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US11799270B2	Semiconductor optical element, semiconductor optical element forming structure, and method of manufacturing semiconductor optical element using the same A semiconductor optical element includes: a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate; and a laminated body disposed on the first conductivity type semiconductor substrate. The laminated body includes, in the following order from a side of the first conductivity type semiconductor substrate: a first conductivity type semiconductor layer; an active layer; a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a second conductivity type contact layer. The second conductivity type semiconductor layer includes: a carbon-doped semiconductor layer in which carbon is doped as a dopant in a compound semiconductor; and a group 2 element-doped semiconductor layer in which a group 2 element is doped as a dopant in a compound semiconductor. The carbon-doped semiconductor layer is disposed at a position closer to the active layer than the group 2 element-doped semiconductor layer.
US11799269B2	Light emitting element A light emitting element formed of a laminate having a current constriction layer includes: a semiconductor substrate; a light emitting portion having plural first recess portions having a depth reaching the current constriction layer, and a current constriction structure formed in the current constriction layer and having an oxidized region where the current constriction layer is oxidized and a non-oxidized region surrounded by the oxidized region; an electrode pad disposed between the light emitting portion and an outer edge portion of the semiconductor substrate; and a step portion disposed between the electrode pad and the light emitting portion and formed from an upper surface of the laminate to the current constriction layer, and the current constriction layer in a region surrounded by the step portion is the oxidized region except for the non-oxidized region.
US11799268B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit and methodology for making same Integrated circuitry is fabricated from semiconductor layers formed on a substrate, which include at least one n-type layer, an inverted p-type modulation doped quantum well (mod-doped QW) structure, a non-inverted n-type mod-doped QW structure, and at least one p-type layer including a first P+-type layer formed below a second P-type layer. An etch operation exposes the second p-type layer. P-type ions are implanted into the exposed second p-type layer. A gate electrode of a n-channel HFET device is formed in contact with the p-type ion implanted region. Source and drain electrodes of the n-channel HFET device are formed in contact with n-type ion implanted regions formed in contact with the n-type mod-doped QW structure. P-channel HFET devices, complementary BICFET devices, stacked complementary HFET devices and circuits and/or logic gates based thereon, and a variety of optoelectronic devices and optical devices can also be formed as part of the integrated circuitry.
US11799265B2	Light-emitting module A light-emitting module includes a substrate, a surface light-emitting element, and an optical waveguide. The surface light-emitting element includes light sources and is attached to the substrate. The optical waveguide is attached to the surface light-emitting element in a state in which the optical waveguide covers the light sources. The optical waveguide extends in an axial direction with a refractive index distribution in a radial direction. The optical waveguide condenses light beams emitted from the surface light-emitting element.
US11799264B2	Laser frequency modulation method and device, storage medium, and laser device Embodiments of this application disclose a laser frequency modulation method and device, a storage medium, and a laser device. The method includes: obtaining the current sweep mode of the laser device in a timing manner; when the current sweep mode is the single-band sweep mode, controlling the laser device to perform continuous sweeping on the preset band; and when the current sweep mode is the multi-band switching mode, obtaining the next band for the laser device to perform sweeping, and controlling the laser device to switch from the band to the next band.
US11799263B2	Electro-optic modulator An electro-optic modulator (EOM) for altering an optical path length of an optical field is described. The EOM comprises first and second Brewster-angle cut nonlinear crystals having a first and second optical axis. The optical axes are orientated relative to each other such that when an optical field propagates through the nonlinear crystals it experiences no overall deviation. The nonlinear crystals are also arranged to be opposite handed relative to the optical field. The EOM has the advantage that its optical losses are lower when compared with those EOMs known in the art. In addition, the EOM can be inserted into, or removed from, an optical system without any deviation being imparted onto the optical field. This reduces the levels of skill and effort required on the part of an operator. The described method and apparatus for mounting the nonlinear crystals also suppresses problematic piezo-electric resonances within the nonlinear crystals.
US11799260B2	System and method for zeroth-order diagnostic in spectral beam combining system An apparatus includes a diffractive grating configured to receive multiple output beams from an array of laser sources. The apparatus also includes one or more optical elements configured to receive, direct, and focus multiple zeroth-order light beams, where the zeroth-order light beams include portions of the output beams reflected off the diffractive grating. The apparatus further includes a detector configured to receive the zeroth-order light beams from at least one of the one or more optical elements and process the zeroth-order light beams to generate diagnostic information.
US11799258B2	Rotary electronic component as slip ring A rotary electronic component capable of reducing an abrasion and a metal fatigue of a slider and extending a rotation life time compared to the conventional technology. A rotary electronic component is provided with a buffer member between a sliding portion of a slider and a rotor. Thus, the sliding portion is energized toward the annular electrode with a proper elastic force and the sliding portion is held. Because of this, vibration of the sliding portion is suppressed and metal fatigue of the slider can be reduced. Furthermore, since the lubricant is impregnated into the buffer member and a part of the buffer member is in contact with the annular electrode, the lubricant can be applied on the annular electrode. Consequently, the sliding portion slides smoothly and the abrasion of the contact portion can be further reduced. In addition, since the buffer member functions to wipe the surface of the annular electrode, foreign substances such as dust on the annular electrode are collected. Thus, harmful effect to the contact portion by the foreign substances can be prevented. By the above described configurations, the rotary electronic component of the present invention can obtain the extended life time and high operation reliability.
US11799249B2	Electric connector with outer conductor connected to circuit board A connector includes inner conductors and an outer conductor. The outer conductor includes four plate portions surrounding outer peripheral surfaces of the inner conductors, a rear plate portion for closing a rear surface of the outer conductor and an opening provided behind the bottom plate portion and in front of the rear plate portion. The inner conductor includes a board connecting portion projecting outwardly of the outer conductor through the opening. The outer conductor includes a common base end portion connected to a rear end of the bottom plate portion via a bent portion and projecting toward the same side as the board connecting portion, and a plurality of branched pieces projecting from a projecting end of the common base end portion while being arranged in a width direction of the common base end portion.
US11799248B2	DIN rail shield A shield device includes: a first electrical conductor; an electrical insulator that is configured to electrically insulate the first electrical conductor from a second electrical conductor; a first shield connector configured to: directly contact at least 180 degrees of a first circumference of a first shield that surrounds at least two first insulated conductors of a first section of a shielded cable; and electrically connect the first shield with the first electrical conductor; and a second shield connector configured to: directly contact at least 180 degrees of a second circumference of a second shield that surrounds at least two second insulated conductors of a second section of the shielded cable; and electrically connect the second shield with the first electrical conductor.
US11799245B2	Terminal module and backplane connector having the terminal module A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals and an insulating frame. The conductive terminal includes a contact portion, a connection portion and a transition portion connected to the contact portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The contact portions of the differential signal terminals and the connection portions of the differential signal terminals are provided separately. As a result, the structure of the contact portions and the connection portions are simplified for easy manufacturing. The disclosure also discloses a backplane connector having the terminal module.
US11799244B2	Connector with shielding elastic piece and connector assembly The present disclosure provides a connector with shielding elastic piece and a connector assembly. The connector with shielding elastic piece comprises a housing and an outer shielding elastic piece. The housing comprises an opening. One end of the outer shielding elastic piece is secured to an outer wall of the housing. The outer shielding elastic piece extends in a direction away from the opening and comprises a first contacting bump and a second contacting bump. The second contacting bump is disposed at one side of the first contacting bump away from the opening. The first contacting bump extends along the outer wall. The extending direction of the second contacting bump and the extending direction of the first contacting bump form an angle.
US11799242B2	Unipolar connection terminal for high-voltage connector, and connector device A unipolar connection terminal for a high-voltage connector and a connector device are provided in the invention. The unipolar connection terminal is mounted in a housing of the connector device. The connector device has a columnar insertion tube to be connected and passed through by a mating terminal, an end portion of the insertion tube extends in a radial direction to form at least three protrusion structures, and the at least three protrusion structures are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of an end surface of the insertion tube. According to the unipolar connection terminal and the connector device provided by the invention, when the unipolar connection terminal is mounted in the housing of the connector device, an erroneous assembly can be effectively avoided due to the arrangement of the protruding structures disposed at the end portion of the insertion tube, and a conduction effect of the connector device is guaranteed.
US11799238B2	Connector A receptacle 47 includes a resiliently deformable lock arm 55 extending in a front-rear direction. The lock arm 55 includes a locking projection 57 projecting into the receptacle 47 from a rear end part and a stopping projection 59 projecting into the receptacle 47 from a location forward of the locking projection 57. The moving plate 42 includes a lock portion 76 at a position corresponding to the lock arm 55. A rear surface of the lock portion 76 faces the locking projection 57 to restrict a movement of the moving plate 42 to a connection position and a front surface of the lock portion 76 faces the stopping projection 59 to restrict a forward movement of the moving plate 42 when the moving plate 42 is at the initial position.
US11799236B2	Cable connector having a fitting protrusion for insertion into a mating connector A cable connector includes: a housing including a cylindrical fitting protrusion to be inserted into a fitting opening of a mating connector; and a retainer that enables insertion of the fitting protrusion into the mating connector only when a cable accommodated in the housing is at a regular insertion position, in which the retainer includes a lock protrusion that is at a position where fitting with the mating connector is prevented when a cable accommodated in the housing is at an irregular insertion position, and is movable to a position where fitting with the mating connector is enabled when the cable is at the regular insertion position.
US11799234B2	Protector and wire harness A protector includes a base member and a cover member. The base member includes hooking portions, locking parts, inclined guides that go in the lower direction as going in the attachment direction, and horizontal guides that extend along the attachment direction. The cover member includes hooked portions provided on attachment direction-side ends of cover bilateral-side portions, locked portions provided on detachment direction-side ends and locked on the locking parts, and guided parts that are provided between the hooked portions and the locked parts in the attachment direction, and contact at least one of the inclined guides and the horizontal guides.
US11799231B2	Electrical connector including a movable terminal having first and second beams An electrical connector includes: an insulative base; a fixed terminal secured to the insulative base; and a movable terminal including a securing portion fixed to the insulative base, a connecting portion, a contacting portion in touch with the fixed terminal, a first and a second beams at two opposite sides of the connecting portion, and a tail, wherein at least one of the first and second beams has a first portion substantially perpendicular to the connecting portion and a second portion substantially parallel to the connecting portion.
US11799230B2	High-frequency electrical connector with in interlocking segments An electrical connector including a compressible lossy member is provided. The electrical connector comprises an insulative member, a plurality of terminals supported by the insulative member and disposed in a row along a row direction, and a compressible lossy member disposed in a recess of the insulative member. The lossy member includes a body portion elongated in the row direction and a plurality of projections extending from the body portion. The projections of the lossy member project toward and make contact with contact surfaces of first terminals of the plurality of terminals. At least a part of the body portion is compressible and is in a state of compression when the projections are pressed against the first terminals.
US11799225B2	Connector having contact array Connectors that provide a large number of connections between a flexible circuit board and a printed circuit board, can easily and securely connect the flexible circuit board to the printed circuit board, are readily manufactured, and can be used in an assembly of an electronic device without excessive warpage.
US11799224B2	Connector It is aimed to provide a connector capable of suppressing the generation of an excessive stress in a connecting part of a flat cable and a terminal. A connector is provided with a flat cable (60) including a hole (64) serving as a receiving portion, a housing (10) including an installation surface (19) on which the flat cable (60) is arranged and a protrusion (21) projecting from the installation surface (19) and to be inserted into the hole (64), and a terminal (90) to be connected to a conductor (70) of the flat cable (60) and locked to the housing (10). The flat cable (60) includes an extra length portion (66) providing an extra length as compared to flat arrangement on the installation surface (19) in a part surrounding the protrusion (21) or a part arranged between the terminal (90) and the protrusion (21) in an assembled state.
US11799223B2	Electrical connector assembly An angled type connector assembly includes a receptacle connector mounted upon a printed circuit board and having an insulative housing with an oblique opening to receive a plug connector, and a bottom opening through which the mating pads on the printed circuit board is upwardly exposed. The plug connector includes two rows of contacts respectively mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding two rows of wires. The plug connector forms an oblique mating end or interface relative to an extending direction of the plug, on which the contacting sections of the contacts are exposed to mate with the corresponding mating pads on the printed circuit board.
US11799219B2	Combination circuit board retention and interconnect An interconnect assembly includes a main body being formed of flexible material and extending between a first end and a second end, the main body having a thickness defined by a top surface and a bottom surface. The interconnect assembly also includes a first connection port located proximate the first end. The interconnect assembly further includes a second connection port located proximate the second end. The interconnect assembly yet further includes a copper trace having a first contact and a second contact, the first contact disposed on the top surface and located adjacent to the first connection port, and the second contact located on the top surface and adjacent to the second connection port.
US11799216B2	Terminal and wire with terminal A terminal to be connected to a front end part in an extending direction of a wire is provided with a terminal body including a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire, and a slide portion slidable along the extending direction of the wire with respect to the terminal body. The slide portion includes a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the sandwiching portion toward the wire. The terminal body is formed by a metal plate material in a bent state. The sandwiching portion includes a holding protrusion projecting toward the wire to contact the wire. The holding protrusion is formed by folding a tip portion of the sandwiching portion and overlapping the tip portion on an overlapping portion of the sandwiching portion. A first facing surface of the overlapping portion and a second facing surface of the tip portion are facing each other and overlapped.
US11799215B2	Electrical plug connector An electrical plug connector with a plug end surface which is provided for connecting the electrical plug connector to a mating plug connector includes an electrical contact for connecting an electrical conductor to the electrical plug connector. The plug connector includes a spring cage having a clamping spring acting as a pressure spring and a busbar contact region opposite the clamping spring. The plug connector further includes a single-part or multipart connection housing designed to accommodate the contact and to latch the clamping spring in a latching state in an open position. The latching and open position can be brought out of engagement by inserting the conductor. The plug connector further includes a release element which is provided for releasing the electrical conductor from the contact so that the conductor can be removed from the plug connector. The release element is integrated in the plug connector.
US11799214B2	Connection arrangement and method for connecting a connection arrangement to a component A connection arrangement comprising a metallic flat conductor having an at least quadrangular cross-sectional profile and at least two opposing surfaces extending longitudinally parallel to each other at least in an end region, a first through-opening between the surfaces in the end region, the first through-opening being formed for receiving a bolt, at least one second through-opening between the surfaces in the end region, the second through-opening being formed to receive a metallic terminal, the terminal being formed as a flat part and bearing flatly with a contact surface against one of the surfaces of the flat conductor in the end region.
US11799212B2	Collinear antenna array It is disclosed an antenna array comprising a number of radiating elements and a supporting elongated flat printed circuit board (PCB) having a substrate and two opposite faces. Each radiating element is attached to the PCB; each radiating element is dipole-like and has a respective axis of symmetry; the axes of symmetry are aligned along a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the PCB and lie on a longitudinal plane parallel to a longitudinal center plane of the PCB and located between the opposite faces; the PCB comprises at least one conductive trace on one of the faces, the conductive trace acting as a ground plane; and for each radiating element, the PCB carries a respective feeding line to provide a feeding signal to the radiating element at a feed point located on the PCB and substantially belonging to the axis of symmetry.
US11799210B2	Antenna modules for phased array antennas In some embodiments, an antenna module includes an antenna element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side comprising a radiating side of the antenna element and a support structure disposed at the second side of the antenna element and configured to define a cavity, the support structure including a portion configured to reduce signal leakage between the antenna element and the cavity.
US11799208B2	Patch antenna and antenna device for vehicle A patch antenna includes: a radiating element having a flat-plate shape; and a parasitic element provided at a position spaced away from the radiating element in planar view in which the radiating element is seen from a direction perpendicular to a plate surface of the radiating element. A longitudinal direction of the parasitic element is oriented along a direction of a line segment connecting a center of the radiating element and a feeding point in the planar view.
US11799202B2	Antenna and antenna array configurations, antenna systems and related methods of operation The subject matter described herein relates to various antenna element configurations, antenna array configurations, their operations including various systems and methods to generate modulated data for transmission by an RF antenna array via an optical processing engine. The subject matter includes optical processing engine structure and methods (e.g., modulating in the optical domain, MIMO and spatial modulation via RF beam formation, coherent transmission of RF signal components, coherent operation of spatially separate RF antenna arrays) that may be implemented with the various RF antenna array structures. In some examples, the system combines the virtues of digital, analog and optical processing to arrive at a solution for scalable, non-blocking, simultaneous transmission to multiple UE-s. Much of the system architecture is independent of the RF carrier frequency, and different frequency bands can be accessed easily and rapidly by tuning the optical source (TOPS). In some examples, multiple communication channels may be transmitted simultaneously to different locations. The transmitter may be formed by an array of optically fed antennas.
US11799194B2	Electronic device comprising antenna module An electronic device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a first dielectric which forms at least a part of the front surface of the electronic device; a second dielectric which forms at least a part of the rear surface of the electronic device; a side surface member which surrounds a space formed between the front surface and the rear surface and of which a part comprises a third dielectric; a display positioned in the space and visually exposed through the first dielectric; and an antenna module positioned in the space. The antenna module comprises: a printed circuit board comprising a first surface which faces, in the space, the third dielectric, and a second surface which is oriented in a direction opposite to that of the first surface; and at least one antenna element which is disposed on the first surface or inside the printed circuit board so as to be adjacent to the first surface, and which forms a beam pattern toward the side surface member. In addition, other various embodiments are possible.
US11799192B2	Electronic device including sensor An electronic device includes: a display, an antenna structure including at least one antenna, a conductive support disposed between the display and the antenna structure, a sensor disposed between the display and the conductive support, a first printed circuit board disposed between the conductive support and the antenna structure, a second printed circuit board stacked on the first printed circuit board, a board support coupled with the conductive support and overlapping at least part of the second printed circuit board, and a first insulating member comprising an insulating material disposed between the board support and the antenna structure.
US11799190B2	Antenna-on-package integrated circuit device An integrated circuit package is provided. In some examples, the integrated circuit package is an antenna-on-package package that includes a plurality of dielectric layers, a plurality of conductor layers interspersed with the plurality of dielectric layers, and an integrated circuit die disposed on a first side of the plurality of dielectric layers. The plurality of conductor layers includes a first layer disposed on a second side of the plurality of dielectric layers that includes a set of antennas. In some such examples, the integrated circuit die includes radar processing circuitry, and the AOP integrated circuit package is configured for radar applications.
US11799188B2	Method for manufacturing a radiofrequency antenna on a substrate and antenna thus obtained The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an antenna for a radiofrequency transponder, said antenna including a spiral comprising turns which extend, at least in part, over an insulating substrate; the method is characterised in that it includes the step ac-cording to which at least one first portion of each turn is deposited on said substrate at a first plane level, at least one second portion of each turn being formed or kept at a distance from the first plane level of the substrate, the axis of the spiral being parallel to the plane of the substrate. The invention also relates to a portable electronic object comprising, in a fixed or removable manner, the obtained antenna.
US11799185B1	Multi-purpose use of metal foam in a vehicle The disclosure is generally directed to a metal foam element configured to provide a multi-purpose functionality to an electrical device in a vehicle. An example apparatus in a vehicle includes a module that houses an electrical device. A metal foam element is attached to the module in a configuration whereby the metal foam element provides a multi-purpose functionality that includes a heat dissipation functionality and an antenna functionality. In an example implementation, the metal foam element is attached to the module in the form of a sheet that is dimensioned to operate as a patch antenna for transmitting and/or receiving a wireless signal associated with the electrical device and to provide a heat dissipation functionality for dissipating heat produced by the electrical device.
US11799183B2	System, apparatus, and method for producing printed electrically conductive lines A method of producing an electrically conductive line, the method including providing a substrate, printing a first layer on the substrate, applying a powdered conductive material to the first layer, and bonding the powdered conductive material to the first layer.
US11799180B2	Band-stop filter, transmission line for band-stop filter and multiplexer A band-stop filter comprises: a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and at least one side wall, the housing defining an internal cavity; a signal input port and a signal output port that are respectively disposed on one of the at least one side wall; a resonating element that is disposed in the internal cavity and includes a top, a bottom, and a side; and a transmission line that is disposed in the internal cavity and coupled between the signal input port and the signal output port, the transmission line comprising a coupling section that is coupled to the resonating element, wherein the coupling section is configured to surround more than half of the side of the resonating element and not directly contact the housing and the resonating element.
US11799175B2	Power supply device A power supply device disclosed by the present specification includes: a first power storage element group that has a pair of first external terminals having different polarities, and includes a plurality of power storage elements; and a second power storage element group that has a pair of second external terminals having different polarities, and includes a plurality of power storage elements. The first power storage element group and the second power storage element group are arranged adjacent to each other in a front-rear direction, the first external terminals are provided at the front edge on the second power storage element group side of the first power storage element group, and the second external terminals 48 are arranged to be adjacent to the first external terminals at a rear edge on the first power storage element group side of the second power storage element group.
US11799174B2	Battery module This application provides a battery module including a first battery sequence, a second battery sequence, a first output electrode component, a second output electrode component, and a busbar assembly. The first batteries include a first electrode terminal, and the second batteries include a second electrode terminal. The busbar assembly includes first, second, and third busbar components. The first busbar component is connected to the first electrode terminal, the second busbar component is connected to the second electrode terminal, and the third busbar component connects the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal. The first output electrode component is connected to the first electrode terminal. The second output electrode component is connected to the second electrode terminal. The first battery connected to the first output electrode component and the second battery connected to the second output electrode component are located at the same end of the battery module.
US11799172B2	Dual separator design for medical implantable electrochemical cells An electrochemical cell comprises a casing having an open- ended container closed by a lid. An anode and cathode are housed inside the casing. The cathode housed inside a primary separator envelope is electrically connected to a positive polarity terminal pin electrically isolated from the casing by a glass-to- The anode is electrically connected to the casing metal seal.serving as a negative terminal. The primary separator enveloping the cathode is contained in a secondary separator comprising an open-ended bag-shaped member extending to an open annular edge. The open annular edge of the secondary separator resides between the cathode electrically connected to the terminal pin and the anode electrically connected to the casing. An electrolyte provided in the casing activates the anode and cathode.
US11799165B2	Vent adapter for lead-acid battery systems A vent adapter for a lead-acid battery includes a first side configured to mate with a vent port of the lead-acid battery via a first connector having a first geometry; and a second side in fluid communication with the first side and configured to mate with a vent passage of an automobile via a second connector having a second geometry, wherein the first and second geometries have respective shapes that are different from one another.
US11799162B2	Light weight thermal runaway and explosion resistant aerospace battery An aerospace battery may include a housing, a retaining seat disposed in the housing, and a battery pack core supported by the retaining seat in the housing. The battery pack core may include at least one cell district comprising a plurality of pouch cell batteries and at least one flexible cold plate disposed between at least two adjacent pouch cell batteries of the plurality of pouch cell batteries. The retaining seat may define a fluid delivery channel configured to couple to an inlet of a cooling channel of the flexible cold plate and a fluid return channel configured to couple to an outlet of the cooling channel of the flexible cold plate.
US11799159B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes: battery cells, each including end portions in a height direction thereof; a case accommodating the battery cells and a cooling fluid; and first and second holder plates coupled to the case to face each other along the case such that the end portions of the battery cells are insertable therethrough, an accommodation space being defined between the first and second holder plates to accommodate the cooling fluid, and the case, the battery cells, and the first and second holder plates have heights in the height direction that satisfy the condition: a height between the first and second holder plates
US11799155B2	Housing A housing that houses a fuel cell system including: a hydrogen storage unit having a hydrogen supply/discharge hole and capable of storing hydrogen; a fuel cell stack that generates electric power using the supplied hydrogen; a pipe having one end connected to the supply/discharge hole and the other end connected to the fuel cell stack, and supplying the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage unit to the fuel cell stack; and a power storage unit that stores at least electric power obtained by electric power generation performed by the fuel cell stack, the housing includes: a first portion, in which the power storage unit is disposed on a lower surface portion of the housing; and a second portion, in which the supply/discharge hole, the fuel cell stack, and the pipe are provided, the second part being located higher than an upper surface portion of the power storage unit.
US11799144B2	Apparatus for detecting thermal runaway of battery for electric vehicle An apparatus for detecting a thermal runaway of a battery for an electric vehicle includes an exterior case, a plurality of battery cells provided inside the exterior case, a sensing module provided in one of the plurality of battery cells and detecting pressure of the battery cell, and a printed circuit board transmitting a voltage and a temperature of the battery cell, and the pressure of the battery cell detected by the sensing module, to a battery management system.
US11799143B2	Battery pack A battery pack including at least one battery cell including a first surface and a second surface forming opposite ends along a height direction thereof, and an outer circumferential surface connecting the first surface and the second surface; and a flexible circuit board configured to obtain state information of the at least one battery cell, the flexible circuit board including a corrugated main body at least partially surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the at least one battery cell, and branch portions extending from the main body onto the first surface or the second surface of the at least one battery cell.
US11799134B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery includes a battery case, an electrode body, and a collector member connecting the battery case and the electrode body. A positive electrode includes an insulation layer provided so as to be adjacent to a positive electrode active material layer. The collector members include first portions, and second portions continuous to the first portions and bent relative to the first portions. The first portions are fixed to the battery case. The second portions are connected, at ends thereof opposite to the bent portions, to collector regions, respectively. The collector members further include ribs connected, at the bent portions, to the first portions and the second portions, respectively.
US11799132B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery which includes a fluorine-containing compound capable of forming a stable film on the surface of an electrode as an additive, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
US11799130B2	Electrolyte and electrochemical device An electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the weight percentage of the dinitrile compound is X, the weight percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y, and the weight percentage of the propyl propionate is Z; where about 2 wt %≤(X+Y)≤about 11 wt %, about 0.1≤(X/Y)≤about 8, and about 0.01≤(Y/Z)≤about 0.3. The dinitrile compound comprises a compound of Formula (5): N—R2—(O—R3)n—O—R4—CN (5). The electrolyte is capable of effectively inhibiting the increase in DC internal resistance of an electrochemical device so that the electrochemical device has excellent cycle and storage performance.
US11799127B2	All solid state battery having anode current collector including elastic portion and all solid state battery system having the anode current collector A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery with high coulomb efficiency even when the thickness of an anode active material layer is varied due to charge and discharge. The above object is achieved by providing an all solid state battery comprising: a power generation element including a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer, and an anode, in this order, and an exterior body storing the power generation element, and the anode includes at least an anode current collector, and the anode current collector includes a current collection part, and an elastic part placed on other side of the solid electrolyte layer, with respect to the current collection part.
US11799126B2	Method of preparing solid electrolyte and all-solid battery including solid electrolyte prepared by the method A method of preparing a solid electrolyte and an all-solid battery including a solid electrolyte prepared by the method, the method including: contacting a first solvent and a first starting material comprising an alkali metal, sulfur, phosphorus, an element M, or a combination thereof to form a first solution; precipitating a first precursor from the first solution; contacting a second solvent, the first precursor, and a second starting material comprising an alkali metal, sulfur, phosphorus, an element M, or a combination thereof to form a second solution; precipitating a second precursor from the second solution; and heat treating the second precursor to prepare the solid electrolyte, wherein the element M comprises an element of Group 14 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the element M and the alkali metal in the first starting material and the second starting material are the same or different.
US11799125B2	Lithium storage device with improved safety architecture Improvements in the structural components and physical characteristics of lithium battery articles are provided. Standard lithium ion batteries, for example, are prone to certain phenomena related to short circuiting and have experienced high temperature occurrences and ultimate firing as a result. Structural concerns with battery components have been found to contribute to such problems. Improvements provided herein include the utilization of thin metallized current collectors (aluminum and/or copper, as examples), high shrinkage rate materials, materials that become nonconductive upon exposure to high temperatures, and combinations thereof. Such improvements accord the ability to withstand certain imperfections (dendrites, unexpected electrical surges, etc.) within the target lithium battery through provision of ostensibly an internal fuse within the subject lithium batteries themselves that prevents undesirable high temperature results from short circuits. Battery articles and methods of use thereof including such improvements are also encompassed.
US11799124B2	Use of lithium nitrate as sole lithium salt in a gelled lithium battery The invention relates to the use of lithium nitrate as sole lithium salt providing the ion conductivity in a gelled rechargeable lithium metal battery not comprising polysulfide ions, for improving its lifetime.
US11799120B2	Method for forming a thermally conductive connection between a plurality of battery cells and a temperature-regulating body, and battery module A method for forming a thermally conductive connection between a plurality of battery cells (2) and a temperature-regulating body (1) of a battery module (100), wherein, in a first method step, an adhesive (3) comprising at least one first component (31) and at least one second component (32) is applied to the temperature-regulating body (1) or to the plurality of battery cells (2), wherein a first proportion (41) of the at least one first component (31) and/or a second proportion (42) of the at least one second component (32) is changed during the application of the adhesive (3) over the temperature-regulating body (1) or the plurality of battery cells (2), wherein, in a second method step, the plurality of battery cells (2) is connected to the temperature-regulating body (1) in such a way that an inhomogeneous material bond is formed between the plurality of battery cells (2) and the temperature-regulating body (1).
US11799119B2	Manifold, cell stack device, and electrochemical cell A manifold includes a first manifold main body and a second manifold main body. The first manifold main body includes a first gas chamber configured to communicate with a first gas channel. The second manifold main body includes a second gas chamber configured to communicate with a second gas channel. The second manifold main body is disposed in the first manifold main body.
US11799118B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a reformer, fuel cell stacks, and an exhaust-gas combustor. The reformer has a tubular shape extending in an axial direction and reforms raw fuel into combustion gas. The fuel cell stacks generate electric power from the fuel gas and oxidant gas. The fuel cell stacks are arranged radially outward of the reformer in a circumferential direction to face the reformer in a radial direction. The exhaust-gas combustor burns fuel gas that is not used and included in exhaust gas from the fuel cell stacks. The exhaust-gas combustor is arranged radially inward of the reformer to face the reformer in the radial direction. Each fuel cell stack includes flat plate type cells stacked in the radial direction. This achieves downsizing of the fuel cell system.
US11799117B2	Flow batteries incorporating a nitroxide compound within an aqueous electrolyte solution Flow batteries can include a first half-cell containing a first aqueous electrolyte solution. a second half-cell containing a second aqueous electrolyte solution, and a separator disposed between the first half-cell and the second half-cell. The first aqueous electrolyte solution contains a first redox-active material, and the second aqueous electrolyte solution contains a second redox-active material. At least one of the first redox-active material and the second redox-active material is a nitroxide compound or a salt thereof. Particular nitroxide compounds can include a doubly bonded oxygen contained in a ring bearing the nitroxide group, a doubly bonded oxygen appended to a ring bearing the nitroxide group, sulfate or phosphate groups appended to a ring bearing the nitroxide group, various heterocyclic rings bearing the nitroxide group, or acyclic nitroxide compounds.
US11799114B2	Sheet laminate for solid oxide fuel cell, precursor for solid oxide fuel cell, apparatus for manufacturing sheet laminate for solid oxide fuel cell, and method for manufacturing sheet laminate for solid oxide fuel cell The present specification relates to a sheet laminate for a solid oxide fuel cell, a precursor for a solid oxide fuel cell including the same, an apparatus for manufacturing a sheet laminate for a solid oxide fuel cell, and a method for manufacturing a sheet laminate for a solid oxide fuel cell.
US11799113B2	Electrolyte membrane with improved chemical durability and membrane-electrode assembly including same Disclosed is an electrolyte membrane including an antioxidant containing elemental sulfur or a sulfur compound to improve antioxidant activity and resistance to acids. In addition, a membrane-electrode assembly including the electrolyte membrane is disclosed.
US11799109B2	Fuel cell system and method for operating a fuel cell system A fuel cell system comprising at least one fuel cell arranged for a reformation of a hydrocarbon and a hydrocarbon generation unit connected to an anode outlet of the fuel cell for generating the hydrocarbon from carbon monoxide and hydrogen included in a partially unconverted exhaust stream of the anode outlet of the fuel cell, where the fuel cell is thermally decoupled from the hydrocarbon generation unit so that the exothermal hydrocarbon generation reaction and the endothermal reformation reaction proceed without one reaction thermally interfering the other.
US11799105B2	Fuel cell deployment systems and apparatus Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.
US11799101B2	Water removing system and method of fuel cell vehicle using impedance A water removing system and method of a fuel cell vehicle using impedance are provided. The system measures measure the low frequency impedance of a fuel cell stack when a fuel cell system is stopped in a low temperature condition, and adjusts the air supply amount and supply time for removing the water supercharged into the fuel cell stack using the measured low frequency impedance. Thus, air is prevented from being unnecessarily supercharged into the fuel cell stack and at the same time, the water remaining in the fuel cell stack is removed.
US11799093B2	Catalyst electrode for fuel cell, manufacturing method thereof and a fuel cell comprising the catalyst electrode for fuel cell Disclosed are a catalyst electrode for a fuel cell, a method for fabricating the catalyst electrode, and a fuel cell including the catalyst electrode. The presence of an ionomer-ionomer support composite in the catalyst electrode prevents the porous structure of the catalyst electrode from collapsing due to oxidation of a carbon support to avoid an increase in resistance to gas diffusion and can stably secure proton channels. The presence of carbon materials with high conductivity is effective in preventing the electrical conductivity of the electrode from deterioration resulting from the use of a metal oxide in the ionomer-ionomer support composite and is also effective in suppressing collapse of the porous structure of the electrode to prevent an increase in resistance to gas diffusion in the electrode. Based on these effects, the fuel cell exhibits excellent performance characteristics and prevents its performance from deteriorating during continuous operation.
