based on the determination, at least one of the one or more first alarms and the one or more second alarms to a user terminal. |
| US11715365B2 |
Personnel proximity detection and tracking system
Systems and methods for tracking, locating, identifying, or mapping movements of persons or personnel within a facility may include badges carried by individuals throughout the facility. These badges can each include a transmitter configured to transmit signals including signature information identifying the badges and also identifying codes of each signal transmitted. In addition, a plurality of dispensers can be positioned at selected locations of the facility and can include receivers that receive the signals transmitted by the transmitters of the badges. These receivers also can be configured to transmit information related to the received signals to one or more processors configured to identify each badge from which signals are received based upon the signature information and also to determine the proximity, range, distance, or zone between the badge identified and the receivers. |
| US11715362B2 |
Integrated sensing and actuation module for wristband enabling identification and/or compensation for band tightness
A wearable device can include a wearable band configured to contact a user of the wearable device, an actuator, a sensor, and one or more processors in communication with the actuator and the sensor. The processors can be configured to measure a back electromotive force (“EMF”) of the actuator; determine, based on the measured back EMF, data that describes a contact force between the wearable band and the user; and determine, based on the data that describes the contact force, a quality metric describing a data quality of sensor data collected by the sensor. In some embodiments, the processor(s) can determine, generate sensor output data based on the sensor data and based at least in part on the data describing the contact force between the wearable band and the user. For example, one or more machine-learned models maybe leveraged to generate sensor output data that is compensated for the wearable band being too tight or too loose. |
| US11715361B2 |
Systems and methods for potential drowning incident detection
A potential drowning incident detection system and its constituent components are disclosed. The system includes a device worn on a head of a swimmer, which includes one or more signal generating units. The signal generating units may be positioned on the device adjacent each temple of the swimmer when worn. The system further includes at least one hub configured to receive wireless signals from the signal generating units, and may further be in communication with a server. The hub and/or server may generate an alert or warning when the signals of the signal generating units are not received by the at least one sensor hub. The alert or warning may further be triggered to a wearable device provided to a responder, such as a life guard. Data collected from the swimmer-worn devices may be stored for later analysis. |
| US11715360B2 |
Property control and configuration based on thermal imaging
A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property is disclosed. The monitoring system includes a thermal camera that is configured to generate a thermal image of the property. The monitoring system further includes a monitor control unit that is configured to receive, from the thermal camera, the thermal image. The monitor control unit is further configured to, based on the thermal image, determine a temperature of a portion of the property depicted in the thermal image. The monitor control unit is further configured to determine that the temperature of the portion of the property depicted in the thermal image satisfies a temperature threshold. The monitor control unit is further configured to, based on determining that the temperature of the portion of the property depicted in the thermal image satisfies the temperature threshold, select and perform a monitoring system action. |
| US11715358B2 |
System and method for detecting events in a system
A plurality of sensors are operably coupled to a system controller. Each sensor includes a detection mode in which the sensor applies one or more detection algorithms to sensor data generated by the corresponding sensor to detect a possible event and to report the possible event to the system controller, but does not report the system data to the system controller. Each sensor also includes a sensor data mode in which the sensor data is reported to the system controller. When one of the plurality of sensors reports a possible event to the system controller, the system controller instructs one or more of the plurality of sensors to switch from the detection mode to the sensor data mode. The system controller is configured to receive the sensor data and to process the received sensor data to confirm or otherwise provide a measure of confidence in the reported possible event. |
| US11715356B2 |
Spatial-temporal haptic stimulation systems and methods
The disclosure relates to technology for haptic stimulation. A haptic interface device comprises an array comprising haptic stimulation elements configured to generate a stimulation pattern. The haptic interface device comprises a controller configured to continually propagate the stimulation pattern on a user's skin, including repeatedly eliminate a portion of a first end of the stimulation pattern and replace the eliminated portion with a new portion at a second end of the stimulation pattern. |
| US11715355B1 |
Crown input and feedback for head-mountable devices
A head-mountable device can include a crown module that receives input from a user and provides localized haptic feedback to the user. A magnetic element coupled to a crown can be moved by inducing magnetic fields, and the position and/or movement of the magnetic element can be detected to provide closed-loop control of the induced magnetic fields. The haptic feedback can be effectively perceived by the user at the crown without causing the entire head-mountable device to vibrate against the head and/or face of the user. |
| US11715352B2 |
Point of view based wager availability
A method of displaying a subset of all available wagers on the different possible outcomes for a play inside of a live sporting event that is dependent upon the portion of the game the user is watching so that the user may view available wagers and the live sporting event on the same display. |
| US11715350B2 |
Gaming machine and method with a bonus symbol array
A gaming machine comprises a display and an electronic controller for playing a first game. The electronic controller is configured to randomly determine whether to display one or more bonus symbols in the first game, each bonus symbol being associated with a bonus value award. Where a trigger event occurs during the first game, such as the appearance of a predetermined order of bonus symbols, electronic controller is configured to display an array of the bonus symbols on the display or optionally on another display. Where bonus symbols appear in further plays of the first game or plays of a second game, the bonus symbols are added to the array and bonus symbols present on the array are sequentially transferred to a win meter, which increments by the amount of the associated bonus value award of each transferred bonus symbol. |
| US11715348B2 |
Bill acceptors and printers for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine
A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device. |
| US11715342B2 |
Video slot gaming screen capture and analysis
A camera captures a display of a gaming device and determines information that appears on the display. The camera is mounted on a video gaming device, and the camera continuously or at various intervals captures images of the screen of the video gaming device. Those images are analyzed to determine information displayed on the video gaming device, such as game speed (e.g., time between handle pulls, total time of play, handle pulls during a session, etc.), bet amounts, bet lines, credits, etc. This information may be determined in various ways, such as by using image processing of images captured by the camera. Machine learning algorithms may also be used to infer key information displayed on the screen of the video gaming device to capture and/or analyze. A housing of the camera may also have a secondary display oriented in a similar direction as the screen of the video gaming device. |
| US11715331B1 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for mapping corneal curvature
A disclosed computer-implemented method may include directing a display device included in a head-mounted display worn by a user to illuminate, via a projection of a line at an illumination time, a portion of a cornea of the user. The method may further include detecting, via an image sensor at a detection time, a portion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea of the user and identifying a distortion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea of the user. The method may also include determining a shape of the cornea of the user based on the illumination time, the detection time, and the distortion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US11715329B2 |
Face verification method and apparatus
Disclosed is a face verification method and apparatus. The method including analyzing a current frame of a verification image, determining a current frame state score of the verification image indicating whether the current frame is in a state predetermined as being appropriate for verification, determining whether the current frame state score satisfies a predetermined validity condition, and selectively, based on a result of the determining of whether the current frame state score satisfies the predetermined validity condition, extracting a feature from the current frame and performing verification by comparing a determined similarity between the extracted feature and a registered feature to a set verification threshold. |
| US11715325B2 |
Fingerprint verification method and apparatus
A fingerprint verification method includes selecting one or more first fingerprint groups from among a plurality of fingerprint groups based on an input fingerprint image, each fingerprint group of the plurality of fingerprint groups including partial fingerprint images; and determining whether verification is successful based on the input fingerprint image and each of the partial fingerprint images included in the one or more first fingerprint groups. |
| US11715324B2 |
Method for extracting a signature of a fingerprint and device implementing said method
A method for extracting a signature of a fingerprint shown on a source image is described. For this purpose, the source image is transformed into the frequency domain. One or more ridge frequencies are next determined by means of a convolutional neural network applied to said transformed image, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1. The source image is normalized in response to said n ridge frequencies determined. One or more signatures of said fingerprint are finally extracted from said n normalized images. |
| US11715316B2 |
Fast identification of text intensive pages from photographs
Methods and systems for training a neural network to distinguish between text documents and image documents are described. A corpus of text and image documents is obtained. A page of a text document is scanned by shifting a text window to a plurality of locations. In accordance with a determination that the text in the window at a respective location meets text line criteria, the text in the window is stored as a respective text snippet. A plurality of image windows are superimposed over at least one page of an image document. In accordance with a determination that the content of a respective image window meets image criteria, content of the image window is stored as a respective image snippet. The respective text snippet and the respective image snippet are provided to a classifier. |
| US11715314B2 |
Performance improvement with object detection for software based image path
A computer-implemented method and system for processing a document page is based on text and non-text detections in an image path. An object block is generated for each image content identified within an input page. the blocks are extracted from the input document for downstream processing. Then, the object blocks are classified based on whether the content is text or non-text. The extracted non-text objects—which are specified by their bounding boxes—are processed separately from the rest of the content. The processing is performed on the text content blocks in parallel. However, when error diffusion is employed, the error diffusion is performed sequentially on the non-text content blocks to avoid stitching artifacts between individually error diffused patches in non-text areas. |
| US11715309B2 |
Method for producing security elements in an image which are not visible to the human eye and cannot be copied, and printed image
A method for producing security elements in an image which are not visible to the human eye and which cannot be copied, in particular for checking the authenticity of images. The image is imaged by means of a halftone, the halftone consisting of individual image dots arranged adjacent to each other. This is characterized in that at least one field having a random geometric shape or freeform is defined in the image/the halftone. By means of manipulation of image dots in the field and/or by means of manipulation of the entire field, an encrypted information that cannot be copied is stored for comparison with at least one database and the serial number is displayed by means of contours formed in the halftone. |
| US11715305B1 |
Traffic detection system using machine vision
A method of detecting traffic passing a camera overlooking a roadway. The method comprises receiving video frames by a traffic analytics engine from the camera, determining a mask that defines a lane detection region by the traffic analytics engine based on an assumed average length of a vehicle and based on analyzing lane boundary markers in the video frames; determining a background reference frame by the traffic analytics engine by applying the mask to the video frames and by averaging the pixels of the masked video frames; determining that at least some of the masked video frames differ from the background reference frame by more than a detection threshold; and incrementing a traffic count associated with the lane detection region stored in a memory of the computer system based on the masked video frames that differ from the background reference frame by more than the detection threshold. |
| US11715303B2 |
Dynamically predicting shot type using a personalized deep neural network
A computing system retrieves ball-by-ball data for a plurality of sporting events. The computing system generates a trained neural network based on ball-by-ball data supplemented with ball-by-ball data with ball-by-ball match context features and personalized embeddings based on a batsman and a bowler for each delivery. The computing system receives a target batsman and a target bowler for a pitch to be delivered in a target event. The computing system identifies target ball-by-ball data for a window of pitches preceding the to be delivered pitch. The computing system retrieves historical ball-by-ball data for each of the target batsman and the target bowler. The computing system generates personalized embeddings for both the target batsman and the target bowler based on the historical ball-by-ball data. The computing system predicts a shot type for the pitch to be delivered based on the target ball-by-ball data and the personalized embeddings. |
| US11715302B2 |
Automatic tagging of images using speech recognition
Methods for automatically tagging one or more images and/or video clips using a audio stream are disclosed. The audio stream may be processed using an automatic speech recognition algorithm, to extract possible keywords. The image(s) and/or video clip(s) may then be tagged with the possible keywords. In some embodiments, the image(s) and/or video clip(s) may be tagged automatically. In other embodiments, a user may be presented with a list of possible keywords extracted from the audio stream, from which the user may then select to manually tag the image(s) and/or video clip(s). |
| US11715298B1 |
Augmented reality item obscuring
Augmented reality (AR) technology can be used to perform a real-time overlay on an image displayed on a user device. A user device can receive image data of an area comprising an item from the real-world. Based on the image data, an identity and a value of the item can be obtained by the user device. If the value of the item is greater than a pre-determined value for the item or a category of the item, then the user device can obscure in real-time on the displayed image the item or category of the item having the value that is greater than the pre-determined value. |
| US11715297B2 |
Utilizing computer vision and machine learning models for determining utilization metrics for a space
In some implementations, a device may receive image data identifying images of a space with racks and objects stored on the racks. The device may receive location data identifying location coordinates associated with the images. The device may process the image data and the location data to generate a merged point cloud identifying the racks and the objects in the space. The device may process the image data to generate mask data identifying at least a first mask for the racks and a second mask for the objects. The device may process the location data, the merged point cloud, and the mask data to generate a semantic point cloud identifying the racks and the objects in the space. The device may process the semantic point cloud, with a computer vision model, to calculate utilization metrics for the space. |
| US11715295B2 |
Construction field management equipment and construction field managing method
A construction field management apparatus is wirelessly connected to a remote control vehicle with a surveying device for positioning the vehicle itself, a travel route is specified based on the position information in the coordinate system set in the work field, and a travel instruction based on the travel route, an instruction of performance of a predetermined function with the traveling, and are transmitted to the remote control vehicle, and the apparatus receives data based on the execution of the predetermined function from the remote control vehicle, and the construction field is managed by the construction field management apparatus for managing based on the received data. |
| US11715292B2 |
Methods and apparatus to perform image analyses in a computing environment
An example apparatus includes a feature extractor to generate a first image descriptor based on a first image of a first retail product tag corresponding to a first category, the first image descriptor representative of one or more visual features of the first retail product tag; a feature descriptor generator to generate a feature descriptor corresponding to the first retail product tag by concatenating the first image descriptor and a first category signature corresponding to the first retailer category; and a classifier to generate a first probability value corresponding to a first type of promotional product tag and a second probability value corresponding to a second type of promotional product tag based on the feature descriptor; and determine whether the first retail product tag corresponds to the first type of promotional product tag or the second type of promotional product tag based on the first and second probability values. |
| US11715289B2 |
Generating multi-perspective responses by assistant systems
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user query associated with dialog-intents at a client system, executing tasks corresponding to the dialog-intents, generating a multi-perspective response by a stitching model based on two or more of execution results of the tasks, wherein the multi-perspective response comprises a natural-language response combining the two or more execution results, and presenting the multi-perspective response at the client system. |
| US11715284B2 |
Anomaly detection apparatus, anomaly detection method, and program
An anomaly detection apparatus extracts a circumstantial feature value for anomaly detection corresponding to a circumstantial feature value for learning from other modal signal for anomaly detection different in modal from acoustic, calculates a signal pattern feature related to an acoustic signal of anomaly detection target based on the acoustic signal of anomaly detection target, the circumstantial feature value for anomaly detection and a signal pattern model learned based on an acoustic signal for learning and the circumstantial feature value for learning calculated from other modal signal for learning, and calculates an anomaly score for performing an anomaly detection of the acoustic signal of anomaly detection target based on the signal pattern feature. |
| US11715279B2 |
Weighted image generation apparatus, method, and program, determiner learning apparatus, method, and program, region extraction apparatus, method, and program, and determiner
A display control unit displays a medical image from which at least one region of interest is extracted on a display unit. A correction unit corrects a boundary of the region of interest according to a correction instruction for the boundary of the region of interest extracted from the displayed medical image. An image generation unit generates a weighted image in which each pixel in the medical image has, as a pixel value of each pixel, a weight coefficient representing a weight of being within the region of interest, by setting an initial weight coefficient for the extracted region of interest and setting a corrected weight coefficient for a corrected region for which the correction instruction is given in the medical image. |
| US11715277B2 |
Perception system for autonomous vehicles
Image processing techniques are described to obtain an image from a camera located on a vehicle while the vehicle is being driven, cropping a portion of the obtained image corresponding to a region of interest, detecting an object in the cropped portion, adding a bounding box around the detected object, determining position(s) of reference point(s) on the bounding box, and determining a location of the detected object in a spatial region where the vehicle is being driven based on the determined one or more positions of the second set of one or more reference points on the bounding box. |
| US11715276B2 |
System and method of generating bounding polygons