US11799092B2	Cathode catalyst layer of fuel cells, and fuel cell A cathode catalyst layer of fuel cells, the cathode catalyst layer including a first fibrous electrically-conductive member, a first particulate electrically-conductive member, first catalyst particles, and a first proton conductive resin. A ratio I1/C1 of a mass of the first proton conductive resin to a mass of the first electrically particulate conductive member is in a range of 1.0 to 1.6. A ratio of the first fibrous electrically-conductive member to 100 parts by mass of the first particulate conductive member is 30 to 50 parts by mass. The first proton conductive resin has an EW value of 600 to 850.
US11799084B2	Method for making LiFePO4 by hydrothermal method A hydrothermal synthesis for LiFePO4 is provided. First, each raw material solution is prepared using a degassed water in advance, second, those solution are mixed by dripping in a fixed order, and then those materials are reacted in a hydrothermal synthesis, so that LiFePO4 is obtained in a predesigned form.
US11799081B2	Positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery, positive electrode including same, and lithium secondary battery A positive electrode material including a first positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1 and a second positive electrode active material represented by Formula 2, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode are provided. The positive electrode material has a bimodal particle size distribution including large diameter particles and small diameter particles, and the difference in average particle diameter (D50) between the large diameter particles and the small diameter particles is 3 μm or greater.
US11799079B2	Spinel type lithium nickel manganese-containing composite oxide Provided is a 5 V class spinel type lithium nickel manganese-containing composite oxide having an operating potential of 4.5 V or more with respect to a metal Li reference potential, wherein the composite oxide is able to improve cycle characteristics while suppressing the amount of gas generated under high temperature environments and, moreover, to improve output characteristics while suppressing a shoulder on discharge at around 4.1 V in a charge and discharge curve. The spinel type lithium nickel manganese-containing composite oxide is represented by a general formula [Li(LiaNiyMnxTibMgzMα)O4-δ] (where 0
US11799077B2	Active electrode material The present invention provides a phosphorus niobium oxide active electrode material with the composition M1aPx-aM2bNb9-bO25-c-dQd, wherein: M1 is selected from Na, K, Mg, Ca, Sr, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, B, Al, Ga, Si, Ge, Sn, Bi, Sb, and mixtures thereof; M2 is selected from Na, K, Mg, Ca, Sr, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, B, Al, Ga, Si, Ge, Sn, Bi, P, Sb, and mixtures thereof; Q is selected from F, Cl, Br, I, N, S, Se, and mixtures thereof; 0≤a≤0.5; 0≤b'2; −0.5≤c≤1.25; 0≤d≤5; 1≤x≤2; one or more of a, b, c, and d does not equal 0; with the proviso that if M1 consists of Nb and if M2 consists of P then c is >0. Such materials are of interest as active electrode materials in lithium-ion or sodium-ion batteries.
US11799076B2	Active material, anode layer, battery, and methods for producing these A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase, including a void inside a primary particle, and a void amount of the void with a fine pore diameter of 100 nm or less is 0.05 cc/g or more and 0.15 cc/g or less.
US11799075B2	Silicon battery and method for assembly A method for forming a battery anode can include: forming a slurry including active material comprising silicon particles, wherein the silicon particles can be derived from silica fumes, depositing the slurry on an current collector, drying the deposited slurry to form a deposited film, and compacting the deposited film to form the battery anode.
US11799072B2	Anode active material for secondary battery, electrode comprising same, and method for manufacturing same An anode active material for a secondary battery, which has improved cycle swelling properties and rapid charge performance, an anode comprising an anode active material for a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing same. The anode active material is a mixture of scaly natural graphite and spherical natural graphite. An average particle diameter (D50) of the scaly natural graphite is 10 μm to 15 μm and an average particle diameter (D50) of the spherical natural graphite is 14 μm or less.
US11799069B2	Intermittently coated dry electrode for energy storage device and method of manufacturing the same Methods for manufacturing intermittently coated dry electrodes for energy storage devices and energy storage devices including the intermittently coated dry electrodes are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a metal layer and providing an electrochemically active free-standing film formed of a dry active material. The method also includes combining the electrochemically active free-standing film and the metal layer to form a combined layer. The method further includes removing a portion of the electrochemically active free-standing film from the combined layer so that the electrochemically active free-standing film is intermittently formed on the metal layer in a longitudinal direction of the metal layer.
US11799067B2	Battery A battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including an additive. The positive electrode active material includes a compound having a crystal structure belonging to a space group FM3-M and represented by Compositional Formula (1): LixMeyOαFβ, where, Me is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Al, B, Ce, Si, Zr, Nb, Pr, Ti, W, Ge, Mo, Sn, Bi, Cu, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Y, Zn, Ga, Er, La, Sm, Yb, V, and Cr; and subscripts x, y, α, and β satisfy the following requirements: 1.7≤x≤2.2, 0.8≤y≤1.3, 1≤α≤2.5, and 0.5≤β≤2. The additive is at least one selected from dinitrile compounds and diisocyanate compounds.
US11799065B2	Method of producing heat dissipation substrate and method of producing composite substrate A method of producing a heat dissipation substrate, the method including: providing a composite material containing diamond and a metal; performing a treatment on a surface of the composite material to reduce a thickness of the composite material, the treatment forming a processed surface of the composite material; and subsequently, performing pulsed electric current sintering with a pressure of less than 50 MPa applied to the composite material, to heat the composite material.
US11799064B2	Light-emitting unit and surface-emission light source A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements provided on the wiring board and electrically coupled with a wire layer of the wiring board; a light reflecting member provided on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffusing layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and the light reflecting member; a wavelength conversion layer located on or above the light diffusing layer; and a plurality of light reflecting layers located between the light diffusing layer and the wavelength conversion layer, each of the light reflecting layers being located above a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements. An upper surface of the light reflecting member has a recess which includes at least one concave surface, and there is a space between the concave surface and the light diffusing layer.
US11799060B2	Light-emitting device with a plurality of concave parts on the edge of the semiconductor mesa A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface, a first side surface and a second side surface, wherein the first side surface and the second side surface of the substrate are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the top surface of the substrate; a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface of the substrate, the semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode pad formed adjacent to a first edge of the light-emitting device; and a second electrode pad formed adjacent to a second edge of the light-emitting device, wherein in a top view of the light-emitting device, the first edge and the second edge are formed on different sides or opposite sides of the light-emitting device, the first semiconductor layer adjacent to the first edge includes a first sidewall directly connected to the first side surface of the substrate, and the first semiconductor layer adjacent to the second edge includes a second sidewall separated from the second side surface of the substrate by a distance.
US11799058B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor layer sequence with an active zone for generating radiation with a wavelength of maximum intensity L. A mirror comprises a cover layer. The cover layer is made of a material transparent to the radiation and has an optical thickness between 0.5 L and 3 L inclusive. The cover layer is followed in a direction away from the semiconductor layer sequence by between inclusive two and inclusive ten intermediate layers of the mirror. The intermediate layers alternately have high and low refractive indices. An optical thickness of at least one of the intermediate layers is not equal to L/4. The intermediate layers are followed in the direction away from the semiconductor layer sequence by at least one metal layer of the mirror as a reflection layer.
US11799057B2	Group III-nitride light emitting devices including a polarization junction Light emitting devices employing one or more Group III-Nitride polarization junctions. A III-N polarization junction may include two III-N material layers having opposite crystal polarities. The opposing polarities may induce a two-dimensional charge carrier sheet within each of the two III-N material layers. Opposing crystal polarities may be induced through introduction of an intervening material layer between two III-N material layers. Where a light emitting structure includes a quantum well (QW) structure between two Group III-Nitride polarization junctions, a 2D electron gas (2DEG) induced at a first polarization junction and/or a 2D hole gas (2DHG) induced at a second polarization junction on either side of the QW structure may supply carriers to the QW structure. An improvement in quantum efficiency may be achieved where the intervening material layer further functions as a barrier to carrier recombination outside of the QW structure.
US11799053B2	Method of manufacturing light-emitting device A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: providing a structure body including: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface including first regions and second regions; first light-emitting element portions respectively located on the first regions; and second light-emitting element portions respectively located on the second regions; fixing the first light-emitting element portions to a second substrate without fixing the second light-emitting element portions to the second substrate; subsequently, transferring the first light-emitting element portions from the first substrate to the second substrate by removing, from the second surface, portions of the first substrate overlapping the first regions when viewed from the second surface; and subsequently, separating the first light-emitting element portions from the second substrate in a state in which the second light-emitting element portions are located on the second regions.
US11799048B2	Optoelectronic sensor In an embodiment an optoelectronic sensor includes a radiation-emitting semiconductor region, a radiation-detecting semiconductor region, a first polarization filter arranged above the radiation-emitting semiconductor region and including a first polarization direction and a second polarization filter arranged above the radiation-detecting semiconductor region and including a second polarization direction, wherein the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction are perpendicular to each other, wherein a radiation-reflecting or radiation-absorbing layer is arranged on side flanks of the radiation-emitting semiconductor region and/or the radiation-detecting semiconductor region and/or the first polarization filter and/or the second polarization filter.
US11799038B2	Apparatuses including capacitors including multiple dielectric materials, and related methods A semiconductor structure includes a capacitor structure comprising an active region comprising opposing field edges parallel to a first horizontal direction and a gate region comprising opposing gate edges parallel to a second horizontal direction transverse to the first horizontal direction. The semiconductor structure also comprises a first dielectric material adjacent at least one of the opposing field edges or the opposing gate edges and a second dielectric material adjacent the active area and abutting portions of the first dielectric material. A height of the second dielectric material in a vertical direction may be less than the height of the first dielectric material. Semiconductor devices and related methods are also disclosed.
US11799037B2	Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having asymmetric source and drain contact structures Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having asymmetric source and drain contact structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having asymmetric source and drain contact structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of nanowires above a fin. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A first conductive contact structure is coupled to the first epitaxial source or drain structure. A second conductive contact structure is coupled to the second epitaxial source or drain structure. The second conductive contact structure is deeper along the fin than the first conductive contact structure.
US11799034B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device with stable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a first conductive layer. The semiconductor layer, the second insulating layer, and the first conductive layer are stacked in this order over the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer has a stacked-layer structure in which a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and a third insulating film are stacked in this order. The second insulating layer includes an oxide. The third insulating film includes a part in contact with the semiconductor layer. The first insulating film includes silicon and nitrogen. The second insulating film includes silicon, nitrogen, and oxygen. The third insulating film includes silicon and oxygen. The semiconductor layer includes indium and oxygen.
US11799032B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device with stable electrical characteristics is provided.The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer, and a first conductive layer. The first insulating layer is provided over the semiconductor layer. The first conductive layer is provided over the first insulating layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first region that overlaps with the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer, a second region that does not overlap with the first conductive layer and overlaps with the first insulating layer, and a third region that overlaps with neither the first conductive layer nor the first insulating layer. The semiconductor layer contains a metal oxide. The second region and the third region contain a first element. The first element is one or more elements selected from boron, phosphorus, aluminum, and magnesium. The first element exists in a state of being bonded to oxygen.
US11799031B2	Field-effect transistor A structure of field-effect transistor includes a silicon layer of a silicon-on-insulator structure. A gate structure layer in a line shape is disposed on the silicon layer, wherein the gate structure layer includes a first region and a second region abutting to the first region. Trench isolation structures in the silicon layer are disposed at two sides of the gate structure layer, corresponding to the second region. The second region of the gate structure layer is disposed on the silicon layer and overlaps with the trench isolation structure. A source region and a drain region are disposed in the silicon layer at the two sides of the gate structure layer, corresponding to the first region. The second region of the gate structure layer includes a conductive-type junction portion.
US11799030B2	Semiconductor devices with embedded ferroelectric field effect transistors A device includes a substrate, gate stacks, source/drain (S/D) features over the substrate, S/D contacts over the S/D features, and one or more dielectric layers over the gate stacks and the S/D contacts. A via structure penetrates the one or more dielectric layers and electrically contacts one of the gate stacks and the S/D contacts. And a ferroelectric (FE) stack is over the via structure and directly contacting the via structure, wherein the FE stack includes an FE feature and a top electrode over the FE feature.
US11799029B2	Multilayer insulator stack for ferroelectric transistor and capacitor Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first layer comprising a semiconductor; a second layer comprising an insulating material, the second layer adjacent to the first layer; a third layer comprising a high-k insulating material, the third layer adjacent to the second layer; a fourth layer comprising a ferroelectric material, the fourth layer adjacent to the third layer; and a fifth layer comprising a high-k insulating material, the fifth layer adjacent to the fourth layer.
US11799026B2	SiC device having a dual mode sense terminal, electronic systems for current and temperature sensing, and methods of current and temperature sensing A semiconductor die includes: a SiC substrate; power and current sense transistors integrated in the substrate such that the current sense transistor mirrors current flow in the main power transistor; a gate terminal electrically connected to gate electrodes of both transistors; a drain terminal electrically connected to a drain region in the substrate and which is common to both transistors; a source terminal electrically connected to source and body regions of the power transistor; a dual mode sense terminal; and a doped resistor region in the substrate between the transistors. The dual mode sense terminal is electrically connected to source and body regions of the current sense transistor. The doped resistor region has a same conductivity type as the body regions of both transistors and is configured as a temperature sense resistor that electrically connects the source terminal to the dual mode sense terminal.
US11799023B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface opposing each other and a drift layer of a first conductivity type; a base layer of a second conductivity type; an emitter layer of the first conductivity type and a contact layer of the second conductivity type; an active trench; dummy trenches; a trench gate electrode formed in the active trench; a dummy trench gate electrode formed in each of the dummy trenches; an embedded insulating film formed on the trench gate electrode in the active trench, formed on the dummy trench gate electrode in the dummy trench, and having an upper end lower than the upper surface; and an emitter electrode contacting the emitter layer on the upper surface and an inner wall of the active trench, and contacting the contact layer on the upper surface and an inner wall of the dummy trench.
US11799022B2	Semiconductor device comprising a buffer layer including a complex defect of interstice carbon and interstice oxygen A semiconductor device includes: a drift layer of a first conduction type provided in a semiconductor substrate having a first principal plane and a second principal plane opposed to the first principal plane; a first semiconductor layer of a second conduction type provided between the first principal plane of the semiconductor substrate and the drift layer and having impurity concentration higher than impurity concentration of the drift layer; a first buffer layer of a first conduction type provided between the second principal plane of the semiconductor substrate and the drift layer and having hydrogen-induced donors with impurity concentration higher than impurity concentration of the drift layer; and a second semiconductor layer of a first conduction type or a second conduction type provided between the second principal plane of the semiconductor substrate and the first buffer layer and having impurity concentration higher than impurity concentration of the drift layer, wherein the first buffer layer includes a complex defect of interstice carbon and interstice oxygen having density decreasing from the second principal plane side toward the first principal plane side.
US11799016B2	Fabrication of electronic devices using sacrificial seed layers A method of making a semiconductor device includes depositing an amorphous layer on a substrate, masking a portion of the amorphous layer, removing a portion of the amorphous layer to form a first channel into the amorphous layer, depositing a semiconductor layer onto the substrate layer, and removing at least a portion of a defect region of the semiconductor layer to form a second channel.
US11799010B2	Transistor including electride electrode Provided are transistors including an electride electrode. The transistor includes a substrate, a source region and a drain region doped with ions of different polarity from the substrate in a surface of the substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode including an electride material on the source region and the drain region, a gate insulating layer surrounding the source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate, and a gate electrode between the source electrode and the drain electrode on the substrate. The source electrode and the drain electrode have an ohmic contact with the substrate.
US11799006B2	Mask-free process for improving drain to gate breakdown voltage in semiconductor devices A semiconductor device may include a first device on a first portion of a substrate, a second device on a second portion of the substrate, and a third device on a third portion of the substrate. The third device may include an oxide layer that is formed from an oxide layer that is a sacrificial oxide layer for the first device and the second device. The third device may include a gate provided on the oxide layer, a set of spacers provided on opposite sides of the gate, and a source region provided in the third portion of the substrate on one side of the gate. The third device may include a drain region provided in the third portion of the substrate on another side of the gate, and a protective oxide layer provided on a portion of the gate and a portion of the drain region.
US11799004B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a substrate, the active pattern extending in a first direction, a gate electrode on the active pattern, the gate electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and including a first portion and a second portion arranged along the second direction, a first contact plug on the gate electrode, the first contact plug being connected to a top surface of the second portion of the gate electrode, a source/drain region in the active pattern on a sidewall of the gate electrode, and a source/drain contact on the source/drain region, a height of a top surface of the source/drain contact being higher than a top surface of the first portion of the gate electrode and lower than the top surface of the second portion of the gate electrode.
US11799003B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor memory device, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device, includes a first source layer, a second source layer on the first source layer, a stack on the second source layer, a channel structure passing through the stack and the second source layer, and a common source line passing through the stack and the second source layer. The second source layer includes an air gap and a conductive layer surrounding the air gap.
US11799002B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same A method includes depositing a dummy semiconductor layer and a first semiconductor layer over a substrate, forming spacers on sidewalls of the dummy semiconductor layer, forming a first epitaxial material in the substrate, exposing the dummy semiconductor layer and the first epitaxial material, where exposing the dummy semiconductor layer and the first epitaxial material includes thinning a backside of the substrate, etching the dummy semiconductor layer to expose the first semiconductor layer, where the spacers remain over and in contact with end portions of the first semiconductor layer while etching the dummy semiconductor layer, etching portions of the first semiconductor layer using the spacers as a mask, and replacing a second epitaxial material and the first epitaxial material with a backside via, the backside via being electrically coupled to a source/drain region of a first transistor.
US11799001B2	Back-end-of-line devices A transistor and an interconnect structure disposed over the transistor. The interconnect structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first conductive feature in the first dielectric layer, a first etch stop layer (ESL) disposed over the first dielectric layer and the first conductive feature, a dielectric feature disposed in the first ESL, an electrode disposed over the dielectric feature, and a second ESL disposed on the first ESL and the electrode.
US11799000B1	High electron mobility transistor and high electron mobility transistor forming method A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) and method for forming the same are disclosed. The high electron mobility transistor has a GaN epi-layer, a source ohmic contact, a drain ohmic contact, a gate structure, a first metal electrode contact and a first passivation layer. The source ohmic contact and the drain ohmic contact are disposed on the epi-layer. The gate structure is disposed on the epi-layer and between the source ohmic contact and the drain ohmic contact. The first metal electrode contact is disposed above the gate structure. The first passivation layer is sandwiched between the first metal electrode contact and the gate structure.
US11798998B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, a source region, a drain region, and a plurality of field plates. The gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The source region and the drain region are disposed in the semiconductor substrate and located at two opposite sides of the gate structure in a first direction respectively. The field plates are disposed on the semiconductor substrate. Each of the field plates is partly located above the gate structure and partly located between the gate structure and the drain region. The gate structure is electrically connected with at least one of the field plates, and the source region is electrically connected with at least one of the field plates.
US11798995B2	Hetero-junction bipolar transistor and method for manufacturing the same A first collector layer is composed of n-type InP (n-InP) doped with Si at a low concentration. A second collector layer is composed of non-doped InGaAs. A base layer is composed of p-type GaAsSb (p+-GaAsSb) doped with C at a high concentration. An emitter layer is composed of a compound semiconductor different from that of the base layer, and has an area smaller than the base layer in a plan view. An emitter layer can be composed of, for example, n-type InP (n-InP) doped with Si at a low concentration.
US11798991B2	Amorphization and regrowth of source-drain regions from the bottom-side of a semiconductor assembly A device is disclosed. The device includes a channel, a first source-drain region adjacent a first portion of the channel, the first source-drain region including a first crystalline portion that includes a first region of metastable dopants, a second source-drain region adjacent a second portion of the channel, the second source-drain region including a second crystalline portion that includes a second region of metastable dopants. A gate conductor is on the channel.
US11798990B2	Semiconductor device The semiconductor device has the main surface, the semiconductor substrate having the first impurity region formed on the main surface, the first electrode formed on the main surface having the first impurity region, the insulating film formed on the main surface such that surround the first electrode, the second electrode formed on the insulating film such that spaced apart from the first electrode and annularly surround the first electrode, and the semi-insulating film. The first electrode has the outer peripheral edge portion. The semi-insulating film is continuously formed from on the outer peripheral edge portion to on the second electrode. The outer peripheral edge portion includes the first corner portion. The second electrode has the second corner portion facing the first corner portion. The semi-insulating film on the insulating film is removed between the first corner and the second corner portion.
US11798989B2	Strained nanowire CMOS device and method of forming Transistor structures and methods of forming transistor structures are provided. The transistor structures include alternating layers of a first epitaxial material and a second epitaxial material. In some embodiments, one of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material may be removed for one of an n-type or p-type transistor. A bottommost layer of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material maybe be removed, and sidewalls of one of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material may be indented or recessed.
US11798985B2	Methods for manufacturing isolation layers in stacked transistor structures The present disclosure is directed to a method for the fabrication of isolation structures between source/drain (S/D)) epitaxial structures of stacked transistor structures. The method includes depositing an oxygen-free dielectric material in an opening over a first epitaxial structure, where the oxygen-free dielectric material covers top surfaces of the first epitaxial structure and sidewall surfaces of the opening. The method also includes exposing the oxygen-free dielectric material to an oxidizing process to oxidize the oxygen-free dielectric material so that the oxidizing process does not oxidize a portion of the oxygen-free dielectric material on the first epitaxial structure. Further, etching the oxidized oxygen-free dielectric material and forming a second epitaxial layer on the oxygen-free dielectric material not removed by the etching to substantially the opening.
US11798980B2	Integrated circuit device and electronic device including capacitor with interfacial layer containing metal element, other element, nitrogen, and oxygen A capacitor includes: a lower electrode including a metal nitride represented by MM′N, wherein M is a metal element, M′ is an element different from M, and N is nitrogen; a dielectric layer on the lower electrode; an interfacial layer between the lower electrode and the dielectric layer and including a metal nitrate represented by MM′ON, wherein M is a metal element, M′ is an element different from M, N is nitrogen, and O is oxygen; and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer.
US11798979B2	Integrated capacitor with sidewall having reduced roughness An integrated capacitor on a semiconductor surface on a substrate includes a capacitor dielectric layer including at least one silicon compound material layer on a bottom plate. The capacitor dielectric layer includes a pitted sloped dielectric sidewall. Each of the pits is at least partially filled by one of a plurality of noncontiguous dielectric portions. A conformal dielectric layer may be formed over the noncontiguous dielectric portions. A top metal layer provides a top plate of the capacitor.
US11798977B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of light reflecting members disposed on the substrate. The light reflecting members respectively include wall parts each surrounding each of the light sources individually or two or more of the light sources in groups. Two adjacent ones of the light reflecting members are joined to each other such that outer surfaces of the wall parts of the two adjacent ones of the light reflecting members are bonded to each other via an adhesive agent.
US11798976B2	Light emitting element array A light emitting element array is provided and includes substrate; light emitting elements arrayed to substrate; first anisotropic diffusion layer facing substrate with light emitting elements interposed between first anisotropic diffusion layer and substrate; and second anisotropic diffusion layer, wherein first anisotropic diffusion layer and second anisotropic diffusion layer are layered, first anisotropic diffusion layer and second anisotropic diffusion layer each include a region in an in-plane direction including a high refractive index region and a low refractive index region in a mixed manner, and absolute value of first angle formed by boundary between high refractive index region and low refractive index region of first anisotropic diffusion layer and direction perpendicular to substrate is different from absolute value of second angle formed by boundary between high refractive index region and low refractive index region of second anisotropic diffusion layer and direction perpendicular to substrate.
US11798975B2	Display device A display device is capable of improving luminous efficiency and display quality and includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor on the substrate; a first electrode on the substrate and connected to the thin film transistor; a second electrode on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode; a plurality of light emitting elements between the first and second electrodes and electrically connected to each of the first and second electrodes; an insulating layer on the plurality of light emitting elements; and a reflective layer on the insulating layer. Each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes: a first semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer.
US11798973B2	Image sensor comprising entangled pixel A depth sensor includes a first pixel including a plurality of first photo transistors each receiving a first photo gate signal, a second pixel including a plurality of second photo transistors each receiving a second photo gate signal, a third pixel including a plurality of third photo transistors each receiving a third photo gate signal, a fourth pixel including a plurality of fourth photo transistors each receiving a fourth photo gate signal, and a photoelectric conversion element shared by first to fourth photo transistors of the plurality of first to fourth photo transistors.
US11798967B2	Image sensor package with transparent adhesive covering the optical sensing circuit An integrated circuit package includes a support substrate having a front side and a back side and an optical integrated circuit die having a back side mounted to the front side of the support substrate and having a front side with an optical sensing circuit. A glass optical element die has a back side mounted to the front side of the optical integrated circuit die over the optical sensing circuit. The mounting of the glass optical element die is made by a layer of transparent adhesive which extends to the cover the optical sensing circuit and a portion of the front side of the optical integrated circuit die peripherally surrounding the optical sensing circuit. An encapsulation material body encapsulates the glass optical element die and the optical integrated circuit die.
US11798964B2	Imaging apparatus and camera for reducing of influence of vibration on an image signal subject to photoelectronic conversion In an apparatus, effective pixels of C×A-number composed of pixel rows of A-number and pixel columns of C-number or composed of the pixel rows of the C-number and the pixel columns of the A-number are arrayed in an effective pixel area of a chip, and images of a number not more than B-number are output from the chip for one second, wherein A, B and C are positive integers. The adhesive includes first, second, third, and fourth portions placed between a base body and the chip. The first and second portions are positioned between the third and fourth portions in the array direction of the pixel rows or columns. A gap is provided between the first and second portions, between the second and third portions, and between the first and fourth portions. The first and second portions are positioned between the effective pixel area and the base body.
US11798963B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes a substrate including an active pixel region and an inactive pixel region, having a smaller area than the active pixel region; a plurality of active pixels in the active pixel region, each of the plurality of active pixels including a first transfer transistor, a first reset transistor, a first driving transistor, and a first selection transistor; and a plurality of inactive pixels in the inactive pixel region, each of the plurality of inactive pixels including a second transfer transistor, a second reset transistor, a second driving transistor, a second selection transistor, and a switch transistor connected to a node between the second driving transistor and the second select transistor. The plurality of switch transistors, included in the plurality of inactive pixels, are connected to each other by a connection wiring.
US11798960B2	Processing circuit and method for time-of-flight image sensor A time-of-flight imaging device comprises an image sensor comprising a pixel array including a plurality of pixel circuits, respective ones of the plurality of pixel circuits including a first tap output configured to output a first tap signal, and a second tap output configured to output a second tap signal; and a signal processing circuit including a time-of-flight processing circuit configured to perform at least one logical operation on the first tap signal and the second tap signal based on a mode of the signal processing circuit, and a counter configured to output a digital signal based on an output of the time-of-flight processing circuit.
US11798955B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a reference voltage supply line disposed in the non-display area and transmitting a reference voltage, and a driving voltage supply line disposed in the non-display area and transmitting a driving voltage. The reference voltage supply line includes a straight line part extending in a first direction and a curved line part extending from the straight line part to be bent, and the curved line part of the reference voltage supply line is disposed along a periphery of the display area.
US11798951B2	Display device with pixel and channel region arrangements A display unit of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pixel circuits each including a light-emitting element, a drive transistor that has a drain and a source and supplies a current to the light-emitting element, and a control transistor connected to the drain or the source of the drive transistor. One channel portion is formed for two control transistors in respective adjacent two of the pixel circuits.
US11798943B2	Transistor source/drain contacts and methods of forming the same In an embodiment, a method includes: depositing a protective layer on a source/drain region and a gate mask, the gate mask disposed on a gate structure, the gate structure disposed on a channel region of a substrate, the channel region adjoining the source/drain region; etching an opening through the protective layer, the opening exposing the source/drain region; depositing a metal in the opening and on the protective layer; annealing the metal to form a metal-semiconductor alloy region on the source/drain region; and removing residue of the metal from the opening with a cleaning process, the protective layer covering the gate mask during the cleaning process.
US11798942B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices having fins and an isolation region A semiconductor device and method includes: forming a first fin and a second fin on a substrate; forming a dummy gate material over the first fin and the second fin; forming a recess in the dummy gate material between the first fin and the second fin; forming a sacrificial oxide on sidewalls of the dummy gate material in the recess; filling an insulation material between the sacrificial oxide on the sidewalls of the dummy gate material in the recess; removing the dummy gate material and the sacrificial oxide; and forming a first replacement gate over the first fin and a second replacement gate over the second fin.
US11798941B2	Semiconductor device having an upper epitaxial layer contacting two lower epitaxial layers In in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is formed over an underlying structure. The underlying structure includes a gate structure disposed over a channel region of a fin structure, and a first source/drain epitaxial layer disposed at a source/drain region of the fin structure. A first opening is formed over the first source/drain epitaxial layer by etching a part of the ILD layer and an upper portion of the first source/drain epitaxial layer. A second source/drain epitaxial layer is formed over the etched first source/drain epitaxial layer. A conductive material is formed over the second source/drain epitaxial layer.
US11798939B2	Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device with protection layer A method for forming a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The method includes providing a substrate, and forming a fin structure on the substrate. The method also includes forming a protection layer on the sidewalls of the fin structure, and forming a dielectric layer on the fin structure and the protection layer. The method further includes removing a portion of the dielectric layer until a portion of the protection layer is exposed, and removing the exposed portion of the protection layer, such that the sidewalls of a lower portion of the fin structure are covered by the protection layer, and the sidewalls of an upper portion of the fin structure are not covered by the protection layer.
US11798932B2	Offset interposers for large-bottom packages and large-die package-on-package structures An offset interposer includes a land side including land-side ball-grid array (BGA) and a package-on-package (POP) side including a POP-side BGA. The land-side BGA includes two adjacent, spaced-apart land-side pads, and the POP-side BGA includes two adjacent, spaced-apart POP-side pads that are coupled to the respective two land-side BGA pads through the offset interposer. The land-side BGA is configured to interface with a first-level interconnect. The POP-side BGA is configured to interface with a POP substrate. Each of the two land-side pads has a different footprint than the respective two POP-side pads.
US11798929B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate, a first memory chip provided on the redistribution substrate, the first memory chip comprising a first base layer, a first circuit layer provided on a top surface of the first base layer, and a first via penetrating the first base layer and connected to the first circuit layer and the redistribution substrate, a logic chip provided on the first memory chip, and a first molding layer surrounding the first memory chip. An outer side surface of the first molding layer is coplanar with a side surface of the logic chip. At an interface of the logic chip and the first memory chip, a first chip pad provided in the first circuit layer of the first memory chip and a second chip pad of the logic chip are formed of the same material and constitute one body.
US11798918B2	Ball grid array substrate A semiconductor device package includes an embedded plurality of solder balls within an integrated circuit die (ICD) substrate In one embodiment, the integrated circuit die (ICD) substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface, and a plurality of solder balls at least partially embedded in the ICD substrate, where each of the plurality of solder balls comprises an exposed surface that is substantially flat and parallel planar to the bottom surface, and where the exposed surface of each of the plurality of solder balls is disposed in the bottom surface. In certain examples, the apparatuses also include a plurality of integrated circuit dies stacked on the top surface of the ICD substrate.
US11798915B2	Display device comprising alignment lines and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a display device including a substrate including a display area including a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area outside the display area, a pixel circuit layer including a plurality of circuit elements in the display area, a display element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements in the display area on the pixel circuit layer, and first and second alignment lines on the substrate, and each including a main line at the same layer as at least one electrode on the display element layer, and a sub line electrically connected to the main line and at the same layer as at least one electrode on the pixel circuit layer, wherein the first alignment line and the second alignment line do not include the main line in the non-display area, and include the sub line to be spaced apart from one edge of the substrate.
US11798913B2	Metal-dielectric bonding method and structure A metal-dielectric bonding method includes providing a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure. The first semiconductor structure includes: a first semiconductor layer including a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor device, a first dielectric layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer, the first metal layer having a metal bonding surface. The metal bonding surface is planarized and a plasma treatment is applied thereto. The second semiconductor structure includes a second semiconductor layer including a pixel wafer, and a second dielectric layer on the second semiconductor layer, the second dielectric layer having a dielectric bonding surface. The dielectric bonding surface is planarized and a plasma treatment is applied thereto. The first and second semiconductor structures are bonded together by bonding the metal bonding surface with the dielectric bonding surface.
US11798906B2	Semiconductor chip A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate including a bump region and a non-bump region, a bump on the bump region, and a passivation layer on the bump region and the non-bump region of the semiconductor substrate. No bump is on the non-bump region. A thickness of the passivation layer in the bump region is thicker than a thickness of the passivation layer in the non-bump region. The passivation layer includes a step between the bump region and the non-bump region.
US11798905B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device The semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises; a semiconductor element having one surface with a plurality of electrode pads; an electrode structure including a plurality of metal terminals and a sealing resin. The plurality of metal terminals being disposed in a region along a circumference of the one surface. The sealing resin holding the plurality of metal terminals and being disposed on the one surface of the semiconductor element. The electrode structure includes a first surface opposed to the one surface of the semiconductor element, a second surface positioned in an opposite side of the first surface, and a third surface positioned between the first surface and the second surface. Each of the plurality of metal terminals is exposed from the sealing resin in at least a part of the second surface and at least a part of the third surface.