An example system includes a first and second digital device. The first digital device may be configured to provide an interface displaying an image including a depiction of an object, place a bounding shape around the object, and crop contents of the bounding shape to create a portion. The second digital device may be configured to receive the portion, retrieve high-level features and low-level features, apply first Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling (ASPP) to the high-level features to aggregate the high-level features as aggregate features, concatenate results to create the aggregate features, up-sample, apply a convolution to the low-level features, concatenate the aggregate features with the low-level features after convolution to form combined features, segment the combined features to generate a polygonal shape outline along outer boundaries of the first object, and provide the first polygonal shape outline to the first digital device for display. |
| US11715274B2 |
Method, device and computer program for generating a virtual scene of objects
The present disclosure relates to the field of image analysis, in particular, it relates to a method for generating a virtual scene of objects. The disclosure also relates to a device comprising circuitry configured to carry out the method. The disclosure also relates to a computer program product adapted to carry out the method. |
| US11715271B2 |
XR preferred movement along planes
Presenting a virtual object includes obtaining, by a first device, a first geometric representation and a second geometric representation corresponding to a physical surface in a real environment, determining an initialization location on the first physical surface for a virtual object, obtaining a first normal for the first representation and a second normal for the second representation at the initialization location, and rendering the virtual object at the initialization location based on the first normal and the second normal. |
| US11715270B2 |
Methods and systems for customizing augmentation of a presentation of primary content
An illustrative content augmentation system identifies a presentation context dataset indicating how an extended reality (XR) presentation device is to present XR content in connection with a presentation of primary content. Based on the presentation context dataset, the content augmentation system selects a subset of secondary content items from a set of secondary content items each configured for presentation as XR content that augments the presentation of the primary content. The content augmentation system also provides the selected subset of secondary content items for presentation by the XR presentation device in connection with the presentation of the primary content. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. |
| US11715265B2 |
Floorplan generation based on room scanning
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data. |
| US11715257B2 |
Simulation view generation based on simulated sensor operations
A sensor simulation system may generate sensor data for use in simulations by rendering two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional simulated environment. In various examples, the sensor simulation system uses sensor dependency data to determine specific views to be re-rendered at different times during the simulation. The sensor simulation system also may generate unified views with multi-sensor data at each region (e.g., pixel) of the two-dimensional view for consumption by different sensor types. A hybrid technique may be used in some implementations in which rasterization is used to generate a view, after which ray tracing is used to align the view with a particular sensor. Spatial and temporal upsampling techniques also may be used, including depth-aware and velocity-aware analyses for simulated objects, to improve view resolution and reduce the frequency of re-rendering views. |
| US11715254B2 |
Systems and methods for distributed scalable ray processing
Ray tracing systems have computation units (“RACs”) adapted to perform ray tracing operations (e.g. intersection testing). There are multiple RACs. A centralized packet unit controls the allocation and testing of rays by the RACs. This allows RACs to be implemented without Content Addressable Memories (CAMs) which are expensive to implement, but the functionality of CAMs can still be achieved by implemented them in the centralized controller. |
| US11715251B2 |
Neural network model trained using generated synthetic images
Training deep neural networks requires a large amount of labeled training data. Conventionally, labeled training data is generated by gathering real images that are manually labelled which is very time-consuming. Instead of manually labelling a training dataset, domain randomization technique is used generate training data that is automatically labeled. The generated training data may be used to train neural networks for object detection and segmentation (labelling) tasks. In an embodiment, the generated training data includes synthetic input images generated by rendering three-dimensional (3D) objects of interest in a 3D scene. In an embodiment, the generated training data includes synthetic input images generated by rendering 3D objects of interest on a 2D background image. The 3D objects of interest are objects that a neural network is trained to detect and/or label. |
| US11715250B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus, and storage medium
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus for supplying display information indicating a three-dimensional image to a recording device including a discharge section that discharges liquid to an object having a three-dimensional shape to form a three-dimensional image on the object. The image processing apparatus includes an obtaining section that obtains virtual space information and a generating section that generates the display information based on the virtual space information. The virtual space information indicates a virtual image in which the three-dimensional image is represented in a three-dimensional virtual space, and a virtual discharge section, in which the discharge section is represented in the virtual space. The relative positional relationship in the virtual space between the virtual image and the virtual discharge section indicated by the virtual space information corresponds to the relative relationship between the three-dimensional image and the discharge section. |
| US11715241B2 |
Privacy protection in vision systems
A system and method for privacy protection in vision systems that can include collecting image data from an environment; collecting spatial information corresponding to the image data; selecting a sanitization image region in the image data based at least in part on the spatial information; and applying image sanitization to the sanitization image region thereby generating sanitized image data. |
| US11715238B2 |
Image projection method, apparatus, device and storage medium
The present application discloses an image projection method, apparatus, device and storage medium and relates to the field of intelligent transportation, and the specific implementation thereof is: acquiring a first camera coordinate of an area to be calibrated in a camera coordinate system of an AR camera on a vehicle, where the area to be calibrated is located within a photographing range of the AR camera; acquiring a relative conversion relationship between a first extrinsic parameter matrix of the AR camera and a second extrinsic parameter matrix of a head-up display on the vehicle; determining, according to the first camera coordinate and the relative conversion relationship, a second camera coordinate of a projection symbol corresponding to the area to be calibrated in a coordinate system of the head-up display; and controlling, according to the second camera coordinate, the head-up display to project an image including the projection symbol. |
| US11715237B2 |
Deep learning-based camera calibration
Provided are methods for deep learning-based camera calibration, which can include receiving first and second images captured by a camera, processing the first image using a first neural network to determine a depth of the first image, processing the first image and the second image using a second neural network to determine a transformation between a pose of the camera for the first image and a pose of the camera for the second image, generating a projection image based on the depth of the first image, the transformation of the pose of the camera, and intrinsic parameters of the camera, comparing the second image and the projection image to determine a reprojection error, and adjusting at least one of the intrinsic parameters of the camera based on the reprojection error. Systems and computer program products are also provided. |
| US11715235B2 |
Methods and apparatus for recording impact events associated with trailer monitoring units
An example trailer monitoring system includes a trailer monitoring unit (TMU) that has an image capture arrangement disposed within the TMU, the image capture arrangement to capture first image data, and an accelerometer carried by the TMU, the accelerometer to generate acceleration data of the TMU. The system also has one or more processors configured to access the acceleration data and configured to compare the acceleration data to a reference acceleration data range to determine if the acceleration data is within the reference acceleration range, in response to the acceleration data being outside the reference acceleration data range, the one or more processors are to record an impact event associated with the TMU being impacted, and in response to the acceleration data being outside the reference acceleration data range, the one or more processors are to generate a message associated with the impact event. |
| US11715232B2 |
Method and device to determine the camera position and angle
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining an attitude angle of a camera, capable of improving the accuracy of the attitude angle of the camera, and in turn the accuracy of the attitude of the camera that is obtained based on the attitude angle of the camera. The present disclosure can also improve the accuracy of object distance measurement and vehicle positioning based on the attitude angle of the camera. In the method for determining an attitude angle of a camera, the camera is fixed to one and the same rigid object in a vehicle along with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). The method includes: obtaining IMU attitude angles outputted from the IMU and images captured by the camera; determining a target IMU attitude angle corresponding to each frame of image based on respective capturing time of the frames of images and respective outputting time of the IMU attitude angles; and determining an attitude angle of the camera corresponding to each frame of image based on a predetermined conversion relationship between a camera coordinate system for the camera and an IMU coordinate system for the IMU and the target IMU attitude angle corresponding to each frame of image. |
| US11715229B2 |
Moving body and system
A moving body includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to collect an external image of the moving body from an external sensor and collect information associated with an inner state of the moving body from an internal sensor. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether or not to adopt the external image collected by the external sensor as a first image for estimating a position of the moving body, based on the information associated with the inner state of the moving body collected by the internal sensor. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate a position of the moving body by comparing the first image and a second image associated with a collection position of the first image. |
| US11715228B2 |
Imaging systems and related methods including radar imaging with moving arrays or moving targets
Imaging systems, including radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave arrangements, and related methods are described. According to one aspect, an imaging system includes an antenna array, a position capture system configured to generate position information indicative of locations of one of the antenna array and the target at the first and second moments in time, and wherein the one of the antenna array and the target move between the first and second moments in time, a transceiver configured to control the antenna array to emit electromagnetic energy towards the target and to generate an output that is indicative of the received electromagnetic energy, a data acquisition system configured to generate radar data, processing circuitry configured to process the position information and the radar data to generate image data regarding the target, and an interface configured to use the image data to generate visual images regarding the target. |
| US11715227B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method, and program
An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a detection unit (2020), a state estimation unit (2040), and a height estimation unit (2080). The detection unit (2020) detects a target person from a video frame. The state estimation unit (2040) estimates a state of the detected target person. The height estimation unit (2080) estimates a height of the person on the basis of a height of the target person in the video frame in a case where the estimated state satisfies a predetermined condition. |
| US11715226B2 |
Liquid level detection system
A liquid level detection system of detecting a target container includes a main body, an optical sensor, a fan and an operational processor. The main body has a supporting platform whereon the target container is disposed. The optical sensor is disposed above the supporting platform and adapted to output a detection image containing the target container. The fan is disposed on the main body and faces the supporting platform. The operational processor is electrically connected to the optical sensor, and adapted to analyze the detection image generated within an operation period of the fan and further to acquire an effective feature of the target container inside the detection image. |
| US11715224B2 |
Three-dimensional object reconstruction method and apparatus
A three-dimensional object reconstruction method, applied to a terminal device or a server, is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of video frames of an object; determining three-dimensional location information of key points of the object in the plurality of video frames and physical meaning information of the key points, the physical meaning information indicating respective positions of the object; determining a correspondence between the key points having the same physical meaning information in the plurality of video frames; and generating a three-dimensional object according to the correspondence and the three-dimensional location information of the key points. |
| US11715222B1 |
Quasi-rotation-invariant shape descriptor
One aspect relates to a computer-implemented method for determining a quasi-rotation-invariant shape descriptor of point cloud data in an automotive system for monitoring the environment of a vehicle. In order to determine the shape descriptor, a method of determining a central point of a point cloud data is performed multiple times, each time using different values for one or more starting parameters. The method may yield different central points depending on the selected values for the one or more starting parameters. A regression line is calculated for the plurality of central points such that the shape descriptor is determined based on a base form of the plurality of central points. |
| US11715221B2 |
System and method for acquisition of three-dimensional information of body parts
The embodiments herein provide a method and a device for the acquisition of three-dimensional information of body parts. The method includes a step of processing an image of an object being exposed to a lighting condition or a sequence of lighting conditions adapted to extract at least two types of information selectable from a group. The group includes a silhouette of the object, a color of the object, a surface orientation of the object, and multi-spectral information of the object. |
| US11715220B1 |
Method and device for depth sensor power savings
In one implementation, a method of activating a depth sensor is performed by a device including a depth sensor including a plurality of depth sensor elements, a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining content to be displayed on the display in association with a physical environment. The method includes selecting a subset of the plurality of depth sensor elements. The method includes activating the subset of the plurality of depth sensor elements to obtain a depth map of the physical environment. The method includes displaying, on the display, at least a portion of the content based on the depth map of the physical environment. |
| US11715219B2 |
Detection of inauthentic virtual objects
Some implementations relate to methods and computer-readable media to detect inauthentic textures in a virtual environment. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) polygons associated with a texture for a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object. The method further includes combining portions of two or more 2D polygons from the plurality of 2D polygons based on a pose or shape of the 3D virtual object to obtain one or more combined 2D polygons, calculating a respective hash value for each of the combined 2D polygons, determining whether there is a match between at least one hash value of the respective hash values and a hash value of at least one reference 2D polygon associated with an authentic object, classifying the texture as an inauthentic texture if it is determined that there is the match, else classifying the texture as an authentic texture. |
| US11715215B2 |
Untrained systems and methods for vehicle speed estimation
A speed estimation system includes: a detection module configured to determine bounding boxes of an object moving on a surface in images, respectively, captured using a camera; a solver module configured to, based on the bounding boxes, determine a homography of the surface by solving an optimization problem, where the solver module is not trained; and a speed module configured to, using the homography, determine a speed that the object is moving on the surface. |
| US11715210B2 |
Method for generating a 3D physical model of a patient specific anatomic feature from 2D medical images
There is provided a method for generating a 3D physical model of a patient specific anatomic feature from 2D medical images. The 2D medical images are uploaded by an end-user via a Web Application and sent to a server. The server processes the 2D medical images and automatically generates a 3D printable model of a patient specific anatomic feature from the 2D medical images using a segmentation technique. The 3D printable model is 3D printed as a 3D physical model such that it represents a 1:1 scale of the patient specific anatomic feature. The method includes the step of automatically identifying the patient specific anatomic feature. |
| US11715208B2 |
Image segmentation
A method for segmenting an image includes receiving one or more object seeds associated with one or more first object portions represented by a first image and receiving one or more background seeds associated with one or more first background portions represented by the first image. A second image representing one or more second object portions and one or more second background portions is received, wherein the first image comprises a plurality of subportions and the second image is a subportion of the plurality of subportions of the first image. The second image is processed based on the one or more object seeds and the one or more background seeds to determine the one or more second object portions and the one or more second background portions. |
| US11715207B2 |
Learning-based spine vertebra localization and segmentation in 3D CT
Described herein is a novel method and system for segmentation of the spine using 3D volumetric data. In embodiments, a method includes an extracting step, localization step, and segmentation step. The extracting step comprises detecting the spine centerline and the spine canal centerline. The localization step comprises localizing the vertebra and intervertebral disc centers. Background and foreground constraints are created for each vertebra digit. Segmentation is performed for each vertebra digit and based on the hard constraints. |
| US11715206B2 |
System and method for image segmentation
Methods and systems for image processing are provided. Image data may be obtained. The image data may include a plurality of voxels corresponding to a first plurality of ribs of an object. A first plurality of seed points may be identified for the first plurality of ribs. The first plurality of identified seed points may be labelled to obtain labelled seed points. A connected domain of a target rib of the first plurality of ribs may be determined based on at least one rib segmentation algorithm. A labelled target rib may be obtained by labelling, based on a hit-or-miss operation, the connected domain of the target rib, wherein the hit-or-miss operation may be performed using the labelled seed points to hit the connected domain of the target rib. |
| US11715205B2 |
Methods and systems for characterizing tissue of a subject
Methods and systems for characterizing tissue of a subject are disclosed. The method includes retrieving a time series of angiography images of tissue of a subject, defining a plurality of calculation regions, generating a time-intensity curve for each respective calculation region, calculating a rank value for each respective calculation region based on one or more parameters derived from the time-intensity curve; and generating a viewable image in which on the image position of each calculation region an indication is provided of the calculated rank value for that calculation region. Also disclosed are methods and systems for generating first and second time-intensity curves for respective first and second calculation regions, calculating first and second rank values for the respective calculation regions based on first and second pluralities of parameters selected to approximate the respective time-intensity curves, and generating a spatial map of the first and second calculated rank values. |
| US11715202B2 |
Analyzing apparatus and analyzing method
An analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a tissue characteristic parameter value with respect to each of a plurality of positions within a region of interest, by analyzing a result of a scan performed on a patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a measurement region in the region of interest by performing an analysis while using the tissue characteristic parameter values. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a statistic value of the tissue characteristic parameter values in the measurement region. |
| US11715199B2 |
Systems and methods for surgical smoke management
Systems and methods for detecting, characterizing, and addressing surgical smoke are disclosed. In some embodiments, a surgical system receives image data representing an image of a surgical environment and generates sets of values based on the received image. The sets of values may include representations of atmospheric light in the image and representations of contrast values in the image. The system may determine from the sets of values whether predetermined smoke severity criteria are met, and may responsively automatically engage and/or disengage one or more surgical devices, such as a surgical smoke evacuation system and/or an image processing system (e.g., a video enhancement feature) configured to improve quality of smoky surgical images. |
| US11715198B2 |
Medical use artificial neural network-based medical image analysis apparatus and method for evaluating analysis results of medical use artificial neural network
Disclosed herein is an artificial neural network-based medical image analysis apparatus for analyzing a medical image based on a medical artificial neural network. The artificial neural network-based medical image analysis apparatus includes a computing system, and the computing system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire or receive a first analysis result obtained through the inference of a first artificial neural network from a first medical image, to input the first analysis result to a second artificial neural network, to acquire a first evaluation result obtained through the inference of the second artificial neural network from the first analysis result, and to provide the first evaluation result to a user as an evaluation result for the first medical image and the first analysis result. |
| US11715192B2 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus
A processor identifies an original drawing part that is originally drawn in a test image. Furthermore, the processor identifies a noise point in the test image. Furthermore, the processor determines which of predetermined two types of cause candidates is a cause of the noise point by determining a degree of overlapping between the original drawing part and the noise point. The two types of cause candidates are: waste toner dropping in which waste toner that has adhered to a transfer body that transfers a toner image to a sheet, is transferred to the sheet in the image forming device; and carrier developing in which magnetic carrier that has been mixed with toner is transferred to a sheet. |
| US11715190B2 |
Inspection system, image discrimination system, discrimination system, discriminator generation system, and learning data generation device
Provided is a technique capable of generating a discriminator having high inference precision at low cost. An inspection system according to one aspect of the present invention generates, from first image data, plural pieces of second image data of a product; determines, by a first discriminator, whether to adopt each piece of the second image data as learning data; generates a learning data set by the second image data that is determined to be adopted as learning data; constructs, by applying machine learning using the generated learning data set, a second discriminator that determines the acceptability of a product; and uses the constructed second discriminator to determine the acceptability of a product in target image data. |
| US11715184B2 |
Backwards-compatible high dynamic range (HDR) images
Devices, methods, and program storage devices for creating and/or displaying backwards-compatible High Dynamic Range (HDR) images are disclosed, comprising: obtaining two or more exposures of a scene; creating a gain map based on at least one of the two or more exposures, wherein the gain map comprises a plurality of pixels each corresponding to a portion of the scene, and wherein values of the pixels in the gain map comprise indications of a brightness level of the corresponding portions of the scene; combining the two or more exposures to form a first image; tone mapping the first image based on a Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) format to generate a first SDR image of the scene; and storing the first SDR image and created gain map in a first enhanced image file. The first enhanced image file may be, e.g., a HEIF, HEIC, PNG, GIF, JPEG, or other suitable file format. |
| US11715180B1 |
Emirror adaptable stitching
An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive video frames generated by a plurality of capture devices. The processor may be configured to perform operations to detect objects in the video frames received from a first of the capture devices, determine depth information corresponding to the objects detected, determine blending lines in response to the depth information, perform video stitching operations on the video frames from the capture devices based on the blending lines and generate panoramic video frames in response to the video stitching operations. The blending lines may correspond to gaps in a field of view of the panoramic video frames. The blending lines may be determined to prevent the objects from being in the gaps in the field of view. The panoramic video frames may be generated to fit a size of a display. |
| US11715174B2 |
Compute cluster preemption within a general-purpose graphics processing unit
Embodiments described herein provide techniques enable a graphics processor to continue processing operations during the reset of a compute unit that has experienced a hardware fault. Threads and associated context state for a faulted compute unit can be migrated to another compute unit of the graphics processor and the faulting compute unit can be reset while processing operations continue. |
| US11715173B2 |
Graphics anti-aliasing resolve with stencil mask
An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a mask buffer to store a mask, a shader communicatively coupled to the mask buffer to apply the mask to a first shader pass, and a resolver communicatively coupled to the mask buffer to apply the mask to a resolve pass. The resolver may be configured to exclude a sample location not covered by the mask in the resolve pass. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| US11715172B2 |
Detecting conflicts between multiple different encoded signals within imagery, using only a subset of available image data
This disclosure relates to advanced signal processing technology including steganographic embedding and digital watermarking. One combination disclosed in the description includes an image processing method. The method includes: obtaining an image comprising a plurality of color channels; for each color channel of the plurality of color channels, creating a grayscale version of the color channel and creating an inverted greyscale version of the color channel; analyzing the grayscale inverted version and the grayscale non-inverted version to locate image areas including an encoded signal, said analyzing yielding a plurality of image areas; generating one or more detectability measures corresponding to the encoded signal for each of the plurality of image areas; for each color channel selecting only one (1) image area as a validation point based on one or more generated detectability measures for that color channel; and generating information associated with a spatial location of each of the validation points in the image. Of course, other features and combinations are described as well. |
| US11715171B2 |
Detecting watermark modifications
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (e.g., computer readable media) to detect watermark modifications are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include means for encoding a first watermark in a first media signal obtained from an output of a media device to obtain a second media signal encoded with the first watermark and a second watermark, the second watermark already encoded in the first media signal obtained from the output of the media device. Disclosed example apparatus also include means for decoding the first watermark and the second watermark from the second media signal to determine a first metric corresponding to the first watermark and a second metric corresponding to the second watermark. Disclosed example apparatus further include means for outputting, based on the first metric and the second metric, an indication of whether the second watermark has been modified. |
| US11715169B2 |
Method and system for optimizing shipping methodology for 3-directional floor joists
A system comprising; analyzing a building model, wherein a set of floor joists are isolated from other assemblies; processing a first set of data associated with the coordinates of the floor joists; processing a second set of data associated with the assembly of the floor joists; creating a set of data associated with the assembly of the floor joist and the coordinates of a set of floor joist members; formulating an assembly of the floor joist, wherein the assembly is a predetermined organization of the floor joists based on the first set of data and the second set of data; calculating the assembly based on a set of limitations, wherein the limitations are based on the shipping vessel; manipulating the assembly, wherein the manipulated assembly is within the limitations of the shipping vessel; and generating a graphical representation of the manipulated assembly. |
| US11715165B2 |
Facilitating following a content provider
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for facilitating a following of a content sponsor in a social network. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying a creative for presentation to users in response to requests for content, and receiving selection criteria from a sponsor associated with the creative, the selection criteria for use in determining when to present the creative. The creative is augmented to include a control that enables a user to follow the content sponsor automatically upon interaction with the control, and the augmented creative is presented in response to received requests for content in accordance with the selection criteria. The sponsor is charged when the creative is presented and a user initiates an action to follow the sponsor in a social network. |
| US11715164B2 |
Robotic process automation system for negotiation
Systems and methods of robotic process automation system for negotiation are disclosed. An example system for negotiating refinancing of a loan includes a data collection and monitoring circuit for collecting a training set of interactions between entities for at least one loan refinancing activity; an automated loan classification circuit that is trained on the training set of interactions to classify at least one loan refinancing action; and a robotic process automation circuit that is trained on a plurality of loan refinancing actions classified by the automated loan classification circuit and a plurality of loan refinancing outcomes to undertake a loan refinancing activity on behalf of a party to a loan. |
| US11715161B1 |
Safety notification service
An automated safety notification system is proposed herein in which one or more safe zone access points may be physically deployed to one or more safe zones associated with a disaster area. If a person with a mobile phone or other mobile device enters the safe zone, the safe zone access point may detect the presence of the mobile device and perform certain functions in response to the detection. For example, the safe zone access point may initiate contact of a predetermined plurality of contacts that the person may have already designated before the disaster. The safe zone access point may also be used to initiate an insurance claim. |
| US11715160B1 |
Systems and methods for using unmanned aerial vehicles
Systems and methods to process overhead imagery received from overhead image sources are described herein. Examples include accessing an aerial image including a property, determining an owner of the property, determining whether the owner of the property is eligible to be a member of a financial institution, determining whether the owner of the property has property insurance with the financial institution for the property type of the property in the aerial image, and presenting an offer for insurance to insure the property in the aerial image when the owner is determined to be eligible for the financial institution and does not already have insurance with the financial institution. Examples include accessing an aerial image of properties, determining damage estimates, and reserving resources to repair the properties based on the damage estimates. Examples include receiving information describing property damage, determining a cause, and based on the cause, conditionally deploying a unmanned aerial vehicle to perform insurance adjustment activities. |
| US11715155B2 |
Secure modal based digital installments
Examples described herein include systems, methods, instructions, and other implementations for data security with integrated installment payment systems. In one example, account security system receives a checkout communication that includes data describing a validated checkout system of a merchant system. A client token is transmitted in response to an authentication that the checkout communication is from the validated checkout system, and an account communication including the client token and secure client information is received from a client device. An installment payment communication associated with the secure transaction is received from a system other than a merchant system involved in the transaction. The secure transaction is then facilitated following receipt of the installment payment communication. |
| US11715153B2 |
System and method for providing purchase history to an account holder
The system and methods provide an account holder with a mobile spend feed. The systems and methods include a database that stores information associated with at least one previous financial transaction performed via a financial account held by the account holder, a transaction processor that receives transaction data associated with a financial transaction performed by the account holder using the financial account, and stores the transaction data in the database, and a purchase history processor creates a spend feed based at least in part on the transaction data and the previous transaction information, and provides the spend feed to the account holder. |
| US11715151B2 |
Systems and methods for retraining of machine learned systems
Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: training a visual similarity model; determining one or more nearest neighbors for an item using the visual similarity model, as trained; ranking the one or more nearest neighbors using results of the visual similarity model, as trained; re-ranking the one or more nearest neighbors using a learning-to-rank algorithm; and facilitating altering a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the item based upon the one or more nearest neighbors, as re-ranked. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| US11715149B2 |
Commerce systems having integrated electronic delivery features
A method includes conveying a cryptocurrency transaction to a peer-to-peer network, wherein said cryptocurrency transaction having encoded therein an email address and to convey goods or services embodied in an electronic form to the email address in response to receipt of said cryptocurrency transaction on said peer-to-peer network. The conveying of goods or services includes transmitting over the Internet in conformance with an email protocol. The goods or services includes event admission tickets, music recordings, video, text, game content, live event broadcast, software, encryption keys or passwords. |
| US11715141B2 |
Systems and methods for recording transaction and product customization information
Methods, devices, systems and computer readable media can be configured to facilitate receipt of a unique product identifier. The unique product identifier can correspond to a customized product. In one embodiment, an account identifier is received. The account identifier may correspond to an online account of a consumer purchasing the customized product. In an embodiment, an object associated with the online account is determined. The object may represent a portion of a building. In an embodiment, the object is associated with the customized product. |
| US11715139B2 |
Methods and systems for determining the availability of an electric vehicle charging station
A method for determining an availability of an electric vehicle charging station is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a distance between a mobile device and the electric vehicle charging station using a first geolocation information and a second geolocation information; based on the determined distance, determining an availability of the electric vehicle charging station; and sending a message to a user regarding the determined availability of the electric vehicle charging station. |
| US11715135B2 |
Self regulating transaction system and methods therefor
A first processor-accessible memory device system and a second processor-accessible memory device system of a self-regulating transaction system may each store a respective local copy of one or more transaction ledgers that record transactions. A first data processing device system may be configured to generate a transaction information block associated with a particular market channel, store it in the local copy of a transaction ledger associated with the particular market channel stored in the first processor-accessible memory device system, and transmit it to a second data processing device system over a communications network for storage in the local copy of the transaction ledger associated with the particular market channel stored in the second processor-accessible memory device system. |
| US11715132B2 |
Adaptive and recursive system and method
A system and method of advertising based on the automatic determination of an advertising recipient's location and inferences of preferences derived from usage behaviors is disclosed. The advertising recipient's location that is considered in delivering a specific advertisement may be the current location or one or more historical locations. Proximity considerations with regard to other people, locations, or physical objects may influence the advertisement that is to be delivered. The advertisement may be delivered to a mobile device that has location-aware capabilities such as a Global Positioning System-based system. |
| US11715131B2 |
Systems and methods for ad-supported mobile data plans or in-app purchases
Methods are disclosed for providing an ad-supported mobile data plan, where ad display may be tied to data usage levels and user input. A method includes receiving, using at least one processor, user interaction with advertisement content displayed on a device; retrieving, using the at least one processor, a data usage limit associated with the device; and causing a change in the data usage limit based on the user interaction with the advertisement content displayed on the device. |
| US11715128B1 |
Method for identifying when a newly encountered advertisement is a variant of a known advertisement
Automated methods are provided for identifying when a first advertisement (ad) is a likely match of either a second ad, or one or more variants of the second ad. The first ad, the second ad, and the one or more variants of the second ad each include a plurality of sequential segments of a predefined time length, wherein the second ad and the one or more variants of the second ad are each reference ads, and the first ad is a sample ad. Vectors of segment hits are created for the various ads and are compared to each other to identify matches that represent such variants. |
| US11715124B1 |
System and method for identifying mobile device users using a wireless communications device at an entity location
Systems and methods are provided for identifying and communicating with a user through the user's mobile device. One example method includes receiving, from the mobile device, a user identifier associated with the user and an entity identifier associated with an entity location, the entity identifier being obtained by the mobile device from a wireless transmitter located adjacent to an entrance of the entity location; retrieving user profile data associated with the user identifier from a user database, the user profile data including a user qualifier; providing the user profile data to a display device at the entity location, the display device configured to display the user profile data, including the user qualifier; and sending at least one notification to the mobile device for display thereon, the at least one notification comprising at least one of information related to the entity location and a portion of the user profile data. |
| US11715123B2 |
System and method for testing multiple variants
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for testing a plurality of variants among a plurality of users. One of the methods includes: determining a spatial granularity to divide an area into a plurality of grid cells; randomly splitting the plurality of grid cells into a plurality of testing groups, wherein a quantity of the plurality of testing groups is determined based on a quantity of the multiple versions of the feature to be tested; determining a temporal granularity to divide a testing period into a plurality of testing intervals; during each of the plurality of testing intervals, respectively assigning the multiple versions of the feature to the plurality of testing groups; and obtaining a treatment effect for each of the multiple versions of the feature and determining an optimal version of the feature. |
| US11715121B2 |
Computer system and method for electronic survey programming
A computer system for performing automated market research using an electronic survey is provided herein. The computer system includes a communications subsystem for receiving survey content data. The communications subsystem also receives survey response data from at least one respondent device. The computer system includes a memory for storing the survey content data and the survey response data. The computer system includes a processor configured to execute a survey programming application. The survey programming application includes a survey design application for creating a survey program from the survey content data. The survey program provisions the electronic survey to respondents via the at least one respondent device and collects the survey response data from the respondents. The survey programming application also includes at least one survey program quality assurance tool. The survey program quality assurance tool interfaces with the survey design application and performs a survey program quality assurance function. |
| US11715119B2 |
Geographic recommendation platform