US11798901B1	Wafer-scale integration with alternative technology wafer processes that can be folded into three-dimensional packaging Semiconductor wafer devices are formed of a wafer or a portion of a wafer. The wafer or wafer portion includes a plurality of functional blocks, one of which comprises an energy source and another which takes some other form, such as digital logic, data storage, a communication module, a display, a display driver, or a sensor. A functional block may be formed as part of processing of the wafer or may comprise a post-processing element. The functional blocks combine to provide an operational system having a plurality of functions. The wafer may be formed of an amorphous material, allowing the device to have a three-dimensional, non-planar structure, such as a cuboidal or tubular structure. If the device comprises only a portion of a wafer, a plurality of devices may be formed from a single wafer, with each portion being removed from the remainder of the wafer to define a device.
US11798899B2	Crack stop ring trench to prevent epitaxy crack propagation In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a stacked semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor material disposed over a base semiconductor substrate. The base semiconductor substrate has a first coefficient of thermal expansion and the semiconductor material has a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is different than the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The stacked semiconductor substrate includes one or more sidewalls defining a crack stop ring trench that continuously extends in a closed path between a central region of the stacked semiconductor substrate and a peripheral region of the stacked semiconductor substrate surrounding the central region. The peripheral region of the stacked semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of cracks and the central region is substantially devoid of cracks.
US11798897B2	Package structure and methods of manufacturing the same A package structure includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor device and a ring structure. The circuit substrate has a first region and a second region connected thereto. The circuit substrate includes at least one routing layer including a dielectric portion and a conductive portion disposed thereon. A first ratio of a total volume of the conductive portion of the routing layer within the first region to a total volume of the dielectric and conductive portions of the routing layer within the first region is less than a second ratio of a total volume of the conductive portion of the routing layer within the second region to a total volume of the dielectric and conductive portions of the routing layer within the second region. The semiconductor device is disposed over the circuit substrate within the first region, and is electrically coupled to the circuit substrate. The ring structure is disposed over the circuit substrate within the second region.
US11798895B2	Quantum device including shield part and method of manufacturing the same A quantum device (100) includes an interposer (112), a quantum chip (111) mounted on the interposer (112), and a shield part (150) provided so as to surround a quantum circuit region of the interposer (112) and the quantum chip (111). Accordingly, the quantum device (100) is able to prevent interference in the quantum circuit region due to exogenous noise.
US11798892B2	Embedded die on interposer packages Integrated circuit (IC) packages having a through-via interposer with an embedded die, as well as related structures, devices, and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a through-via interposer with an embedded die, the through-via connections having front to back conductivity. In some embodiments, a die may be disposed on the back side of an IC package having a through-via interposer with an embedded die and may be electrically coupled to the embedded die. In some embodiments, a second IC package in a package-on-package (PoP) arrangement may be disposed on the back side of an IC package having a through-via interposer with an embedded die and may be electrically coupled to the conductive vias.
US11798889B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor packages A semiconductor package includes a first package substrate, a first semiconductor chip on the first package substrate, a molding layer covering side walls of the first semiconductor chip and including through holes, an interposer on the first semiconductor chip and the molding layer, conductive connectors in the through holes of the molding layer and connected to the first package substrate and the interposer, and an insulating filler including a first portion that fills the through holes of the molding layer so as to surround side walls of the conductive connectors.
US11798882B2	Semiconductor package having smart power stage and e-fuse solution A semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a low side metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), an E-fuse MOSFET, a high side MOSFET, a metal connection, a gate driver, an E-fuse IC, and a molding encapsulation. A buck converter comprises a smart power stage (SPS) network and an E-fuse solution network. The SPS network comprises a high side switch, a low side switch, and a gate driver. A drain of the low side switch is coupled to a source of the high side switch via a switch node. The gate driver is coupled to a gate of the high side switch and a gate of the low side switch. The E-fuse solution network comprises a sense resistor, an E-fuse switch, an E-fuse integrated circuit (IC), and an SD circuit.
US11798881B2	Anti-fuse structure and method for fabricating same, as well as semiconductor device An anti-fuse structure, a method for fabricating the anti-fuse structure, and a semiconductor device are disclosed. The anti-fuse structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a fuse oxide layer, a gate material layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. An active area is defined on the semiconductor substrate by an isolation structure. The active area includes a wide portion and a narrow portion connected to each other. The fuse oxide layer is located on the semiconductor substrate, covers the narrow portion and extends to cover a first part of the wide portion. The gate material layer is formed on the fuse oxide layer. The first electrode is formed on and electrically connected to the gate material layer, while the second electrode is formed on and electrically connected to a second part of the wide portion not covered by the fuse oxide layer.
US11798879B2	Semiconductor device with composite passivation structure and method for preparing the same A semiconductor device includes a conductive pattern formed over a semiconductor substrate, and an interconnect structure formed over the conductive pattern. The semiconductor device also includes a first passivation layer over the conductive pattern; a second passivation layer over the first passivation layer; an interconnect structure disposed over the conductive pattern and in the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer; and an interconnect liner disposed between the interconnect structure and the conductive pattern and surrounding the interconnect structure, wherein inner sidewall surfaces of the interconnect liner are in direct contact with the interconnect structure, and a maximum distance between outer sidewall surfaces of the interconnect liner is greater than a width of the conductive pattern.
US11798871B2	Device package substrate structure and method therefor A semiconductor device substrate is provided. The substrate includes an embedded trace substrate (ETS) portion. The ETS portion includes a first conductive layer embedded in the ETS portion at a first major surface. A portion of the first conductive layer is patterned to form a signal line. A non-conductive layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer second embedded in the ETS portion. A third conductive layer is formed over the first major surface of the ETS portion. The third conductive layer is configured to form a stripline with the signal line of the first conductive layer.
US11798863B2	Laminate and electronic device The problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a laminate capable of effectively enhancing thermal conductivity and adhesiveness, in spite of the relatively large thickness of a patterned metal layer. The laminate (1) according to the present invention includes a metal substrate (4), an insulating layer (2) laminated on one surface of the metal substrate (4), and a patterned metal layer (3) laminated on the surface of the insulating layer (2) on the side opposite to the metal substrate (4), the metal layer (3) is 300 μm or more in thickness, and the insulating layer (2) includes boron nitride (12) and an inorganic filler (13) other than boron nitride.
US11798860B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor structure includes a substrate comprising a die pad disposed over the substrate, and a passivation disposed over the substrate and surrounding the die pad, a redistribution layer (RDL) comprising a dielectric layer disposed over the passivation and an interconnect structure disposed within the dielectric layer and electrically connecting with the die pad, a conductive bump disposed over and electrically connected with the interconnect structure; and an isolation layer surrounding the substrate and the RDL.
US11798859B2	Electronic device package and method of manufacturing the same An electronic device package includes an encapsulated electronic component, a substrate, a conductor and a buffer layer. The encapsulated electronic component includes a redistribution layer (RDL) and an encapsulation layer. The first surface is closer to the RDL than the second surface is. The encapsulation layer includes a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The substrate is disposed on the second surface of the encapsulation layer. The conductor is disposed between the substrate and the encapsulated electronic component, and electrically connecting the substrate to the encapsulated electronic component. The buffer layer is disposed between the substrate and the encapsulated electronic component and around the conductor.
US11798857B2	Composition for sacrificial film, package, manufacturing method of package A composition for a sacrificial film includes a polymer, a solvent, and a plasticize compound having an aromatic ring structure. A package includes a die, through insulating vias (TIV), an encapsulant, and a redistribution structure. The die includes a sensing component. The TIVs surround the die. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the die and the TIVs. The redistribution structure is over the die, the TIVs, and the encapsulant. The redistribution structure has an opening exposing the sensing component of the die. A top surface of the redistribution structure is slanted.
US11798851B2	Work function metal patterning for nanosheet CFETs Semiconductor devices, and methods of forming the same, include forming a stack of channel layers, including an upper device region and a lower device region. The upper device region is separated from the lower device region by a dielectric spacer layer. A first work function metal layer is formed on the channel layers in the lower device region. A height of the first work function metal layer does not rise above the dielectric spacer layer. A second work function metal layer is formed on the channel layers in the upper device region.
US11798846B2	Contact plug The present disclosure provides embodiments of a semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a gate structure, a source/drain feature adjacent the gate structure, a first dielectric layer over the source/drain feature, an etch stop layer over the gate structure and the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, a source/drain contact that includes a first portion extending through the first dielectric layer and a second portion extending through the etch stop layer and the second dielectric layer, a metal silicide layer disposed between the second portion and etch stop layer, and a metal nitride layer disposed between the first portion and the first dielectric layer.
US11798843B2	Conductive feature formation and structure Generally, the present disclosure provides example embodiments relating to conductive features, such as metal contacts, vias, lines, etc., and methods for forming those conductive features. In an embodiment, a barrier layer is formed along a sidewall. A portion of the barrier layer along the sidewall is etched back. After etching back the portion of the barrier layer, an upper portion of the barrier layer along the sidewall is smoothed. A conductive material is formed along the barrier layer and over the smoothed upper portion of the barrier layer.
US11798836B2	Semiconductor isolation structure and method of making the same A semiconductor isolation structure includes a silicon-on-insulator wafer, a first deep trench isolation structure and a second deep trench isolation structure. The silicon-on-insulator wafer includes a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulation layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer disposed on the buried insulation layer. The semiconductor layer has a functional region. The first deep trench isolation structure penetrates the semiconductor layer and the buried insulation layer, and surrounds the functional region. The second deep trench isolation structure penetrates semiconductor layer and the buried insulation layer, and surrounds the first deep trench isolation structure.
US11798833B2	Methods of use of a servo control system Disclosed herein are embodiments of a lift apparatus and systems containing a support and at least one lift apparatus for moving a substrate between the support and a transfer plane, using a servo-control system. Further disclosed herein are methods for servo control of a lift apparatus and lifting a substrate off of a support or lowering the substrate onto the support.
US11798829B2	Open-ended type substrate receiving cassette and system thereof A cassette which receives a substrate, and a substrate receiving system including a chamber which receives a cassette in which a substrate is loaded are provided. The cassette which receives a substrate includes: a plurality of slot supports stacked in a first direction; and a frame connected to the plurality of slot supports and extending in the first direction, wherein the plurality of slot supports and the frame are opened in an outward direction to receive the substrate, and are closed in an inward direction after the substrate is received.
US11798828B2	Binning-enhanced defect detection method for three-dimensional wafer structures Location-based binning can separate defects on different rows of channel holes in a 3D NAND structure to corresponding bins. A one-dimensional projection of an image is generated and a one-dimensional curve is formed. A mask is generated from the one-dimensional curve. Defects in the image are detected using the mask and location-based binning is performed.
US11798827B2	Systems and methods for semiconductor adaptive testing using inline defect part average testing Systems and methods for semiconductor adaptive testing using inline defect part average testing are configured to receive a plurality of inline defect part average testing (I-PAT) scores from an I-PAT system, where the plurality of I-PAT scores is generated by the I-PAT system based on semiconductor die data for a plurality of semiconductor dies, where the semiconductor die data includes characterization measurements for the plurality of semiconductor dies, where each I-PAT score of the plurality of I-PAT scores represents a weighted defectivity determined by the I-PAT system based on a characterization measurement of a corresponding semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies; apply one or more rules to the plurality of I-PAT scores during a dynamic decision-making process; and generate one or more adaptive tests for at least one semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies based on the dynamic decision-making process.
US11798822B2	Support unit, substrate treating apparatus including the same, and substrate treating method Disclosed is a support unit for supporting a substrate. The support unit includes a support plate having an inner space defined therein, a heating member disposed in the inner space and emitting light for heating the substrate supported on the support unit, and a reflective member disposed along an edge region of the support plate and reflecting thermal energy of the light to an edge region of the substrate supported on the support unit.
US11798820B2	Gas delivery systems and methods A system may include a main line for delivering a first gas, and a sensor for measuring a concentration of a precursor in the first gas delivered through the main line. The system may further include first and second sublines for providing fluid access to first and second processing chambers, respectively. The first subline may include a first flow controller for controlling the first gas flowed through the first subline. The second subline may include a second flow controller for controlling the first gas flowed through the second subline. A delivery controller may be configured to control the first and second flow controllers based on the measured concentration of the precursor to deliver a first mixture of the first gas and a second gas and a second mixture of the first and second gases into the first and second semiconductor processing chambers, respectively.
US11798819B2	Liquid processing apparatus and liquid processing method A liquid processing apparatus includes a storage tank, a circulation line, a supply line, a return line and at least one filter. The storage tank stores a processing liquid therein. Through the circulation line, the processing liquid sent from the storage tank is returned back into the storage tank. The supply line connects the circulation line and a supply configured to supply the processing liquid onto a substrate. The return line is connected to the supply line, and the processing liquid is returned back into the storage tank from the supply line through the return line. The filter is provided in at least one of the supply line on an upstream side of a connection point between the return line and the supply line or the return line, and is configured to remove a foreign substance in the processing liquid.
US11798816B2	Method for isolating a conductive via from a glass substrate A method for isolating at least one conductive via from a surrounding glass substrate is provided. A support layer is formed over at least one surface of the glass substrate. Thereafter, the glass substrate is removed. As a result, the at least one conductive via can be analyzed without interference from the glass substrate.
US11798814B2	Semiconductor package, electronic apparatus and method of manufacturing the semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes an interposer having a separation layer on a rear surface of which a plurality of first recesses is arranged. A plurality of wiring structures is stacked on the separation layer alternately with a plurality of insulation interlayers. A plurality of semiconductor devices is arranged, side by side, on the interposer side and connected to a plurality of the wiring structures. A plurality of contact terminals on the rear surface of the separation layer is connected to the plurality of the wiring structures through the separation layer. A flatness deterioration of the interposer is minimized and the contact surface between the interposer and under fill resin is enlarged.
US11798811B2	Iodine-containing fluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon compounds for etching semiconductor structures Disclosed are methods for etching a silicon-containing film to form a patterned structure, methods for reinforcing and/or strengthening and/or minimizing damage of a patterned mask layer while forming a patterned structure and methods for increasing etch resistance of a patterned mask layer in a process of forming a patterned structure. The methods include using an activated iodine-containing etching compound having the formula CnHxFyIz, wherein 4≤n≤10, 0≤x≤21, 0≤y≤21, and 1≤z≤4 as an etching gas. The activated iodine-containing etching compound produces iodine ions, which are implanted into the patterned hardmask layer, thereby strengthening the patterned mask layer.
US11798810B2	Resist underlayer film-forming composition containing amide solvent A resist underlayer film-forming composition exhibiting high etching resistance, high heat resistance, and excellent coatability; a resist underlayer film obtained using the resist underlayer film-forming composition and a method for producing the same; a method for forming a resist pattern; and a method for producing a semiconductor device. A resist underlayer film-forming composition including a polymer and a compound represented by Formula (1) as a solvent. In Formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 in Formula (1) each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which may be interrupted by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or an amide bond, and R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different and may bond to each other to form a ring structure.
US11798806B2	Pattern forming method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A pattern forming method includes: forming a first film on a first region of a processing target film; forming a second film containing metal and carbon and different from the first film, on a second region of the processing target film; etching the first film; and etching the processing target film using the first film after the etching while the second film is exposed.
US11798805B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor substrate A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor substrate are provided. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a bonding layer that bonds a semiconductor thin film to a bonding layer region on a portion of a first substrate with a force weaker than covalent bonding, forming the semiconductor thin film in the bonding layer region and a non-bonding layer region other than the bonding layer region, separating the semiconductor thin film from the first substrate by bonding an organic layer included in a pick-up substrate different from the first substrate to the semiconductor thin film, removing the bonding layer adhered to a peeled surface of the semiconductor thin film separated from the first substrate, and bonding the semiconductor thin film from which the bonding layer has been removed to a second substrate different from the first substrate.
US11798802B2	Methods for stripping and cleaning semiconductor structures Methods for removing an oxide film and for cleaning silicon-on-insulator structures are disclosed. The methods may involve immersing the silicon-on-insulator structure in a stripping bath to strip an oxide film from the surface of the silicon-on-insulator structure. The stripped silicon-on-insulator structure is immersed in an ozone bath comprising ozone. The ozone-treated silicon-on-insulator structure may be immersed in an SC-1 bath comprising ammonium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide to clean the structure.
US11798798B2	Phosphor for a UV emitting device and a UV generating device utilizing such a phosphor The invention relates to a phosphor for a UV emitting device, having the formula Na1+xCa1−2xPO4:PR3+x wherein 0
US11798797B2	Effective potential matching at boundaries of segmented quadrupoles in a mass spectrometer Methods and apparatus are disclosed for reducing ion reflections between multipole segments in a mass spectrometer by matching the effective potential between the two segments. Mass spectrometers having at least two multipole segments separated from each other along a longitudinal axis of the mass spectrometer such that a boundary region exists through which ions are drawn from an upstream segment to a downstream segment, and wherein each multipole segment further includes a set of spaced-apart rod-shaped electrodes disposed around the longitudinal axis and having a field radius defined by an inscribed circle between the innermost portions of each electrode. Effective potential matching can be achieved by either supplying RF signals of different amplitudes to each segment and/or by modifying the field strength of the segments. In one embodiment, the multipole segments are configured such that the upstream multipole segment has a smaller field radius than the downstream segment.
US11798796B2	Preconcentrating of environmental contaminant analytes for ambient ionization mass spectrometry The present disclosure relates to a method and system of preconcentrating analytes in a solution within an emitter for ionization mass spectrometry and analysis.
US11798792B2	Ceramic heater A ceramic heater includes a ceramic plate, a planar electrode, and a resistive heating element. A first via, a second via, a coupler, and a reinforcement portion are embedded in the ceramic plate. The first via is conductive and extends from the resistive heating element toward a via through-hole. The second via is conductive and extends from the via through-hole in a direction opposite a direction toward the resistive heating element. The coupler is conductive and electrically couples the first via and the second via with each other. The reinforcement portion is disposed inside the via through-hole 16 between the coupler and an inner circumferential surface around the via through-hole and is composed of a material that is the same as the material of the ceramic plate.
US11798787B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method A plasma processing apparatus includes: a source RF generator that generates a source RF pulsed signal of at least three power levels; first and second bias RF generators that generate first and second bias RF pulsed signals of at least two power levels; a synchronization signal generator that generates a synchronization signal; a first matching circuit connected to the source RF generator and an antenna, thereby allowing the source RF pulsed signal to be supplied from the source RF generator to the antenna through the first matching circuit; and a second matching circuit connected to the first and second bias RF generators and a substrate support, thereby allowing the first and second bias RF pulse signals to be supplied from the first and second bias RF generators to the substrate support through the second matching circuit.
US11798780B2	Charged particle beam device The scanning charged particle beam microscope according to the present application is characterized in that, in acquiring an image of the FOV (field of view), interspaced beam irradiation points are set, and then, a deflector is controlled so that a charged particle beam scan is performed faster when the charged particle beam irradiates a position on the sample between each of the irradiation points than when the charged particle beam irradiates a position on the sample corresponding to each of the irradiation points (a position on the sample corresponding to each pixel detecting a signal). This allows the effects from a micro-domain electrification occurring within the FOV to be mitigated or controlled.
US11798770B2	Microwave tube and method for controlling the same A microwave tube includes an electron gun that emits an electron beam; a magnetic circuit that focuses the electron beam emitted from the electron gun; a collector that captures the electron beam that has passed through the magnetic circuit; a high frequency circuit that is spirally arranged around the electron beam focused by the magnetic circuit and that transmits a high frequency; and a magnetic body part arranged around the electron gun so as to be movable in an emission direction of the electron beam. A high frequency output from the high frequency circuit is controlled to be constant by moving the magnetic body part in an emission direction of the electron beam.
US11798769B1	Cathode-in-cathode high-power microwave (HPM) vacuum tube source and method of alignment A high-power microwave (HPM) vacuum tube source and method of precise coaxial alignment of the field emission (FE) cathode, cylindrical RF generating tube and magnet field includes positioning a low-power thermionic emission (TE) cathode inside the FE cathode in a “cathode-in-cathode” arrangement. With the HPM source under vacuum and the FE cathode deactivated, the TE cathode emits a surrogate electron beam through the generating tube. Measurement circuits measure the surrogate electron beam's position with respect to a longitudinal axis fore and aft of the generating tube. The measurements circuits may, for example, be a repositionable fluorescent target or electric field sensors embedded in the cylindrical RF generating tube. The coaxial alignment of the primary cathode, cylindrical RE generating tube and magnet is adjusted until the position of the surrogate electron beam satisfies a coaxial alignment tolerance.
US11798768B2	Fusing device The present disclosure provides a multifunctional fuse. The multifunctional fuse includes a fuse element, a pre-charging resistor, and an inner housing. The inner housing is provided with a receiving cavity, the fuse element is received in the receiving cavity, and the pre-charging resistor is wound around an outer side of the inner housing and is in contact with the inner housing. The multifunctional fuse of the present disclosure resolves problems of large volumes and high costs of a pre-charging resistor and a fuse in a high voltage circuit in the related art.
US11798767B1	Electrical overload protection device and method of use An electrical overload protection device for readily identifying and resetting a tripped circuit breaker includes a button, which is retained in depressed and extended configurations by a biaser. A first end and a second end of a plate spring are attached to the housing and the biaser, respectively. A bimetal strip, which is attached to and positioned in the housing, is reversibly deformable and thus bendable upon exposure to a specified current. Depressing the button contacts the biaser with the bimetal strip to complete an electrical circuit, which, should it exceed the specified current, bends the bimetal strip to actuate the plate spring to extend a shaft from the housing. The bending also disengages the biaser from the bimetal strip and breaks the electrical circuit. Depressing the shaft reverses deformation of the bimetal strip and reextends the button so it is again depressible to complete the electrical circuit.
US11798766B2	Surge protector The invention provides a surge protector, in particular for information technology and/or communications technology systems, which is equipped with: a housing (ST, BT; GT); a first input terminal (E1) for applying a first external voltage signal; a second input terminal (E2) for applying a second external voltage signal; a first output terminal (A1) for outputting the first external voltage signal; a second output terminal (A2) for outputting the second external voltage signal; a surge protection circuit device (G1, R1, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1, Z2), at least part of which is provided on a circuit board (P) located in the housing (ST, BT; G); a first current path (ST1) for conducting the first external voltage signal from the first input terminal (E1) to the first output terminal (A1) bypassing the surge protection circuit device (G1, R1, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1, Z2); a second current path (ST2) for conducting the second external voltage signal from the second input terminal (E2) to the second output terminal (A2) bypassing the surge protection circuit device (G1, R1, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1, Z2); a third current path (ST3) for conducting the first external voltage signal from the first input terminal (E1) to the first output terminal (A1) via the surge protection circuit device (G1, R1, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1, Z2); a first switching contact device (F1) for opening and closing the first current path (ST1); a first electrical surge protection component (G1) which is connected between the first and third current paths (ST1, ST3); and a mechanical tripping device (AU; B, S, EF, SL) for opening the first switching contact device (F1) when in a non-tripped state and for closing the first switching contact device (F1) in order to interrupt the third current path (ST3) when in a tripped state at a tripping current in the surge protection circuit device (G1, R1, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1; G1, G2, R1, R2, Z1, Z2) caused by exceeding a nominal parameter and/or by degradation of the components.
US11798762B2	Gas circuit breaker A gas circuit breaker includes a sealed container in which the arc-extinguishing gas is enclosed, a first fixed contactor portion and a second fixed contactor portion fixed to the sealed container, and a movable contactor portion which moves between the first fixed contactor portion and the second fixed contactor portion, to conduct and break current between them, in which an arc generated at a time of current breaking action is extinguished by spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, the gas circuit breaker includes a gas chamber configured to accumulate the unnecessary gas, the sealed container is formed by joining ends of the two hollow truncated cone portions, each having a large opening diameter, with the cylindrical portion therebetween, and the gas chamber is formed inside the cylindrical portion forming the sealed container.
US11798753B2	Handset for controlling a surgical operating table A handset for controlling a surgical operating table, the handset having a three-dimensional physical representation of a tabletop of a surgical operating table, the physical representation of the tabletop comprising a back section, a seat section and one or more leg sections, wherein at least one of the sections includes a respective sensor arranged to sense a force or movement applied to a surface of the respective section by a touch applied to the surface, and a control system within the handset which is connected to the sensor, the control system being arranged to generate an output control signal for transmission to the surgical operating table to be controlled in response to an input command of an applied force or applied movement sensed by the respective sensor. Methods of controlling a tabletop of a surgical operating table using the handset are also disclosed.
US11798749B2	Power converter including filter circuit device to improve a noise suppression function A filter circuit device includes: first and second core members forming first and second through holes, respectively; a first conductor passing through the first and second through holes; a second conductor passing through the first and second through holes; a capacitor; a first terminal configured to electrically connect the first conductor with the capacitor; and a second terminal configured to electrically connect the second conductor with the capacitor. The first conductor from the first through hole to the second through hole and the second conductor from the first through hole to the second through hole have an opposing part between the first conductor and the second conductor. The first terminal presses an opposite surface of the first conductor, so as to be in contact with the first conductor. The second terminal presses an opposite surface of the second conductor, so as to be in contact with the second conductor.
US11798744B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, and external electrodes on a portion of a side surface portion including four side surface of the multilayer body, and on a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The first main surface includes first regions covered with the external electrodes and a second region exposed from the external electrodes. The first regions of the first main surface each include recesses therein. The recesses in each of the first regions each include a spherical curved wall surface. The recesses in each of the first regions each have an average inlet size of about 0.3 μm or more and about 10.5 μm or less.
US11798742B2	Mounting structure of a multilayer ceramic capacitor A mounting structure of a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a substrate, and a multilayer ceramic capacitor connected to the substrate and including a laminate including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, and external electrodes on main surfaces of the laminate. The laminate further includes first, second, third, and fourth via conductors connecting the internal electrode layers and the external electrodes. The external electrodes include first, second, third, and fourth external electrodes, each connected to respective end surfaces of the via conductor. Each of the external electrodes does not extend to the side surfaces of the laminate. A ratio W/L of a dimension W in the width direction of the multilayer ceramic capacitor to a dimension L in the length direction of the multilayer ceramic capacitor is about 0.85 or more and about 1 or less.
US11798741B2	Electric field grading protection design surrounding a galvanic or capacitive isolator Micro-isolators exhibiting enhanced isolation breakdown voltage are described. The micro-isolators may include an electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements of the micro-isolator. The isolator elements may be capacitor plates or coils. The electrically floating ring surrounding one of the isolator elements may reduce the electric field at the outer edge of the isolator element, thereby enhancing the isolation breakdown voltage.
US11798738B2	Magnetic powder, method for producing magnetic powder, powder magnetic core, and coil part A magnetic powder includes a core portion containing a soft magnetic material, a foundation layer that is provided at a surface of the core portion, that contains an oxide of the soft magnetic material, and that has an average thickness of 0.1 nm or more and less than 10 nm, and an insulating layer that is provided at a surface of the foundation layer, and that contains an organosiloxane compound as a main material, wherein the organosiloxane compound has a C/Si atomic ratio of 0.01 or more and 2.00 or less.
US11798737B2	Charging pad and a method for charging one or more receiver devices A charging pad for charging one or more receiver devices is disclosed. The charging pad includes a power drive unit configured to generate a first AC voltage signal having a first frequency and a second AC voltage signal having a second frequency. Further, the charging pad includes a transmitting unit including a single power exchange coil coupled to the power drive unit, wherein the single power exchange coil includes a first coil segment configured to transmit the first AC voltage signal having the first frequency when the first AC voltage signal is received from the power drive unit. Also, the single power exchange coil includes a second coil segment configured to transmit the second AC voltage signal having the second frequency when the second AC voltage signal is received from the power drive unit.
US11798734B2	Wireless charging mouse pad and manufacture process thereof A wireless charging mouse pad, including: a fiber layer; a first colloid adhered to a surface of the fiber layer; a second colloid provided on another surface of the fiber layer; and a first soft layer provided on the second colloid. The invention further relates to a manufacture process of a wireless charging mouse pad, the wireless charging mouse pad is flexible and may be furled to reduce its volume, so that the space occupied may be decreased and the wireless charging mouse pad may be convenient to carry.
US11798732B2	Coil component manufacturing method A method for manufacturing a coil component includes preparing a wire; preparing a terminal electrode formed from a metal plate having a flat surface to which an end portion of the wire is to be connected, a low surface that is lower in a thickness direction of the terminal electrode than the flat surface, and a shift surface that connects the flat surface to the low surface and that increases a height in the thickness direction from the low surface to the flat surface; placing the end portion of the wire on the flat surface such that the wire is provided sequentially along the flat surface, the shift surface, and the low surface in this order from the end portion thereof; and thermally pressure-bonding the end portion of the wire to the flat surface such that the heated chip is pressed so that an edge thereof overlaps the low surface.
US11798730B2	Inductor component and method for manufacturing inductor component In an inductor component, an inductor wiring is provided inside an element body. The inductor wiring includes a wiring main body and a skirt portion adjacent to the wiring main body in a height direction of the inductor wiring. A dimension in a height direction in the wiring main body is larger than a dimension in the height direction in the skirt portion. A dimension of the skirt portion in a width direction in the inductor wiring increases as a distance from the wiring main body in the height direction increases. A dimension in the width direction of a distal end of the skirt portion is larger than a dimension in the width direction of the wiring main body.
US11798728B2	Balanced, symmetrical coil A coil device includes a first conductor on a first layer and arranged in a first spiral shape, a second conductor on a second layer and arranged in a second spiral shape, a transition that connects the first conductor and the second conductor in series, a first terminal connected to an end of the first conductor, and a second terminal connected to an end of the second conductor. The first terminal and the second terminal are outside of the first conductor and the second conductor when viewed in plan. The first conductor and the second conductor each include a plurality of in-plane traces connected in parallel with each other.
US11798725B2	Magnetic laminate, magnetic structure including same, electronic component including magnetic laminate or magnetic structure, and method for producing magnetic laminate A magnetic laminate having further suppressed magnetic saturation and higher DC superposition characteristics, a magnetic structure including the same, and an electronic component including the magnetic laminate or the magnetic structure. A magnetic laminate in which magnetic metal layers and non-magnetic metal layers are alternately laminated, wherein the non-magnetic metal layer is disposed between the magnetic metal layers; the magnetic metal layer contains an amorphous material; and the non-magnetic metal layer contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cr, Ru, Rh, Ir, Re, and Cu, and has an average thickness of 0.4 nm or more and 1.5 nm or less (i.e., from 0.4 nm to 1.5 nm).
US11798721B2	High-Tc superconducting electromagnet for persistent current operation A superconducting electromagnet and method for manufacturing, using, monitoring, and controlling same are disclosed. Embodiments are directed to a superconducting electromagnet that includes a superconductor tape including: a first unslotted end; a second unslotted end; and a longitudinally slotted section provided between the first unslotted end and the second unslotted end. The longitudinally slotted section includes a first longitudinal part and a second longitudinal part. The first longitudinal part is provided in a wound manner thereby defining a first coil. The second longitudinal part is provided in a wound manner thereby defining a second coil. These and other embodiments achieve persistent current operation of the superconducting electromagnet without the need for solder joints within the magnet coil itself, which can result in improved stability and reduced power consumption.
US11798720B2	Superconductor magnet system, with individual temperature control of axially stacked bulk sub-magnets A superconductor magnet system (2) includes a cryostat (4), a superconductor bulk magnet (5), and a cryogenic cooling system (12). The bulk magnet (5) has at least N axially stacked bulk sub-magnets (6a-6c), with N≥3. Between each two axially neighboring bulk sub-magnets, an intermediate body (7a-7b) is arranged. The intermediate bodies (7a-7b) are made from a non-metallic thermal insulator material. The cryogenic cooling system (12) is adapted for independently controlling the temperature of each bulk sub-magnet (6a-6c), and has, for each bulk sub-magnet, a temperature sensor (16a-16c) for sensing the temperature of the respective bulk sub-magnet and an adjustment unit (13a-13c) for adjusting a heating power and/or a cooling power at the respective bulk sub-magnet.
US11798718B2	Soft magnetic alloy, soft magnetic alloy ribbon, method of manufacturing soft magnetic alloy ribbon, magnetic core, and component The soft magnetic alloy of the present disclosure is represented by a composition formula of FeaSibBcCudMe where M is at least one type of element selected from a group consisting of Nb, Mo, V, Zr, Hf, and W, and the formula satisfies 82.5≤a≤86, 0.3≤b≤3, 12.5≤c≤15.0, 0.05≤d≤0.9, and 0≤e<0.4 in at %. The soft magnetic alloy includes a structure that has a crystal grain with a grain diameter of 60 nm or less in an amorphous phase.
US11798717B2	R-T-B based rare earth permanent magnet An R-T-B-based rare earth permanent magnet in which the composition formula is represented by (R11-x-ySmxR2y)aTbBcMd, wherein: R1 is one or more rare earth elements not including Sm and Y; R2 is one or more rare earth elements from among Y, Ce, and La; T is Fe, etc.; M is Ga, etc.; x and y are in the region indicated in FIG. 1; the relationships 0.16≤a/b≤0.28, 0.050≤c/b≤0.075, and 0.005≤d/b≤0.028 are satisfied; the R-T-B-based rare earth permanent magnet includes a grain boundary phase and a main phase comprising an R2T14B compound; the average crystal grain diameter of the main-phase crystal grains is D50≤4.00 μm; the granularity distribution is (D90−D10)/D50≤1.60; and the coverage of the grain boundary phase is at least 70.0%.