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a geographic recommendation platform. The geographic recommendation platform receives data identifying a geographic region specified by a user and gathers data relating to the geographic region. The geographic recommendation platform determines, based on the data relating to the geographic region, an anticipated demand for an item within geographic region. The anticipated demand indicates how likely the item is to be purchased by a user that is located within the geographic region. The geographic recommendation platform generates a recommendation for the item based on the anticipated demand. The recommendation indicates the anticipated demand for the item within the geographic region. The geographic recommendation platform transmits the recommendation to the user. |
| US11715117B2 |
Assessing technologies using image-based learning algorithms
Techniques are disclosed relating to assessing technology activity using image-based machine learning algorithms. A computer system may access a data set that includes a plurality of parameters (e.g., technologies) for an item (e.g., a web-based interface). The plurality of parameters may correspond to a plurality of time intervals. The computer system may generate a two-dimensional graphical representation of the data set. A first dimension of the graphical representation may be indicative of values of the plurality of parameters at different time intervals and a second dimension of the graphical representation may be indicative of a time period that includes the plurality of time intervals. At least one characteristic of the data set may be determined by inputting the graphical representation of the data set to a trained machine learning module. The trained machine learning module may implement an image-based learning algorithm. |
| US11715112B2 |
Automatic message generation and presentation to a communication node engaged in a communication
Contact center agents commonly have dissimilar levels of skill for a particular topic or ability. Often an expert is available to help lesser-skilled agents, but such experts may not always be available. Automated systems and methods are provided that allow for an agent-customer interaction to be monitored and, when a question is present, identify a best-matching knowledge unit to address the question. With the knowledge unit identified, a prior communication portion associated with the knowledge unit is then presented to the agent, such as via pop-up message, whisper voice message, etc., to allow the agent to have the benefit of the knowledge of the expert to answer the question without engaging the expert. |
| US11715104B2 |
Systems and methods for executing real-time electronic transactions using API calls
Systems and methods of executing a real-time electronic transaction by a real-time transaction system are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by an application programing interface (API) system, an electronic transaction request from a user. The API system may transmit the electronic transaction request to a choreographer system. The choreographer system may transmit a validation API call based on the electronic transaction request to an account system. The account system may determine whether an account associated with the electronic transaction request exists in the real-time transaction system. The choreographer system may transmit an authorization API call based on the electronic transaction request to an authorization system. The choreographer system may receive an authorization response from the authorization system. The choreographer system may transmit an electronic transaction request message to at least one of a routing engine, an account ledger system, an audit system, and/or a transaction system. |
| US11715102B2 |
Dynamically verifying a signature for a transaction
A first device may receive, from a second device, a request to approve a transaction wherein the request includes transaction data related to the transaction and an image of a signature of an individual that submitted the request. The first device may determine, after receiving the request, a priority level associated with the transaction based on the transaction data. The first device may process the image of the signature using a computer vision technique and/or a vector-based technique. The first device may select, from a memory storing a plurality of comparator signatures, a comparator signature for the signature based on the priority level. The first device may use the comparator signature to verify the signature to approve or deny the transaction. The first device may perform a comparison of the comparator signature and the signature in the image after processing the image and selecting the comparator signature. |
| US11715101B2 |
Single-use payment tokens
Provided are systems and methods for managing and implementing single-use payment-enabled tokens. In one example, a method may include distributing, via a server, a payment-enabled token to a payment application on a computing device, the payment-enabled token being mapped to a payment account of the payment application via a tokenization service, detecting use of the payment-enabled token as a payment via the payment application, and in response to the detecting, deactivating the payment-enabled token at the server and storing an identifier of the payment-enabled token and an additional data element of the payment-enabled token that identifies the payment account together within a data structure of the server. |
| US11715097B2 |
Cloud-based virtual wallet NFC apparatuses, methods and systems
The CLOUD-BASED VIRTUAL WALLET NFC APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“EAE”) transform user enhanced security transaction initiation requests using EAE components into time-limited, session-specific transaction bounding tokens. In some implementations, the disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of transforming a transaction bounding token request into transaction bounded tokens and purchase authorizations. |
| US11715092B2 |
Transferring ownership of physical objects and digital counterparts using a distributed ledger and digital tokens on physical objects
Embodiments provide for managing ownership of physical objects and digital counterparts using a distributed ledger and tokens stored on the physical objects. An example method generally includes reading, via a wireless data connection between a physical object and a mobile device, a token stored on the physical object. The token may include at least a unique identifier of the physical object. A request to transfer ownership of the physical object to an owner of the mobile device is generated, and the request may include at least the unique identifier of the physical object. The generated request is transmitted to a distributed ledger system, and a response is received from the distributed ledger system indicating whether the transfer was successful. The indication of whether the transfer was successful is displayed on the mobile device. |
| US11715089B2 |
Methods and systems for electronic communication between users, provider, and payers
A system and method for establishing multiparty electronic communication include generating, a dashboard for electronic resolution of a healthcare claim for a payer portion of a cost of an item. The method can include calculating, in response to a selection in the dashboard, an estimated user portion of the cost of the item. Further, the method includes establishing a network interface for network communication between a provider of the item and the payer. Additionally, the method includes coordinating, via the network interface, the resolution of the payer portion of the cost of the item. The method also includes updating, in real-time, the dashboard with a status of the resolution of the payer portion of the cost. |
| US11715088B2 |
Cloud-based systems and methods for providing consumer financial data
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing cloud-based access to consumer financial information. A cloud-based platform may receive a notification from a server, the notification comprising a request to access consumer data associated with a financial services account. After confirming authorization by both the associated financial services account provider and the consumer, the platform may configure a software object identifying the server and at least a portion of the consumer data that the server is authorized to access. After presentation of the configured software object by the third party server, the platform may verify the configured software object, and provide to the server access to the authorized consumer data. The server may then utilize the provided consumer data to perform a mobile service for the consumer. |
| US11715087B1 |
Transaction management system providing payment functionality between mobile devices and token identifier devices
A method and system support payments between two entities using a mobile device and a token identifier device. A payment or gratuity action is initiated by a payer using their mobile device, such as mobile communication handset, to scan a token identifier stored in the payee's token identifier device. In one example, the token identifier device is an RFID or NFC type device. After the token identifier is obtained, the mobile device communicates the TokenID, gratuity amount, and payer authentication information to a transaction management system that validates and attempts to transfer funds between the two entities. In one example, the transaction management system is a server system that communicates over a TCP/IP network. The transaction management system sends a communication to the mobile device indicating whether or not the transfer was successful. |
| US11715084B1 |
Proactive bank transaction staging methods and systems
Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to transacting in advance. More specifically, various embodiments relate to detecting a mobile computing device of a user within a proximity of a banking location; receiving, via the mobile application, an indication of a type of transaction to be conducted; and directing, via the mobile application, the user to an area of the banking location based on the type of transaction to complete the transaction. |
| US11715077B2 |
Methods for determining user experience (UX) effectiveness of ATMs
Computer implemented system and methods are provided for evaluating the effectiveness of personalized automated teller machines. In some embodiments, the system may include a camera, an automated teller machine comprising a user interface based on a user profile and at least one server geographically remote from the automated teller machine. The server may be configured to receive a recorded user interaction, receive transaction data, determine an emotion state, extract environmental data, determine a quality indicator for the recorded user interaction, update a user profile, and transmit to the automated teller machine the updated user profile. |
| US11715073B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method of information processing apparatus
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a communication interface, a shop database, a maintenance worker database, and a controller. The controller determines a degree of influence of a failure on a shop on the basis of failure information received by the communication interface and shop information stored in the shop database. The controller compares the determined degree of influence with a degree of influence in other shop and determines the priority of a response to the failure in the shop. The controller selects an appropriate maintenance worker from maintenance workers stored in the maintenance worker database on the basis of the determined priority. |
| US11715063B1 |
Apparatus and method for providing integrated logistics products management service to provide electronic shipment certificate
The present disclosure relates to a method for providing an electronic shipment certificate performed by a server providing an integrated logistics products management service. The method includes operations of: obtaining a digital code including shipment information generated during a shipment process of a logistics product; obtaining a QR code generated through a device for measuring a delivery state during the delivery process of the logistics product; linking shipment information and shipment state information on the logistics product on the basis of the digital code and the QR code; and providing the shipment information on the logistics product through an external terminal on the basis of the QR code displayed on a screen of an apparatus. The QR code includes sensing data measuring at least one among temperature, acceleration, humidity, illumination, inclination, impact, and location through a sensor of the apparatus during the delivery process of the logistics product. |
| US11715060B2 |
Intelligent tracking system and methods and systems therefor
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, an intelligent tracking system is disclosed. The intelligent tracking system includes one or more passive tracking devices, an exciter, and a tracker. Each passive tracking device includes one or more transceivers and is energized by an electromagnetic frequency. In response to being energized each passive tracking device transmits a short message. The exciter emits the electromagnetic frequency. The tracker receives short messages from the one or more passive tracking devices and confirms the presence of the one or more passive tracking devices in a vicinity of the tracker based on the received messages. |
| US11715059B2 |
Systems and methods for condition compliance
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, a system comprises a child device comprising a child device sensor configured to capture condition data, a child device memory configured to store the condition data, a child device transmitter configured to transmit the condition data, and a control circuit configured to cause transmission of a discovery message, receive acknowledgment messages, determine if the discovery message reached a parent device, if the discovery message reached a parent device, cause transmission of the condition data to the parent device, and if the discovery message did not reach a parent device, determine, from the other devices, one of the other devices, and cause transmission of the condition data to the one of the other devices, and the parent device configured to store and transmit condition data received from a plurality of child devices. |
| US11715057B2 |
Modeling, simulation, and predictive analysis
A retail environment is modeled and simulated based on aggregated operational data. Real-time aggregated data for operations of the retail environment is detected and predictive adjustments to the retail environment are provided for making one or more changes to the retail environment based on the modeled and simulated environment. |
| US11715053B1 |
Dynamic prediction of employee attrition
Systems and methods describe providing for the dynamic prediction of employee attrition within an enterprise organization. The systems and methods involve connecting to internal data sources within the enterprise and external data sources outside of the enterprise; receiving internal and external feed data relating to a number of entities within the enterprise, including at least one or more employees of the enterprise; converting the internal and external feed data into normalized feed data within a single format; generating enterprise graphs based on the normalized feed data, with each enterprise graph representing relationships between entities within the enterprise at a point in time; generating a risk assessment model related to changes in the enterprise graphs over time; and providing to enterprise users, based on the risk assessment model, one or more attrition probabilities for at least a subset of the employees of the enterprise. |
| US11715052B2 |
Monitoring and adapting a process performed across plural systems associated with a supply chain
An embodiment of the present invention monitors a process across a plurality of systems associated with a supply chain. A context is determined for an order, where at least one of the features of the context includes information from a networked sensing device. One or more first machine learning models identify a plurality of orders of an order history having features corresponding to the order. A second machine learning model is trained with the identified plurality of orders to predict the monitoring interval for the order. The second machine learning model predicts the monitoring interval for the order based on the context of the order. The monitoring interval for the order is dynamically adjusted based on the predicted monitoring interval, and the order is monitored through an order fulfillment process across the plurality of systems associated with the supply chain in accordance with the adjusted monitoring interval. |
| US11715049B2 |
Information processing device and method
According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a hardware processor configured to acquire operation cost information indicative of a relationship between a state of an operator and a period of time required for the operator to perform an operation from a storage that stores the operation cost information, acquire state information indicative of a state of a target operator, and calculate a period of time required for the target operator to perform a target operation based on the operation cost information and the state information. |
| US11715041B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for iteratively refining a training data set
Provided are methods for iteratively refining a training data set which may include training a first predictive model based on a first set of user profiles; determining a classification for each user profile of a second set of user profiles; determining a performance score for the first predictive model; determining to update the first predictive model based on the performance score for the first predictive model; determining a classification for each user profile of the first set of user profiles using the first predictive model; and selecting at least one user profile of the first set of user profiles to include in a removal set of user profiles. In some non-limiting embodiments or aspects, the method may include removing each user profile included in the removal set of user profiles from the first set of user profiles. Systems and computer program products are also provided. |
| US11715038B2 |
System and method for data visualization using machine learning and automatic insight of facts 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 receive a data set that includes data points having data values and attributes, and a target attribute, and use a machine learning process to automatically determine one or more other attributes as driving factors for the target attribute, based on, for example, the use of a decision tree and a comparison of information gain, Gini, or other indices associated with attributes in the data set. Information describing facts associated with the data set can be graphically displayed at a user interface, as visualizations, and used as a starting point for further analysis of the data set. |
| US11715032B2 |
Training a machine learning model using a batch based active learning approach
A system for training a machine learning model using a batch based active learning approach. The system includes an information source and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a machine learning model to train, an unlabeled training data set, a labeled training data set, and an identifier of the information source. The electronic processor is also configured to select a batch of training examples from the unlabeled training data set and send, to the information source, a request for, for each training example included in the batch, a label for the training example. The electronic processor is further configured to, for each training example included in the batch, receive a label, associate the training example with the label, and add the training example to the labeled training data set. The electronic processor is also configured to train the machine learning model using the labeled training data. |
| US11715029B2 |
Updating attribute data structures to indicate trends in attribute data provided to automated modeling systems
Certain aspects involve updating data structures to indicate relationships between attribute trends and response variables used for training automated modeling systems. For example, a data structure stores data for training an automated modeling algorithm. The training data includes attribute values for multiple entities over a time period. A computing system generates, for each entity, at least one trend attribute that is a function of a respective time series of attribute values. The computing system modifies the data structure to include the generated trend attributes and updates the training data to include trend attribute values for the trend attributes. The computing system trains the automated modeling algorithm with the trend attribute values from the data structure. In some aspects, trend attributes are generated by applying a frequency transform to a time series of attribute values and selecting, as trend attributes, some of the coefficients generated by the frequency transform. |
| US11715028B2 |
Amplitude, frequency, and phase modulated simultaneous entangling gates for trapped-ion quantum computers
A method of performing a computation using a quantum computer includes generating a plurality of laser pulses used to be individually applied to each of a plurality of trapped ions that are aligned in a first direction, each of the trapped ions having two frequency-separated states defining a qubit, and applying the generated plurality of laser pulses to the plurality of trapped ions to perform simultaneous pair-wise entangling gate operations on the plurality of trapped ions. Generating the plurality of laser pulses includes adjusting an amplitude value and a detuning frequency value of each of the plurality of laser pulses based on values of pair-wise entanglement interaction in the plurality of trapped ions that is to be caused by the plurality of laser pulses. |
| US11715023B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for training one or more model parameters of a predictive parking difficulty model
The present disclosure relates to a concept for training one or more model parameters of a predictive parking difficulty model for different locations based on collected telemetry data. A ground truth ranking related to subjective parking difficulties at the different locations is obtained based on pairwise comparison of parking difficulties between pairs of the different locations by one or more humans. A prediction loss between a model ranking of the different locations obtained by the predictive parking difficulty model and the ground truth ranking is determined. The one or more model parameters are adjusted to minimize the prediction loss between the model ranking and the ground truth ranking. |
| US11715022B2 |
Managing the selection and presentation sequence of visual elements
A method for managing the composition and presentation sequencing of compound visual elements, the method including generating a graph of all possible compound visual element combinations, generating a set of possible visual element presentation sequences according to a depth-first search (DFS) of the graph, generating a score for each member of the set of possible visual element presentation sequences according to visual element attributes, and enumerating a visual element presentation sequence according to a visual element presentation sequence score. |
| US11715016B2 |
Adversarial input generation using variational autoencoder
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer processing system are provided for generating an adversarial input. The method includes reducing, by a Conditional Variational Encoder, a dimensionality of each of inputs to a target algorithm to obtain a set of latent variables. The method further includes separately training, by a processor, (i) a successful predictor with a first subset of the latent variables as a first input for which the target algorithm succeeds and (ii) an unsuccessful predictor with a second subset of the latent variables as a second input for which the target algorithm fails. Both the successful and the unsuccessful predictors predict outputs of the target algorithm. The method also includes sampling, by the processor, an input that is likely to make the target algorithm fail as the adversarial input by using a likelihood of the successful predictor and the unsuccessful predictor. |
| US11715014B2 |
System and method of character recognition using fully convolutional neural networks with attention
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method that obtains a digital image. The method includes extracting a word block from the digital image. The method includes processing the word block by evaluating a value of the word block against a dictionary. The method includes outputting a prediction equal to a common word in the dictionary when a confidence factor is greater than a predetermined threshold. The method includes processing the word block and assigning a descriptor to the word block corresponding to a property of the word block. The method includes processing the word block using the descriptor to prioritize evaluation of the word block. The method includes concatenating a first output and a second output. The method includes predicting a value of the word block. |
| US11715013B2 |
Machine learning device, information processing device and output device
A machine learning device includes at least one processor; and at least one memory device configured to store a program, the program executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to obtain at least one first information from a communication relay device, the first information changing due to communication of the communication relay device; and to correlate the obtained at least first information with at least one characteristic of a replaceable candidate device to perform machine learning. |
| US11715012B2 |
Feature compression and localization for autonomous devices
Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with object localization and generation of compressed feature representations are provided. For example, a computing system can access source data and target data. The source data can include a source representation of an environment including a source object. The target data can include a compressed target feature representation of the environment. The compressed target feature representation can be based on compression of a target feature representation of the environment produced by machine-learned models. A source feature representation can be generated based on the source representation and the machine-learned models. The machine-learned models can include machine-learned feature extraction models or machine-learned attention models. A localized state of the source object with respect to the environment can be determined based on the source feature representation and the compressed target feature representation. |
| US11715003B2 |
Optimization system, optimization apparatus, and optimization system control method for solving optimization problems by a stochastic search
An optimization apparatus calculates a first portion, among energy change caused by change in value of a neuron of a neuron group, caused by influence of another neuron of the neuron group, determines whether to allow updating the value, based on a sum of the first and second portions of the energy change, and repeats a process of updating or maintaining the value according to the determination. An arithmetic processing apparatus calculates the second portion caused by influence of a neuron not belonging to the neuron group and an initial value of the sum. A control apparatus transmits data for calculating the second portion and the initial value to the arithmetic processing apparatus, and the initial value and data for calculating the first portion to the optimization apparatus, and receives the initial value from the arithmetic processing apparatus, and a value of the neuron group from the optimization apparatus. |
| US11715002B2 |
Efficient data encoding for deep neural network training
Functions are added to a deep neural network (“DNN”) computation graph for encoding data structures during a forward training pass of the DNN and decoding previously-encoded data structures during a backward training pass of the DNN. The functions added to the DNN computation graph can be selected based upon on the specific layer pairs specified in the DNN computation graph. Once a modified DNN computation graph has been generated, the DNN can be trained using the modified DNN computation graph. The functions added to the modified DNN computation graph can reduce the utilization of memory during training of the DNN. |
| US11715000B2 |
Inquiry-based deep learning
Systems and methods are disclosed for inquiry-based deep learning. In one implementation, a first content segment is selected from a body of content. The content segment includes a first content element. The first content segment is compared to a second content segment to identify a content element present in the first content segment that is not present in the second content segment. Based on an identification of the content element present in the first content segment that is not present in the second content segment, the content element is stored in a session memory. A first question is generated based on the first content segment. The session memory is processed to compute an answer to the first question. An action is initiated based on the answer. Using deep learning, content segments can be encoded into memory. Incremental questioning can serve to focus various deep learning operations on certain content segments. |
| US11714998B2 |
Accelerating neural networks with low precision-based multiplication and exploiting sparsity in higher order bits
An apparatus to facilitate accelerating neural networks with low precision-based multiplication and exploiting sparsity in higher order bits is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor comprising a re-encoder to re-encode a first input number of signed input numbers represented in a first precision format as part of a machine learning model, the first input number re-encoded into two signed input numbers of a second precision format, wherein the first precision format is a higher precision format than the second precision format. The processor further includes a multiply-add circuit to perform operations in the first precision format using the two signed input numbers of the second precision format; and a sparsity hardware circuit to reduce computing on zero values at the multiply-add circuit, wherein the processor to execute the machine learning model using the re-encoder, the multiply-add circuit, and the sparsity hardware circuit. |
| US11714994B2 |
Learning from delayed outcomes using neural networks
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for learning from delayed outcomes using neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving an input observation; generating, from the input observation, an output label distribution over possible labels for the input observation at a final time, comprising: processing the input observation using a first neural network configured to process the input observation to generate a distribution over possible values for an intermediate indicator at a first time earlier than the final time; generating, from the distribution, an input value for the intermediate indicator; and processing the input value for the intermediate indicator using a second neural network configured to process the input value for the intermediate indicator to determine the output label distribution over possible values for the input observation at the final time; and providing an output derived from the output label distribution. |
| US11714989B2 |
RFIC module, RFID tag, and article
An RFIC module includes an insulating substrate; a stacked coil formed into a plurality of layers in the insulating substrate and formed along four side surfaces of the insulating substrate; an RFIC mounted on a first planar surface of the insulating substrate; and a planar coil disposed on a second planar surface of the insulating substrate, that partially has an open portion, and that overlaps the stacked coil in a plan view of the insulating substrate. The stacked coil is connected to the RFIC. The RFIC is disposed at a position close to a first side surface and close to a third side surface of the insulating substrate. A part of the RFIC overlaps the stacked coil in a plan view of the insulating substrate. The open portion of the planar coil is formed at a position close to the first side surface. |
| US11714987B2 |
Identification device, identification system and method for identifying an object
An identification device is provided having an optical detector (1), a controller (5) and an identification transmitter unit (6), wherein the optical detector (1) has a detection area with an identification pattern partially covering the detection area and the controller (5) is designed to interact with the detector (1) and the identification transmitter unit (6) in such a manner that the identification transmitter unit (6) can be activated to transmit an identification signal depending on an analysis of the temporal sequence of measurement signals from the detector (1). A method is also provided for identifying an object by an identification system. |
| US11714984B2 |
System for determining positions of a plurality of labels
A system for determining positions of labels. Each label includes a processor and a transmitting and receiving device, and each label is configured for transmitting an electromagnetic first type beacon signal. The labels are also configured for receiving first type beacon signals from other labels, and for determining first type positioning data. The labels are also configured to transmit information about the positioning data. The system includes a receiver for receiving transmitted information about the positioning data, and a computer configured to calculate, on the basis of the received information, the relative positions of the labels relative to each other. The information about the relative positions of the labels can be exported by means of an electrical information signal. |
| US11714982B2 |
Printing device, print processing system, and print processing method
A printing device includes a mounting part to which consumables to be used for printing is mounted, a print engine configured to print an image on a recording medium using the consumables, a display configured to display information regarding the consumables, and a controller. The printing device is operable based on a concluded contract with a contractor for the consumables used for printing. The controller is configured to perform obtaining arrival time information of a first consumable, determining a model of the consumables, and displaying consumable handling related information on the display based on the arrival time information and a determining result. |
| US11714975B2 |
High density read chambers for scanning and encoding RFID tagged items
High density read chambers are provided for scanning and/or encoding a plurality of RFID tagged items. Such chambers may include an enclosure with an interior defined by upper and lower surfaces, with a sidewall extending therebetween. An access (such as a door) may be associated with at least one of the surfaces or the sidewall, with the access being at least partially opened to access the interior of the enclosure from an outside location. The chamber further includes an antenna positioned within the interior of the enclosure and an RFID reader associated with the antenna. The RFID reader receives signals from and/or transmits signals to the antenna, while the antenna emits a scanning or encoding signal within the interior of the enclosure, with at least a portion of at least one of the surfaces or the sidewall including a signal-reflective material facing the interior of the enclosure. |
| US11714971B2 |
Explainability of autonomous vehicle decision making
A processor is configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to identify distinct vehicle operational scenarios; instantiate decision components, where each of the decision components is an instance of a respective decision problem, and where the each of the decision components maintains a respective state describing the respective vehicle operational scenario; receive respective candidate vehicle control actions from the decision components; select an action from the respective candidate vehicle control actions, where the action is from a selected decision component of the decision components, and where the action is used to control the AV to traverse a portion of the vehicle transportation network; and generate an explanation as to why the action was selected, where the explanation includes respective descriptors of the action, the selected decision component, and a state factor of the respective state of the selected decision component. |
| US11714969B2 |
Typifying emotional indicators for digital messaging
The present disclosure provides computing systems and techniques for indicating an emotional and/or environmental state of a user in a digital messaging application. A computing device can determine an emotional and/or environmental state of a first user responsive to reading or responding to a message and can convey the determined emotional and/or environmental state to a second computing device, to be transiently presented by the second computing device. |
| US11714968B2 |
Identifying data of interest using machine learning
Systems and methods for identifying data of interest are disclosed. The system may retrieve unstructured data from an internet data source via an alert system or RSS feed. The system may input the unstructured data into various models and scoring systems to determine whether the data is of interest. The models and scoring systems may be executed in order or in parallel. For example, the system may input the unstructured data into a Naïve Bayes machine learning model, a long short-term memory (LSTM) machine learning model, a named entity recognition (NER) model, a semantic role labeling (SRL) model, a sentiment scoring algorithm, and/or a gradient boosted regression tree (GBRT) machine learning model. Based on determining that the unstructured data is of interest, a data alert may be generated and transmitted for manual review or as part of an automated decisioning process. |
| US11714960B2 |
Syntactic analysis apparatus and method for the same
A syntactic analysis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an input device receiving a phrase uttered from a user, and a learning device performing at least one or more of extension of an intent output layer for classifying an utterance intent of the user from the uttered phrase and extension of a slot output layer for classifying a slot including information of the phrase and extending a pre-generated utterance syntactic analysis model, such that the uttered phrase is classified into the extended intent output layer and the extended slot output layer, thereby broadly classifying an intent and a slot for the phrase uttered from a user. |
| US11714959B2 |
Computer-implemented infrastructure, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating and managing product labels for a product across a plurality of jurisdictions
A system for generating product label changes is described. The system includes a product labeling platform executable on a network enabled computing device and a database of at least one selectable master label and at least one selectable jurisdiction label associated with a labeled product. The platform associates at least one selected descriptor from a first pre-defined descriptor set to each change made to a selected master label, and further associates at least one selected descriptor from a second pre-defined descriptor set to each change made to a selected jurisdiction label. The platform further associates a report including the selected descriptors from the first and second pre-defined descriptor sets with the changed label. A system for generating and managing product labels for a product across multiple jurisdictions is also disclosed. Methods including a computer-implemented method of updating a product label and a computer-implemented method of generating and managing product labels for a product across a plurality of jurisdictions are also disclosed. |
| US11714957B2 |
Digital story generation
A digital story includes textual, visual, and/or audio aspects. Generation of a new digital story and/or editing of an existing digital story can include, for instance, coordinating presentation of textual, visual, and/or audio aspects of the digital story. A digital story can be viewed and/or accessed by a user remote from one or more authors of the digital story. |
| US11714955B2 |
Dynamic document annotations
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for dynamic document annotations. In some implementations, a keyword is identified in a first view of a document, the first view being provided on a user interface. An annotation for the keyword is provided for display at a first location with the first view provided on the user interface. An adjustment to the first view is detected that causes a second view of the document on the user interface, where a position of the keyword in the second view is different from a position of the keyword in the first view. In response to detecting the adjustment to the first view, the annotation is hidden from the user interface, and, after hiding the annotation, the annotation for the keyword is provided for display at a second location with the second view of the document. |
| US11714952B2 |
Document processing apparatus, document processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A document processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives a document in which components suitable for a creation purpose are disposed. The processor extracts a piece of pattern information from pattern information stored in a memory. The extracted pattern information corresponds to the creation purpose of the received document. The memory stores the pattern information in which item values of items are set in association with a document creation purpose. The item values of the items define a document pattern. The processor refers to the extracted pattern information and sets a pattern for the components disposed in the received document. |
| US11714945B2 |
Method for automated standard cell design
In an embodiment, a method includes: receiving data representative of an electrical circuit including an arrangement of devices, inputs, outputs, and power sources; determining a minimum number of segments based on the received data; grouping the devices into N segments based on common features shared between two or more of the devices, where N is equal to the minimum number of segments; and generating discrete portions of the grouped devices to form a physical layout representative of a physical manifestation of the electrical circuit, such that when the discrete portions are integrated together they form a physical manifestation of the electrical circuit. |
| US11714944B2 |
Optimization of physical cell placement for integrated circuits
In an embodiment, a method for optimizing an integrated circuit physical design for an integrated circuit. A physical design graph includes a plurality of physical design sub-configurations, each including a placement of a group of physical cells and having annotated characteristics. The method includes identifying, in the integrated circuit physical design, a first physical design sub-configuration including a first placement of a first group of the physical cells and having first annotated characteristics, the first annotated characteristics being outside target characteristics. The method includes selecting from the physical design graph, based on the first group of the physical cells and the target characteristics, at least a second physical design sub-configuration including a second placement of the first group of the physical cells and being within the target characteristics. The method includes replacing the first physical design sub-configuration in the integrated circuit physical design with the second physical design sub-configuration. |
| US11714940B2 |
Artificial intelligence determination of building metrics for code compliance with user interaction
Methods and apparatus operative to quantify building metrics using artificial intelligence analysis of a design plan. A design plan is represented using multiple dynamic components. Each dynamic component may include a parameter changeable via the user interactive interface. The dynamic components may be arranged in a user interactive interface to form a first set of boundaries, including a respective length and area, and defining at least a portion of a first unit. AI may determine a longest path of egress and a supportable occupancy load that may be used to determine compliance with parameters of a given code. The AI may assess whether a building described in the design plans complies with a relevant code set forth by an authority having jurisdiction. Codes may include, for example, codes enforcing fire safety and the Americans with Disabilities Act. |
| US11714938B2 |
Method for distortion prediction and compensation for sintering of binder jet printed parts