US11798716B2	Rare earth sintered magnet Provided is a rare earth sintered magnet in which a multi-layer main phase particle having multiple layers including a layer 1 having R2 concentration, represented by at %, higher than that of a center of the particle, a layer 2 which is formed on the outside of the layer 1 and has R2 concentration lower than that of the layer 1, and a layer 3 which is formed on the outside of the layer 2 and has R2 concentration higher than that of the layer 2 is present at least in a portion in the vicinity of a surface of the main phase particle within at least 500 μm from a surface of the sintered magnet body.
US11798713B2	Electrically conductive PTC ink with double switching temperatures A positive temperature coefficient (PTC) composition having a first thermally active polymer having a melting point of 30-70° C. and providing a first PTC in a lower temperature range below 70° C., and a second thermally active polymer having a melting point of 70-140° C. and providing a second PTC in a higher temperature range above 70° C., the composition also having conductive particles; and an organic solvent with a boiling point higher than 100° C., solvent being capable of dissolving both the first and second thermally active polymer. The PTC composition has two distinct PTC characteristics at the two different temperature ranges.
US11798712B2	Electrical bushing having an anti-rotation mounting flange and method for mounting the same An electrical bushing having an anti-rotation mounting flange for preventing rotation of a body element of the electrical bushing is provided. The electrical bushing includes a mounting flange, at least one locking element and a body element having a circumferential protrusion. At least one first recess is formed in the circumferential protrusion, and the at least one locking element is configured to engage with the at least one first recess and with the mounting flange for restricting relative rotation of the body element relative to the mounting flange about a longitudinal axis R. A further aspect provides an electrical transformer including at least one electrical bushing according to the above. A yet further aspect provides a method for mounting the electrical bushing according to the above.
US11798711B2	Insulator with resistivity gradient A composite insulator includes an insulating elongated core, a protective layer surrounding the elongated core, the protective layer including an outer surface with a shed profile and an adhesive primer layer disposed between the elongated core and the protective layer for adhering the protective layer to the elongated core, the adhesive primer layer including a coupling agent and particles of a low resistivity material. The method for producing a composite insulator includes preparing a first solution including a solvent, a coupling agent and particles of a low resistivity material, applying the first solution on at least a part of an envelope surface of an insulating elongated core and thus forming one or more first adhesive primer layers and applying a protective layer onto the first adhesive primer layer on the elongated core, wherein the protective layer includes an outer surface with a shed profile.
US11798708B2	Multicore cable and harness A multicore cable includes a plurality of sheathed wires, and a second cover layer covering an outer periphery of the plurality of sheathed wires, wherein the sheathed wire includes a conductor, and a first cover layer covering the conductor, the first cover layer is a crosslinked fluoroelastomer or a crosslinked fluororesin, and the second cover layer is a crosslinked fluoroelastomer.
US11798707B2	Copper microparticles Provided are copper microparticles which have exceptional oxidation resistance, in which oxidation is reduced even when the copper microparticles are held at a firing temperature in an oxygen-containing atmosphere, and in which sintering also occurs. The copper microparticles have a particle diameter of 10-100 nm, have a surface coating material, and are such that, after the copper microparticles are held for one hour at a temperature of 400° C. in an oxygen-containing atmosphere, the particle diameter exceeds 100 nm while a copper state is retained.
US11798705B2	Anti-scatter grid device and method for making the same A system and method for making an anti-scatter grid device is provided. The method may include providing a mold including one or more orientation structures arranged in first positions. The method may also include placing a plurality of plates including a first material into at least one of the orientation structures, and injecting a second material into a first cavity in the mold formed by the plurality of plates and the orientation structures. The method may further include separating the plurality of plates and the hardened second material from the mold to generate a first module.
US11798698B2	Heavy ion plasma energy reactor A method for generating electricity includes generating electricity at a first reactor with a nuclear fuel element and removing the nuclear fuel element from the first reactor. The method also includes providing the nuclear fuel element at a second reactor and generating electricity at the second reactor with the nuclear fuel element.
US11798697B2	Passive heat removal system for nuclear reactors A nuclear reactor is configured with an intermediate coolant loop for transferring thermal energy from the reactor core for a useful purpose. The intermediate coolant loop includes a bypass flowpath with an air heat exchanger for dumping reactor heat during startup and/or shutdown. A fluidic diode along the bypass flowpath asymmetrically restricts flow across the bypass flowpath, inhibiting flow in a first flow direction during a full power operating condition and allowing a relatively uninhibited flow in a second direction during a startup and/or shut down low power operating condition.
US11798695B2	Method of configuring liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactor with backflow electromagnetic pump (EMP) The method includes configuring a nuclear reactor to at least partially mitigate liquid metal coolant backflow in the nuclear reactor in response to an at least partial failure of a primary electromagnetic pump (EMP) within a reactor pressure vessel of the nuclear reactor, the nuclear reactor being liquid metal-cooled, the primary EMP configured to circulate liquid metal coolant through at least a reactor core of the nuclear reactor, the configuring including, installing a backflow EMP within the reactor pressure vessel, such that when selectively activated, the backflow EMP at least partially mitigates liquid metal coolant backflow through the primary EMP.
US11798689B2	Generating customizable personal healthcare treatment plans Personalized treatment plan generation from an inference engine of a system. The system may receive or retrieve data from a plurality of sources and parse the data to generate individual data fields defining characteristics of a patient. The inference engine may process the contents of the individual data fields in relation to rule blocks suggesting certain treatment actions and combinations thereof in response to satisfied conditions. The inference engine may implement machine learning to refine rule blocks and improve functioning of the system to optimize healthcare.
US11798683B2	Remote presence system including a cart that supports a robot face and an overhead camera A tele-presence system that includes a cart. The cart includes a robot face that has a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker, a robot microphone, and an overhead camera. The system also includes a remote station that is coupled to the robot face and the overhead camera. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The remote station can display video images captured by the robot camera and/or overhead camera. By way of example, the cart can be used in an operating room, wherein the overhead camera can be placed in a sterile field and the robot face can be used in a non-sterile field. The user at the remote station can conduct a teleconference through the robot face and also obtain a view of a medical procedure through the overhead camera.
US11798678B2	Systems and methods for device query/retrieve capability discovery Systems and methods are provided for automatically generating a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) conformance statement. In one example, a method includes determining a set of DICOM query/retrieve capabilities of a DICOM application implemented on a DICOM device by performing a list of queries to the DICOM application, and populating a DICOM conformance statement with the determined set of DICOM query/retrieve capabilities.
US11798676B2	Systems and methods for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and functional recovery tracking Various systems and methods are provided for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and functional recovery tracking. In general, a patient can be tracked throughout medical treatment including through initial onset of symptoms, diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment. In one embodiment, a patient and one or more medical professionals involved with treating the patient can electronically access a comprehensive treatment planning, support, and review system. The system can provide recommendations regarding diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment based on data gathered from the patient and the medical professional(s). The system can manage the tracking of multiple patients, thereby allowing for data comparison between similar aspects of medical treatments and for learning over time through continual data gathering, analysis, and assimilation to decision-making algorithms.
US11798674B2	Static device for use in radiotherapy treatment and design method for such a device A compensating device for use in ion-based radiotherapy may comprise a disk with a number of protrusions may be placed in a radiation beam to affect the ions in the beam in different ways to create an irradiation field from a broad beam. This is particularly useful in FLASH therapy because of the limited time available or modulating the beam. A method of designing such a compensating device is proposed, comprising the steps of obtaining characteristics of an actual treatment plan comprising at least one beam, determining at least one parameter characteristic of the desired energy modulation of the actual plan by performing a dose calculation of the initial plan and, based on the at least one parameter, computing a shape for each of the plurality of elongated elements to modulate the dose of the delivery beam to mimic the dose of the initial plan per beam.
US11798673B2	Wearable device assembly having athletic functionality and milestone tracking A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller, display and indicator system thereon. The controller has at least one sensor wherein activity of a user wearing the device is detected. The controller selectively illuminates the indicator system to indicate a level of activity of the user.
US11798671B2	Network topology for insulin pump systems In one implementation, an insulin delivery system using an on-body network includes an insulin delivery device that is adapted to administer dosages of insulin to a patient; a controller that is adapted to control operation of the insulin delivery device, to establish a first network connection in which the controller acts in a central role, and to establish a second network connection in which the controller acts in a peripheral role; one or more peripheral devices that are adapted to generate patient data related to blood glucose levels and to transmit the patient data wirelessly over the first network connection, the peripheral devices acting in a peripheral role over the first network connection; and a mobile application installed on a mobile computing device that is programmed to communicate with the controller over the second network connection, the mobile application communicating in a central role over the second network connection.
US11798668B1	Systems and methods for a numeric waiting bin for prescription fulfillment Systems and methods are disclosed for a numeric waiting bin for prescription fulfillment. A computing system may be used to receive bin configuration values corresponding to a plurality of physical bins for prescription storage. The bin configuration values may be used to assign serial identifiers to the plurality of bins. Prescriptions may be selectively assigned a bin serial identifier using a plurality of rules and the bin serial number may be used to locate the prescription when the prescription is requested, such as during pickup.
US11798663B2	Maintaining context of clinically relevant information when displayed Systems, methods, and GUIs are provided for visually communicating clinically relevant information in a manner that maintains context and trends across various sizes of user interfaces, such as smaller user interfaces on mobile devices. In an embodiment, a user interface may display a first timeline area with a first indication of a timespan that represents a portion of the timeline. The first indication of the timespan may be scrollable to change the portion of the timeline displayed. The first timeline area may further comprise a set of clinical diagnoses with corresponding duration indicators. The user interface may also display a second timeline area with a second indication of a timespan, which may mirror the first indication of the timespan. The second timeline area may further comprise a set of diagnostic parameters and associated measurements. The user interface may also present a medication area having lists of medications separated by classification.
US11798661B2	Methods for lowering blood pressure with a dihydropyridine-type calcium channel blocker pharmaceutical composition A method is provided for lowering blood pressure in a subject in need thereof by administering a dihydropyridine-type calcium channel blocker pharmaceutical composition to a subject qualified for over-the-counter access to the dihydropyridine-type calcium channel blocker pharmaceutical composition. In some embodiments, the dihydropyridine-type calcium channel blocker pharmaceutical composition includes isradipine, nifedipine, or nisoldipine. In some embodiments, the dihydropyridine-type calcium channel blocker pharmaceutical composition includes 3-O-ethyl 5-O-methyl 2-(2-aminoethoxymethyl)-4-(2-chlorophenyl)-6-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11798660B2	Methods and systems for data analysis Provided herein are systems, methods, and computer readable medium for entering, identifying, and aggregating data for analysis data in an electronic device, wherein the data are from a plurality of multi-participant surveys.
US11798658B2	Multi-scale method for simulating mechanical behaviors of multiphase composite materials A computer simulation analysis method suitable for describing the mechanical behavior of multiphase composites based on the real microstructure of materials relates to a multidisciplinary field such as computational material science, simulation and high throughput calculation. Through the first-principles calculation under nano scale, the molecular dynamics simulation under micro scale, and the thermodynamic calculation under mesoscopic scale, various physical parameters needed for the finite element simulation under macro scale can be obtained, including the elastic and plastic physical parameters of each phase in the composite at different temperature and different grain sizes. Focused ion beam experiment and image processing are adopted to obtain real material microstructure. Through the parameter coupling and parameter transfer among the calculated results of various scales, combining the microstructure of the material, stress-strain relationship, stress distribution and its evolution law, plastic deformation and other mechanical behaviors of the multiphase composites under complex stress and different temperature can be simulated.
US11798655B2	Feature vector feasibility estimation Feature vector feasibility is estimated by generating a target structure vector that represents numbers of a plurality of partial structures, from a feature vector of a molecule candidate, determining whether a molecule structure of the molecule candidate is feasible by using at least the target structure vector.
US11798653B2	Methods for determining treatment for cancer patients Methods for determining treatments for cancer patients are disclosed.
US11798651B2	Molecular evidence platform for auditable, continuous optimization of variant interpretation in genetic and genomic testing and analysis Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for optimizing the determination of a phenotypic impact of a molecular variant identified in molecular tests, samples, or reports of subjects by way of regularly incorporating, updating, monitoring, validating, selecting, and auditing the best-performing evidence models for the interpretation of molecular variants across a plurality of evidence classes.
US11798641B2	Memory device and memory system A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells on which a programming loop is executed a plurality of times; a voltage generator configured to apply a verifying voltage to the memory cells, for verifying at least one programming state of the memory cells; and a voltage controller configured to control the voltage generator to change a level of the verifying voltage as a program loop count increases, based on temperature information about a temperature inside or outside the memory device.
US11798637B2	Current budget adaption Methods, systems, and devices for current budget adaption are described. A controller may be coupled with a set of memory devices. The controller may receive current consumption information from the set of memory devices and update a current consumption budget for the set of memory devices based on the current consumption information.
US11798636B2	Power supply for a memory device Methods, systems, and devices for an improved power supply for a memory device are described. An apparatus may include a memory device, one or more voltage detectors, and one or more voltage converters. A voltage detector may generate an output indicating whether a voltage at a first pin of the apparatus satisfies a threshold. A voltage converter may be coupled with the voltage detector and may be configured to selectively output a second voltage depending on the output of the voltage detector. Circuitry within the memory device may be coupled with one or more voltage detectors and one or more voltage converters and configured to select a supply voltage for another component of the memory device from among the first voltage (e.g., received from the first pin) and the second voltage (e.g., selectively generated and output by the voltage converter) based on the output from the voltage detector.
US11798632B2	Floating data line circuit and method A write line circuit includes a power supply node configured to carry a power supply voltage level, a reference node configured to carry a reference voltage level, an output node, first and second switching devices coupled in series between the output node and the power supply node, and a third switching device directly coupled to each of the output node and the reference node. The first switching device is configured to selectively couple the output node to the second switching device responsive to a first data signal, the second switching device is configured to selectively couple the first switching device to the power supply node responsive to a second data signal, and the third switching device is configured to selectively couple the output node to the reference node responsive to the first data signal.
US11798630B2	Memory device A memory device includes programmable memory cells and a programming circuit for programming a selected memory cell to a target logic state by applying one or more programming current pulses. A temperature sensor operates to sense a temperature of the memory device. A reading circuit reads a current logic state of the selected memory cell after a predetermined programming current pulse of the programming current pulses. The reading circuit includes a sensing circuit that senses a current logic state of the selected memory cell according to a comparison between a reading electric current depending on the current logic state of the selected memory cell and a reference current. An adjusting circuit adjusts one or the other of the reading electric current and the reference electric current to be provided to the sensing circuit according to the temperature of the memory device.
US11798628B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus adopting new ISPP method with sacrificial programming pulse and programming method thereof A semiconductor storage apparatus programming a memory cell through improved ISPP is introduced. A NAND flash memory programming method includes a step of selecting a page of a memory cell array and applying a programming pulse based on the ISPP to the selected page. The programming pulse applied by the ISPP includes a sacrificial programming pulse for which a program verification becomes unqualified due to an initial programming pulse and a last programming pulse having an increment larger than any increment of other programming pulses.
US11798624B2	Semiconductor memory and operating method thereof There are provided a semiconductor memory and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory includes: a plurality of memory blocks each including a plurality of select transistors and a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit for performing a general operation including a program operation, a read operation, and an erase operation on the plurality of memory blocks; and a control logic for controlling the peripheral circuit to operate in a heating mode in which the peripheral circuit applies heat to the plurality of memory blocks.
US11798618B2	Signal analyzer and method of processing data from an input signal A signal analyzer for analyzing an input signal comprises at least one input for receiving the input signal, at least one acquisition unit for acquiring data assigned to the input signal, an acquisition memory for storing the acquired data, the acquisition memory being adapted to store data in at least one ring buffer, and an acquisition memory controller to control at least one of writing the acquired data in the acquisition memory and reading the acquired data from the acquisition memory. The acquisition memory controller comprises a data read module for reading data of the at least one ring buffer. The acquisition memory controller comprises a copy write module which taps data read by the data read module. The acquisition memory comprises an additional memory section. The copy write module is configured to write the data tapped into the additional memory section. Further, a method of processing data from an input signal is described.
US11798615B2	High density array, in memory computing A memory cell that performs in-memory compute operations, includes a pair of cross-coupled inverters and a pair of transistors for selective performance of read/write/hold operations associated with logic states of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. The memory cell further includes a set of transistors that are gate coupled to and symmetrically arranged about the pair of cross coupled inverters. Output nodes of the memory cell are located at terminals of the set of transistors and provide output based on logic states of the pair of cross coupled inverters and input nodes provided between pairs of the set of transistors. A memory cell array may be generated having a high density arrangement memory cells that can perform in-memory compute operations. The memory cells can be arranged as a neural network including a set of memory cell networks that provide logic output operations based on logic states of the respective memory cells.
US11798610B2	Apparatuses and methods for controlling steal rates An apparatus may include a refresh control circuit with multiple timing circuits. The timing circuits may be used to control steal rates, e.g., the rate of refresh time slots dedicated to healing victim word lines of row hammers. The timing circuits may be controlled to allow independent adjustment of the steal rates for different victim word lines. Thus, different victim word lines may be refreshed at different rates and the different rates may be independent of one another.
US11798606B2	Additive patterning of semiconductor film stacks One or more embodiments described herein generally relate to patterning semiconductor film stacks. Unlike in conventional embodiments, the film stacks herein are patterned without the need of etching the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack. Instead, the film stack is etched before the MTJ stack is deposited such that the spin on carbon layer and the anti-reflective coating layer are completely removed and a trench is formed within the dielectric capping layer and the oxide layer. Thereafter, MTJ stacks are deposited on the buffer layer and on the dielectric capping layer. An oxide capping layer is deposited such that it covers the MTJ stacks. An oxide fill layer is deposited over the oxide capping layer and the film stack is polished by chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). The embodiments described herein advantageously result in no damage to the MTJ stacks since etching is not required.
US11798605B2	Memory system According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a controller, a plurality of memory chips, and a channel. The controller outputs a clock signal, a timing control signal and a data signal. Each of the plurality of memory chips includes at least a clock input terminal, a timing control input terminal, a timing control output terminal, a data input terminal and a data output terminal. The channel includes a loop bus which connects the controller and the plurality of memory chips in a ring shape. The controller is able to control operation timings of the memory chips by transmitting the clock signal and the timing control signal to the plurality of memory chips via the channel.
US11798599B2	Efficient placement of memory An electronic apparatus includes a circuit board, a memory chip mounted on the circuit board, a memory controller to control an operation of the memory chip, a conductive pattern including a first control line to connect from a first terminal of the memory chip to a first terminal of the memory chip and a second control line to connect from a second terminal of the memory controller to a second terminal of the memory chip, and a capacitive element to provide a termination voltage. The first control line is connected to the capacitive element and the second control line is not connected to the capacitive element.
US11798595B1	Systems and methods for generating compilations of photo and video data Systems and methods disclosed herein include a computing system receiving a command to generate a first video of a first activity, and in response to receiving the command to generate the first video, executing a first automated video processing procedure comprising: (i) receiving one or more live video feeds of the first activity, wherein each live video feed is obtained from a separate camera, (ii) selecting one or more of the received live video feeds for processing, (iii) for each of the selected live video feeds, modifying the selected video feed to improve performance of the first automated video processing procedure, (iv) generating a video segment based on each of the modified video feeds, and (v) compiling the one or more generated video segments into a first video of the first activity.
US11798594B2	Systems and methods for generating time lapse videos Video information may define spherical video content having a duration. Spherical video content may define visual content viewable from a point of view as a function of progress through the spherical video content. Path information may define a path selection for the spherical video content. Path selection may include movement of a viewing window within the spherical video content. The viewing window may define extents of the visual content viewable from the point of view as the function of progress through the spherical video content. Time lapse parameter information may define at least two of a time portion of the duration, an image sampling rate, and a time lapse speed effect. A time lapse video may be generated based on the video information, the path information, and the time lapse parameter information.
US11798592B1	Tape reel in which a bending elastic modulus of a first flange is smaller than that of a second flange, and tape cartridge A tape is prevented from moving in a width direction and the tape is prevented from being damaged in a state in which the tape is wound around a tape reel. There is provided a tape reel including: a cylindrical portion around which a tape is wound; a first flange annularly projecting toward an outer side in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion from the cylindrical portion; and a second flange separated from the first flange in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and annularly projecting toward the outer side in the radial direction from the cylindrical portion, in which a distance between the first flange and the second flange becomes narrower while extending toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a bending elastic modulus of the first flange is smaller than a bending elastic modulus of the second flange.
US11798591B2	Lockable air gap deep cells in a tape library A deep slot cell configured to house a plurality of tape cartridges. The deep slot cell includes a front side of the deep slot cell configured to allow insertion and removal of a locking tape cartridge of the plurality of tape cartridges by a robotic mechanism. The deep slot cell includes a depth side of the deep slot cell configured with an opening to engage a locking mechanism that prevents a biasing spring mechanism of the deep slot cell from advancing a rearmost tape cartridge of the plurality of tape cartridges forward toward the front side of the deep slot cell. The deep slot cell includes a front air gap at the front side of the deep slot cell that prevents the robotic mechanism from reaching a front-most tape cartridge of the plurality of tape cartridges after the robotic mechanism removes the locking tape cartridge from the deep slot cell.
US11798589B2	Optical storage medium An optical information storage medium includes a substrate and a multilayer polymeric film. The multilayer polymeric film has a first surface and an opposite second surface that extend the length of the multilayer polymeric film. The second surface is adhered to a surface of the substrate. The multilayer polymeric film includes a plurality of coextruded alternating polymeric active data storage layers and polymeric buffer layers.
US11798583B1	Electrodeposition of thermally stable alloys A method includes immersing a wafer in an electrolyte including a plurality of compounds having elements of a thermally stable soft magnetic material. The method also includes applying a combined stepped and pulsed current to the wafer when the wafer is immersed in an electrolyte. The wafer is removed from the electrolyte when a layer of the thermally stable soft magnetic material is formed on the wafer.
US11798580B1	Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a laser heater A heat-assisted magnetic recording head includes a slider body, a laser, a submount, and a laser heater. The slider body is configured to contain components of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head. The laser is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation. The submount is configured to couple the laser to the slider body. The laser heater is configured to apply heat to the laser. The laser heater disposed on a surface of the slider body.
US11798578B2	Paralinguistic information estimation apparatus, paralinguistic information estimation method, and program To increase the accuracy of paralinguistic information estimation. A paralinguistic information estimation model storage unit 20 stores a paralinguistic information estimation model outputting, with a plurality of independent features as inputs, paralinguistic information estimation results. A feature extraction unit 11 extracts the features from an input utterance. A paralinguistic information estimation unit 20 estimates paralinguistic information of the input utterance from the features extracted from the input utterance, by using the paralinguistic information estimation model. The paralinguistic information estimation model includes, for each of the features, a feature sub-model outputting information to be used for estimation of paralinguistic information, based only on the feature, for each of the features, a feature weight calculation unit calculating a feature weight, based on an output result of the feature sub-model, for each of the features, a feature gate weighting the output result from the feature sub-model with the feature weight and outputting a result, and a result integration sub-model estimating the paralinguistic information, based on output results from all the feature gates.
US11798575B2	Systems and methods for intelligent voice activation for auto-mixing Embodiments allow for an auto-mixer to gate microphones on and off based on speech detection, without losing or discarding the speech received during the speech recognition period. An example method includes receiving and storing an input audio signal. The method also includes determining, based on a first segment of the input audio signal, that the input audio signal comprises speech, and determining a delay between the input audio signal and a corresponding output audio signal provided to a speaker. The method also includes reducing the delay, wherein reducing the delay comprises removing one or more segments of the stored input audio signal to create a time-compressed audio signal and providing the time-compressed audio signal as the corresponding output audio signal. The method also includes determining that the delay is less than a threshold duration, and responsively providing the input audio signal as the corresponding output audio signal.
US11798573B2	Method for denoising voice data, device, and storage medium The present disclosure provides a method for denoising voice data, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The present disclosure relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence, such as Internet of Vehicles, smart cockpit, smart voice, and voice recognition. A specific embodiment of the method includes: receiving an input to-be-played first piece of voice data; and invoking, in response to not detecting a synthetic voice interruption signal in a process of playing the first piece of voice data, a preset first denoising algorithm to filter out noise data except for the first piece of voice data.
US11798568B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for encoding and decoding of multi-channel ambisonics audio data Conventional audio compression technologies perform a standardized signal transformation, independent of the type of the content. Multi-channel signals are decomposed into their signal components, subsequently quantized and encoded. This is disadvantageous due to lack of knowledge on the characteristics of scene composition, especially for e.g. multi-channel audio or Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA) content. A method for decoding an encoded bitstream of multi-channel audio data and associated metadata is provided, including transforming the first Ambisonics format of the multi-channel audio data to a second Ambisonics format representation of the multi-channel audio data, wherein the transforming maps the first Ambisonics format of the multi-channel audio data into the second Ambisonics format representation of the multi-channel audio data. A method for encoding multi-channel audio data that includes audio data in an Ambisonics format, wherein the encoding includes transforming the audio data in an Ambisonics format into encoded multi-channel audio data is also provided.
US11798564B2	Spoofing detection apparatus, spoofing detection method, and computer-readable storage medium A spoofing detection apparatus 100 includes a multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 and an evaluation unit 40. The multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 extracts different type of spectrograms from speech data and integrates the different type of spectrograms to create a multi-channel spectrogram. The evaluation unit 40 evaluates the created multi-channel spectrogram by applying the created multi-channel spectrogram to a classifier constructed using labeled multi-channel spectrograms as training data and classifies it to either genuine or spoof.
US11798557B2	Recorded media hotword trigger suppression Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for hotword trigger suppression are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a microphone of a computing device, audio corresponding to playback of an item of media content, the audio including an utterance of a predefined hotword that is associated with performing an operation on the computing device. The actions further include processing the audio. The actions further include in response to processing the audio, suppressing performance of the operation on the computing device.
US11798556B2	Configurable output data formats Configurable core domains of a speech processing system are described. A core domain output data format for a given command is originally configured with default content portions. When a user indicates additional content should be output for the command, the speech processing system creates a new output data format for the core domain. The new output data format is user specific and includes both default content portions as well as user preferred content portions.
US11798555B2	Detection of duplicate packetized data for selective transmission into one of a plurality of a user's devices A system of reducing transmissions of packetized data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. Based on the input audio signal, a direct action application programming interface can generate a first action data structure, and a content selector component can select a content item. An interface management component can identify candidate interfaces and determine if prior instances of the packetized data was transmitted to the candidate interfaces. The interface management component can prevent the transmission of the packetized data if determined to be redundant, such as having previously received the data, and instead transmit it to a separate client device of a different device type.
US11798543B2	Recorded media hotword trigger suppression Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for suppressing hotword triggers when detecting a hotword in recorded media are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a computing device, audio corresponding to playback of an item of media content. The actions further include determining, by the computing device, that the audio includes an utterance of a predefined hotword and that the audio includes an audio watermark. The actions further include analyzing, by the computing device, the audio watermark. The actions further include based on analyzing the audio watermark, determining, by the computing device, whether to perform speech recognition on a portion of the audio following the predefined hotword.
US11798535B2	On-device custom wake word detection Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for on-device detection of a wake word. A device can include a memory including model parameters that define a custom wake word detection model, the wake word detection model including a recurrent neural network transducer (RNNT) and a lookup table (LUT), the LUT indicating a hidden vector to be provided in response to a phoneme of a user-specified wake word, a microphone to capture audio, and processing circuitry to receive the audio from the microphone, determine, using the wake word detection model, whether the audio includes an utterance of the user-specified wake word, and wake up a personal assistant after determining the audio includes the utterance of the user-specified wake word.
US11798531B2	Speech recognition method and apparatus, and method and apparatus for training speech recognition model A speech recognition method, a speech recognition apparatus, and a method and an apparatus for training a speech recognition model are provided. The speech recognition method includes: recognizing a target word speech from a hybrid speech, and obtaining, as an anchor extraction feature of a target speech, an anchor extraction feature of the target word speech based on the target word speech; obtaining a mask of the target speech according to the anchor extraction feature of the target speech; and recognizing the target speech according to the mask of the target speech.
US11798518B2	Image processing device and image processing method for displaying multi-screen An image processing device and method for displaying multi-screen are provided. The image processing device includes an image processing circuit, a transmission arrangement circuit, and an image merge circuit. The image processing circuit receives and processes a first image information with a first bandwidth and a second image information with a second bandwidth to generate a first image information package and a second image information package which are transmitted to the transmission arrangement circuit. The image merge circuit receives and restores the first image information package and the second image information package from the transmission arrangement circuit with a third bandwidth, and outputs the first image information package and the second image information package to a display together. When the first image information and the second image information are in a full-screen mode, the third bandwidth is less than a sum of the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth.
US11798517B2	Method and system for spawning attention pointers (APT) for drawing attention of an user in a virtual screen display with augmented and virtual reality A method and system for generating attention pointers, including: displaying, in a display of a mobile device, an object within and outside a field of view (FOV) of an user wherein the object outside the FOV are real objects; monitoring, by a processor of the mobile device, for a change in the object within and outside the FOV; in response to a change, generating by the processor one or more attention pointers within the FOV of the user for directing user attention to the change in the object which is either inside or outside the FOV; and displaying, by the processor, on a virtual screen within the FOV to the user, the one or more attention pointers wherein the one or more attention pointers are dynamically configured to interact with the user in response to detections based on a movement of the user or the object within or outside the FOV of the user.
US11798511B2	GOA circuit and driving method therefor, and display panel The invention provides a GOA circuit and driving method therefor, and a display panel. The GOA circuit includes a GOA unit. The GOA unit includes a forward and reverse scan control module, a node signal control module, a voltage regulator module, an output control module, a first pull-down module, and a second pull-down module. When the second pull-down module is in operation, the forward and reverse scan control module controls the voltage regulator module to be in an off state, so that the GOA circuit has no transistor in the on state for a long time, thus to suppress threshold voltage drift in transistors.
US11798507B2	Image processing method, apparatus, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image processing method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium, relating to the technical field of displays. The method comprises steps of: acquiring a first image and a second image that are adjacent in time-domain; determining dynamic pixels of the second image relative to the first image; determining overdrive gain values of the dynamic pixels; and performing overdrive processing on the second image according to the overdrive gain values. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, for the dynamic pixels, overdrive processing is performed on the image according to the overdrive gain value. Thus, the overdrive effect for the dynamic region of the image is optimized, the technical effect of the overdrive is ensured, and the motion blur problem of the image is effectively improved.
US11798506B2	Enhanced push-pull (EPP) waveforms for achieving primary color sets in multi-color electrophoretic displays Enhanced push pull driving waveforms for driving a four particle electrophoretic medium including four different types of particles, for example a set of scattering particles and three sets of subtractive particles. Methods for identifying a preferred waveform for a target color state when using a voltage driver having at least five different voltage levels.
US11798505B2	Multilayered structure of display device A display device includes a plurality of divided pixels, each of which comprising a reflective electrode, a counter electrode provided so as to face the reflective electrode, and a holding unit configured to hold a potential corresponding to an expression of a gradation, and an inorganic light emitter provided on a side of the counter electrode opposite to a side of the counter electrode facing the reflective electrode, and configured to emit light toward the divided pixel.
US11798504B2	Ambient light detection method and electronic device An ambient light detection method and an electronic device. The method includes: when a target pixel in a target display area of a display module is lit up, obtaining a first brightness value of each target pixel collected by a photosensitive sensor; according to the first brightness value, obtaining a brightness interference value of each target pixel; and according to the brightness interference value and a first ambient light brightness value, obtaining a target brightness value.
US11798503B2	Illumination device, display device, display system, and light module driving method for illumination device A light module driving method for a illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a driving unit, a transformation unit, a compensation and calibration unit and a light module, and the driving unit is configured to output a light driving signal according to a source, wherein the transformation unit is coupled to the driving unit and the light module, and the light driving signal is configured to drive a plurality of lighting zones corresponding to a light-emitting diode (LED) module of the light module, wherein the light module driving method includes transforming, by the transformation unit, the light driving signal into a plurality of modulated light driving signals according to the compensation and calibration unit to drive each lighting zone corresponding to the LED module.
US11798496B2	Display device for calculating compression loss level of compensation data and driving method thereof A display device may include areas having a plurality of subpixels. A method for processing and applying a compensation data to the display device may include adjusting a difference between compression loss levels of compensation data of adjacent areas of the display device so that the difference lies within a threshold loss deviation, compressing the compensation data, and applying the compensation data to the adjacent areas. The method can prevent a luminance deviation of the adjacent areas from increasing due to a difference in the compensation levels, and it can also improve an effect of compensation of a degradation of a subpixel in the display device.
US11798491B2	Display device and electronic device A high-definition display device is provided. A small display device is provided. In the display device, a first layer and a second layer are stacked and provided. The first layer includes a gate driver circuit and a source driver circuit, and the second layer includes a display portion. The gate driver circuit and the source driver circuit are provided to include a region overlapping with the display portion. The gate driver circuit and the source driver circuit have an overlap region where they are not strictly separated from each other. Five or more gate driver circuits and five or more source driver circuits can be provided.