According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided comprising receiving, via a communication interface of a distortion and correction module comprising a processor, a defined geometry for one or more parts, wherein the parts are manufactured with an additive manufacturing machine; discretizing the defined geometry into a mesh including a plurality of nodes; predicting a distortion of a position of each node of the plurality of nodes; determining whether the predicted distortion position exceeds a pre-set tolerance; determining an adjusted pre-distortion position for each node of the plurality of nodes when the predicted distortion position exceeds the pre-set tolerance; predicting a distortion of the adjusted determined pre-distortion position for each node of the plurality of nodes; determining whether the distortion of the determined adjusted pre-distortion position exceeds the pre-set tolerance; and printing the part when one of the predicted distortion position and the predicted adjusted pre-distortion position is below the pre-set tolerance. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11714937B2 |
Estimating physical parameters of a physical system based on a spatial-temporal emulator
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for generating simulations of physical variables of a physical system are disclosed. A method includes fusing observation data and numeric simulation data. The fusing includes preprocessing the observational data and the numeric simulation data to remove inconsistencies of the observational data and the numeric simulation data, processing the preprocessed observational data and the numeric simulation data to extract interpretable structures and patterns within that data using ground truth and labeled information to create domain interpretable data, normalizing the preprocessed observation data, the numeric simulation data, and the domain interpretable data layers. The method further comprises training a spatial-temporal emulator model for a physical numerical model using the normalized preprocessed observation data, the numeric simulation data, and the domain interpretable data, incorporating prior knowledge of the physical system into the spatial-temporal emulator model, estimating physical parameters of the physical system based on the spatial-temporal emulator model. |
| US11714934B2 |
Aggregated model of large-scale wind farms for power system simulation software tools
A method of modeling an equivalent wind turbine generator (WTG) system for a wind farm having a plurality of WTG units includes determining an impact factor of each WTG unit of the plurality of WTG units, determining an equivalent single WTG unit model parameters of the wind farm based on the impact factor of each WTG unit, and determining an effective wind speed of the wind farm to use as the equivalent WTG input wind speed. The method produces a model of static and/or dynamic wind farm behavior. Additionally, a software configured to execute a method of modeling an equivalent wind turbine generator (WTG) system for a wind farm having a plurality of WTG units. |
| US11714930B2 |
Building data platform with digital twin based inferences and predictions for a graphical building model
A building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an indication to execute an artificial intelligence (AI) agent, execute the AI agent based on the digital twin to generate an inference or a prediction, cause a graphical model of the building including graphical representations of the entities to include information based on the inference or the prediction, and cause a display device of a user device to display the graphical model. |
| US11714929B2 |
Fire suppression system—piping design AI aid and visualization tool
A method of determining placement of pipes within a fire suppression system including: obtaining a layout of nozzles within a room for a fire suppression system; determining a number of pipes, a length of each of the pipes, and a location of each of the pipes to connect each nozzle within the room to a fire suppression agent source in response to the layout of nozzles within the room; determining locations of junctions and elbows to interconnect the pipes; and determining whether the pipe, junctions, and elbows violate a piping constraint. |
| US11714928B2 |
Systems and methods for a self-adjusting node workspace
Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically adjusting a workspace comprising a plurality of nodes for sustained workflow. One method comprises receiving a new node in the workspace and determining that the new node overlaps with one or more nodes. Based on the determination, a set of nodes within a predetermined distance of the overlap may be repositioned, the set of nodes comprising the new node and the one or more nodes. Upon determining that the new node still overlaps with the one or more nodes, the set of nodes may be scaled down until there is no overlap. |
| US11714922B2 |
Inspection device, inspection results management system, inspection results storage method, and inspection results management method
An inspection apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of an article, an inspection unit configured to inspect the article, a generation-processing unit, and a storage-processing unit. The generation-processing unit generates a data group related to an inspection result obtained by the inspection unit, the data group including article information for distinguishing the article, the inspection result obtained by the inspection unit, captured-image information for distinguishing a captured image captured by the image-capturing unit from another captured image, and a hash value of the captured image that are associated with each other. The storage-processing unit stores the data group and the captured image in respective different storage units. |
| US11714920B1 |
Security object management system
A security object management system may include a management module including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon, and executable by the processor, for performing the following steps: accessing a database having stored therein data regarding a plurality of security objects, wherein the data includes ownership data regarding the assignment of rights associated with the security objects; and receiving user input to certify the accuracy of data associated with at least one of the security objects; wherein the computer readable medium further includes instructions for, in response to a change in data associated with a security object, executing a write back function whereby the change in the data is stored in a database that is accessible by a third party having access rights exclusive of ownership and administrator rights of the security object in the database. |
| US11714918B1 |
Automated data privacy compliance system
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for sending and receiving requests to delete and/or retrieve certain data. Example methods may include sending from an electronic device a request to delete and/or retrieve selected data from a server based on selected categories, receiving the request at the server, and determining data to delete and/or retrieve on the server based on the request from the electronic device, deleting and/or retrieving the data on the server, and/or sending the retrieved selected to the electronic device. |
| US11714916B2 |
Device and method for managing personal data
A data management device manages personal data to which consent information indicating a data user authorized as a receiver has been added. The data management device includes: a cache memory and a processor. When personal data requested by a data user is stored in the cache memory, the processor acquires the requested personal data from the cache memory. When personal data requested by the data user is not stored in the cache memory, the processor acquires the requested personal data from a data holder. The processor decides based on consent information added to the personal data acquired whether to provide the personal data to the data user. When the data management device acquires new personal data from a data holder, the processor decides whether to store the new personal data in the cache memory based on consent information added to the new personal data. |
| US11714914B2 |
Secure storage of passwords
A device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is to execute the instruction to: receive, from a user device, a username of a user and a string; retrieve a first Message Authentication Code (MAC) and a salt from a database in response to receiving the username and the string; send the first MAC, the salt, and one or more parameters to a Hardware Security Module (HSM); receive, from the HSM, a message indicating whether the first MAC matches a second MAC that the HSM generates based on the one or more parameters and the salt. In addition, the processor to perform one of: authenticate the user when the message indicates that the first MAC matches the second MAC; or not authenticate the user when the message indicates that the first MAC does not match the second MAC. |
| US11714913B2 |
System for designing and validating fine grained fraud detection rules
A method includes receiving historical interaction data, which includes a plurality of historical interactions. Each historical interaction is associated with a plurality of data fields. The method includes assigning a plurality of weights to the plurality of data fields, generating a neural network using the plurality of weights and the plurality of data fields, identifying a first plurality of feature indicators indicative of a first class, the first class being different from a second class; receiving a second plurality of feature indicators derived from data relating to compromised accounts, updating, a probability distribution component using the first plurality of feature indicators and the second plurality of feature indicators, and receiving current data for an interaction. The method also includes applying the probability distribution component to the current data, and scoring the interaction using the probability distribution component. |
| US11714909B2 |
Real-time malware detection
Upon receiving malware detection rules that are to be identified with respect to an input traffic stream, a rule database that requires less storage capacity than the malware detection rules is generated by substituting tokens for selected symbol strings within the malware detection rules. A compressed traffic stream is generated by substituting the tokens for instances of the selected symbol strings within the input traffic stream, and then compared with the rule database to determine whether the input traffic stream contains one or more symbol sequences that correspond to any of the malware detection rules. |
| US11714908B2 |
Bit-level data generation and artificial intelligence techniques and architectures for data protection
Techniques and architectures for representing data with one or more n-dimensional representations and/or using one or more models to identify malware are described herein. For example, the techniques and architectures may determine one or more coordinates for one or more points based on one or more sets of bits in the data and generate an n-dimensional representation for the data based on the one or more points. The techniques and architectures may evaluate the n-dimensional representation with one or more machine-trained models to detect malware. |
| US11714907B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for preventing ransomware
A system and method for detecting and preventing ransomware includes creating a number of watch files in a filesystem and adding a location and a timestamp of each to an ingest log. A number of native files are found in the filesystem and cataloged, adding the location and the timestamp of each to the ingest log. Periodically, each timestamp of each entry in the ingest log is compared to a current timestamp of a corresponding file in the filesystem and a count of watch files that have change and a count of native files that have changed is made. If the count of watch and native files that have changed indicate that a ransomware program is running on the computer, the ransomware program is suspended and reported. If a command indicates that the ransomware program is not ransomware, execution of the program is resumed. |
| US11714906B2 |
Reducing threat detection processing by applying similarity measures to entropy measures of files
The disclosed technology teaches reducing threat detection processing by applying similarity measures. The method includes recognizing that a file is an edited version of a previously processed file and retrieving, from an archive, at least an entropy measure of the previously processed file, and calculating an entropy measure for the edited version of the file. The method applies a similarity measure to compare the entropy measures for the edited version and the previously processed file, avoiding full threat scanning of the file to detect malware except when the similarity measure reaches a scanning trigger. When any similarity measure or combination of similarity measures reaches a trigger, the technology teaches processing the file by using a threat detection module to detect malware. Further included is logging the edited version of the file for further processing when the similarity measure reaches a logging trigger. |
| US11714904B2 |
Behavioral detection of malicious scripts
A script analysis platform may obtain a script associated with content wherein the script includes one or more functions that include one or more expressions. The script analysis platform may parse the script to generate a data structure and may traverse the data structure to determine the one or more functions and to determine properties of the one or more expressions, wherein traversing the data structure includes evaluating one or more constant sub-expressions of the one or more expressions. The script analysis platform may analyze the properties of the one or more expressions to determine whether the script exhibits malicious behavior. The script analysis platform may cause an action to be performed concerning the script or the content based on determining whether the script exhibits malicious behavior. |
| US11714896B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an access detector configured to detect an access request for target data; and a determiner configured to determine necessity of checking information indicating whether access to the target data is permitted, based on position information on the target data, and on a data range to be checked. |
| US11714895B2 |
Secure runtime systems and methods
Example secure runtime systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a secure runtime system is configured to execute multiple applications in a secure manner. The secure runtime is associated with a secure enclave defined by a hardware device. A secure application loader is configured to load an application into the secure runtime system and an OS bridge is configured to provide OS services to the application. |
| US11714894B2 |
Authenticating client applications using an identity fabric blockchain
Methods and apparatuses are described for authenticating client applications using an identity fabric blockchain. A server receives a first registration request from a first client application. The server generates a first decentralized identifier corresponding to the first client application and stores the first identifier in an identity fabric blockchain. The server receives a second registration request from a second client application, generates a second decentralized identifier corresponding to the second client application, and stores the second identifier in the blockchain. The server receives a first authentication request from a first resource and authenticates the first client application based on the first authentication request and the first decentralized identifier stored in the blockchain. The server receives a second authentication request from a second resource and authenticates the second client application based on the second authentication request and the second decentralized identifier stored in the blockchain. |
| US11714892B2 |
Age verification
Image processing systems and methods are provided for authorizing the performance at a computer terminal of an age-restricted activity. An estimated human age is determined based on human characteristics of a structure detected in an image captured at the computer terminal. It is determined whether the structure exhibits at least one liveness characteristic indicating the human characteristics from which the estimated human age is determined have been captured directly from a living human at the computer terminal. A positive determination is made as to whether performance of the age-restricted activity is authorized if the estimated human age meets a predetermined age requirement and the structure is determined to exhibit at least one liveness characteristic, and a negative determination is made if: i) the estimated human age does not meet the predetermined age requirement; and/or ii) the structure is not determined to exhibit at least one liveness characteristic. |
| US11714891B1 |
Frictionless authentication for logging on a computer service
A login authentication process to access a computer service includes displaying a virtual keyboard on a display screen of a computer. A user enters a password by clicking on the virtual keyboard. The manner the user clicked on the virtual keyboard to enter the password is compared to the manner an authorized user of the computer service clicked on the virtual keyboard to enter an authorized password during a learning phase. The login authentication is deemed to be a success when the password matches the authorized password, and the manner the user clicked on the virtual keyboard to enter the password matches the manner the authorized user clicked on the virtual keyboard to enter the authorized password. |
| US11714889B2 |
Method for authentication or identification of an individual
A method for authentication or identification of an individual, comprising the implementation by data processing means (11) of a terminal (1) of the following steps: (a) Obtaining of a visible image, an infrared image and a depth image on each of which a biometric feature of said individual appears; (b) Selection of at least one of said visible images, infrared image and depth image depending on the ambient lighting conditions; (c) Detection of said biometric feature of the individual in each image selected; (d) Fusion of the biometric feature(s) detected; and, (e) Authentication or identification of said individual on the basis of the result of the fusion of the biometric feature(s) detected. |
| US11714888B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems for biometric processes
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods, apparatus and systems for biometric processes. The methods include updating stored ear model data for a user following successful authentication of the user. The ear model data may be acquired using a personal audio device that generates an acoustic stimulus and detects a measured response. The acquisition of the ear model data may be responsive to a determination that the personal audio device is inserted into or placed adjacent to the user's ear. The acquisition of the ear model data may also be responsive to the determination that the personal audio device has not been removed from or moved away from the user's ear. |
| US11714887B2 |
Application functionality authentication and authorization in a multi-camera system
A device includes two cameras, a front facing camera and a back facing camera. In response to a request to use one camera (e.g., the back facing camera) with particular functionality of an application, the application queries a system to verify whether the user is authenticated and authorized to use the camera with the particular functionality of the application. This authentication and authorization is performed based on an image of the user captured using another camera of the device (e.g., the front facing camera). Depending on whether the user is authenticated and authorized to use the camera with the particular functionality of the application, the particular functionality is performed using the camera, secondary (e.g., lesser) functionality is performed using the camera, or no functionality is performed using the camera. |
| US11714884B1 |
Systems and methods for establishing and managing computer network access privileges
A method for detecting, identifying, and mitigating advanced persistent threats in a computer network having one or more computers includes a processor in the computer network: receiving a request to access a resource in the computer network; identifying the request as originating from an application executing on the computer network; executing an anomaly operation to determine a behavior of the application is one of anomalous and not anomalous; executing a privilege operation to determine the request is one of permanently allowed and not-permanently allowed; granting access to the resource for both a non-anomalous-behaving application and a permanently allowed request; and generating and displaying, on a graphical user interface of the computer network, and prompt for either an anomalous-behaving application or a not-permanently allowed request. |
| US11714883B2 |
Security of surveillance media
A media device receives a domain key from a service provider. The media device further encrypts media with a media key and encrypts the media key with the domain key to form an encrypted media token: the protected media key is encapsulated in an encrypted media token. The service provider may then receive the encrypted media token and one or more receiving entity identifiers relating to a receiving entity and ascertain whether the receiving entity is entitled to access media from the media device. If the receiving entity is entitled to access media from the media device, the service provider decrypts the cryptographic media token using the domain key to obtain the media key and providing the media key to the receiving entity. As such, an authenticated receiving entity may obtain the media key necessary to decrypt the media. Moreover, there is no requirement for any intermediate entity to have similar access and thus the encryption provided by the media key is in place throughout the transport of the media from media device to receiving entity. |
| US11714882B2 |
Management of attributes associated with objects in video data
Systems, methods, and software described herein manage descriptive attributes associated with objects in video data. In one example, a video processing service obtains video data and identifies an object of interest in the video data. The video processing service further identifies attributes for the object of interest from the video data based on the attributes satisfying uniqueness requirements to differentiate the object of interest from other objects. Once the attributes are identified, the attributes may be stored in a storage system to be compared against other objects in second video data. |
| US11714880B1 |
Hand pose estimation for machine learning based gesture recognition
The technology disclosed performs hand pose estimation on a so-called “joint-by-joint” basis. So, when a plurality of estimates for the 28 hand joints are received from a plurality of expert networks (and from master experts in some high-confidence scenarios), the estimates are analyzed at a joint level and a final location for each joint is calculated based on the plurality of estimates for a particular joint. This is a novel solution discovered by the technology disclosed because nothing in the field of art determines hand pose estimates at such granularity and precision. Regarding granularity and precision, because hand pose estimates are computed on a joint-by-joint basis, this allows the technology disclosed to detect in real time even the minutest and most subtle hand movements, such a bend/yaw/tilt/roll of a segment of a finger or a tilt an occluded finger, as demonstrated supra in the Experimental Results section of this application. |
| US11714876B1 |
Real-time event transcription system and method
A real-time event transcription system and related methods provides for determining the existence, sequencing and timing of an event and/or event elements, for detecting and compensating for latency issues and cheating while providing synchronized user engagement, wherein users who are observing an event interact with a stream of stimuli generated over the course of the event, each user's interactions precisely recorded and accurately timestamped, accounting and/or compensating for various delays that may cause different users to encounter the stimuli at different times. Embodiments further provide for methods to determine and synchronize stimuli and reaction timing across a plurality of geographical locations, transmission methods and media. |
| US11714875B2 |
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for instructions of a matrix operations accelerator
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to a matrix operations accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a matrix operations accelerator circuit that includes a two-dimensional grid of fused multiply accumulate circuits that is switchable to a scheduling mode for execution of a decoded single instruction where the matrix operations accelerator circuit loads a first buffer of the two-dimensional grid of fused multiply accumulate circuits from a first plurality of registers that represents a first input two-dimensional matrix, checks if a second buffer of the two-dimensional grid of fused multiply accumulate circuits stores an immediately prior input two-dimension matrix that is the same as a second input two-dimensional matrix from a second plurality of registers that represents the first input two-dimensional matrix, and when the second buffer of the two-dimensional grid of fused multiply accumulate circuits stores the immediately prior input two-dimension matrix, from execution of a previous instruction, that is the same as the second input two-dimensional matrix: prevents reclamation of the second buffer between execution of the previous instruction and the decoded single instruction, performs an operation on the first input two-dimensional matrix from the first buffer and the immediately prior input two-dimension matrix from the second buffer to produce a resultant, and stores the resultant in resultant storage, and when the second buffer of the two-dimensional grid of fused multiply accumulate circuits does not store the immediately prior input two-dimension matrix, from execution of the previous instruction, that is the same as the second input two-dimensional matrix: loads the second input two-dimensional matrix into the second buffer of the two-dimensional grid of fused multiply accumulate circuits, performs the operation on the first input two-dimensional matrix from the first buffer and the second input two-dimension matrix from the second buffer to produce a resultant, and stores the resultant in the resultant storage. |
| US11714869B2 |
Automated assistance for generating relevant and valuable search results for an entity of interest
Systems and methods are provided for identifying relevant information for an entity, referred to as a seed entity. A plurality of search queries can be generated each comprising a property of a seed entity or one of the entities associated with the seed entity (seed-linked entities). Preferably, a collection of search queries includes ones representing different properties of the seed entity and properties of different seed-linked entities. Optionally, the collection of search queries is optimized to reduce search burden. Searches can then be conducted with the search queries in one or more data sources to obtain a plurality of search results, wherein each search result comprises a hit entity and one or more entities associated with the hit entity (hit-linked entity). For each of the search results, a score can be determined taking as input (a) likelihood of match between the seed entity and the hit entity or between a seed-linked entity and a hit-linked entity, (b) presence of a new entity in the search result not present in the search queries or a difference between the new entity and an entity present in the search queries, and (c) characteristic of the new entity in the search result. Based on the scores, high priority search results can be presented a user for further analysis. |
| US11714863B2 |
Combinatorial matching techniques for electronic data messages
A computer system includes a memory that stores two lists of electronic data transaction requests. Stored and received data transaction requests are associated with a size value and a counter-size requirement value. When data transaction requests are received they are added to one of the two lists and list to which the data transaction request is added is set to a working side. A working order is selected from the working side and a first sum of size values of data transaction requests is calculated from the working side. A second sum of size values is calculated from the non-working side from data transaction requests that have a counter-size requirement value that is less than the first sum. If the counter-size requirement value is less than or equal to the second sum, the electronic data requests from the respective lists are matched. |
| US11714860B2 |
Publicly verifiable proofs of space
A verifying entity of a decentralized system is configured to receive information associated with at least one ledger entry of a distributed ledger of the decentralized system, to verify at least a portion of one or more computations associated with the received information, to generate evidence of at least one error in the at least a portion of the one or more computations associated with the received information, and to associate the generated evidence with a public key of the verifying entity. The decentralized system may comprise a proof of space based mining system, and the at least one ledger entry of the distributed ledger may comprise at least one proof of space for the proof of space based mining system. |
| US11714857B2 |
Learning to select vocabularies for categorical features
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining, for each of one or more categorical features, a respective vocabulary of categorical feature values of the categorical feature that should be active during processing of inputs by a machine learning model. In one aspect, a method comprises: generating a batch of output sequences, each output sequence in the batch specifying, for each of the categorical features, a respective vocabulary of categorical feature values of the categorical feature that should be active; for each output sequence in the batch, determining a performance metric of the machine learning model on a machine learning task after the machine learning model has been trained to perform the machine learning task with only the respective vocabulary of categorical feature values of each categorical feature specified by the output sequence being active. |
| US11714853B2 |
Efficient storage and searching of vector datasets
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores a feature vector index, wherein the feature vector index comprises a sparse-array data structure representing a feature space for a set of labeled feature vectors, wherein the set of labeled feature vectors are assigned to a plurality of classes. The processor is to: receive a query corresponding to a target feature vector; access, via the storage device, a first portion of the feature vector index, wherein the first portion of the feature vector index comprises a subset of labeled feature vectors that correspond to a same portion of the feature space as the target feature vector; determine the corresponding class of the target feature vector based on the subset of labeled feature vectors; and provide a response to the query based on the corresponding class. |
| US11714852B2 |
Content descriptor
An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are provided for generating one or more descriptors that may potentially be associated with content, such as video or a segment of video. In some embodiments, a teaser for the content may be identified based on contextual similarity between words and/or phrases in the segment and one or more other segments, such as a previous segment. In some embodiments, an optical character recognition (OCR) technique may be applied to the content, such as banners or graphics associated with the content in order to generate or identify OCR'd text or characters. The text/characters may serve as a candidate descriptor(s). In some embodiments, one or more strings of characters or words may be compared with (pre-assigned) tags associated with the content, and if it is determined that the one or more strings or words match the tags within a threshold, the one or more strings or words may serve as a candidate descriptor(s). One or more candidate descriptor identification techniques may be combined. |
| US11714851B2 |
Media contextual information for a displayed resource
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing contextual information for presented media. In one aspect, a method includes storing in a buffer, on a first user device, media data as buffered media data, the buffered media data being a most recent portion of media data received at the first user device, the most recent portion inclusive of the media data received from a present time to a prior time that is fixed relative to the present time; responsive to a search operation invocation at the present time, sending the buffered media data to a search processing system that is remote from the first user device; and receiving, from the search processing system and in response to the buffered media data, contextual information regarding an entity that the data processing system identified from processing the buffered media data. |
| US11714850B2 |
Method and apparatus for thumbnail generation for a video device
Systems and processes are provided to generate and transmit a thumbnail image for a video searching function including a video input configured to receive a video signal, a processor configured to decode the video signal to generate a video program, to generate a plurality of thumbnail images in response to the video program, to determine a subset of the plurality of thumbnail images in response to a client request and to couple the subset of the plurality of thumbnail images to a network interface, and the network interface configured to transmit and receive data on a local area network, the network interface being operative to receive the client request from a client device and to transmit the subset of the plurality of thumbnail images to the network interface for transmission to the client device. |
| US11714841B2 |
Systems and methods for processing a natural language query in data tables
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for processing a natural language query on data tables. According to some embodiments, a natural language query may be originated by a user via a user interface. The natural language query may be parsed to obtain a query term, and a grid range may be identified in a data table as relevant to the query term. A table summary may be prepared including a plurality of characteristics based on the grid range. A logic operation may then be determined to apply on the plurality of characteristics to derive the query term. The logic operation may then be translated into a formula executable on the data table, and the formula is applied on the data table to generate a result in response to the natural language query. |
| US11714840B2 |
Method and apparatus for information query and storage medium
The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for information query, and an electronic device, which relates to a field of deep learning (DL), natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The method includes: receiving a query sentence, segmenting the query sentence to obtain word segments, and obtaining a dependency relationship between two word segments and part of speech of the word segments; obtaining a coding sequence of the query sentence according to the dependency relationship and the part of speech of the word segments; matching the coding sequence with a generalized template to obtain a core corpus of the query sentence, wherein the generalized template comprises part of speech to be extracted and a dependency relationship to be extracted; and obtaining a query result corresponding to the query sentence based on the core corpus. The application no longer relies on the accumulation of massive business scenario data to enhance a generalization ability, which ensures accurate and efficient information query, and improves the efficiency and reliability of the information query process. At the same time, it may support information query in different business scenarios, with strong expansion capability and high universality. |
| US11714839B2 |
Apparatus and method for automated and assisted patent claim mapping and expense planning
An apparatus and computer implemented method that include obtaining, into a computer, text of a patent, automatically finding and extracting, using the computer, a set of claim text from the patent text, identifying, using the computer, text of independent claims from the set of claim text, displaying in a first row on a computer monitor the text of the independent claims, automatically determining a plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases from the text of the independent claims, displaying in a second row on the computer monitor the text of the plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases, eliciting and receiving user input to specify a first one of the plurality of preliminary scope-concepts phrases, and highlighting each occurrence of the specified first one of the plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases in a plurality of the independent claims displayed in the first row. A scope concept builder tool is also provided. |
| US11714836B2 |
Method for high-performance traceability query oriented to multi-chain data association
The present invention relates a method for high-performance traceability query oriented to multi-chain data association, comprising: identifying a target transaction needing the traceability query; searching out all corresponding target chains based on cross-chain transaction data association; making query requests parallelly; and executing the query among the target chains according to a key value of the target transaction and returning query results. The blockchain traceability query method proposed by the present invention is different from serialized block data query conducted in the chain-type structure, and the disclosed cross-chain query operation can be parallelly executed, leading to improved efficiency of traceability query. Opposite to the conventional blockchain where blocks are used as nodes of chains, the present invention directly uses sub blockchains as nodes of the SRB. Since sub blockchains can be dynamically added or removed, the present invention enhances the scalability of the entire system. |
| US11714835B2 |
Organizing survey text responses
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to organizing electronic text documents. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise a content management system that improves the organization of electronic text documents by intelligently and accurately categorizing electronic text documents by topic. The content management system organizes electronic text documents based on one or more topics, without the need for a human reviewer to manually classify each electronic text document, and without the need for training a classification algorithm based on a set of manually classified electronic text documents. Further, the content management system identifies and suggests topics for electronic text documents that relate to new or emerging topics. |
| US11714832B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for combining location data sources
An approach is provided for combining location data sources. The approach, for instance, involves generating a first context-aware vector representation of a first location entity in a first data source and a second context-aware vector representation of a second location entity in a second data source. The approach also comprises processing the first context-aware vector representation and the second context-aware vector representation using a machine learning model to perform a classification of the first location entity as the same as the second location entity. The approach further comprises combining the first data source and the data source into a new database based on the classification and providing the new database as an output. |
| US11714830B2 |
Mechanisms for multi-dimension data operations
Mechanisms for multidimensional data modeling and operations and related procedures are described. Resource structures for multidimensional data can be used. This can allow lumped operations such as RESTful operations and procedures on the multidimensional data. A new attribute “SamplingPeriodCovered” can be used to indicate the time interval when the related time series data (or any multi-dimension data streams) are stored. This can reduce the total size of the data stored. |
| US11714829B2 |
Parallel calculation of access plans delimitation using table partitions
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for replicating data from table in a source database to a target database. In some embodiments, data replication includes access plan delimitation and access plan calculation steps and is performed on a table having multiple partitions. A table may be divided into one or more partitions and each partition may be further divided into one or more access plans. Access plan delimitation may involve calculating, in parallel, boundaries of access plans within partitions of the table. Access plan calculation may be initiated on the first partition that has completed the access plan delimitation steps, and may involve transferring data from each delimited partition from the table in the source database to the target database. |
| US11714822B2 |
Method and system for adapting programs for interoperability and adapters therefor
A method and system according to embodiments enable generalized program to program interoperability. The method and system employ an automatic or substantially automatic transform adapter for using a given exchange standard for two-way communication with a program. In order for the adapter to employ the exchange standard, a discovery manager may learn the program's data communications structure and/or format, and may learn data meaning information from the program. An adapter creator may derive a transform which converts the program's data communications structure and data meaning into the exchange standard. The transform may be used by the adapter to enable two-way communication with any adapter and/or program similarly employing the given exchange standard to achieve interoperability. |
| US11714821B2 |
Adjustable connection pool mechanism
Techniques and structures to facilitate automatic adjustment of a database connection pool, including calculating a first value indicating a number of connections of to be provided by a first of a plurality of application servers, determining whether the first value is equal to a second value previously calculated to indicate the number of connections to be provided by the first application server and adjusting the database connection pool by providing the number of connections to access the database as indicated by the first value upon a determination that the first value is not equal to the second value. |
| US11714815B2 |
Method and computer-readable media for providing recommended entities based on a user's social graph
Provided are methods and computer-readable media for providing recommended entities based on a user's external social graph, such as asymmetric social graph of a social networking service. In some embodiments, entities responsive to a search query or other request may be obtained. Each entity may be evaluated to determine if the entity is associated with a contact from a user's social graph. The association may include an evaluation (e.g., a rating, review, other evaluation or combination thereof) of the entity by the contact. Additionally, the contacts having associations with an entity may be ranked based on a relationship score with a user. The entities having associations with the contacts from a user's social graph may be provided as recommended entities to the user, and the association may be annotated to the recommended entity for viewing by the user. |
| US11714810B2 |
Join-based containment for set operation-based sub query removal
Techniques are described herein for subquery removal given two set operation-based subqueries in a query, where one subquery contains the result of the other. The described optimization technique of subquery removal is enabled by join and set operation-based containment of the set operation-based subqueries where semantic equivalence can be established for a given pair of set operation-based subqueries when some table(s)—with associated join condition(s), correlation condition(s), and/or filter predicate(s)—in one subquery are not considered. Subquery removal reduces multiple access to the same table and multiple evaluations of the same join conditions required to evaluate the query. When a subquery is removed from a disjunction, this may lead to other optimizations such as subquery unnesting, e.g., when the original query configuration would not permit query unnesting and the rewritten query (with one or more removed subqueries) permits unnesting. |
| US11714809B2 |
Methods and systems for modifying a search query having a non-character-based input