US11798490B1	Gate drive circuit, driving method of gate drive circuit, and display panel A gate drive circuit, a driving method of the gate drive circuit, and a display panel are disclosed. The gate drive circuit includes a gate start signal selection circuit, at least two gate drive units, and at least two gate start signal lines. The gate driving units drive the at least two display sections in one-to-one correspondence. The gate start signal lines are connected to the gate driving units in one-to-one correspondence. After receiving a gate start signal, the gate start signal selection circuit outputs the gate start signal to the corresponding gate start signal output terminal to drive the corresponding display section.
US11798487B2	Display panel and display device A display panel has a display area including a plurality of pixel areas arranged in an array and a plurality of gate driving circuit areas. Each pixel area includes a pixel light-emitting sub-area and a pixel circuit sub-area arranged in a first direction. Pixel areas in each row correspond to at least two gate driving circuit areas each located between two adjacent pixel areas in this row. The display panel includes a gate driving circuit and a plurality of light-shielding portions. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of shift registers that are cascaded. Each shift register includes a plurality of transistor groups, and each transistor group includes at least one transistor. Each light-shielding portion is located in a gate driving circuit area in which a transistor group is disposed, and is disposed on a periphery of the transistor group, and is electrically connected to a power supply signal line.
US11798486B2	Shift register, gate drive circuit and driving method therefor A shift register, a gate drive circuit and a driving method therefor. The shift register includes a display pre-charge reset subcircuit, a sensing pre-charge reset subcircuit, a pull-down control subcircuit, an output subcircuit, a sensing cascade subcircuit and a black frame insertion cascade subcircuit. The display pre-charge reset subcircuit is configured to provide a signal of a first power supply end for a pull-up node under control of a first signal input end and provide a signal of a second power supply end to the pull-up node under control of a reset signal end; the sensing pre-charge reset subcircuit is configured to provide a signal of a first clock signal end to the pull-up node under control of the sensing cascade node and the first clock signal end, and provide a signal of the second power supply end to the pull-up node under control of a total reset end.
US11798483B1	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a first pixel positioned in a first pixel row and including a first light-emitting diode and a first initialization transistor connected between a pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode and an initialization line, a second pixel positioned in a second pixel row and including a second light-emitting diode and a second initialization transistor connected between a pixel electrode of the second light-emitting diode and the initialization line, and a charge sharing circuit including a control transistor connected between the pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode and the pixel electrode of the second light-emitting diode.
US11798482B2	Gate driver and organic light emitting display device including the same A gate driver includes a first scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a scan transistor through a plurality of stages connected in cascade, the scan transistor performing a switching operation to transfer a data voltage to a driving transistor of a pixel, a second scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a sensing transistor through the plurality of stages, the sensing transistor sensing deterioration of a light emitting element of the pixel, a light emission control signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for control of a light emission control transistor of the pixel through the plurality of stages, and an initialization voltage generator driven by logic voltages received from some nodes of the first scan signal generator based on the light emission control signal generator to supply an initialization voltage to the pixel.
US11798480B2	Organic light emitting diode display system An OLED display system includes a display panel, a driving circuit, a voltage generator and a power management application circuit (PMAC). The driving circuit provides scan signals to the display panel. The voltage generator generates a negative voltage based on a first driving voltage having a positive level and a second driving voltage having a negative level and provides the negative voltage to the driving circuit. The PMAC includes a power management application circuit (PMIC) and an additional circuit distinct from the PMIC and disposed externally to the PMIC. The PMIC applies a high power supply voltage and a low power supply voltage to the display panel and generates the first driving voltage based on a battery voltage. The additional circuit generates the second driving voltage based on the battery voltage. The driving circuit generates at least one of the scan signals based on the negative voltage.
US11798479B1	Pixel circuit, display panel, and display device A pixel circuit, a display panel, and a display device are provided in the disclosure. A first transistor of the pixel circuit receives a data signal and a first scan signal, and the first scan signal controls the first transistor to be turned on or turned off. A first terminal of a third transistor receives a second power supply voltage, a second terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of a light emitting element, and a second terminal of the light emitting element receives a first power supply voltage. A first terminal of a storage capacitor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the first transistor and a control terminal of the third transistor. The pixel circuit further includes a second transistor.
US11798477B1	Pixel circuit, display panel, and display apparatus A pixel circuit, display panel, and a display apparatus are provided in the disclosure. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting unit and a drive transistor. The light-emitting unit is electrically coupled with a second power supply voltage terminal. The drive transistor is configured to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light. The light-emitting control sub-circuit is configured to control the light-emitting unit to emit light in response to a light-emitting control signal. The first reset sub-circuit is configured to write a reference voltage written at the reference voltage terminal into the gate of the drive transistor and a first terminal of the energy storage element in respond to a first reset signal. The switch sub-circuit is configured to change a gate voltage of the drive transistor. The second reset sub-circuit is configured to respond to the first reset signal.
US11798474B2	Display panel, driving method thereof and display device A display panel and a driving method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element, the pixel circuit including a driving transistor, a first reset transistor and a second reset transistor; the first reset transistor being connected with a gate electrode of the driving transistor and configured to reset the gate electrode of the driving transistor, and the second reset transistor being configured to reset the first electrode of the light-emitting element; a first initialization signal line, connected with the gate electrode of the driving transistor through the first reset transistor; and a second initialization signal line, connected with the first electrode of the light-emitting element through the second reset transistor. The first initialization signal line and the second initialization signal line are insulated from each other and are configured to supply signals respectively.
US11798472B1	Pixel circuit, display panel, and display device Provided is a pixel circuit, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting unit, a drive unit, and a control unit. A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element of the light-emitting unit are electrically connected with the control unit simultaneously. The drive unit is configured to send a data signal to the light-emitting unit to drive the same to emit light.
US11798470B1	Pixel driving circuit, driving method for pixel driving circuit, and display panel A pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The pixel driving circuit includes a light-emitting element, a power line connected to the light-emitting element, a pulse amplitude modulation unit including a first driving transistor connected to the light-emitting element and the power line and configured to provide driving current with different amplitude to the light-emitting element according to voltage applied to a gate of the first driving transistor; and a pulse width modulation unit including a second driving transistor connected to the light-emitting element and the pulse amplitude modulation unit, a first transistor and a second transistor connected to a gate of the second driving transistor, and a pulse width generation circuit connected to the gate of the first transistor. Duration of driving current in the light-emitting element is controlled according to voltage applied to the gate of the second driving transistor.
US11798467B2	Light emitting display apparatus A light emitting display apparatus includes a pixel driving circuit including a driving transistor and an anode reset capacitor connected to a gate of the driving transistor and a light emitting device configured to emit light with a current supplied through the driving transistor. An anode reset period, where a data voltage is not supplied to the driving transistor, is between refresh periods where the light emitting device emits the light with the data voltage supplied to the driving transistor, and an anode reset voltage supplied to the anode reset capacitor in the refresh period is higher than an initial voltage which is input to the gate of the driving transistor in the refresh period.
US11798464B2	Display device and method of driving display device A display device includes a degradation compensator, a controller, a data driver, and a display panel. The degradation compensator generates a first fitting function and a second fitting function based on image data, generates a compensation function through a harmonic mean of the first and second fitting functions, and generates a compensation value based on the compensation function. The controller receives the compensation value, and generates input image data to which the compensation value is applied. The data driver receives the input image data to which the compensation value is applied, and converts the input image data into a data voltage. The display panel includes pixels, in which each of the pixels includes a pixel circuit which receives the data voltage and a light-emitting element electrically connected to the pixel circuit.
US11798450B2	Display driving device, control method therefor, and display apparatus A display driving device and a control method thereof, and a display device. The control method includes: generating, by the master processing chip, a read/write synchronization signal, and receiving, by each of the slave processing chip, the read/write synchronization signal; in response to the read/write synchronization signal, caching, by the master processing chip, the received display data of the current to-be-displayed frame image into the frame address of the corresponding memory, reading and processing cached display data of a previous to-be-displayed frame image and transmitting the processed display data; and in response to the read/write synchronization signal, caching synchronously, by each of the slave processing chip, the received display data of the current to-be-displayed frame image into the frame address of the corresponding memory, and reading and processing synchronously cached display data of the previous to-be-displayed frame image and transmitting the processed display data.
US11798446B2	Display device and terminal device A display device includes a display region including display pixels, dummy pixels disposed outside the display region, light blocking films covering the dummy pixels. The display region includes a first region and a second region having a lower display pixel density than the first region. A control circuit is configured to supply the display pixels in the second region with driving current higher than driving current for the first region for the same grayscale level specified in image data, supply each of the dummy pixels with the same data signal as a data signal for the associated display pixel in the second region, measure deterioration of the light-emitting element of each of the dummy pixels, and adjust data signals for the display pixels in the second region associated with the dummy pixels based on results of the measurement.
US11798444B2	Controlling display of variable content sign A system determines first content for presentation on a display within an environment when a speed of one or more vehicles within a field of view (FOV) of the display is less than a threshold speed and second content for presentation on the display when the speed of the one or more vehicles within the FOV is greater than the threshold speed. The second content is different than the first content. The system transmits at least one of the first content or the second content to the display.
US11798443B1	Hazard warning system A hazard warning system having a display panel operatively associated with two mounting elements. One mounting element is adapted for coupling to a trailer hitch, and another mounting element is adapted for engaging a ground-supported frame. The display panel is configurable to alert and instruct the public in real time.
US11798442B2	Interior upright for runway guidance sign A runway guidance sign includes a housing defining an interior space and an opening at a front side. The housing includes opposite upper and lower walls. An interior upright is received in the interior space of the housing. The interior upright is fastened to and extends between the upper and lower walls. The interior upright is integrally formed from a one-piece sheet of material.
US11798441B1	Magnetic fluid display The purpose of the present invention is to provide a magnetic fluid display in which a magnetic fluid moves in response to a magnetic field and which may display a unique visual image according to the meeting and parting of the magnetic fluid. A magnetic fluid display according to the present invention comprises: a display unit including a transparent liquid into which a magnetic fluid is injected; and a magnetic field generating unit for applying a magnetic field to the magnetic fluid at a rear surface of the display unit. When the magnetic field is applied, the magnetic fluid moves in the transparent liquid in a directional manner, so that an image may be displayed on the display unit.
US11798439B2	Information handling system monitor with selectively curved and flat display panel An information handling system display monitor transitions between flat and curved configurations by actuation of a shaped memory alloy wire within the display monitor housing. For example, a nickel titanium wire is heated by application of current across the wire to transition its crystalline form, thereby shortening the wire to adjust the configuration of a foldable display film, such as an OLED display film. Separate shaped memory alloy wires may be used to achieve foldable display film movement in each direction, or actuation of a shaped memory alloy wire in one direction may generate bias in a spring in the opposite direction that is released when a change in foldable display film configuration is desired.
US11798437B2	Pressure-sensitive label A pressure sensitive label and method for preparing same, the pressure sensitive label comprising: (a) a support portion, said support portion including at least a carrier layer; and (b) a transfer portion over said support portion for transfer of the transfer portion from the support portion to an article upon application of pressure to the transfer portion while the transfer portion is in contact with the article, said transfer portion including at least a patterned adhesive layer in confronting relationship with a surface of the carrier layer, wherein the patterned adhesive layer confronts less than substantially the entire surface of the carrier layer.
US11798435B2	Executing a cryptographic operation A method for executing a cryptographic operation is provided comprising acts comprising: (i) sampling a first polynomial, wherein one or more (e.g., one, some and/or all) coefficients of the first polynomial are determined; (ii) sampling a second polynomial, wherein a selection of k coefficients of the second polynomial is determined; (iii) multiplying the first polynomial with the second polynomial to determine a result; and (iv) using the result of the multiplication in the cryptographic operation. A security device arranged to perform one, some and/or all of the acts is provided.
US11798434B2	Three-dimensional knee model with realistic physiological and biomechanical knee function Disclosed herein are methods of using spun synthetic fibers to model ligaments of a joint of an animal. Further disclosed are models of joints which comprise spun synthetic fibers used to model ligaments. In certain aspects, the models of joints can be used for instructional purposes, as phantom models for testing medical devices or as models for calibration of tools used in physiological and/or biomechanical measurement.
US11798427B2	Auto-labeling sensor data for machine learning Solutions are provided for auto-labeling sensor data for machine learning (ML). An example includes: determining a platform's own position; recording, from a sensor aboard the platform, sensor data comprising a sensor image; receiving position data for at least one intruder object (e.g., a nearby airborne object); based at least on the position data for the intruder object and the platform's position, determining a relative position and a relative velocity of the intruder object; based at least on the relative position and a relative velocity of the intruder object and a field of view of the sensor, determining an expected position of the intruder object in the sensor image; labeling the sensor image, wherein the labeling comprises annotating the sensor image with a region of interest and an object identification; and training an artificial intelligence (AI) model using the labeled sensor image.
US11798426B2	Autonomous mission action alteration An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a camera, one or more sensors, memory storing first instructions that define an overall mission, and memory storing one or more mission cues. The vehicle further includes one or more processors configured to execute a first part of the first instructions to perform a first part of the overall mission. The processors are configured to process at least one of the image data and the sensor data to detect a presence of at least one of the mission cues. The processors are configured to, in response to detecting a mission cue, interrupting execution of the first instructions and executing second instructions to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a first sub-mission of the overall mission. The processors are configured to after executing the second instructions, performing a second part of the overall mission by executing a second part of the first instructions.
US11798425B2	Preamble management for unmanned aerial vehicles A base station allocates unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) preambles for use by UAV user equipment (UE) devices that are different from terrestrial preambles allocated for terrestrial UE devices. The UAV preambles can be allocated to different subscription levels, such that each UAV UE device can only use UAV preambles associated with the UAV UE device's subscription level. The UAV UE device transmits random access request message using the selected UAV preamble and the base station responds with a random access response message indicating whether access is granted to the UAV UE device. The base station can dynamically manage access to the base station by limiting the subscription levels that are associated with the UAV preambles.
US11798424B1	Multi-modal control system for communications and navigation in a transportation environment An aviation radio frequency database and radio frequency control system to automate the retrieval of radio frequencies and tuning of an aircraft radio includes a portable electronic device intended to relieve pilots of retrieving radio frequencies manually from maps, notes and directories eliminates the manual switching of frequencies on radios and other electronic devices replacing these procedures with a direct wireless link from a controlling device to the radio or other electronic device. The application of the invention is not limited to aviation but can be utilized in any utility scenario where operation calls for parameter changes, the object is conserving time and human effort, and raising standards of accuracy and system integrity. Remote control of onboard radio and other controllable electronics is achieved both by delivery of control codes and by use of a voice-to-text application. The configuration of a wireless-accessible database and a range of displays extends the application's utility to many forms of transportation, warehousing, farming, marine applications etc.
US11798422B2	Situation avoidance systems for marine vessels A control unit for controlling a marine vessel to avoid an emergency situation, the control unit comprising processing circuitry and a storage medium, wherein the control unit is configured to receive path data from one or more sensor devices indicative of a path traveled by the marine vessel in a forward direction and to store the received path data by the storage medium, characterized in that the control unit is configured to receive a trigger signal from an input device, and, in response to the trigger signal, determine a location for turning the vessel around, navigating to the location, turning the vessel around at the location, and navigating the vessel along the path in reverse direction.
US11798420B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus for being mounted on a vehicle, comprises a controller. The controller is configured to: determine that a call for attention toward a risk of collision is being made to a driver of a crossing vehicle that is a vehicle whose path crosses that of an own vehicle; and perform a predetermined process for risk avoidance, in a case where the call for attention is being made in the crossing vehicle.
US11798418B2	Systems and methods for extracting information from a transaction description Methods and systems for vehicle-to-vehicle communication are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, from a first vehicle via a network, a request for communicating with another vehicle; receiving, via the network, a first position signal from the first vehicle; determining a position of the first vehicle based on the first position signal; determining a target vehicle of the request, based on the request and the position of the first vehicle; transmitting, via the network, the request to the target vehicle; determining whether the target vehicle drives according to the request; and adding an amount of credit to an account associated with the target vehicle when it is determined that the target vehicle drives according to the request.
US11798406B2	Road lighting Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed in which one or more light sources, a detector, a processor and a controller are configured such that light from the one or more light sources improves the ability of a human or automated motor vehicle driver to identify and avoid pedestrians. The one or more light sources may provide spot illumination to moving objects or pedestrians on a road surface, with the spot illumination following the moving object or pedestrians along the portion of the road surface. The one or more light sources may project images on the ground or on other surfaces. The light source may be carried by a pedestrian or on personal transport used by a pedestrian. The light sources may be stationary and provide lighting for a pedestrian street crossing.
US11798405B2	Road lighting Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed in which one or more light sources, a detector, a processor and a controller are configured such that light from the one or more light sources improves the ability of a human or automated motor vehicle driver to identify and avoid pedestrians. The one or more light sources may provide spot illumination to moving objects or pedestrians on a road surface, with the spot illumination following the moving object or pedestrians along the portion of the road surface. The one or more light sources may project images on the ground or on other surfaces. The light source may be carried by a pedestrian or on personal transport used by a pedestrian. The light sources may be stationary and provide lighting for a pedestrian street crossing.
US11798402B2	Mobile computing device for use in controlling wirelessly controlled vehicles Methods and systems for utilizing a mobile computing device (e.g., such as a mobile phone) for use in controlling a model vehicle are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a mobile computing device provides various user controls for generating signals that are communicated to a radio transmitter device coupled with the mobile computing device, and ultimately broadcast to a receiver residing at a model vehicle. With some embodiments, the mobile computing device may be integrated with a controller housing which provides separate user controls, such that a combination of user controls present on the mobile computing device and the controller housing can be used to control a model vehicle.
US11798401B2	Method for wireless transmission of data in a medical or dental system and such a medical or dental system A method for wireless transmission of data in a medical or dental system which has a foot control and at least two devices which can selectively be controlled wirelessly by the foot control, each device being assigned a specific identification code, wherein a controller provided in the foot control selects on the basis of data packets the device to which operating data are wirelessly transmitted, wherein each of the devices has its own data packet which comprises the specific identification code of the device and an individual rank assigned to this device of a ranking of the devices.
US11798400B2	Handheld monitoring and early warning device for fusarium head blight of in-field wheat and early warning method thereof A handheld monitoring and early warning device for Fusarium head blight of in-field wheat includes an acquisition card, a processor, a camera, a touchscreen, a power supply, and a 4G network card. The acquisition card is configured to acquire data. The processor is configured to analyze the acquired data, to obtain the growth of wheat based on a deep learning algorithm. The camera is configured to acquire root, stem, and ear information of in-field wheat. The touchscreen is a medium configured to perform human-computer interaction. The power supply is configured to supply power to the monitoring and early warning device. The 4G network card is configured to perform data communication and at the same time communicate with an external cloud server. Further disclosed is an early warning method of a handheld monitoring and early warning device for Fusarium head blight of in-field wheat.
US11798399B2	Property scene adjustments Techniques are described for detecting and handling unauthenticated commands in a property monitoring system. In some implementations, a monitoring system may include sensors located throughout a property, a monitoring control unit, and an input device. The monitoring control unit may be configured to receive data collected by the sensors, as well as an input command detected by the input device. For an input command that does not include authentication information, the monitoring control unit may generate property state information based on the sensor data, then analyze the property state data and the input command against one or more rules that relate to authorization of unauthenticated commands. Based on the analysis, the monitoring control unit may determine whether to perform the action corresponding to the input command or whether to perform another action, for example, generating and providing a notification or authorization request to a user.
US11798392B1	Environment-based RFID IC behavior RFID ICs sense and indicate changes in their surrounding environment, such as changes in temperature, humidity, chemical presence, RF signals, and similar. An RFID IC indicates when a significant environmental change has occurred, for example by adjusting the value of a flag, writing data to memory, transmitting a message to an external entity, exiting a sleep state, and/or responding repeatedly to an inventorying reader. In some cases, RFID IC actively notifies an external entity that a significant environmental change has been sensed. For example, RFID IC may alert the external entity by participating in a special inventory process meant for RFID ICs sending environmental change. The RFID IC may alert the external entity by interjecting itself into an inventory round, re-participating in an inventory round, refraining from entering a sleep state after inventorying, and/or adjusting timing of a scheduled reply to communicate with an RFID reader ahead of schedule.
US11798391B2	Wireless tracking belts for asset tracking A tracking device comprises a flexible belt body configured to loop around a portion of a pallet, e.g., around a center stringer of a pallet. The flexible belt body has a first portion and a second portion configured to be connected. The tracking device further comprises a first region having one or more sensitive electronic components and a second region having one or more durable electronic components and/or electronic components that benefit from exposure during transportation. The tracking device is positioned on the portion of the pallet such that the first region is oriented towards an interior of the pallet and the second region is oriented towards an exterior of the pallet.
US11798386B2	Smart anti-theft device with multiple alarm function Embodiments described herein relate to an anti-theft device. The anti-theft device may comprise an arm hook which has a long arm movably inserted into a guide slot, a cable which penetrates through a vacuum cup and is electrically connected to a circuit board, and a monitoring assembly for protecting the anti-theft device against damage is mounted on the anti-theft device and comprises a switch arranged on the circuit board and magnetic steel arranged on a short arm of the arm hook.
US11798385B2	Surveillance system and operating method thereof A surveillance system including a battery camera and a gateway. The battery camera includes a battery configured to supply power to the battery camera, a camera module configured to capture a surveillance area, a connector configured to directly connect to the gateway, a network module configured to communicate with the gateway, and a processor configured to charge the battery through the connector. The processor transmits high-quality images through the connector when the connector is connected to the gateway and transmits low-quality images through the network module when the connector is disconnected from the gateway.
US11798377B2	Dematerialized instant lottery ticket system and method A system and method for facilitating an instant lottery game with both physical and virtual instant lottery tickets, and more particularly to a system and method for facilitating virtual instant lottery ticket creation, virtual instant lottery ticket selling, virtual instant lottery ticket transferring, virtual instant lottery ticket scratching, and virtual instant lottery ticket redemption. The instant lottery ticket system and method of various embodiments provides the seamless integration with existing physical instant lottery game and ticket systems (and processes thereof), substantially the same overall player experience as provided with physical instant lottery tickets.
US11798370B2	Gaming machine and method with symbol array alteration A gaming system and method utilize an electronic display device configured to display a plurality of symbol-bearing reels and an array of symbol positions. The array of symbol positions comprises a plurality of rows and columns. The plurality of symbol-bearing reels are spun and stopped to land symbols on the reels in the symbol positions of the array. Payouts are awarded for any winning symbol combinations along horizontal and vertical ways. In response to a triggering event, the array is expanded by expanding one or more of the rows of the array to add one or more symbol positions to each expanded row. The plurality of symbol-bearing reels are again spun and stopped to land symbols on the reels in the symbol positions of the expanded array. Payouts are again awarded for any winning symbol combinations along the horizontal and vertical ways.
US11798366B2	Electronic gaming system and method for providing upgradeable symbol awards An electronic gaming system includes at least one processor configured to provide a reel-based wagering game. In the game, a matrix of symbol positions is displayed, and during each spin of the reels, the processor determines whether at least one symbol displayed in the matrix is a target (or collectable) symbol. When at least one target symbol is displayed, the processor also determines whether a threshold number of such target symbols have been accumulated from the matrix by the player, and if so, the processor awards a plurality of free games, each of which is evaluated against an upgraded paytable. The upgraded paytable defines a plurality of upgraded awards for a variety of symbol combinations, at least some of which incorporate the target symbol. In some cases, a different (e.g., upgraded) version of the target symbol may be displayed during free games.
US11798365B2	Gaming machine and method with prize chance configurable symbol A gaming machine initiates a feature game in response to a base game outcome comprising a predetermined number of a configurable symbol. For an initial round of a quantity of rounds for the feature game, the gaming machine retains each of the configurable symbol from the base game outcome at a corresponding feature game display position of a feature game outcome. For each feature game display position not displaying the configurable symbol, the gaming machine determines whether to display the configurable symbol with an assigned prize indicia at the respective feature game display position. After the quantity of rounds, the gaming machine awards a prize chance for a specific prize in response to a prize indicia for the specific prize being assigned to the feature game outcome. The gaming machine further awards the specific prize in response to randomly determining that the prize chance was successful.
US11798364B2	Skill-based prize levels for bonus prize awards Systems, devices and methods are operable to include selecting a virtual prize container from a plurality of virtual prize containers that each correspond to one a plurality of prize levels in response to detecting a game event in a wagering game. The selected virtual prize container including information corresponding to the prize level and concealing a prize that is in the virtual prize container is awarded to the player. An input from the player that corresponds to the selected virtual prize container is received. In response to a player achievement level being at a minimum or higher level that corresponds to the prize level of the selected virtual prize container, the prize is awarded to the player.
US11798360B2	Methods and apparatus for providing secure logon to a gaming machine using a mobile device A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers.
US11798358B2	Casino decentralized management to collect and share player credit data Systems and methods are provided. A system includes a communication interface, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from a casino operator, a request for credit data that corresponds to a player that requested credit from the casino operator, to use in a wagering event. The processor circuit is further caused to, in response to receiving the request for credit data, receive, from a decentralized distributed casino credit management architecture, a data block that includes a credit record that corresponds the player. The processor circuit is further caused to determine, based on the credit record, a response to the player that requested the credit. The response includes extending the requested credit to the player or denying the requested credit.
US11798355B2	Fixed wager window countdown A system for wagering on outcomes of a live sporting event during a specific time window. The system estimates the duration of the time window based on historical data. The window then either closes at the end of the estimated duration or when the subject of the wager has occurred or is about to occur such that users cannot place wagers on an outcome that has already occurred. The estimated duration of the time window may be based on a statistical average of similar plays or may be determined by an artificial intelligence based algorithm or module.
US11798354B2	Game with chance element or event simulation In various embodiments, a player may view a list of popular games.
US11798353B2	System and method for synthetic image training of a neural network associated with a casino table game monitoring system Disclosed are a system and method for training a neural network associated with a casino table game monitoring system. Synthetic images of objects extracted from a virtual table game environment are used to create a ground truth set, which is then used to train and test a neural network. When the neural network's classification of the extracted images is deemed accurate enough, the neural network may then be deployed in a casino to track the use of corresponding physical objects in real casino table game play as part of the casino table game monitoring system.
US11798352B2	Gaming systems and methods for providing a table game with visual effects In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
US11798349B2	Gaming machine and method of operating a gaming machine displaying games including trigger frame multiplier zones A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device mounted to the cabinet, and a control unit operably coupled to the display device. The control unit includes a processor programmed to execute an algorithm including the steps of initiating a bonus feature by establishing a plurality of multiplier zones having associated multiplier values and being displayed with a corresponding cell displaying a special symbol and replacing the primary reels with a plurality of independent reels including a plurality of primary game symbols and at least one prize symbol. The processor conducts an instance of the bonus feature by spinning and stopping the plurality of independent reels and modifying each prize symbol being displayed within a multiplier zone by increasing a value associated with the prize symbol based on a corresponding multiplier value associated with a corresponding multiplier zone.
US11798346B2	Slot game with plurality of game areas and unlock game Systems and methods of gaming are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a credit wager to initiate play of a base game. The method also includes designating a first symbol display position on the display, selecting a first symbol from a symbol set for display at the first symbol display position, evaluating whether the first symbol is an award symbol, and controlling the display to display a secondary game in response to a determination that the first symbol is an award symbol.
US11798345B2	Gaming machine with slide-out button deck assembly and manually operable push-to-release latch mechanism Gaming machines and systems include a slide-out player interface button deck including a video display and a glass insulator provided with a capacitive touch screen layer overlying the video display. A cast flange surrounds at least a portion of the button deck and is slidably attached and interlocked with the button deck via mating projections and openings. First and second drawer slide assemblies are coupled to the flange and a manually operable push-to release latch mechanism locks and unlocks the slide-out player interface for movement between a retracted position and an extending position relative to a gaming support structure.
US11798342B2	Managing physical objects using crypto-anchors A computer-implemented method, a computer system, and a computer program product for managing physical objects. A computer system associates a physical object of a set of physical objects with an object identifier. The computer system obtains a digital fingerprint, from a unique physical property of the physical object, wherein the digital fingerprint is impacted by the unique physical property. The computer system obtains a dataset from the object identifier and the digital fingerprint. The computer system cryptographically signs the dataset to obtain a signature. The computer system instructs to store the object identifier and the signature on a data storage device.
US11798340B1	Sensor for access control reader for anti-tailgating applications An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data corresponding to an entrance of a secured area. The processor may be configured to process the pixel data arranged as video frames, perform computer vision operations to detect objects, extract characteristics about the objects, determine a number of people in the video frames, receive an authorization signal from an access control device and generate a control signal. The authorization signal may be used by the access control device to grant access to the secured area. The number of people in the video frames may be determined after the authorization signal is received. The control signal may be generated when the number of people is greater than a number of entrants permitted by the authorization signal. The control signal may provide an indication of unauthorized access to the secured area.
US11798336B2	Job site security system and method of use therefor A job site security system contains a wireless communications node and a device such as a tool, a battery, a charger, etc., which contains a controller. Each tool has a locked state and an unlocked state as determined by the controller. Each tool is (initially) in the locked state. When the wireless communications node transmits a signal to the device the controller changes the locked state to the unlocked state allowing the device to be used. A method for securing a job site is also provided.
US11798335B2	Control, monitoring, and/or security, apparatus and method for premises, vehicles, and/or articles An apparatus, including a server computer, located remote from a premises. The server computer receives a first message, transmitted from a user device located remote from the premises, and generates a second message containing information regarding an individual identified as being present inside or using the premises. If the premises is occupied or in use, the second message contains information identifying the individual. The server computer transmits a control signal or monitoring signal to a computer or processor located at the premises. The computer or processor performs a control operation or a monitoring operation regarding the premises, or the system, equipment, or device, of the premises in response to the control signal or monitoring signal.
US11798332B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method An information processing apparatus in the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first biometrics information group including biometrics information on a first person detected from a first image captured in a first area from a registered biometrics information group including biometrics information on a plurality of registrants; and a matching unit that matches biometrics information on a second person detected from a second image captured in a second area that is different from the first area against biometrics information included in the first biometrics information group.
US11798328B2	System and method for monitoring access to a residential structure Disclosed is a monitoring system, having: a keybox configured to store a key; a monitoring device, wherein via a monitoring device controller, the monitoring device is configured to: detect a first alert condition indicative of the keybox being outside a communication range of shortwave radio; and transmit a first alert to a remote implement that is indicative of an occurrence of the first alert condition.
US11798325B2	Fault isolation using on-board diagnostic (OBD) capability data A system includes a controller configured to store a relationship matrix of a plurality of diagnostic estimators and a plurality of failure modes, each failure mode represents a type of failure that can occur with (i) a sensor or (ii) a vehicle component of a vehicle system, each diagnostic estimator is associated with a respective subset of the failure modes, each respective subset defines a control volume within the vehicle system that contains at least one of (i) one or more sensors or (ii) one or more vehicle components; store a healthy diagnostic vector regarding nominal operational parameters of the vehicle system; acquire diagnostic information regarding current operational parameters of the vehicle system to generate an error diagnostic vector; divide the error diagnostic vector by the healthy diagnostic vector to generate a ratio diagnostic vector; multiply the ratio diagnostic vector with the relationship matrix to generate a value for each failure mode.
US11798324B2	Spark igniter life detection A device for monitoring a life condition of a spark igniter in a gas turbine ignition system. The device includes an evaluation circuit having circuit components that include a hold capacitor, a transistor, and an operational amplifier arranged to form a sample-and-hold circuit, wherein an igniter spark impulse signal is applied to an input node of the evaluation circuit causing the transistor to turn on and the hold capacitor to discharge for a duration of the igniter spark impulse signal, and wherein a discharged voltage at the hold capacitor is maintained and output by the operational amplifier, the discharged voltage representing the duration of the igniter spark impulse and indicating the life condition of the spark igniter.
US11798323B2	Automobile damage detection using thermal conductivity In one aspect, an example method includes (a) determining, via a thermal conductivity sensor of an automobile damage detection device, one or more thermal conductivities at one or more locations on an automobile; (b) transmitting, via a network interface of the automobile damage detection device, a request for anticipated thermal conductivity data from an automobile claims system, wherein the anticipated thermal conductivity data corresponds to anticipated thermal conductivities at the one or more locations on the automobile; (c) in response to transmitting the request, receiving, via the network interface from the automobile claims system, the anticipated thermal conductivity data; and (d) in response to receiving, from the automobile claims system, the anticipated thermal conductivity data, displaying, via a graphical user interface, a graphical representation of the determined one or more thermal conductivities and the anticipated thermal conductivity data.
US11798321B2	Driver score determination for vehicle drivers A method for determining a driver score for a first driver of a first vehicle. The method comprises receiving, from a database server, first maintenance data, first booking data, and first vehicle data associated with a plurality of vehicles, and first driver behavioral data for a plurality of drivers. The method includes obtaining a plurality of features and a plurality of feature values based on the first maintenance data, the first booking data, the first vehicle data, and the first driver behavioral data. The method further includes segregating the plurality of feature values into a plurality of clusters. The method includes training a classifier to determine the driver score. The method further includes receiving from the database server, a first dataset associated with the first vehicle and the first driver. The method includes determining the driver score for the first driver based on an output of the trained classifier.