A method and system are provided for searching a search query having a non-character-based input. The method comprises receiving the search query comprising a first part and a second part. The first part comprises a non-character-based input. The method further comprises identifying a first plurality of keywords associated with the non-character-based input and receiving a selection of at least one of the first plurality of keywords. The method further comprises generating a modified search query comprising the at least one selected keyword and the second part. The method further comprises retrieving search results based on the modified search query and generating for presentation the search results. |
| US11714807B2 |
Platform for conversation-based insight search in analytics systems
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving, by a conversation-based search system (CSS) of an analytics system, verbal input from a user, providing, by the CSS, text input based on the verbal input, processing, by the CSS, the text input to determine a set of contexts, each context in the set of context representing one or more operations of an enterprise, determining, by the CSS, one or more insights based on the set of contexts, each insight representative of a performance of the enterprise, and displaying, by the analytics system, a story comprising one or more visualizations, each visualization depicting at least one insight. |
| US11714806B2 |
Nested query modification tool
Techniques for modifying queries in a set of nested queries are disclosed. A graphical user interface displays a query detail region alongside a nested query display region. The graphical user interface includes functionality to provide for modification of queries in the nested set of queries. Based on a selection by a user, a query modification tool promotes a query attribute from a child query to one or more parent queries. Based on another selection by a user associated with one query in the set of nested queries, the system deletes an attribute from each query in the set of nested queries. Responsive to a selection to create multiple conditions for a query rule, the system modifies the functionality of the user interface to enable entry of multiple condition characteristics. Based on a further selection, the system creates the multiple conditions for the query rule. |
| US11714801B2 |
State-based queue protocol
Methods and systems for execution of data operations in a queue are described. One method includes loading a pointer to a record in a lock-free ring buffer by an executing thread, as well as calculating an index from the pointer to a record to be processed and obtaining a header of the record to be processed. Based on the header, a state of the record to be processed is determined from among: a filled state, a filling state, a drained state, and a draining state. A candidate header is created which includes an updated state indicating that the record is in use by the executing thread. An atomic operation is performed to update the header of the record to the candidate header. Upon successful completion of the atomic operation to update the header of the record to the candidate header, a data operation is performed on the record. |
| US11714797B2 |
Logically consistent archive with minimal downtime
A sub-archive is initiated. The sub-archive saves changes that have occurred since a previous final archive. Changes to an operational database (i.e., the operational database that is being archived) are allowed during the first sub-archive. A final archive is initiated in series after the sub-archive has completed. The final archive does not allow changes to the operational database when the final archive is active. In one embodiment, the sub-archive may comprise a plurality of sub-archives that depend on an amount of outstanding changes that exist in the operational database. |
| US11714794B2 |
Method and apparatus for reading data maintained in a tree data structure
The present disclosure provides a method of reading data maintained in a tree data structure, such as B+ tree, using near data processing (NDP) in a cloud native database. According to embodiments, a desired LSN will be used in NDP page reads on the master computing node (e.g. master SQL node). When the master computing node (e.g. master SQL node) reads the regular page, the maximum desired LSN (e.g. the latest page version number) for that regular page will be used. Embodiments use features of the desired LSN and page locking, wherein correct versions of pages can be obtained by using the desired LSN associated with a page, in combination with page locking, and can enable the reading of a consistent tree structure and achieve good read/write concurrency. |
| US11714789B2 |
Performing cross-dataset field integration
There is a need for more effective and efficient cross-dataset field integration. In one example, a method comprises determining a primary integration feature vector for a primary dataset field; for each secondary dataset field of a plurality of secondary dataset fields, determining a secondary integration feature vector; determining, based at least in part on the primary integration feature vector and each secondary integration feature vector, an integration space; determining, for each secondary dataset field of the plurality of secondary dataset fields and based at least in part on the integration space, a distance measure between the primary dataset field and the secondary dataset field; determining, based at least in part on each distance measure between the primary dataset field and a secondary dataset field of the plurality of secondary dataset fields, a predefined number of the plurality of secondary dataset fields; and performing the cross-dataset field integration based at least in part on the a predefined number of the plurality of secondary dataset fields. |
| US11714786B2 |
Smart cable for redundant ToR's
In a rack comprising a group of servers and at least two top-of-rack switches, a link fault is detected. A smart data cable connects each of the servers to both top-of-rack switches. A control signal indicates an active communication path from one of the top-of-rack switches to the servers. In response to detecting a failure of the active communication path, the control signal indicates a switch to the second of the top-of-rack switches. In response to the updated control signal, a switching mechanism of the data cable changes the active communication path to the second of the top-of-rack switches. |
| US11714785B2 |
Deduplicating extents across systems
A client identifies a first data unit to be shared from a first file to a second file and sends an operation to copy that indicates the first data unit to be shared. The operation to copy the first data unit from the first file to the second file is received. In response to receiving the operation to copy the first data unit from the first file to the second file, it is determined whether the first data unit can be shared with the second file. In response to determining that the first data unit cannot be shared with the second file, the first data unit is copied to the second file. In response to determining that the first data unit can be shared with the second file, the first data unit is shared between the first file and the second file. |
| US11714783B2 |
Browsable data and data retrieval from a data archived image
A request is received to retrieve at least a portion of a file from a compressed data archived image stored in a backup storage device. The compressed data archived image comprises a backup of a file system having a number of directories and a number of files. The compressed data archived image comprises a file that includes a compression of the number of files. An address of the at least the portion of the file within the compressed data archived image is determined. The at least the portion of the file is retrieved at the address in the compressed data archived image, without decompressing the compressed data archived image. |
| US11714780B2 |
Compiler flow logic for reconfigurable architectures
The technology disclosed partitions a dataflow graph of a high-level program into memory allocations and execution fragments. The memory allocations represent creation of logical memory spaces in on-processor and/or off-processor memories for data required to implement the dataflow graph. The execution fragments represent operations on the data. The technology disclosed designates the memory allocations to virtual memory units and the execution fragments to virtual compute units. The technology disclosed partitions the execution fragments into memory fragments and compute fragments, and assigns the memory fragments to the virtual memory units and the compute fragments to the virtual compute units. The technology disclosed then allocates the virtual memory units to physical memory units and the virtual compute units to physical compute units. It then places the physical memory units and the physical compute units onto positions in the array of configurable units and routes data and control networks between the placed positions. |
| US11714775B2 |
Peripheral component interconnect (PCI) hosting device
Methods and systems are disclosed to aggregate traffic from multiple server devices through a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) hosting device. In one embodiment, the PCI hosting device comprises a network interface to couple the PCI hosting device to a network, a plurality of PCI interfaces, a processing circuit to forward packets, and a power supply to supply power to the PCI interfaces independently from the plurality of server devices. Each of the PCI interfaces is designed to be coupled to one server device to the PCI hosting device, which is registered as a first PCI board of a first server device through a first PCI interface and as a second PCI board of a second server device through a second PCI interface, and the PCI hosting device is designed to forward packets between the network interface and the first server device, and the network interface and the second server device. |
| US11714772B2 |
Additional communication in standardized pinout of a bidirectional interface between a first and second communication device
A communication device is configured to exchange regular data bidirectionally with counterpart communication device via a regular interface; and to exchange additional data bidirectionally with the counterpart device via an additional interface. The device has a regular pinout corresponding to the regular interface that enables communication of regular data with the counterpart device; and an additional pinout with at least one additional pin, corresponding to the additional interface that enables communication of additional data with the counterpart device. The device has default data handling circuitry communicatively coupled to the additional pin, and configured, in a default mode, to transmit and receive additional default data via the additional pin. The first device has additional function data handling circuitry communicatively coupled to the additional pin and configured, in an active mode, to transmit and receive additional function data via the additional interface. |
| US11714771B2 |
USB signal transmission device, operation method thereof, and USB cable
A universal serial bus (USB) signal transmission device, an operation method thereof, and a USB cable are provided. The USB signal transmission device includes a signal processing circuit, a switch circuit, and a control circuit. A first terminal of the switch circuit is coupled to a first USB circuit. A second terminal of the switch circuit is coupled to a second USB circuit. The control circuit turns off the switch circuit during a detection period to detect both terminals of the switch circuit to obtain a detection result. The control circuit turns on the switch circuit during a transmission period, and controls a transmission direction of the signal processing circuit according to the detection result. |
| US11714763B2 |
Configuration interface to offload capabilities to a network interface
Examples described herein relate to a network interface controller apparatus, that includes a processor component comprising at least one processor to generate remote memory access communications to access a first group of one or more namespaces; storage interface circuitry to generate remote memory access communications to access a second group of one or more namespaces; and a storage configuration circuitry with a device interface that is accessible through a user space driver, the storage configuration circuitry to set the first and second group of one or more namespaces. In some examples, the device interface is compatible with Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) and the storage configuration circuitry is accessible as a physical function (PF) or a virtual function (VF). |
| US11714760B2 |
Methods and apparatus to reduce bank pressure using aggressive write merging
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to reduce bank pressure using aggressive write merging are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first cache storage; a second cache storage; a store queue coupled to at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage and operable to: receive a first memory operation; process the first memory operation for storing the first set of data in at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage; receive a second memory operation; and prior to storing the first set of data in the at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage, merge the first memory operation and the second memory operation. |
| US11714750B2 |
Data storage method and system with persistent memory and non-volatile memory
A storage system with a controller having a persistent memory interface to local memory is provided. The persistent memory can be used to store a logical-to-physical address table. A logical-to-physical address table manager, local to the controller or remote in a secondary controller, can be used to access the logical-to-physical address table. The manager can be configured to improve bandwidth and performance in the storage system. |
| US11714748B1 |
Managing power loss recovery using an oldest section write policy for an address mapping table in a memory sub-system
A logical-to-physical (L2P) address mapping table is maintained, wherein a plurality of sections of the L2P address mapping table is cached in a volatile memory device. A journal entry count is maintained reflecting a number of L2P journal entries associated with an L2P journal. It is determined that the journal entry count satisfies a first threshold criterion. In response to determining that the journal entry count satisfies the first threshold criterion, a writing of the L2P journal to a non-volatile memory device is triggered. A written journal count reflecting a number of L2P journals written to the non-volatile memory device is maintained. In response to determining that the written journal count satisfies a second threshold criterion, a first section of the plurality of sections of the L2P address mapping table is identified. The first section of the L2P address mapping table is written to the non-volatile memory device. |
| US11714746B2 |
Comparing the performance of multiple application versions
Comparing the performance of multiple versions or branches/paths of an application (e.g., a web service or application) may be conducted within a suitable computing environment. Such an environment may be virtual in nature, cloud-based, or server-based, and is hosted with tools for simultaneously (or nearly simultaneously) executing multiple containers or other code collections with the same or similar operating conditions (e.g., network congestion, resource contention, memory management schemes). By arranging the performance test of different application versions in different sequences executed in parallel in separate containers, fair comparisons of the tested applications will be obtained. Testing sequences may be executed multiple times, and metrics are collected during each execution. Afterward, the results for each metric for each code version are aggregated and displayed to indicate their relative performance quantitatively and/or qualitatively. |
| US11714744B2 |
System and method for diagnosing a computing device in safe mode
A system and method may cause a computing device to operate according to a selected operational mode. A diagnostic application may selectively execute one or more tests on the computing device; record a result of executing a test; and perform an action based on the result. An operational mode selected may be a safe mode that includes executing only a portion of an operating system and the diagnostic application. A test may include executing an application and selectively validating performance of one or more resources of a computing device while the application is executing. A test may include executing an application selected based on a rule related to a category of applications. |
| US11714743B2 |
Automated classification of defective code from bug tracking tool data
Systems and methods are described for automated classification of defective code from bug tracking tool data. An example method includes receiving a plurality of datasets representing a plurality of bug reports from a bug tracking application. Each dataset may be generated by vectorizing and clustering a source code associated with a respective bug report represented by the dataset. Each dataset may comprise a plurality of classes. At least one class of each dataset may indicate at least one known bug. For each dataset of the plurality of datasets, a respective supervised feature vector may be generated. Each supervised feature vector may be associated with an index of the at least one class with the at least one known bug. Using the supervised feature vectors, a classification model is trained to detect a new bug presence in a new source code. |
| US11714739B2 |
Job performance breakdown
A system and method for processing application performance using application phase differentiation and detection is disclosed. Phase detection may be accomplished in a number of different ways, including by using a deterministic algorithm that looks for changes in the computing resource utilization patterns (as detected in the performance data collected). Machine learning (ML) and neural networks (e.g. sparse auto encoder SAE) may also be used. Performance data is aggregated according to phase and stored in a database along with additional application and computing system information. This database may then be used to find similar applications for performance prediction. |
| US11714736B2 |
Relative humidity sensor
Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory machine-readable media associated with relative humidity (RH) sensors are described. Examples can include receiving from an RH sensor RH information of an environment of a processing resource or a memory resource coupled to the processing resource, or both, determining that the RH information indicates an RH level above a particular threshold for the processing resource or the memory resource, or both, and disabling one or more aspects of the processing resource or the memory resource, or both, to mitigate damage to the processing resource or the memory resource, or both, responsive to determining that the RH is above the particular threshold. |
| US11714734B1 |
Pluggable test service for hyper-converged infrastructure
Disclosed methods and systems may perform testing and test management operations in which an information handling resource is provisioned with a programming hook corresponding to an operation associated with the resource. Extended testing operations may be performed when the hook is triggered. These operations may include selecting a particular test service docker from among one or more extended test service dockers. The particular test service docker may then be downloaded and executed. The triggering operation may be associated with a standard pre-check/post-check test framework and, in such cases, the extended testing operations include one or more tests in addition to the pre-check and post-check. Suitable test service dockers may be maintained in a public and/or private cloud. Some embodiments support customer-defined test service dockers, which may initiate as private dockers, but which may be published to the public cloud and linked to the hook. |
| US11714732B1 |
Granular tracking of replication consistency using subsets of asynchronous replication tasks
Sets of asynchronous replication operations may be tracked to ensure consistency. A tracking service may receive notifications of pending asynchronous replication tasks, and responsive to receiving a manifest indicating a request to be notified upon completion of a set of pending replication asynchronous tasks, matches individual ones of the tasks within the set to tasks indicated as pending. The tracking service may then select a routing table based on a most recent sequence number associated with the set of tasks, determine one of more tracking nodes assigned to track the set of tasks, and send the manifest to each of the tracking nodes. As individual ones of the tasks complete, notifications of completion may be sent to the tracking nodes and an aggregator node aggregates the completion notifications for the set. Once all completion notifications are received, a response to the request indicating completion may be sent. |
| US11714728B2 |
Creating a highly available data analytics pipeline without replicas
Providing for high availability in a data analytics pipeline without replicas, including: creating a data analytics pipeline, wherein each component of the data analytics pipeline is deployed within a container; creating a failover container; detecting that a component within the data analytics pipeline has failed; and responsive to detecting that the component within the data analytics pipeline has failed, deploying the component within the data analytics pipeline that has failed in the failover container. |
| US11714726B2 |
Failover and recovery for replicated data instances
Replicated instances in a database environment provide for automatic failover and recovery. A monitoring component can periodically communicate with a primary and a secondary replica for an instance, with each capable of residing in a separate data zone or geographic location to provide a level of reliability and availability. A database running on the primary instance can have information synchronously replicated to the secondary replica at a block level, such that the primary and secondary replicas are in sync. In the event that the monitoring component is not able to communicate with one of the replicas, the monitoring component can attempt to determine whether those replicas can communicate with each other, as well as whether the replicas have the same data generation version. Depending on the state information, the monitoring component can automatically perform a recovery operation, such as to failover to the secondary replica or perform secondary replica recovery. |