US11798320B2	System, method, and computer-readable medium for facilitating treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash A system, method, and computer-readable medium for facilitating treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash utilizes near real-time monitoring of the market value of a vehicle type that includes the damaged vehicle, its vehicle parts, and/or one or more arranged vehicle treatments to approximate an extent of damage to the damaged vehicle and determine a prospective vehicle treatment facility for treating the damaged vehicle. In particular, the system continually monitors the market value of a vehicle, its vehicle parts, and/or a prescribed vehicle treatment to calculate a treatment complexity level, e.g., vehicle repair, total loss; for treating the damaged vehicle.
US11798319B2	Vehicular driver monitoring system A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior electrochromic rearview mirror assembly and a camera disposed at the interior electrochromic rearview mirror assembly behind and viewing through an electrochromic mirror reflective element into the interior cabin of the vehicle. Supplemental sources of near infrared illumination are integrated into the mirror assembly that, when powered to emit near infrared light, illuminate at least the driver-side front seating area within the interior cabin of the vehicle. Presence of the camera is not readily apparent to an occupant of the vehicle. The camera at least (a) views the driver-side front seating area of the equipped vehicle and (b) views a passenger-side front seating area of the equipped vehicle. The driver of the equipped vehicle is monitored via processing at the processor of image data captured by the camera.
US11798312B2	Image sensor, fingerprint detection apparatus and electronic device An image sensor, a fingerprint detection apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel circuit array, wherein each pixel circuit is configured to generate an output signal according to a received light signal; and an output circuit is configured to simultaneously receive output signals of a plurality of pixel circuits in the pixel circuit array, and output a signal average value of the output signals of the plurality of pixel circuits. The image sensor has a small area and power consumption.
US11798306B2	Devices, methods, and systems for occupancy detection Devices, methods, and systems for occupancy detection are described herein. One device includes instructions to receive an image of a portion of a facility captured by an imaging device, the image defined by a field of view, and set a first occupancy detection threshold for a first part of the field of view and a second occupancy detection threshold for a second part of the field of view.
US11798304B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for determining reliability of rounding processing An image processing apparatus that can determine reliability of rounding processing on numerical values obtained by character recognition processing. The image processing apparatus performs character recognition of a plurality of numerical values from image data, acquires a learning result indicating a rounding processing method from a storage unit that stores the learning result, and determines reliability of the character recognition on the basis of a difference between a calculation result of the plurality of numerical values and a calculation result of the plurality of numerical values in a case where the rounding processing indicated by the acquired learning result is applied.
US11798303B2	Composable blueprints The techniques disclosed herein include a blueprint compositing technique that may process blueprint data to generate multiple composable components. The multiple composable components may be processed to produce multiple blueprint component options including a master blueprint. A master blueprint and at least one other blueprint component option may be selected. A composited blueprint may be produced based on the selections of the master blueprint and the at least one other blueprint component option.
US11798301B1	Compositional pipeline for generating synthetic training data for machine learning models to extract line items from OCR text Systems and methods of generating synthetic training data for machine learning models. First, line items in source documents such as bills, invoices, and or receipts are identified and labeled. The identification and labeling generate labeled documents. Then, in the labeled documents, the line items are augmented by adding, deleting, and or swapping line items to generate synthetic training documents. An addition operation randomly selects one or more line items and adds the selected line item(s) to the same labeled document or another labeled document. A deletion operation randomly deletes one or more line items. A swapping operation randomly swaps line items in a single labeled document or across different labeled documents. These operations can generate synthetic labeled documents of any length, which form synthetic training data for training the machine learning models.
US11798299B2	Methods and systems for generating 3D datasets to train deep learning networks for measurements estimation Disclosed are systems and methods for generating data sets for training deep learning networks for key point annotations and measurements extraction from photos taken using a mobile device camera. The method includes the steps of receiving a 3D scan model of a 3D object or subject captured from a 3D scanner and a 2D photograph of the same 3D object or subject at a virtual workspace. The 3D scan model is rigged with one or more key points. A superimposed image of a pose-adjusted and aligned 3D scan model superimposed over the 2D photograph is captured by a virtual camera in the virtual workspace. Training data for a key point annotation DLN is generated by repeating the steps for a plurality of objects belonging to a plurality of object categories. The key point annotation DLN learns from the training data to produce key point annotations of objects from 2D photographs captured using any mobile device camera.
US11798295B2	Model free lane tracking system A vehicle, system and method of navigating the vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor is configured to obtain a first set of detection points representative of a lane of a road section at a first time step and a second set of detection points representative of the lane at a second time step. The processor is configured to determine a set of predicted points for the second time step from the first set of detection points, obtain a set of fused points from the second set of detection points and the set of predicted points, and navigate the vehicle using the set of fused points.
US11798294B2	Vehicle recording control device, vehicle recording device, vehicle recording control method, and computer program Provided are a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data; a parking detection unit that detects whether the vehicle is parked; a moving body detection unit that detects a moving body from video data while the vehicle is parked; an acceleration detection unit that detects acceleration applied to the vehicle; a parking position determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is parked at a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle, based on position information of the vehicle; and a recording function control unit that selectively performs a process of storing video data based on detection of a moving body by the moving body detection unit, and a process of storing video data based on acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit, according to a determination result of the parking position determination unit.
US11798293B2	Optical vehicle positioning A device, system and method for determining a position of a movable object on a two-dimensional surface obtains, via an image capture device attached to the movable object, at least one image of a portion of the two-dimensional surface. At one virtual marker is identified in at least one image, and a previously determined estimated position of the at least one virtual marker is retrieved. The previously determined estimated position determined from a combination of an image of at least one anchor point on the two-dimensional surface, the at least one anchor point defining a unique position on the two-dimensional surface, and odometry measurements based on at least two images of the two-dimensional surface. The position of the movable object on the two-dimensional surface is determined from the estimated position of the at least one virtual marker.
US11798290B2	Obstacle detection and notification for motorcycles An obstacle detection and notification system for a motorcycle. The system includes a forward looking camera and a backward looking camera mountable to the motorcycle and a processor in operable communication with the forward looking camera and the backward looking camera. The processor executes program instructions to execute processes including: receiving video from the of the forward looking camera and the backward looking camera, performing a computer vision and machine learning based object detection and tracking process to detect, classify and track obstacles in the video and to output detected object data, defining a blind spot region around one or more other vehicles using the detected object data, determining whether the motorcycle is located in the blind spot region, and outputting audible, tactile or visual feedback, via an output system, to a rider of the motorcycle when the motorcycle is determined to be located in the blind spot region.
US11798289B2	Streaming object detection and segmentation with polar pillars Among other things, techniques for detecting objects in the environment surrounding a vehicle are described. A computer system is configured to receive a set of measurements from a sensor of a vehicle. The set of measurements includes a plurality of data points that represent a plurality of objects in a 3D space surrounding the vehicle. The system divides the 3D space into a plurality of pillars. The system then assigns each data point of the plurality of data points to a pillar in the plurality of pillars. The system generates a pseudo-image based on the plurality of pillars. The pseudo-image includes, for each pillar of the plurality of pillars, a corresponding feature representation of data points assigned to the pillar. The system detects the plurality of objects based on an analysis of the pseudo-image. The system then operates the vehicle based upon the detecting of the objects.
US11798287B2	Driver assistance apparatus and method of controlling the same A driver assistance apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) module configured to obtain position data of a vehicle; a Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) installed in the vehicle to have an external field of view of the vehicle, and configured to obtain first image data for the external field of view of the vehicle; a communication interface configured to receive second image data obtained by an external LiDAR disposed at a position different from the vehicle; and a controller including at least one processor configured to process the first image data and the second image data. The controller may be configured to compare the first image data and the second image data, and to correct the position data when an error occurs as a result of the comparison.
US11798286B2	Tracking system, arrangement and method for tracking objects A tracking system for tracking objects within a field of view is disclosed. The field of view may include a first zone and an adjacent zone of interest where at least two gates are associated with respective sides of the first zone within the field of view. The first camera is configured to detect when an object crosses one of the at least two gates and track the object throughout the first zone and the zone of interest. The tracking system is configured to generate a first event message in response to the object being tracked from one of the gates into the zone of interest and subsequently leaving the first zone through a dedicated gate of the at least two gates.
US11798281B2	Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning models to reconstruct a vehicle accident scene from video A device may receive, from a first vehicle, video data for video captured of a location associated with an accident for a second vehicle, and may process the video data, with a first model, to generate a sparse point cloud of the location associated with the accident. The device may process the video data, with a second model, to generate depth maps for frames of the video data, and may utilize the depth maps with the sparse point cloud to generate a dense point cloud. The device may process the video data, with a third model, to generate a dense semantic point cloud, and may process the dense semantic point cloud, with a fourth model, to determine a dense semantic overhead view of the location associated with the accident. The device may perform actions based on the dense semantic overhead view.
US11798280B2	Method and system for augmenting point of interest in augmented-reality video A method for augmenting point of interest in AR video. The method includes: extracting first frame of AR video depicting object being tracked including point of interest, by first pipeline; locating, in first frame set of feature points forming boundary of object; transferring frame with determined set of feature points to second pipeline; and by second pipeline determining coordinate system of set of feature points; calculating first location parameters of feature points; selecting first and second reference points from feature points, wherein first location parameters of point of interest are defined by first location parameters of first and second reference points; transmitting first location parameters of point of interest from second pipeline to first pipeline; and augmenting in first pipeline AR video with first location parameters of point of interest received from second pipeline.
US11798279B2	Methods and systems for sport data extraction A computing system engages in digital image processing of received video frames to generate sport data that indicates a score and/or a time associated with a sport event. The digital image processing includes: (i) identifying a first frame region of the video frames based on the first frame region depicting a scoreboard; (ii) executing a first procedure that analyzes the identified first frame region to detect, within the identified first frame region, second frame region(s) based on the second frame region(s) depicting text of the scoreboard; (iii) in response to detecting the second frame region(s), executing a second procedure to recognize the text in at least one of the second frame region(s); and (iv) based at least on the recognizing of the text, generating the sport data. In response to completing the digital image processing, the computing system then carries out an action based on the generated sport data.
US11798276B2	Providing information about members of a group using an augmented reality display In one example, a method performed by a processing system including at least one processor includes identifying an environment surrounding a user of an augmented reality display, identifying a relative location of the user within the environment, determining a field of view of the augmented reality display, identifying an individual within the field of view, querying a data source for information related to the individual, and modifying the augmented reality display to present the information related to the individual.
US11798271B2	Depth and motion estimations in machine learning environments A mechanism is described for facilitating depth and motion estimation in machine learning environments, according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving a frame associated with a scene captured by one or more cameras of a computing device; processing the frame using a deep recurrent neural network architecture, wherein processing includes simultaneously predicating values associated with multiple loss functions corresponding to the frame; and estimating depth and motion based the predicted values.
US11798270B2	Systems and methods for image classification In one aspect, a method for inspecting features of an image using an image inspection controller that includes a processor communicatively coupled to a memory is described. The method includes receiving, at the processor, an input image, performing, on the input image, one of a semantic segmentation process and an object classification process to generate an output image, and prompting a user to select between approving the displayed output image, and at least one of i) performing an additional semantic segmentation process on the displayed output image, and ii) performing an additional object classification process on the displayed output image.
US11798269B2	Fast non-maximum suppression algorithm for object detection A Fast Non-Maximum Suppression (NMS) Algorithm post-processing for object detection includes getting original data output from a deep learning model inference output, the original data including a plurality of bounding boxes, pre-emptively filtering out at least one bounding box of the plurality of bounding boxes from further consideration when applying the algorithm, the at least one bounding box filtered out according to a predetermined criteria, processing data, using sigmoid functions or exponential functions, from bounding boxes of the plurality of bounding boxes not filtered out to generate processed bounding boxes, calculating final scores of the processed bounding boxes, and choosing a processed bounding boxes utilizing the final scores.
US11798267B2	Method for generating labeling data that describe an image content of images depicting at least one scene, corresponding processing device, vehicle and data storage medium A method for generating labeling data is disclosed that describes an image content of images depicting at least one scene, wherein in a processing device image data are received from an imaging and a segmentation unit that detects at least one object in the image data. A graphical processing unit generates a respective graphical object marker that marks the at least one detected object and a display control unit displays an overlay of the at least one scene and the at least one object marker. An input reception unit receives a respective user input for each object marker, wherein the respective user input provides the image content of the image region marked by the object marker.
US11798262B2	Methods and systems for identifying internal conditions in juvenile fish through non-invasive means Methods and systems are disclosed for improvements in aquaculture that allow for increasing the number and harvesting efficiency of fish in an aquaculture setting by identifying and predicting internal conditions of the juvenile fish based on external characteristics that are imaged through non-invasive means.
US11798257B2	Generating feature descriptors for image analysis A computer-implemented method for generating a rotation-invariant feature descriptor for a location in an image for use in performing descriptor matching in analysing the image, extracts samples according to a descriptor pattern for the location in the image; uses the extracted samples to determine a measure of rotation for the location in the image, the measure of rotation describing an angle between an orientation of the image and a characteristic direction of the image at the location; generating a feature descriptor for the location in the image by determining a set of samples characterising the location in dependence on the determined measure of rotation and the extracted samples; and processes the determined set of samples to generate the feature descriptor for the location in the image.
US11798255B2	Sign language video segmentation method by gloss for sign language sentence recognition, and training method therefor There are provided a method for segmenting a sign language video by gloss to recognize a sign language sentence, and a method for training. According to an embodiment, a sign language video segmentation method receives an input of a sign language sentence video, and segments the inputted sign language sentence video by gloss. Accordingly, there is suggested a method for segmenting a sign language sentence video by gloss, analyzing various gloss sequences from the linguistic perspective, understanding meanings robustly in spite of various changes in sentences, and translating sign language into appropriate Korean sentences.
US11798253B2	Determining a position of an object in a rotation corrected image A user device may capture an image including an object, and may identify the object, including determining an outline of the object. The user device may determine a first center point of the object and an angle of orientation of the object in relation to the image. The user device may rotate the image based on the angle of orientation, including changing one or more dimensions of the image. The user device may, after rotating the image, determine the one or more dimensions of the rotated image, calculate one or more offset values associated with changing the one or more dimensions of the rotated image, and determine a second center point of the object based on the first center point and the one or more offset values. The user device may perform an action related to the rotated image based on determining the second center point of the object.
US11798243B2	Crowd sourced mapping system A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.
US11798241B2	Apparatus and operating method for displaying augmented reality object A display apparatus and an operating method thereof obtain at least one first sensor data of a first point in time, receive a first image frame including a first augmented reality (AR) object corresponding to the first point in time, the first AR object generated by a first processor, based on the first sensor data, obtain second sensor data of a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, correct the first AR object to a second AR object matched to the second point in time, based on the second sensor data, and display a second image frame including the second AR object.
US11798240B2	System and method for social networking using an augmented reality display A method for social networking using a multi-focal plane augmented reality display of a host vehicle includes receiving social-networking data from a remote device. The social-networking data includes information about at least one social interest of a remote user of the remote device. The remote device is located within a viewable area of a vehicle user of the host vehicle. The method further includes determining whether at least one social interest of the remote user matches a vehicle-user social interest of the vehicle user of the host vehicle using the social-networking data. The method further includes transmitting a command signal to the multi-focal plane augmented reality display of the host vehicle to display a virtual image on the multi-focal plane augmented reality display. The virtual image is indicative of the vehicle.
US11798239B2	Method and device for a placement of a virtual object of an augmented or mixed reality application in a real-world 3D environment A method for a placement of a virtual object of an augmented or mixed reality application in a real-world 3D environment, comprises: selecting (14), at a runtime of the augmented or mixed reality application, one of a finite set of at least two candidate insertion areas predetermined in the real-world 3D environment for the placement of the virtual object in the real-world 3D environment, based on criteria combining, for each of the candidate insertion areas, relationships between each of: the real-world 3D environment, the virtual object considered with respect to a placement of that virtual object in that candidate insertion area, and a user position; and inserting (14) the virtual object in the selected candidate insertion area.
US11798237B2	Method for establishing a common reference frame amongst devices for an augmented reality session A method includes: detecting an object in a first image; receiving a selection of the object depicted in the image; associating the object with a second device based on the selection; and, in response to the selection: recording a series of odometry data; estimating a location of the first device based on the odometry data; recording a series of images; estimating a location of the second device based on the images; calculating a first reference vector in the reference frame of the first device defining the location of the second device relative to the location of the first device; receiving, from the second device, a second reference vector; calculating a rotation and an offset between the reference vectors; and transforming the reference frame of the first device to a common reference based on the rotation and the offset.
US11798225B2	3D building generation using topology Embodiments provide systems and methods for three-dimensional building generation from machine learning and topological models. The method uses topology models that are converted into vertices and edges. A BGAN (Building generative adversarial network) is used to create fake vertices/edges. The BGAN is then used to generate random samples from seen sample of different structures of building based on relationship of vertices and edges. The embeddings are then fed into a machine trained network to create a digital structure from the image.
US11798219B2	Topology preservation in a graphics pipeline by analyzing a geometry shader A graphics processing engine has a geometry shading stage having two modes of operation. In the first mode of operation, each primitive output by the geometry shading stage is independent, whereas in the second mode of operation, connectivity between input primitives is maintained by the geometry shading stage. The mode of operation of the geometry shading stage can be determined based on the value of control state data which may be generated at compile-time for a geometry shader based on analysis of that geometry shader.
US11798217B2	Systems and methods for automated real-time generation of an interactive avatar utilizing short-term and long-term computer memory structures Systems and methods enabling rendering an avatar attuned to a user. The systems and methods include receiving audio-visual data of user communications of a user. Using the audio-visual data, the systems and methods may determine vocal characteristics of the user, facial action units representative of facial features of the user, and speech of the user based on a speech recognition model and/or natural language understanding model. Based on the vocal characteristics, an acoustic emotion metric can be determined. Based on the speech recognition data, a speech emotion metric may be determined. Based on the facial action units, a facial emotion metric may be determined. An emotional complex signature may be determined to represent an emotional state of the user for rendering the avatar attuned to the emotional state based on a combination of the acoustic emotion metric, the speech emotion metric and the facial emotion metric.
US11798210B2	Neural network based detection of image space suitable for overlaying media content Disclosed herein are system, method and computer readable storage medium for detecting space suitable for overlaying media content onto an image. The system receives a candidate image which may be an image or a video frame. The candidate image is then input into a neural network. The neural network may output coordinates and one or more dimensions representing one or more bounding boxes for inserting media content into the candidate image. The one or more bounding boxes may be transmitted with a request for a media content item to be displayed in a bounding box. In response to the request the media content item may be received, and the candidate image and the media content item overlaid on top of the candidate image within the bounding box may be displayed.
US11798209B1	Systems and methods for rendering a third party visualization in response to events received from search queries Embodiments of the disclosure are systems and methods for updating third party visualizations in response to a query. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving input data comprising events, where the events comprise time-stamped machine- generated data. The method also comprises receiving a modular visualization that includes a variable field associated with a visualization and instructions for rendering the visualization using the input data and the variable field. Further, the method comprises rendering the visualization based on the input data and a value associated with the variable field. Additionally, the method comprises updating the value of the variable field and obtaining updated input data using a search query that is generated using the updated value. The visualization is re-rendered based on the updated input data and the updated value.
US11798207B2	Method and system to overlay charts A method for facilitating dynamic-transparency chart overlays via a graphical user interface is provided. The method includes displaying, via a client device, the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a graphical element to receive an input; receiving, via the graphical user interface, a request relating to an overlay request that corresponds to a visualization of a chart; retrieving data corresponding to the chart; converting the data into a structured data set based on a parameter; generating an overlay chart based on the structured data set, the overlay chart corresponding to a superimposition of the chart; and displaying, via the client device, the overlay chart on the graphical user interface in response to the request.
US11798205B2	Image reconstruction employing tailored edge preserving regularization A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions readable and executable by a workstation (18) including at least one electronic processor (20) to perform an image reconstruction method (100). The method includes: determining a weighting parameter (13) of an edge-preserving regularization or penalty of a regularized image reconstruction of an image acquisition device (12) for an imaging data set obtained by the image acquisition device; determining an edge sensitivity parameter (γ) of the edge-preserving algorithm for the imaging data set obtained by the image acquisition device; and reconstructing the imaging data set obtained by the image acquisition device to generate a reconstructed image by applying the regularized image reconstruction including the edge-preserving regularization or penalty with the determined weighting and edge sensitivity parameters to the imaging data set obtained by the image acquisition device.
US11798201B2	Mirroring device with whole-body outfits Systems and methods are provided for performing operations comprising: capturing, by an electronic mirroring device, a video feed received from a camera of the electronic mirroring device, the video feed depicting a user; selecting, by the electronic mirroring device, a first whole-body outfit; displaying, by the electronic mirroring device, a representation of the user wearing the first whole-body outfit; detecting, by the electronic mirroring device, a hand gesture performed by the user in the video feed; and in response to detecting the hand gesture, transitioning, by the electronic mirroring device, the representation of the user from wearing the first whole-body outfit to wearing a second whole-body outfit.
US11798196B2	Video-based point cloud compression with predicted patches A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial information for three-dimensional (3D) visual volumetric content and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the 3D visual volumetric content. The encoder is configured to convert 3D visual volumetric content, such as a point cloud or mesh, into image based patch representations. The encoder is further configured to select one or more reference patches for copying or prediction, such that metadata for copying or predicting a patch based on the reference patch is signaled without explicitly signaling a full set of information for the copied or predicted patch. Likewise, a decoder is configured to receive such information and reconstruct a 3D version of the 3D visual volumetric content using both signaled and predicted or copied patches.
US11798189B2	Computer implemented methods and devices for determining dimensions and distances of head features Computer implemented methods and devices for determining dimensions or distances of head features are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of features in an image of a head of a person. A real dimension of at least one target feature of the plurality of features or a real distance between at least one target feature of the plurality features and a camera device used for capturing the image is estimated based on probability distributions for real dimensions of at least one feature of the plurality of features and a pixel dimension of the at least one feature of the plurality of features.
US11798188B2	Apparatus and method of remotely measuring size of pupil The present disclosure provides a method of remotely measuring a size of a pupil, including: acquiring an image of a to-be-measured person by using a detection device; acquiring an image of a pupil of the to-be-measured person from the image of the to-be-measured person; measuring a distance between the to-be-measured person and the detection device by using the detection device; and calculating an actual size of the pupil of the to-be-measured person based on the measured distance and the image of the pupil of the to-be-measured person. The present disclosure further provides an apparatus for remotely measuring a size of a pupil, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
US11798185B2	Image analysis system and image analysis method for obtaining object range An image analysis method is provided. In the image analysis method, a to-be analyzed image is inputted into a region-based convolutional neural network (RCNN) model to obtain a masked image outputted from the RCNN. The center of a masked object in the masked image is calculated. The center is regarded as an origin of coordinate and the farthest coordinate point from the origin of coordinate in each of the four quadrants relative to the origin of coordinate are searched. The image analysis block is generated for each of the farthest coordinate points. The post-processing is performed on the image analysis blocks to obtain an object range.
US11798184B2	Three-dimensional image device A three-dimensional image device is provided. The three-dimensional image device includes a depth processor, a structured-light depth camera, and a TOF depth camera. The depth processor includes at least two input ports configured to receive first images, an input switch coupled to the at least two input ports, and a data processing engine coupled to the input switch. The at least two input ports include a first input port and a second input port, the first input port is coupled to the structured-light depth camera, and the second input port is coupled to the TOF depth camera.
US11798180B2	Generating depth images utilizing a machine-learning model built from mixed digital image sources and multiple loss function sets This disclosure describes one or more implementations of a depth prediction system that generates accurate depth images from single input digital images. In one or more implementations, the depth prediction system enforces different sets of loss functions across mix-data sources to generate a multi-branch architecture depth prediction model. For instance, in one or more implementations, the depth prediction model utilizes different data sources having different granularities of ground truth depth data to robustly train a depth prediction model. Further, given the different ground truth depth data granularities from the different data sources, the depth prediction model enforces different combinations of loss functions including an image-level normalized regression loss function and/or a pair-wise normal loss among other loss functions.
US11798176B2	Universal body movement translation and character rendering system Systems and methods are disclosed for universal body movement translation and character rendering. Motion data from a source character can be translated and used to direct movement of a target character model in a way that respects the anatomical differences between the two characters. The movement of biomechanical parts in the source character can be converted into normalized values based on defined constraints associated with the source character, and those normalized values can be used to inform the animation of movement of biomechanical parts in a target character based on defined constraints associated with the target character.
US11798174B2	Method, device, equipment and storage medium for locating tracked targets A method for tracking a target includes: acquiring original position information of an original target point selected by a user contained in a locating request if the locating request for tracking a target is received; carrying out target prediction on a current frame image according to a preset target prediction model to obtain a target prediction result; calculating an Euclidean distance between each of the targets to be tracked and the original target point according to the target position information and original coordinates of each of the target regions to obtain N distances; selecting a distance with the smallest numerical value from the N distances as a target distance, acquiring target position information corresponding to the target distance, and determining a target to be tracked in a target region corresponding to the obtained target position information as a tracked target corresponding to an original target point.
US11798173B1	Moving point detection Systems and methods for moving point detection for point clouds. Some implementations may include obtaining a sequence of point clouds, wherein the sequence of point clouds includes a current point cloud, a previous point cloud that precedes the current point cloud, and a next point cloud that follows the current point cloud; inputting a voxelized representation of the current point cloud to a forward-pass recurrent neural network with a hidden state based on the previous point cloud to obtain a first voxelized activation; inputting the voxelized representation of the current point cloud to a backward-pass recurrent neural network with a hidden state based on the next point cloud to obtain a second voxelized activation; combining the first voxelized activation and the second voxelized activation to obtain a prediction of whether respective points are moving or static; and updating the current point cloud based on the prediction.
US11798167B2	Long-term and continuous animal behavioral monitoring Systems and methods for continuous monitoring of the behavior of animals, such as small rodents, are provided. Monitoring can include video, audio, and other sensor modalities. In one embodiment, the system can include cameras, arena design, environmental sensors, and ultrasonic sensors. The system uniquely provides a continuous long-term monitoring system suitable for mouse behavioral study. Further provided is a neural network based tracker configured for use with video data acquired by the monitoring system. Three different neural network architectures have been tested to determine their performance on genetically diverse mice under varying environmental conditions. It has been observed that that an encoder-decoder segmentation neural network achieves high accuracy and speed with minimal training data. This general purpose neural network tracker can be easily extended to other experimental paradigms and even to other animals through transfer learning, thus forming a robust, generalizable solution for bio-behavioral research.
US11798166B2	Sphere pole projections for efficient compression of 360-degree video Provided are systems and methods for processing 360-degree video data. In various implementations, a spherical representation of a 360-degree video frame can be segmented into a top region, a bottom region, and a middle region. The middle region can be mapped into one or more rectangular areas of an output video frame. The top region can be mapped into a first rectangular area of the output video frame using a mapping that converts a square to a circle, such that pixels in the circular top region are expanded to fill the first rectangular region. The bottom region can be mapped into a second rectangular area of the output video frame such that pixels in the circular bottom region are expanded to fill the second rectangular region.
US11798164B2	Artificial intelligence for evaluation of optical coherence tomography images A neural network is trained to segment interferogram images. A first plurality of interferograms are obtained, where each interferograms corresponds to data acquired by an OCT system using a first scan pattern, annotating each of the plurality of interferograms to indicate a tissue structure of a retina, training a neural network using the plurality of interferograms and the annotations, inputting a second plurality of interferograms corresponding to data acquired by an OCT system using a second scan pattern and obtaining an output of the trained neural network indicating the tissue structure of the retina that was scanned using the second scan pattern. The system and methods may instead receive a plurality of A-scans and output a segmented image corresponding to a plurality of locations along an OCT scan pattern.
US11798160B2	Integrated method for cancer screening A method of screening for a cancer in a patient, an integrated method of screening for a cancer in a patient, a computer program product for carrying out the methods, as well as a medical imaging apparatus for carrying out the methods are disclosed. Based upon the above, it is possible that the patient will obtain a more reliable result from a first medical imaging treatment.
US11798159B2	Systems and methods for radiology image classification from noisy images Systems and methods for radiology image classification from noisy images in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes noisy image classification device, including a processor, camera circuitry, and a memory containing a noisy image classification application, where the noisy image classification application directs the processor to obtain image data describing a first image taken of a second image using the camera circuitry, where the second image was produced by a medical imaging device, and where the first image is a noisy version of the second image, classify the image data using a neural network trained to be robust to noise, generate an investigation recommendation based on the classification, and provide the investigation recommendation via a display.
US11798157B2	Non-destructive imaging techniques for integrated circuits and other applications The present disclosure relates to non-destructive methods for collecting data from three-dimensional objects. Method include directing one or more interrogating beams of light towards a surface of a three-dimensional object, where the three-dimensional object includes one or more underlying surfaces, and one or more materials having excitonic properties are disposed on the surface of the three-dimensional object; capturing, using an imaging device, optic response of the one or more materials having excitonic properties to the one or more interrogation beams; and computing, using the imaging device, a distance between the one or more underlying surfaces and the one or more materials having excitonic properties, where the optic response of the one or more materials having excitonic properties is a function of the distance between the one or more materials having excitonic properties and the one or more underlying surfaces.
US11798151B1	Systems and methods for determining image capture degradation of a camera sensor A system for determining image capture degradation of a camera sensor is disclosed. The system is configured to capture a series of image frames by a camera of a vehicle over time. The system is configured to generate a latent image from a series of images captured by the camera. The system generates a plurality of frequency layers based on the latent image by, for example, performing a high frequency multiscale fusion transform. The system generates a plurality of frequency layers, each corresponding a spectral sub-band frequency, and each frequency layer includes the coefficients. The system generates a degradation map based on the processed activation map and generates an output based on the activation map. The output may be provided to an output system to wash the camera lens, notify a user or the vehicle of blockage, or modify image processing.
US11798150B2	Super-resolution reconstruction preprocessing method and super-resolution reconstruction method for contrast-enhanced ultrasound images A super-resolution reconstruction preprocessing method of contrast-enhanced ultrasound images includes: acquiring an image set to be preprocessed; acquiring grayscale fluctuation signal of a pixel point in the registered contrast-enhanced ultrasound images to be preprocessed; performing denoise reconstruction operation on the image set to be preprocessed to obtain a reconstructed feature parameter image, and performing interpolation calculation on the reconstructed feature parameter image to obtain a sparse microbubble image. By analyzing the grayscale fluctuation signals of the collocated pixel point set in the plurality of frames of the registered contrast-enhanced ultrasound images to be preprocessed, a signal-to-noise ratio and a signal-to-background ratio are improved. By performing interpolation operation on the reconstructed feature parameter image, spatial decoupling of overlapping microbubbles is realized, and influence of strong noise and high concentration microbubble on the accuracy of super-resolution reconstruction is reduced.
US11798148B2	Systems and methods for three-dimensional environmental modeling of a particular location such as a commercial or residential property A system, according to various embodiments, receives images such as photographs and videos from one or more portable computing devices associated with one or more individuals (e.g., construction workers or landscapers) while the portable computing devices are in a particular position within a particular location at a particular time. The system determines a virtual position within a 3-D representation of the particular location that generally corresponds to the particular position and combines the images with the 3-D representation to generate an enhanced 3-D representation of the particular location. This may allow, for example, owners of a particular property to track and quickly understand construction and landscaping work that has been done on their property and to easily contact those individuals regarding that work.
US11798146B2	Image fusion architecture Embodiments relate to circuitry for temporal processing and image fusion. An image fusion circuit receives captured images, and generates corresponding image pyramids. The generated image pyramids are raster or tiled processed, and stored in memory. A fusion module receives a first and second image pyramids from the memory, warps the first image pyramid based upon the second image pyramid, and fuses the warped first image pyramid with the second image pyramid to generate a fused image pyramid, which may be used for further processing, and may also be stored back into the memory. Because pyramid generation occurs prior to warping and fusion, and by allowing fused image pyramids to be stored back into memory, the image fusion circuitry is configurable to implement a variety of temporal processing functions involving different image fusion combinations.
US11798142B2	Gateway device for volumetric sensing A system includes a sensor including a set of cameras configured to capture a set of images of an enclosed space. The system further includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (a) receiving the set of images captured by the set of cameras; (b) pre-processing the set of images to increase quality and reduce effect of ambient lighting; (c) building a disparity map for the set of images based at least in part on a relationship between the set of cameras; and (d) determining an occupancy of the enclosed space based at least in part on the disparity map. The system can be used to determine occupancy in a trailer with irregularly shaped cargo using low cost sensors.
US11798140B2	Head-up display, video correction method, and video correction program A head-up display installed in a movable body includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an image including a graphic, a vibration information acquisition unit that acquires vibration information indicating vibration of the moving body, an image correction unit that generates a corrected image by performing, on the image, a blurring correction for blurring a contour of the graphic in the image based on the vibration information, and a display unit that displays the corrected image in a space as a virtual image.
US11798139B2	Noise-adaptive non-blind image deblurring Systems and methods to perform noise-adaptive non-blind deblurring on an input image that includes blur and noise involve implementing a first neural network on the input image to obtain one or more parameters and performing regularized deconvolution to obtain a deblurred image from the input image. The regularized deconvolution uses the one or more parameters to control noise in the deblurred image. A method includes implementing a second neural network to remove artifacts from the deblurred image and provide an output image.
US11798136B2	Automated teller machine for detecting security vulnerabilities based on document noise removal An Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for detecting security vulnerabilities by removing noise artifacts from documents receives a transaction request when a document is inserted into the ATM, where the document contains a noise artifact at least partially obstructing a portion of the document. The ATM generates an image of the document, where the image displays at least one data item comprising a sender's name, a receiver's name, and a number representing an amount. The ATM determines whether the noise artifact obstructs at least partially one data item. In response to determining that the noise artifact obstructs at least partially one data item, the ATM generates a test clean image of the document by removing the noise artifact from the image. In response to determining that the noise artifact is removed, the ATM approves the transaction request.
US11798135B2	Method and system for three-dimensional noise reduction and contrast enhancement of images Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for reducing noise in a digital image. The method comprises calculating a spatial weight for each pixel s in a current frame, wherein said spatial weight is computed based on a summation of diffused values associated with the pixel s; and selectively filtering an intensity I of the pixel s spatially using said spatial weight.
US11798132B2	Image inpainting method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method, an apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium for inpainting an image. In an embodiment, an image inpainting method includes: determining, from a target image, a first region to be inpainted and a second region that is not to be inpainted; performing feature extraction on the second region based on different receptive fields and spatial resolutions, to obtain feature information of a plurality of scales; generating a texture of the first region based on the feature information of the plurality of scales; and filling the first region in the target image with the generated texture, to obtain an inpainted image.
US11798129B1	Image scaler In the described examples, a compiled image scaler includes a set of machine executable instructions that generate a scaled image that is a scaled version of a source image with integer and bitwise operations. The compiled image scaler employs filtering to blend colors of adjacent pixels in the source image to generate the scaled image, and each filtering operation concurrently scales three color channels of a pixel in the source image.
US11798128B2	Robust frame size error detection and recovery mechanism to minimize frame loss for camera input sub-systems An image data frame is received from an external source. An error concealment operation is performed on the received image data frame in response to determining that a first frame size of the received image data frame is erroneous. The first frame size of the image data frame is determined to be erroneous based on at least one frame synchronization signal associated with the image data frame. An image processing operation is performed on the received image data frame on which the error concealment operation has been performed, thereby enabling an image processing module to perform the image processing operation without entering into a deadlock state and thereby prevent a host processor from having to execute hardware resets of deadlocked modules.
US11798125B2	Apparatus and method for dynamic provisioning, quality of service, and prioritization in a graphics processor An apparatus and method for dynamic provisioning, quality of service, and prioritization in a graphics processor. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises a graphics processing unit (GPU) comprising a plurality of graphics processing resources; slice configuration hardware logic to logically subdivide the graphics processing resources into a plurality of slices; and slice allocation hardware logic to allocate a designated number of slices to each virtual machine (VM) of a plurality of VMs running in a virtualized execution environment, the slice allocation hardware logic to allocate different numbers of slices to different VMs based on graphics processing requirements and/or priorities of each of the VMs.
US11798115B2	Vehicle cargo transportation system Methods, systems, and apparatus for transporting cargo. The system includes a vehicle having an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to communicate vehicle cargo data, the vehicle cargo data including dimensions of a cargo compartment and dimensions of one or more cargo compartment access points. The system also includes a mobile device configured to receive a transportation request from a user, the transportation request including a destination location and user cargo data. The system also includes a remote data server. The remote data server is configured to determine whether user cargo fits within the vehicle based on the vehicle cargo data and the user cargo data. The remote data server is configured to communicate an indication to the mobile device that the user cargo fits within the vehicle, causing the mobile device to render a user interface to provide a notification that the user cargo fits within the vehicle.
US11798113B1	Automated background check via voice pattern matching Embodiments use electronic speech samples of detainees and automatically scan electronic speech sample databases to detect when a detainee has a criminal record and to alert controlled-environment facility personnel to that record. An electronic speech sample of the detainee is captured during booking or at another time. The electronic speech sample is compared to a database of electronic speech samples of individuals with criminal records. If the electronic speech sample matches an existing electronic speech sample in the database, then information associated with the matching electronic speech sample is provided to the controlled-environment facility personnel. The information is analyzed to identify key issues, such as active warrants. The controlled-environment facility personnel are alerted to any such key information.
US11798112B1	Hospital bed event notification An aspect provides a method, including receiving an indication that a tag associated with a real time location system has been detected at a pre-determined location, the detected tag being associated with a patient in a hospital; and assigning a status of the patient based on detection of the tag; and updating a bed availability indication based on detection of the tag. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11798111B2	Method and apparatus for cross-referencing important IP relationships This document discusses, among other things, a system and method to provide cross-referencing of important IP relationships. The system comprising software executing on a computing platform for displaying relationships between various domains of IP information selected from the group of claims, prosecution history, products, concepts or art.
US11798109B1	Property enhancement analysis An example system is configured for displaying enhancement options and financial analysis. The system may include a server, third party data sources and an augmented reality computing device that includes a processing unit and system memory. The augmented reality computing device is configured to obtain user input regarding a property enhancement option; render the property enhancement options in augmented reality; obtain financial data from the server and the third party data sources; responsive to the obtained user input, automatically generate a financial analysis of the property enhancement option, wherein the financial analysis is based on the obtained financial data; and render the financial analysis with the obtained property enhancement option in augmented reality.
US11798104B2	System and methods for continuous optimization and real-time control of multiple energy assets Disclosed is system for continuous optimization and real-time control of multiple energy assets, such as electricity, heat, transport, utilized by plurality of nodes in distributed energy network having different energy sources. The system includes a plurality of control devices and software module. Each control device is associated with an energy asset, and configured to determine and communicate status information of associated energy asset and control settings and set triggers for associated energy asset for regulating utilization thereof by corresponding node. Software module is configured to receive status information from plurality of control devices; construct network topology for distributed energy network based on received status information; collect data for each energy asset; formulate constrained optimization problem based on constructed network topology and collected data; and compute solution to formulated constrained optimization problem to determine one or more of settings, control commands and triggers for associated energy asset, for plurality of control devices, to provide integration and optimization of multiple energy sources.
US11798103B2	System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid Systems and methods for market-based financial settlement in an electric power grid are disclosed. A settlement processor is constructed and configured for IP-based communication with at least one active grid element via at least one coordinator. The at least one active grid element is registered with the at least one coordinator to participate within the electric power grid. The at least one coordinator tracks the at least one active grid element in the electric power grid. The at least one active grid element transmits at least one IP-based settlement message to the settlement processor via the at least one coordinator. The at least one IP-based settlement message comprises at least one kilowatt packet (KWP) unit, and the at least one KWP unit is based on measurement data for a participation of the at least one active grid element in the electric power grid. The settlement processor provides a market-based financial settlement for the participation of the at least one active grid element based on the at least one KWP unit in real time or near real time.
US11798102B2	Methods, systems, apparatus and articles of manufacture to obfuscate metered data using a mask A technique allows a smart meter to receive a mask. The smart meter may receive the mask from a utility company or an escrow service. The smart meter may apply the mask to original metered data on a continuous schedule, on a periodic schedule, or on a determined schedule, or on a randomized schedule to conceal the original metered data. The smart meter may apply different masks at different times. The smart meter transmits the concealed metered data as augmented metered data remotely to an electric utility via a communication network.
US11798094B1	Systems and methods for managing an insurance policy for a vehicle A system includes one or more sensors configured to acquire data indicative of a condition of one or more components of a vehicle. The system also includes one or more processors configured to receive the data, determine a risk profile for the vehicle based on the data, and determine an insurance cost for the vehicle based on the risk profile.
US11798093B2	Usage estimation systems and methods for risk association adjustments According to some embodiments, a risk relationship data store may contain electronic records, each electronic record representing a risk relationship between an enterprise and a risk relationship provider (e.g., an insurer), and including, for each risk relationship, an electronic record identifier and a set of estimated usage attribute values. A back-end application computer server may receive, from a current usage data source, current usage information for the enterprise (e.g., financial information, utility information, IoT information, etc.). Based on the current usage information, the computer server may infer a likely actual current usage for the enterprise. The computer server may then compare the likely actual current usage with the predicted usage attribute value to determine a risk difference result and adjust a risk relationship parameter based on the risk difference result.
US11798088B1	Optimized inventory analysis for insurance purposes Systems and methods may provide for generating, maintaining, and using an inventory for insurance purposes. An optimized inventory analysis server may use a demographic classification for a given user along with data related to items owned by other users to determine one or more items for recommendation to the given user. Details associated with existing insurance coverage levels may also be used to recommend new insurance products to the user. In addition, the optimized inventory analysis server may determine a depreciated value of each item within an inventory. These values may be used to assess loss and settle an insurance claim for damage to one or more of the items in the inventory. Finally, the optimized inventory analysis server may recommend incentives on products/services sold by third party entities and may further recommend incentives on insurance products for insuring items purchased by a given user.
US11798087B1	Triage tool for investment advising Various examples are directed to computer-implemented systems and methods for providing a triage tool for investment advising. A method includes displaying, by a processor of a computer, an image on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a device of a user. The image includes information related to financial account management for the user. Input options are provided to the user on the GUI including at least two directional swipe input options to obtain the user's positive or negative response to the image. The processor receives the user's response to the input options, and determines a profile of the user based on the user's response to the input options. The processor provides directed financial investment advice and tailored financial products, based on the profile of the user, to increase applicability and effectiveness of wealth management for the user.
US11798083B2	System and method for identifying parties and controlling communications in computer platforms designed for improved electronic execution of electronic transactions Computer-implemented methods and computer systems for an electronic transaction platform that enables the buying and/or selling of securities by users. The methods and systems relate to controlling communication of information during an electronic communication session for trading a financial instrument between an initiating user and one or more invitee users with the assistance of a dealer user or other intermediate entity. When a dealer with whom the initiating user has a relationship does not have a relationship with invitee users that may desire to trade for the security, a second dealer can be included in the electronic communication session, where the second dealer has a relationship with such invitee users. Various levels of participation are available for each user and correspond to what information each user is provided during the electronic communication session.
US11798081B2	System and method for arranging and presenting information in a graphical user interface in computer platforms designed for improved electronic execution of electronic transactions Computer-implemented methods and computer systems for an electronic transaction platform that enables the buying and/or selling of securities by users. The methods and systems relate to the arrangement and presentation of information in a graphical user interface during an electronic communication session for trading a financial instrument between an initiating user and one or more invitee users with the assistance of a dealer user or other intermediate entity. A cloud score representative of a likelihood of successfully completing a transaction is determined and utilized to arrange information during the electronic communication session.
US11798080B2	System and method for arranging and presenting information in a graphical user interface in computer platforms designed for improved electronic execution of electronic transactions Computer-implemented methods and computer systems for an electronic transaction platform that enables the buying and/or selling of securities by users. The methods and systems relate to the arrangement and presentation of information in a graphical user interface during an electronic communication session for trading a financial instrument between an initiating user and one or more invitee users with the assistance of a dealer user or other intermediate entity. A liquidity score representative of a likelihood of successfully completing a transaction is determined and utilized to arrange information during the electronic communication session.
US11798077B2	Ideal latency floor The invention relates to a system and method for providing a latency floor for an electronic trading venue in which market participants who can respond within the value the floor and choose to compete in a specific race to make or take a price may each have a substantially equal chance of winning that race. The system may detect and distinguish individual “races” that occur on an electronic trading venue. Upon detection of the first order (or message) in such a race, the system may create a batch and a timer for that race. As orders pertaining to that race are received, they are added to its batch. Upon the timer reaching a predetermined value, typically the value of the floor, the race is determined to have ended and the orders are drained from the batch for processing (e.g., against the instrument's central limit order book (CLOB)).
US11798074B2	Methods and systems for generating recommendations for causes of computer alerts that are automatically detected by a machine learning algorithm Methods and systems are disclosed for generating recommendations for causes of computer alerts that are automatically detected by a machine learning algorithm are described. For example, the system may receive a first feature vector with an unknown alert status, wherein the first feature vector represents values corresponding to a plurality of computer states in a first computer system. The system may input the first feature vector into an artificial neural network, wherein the artificial neural network is trained to detect a known alert status based on a set of training data comprising labeled feature vectors corresponding to the known alert status, and wherein the artificial neural network is trained to detect conditional expectations the plurality of computer states in an inputted feature vector.
US11798073B2	Blockchain digital cryptocurrency loan system A cryptographic blockchain computer network digital cryptocurrency loan system that rewards both the loan holder and the loan paying network users with system utility fund tokens for each loan payment made. System utility fund tokens entitle the system users to receive dividend distributions of passive income from a system digital cryptocurrency investment fund.
US11798072B1	System and method for programmatically accessing data Systems and methods for programmatic access of external financial service systems. An application proxy instance is created that simulates an application of an external financial service system. A normalized account request is received for financial data of the external financial service system for a specified account. The normalized account request is provided by an external financial application system by using a financial data API of the financial platform system. Responsive to the normalized account request, communication is negotiated with the external financial service system by using the application proxy instance to access the requested financial data from the external financial service system by using a proprietary Application Programming Interface (API) of the external financial service system. The financial data is provided to the external financial application system as a response to the normalized account request.
US11798070B2	Adaptive timing prediction for updating information Technologies are disclosed herein for distributing information. The disclosed technologies determine an application element configured to receive information that is updated at a variable rate, the information pertaining to an object. Feature data is received that is associated with the object and data associated with use of the application element. The feature data includes a time horizon for the object and supplemental information associated with the object. Based on the feature data and the data associated with use of the application element, a first rate is predicted for sending the information about the object to the application element. The information is sent to the application element at the first rate.
US11798063B2	Methods of assigning products from a shared shopping list to participating shoppers using shopper characteristics and product parameters and related systems A method of assigning products to shoppers can be provided by determining that a plurality of shoppers are collaborating with one another to purchase a plurality of products included on a shared shopping list, receiving shopper characteristics for the plurality of shoppers, receiving respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, assigning respective sub-lists of the plurality of products for picking by respective ones of the shoppers at a retail shopping location based on the shopper characteristics for the respective ones of the shoppers and the respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, and providing the respective sub-lists of the plurality of products to the plurality of shoppers. Related systems are also disclosed.
US11798060B2	Method and electronic device for sharing information related to item According to various example embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of sharing item information by an electronic apparatus includes acquiring a request for link information related to at least one item from a user, acquiring first selection information related to an attribute of the link information, and providing link information on a first page including information related to the at least one item based on the request for the link information and the first selection information, in which the link information may include information related to the attribute.
US11798057B2	Device for measuring hair exposure to harmful light and recommending personalized haircare products A computer system and the computer-implemented method of generating and providing haircare product recommendations to a subject. The method comprises determining, by a computing device, an exposure amount of light impacting a subject's hair; determining, by the computing device, a damage assessment of the subject's hair based on the type of light and amount of light exposure; and providing, by the computing device, at least one haircare product recommendation to the subject, wherein the recommendation is directed to repair damage to the hair provided in the damage assessment.
US11798055B1	Vehicle telematics systems and methods Provided herein is a computing system including a processor in communication with at least one memory. The processor is configured to (i) build a model using historical vehicle telematics data and historical vehicle data, the model configured to: (a) predict an operating cost of a vehicle based upon a vehicle type and user data and (b) output operational parameters for operating the vehicle, (ii) receive a vehicle acquisition request for a selected vehicle including vehicle data for the selected vehicle and selected user data for the user of the selected vehicle, (iii) input the vehicle acquisition request data into the model, and (iv) output from the model an acquisition cost and operational parameters for the selected vehicle and the selected user including a procurement cost for the selected vehicle and an operating cost for operating the selected vehicle within the operational parameters for a predetermined time period.
US11798054B2	Optimized product determination system A search engine is configured to determine a set of main products that match search criteria of a search request. A search binary mask is generated based on the search criteria indicated in the search request which identify one or more ancillary products. If the search binary mask matches a reference binary mask representing the requested ancillary products, the main products are selected for the response to the search request. The search engine also verifies a current availability of the ancillary products associated with the selected main products and returns at least one of the main products for which the current availability has been determined.
US11798051B2	Configuring food-related information search and retrieval based on a predictive quality indicator The disclosed technologies can compute predictive reorder scores and measures of the quality of food products and food providers using objectively verifiable data, including reorder data, and use these predictive quality measures to create new functionality in an information search and retrieval system and/or a product ordering system.
US11798041B2	Ad collision reduction An ad collision machine can be configured to evaluate collision queries for possible ad collisions and is associated with an ad datacenter configured to evaluate and respond to bid requests on behalf of a plurality of advertisers. The ad collision machine can comprise a plurality of nodes and a data cache containing a plurality of user ID—campaign ID keys representing recently submitted bids in response to bid requests. Once a selected node receives a collision query, a user ID—campaign ID key is retrieved from the collision query. If the first key is not found in the data cache, it is written to the data cache by the node and the ad collision machine returns that user ID—campaign ID pair as available to be bid on.
US11798037B1	Methods and systems for creating audience segments Advertising audience segment creators, including methods, systems, and apparatuses for automated creation of audience segments in advertising platforms are disclosed herein. Data may be received at a processor of an application server from a remote device. The data may be related to a user of the remote device. An audience member may be retrieved from an audience database. The audience member may correspond to an external identifier of the user. The audience database may be stored on an electronic storage device. The audience member may be assigned to an event. The assigning of the audience member to the event may be based on the data. Assigning the audience member to the event may be based on a refresh interval. The refresh interval may be of an audience segment. The audience segment may be refreshed. The event may be synchronized with an external advertising platform.
US11798034B1	Directed content to anonymized users A computer-implemented method for identifying directed content without access to personally-identifiable information of a user includes receiving a group identifier that identifies a group to which the user belongs and an identifier for a device of the user; selecting content that is determined to be responsive to preferences of the group, without using information that identifies the user; and providing the selected content for display on the device of the user.
US11798033B2	Method of providing content and advertisement customized to a passenger, and a server performing the same A method of providing a content and advertisement customized to a passenger boarding a vehicle includes: receiving passenger information about a passenger from a user terminal of a passenger in a vehicle by a server; determining a passenger's preference based on the passenger information, and selecting a plurality of pieces of content information and a plurality of pieces of advertisement information according to the determined passenger's preference by the server; calculating an estimated travel time for the vehicle to arrive at a destination based on the passenger information by the server; creating a playlist by selecting the content information and the advertisement information such that the total sum of the replay time is at least equal to the estimated travel time among a plurality of pieces of selected content information and a plurality of pieces of selected advertisement information; and transmitting the created playlist to the passenger terminal.
US11798032B1	Determining IP addresses that are associated with physical locations with new occupants and providing advertisements tailored to new movers to one or more of those IP addresses Methods related to determining and utilizing one or more attributes to associate with an IP addresses. Attributes are determined based on request data provided with requests from an IP address and one or more available secondary information sources. Attributes may include physical locations and/or category designations for the IP address. One or more attributes may be assigned a likelihood value indicative of likelihood that the attribute is associated with the IP address. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to identify likely fraudulent information provided with requests. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to provide advertisements in response to requests from IP addresses.
US11798031B2	Multimedia communication system and method Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages.
US11798023B2	Systems and methods to determine tax classification of benefits offered to subscribers of a membership platform Systems and methods are provided for determining tax classification of benefits offered to subscribers of a membership platform. Exemplary implementations may: obtain benefit information for content creators of a membership platform, the benefit information including descriptions of benefit items offered by the content creators to subscribers of the membership platform in exchange for consideration; obtain classification information, the classification information associating benefit type of individual benefit items with individual tax classifications; classify the individual benefit items with the individual tax classifications based on the benefit type of the individual benefit items and the classification information; execute transactions for accepted ones of the offerings based on the individual tax classifications of the individual benefit items, wherein the transactions are based on transaction amounts comprising sale amounts and added tax amounts determined based on the individual tax classifications; and/or other operations.
US11798022B2	Maintenance of virtual credit card pool for airline passenger vouchers Methods and apparatus are disclosed for the maintenance of a virtual credit card pool for airline passenger vouchers. An example system includes server(s) that are configured to determine a target distribution of virtual credit cards within the virtual card pool for a current date-and-time. The server(s) are configured to, in response to determining that the current date-and-time corresponds with a predefined restocking time, for each card value: identify a current number of virtual credit cards within the virtual card pool; identify a threshold number of virtual credit cards based on the target distribution; compare the current and threshold numbers; in response to determining that the current number is less than the threshold number, transmit a request for virtual credit cards having the card value to an external server; and add the requested virtual credit cards to the virtual card pool upon receipt.
US11798021B2	Decentralized computer systems and methods for loyalty points payments using distributed ledgers Decentralized computer systems and methods are disclosed for establishing and conducting payment processing with loyalty points using distributed ledger. One method includes: receiving a consumer identification, an issuer identification, and transaction information from a point of sale system when the loyalty card is presented for a transaction of a good or service at a merchant, identifying the network node containing distributed ledger associated with the issuer according to received issuer identification prompting, to participants of the shared ledger, to validate whether the consumer distributed ledger has required loyalty points for the transaction; if all of the participants of the shared ledger accepts the transaction, generating, a new immutable entry to the distributed ledger for the transaction with remaining loyalty points in the loyalty card after deducting the points required for the transaction; and sending a transaction approved message to the point of sale system at the merchant.
US11798020B2	Managing vendor offers A system, method, and computer-readable media are described for facilitating management of electronic vendor offers. A user device with a graphical user interface and a display includes a vender offer manager and is coupled with a communication network. The display selectively shows one or more of a front face image and a rear face image, one or more electronic discount cards, one or more electronic loyalty cards and/or one or more electronic coupons, as well as a user-selectable image rotation icon. The user may rotate between the different cards.
US11798018B2	Efficient feature selection for predictive models using semantic classification and generative filtering Systems and methods provide for feature selection that combines semantic classification and generative filtering with forward selection. Features from an original feature set are divided into feature subsets corresponding to ranked semantic classes. Additionally, low quality features are removed from consideration. Features are selected for a reduced feature set by iteratively processing the feature subsets using forward selection in an order corresponding to the ranking of the semantic classes. The reduced feature set is used to generate a predictive model.
US11798017B2	Dynamic information probing for classifying an item Methods and systems are presented for classifying an item by dynamically probing different consumers for information related to the item. A description of the item may be parsed to identify a set of questions related to the item for probing consumers for additional information related to the item. The set of questions may be stored in a random forest associated with the item. The random forest may be traversed to select one or more subset of questions for probing a consumer for additional information. Once answers are obtained from a consumer based on the probing, the answers may be compiled with other answers stored in the random forest obtained from other consumers. The compiled answers may be used to generate an item classification for the item and may also be used to modify the random forest.
US11798011B2	Methods and apparatus to identify users associated with device application usage Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify users associated with device application usage. A disclosed example method involves obtaining demographics of persons to participate in a panel for an audience research study, identifying a set of applications to be monitored, providing devices associated with the persons in the panel with a meter to record usage of the applications and with a user-to-application associator, the user-to-application associator to define associations between the applications to be monitored and the persons associate with the device before the applications are launched, receiving data from a first one of the devices identifying a first one of the persons as a primary user of a first one of the applications in the set of applications, receiving data from the first device identifying usage of the first application, and associating the demographics of the first person with the usage of the first application.
US11798002B1	Systems and methods for user authentication via mobile device A user may provide a financial card to an automated teller machine (ATM) or point of sale (POS) terminal and may be authenticated by providing a gesture and/or an image selection via a mobile device to the ATM or the POS. The gesture and/or image selection may be provided using a touchscreen of the mobile device. The gesture and/or image provided by the user via the mobile device may be compared to a stored gesture and/or image provided by the user during an earlier registration of the financial card. If there is a match between the gesture and/or image provided by the user via the mobile device and the previously stored gesture and/or image, then the user is authenticated and may access an account associated with the financial card.
US11797999B1	Detecting fraudulent transactions The present disclosure provides techniques for recommending vendors using machine learning models. One example method includes receiving transaction data indicative of a transaction, identifying, based on the transaction data, an associated merchant of one or more merchants and an associated time window of one or more time windows, receiving historical transaction data indicative of one or more historical transactions, wherein the one or more historical transactions are associated with the associated merchant and the associated time window, generating features based on the transaction data and the historical transaction data, and determining, using a classification model, that the transaction is fraudulent, based on the generated features.
US11797998B2	System, method, and computer program product for fraud management with a shared hash map A method, system, and computer program product for fraud management with a shared hash map. A shared hash map may include a plurality of identifiers mapped to a plurality of buckets by at least one hash function. One or more buckets of the plurality of buckets may include at least one blockchain. The at least one blockchain may include fraud data associated with one or more fraudulent transactions. A method may include storing the shared hash map, receiving an update to the shared hash map, and providing a copy of the shared hash map. A method may include storing a local copy of the shared hash map, receiving transaction data associated with a transaction, accessing fraud data in the local copy of the shared hash map, and determining an authorization or a denial of the transaction based on the fraud data.
US11797997B2	Data verification in transactions in distributed network Systems and methods for verifying a financial transaction based on an account number, a mobile directory number associated with the financial transaction, a mobile directory number associated with the account number, an email address associated with the account number, internet protocol address data associated with the financial transaction, and internet protocol address data associated with accesses of the email address.
US11797993B2	Biometric pre-identification A station device in a biometric pre-identification system uses identity to perform one or more actions. Identities are determined (such as via a backend) using biometric information. A biometric pre-identification device obtains biometric information and/or a digital representation thereof from a person approaching the station device. The biometric pre-identification device transmits such to the station device, facilitating the station to begin and/or perform various actions. The station device begins or performs the actions using the identity determined based on the biometric information before the person arrives at the station device.
US11797991B2	Systems and methods for secure transaction reversal Examples describe data security for communication systems. One example includes validating a merchant system using merchant data and generating a set of merchant credentials. The set of merchant credentials is then used in authentication to facilitate a secure transaction, which involves automatically generating transaction data with a tokenized client account number associated with the secure transaction. A refund request associated with the secure transaction is received with the set of merchant credentials that are used for automatically authenticating the merchant system. The example then involves accessing a database that includes the transaction data for automatically facilitating settlement of a refund payment using the authenticated merchant system and the transaction data.
US11797989B2	Systems and methods for use in verifying recurring transactions to payment accounts Systems and methods are provided for verifying recurring transactions to payment accounts. One exemplary method includes initially receiving an authorization request for a transaction to a payment account and involving a merchant, where the authorization request includes a recurring payment indicator. The method also generally includes transmitting, by at least one computing device, a verification request to a consumer associated with the payment account, and inhibiting, by the at least one computing device, at least one or authorization or clearing of the transaction until a verification of the transaction, based on a direction from the consumer, is recognized, whereby the consumer is able to verify the transaction before the transaction is cleared.
US11797987B2	Blockchain transaction processing Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, a computer readable storage medium and a computer program product for processing or managing a blockchain transaction. In a method for processing a blockchain transaction, a blockchain node of a blockchain for processing the blockchain transaction receives a transaction request, the transaction request indicating at least a initiator of the transaction, transaction content and a transaction recipient of the transaction. The blockchain node computes, based on the transaction content, a transaction fee for processing the transaction. The blockchain node determines whether the initiator of the transaction is a sponsored user of the transaction recipient, and determines a payment account from which the transaction fee is deducted in response to determining that the initiator of the transaction is a sponsored user of the transaction recipient. The transaction processing and management schemes as provided in the present disclosure enable ordinary users use blockchain services conveniently.
US11797986B2	Smart contract optimization for multiparty services and product offerings including derivatives A smart contract architecture for optimizing smart contracts for ordering of multiparty offerings including a primary smart contract, one or more business logic smart contracts, a global interface smart contract including smart contract functions, a global data smart contract, and a tracker smart contract. The primary smart contract includes blockchain addresses for each of the global data smart contract, the global interface smart contract, and the tracker smart contract. The smart contract functions are operable to trigger enforcement of a term comprised by a business logic smart contract. Enforcement of a term included in a business logic smart contract changes data comprised by the global data smart contract.
US11797985B2	Value transfer method, apparatus, and system The disclosure relates to a value transfer method, apparatus, and system, applied to the field of Internet technologies. The value transfer method includes: in response to receiving a value transfer request of a transaction initiator, generating an incomplete data set corresponding to each of transaction participants on each of transaction nodes, the incomplete data set including an encrypted account value of a corresponding transaction participant before and after a value transfer; merging incomplete data sets corresponding to the transaction participants to obtain a complete data set; requesting a third-party node to perform integrity verification on the complete data set, to obtain an account data set endorsed by a third party; and performing, based on a consensus reached on the account data set between blockchain nodes in a blockchain network, local ledger writing on the blockchain nodes according to the account data set on which the consensus is reached.
US11797984B2	Computer-implemented system and method for exchange of data The invention relates to efficient zero knowledge verification of composite statements that involve both arithmetic circuit satisfiability and dependent statements about the validity of public keys (key-statement proofs) simultaneously. The method enables a prover to prove this particular statement in zero-knowledge. More specifically, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method for enabling zero-knowledge proof or verification of a statement (S) in which a prover proves to a verifier that a statement is true while keeping a witness (W) to the statement a secret. The invention also relates to the reciprocal method employed by a verifier who verifies the proof. The method includes the prover sending to the verifier a statement (S) having an arithmetic circuit with m gates and n wires configured to implement a function circuit and determine whether for a given function circuit output (h) and an elliptic curve point (P), the function circuit input (s) to a wire of the function circuit is equal to the corresponding elliptic curve point multiplier(s). The prover also sends individual wire commitments and/or a batched commitment for wires of the circuit, an input for a wire in the arithmetic circuit; and a function circuit output (h). The prover receives from the verifier a challenge value (x) and responding with an opening or additionally sends a proving key (PrK) to the verifier. The statement and the data enables the verifier to determine that the circuit is satisfied and calculate the elliptic curve point (P) and validate the statement, thus determining that the prover holds the witness (W) to the statement.
US11797982B2	Digital ledger authentication using address encoding Disclosed techniques enable digital ledger authentication using address encoding. A digital ledger is accessed. A wallet address is determined for a user, where the wallet address is associated with a cryptocurrency in the digital ledger. The wallet address is hashed and signed, where the signing is performed using a private key from a digital purveyor. A digitally mapped value is encoded based on the wallet address. A transaction is authenticated based on reverifying the digitally mapped value with a re-encoding or re-signing the wallet address. The reverified digitally mapped value is used to enable a smart contract. An entry is appended to the digital ledger, where the entry includes the digitally mapped value. A transaction is rejected due to the re-encoding of the wallet address not having a correct private key signature, based on non-authentication.
US11797981B2	Automated application programming interface (API) system and method A method for leveraging email to complete an online transaction from a third party vendor, the method comprising: storing customer information, the customer information including a customer name, customer email address, customer shipping address, and customer billing information. The method further comprises receiving an authorization request from an application programming interface associated with a third party vendor requesting access to a portion of the customer information and receiving confirmation from a customer to allow the third party vendor to access the portion of the customer information. The method further comprising transmitting an access code to the third party vendor and receiving a request message from the third party vendor, wherein the request message comprises the access code, and wherein the request message requests an authorization token. The method may further comprise confirming the received access code and transmitting an authorization token to the third party vendor.
US11797976B2	Contactless payment and data systems A system for processing electronic information includes a decorative assembly that includes (i) a cap piece having a stud, includes an embedded NFC chip, ornaments around its periphery, and a scannable code located at a center of the cap piece, and (ii) a socket base with a female socket in its center configured to receive the stud and located in an upper section of the socket base, where a bottom section of the socket base includes a PIN that is covered by an opaque peel off sticker. The system also includes a wearable element that is affixed to the decorative assembly, a backend system for processing activation of the decorative assembly or for processing payments by a user of the decorative assembly; and an interface between the decorative assembly and the backend system.
US11797974B2	Systems and methods for securely generating and printing a document Systems and methods for securely generating and printing documents are disclosed. For example, processor(s) of a computer system may receive information for the document from a computing device through a network, verify the information for the document, and upon verification, generate document generation data using at least a portion of the information for the document. The document generation data may include document metadata that enables generation of an image of the document and/or the image of the document. Upon the processor(s) verifying first authentication information of a first code associated with a printing device received from the computing device through the network and second authentication information of a second code associated with the computing device received from the printing device through the network, the processor(s) may transmit the document generation data to the printing device through the network, and cause the printing device to print the image of the document.
US11797973B2	Method and system for facilitating secure payment transactions A method for facilitating payment transactions includes receiving, by a server, a flash code request indicative of a transaction amount. A flash code associated with the transaction amount is communicated by the server to the payer device. The flash code is encoded into a flash pattern at the payer device and communicated to a payee device of a payee for executing a payment transaction between the payer and the payee. A first request for the payment transaction is received by the server from the payee device. The first request includes the flash code obtained by decoding the flash pattern at the payee device. The flash code included in the first request is validated by the server. Based on successful validation of the flash code, the transaction amount is deducted from a payer account of the payer and credited to a payee account of the payee.
US11797970B2	Point of sale device with cradle for mobile computing device A point of sale (POS) device includes a nest portion and a cradle portion. The nest portion includes one or more payment card or near field communication (NFC) readers. The cradle portion couples to differently-sized interchangeable frames, which in turn help secure a mobile computing device to the cradle portion of the POS device. The mobile computing device is connected via a connector to the rest of the POS device. Payment card information read by the readers is conveyed to the mobile computing device over the connector for processing. The POS device may also include tamper detection circuitry.
US11797969B1	Merchant account transaction processing systems and methods A computer-implemented system and method that includes receiving, by a messaging hub, a code and a transaction amount from a recipient and determining, by the messaging hub, based at least partially on the code, an account number for a credit card held by a user. The system and method may include receiving, by the messaging hub, funds equaling the transaction amount from the credit card and depositing the funds in an account held by the messaging hub, the funds being received via a four-party credit card transaction in which the messaging hub operates as a merchant and sending the funds from the account held by the messaging hub to an account held by the recipient.
US11797968B2	User interfaces for peer-to-peer transfers The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing peer-to-peer transfers. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for initiating and managing transfers. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces corresponding to completed transfers. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for providing visually distinguishable message object appearances based on message designation. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for activating accounts for accepting and sending transfers. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for exchanging accounts for use in a transfer. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for splitting transfers between two or more accounts. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for generating and displaying a transfers history list. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for voice-activation of transfers. In some examples, a device provides visual or haptic feedback corresponding to a transfer operation.
US11797967B2	Sales device for self-checkout A sales device allows for self-checkout of goods in a store. The sales device has a controller configured to control the sales device and a communication device configured to receive and send data from and to a network. At least one camera is included that is configured to create an image of at least one view of an open side of a shopping cart or a shopping basket. The sales device also has a support plate that is configured such that the shopping cart or the shopping basket are placeable on it. A detector is included that is configured to detect the shopping cart or shopping basket on the support plate; as is a sensor that is configured to automatically detect a unique identification number of the shopping cart or shopping basket upon the detector detecting the shopping cart or the shopping basket on the support plate.
US11797966B2	Tamper resistant device Aspects of the technology provide systems, devices and methods for filling design voids within an assembled electronic device with tamper solids in order to prevent and/or detect a tampering with the electronic device to gain unauthorized access to the electronic device to steal information.
US11797965B2	Reader detection signal based proximity feedback Wireless communication and proximity-based feedback technologies are disclosed. In some examples, a system identifies that a wireless communication interface has received wireless signal(s) for conveying information from a transaction object in response to proximity between the transaction object and the interface. The system identifies, based on relative signal strength of the signal(s) as received at each of a plurality of antennae of the interface, an indication of a relative position of the transaction object relative to the interface. The system generates, based on the indication of the relative position, feedback indicating a recommended movement of the transaction object relative to the interface to increase signal strength, and sends the feedback to an output device to output the feedback to indicate the recommended movement. The system reads the information from the transaction object using the interface in response to an increase in signal strength and to the outputting of the feedback.
US11797964B2	Automated transaction machine An automated transaction machine (ATM) can include a housing, a display, a cash recycler, and a check receiver. The display can be mounted to the housing and directed toward an exterior of the housing. The cash recycler can be configured to receive a first note of currency from a first user of the ATM and dispense the first note of currency to a subsequent, second user of the ATM. The check receiver can be positioned in the housing, an intake portion with an inlet communicating with the exterior of the housing, and a check reader portion configured to receive a check from the intake portion, scan data displayed on the check, and store the check. The intake portion can be positioned below the display and the check reader portion is positioned behind the display.
US11797962B2	Configuring data transfers based on electronic messages Configuring data transfers based on electronic messages. A system includes a communication module, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to: receive, from a client device, an authentication credential and associate the authentication credential with a client record. The processor identifies, based on delegated access to query a message account at a message server, a resource request message associated with the message account using a defined criteria. The processor obtains, based on the resource request message, a resource parameter to define a proposed resource transfer to a recipient entity. The processor generates and transmits, to the client device, a transfer request alert based on the proposed resource transfer for display at the client device. In response to receiving, from the client device, a selection of a selectable option, the processor allocates a resource to the recipient entity.
US11797961B2	Vectorization of transactions Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for vectorization of transactions including: receiving electronic transaction information of one or more transactions of a user; for each transaction of the one or more transactions: segmenting the electronic transaction information of the transaction into one or more transaction words; generating a second transaction description related to the transaction; and identifying a category of the transaction; generating, based on the corresponding identified categories of the one or more transactions, a set of transaction history data of the user; providing the set of transaction history data of the user as an input to a machine learned model trained to output a set of word embedding vectors; determining, based on an output of the machine learned model comprising a set of word embedding vectors, a set of similar merchants; and providing the set of similar merchants for display to the user.
US11797960B1	System and method for storefront bank deposits A method and system are disclosed for submitting financial instruments, cash and other value bearing documents for deposit at retail locations unaffiliated with the various financial institutions the deposits are directed to. The method includes identifying account holders and scanning the physical documents to be deposited with equipment at the retail location that is provided by a third party facilitator. The equipment at the retail location communicates with a third party facilitator system to lookup bank routing information and uses this information to complete a remote deposit transaction for the account holder with that account holder's particular financial institution. The system may include a standalone or distributed system having a memory in communication with a processor system configured to perform the method noted above.
US11797958B2	Payment alert system and techniques based on geographic footprint A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable program code executable by a processor to retrieve a customer data record including bill payment activity associated with a provider account for a customer of a financial institution; and define a geographical footprint for the customer. The geographical footprint may be defined by identifying a customer set including the customer from a plurality of customers of a provider of the provider account, having customer records indicating geographic proximity, and determining that a predetermined fraction of the customer set are associated with a common billing cycle for the provider. The computer-readable program code may be executable by the processor to send a bill payment alert for transmission to the customer via electronic communication or telephonic communication, when the bill payment activity meets a threshold condition, wherein the threshold condition is determined at least in part by the geographical footprint.
US11797957B2	Software system that enables instant disbursment of funds between payers and payees A system where a payer transmits a first-time enrollment request to a portal, where the first-time enrollment request includes initial identifying information of said first circuit and/or communication circuit. In the system, the portal generates an out-of-band blockchain notification requesting authentication from a recipient. In addition, the recipient receives the out-of-band notification whereby the recipient accepts the funds and initial enrollment is completed through the portal. Furthermore, the portal communicates with a third party for verification and transmits an enrollment confirmation to the recipient. Also, the portal transmits an enrollment confirmation upon the successful/unsuccessful enrollment of the recipient.
US11797950B2	Method and system to digitally track and monitor an automotive refinish repair process The present invention refers to a method and a system to digitally track and monitor an automotive refinish repair process of a car within a car body shop. The car to be repaired is provided with at least one beacon inside the car and the car body shop is divided into a plurality of function-specific, geo-fenced areas, each geo-fenced area being served by at least one communication node. The at least one communication node is in communicative connection with a cloud server which provides, based on collected data of the repair process, push reports and/or notifications and/or alerts via a user interface.
US11797947B2	Resource reservation system, method for starting using resource, and non-transitory recording medium A resource reservation system includes a first information processing device connected to communicate with a terminal device and a second information processing device connected to communicate with the first information processing device. The second information processing device transmits, to the first information processing device, information on a resource that is reserved for use. The first information processing device transmits, to the terminal device, information on a display component in response to the information on the resource received from the second information processing device. The display component is displayed on the terminal device for receiving a user operation. The first information processing device transmits, to the second information processing device, a resource usage start request in response to the user operation performed with the terminal device. The resource usage start request is for starting using the resource. The second information processing device accepts the resource usage start request.
US11797939B2	Artificial intelligence-based resource selection A method includes retrieving information regarding a candidate from a plurality of sources, and analyzing the information regarding the candidate using one or more machine learning techniques. A plurality of questions for the candidate are generated based on the analysis. The method further includes receiving and analyzing a plurality of natural language responses to the plurality of questions from the candidate, and computing a plurality of confidence scores for the plurality of natural language responses using the one or more machine learning techniques. The plurality of questions and the plurality of confidence scores are provided to a user via a user interface.
US11797936B1	Management and presentation of system control data streams A custom system data stream stitches together aspects of various data streams from source systems. In one implementation, an analytics circuit of a computing system extracts, from a first data stream received from a system quality assurance (QA) management system, test case data. The analytics circuit parses metadata, including a user story identifier, from the test case data. Based on the user story identifier, the analytics circuit parses, from a second data stream received from a system development lifecycle (SDLC) management computing system, SDLC item data that includes a project identifier. Based on the project identifier from the second data stream, the analytics circuit determines at least one computer application impacted by activity associated with the test case data from the first data stream. Items from the source data streams are dynamically identified for inclusion in the custom system data stream. The custom system data stream is bound to a graphical user interface. In some implementations, the interface includes a plurality of side-by-side smart dials.
US11797929B2	System and method for perpetual inventory management A perpetual inventory (PI) value associated with the selected product and a last PI adjustment time that indicates when the retail store last adjusted the PI value are received. The PI value of the selected product is compared to the back room quantity value of the selected product, and a time when the back room quantity value becomes greater than the PI value for the selected product is determined. An adjustment to the PI of the selected product is blocked when the PI adjustment time is after the time. When the back room quantity value is greater than the PI value and the adjustment to the PI value is unblocked, the PI value is adjusted to be the back room quantity value.
US11797920B1	Customized retail environments This disclosure describes, in part, systems for enabling physical retail stores and other facilities to implement automated-checkout techniques for the purchase of items that are priced per unit weight. For example, the described systems may enable a facility to implement technology where users are able to remove items from inventory locations, where the inventory locations include weight sensors detecting the weights of the items that were removed. The system then determines the prices based on the weights and charges the users for the prices of the items without performing manual checkout of the items. The price of an item is determined based on the weight of the item and the price per unit weight of the item. The systems described herein thus enable customized retail facilities, as opposed to a retail facility that allows automated-checkout only for prepackaged-type or otherwise non-customizable merchandise.
US11797918B2	Method and system for resolving service requests A service request resolution system for resolving requests from customers, the system including a plan maintenance component, including one or more processors, to maintain plans that include an inventory data structure detailing inventory of a plurality of customers, an expert guidance maintenance component including a request resolution data structure including possible actions to resolve requests in respect of items of inventory detailed in the inventory data structure, and an expert guidance system, including one or more processors, operable to dynamically activate and/or deactivate components of the request resolution data structure, the activation or deactivation of components effected according to the plan of a specific customer.
US11797916B2	Systems and methods of package container return A package container includes a processor that is configured to store a trial end time based at least in part on receiving a return request. The processor is also configured to determine a trial duration based on a comparison of a trial start time and the trial end time. The processor is further configured to initiate sending of a transportation request to a delivery management server in response to the processor determining that the trial duration is less than or equal to a trial duration threshold. The transportation request indicates a request to initiate sending of a transportation vehicle to a delivery location to retrieve the package container from the delivery location.
US11797912B2	Unique object face ID An apparatus is disclosed which is configured to perform or control obtaining or causing obtaining at least one image of at least a part of an object; obtaining or causing obtaining information representative of a distance between at least one feature of the object present in the image and at least one reference feature of the object present in the image; generating or causing generating a string of characters based on the obtained information, the string of characters comprising at least a first portion representative of the distance between the at least one feature of the object present in the image and the at least one reference feature of the object present in the image; associating or causing associating information representing the string of characters with process information of the object.
US11797911B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for processing package delivery exceptions Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, computer program products, and apparatuses for processing package delivery exceptions. In one embodiment, a method for processing an item delivery exception for an item that is to be delivered by a carrier is provided. The method comprises receiving an exception request associated with the item; notifying a delivery vehicle driver of the exception request; receiving input indicating a unique RFID identifier, wherein the unique RFID identifier identifies an exception RFID tag attached to the item; associating the unique RFID identifier with the unique item identifier; after receiving a request to locate the item, activating an RFID reader array, wherein the RFID reader array is located at a facility associated with the carrier; and based at least in part on the detection of the item by at least one RFID reader of the RFID reader array, calculating an estimated location of the item.
US11797909B2	Information processing device, information processing method, image acquisition method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An information processing device is configured to perform an operation of a delivery service in which an inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility used by a user is designated as a delivery destination of a package, or perform a support of the operation. The information processing device includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on an accommodation situation of an object accommodated inside the vehicle, the building, or the facility, and an accommodation situation notification unit configured to notify the user of the accommodation situation based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
US11797908B2	Fill modeling for hybrid last-mile delivery Systems and methods are described for fill modeling in hybrid last-mile deliveries. Hybrid last-mile delivery may refer to delivery of items in which a delivery vehicle meets customers at a pickup location at a specified time. Thus, instead of conventional last-mile delivery in which a delivery vehicle delivers items to an end point, such as a customer home, customers are to meet the delivery vehicle at a specified location and time to pick up items. The systems and methods described herein may include computational modeling of delivery vehicles and items to be delivered in a hybrid last-mile delivery to identify or select delivery vehicles and/or filling the delivery vehicles.
US11797899B2	System and method for on-demand provisioning of cleaning and disinfecting services A computer implemented system and method for providing cleaning and disinfecting services. A user interface provided on a client device by a computer system is configured to enable a customer and a specialist to input service parameters indicative of the cleaning service. A preliminary proposal is sent to a customer on receipt of request for cleaning service. The computer system acquires information on current location and availability of specialists within a certain perimeter around the customer's place where the cleaning service is required to be provided. A specialist is then selected and notified about the cleaning service job. Payment parameters are determined based on actual service rendered corresponding to updated service parameters upon completion of the cleaning service. The specialist is tracked on real-time basis all the time to determine the time spent on the job. Transactions are completed automatically and feedback options are provided on completion of the transactions.
US11797896B2	Autonomous aerial vehicle assisted viewing location selection for event venue A processing system including at least one processor may collect, via at least one camera of at least one autonomous aerial vehicle, viewing information for a plurality of positions for each of a plurality of viewing locations within an event venue. The processing system may next present a viewing location selection interface to a user, where the viewing location selection interface provides a simulated view with respect to at least one of the plurality of positions for at least one of the plurality of viewing locations, and where the simulated view is based upon the viewing information that is obtained. The processing system may then obtain a selection from the user of a viewing location of the plurality of viewing locations for an event at the event venue.
US11797895B2	Environmental matching techniques A method includes receiving raw machine data; determining topographic attributes and underlying environmental characteristics; encoding the respective topographic attributes and the underlying environmental characteristics in hexagrid data structures; and storing the hexagrid data structures in a memory. A computing system includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to: receive raw machine data; determine topographic attributes and underlying environmental characteristics; encode the respective topographic attributes and the underlying environmental characteristics in hexagrid data structures; and store the hexagrid data structures in the memory. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to: receive raw machine data; determine topographic attributes and underlying environmental characteristics; encode the respective topographic attributes and the underlying environmental characteristics in hexagrid data structures; and store the hexagrid data structures in a memory.
US11797893B2	Machine learning for generating an integrated format data record A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a program that causes a computer to execute a process including: inputting input data including one or more records that have one of a plurality of formats, each of the plurality of formats including a plurality of items; generating conversion data by generating an integrated record having an integrated format from the one or more records; and causing a learner to execute a learning process using the conversion data as input tensor, the learner performing deep learning by performing tensor decomposition on input tensor.
US11797892B1	Systems and methods for customizing user interfaces using artificial intelligence Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements for designing user-specific interfaces using machine learning models. When a request to display certain data by an application is received, an application token and a user token may be retrieved and combined into a consolidated token. The consolidated token may be input into a machine learning model to obtain a user interface token for an application. The user interface token may indicate user interface settings/configuration desired/preferred by a user. The user interface token may then be sent to the application to cause the application to display the data using user interface configurations within the user interface token.
US11797891B1	Contextual bandits-based ecosystem recommender system for synchronized personalization The instant systems and methods are directed to a contextual bandits machine learning model configured to enable granular synchronized ecosystem personalization and optimization. The system and methods determine an objective and feed the objective and one more lifecycle model propensity scores as inputs to the contextual bandits machine learning model. The contextual bandits machine learning model then generates one or more potential weighted model rewards, wherein each potential weighted model reward includes at least a desired user action, a weight, a channel, and an expected change to the objective, and selects a weighted model reward that optimizes the objective. An action recommendation is subsequently transmitted to a user device based on the weighted model reward, wherein the action recommendation is presented in a selected channel associated with the weighted model reward. Feedback associated with the action recommendation is collected and used in training and fine-tuning of the model.
US11797890B2	Performance manager to autonomously evaluate replacement algorithms Methods and apparatus disclosed herein autonomously evaluate replacement algorithms. An example system associated with a live environment executing a current algorithm includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to manage execution of the current algorithm in the live environment, the live environment associated with a deployment platform, and manage, based on receipt of at least one potential replacement algorithm, a shadow environment causes execution of the at least one potential replacement algorithm in the shadow environment, the shadow environment instantiated separately from the live environment, the shadow environment utilizes data from the live environment during execution of the at least one potential replacement algorithm in the shadow environment.
US11797889B1	Method and device for modeling a behavior with synthetic training data In one implementation, a method for modeling a behavior with synthetic training data. The method includes: obtaining source content that includes an entity performing one or more actions within an environment; generating a first environment characterization vector characterizing the environment; generating a first set of behavioral trajectories associated with the one or more actions of the entity based on the source content and the first characterization vector for the environment; generating a second environment characterization vector for the environment by perturbing the first environment characterization vector; generating a second set of behavioral trajectories associated with one or more potential actions of the entity based on the source content and the second characterization vector for the environment; and training a behavior model for a virtual agent based on the first and second sets of behavioral trajectories in order to imitate the entity.
US11797887B2	Facilitating mapping of control policies to regulatory documents Techniques for mapping policy documents to regulatory documents to check for compliance between the policies and documents are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method determining, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, an information input, a control framework, and a document from a first group consisting of a regulatory document and a policy document, wherein the information input is a corpora from a second group consisting of a domain corpora and a global corpora. The computer-implemented method can also comprise mapping, by the system, the received regulatory document or the received policy document to the control framework using a supervised machine learning technique.
US11797880B1	Systems and methods for digital content provision Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive training data for training a machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained based on the training data. The machine learning model is trained to identify highlighted portions in audio content items. A first audio content item is received. One or more highlighted portions are identified in the first audio content item based on the machine learning model.
US11797876B1	Unified optimization for convolutional neural network model inference on integrated graphics processing units Techniques for optimizing and deploying convolutional neural network (CNN) machine learning models for inference using integrated graphics processing units are described. A model compilation system optimizes CNN models using optimized vision-specific operators as well as both graph-level tuning and tensor-level tuning to explore the optimization space for achieving heightened performance. The model compilation system may also implement a heuristic-based two-stage technique for falling back certain operators of CNN models to use CPUs when needed or otherwise beneficial.
US11797873B2	Scalable neutral atom based quantum computing The present disclosure provides methods and systems for performing non-classical computations. The methods and systems generally use a plurality of spatially distinct optical trapping sites to trap a plurality of atoms, one or more electromagnetic delivery units to apply electromagnetic energy to one or more atoms of the plurality to induce the atoms to adopt one or more superposition states of a first atomic state and a second atomic state, one or more entanglement units to quantum mechanically entangle at least a subset of the one or more atoms in the one or more superposition states with at least another atom of the plurality, and one or more readout optical units to perform measurements of the superposition states to obtain the non-classical computation.
US11797866B2	Systems and methods for accelerating execution of processes based on artificial intelligence (AI) prediction of blockchain consensus A method for using a distributed ledger (DL) of a blockchain applicable to a network of blockchain nodes is provided. The method reduces a time period between an assertion placed on the blockchain by an assertor blockchain node and execution of one or more action items dependent on a consensus of the assertion, by: creating an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model, by one of the blockchain nodes of the network, using historical data stored by the DL, wherein the network of blockchain nodes further comprises the assertor blockchain node; calculating an index value indicating a probability that the consensus is true, based on the AI model and the historical data stored by the DL, by the one of the blockchain nodes, wherein each of the blockchain nodes comprises a computer system including at least a processor, a system memory element, and a communication device configured to send and receive data transmissions between the blockchain nodes of the network; and when the index value exceeds a predefined threshold, initiating the execution of the one or more action items dependent on the consensus, by the one of the blockchain nodes.
US11797865B2	System and method for performing fast computations using quantum counting and pseudo-random sets A method is provided for solving a computational problem that is reducible to a problem of counting solutions to an associated decision problem. The method includes, using a quantum computer, estimating a number of the solutions to the decision problem by determining if there is at least one solution to the decision problem that lies in a pseudo-random set. The method also includes outputting or using the estimated number of the solutions to the decision problem as a solution to the computational problem. Determining if there is at least one solution to the decision problem that lies in the pseudo-random set could include determining if there is a sequence of solutions to the decision problem that, taken together, lies in the pseudo-random set.
US11797864B2	Systems and methods for conditional generative models Systems and methods for training a conditional generator model are described. Methods receive a sample, and determine a discriminator loss for the received sample. The discriminator loss is based on an ability to determine whether the sample is generated by the conditional generator model or is a ground truth sample. The method determines a secondary loss for the generated sample and updates the conditional generator model based on an aggregate of the discriminator loss and the secondary loss.
US11797863B2	Systems and methods for synthesizing data for training statistical models on different imaging modalities including polarized images A method of generating synthetic images of virtual scenes includes: placing, by a synthetic data generator implemented by a processor and memory, three-dimensional (3-D) models of objects in a 3-D virtual scene; adding, by the synthetic data generator, lighting to the 3-D virtual scene, the lighting including one or more illumination sources; applying, by the synthetic data generator, imaging modality-specific materials to the 3-D models of objects in the 3-D virtual scene in accordance with a selected multimodal imaging modality, each of the imaging modality-specific materials including an empirical model; setting a scene background in accordance with the selected multimodal imaging modality; and rendering, by the synthetic data generator, a two-dimensional image of the 3-D virtual scene based on the selected multimodal imaging modality to generate a synthetic image in accordance with the selected multimodal imaging modality.
US11797858B2	Translation of training data between observation modalities A method for training a generator. The generator is supplied with at least one actual signal that includes real or simulated physical measured data from at least one observation of the first area. The actual signal is translated by the generator into a transformed signal that represents the associated synthetic measured data in a second area. Using a cost function, an assessment is made concerning to what extent the transformed signal is consistent with one or multiple setpoint signals, at least one setpoint signal being formed from real or simulated measured data of the second physical observation modality for the situation represented by the actual signal. Trainable parameters that characterize the behavior of the generator are optimized with the objective of obtaining transformed signals that are better assessed by the cost function. A method for operating the generator, and that encompasses the complete process chain are also provided.
US11797851B2	Inference focus for offline training of SRAM inference engine in binary neural network A Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) device in a binary neural network is provided. The SRAM device includes an SRAM inference engine having an SRAM computation architecture with a forward path that include multiple SRAM cells forming a chain of SRAM cells such that an output of a given one of the multiple SRAM cells is an input to a following one of the multiple SRAM cells. The SRAM computation architecture is configured to compute a prediction from an input. The SRAM computation architecture is configured to store ternary data and perform local computations on the ternary data.
US11797850B2	Weight precision configuration method and apparatus, computer device and storage medium An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a weight precision configuration method, including: determining a pre-trained preset neural network including a plurality of layers each having a preset weight precision; reducing, based on a current threshold, the weight precision of at least one layer in the preset neural network to obtain a corrected neural network having a recognition rate greater than the current threshold; and reducing the weight precision of a layer includes: adjusting the weight precision of the layer; setting, if a termination condition is met, the weight precision of the layer to a corrected weight precision that is less than or equal to the preset weight precision of the layer; and returning, if the termination condition is not met, to the operation of adjusting the weight precision of the layer; and determining a final weight precision of each layer to obtain a final neural network.
US11797849B2	Systems and methods for adaptive training of a machine learning system processing textual data In one embodiment, a method for adaptive training of a machine learning system configured to predict answers to questions associated with textual data includes receiving predicted answers to questions associated with textual data. The predicted answers are generated based at least in part on one or more first models of a machine learning system. The one or more first models are associated with a first accuracy score. The method further includes determining based at least in part on a quality control parameter whether an evaluation of the questions by one or more external entities is required. In response to determining based at least in part on the quality control parameter that an evaluation of the questions by one or more external entities is required, the questions associated with the textual data and the textual data are sent to the one or more external entities for evaluation.
US11797846B2	Learning assistance device, method of operating learning assistance device, learning assistance program, learning assistance system, and terminal device A learning assistance device acquires a plurality of learned discriminators obtained by causing learning discriminators provided in a plurality of respective terminal devices to perform learning using image correct answer data, acquires a plurality of discrimination results obtained by causing a plurality of learned discriminators to discriminate the same input image, determines the correct answer data of the input image on the basis of the plurality of discrimination results, causes the discriminator to perform learning the input image and the correct answer data, and outputs a result thereof as a new learning discriminator to each terminal device.
US11797845B2	Model learning device, model learning method, and program Simultaneous learning of a plurality of different tasks and domains, with low costs and high precision, is enabled. A learning unit 160, on the basis of learning data, uses a target encoder that takes data of a target domain as input and outputs a target feature expression, a source encoder that takes data of a source domain as input and outputs a source feature expression, a common encoder that takes data of the target domain or the source domain as input and outputs a common feature expression, a target decoder that takes output of the target encoder and the common encoder as input and outputs a result of executing a task with regard to data of the target domain, and a source decoder that takes output of the source encoder and the common encoder as input and outputs a result of executing a task with regard to data of the source domain, to learn so that the output of the target decoder matches training data, and the output of the source decoder matches training data.
US11797840B2	Machine learning based approach for identification of extremely rare events in high-dimensional space Methods and systems for using machine learning to identify extremely rare events in high-dimensional space are disclosed. A method includes: identifying, by a computing device, a plurality of derived attributes using an external data source; selecting, by the computing device, a plurality of key performance indicators from the plurality of derived attributes using a neural network and based on an extremely rare event being modeled; constructing, by the computing device, a linear model using the plurality of key performance indicators; and predicting, by the computing device, occurrences of the extremely rare event using the linear model.
US11797839B2	Training neural networks using priority queues Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network using a priority queue. One of the methods includes maintaining data identifying a set of K output sequences that were previously generated; selecting at least one of the output sequences from the set of output sequences; for each selected output sequence, determining a respective score; determining, for each selected sequence, a respective first update to the current values of the controller parameters; generating a batch of new output sequences using the controller neural network; obtaining a respective reward for each of the new output sequences; determining, from the new output sequences and the output sequences in the maintained data, the K output sequences that have the highest rewards; and modifying the maintained data.
US11797834B2	Compensation for reference transistors and memory cells in analog neuro memory in deep learning artificial neural network Numerous embodiments are disclosed for compensating for differences in the slope of the current-voltage characteristic curve among reference transistors, reference memory cells, and flash memory cells during a read operation in an analog neural memory in a deep learning artificial neural network. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first voltage, multiplying the first voltage by a coefficient to generate a second voltage, applying the first voltage to a gate of one of a reference transistor and a selected memory cell, applying the second voltage to a gate of the other of a reference transistor and a selected memory cell, and using the reference transistor in a sense operation to determine a value stored in the selected memory cell.
US11797831B2	Method and apparatus for defect-tolerant memory based artificial neural network Disclosed is a methods and apparatus which can improve defect tolerability of a hardware-based neural network. In one embodiment, a method for performing a calculation of values on first neurons of a first layer in a neural network, includes: receiving a first pattern of a memory cell array; determining a second pattern of the memory cell array according to a third pattern; determining at least one pair of columns of the memory cell array according to the first pattern and the second pattern; switching input data of two columns of each of the at least one pair of columns of the memory cell array; and switching output data of the two columns in each of the at least one pair of columns of the memory cell array so as to determine the values on the first neurons of the first layer.
US11797819B2	RFID wristband A wearable RFID device is disclosed herein. The wearable RFID device is preferably comprised of a band, one or more RFID inlays attached to a backside of said band, and at least one tamper resistant cut or notch in one or more of the band and/or the RFID inlays so that the RFID inlay(s) are rendered inoperable or destroyed when the wearable RFID device is removed from the user. The band is preferably formed by attaching a first and a second end of the band with an adhesive to form an adhesive closure, and the RFID inlay may be positioned on either side of, or extend across, the adhesive closure to suit user preference or other design considerations.
US11797818B2	Information-shielding cards and systems and methods for fabricating the same Example embodiments of information-shielding cards and systems and methods of fabricating the same are provided. An information-shielding card can comprising a substrate comprising a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a chip embedded in the second layer, and a quick-response (QR) code formed on the second layer. The second layer can be disposed between the first layer and the third layer. The first layer can comprise a first material that is transparent when exposed to a non-visible light, the second layer can comprise a second material that is opaque when exposed to visible light and when exposed to non-visible light, and the third layer comprises a third material that is transparent when exposed to a non-visible light.
US11797816B2	Multi-purpose smart card with user trusted bond A new generation “smart card” creates a severable invisible “bond” between the cardholder and the smart card itself where this trusted bond relationship is used to enhance and simplify the authentication process during the use. This new smart card is initiated and connected to a specific user using biometric information added to the card and the user using biometric information connects via a trusted bond with the card by pairing the biometric information which can be severed in one of multiple ways. The trusted bond with the smart card can be broken in one of multiple ways including disconnection from a network, distancing from the user, impact accelerometers, outside parameters, etc. The multi-function smart card also uses this established trusted bond with the user to simplify the authentication of the user for use of the card in encrypted computer network, ground security, or other retail and payment function.
US11797812B2	Compact transaction card Provided are compact transaction cards. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body having first and second main sides, a first and second end perimeter perimeters, and first and second side perimeters, wherein a first axis extending between the first and second side perimeters defines a first section of the body and a second section of the body. The card may further include an identification chip along the first main side and a magnetic stripe along the second main side, wherein the magnetic stripe extends between the first and second side perimeters, and wherein the magnetic stripe and the identification chip are located on the first section of the body. The card may further include a textured grip along at least one of the first main side and the second main side, wherein the textured grip is positioned only on the second section of the body.
US11797811B2	Adaptable QR codes to launch customized experiences Systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or computer program products that can facilitate adaptable QR codes to launch customized experiences are provided. In various embodiments, a system can receive, from a client device, a quick response (QR) code, a client identifier, and location data associated with the client device. In various aspects, the system can identify, from a plurality of merchants, a first merchant that corresponds to the QR code, based on identifying that the first merchant corresponds to the location data. In various instances, the system can identify, from a plurality of client profiles, a first client profile that corresponds to the client identifier. In various cases, the system can identify a digital content based on the first merchant and the first client profile. In various aspects, the system can cause the digital content to be provided to the client device.
US11797810B2	Machine-readable label generator Software tools disclosed herein may allow a user to enter design choices that alter an aesthetic appearance of a machine-readable label such that modules included in the label deviate from a standardized definition for the modules. Such alterations may include changes in size, color and orientation of modules. The alterations may allow a user to create machine-readable labels having unique aesthetic appearances. A software engine may ensure that, despite the aesthetic design choices entered by a user, the generated machine-readable label is reliably scannable.
US11797809B1	Methods and printing system using classification-based consumable use in printing operations An estimation system provides consumable use estimations, such as for ink or toner, in printing operations. The estimation system uses a classification-based consumable use process to estimate the consumable use. A print job is assigned a classification category according to an arbitrary job category selected for the print job and a job property defined for the print job using job settings. A plurality of classification categories are available. Job costing data for the print job is provided and used to determine consumable use values for each sheet in the print job and a total consumable use. This information is used to verify the correct classification category was assigned and to update historical consumable use information. An estimate is provided using the classification category and the distribution of the consumable use for print jobs in the category.
US11797803B1	Track error correction incorporating anti-aliasing A method for correcting in-track position errors in a digital printing system includes determining a non-linear in-track position correction function responsive to measured in-track position errors, wherein the in-track position corrections are quantized to integer in-track position corrections. A representation of the in-track position correction function is stored in a digital memory, wherein the representation of the in-track position correction function includes the cross-track positions and transition direction of transitions in the in-track position correction function. Digital image data for a digital image to be printed is received, and corrected image lines are determined by resampling the digital image data responsive to the stored representation of the in-track position correction function. The corrected image lines are modified to provide anti-aliasing pixels at cross-track positions adjacent to transitions in the in-track position correction function.
US11797800B2	Directed connections on a communication platform A dynamic communication link provided. Briefly, a process aggregates content from content providers in the form of triggers (e.g., QR codes, newsfeeds, etc.). Here, the content is related to information of interest to users. In the example of newsfeeds, the process curates a newsfeed for a user by assembling articles, each article selected for the user based upon data in a user profile, data associated with the article, combinations thereof, etc. Upon initiation of the trigger, the communication platform initiates an ability to carry out a direct communication between the user and a specific representative of a content provider that is associated with the trigger, where the direct communication is independent of the trigger.
US11797797B2	Aerosol-generating article comprising three dimensional code The aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article comprises an aerosol-forming substrate, and a surface area comprising a three dimensional code. The invention also relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article.
US11797794B2	Technologies for providing media control device quick response (QR) code functionality Technologies are disclosed for managing one or more quick response (QR) code-based media control device functions, such as configuring one or more consumer profiles related to the media control device. A QR code may be scanned, for example using a camera in communication with the media control device. The camera device may be integrally mounted with the media control device, or remotely mounted from the media control device. The media control device may interpret information conveyed by the QR code. One or more parameters for one or more consumer profiles for use on the media control device may be ascertained, perhaps for example based, at least in part, on the information. The media control device may configure at least a first consumer profile, perhaps for example using, at least in part, the one or more parameters. The first consumer profile may be implemented on the media control device.

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